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On 2009-02-13 11:27:34 -0400, paul_kirill@adobeforums.com said:

> We have these manuals that we make at the end of a project called O & M 
> Manuals. They can contain 1000s pages of specifications and these 
> specifications reference equipment cut sheet, calculations, maintenance 
> schedules, etc. They are typically delivered in a bunch of big binders, 
> but now we want to start delivering them electronically. I suggested 
> that we simply use Word to create hyperlinks and use Acrobat to publish 
> them electronically. That's not good enough � we want "slick". So I'm 
> being asked to use Flash to build the document. I don't think Flash is 
> necessarily the right tool and started looking at Framemaker.
> 
> Bottom line is, I'm a CAD and Computer guy. I'm hoping someone here 
> might have a more intimate understanding of the publishing side. Any 
> thoughts on whether Framemaker is the right tool?
> 
> Thanks for any help!

I believe that one of the original applications for FrameMaker was for airplane
manuals. The techs used FrameViewer if the versions of the srories I heard are
true. Anyway it gives you an example of the scope and complexity of where
FrameMaker is the tool of choice.