Re: Tool to convert jpeg files to text

2011-11-17 Thread Andy Kass
Hi, Many home multi-function printers/fax/scanners ship with OCR software. My HP LaserJet had a disk with ReadIRIS OCR software that I've used to open image files and convert to text. It worked fairly well on an old version (9) several years ago, I haven't tried the newest version (12) yet. So

RE: Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Andy Kass
I have the free Acrobat Reader 9.4.5 on Windows Vista Pro, and I have noticed this problem too. Actually, I didn't even know about the Search feature, never needed it. The search window makes the search term bold in each occurrence, but when clicking on it to see it on the page, it has the

Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Andy Kass
I have the free Acrobat Reader 9.4.5 on Windows Vista Pro, and I have noticed this problem too. Actually, I didn't even know about the Search feature, never needed it. The search window makes the search term bold in each occurrence, but when clicking on it to see it on the page, it has the

Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Andy Kass
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com wrote: Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand. Native American Proverb Mmmm, proverbs and quotes, I love them. Though I have to say, my version of the tech writer's

OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Andy Kass
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, "Flato, Gillian" wrote: > > "Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and > I'll understand." > Native American Proverb Mmmm, proverbs and quotes, I love them. Though I have to say, my version of the tech writer's proverb is:

Re: OFF-TOPIC: PC BIOS Screen Capture Software

2011-04-20 Thread Andy Kass
Sounds like Bill had the only workable answer so far (in yesterday's digest), taking the video out of the machine into another one. I wondered if you had any sort of BIOS emulator, or even just BIOS mockup, for your specific BIOS. Of course, BIOS emulators are used for hacking, so searching

OFF-TOPIC: PC BIOS Screen Capture Software

2011-04-20 Thread Andy Kass
Sounds like Bill had the only workable answer so far (in yesterday's digest), taking the video out of the machine into another one. I wondered if you had any sort of BIOS emulator, or even just BIOS mockup, for your specific BIOS. Of course, BIOS emulators are used for hacking, so searching

Re: A simple numbering question

2011-04-06 Thread Andy Kass
to one numbering, you're always having to select one of two style for each type of numbering. You also need to revisit the paragraph style if you ever enter a new Numbered-1 above the old one. Jay -Original Message- From: Andy Kass [mailto:ak...@jaspersoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, April

A simple numbering question

2011-04-06 Thread Andy Kass
t; tags that didn't reset or use those numbers. > > I guess the bottom line is that this auto-numbering style is more > complex, but you only need to do it once. With the explicit set to one > numbering, you're always having to select one of two style for each > type of numberin

RE: A simple numbering question

2011-04-05 Thread Andy Kass
Hi, At first, I really liked Jay's idea. Those NumberedFirst and NumberedAlphaFirst para tags in my own templates have been bothering me for quite a while. But the more I think about it, the less I think it is practical, or even possible. I see two problems: 1. With this solution, you need to

A simple numbering question

2011-04-05 Thread Andy Kass
Hi, At first, I really liked Jay's idea. Those NumberedFirst and NumberedAlphaFirst para tags in my own templates have been bothering me for quite a while. But the more I think about it, the less I think it is practical, or even possible. I see two problems: 1. With this solution, you need to

Re: Inheriting formats when pasting

2010-11-29 Thread Andy Kass
:57:00 -0500 From: srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Inheriting formats when pasting On 26/11/2010 12:54 PM, Andy Kass wrote: Hi everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving, Here's a FM 8 (p277) question for you to ponder, it's been bugging me

Inheriting formats when pasting

2010-11-29 Thread Andy Kass
2010 13:57:00 -0500 > From: srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Inheriting formats when pasting > > On 26/11/2010 12:54 PM, Andy Kass wrote: > > Hi everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving, > > > > Here's a FM 8 (p2

Inheriting formats when pasting

2010-11-26 Thread Andy Kass
Hi everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving, Here's a FM 8 (p277) question for you to ponder, it's been bugging me for some time. When I cut-and-paste between paragraphs of different fonts (or any other format), Frame remembers the source formatting, and pastes it along with the text. So our strict

Re: Inheriting formats when pasting

2010-11-26 Thread Andy Kass
...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Kass Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 12:54 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Inheriting formats when pasting Hi everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving, Here's a FM 8 (p277) question for you to ponder, it's been bugging me for some time. When I

Re: Inheriting formats when pasting

2010-11-26 Thread Andy Kass
I submitted the following enhancement request to the Adobe URL that was once posted on this list: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform ***Enhancement / FMR* Brief title for your desired feature: Smart Paste How would you like the feature to work? Have

Inheriting formats when pasting

2010-11-26 Thread Andy Kass
Hi everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving, Here's a FM 8 (p277) question for you to ponder, it's been bugging me for some time. When I cut-and-paste between paragraphs of different fonts (or any other format), Frame remembers the source formatting, and pastes it along with the text. So our strict

Inheriting formats when pasting

2010-11-26 Thread Andy Kass
s.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Kass > Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 12:54 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Inheriting formats when pasting > > Hi everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving, > > Here's a FM 8 (p277) question fo

Inheriting formats when pasting

2010-11-26 Thread Andy Kass
I submitted the following enhancement request to the Adobe URL that was once posted on this list: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform ***Enhancement / FMR* Brief title for your desired feature: Smart Paste How would you like the feature to work? Have

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-05 Thread Andy Kass
Hi, I'm on digest, so a bit late to this discussion. I wanted to clarify that version control and backups serve 2 different purposes. And although version control inherently does backup, it does it inefficiently (uses more space) in the case of unstructured FM's binary files. For binary

FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-05 Thread Andy Kass
Hi, I'm on digest, so a bit late to this discussion. I wanted to clarify that version control and backups serve 2 different purposes. And although version control inherently does backup, it does it inefficiently (uses more space) in the case of unstructured FM's binary files. For binary

Re: Spell checking with em dashes in text ...

2010-06-28 Thread Andy Kass
Hi, I have FM 8p277 and spell checking seems to ignore the em-dashes, but upon testing, it's weirder than that. It spell checks the whole word before the em-dash, and ignores anything after it. So I see the following (and here I use the conventional two dashes for an em-dash in plain text):

Spell checking with em dashes in text ...

2010-06-28 Thread Andy Kass
Hi, I have FM 8p277 and spell checking seems to ignore the em-dashes, but upon testing, it's weirder than that. It spell checks the whole word before the em-dash, and ignores anything after it. So I see the following (and here I use the conventional two dashes for an em-dash in plain text):

Question about flow and background text frames

2010-05-07 Thread Andy Kass
Hi everyone, I have unstructured FM 8, fully patched, on Vista. I'm working on templates and having an issue with background text frames. What I'd like is for the Glossary and Index template files to have permanent headings, that is cannot be edited on the body pages. After reading the help,

Re: Question about flow and background text frames

2010-05-07 Thread Andy Kass
is to put the heading in the main flow at the top of the first body page. And then don't edit it. It's only going to change if someone consciously edits the text. Is it really that hard for you and/or your co-workers to refrain from doing that? :-) Andy Kass wrote: I'm working on templates

Re: Question about flow and background text frames

2010-05-07 Thread Andy Kass
That is a nice workaround, unfortunately, my paragraph tag is named Heading GlossaryIndex and I use it in both files. I might try it out though. One extra step you didn't mention: tweaking the Running H/F variable to use $paranum as well. For maintenance reasons, I want my template files to

Question about flow and background text frames

2010-05-07 Thread Andy Kass
Hi everyone, I have unstructured FM 8, fully patched, on Vista. I'm working on templates and having an issue with background text frames. What I'd like is for the Glossary and Index template files to have permanent headings, that is cannot be edited on the body pages. After reading the help,

Question about flow and background text frames

2010-05-07 Thread Andy Kass
each link pointed to a unique destination. > > The "workaround" is to put the heading in the main flow at the top of > the first body page. And then don't edit it. It's only going to change > if someone consciously edits the text. Is it really that hard for you > and/or

Question about flow and background text frames

2010-05-07 Thread Andy Kass
That is a nice workaround, unfortunately, my paragraph tag is named "Heading GlossaryIndex" and I use it in both files. I might try it out though. One extra step you didn't mention: tweaking the Running H/F variable to use <$paranum> as well. For maintenance reasons, I want my template files

Re: OT: Heading levels in a UG

2009-07-16 Thread Andy Kass
Very interesting topic, and quite a funny anecdote about ET pigeonholing tech writers. We have 4 levels in our templates, including the chapter title, but usually avoid going down to 4. So most content is under 1 Chapter Title (actually a Heading 1) 1.2 Heading 2 1.2.3 Heading 3 For our type

OT: Heading levels in a UG

2009-07-16 Thread Andy Kass
Very interesting topic, and quite a funny anecdote about ET pigeonholing tech writers. We have 4 levels in our templates, including the chapter title, but usually avoid going down to 4. So most content is under 1 Chapter Title (actually a Heading 1) 1.2 Heading 2 1.2.3 Heading 3 For our type

Re: Strange orphan behavior in tables

2009-06-30 Thread Andy Kass
Hi again, Fred Ridder wrote: Andy Kass wrote (in small part): I actually don't mind breaking a small table, since I have fairly tall rows. And if it does break like that, having orphans is better than having widows. However, not being able to use the space created at the bottom

Strange orphan behavior in tables

2009-06-30 Thread Andy Kass
Hi again, Fred Ridder wrote: > >> Andy Kass wrote (in small part): >> >> I actually don't mind breaking a small table, since I have >> fairly tall rows. And if it does break like that, having >> orphans is better than having widows. However, not being

Re: Strange orphan behavior in tables

2009-06-29 Thread Andy Kass
like that, having orphans is better than having widows. However, not being able to use the space created at the bottom of the page makes it all useless. Maybe my tables are haunted by the ghost of the widow's spouse. Thanks, Andy At 04:06 PM 6/26/2009, Andy Kass wrote: Hi everyone, I'm working

Strange orphan behavior in tables

2009-06-29 Thread Andy Kass
eaking a small table, since I have fairly tall rows. And if it does break like that, having orphans is better than having widows. However, not being able to use the space created at the bottom of the page makes it all useless. Maybe my tables are haunted by the ghost of the widow's spouse. Tha

Strange orphan behavior in tables

2009-06-26 Thread Andy Kass
Hi everyone, I'm working in unstructured FrameMaker 8 (p277) on Windows XP, and I'm noticing that tables have spacing issues at the bottom of a page when they have less than twice the number of orphan rows. For example, if I have a table with 3 rows (regardless of heading rows) that has an

Strange orphan behavior in tables

2009-06-26 Thread Andy Kass
Hi everyone, I'm working in unstructured FrameMaker 8 (p277) on Windows XP, and I'm noticing that tables have spacing issues at the bottom of a page when they have less than twice the number of orphan rows. For example, if I have a table with 3 rows (regardless of heading rows) that has an

Font Issues - Unavaiilable Fonts and Font Information Changed - Recap

2009-06-23 Thread Andy Kass
Another solution to avoid pasting random fonts and formats into Frame is set your ClipboardFormatsPriorities in maker.ini (either the user copy or the system copy). I believe the following setting will do the the trick: ClipboardFormatsPriorities=UNICODE TEXT, TEXT, FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB,

Font Issues - Unavaiilable Fonts and Font Information Changed - Recap

2009-06-23 Thread Andy Kass
Another solution to avoid pasting random fonts and formats into Frame is set your ClipboardFormatsPriorities in maker.ini (either the user copy or the system copy). I believe the following setting will do the the trick: ClipboardFormatsPriorities=UNICODE TEXT, TEXT, FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB,

RE: Procedure How to Write a Manual!

2009-05-25 Thread Andy Kass
I've enjoyed reading all the input on this thread, and I had a few more thoughts. Unfortunately, the way Reid writes it below, it looks like anyone can have the writer role. I would've written: 4. Technical Writer who knows enough to understand the SME, learns about the audience and its

Motivating end users to read the manual

2009-05-22 Thread Andy Kass
Hi all, I thought this was an interesting topic, and I wanted to jump in as well. I see three possible issues, listed from easiest to hardest to solve: 1. Despite your efforts, the doc doesn't meet the needs of the field engineers. As others have pointed out, your text can be verbose. Are

Procedure How to Write a Manual!

2009-05-22 Thread Andy Kass
I've enjoyed reading all the input on this thread, and I had a few more thoughts. Unfortunately, the way Reid writes it below, it looks like anyone can have the writer role. I would've written: 4. Technical Writer who knows enough to understand the SME, learns about the audience and its

RE: Screen captures and sizing

2009-05-19 Thread Andy Kass
Hi all, [from a lurker on daily digest, sorry if this is late] Here is the current comment from a client: Generally, I would like to keep high quality of screen captures. The comment that I have from the client is what I have - nothing specific about fuzziness, or anything else. Tammy, if

Screen captures and sizing

2009-05-19 Thread Andy Kass
Hi all, [from a lurker on daily digest, sorry if this is late] > Here is the current comment from a client: Generally, I would like > to keep high quality of screen captures. > The comment that I have from the client is what I have - nothing > specific about fuzziness, or anything else. Tammy,