About us

West Street Consulting, founded in 2004, is an organization committed to solutions and innovations for technical writers and information architects. It is owned and managed by Russ Ward, a full-time technical writer and part-time West Street software developer.

Currently, our focus has been structured FrameMaker as the writer's tool of choice, because we fully believe that for the price, it is unmatched in power and potential for tech writing and content management. We believe that most of the power is tucked away in the structured interface and often overlooked, because native features tend not to exploit it. However, we saw (and continue to see) an unending potential offered by the markup of structured documents, and are committed to providing affordable solutions that stretch it to the limits.

We reached the point where it was no longer practical or desirable to provide software for sale. So it is now free and we hope you enjoy.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions.