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- From: noraa@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (aaron.l.hoffmeyer)
- Subject: Re: Filters & Framemaker conversion
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:21:49 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.032149.317@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: Filters, Framemaker, SGML, TeX
- References: <C19BEB.Ev2@ansoft.com>
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- In article <C19BEB.Ev2@ansoft.com> ott@ansoft.com (nancy ott) writes:
- >We are in the process of switching our technical writing department
- >over to the workstation version of Framemaker. At the present, we're
- >using a document publishing system that's based on SGML. There are
- >approximately 1500 pages of documentation in this format.
- >Additionally, there are about 500 pages of documentation in TeX.
-
- I'd think you would have at least talked to a Frame rep about this one.
- You need to, you know.
-
- >
- >We also have a **VERY** constrained budget.
-
- So, maybe you can find someone to do this for you and pay you for the
- priviledge. Frankly, paying for the optimal software solution up front might be
- more expensive than "a freebie" solution, but you know the old saying,
- "You get what you pay for" is, indeed, a verity. Frame has solutions
- for you. Ask them about FrameBuilder and the accompanying filterpak.
-
- >I've looked into having a 3rd party convert our files, but the cost is
- >prohibitively expensive. Does anyone know of any shareware filters
- >that could be used to conver SGML or TeX files into Framemaker format?
-
- Not a good solution from my vantage point. (See above).
-
- >Would scanning hard copies of the documentation be a viable
- >alternative?
-
- Nada. Neine. Nyet. Is crap.
-
- >Does Framemaker have an SGML product? (A possible
- >complication: since I have no other experience with SGML besides the
- >package we're currently using, I don't know if it's 100% compatible
- >with the standard.)
-
- Kinda. It's called FrameBuilder and the FrameBuilder Developer's
- Edition. Call Frame @ 408.433.3311.
-
- Aaron L. Hoffmeyer
- TR@CBNEA.ATT.COM
-