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.
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Identifiers
| Version | PRONOM |
|---|---|
| 2.0 | fmt/533 |
| 3.0 | fmt/534 |
| 4.0 | fmt/535 |
| 5.0 | fmt/190 |
| 5.5 | fmt/536 |
| 6.0 | fmt/537 |
| 7.0 | fmt/538 |
| 8.0 | x-fmt/302 |
| 9.0 | fmt/539 |
Sample files
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
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).
