Find problem with font

2006-03-23 Thread Gillian Flato
I have a word in a font called TechnicBold. If I search for a word with it applied with Find, I can't find it. If I change the font on the word to Times New Roman, it finds it just fine. Why would the Find feature not be able to find a word just cause of the font applied to it? Thanks, Gi

Find problem with font

2006-03-24 Thread Gillian Flato
I used the Paragraph designer and language is set to US English. Thanks, Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: rebecca officer [mailto:rebecca.offi...@alliedtelesyn.co.nz] Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 2:06 AM To: framers at FrameUsers.com; Gillian Flato Subject: Re: Find problem

converting text to html

2006-03-29 Thread Gillian Flato
I imported a text file into Frame. Then I formatted it and converted it to HTML. It was all funky in HTML. Do you guys use Frame for conversion to HTML docs, or do you use a tool like DreamWeaver? If you use Frame, how do you control/access the code? Thanks, Gillian Flato Technical Writer

OT: Funny

2006-03-29 Thread Gillian Flato
Just thought you guys might enjoy this... Hard Times related by a 30 year old. When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning... uphill BOTH ways... th

converting text to html

2006-03-29 Thread Gillian Flato
f2Go and it's wonderful. -Lin > -Original Message- > From: > framers-bounces+lin.surasky=retalix.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+lin.surasky=retalix.com at lists.frameuse rs.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:40 A

MS Manual of Style -- this month's guest at the Hmmm... corner

2006-03-30 Thread Gillian Flato
Actually, I know that the Microsoft Tech Writers use Frame and not Word. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bill Swallow Sent: Thursday, March 3

Funny

2006-03-30 Thread Gillian Flato
My first computer was an Imsai 8080 that my father built in our basement. Since it couldn't boot up on it's own, my dad had to post instructions on the wall telling me what switches to flick in what order so that the machine would boot up. Then their were the 8.5 inch floppies and Word Star!

conditions within variables

2006-05-11 Thread Gillian Flato
control, and the part number has to be on every page so naturally, I made the part number a variable. I would love to be able to do something in the variable definition box like: 025574025575025576 with being the condition name. Is there a way to do that? Thanks, Gillian Flato Technical

Run-in head default punctuation and hard return will notconditionalize

2006-05-15 Thread Gillian Flato
Turn on paragraph tags. Highlight the paragraph sign before it, conditionalize that as well and it will work. Thanks, Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at

Outsourcing: Was Release Date for FrameMaker 8?

2006-05-16 Thread Gillian Flato
>>Outsourcing is not an evil. It's evolution, and was bound to happen as other countries break into the tech sphere. Balance will eventually be met, as with anything. The trick is not how to keep jobs in higher-pay regions, but how to deliver greater value.

Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-16 Thread Gillian Flato
#x27;s the general consensus on numbering with the 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2 type of way? Is that generally history now, or is it actually still used a lot? Thanks, Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) NANOmetrics, Inc. 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 *

Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-19 Thread Gillian Flato
list? Just curious. Thanks, Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) NANOmetrics, Inc. 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics.com This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential information intended for a spe

Weird link problem

2006-05-22 Thread Gillian Flato
problem? Thanks, Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) NANOmetrics, Inc. 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics.com

numbering conundrum

2006-05-22 Thread Gillian Flato
hanks, Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 3:23 PM To: framers at frameusers.com; STC

Acrobat forms - Digital signatures

2006-11-01 Thread Gillian Flato
an anyone help? Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> .com This message (incl

Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0

2006-11-03 Thread Gillian Flato
Anyone know when this is being released? Adobe is advertising it on their website as coming soon. Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gfl

Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0

2006-11-03 Thread Gillian Flato
. Is this true? Thank you, Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:isa...@adobe.com] Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:37 AM To: Gillian Flato; framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 Expect it very soon. This is a good time, though, to repeat

Paragraph numbering not restarting

2006-11-03 Thread Gillian Flato
ot what we want. Any suggestions? Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> .com

Off-topic - Microsoft InfoPath

2006-11-06 Thread Gillian Flato
The powers-that-be are fed-up with Adobe Acrobat right now since 7.0 was supposed to enable digital signatures. They are looking at Microsoft InfoPath 2007. Has anyone tried that? What was the result? Can you do digital signatures? Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian

Off-topic - Microsoft InfoPath

2006-11-06 Thread Gillian Flato
the document creator and still only need Reader 7 for the colleagues who need to sign the documents (not that Reader 8 is a problem or doesn't have some new features - but it isn't needed for signatures if they already have Reader 7). - Dov Thank you, Gillian Flato -

Source Control and keyword search

2006-11-13 Thread Gillian Flato
don't know that you can do a keyword search with it, I think you can only search by author, branch, tag and date. Let me know if anyone has found a good solution. Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr.

Splitting cells

2006-11-16 Thread Gillian Flato
How do you split a Table cell in Unstructured Frame? Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics <mailto:

Splitting Table Cells

2006-11-17 Thread Gillian Flato
2006 15:17:32 -0800 From: "Gillian Flato" Subject: Splitting cells To: Message-ID: <2C1C13BEFF79124985E37DB5591C801A01D32EFB at mil-mail03.nanometrics.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" How do you split a Table cell in Unstructured Frame? Thank

Formula for Tech Writing Lead Time?

2006-10-05 Thread Gillian Flato
One way to determine time is to start keep tracking of your own time. When you start working on a project, write down the start time in a spread sheet. When you finished that session, write it down. So for example, you could have a spread sheet that looks like the following: Manual 1234 10/5 10:0

Corrupted PDFs

2006-10-09 Thread Gillian Flato
#x27;s critical. Any suggestions. Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato This message (including any attachments) may contain confiden

Corrupted PDFs

2006-10-10 Thread Gillian Flato
Thank you, I did a search on both my local drive and my network drive and did not find any *.lck files. Gillian -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:42 AM To: Gillian Flato Cc: Framers Subject: Re

Corrupted PDFs

2006-10-11 Thread Gillian Flato
-Original Message- From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:isa...@adobe.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:30 PM To: Gillian Flato Cc: Framers Subject: RE: Corrupted PDFs If you can indeed OPEN and view the PDF file in either Reader or Acrobat, the file is not "corrupted." An inability

FrameMaker Conditional Text Question

2006-10-17 Thread Gillian Flato
r condition. -Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 2:21 AM To: Framers Subject: FrameMaker Condi

The Page Left Intentionally Blank

2006-10-19 Thread Gillian Flato
It's really based on whatever your company Style Guide says. So discuss it with the people who write the Style Guide and come to a consensus. Thanks, Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometric

Assessing a document's reading level

2006-10-25 Thread Gillian Flato
You could create your own tool in Frame Script. Talk to Rick Quatro about this if you don't know Frame Script. Rick is on this list. Thanks, Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at

Importing images from a CAD system

2006-09-07 Thread Gillian Flato
scale it down. So yes, they lose the vector. Thanks, Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of b_downing at verizon.net Sent: Thursday, Septemb

Getting the Euro Symbol in Frame

2006-09-08 Thread Gillian Flato
Hit Alt+0128 for the Euro symbol. Thank you, Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Scott White Sent: Friday

Frame to WWP problem

2006-09-12 Thread Gillian Flato
g the help files. Does anyone have any suggestions? I posted the question to wwp-users at yahoogroups.com but no one responded. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, <mailto:pwatkins at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics, Inc. 1550 Buckeye Dr

Frame to WWP problem

2006-09-12 Thread Gillian Flato
Rick, I am error free in Frame! Thank you, Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) -Original Message- From: Rick Quatro [mailto:frameexp...@truevine.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:46 AM To: Gillian Flato; Framers Subject: Re: Frame to WWP problem Hi Gillian, Try

WWP support group

2006-09-12 Thread Gillian Flato
Do you guys know of any support groups like this one for WWP besides the wwp-users at yahoogroups.com? Thank you, <mailto:pwatkins at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics, Inc. 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.23

good flowchart software to use with Frame

2006-09-14 Thread Gillian Flato
Visio, the Translator has to have a copy of Visio, translate the flow chart, create the .png and reimport it. They will charge you extra money for that. Just something to keep in mind. I switched from using Illustrator for callouts to using Frame, for that specific reason. Thank you, Gillian Flato

good flowchart software to use with Frame

2006-09-14 Thread Gillian Flato
What do you mean by apply callouts? I just type them in and then group them together with the graphic. Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: Peter Gold [mailto:pe...@knowhowpro.com] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:10 AM To: Gillian Flato Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com

Robohelp vs. WebWorks EPublisher Pro

2006-09-14 Thread Gillian Flato
Adobe product? What do you recommend? My final output is a .chm file. Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato This message (in

Adobe and Robohelp

2006-09-25 Thread Gillian Flato
Does anyone know if Adobe plans on letting Robohelp die, or they're going to improve it, or they are replacing it with something else? Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (4

Can't print from Frame

2007-04-02 Thread Gillian Flato
problem anyhow. Has anyone ever had any experience with this. I am printing to a networked printer - a Xerox WorkCenter Pro 45 PS Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (

Can't print from Frame

2007-04-02 Thread Gillian Flato
Tina, Thanks! That solved the problem. Gillian -Original Message- From: Tina Poole [mailto:poole_tin...@cat.com] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 3:21 PM To: Gillian Flato; framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Can't print from Frame Hi Gillian If you look in your postscript set

FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Gillian Flato
You can have as many as you want. It depends on your software. How many buttons do you have that point to different topics. If you have 10 help buttons that point to ten aliases, then you can have 10 topics. You need your software engineer to generate a resource.h file for you. That will tell yo

subscribing to this list

2007-04-24 Thread Gillian Flato
Guys, A co-worker tried to subscribe to this list but the link on the Frame-Users website says you're subscribing to Techwr-L list. So how does one subscribe to this list? I've been on so long I don't remember. Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Fl

how to manage multilingual documentation with frequent updates

2007-02-02 Thread Gillian Flato
They should use conditional text on the diff languages. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jan Gosen Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:13 AM T

Asking a favor

2007-02-02 Thread Gillian Flato
Craptacular Manual Style -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Wolf Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:46 AM To: Stuart Rogers Cc: framers

Hidden frame

2007-02-06 Thread Gillian Flato
>>I think it is very common for software users to rise just to the level of competence where they can do their tasks and never progress beyond that level. Isn't that a derivative of the Peter principle? -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists

Outsourcing: Was Reasons to Structure

2007-02-16 Thread Gillian Flato
Out here in Silicon Valley, they tried outsourcing. They found that using Tech Writers whose first language wasn't English was a train wreck. There writing skills were atrocious. After a few years of that, they brought the Tech Writing back to Silicon Valley where they could hire native-speaking ed

Daylight savings 3 weeks earlier in US

2007-02-21 Thread Gillian Flato
update networks. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx?wt_svl=20277a&mg_ id=20277b Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911

Job Opening - Silicon Valley - Local Candidates only

2007-01-02 Thread Gillian Flato
ou, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> .com This message (including any attachments)

Looking for an editable output from Frame 7.2

2007-01-09 Thread Gillian Flato
Just make it a PDF and then, in the PDF, click File > Send for Review. Acrobat will make the PDF editable. Caveat: You must possess Acrobat Professional 7.0 or greater. The editor just needs the free Adobe Reader. Thank you, Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: framers-boun

Running Headers

2007-01-09 Thread Gillian Flato
Head 1 and the previous Head 2, instead of the next Head 2. Is that clear? Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics <

Running Headers

2007-01-10 Thread Gillian Flato
[mailto:srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:47 AM To: Art Campbell; Gillian Flato Cc: framers Subject: Re: Running Headers At 16:59 -0500 9/1/07, Art Campbell wrote: >If all your heads are on the same page as the header, though, you can >tell it to pick up the last

Running Headers

2007-01-10 Thread Gillian Flato
Thank you, Gillian -Original Message- From: Steve Rickaby [mailto:srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:27 AM To: Gillian Flato; Art Campbell Cc: framers Subject: RE: Running Headers At 08:59 -0800 10/1/07, Gillian Flato wrote: >But my Hea

Second Job Opening - Silicon Valley - Local Candidates only

2007-01-15 Thread Gillian Flato
us reports to the Tech Pubs Manager as part of the weekly review meeting * Perform any other reasonable duties as required by the Lead Technical Writer or Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Thank you, Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 408.

Highlighting in M

2007-01-18 Thread Gillian Flato
. -Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Diane Gaskill Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:17 AM To: Framers Subject: Highlighting in M Grettings

FrameMaker and read-only files

2007-01-22 Thread Gillian Flato
I have found that in order to fully make use of the SVN tortoise features, I have to save my files as *.mif files and then store them in SVN. When I use them in Frame I convert them back. It's kind of clunky but it works. Thank you, Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: fr

Weird Frame to PDF problem

2007-01-26 Thread Gillian Flato
break the link to the PDF so I could delete it was to reboot the server. I am working on a network drive. Does this give anyone any ideas? As we get toward release time, I am constantly rebuilding this PDF. This problem is really hosing me up. Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometric

Weird Frame to PDF problem

2007-01-29 Thread Gillian Flato
Andrew, When I tried that, my system said that "handle *.pdf" is not recognized as a command. -Gillian -Original Message- From: Andrew Warren [mailto:awar...@synaptics.com] Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 6:31 PM To: Gillian Flato; framers at frameusers.com Subject: RE: W

Proofread your EMails

2007-06-06 Thread Gillian Flato
n email and pay attention to the spell checker suggestions... "It's really no joke. We got lucky and didn't burn up any tools or anyone have heat-stroke. We/I sincerely apologize for the incontinence." Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Techn

Proofread your EMails

2007-06-06 Thread Gillian Flato
, 2007 9:18 AM To: Gillian Flato; framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Proofread your EMails Gillian Flato wrote: > At my company on Monday, the AC broke. An email was sent > explaining what happened. The writer obviously didn't pay > attention to the spelling autocorrect, or

OT: Acrobat 8 Forms Design

2007-06-19 Thread Gillian Flato
. Does anyone know how to turn this feature off? Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.545.6316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> .com

Does anyone have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Gillian Flato
quot; Someone should have told Moses about creating backups! Thank you, Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lin Surasky Sent: Wednesday, J

Acrobat 8 Forms Design - SOLVED

2007-06-27 Thread Gillian Flato
om at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Gillian Flato Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 4:49 PM To: framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: OT: Acrobat 8 Forms Design I am creating a form in Acrobat 8. It does this really annoying thing where when you place a field, it takes forever. It starts in invisible mode and

Flare support for MAC

2007-03-01 Thread Gillian Flato
re.com Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> .com

Translation question

2007-03-16 Thread Gillian Flato
Know anyone who qualifies? He thinks this would be cheaper than using a translation house since we have thousands of procedures that need translation and more efficient since the person would also be a trainer. Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Techn

Shortcuts stop working

2007-03-19 Thread Gillian Flato
I have the same keyboard. Hit the F Lock key and you should get your funcitonality back. Thank you, -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Zoe

Adobe Support Package for FrameMaker

2007-03-29 Thread Gillian Flato
On the other hand, if you are the Frame guru in your department, it makes you more valuable as a Tech Writer. If layoffs come and they have to cut someone, the value you add may help save your job. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.

converting Frame to Word

2007-03-30 Thread Gillian Flato
Will PDF converter work if the originator of the PDF put security on it? Thank you, Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Eason, David

Entry Level Technical Writer - Contract - Moorpark, CA

2007-05-14 Thread Gillian Flato
You think that's insulting? When we had a req open for another tech writer in January, we had people from our shipping department and the warehouse coming to us and asking us if they could apply for the job. As if Tech Writing was so easy, someone with shipping or warehouse experience could do it.

Entry Level Technical Writer - Contract - Moorpark, CA

2007-05-15 Thread Gillian Flato
>>"because if you can do it, anyone can do it". Wow! She thinks highly of you. Perfect dating material. We told all of the shipping/warehouse people to take the Introduction to Tech Writing and the Introduction to FrameMaker class at UCSC-Extension first. Then, if they passed those classes, they

How many FM users are there?

2007-05-16 Thread Gillian Flato
Max, Any idea of when the next version of Frame will be released? Will it be 7.3 or 8.0? -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Maxwell Hoffma

Frame crashes when generating a Glossary

2007-05-16 Thread Gillian Flato
XP Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> .com

Frame crashes when generating a Glossary

2007-05-16 Thread Gillian Flato
Thanks Fred! That was the problem. -Gillian -Original Message- From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:fred.rid...@intel.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 9:52 AM To: Gillian Flato; framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Frame crashes when generating a Glossary One well-documented cause of this

FrameMaker.next

2007-05-18 Thread Gillian Flato
>> I've been sorely tempted to write a free plugin to do that, where you could have boolean logic that included more than "OR". Perhaps this is a feature in the next FM. I don't know, myself, but I'd love to see it. That would ROCK! Please create that plugin -Gillian -Original Message---

Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Gillian Flato
I create similar release notes. I just use conditional text for the different customers, (and yes, I have a Known Issues section as well). -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists

Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-18 Thread Gillian Flato
I dispute. Don't you mean, the village of Crawford, Texas, lost it's chief idiot several years back. I will bet my paycheck that Crawford, Texas has multiple idiots! -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gfla

OT: Adobe Designer

2007-05-22 Thread Gillian Flato
p, it would be much appreciated. Thank you, <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> .com

CERTIFIED FRAME USER

2007-05-29 Thread Gillian Flato
You do need to take a test. Go to Adobe's website and do a search on it. They give you all the details. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mic

RE: Cleaning up color definitions

2012-07-09 Thread Gillian Flato
George, It didn't work. I got an error message. -Gillian From: Georg Eck [mailto:e...@squidds.de] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 12:14 AM To: Gillian Flato; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Cleaning up color definitions Hi Gillian, please test the feature: 'Formats'

RE: Support needed!

2012-07-11 Thread Gillian Flato
Laura, The simple argument is that Frame can do conditional text and Word cannot. Explain all of the benefits of conditional text, (and throw in variables, book files, etc). I worked at a company 12 years ago where they did OEM software for Multiple Listing Services. They had 10 word files, on

RE: Can't Get "Delete Empty Pages" to stick

2012-07-13 Thread Gillian Flato
Allison, When I have a Frame file that is doing inexplicable things, I save it as a MIF file and look at the code there. I tend to see an entry that scrolls across 5 lines and contains gibberish. After I delete the tag and its contents, everything goes back to normal. -Gillian From: framers-b

RE: Persistent issues with indexing in FM 9

2012-07-23 Thread Gillian Flato
Find an old index that works and import all styles from it. That should erase the problem. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rob Shell Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 8:08 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.c

RE: Single sourcing in the the new TCS3

2012-07-25 Thread Gillian Flato
When I publish my help, I simply apply the master page and it applies it perfectly. I am doing true single sourcing. I link my Frame files into Robohelp. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Hei

RE: Translation question

2012-07-27 Thread Gillian Flato
Laura, Have multiple book files, one for the French, one for the English. Those books may share some files. Use conditional text to deal with that. -Gillian From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Laura Fergusson Sent: Thursday, Jul

Plugin for extracting information for XSLT Designer

2012-08-23 Thread Gillian Flato
, Gillian Flato Senior Content Developer Skype: Gillian.B.Flato gillian.fl...@nexenta.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email

RE: Plugin for extracting information for XSLT Designer

2012-08-24 Thread Gillian Flato
Lin, I tried to install it but unfortunately, MIFMuncher is not compatible with Win 7. -Gillian -Original Message- From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:23 AM To: Gillian Flato Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Plugin for extracting

RE: How to reset Frame's Default Configuration - Resolved

2012-09-06 Thread Gillian Flato
The bug in FM 9 & 10 occurs when the variables tab is attached to other tabs and in a panel. You have to remove the variables from the panel and tab so it is independent and floating. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.f

RE: Unstructured to Structured: Question about retaining paragraph formats - Re-opened

2012-09-10 Thread Gillian Flato
Lisa, With structured Frame, content and formatting are separate. After you create the content, you run the style sheet script (XSLT or XSL-Fo) and it formats it. When you send someone the raw XML file, there won't be formatting. They need to apply the style sheet script as well. Unless of cours

RE: Automatic PDF Form

2012-09-14 Thread Gillian Flato
Do you have Adobe Pro? It comes with Live Cycle Designer. That's a forms making program. Use that. I use it all the time. It's excellent. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Artman Sent:

RE: Frame vs Word - the decision

2012-09-22 Thread Gillian Flato
Time to look for another job. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of la...@lavadome.net Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 12:49 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Frame vs Word - the de

RE: Getting started with Context-Sensitive Help

2012-09-22 Thread Gillian Flato
Heather, Talk to your developers. Make sure that their code is written in resource files and they can assign a unique ID to each help button. If everything is hard-coded, you won't be able to do CSH until they fix the code. Then use RoboHelp for help. -Gillian From: framers-boun...@lists.fram

Bookmarks don't stay set

2012-09-27 Thread Gillian Flato
d. It takes a long time to get rid of them all. What is the deal. I never had this problem in previous versions. Thank You, Gillian Flato Senior Content Developer Skype: Gillian.B.Flato gillian.fl...@nexenta.com ___ You are currently subscribed to frame

RE: Bookmarks don't stay set

2012-10-09 Thread Gillian Flato
e you selecting all the files in the book and then doing PDF Setup for all of them? That works fine for me. If the files don't all have the same PDF settings, then the book's PDF settings are a mix of all of them. On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Gillian Flato wrote: > When I print t

RE: Bookmarks Don't Stay Set

2012-10-09 Thread Gillian Flato
the other bookmarks that it puts in that field. It takes a long time to get rid of them all. What is the deal. I never had this problem in previous versions. Thank You, Gillian Flato Senior Content Developer Skype: Gillian.B.Flato ___ You ar

RE: Collaborate with PDF-based roundtrip reviews?

2012-10-17 Thread Gillian Flato
Deanna, In Frame 11 you can do what's called a Shared Revew. You host the doc on the Acrobat server and each reviewer can make comments and see everyone else's comments. This works very well so you don't get 5 people making the same comment. You're supposed to be able to import the comments and

RE: OWL Interface Resources

2012-10-29 Thread Gillian Flato
Rick, Let me know what you find out on that. I was thinking of doing it too. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 12:51 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers

Book-Vars type program for Conditions?

2012-10-31 Thread Gillian Flato
Does anyone know of a program that works like Book Vars (Leximation) but does the same function for conditions? Thank You, Gillian Flato Senior Content Developer Skype: Gillian.B.Flato gillian.fl...@nexenta.com ___ You are currently subscribed to

RE: Book-Vars type program for Conditions?

2012-11-01 Thread Gillian Flato
It says it's for Structured Frame. Does it work with Unstructured? -Gillian -Original Message- From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:49 PM To: Scott Prentice; Gillian Flato Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Book-Vars type pr

RE: Book-Vars type program for Conditions?

2012-11-01 Thread Gillian Flato
I inherited some legacy docs that are filled with old, obsolete conditions. I want to clean them out from a book level and have a clean template with only relevant conditions. -Gillian From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Chris D

RE: Reset button in Paragraph Designer

2012-11-05 Thread Gillian Flato
If you make a change in the para designer, and then want to change it back to the previous setting, it resets it. Note though, that if you click Apply, it doesn't set it back. It's only changes you make before clicking apply. From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@li

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