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From: "Yves Barbion" <yves.barbion@...>

Hi "blueskyze"

I second Alex' recommendations. If your team is familiar with FrameMaker, then DITA-FMx is definitely the way to go to author and publish DITA content in a production environment. If you wish to get up and running with DITA authoring in FrameMaker quickly, we can offer you web-based DITA-FMx training. Check out Leximation's website for more information on DITA-FMx:

http://www.leximation.com/dita-fmx/

If you are looking for a smooth way to go from (unstructured) FM to DITA: use MIF2Go of Omni Systems (http://www.omsys.com). MIF2Go offers A LOT more possibilities than Frame's conversion tables. We've got a Captivate movie which shows you how this works.

To publish your DITA XML content as PDF, I see two options:

• Using the DITA Open Toolkit, but then you will need someone to develop (and update) your FO style sheets.
  
• Using DITA-FMx: Generate Book from Map, and then save the FM book as PDF.
  

Feel free to contact me off-list for more information about our DITA and FM classes or the Captivate movie.

Cheers

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