FrameMaker development - to version 13.0

• Both large and/or coloured icons in tool bars, harmonised with those in panels, design crisper as before.
• Panel to work with open files (full path visible).
• Drop file into any open area (not just the title bar).
• Quick catalogues (F8/F9 etc) now reliable and fast, closing panels supported; current selection in catalogue is highlighted.
• New samples for unstructured mode and DITA.
• Restore last session: all open files, focus restored, workspaces with panels, views etc.
• At crash we get a chance to save the open documents!
• Launch time nearly halved (not 'everything' is loaded).
• Resizeable dialogues for Show/hide Conditional Text and Cross References; location of most dialogues are remembered ^12.0.3.
• Active item is highlighted in catalogue ^12.0.3.

• Many modal dialogues (pods) can now be resized and their size and location is remembered.
• Visual indication of active pod.
• Visual indication of condtitions in tables is enhanced.
• Anchored frame in conditionised paragraph is indicated by coloured frame.
• Quick catalogues are started faster; smart filter in the designers for the object names.
• Choice of cursor movement (logical or visual) for RTL text.
• Insert special markers for text direction (Left To Right, Right To Left).
• Drag and drop to open file now also on pods - so nearly the whole application window is target.
• About 90 bugs from previous version (FM-12) fixed.
• Localisation: English, French, German, Japanese (nothing new, but mentioned here for the first time)
• XML Author is a flavour of the interface, just as Structured FrameMaker is.

• HTML Help with access to community help and PDF
• MIF and FDK documents updated (2015-01).
• A reviewers guide (100 MB PDF) contains many short videos demonstrating the use of new functions.
• Offline Help Viewer (CHM) claimed to provide context sensitive information ^12.0.2.
• Restructured user guide (feature oriented → task oriented) ^12.0.3

• Helpful tips depening on context (bottom right) point to new features.

• Find/replace with regular expression support (3 flavours: PERL, EGREP, GREFP) to search in body text, footnotes, markers, variables, etc.
• Handling of multiple conditions greatly enhanced (check box mechanism, complex expression with full parentheses support in an expression builder).

• Right to Left (LTR) language support (Hebrew, Arabic) including verious new numbering formats (Indic, Hebrew, Abjad, Alif Ba Ta).
• Direction in document can be flipped easily (after translation).
• Default direction (for objects such as paragraphs or tables) is inherited from the document.
• Each text flow may have its own direction.
• Individual objects (table, graphic) may have irregular direction.
• Standard layout engine and Asian layout engine (better support of alignment). The latter is automatically choosen for double-byte encoding of the thext.

• Insert and manage QR codes of various types (URL, SMS, phone call, …).

• Re-design of colour-definition dialogue.

• Enhanced dialogue Insert Table.
• Navigate tables with arrow keys.
• Direct access to table variables.
• Aalternative way to add row below last; drag-and-drop rows and columns ^12.0.3.

• Conditionalised columns.
• Table insert dialogue: added table continuation variables.
• Setting of continuation variables for all tables of specific format.
• Solid fill in table shading (replacing the patterns in display).
• More table styles as samples.

• Import of PDF comments into FM even during furhter change of FM document (Can change the relative position of the paragraph or change the text around the commented portion).
• Review (comments) supported on mobile devices with Adobe Reader.

• Word import: Word-styles (para, char, table) can be mapped to FM-styles.
• Optionally retain Word inline formatting. Other options available.
• Save and re-use the settings file.

• Save As allows to previous versions FM-11 MIF-7.
• Packager to collect all related files in ZIP.
• DropBox integration ("access to the content on-the-go and collaboration with both internal & external reviewers").
• Multiple output for various devices (native: PDF, HTML5, HTML, Amazon Kindle; with RoboHelp: ePub, MS WebHelp).
• FrameMaker Publishing Server is now a web service.

• Save As allows to previous versions FM-12 MIF-7.
• Multi device publishing of RTL content: PDF, HTML, Responsive HTML5, ePub, MS WebHelp - with browse sequences^13.0.1, Amazon Kindle.
• Native creation of ePub, MS WebHelp.
• Responsive HTML5: customising layout components; topic heading in search; frameless output; support Social Media widgets; show/hide components (TOC etc.); configure media boundaries for different screens; flip layout for RTL.
• Output for mobile devices supported by PhoneGap:Build (for iOS, Android).
• Personalised content dynamically generated.
• Mobile apps can be downloaded (from PhoneGap site) by QR code.
• Publish content with Adobe Digital Publishing Solution (DPS)^13.0.1

Bi-directional (bidi) support and spell checking for Arabic and Hebrew.
Thai and Farsi (bidi)^13.0.1

• Mixed books (both LTR and RTL chapters).
• TOC and IX can be LTR or RTL.
• MiniToc for document with definitions on Reference Page,
  also on book level^13.0.1
• Conditional text at book level.
• Track text edit operations at book level.

• Inline MathML now supported.
• Paragraph properties can be transferred to the formula.
• Output is now searchable eps (not png).

• FDK API can now extract copied gaphics to a specific folder ^12.0.3.
• Great number of bugs fixed ^12.0.3.

• CMS support within FM enhanced (check out/in, search, tree view of CMS repository as book window).
• CQ5 added as supported CMS (and any other WEBDAV enabled CMS).
• Custom attribute support for Documentum and Sharepoint.
• Claim-based authentication for SharePoint ^12.0.3.

• Dita Exchange (by Content Technologies) added.
• Improved performance of AEM (Adobe Experience Manager 6.1) conncetor.

• XML Author is stand-alone product or facette in full FM: Multiple authoring views – WYSIWYG, Author and XML code view. Some restrictions apply (no formatting, no EDD, no RW-rules, no publishing).
• MathML (through MathFlow™ Editor), XSLT and XPath support.
• Quick Element Insertion tool bar for casual authors.
• XML support enhanced (less cluttered, …); pre/post XLST processing on level XSL 2.0; performance of XML open encreased.
• Smart paste automatically converts formatting to elements and attributes.
• Structure view enhanced with drag-and-drop, expand/collapse siblings and child elements/attributes, enhanced navigation ^12.0.3.

• Structure view enhancements: highlight node; indicate valid/invalid drop; drag/drop into empty element; expand element by holding; locate element in structured view; expand/collapse child and sibling.
• Direction attribute in EDD to support RTL languages
• Simplified xml authoring for SMEs / casual contributors by means of input templates. These templates can be customised / set up individually. It also supports DITA 1.3 topics^13.0.1.
• Quick elements insertion tool bar enhanced (image, list, code block etc.).
• Authoring enhancements (e.g. Guidance on when an object needs to be inserted before a user can type; Convert bulleted to numbered lists and vice versa).
• EDD update much faster.
• Default XSLT processor is SAXON, supporting XSLT 2.0^13.0.1

• DITA contents can be published to PDF, XHTML, HTML/CHM by means of DITA-OT.
• Preview DITAMAP content without leaving doc view.

• Partial Dita 1.3 support (new topic types troubleshooting, new maps learningObjectMap, learningGroupMap).
• Publish flat DITA books

Full price en version: USD 999; EUR 1149 (+VAT)
Subscription (one year plan): USD/EUR 30/month
Update from FM-11: USD 399; EUR 459 (+VAT)
Update from FM-10: USD 599; EUR 689 (+VAT)
XML Author full price en: USD 399. See Note

Product name is FrameMaker 2015 (to be in line with other Adobe products)
Full price en version: USD 999
Subscription (one year plan): USD/EUR 30/month
Update from FM-12: USD 399; EUR 399 (+VAT)
Update from FM-11: USD 599; EUR 599 (+VAT)

Release:  2014-01-14: 12.0.0.329 (TCS5 version)
Update 1: 2014-02-13: 12.0.1.331
Update 2: 2014-05-09: 12.0.2.389
Update 3: 2014-09-25: 12.0.3.424
Update 4: 2015-02-04: 12.0.4.455

Release:  2015-06-02: 13.0.0.333 (TCS6 version)
Update 1: 2015-07-26: 13.0.1.373 - Windows 10 ready
Update 2: 2015-11-24: 13.0.2.433 - Some enhancements, Bug fixes
Update 3: 2016-04-20: 13.0.3.495 - Some enhancements, Bug fixes
Update 4: 2016-09-30: 13.0.5.547 - Some enhancements, Bug fixes