Hi, all.
I want to get your opinion on the strategy I intend to adopt unless someone tells me about a better way!
I recently imported ~150 .html files into FrameMaker, and tidied them all up, so that they could become the basis of future single-sourced PDFs and HTML5 help systems. I find it hard to scroll through 150 .fm files in the .bk file to find the individual topic I need, and I can't think of a reason to keep the .fm files separate.
Therefore, I am going consolidate the .fm files in large chapter files and, ultimately, create a traditional FrameMaker book file that will produce a traditional PDF. Then:
1. I'll generate PDFs in the usual way.
2. In order to create HTML5 Help, I will use the Settings option to split each .fm into topics at the H1 and H2 levels, and suppress my Chapter Title sections completely (since they contain book-metaphor connective material).
Would any of you use a different strategy? If so, what are its selling points? Would you keep the ~150 separate .fm files for any reason?
Thanks.