Mekon's mTools plug-in for Adobe FrameMaker is now available. mTools is compatible with FrameMaker version 7.0 and earlier versions, giving additional functionality including:

• remove empty paragraphs
• delete tabs within a text selection
• delete all catalogue formats, table formats, paragraph styles, character styles and conditional text formats
• show used paragraph formats on specific pages
• generate a printable document detailing files contained in a book
• perform find and replace on multiple lists of words in batch across a directory of files automated indexing

In addition to mTools both mTools Plus and EDDTools are also available for added functionality.

mTools is under continued development and a number of extra functions are already planned for future releases. We would welcome any suggestions that you may have for additional tools or general comments about this feature.

 

Supported operating systems

• All Windows operating systems. A Macintosh version will follow at a later date.

MTools Plus gives additional functionality including:

• perform find and replace on multiple lists of words in batch across a directory of files automated indexing
• create a document with multiple spelling versions of the same word, to be displayed based on conditional text
• perform batch deletion of markers within a document
• create an index by automatically assign index markers to multiple words in a document
• print a document based on different page order and paper size

EDDTools is designed for EDD authors working in a structured environment. This component gives additional functionality including:

• importing and merging element definitions from active EDDs
• view SGML files in text format within FrameMaker
• view the element definitions of highlighted text in the document
• for any piece of text, generate the rules for the associated element in the EDD
• use conditional text to select specific sections of EDD for multiple DTDs

 

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