FrameMaker

FrameMaker is a document processor application, originally produced by Frame Technology Corp. but later bought by Adobe and released as Adobe FrameMaker. It is used primarily for creating technical documentation; it is of the genere of "document processors", similar to word processors and desktop publishers but specifically designed to create and maintain structured documents.

A FrameMaker 4.0 book consists of a .BK file along with one or more .TOC (table of contents) and .DOC (document) files. Later versions (e.g. 6.0 and 7.0) use the .BOOK extension.

Definitions of elements within a FrameMaker document are found in the Element Definition Document (EDD), normally embedded in the template.

For FrameMaker's MIF format, see Maker Interchange Format.

Sample files

 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/document/frameMaker/

Version 4.0

 * ftp://ftp.hs-merseburg.de/pub/hardware/sound/Avance_Logic/s100dm2.zip
 * ftp://ftp.hs-merseburg.de/pub/hardware/sound/Avance_Logic/s100ug1.zip

Software and Program Code

 * https://winworldpc.com/product/framemaker/2x

30-day trial versions of FrameMaker 7.0 are available which can open files back to at least version 4.0: The documents can then be converted to various formats (Word 6.0, HTML, etc.), but the most faithful reproduction of the original formatting can be achieved by printing to a PDF printer (FoxIt has a free one for Windows).
 * Windows
 * Macintosh

Links

 * Wikipedia article