I received a reply on my TimeSavers post from Baruch, explaining that TimeSavers settings will not be picked up by Acrobat versions 8.1+ when the PDF is created from within FrameMaker (Save As>PDF), because the distiller has to be started with a -F flag. FM 8+ does this automatically, apparently, and Acrobat 7 and earlier did not require the -F flag.
So Baruch told me how to start the distiller with the -F flag. But does anyone know how to create a PDF from .book/.fm files from within Acrobat Distiller? I've only done it as Save As>PDF before, and when in the Distiller I do File>Open, it doesn't like my .book/.fm files (it tries to build a PDF but fails). Thanks for any help!! And thanks again, Baruch! Callie Bertsche Tecplot, Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Callie > > Bertsche > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 12:01 AM > > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > > Subject: TimeSavers Plugin Settings > > > > Dear Dependable Framers, > > I am having some TimeSaver FM plugin issues. Do not have TimeSaver > > User's Guide (inherited doc system that did not have the TS > UG); have > > requested it but has not yet been sent. > > > > FM 7.2, TimeSavers 4.0, Acrobat 9 > > > > I need to use TimeSavers to strip the path portion out of > my external > > cross-references as I am building multiple books that will > sit in the > > same directory (I know, I brought this up six months ago and didn't > > want to use TimeSavers, but now I want to save some > time...). Also, I > > would like to use TimeSavers to link to an HTML page in a separate > > directory (adkrm/index.html). > > > > So far, I have: > > 1. Created cross-refs as normal in FM documents 2. Resolved all > > cross-refs and have all books/fm files with linking between > them open > > when building PDF 3. In TimeSavers Settings dialog, have > all options > > toggled off on pages Bmk Functions, Bmk Extraction, Bmk > Style and Bmk > > Start. > > On Links/General page, have toggled-on "Process TimeSavers > > shortcuts" and added "adkrm/" as the "Default path for files > > referenced in shortcuts" > > Toggled-on first three toggles uncer the Cross-file > links region of > > the Links/General page. > > 4. Marker text that I want to lead to the adkrm/index.html > > reads: alert ~ FileLink (index.html) 5. Build book by doing File > > > Save Book As > PDF > and set PDF Job Options to one mentioning > > TimeSavers in the PDF Setup for Selected Files dialog. > > > > Anyone want to take a stab at what I am missing/haven't thought > > of..............? Thanks! > > Please feel free to reply specifically to me as well as to the list > > since I am on Digest mode. > > > > Callie Bertsche > > Tecplot, Inc. > > >
