OT: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver instance?

[Yves Barbion]

Hello FrameUsers,

I had the following situation:

  1. I have Acrobat 6 Professional up and running (with some nice
  Enfocus plug-ins).
  2. I want to give Acrobat 8 Professional a try, so I download and
  install it.
  3. During the installation, I get a warning telling me that another
  version of Acrobat is already installed on my pc. Indeed, version 6. I don't
  want to remove it, so I click the Ignore button.
  4. I play around with Acrobat 8 and discover the VERY nice review
  features.
  5. Next, I try to create a new PDF file (from FrameMaker) but I get a
  warning telling me that I have to activate Acrobat 8 first. Hmmm!
  6. I check my Adobe PDF printer driver instance and see that it has
  been overwritten by Acrobat 8. Is this correct?
  7. I do want to upgrade to Acrobat 8, but later, so I still need to be
  able to create PDF files for my daily production work.
  8. I take a chance and reinstall Acrobat 6 (Repair). Towards the end
  of the installation procedure, I see that a new Adobe PDF printer driver
  instance is being created.
  9. I check the Adobe PDF printer driver instance and reconfigure its
  properties, taking into account Dov Isaacs' very helpful recommendations.
  10. Everything works fine again.

So this worked for me to have two versions of Acrobat next to each other
on the same pc, but I understand that playing around with the Adobe PDF
printer instance can be tricky business. Or is there a better (safer) way to
do this, apart from installing these trial versions on a dedicated trial
pc, which you don't use for production work?


Best regards


--
Yves Barbion
Documentation Architect
Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor

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RE: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver instance?

[Dov Isaacs]

As I have written on this list and others, Acrobat is not
designed such that you may have parallel installation of
multiple versions of Acrobat and or mixed installations of
Acrobat and Reader on the same system while still allowing
for full functionality of all such versions. In addition,
you may find various types of crashes and anomalies.

The proper way to handle a test of Acrobat 8 (for example)
when you currently have Acrobat 6 installed would be to
totally uninstall Acrobat 6, reboot, and install Acrobat 8.
If and when you wish to go back to Acrobat 6, totally
uninstall Acrobat 8, reboot, and fully reinstall Acrobat 6.

No, I don't think this is ideal or even good. But that's
how it works, whether you or I like it or not!  :-(

- Dov 




From: Yves Barbion
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:51 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: OT: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver
instance?



Hello FrameUsers,

I had the following situation:

   1. I have Acrobat 6 Professional up and running (with some
nice
   Enfocus plug-ins).
   2. I want to give Acrobat 8 Professional a try, so I download
and
   install it.
   3. During the installation, I get a warning telling me that
another
   version of Acrobat is already installed on my pc. Indeed,
version 6. I don't
   want to remove it, so I click the Ignore button.
   4. I play around with Acrobat 8 and discover the VERY nice
review
   features.
   5. Next, I try to create a new PDF file (from FrameMaker) but
I get a
   warning telling me that I have to activate Acrobat 8 first.
Hmmm!
   6. I check my Adobe PDF printer driver instance and see that
it has
   been overwritten by Acrobat 8. Is this correct?
   7. I do want to upgrade to Acrobat 8, but later, so I still
need to be
   able to create PDF files for my daily production work.
   8. I take a chance and reinstall Acrobat 6 (Repair). Towards
the end
   of the installation procedure, I see that a new Adobe PDF
printer driver
   instance is being created.
   9. I check the Adobe PDF printer driver instance and
reconfigure its
   properties, taking into account Dov Isaacs' very helpful
recommendations.
   10. Everything works fine again.

So this worked for me to have two versions of Acrobat next to
each other
on the same pc, but I understand that playing around with the
Adobe PDF
printer instance can be tricky business. Or is there a better
(safer) way to
do this, apart from installing these trial versions on a
dedicated trial
pc, which you don't use for production work?


Best regards


--
Yves Barbion


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RE: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver instance?

[Greg Thompson]

  How can you stop Acrobat from sending you those messages announcing there is
  an upgrade available? I have inadverdently installed it without thinking and
  then had registration problems similar to the ones described below
  Greg Thompson
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From: Dov Isaacs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Yves Barbion [EMAIL PROTECTED],
framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver instance?
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 07:48:03 -0800
As I have written on this list and others, Acrobat is not
designed such that you may have parallel installation of
multiple versions of Acrobat and or mixed installations of
Acrobat and Reader on the same system while still allowing
for full functionality of all such versions. In addition,
you may find various types of crashes and anomalies.

The proper way to handle a test of Acrobat 8 (for example)
when you currently have Acrobat 6 installed would be to
totally uninstall Acrobat 6, reboot, and install Acrobat 8.
If and when you wish to go back to Acrobat 6, totally
uninstall Acrobat 8, reboot, and fully reinstall Acrobat 6.

No, I don't think this is ideal or even good. But that's
how it works, whether you or I like it or not! :-(

 - Dov




 From: Yves Barbion
 Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:51 AM
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Subject: OT: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver
instance?



 Hello FrameUsers,

 I had the following situation:

 1. I have Acrobat 6 Professional up and running (with some
nice
 Enfocus plug-ins).
 2. I want to give Acrobat 8 Professional a try, so I download
and
 install it.
 3. During the installation, I get a warning telling me that
another
 version of Acrobat is already installed on my pc. Indeed,
version 6. I don't
 want to remove it, so I click the Ignore button.
 4. I play around with Acrobat 8 and discover the VERY nice
review
 features.
 5. Next, I try to create a new PDF file (from FrameMaker) but
I get a
 warning telling me that I have to activate Acrobat 8 first.
Hmmm!
 6. I check my Adobe PDF printer driver instance and see that
it has
 been overwritten by Acrobat 8. Is this correct?
 7. I do want to upgrade to Acrobat 8, but later, so I still
need to be
 able to create PDF files for my daily production work.
 8. I take a chance and reinstall Acrobat 6 (Repair). Towards
the end
 of the installation procedure, I see that a new Adobe PDF
printer driver
 instance is being created.
 9. I check the Adobe PDF printer driver instance and
reconfigure its
 properties, taking into account Dov Isaacs' very helpful
recommendations.
 10. Everything works fine again.

 So this worked for me to have two versions of Acrobat next to
each other
 on the same pc, but I understand that playing around with the
Adobe PDF
 printer instance can be tricky business. Or is there a better
(safer) way to
 do this, apart from installing these trial versions on a
dedicated trial
 pc, which you don't use for production work?


 Best regards


 --
 Yves Barbion


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Missing fonts message

[Van Boening, Tammy]

All,

I had this information saved once before from the list, but can find it
now. When I open several documents received from an outside source, I
get a missing font message. That's fine - I know what to do to get rid
of the message, but what I really would like to do is find these errant
fonts in the document themselves and replace them with the proper fonts.
I remember something back in the fuzzy recesses of my aging memory about
saving to .mif and searching, but. . .am I really off-base or ???

TIA,

TVB

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Archive Plug-In

[Judie Vegh]

In the past month, we have used the Archive Plug-In as a means of
gathering all files in one folder and leaving out any old, unused files
for maintenance purposes. 

 

The Archive Plug-In leaves behind a log file that states any errors that
might have occurred during the archiving process. 

 

I received the following error: WARNING: OLE2 object found.  Archive
cannot copy or fix reference.

 

Has anyone received this or knows how to fix it? 

 

Thanks, 

 

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Re: Missing fonts message

[Steve Rickaby]

At 09:03 -0700 8/2/07, Van Boening, Tammy wrote:

I had this information saved once before from the list, but can find it now. 
When I open several documents received from an outside source, I get a missing 
font message. That's fine - I know what to do to get rid of the message, but 
what I really would like to do is find these errant fonts in the document 
themselves and replace them with the proper fonts. I remember something back 
in the fuzzy recesses of my aging memory about saving to .mif and searching, 
but. . .am I really off-base or ???

Tammy... I'm unsure about your use of the term 'correct' here. If the fonts are 
missing, the document requires them, so the simplest way to avoid the issue is 
to get hold of the fonts it uses and install them.

Failing that, you can take several approaches:

. You can tell FrameMaker to alias fonts in the maker.ini file. This makes it, 
say, treat every request for Helvetica as a request for Arial. The 'correct' 
font identities remain coded into the source files. This process is described 
in one of the online guides, I think the multiple platforms one.

. You can use the Find dialog to search for instances of the missing fonts. The 
missing font family is still selectable in the character style options dialog 
of the find dialog, it's just grayed out. When you find the errant paragraph, 
character or table tags, you can redefine the tag to use a font you already 
have (although the identity of the original font is then lost). Don't forget to 
search on master and reference pages too: in my case an interminably persistent 
instance of Arial turned out to be the A-line text used to label graphical 
objects on a reference page, i.e. something that had absolutely no relevance to 
the printed output from the document!

. If, once you have done all of the above, you are still getting missing font 
messages, you can save the errant file to MIF and use a text editor to search 
for font instances. The online MIF reference guide, or your own inspection, 
will tell you which tags to search for. FrameMaker has a talent for ferreting 
font ids away in really obscure places, such as parts of a table style that you 
never use.

. The absolute bottom line, when you've done the above, is to open and re-save 
the documents with 'Remember missing fonts' unchecked in FrameMaker's 
preferences. This causes FrameMaker to forget the fonts and use its own 
substitutions. If the missing font messages are coming from tags you never use, 
this probably won't matter. Sometimes its the only way to make FrameMaker shut 
up.

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Numbering Problem

[MATT TODD]

Using FM 7.0, Windows.

I am writing a manual with three chapters, three appendices, and several
graphics. All of the graphics are chapter specific numbered - Chapter 1
graphics are numbered 1-1, 1-2, etc., Appendix A graphics are numbered
A-1, A-2, etc.

One of the graphics in Chapter 2 resides in a table footnote. FM does
not recognize the numbering of this graphic. In the chapter document, it
numbers the graphics as if that particular graphic did not exist.

However, when I generate a List of Figures for the book, FM places the
graphic in its proper location, but without numbering. It looks like
this:

Figure 2-8 Perfectly Fine Graphic   2-10
Troublesome Graphic 2-11
Figure 2-10 Another Fine Graphic2-15

Any ideas how to cure this dyspepsia?

Matt

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RE: Archive Plug-In

[Combs, Richard]

Judie Vegh wrote:
 
 The Archive Plug-In leaves behind a log file that states any 
 errors that might have occurred during the archiving process. 
 
  
 
 I received the following error: WARNING: OLE2 object found.  
 Archive cannot copy or fix reference.
 
  
 
 Has anyone received this or knows how to fix it? 

OLE2 is Microsoft's 2nd-generation Object Linking and Embedding feature.
The message means that one of your files contains an imported object.
That is, instead of using File  Import  File to insert something,
someone used File  Import  Object. People often do this with Visio
drawings because FM can't import a Visio file. 

OLE2 is pretty stable -- much more so than OLE was -- but it adds a lot
of overhead for the minor convenience of in-place editing. Archive can't
deal with an OLE link, I suppose, because it's not really a link to a
file that can be relocated, it's a link to the application responsible
for the object -- Visio, Excel, or whatever.

To fix this, located the imported object and replace it with an imported
file. If it's a Visio object, I recommend creating a PDF of it in Visio
and importing the PDF into FM (by reference, of course).

HTH!
Richard


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RE: Numbering Problem

[Combs, Richard]

MATT TODD wrote: 
 
 One of the graphics in Chapter 2 resides in a table footnote. 
 FM does not recognize the numbering of this graphic. In the 
 chapter document, it numbers the graphics as if that 
 particular graphic did not exist.
 
 However, when I generate a List of Figures for the book, FM 
 places the graphic in its proper location, but without 
 numbering. It looks like
 this:
 
 Figure 2-8 Perfectly Fine Graphic 2-10
 Troublesome Graphic   2-11
 Figure 2-10 Another Fine Graphic  2-15
 
 Any ideas how to cure this dyspepsia?

Yes. Don't put figures in footnotes! That's a simply terrible idea. Bad,
bad, bad, bad!

IMHO, of course. :-)

Richard 


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Re: Numbering Problem

[Art Campbell]

In addition to verifying that the problem is the placement of the
graphic -- never in a footnote -- I think the problem is caused by the
footnote being in a separate flow than the rest of the numbering is
(because it's in a footnote).

Best solution is to display it properly, or add the numbering by hand
at your final production stage.

Art

On 2/8/07, MATT TODD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Using FM 7.0, Windows.

I am writing a manual with three chapters, three appendices, and several
graphics. All of the graphics are chapter specific numbered - Chapter 1
graphics are numbered 1-1, 1-2, etc., Appendix A graphics are numbered
A-1, A-2, etc.

One of the graphics in Chapter 2 resides in a table footnote. FM does
not recognize the numbering of this graphic. In the chapter document, it
numbers the graphics as if that particular graphic did not exist.

However, when I generate a List of Figures for the book, FM places the
graphic in its proper location, but without numbering. It looks like
this:

Figure 2-8 Perfectly Fine Graphic   2-10
Troublesome Graphic 2-11
Figure 2-10 Another Fine Graphic2-15

Any ideas how to cure this dyspepsia?

Matt

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Re: Missing fonts message

[Mike Wickham]

what I really would like to do is find these errant fonts in the document
themselves and replace them with the proper fonts.


If you mean actually finding the spots where they reside, will generating a 
List of References for fonts do it for you? It lists each font, followed by 
hyperlinks to each place where they exist.


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Expanding text in Framemaker

[sulbha bahl]

Hi,
I'm thinking about using expandable text in Framemaker. I have Goggled
and found that other tools can do it, but nothing with FM. Has any one
ever tried it? 

I am creating the chm using Mif2Go and also generating PDF output. Would
expanding text work with CHMS and PDFs?
http://www.indoition.com/en/007.html states Mif2Go has no built-in
support for some advanced online-help features such as expandable
sections.

All replies appreciated,
Sulbha.
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Re: urgent help needed!

[Stuart Rogers]

bryan johnson wrote:

I have a Frame 7.0 doc that appears to be locked? I can open in frame
but can't edit...none of the normal dropdown menus appear.

this file was part of an archived book (winzip). I need to make 
changes (due today) and the bugger won't let me! All the rest of the 
files open fine.


I know i'm doing something stupid, but just don't have the time to 
figure it out on my own. So, tossing ego aside, I'm begging for your 
speedy assistance!


anyone seen this or know how to unlock  the doc?



Try Esc F l k

(l = lower case L)

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multiple clipboards and find/replace

[Graeme Forbes]

The recent discussion of paste special and clipboards managers 
reminds me to ask a question that can't be too burning for me (or I'd 
have asked it a while ago) --


Is there a multiple clipboard utility for FrameMaker that integrates 
with Find/Change (on the Mac)?


One of the deficiencies of FM's Find/Change is that you can't search 
for a text string with specific attributes (font size, weight, etc.) 
and replace some or all occurrences of that string with another that 
has different specific attributes. At best you can search for 
occurrences of the FindString and change them to GarbageText (say 
$#%@@!) then search for GarbageText and Replace with the desired 
ChangeString. Two clipboards would avoid the need for the two-step 
process if FM could see them both for Find/TextFormat in Clipboard1 
and Change/By Pasting from Clipboard2.


Graeme Forbes
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Re: urgent help needed!

[bryan johnson]

A, darn case sensitivity! that was it!!

Thank you Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 

I'm getting loopy from deadline pressure! :-)

Bryan K. Johnson
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(937) 440-2606

 Stuart Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/08/07 2:40 PM 
bryan johnson wrote:
 I have a Frame 7.0 doc that appears to be locked? I can open in frame
 but can't edit...none of the normal dropdown menus appear.
 
 this file was part of an archived book (winzip). I need to make 
 changes (due today) and the bugger won't let me! All the rest of the 
 files open fine.
 
 I know i'm doing something stupid, but just don't have the time to 
 figure it out on my own. So, tossing ego aside, I'm begging for your 
 speedy assistance!
 
 anyone seen this or know how to unlock  the doc?
 

Try Esc F l k

(l = lower case L)

HTH,

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Toronto, ON, Canada
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Re: Expanding text in Framemaker

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:15:00 -0500, sulbha bahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I am creating the chm using Mif2Go and also generating PDF output. Would
expanding text work with CHMS and PDFs?

It does for CHMs (and any other HTML-based Help).  I don't know
about PDFs; check http://www.microtype.com for the best info
around on those.

http://www.indoition.com/en/007.html states Mif2Go has no built-in
support for some advanced online-help features such as expandable
sections.

The key word there is built-in.  The HTML Help Workshop help
file explains how to add the required HTML and JS code for
expanding sections.  Mif2Go then lets you automate the insertion 
of such code, but the generation of the code is not automatic.

For example, suppose you want to have a link:
  Click for more.
which displays this text:
  Here is a more detailed explanation.

One way would be to put in the above text in Frame with the first
paragraph format ClickLink and the second ClickText.  Then in
mif2htm.ini you'd put macros containing the required HTML code
for each paragraph type.  Or if your link text was always the same,
you could include that in the macro too, and just have the text
for the expanded part in Frame.  Or use a button.  This is why
we don't provide a canned method (and why Microsoft doesn't 
either); this is best designed to fit your specific needs.

HTH!

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Structured Frame contractor/trainer in Japan

[Mollye Barrett]

   One of our Japanese clients needs a Structured Frame contractorsite in 
Japan. Is there anyone on 
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OT: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver instance?

[Yves Barbion]

Hello FrameUsers,

I had the following situation:

   1. I have Acrobat 6 Professional up and running (with some nice
   Enfocus plug-ins).
   2. I want to give Acrobat 8 Professional a try, so I download and
   install it.
   3. During the installation, I get a warning telling me that another
   version of Acrobat is already installed on my pc. Indeed, version 6. I don't
   want to remove it, so I click the Ignore button.
   4. I play around with Acrobat 8 and discover the VERY nice review
   features.
   5. Next, I try to create a new PDF file (from FrameMaker) but I get a
   warning telling me that I have to activate Acrobat 8 first. Hmmm!
   6. I check my Adobe PDF printer driver instance and see that it has
   been overwritten by Acrobat 8. Is this correct?
   7. I do want to upgrade to Acrobat 8, but later, so I still need to be
   able to create PDF files for my daily production work.
   8. I take a chance and reinstall Acrobat 6 (Repair). Towards the end
   of the installation procedure, I see that a new Adobe PDF printer driver
   instance is being created.
   9. I check the Adobe PDF printer driver instance and reconfigure its
   properties, taking into account Dov Isaacs' very helpful recommendations.
   10. Everything works fine again.

So this worked for me to have two versions of Acrobat "next to each other"
on the same pc, but I understand that playing around with the Adobe PDF
printer instance can be tricky business. Or is there a better (safer) way to
do this, apart from installing these trial versions on a dedicated "trial
pc", which you don't use for production work?


Best regards


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Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver instance?

[Dov Isaacs]

As I have written on this list and others, Acrobat is not
designed such that you may have parallel installation of
multiple versions of Acrobat and or mixed installations of
Acrobat and Reader on the same system while still allowing
for full functionality of all such versions. In addition,
you may find various types of crashes and anomalies.

The proper way to handle a "test" of Acrobat 8 (for example)
when you currently have Acrobat 6 installed would be to
totally uninstall Acrobat 6, reboot, and install Acrobat 8.
If and when you wish to go "back" to Acrobat 6, totally
uninstall Acrobat 8, reboot, and fully reinstall Acrobat 6.

No, I don't think this is ideal or even good. But that's
how it works, whether you or I like it or not!  :-(

- Dov 




From: Yves Barbion
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:51 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: OT: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver
instance?



Hello FrameUsers,

I had the following situation:

   1. I have Acrobat 6 Professional up and running (with some
nice
   Enfocus plug-ins).
   2. I want to give Acrobat 8 Professional a try, so I download
and
   install it.
   3. During the installation, I get a warning telling me that
another
   version of Acrobat is already installed on my pc. Indeed,
version 6. I don't
   want to remove it, so I click the Ignore button.
   4. I play around with Acrobat 8 and discover the VERY nice
review
   features.
   5. Next, I try to create a new PDF file (from FrameMaker) but
I get a
   warning telling me that I have to activate Acrobat 8 first.
Hmmm!
   6. I check my Adobe PDF printer driver instance and see that
it has
   been overwritten by Acrobat 8. Is this correct?
   7. I do want to upgrade to Acrobat 8, but later, so I still
need to be
   able to create PDF files for my daily production work.
   8. I take a chance and reinstall Acrobat 6 (Repair). Towards
the end
   of the installation procedure, I see that a new Adobe PDF
printer driver
   instance is being created.
   9. I check the Adobe PDF printer driver instance and
reconfigure its
   properties, taking into account Dov Isaacs' very helpful
recommendations.
   10. Everything works fine again.

So this worked for me to have two versions of Acrobat "next to
each other"
on the same pc, but I understand that playing around with the
Adobe PDF
printer instance can be tricky business. Or is there a better
(safer) way to
do this, apart from installing these trial versions on a
dedicated "trial
pc", which you don't use for production work?


Best regards


--
Yves Barbion

Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver instance?

[Greg Thompson]

   How can you stop Acrobat from sending you those messages announcing there is
   an upgrade available? I have inadverdently installed it without thinking and
   then had registration problems similar to the ones described below
   Greg Thompson
   __

 From: "Dov Isaacs" 
 To: "Yves Barbion" ,
 
 Subject: RE: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver instance?
 Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 07:48:03 -0800
 >As I have written on this list and others, Acrobat is not
 >designed such that you may have parallel installation of
 >multiple versions of Acrobat and or mixed installations of
 >Acrobat and Reader on the same system while still allowing
 >for full functionality of all such versions. In addition,
 >you may find various types of crashes and anomalies.
 >
 >The proper way to handle a "test" of Acrobat 8 (for example)
 >when you currently have Acrobat 6 installed would be to
 >totally uninstall Acrobat 6, reboot, and install Acrobat 8.
 >If and when you wish to go "back" to Acrobat 6, totally
 >uninstall Acrobat 8, reboot, and fully reinstall Acrobat 6.
 >
 >No, I don't think this is ideal or even good. But that's
 >how it works, whether you or I like it or not! :-(
 >
 > - Dov
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > From: Yves Barbion
 > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:51 AM
 > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
 > Subject: OT: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver
 >instance?
 >
 >
 >
 > Hello FrameUsers,
 >
 > I had the following situation:
 >
 > 1. I have Acrobat 6 Professional up and running (with some
 >nice
 > Enfocus plug-ins).
 > 2. I want to give Acrobat 8 Professional a try, so I download
 >and
 > install it.
 > 3. During the installation, I get a warning telling me that
 >another
 > version of Acrobat is already installed on my pc. Indeed,
 >version 6. I don't
 > want to remove it, so I click the Ignore button.
 > 4. I play around with Acrobat 8 and discover the VERY nice
 >review
 > features.
 > 5. Next, I try to create a new PDF file (from FrameMaker) but
 >I get a
 > warning telling me that I have to activate Acrobat 8 first.
 >Hmmm!
 > 6. I check my Adobe PDF printer driver instance and see that
 >it has
 > been overwritten by Acrobat 8. Is this correct?
 > 7. I do want to upgrade to Acrobat 8, but later, so I still
 >need to be
 > able to create PDF files for my daily production work.
 > 8. I take a chance and reinstall Acrobat 6 (Repair). Towards
 >the end
 > of the installation procedure, I see that a new Adobe PDF
 >printer driver
 > instance is being created.
 > 9. I check the Adobe PDF printer driver instance and
 >reconfigure its
 > properties, taking into account Dov Isaacs' very helpful
 >recommendations.
 > 10. Everything works fine again.
 >
 > So this worked for me to have two versions of Acrobat "next to
 >each other"
 > on the same pc, but I understand that playing around with the
 >Adobe PDF
 > printer instance can be tricky business. Or is there a better
 >(safer) way to
 > do this, apart from installing these trial versions on a
 >dedicated "trial
 > pc", which you don't use for production work?
 >
 >
 > Best regards
 >
 >
 > --
 > Yves Barbion
 >
 >
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Missing fonts message

[Van Boening, Tammy]

All,

I had this information saved once before from the list, but can find it
now. When I open several documents received from an outside source, I
get a missing font message. That's fine - I know what to do to get rid
of the message, but what I really would like to do is find these errant
fonts in the document themselves and replace them with the proper fonts.
I remember something back in the fuzzy recesses of my aging memory about
saving to .mif and searching, but. . .am I really off-base or ???

TIA,

TVB

Tammy L. Van Boening
Engineering Technical Writer
Fiserv Insurance Solutions 
Property and Casualty Division
303-729-7733
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Archive Plug-In

[Judie Vegh]

In the past month, we have used the Archive Plug-In as a means of
gathering all files in one folder and leaving out any old, unused files
for maintenance purposes. 



The Archive Plug-In leaves behind a log file that states any errors that
might have occurred during the archiving process. 



I received the following error: WARNING: OLE2 object found.  Archive
cannot copy or fix reference.



Has anyone received this or knows how to fix it? 



Thanks, 



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Missing fonts message

[Steve Rickaby]

At 09:03 -0700 8/2/07, Van Boening, Tammy wrote:

>I had this information saved once before from the list, but can find it now. 
>When I open several documents received from an outside source, I get a missing 
>font message. That's fine - I know what to do to get rid of the message, but 
>what I really would like to do is find these errant fonts in the document 
>themselves and replace them with the proper fonts. I remember something back 
>in the fuzzy recesses of my aging memory about saving to .mif and searching, 
>but. . .am I really off-base or ???

Tammy... I'm unsure about your use of the term 'correct' here. If the fonts are 
missing, the document requires them, so the simplest way to avoid the issue is 
to get hold of the fonts it uses and install them.

Failing that, you can take several approaches:

. You can tell FrameMaker to alias fonts in the maker.ini file. This makes it, 
say, treat every request for Helvetica as a request for Arial. The 'correct' 
font identities remain coded into the source files. This process is described 
in one of the online guides, I think the multiple platforms one.

. You can use the Find dialog to search for instances of the missing fonts. The 
missing font family is still selectable in the character style options dialog 
of the find dialog, it's just grayed out. When you find the errant paragraph, 
character or table tags, you can redefine the tag to use a font you already 
have (although the identity of the original font is then lost). Don't forget to 
search on master and reference pages too: in my case an interminably persistent 
instance of Arial turned out to be the A-line text used to label graphical 
objects on a reference page, i.e. something that had absolutely no relevance to 
the printed output from the document!

. If, once you have done all of the above, you are still getting missing font 
messages, you can save the errant file to MIF and use a text editor to search 
for font instances. The online MIF reference guide, or your own inspection, 
will tell you which tags to search for. FrameMaker has a talent for ferreting 
font ids away in really obscure places, such as parts of a table style that you 
never use.

. The absolute bottom line, when you've done the above, is to open and re-save 
the documents with 'Remember missing fonts' unchecked in FrameMaker's 
preferences. This causes FrameMaker to forget the fonts and use its own 
substitutions. If the missing font messages are coming from tags you never use, 
this probably won't matter. Sometimes its the only way to make FrameMaker shut 
up.

-- 
Steve

Numbering Problem

[MATT TODD]

Using FM 7.0, Windows.

I am writing a manual with three chapters, three appendices, and several
graphics. All of the graphics are chapter specific numbered - Chapter 1
graphics are numbered 1-1, 1-2, etc., Appendix A graphics are numbered
A-1, A-2, etc.

One of the graphics in Chapter 2 resides in a table footnote. FM does
not recognize the numbering of this graphic. In the chapter document, it
numbers the graphics as if that particular graphic did not exist.

However, when I generate a List of Figures for the book, FM places the
graphic in its proper location, but without numbering. It looks like
this:

Figure 2-8 Perfectly Fine Graphic   2-10
Troublesome Graphic 2-11
Figure 2-10 Another Fine Graphic2-15

Any ideas how to cure this dyspepsia?

Matt

Archive Plug-In

[Combs, Richard]

Judie Vegh wrote:

> The Archive Plug-In leaves behind a log file that states any 
> errors that might have occurred during the archiving process. 
> 
>  
> 
> I received the following error: WARNING: OLE2 object found.  
> Archive cannot copy or fix reference.
> 
>  
> 
> Has anyone received this or knows how to fix it? 

OLE2 is Microsoft's 2nd-generation Object Linking and Embedding feature.
The message means that one of your files contains an imported object.
That is, instead of using File > Import > File to insert something,
someone used File > Import > Object. People often do this with Visio
drawings because FM can't import a Visio file. 

OLE2 is pretty stable -- much more so than OLE was -- but it adds a lot
of overhead for the minor convenience of in-place editing. Archive can't
deal with an OLE link, I suppose, because it's not really a link to a
file that can be relocated, it's a link to the application responsible
for the object -- Visio, Excel, or whatever.

To fix this, located the imported object and replace it with an imported
file. If it's a Visio object, I recommend creating a PDF of it in Visio
and importing the PDF into FM (by reference, of course).

HTH!
Richard


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Numbering Problem

[Combs, Richard]

MATT TODD wrote: 

> One of the graphics in Chapter 2 resides in a table footnote. 
> FM does not recognize the numbering of this graphic. In the 
> chapter document, it numbers the graphics as if that 
> particular graphic did not exist.
> 
> However, when I generate a List of Figures for the book, FM 
> places the graphic in its proper location, but without 
> numbering. It looks like
> this:
> 
> Figure 2-8 Perfectly Fine Graphic 2-10
> Troublesome Graphic   2-11
> Figure 2-10 Another Fine Graphic  2-15
> 
> Any ideas how to cure this dyspepsia?

Yes. Don't put figures in footnotes! That's a simply terrible idea. Bad,
bad, bad, bad!

IMHO, of course. :-)

Richard 


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Numbering Problem

[Art Campbell]

In addition to verifying that the problem is the placement of the
graphic -- never in a footnote -- I think the problem is caused by the
footnote being in a separate flow than the rest of the numbering is
(because it's in a footnote).

Best solution is to display it properly, or add the numbering by hand
at your final production stage.

Art

On 2/8/07, MATT TODD  wrote:
> Using FM 7.0, Windows.
>
> I am writing a manual with three chapters, three appendices, and several
> graphics. All of the graphics are chapter specific numbered - Chapter 1
> graphics are numbered 1-1, 1-2, etc., Appendix A graphics are numbered
> A-1, A-2, etc.
>
> One of the graphics in Chapter 2 resides in a table footnote. FM does
> not recognize the numbering of this graphic. In the chapter document, it
> numbers the graphics as if that particular graphic did not exist.
>
> However, when I generate a List of Figures for the book, FM places the
> graphic in its proper location, but without numbering. It looks like
> this:
>
> Figure 2-8 Perfectly Fine Graphic   2-10
> Troublesome Graphic 2-11
> Figure 2-10 Another Fine Graphic2-15
>
> Any ideas how to cure this dyspepsia?
>
> Matt
>
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Missing fonts message

[Mike Wickham]

>> what I really would like to do is find these errant fonts in the document
>> themselves and replace them with the proper fonts.

If you mean actually finding the spots where they reside, will generating a 
List of References for fonts do it for you? It lists each font, followed by 
hyperlinks to each place where they exist.

Mike Wickham

Expanding text in Framemaker

[sulbha bahl]

Hi,
I'm thinking about using expandable text in Framemaker. I have Goggled
and found that other tools can do it, but nothing with FM. Has any one
ever tried it? 

I am creating the chm using Mif2Go and also generating PDF output. Would
expanding text work with CHMS and PDFs?
http://www.indoition.com/en/007.html states Mif2Go has "no built-in
support for some advanced online-help features such as expandable
sections".

All replies appreciated,
Sulbha.

urgent help needed!

[bryan johnson]

I have a Frame 7.0 doc that appears to be locked? I can open in frame but can't 
edit...none of the normal dropdown menus appear.

this file was part of an archived book (winzip). I need to make changes (due 
today) and the bugger won't let me! All the rest of the files open fine.

I know i'm doing something stupid, but just don't have the time to figure it 
out on my own. So, tossing ego aside, I'm begging for your speedy assistance!

anyone seen this or know how to "unlock"  the doc?

thanks so much in advance!

Bryan

Bryan K. Johnson
Senior Technical Writer
Motoman Inc.
(937) 440-2606

urgent help needed!

[Stuart Rogers]

bryan johnson wrote:
> I have a Frame 7.0 doc that appears to be locked? I can open in frame
> but can't edit...none of the normal dropdown menus appear.
> 
> this file was part of an archived book (winzip). I need to make 
> changes (due today) and the bugger won't let me! All the rest of the 
> files open fine.
> 
> I know i'm doing something stupid, but just don't have the time to 
> figure it out on my own. So, tossing ego aside, I'm begging for your 
> speedy assistance!
> 
> anyone seen this or know how to "unlock"  the doc?
> 

Try Esc F l k

(l = lower case L)

HTH,

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

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Technical writers explain How to Work the Product."


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multiple clipboards and find/replace

[Graeme Forbes]

The recent discussion of paste special and clipboards managers 
reminds me to ask a question that can't be too burning for me (or I'd 
have asked it a while ago) --

Is there a multiple clipboard utility for FrameMaker that integrates 
with Find/Change (on the Mac)?

One of the deficiencies of FM's Find/Change is that you can't search 
for a text string with specific attributes (font size, weight, etc.) 
and replace some or all occurrences of that string with another that 
has different specific attributes. At best you can search for 
occurrences of the FindString and change them to GarbageText (say 
$#%@@!) then search for GarbageText and Replace with the desired 
ChangeString. Two clipboards would avoid the need for the two-step 
process if FM could see them both for Find/Text in Clipboard1 
and Change/By Pasting from Clipboard2.

Graeme Forbes

urgent help needed!

[bryan johnson]

A, darn case sensitivity! that was it!!

Thank you Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 
Thank you 

I'm getting loopy from deadline pressure! :-)

Bryan K. Johnson
Senior Technical Writer
Motoman Inc.
(937) 440-2606

>>> Stuart Rogers  02/08/07 2:40 PM >>>
bryan johnson wrote:
> I have a Frame 7.0 doc that appears to be locked? I can open in frame
> but can't edit...none of the normal dropdown menus appear.
> 
> this file was part of an archived book (winzip). I need to make 
> changes (due today) and the bugger won't let me! All the rest of the 
> files open fine.
> 
> I know i'm doing something stupid, but just don't have the time to 
> figure it out on my own. So, tossing ego aside, I'm begging for your 
> speedy assistance!
> 
> anyone seen this or know how to "unlock"  the doc?
> 

Try Esc F l k

(l = lower case L)

HTH,

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

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Technical writers explain How to Work the Product."


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Expanding text in Framemaker

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:15:00 -0500, "sulbha bahl"  wrote:

>I am creating the chm using Mif2Go and also generating PDF output. Would
>expanding text work with CHMS and PDFs?

It does for CHMs (and any other HTML-based Help).  I don't know
about PDFs; check  for the best info
around on those.

>http://www.indoition.com/en/007.html states Mif2Go has "no built-in
>support for some advanced online-help features such as expandable
>sections".

The key word there is "built-in".  The HTML Help Workshop help
file explains how to add the required HTML and JS code for
expanding sections.  Mif2Go then lets you automate the insertion 
of such code, but the generation of the code is not automatic.

For example, suppose you want to have a link:
  Click for more.
which displays this text:
  Here is a more detailed explanation.

One way would be to put in the above text in Frame with the first
paragraph format ClickLink and the second ClickText.  Then in
mif2htm.ini you'd put macros containing the required HTML code
for each paragraph type.  Or if your link text was always the same,
you could include that in the macro too, and just have the text
for the expanded part in Frame.  Or use a button.  This is why
we don't provide a "canned" method (and why Microsoft doesn't 
either); this is best designed to fit your specific needs.

HTH!

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