Registering a new FrameMaker license

2008-02-19 Thread Daniel Emory
I recall recent posts on this subject. Specifically about buying an old version of frame from Ebay, and then registering it with adobe so as to get the upgrade price for the latest version. Apparently, part of the problem is to be sure the copy is not already registered to someone else. How can I b

Registering a new FrameMaker license

2008-02-19 Thread Daniel Emory
I recall recent posts on this subject. Specifically about buying an old version of frame from Ebay, and then registering it with adobe so as to get the upgrade price for the latest version. Apparently, part of the problem is to be sure the copy is not already registered to someone else. How can I b

Re: FrameMaker XML inDesign XML imports

2007-12-01 Thread Daniel Emory
UniMerge is the solution. You create a report template in FrameMaker describing how each type of database record is to be processed and formatted, save it as a MIF file, and execute it on the database output. The result is fully-formatted, ready-to print output. The rport templated can include FM

FrameMaker XML inDesign XML imports

2007-12-01 Thread Daniel Emory
UniMerge is the solution. You create a report template in FrameMaker describing how each type of database record is to be processed and formatted, save it as a MIF file, and execute it on the database output. The result is fully-formatted, ready-to print output. The rport templated can include FM

RE: structured Frame

2007-09-12 Thread Daniel Emory
The fundamental issue is Return on Investment (ROI), whether the staff is one writer or 100. Here are the major cost factors that must be evaluated: A Realizable positive values of a structured solution. 1. A breakdown of the identifiable costs of the current unstructured methodology which can be

structured Frame

2007-09-12 Thread Daniel Emory
The fundamental issue is Return on Investment (ROI), whether the staff is one writer or 100. Here are the major cost factors that must be evaluated: A Realizable positive values of a structured solution. 1. A breakdown of the identifiable costs of the current unstructured methodology which can be

RE: FrameMaker8 Automatic Letter Spacing Broken

2007-08-10 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Mike Wickham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Justification and Automatic Letter Spacing used > to work together. Now, > >> only one or the other works. Is anyone else > seeing this? > > > Yes, I can verify this behavior with FrameMaker 8 > on Windows XP. > > Dang. I hope Adobe fixes this so

FrameMaker8 Automatic Letter Spacing Broken

2007-08-10 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Mike Wickham wrote: > >> Justification and Automatic Letter Spacing used > to work together. Now, > >> only one or the other works. Is anyone else > seeing this? > > > Yes, I can verify this behavior with FrameMaker 8 > on Windows XP. > > Dang. I hope Adobe fixes this soon. The feature is

Re: FrameMaker 8 Automatic Letter Spacing Broken?

2007-08-09 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Mike Wickham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Justification and Automatic Letter Spacing used > to work together. Now, > >> only one or the other works. Is anyone else > seeing this? > > > Yes, I can verify this behavior with FrameMaker 8 > on Windows XP. > > Dang. I hope Adobe fixes this so

FrameMaker 8 Automatic Letter Spacing Broken?

2007-08-09 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Mike Wickham wrote: > >> Justification and Automatic Letter Spacing used > to work together. Now, > >> only one or the other works. Is anyone else > seeing this? > > > Yes, I can verify this behavior with FrameMaker 8 > on Windows XP. > > Dang. I hope Adobe fixes this soon. The feature is

Re: Table formatting

2007-07-09 Thread Daniel Emory
> Eli, > You wrote: > >I'd like to create a table format for a note, with > one row and two columns. > >I want a line above and below the second column. > I've only managed to do > >this using custom ruling and shading, which I don't > want to use because > >custom ruling can't be stored as part of

Table formatting

2007-07-09 Thread Daniel Emory
> Eli, > You wrote: > >I'd like to create a table format for a note, with > one row and two columns. > >I want a line above and below the second column. > I've only managed to do > >this using custom ruling and shading, which I don't > want to use because > >custom ruling can't be stored as part of

Re: Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
As I understand what you are stating, each book component will store the value of the book file title attribute value which existed the last time the generate/update action was taken on the book file. Thus, if the value of the attribute in the book file is changed but the generate/update action is

Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
As I understand what you are stating, each book component will store the value of the book file title attribute value which existed the last time the generate/update action was taken on the book file. Thus, if the value of the attribute in the book file is changed but the generate/update action is

Re: Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
> At 10:28 -0400 24/5/07, Rick Quatro wrote: > >I am trying to figure out how attribute-based > Running H/F variables work. Here is are examples of > a couple in a document I have: > > > ><$attribute[Booktitle:book]> > ><$attribute[Revision:book]> = I may be missing

Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
> At 10:28 -0400 24/5/07, Rick Quatro wrote: > >I am trying to figure out how attribute-based > Running H/F variables work. Here is are examples of > a couple in a document I have: > > > ><$attribute[Booktitle:book]> > ><$attribute[Revision:book]> = I may be missing

RE: First Time FrameMaker User

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Mark Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My job involves producing 40 page reports in > Microsoft Word. These > reports are nearly identical. I use the mailmerge > feature in Word to > import variables such as the date of the report, the > name of the product > on which the report is based

First Time FrameMaker User

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Mark Lawrence wrote: > My job involves producing 40 page reports in > Microsoft Word. These > reports are nearly identical. I use the mailmerge > feature in Word to > import variables such as the date of the report, the > name of the product > on which the report is based, the final score t

Re: FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-20 Thread Daniel Emory
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As far as a device that you can comfortably and > safely use in the tub is > concerned, I don't think that paper will be the > delivery method of the > future. It’s estimated that 40% of the US adult population is non-literate, which means the

FW: Adobe CEO interview

2007-05-20 Thread Daniel Emory
--- mcarr at allette.com.au wrote: > As far as a device that you can comfortably and > safely use in the tub is > concerned, I don't think that paper will be the > delivery method of the > future. It?s estimated that 40% of the US adult population is non-literate, which mea

Re: Nested ul and ol elements

2007-05-17 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Rick Quatro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need help with text formatting rules in an EDD. > Basically, I am allowing > nesting of ol and ul elements. I need rules that > will allow a particular > format to be called, depending on the nesting level. > Here is an example of > "flat" structure

Nested ul and ol elements

2007-05-17 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Rick Quatro wrote: > I need help with text formatting rules in an EDD. > Basically, I am allowing > nesting of ol and ul elements. I need rules that > will allow a particular > format to be called, depending on the nesting level. > Here is an example of > "flat" structure. The text in the e

Re: Double-spacing a PDF output doc from a structured Frame book

2007-05-15 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Bob Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wondering HOW to simply double-space my PDF output > doc (from a structured > Frame book) - so that our writers can more easily > make mark ups on the > hardcopy. They write - we production wonks put their > stuff into the frame > books. (We like it thi

Double-spacing a PDF output doc from a structured Frame book

2007-05-15 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Bob Williams wrote: > Wondering HOW to simply double-space my PDF output > doc (from a structured > Frame book) - so that our writers can more easily > make mark ups on the > hardcopy. They write - we production wonks put their > stuff into the frame > books. (We like it this way - less chance

Re: Productivity Gains from Structured Authoring

2007-05-09 Thread Daniel Emory
--- John Sgammato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am thinking of something along the lines of output > pages per writer. I appreciate any help. === Using an ROI estimate to justify changing over to a structured approach is definitely the right way to go. But coming up

Productivity Gains from Structured Authoring

2007-05-09 Thread Daniel Emory
--- John Sgammato wrote: > I am thinking of something along the lines of output > pages per writer. I appreciate any help. === Using an ROI estimate to justify changing over to a structured approach is definitely the right way to go. But coming up with a number is c

RE: Why have list AND step paragraph tags

2007-04-30 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Eli Har-Even <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our FrameMaker templates have two sets of numbered > lists, one set for steps (step1, step2, step3) and another for lists (and list1, list2, list3). > Visually, steps and lists look different, but in > practice, authors use them interchangeably. I'm con

Why have list AND step paragraph tags

2007-04-30 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Eli Har-Even wrote: > Our FrameMaker templates have two sets of numbered > lists, one set for steps (step1, step2, step3) and another for lists (and list1, list2, list3). > Visually, steps and lists look different, but in > practice, authors use them interchangeably. I'm considering simplifyin

Display of variable content in Structured FM

2007-03-31 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Nantel, Elise" wrote: > I'm working with Structured FM 7.0 on Windows XP. > I use a lot of variables in my manuals, typically > for product lines and product names. Sometimes after > I generate a structured book, the variable content > > appears in Times New Roman instead of Verdana. It's > r

Re: Display of variable content in Structured FM

2007-03-31 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Nantel, Elise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working with Structured FM 7.0 on Windows XP. > I use a lot of variables in my manuals, typically > for product lines and product names. Sometimes after > I generate a structured book, the variable content > > appears in Times New Roman instead o

[FrameSGML] Format Change Lists and Removing Structure

2007-03-28 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Rick Quatro wrote: > have a document where the EDD uses format change > lists for its formatting. > As a result there is a bare bones paragraph catalog, > with each paragraph > tagged as *Body. When I remove the structure from > the document, the > paragraph catalog now has a bunch of new f

Re: [FrameSGML] Format Change Lists and Removing Structure

2007-03-28 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Rick Quatro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > have a document where the EDD uses format change > lists for its formatting. > As a result there is a bare bones paragraph catalog, > with each paragraph > tagged as *Body. When I remove the structure from > the document, the > paragraph catalog now h

Version control of FM documents/books

2007-03-21 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Radha Padmanabhan wrote: > I wish to know whether we can use CVS for version > control of FM files/books and how the path > sensitivity of FM /size of books will effect this. > Or what is the best way to ensure version control of > FM docs/books? === It depend

Re: Version control of FM documents/books

2007-03-21 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Radha Padmanabhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wish to know whether we can use CVS for version > control of FM files/books and how the path > sensitivity of FM /size of books will effect this. > Or what is the best way to ensure version control of > FM docs/books? ==

anticipating a move to Structrued Frame

2007-03-16 Thread Daniel Emory
--- John Sgammato wrote: > But the point remains that the best way to prepare > depends greatly on what your goals and objectives > are. Just as one example, if you are not planning to > adopt topic-oriented authoring and topic-level > reuse, then spending time learning about DITA would > be a di

RE: anticipating a move to Structrued Frame

2007-03-16 Thread Daniel Emory
--- John Sgammato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the point remains that the best way to prepare > depends greatly on what your goals and objectives > are. Just as one example, if you are not planning to > adopt topic-oriented authoring and topic-level > reuse, then spending time learning about D

anticipating a move to Structrued Frame

2007-03-15 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Milan Davidovic wrote: > I'm looking for resources or advice on how to start > working in unstructured Frame in anticipation of a > move to Structured Frame. 1. In your unstructured template, create paragraph, character, table, marker and cross-reference tags w

Re: anticipating a move to Structrued Frame

2007-03-15 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Milan Davidovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for resources or advice on how to start > working in unstructured Frame in anticipation of a > move to Structured Frame. 1. In your unstructured template, create paragraph, character, table, marker and cro

RE: Structured Frame Saving XML

2007-03-02 Thread Daniel Emory
What, exactly, do you mean by Frame's "perversity" in line wrapping? What, exactly, are you comparing it with on the XML side? Frame's line wrapping actions are dependent upon settings in the paragraph designer, including: * Under Advanced (automatic hyphenation) * Under Basic (indents). --- T

Structured Frame Saving XML

2007-03-02 Thread Daniel Emory
What, exactly, do you mean by Frame's "perversity" in line wrapping? What, exactly, are you comparing it with on the XML side? Frame's line wrapping actions are dependent upon settings in the paragraph designer, including: * Under Advanced (automatic hyphenation) * Under Basic (indents). --- T

RE: Reasons to Structure

2007-02-14 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Charles Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Besides-with the caveat that I have not actually > experienced *enforced* structured authoring, per > sé-if you need to format a word or phrase for > emphasis or for special recognition (such as bolding > UI elements), don't you still have to tag that >

RE: Reasons to Structure

2007-02-14 Thread Daniel Emory
No one has mentioned the potential for greatly improving writer productivity, as well as eliminating format overrides. Once authors are up to speed on using the structure view and the element catalog, they're freed from the entire formatting burden (if the EDD specifies context-based format rules

Reasons to Structure

2007-02-14 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Charles Beck wrote: > Besides-with the caveat that I have not actually > experienced *enforced* structured authoring, per > s?-if you need to format a word or phrase for > emphasis or for special recognition (such as bolding > UI elements), don't you still have to tag that > content somewhere?

Reasons to Structure

2007-02-14 Thread Daniel Emory
No one has mentioned the potential for greatly improving writer productivity, as well as eliminating format overrides. Once authors are up to speed on using the structure view and the element catalog, they're freed from the entire formatting burden (if the EDD specifies context-based format rules

Re: Using variables for single sourcing

2007-02-05 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Scott Prentice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only way I can think of to do this without a > plugin (or > FrameScript), would be to source the files as XML or > MIF, and have some > process outside of Frame that manages these values. In my document entitled

Using variables for single sourcing

2007-02-05 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Scott Prentice wrote: > The only way I can think of to do this without a > plugin (or > FrameScript), would be to source the files as XML or > MIF, and have some > process outside of Frame that manages these values. In my document entitled "A New Approach to

Re: Replacing Framemaker

2007-02-01 Thread Daniel Emory
The publication by the STC of this article demonstrates the declining relevance of that organization. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to

Re: Database Publishing book

2007-02-01 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Pat Bensky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Framers, > I am thinking of writing a book about database > publishing. It would cover > publishing with InDesign and Quark (possibly > FrameMaker and Word as well) > using the following methods: > > InDesign tags > Quark tags > Xtags, Xdata > XML

Replacing Framemaker

2007-02-01 Thread Daniel Emory
The publication by the STC of this article demonstrates the declining relevance of that organization.

Database Publishing book

2007-02-01 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Pat Bensky wrote: > Hello Framers, > I am thinking of writing a book about database > publishing. It would cover > publishing with InDesign and Quark (possibly > FrameMaker and Word as well) > using the following methods: > > InDesign tags > Quark tags > Xtags, Xdata > XML > RTF (perhaps) > F

Re: QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Andersen, Verner Engell VEA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you any idea of how I can have the various > edition numbers in footer of each chapter page and > still have the possibility of importing all formats > from all files without messing things up? == This k

QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Andersen, Verner Engell VEA" wrote: > Have you any idea of how I can have the various > edition numbers in footer of each chapter page and > still have the possibility of importing all formats > from all files without messing things up? == This kind of dilemma can

Re: New to the list, and asking for help

2007-01-16 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Pedro Pastor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe the troubles I've found come from my > inexperience developing structured applications in FM, but I cannot fully understand the aim > behind the (so called) "XML-roundtrip" editing. == Assuming that the docu

New to the list, and asking for help

2007-01-16 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Pedro Pastor wrote: > Maybe the troubles I've found come from my > inexperience developing structured applications in FM, but I cannot fully understand the aim > behind the (so called) "XML-roundtrip" editing. == Assuming that the documentation you are c

Re: PDF to framemaker

2007-01-15 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Peter Ring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dov is of course correct in stating that PDF should > be considered a final form document format. But, > nevertheless, PDF can be used as an > input (to Frame) === Another effective way to use PDF as an input to FrameMaker is

PDF to framemaker

2007-01-15 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Peter Ring wrote: > Dov is of course correct in stating that PDF should > be considered a final form document format. But, > nevertheless, PDF can be used as an > input (to Frame) === Another effective way to use PDF as an input to FrameMaker is to use it to impor

Re: Displaying a Portion of an Attribute Value

2006-12-22 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Catudal & Rousseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to display a portion of an element's > REFLOC value, for example, > this element with attribute values to be displayed Wiring Manual Chapter 20 so I would like to display the numerical value of the REFLOC attribute with a prefix. ==

Displaying a Portion of an Attribute Value

2006-12-22 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Catudal & Rousseau wrote: > I would like to display a portion of an element's > REFLOC value, for example, > this element with attribute values to be displayed Wiring Manual Chapter 20 so I would like to display the numerical value of the REFLOC attribute with a prefix. =

Re: Can an Element be a Container and a System Variable

2006-12-13 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Catudal & Rousseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can an element be a container and a system variable > at the same time? I > would like to generate the Chapter-Section-Subject > in the footer of the page from the > attributes of the subject element. === Yes, t

Can an Element be a Container and a System Variable

2006-12-13 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Catudal & Rousseau wrote: > Can an element be a container and a system variable > at the same time? I > would like to generate the Chapter-Section-Subject > in the footer of the page from the > attributes of the subject element. === Yes, this is doable if yo

RE: Searching in text insets

2006-12-13 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Fred Ridder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Supposed to be" could be argued, but it certainly > is the way > things *are*. Text insets are treated as black boxes > by the > Find/Change operation. == Putting text insets in text frames (each with a different

Searching in text insets

2006-12-13 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Fred Ridder wrote: > "Supposed to be" could be argued, but it certainly > is the way > things *are*. Text insets are treated as black boxes > by the > Find/Change operation. == Putting text insets in text frames (each with a different text flow name) wit

Converting unstructured to structured FrameMaker

2006-10-29 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Pat Christenson wrote: > I have a large project coming up that involves > converting unstructured > FrameMaker docs to structured FrameMaker (7.1 on > Windows). Does anyone > know of any helpful websites or documentation to get > through this as > quickly and efficiently as possible? ==

Re: OT: MIL specs (was RE: general publication quiestion)

2006-10-21 Thread Daniel Emory
er is set to reverse. --- "Combs, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Emory wrote: > > > The fact is that the US military is the only true > laboratory > > where technical documentation is subjected to > extensive > > post-publication review

Re: The Page Left Intentionally Blank

2006-10-21 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Shmuel Wolfson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I always felt that "This Page Intentionally Left > Blank" sounds a bit > weird. Why would you intentionally leave a page > blank? I vote to change > it to "This Page Left Blank for Double-sided > Printing." What

RE: general publication quiestion

2006-10-21 Thread Daniel Emory
nual instructions. Those who write manuals for non-military applications ought to also take advantage of that laboratory. --- "Combs, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Emory wrote: > > > --- Charles Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

OT: MIL specs (was RE: general publication quiestion)

2006-10-20 Thread Daniel Emory
er is set to reverse. --- "Combs, Richard" wrote: > Daniel Emory wrote: > > > The fact is that the US military is the only true > laboratory > > where technical documentation is subjected to > extensive > > post-publication review to determine its >

The Page Left Intentionally Blank

2006-10-20 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Shmuel Wolfson wrote: > I always felt that "This Page Intentionally Left > Blank" sounds a bit > weird. Why would you intentionally leave a page > blank? I vote to change > it to "This Page Left Blank for Double-sided > Printing." What about the case whe

general publication quiestion

2006-10-20 Thread Daniel Emory
nual instructions. Those who write manuals for non-military applications ought to also take advantage of that laboratory. --- "Combs, Richard" wrote: > Daniel Emory wrote: > > > --- Charles Beck wrote: > > > Maybe I'm missing something, and then again, >

RE: general publication quiestion

2006-10-19 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Charles Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I'm missing something, and then again, maybe > I'm not. I too have > always considered it a strange paradox when I see > the words "This page > intentionally left blank." But there is no need to > use it. ==

general publication quiestion

2006-10-18 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Charles Beck wrote: > Maybe I'm missing something, and then again, maybe > I'm not. I too have > always considered it a strange paradox when I see > the words "This page > intentionally left blank." But there is no need to > use it. == Mis-printed techni

Re: Columns in middle of chapter

2006-10-10 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Lisa M. Balbes, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My client wants one section of a particular chapter > to be in columns, instead of the full page width text of the rest of the chapter. This > section will extend over several pages, and will > probably have things added and deleted as we c

Columns in middle of chapter

2006-10-09 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Lisa M. Balbes, Ph.D." wrote: > My client wants one section of a particular chapter > to be in columns, instead of the full page width text of the rest of the chapter. This > section will extend over several pages, and will > probably have things added and deleted as we continue editing the

Re: Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs

2006-08-29 Thread Daniel Emory
If your company is a member of the ATA, you can obtain the DTD for spec 100 from the ATA. Using that DTD, you can generate a FrameMaker EDD. You then add to the EDD the formatting information you require to produce structured ATA 100-compliant documents. --- Steve Cavanaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs

2006-08-28 Thread Daniel Emory
If your company is a member of the ATA, you can obtain the DTD for spec 100 from the ATA. Using that DTD, you can generate a FrameMaker EDD. You then add to the EDD the formatting information you require to produce structured ATA 100-compliant documents. --- Steve Cavanaugh wrote: > > Hi ever

Re: Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

2006-08-15 Thread Daniel Emory
You've gotten plenty of suggestions. I assume that, presently, production of your catalog is being done in a manner that is incompatible with a full database publishing solution, otherwise the solution would be obvious. The FrameScript solution offered by Rick Quatro would seem to be the simplest

Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

2006-08-15 Thread Daniel Emory
You've gotten plenty of suggestions. I assume that, presently, production of your catalog is being done in a manner that is incompatible with a full database publishing solution, otherwise the solution would be obvious. The FrameScript solution offered by Rick Quatro would seem to be the simplest

RE: Schema Tools

2006-08-08 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Jon Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We would like to begin developing in structured > framemaker. My understanding is that to do so, we > need to bring in schema that FM can use to help us > structure our docs. Can anyone recommend some solid > tools for creating schema? It's either that or

Schema Tools

2006-08-08 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Jon Harvey wrote: > We would like to begin developing in structured > framemaker. My understanding is that to do so, we > need to bring in schema that FM can use to help us > structure our docs. Can anyone recommend some solid > tools for creating schema? It's either that or > write the marku

re: question re object properties in Frame 7.2

2006-06-11 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Shlomo Perets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The "extremely useful" phrase is indeed used in the > review, but frankly I > wasn't sure how it should be interpreted. = You are very kind Shlomo. ___ You are currently

question re object properties in Frame 7.2

2006-06-11 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Shlomo Perets wrote: > The "extremely useful" phrase is indeed used in the > review, but frankly I > wasn't sure how it should be interpreted. = You are very kind Shlomo.

Re: Help vertically centering text in FM..

2006-06-03 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Andy Kelsall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't for the life of me figure out how to > vertically align text > in FM. I have a page where I would > like to align the text vertically, but after poking > around FM and doing a > Google search, I'm still stumped. > Is it possible to do th

Help vertically centering text in FM..

2006-06-03 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Andy Kelsall wrote: > I can't for the life of me figure out how to > vertically align text > in FM. I have a page where I would > like to align the text vertically, but after poking > around FM and doing a > Google search, I'm still stumped. > Is it possible to do this in FM? Does it r

RE: Hypertext Link Strangeness

2006-05-23 Thread Daniel Emory
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got one for you I am making hypertext links > active in the PDF > output by using a "message URL" hypertext marker. I > use a character tag > to identify the text to include in the link. This > has worked fine for me > in the past in unstructured docs. > >

Hypertext Link Strangeness

2006-05-23 Thread Daniel Emory
wrote: > I've got one for you I am making hypertext links > active in the PDF > output by using a "message URL" hypertext marker. I > use a character tag > to identify the text to include in the link. This > has worked fine for me > in the past in unstructured docs. > > I have recently not

RE: Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-19 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Steve Rickaby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Surely the answer here is 'horses for courses'? > There are many areas where numbering is either > appropriate or essential (engineering manuals,legal > documents, political documents, medical documents, > repair manuals, ya-de-yah), and others where i

Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-19 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Steve Rickaby wrote: > Surely the answer here is 'horses for courses'? > There are many areas where numbering is either > appropriate or essential (engineering manuals,legal > documents, political documents, medical documents, > repair manuals, ya-de-yah), and others where it is > not. Legal i

RE: Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-18 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Anne Robotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this a private email from Linda that you posted > to the list? How > completely rude. = My mistake, and I apologize to Linda. The Framer's list, unlike some others, identifies the sender's name, not the list's name as the

Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-18 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Anne Robotti wrote: > Is this a private email from Linda that you posted > to the list? How > completely rude. = My mistake, and I apologize to Linda. The Framer's list, unlike some others, identifies the sender's name, not the list's name as the sender. My default

RE: Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-18 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Linda G. Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think it was necessary to single out my > response and call what I > said laughable. Your unqualified statement that the only people left who use such numbering schemes are engineers communicating with o

Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-18 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Linda G. Gallagher" wrote: > I don't think it was necessary to single out my > response and call what I > said laughable. Your unqualified statement that the only people left who use such numbering schemes are engineers communicating with other engineers is w

RE: Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-17 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Linda G. Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I only use that type of numbering when a client > insists on it. Typically, > those clients are engineers with content targeting > other engineers. == The complaint that prompted Ms. Gallagher's response was that

Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-17 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Linda G. Gallagher" wrote: > I only use that type of numbering when a client > insists on it. Typically, > those clients are engineers with content targeting > other engineers. == The complaint that prompted Ms. Gallagher's response was that multi-level numberi

RE: Outsourcing

2006-05-16 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Anne Robotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greater value? To whom? The consumer, perhaps, > I don't think the companies that are saving money by > outsourcing are > necessarily passing on the savings to the consumer. > I'd have to see some > pretty firm research on that before I'd believe i

Outsourcing

2006-05-16 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Anne Robotti wrote: > > Greater value? To whom? The consumer, perhaps, > I don't think the companies that are saving money by > outsourcing are > necessarily passing on the savings to the consumer. > I'd have to see some > pretty firm research on that before I'd believe it.

I Object to sites which demand registration before exposing pricing

2006-05-11 Thread Daniel Emory
Yeserday, Siberlogic sent to the lists an announcement of a new CMS product that integrates FrameMaker. I was acutely interested. The details of the product seemed a bit light, but I proceeded anyway to look at the pricing, which, often, gives you a handle on the scope and breadth of a product. But

I Object to sites which demand registration before exposing pricing

2006-05-11 Thread Daniel Emory
Yeserday, Siberlogic sent to the lists an announcement of a new CMS product that integrates FrameMaker. I was acutely interested. The details of the product seemed a bit light, but I proceeded anyway to look at the pricing, which, often, gives you a handle on the scope and breadth of a product. But

Re: Is there a change in behaviour between FM 5, 6 and 7 EDD?

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Bodvar Bjorgvinsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the input, Dan. > I mostly agree with you about the rest, but it is > good for reassurance. :-) > > What seems to me unprofessional about the legacy EDD > is that every > element that has anything to do with text is > specifically ass

Is there a change in behaviour between FM 5, 6 and 7 EDD?

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: > Thanks for the input, Dan. > I mostly agree with you about the rest, but it is > good for reassurance. :-) > > What seems to me unprofessional about the legacy EDD > is that every > element that has anything to do with text is > specifically assigned the > Paragra

Re: Is there a change in behaviour between FM 5, 6 and 7 EDD?

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel Emory
If your premise is correct, namely that the formatting in element Table will be inherited by the table title and the cells within the table, it's going to be a mighty strange table, because all text will be 2.0 pt with a space below of -2.0 pt. clearly, the intent of this formatting is to create th

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