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TOOLBOX for® - Automation for Adobe FrameMaker

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TOOLBOX for®FrameMaker.

Automation for Adobe FrameMaker:

Development never stops - especially in Technical Documentation. With the release of FrameMaker 10 and the Technical Communication Suite 3.5, Adobe created completely new possibilities for efficient publishing. TOOLBOX for® FrameMaker remains the plug-in collection for automating publication processes with FrameMaker versions 5.5 up to 9. Technical editors that use FrameMaker 10, the Technical Communication Suite 3.5 and CS5 will work with the new SQUIDDS Finalyser instead.

The TOOLBOX for® automates individual editorial operations and drastically accelerates the process. The plug-in-collection TOOLBOX for® Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Extension Server (ARES) is successfully used by technical editors the world over. TOOLBOX for® FrameMaker provides user friendly functions for the complete editorial cycle:

• automated processing of formats and graphics,
• complex transfer and conversion processes,
• evaluate for translation and fault analysis.

Work faster and better with FrameMaker:
Using TOOLBOX for® FrameMaker, SQUIDDS has optimized the standard tool for many technical editors: Adobe FrameMaker. TOOLBOX for FrameMaker is seamlessly integrated into FrameMaker and completely Unicode enabled. Available in German and English from FrameMaker 5.5 Prove it for yourself: test TOOLBOX for® FrameMaker for 30 days - for free. You'll get all TOOLBOX for® functions as individual modules, as a complete package or as the expert package for translators.

The individual TOOLBOX for® FrameMaker functions:

Automated processing of indexes, graphics and formats:

• Index Markers by Configuration
  automatically insert index marks across all documents and books.
• Update Chapter ToC
  update manually added chapter indexes/contents with a single click.
• Named Target
  manage named targets throughout the whole document more easily, thanks to a clearer illustration.
• Find / Change by Configuration
  change and replace multiple terms in a document or book in one process.
• Special Characters
  select special characters easily from a catalog and insert them directly.
• Left / Right Alignment
  automated left or right alignment of paragraph and tables.
• Export Copied Graphics
  export embedded graphics into a directory and link as a reference.
• Adapt Graphic Import
  convert a referenced graphic to a copy.
• Imported Graphics
  embed referenced graphic, scale proportionally and export a copied graphic to a directory.
• Formats
  freeware module for user friendly processing with formats: delete all individual formats or re-insert them - free!
• Rename Formats by Configuration
  rapidly rename paragraph, character and cross reference formats throughout the whole book.
• Adopt paragraph format changes in all opened books
  use alterations to a paragraph format throughout all books.
• Rename Element Definitions by Configuration
  rapidly and easily alter element names according to a list.

Complex transfer and conversion processes:

• Book Transfer FM <-> MIF
  transfer FrameMaker documents (including cross-referenced graphics and text inserts) to another directory and convert to MIF.
• PDFs Books in Book
  create multiple PDFs with the same PDF settings.
• Book Services
  enter the total page count in a book.
• DITA Services*
  create complete books, including ToC, index and cover, from DITA XML and create language dependent elements and edition details.
• 3D Services**
  add 3D animations in FrameMaker, create links between text, 3D views and animations, extract metadata from 3D objects and process.

Evaluation functions for translation and error analysis:

• Statistics Book or Document
  evaluate a complete book or individual documents for translation.
• Statistics Books in Book
  evaluate, in one step, books in book files for translation.
• Definition Editor
  display and change the content of marks, variables and cross references, including non-Latin fonts.
• List of Paragraph Deviations
  detect damaged paragraph formats and manual formatting and select them for correction by hyperlinks.
• Format List
  list, in detail, all format settings of a FrameMaker document.
• Server Analysis
  analyze all references and document links, e.g. for transfer of complex documentation to a content management system.
• Encoding in Marked Area
  byte display of the coding of a marked area - freeware module.

TOOLBOX for®: The profi versions.

TOOLBOX for® Translator Edition - developed especially for translation tasks:

• statistics functions for estimates
• convert FrameMaker documents to MIF
• book transfer for transferring complex documentation to another directory, definition editor for altering marks, variables and cross references
• special characters functions for rapidly setting special characters

TOOLBOX for® Modules:

Please find further information on our price lists.

TOOLBOX for® complete:

All available TOOLBOX for® functions for your FrameMaker version* at a low package price.

System requirements.

• from Adobe FrameMaker 5.5,
• PS fonts type 1 ZapfDingbats, Symbols and Euro monospace, plus Truetype font Wingdings (special characters).

* except DITA Services and 3D Services: DITA Services are part of the DITA Package®. the complete DITA Package for rapidly setting up a DITA workflow. Includes Adobe FrameMaker 9, TOOLBOX for® FrameMaker 9, DITA Cookbook® 3.0, WebWorks ePublisher.

** 3D Services are part of the 3D Communication Package®, the complete 3D package for 3D animations in complex technical documentation. Includes Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2.5, TOOLBOX for® FrameMaker 9 and DITA Cookbook® 3.0, Adobe Photoshop CS5 (extended) and Deep Exploration (optional).

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