RE: Training

2015-03-30 Thread Christopher Seal
Hi Alison,I've taken a couple of online courses at www.coursera.org (computer networking, and Python).These are free and put on by various universitiesChris From: alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Training Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:47:57 +

RE: What free Windows text editor should I use to look at MIF files?

2014-10-06 Thread Christopher Seal
I have to say that I do not remember seeing in this discussion that in the context of FrameMaker MIF stands for Maker Interchange Format (i.e. Maker, not Model). When I used FrameMaker (last time was with 7.2) I used MIF to clean FM files, and also for FUN! For example, by editing MIF files

OT: Employment sought in the Ottawa area (Canada)

2012-08-23 Thread Christopher Seal
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OT: Employment sought in the Ottawa area (Canada)

2012-08-23 Thread Christopher Seal
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RE: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad

2011-10-06 Thread Christopher Seal
The real danger, and I'm writing from experience, is that once the engineers get the skills and tools to create documents the writers could be let go. In that type of firm, the engineer's customer-facing documents would then be reviewed for format and style by the in-house editor, whose main

RE: missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro

2011-06-20 Thread Christopher Seal
Jon, I had a similar problem recently. A PDF that was from a scanned document opened but I had no major tools available and the following message was displayed beneath the toolbar: 'You are viewing this document in PDF/A mode.' When I changed my viewing mode (Edit Preferences Documents

missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro

2011-06-20 Thread Christopher Seal
Jon, I had a similar problem recently. A PDF that was from a scanned document opened but I had no major tools available and the following message was displayed beneath the toolbar: 'You are viewing this document in PDF/A mode.' When I changed my viewing mode (Edit > Preferences > Documents >

RE: Wondering about Ghost Fonts Odd Replacements

2011-06-08 Thread Christopher Seal
I did a Google search on Adobe Garamond Pro Bold Bold (include the quotes) and got 840 results. Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 20:17:07 +0100 To: karendes...@gmail.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com From: srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: Wondering about Ghost Fonts Odd Replacements

Wondering about Ghost Fonts & Odd Replacements

2011-06-08 Thread Christopher Seal
I did a Google search on "Adobe Garamond Pro Bold Bold" (include the quotes) and got 840 results. > Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 20:17:07 +0100 > To: karendesign at gmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com > From: srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk > Subject: Re: Wondering about Ghost Fonts & Odd

RE: Revision marks (bars)

2011-02-22 Thread Christopher Seal
If memory serves me right, select the text and press Esc c h Regards...Chris To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Revision marks (bars) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:19:27 -0500 From: kgrace4...@aol.com I would really like to make the use of revision bars to indicate changes made to

Revision marks (bars)

2011-02-22 Thread Christopher Seal
If memory serves me right, select the text and press Esc c h Regards...Chris > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Revision marks (bars) > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:19:27 -0500 > From: kgrace4715 at aol.com > > I would really like to make the use of revision bars to indicate >

OT: capturing graphical user interfaces on LCD panels

2010-05-06 Thread Christopher Seal
When writing user guides for PC or Mac software applications I can capture screen shots with no problem. I have to write user guides for stand-alone terminals that use a pair of Samsung 4.8-in LCD 1024x600 panels p/n LMS480JC01 for their MMI. Any suggestions on how to capture the user

OT: capturing graphical user interfaces on LCD panels

2010-05-06 Thread Christopher Seal
When writing user guides for PC or Mac software applications I can capture screen shots with no problem. I have to write user guides for stand-alone terminals that use a pair of Samsung 4.8-in LCD 1024x600 panels p/n LMS480JC01 for their MMI. Any suggestions on how to capture the user

RE: Footnote Out of Sequence

2009-02-02 Thread Christopher Seal
Jim, I had an instance where I had to replicate a published report, and that report had Tables with footnotes as part of the regular footnote sequence. In FM this was not possible so I faked it as follows. I created a real footnote in the anchor paragraph for the table, and coloured the

Footnote Out of Sequence

2009-02-02 Thread Christopher Seal
Jim, I had an instance where I had to replicate a published report, and that report had Tables with footnotes as part of the regular footnote sequence. In FM this was not possible so I faked it as follows. I created a real footnote in the anchor paragraph for the table, and coloured the

Automating the import of multi-page PDFs

2009-01-26 Thread Christopher Seal
A project requires that FM is used to publish a collection of reports that were created in WordPerfect. The reports in the collection must look like the original reports - this is a condition. I can either copy text from the WordPerfect file and paste into the FM document (then format), or I

Finding a font

2008-12-08 Thread Christopher Seal
FM7.2 WinXPPro A 700-page document I've been given indicates in the console that the 'Times' font is not available. How do I find where in the book (22 components) where Times is specified? The FindCharacter Format... does not list Times as a Family to search for (of course). Regards...Chris

Finding a font

2008-12-08 Thread Christopher Seal
FM7.2 WinXPPro A 700-page document I've been given indicates in the console that the 'Times' font is not available. How do I find where in the book (22 components) where Times is specified? The Find>Character Format... does not list Times as a Family to search for (of course).

Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics

2008-12-05 Thread Christopher Seal
FrameMaker 7.2 Windows XP Pro I have a FrameMaker document that incorporates PDF graphics within anchored frames. When trying to make a PDF of this document the process stops once the first PDF page is encountered. What do I need to do to create a PDF from a FrameMaker document that contains

RE: Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics

2008-12-05 Thread Christopher Seal
] To: Christopher Seal [EMAIL PROTECTED],framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:09:09 -0700 Christopher Seal wrote: I have a FrameMaker document that incorporates PDF graphics within anchored frames. When

RE: Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics

2008-12-05 Thread Christopher Seal
Thanks Jo. The problem was a bad PDF page. See my follow up post ... Regards...Chris From: Jo Watkiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Christopher Seal [EMAIL PROTECTED],framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:09

RE: Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics

2008-12-05 Thread Christopher Seal
of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%% %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %% Now I have to find out how to fix this issue in the PDF. Regards...Chris From: Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Christopher Seal [EMAIL PROTECTED],framers

Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics

2008-12-05 Thread Christopher Seal
FrameMaker 7.2 Windows XP Pro I have a FrameMaker document that incorporates PDF graphics within anchored frames. When trying to make a PDF of this document the process stops once the first PDF page is encountered. What do I need to do to create a PDF from a FrameMaker document that contains

Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics

2008-12-05 Thread Christopher Seal
To: "Christopher Seal" ,lists.frameusers.com> >Subject: RE: Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics >Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:09:09 -0700 > >Christopher Seal wrote: > > > I have a FrameMaker document that incorporates PDF graphics with

Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics

2008-12-05 Thread Christopher Seal
Thanks Jo. The problem was a bad PDF page. See my follow up post ... Regards...Chris >From: "Jo Watkiss" >To: "Christopher Seal" ,lists.frameusers.com> >Subject: RE: Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics >Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2

Making PDF of a FrameMaker document that contains PDF graphics

2008-12-05 Thread Christopher Seal
ingCommand: definefont; ErrorInfo: .notdef > --nostringval-- ]%%> > >Stack:> /Font> -dict-> /Garamond-BookCondensedItalic> > > %%[ Flushing: >rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%> %%[ Warning: PostScript >error. No PDF file produced. ] %%> ---

Footnote placement

2008-11-19 Thread Christopher Seal
FrameMaker 7.2 on WinXP A document I am working on has many footnotes. Sometimes a footnote reference in text is on one page but the footnote is on the following page. From an editorial viewpoint is it OK to have a footnote on the page following the in-text reference? If not OK, how do I get

Footnote placement

2008-11-19 Thread Christopher Seal
FrameMaker 7.2 on WinXP A document I am working on has many footnotes. Sometimes a footnote reference in text is on one page but the footnote is on the following page. >From an editorial viewpoint is it OK to have a footnote on the page following the in-text reference? If not OK, how do I get

Re: Section TOCs

2008-11-13 Thread Christopher Seal
As the question relates to a document with continuous numbering I think that the overall book should be updated first in order to get the page numbers correct. Then the section TOCs can be updated. If a section is done first how can it take into account page count changes in front of it?

Re: Section TOCs

2008-11-13 Thread Christopher Seal
into a section page by reference. The section TOC does not form a component of any book. Chris From: Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Christopher Seal [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Section TOCs Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:52:43 -0500 Good question

Section TOCs

2008-11-13 Thread Christopher Seal
As the question relates to a document with continuous numbering I think that the overall book should be updated first in order to get the page numbers correct. Then the section TOCs can be updated. If a section is done first how can it take into account page count changes in front of it?

Section TOCs

2008-11-13 Thread Christopher Seal
into a section page by reference. The section TOC does not form a component of any book. Chris >From: "Art Campbell" >To: "Christopher Seal" >CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Subject: Re: Section TOCs >Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:52:43 -0500 > >G