Academic Version of FrameMaker (Mac)
Mike
academic version for about $250. You can see if they'd sell it to you by
mail by calling: 206.545.4382.
You might also want to search the web. I believe there are companies
that sell educational versions to those who can show the proper
credentials.
Be advised. I have been told that Adobe's academic versions can't be
registered and upgraded. If that matters with you, check with Adobe to
see if it's true.
On eBay, the current 5.5.6 version seems to be going for about $400+. I
managed to pick up a legit, licensable copy of 5.0 less manuals (the
online and on-disk documentation is adequate) for what would have been
$50. I ended up working a trade instead. I plan to live with 5.0 until
6.0 comes out. There's a bit less polish to the interface, a few more
crashes, and (I'm told) less ability to write to web pages.
Last but not least, if you buy Framemaker 5.5.6 for Dummies ($25) the
CD-ROM has versions of FM for Unix, Windows and the Mac. The former two
won't save or print but the Mac version is full-featured once you get a
code number from Adobe that's good for about two months. The book is
good and taking that route would let you delay purchase and decide if
you like FM. FM, for instance, won't do automated endnotes (only
footnotes). But you can kludge endnotes with the cross-reference
feature. If you move text around, however, endnotes numbers will still
refer to the right reference but will be numbered out of order in the
text. You'll have to re-arranged the endnote list to get everything
right again. A bit messy but workable.
--Mike Perry, Inkling Books, Seattle
>I am soon to be a PhD student and I want to use FrameMaker on my Mac
>to write my thesis.
>
>I have had no luck finding distributors who sell an academic version
>of the program at an academic price. Can anyone recommend such a
>distributor for me?
>
>It is a sad world when one cannot buy what one wants and it is in
>fact easier to find illegal copies than places to buy legitimate
>ones!
Greg Camtech
to write my thesis.
I have had no luck finding distributors who sell an academic version
of the program at an academic price. Can anyone recommend such a
distributor for me?
It is a sad world when one cannot buy what one wants and it is in
fact easier to find illegal copies than places to buy legitimate
ones!
--
HAIKU of PROFOUND WISDOM and BEAUTY #1:
A crash reduces
your expensive computer
to a simple stone.
Viktor Haag
> Be advised. I have been told that Adobe's academic versions
> can't be registered and upgraded. If that matters with you,
> check with Adobe to see if it's true.
Not entirely true. I purchased a copy of 5.1.2 academic Frame for
my Mac. Then I was easily able to upgrade to the various versions
of 5.5. I had to pay exactly the same cost as the upgrades I got
for Frame in our work office.
I purchased my academic copy of Frame through my company who had
an account with Merisel, and I just paid for it directly with my
credit card.
Most University Book Stores/Computer Stores can order academic
copies of software even if they don't regularly keep them in
stock, because they deal with a distributor that *does* stock the
academic versions of the software...
--
Viktor Haag Senior Technical Writer, RIM
"Unix and C are the ultimate computer viruses." -- Richard Gabriel
My opinions are my own, only.
