AW: Weird, sudden problem distilling postscript files

[Reng, Winfried]

Hi,

I noticed that already in FrameMaker 6, once a year.
Therefore Save as PDF cannot be the cause.
As Dov and others mentioned rebooting fixed that.

Best regards

Winfried

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 I will confirm that I have seen this situation every
 so often and that the ONLY solution is to reboot your
 computer. (By this situation I mean oddball results
 when using save as PDF including but limited to
 crashes, failures to produce any output, etc.)
 
 This happens on occasion when using the save as PDF
 feature of FrameMaker and seemingly the interface between
 the PostScript printer driver and the Distiller plug-in
 to that driver becomes unstable. That instability is
 reset by reboot.
 
 I cannot yet accurately reproduce this happening but
 the FrameMaker development team is aware of this (and 
 other printing) problems.
  
 
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  Subject: Re: Weird, sudden problem distilling postscript files
  
  Fred, Karen, et al.
  
  Thanks for all of the responses. sorry I didn't respond 
  earlier, but just after I posted this message, my IT guy came 
  down to see if he could troubleshoot  - and at least I was 
  able to reproduce the problem.
  
  Long story short -
  
  I will be humming along making PDFs no problem and then boom, 
  all of a sudden, the PDF is either gi-normous (like over 
  2000%) or I get a series of really small pages all stacked 
  vertically. Sometimes, it will reset 
  itself without any rebooting, etc. and other times, I have 
 to either:
  
  1.) Just shut down Framemaker, Distiller and PDF and then 
  re-open all the apps.
  2) Reboot the whole PC.
  
  I can't find a rhyme or reason to why it happens, when it is 
  going to happen, etc. There's no magic number of generating 
  PDFs or one PDF in particular that causes it. When my IT guys 
  were here, the saw exactly the same thing - he generated the 
  PDF six times in a row with problems, then boom, on the 7th 
  time, it generated just fine without any shut down of apps, 
  rebooting,etc., but then the next go-round, we had to reboot 
  to get a PDF to generate.
  
  Very annoying problem, and very time consuming and hunting 
  all over the place (googling, Adobe, etc.), I have found the 
  exact same comments/problems but no apparent resolution 
  either than to grit your teeth, take a deep breath and reboot. 
  
  I wonder if Adobe will have any comments about this eventually.
  
  Thanks for all the responses - at least what I was seeing was 
  validated by others!
  
  TVB
  
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Re: Find problem with font

[rebecca officer]

At a guess, you're using a character tag to apply the font, and that tag has 
language set to None. You can check (and change) this in the character 
designer. The same feature happens in the paragraph designer. Setting language 
to none stops FM from using a dictionary with it and therefore stops the 
spellcheck.

Cheers, Rebecca

 Gillian Flato [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/24/06 12:18 PM 
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,

Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

NANOmetrics, Inc.

1550 Buckeye Dr.

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Re: FM crossref and pdf link

[Shlomo Perets]

Stéphane,

You wrote:


I use FM 7.1 to publish XML documents to pdf.

In the documents there are some internal cross references (ID/IDREF
attributes are used for this purpose) to title-level elements and to
basic paragraphs.
All links seems to be correct in frame (no broken cross reference, I can
always find source form a crossref)

In the pdf setup I included the title-level pgf formats to 'Bookmarks',
and all pgf format to 'Tags'

When generating the pdf some links did not work, it seems that only
links to pgf formats that are included in the PDFSetupBookmarks are
active in the pdf, other are not...
I tried to work with elements instead of paragraph formats in the pdf
setup, but the result is the same.

Is this a known bug in frame 7.1 ? is there any workaround ?


Starting with FM6.0 (where this feature was introduced), if Generate Named 
Destinations for All Paragraphs is turned off (PDF Setup, Links tab), 
random links are bad. This is a common cause for internal bad links (within 
the same PDF). PDFs included with the FrameMaker product CD exhibit this 
problem as well, which shows how wide-spread it is (see 
http://www.microtype.com/Hmmm.html -- various items).



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Spell-checking odd behaviour

[Evanth, Henrik]

Hi all,

In our user guide we have a customized arrow. To apply it in the user
guide, the writer has to type '}' and then apply a character format to
that character. The Character format uses a customized font which means
that the '}' is transformed into a nice-looking arrow.

When I spell-check, the spell-checker stops at every arrow as the
character is included in the Space before field in the Spelling
Checker Options dialog. So to avoid this (we have a lot of arrows in
the user guide) I set Languge to None for the specific character
format. And this works fine, almost(!).

Now the problem:
When the character with the special character format is positioned first
in a paragraph, the spell-checker does not check the other words in the
paragraph. You get the feeling that if the first character/word in a
paragraph is set to Language=None the whole paragraph is set to
Language=None. Have you seen this before? Anyone have a solution?

I guess you could remove the '}' from the Space before field but then
you won't find incorrect usage of '}'

Best Regards
/Henrik

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RE: Spell-checking odd behaviour

[Grant Hogarth]

Henrik--

Two alternatives: 
1. Define a new para type of arrow, and then set the arrow char. to be
the autonumber.
2. Define a new para type of arrow, and set it to be a run-in head.
 
Grant
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-Original Message-
From: Evanth, Henrik
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:48 AM
To: framers@FrameUsers.com
Subject: Spell-checking odd behaviour


Hi all,

In our user guide we have a customized arrow. To apply it in the user
guide, the writer has to type '}' and then apply a character format to
that character. The Character format uses a customized font which means
that the '}' is transformed into a nice-looking arrow.

When I spell-check, the spell-checker stops at every arrow as the
character is included in the Space before field in the Spelling
Checker Options dialog. So to avoid this (we have a lot of arrows in
the user guide) I set Languge to None for the specific character
format. And this works fine, almost(!).

Now the problem:
When the character with the special character format is positioned first
in a paragraph, the spell-checker does not check the other words in the
paragraph. You get the feeling that if the first character/word in a
paragraph is set to Language=None the whole paragraph is set to
Language=None. Have you seen this before? Anyone have a solution?

I guess you could remove the '}' from the Space before field but then
you won't find incorrect usage of '}'

Best Regards
/Henrik
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Another spellchecker query

[Doug]

Is there any way to make Frame's spellchecker NOT check text if it's
formatted with a given paragraph format?  We have tons of reports
formatted with a Report format, and none of it needs to be
spellchecked.  Most of it consists of abbrevations and punctuation, so
the spellchecker would flag most of it.

Thanks,

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Re: Spell-checking odd behaviour

[Stuart Rogers]

Evanth, Henrik wrote:

Hi all,

In our user guide we have a customized arrow. To apply it in the user
guide, the writer has to type '}' and then apply a character format to
that character. The Character format uses a customized font which means
that the '}' is transformed into a nice-looking arrow.

When I spell-check, the spell-checker stops at every arrow as the
character is included in the Space before field in the Spelling
Checker Options dialog. So to avoid this (we have a lot of arrows in
the user guide) I set Languge to None for the specific character
format. And this works fine, almost(!).

Now the problem:
When the character with the special character format is positioned first
in a paragraph, the spell-checker does not check the other words in the
paragraph. You get the feeling that if the first character/word in a
paragraph is set to Language=None the whole paragraph is set to
Language=None. Have you seen this before? Anyone have a solution?

I guess you could remove the '}' from the Space before field but then
you won't find incorrect usage of '}'




Perhaps you could define a variable with the character tag applied and 
insert that instead. (I haven't tested that idea in regard to 
spell-checking, but in any case, it could simplify the insertion of your 
arrows.)


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Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Re: Another spellchecker query

[Stuart Rogers]

Doug wrote:

Is there any way to make Frame's spellchecker NOT check text if it's
formatted with a given paragraph format?  We have tons of reports
formatted with a Report format, and none of it needs to be
spellchecked.  Most of it consists of abbrevations and punctuation, so
the spellchecker would flag most of it.

Thanks,

Doug
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In the pgf designer, Default Font tab, set the language to None.

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RE: Another spellchecker query

[Glenn Voyles]

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Doug wrote:
 Is there any way to make Frame's spellchecker NOT check text if it's
 formatted with a given paragraph format?  We have tons of reports
 formatted with a Report format, and none of it needs to be
 spellchecked.  Most of it consists of abbrevations and punctuation, so
 the spellchecker would flag most of it.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Doug
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In the pgf designer, Default Font tab, set the language to None.

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Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

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Last revised 03/23/2006

===
CONTENTS
===

New Features in UltraMate Marine 2.1
Known Issues

===
New Features in UltraMate Marine 2.1
===

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RE: Text inset strange behaviour, any solution??

[Steve Rickaby]

Hi

I'm tackling the same problem. When you say 'Insert this as a blank para at the 
top of the referenced flow', do you mean in the referenced (imported) document, 
or in the document to which the inset is imported?

At 09:20 -0700 13/3/06, Lorian Gans wrote:
We use text insets extensively, and find that FM changes the para
following the inset to the same style as that at the top of the inset,
so we created a Hidden character style and applied it to a body
paragraph at the top and bottom of each inset. After applying the Hidden
character style, those extra paras effectively disappear, but it can be
a real bear to work with.


At 08:29 -0700 13/3/06, Grant Hogarth wrote:
Known  issue with FM.  Not sure if it is a bug (not working as designed)
or not.
Workaround:
1) Define the smallest paragraph you can (2pt font, 0pt line spacing,
0pt above/below...).
2) Insert this as a blank para at the top of the referenced flow.

This should fix the problem.

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Subject: Text inset strange behaviour, any solution??

Hi Framers,
When i import a text inset with the options listed below I get an extra
line after importing the text inset. I am sure that my text inset does
not have any extra space or lines. How do I prevent from getting this
extra line. I have tried using the Ctrl+Space option but to no avail.
Any feedback will not only be greatly appreciated but also will be
rewarded by my lucky blessings (which actually work) GOD bless :):):)

* Flow to import: Body Page Flow
* Formatting of imported flow: Reformat using current document's formats
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RE: Find problem with font

[Gillian Flato]

I used the Paragraph designer and language is set to US English. 


Thanks,

Gillian Flato


-Original Message-
From: rebecca officer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 2:06 AM
To: framers@FrameUsers.com; Gillian Flato
Subject: Re: Find problem with font

At a guess, you're using a character tag to apply the font, and that tag
has language set to None. You can check (and change) this in the
character designer. The same feature happens in the paragraph designer.
Setting language to none stops FM from using a dictionary with it and
therefore stops the spellcheck.

Cheers, Rebecca

 Gillian Flato [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/24/06 12:18 PM 
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,

Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

NANOmetrics, Inc.

1550 Buckeye Dr.

Milpitas, CA. 95035

(408.435.9600 x 316

7  408.232.5911

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RE: Spell-checking odd behaviour

[Melanie Raney]

Partial solution...
Everywhere you have the arrow place a hardspace (Ctrl+Space) before it.
This outsmarts the space before options in spell checker, but doesn't
help you when the arrow is the first character in a paragraph...

--
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Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:48 AM
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Subject: Spell-checking odd behaviour



Hi all,

In our user guide we have a customized arrow. To apply it in the user
guide, the writer has to type '}' and then apply a character format to
that character. The Character format uses a customized font which means
that the '}' is transformed into a nice-looking arrow.

When I spell-check, the spell-checker stops at every arrow as the
character is included in the Space before field in the Spelling
Checker Options dialog. So to avoid this (we have a lot of arrows in
the user guide) I set Languge to None for the specific character
format. And this works fine, almost(!).

Now the problem:
When the character with the special character format is positioned first
in a paragraph, the spell-checker does not check the other words in the
paragraph. You get the feeling that if the first character/word in a
paragraph is set to Language=None the whole paragraph is set to
Language=None. Have you seen this before? Anyone have a solution?

I guess you could remove the '}' from the Space before field but then
you won't find incorrect usage of '}'

Best Regards
/Henrik

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Re: Spell-checking odd behaviour

[Stuart Rogers]

Melanie Raney wrote:

Partial solution...
Everywhere you have the arrow place a hardspace (Ctrl+Space) before it.
This outsmarts the space before options in spell checker, but doesn't
help you when the arrow is the first character in a paragraph...



Perhaps a thin space (Esc space t) would serve the same purpose without 
moving the arrow far enough for anyone to notice?


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RE: Another spellchecker query

[Ridder, Fred]

Another approach is to modify the behavior of the spelling checker
rather than completely suppressing spell-checking. The Spelling
Checker Options dialog lets you specify that words in all caps or
words that contain specified characters (e.g. punctuation marks),
for example.

It may also be helpful to remember a couple of characteristics of 
FrameMaker's spelling checker that separate if from the dumb
spell-checkers we may be used to in other applications. 

First and foremost, FrameMaker does not spell-check every paragraph
on every spell-check pass. It uses a paragraph-level spell-check flag
so that it only checks new paragraphs or paragraphs that have been
changed in some way since it was last spell-checked. If you *want*
FrameMaker to do a complete spell-check you have to explicitly 
select the Mark All Paragraphs for Rechecking option in the Dictionaries
dialog. The bottom line is that under normal usage only the first 
time you spell-check a document will every paragraph that has a 
specified language be checked.

Also remember to make appropriate use of the Allow in document
button when doing that initial spell-check. This adds the questioned
word to an internal word list that functions much like an additional 
user that applies only to thatdocument. After you OK a word or 
acronym or abbreviation in a given file, FrameMaker won't question
it again unless/until you use the Recheck All option.

In our group's docs, we use Language = None only for code listing
paragraphs. We use lots of acronyms and abbreviations and find 
the small pain of the first full spell-check pass to be quite
acceptable.

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com)
Intel
Parsippany, NJ


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Subject: Re: Another spellchecker query

Doug wrote:
 Is there any way to make Frame's spellchecker NOT check text if it's
 formatted with a given paragraph format?  We have tons of reports
 formatted with a Report format, and none of it needs to be
 spellchecked.  Most of it consists of abbrevations and punctuation, so
 the spellchecker would flag most of it.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Doug
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RE: Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Melanie:

Here's the problem, according to my quick tests and examining MIF files:

* In a new file, based on standard FM templates, the default table 
format A has no footing row, and the paragraph format catalog has  no 
definition for CellFooting. However, in the MIF file, you can see 
that the format A table definition has a statement to use the 
CellFooting paragraph format for cells in a footing row.


* Adding a footing row to a format A table creates CellFooting tags 
in the cells, but CellFooting is not in the paragraph catalog, so the 
tag information area (left end of status bar) displays *CellFooting.
   I think the CellFooting paragraph format is cloned from the 
existing CellHeading format, but it might be generated from some 
other source.


* Adding the CellFooting paragraph format to the catalog locks in a 
definition for it.


I think you can accomplish what you want by creating a definition for 
the CellFooting paragraph format in the catalog, using a font you 
have. Table footing rows you create will look in for CellFooting and 
if it exists in the catalog, they will use the font you have 
specified. I believe that this approach will preclude FM trying to 
find the hidden, elusive, maddening, ghost, location of 
TimesNewRoman and variations.


HTH

Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices


At 11:45 AM -0600 3/24/06, Melanie Raney wrote:

Rick, We constantly have the same issues you're having. Every time we
try to print, create a PDF, or regenerate the books, we get the missing
fonts list: 'TimesNewRoman' and 'Times'.

We aren't using either of these fonts, and no manner of search reveals
them in the FM file.
When I look at the MIF, I see something very similar to what you have
shown below but replace `TimesNewRomanPSMT' with 'TimesNewRoman' in
mine. In addition, 'Times' never shows up in our MIF at all.

I've tried the suggestion of replacing all the table formats. However, I
don't want the default table formats to have footer rows (because 95% of
our tables don't need a footer row), so I update the formats with footer
rows then try deleting the footer rows and updating again. This is in
the hopes that it remembers how the footer row is supposed to look even
though its not inserted in the table. This results in no joy for
eliminating the bad font... Keep getting 'TimesNewRoman' showing up the
footer row definition. But, get this, when I insert a footing row in a
table, it is always formatted correctly, using the correct paragraph
tag/font... Craziness!

I'm watching closely to see if anyone can help you figure this out.

Sharing your pain,

--
melanie raney


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Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info


Further...

In one specific instance, in the MIF, FrameMaker is claiming that the
table heading style for the unstructured master page maps table is
LetterGothicMT and missing, when it's absolutely LetterGothicLT and
present. Telling it to forget the 'missing' font converts the table
heading font to TimesNewRomanPSMT - but the font is still correct and
LetterGothicLT in the document.

Inserting a new unstruct master page table does not reveal any missing
fonts.

This is all most confusing.

Here's the MIF...

 Tbl
  TblID 14
  TblTag `UnstructMasterPageMaps'
  TblFormat
   TblColumn
TblColumnNum 0
TblColumnWidth  13.91412 pc
TblColumnH
 PgfTag `TableHeading'
 Pgf
  PgfFont
   FTag `'
   FPlatformName `M.TimesNewRomanPSMT.P'
   FFamily `Times New Roman'
   FVar `Regular'
   FWeight `Medium'
   FAngle `Regular'
   FPostScriptName `TimesNewRomanPSMT'

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RE: Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info

[Steve Rickaby]

At 15:55 -0600 24/3/06, Melanie Raney wrote:

When I search the MIF for 'TimesNewRoman,' its still there in every
table format. In the column definitions it says 'CellFooting' is applied
to every cell in every footing row of all my table formats. Further, it
thinks that the font for 'CellFooting' is TimesNewRoman, not my nice
clean Frutiger 45 Light.
Even weirder: in the ROW definitions in the MIF, it says my tags are
applied in the footing row cells and shows my Frutiger font.

Errrggh

We've been around this loop a few times off-list, and enough for me to develop 
a strong suspicion that there are some lurking bugs in FrameMaker's table 
engine. There seem to be dark corners in table format definitions that don't 
get refreshed no matter how frequently you open the window and brush away the 
cowbebs.

Can anyone remember the history of tables in early FrameMaker? Was the table 
engine perhaps a bought-in bolt-on like the equation editor? Or am I think of 
another application entirely?

At least I'm not alone with this irritation: Melanie sees it too.
-- 
Steve
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Contractor Needed (Bellevue, WA)

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WHERE: Bellevue, WA

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My Graphics are Resizing Themselves

[Nancy Kaminski]

I am using PNG format screen captures in my FM 7.2 books, inserted by
reference. These graphics are resized to 150 dpi when inserted. I've
found that when I reopen the book, a number of the graphics (but not
all) have resized themselves to 96 dpi. Also, when I look at the object
properties dialog  box, the dpi setting control is disabled---the only
way I can resize the graphic is by changing the percent size. 
 
What's going on? How can I make my graphics behave? I've never had this
trouble before. I suspect one reason for the behavior is the use of PNG
instead of TIF---I changed over a couple of months ago and this started
happening.
 
Thanks for any help that can be offered!
 
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Re: Framers Digest, Vol 5, Issue 23

[Keith Smyth]

   RE: Paragraph tag with Frame below
   At my last contract (I am retired now), we put This page added for
   pagination purposes on the otherwise blank page, headers and footers
   included. Received compliments from the customers, as it made more sense to
   them that This page intentionally left blank and no reason given.

...and of course I forgot to include the link the first time = ugh!

[1]http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A676280


The writer of this piece is close when they write 'Some theorise that it is a *
koan*, a statement devoid of meaning designed to bring the minds of those that
read it to a higher state of being.' In fact, the point is that a completely bl
ank page is representative of the Ultimate Void, a state of Complete Nothingnes
s - and this scares those who have not yet reached the aforementioned higher st
ate of being. A completely blank page just looks *wrong*, it's deeply unsettlin
g.

I have more than often been asked to add an 'intentionally left blank' logo, be
cause 'otherwise our readers will think it's a mistake'. The issue arises regul
arly with blank trailing pages of chapters of books where the chapter opener fa
lls on a right-hand page.

So, folks, don't terrify your readers - at least add a page number, which can r
epresent the sound of one hand clapping in the Void ;-)

If clients demand more, I suggest a legally-watertight non-contradictory constr
uction along the lines of:

'This page is intentional left void of meaningful content other than this parag
raph, which, for the avoidance of doubt, represents content that is intended to
 denote only the absence of content'.


--
Keith L. Smyth
President
Smyth Consulting
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subtle enough to have invented Quantum
Mechanics would really be interested in having
people deliver rote prayers and swing incense
pots in his direction.
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References

   1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A676280
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Unusual characters appearing with Arial Unicode MS

[Alan Litchfield]

Hi Berny,

> You may already have several replies, but on the off chance you don't I'll
> chime in.

Actually you were the first.

> FrameMaker is incapable of using Unicode fonts and fails to recognize
> anything beyond the standard ANSI character set without some registry edits.
> Having said that, I use regular Arial (non-Unicode) in my documents and I am
> able to get em and en dashes.

It was those characters that alerted me to the problem. What I actually need
are the macronised vowels. Those do not exist in the ANSI character set.

Silly me. When I read this, "FrameMaker supports TrueType, Open-Type?, and
Type 1 fonts on both Windows and UNIX. This makes it easier to share documents
across platforms without any loss of type quality. Enhanced Unicode
(UTF-8/UTF-16) support provides Asian users with access to a wider set of
printers by enabling font downloading and subsetting..."
(http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/pdfs/nfh.pdf) I assumed that meant
FM supports Unicode. In actual fact it means that FM doesn't.

Oh those cheeky little marketing monkeys. They'll get you every time.

What it goes on to say is that XML data that includes UTF-8 or UTF-16 will not
lose characters because their character codes are retained and recalled during
output. Of course, in this project one is not using XML, is one :/

The peculiar thing is though, I would have thought that if FM 7.1 can't
recognise UTF-16 character sets, then how come it is able to display asian
characters at all, even incorrectly? Shouldn't they just show up as blank
spots/underscores/little blank rectangles?

Alan
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Unusual characters appearing with Arial Unicode MS

[Alan Litchfield]

Hi Penelope,

Penelope Perkins said:
> It's probably not what you want to hear, but you may have to buy a font that
> includes those characters. I know that ITC Stone Phonetic (it comes in both
> serif and sans) includes them. There may be others as well.
>

As it happens, I just found that our government provides the apppropriate
fonts as a free download :)

Of course it would be far preferrable to be able to use the UTF-16 Arial
because now I have to change all the font settings for just two chapters. Oh
well.

Alan


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AW: Weird, sudden problem distilling postscript files

[Reng, Winfried]

Hi,

I noticed that already in FrameMaker 6, once a year.
Therefore "Save as PDF" cannot be the cause.
As Dov and others mentioned rebooting fixed that.

Best regards

Winfried

> -Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-
> Von: framers-bounces+wreng=tycoint.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+wreng=tycoint.com at lists.frameusers.com]Im
> Auftrag von Dov Isaacs
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. M?rz 2006 23:37
> An: Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com; Karen Mardahl
> Cc: framers at frameusers.com
> Betreff: RE: Weird, sudden problem distilling postscript files
> Wichtigkeit: Hoch
> 
> 
> I will confirm that I have seen this situation every
> so often and that the ONLY solution is to reboot your
> computer. (By "this situation" I mean oddball results
> when using "save as PDF" including but limited to
> crashes, failures to produce any output, etc.)
> 
> This happens on occasion when using the "save as PDF"
> feature of FrameMaker and seemingly the interface between
> the PostScript printer driver and the Distiller plug-in
> to that driver becomes unstable. That instability is
> reset by reboot.
> 
> I cannot yet accurately reproduce this happening but
> the FrameMaker development team is aware of this (and 
> other printing) problems.
>  
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:17 AM
> > To: Karen Mardahl
> > Cc: framers at frameusers.com
> > Subject: Re: Weird, sudden problem distilling postscript files
> > 
> > Fred, Karen, et al.
> > 
> > Thanks for all of the responses. sorry I didn't respond 
> > earlier, but just after I posted this message, my IT guy came 
> > down to see if he could troubleshoot  - and at least I was 
> > able to reproduce the problem.
> > 
> > Long story short -
> > 
> > I will be humming along making PDFs no problem and then boom, 
> > all of a sudden, the PDF is either gi-normous (like over 
> > 2000%) or I get a series of really small pages all stacked 
> > vertically. Sometimes, it will "reset" 
> > itself without any rebooting, etc. and other times, I have 
> to either:
> > 
> > 1.) Just shut down Framemaker, Distiller and PDF and then 
> > re-open all the apps.
> > 2) Reboot the whole PC.
> > 
> > I can't find a rhyme or reason to why it happens, when it is 
> > going to happen, etc. There's no magic number of generating 
> > PDFs or one PDF in particular that causes it. When my IT guys 
> > were here, the saw exactly the same thing - he generated the 
> > PDF six times in a row with problems, then boom, on the 7th 
> > time, it generated just fine without any shut down of apps, 
> > rebooting,etc., but then the next go-round, we had to reboot 
> > to get a PDF to generate.
> > 
> > Very annoying problem, and very time consuming and hunting 
> > all over the place (googling, Adobe, etc.), I have found the 
> > exact same comments/problems but no apparent resolution 
> > either than to grit your teeth, take a deep breath and reboot. 
> > 
> > I wonder if Adobe will have any comments about this eventually.
> > 
> > Thanks for all the responses - at least what I was seeing was 
> > validated by others!
> > 
> > TVB
> > 
> > Tammy Van Boening
> > Senior Technical Writer
> > Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
> > 303-328-4420
> > tammy.vanboening at jeppesen.com

Find problem with font

[rebecca officer]

At a guess, you're using a character tag to apply the font, and that tag has 
language set to "None". You can check (and change) this in the character 
designer. The same feature happens in the paragraph designer. Setting language 
to none stops FM from using a dictionary with it and therefore stops the 
spellcheck.

Cheers, Rebecca

>>> "Gillian Flato"  03/24/06 12:18 PM >>>
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,

Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

NANOmetrics, Inc.

1550 Buckeye Dr.

Milpitas, CA. 95035

(408.435.9600 x 316

7  408.232.5911

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FM crossref and pdf link

[Shlomo Perets]

St?phane,

You wrote:

>I use FM 7.1 to publish XML documents to pdf.
>
>In the documents there are some internal cross references (ID/IDREF
>attributes are used for this purpose) to title-level elements and to
>basic paragraphs.
>All links seems to be correct in frame (no broken cross reference, I can
>always find source form a crossref)
>
>In the pdf setup I included the title-level pgf formats to 'Bookmarks',
>and all pgf format to 'Tags'
>
>When generating the pdf some links did not work, it seems that only
>links to pgf formats that are included in the PDFSetup>Bookmarks are
>active in the pdf, other are not...
>I tried to work with elements instead of paragraph formats in the pdf
>setup, but the result is the same.
>
>Is this a known bug in frame 7.1 ? is there any workaround ?

Starting with FM6.0 (where this feature was introduced), if "Generate Named 
Destinations for All Paragraphs" is turned off (PDF Setup, Links tab), 
random links are bad. This is a common cause for internal bad links (within 
the same PDF). PDFs included with the FrameMaker product CD exhibit this 
problem as well, which shows how wide-spread it is (see 
http://www.microtype.com/Hmmm.html -- various items).


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Spell-checking odd behaviour

[Evanth, Henrik]

Hi all,

In our user guide we have a customized arrow. To apply it in the user
guide, the writer has to type '}' and then apply a character format to
that character. The Character format uses a customized font which means
that the '}' is transformed into a nice-looking arrow.

When I spell-check, the spell-checker stops at every arrow as the
character is included in the "Space before" field in the Spelling
Checker "Options" dialog. So to avoid this (we have a lot of arrows in
the user guide) I set Languge to "None" for the specific character
format. And this works fine, almost(!).

Now the problem:
When the character with the special character format is positioned first
in a paragraph, the spell-checker does not check the other words in the
paragraph. You get the feeling that if the first character/word in a
paragraph is set to Language=None the whole paragraph is set to
Language=None. Have you seen this before? Anyone have a solution?

I guess you could remove the '}' from the "Space before" field but then
you won't find incorrect usage of '}'

Best Regards
/Henrik

Spell-checking odd behaviour

[Grant Hogarth]

Henrik--

Two alternatives: 
1. Define a new para type of "arrow", and then set the arrow char. to be
the autonumber.
2. Define a new para type of "arrow", and set it to be a run-in head.

Grant
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From: Evanth, Henrik
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:48 AM
To: framers at FrameUsers.com
Subject: Spell-checking odd behaviour


Hi all,

In our user guide we have a customized arrow. To apply it in the user
guide, the writer has to type '}' and then apply a character format to
that character. The Character format uses a customized font which means
that the '}' is transformed into a nice-looking arrow.

When I spell-check, the spell-checker stops at every arrow as the
character is included in the "Space before" field in the Spelling
Checker "Options" dialog. So to avoid this (we have a lot of arrows in
the user guide) I set Languge to "None" for the specific character
format. And this works fine, almost(!).

Now the problem:
When the character with the special character format is positioned first
in a paragraph, the spell-checker does not check the other words in the
paragraph. You get the feeling that if the first character/word in a
paragraph is set to Language=None the whole paragraph is set to
Language=None. Have you seen this before? Anyone have a solution?

I guess you could remove the '}' from the "Space before" field but then
you won't find incorrect usage of '}'

Best Regards
/Henrik

Another spellchecker query

[Doug]

Is there any way to make Frame's spellchecker NOT check text if it's
formatted with a given paragraph format?  We have tons of reports
formatted with a Report format, and none of it needs to be
spellchecked.  Most of it consists of abbrevations and punctuation, so
the spellchecker would flag most of it.

Thanks,

Doug

Spell-checking odd behaviour

[Stuart Rogers]

Evanth, Henrik wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In our user guide we have a customized arrow. To apply it in the user
> guide, the writer has to type '}' and then apply a character format to
> that character. The Character format uses a customized font which means
> that the '}' is transformed into a nice-looking arrow.
> 
> When I spell-check, the spell-checker stops at every arrow as the
> character is included in the "Space before" field in the Spelling
> Checker "Options" dialog. So to avoid this (we have a lot of arrows in
> the user guide) I set Languge to "None" for the specific character
> format. And this works fine, almost(!).
> 
> Now the problem:
> When the character with the special character format is positioned first
> in a paragraph, the spell-checker does not check the other words in the
> paragraph. You get the feeling that if the first character/word in a
> paragraph is set to Language=None the whole paragraph is set to
> Language=None. Have you seen this before? Anyone have a solution?
> 
> I guess you could remove the '}' from the "Space before" field but then
> you won't find incorrect usage of '}'
> 
>

Perhaps you could define a variable with the character tag applied and 
insert that instead. (I haven't tested that idea in regard to 
spell-checking, but in any case, it could simplify the insertion of your 
arrows.)

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Technical Communicator
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Another spellchecker query

[Stuart Rogers]

Doug wrote:
> Is there any way to make Frame's spellchecker NOT check text if it's
> formatted with a given paragraph format?  We have tons of reports
> formatted with a Report format, and none of it needs to be
> spellchecked.  Most of it consists of abbrevations and punctuation, so
> the spellchecker would flag most of it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug
> ___
>


In the pgf designer, Default Font tab, set the language to None.

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Another spellchecker query

[Glenn Voyles]

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On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 07:44
To: Doug
Cc: Framers List
Subject: Re: Another spellchecker query

Doug wrote:
> Is there any way to make Frame's spellchecker NOT check text if it's
> formatted with a given paragraph format?  We have tons of reports
> formatted with a Report format, and none of it needs to be
> spellchecked.  Most of it consists of abbrevations and punctuation, so
> the spellchecker would flag most of it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug
> ___
>


In the pgf designer, Default Font tab, set the language to None.

-- 
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Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

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Recall: Another spellchecker query

[Glenn Voyles]

Glenn Voyles would like to recall the message, "Another spellchecker query".

Text inset strange behaviour, any solution??

[Steve Rickaby]

Hi

I'm tackling the same problem. When you say 'Insert this as a blank para at the 
top of the referenced flow', do you mean in the referenced (imported) document, 
or in the document to which the inset is imported?

At 09:20 -0700 13/3/06, Lorian Gans wrote:
>We use text insets extensively, and find that FM changes the para
>following the inset to the same style as that at the top of the inset,
>so we created a "Hidden" character style and applied it to a body
>paragraph at the top and bottom of each inset. After applying the Hidden
>character style, those extra paras effectively disappear, but it can be
>a real bear to work with.


At 08:29 -0700 13/3/06, Grant Hogarth wrote:
>Known  issue with FM.  Not sure if it is a bug (not working as designed)
>or not.
>Workaround:
>1) Define the smallest paragraph you can (2pt font, 0pt line spacing,
>0pt above/below...).
>2) Insert this as a blank para at the top of the referenced flow.
>
>This should fix the problem.
>
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>[mailto:framers-bounces+grant.hogarth=reuters.com at lists.frameusers.com]
>On Behalf Of vikram chugh
>Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 3:13 AM
>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Text inset strange behaviour, any solution??
>
>Hi Framers,
>When i import a text inset with the options listed below I get an extra
>line after importing the text inset. I am sure that my text inset does
>not have any extra space or lines. How do I prevent from getting this
>extra line. I have tried using the Ctrl+Space option but to no avail.
>Any feedback will not only be greatly appreciated but also will be
>rewarded by my lucky blessings (which actually work) GOD bless :):):)
>
>* Flow to import: Body Page Flow
>* Formatting of imported flow: Reformat using current document's formats
>* Updating of imported flow: Automatic
>
>Regards,
>Vikram
> 
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Find problem with font

[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 with font

At a guess, you're using a character tag to apply the font, and that tag
has language set to "None". You can check (and change) this in the
character designer. The same feature happens in the paragraph designer.
Setting language to none stops FM from using a dictionary with it and
therefore stops the spellcheck.

Cheers, Rebecca

>>> "Gillian Flato"  03/24/06 12:18 PM >>>
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,

Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

NANOmetrics, Inc.

1550 Buckeye Dr.

Milpitas, CA. 95035

(408.435.9600 x 316

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Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info

[Melanie Raney]

Rick, We constantly have the same issues you're having. Every time we
try to print, create a PDF, or regenerate the books, we get the missing
fonts list: 'TimesNewRoman' and 'Times'.

We aren't using either of these fonts, and no manner of search reveals
them in the FM file.
When I look at the MIF, I see something very similar to what you have
shown below but replace `TimesNewRomanPSMT' with 'TimesNewRoman' in
mine. In addition, 'Times' never shows up in our MIF at all.

I've tried the suggestion of replacing all the table formats. However, I
don't want the default table formats to have footer rows (because 95% of
our tables don't need a footer row), so I update the formats with footer
rows then try deleting the footer rows and updating again. This is in
the hopes that it remembers how the footer row is supposed to look even
though its not inserted in the table. This results in no joy for
eliminating the bad font... Keep getting 'TimesNewRoman' showing up the
footer row definition. But, get this, when I insert a footing row in a
table, it is always formatted correctly, using the correct paragraph
tag/font... Craziness!

I'm watching closely to see if anyone can help you figure this out.

Sharing your pain,

--
melanie raney


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[mailto:framers-bounces+raney=earthdecision.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Steve Rickaby
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:12 AM
To: framers at FrameUsers.com
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info


Further...

In one specific instance, in the MIF, FrameMaker is claiming that the
table heading style for the unstructured master page maps table is
LetterGothicMT and missing, when it's absolutely LetterGothicLT and
present. Telling it to forget the 'missing' font converts the table
heading font to TimesNewRomanPSMT - but the font is still correct and
LetterGothicLT in the document.

Inserting a new unstruct master page table does not reveal any missing
fonts.

This is all most confusing.

Here's the MIF...

 
  
  


 
   
   
   
   
   
   

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Spell-checking odd behaviour

[Melanie Raney]

Partial solution...
Everywhere you have the arrow place a hardspace (Ctrl+Space) before it.
This outsmarts the "space before" options in spell checker, but doesn't
help you when the arrow is the first character in a paragraph...

--
melanie raney


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[mailto:framers-bounces+raney=earthdecision.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Evanth, Henrik
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:48 AM
To: framers at FrameUsers.com
Subject: Spell-checking odd behaviour



Hi all,

In our user guide we have a customized arrow. To apply it in the user
guide, the writer has to type '}' and then apply a character format to
that character. The Character format uses a customized font which means
that the '}' is transformed into a nice-looking arrow.

When I spell-check, the spell-checker stops at every arrow as the
character is included in the "Space before" field in the Spelling
Checker "Options" dialog. So to avoid this (we have a lot of arrows in
the user guide) I set Languge to "None" for the specific character
format. And this works fine, almost(!).

Now the problem:
When the character with the special character format is positioned first
in a paragraph, the spell-checker does not check the other words in the
paragraph. You get the feeling that if the first character/word in a
paragraph is set to Language=None the whole paragraph is set to
Language=None. Have you seen this before? Anyone have a solution?

I guess you could remove the '}' from the "Space before" field but then
you won't find incorrect usage of '}'

Best Regards
/Henrik

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Spell-checking odd behaviour

[Stuart Rogers]

Melanie Raney wrote:
> Partial solution...
> Everywhere you have the arrow place a hardspace (Ctrl+Space) before it.
> This outsmarts the "space before" options in spell checker, but doesn't
> help you when the arrow is the first character in a paragraph...
> 

Perhaps a thin space (Esc space t) would serve the same purpose without 
moving the arrow far enough for anyone to notice?

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Another spellchecker query

[Ridder, Fred]

Another approach is to modify the behavior of the spelling checker
rather than completely suppressing spell-checking. The Spelling
Checker Options dialog lets you specify that words in all caps or
words that contain specified characters (e.g. punctuation marks),
for example.

It may also be helpful to remember a couple of characteristics of 
FrameMaker's spelling checker that separate if from the dumb
spell-checkers we may be used to in other applications. 

First and foremost, FrameMaker does not spell-check every paragraph
on every spell-check pass. It uses a paragraph-level spell-check flag
so that it only checks new paragraphs or paragraphs that have been
changed in some way since it was last spell-checked. If you *want*
FrameMaker to do a complete spell-check you have to explicitly 
select the Mark All Paragraphs for Rechecking option in the Dictionaries
dialog. The bottom line is that under normal usage only the first 
time you spell-check a document will every paragraph that has a 
specified language be checked.

Also remember to make appropriate use of the "Allow in document"
button when doing that initial spell-check. This adds the questioned
word to an internal word list that functions much like an additional 
user that applies only to thatdocument. After you OK a word or 
acronym or abbreviation in a given file, FrameMaker won't question
it again unless/until you use the Recheck All option.

In our group's docs, we use Language = None only for code listing
paragraphs. We use lots of acronyms and abbreviations and find 
the small pain of the first full spell-check pass to be quite
acceptable.

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com)
Intel
Parsippany, NJ


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[mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Stuart Rogers
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 10:44 AM
To: Doug
Cc: Framers List
Subject: Re: Another spellchecker query

Doug wrote:
> Is there any way to make Frame's spellchecker NOT check text if it's
> formatted with a given paragraph format?  We have tons of reports
> formatted with a Report format, and none of it needs to be
> spellchecked.  Most of it consists of abbrevations and punctuation, so
> the spellchecker would flag most of it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug
> ___
>


In the pgf designer, Default Font tab, set the language to None.

-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited

Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Melanie:

Here's the problem, according to my quick tests and examining MIF files:

* In a new file, based on standard FM templates, the default table 
format A has no footing row, and the paragraph format catalog has  no 
definition for CellFooting. However, in the MIF file, you can see 
that the format A table definition has a statement to use the 
CellFooting paragraph format for cells in a footing row.

* Adding a footing row to a format A table creates CellFooting tags 
in the cells, but CellFooting is not in the paragraph catalog, so the 
tag information area (left end of status bar) displays *CellFooting.
I think the CellFooting paragraph format is cloned from the 
existing CellHeading format, but it might be generated from some 
other source.

* Adding the CellFooting paragraph format to the catalog locks in a 
definition for it.

I think you can accomplish what you want by creating a definition for 
the CellFooting paragraph format in the catalog, using a font you 
have. Table footing rows you create will look in for CellFooting and 
if it exists in the catalog, they will use the font you have 
specified. I believe that this approach will preclude FM trying to 
find the hidden, elusive, maddening, "ghost," location of 
TimesNewRoman and variations.

HTH

Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices


At 11:45 AM -0600 3/24/06, Melanie Raney wrote:
>Rick, We constantly have the same issues you're having. Every time we
>try to print, create a PDF, or regenerate the books, we get the missing
>fonts list: 'TimesNewRoman' and 'Times'.
>
>We aren't using either of these fonts, and no manner of search reveals
>them in the FM file.
>When I look at the MIF, I see something very similar to what you have
>shown below but replace `TimesNewRomanPSMT' with 'TimesNewRoman' in
>mine. In addition, 'Times' never shows up in our MIF at all.
>
>I've tried the suggestion of replacing all the table formats. However, I
>don't want the default table formats to have footer rows (because 95% of
>our tables don't need a footer row), so I update the formats with footer
>rows then try deleting the footer rows and updating again. This is in
>the hopes that it remembers how the footer row is supposed to look even
>though its not inserted in the table. This results in no joy for
>eliminating the bad font... Keep getting 'TimesNewRoman' showing up the
>footer row definition. But, get this, when I insert a footing row in a
>table, it is always formatted correctly, using the correct paragraph
>tag/font... Craziness!
>
>I'm watching closely to see if anyone can help you figure this out.
>
>Sharing your pain,
>
>--
>melanie raney
>
>
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>[mailto:framers-bounces+raney=earthdecision.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
>Behalf Of Steve Rickaby
>Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:12 AM
>To: framers at FrameUsers.com
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info
>
>
>Further...
>
>In one specific instance, in the MIF, FrameMaker is claiming that the
>table heading style for the unstructured master page maps table is
>LetterGothicMT and missing, when it's absolutely LetterGothicLT and
>present. Telling it to forget the 'missing' font converts the table
>heading font to TimesNewRomanPSMT - but the font is still correct and
>LetterGothicLT in the document.
>
>Inserting a new unstruct master page table does not reveal any missing
>fonts.
>
>This is all most confusing.
>
>Here's the MIF...
>
> 
>   
>
> 
>   
> 
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Framemaker and Visual Source Safe and Templates

[tammy.vanboen...@jeppesen.com]

I don't know if this is a VSS quirk, a Framemaker quirk, or a combo of the 
two, so I will do my best to explain the issue and see if some 
guidance/answers can be provided cuz this problem is driving me batty!

We use VSS for version control for our Framemaker files. We use Framemaker 
7.1p116 on Windows XP with all hotfixes, etc.   As the keeper of our 
departmental templates, I must create the necessary templates and update 
them as needed and I want to make sure that template files do not get 
overwritten, etc..  For all of the templates, I have two imported graphics 
- one in a referenve frame on a reference page that is used in a paragraph 
tag and one that is used in an anchored frame in the headers on the right 
and left hand master pages. This is how we currently are working (or 
should I say trying to work):

I set up a template folder structure in VSS. 
I duplicate this exact  folder structure on my hard drive as do all the 
other writers in the group.
I make sure the templates are current/correct as needed, then I check them 
out and the imported graphics from VSS so no one else can.
When someone wants to grab a copy of the very latest template, they open 
VSS:
Scroll to the VSS folder that contains the imported graphics for the 
templates
Double-click on a graphic and select "View Source Safe's copy of this 
file." This places a copy of the graphic in a VSS temp folder.
The user then does a "Save As" and saves the file with the correct name in 
the correct folder on their hard drive. 
Scroll to the VSS folder that contains the correct template file.
Double-click the file and select "View Source Safe's copy of this file." 
This places a copy of the graphic in a VSS temp folder. At this point, the 
user is prompted that the   imported graphics must be located. They 
scroll to the correct folder on their hard drive that contains the saved 
graphics and update the graphics path.
The user then does a "Save As" and saves the template file with the 
correct name in the correct folder on their hard drive. This gives the 
user an editable copy of the template file with imported graphics without 
screwing up the source template file.


here's the rub:

Three outta' every four times this approach works, then for no rhyme nor 
reason, when the user attempts to do a Save As on the template file after 
updating the graphics path, the file is saved, but an error message opens, 
stating that the file was saved, but the internal image data was lost and 
to contact Adobe Technical Support for assistance. If you open up the 
directory in which the file was saved, it is saved as the 
filename.fm.[some weird number extension], for example, 
ChapterTemplate.fm.079. If I right click on this weird file, and rename it 
as simply a .fm file, I can double click and open the file and all is OK - 
the graphics appear just fine and if I select one and then File > Import > 
file, the correct path name for the imported graphic comes up. 

This is just a pain because when my users get this weird message, it locks 
their system for a while, we have to close Framemaker, rename the file, 
then reopen Framemaker to open the file - it doesn't make pulling the 
latest copy of the template files that convenient. 

Does anyone use VSS with Framemaker? Has anyone seen this message with 
Framemaker whether you are using VSS? 

Just any thoughts, comments, help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

TVB


Tammy Van Boening
Senior Technical Writer
Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
303-328-4420
tammy.vanboening at jeppesen.com

Find problem with font

[Ridder, Fred]

FrameMaker divides fonts into two categories: text and symbol.
Symbol fonts use a different character mapping than text fonts,
and I believe that they are also ignored when searching for text
because they usually are not used to present actual words. Is
it possible that your TechnicBold font is handled as a symbol
font rather than a text font?

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com)
Intel
Parsippany, NJ



-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Gillian Flato
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:18 PM
To: framers at FrameUsers.com
Subject: Find problem with font

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,

Gillian Flato

Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info

[Melanie Raney]

Peter
> I think you can accomplish what you want by creating a definition for
> the CellFooting paragraph format in the catalog, using a font you 
> have.

I tried this. And, afterwards, updated all the table formats again. I
didn't have the chance to delete them all and start from scratch. But, I
did remove all the footing rows, add them back, and check every cell in
the tables before updating them. All cells had either one of my custom
pgf tags applied or the new CellFooting tag. Then, I saved my file as FM
and MIF.
When I search the MIF for 'TimesNewRoman,' its still there in every
table format. In the column definitions it says 'CellFooting' is applied
to every cell in every footing row of all my table formats. Further, it
thinks that the font for 'CellFooting' is TimesNewRoman, not my nice
clean Frutiger 45 Light.
Even weirder: in the ROW definitions in the MIF, it says my tags are
applied in the footing row cells and shows my Frutiger font.

Errrggh

--
melanie raney


-Original Message-
From: Peter Gold [mailto:pe...@knowhowpro.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 12:25 PM
To: Melanie Raney; Steve Rickaby; framers at FrameUsers.com
Subject: RE: Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info


Hi, Melanie:

Here's the problem, according to my quick tests and examining MIF files:

* In a new file, based on standard FM templates, the default table 
format A has no footing row, and the paragraph format catalog has  no 
definition for CellFooting. However, in the MIF file, you can see 
that the format A table definition has a statement to use the 
CellFooting paragraph format for cells in a footing row.

* Adding a footing row to a format A table creates CellFooting tags 
in the cells, but CellFooting is not in the paragraph catalog, so the 
tag information area (left end of status bar) displays *CellFooting.
I think the CellFooting paragraph format is cloned from the 
existing CellHeading format, but it might be generated from some 
other source.

* Adding the CellFooting paragraph format to the catalog locks in a 
definition for it.

I think you can accomplish what you want by creating a definition for 
the CellFooting paragraph format in the catalog, using a font you 
have. Table footing rows you create will look in for CellFooting and 
if it exists in the catalog, they will use the font you have 
specified. I believe that this approach will preclude FM trying to 
find the hidden, elusive, maddening, "ghost," location of 
TimesNewRoman and variations.

HTH

Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices


At 11:45 AM -0600 3/24/06, Melanie Raney wrote:
>Rick, We constantly have the same issues you're having. Every time we 
>try to print, create a PDF, or regenerate the books, we get the missing

>fonts list: 'TimesNewRoman' and 'Times'.
>
>We aren't using either of these fonts, and no manner of search reveals 
>them in the FM file. When I look at the MIF, I see something very 
>similar to what you have shown below but replace `TimesNewRomanPSMT' 
>with 'TimesNewRoman' in mine. In addition, 'Times' never shows up in 
>our MIF at all.
>
>I've tried the suggestion of replacing all the table formats. However, 
>I don't want the default table formats to have footer rows (because 95%

>of our tables don't need a footer row), so I update the formats with 
>footer rows then try deleting the footer rows and updating again. This 
>is in the hopes that it remembers how the footer row is supposed to 
>look even though its not inserted in the table. This results in no joy 
>for eliminating the bad font... Keep getting 'TimesNewRoman' showing up

>the footer row definition. But, get this, when I insert a footing row 
>in a table, it is always formatted correctly, using the correct 
>paragraph tag/font... Craziness!
>
>I'm watching closely to see if anyone can help you figure this out.
>
>Sharing your pain,
>
>--
>melanie raney
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: framers-bounces+raney=earthdecision.com at lists.frameusers.com
>[mailto:framers-bounces+raney=earthdecision.com at lists.frameusers.com] 
>On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby
>Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:12 AM
>To: framers at FrameUsers.com
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info
>
>
>Further...
>
>In one specific instance, in the MIF, FrameMaker is claiming that the 
>table heading style for the unstructured master page maps table is 
>LetterGothicMT and missing, when it's absolutely LetterGothicLT and 
>present. Telling it to forget the 'missing' font converts the table 
>heading font to TimesNewRomanPSMT - but the font is still correct and 
>LetterGothicLT in the document.
>
>Inserting a new unstruct master page table does not reveal any missing 
>fonts.
>
>This is all most confusing.
>
>Here's the MIF...
>
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>--
>Steve
>___
>
>
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Fwd: Re: Lurking fonts: for info

[Steve Rickaby]

At 15:55 -0600 24/3/06, Melanie Raney wrote:

>When I search the MIF for 'TimesNewRoman,' its still there in every
>table format. In the column definitions it says 'CellFooting' is applied
>to every cell in every footing row of all my table formats. Further, it
>thinks that the font for 'CellFooting' is TimesNewRoman, not my nice
>clean Frutiger 45 Light.
>Even weirder: in the ROW definitions in the MIF, it says my tags are
>applied in the footing row cells and shows my Frutiger font.
>
>Errrggh

We've been around this loop a few times off-list, and enough for me to develop 
a strong suspicion that there are some lurking bugs in FrameMaker's table 
engine. There seem to be dark corners in table format definitions that don't 
get refreshed no matter how frequently you open the window and brush away the 
cowbebs.

Can anyone remember the history of tables in early FrameMaker? Was the table 
engine perhaps a bought-in bolt-on like the equation editor? Or am I think of 
another application entirely?

At least I'm not alone with this irritation: Melanie sees it too.
-- 
Steve

OT: Functional Spec document production

[Grant Hogarth]

OK-- this is somewhat OT, but I think you folks will have some good
input.
I've (today) been tasked with developing a new system for developing,
maintaining, and delivering the Functional Specification.
Below are the broad outlines of the requirements.
I'm not sure at this point whether I should be looking at a CMS, a
database system, Subversion, XML, or ?

I am completely open to all suggestions.
Also, if someone has done this before -- I'd *really* like to pick your
brains!

Grant



Desires:


*   Windows XP platform 
*   For Functional Specifications only 
*   Easy to maintain 
*   Transparent to End Users (Company employees)  -- very shallow
learning curve 
*   Ability to target documents against specific development
entities, but also to create a "global" document 
*   Draw on a single codebase to produce all documents 
*   Set of documents covering individual Core functionalities 
*   Set of documents covering individual Product functionalities
(includes Core) 
*   Set of documents covering individual Specialization
functionalities (includes Core AND Product)


Match Aspects to Proposed Architecture:


*   Core -- Common to all products 
*   Application Layer -- Individual product differentiation (Note:
may override core functions) 
*   Specializations -- "Flavors" of product (e.g. different data
sources for different companies)


Source format:


*   Must use MS Word (2003) as an authoring environment 
*   Possibly OLE links as well to Excel or other apps


Roles: 


*   Author (multiple, concurrent access) Read/Write/Change/Delete 
*   Editor (multiple, concurrent access)  Read/Change/comment 
*   Reviewer (multiple, concurrent access) Read/comment 
*   Viewer (multiple, concurrent access) Read


Views: 


*   QA 
*   Developer 
*   PM 
*   Other ??? 
*   Internal viewers see list of changes to document (change log) --
these should be obvious 
*   External viewers will not see change record

___
Grant Hogarth 
Equis International - A Reuters Company
ghogarth at Equis.com   /
Grant.Hogarth at Reuters.com 
Direct: (+1) 801.270.3180   Main Fax: 801.265.3999
URL: www.equis.com    TZ: Mountain (GMT -7)

Contractor Needed (Bellevue, WA)

[Anderson, Eileen]

T-Mobile's Customer Service Learning & Development department seeks a
contract editor/desktop publisher proficient in Structured FrameMaker. 

WHAT: Polish Structured FrameMaker documents (improve page layout and do
some copyediting), compile them into books, "filter" them for different
audiences/media with Sourcerer, and publish them in PDF and HTML. 

WHERE: Bellevue, WA

WHEN: Starting March 31 or April 3, duration unknown but likely 1-2
months

ABOUT YOU: You have a high degree of skill with structured FrameMaker,
and you are a competent editor with a strong command of English grammar.
We will train you on Sourcerer.

ABOUT US: A team of instructional designers, editors, and desktop
publishers. We have staff in house who are well versed in Structured
FrameMaker and can support you as you get up to speed with our
documents/templates/EDD.

Interested? Please e-mail a resume and brief cover letter to
eileen.anderson at t-mobile.com. 

- Eileen Anderson
Manager of Curriculum Editing & Desktop Publishing
T-Mobile Customer Service Learning & Development
eileen.anderson at t-mobile.com

My Graphics are Resizing Themselves

[Nancy Kaminski]

I am using PNG format screen captures in my FM 7.2 books, inserted by
reference. These graphics are resized to 150 dpi when inserted. I've
found that when I reopen the book, a number of the graphics (but not
all) have resized themselves to 96 dpi. Also, when I look at the object
properties dialog  box, the dpi setting control is disabled---the only
way I can resize the graphic is by changing the percent size. 

What's going on? How can I make my graphics behave? I've never had this
trouble before. I suspect one reason for the behavior is the use of PNG
instead of TIF---I changed over a couple of months ago and this started
happening.

Thanks for any help that can be offered!

=
Nancy Kaminski | Technical Writer
Spanlink Communications
Minneapolis Minnesota USA
nancy.kaminski at spanlink.com
(763) 971-2311 phone * (763) 971-2300 fax
= 

Framers Digest, Vol 5, Issue 23

[Keith Smyth]

   RE: Paragraph tag with Frame below
   At my last contract (I am retired now), we put "This page added for
   pagination purposes" on the otherwise blank page, headers and footers
   included. Received compliments from the customers, as it made more sense to
   them that "This page intentionally left blank" and no reason given.

...and of course I forgot to include the link the first time = ugh!

[1]http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A676280


The writer of this piece is close when they write 'Some theorise that it is a *
koan*, a statement devoid of meaning designed to bring the minds of those that
read it to a higher state of being.' In fact, the point is that a completely bl
ank page is representative of the Ultimate Void, a state of Complete Nothingnes
s - and this scares those who have not yet reached the aforementioned higher st
ate of being. A completely blank page just looks *wrong*, it's deeply unsettlin
g.

I have more than often been asked to add an 'intentionally left blank' logo, be
cause 'otherwise our readers will think it's a mistake'. The issue arises regul
arly with blank trailing pages of chapters of books where the chapter opener fa
lls on a right-hand page.

So, folks, don't terrify your readers - at least add a page number, which can r
epresent the sound of one hand clapping in the Void ;-)

If clients demand more, I suggest a legally-watertight non-contradictory constr
uction along the lines of:

'This page is intentional left void of meaningful content other than this parag
raph, which, for the avoidance of doubt, represents content that is intended to
 denote only the absence of content'.


--
Keith L. Smyth
President
Smyth Consulting
-
Many times I really wonder whether a God
subtle enough to have invented Quantum
Mechanics would really be interested in having
people deliver rote prayers and swing incense
pots in his direction.
-
Technical Documentation Consultant

References

   1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A676280