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FrameMaker 7.2 new features

Adobe® FrameMaker® software has long been the ideal tool for creating long and complex documents that can be distributed to worldwide audiences. FrameMaker 7.2 improves on FrameMaker 7.1 with the following new features:

Multiple undo

• Easily track edits and undo multiple changes with a single click using the new History palette.

XML enhancements

• Use XML schema as an alternative to DTDs for defining the structure of your content.
• Incorporate XSLT into your editing workflow. Automatically transform your XML content when you open it in FrameMaker, or save it out from FrameMaker with XSLT scripts.

Improved support for the migration to XML and structured content

• New features in conversion tables that reduce the manual touch-up required in migrating unstructured content to structured
• Introductory migration guide that outlines the basic steps required in migrating to XML and structured content
• More structured samples and templates

Take a look at a printable, comprehensive list of new features in FrameMaker 7.2. Read the highlights (PDF: 245k).

FrameMaker 7.1 new features

Improved XML handling

• Support for conditional text in XML documents
• Ability to create cross-references between multiple XML files/instances
• Save As XML default when editing XML documents

Enhanced authoring tools

• New import filters for QuarkXPress and Adobe PageMaker® documents (Windows® only)
• New OpenType® fonts and updated templates on both Windows and UNIX® versions
• Support for direct placement of Adobe Photoshop® and JPEG 2000 images and improved SVG support

FrameMaker 7.0 new features

XML publishing power

• Ability to open, validate, edit and save XML files for XML roundtripping
• XML starter applications for DocBook 4.1 and XHTML, plus an XML Cookbook that demonstrates how to work with XML and structured applications

Enhanced authoring tools

• Automatic association of master pages with 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
• Improved UNIX font handling with support for OpenType, TrueType, and Type 1 formats
• New import and export filters supporting RTF 1.6 and the latest versions of Microsoft Word and Excel

Improved multichannel publishing

• Updated version of Quadralay WebWorks Publisher Standard Edition for publishing FrameMaker documents to HTML and other formats

Collaboration features

• Support for Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP)
• Support for WebDAV for content creation and collaboration

Accessibility enhancements

• Tagged PDF file generation for better document accessibility and improved presentation of documents on a variety of devices and platforms
• Compatibility with Windows 2000 accessibility features
• Alternate text descriptions for graphics in output formats intended for the visually impaired