Change workflow to use FM and RH together?

Background: My department uses FrameMaker 11, unstructured, and RoboHelp 10. We do user's manuals in FrameMaker (one version for the US and one version for the UK) as separate books; minimal use of variables and/or conditional text. These docs are made available to customers as PDFs. I've used

Change workflow to use FM and RH together?

Background: My department uses FrameMaker 11, unstructured, and RoboHelp 10. We do user's manuals in FrameMaker (one version for the US and one version for the UK) as separate books; minimal use of variables and/or conditional text. These docs are made available to customers as PDFs. I've used

CUDSpan Utilites won't install (FM11, Win 7 Pro)

I'm hoping Chris Despopoulos sees this; I'm not sure how to contact him otherwise. I am a long-time user of the CUDSpan utilities, and am trying to install them. FM11, Win 7 Pro. My company upgraded to FM11; I did download the new FM11 versions of Chris' utilities. I believe the .dlls must be

CUDSpan Utilites won't install (FM11, Win 7 Pro)

I'm hoping Chris Despopoulos sees this; I'm not sure how to contact him otherwise. I am a long-time user of the CUDSpan utilities, and am trying to install them. FM11, Win 7 Pro. My company upgraded to FM11; I did download the new FM11 versions of Chris' utilities. I believe the .dlls must be

Tooltip text for hotspot doesn't show in PDF (FM 11, Windows 7)

I am posting this for a co-worker.In FrameMaker 11, I have set objects to be hotspots going to an external URL. When I generate a PDF, the hotspots work, but the tooltip text that I entered for each hotspot is not showing. Instead, when I hover over the hotspot, I see the URL. Is this a bug, or

FM9: Cross refs lost when building a PDF

Hello, everyone: Unstructured FM 9, Windows 7, Acrobat 9 Pro. All updates are installed. I have a document with many cross-references (x-ref). Most x-refs are to paragraphs (normally headings). I also use x-refs to cross ref markers (not paragraphs). Normally the x-refs to markers are used

FM9: Cross refs lost when building a PDF

Hello, everyone: Unstructured FM 9, Windows 7, Acrobat 9 Pro. All updates are installed. I have a document with many cross-references (x-ref). Most x-refs are to paragraphs (normally headings). I also use x-refs to cross ref markers (not paragraphs). Normally the x-refs to markers are used

RE: hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

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hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

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hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

Meg: Chris Despopoulos has several handy (and free!) FrameMaker Utilities, one of which is Archive, which will collect all of the (properly) linked graphics in an FM book/file. Here is the website: http://www.cudspan.net/ I highly recommend Archive, TOC Breaker, and PGF Override. I use them

hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

Meg: Chris Despopoulos has several handy (and free!) FrameMaker Utilities, one of which is Archive, which will collect all of the (properly) linked graphics in an FM book/file. Here is the website: http://www.cudspan.net/ I highly recommend Archive, TOC Breaker, and PGF Override. I use them

Link a colored background to a section of text so it moves as the doc flow changes?

Unstructured FrameMaker 9 on Windows I have a document with a section of text. The section includes a header, followed by several paragraphs. Is there a way that I can link a colored graphic to this section of text? Design requires a colored graphic behind this section. Pagination can change

Link a colored background to a section of text so it moves as the doc flow changes?

Unstructured FrameMaker 9 on Windows I have a document with a section of text. The section includes a header, followed by several paragraphs. Is there a way that I can link a colored graphic to this section of text? Design requires a colored graphic behind this section. Pagination can change

Problem with sequence in the Table of Contents (tables and following text)

Running non-structured FM 7.2 on Windows XP. My file has a table that flows over eight pages. The table has three columns. Column 1: Report Name Column 2: General Description (Lots of text in this cell) Column 3: Notes (Lots of text in this cell) The Report

Em and En Dashes in Index Entries, Bookmarks. Italic text in Running Heads

Hello! This list is very useful and I have learned many new things. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! My department runs FM 7.2 on Windows XP Professional. We print the FM files to .ps files and use Acrobat Distiller (Acrobat 7.1.0 Pro) to build pdfs. We will be upgrading to the latest

Em and En Dashes in Index Entries, Bookmarks. Italic text in Running Heads

Hello! This list is very useful and I have learned many new things. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! My department runs FM 7.2 on Windows XP Professional. We print the FM files to .ps files and use Acrobat Distiller (Acrobat 7.1.0 Pro) to build pdfs. We will be upgrading to the latest

RE: Fine tuning pagination

I would not try to do the signatures in Framemaker. You can use a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat, Quite Imposing Plus (http://www.quite.com/) to do the imposition of a pdf before you send it to the printer. I used the plug-in a lot for documents we sent to a Xerox Docutech. The plug in is a bit

Fine tuning pagination

I would not try to do the signatures in Framemaker. You can use a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat, Quite Imposing Plus (http://www.quite.com/) to do the imposition of a pdf before you send it to the printer. I used the plug-in a lot for documents we sent to a Xerox Docutech. The plug in is a bit