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I've posted to a few forums in regards to the limitations I'm running into as a PageMaker user. Most of the responses have told me that FrameMaker is the product I need for my large technical manuals. I just need to verify a few things before I make the decision to convert.

1.) Using FrameMaker, can I create a link from one chapter to another EVEN if that chapter is a separate file? Then when the chapters are "booked" together and exported to PDF, the links will remain? (Our biggest issue with Pagemaker is making to re-link the whole PDF because we have to create the links in Acrobat after the PDF is created, and not in the Pagemaker file).

2.) Will FrameMaker allow me to use the tables I created using Adobe Tables? In Pagemaker I had to create EPS files of the tables and place them in the chapters as graphics. As a result, whenever the table changed I would have to recreate the EPS file, delete the existing placed graphic in the Pagemaker file and re-place the new EPS graphic. Is FrameMaker able to maintain a "link" to the original table so that if it changes, the updates are reflected in the FrameMaker file?

3.) Lastly, I know this may be an ODD request. But I was hoping that I could see a sample of a PDF created using FrameMaker that would help me see if FrameMaker will be able to do what I need it too. Here is what I had planned:

- a PDF "menu" (called our Software Documentation Library) that appears when the user puts in our CD.
- that menu has links to all of our PDF user manuals.
- the user manuals also contain links to certain pages within the other user manuals.

Is there anyone that has a non-proprietary sample of a "complex" PDF that was generated using FrameMaker files that they could email to me?

We are a small company and purchasing FrameMaker would be a big expense for me to justify..and I need to be 100% certain that it will meet my needs before I tell my boss to buy it.

I appreciate any and all feedback!

Thank you,

Shelby Adams