F R A M E M A K E R 8; K E Y N E W F E A T U R E S - Adobe 65030365 - FrameMaker - PC Manual

I n s t r u c t i o n a l d e s i g n e r s
PDF has long served the needs of instruc-
tional designers, who need to render rich doc-
uments formats and support the ability to
distribute documents in print and online.
Instructional designers are increasingly devel-
oping and deploying interactive content using
applications such as Adobe Flash,
Adobe Captivate®, and Adobe Acrobat 3D
software. These tools allow instructional
designers to create engaging, effective demon-
stration and tutorial content. With
FrameMaker 8, instructional designers can
easily integrate these rich media assets into
traditional electronic documents.
X M L a u t h o r s a n d p u b l i s h e r s
For XML authors and publishers,
FrameMaker provides an authoring and pub-
lishing platform that supports a variety of key
XML standards, including DITA, DocBook,
and XHTML. Writers can create XML content
in a familiar WYSIWYG interface, without
learning XML syntax. FrameMaker software's
"guided editing" feature supports writers in
inserting XML elements in their proper con-
text. The authoring environment continu-
ously validates documents against the
permitted structure, based on a Document
Type Definition (DTD) or XML Schema.
FrameMaker-based XML workflows can
automatically apply XSL transformations
(XSLT) for processing XML documents.
FrameMaker software offers an outstanding
XML-to-PDF solution, with rich, rules-based
styling and high-end graphics support, inte-
grated with Adobe's market-leading PDF
publishing technology.
S e r v e r - b a s e d p u b l i s h e r s
FrameMaker Server 8 software brings the
power of the FrameMaker publishing engine
to the server environment. The FrameMaker
Developers Kit (FDK) is an application pro-
gramming interface (API) that allows organi-
zations to use FrameMaker as an automated

K E Y N E W F E A T U R E S

The following features are new to FrameMaker 8:
Improved Globalization
Author and publish unstructured and XML
content based on the Unicode character set.
Use Unicode characters in documents, dia-
logs, markers, and catalog entries. Author
and maintain non-English or multi-lan-
guage documents without the need for spe-
cial FrameMaker versions or character code
manipulation. Generate PDF files with Uni-
code-based text and Unicode characters in
bookmarks. Use newly provided dictionar-
ies for spell check and hyphenation support
in more than 30 languages.
DITA Support
Author and publish documents that con-
form to the Darwin Information Typing
Architecture (DITA), an industry-standard
architecture that facilitates re-use and re-
purposing of modular information units.
Use a rich set of DITA features, including
topic authoring, map authoring, content
fragment reuse (conref) and book building
from DITA maps.
Rich Media Integration
Create interactive PDF documents by
embedding SWF files directly in
FrameMaker software. Include eLearning
and tutorial content created using applica-
tions such as Adobe Captivate and
Adobe Flash.
Import 3D graphics (U3D) files created
using applications such as Adobe
Acrobat 3D. Select parameters such as back-
ground, lighting, render mode and default
view. Create PDF files containing live 3D
models.
Improved XML Support
Preserve comments in XML documents.
Save system variables to XML, and preserve
all XML processing instructions (PIs).
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Import element formatting from a cascad-
ing style sheet (CSS) to quickly define ele-
ment formatting for print and PDF
generation.
Improved Single-Source Publishing
Use improved conditional text features for
managing and publishing multiple docu-
ment variations. Define behaviors based on
logical operators (AND, OR, NOT) for
overlapping conditions. Rename existing
condition tags.
Filter by Attribute
In structured documents, show or hide con-
tent based on attribute values. Leverage
XML metadata for publishing multiple doc-
ument versions. Create logical expressions
to define whether element content is pub-
lished or suppressed. Use Filter by Attribute
or conditional text to manage document
variations in structured content. Retain
conditional text and Filter by Attribute set-
tings when saving documents to XML.
Track Text Edits
Identify text insertions and deletions during
the document editing process. Accept or
reject text edits individually or globally. Pre-
view documents with all edits accepted or
rejected. Maintain text edit tracking infor-
mation when saving documents to XML.
Other new features
· Use a tabbed document view to better
manage multiple documents in the
FrameMaker software workspace.
· Import content from Microsoft
Office 2007.
· Embed graphics references from a URL
or directory path.
· Automate and customize FrameMaker
using the Frame Developer's Kit (FDK),
which has been updated to support
FrameMaker 8 features.