Re: Where is www.frameusers.com?

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Hedley,

Brad posted to the list this morning and said he would have it up soon.

Rick Quatro
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Firefox (where do they get these names?) and Internet Explorer v. 7 are
just showing a blank page for http://www.frameusers.com/, not even the
Site under reconstruction message.  What gives?  Or have I been
transported to an alternative universe where it no longer exists?
--
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Training Content Developer and Tools Specialist
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Where is www.frameusers.com?

[hedley . finger]

Firefox (where do they get these names?) and Internet Explorer v. 7 are 
just showing a blank page for http://www.frameusers.com/, not even the 
Site under reconstruction message.  What gives?  Or have I been 
transported to an alternative universe where it no longer exists?
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12 Wesley Court   Tally Ho Business Park   East Burwood VIC 3151 Australia
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Re: List of unused User Variables?

[Diane Gaskill]

John,

What are trhe differences between the BookVars plugin and the EZVars plug in 
that I have had for years?  Is there a spec somewhere that I can look at?

Thanks,

Diane


John Posada wrote:
 I cannot speak highly enough about Leximation's BookVars plugin for
 managing variables. Our whole department of 10+ writers has
 integratged it into our base documentation process.

Same here! I bought a copy of this pretty much immediately after evaluating
it, and use it all the time.

Z

 Not only will it remove unused variables, but will allow you to
 deploy new variables and rename variable names or definitions in
 batch mode.

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Re: Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in component file

[Carol J. Elkins]

Headley, I use Silicon Prairie Software's MasterPage Tools to do 
this. I'm really pleased with their product.


http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/

Carol

On 11/21/2006 6:04:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Is there some way to do this automagically?  Or do I have to write a
 FrameScript event routine to check all component files in a book and
 apply/remove the last custom page on Update Book or whatever.  


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Re: List of unused User Variables?

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Diane...

Information is available at the following URL ..

   http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php

Use the 30-day trial to see if it does what you need.

Thanks,

...scott

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Diane Gaskill wrote:

John,

What are trhe differences between the BookVars plugin and the EZVars plug in 
that I have had for years?  Is there a spec somewhere that I can look at?

Thanks,

Diane

  

John Posada wrote:


I cannot speak highly enough about Leximation's BookVars plugin for
managing variables. Our whole department of 10+ writers has
integratged it into our base documentation process.
  

Same here! I bought a copy of this pretty much immediately after evaluating
it, and use it all the time.

Z



Not only will it remove unused variables, but will allow you to
deploy new variables and rename variable names or definitions in
batch mode.
  






  


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ADMIN: List/Site Issues

[Brad Anderson]

Framers,

We've been working through some technical problems with both the list  
and website over the last couple of weeks.  I think all of the issues  
are now resolved and the list should return to normal.  There will be  
a couple of dozen messages that were delayed with the server  
problems, but the remaining messages should be delivered today.

We'll be bringing the website back online within the week.

Thanks for your patience.

Best Regards,

Brad

Graphics size within FM 7. and WWP

[Caroline Tabach]

I am not sure if this is still relevant to you but..
You can use a batch converter to do this.
Snagit has a batch converter to convert from bmp to gif
Macromedia Fireworks also has
I am sure others do too.
You can download an evaluation version of Snagit from Techsmith.com.

Caroline?Tabach
Technical/Marcom Writer


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-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+caroline=radcom.com at lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-bounces+caroline=radcom@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of 
James Barrow
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 5:41 AM
To: framers at frameusers.com
Subject: Graphics size within FM 7. and WWP

Hello All,

Thanks to everyone who helped me with the problem that I had with my .chm
file, in which it seemed to have jumped from ~13MB to ~43MB in one
generation.

After going through the files thoroughly, it seems that the culprits were
graphics that I saved as .bmps, instead of .gifs.  After a few simple
calculations, I found that these graphics added ~30MB to the total .chm file
size.

My manager would like to save space wherever possible and has asked that I
reduce the size of the larger graphics and thus the size of my help file.
At this point I don't see any way of fixing this other than redoing the
documentation:

Click through our software application
Recapture the graphics in question, saving them as .gifs
Insert the graphics into my FM file
Regenerate the project in WWP

Is there a batch process that I can use to change these graphics from .bmp
to .gif in WW, or do I have to do this in the source files (FM)?

TIA,

Jim

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Deborah A Bruggeman/RES/Raytheon/US is out of the office.

[Deborah A Bruggeman]

I will be out of the office starting  11/21/2006 and will not return until
12/04/2006.

Contact Steve Sayian at x1369 or Lisa Patnaude at x2746 while I am out.
Deadlines will need to go thru Steve Sayian.

Quick Context-sensitive question

[Niels Fanøe]

Hi,
You can point to the same topic from multiple places in the application. So one 
topic alias should suffice.

-Niels 

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[mailto:framers-bounces+nfa=maconomy...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ron 
Miller
Sent: 17. november 2006 17:25
To: Framers List
Subject: Quick Context-sensitive question

Frame 7.1
WebWorks Publisher 2003

I'm placing topic aliases in my documents so my client can generate 
context-sensitive help.

There are several topics, which need to point to the same help topic. In a case 
like this, do I just create the single topic alias, then have the programmers 
set it up to point to the same topic, or do I have to set up three separate 
topic aliases?

Thanks,
Ron

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Distiller job options

[Aronsson, Martin]

Hi Tess,

Assuming you are running Windows 2000/XP, try putting the .joboptions in
the following folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Adobe PDF\Settings
I think the above path is the actual path used by Distiller to locate
the settings files.

Regards,
Martin


> -Original Message-
> From: 
> framers-bounces+martin.aronsson=sonyericsson.com at lists.frameus
> ers.com 
> [mailto:framers-bounces+martin.aronsson=sonyericsson.com at lists
> .frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tess Vaughan
> Sent: torsdag den 9 november 2006 14:05
> To: Framers at frameusers.com
> Subject: Distiller job options
> 
> 
>hi all,
>I'm running FrameMaker 7.1 p116 and Acrobat Distiller 7 
> and Acrobat Pro 7.
>FrameMaker does not allow me to set the corresponding PDF 
> Setup PDF job
>option, i.e. there is no High Quality Print option 
> available. I created a
>new job option in the \Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
>7.0\Distillr\Settingsfolder, but FrameMaker still does not 
> allow me to chose
>this job option.
>Also, I get an error when I click on Set in the PDF Setup 
> window: "job
>option not available..."
>Does anyone know how I can fix this problem? Do I have to 
> downgrade to
>Acrobat Pro 6?
>Thanks for your help
>Tess
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Chm plugin for Frame?

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 20:04:21 +0800, "Kris Manning"  
wrote:

>Does anyone know of a plugin for Framemaker that converts a book into a .chm
>file? For some reason, I thought Framemaker did this natively, but it only
>does HTML output natively (and that seems to be a bit dodgy itself). 
>
>The DITA application pack has a good chm conversion utility, but if you're
>not using DITA there doesn't appear to be another way.

There are two tools that do this specifically for Frame:
Mif2Go (our product, $295), and WWP Pro (not the Standard 
Edition that comes with Frame).  You can download a demo 
version of Mif2Go from:
  http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm

HTH!

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
http://www.omsys.com/

Distiller job options

[Rene Stephenson]

Hi Tess,

  Martin is correct. However, after you put the .joboptions file in that path, 
you then have to open Distiller, choose Settings > Add Adobe PDF Settings, and 
then navigate to the .joboptions file, select it, and click open. ;-)

  HTH
  Rene Stephenson

"Aronsson, Martin"  wrote:
  Hi Tess,

Assuming you are running Windows 2000/XP, try putting the .joboptions in
the following folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Adobe PDF\Settings
I think the above path is the actual path used by Distiller to locate
the settings files.

Regards,
Martin


> -Original Message-
> From: 
> framers-bounces+martin.aronsson=sonyericsson.com at lists.frameus
> ers.com 
> [mailto:framers-bounces+martin.aronsson=sonyericsson.com at lists
> .frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tess Vaughan
> Sent: torsdag den 9 november 2006 14:05
> To: Framers at frameusers.com
> Subject: Distiller job options
> 
> 
> hi all,
> I'm running FrameMaker 7.1 p116 and Acrobat Distiller 7 
> and Acrobat Pro 7.
> FrameMaker does not allow me to set the corresponding PDF 
> Setup PDF job
> option, i.e. there is no High Quality Print option 
> available. I created a
> new job option in the \Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
> 7.0\Distillr\Settingsfolder, but FrameMaker still does not 
> allow me to chose
> this job option.
> Also, I get an error when I click on Set in the PDF Setup 
> window: "job
> option not available..."
> Does anyone know how I can fix this problem? Do I have to 
> downgrade to
> Acrobat Pro 6?
> Thanks for your help
> Tess
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List of unused User Variables?

[Steve Rickaby]

At 20:09 -0800 20/11/06, Radha Padmanabhan wrote:

>  Is it possible to know which already created User Variables are not used in 
> a document, other than by trial and error method of deleting them?

I don't know of one, but it might be worth going to 
 and searching on 'variable'.

If you approach Steve Kubis at SiliconPrairie, he might be persuaded to write a 
variables tool. It would be useful.

-- 
Steve

Conversion Table again : How to handle Root Element

[Rick Quatro]

The Root Element feature is new to FrameMaker 7.2 so there is no way to make 
it work with FrameMaker 7.0. You will have to upgrade to 7.2.

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


> Hi Framers,
>
> Further to my mail on element ,  I've brought down my document and
> EDD to three elements to zero-in on the problem and I believe it is about
> Root Element not being handled.
>
> In Frame 7.0:
>
> EDD   Document
>
>
> Chapter (Root Element)
> -ChapterNameChapterName
> -Overview   Overview
> -Para Para
>
> In the conversion table, all elements are mapped to the proper para format
> except the root element (Chapter). Apparently, the root element chapter is
> not being handled and in place of that  is appearing. I can fix it
> by Re-Wrapping the elements in the document but am not able to figure out
> how I can avoid this problem altogether.
>
> I am aware that in Frame 7.2, this can be handled with RE: , which is not
> working in 7.0.
>
> Please suggest.
>
> Gyanesh Talwar
> 
> "Bunbu Itchi"
> ___

autonumbering with line break?

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Egwin,

You can't use these building blocks in an autonumber to get the effect that 
you want. You can use a bunch of spaces at the end of the autonumber to 
force the text to the next line, but that may have side-effects that you 
don't want. Or, you can use two separate paragraphs.

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


> Hello Framers,
>
> I work with FrameMaker 7.0 on Windows XP platform.
> In my document i would like to autonumber like this:
>
> 1.
> xxx xxx  xx 
>
> 2.
> xxx xxx  xx 
>
> My autonumber format contains ".", but how can i generate the line
> break.
> I tried \n and \r but that did not work.
>
> Can someone help..?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Egwin
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Conversion Table again : How to handle Root Element

[Lester C. Smalley]

Gyanesh, 

You need to have an additional rule in the conversion table to map the
individual paragraph-level elements into the root element, thusly
(columns 1 and 2 of a conversion table show for brevity):

Map this object   Into this element
---
ChapterName, Overview, Para  Chapter

That is, take the sequence of elements ChapterName followed by Overview
followed by Para and wrap them into a Chapter element.

The root element is not necessarily created automatically, and to depend
on the "RE:" (root element) entry in the conversion table may be
convenient but it is unfortunately not in any way a guarantee of correct
or complete structure in the converted file.  This is precisely the sort
of rules mapping elements into more complex structures to which I was
referring in my previous message on this:

"... but will not add the many additional and necessary rules to wrap
elements into more complex structures (such as the Procedure element in
the EDD provided)."

On Saturday, November 18, 2006 5:42 AM, Surbhi Singhal wrote:

-- Forwarded message --
From: Gyanesh Talwar 
Date: Nov 18, 2006 3:51 PM
Subject: Conversion Table again : How to handle Root Element
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com

Hi Framers,

Further to my mail on element ,  I've brought down my document
and 
EDD to three elements to zero-in on the problem and I believe it is
about 
Root Element not being handled.

In Frame 7.0:

EDD  Document

Chapter (Root Element)
 -ChapterNameChapterName
 -Overview   Overview
 -Para   Para

In the conversion table, all elements are mapped to the proper para
format except the root element (Chapter). Apparently, the root element
chapter is not being handled and in place of that  is appearing.
I can fix it by Re-Wrapping the elements in the document but am not able
to figure out how I can avoid this problem altogether.

I am aware that in Frame 7.2, this can be handled with RE: , which is
not working in 7.0.

Please suggest.

Gyanesh Talwar

"Bunbu Itchi"

- Lester
--- 
Lester C. Smalley  Email: lsmalley AT infocon DOT com
Information Consultants, Inc.  Phone: 302-239-2942 FAX: 302-239-1712
Yorklyn, DE  19736   Web: www.infocon.com 
---

Way Too Much Corruption

[Pinkham, Jim]

Thanks to all for thoughtful comments. Here's what else I can add:

1. Yes, the name.backup.fm files were also corrupt.
2. I'm running Windows XP SP-2 and FM 7.1.
3. The problems all appear to be on a network folder -- and affect FM,
Acrobat, Word, and Publisher files.
4. I was able to work on the FM files yesterday afternoon on my local
Desktop without issues.
5. After posting we learned the IT guys had been doing network stuff
over the weekend -- and that one of the network drives was damaged and
irreparable. 

We think the flawed drive is our culprit. IT is restoring our entire
working folder structure from tape. Here's hoping that does the trick.

Jim

P.S. -- And, yes, Richard, any corruption is too much :)

-Original Message-
From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 12:29 PM
To: Pinkham, Jim
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Way Too Much Corruption

The mass corruption bothers me a lot... it'd point to something
systemic, like a BIG voltage spike (had any lightning storms lately),
physical hard drive problems... something like that.

When you're saying the backups are corrupt too, you mean the
name.backup.fm file, or the backups of the entire project?

If they're clean, restoring your last system backups is the best thing
to do because you haven't changed anything in 6 weeks.

If you're saying you didn't back up your work and all the files involved
are corrupted... to the point they won't open, or some info inside is
twisted, or something else?

Art


On 11/20/06, Pinkham, Jim  wrote:
> I have a folder with three versions of a manual (in subfolders) 
> replete with conditional text, insets, and all the marvels of single 
> sourcing. I haven't worked on these files for about 6 weeks. This 
> morning all of them are coming up as corrupt, including the subfolders
and the backups.
> Any ideas what might be causing this and how to fix it? Your help is 
> much appreciated.
>
> Jim
> ___
>
-- 
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

Distiller job options

[Fred Ridder]

If you se the "Add Adobe PDF Settings" command that Rene mentions,
it doesn't matter where the original .joboptions file is actually located
as long as each user knows how to browse to it. I put our group's
standard customized .joboptions files on a network drive and instruct
each writer how to add those settings to their local Distiller setup.

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


>From: Rene Stephenson 
>To: "Aronsson, Martin" ,Tess Vaughan 
>, Framers at frameusers.com
>Subject: RE: Distiller job options
>Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:27:20 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hi Tess,
>
>   Martin is correct. However, after you put the .joboptions file in that 
>path, you then have to open Distiller, choose Settings > Add Adobe PDF 
>Settings, and then navigate to the .joboptions file, select it, and click 
>open. ;-)
>
>   HTH
>   Rene Stephenson
>
>"Aronsson, Martin"  wrote:
>   Hi Tess,
>
>Assuming you are running Windows 2000/XP, try putting the .joboptions in
>the following folder:
>C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Adobe PDF\Settings
>I think the above path is the actual path used by Distiller to locate
>the settings files.
>
>Regards,
>Martin
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From:
> > framers-bounces+martin.aronsson=sonyericsson.com at lists.frameus
> > ers.com
> > [mailto:framers-bounces+martin.aronsson=sonyericsson.com at lists
> > .frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tess Vaughan
> > Sent: torsdag den 9 november 2006 14:05
> > To: Framers at frameusers.com
> > Subject: Distiller job options
> >
> >
> > hi all,
> > I'm running FrameMaker 7.1 p116 and Acrobat Distiller 7
> > and Acrobat Pro 7.
> > FrameMaker does not allow me to set the corresponding PDF
> > Setup PDF job
> > option, i.e. there is no High Quality Print option
> > available. I created a
> > new job option in the \Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
> > 7.0\Distillr\Settingsfolder, but FrameMaker still does not
> > allow me to chose
> > this job option.
> > Also, I get an error when I click on Set in the PDF Setup
> > window: "job
> > option not available..."
> > Does anyone know how I can fix this problem? Do I have to
> > downgrade to
> > Acrobat Pro 6?
> > Thanks for your help
> > Tess
> > _
> >
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> > with your friends? Now you can.
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Quick Context-sensitive question

[Rene Stephenson]

In using WWP, I have found that if I put the same TopicAlias marker text in 
multiple places in the FM file, the help call doesn't know which one to show. I 
can use multiple keys to point to a single TopicAlias in a single place in the 
FM file, so that several screens call the same help topic. I guess what I'm 
saying is, the TopicAlias has to be a discreet instance in the FM source files. 
Pardon me if I'm stating the obvious.

  Rene Stephenson

Niels Fan?e  wrote:
  Hi,
You can point to the same topic from multiple places in the application. So one 
topic alias should suffice.

-Niels 

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[mailto:framers-bounces+nfa=maconomy...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ron 
Miller
Sent: 17. november 2006 17:25
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Subject: Quick Context-sensitive question

Frame 7.1
WebWorks Publisher 2003

I'm placing topic aliases in my documents so my client can generate 
context-sensitive help.

There are several topics, which need to point to the same help topic. In a case 
like this, do I just create the single topic alias, then have the programmers 
set it up to point to the same topic, or do I have to set up three separate 
topic aliases?

Thanks,
Ron

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Headings (con't) in FM 7.2?

[Bodvar Bjorgvinsson]

I would think that putting the heading into the header or footer would
be the usual thing here. At least it seems that the big ones
(companies) have not come up with a solution and some of them don't
even make use of FM's Table Continuation variable but rather stick to
the old typewriting concept!

Depending on your layout and construction, you _could_ add a new
header that would read a special paragraph tag or an element. This
could be done if your construction of the manual is very simple. For a
little more complex construction, you could add other master pages
with a similar header frame that would read a different header.
However it is easy to see instances where this might create problems.

So, I guess that my answer is not helping much. ;-)

Bodvar Bjorgvinsson

On 10/31/06, Gillespie, Terilyn  wrote:
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> I've searched and searched through archives, etc., looking for
> information on this and other than a few mentions several years ago, all
> saying it wasn't possible, have come up empty handed.  So, my question
> to you folks is:  is it possible to have a heading repeated at the top
> of a new page, with the actual words (continued), after the heading?
> And if so, how would I go about it?
>
>
>
> I'm thinking I may well have to settle for some running H/F magic to get
> a close approximation of what I'm after but was hoping for a simple
> Header 1 (con't) mechanism.  TIA.
>
>
>
> Terilyn Gillespie
>
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OT: Is Acrobat Professional 8 shipping?

[cs...@sympatico.ca]

My employer's supplier says that Acrobat Professional 8 is not shipping yet (as 
of 20 Nov). Is this true? I've had an order in since October.

I'm told I have to buy and install 7 and update it to 8 when that becomes 
available!

Regards...Chris

Headings (con't) in FM 7.2?

[Yves Barbion]

Indeed, I also think that a Running H/F is the best mechanism to do this.

This is how I do it:

1. I create a Left and Right master page with a separate background frame
for the Running Header/Footer.
2. The Running H/F looks like this:
<$paratext[parttitle,chaptertitle,sectiontitle,maptitle]>,
continued
Note: I use Information Mapping (IMAP) as a content model for this template,
hence the paratag . A "map" is a unit of information, and
corresponds more or less to a "topic". A "map" starts "Top of Page".
3. I create two dedicated master pages for maps: Right_maptitle and
Left_maptitle.
4. I "map" the paratag  to the master pages Right_maptitle and
Left_maptitle and use the "Apply Master Pages" mechanism.

If a "map" becomes longer than one page, I will automatically get the
default Left or Right page with the Running H/F.

Pro: Your text flow cannot become polluted with "Continued" paragraphs.
Con: You cannot use master page overrides because they will be removed when
you reapply the master pages.


Good luck and best regards
-- 
Yves Barbion
Technical Writer
Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor


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autonumbering with line break?

[Lynne A. Price]

Egwin,
   An autonumber cannot contain a line break. Is your document structured? 
If so, you can put a line break in a prefix.
 --Lynne


At 06:19 AM 11/8/2006, Egwin wrote:
>Hello Framers,
>
>I work with FrameMaker 7.0 on Windows XP platform.
>In my document i would like to autonumber like this:
>
>1.
>xxx xxx  xx 
>
>2.
>xxx xxx  xx 
>
>My autonumber format contains ".", but how can i generate the line
>break.
>I tried \n and \r but that did not work.
>
>Can someone help..?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Egwin
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OT: Is Acrobat Professional 8 shipping?

[Art Campbell]

I downloaded the eval of 8 and it's running. (Fine BTW; no problems at all.)

There were options to pay for it both on the page and when it boots,
which I've ignored so far. But I'll go ahead and upgrade after the
30-day period. So, yes, I think it's shipping at least in download
form -- maybe not in full boxed CD packages though.

Art

On 11/21/06, cseal at sympatico.ca  wrote:
> My employer's supplier says that Acrobat Professional 8 is not shipping yet 
> (as of 20 Nov). Is this true? I've had an order in since October.
>
> I'm told I have to buy and install 7 and update it to 8 when that becomes 
> available!
>
> Regards...Chris
>
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OT: Is Acrobat Professional 8 shipping?

[Syed Zaeem Hosain]

I just received my Upgrade disks from Amazon yesterday ... order
wa placed a few weeks ago.

Z

cseal at sympatico.ca wrote:
> My employer's supplier says that Acrobat Professional 8 is not shipping yet 
> (as of 20 Nov). Is this true? I've had an order in since October.
> 
> I'm told I have to buy and install 7 and update it to 8 when that becomes 
> available!
> 
> Regards...Chris
> 
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Intel Mac Findings

[David Creamer]

FileMaker 8.5 is Intel native. Other major programs include QuarkXPress 7
and Acrobat 8.

As mentioned, you will have to wait for CS3 for Intel native apps for the
rest or the Adobe suite. I believe it will be around April or May.

If you don't like rebooting to run FrameMaker, take a look at Parallels. It
is not as fast as running Bootcamp, but Frame is not a "bulky" program
anyway, so it still runs quickly.

I did some quick speed tests with Photoshop at:


David Creamer
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List of unused User Variables?

[Martinek, Carla]

ToolBox from Systec will delete unused variables.

http://www.systec-gmbh.com/en/sites/toolbox.php

Download the installer, and then do not select any of the modules to
install.  What installs at that point is the "free" utilities, which
include the option to delete unused:

- Paragraph Formats
- Character Formats
- User-Defined Variables
- Cross-Reference Formats
- Table Formats
- Color Definitions

You can delete them one type of format at a time, or delete all unused
of all formats.  It's a very handy tool.  The paid modules also have
some very useful tools.

Chris D. (CudSpan) also has a tool for deleting unused Conditional Text
formats (PGF_Whopper).  

http://www.telecable.es/personales/cud/cssIndex.htm

Chris -- if you're out there, can you contact me?  I have a
question/offer for you re: an update to PGF_Whopper.  I sent you an
email to your telecable.es email, but not sure if that's still active.
If anyone else has Chris' email and it's different from the telecable.es
one, can you ask him to contact me offlist?  

-Carla



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Subject: List of unused User Variables?

Hi, 

  FrameMaker 7.0 with Windows XP.

  Is it possible to know which already created User Variables are not
used in a document, other than by trial and error method of deleting
them?

  Thanks
  Radha

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List of unused User Variables?

[John Posada]

I cannot speak highly enough about Leximation's BookVars plugin for
managing variables. Our whole department of 10+ writers has
integratged it into our base documentation process.

Not only will it remove unused variables, but will allow you to
deploy new variables and rename variable names or definitions in
batch mode.

We have a couple of hundred variables. Managing them is now a push of
a button. If anyone has questions, feel free to contact me off-list.

> ToolBox from Systec will delete unused variables.
> 
> http://www.systec-gmbh.com/en/sites/toolbox.php
> 


John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never 
actually known what the question is."

Simplified English (ASD-STE100)

[bryan johnson]

Steve,

Be sure to check out Maxit from Smart Communications. John Smart's
a great guy who's extremely knowledgeable and I'm sure will take the
time to help you with your Simplified English needs.

http://www.smartny.com/

Best of luck,

Bryan

>>> "Andrew Warren"  11/21/06 2:38 AM >>>
Steve Cavanaugh wrote:

> Is anyone here attempting to write Simplified English, and if so,
what
> tools are you using?  I hate to spend $3K on an integrated
tool
> without being able to test it first 

Steve:

As far as I know, both Boeing and Tedopres will let you evaluate
their ASD-STE100 checkers before buying... Or, at the very least,
will send someone over to demo it in person.  Have you contacted
them?

-Andrew

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autonumbering with line break?

[Scott Prentice]

Actually .. one way I've seen this done is to use a tab followed by a 
space (the space is important) at the end of your autonumber string, 
then change the tab position for that paragraph style to be the width of 
your text frame. This forces it to wrap with minimal problems.

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892



Rick Quatro wrote:
> Hi Egwin,
>
> You can't use these building blocks in an autonumber to get the effect 
> that you want. You can use a bunch of spaces at the end of the 
> autonumber to force the text to the next line, but that may have 
> side-effects that you don't want. Or, you can use two separate 
> paragraphs.
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com
>
>
>> Hello Framers,
>>
>> I work with FrameMaker 7.0 on Windows XP platform.
>> In my document i would like to autonumber like this:
>>
>> 1.
>> xxx xxx  xx 
>>
>> 2.
>> xxx xxx  xx 
>>
>> My autonumber format contains ".", but how can i generate the line
>> break.
>> I tried \n and \r but that did not work.
>>
>> Can someone help..?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Egwin
>> ___
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>

Is Acrobat Professional 8 shipping?

[Dov Isaacs]

Acrobat 8 has been shipping for at least a week.
At this point, I wouldn't knowingly buy Acrobat 7.

- Dov 

> -Original Message-
> From: cseal at sympatico.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 6:44 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: OT: Is Acrobat Professional 8 shipping?
> 
> My employer's supplier says that Acrobat Professional 8 is 
> not shipping yet (as of 20 Nov). Is this true? I've had an 
> order in since October.
> 
> I'm told I have to buy and install 7 and update it to 8 when 
> that becomes available!
> 
> Regards...Chris

Simplified English (ASD-STE100)

[ri...@inficon.com]

Steve,

Are you a member of the Simplified English list? Your question might be 
better answered there. Check out::

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/simplified-english.html

Regards,
Richard

Where is ?

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Hedley,

Brad posted to the list this morning and said he would have it up soon.

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

Firefox (where do they get these names?) and Internet Explorer v. 7 are
just showing a blank page for , not even the
"Site under reconstruction" message.  What gives?  Or have I been
transported to an alternative universe where it no longer exists?
--
Hedley Finger
Training Content Developer and Tools Specialist
MYOB Australia Pty Ltd 
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
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List of unused User Variables?

[Diane Gaskill]

John,

What are trhe differences between the BookVars plugin and the EZVars plug in 
that I have had for years?  Is there a spec somewhere that I can look at?

Thanks,

Diane

>
>John Posada wrote:
>> I cannot speak highly enough about Leximation's BookVars plugin for
>> managing variables. Our whole department of 10+ writers has
>> integratged it into our base documentation process.
>
>Same here! I bought a copy of this pretty much immediately after evaluating
>it, and use it all the time.
>
>Z
>
>> Not only will it remove unused variables, but will allow you to
>> deploy new variables and rename variable names or definitions in
>> batch mode.

Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in component file

[Carol J. Elkins]

Headley, I use Silicon Prairie Software's MasterPage Tools to do 
this. I'm really pleased with their product.

http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/

Carol

On 11/21/2006 6:04:58 PM, hedley.finger at myob.com wrote:
 > Is there some way to do this automagically?  Or do I have to write a
 > FrameScript event routine to check all component files in a book and
 > apply/remove the last custom page on Update Book or whatever.  

List of unused User Variables?

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Diane...

Information is available at the following URL ..

http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php

Use the 30-day trial to see if it does what you need.

Thanks,

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892



Diane Gaskill wrote:
> John,
>
> What are trhe differences between the BookVars plugin and the EZVars plug in 
> that I have had for years?  Is there a spec somewhere that I can look at?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Diane
>
>   
>> John Posada wrote:
>> 
>>> I cannot speak highly enough about Leximation's BookVars plugin for
>>> managing variables. Our whole department of 10+ writers has
>>> integratged it into our base documentation process.
>>>   
>> Same here! I bought a copy of this pretty much immediately after evaluating
>> it, and use it all the time.
>>
>> Z
>>
>> 
>>> Not only will it remove unused variables, but will allow you to
>>> deploy new variables and rename variable names or definitions in
>>> batch mode.
>>>   
>
>
>
>
>
>