Why would you upgrade from FM7.0 to FM7.1?

[hedley_finger@xxxxxxxxxxx]

All:

My manager asked me to evaluate whether it is worth upgrading from
FrameMaker 7.0 to 7.1.  I printed out the Adobe FrameMaker page and also
the PDF brochure.  Being able to retain conditional text in XML is nice,
plus the ability to include cross-file cross-references.  The ability to
always Save as XML is also good, leaving open the possibility of only
saving XML files in a version repository. The repository's branch and merge
capabilities would then allow parallel development, with the ability to
merge two or more branches back into a main line -- a definite benefit for
single-sourcing.  The ability to import SVG is good, especially if the SVG
graphics can be included in XHTML, etc. output in native format, thus
preserving all the nice transparency, animation, etc.

I guess the biggies for us would be in round-tripping XML: (a) exporting
conditioned content to XML, editing in an XML editor, and re-importing
while preserving all conditioned content -- and any new conditioned content
added in the XML editor; (b) exporting cross-references to XML and
re-importing them with preserved formats and links.  Can anyone confirm
from practical experience that this is the case?

Also, have there been any bug fixes?

Note: The following NEW capabilities are pretty irrelevant to us:

@    import filters for Quark and PageMaker
@    new fonts

So, if you know of any features or bug fixes new to 7.1 only, possibly not
documented on Adobe's site, please let me know.

[Windows XP Pro, FrameMaker 7.0p578, FrameScript 2.1r3, Enhance 2.05,
Acrobat 5.05, mif2go 33u34, WebWorks Publisher 7.05, IXgen 7.2p055, HTML
Help Workshop 4.74 build 8702.0, HTML Help 1.31]

Regards,
Hedley

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