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Hi Riley...

The only think that FM can do directly with a ditamap is to convert it into a book. All other processing would need to be done with the DITA-OT or other third party tools.

If you're using FM8 DITA, you'll need to install the OT plugin to allow you to process your ditamap with the OT ..

 <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/framemaker/fm8_opentoolkit.html>

It can be very difficult to get this to actually work. Some information that may be helpful is available here ..

 <http://kb.leximation.com/dfm/?kbid=7>

Once you get it installed, you may have trouble connecting properly to the OT itself. The key is to have the environment variables defined globally. This topic is also useful in getting the OT set up, but is only valid for FM8 DITA up to step #4 (the rest only applies to DITA-FMx)

 <http://kb.leximation.com/dfm/?kbid=1>

(DITA-FMx includes the OT connector and is much easier to get working with the OT.)

Once this is set up and functional, you can generate many types of output through the DITA-OT. Of course .. then you need to customize the OT to get your output to look the way you want. :)

If you've got TCS, you can import the generated FM book into RoboHelp then generate online output through its UI.

Cheers,

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com