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Adobe® FrameMaker® software has
long been the ideal tool for creating long and complex documents that can
be distributed to worldwide audiences. FrameMaker 7.1 improves on FrameMaker
7.0 with the following new features: Note: FrameMaker 7.1 is not available
for the Macintosh. FrameMaker 7.0 is the current release of FrameMaker for
Macintosh. Features introduced in version 7.0 appear under Other new features
below.
Improved XML handling
- Support for conditional text in XML documents
- Ability to create cross-references between multiple XML files/instances
- Default "Save as XML" when editing XML documents
Enhanced authoring tools
- New import filters for QuarkXPress and PageMaker® documents (Windows
only)
- New fonts on both Windows and UNIX versions
- Support for direct placement of Photoshop® and JPEG2000 images
- Binary file format compatibility with FrameMaker 7.0 on all platforms
Improved multichannel publishing
- PDF generation with Distiller® 6.0 for the latest in PDF technology
- Enhanced support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) for improved quality
in print and PDF publishing
Other new features
Users upgrading from FrameMaker or FrameMaker+SGML Versions
6.0 or earlier will also enjoy the following new features that were introduced
with FrameMaker 7.0.
XML publishing power
- Ability to import, validate, and export XML files and DTDs for "XML
roundtripping"
- XML namespaces as a prefix to XML element names when combining content from
multiple sources
- Support for importing and exporting XML files containing Unicode (UTF-8/UTF-16)
characters, plus automatic character mapping for Asian-language printing
- Automatic generation of CSS style definitions for XML files
- DocBook 4.1, xDocBook 4.1.2, and XHTML sample applications included for
structured authoring
- "XML Cookbook" manual for learning to work in structured authoring
environments
Collaboration features
- Support for Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP)
- Support for WebDAV for content creation and collaboration in a platform-independent
environment
- Workgroup features for defining shared documents, servers, and folders
Accessibility enhancements
- Tagged PDF generation for better document accessibility and logical reflow
of documents on a broad range of reading devices and platforms
- Compatibility with the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 accessibility features,
including an available high-contrast user interface and an extensive set of
keyboard shortcuts
- Alternate text descriptions for graphics in output formats intended for
the visually impaired
Enhanced authoring tools
- Automatic association of master pages to pages based on paragraph styles
or element tags
- More flexibility in custom master pages for reordering in any sequence
- Up to 12 available running header and footer variables for more complex
documents
- Select/Deselect All option in the Import Formats dialog box for simpler
importing
- FrameMaker 6.0 save option for backward compatibility
- New book templates and structured templates for immediate layout options
- Improved UNIX® font management with wider selection of fonts in the
TrueType, OpenType®, and Type 1 formats
- New import filters supporting RTF 1.6 and the latest versions of Microsoft
Office files
- Resizing of imported graphics based on their original size
- Support for placing Adobe PDF 1.4-1.5 and native Adobe Illustrator®
9.0 and later graphics files
Improved multichannel publishing
- Single-source publishing to multiple channels including print, Adobe PDF,
HTML, XML, and SGML
- Automatic creation of HTML versions of documents through the included Quadralay
WebWorks® Publisher Standard Edition 7.0 software, plus templates for
publishing to the HTML 3.2, XML, Microsoft Reader, and Palm Reader formats
(requires Palm DocBook or MakeBook software, available for Windows from Palm
Inc.)
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