New DoD SGML requirements nixes FM?

2014-08-20 Thread Chris Coggins
It appears the AF at least is moving away from FM for SGML requirements per the quoted paragraph below, taken from a current RFP/TMCR. What are some of the suitable (and affordable) SGML editing/composing systems that would satisfy these requirements? NOTE: Contractors are responsible for

SGML help needed

2014-07-23 Thread Chris Coggins
and help me determine the feasibility of this project? Contact me off list if you're interested in helping. Thanks, Chris Coggins ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com

Re: Fm10 Tables and Change Bars

2014-01-29 Thread Chris Coggins
This cell padding idea worked ok to accomplish what I need. But I had to set top at 3pt and bottom at 2pt, anything less caused the bars to rejoin as one. I tried to compensate for the added vertical growth by adjusting line spacing and font size, but couldn't exactly match the rows per page that

FM10, Acrobat Font SysbBold

2014-01-29 Thread Chris Coggins
This has probably been asked before, but how do I get my hands on the SysbBold font for Framemaker 10 (Win XP) that's being identified as SysbBold Type 1 in Acrobat X's object inspector? Chris ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as

Fm10 Tables and Change Bars

2014-01-27 Thread Chris Coggins
I have 6-column tables taking up dozens of pages, with each row containing only 1line of text. Due to the customer's request, I need to have the change bars appear as individual change bars beside each row, even along consecutive rows, rather than one solid change bar down multiple rows. Does

Fwd: Fm10 Tables and Change Bars

2014-01-27 Thread Chris Coggins
I have 6-column tables taking up dozens of pages, with each row containing only 1line of text. Due to the customer's request, I need to have the change bars appear as individual change bars beside each row, even along consecutive rows, rather than one solid change bar down multiple rows. Does

Re: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

2014-01-16 Thread Chris Coggins
On 14-Jan-14 4:13 PM, Chris Coggins wrote: Attached are two graphics in pdf format: the clean source graphic (via Illustrator CS5) and the resulting pdf output from framemaker (ver 10). Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in graphic in the pdf output? I embedded

Re: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

2014-01-16 Thread Chris Coggins
/mattrsullivan http://mattrsullivan.com/mattrsullivan.com On Jan 14, 2014, at 6:13 AM, Chris Coggins cacogg...@gmail.com wrote: I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the save as pdf (high quality) and print to pdf (standard) methods of output, but the distortion occurs on both. I

Graphic distortion in frame pdf

2014-01-16 Thread Chris Coggins
chnical Writer > 052-763-7133 > > On 14-Jan-14 4:13 PM, Chris Coggins wrote: > > Attached are two graphics in pdf format: the clean source graphic (via > Illustrator CS5) and the resulting pdf output from framemaker (ver 10). > > Can someone explain how to fix the dist

Graphic distortion in frame pdf

2014-01-16 Thread Chris Coggins
> <http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan>facebook<http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan> > <http://mattrsullivan.com/>mattrsullivan.com > > > > > On Jan 14, 2014, at 6:13 AM, Chris Coggins wrote: > > I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried

Graphic distortion in frame pdf

2014-01-14 Thread Chris Coggins
Attached are two graphics in pdf format: the clean source graphic (via Illustrator CS5) and the resulting pdf output from framemaker (ver 10). Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in graphic in the pdf output? I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the

Urgent question re: SGML Framemaker

2013-10-01 Thread Chris Coggins
Is anyone aware of issues importing very large sgml files into Framemaker? For example, importing large government-provided DTD/FOSI templates? Framemaker is an established composition tool within the government regarding DoD technical manuals, but I've been asked to verify whether Framemaker is

Urgent question re: SGML & Framemaker

2013-09-30 Thread Chris Coggins
Is anyone aware of issues importing very large sgml files into Framemaker? For example, importing large government-provided DTD/FOSI templates? Framemaker is an established composition tool within the government regarding DoD technical manuals, but I've been asked to verify whether Framemaker is

Re: need to collaborate with a Word guru

2013-08-29 Thread Chris Coggins
Hey Carol, Did you resolve this issue re: setting up Word styles to change text formats within the same level in heading styles? Chris On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Carol J. Elkins celk...@awrittenword.comwrote: Please contact me off list if you are an experienced Word user who is

need to collaborate with a Word guru

2013-08-29 Thread Chris Coggins
Hey Carol, Did you resolve this issue re: setting up Word styles to change text formats within the same level in heading styles? Chris On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Carol J. Elkins wrote: > Please contact me off list if you are an experienced Word user who is > familiar with building

Re: Auto-rotate pages in PDF

2013-07-24 Thread Chris Coggins
We had this same problem and our solution was to set the graphics resolution to 600dpi, and set the paper size to match or exceed the largest page size in the FM file in the advanced print options. That solved the cut-off problems for us. Chris On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Jay Mahler

Auto-rotate pages in PDF

2013-07-23 Thread Chris Coggins
We had this same problem and our solution was to set the graphics resolution to 600dpi, and set the paper size to match or exceed the largest page size in the FM file in the advanced print options. That solved the cut-off problems for us. Chris On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Jay Mahler

Font issues

2013-07-20 Thread Chris Coggins
ting to the Adobe PDF virtual printer, rather >> than using Save as PDF. You didn't mention which FrameMaker version you >> have, but Save as PDF was highly unreliable in older versions-- so much so >> that all the gurus warned to avoid it. >> >> Anyway, those are some starting

Font issues

2013-07-18 Thread Chris Coggins
Attached are two screen caps of a portion of text: 1 is the resultant PDF from a Framemaker file recreating a source document, the other is from the source document itself. The fonts are the same on both documents (10pt TNR), so why do they come out looking so small in the frame document? Frame

Font issues

2013-07-18 Thread Chris Coggins
Attached are two screen caps of a portion of text: 1 is the resultant PDF from a Framemaker file recreating a source document, the other is from the source document itself. The fonts are the same on both documents (10pt TNR), so why do they come out looking so small in the frame document? Frame

Configuration control for imported Graphics

2013-01-02 Thread Chris Coggins
Can anyone offer suggestions for tight configuration control over graphics that are imported into framemaker documents? We're actually embedding images into the documents because we are unable to link by reference due to Sharepoint limitations. Right now we're manually checking for current

Configuration control for imported Graphics

2013-01-02 Thread Chris Coggins
Can anyone offer suggestions for tight configuration control over graphics that are imported into framemaker documents? We're actually embedding images into the documents because we are unable to link by reference due to Sharepoint limitations. Right now we're manually checking for current

Re: Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

2012-10-04 Thread Chris Coggins
We purchased our copies of Frame a couple years ago from evaluesoftware, for download versions only (no CD). They currently have Frame 10 Full Version under $500, which is tempting to add another copy or two to our library. http://www.evaluesoftware.com/index.php?l=product_detailp=2123 On Mon,

Frame 10 Save as PDF error AdobePDF printer not found

2012-10-04 Thread Chris Coggins
We have a coworker running Windows 7 and Frame 10 in unstructured mode and is unable to save frame documents to .pdf. I know there have been alot of save-to-pdf issues discussed recently and was wondering if this particular issue was addressed. When the user tries to save as PDF, the error that's

Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

2012-10-03 Thread Chris Coggins
We purchased our copies of Frame a couple years ago from evaluesoftware, for download versions only (no CD). They currently have Frame 10 Full Version under $500, which is tempting to add another copy or two to our library. http://www.evaluesoftware.com/index.php?l=product_detail=2123 On Mon, Oct

Frame 10 Save as PDF error AdobePDF printer not found

2012-10-03 Thread Chris Coggins
We have a coworker running Windows 7 and Frame 10 in unstructured mode and is unable to save frame documents to .pdf. I know there have been alot of save-to-pdf issues discussed recently and was wondering if this particular issue was addressed. When the user tries to save as PDF, the error that's

Re: RE(~): Acrobat X Pro settings

2012-09-11 Thread Chris Coggins
Hey Dov, Were you able to examine the files I sent last week? I'm hoping you've got a couple of ideas that may help me resolve the situation. Let me know, when you get a chance. Thanks again, Chris On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Chris Coggins cacogg...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Dov. Here

RE(~): Acrobat X Pro settings

2012-09-11 Thread Chris Coggins
Hey Dov, Were you able to examine the files I sent last week? I'm hoping you've got a couple of ideas that may help me resolve the situation. Let me know, when you get a chance. Thanks again, Chris On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Chris Coggins wrote: > Thanks Dov. Here are the files us

Re: Acrobat X Pro settings

2012-09-06 Thread Chris Coggins
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Acrobat X Pro settings

2012-09-04 Thread Chris Coggins
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OT: Acrobat X Pro settings

2012-09-03 Thread Chris Coggins
Would anyone happen to know how to copy the Acrobat X Pro settings from a pc to a laptop, all things being equal (same os, graphics display, etc) The problem prompting this request is that the newly installed Acrobat X Pro on the laptop does not save PDFs in the same way as the one on the pc.

Re: Graphics import problems

2012-09-03 Thread Chris Coggins
Yes, there is, unless someone here can explain how to link to the graphics stored on a Sharepoint 2007 server, which we've tried. The network links disappear when the document is saved, forcing frame to look for the graphics on the local drives, where they do not reside. If you know how to make

OT: Acrobat X Pro settings

2012-08-28 Thread Chris Coggins
Would anyone happen to know how to copy the Acrobat X Pro settings from a pc to a laptop, all things being equal (same os, graphics display, etc) The problem prompting this request is that the newly installed Acrobat X Pro on the laptop does not save PDFs in the same way as the one on the pc.

Graphics import problems

2012-08-28 Thread Chris Coggins
Yes, there is, unless someone here can explain how to link to the graphics stored on a Sharepoint 2007 server, which we've tried. The network links disappear when the document is saved, forcing frame to look for the graphics on the local drives, where they do not reside. If you know how to make

Graphic import object facets problem

2012-08-23 Thread Chris Coggins
Hi, Thank you for being here. I am trying to troubleshoot a graphics import problem with one of our frame users that is not occurring with any of our other frame users. I don't fully understand how frame embeds graphics into the document so I need some help determining whether these behaviors are

Graphics import problems

2012-08-23 Thread Chris Coggins
(My apologies if this came through already, me emailer crashed upon send.) Hi, Thank you for being here. I am trying to troubleshoot a graphics import problem with one of our frame users that is not occurring with any of our other frame users. I don't fully understand how frame embeds graphics

Graphic import > object facets problem

2012-08-03 Thread Chris Coggins
Hi, Thank you for being here. I am trying to troubleshoot a graphics import problem with one of our frame users that is not occurring with any of our other frame users. I don't fully understand how frame embeds graphics into the document so I need some help determining whether these behaviors are

Graphics import problems

2012-08-03 Thread Chris Coggins
(My apologies if this came through already, me emailer crashed upon send.) Hi, Thank you for being here. I am trying to troubleshoot a graphics import problem with one of our frame users that is not occurring with any of our other frame users. I don't fully understand how frame embeds graphics