I'm contemplating upgrading from RH6 to the new Technical
Communication Suite. Before I install the huge trial s/w package on
my one and only PC, I'd like to know if it will allow me to create
Printed Documentation in Frame format instead of Word format. I
currently use RH to create my content--the only thing I would use
the TC Suite for is to improve the format of my printed manuals.
Right now, I spend a few hours each time I generate a print
document fixing Robohelp-to-Word bugs (e.g., headers, footers, bad
table breaks etc); I'm hoping that that process will be simplied by
exporting to Frame instead of Word.
TCS suite does not have an ability to output from RH to
FrameMaker. As Adobe continue to integrate their products, that
would seem a likely feature in the fullness of time, but not yet.
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Thanks, Peter. You just saved me a whole bunch of time. Now,
I can go ahead and upgrade to RH7 without having to install and
check out the Suite. And to you folks at Adobe who might be
listening in, being able to create Frame output from RH would be
awesome.
I too am interested in doing this. So far what I have been
able to do is create a Framemaker book and live link it to a RH
project. I simply change the FM original and then click update in
the enhanced version of RH7. Job done!
Note that the RH7 supplied with the suite can do this, the
standalone cannot.
I would also prefer being able to output to an FM book for
proofreading topics etc.
I just started at this company and inherited 100s of RH
files. Being able to go from Frame to RH doesn't provide me with
any benefits. Instead, what I was hoping to be able to do was to go
from RH to Frame so I could improve the quality of my printed
documentation and PDFs.
If that is what you are interested in, you need to advise the
RoboHelp development team. Only by hearing the desires of the
masses is it likely to happen. Oh, and they don't visit here in the
forums, so they will likely never see it. To advise them, Adobe has
created a handy dandy form you can use. And believe it or not, the
developers do see these! To visit the form,
click
here.
Done... Thanks, Rick. Now I just have to hold my breath and
wait for Robohelp 8 and Technical Communication Suite 2. And in the
meantime, continue fighting the various bugs and limitations of
Word....