Re: [Framers] Windows 7 Update Garbling Graphics on Left Auxiliary Monitor Only

2017-11-06 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Kevin, I had the same issue. My second monitor is left to my main monitor and I got this security update KB4034679 installed. Then graphics applications on the left monitor did not work properly. Now everything works well again. Therefore I forgot what I did exactly to get it running. I think

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker variable language

2017-11-06 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Some years ago I had noticed that only those variables or cross-reference formats or paragraph autonumbering definitions are imported in a translation memory system (Trados) which are actually used in the document. All those which are not used are not imported. When you edit a variable which

Re: [Framers] Embedding attachments in FM that remain attachments when PDF'd

2017-08-04 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Only a comment to the Previous/Next View buttons. Acrobat does have them. To show them click View | Show/Hide | Toolbar Items | Show Page Navigation Tools. Then click Previous View and Next View. However, I agree that almost no-one will know these buttons. None of my colleagues has changed

Re: [Framers] Can I make a setting that will launch 4 books?

2017-08-02 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, You can also build a book of books. Is this what you mean? You could use this book of books also just for administration. Best regards Winfried -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+wreng=tycoint@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Craig Ede Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [Framers] Embedding attachments in FM that remain attachments when PDF'd

2017-08-01 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi John, Possibly Shlomo Perets can do this with his TimeSavers. I doubt, if you can do this with the regular FrameMaker and Acrobat features. Best regards Winfried -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+wreng=tycoint@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John

Re: [Framers] Save as PDF

2017-07-25 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Austin, Which file format do you use for your images? Are all image formats blurry now? Do you get this effect with all files with such images? Do you use RGB or CMYK? What happens, if you select the other colour mode? Do you know, if also other users with this Acrobat update get PDFs with

Re: [Framers] View Text Symbols acting weird

2017-05-23 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, As far as I remember FrameMaker has its own font for such text: Frame5 font This font is in the FrameMaker installation folder in the fminit folder. Check, if this font is available. Is FrameMaker installed with administrator privileges? Do you run it with administrator privileges? Best

Re: [Framers] Custom graphic as bullet

2017-05-18 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Gillian, You cannot use a graphic in the automatic numbering of your list paragraph format. Pitty. However, there are two other options: o As others have suggested: Create a special list font with only a single character at the position of e.g. "n". This character should be your custom

Re: [Framers] PDF links go to document instead of book

2017-02-21 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Fred, As far as I know the book file of the target FM file has to be open when you create the PDF. Then the link will point to the book PDF instead of the FM file PDF. Best regards Winfried -Original Message- From: Framers

Re: [Framers] Up for discussion: changing Framers' default Reply-To behavior

2017-01-26 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, _All_ my other lists have the default to Reply to the list instead of the poster. And there I do not get lots of private e-mails which are sent to the whole list accidentally. (Of course this happens sometimes. I did this too. Embarassing.) I also think that part of the replies in this list

Re: [Framers] new version?

2017-01-26 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Craig, On the tcworld conference in Stuttgart in November Adobe presented the next FrameMaker version. I do not remember the planned release date. I guess March. As far as I remember Adobe will upgrade your version, if you bought it 6 weeks before the next release. However, I would get this

Re: [Framers] PDF-Mark problems in Framemaker 2015

2017-01-17 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Generally pdfmark commands are supported. I use them in FM 2015 to create a comment with print instructions on the title page. No problems. Probably your specific text is not correct. Best regards Winfried -Original Message- From: Framers

Re: [Framers] Cross reference format (what do you use?)

2016-12-06 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Bernard, I have several kinds of cross-reference formats: o Only section number/figure number/title number/step number. For figure and title number that's <$paranumonly>. For the others <$paranum>. o Section number + heading text <$paranum> "<$paratext>" I have also a heading4 format

Re: [Framers] Unable to generate a TOC

2016-11-22 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Is your TOC file really a live TOC? How did you add this file to the book file? A live TOC must be added via "Add | Create Standalone TOC". Then you get the dialog to set up the table of contents. You can access this dialog also when you select the TOC file in the book and click "Edit | Set

Re: [Framers] Unusual C-Acute Accent

2016-06-23 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Karen, I can only confirm what Tino said: ć is not part of HelveticaNeueLTStd. Check for example here to see the available characters in this font: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/helvetica-neue/ The Windows character palette shows also characters which are _not_ in a particular font. Use

Re: [Framers] create custom keyboard shortcut - for ES script ?

2016-06-21 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Monique, I think that these scripts from Klaus Göbel do what you want: 4X_MenuMaker 4X_MenuConfigurator You can find them here: http://4xscripts.com/scripts/free-scripts.html Best regards Winfried -Original Message- From: Framers

Re: [Framers] ExtendScript for save as text, for Git usage ?

2016-06-08 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I remember that Jeremy Griffith from Omni Systems (the developer of Mif2Go) had tried to do that: conversion to MIF and comparison to previous versions. However, he was not sucessful. MIF code contains too much formatting code which is not relevant for the reader. Maybe you could test an

Re: [Framers] About text frames

2016-04-07 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, If you have FrameScript, you can use one of the free i-frame scripts from itl to set the default paragraph format for new text frames: http://www.i-frame.itl.info/en/feature-description/free-scripts/change-default-pgf-format-for-text-frames.html Best regards Winfried -Original

Re: [Framers] Printing FM12 to PDF -- Page numbering issue

2016-01-18 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, As a user I find it easier when a book is numbered consecutively. That means: 1 is the title page (although the title page does not have a page number displayed). You can find out easily which application was used to create the PDF. In Acrobat press CTRL + D (or in the File menu click

Re: [Framers] Compiling books on to a CD/DVD

2016-01-14 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Tom, You might also combine them in a PDF portfolio. https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-create-pdf-portfolio The portfolio supports all the features which you need. However, I do not know, whether other PDF viewers can open such a portfolio. Just test it. Best regards Winfried From:

RE: What FM plugin suite give the most bang?

2015-04-24 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi John, I use two plugins/FrameScript packages very often: i-frame i-frame is a collection of scripts for FrameScript. The modules encompass scripts for everything! I like these scripts best: Scale Graphics - for me invaluable! FM2MIF2FM - Convert to/from MIF There are many more to get reports

RE: Limit Find/Change

2015-04-23 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi John, (I use FrameMaker 11. In other versions that might be different.) There is an easy solution: In your search dialog select Paragraph Tag. Activate Wildcards. Enter this in your Search box: Body$ Then click on Find. The $ limits the search to only those matches where the preceeding word

RE: Accidental Change All (am I alone?)

2015-03-12 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Yes. I encountered this as well. Maybe once every two years. If the Change All was executed only in the open files, then I closed all files without saving. Then I continued with the last saved version. If the Change All was executed in a book also on files which had not been opened before, I

RE: Frame vs. Flare for My Needs

2015-02-26 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, In my company there are also discussions to choose MadCap Flare as a common authoring tool. I see different requirements among us. Some need HTML or CHM, others only PDF. The arguments from MadCap Flare users here are: o Less bugs. o Better conversion to CHM and HTML. o Better support. (I do

RE: Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-12 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Fred, I really prefer FrameMaker's backup mechanism as it is. Every some months I notice that I saved something (and closed the file) and then I noticed that the last change was not correct. Then I can take the backup without these last changes. Other applications do the same, e.g.

RE: FM 10 sometimes changes graphics paths

2015-01-15 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
not be found in .\graphics. Obviously FrameMaker calculates for the copied file the graphics path to the graphics file the first file. Best regards Winfried From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) [mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 7:57 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried

RE: FM 10 sometimes changes graphics paths

2015-01-15 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
extra care when I move files. Thanks for the help. Best regards Winfried From: Heiko Haida [mailto:i...@heiko-haida.de] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 7:23 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried; Framers Subject: RE: FM 10 sometimes changes graphics paths ... Hi Winfried, yes, FrameMaker searches for missing

RE: FM 10 sometimes changes graphics paths

2015-01-14 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Harro, I observe this issue very rarely. I do the same as you: I copy a file with my file manager, open it, click Ignore all missing files and then notice that the graphics path has changed. The path changes to the path of the original graphics files. This happens so rarely that I do not take

RE: what to back up before reinstalling

2014-10-29 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Carol, I do not know whether this changed with FrameMaker 12. However, FrameMaker 11 has its Linguistics folder not in AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Framemaker\12, but in AppData\LocalLow\Adobe In the Linguistics folder there is the user dictionary which I definitely would back up. Best regards

RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker sessions ... Was: RE: Best practices for converting FM to Robohelp

2014-09-08 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I need the backup files now and then. Sometimes (once a year) I do something, save, close the file, and then I notice that I made a mistake. Without the backup I could not undo the mistake. Or very rarely FrameMaker starts to have problems with a file after a certain operation. Therefore I

Public Adobe bug database

2014-08-01 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Adobe published a bug database in which everyone can enter new bugs or search for existing bugs or wish for new features or rate existing entries. http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2014/07/new-public-bugbase-for-framemaker.html https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm In my oppinion very good.

RE: mif2go cannot write MIF file - FM12 Unstructured

2014-07-24 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi John, I have heard that Mif2Go does not like spaces or underscores in file names. I would remove the underscores and run the conversion again. Had you checked the Mif2Go help? Best regards Winfried From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On

Problems with Mif2Go conversion

2014-07-17 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
mentSets] $top=body section step $text=body conbody taskbody refbody section example step refsyn entry $list=ol ul [DITATopics] [DITATables] [DITAMapLevels] [DITAMapUsage] [DITARelGroups] [DITARelBookGroups] [DITAContentModels] [Graphics] UseOriginalGraphicNames=No [End] *** From: Reng, Dr

RE: Trados and FM9 : Company requests files in MIF format?

2014-05-20 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Stephen, All translation memory systems (such as Trados) can import only FrameMaker MIF files. Only if the translation agency offers DTP services, they could convert binary FrameMaker files to MIF themselves. You can export all files of a book individually. Or you can do this with one of

RE: search fo end of line

2014-04-04 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Please test this yourself what Jakub had reported. Of course this is a bug. I think this might be related to this finding. When you press the EndOfLine button the insertion point is directly after the last word and _before_ the space following it. When you enter the text of a word without

RE: search fo end of line

2014-04-02 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Jakub, Strange. I tested this myself. When you have a word like your pop-up, and it starts a new line after the minus, then the minus will not be found. However, if you enter a space after the minus (pop- up), then the minus character will be found. Best regards Winfried From:

RE: making stuff unconditional in FM12

2014-03-31 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I fully agree with Mike. I use FrameMaker since version 3, and I use many of the shortcuts. I really prefer the new GUI to the old one. Regarding making text unconditional in FrameMaker 12: It's difficult. When you want to _change_ the condition state you want to set it to On or Off.

RE: Annotating text in a cross-ref in a PDF

2014-03-31 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Carol, With no commenting tool selected, I can strike through text in the middle of a cross-reference. When I move the cursor over a cross-reference, then the cursor changes to the hand cursor. Then I press the left mouse button and move the i-beam across part of the cross-reference. The text

RE: Annotating text in a cross-ref in a PDF

2014-03-28 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Carol, I just did what you describe, and it works without any problems. I created a file with some text, created a cross-reference to this paragraph which lists only the paragraph text ($paratext) and created a PDF. Then I move the cursor to the right of the cross-reference. The cursor's

RE: Turkish Font Issue

2014-03-17 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, If the characters are displayed correctly in the FrameMaker file but not in the PDF, then that's strange. Both of your fonts have the special Turkish characters. Which characters do not print? What happens, when you create a brandnew file and just enter these characters and then create a PDF?

RE: Generating web pages out of FM

2014-03-12 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I also recommend to test the trial version yourself. I installed it in a virtual machine so that nothing else will be affected. When I tested the conversion to HTML Help briefly with the default settings, it worked very well! Very fast. Very convenient! Seamless, no issues. Many options to

RE: Cannot insert the infinity symbol and other special character problems

2014-02-14 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Just for your information: The Windows Character Map tool may show characters, even if they are not part of the font! Therefore it could always happen that you try to copy and paste a certain character although it is not part of your font! Alternatives are. BabelMap, free and not very

Update for FrameMaker 12

2014-02-11 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, There is already an update for FrameMaker 12 which fixes some bugs: 1. Generating a list or an index of references (imported graphics) results in a blank file. (Ref#: 3703081) 2. The Search and Replace feature causes any replaced text to be formatted in Times New Roman with size as 12pt

RE: Update for FrameMaker 12

2014-02-11 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Matt, The Adobe Application Manager started to search for updates. The PDF with the release info was installed in the FrameMaker installation folder. Best regards Winfried From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:sullivanma...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 5:07 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Cc

RE: ToC, Index hyperlink in FM 11 issue

2014-02-05 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Rob, Can you explain in more detail what you do and what happens? For me it's not clear what you mean with click on a generated list. Do you click on a generated file in the book file? Or are your generated files opened and you click on a paragraph? You know that you have to press CTRL + ALT

RE: FrameMaker freaks me out

2014-01-23 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Steve, Fortunately I never experienced something like this. What I would do immediately before closing files or FrameMaker: Copy the whole folder to a temp folder. If FrameMaker does not work correctly, it could also damage the files when closing. Best regards Winfried -Original

RE: OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-22 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I also follow Dov's advice not to install Adobe Reader and Acrobat on the same PC. And I also recommend to use a virtual machine, if you really think you need Adobe Reader. Syed, Dov warned not only in 2004 but also in the last years. Therefore this is not related only to outdated software

OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-22 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I also follow Dov's advice not to install Adobe Reader and Acrobat on the same PC. And I also recommend to use a virtual machine, if you really think you need Adobe Reader. Syed, Dov warned not only in 2004 but also in the last years. Therefore this is not related only to outdated software

RE: FM12 single-source integration?

2014-01-20 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Robert, Here the configuration is explained: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/framemaker-12-features/fm12-mcp-setup/ Arnis Gubins said on the Adobe forum that the new formats are published with the help of the internal RH output engine. Part of it is incorportated into FrameMaker 12:

FM12 single-source integration?

2014-01-20 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Robert, Here the configuration is explained: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/framemaker-12-features/fm12-mcp-setup/ Arnis Gubins said on the Adobe forum that the new formats are published with the help of the internal RH output engine. Part of it is incorportated into FrameMaker 12:

RE: SOLVED! Was RE: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-15 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Anita, Thank you very much for this description. I also encounter this crash now and then. Next time I will test your solution. You say that FrameMaker did not know how to interpret an end of flow symbol in a hidden cell. However, if I do not apply any condition to text in table rows which

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, FrameMaker 12 is released now. There are many links with information. See below. Best regards Winfried --- http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2014/01/framemaker-12-launch-blog.html http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2014/01/technical-communication-suite-5-is-here.html

SOLVED! Was RE: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-15 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Anita, Thank you very much for this description. I also encounter this crash now and then. Next time I will test your solution. You say that FrameMaker did not know how to interpret an end of flow symbol in a hidden cell. However, if I do not apply any condition to text in table rows which

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-14 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, FrameMaker 12 is released now. There are many links with information. See below. Best regards Winfried --- http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2014/01/framemaker-12-launch-blog.html http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2014/01/technical-communication-suite-5-is-here.html

RE: Convert from FrameMaker to InDesign

2014-01-08 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, There is an online conversion from DTP Tools: http://www.dtptools.com/product.asp?id=mfid I do not know of any other converter. Best regards Winfried From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of VLM TechSubs Sent: Wednesday,

Convert from FrameMaker to InDesign

2014-01-08 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, There is an online conversion from DTP Tools: http://www.dtptools.com/product.asp?id=mfid I do not know of any other converter. Best regards Winfried From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of VLM TechSubs Sent: Wednesday,

RE: FrameMaker 9: Table Alighment

2013-12-17 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Brenda, Instead of a table with many rows, you could also use a table with just a single cell. Move all your text inside this table. The paragraph format should have Cell Vertical Alignment set to Bottom. Then set a tab stop so that you can left align your values. Or do not use any tabs, e.g.:

FrameMaker 9: Table Alighment

2013-12-17 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Brenda, Instead of a table with many rows, you could also use a table with just a single cell. Move all your text inside this table. The paragraph format should have "Cell Vertical Alignment" set to Bottom. Then set a tab stop so that you can left align your values. Or do not use any tabs,

Frame 11 (UNstructured Features)

2013-12-10 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Lin, No. Kapil Verma did not mention specific bugs. Only that a large number of bugs was fixed. Maybe you ask him yourself. Best regards Winfried From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 11:10 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Cc: Craig, Alison; framers

RE: Frame 11 (UNstructured Features)

2013-12-09 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Lin, No. Kapil Verma did not mention specific bugs. Only that a large number of bugs was fixed. Maybe you ask him yourself. Best regards Winfried From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 11:10 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Cc: Craig, Alison; framers

Frame 11 (UNstructured Features)

2013-12-09 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Craig, On the tekom/tcworld conference in Wiesbaden/Germany Kapil Verna presented FrameMaker 12. I do not know when it will come out, but it might be worth waiting a few months. Featues for FrameMaker 12 which I remember: Native export to epub, HTML 5 Much improved export to PDF for

RE: Frame 11 (UNstructured Features)

2013-12-08 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Craig, On the tekom/tcworld conference in Wiesbaden/Germany Kapil Verna presented FrameMaker 12. I do not know when it will come out, but it might be worth waiting a few months. Featues for FrameMaker 12 which I remember: Native export to epub, HTML 5 Much improved export to PDF for

RE: Script to convert tables to paragraphs

2013-11-27 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Now and then I use AutoHotkey. Also very easy to use. However, in FrameMaker I prefer FrameScript. More control what will be done. (I am not a programmer.) Some time I will explore ExtendScript. I'll see. Best regards Winfried -Original Message- From:

Script to convert tables to paragraphs

2013-11-27 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Now and then I use AutoHotkey. Also very easy to use. However, in FrameMaker I prefer FrameScript. More control what will be done. (I am not a programmer.) Some time I will explore ExtendScript. I'll see. Best regards Winfried > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at

FM9 files on network - logical network drive X:

2013-11-18 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I just assigned X: to one of my network folders, created a new file there and imported a graphics file. No problem. Everything as it should be (FrameMaker 11 on Windows 7). When your graphics file is on the same network drive, the path should be relative. That means, X: is not mentioned in

RE: FM9 files on network - logical network drive X:

2013-11-17 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I just assigned X: to one of my network folders, created a new file there and imported a graphics file. No problem. Everything as it should be (FrameMaker 11 on Windows 7). When your graphics file is on the same network drive, the path should be relative. That means, X: is not mentioned in

RE: Not selecting the entire word in Frame

2013-11-15 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I work with FrameMaker for approx. 20 years now. When I press CTRL+SHIFT+left/right arrow the whole word is selected. I do not know of any option to change this, neither in the preferences nor in the maker.ini. Best regards Winfried From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

Not selecting the entire word in Frame

2013-11-15 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I work with FrameMaker for approx. 20 years now. When I press CTRL+SHIFT+left/right arrow the whole word is selected. I do not know of any option to change this, neither in the preferences nor in the maker.ini. Best regards Winfried From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com

RE: variables interface

2013-11-13 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Craig, If you leave the Add/Edit Variable window open, you just need to double-click on a variable. Then you can change its definition immediately without clicking on Edit first. However, if the Add/Edit Variable window is not on top of its tab group, it is not shown automatically (like e.g.

variables interface

2013-11-13 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Craig, If you leave the Add/Edit Variable window open, you just need to double-click on a variable. Then you can change its definition immediately without clicking on Edit first. However, if the Add/Edit Variable window is not on top of its tab group, it is not shown automatically (like e.g.

RE: How to Delete Conditional Text Markers from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, These markers appear only, if you hide conditional text. The marker is a way for FrameMaker to remember where the hidden conditional text must be placed. If you delete the marker, the conditional text cannot be shown again. I admit I do not know, if the text is still there in the file or

How to Delete Conditional Text Markers from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, These markers appear only, if you hide conditional text. The marker is a way for FrameMaker to remember where the hidden conditional text must be placed. If you delete the marker, the conditional text cannot be shown again. I admit I do not know, if the text is still there in the file or

RE: How to purge unwanted fonts from Reference Pages?

2013-10-16 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi David, In FrameMaker 11 you can open the Fonts pod (via the View menu). Then select the font which you have problems with and click on the Replace icon. Select a font which you want to use instead. Best regards Winfried From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

How to purge unwanted fonts from Reference Pages?

2013-10-16 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi David, In FrameMaker 11 you can open the Fonts pod (via the View menu). Then select the font which you have problems with and click on the Replace icon. Select a font which you want to use instead. Best regards Winfried From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com

RE: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Elchanan, If FrameMaker cannot open the target file, this may cause unresolved cross-references. Could it be that you have a file in the book which is closed and which triggers error messages when opened (e.g. missing fonts). Does it make a difference, if you open all files of the book? Best

FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Elchanan, If FrameMaker cannot open the target file, this may cause unresolved cross-references. Could it be that you have a file in the book which is closed and which triggers error messages when opened (e.g. missing fonts). Does it make a difference, if you open all files of the book? Best

RE: [FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column

2013-09-30 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
... Or deactivate the setting „Balance Columns“ in your main text frame. Best regards Winfried From: Carsten86 [mailto:forums_nore...@adobe.com] Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 9:31 AM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Subject: [FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column Text skipping from right to left

RE: [FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column

2013-09-30 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Winfried From: Böðvar Björgvinsson [mailto:bod...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:42 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column This is not some fault, this only shows that you have set the columns

RE: [FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column

2013-09-30 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
, September 30, 2013 5:08 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column Sorry, I didn't realize. (Slapping my mouth! No, fingers!) Never saw this in my FM 7, 7.2 or 10. Can this have anything to do with sloppy memory

[FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column

2013-09-30 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
... Or deactivate the setting ?Balance Columns? in your main text frame. Best regards Winfried From: Carsten86 [mailto:forums_nore...@adobe.com] Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 9:31 AM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Subject: [FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column Text skipping from right to left

[FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column

2013-09-30 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Winfried From: B??var Bj?rgvinsson [mailto:bod...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:42 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column This is not some fault, this only shows that you have set the columns

[FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column

2013-09-30 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
, September 30, 2013 5:08 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [FrameMaker ] Text skipping from right to left column Sorry, I didn't realize. (Slapping my mouth! No, fingers!) Never saw this in my FM 7, 7.2 or 10. Can this have anything to do with sloppy

RE: mapping table mystery--or is it misery?

2013-09-19 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Actually, copy/paste from Word can cause even more mischief. I never paste directly from Word into Maker -- I always paste into a text editor to clean the stuff out, and then copy/paste that into my document. Why??? I use PureText to paste only the text content:

mapping table mystery--or is it misery?

2013-09-19 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, > Actually, copy/paste from Word can cause even more mischief. > I never paste directly from Word into Maker -- I always paste > into a text editor to clean the stuff out, and then copy/paste that > into my document. Why??? I use PureText to paste only the text content:

RE: Inserting inline graphics

2013-09-17 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Alastair, I also think that icons are far better than just the tooltip text. Of course this depends always on your audience ... Why don't you do it this way? Copy the new icon. Place the cursor where you want it to have. Paste the graphic there (CTRL + V). Press ESC m p (which will shrinkwrap

Resizing main text frame, was: Framemaker 8, Windows 8.1 and click-and-drag

2013-09-17 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Dave, I also noticed that FrameMaker crashed sometimes when I resize a frame down to the bottom. In my case it was the main text frame on a body page. Windows 7 Enterprise, FrameMaker 8, 10, 11. I did not test yet, whether it happened less often when I drag the frame slowly. I noticed it less

Inserting inline graphics

2013-09-17 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Alastair, I also think that icons are far better than just the tooltip text. Of course this depends always on your audience ... Why don't you do it this way? Copy the new icon. Place the cursor where you want it to have. Paste the graphic there (CTRL + V). Press ESC m p (which will shrinkwrap

Resizing main text frame, was: Framemaker 8, Windows 8.1 and click-and-drag

2013-09-17 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Dave, I also noticed that FrameMaker crashed sometimes when I resize a frame down to the bottom. In my case it was the main text frame on a body page. Windows 7 Enterprise, FrameMaker 8, 10, 11. I did not test yet, whether it happened less often when I drag the frame slowly. I noticed it less

Adobe announces next FrameMaker release, keeps licensing model

2013-09-10 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Here Adobe's licensing plans had been discussed lively. Now Adobe announced the next FrameMaker release for 2014. They also want to keep their current licensing model. Best regards Winfried ---

Adobe announces next FrameMaker release, keeps licensing model

2013-09-10 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Here Adobe's licensing plans had been discussed lively. Now Adobe announced the next FrameMaker release for 2014. They also want to keep their current licensing model. Best regards Winfried ---

RE: Adobe Tech Comm Content Strategy and Tools Survey

2013-07-22 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
PO Box 1941 Auckland, New Zealand 1140 On 19/07/2013, at 8:26 PM, Reng, Dr. Winfried wr...@tycoint.com wrote: Hi, Adobe conducts a Adobe Tech Comm Content Strategy and Tools Survey. The link is below. If you want to vote for/against any specific licensing models, then here

Adobe Tech Comm Content Strategy and Tools Survey

2013-07-22 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
om/groups/Adobe-Technical- > Communications-Professionals-Group-2381149/about" > > Alan > > Dr Alan Litchfield > AlphaByte > PO Box 1941 > Auckland, New Zealand 1140 > > On 19/07/2013, at 8:26 PM, "Reng, Dr. Winfried" > wrote: > > > Hi, > &

Adobe Tech Comm Content Strategy and Tools Survey

2013-07-19 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Adobe conducts a Adobe Tech Comm Content Strategy and Tools Survey. The link is below. If you want to vote for/against any specific licensing models, then here is the place to tell directly to Adobe. Best regards Winfried -Original Message- From: frameusers...@googlegroups.com

Adobe Tech Comm Content Strategy and Tools Survey

2013-07-19 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, Adobe conducts a "Adobe Tech Comm Content Strategy and Tools Survey". The link is below. If you want to vote for/against any specific licensing models, then here is the place to tell directly to Adobe. Best regards Winfried -Original Message- From: frameusers-de at googlegroups.com

How to remove invisible imported graphic?

2013-06-25 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Karen, As you have FrameMaker 11 you can also just open the Insets Pod and then click on the image file and then click the dustbin icon to delete it. You do not need to make the detour via a generated list of references. Best regards Winfried > -Original Message- > From:

RE: Adjust paste to be paste/special

2013-06-21 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Theresa, You can add an entry to your own maker.ini file. (With FrameMaker 11 it's here: c:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\maker.ini) Copy the entry from the maker.ini in the FrameMaker installation directory: c:\Program Files\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker11\maker.ini The entry

Adjust paste to be paste/special

2013-06-21 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Theresa, You can add an entry to your own maker.ini file. (With FrameMaker 11 it's here: c:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\maker.ini) Copy the entry from the maker.ini in the FrameMaker installation directory: c:\Program Files\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker11\maker.ini The entry

RE: The Problem with Long Titles in Generated Lists

2013-06-04 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, As suggested you need to add an additional tab before the page number on the reference page. Then the page number in the second line will appear right justified again. However, it might happen that the text in the first line extends into the page number area. Some weeks ago I got a solution

The Problem with Long Titles in Generated Lists

2013-06-04 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, As suggested you need to add an additional tab before the page number on the reference page. Then the page number in the second line will appear right justified again. However, it might happen that the text in the first line extends into the page number area. Some weeks ago I got a solution

RE: Generated list of variables

2013-04-26 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, itl offers some FrameScript scripts in the Extended Pack of their i-frame collection. One script creates a variable report: http://www.i-frame.itl.info/en/feature-description/i-frame-modules/extended-pack/report-variable-definitions.html itl also offers these scripts as indivdual scripts.

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