Adobe FrameMaker® 7.1, Unix 37960016 User Manual

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and flexible set of stable, mission-critical

tools for XML development and produc-

tion, as well as sophisticated multichannel

publishing across many platforms and view-

ing devices. FrameMaker supports organi-

zations that need to structure, repurpose,

and customize information for a variety of

audiences and uses.

FrameMaker 7.2 introduces “multiple

undo” capability. The software keeps track

of editing operations, allowing you to undo

or redo previous actions. You can select pre-

vious operations from a history palette.

X M L P u b l i s h i n g P o w e r

FrameMaker provides a structured author-

ing environment that eases the process of

creating and editing valid XML. You can use

Document Type Definitions (DTDs) or,

new with FrameMaker 7.2, the XML

Schema language to define the structure of

your content. Formatting rules for XML

documents are specified with the context-

sensitive styling language provided by the

FrameMaker Element Definition Docu-

ment, or EDD.

Read/write rules allow you to map XML ele-

ments to document objects such as tables,

graphics, footnotes, cross-references, and

index markers. New with FrameMaker 7.2,

you can also use XSLT to map between the

structure you need for storing or exchang-

ing content and the structure that works

best for editing it.

You can work on your structured content in

full WYSIWYG mode. Context-sensitive

guided editing is provided by the Element

Catalog, the Structure View window, and

the FrameMaker continuous validation fea-

ture. The Element Catalog quickly shows

you which elements are valid while you

develop information and navigate the struc-

ture of your document. The Structure View

window is tightly integrated with the

WYSIWYG view, and displays any validity

errors as they occur.

You can define your own FrameMaker

structured applications, which enables

FrameMaker to automatically choose the

right DTD or XML Schema, templates, and

settings when you open XML files. This

functionality also facilitates “roundtrip

XML”; you can open, edit, and save XML

files and DTDs. FrameMaker software’s

parsing engine examines the XML during

import to verify that it is well-formed and to

validate the code against the appropriate

DTD or XML Schema. You can save stan-

dards-compliant XML files for further pro-

cessing after authoring and tagging tasks are

complete.

FrameMaker 7.2 supports Extensible

Stylesheet Language (XSL) transformations.

Upon opening or saving an XML docu-

ment, you can automatically apply an XSL

transformation (XSLT) stylesheet to provide

a large degree of control over the XML

authoring and publishing.

Four sample applications for structured

authoring are integrated into FrameMaker

7.2: DITA 1.0, DocBook 4.1, xDocBook

4.1.2, and XHTML. DITA (Darwin Infor-

mation Typing Architecture) is an industry-

standard information model that facilitates

re-use and re-purposing of modular infor-

mation units. DocBook 4.1 and xDocBook

4.1.2 conform to the industry-standard

DocBook (SGML) and xDocBook (XML)

DTDs for technical documentation. The

XHTML sample application conforms to

the DTD for the next generation of

HTML—the Extensible HTML version 1.0

transition DTD.

M u l t i c h a n n e l P u b l i s h i n g

F e a t u r e s

FrameMaker 7.2 allows you to integrate

SVG graphics into your documents. For

print and PDF, FrameMaker software main-

tains the original vector-based format of the

SVG graphics. For HTML, XML and SGML

output, you can choose to output a raster

version or to pass through the original SVG

code, streamlining the process of publishing

text and SVG-based vector graphics directly

to the Web. This functionality is particularly

well-suited to the use of complex diagrams

or interactivity.

The bundled WebWorks® Publisher Stan-

dard Edition automatically produces Web-

safe GIF, JPG and PNG versions of any

graphics format you use in your

FrameMaker documents. This eliminates

tedious manual graphics conversions, and

eases the print-to-Web conversion process.

With WebWorks Publisher you can exercise

a high level of control over your HTML out-

put, including the ability to control how

large documents are divided into logical

Web pages. You can further extend control

by customizing the included professional-

quality templates.

M a x i m u m P D F P u b l i s h i n g

I n t e g r a t i o n

FrameMaker 7.2 includes Adobe Acrobat®

Distiller® software on Windows, and the

ability to generate PDF files is provided with

the UNIX version. Tagged PDF creation is

supported, facilitating high-quality viewing

on a much broader variety of devices, and

making your PDF documents more accessi-

ble to vision-impaired readers. These fea-

tures provide an extremely sophisticated

foundation for the creation, access, and

delivery of information for next-generation

PDF applications.

E n h a n c e d A u t h o r i n g To o l s

FrameMaker 7.2 offers a proven and power-

ful set of long-document authoring and

management tools. Enhancements in the

areas of page layout, template and style