Multi-level notes?

[Daniel Azuelos]

  Is FrameMaker able to manage multi-level notes?
With each note level defined by its own numbering tag and
paragraph format.

What I didn't manage to get is a set of footnotes looking like:



1.  level 1 note (notes from the author)

2.  another level 1 note

a.  level 2 note (notes from the reader)

b.  another level 2 note


If FrameMaker can't easily manage this, which software provide this
function with approximatly the same quality level than Frame?

Thank you for your help.
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RE: Monitor issue

[Ridder, Fred]

Unless you can't handle the higher purchase price (which does get 
offset somewhat by lower power consumption) or are a hard-core
gamer (and need the fastest possible screen imaging), I don't see 
any good reason not to buy an LCD monitor at this point.  

There are a couple of things to bear in mind, though.

-LCD screens only look good at their native resolution. If the native
resolution is higher than you're used to on your CRT, you may not 
be happy with the smaller size of things like icons and dialog boxes

-You get much higher image quality with LCD monitors that support
digital (DVI) input. Lower-priced LCD monitors may only be analog.
If you're looking at Dell LCDs, the critical trademark to look for is 
UltraSharp, which equates to digital input. But this also assumes
that your video card has a DVI output; if not, you'll want to upgrade 
it to optimally drive your monitor.

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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Behalf Of George Newfield
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:39 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Monitor issue

Hi Framers,

After four years of operation, my Dell monitor, Model D1626HT just went
south. So if 
I may, I'd like to solicit your thoughts on a high quality 20 monitor
that won't 
bankrupt my resources. Are today's LCD monitors in the $350-$500 price
range up to 
the task, or does one have to spend over $1000 for equivalent results?

I do a great deal of work in Photoshop and of course FrameMaker, using
WinXP Pro, SP2.

Many thanks in advance,
George
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Re: Bibliographic software for FM?

[Alan Litchfield]

Moores wrote:

 I haven't had the luxury of anything except hand-built reference lists
 before-- how painful is the RTF export part of the process (that builds
 the library?) for EndNote? Are other programs more compatible and still
 effective? Who has the magic website with a feature comparison list? (I
 did search before posting.)


Endnote used to process mif, but it appears that this is no longer the case. I
have not it tested though.

So, will the word processing documents be compiled once they are written?
Perhaps your writers can use Cite As You Write in Word and then have those
documents brought into FM when done. That way all the reference lists will be
complete and the citations will be correctly matched. It may be useful to
consider linking the documents so that any further changes can be updated. All
you need to ensure then is that they follow the rules of formatting (something
that seems to be very difficult to enforce with users of MSW, I've found).

Alan

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Re: Bibliographic software for FM?

[Art Campbell]

My oen (limited) experience, from crafting my own thesis and doing
several academic books is that with Frame, the easiest way to craft
Chicago-style footnotes and eventually a bibliography was to create
kind of a flat-file database. By that I mean creating a separate FM
file with a unique set of tags, one tag for each element in a
citation: Title, Author, Year, etc.

Enter the information using the appropriate tags, one chunk of info to a line.

In the actual FM working files, in the footnotes, set up
cross-references to the appropriate entry, so that the footnote is
built from a set of cross-references.

If you're really good, you can make the source file the bibliography
file too. ;- )

Art


On 8/25/06, Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Greetings, Frame Magicians!

I am contracting at a company that is about to compile a large report
that will include many graphics and many bibliographic citations.
Although the diverse authors will draft in MS Word, our preference is
for the final document to be in Framemaker (7.0). We are looking for
recommendations for reference management software-- some of the authors
have some familiarity with EndNote, but they will purchase based on the
best program for this and future projects.

I haven't had the luxury of anything except hand-built reference lists
before-- how painful is the RTF export part of the process (that builds
the library?) for EndNote? Are other programs more compatible and still
effective? Who has the magic website with a feature comparison list? (I
did search before posting.)

I've downloaded the EndNote trial to play with but the company is eager
to move quickly so I am pursuing this path of wisdom as well as my own
self-education route.

Thank you for any assistance,

Kathleen Moore
mooresd h pacbell.net


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How to download Adobe updates

[hedley . finger]

When I launch FM on Windows XP, an alert informs me that FM is checking 
for updates, but then an error message states that a file could not be 
downloaded.  This is probably because of IT admin's firewall policies. Are 
there alternative ways of getting these updates?
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RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

[Jaya Ghosh]

 

Hello 

 

Can someone respond to my queries?

 

Regards,

Jaya

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From: Jaya Ghosh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:46 AM
To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com'
Subject: Quieries related to Frame maker

 

Hello,

 

Greetings from India.

 

I have few FM queries related to automating some of the documentation tasks:

 

1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

2.   During conversion I would like the script to check for other tasks
as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My query is what
other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the document
quality?

3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without compromising
on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

4.   How does one enable the add comments option in the PDF?

 

 

Your responses will help me create quality document.

 

Regards,

Jaya

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Unlocked file can not be edited - surprise

[Klaus Daube]

   Dear all,

   Just to tell you a recent surprise:

   - FM file with legel information is locked for editing

   = unlock with ESC, F, l, k

   - Text can still not be selected for editing

   = It appears that all text is on the masterpage ...

   Klaus Daube

   BTW

   In my diskette archive (a copy on CD) I have discovered the 1994 edition of
   FMs famous Frame Connections Online Resource Guide as FM 4.0 files. I will
   make a PDF out of this and put it into my FrameMaker history on my website.

   This discovery proves the ability of FM 7 to read FM 4 files! No I'm
   definitely convinved of the backward compatibility so many have told me
   recently!

   

   Docu + Design Daube; Schäracher 11; CH-8053 Zürich

   Technical documentation  consultancy; On-line and paper

   Phone:  +41-44-422 86 25  FAX: +41-44-422 82 78

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RE: Monitor issue

[Harro de Jong]

Doug wrote:

 I suggest you consider forgoing the extra inch and get yourself a 19
 inch monitor.  You could buy 3 or more 19 inch monitors for the price
 of a single 20 inch.  No brainer, I I think.

A no-brainer yes, but the other way round. A 19 all too often only has
1280x1024 resolution. A 20 non-widescreen has 1600x1200 and will allow
you to display a full page (A4) at a reasonable zoom percentage. 
For document editing, a 20 widescreen (1680x1050) isn't the best
choice: fewer vertical pixels means you're scrolling more. 


Harro de Jong 
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RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

[Harro de Jong]

Jaya wrote :

 1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s
 using a script on a
 Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

I know that it's possible, but I've no idea how. The documentation that
comes with FrameMaker for Unix should be able to tell you more. 

 
 2.   During conversion I would like the script to check
 for other tasks
 as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My
 query is what
 other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the
 document quality? 

If I remember correctly, all issues need to be resolved beforehand, or
Frame won't generate a PDF. So you must be able to do 'Update Book'
without getting any error messages before starting the script. 



 
 3.   What are the options of resizing a large image
 without compromising
 on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

Depends on the image. 
- Vector graphics should be resizable without any loss of quality.
- Raster/pixel graphics: when you zoom in it's inevitable that the
individual pixels become visible. If this is the issue, you need
better-quality images to begin with. 
Also, the Distiller settings can degrade picture quality. Check the
compression options in the Distiller job options. 

Harro de Jong

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Re: Quieries related to Frame maker

[Karen Mardahl]

Hi Jaya

You asked several questions, including:

1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?


My understanding is that the answer here is No.

One of my engineers developed a program to take some information from
Unix that uses XML and turn it into a MIF file in FrameMaker. This
becomes a major part of a chapter that I need. I open it and save it
as an .fm file in my Windows version of FrameMaker. He is a very
clever programmer, if I may say so, and he did try to produce the MIF
file without opening FrameMaker, but he could not. This means he could
not roll out this solution to other programmers because they do not
have FrameMaker licenses. In this particular situation, he would love
some sort of floating license for the department. This was turning
into a bigger project that either of us had time for, so we have not
researched any farther. At this point, my information to you is
therefore, no, you will have to open FrameMaker.

Others may have different insights, but I hope this helps a bit.

regards, Karen Mardahl
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Re: Quieries related to Frame maker

[Art Campbell]

On 8/28/06, Jaya Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?


fmbatch and fmprint are the utilities that ship with FM that would do this.
FMbatch would have to save as a .pdf; fmprint would print to a logical
printer instance of Acrobat Distiller. Details are in the manual and
on the Adobe support site.



2.   During conversion I would like the script to check for other tasks
as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My query is what
other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the document
quality?

The short answer is that unless you fix problems before you run the
scripts, they'll
fail. So you basically need to make sure the books are solid ahead of time.



3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without compromising
on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.


More details, please.




4.   How does one enable the add comments option in the PDF?


In Acrobat 7, not FM, use the Enable Comment tool for people to use
Reader to add comments. In Acrobat 6, you can comment if you have the
full version of Acrobat, but cannot use Reader.
Again, details are in the Acrobat manual and on the support site.


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Re: How to download Adobe updates

[Art Campbell]

For FM specifically, surf to http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/
and select the Windows platform in the Download area.

Art

On 8/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

When I launch FM on Windows XP, an alert informs me that FM is checking
for updates, but then an error message states that a file could not be
downloaded.  This is probably because of IT admin's firewall policies. Are
there alternative ways of getting these updates?


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Re: Monitor issue

[Doug]

I'm getting my pricing info from the Sunday paper, which lists all the
big sales at the local electronics retailers.  You can find 19 inch
monitors at a number of stores for under $200.  Some of them even have
both analog and DVI inputs.

--Doug

On 8/28/06, Fred Ridder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I don't know where you're getting your pricing information, Doug,
but it's kind of off-base, or maybe just out of date since the sweet
spot in the price curve keeps moving up. If you check the monitor
lineup at Dell, which includes a range of NEC, ViewSonic, and Planar
models as well as Dell-branded units. Price ranges are:
15 DVI, $200-250
 analog, $170-200
17 DVI, $240-350 (Dell on sale at 204)
 analog $200-225
19 DVI, $240-420 (Dell at 310);
 analog $240-300 (Dell on sale at 203)
20 DVI, $280-1100 (Dell on sale at 415)
20 widescreen Dell $460 (on sale at 390)

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Re: Monitor issue

[Fred Ridder]

I don't know where you're getting your pricing information, Doug,
but it's kind of off-base, or maybe just out of date since the sweet
spot in the price curve keeps moving up. If you check the monitor
lineup at Dell, which includes a range of NEC, ViewSonic, and Planar
models as well as Dell-branded units. Price ranges are:
15 DVI, $200-250
 analog, $170-200
17 DVI, $240-350 (Dell on sale at 204)
 analog $200-225
19 DVI, $240-420 (Dell at 310);
 analog $240-300 (Dell on sale at 203)
20 DVI, $280-1100 (Dell on sale at 415)
20 widescreen Dell $460 (on sale at 390)
24 widescreen Dell $880
30 widescreen Dell $1900

Yes, it is *possible* to buy an very expensive 20 monitor
that costs more than three cheap 19 models, but the
realistic savings for dropping an inch from 20 to 19  is
about $100 or roughly 25%, which is about the same
differential percentage as for each step smaller than 19.
So I'd say that the sweet spot is currently shifting from
19 to 20, and the sale price on the 20 widescreen
Dell is pretty sweet, too.

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder
Intel
Parsippany, NJ





From: Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Monitor issue
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:02:49 -0500

I suggest you consider forgoing the extra inch and get yourself a 19
inch monitor.  You could buy 3 or more 19 inch monitors for the price
of a single 20 inch.  No brainer, I I think.

--Doug


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Quick Access Bar can not be switched

[Klaus Daube]

   Dear gurus

   At the ETH in Zurich FM 7.1p116 english international is installed.

   I have not found the source for the following problem:

   It is not possible to switch the Quick Acces Bar with the small blue
   triangles. Nothing happens when clicking on one of them. The only means to
   get to the various buttons is to switch to the Vertical Toolbar. This
   however, does not provide tool tips (because it is a FM palette).

   In both cases Windows XP SP2 is involved. At the ETH Windows is German,
   while I use an English version of Windows. Of course, the ETH installation
   has a volume licence, i have a personal licence. I have noticed that files
   on both installations have very diverse time stamps (dispatch.dll:
   2005-01-25 15:41; pagesize.cfg: 2003-12-12 05:30 at the ETH and 06:30 at my
   installation) - but size and contents of these files is the same in both
   installations).

   I have compared the (binary) contents of _all_ files (except the registry
   entries) with my personal installation of the same FM version. Only the
   contents of two files is different, but imho this has nothing to do with the
   problem.

   maker.ini have a different numbering of the filter entries:

   -

   maker.ini - ETH

   224=0460 AW4W IAF MIF TextImport InterLeaf ASCII Format aw4w.xxx ^.iaf

   225=0150 AW4W DCA0 MIF TextImport DCA Revisable Form Text aw4w.xxx ^.dcs

   226=0151 AW4W DCA1 MIF TextImport DCA RFT (DisplayWrite 5) aw4w.xxx
   ^.dcs

   227=0331 AW4W Ami MIF TextImport Ami Professional 2-3.1 aw4w.xxx ^.ami

   228=0330 AW4W Ami MIF TextImport Ami Professional 1 aw4w.xxx ^.ami

   229=0204 AW4W Lotus MIF TextImport Lotus 1-2-3 5.0 aw4w.xxx ^.123

   230=0203 AW4W Lotus MIF TextImport Lotus 1-2-3 4.0 aw4w.xxx ^.123

   231=0214 AW4W Excel MIF TextImport Microsoft Excel 5.0 aw4w.xxx ^.xls

   maker.ini - mine

   224=0150 AW4W DCA0 MIF TextImport DCA Revisable Form Text aw4w.xxx ^.dcs

   225=0151 AW4W DCA1 MIF TextImport DCA RFT (DisplayWrite 5) aw4w.xxx
   ^.dcs

   226=0331 AW4W Ami MIF TextImport Ami Professional 2-3.1 aw4w.xxx ^.ami

   227=0330 AW4W Ami MIF TextImport Ami Professional 1 aw4w.xxx ^.ami

   228=0214 AW4W Excel MIF TextImport Microsoft Excel 5.0 aw4w.xxx ^.xls

   At the ETH installation WWP standard is present, at my computer this is not
   installed

   wincmds.cfg have different definitions for the PgUp and PgDn commands

   ---

   (In my installation I have re-establish behaviour of FM 7.0):

   from Modify GotoNextScreen   KeySequence /PgDn

   to   Modify GotoNextPageKeySequence/PgDn

   from Modify GotoPreviousScreen   KeySequence/PgUp

   to   Modify GotoPreviousPage   KeySequence/PgUp  

   After this detailed comparison i'm really hapless where the search for the
   source of the problem. Any ideas are welcome!

   Klaus Daube

   

   Docu + Design Daube; Schäracher 11; CH-8053 Zürich

   Technical documentation  consultancy; On-line and paper

   Phone:  +41-44-422 86 25  FAX: +41-44-422 82 78

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RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

[Matthias . Dillier]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 
28.08.2006 14:58:50:

 Jaya wrote :
 
  1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s
  using a script on a
  Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?
 
 I know that it's possible, but I've no idea how. The documentation that
 comes with FrameMaker for Unix should be able to tell you more. 

There is fmbatch on Unix to do this. But surely, you need FrameMaker 
installed, so it is not done really 'without opening FrameMaker'. There 
are floating licenses for FrameMaker on Unix. Unix here means only 
Solaris, as all other Unix-Versions of FrameMaker silently died as far as 
I know.

You can write your own skript using the Frame SDK if you like.

Regards
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Double-clicking *.fm file in dir no longer opens file

[pearlrosenberg]

Hi Framers,

FrameMaker 7.0p576
Windows XP Professional

I recently reinstalled FrameMaker, and now when I double-click a 
FrameMaker file in the directory, instead of the file opening in FM, I 
get a series of messages similar to the following.

Trying to open – c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Online Help 
VGA.fm

1. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal
2. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Support
3. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Online
4. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Help
5. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\VGA.fm

Can anyone tell me what's going on, and more importantly, how to fix 
it?

Thanks for any wisdom you may impart.
Pearl Rosenberg
TeleHealth Systems

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OTWindows on a Mac

[jopakent]

I have a friend who has a Mac-based DTP biz and occasionally has a need to read 
a PC file. I see a bit of patter from time to time here indicating that folks 
are running Windows on Macs so this list occurred to me as a potential resource 
in helping her out. They are using some kind of software to run Windows XP on 
one of their Macs and just recently when they get this message when they try to 
fire up Windows:

   NTLDR: Fatal Error 2592 reading BOOT.INI

I suggested that if I got something like this on a PC that I'd put in a boot 
disk suspecting a bad boot sector on the hard drive. She said she could try 
putting in the installattion CD, but I'm guessing that won't do the trick.

I asked her for additional information (see below), but perhaps I should have 
asked for more. Here's what I asked for:

~  What version of the Mac OS are you running?

~  What version of the Windows OS are you running?

~  What is the name of the software solution that you are running 
that allows you to run the Windows OS on a Mac?

Thanks in advance for whatever assistance you can provide or additional 
questions I might need to answer before I'll be likely to get her on the right 
track.
--
J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539
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Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs

[Steve Cavanaugh]

 
Hi everyone.  I'm a brand new FrameMaker user here, and I've been hired to
produce a Component Maintenance Manual to ATA Spec-100, to which I am also
new.  EGAD!  It raises the question in my mind - are there any repositories
of public domain templates for industry standard type documents such as Spec
100?  I'm certain that with a bit of study, I'll be able to produce one, but
if I had one to model from, and learn from, it would decrease the learning
curve considerably.  Anyone know of such a repository, or even where I might
find a set of stand alone templates for ATA Spec 100?  

By the way, this looks like a very useful list - I've already learned
several things in just the last two weeks.  

Steve Cavanaugh

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Re: Monitor issue

[Laura Lemay]

After four years of operation, my Dell monitor, Model D1626HT just  
went
south. So if I may, I'd like to solicit your thoughts on a high  
quality

20 monitor that won't bankrupt my resources. Are today's LCD monitors
in the $350-$500 price range up to the task, or does one have to spend
over $1000 for equivalent results?



Nearly every design geek I know is buying Dell LCDs.  I have two -- a  
20 square and a 24 widescreen -- and they are amazing.


As you price shop make sure you check cheap stingy bargains for  
current Dell coupons.  You can get a LOT of money off a dell monitor  
with a coupon (and often free shipping).  For example, the 20  
widescreen is $391 right now.  The 24 widescreen is $703.


http://www.cheapstingybargains.com/cheapster/dell-monitors/


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Bibliographic software for FM?

[Alan Litchfield]

Moores wrote:
>
> I haven't had the luxury of anything except hand-built reference lists
> before-- how painful is the RTF export part of the process (that builds
> the library?) for EndNote? Are other programs more compatible and still
> effective? Who has the magic website with a feature comparison list? (I
> did search before posting.)
>

Endnote used to process mif, but it appears that this is no longer the case. I
have not it tested though.

So, will the word processing documents be compiled once they are written?
Perhaps your writers can use Cite As You Write in Word and then have those
documents brought into FM when done. That way all the reference lists will be
complete and the citations will be correctly matched. It may be useful to
consider linking the documents so that any further changes can be updated. All
you need to ensure then is that they follow the rules of formatting (something
that seems to be very difficult to enforce with users of MSW, I've found).

Alan

Unlocked file can not be edited - surprise

[Klaus Daube]

   Dear all,

   Just to tell you a recent surprise:

   - FM file with legel information is locked for editing

   => unlock with ESC, F, l, k

   - Text can still not be selected for editing

   => It appears that all text is on the masterpage ...

   Klaus Daube

   BTW

   In my diskette archive (a copy on CD) I have discovered the 1994 edition of
   FMs famous "Frame Connections Online Resource Guide" as FM 4.0 files. I will
   make a PDF out of this and put it into my FrameMaker history on my website.

   This discovery proves the ability of FM 7 to read FM 4 files! No I'm
   definitely convinved of the backward compatibility so many have told me
   recently!

   

   Docu + Design Daube; Sch??racher 11; CH-8053 Z??rich

   Technical documentation & consultancy; On-line and paper

   Phone:  +41-44-422 86 25  FAX: +41-44-422 82 78

   E-mail: ddd at daube.ch  Web: www.daube.ch/

How to download Adobe updates

[hedley.fin...@myob.com]

When I launch FM on Windows XP, an alert informs me that FM is checking 
for updates, but then an error message states that a file could not be 
downloaded.  This is probably because of IT admin's firewall policies. Are 
there alternative ways of getting these updates?
--
Hedley Finger
Technical Communications Tools & Processes Specialist
MYOB Australia 
P.O. box 371   Blackburn VIC 3130   Australia
12 Wesley Court   Tally Ho Business Park   East Burwood VIC 3151 Australia

Tel. +61 3 9222 9992 x 7421,   Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558

? MYOB Technology Pty Ltd 2006

Quieries related to Frame maker

[Jaya Ghosh]

Hello 



Can someone respond to my queries?



Regards,

Jaya

  _  

From: Jaya Ghosh [mailto:jgh...@coware.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:46 AM
To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com'
Subject: Quieries related to Frame maker



Hello,



Greetings from India.



I have few FM queries related to automating some of the documentation tasks:



1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

2.   During conversion I would like the script to check for other tasks
as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My query is what
other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the document
quality?

3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without compromising
on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

4.   How does one enable the add comments option in the PDF?





Your responses will help me create quality document.



Regards,

Jaya

Monitor issue

[Harro de Jong]

Doug wrote:

> I suggest you consider forgoing the extra inch and get yourself a 19
> inch monitor.  You could buy 3 or more 19 inch monitors for the price
> of a single 20 inch.  No brainer, I I think.

A no-brainer yes, but the other way round. A 19" all too often only has
1280x1024 resolution. A 20" non-widescreen has 1600x1200 and will allow
you to display a full page (A4) at a reasonable zoom percentage. 
For document editing, a 20" widescreen (1680x1050) isn't the best
choice: fewer vertical pixels means you're scrolling more. 


Harro de Jong 

Monitor issue

[Rick Quatro]

>I suggest you consider forgoing the extra inch and get yourself a 19
> inch monitor.  You could buy 3 or more 19 inch monitors for the price
> of a single 20 inch.  No brainer, I I think.
>
> --Doug

This is a good point, although the cost of 20 inch monitors is dropping. I 
have two 19 inch monitors side-by-side and it is great. One is an HP that 
came with my computer; the other is a Sceptre that I bought at Sams Club.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com

Quieries related to Frame maker

[Martinek, Carla]

Jaya -

This is the first email I have received from you via the framers list.
There were some problems with the list last week, and it looks as if
your initial post/s did not go through.  Make sure your list settings
include receiving a copy of your own posts.  If you don't receive your
post back, the chances are that nobody else has received it yet either.

re: #4 on your list: if you are in Acro7 Pro, select 
Comments > Enable for Commenting and Analysis in Reader
Commenting in Reader is available only on files created using Acrobat 7.
If you are in another version of Acrobat (Acro5/6), there is nothing
special you need to do to the file, but the reviewer will need the
Professional version to be able to comment on the PDF.  They may just
need the Standard version -- I don't remember for sure, and have no way
of checking.

I will leave the other questions below for other Framers to respond to.

Regards,
Carla
cmartinek | zebra | com 

-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+cmartinek=zebra.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Jaya Ghosh
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:04 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

Hello 
Can someone respond to my queries?
Regards,

Jaya

  _  

From: Jaya Ghosh [mailto:jgh...@coware.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:46 AM
To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com'
Subject: Quieries related to Frame maker

Hello,
Greetings from India.

I have few FM queries related to automating some of the documentation
tasks:

1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script
on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

2.   During conversion I would like the script to check for other
tasks
as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My query is what
other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the document
quality?

3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without
compromising
on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

4.   How does one enable the add comments option in the PDF?

Your responses will help me create quality document.

Regards,
Jaya

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Quieries related to Frame maker

[Ridder, Fred]

Just to clarify a couple of points:

PDFs created with pre-7.0 versions of Acrobat can be re-saved
from Acrobat 7.0 Professional with the Enable for Commenting...
feature turned on.  But it is correct that only files that have been
saved from Acrobat 7.0 Professional can be annotated from 
Adobe Reader 7.0 (the free reader), and only if the feature is
specifically enabled in a separate post-creation step. There is
no way I am aware of to create a commentable PDF directly;
enabling the commenting feature is a post-production operation
that is equivalent to a Save As.

Second, *all* full versions of Acrobat include an enhanced reader
tool that allows users to add notes and markup to PDFs. But the
only version of the free reader that can be used to add notes is
Adobe Reader 7.0, and only if the feature is added to the specific
PDF file by Acrobat 7.0 Professional.

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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From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Martinek, Carla
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:12 AM
To: Jaya Ghosh; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

Jaya -

This is the first email I have received from you via the framers list.
There were some problems with the list last week, and it looks as if
your initial post/s did not go through.  Make sure your list settings
include receiving a copy of your own posts.  If you don't receive your
post back, the chances are that nobody else has received it yet either.

re: #4 on your list: if you are in Acro7 Pro, select 
Comments > Enable for Commenting and Analysis in Reader
Commenting in Reader is available only on files created using Acrobat 7.
If you are in another version of Acrobat (Acro5/6), there is nothing
special you need to do to the file, but the reviewer will need the
Professional version to be able to comment on the PDF.  They may just
need the Standard version -- I don't remember for sure, and have no way
of checking.

I will leave the other questions below for other Framers to respond to.

Regards,
Carla
cmartinek | zebra | com 

-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+cmartinek=zebra.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Jaya Ghosh
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:04 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

Hello 
Can someone respond to my queries?
Regards,

Jaya

  _  

From: Jaya Ghosh [mailto:jgh...@coware.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:46 AM
To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com'
Subject: Quieries related to Frame maker

Hello,
Greetings from India.

I have few FM queries related to automating some of the documentation
tasks:

1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script
on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

2.   During conversion I would like the script to check for other
tasks
as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My query is what
other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the document
quality?

3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without
compromising
on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

4.   How does one enable the add comments option in the PDF?

Your responses will help me create quality document.

Regards,
Jaya

Quieries related to Frame maker

[Harro de Jong]

Jaya wrote :

> 1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s
> using a script on a
> Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

I know that it's possible, but I've no idea how. The documentation that
comes with FrameMaker for Unix should be able to tell you more. 

> 
> 2.   During conversion I would like the script to check
> for other tasks
> as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My
> query is what
> other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the
> document quality? 

If I remember correctly, all issues need to be resolved beforehand, or
Frame won't generate a PDF. So you must be able to do 'Update Book'
without getting any error messages before starting the script. 



> 
> 3.   What are the options of resizing a large image
> without compromising
> on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

Depends on the image. 
- Vector graphics should be resizable without any loss of quality.
- Raster/pixel graphics: when you zoom in it's inevitable that the
individual pixels become visible. If this is the issue, you need
better-quality images to begin with. 
Also, the Distiller settings can degrade picture quality. Check the
compression options in the Distiller job options. 

Harro de Jong

Quieries related to Frame maker

[Karen Mardahl]

Hi Jaya

You asked several questions, including:
> 1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script on a
> Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

My understanding is that the answer here is No.

One of my engineers developed a program to take some information from
Unix that uses XML and turn it into a MIF file in FrameMaker. This
becomes a major part of a chapter that I need. I open it and save it
as an .fm file in my Windows version of FrameMaker. He is a very
clever programmer, if I may say so, and he did try to produce the MIF
file without opening FrameMaker, but he could not. This means he could
not roll out this solution to other programmers because they do not
have FrameMaker licenses. In this particular situation, he would love
some sort of floating license for the department. This was turning
into a bigger project that either of us had time for, so we have not
researched any farther. At this point, my information to you is
therefore, no, you will have to open FrameMaker.

Others may have different insights, but I hope this helps a bit.

regards, Karen Mardahl

How to download Adobe updates

[Art Campbell]

For FM specifically, surf to http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/
and select the Windows platform in the Download area.

Art

On 8/27/06, hedley.finger at myob.com  wrote:
> When I launch FM on Windows XP, an alert informs me that FM is checking
> for updates, but then an error message states that a file could not be
> downloaded.  This is probably because of IT admin's firewall policies. Are
> there alternative ways of getting these updates?

-- 
Art Campbell art.campbell at 
gmail.com
  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
   and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
 No disclaimers apply.
 DoD 358

Monitor issue

[Doug]

I'm getting my pricing info from the Sunday paper, which lists all the
big sales at the local electronics retailers.  You can find 19 inch
monitors at a number of stores for under $200.  Some of them even have
both analog and DVI inputs.

--Doug

On 8/28/06, Fred Ridder  wrote:
> I don't know where you're getting your pricing information, Doug,
> but it's kind of off-base, or maybe just out of date since the "sweet
> spot" in the price curve keeps moving up. If you check the monitor
> lineup at Dell, which includes a range of NEC, ViewSonic, and Planar
> models as well as Dell-branded units. Price ranges are:
> 15" DVI, $200-250
>  analog, $170-200
> 17" DVI, $240-350 (Dell on sale at 204)
>  analog $200-225
> 19" DVI, $240-420 (Dell at 310);
>  analog $240-300 (Dell on sale at 203)
> 20" DVI, $280-1100 (Dell on sale at 415)
> 20" widescreen Dell $460 (on sale at 390)

Monitor issue

[Fred Ridder]

I don't know where you're getting your pricing information, Doug,
but it's kind of off-base, or maybe just out of date since the "sweet
spot" in the price curve keeps moving up. If you check the monitor
lineup at Dell, which includes a range of NEC, ViewSonic, and Planar
models as well as Dell-branded units. Price ranges are:
15" DVI, $200-250
  analog, $170-200
17" DVI, $240-350 (Dell on sale at 204)
  analog $200-225
19" DVI, $240-420 (Dell at 310);
  analog $240-300 (Dell on sale at 203)
20" DVI, $280-1100 (Dell on sale at 415)
20" widescreen Dell $460 (on sale at 390)
24" widescreen Dell $880
30" widescreen Dell $1900

Yes, it is *possible* to buy an very expensive 20" monitor
that costs more than three cheap 19" models, but the
realistic savings for dropping an inch from 20" to 19"  is
about $100 or roughly 25%, which is about the same
differential percentage as for each step smaller than 19".
So I'd say that the sweet spot is currently shifting from
19" to 20", and the sale price on the 20" widescreen
Dell is pretty sweet, too.

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder
Intel
Parsippany, NJ




>From: Doug 
>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Re: Monitor issue
>Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:02:49 -0500
>
>I suggest you consider forgoing the extra inch and get yourself a 19
>inch monitor.  You could buy 3 or more 19 inch monitors for the price
>of a single 20 inch.  No brainer, I I think.
>
>--Doug

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Quick Access Bar can not be switched

[Klaus Daube]

   Dear gurus

   At the ETH in Zurich FM 7.1p116 english international is installed.

   I have not found the source for the following problem:

   It is not possible to switch the Quick Acces Bar with the small blue
   triangles. Nothing happens when clicking on one of them. The only means to
   get to the various buttons is to switch to the Vertical Toolbar. This
   however, does not provide tool tips (because it is a FM palette).

   In both cases Windows XP SP2 is involved. At the ETH Windows is German,
   while I use an English version of Windows. Of course, the ETH installation
   has a volume licence, i have a personal licence. I have noticed that files
   on both installations have very diverse time stamps (dispatch.dll:
   2005-01-25 15:41; pagesize.cfg: 2003-12-12 05:30 at the ETH and 06:30 at my
   installation) - but size and contents of these files is the same in both
   installations).

   I have compared the (binary) contents of _all_ files (except the registry
   entries) with my personal installation of the same FM version. Only the
   contents of two files is different, but imho this has nothing to do with the
   problem.

   maker.ini have a different numbering of the filter entries:

   -

   maker.ini - ETH

   224="0460" AW4W IAF MIF TextImport "InterLeaf ASCII Format" aw4w.xxx ^.iaf

   225="0150" AW4W DCA0 MIF TextImport "DCA Revisable Form Text" aw4w.xxx ^.dcs

   226="0151" AW4W DCA1 MIF TextImport "DCA RFT (DisplayWrite 5)" aw4w.xxx
   ^.dcs

   227="0331" AW4W Ami MIF TextImport "Ami Professional 2-3.1" aw4w.xxx ^.ami

   228="0330" AW4W Ami MIF TextImport "Ami Professional 1" aw4w.xxx ^.ami

   229="0204" AW4W Lotus MIF TextImport "Lotus 1-2-3 5.0" aw4w.xxx ^.123

   230="0203" AW4W Lotus MIF TextImport "Lotus 1-2-3 4.0" aw4w.xxx ^.123

   231="0214" AW4W Excel MIF TextImport "Microsoft Excel 5.0" aw4w.xxx ^.xls

   maker.ini - mine

   224="0150" AW4W DCA0 MIF TextImport "DCA Revisable Form Text" aw4w.xxx ^.dcs

   225="0151" AW4W DCA1 MIF TextImport "DCA RFT (DisplayWrite 5)" aw4w.xxx
   ^.dcs

   226="0331" AW4W Ami MIF TextImport "Ami Professional 2-3.1" aw4w.xxx ^.ami

   227="0330" AW4W Ami MIF TextImport "Ami Professional 1" aw4w.xxx ^.ami

   228="0214" AW4W Excel MIF TextImport "Microsoft Excel 5.0" aw4w.xxx ^.xls

   At the ETH installation WWP standard is present, at my computer this is not
   installed

   wincmds.cfg have different definitions for the PgUp and PgDn commands

   ---

   (In my installation I have re-establish behaviour of FM 7.0):

   from  >

   to>

   from  >

   to>

   After this detailed comparison i'm really hapless where the search for the
   source of the problem. Any ideas are welcome!

   Klaus Daube

   

   Docu + Design Daube; Sch??racher 11; CH-8053 Z??rich

   Technical documentation & consultancy; On-line and paper

   Phone:  +41-44-422 86 25  FAX: +41-44-422 82 78

   E-mail: ddd at daube.ch  Web: www.daube.ch/

Monitor issue

[Grant Hogarth]

Cast an eye on the Costco.com website -- they carry a number of
highly-rated monitors, often at significant discounts (all are
brand-name, but have a costco/oem specific SKU/model#)

Grant

-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+grant.hogarth=reuters@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+grant.hogarth=reuters.com at lists.frameusers.com]
On Behalf Of George Newfield
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:39 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Monitor issue

Hi Framers,

After four years of operation, my Dell monitor, Model D1626HT just went
south. So if I may, I'd like to solicit your thoughts on a high quality
20" monitor that won't bankrupt my resources. Are today's LCD monitors
in the $350-$500 price range up to the task, or does one have to spend
over $1000 for equivalent results?

I do a great deal of work in Photoshop and of course FrameMaker, using
WinXP Pro, SP2.

Many thanks in advance,
George

Double-clicking *.fm file in dir no longer opens file

[pearlrosenb...@nc.rr.com]

Hi Framers,

FrameMaker 7.0p576
Windows XP Professional

I recently reinstalled FrameMaker, and now when I double-click a 
FrameMaker file in the directory, instead of the file opening in FM, I 
get a series of messages similar to the following.

Trying to open ? c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Online Help 
VGA.fm

1. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal
2. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Support
3. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Online
4. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Help
5. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\VGA.fm

Can anyone tell me what's going on, and more importantly, how to fix 
it?

Thanks for any wisdom you may impart.
Pearl Rosenberg
TeleHealth Systems

Windows on a Mac

[jopak...@comcast.net]

I have a friend who has a Mac-based DTP biz and occasionally has a need to read 
a PC file. I see a bit of patter from time to time here indicating that folks 
are running Windows on Macs so this list occurred to me as a potential resource 
in helping her out. They are using some kind of software to run Windows XP on 
one of their Macs and just recently when they get this message when they try to 
fire up Windows:

   NTLDR: Fatal Error 2592 reading BOOT.INI

I suggested that if I got something like this on a PC that I'd put in a boot 
disk suspecting a bad boot sector on the hard drive. She said she could try 
putting in the installattion CD, but I'm guessing that won't do the trick.

I asked her for additional information (see below), but perhaps I should have 
asked for more. Here's what I asked for:

~  What version of the Mac OS are you running?

~  What version of the Windows OS are you running?

~  What is the name of the software solution that you are running 
that allows you to run the Windows OS on a Mac?

Thanks in advance for whatever assistance you can provide or additional 
questions I might need to answer before I'll be likely to get her on the right 
track.
--
J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539

Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs

[Steve Cavanaugh]

Hi everyone.  I'm a brand new FrameMaker user here, and I've been hired to
produce a Component Maintenance Manual to ATA Spec-100, to which I am also
new.  EGAD!  It raises the question in my mind - are there any repositories
of public domain templates for industry standard type documents such as Spec
100?  I'm certain that with a bit of study, I'll be able to produce one, but
if I had one to model from, and learn from, it would decrease the learning
curve considerably.  Anyone know of such a repository, or even where I might
find a set of stand alone templates for ATA Spec 100?  

By the way, this looks like a very useful list - I've already learned
several things in just the last two weeks.  

Steve Cavanaugh

Monitor issue

[Laura Lemay]

> After four years of operation, my Dell monitor, Model D1626HT just  
> went
> south. So if I may, I'd like to solicit your thoughts on a high  
> quality
> 20" monitor that won't bankrupt my resources. Are today's LCD monitors
> in the $350-$500 price range up to the task, or does one have to spend
> over $1000 for equivalent results?


Nearly every design geek I know is buying Dell LCDs.  I have two -- a  
20 square and a 24 widescreen -- and they are amazing.

As you price shop make sure you check cheap stingy bargains for  
current Dell coupons.  You can get a LOT of money off a dell monitor  
with a coupon (and often free shipping).  For example, the 20"  
widescreen is $391 right now.  The 24" widescreen is $703.

http://www.cheapstingybargains.com/cheapster/dell-monitors/


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Laura Lemay Killer of Trees lemay % lne.comlemay % gmail.com
http://www.lauralemay.com http://blog.lauralemay.com
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Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs

[Steve Cavanaugh]

Thanks John.  Since I live near Seattle, I'm not sure I could enjoy all the
benefits of that organization.  But on the other hand, it might be a useful
place to learn.  I appreciate the pointer.

Steve


-Original Message-
From: John Sgammato [mailto:jsgamm...@imprivata.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:31 PM
To: Steve Cavanaugh; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs

STC-Boston Chapter has a library of templates, including FM 7: 
http://www.stcboston.org/php/filetemplates.php/
(STC member login required)

-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Steve Cavanaugh
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 6:11 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs


Hi everyone.  I'm a brand new FrameMaker user here, and I've been hired to
produce a Component Maintenance Manual to ATA Spec-100, to which I am also
new.  EGAD!  It raises the question in my mind - are there any repositories
of public domain templates for industry standard type documents such as Spec
100?  I'm certain that with a bit of study, I'll be able to produce one, but
if I had one to model from, and learn from, it would decrease the learning
curve considerably.  Anyone know of such a repository, or even where I might
find a set of stand alone templates for ATA Spec 100?  

By the way, this looks like a very useful list - I've already learned
several things in just the last two weeks.  

Steve Cavanaugh

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