Re: Thumbtabs issue
Hi, Just a few questions ... Do you have master pages for each of the thumbtab positions or just a single one? Are the styles of each chapter heading unique? Are the Master Page Maps configured in the Reference Pages? Are you working with structured FrameMaker? Have you used any FrameMaker plugins in the past that may no longer be installed? Cheers Mark On 25/6/07 09:21, Radha Padmanabhan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Helping Hands, Ok. now I have to ask. I have a huge FM7.0 (Windows XP) manual with 5 guides. Every guide has Thumtabs for each chapter out of which only one guide's thumbtabs are working properly. I have tried to figure out the mess, for so long. After a long long search I could unfold the treasure-secret of markers Header/Footer $1 and Header/Footer $2. Ok. Now the problem is this. Each thumbtab is an image of a globe in which appear the chapter number. The marker contains only the chapter number but I am not at all able to figure out how the globe is moving up and down as the chapter number progresses. Some points that I could figure out: * Each chapter start has $header_footer1 set to the chapter no. (hard coded) * the thumbtab image in the master pages remain in the same position for every chapter (Still the tabs move when seen in body pages ) * the thumbtab image also holds a place (text frame?) for Runnung H/F4. Do I have to provide any more details? Please help. Thanks Radha - Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/mark.poston%40mekon.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Thumbtabs issue
If you search Google for framemaker thumb tab without quotes, you'll find Brad Anderson's ground-breaking tutorial on exactly this process. HTH Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On 25/6/07 09:31, Radha Padmanabhan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Helping Hands, Ok. now I have to ask. I have a huge FM7.0 (Windows XP) manual with 5 guides. Every guide has Thumtabs for each chapter out of which only one guide's thumbtabs are working properly. I have tried to figure out the mess, for so long. After a long long search I could unfold the treasure-secret of markers Header/Footer $1 and Header/Footer $2. Ok. Now the problem is this. Each thumbtab is an image of a globe in which appear the chapter number. The marker contains only the chapter number but I am not at all able to figure out how the globe is moving up and down as the chapter number progresses. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FM v. RoboHelp
Why on earth would you want to go buy a filter wrench to change the oil in your car when you have a perfectly good chain saw sitting in the garage? Purchase the right software for the job and don't let a deadline or anything else pass you by because your tools slowed you down. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lin Surasky Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:10 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM v. RoboHelp No, it's not a typo. No, we're not being asked to use Word The person in charge of quality for our company does not seem to understand why we don't use RoboHelp to create content for our software manuals. After all, every office has RoboHelp (not the Adobe version), so what's the big deal? To me, the big deal is that we deliver PDFs, not CHMs, to our customers, and they like the layout. And it's faster to work in FM than it is in RH. My rule is, if I have to provide a TOC, it's a book. If I'm providing a book, I'm working in FM. If they decide they ALSO want HTML or CHM files, I can do that too, with FrameMaker and MIF2Go. I can't create a CHM in RH and then effortlessly have a pretty PDF to give our other customers, or can I? For the record, we are not currently delivering ANY online help. We deliver User Guides, Admin Guides, Release Notes, and whitepapers/reports. All are electronic -- no printing except for the pages our users want to print for themselves. Am I wrong to stick so stubbornly to my FM process? FM Process: Source content created and maintained in FM book. For delivery, PDFs are generated with live x-refs/links where necessary using Acrobat. If users want or need HTML, MIF2Go is ready to -- er, go. (No one in the US has EVER asked for a CHM, but if it should happen, use HTML Help Workshop to compile the HTML Help from MIF2Go.) RH Process: Source content created and maintained in RH. For delivery, PDFs are generated and look awful because there's no clean page layout formatting OR CHMs are delivered. Does it even make sense to deliver CHM for browser-based software being accessed over a network, since CHMs need to be accessed from the hard drive (unless you get into registry edits, which is NOT an option for us.) (We're also not doing much file-swapping amongst writers; we all kind of do our own thing, and there's not much room for content reuse right now, but still they want everyone to follow the same process...) Ideas? Feedback? I promised I would get opinions from the experts over here, as I apparently don't qualify as one myself... So what would you do, wise ones? Lin ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jsgammato%40imprivat a.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jharvey%40cambridges oft.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Mac Keyboard Commands
Hi, Ron: The most common FM unix (universal) keystrokes for operating in a table follow a pattern that begins with the prefix Escape t key key (tap Escape then tap t, then tap the key(s) one by one. Prefix these commands with Escape: NOTE: ! represents Escape key Selection (highlight) in table ! t h e (cEll) //highlight cell; repeat to extend to next cell ! t h r (Row) //highlight row; repeat to extend to next row ! t h c (Column) //highlight current column; repeat to extend to next column ! t h t (Table) //highlight current table Movement in table ! t m d //table move Down one row ! t m u //table move Up one row ! t m r //table move Right one column ! t m l //table move Left one column ! t m e //table move to right End of row ! t m a //table move be A left end of row ! t m t //table move to Top of current column ! t m b //table move to Bottom of current column HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On 6/26/07, Ron Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book Pro. I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Mac Keyboard Commands
Ron Miller wrote: Hi: I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book Pro. I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. Thanks, Ron See the Help topic, Quick Reference (Mac OS), Working with Tables. regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Mac Keyboard Commands
I thought I would point out that, since Ron is working with Parallels on the Mac, Frame is running in Windows and will respond to Windows shortcuts, not Mac ones. He needs a way of interpreting Windows keyboard shortcuts on a Mac keyboard. Mind you, the Esc command should work just fine. Berny Gagne Lead Writer Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Bolton, Ontario, Canada -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:26 PM To: Ron Miller Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mac Keyboard Commands Ron Miller wrote: Hi: I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book Pro. I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. Thanks, Ron See the Help topic, Quick Reference (Mac OS), Working with Tables. regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Mac Keyboard Commands
I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. Are you sure it's a body row? If it's a header row (possibly formatted to look like a body row), and the table continues onto another page, the repeated headers on all continuation pages are not selectable. Selecting and editing can only be done on the very first header row(s) in a table. Mike Wickham ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Mac Keyboard Commands
Great catch, Mike! On 6/26/07, Mike Wickham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. Are you sure it's a body row? If it's a header row (possibly formatted to look like a body row), and the table continues onto another page, the repeated headers on all continuation pages are not selectable. Selecting and Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Mac Keyboard Commands
I've been using Windows keyboard commands on Parallels/Mac with no problem. Use the Option key for Alt and the Apple Key for the Windows key. Pat Christenson On Jun 26, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Gagne, Bernard ((Bolton)) wrote: I thought I would point out that, since Ron is working with Parallels on the Mac, Frame is running in Windows and will respond to Windows shortcuts, not Mac ones. He needs a way of interpreting Windows keyboard shortcuts on a Mac keyboard. Mind you, the Esc command should work just fine. Berny Gagne Lead Writer Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Bolton, Ontario, Canada -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:26 PM To: Ron Miller Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mac Keyboard Commands Ron Miller wrote: Hi: I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book Pro. I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. Thanks, Ron See the Help topic, Quick Reference (Mac OS), Working with Tables. regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/pxenson %40comcast.net Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Mac Keyboard Commands
If you're running under Windows in Parallels, wouldn't you use the Windows command, not the Mac command? I just tried it, and Escape t h r works for me (Frame 7.2, in Parallels on a MacBood Pro). Lisa At 12:36 PM -0400 6/26/07, Ron Miller wrote: Hi: I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book Pro. I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. Thanks, Ron Ron Miller Freelance Technology Writing Since 1988 Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] blog: http://byronmiller.typepad.com web: http://www.ronsmiller.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/lisa%40balbes.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- --- Lisa M. Balbes, Ph.D. Helping Scientific Organizations Produce Better Documents since 1992 Balbes Consultants [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.balbes.com/ Author of: Nontraditional Careers for Chemists, published by Oxford University Press (2006) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Mac Keyboard Commands
It is my opinion that the Escape sequences work better, and are more easily remembered, rather than using the relatively unituitive Windows or Mac keystrokes. Scott At 2:18 PM -0700 6/26/07, Pat Christenson wrote: I've been using Windows keyboard commands on Parallels/Mac with no problem. Use the Option key for Alt and the Apple Key for the Windows key. Pat Christenson On Jun 26, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Gagne, Bernard ((Bolton)) wrote: I thought I would point out that, since Ron is working with Parallels on the Mac, Frame is running in Windows and will respond to Windows shortcuts, not Mac ones. He needs a way of interpreting Windows keyboard shortcuts on a Mac keyboard. Mind you, the Esc command should work just fine. Berny Gagne Lead Writer Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Bolton, Ontario, Canada -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:26 PM To: Ron Miller Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mac Keyboard Commands ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Thumbtabs issue
At 01:21 -0700 25/6/07, Radha Padmanabhan wrote: * Each chapter start has $header_footer1 set to the chapter no. (hard coded) * the thumbtab image in the master pages remain in the same position for every chapter (Still the tabs move when seen in body pages ) * the thumbtab image also holds a place (text frame?) for Runnung H/F4. The technique is to place the thumbtab, as an anchored frame, in its own rotated frame(s) on the marker page, and then 'drive' it down the page by preceding it with a running h/f variable. There are a couple of techniques. You could be completely forgiven for being unable to fox it out ;-) At 10:57 -0700 26/6/07, Pat Christenson wrote: The tutorial and lots of other useful stuff is listed on http://www.frameusers.com/?q=taxonomy/term/66 but I can't get any of them to open or download. I wanted to compare to the process I'm using. Help? Looks like this part of the new website isn't totally debugged yet. I have a copy: mail me off list if you want one. I also used Brad's technique, in a modified form, in a recent book, and wrote it up in an article of my own. I can provide a copy of that to anyone who wants it if required. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Thumbtabs issue
Hi, Just a few questions ... Do you have master pages for each of the thumbtab positions or just a single one? Are the styles of each chapter heading unique? Are the Master Page Maps configured in the Reference Pages? Are you working with structured FrameMaker? Have you used any FrameMaker plugins in the past that may no longer be installed? Cheers Mark On 25/6/07 09:21, "Radha Padmanabhan" wrote: > Hi Helping Hands, > > Ok. now I have to ask. > > I have a huge FM7.0 (Windows XP) manual with 5 guides. Every guide has > Thumtabs for each chapter out of which only one guide's thumbtabs are working > properly. I have tried to figure out the mess, for so long. After a long long > search I could unfold the treasure-secret of markers Header/Footer $1 and > Header/Footer $2. Ok. > > Now the problem is this. Each thumbtab is an image of a globe in which > appear the chapter number. The marker contains only the chapter number but I > am not at all able to figure out how the globe is moving up and down as the > chapter number progresses. > > Some points that I could figure out: > * Each chapter start has $header_footer1 set to the chapter no. (hard coded) > * the thumbtab image in the master pages remain in the same position for every > chapter > (Still the tabs move when seen in body pages ) > * the thumbtab image also holds a place (text frame?) for Runnung H/F4. > > Do I have to provide any more details? > Please help. > > > Thanks > Radha > > > - > Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as mark.poston at mekon.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/mark.poston%40mekon.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Thumbtabs issue
If you search Google for "framemaker thumb tab" without quotes, you'll find Brad Anderson's ground-breaking tutorial on exactly this process. HTH Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices > On 25/6/07 09:31, "Radha Padmanabhan" wrote: > > > Hi Helping Hands, > > > > Ok. now I have to ask. > > > > I have a huge FM7.0 (Windows XP) manual with 5 guides. Every guide has > > Thumtabs for each chapter out of which only one guide's thumbtabs are > > working > > properly. I have tried to figure out the mess, for so long. After a long > > long > > search I could unfold the treasure-secret of markers Header/Footer $1 and > > Header/Footer $2. Ok. > > > > Now the problem is this. Each thumbtab is an image of a globe in which > > appear the chapter number. The marker contains only the chapter number but I > > am not at all able to figure out how the globe is moving up and down as the > > chapter number progresses.
FM v. RoboHelp
Why on earth would you want to go buy a filter wrench to change the oil in your car when you have a perfectly good chain saw sitting in the garage? Purchase the right software for the job and don't let a deadline or anything else pass you by because your tools slowed you down. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lin Surasky Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:10 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM v. RoboHelp No, it's not a typo. No, we're not being asked to use Word The person in charge of "quality" for our company does not seem to understand why we don't use RoboHelp to create content for our software manuals. After all, every office has RoboHelp (not the Adobe version), so what's the big deal? To me, the big deal is that we deliver PDFs, not CHMs, to our customers, and they like the layout. And it's faster to work in FM than it is in RH. My rule is, if I have to provide a TOC, it's a book. If I'm providing a book, I'm working in FM. If they decide they ALSO want HTML or CHM files, I can do that too, with FrameMaker and MIF2Go. I can't create a CHM in RH and then effortlessly have a pretty PDF to give our other customers, or can I? For the record, we are not currently delivering ANY online help. We deliver User Guides, Admin Guides, Release Notes, and whitepapers/reports. All are electronic -- no printing except for the pages our users want to print for themselves. Am I wrong to stick so stubbornly to my FM process? FM Process: Source content created and maintained in FM book. For delivery, PDFs are generated with live x-refs/links where necessary using Acrobat. If users want or need HTML, MIF2Go is ready to -- er, go. (No one in the US has EVER asked for a CHM, but if it should happen, use HTML Help Workshop to compile the HTML Help from MIF2Go.) RH Process: Source content created and maintained in RH. For delivery, PDFs are generated and look awful because there's no clean page layout formatting OR CHMs are delivered. Does it even make sense to deliver CHM for browser-based software being accessed over a network, since CHMs need to be accessed from the hard drive (unless you get into registry edits, which is NOT an option for us.) (We're also not doing much file-swapping amongst writers; we all kind of do our own thing, and there's not much room for content reuse right now, but still they want everyone to follow the same process...) Ideas? Feedback? I promised I would get opinions from the experts over here, as I apparently don't qualify as one myself... So what would you do, wise ones? Lin ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as jsgammato at imprivata.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jsgammato%40imprivat a.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as jharvey at cambridgesoft.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jharvey%40cambridges oft.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Mac Keyboard Commands
Hi: I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book Pro. I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. Thanks, Ron Ron Miller Freelance Technology Writing Since 1988 Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine email: ronsmiller at ronsmiller.com blog: http://byronmiller.typepad.com web: http://www.ronsmiller.com
different page sizes
Hello all, I have a book file. One of the files has 420*297 page size, the others are in A4. When I print the book it ask me about the document size. If I set A4 size, my big file cutted on the margin...bad. If I print just the 420*297 size file to A4 paper it is OK. If I set to 420*297 some of the files are OK but some of them are in little size. What is the solution for that issue? How I have to print a book like this if would like to have correct size on all files. I have FM 7.2 on Windows 2000 SP4
Mac Keyboard Commands
Ron Miller wrote: > > Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. Not sure, but I think it's the same as on PC: ESC THR (The wHole Row) Kenneth Benson Pegasus Type, Inc. (518) 697-0700 (866) 498-9692 (fax) www.pegtype.com
Thumbtabs issue
The tutorial and lots of other useful stuff is listed on http:// www.frameusers.com/?q=taxonomy/term/66 but I can't get any of them to open or download. I wanted to compare to the process I'm using. Help? Pat Christenson On Jun 26, 2007, at 9:44 AM, Peter Gold wrote: > If you search Google for "framemaker thumb tab" without quotes, you'll > find Brad Anderson's ground-breaking tutorial on exactly this process. > > HTH > > Peter > ___ > Peter Gold > KnowHow ProServices > >> On 25/6/07 09:31, "Radha Padmanabhan" wrote: >> >> > Hi Helping Hands, >> > >> > Ok. now I have to ask. >> > >> > I have a huge FM7.0 (Windows XP) manual with 5 guides. Every >> guide has >> > Thumtabs for each chapter out of which only one guide's >> thumbtabs are working >> > properly. I have tried to figure out the mess, for so long. >> After a long long >> > search I could unfold the treasure-secret of markers Header/ >> Footer $1 and >> > Header/Footer $2. Ok. >> > >> > Now the problem is this. Each thumbtab is an image of a globe >> in which >> > appear the chapter number. The marker contains only the chapter >> number but I >> > am not at all able to figure out how the globe is moving up and >> down as the >> > chapter number progresses. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as pxenson at comcast.net. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers- > unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/pxenson > %40comcast.net > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Mac Keyboard Commands
Hi, Ron:
The most common FM unix ("universal") keystrokes for operating in a
table follow a pattern that begins with the prefix Escape t
(tap Escape then tap t, then tap the key(s) one by one.
Prefix these commands with Escape:
NOTE: "!" represents Escape key
Selection (highlight) in table
! t h e (cEll) //highlight cell; repeat to extend to next cell
! t h r (Row) //highlight row; repeat to extend to next row
! t h c (Column) //highlight current column; repeat to extend to next column
! t h t (Table) //highlight current table
Movement in table
! t m d //table move Down one row
! t m u //table move Up one row
! t m r //table move Right one column
! t m l //table move Left one column
! t m e //table move to right End of row
! t m a //table move be A left end of row
! t m t //table move to Top of current column
! t m b //table move to Bottom of current column
HTH
Regards,
Peter
___
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
On 6/26/07, Ron Miller wrote:
> Hi:
> I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book
> Pro.
>
> I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone
> could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table.
Mac Keyboard Commands
Ron Miller wrote: > Hi: > I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book Pro. > > I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone > could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. > > Thanks, > Ron See the Help topic, "Quick Reference (Mac OS), Working with Tables." regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product."
Mac Keyboard Commands
I thought I would point out that, since Ron is working with Parallels on the Mac, Frame is running in Windows and will respond to Windows shortcuts, not Mac ones. He needs a way of interpreting Windows keyboard shortcuts on a Mac keyboard. Mind you, the Esc command should work just fine. Berny Gagne Lead Writer Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Bolton, Ontario, Canada -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bgagne=husky...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:26 PM To: Ron Miller Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mac Keyboard Commands Ron Miller wrote: > Hi: > I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book Pro. > > I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone > could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. > > Thanks, > Ron See the Help topic, "Quick Reference (Mac OS), Working with Tables." regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product."
Mac Keyboard Commands
> I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone > could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. Are you sure it's a body row? If it's a header row (possibly formatted to look like a body row), and the table continues onto another page, the repeated headers on all continuation pages are not selectable. Selecting and editing can only be done on the very first header row(s) in a table. Mike Wickham
Mac Keyboard Commands
Great catch, Mike! On 6/26/07, Mike Wickham wrote: > > I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone > > could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. > > Are you sure it's a body row? If it's a header row (possibly formatted to > look like a body row), and the table continues onto another page, the > repeated headers on all continuation pages are not selectable. Selecting and Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices
Mac Keyboard Commands
I've been using Windows keyboard commands on Parallels/Mac with no problem. Use the Option key for Alt and the Apple Key for the Windows key. Pat Christenson On Jun 26, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Gagne, Bernard ((Bolton)) wrote: > I thought I would point out that, since Ron is working with > Parallels on > the Mac, Frame is running in Windows and will respond to Windows > shortcuts, not Mac ones. > He needs a way of interpreting Windows keyboard shortcuts on a Mac > keyboard. Mind you, the Esc command should work just fine. > > Berny Gagne > Lead Writer > Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. > Bolton, Ontario, Canada > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com] On > Behalf > Of Stuart Rogers > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:26 PM > To: Ron Miller > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Mac Keyboard Commands > > Ron Miller wrote: >> Hi: >> I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book > Pro. >> >> I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone >> could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. >> >> Thanks, >> Ron > > > See the Help topic, "Quick Reference (Mac OS), Working with Tables." > > regards, > > > -- > Stuart Rogers > Technical Communicator > Phoenix Geophysics Limited > Toronto, ON, Canada > +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 > > srogers phoenix-geophysics com > > "Developers explain How the Product Works. > Technical writers explain How to Work the Product." > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as pxenson at comcast.net. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/pxenson > %40comcast.net > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Mac Keyboard Commands
If you're running under Windows in Parallels, wouldn't you use the Windows command, not the Mac command? I just tried it, and Escape t h r works for me (Frame 7.2, in Parallels on a MacBood Pro). Lisa At 12:36 PM -0400 6/26/07, Ron Miller wrote: >Hi: >I 'm working in Frame 7.1 running Windows in Parallels on a Mac Book Pro. > >I can't seem to select a row in a table and I'm wondering if someone >could give me the Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. > >Thanks, >Ron > > >Ron Miller >Freelance Technology Writing Since 1988 >Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine > >email: ronsmiller at ronsmiller.com >blog: http://byronmiller.typepad.com >web: http://www.ronsmiller.com > > > > >___ > > >You are currently subscribed to Framers as lisa at balbes.com. > >Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > >To unsubscribe send a blank email toframers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/lisa%40balbes.com > >Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- --- Lisa M. Balbes, Ph.D. Helping Scientific Organizations Produce Better Documents since 1992 Balbes Consultants lisa at balbes.com http://www.balbes.com/ Author of: "Nontraditional Careers for Chemists," published by Oxford University Press (2006)
Mac Keyboard Commands
It is my opinion that the Escape sequences work better, and are more easily remembered, rather than using the relatively unituitive Windows or Mac keystrokes. Scott At 2:18 PM -0700 6/26/07, Pat Christenson wrote: >I've been using Windows keyboard commands on Parallels/Mac with no >problem. Use the Option key for Alt and the Apple Key for the >Windows key. > >Pat Christenson > >On Jun 26, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Gagne, Bernard ((Bolton)) wrote: > >>I thought I would point out that, since Ron is working with Parallels on >>the Mac, Frame is running in Windows and will respond to Windows >>shortcuts, not Mac ones. >>He needs a way of interpreting Windows keyboard shortcuts on a Mac >>keyboard. Mind you, the Esc command should work just fine. >> >>Berny Gagne >>Lead Writer >>Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. >>Bolton, Ontario, Canada >> >> >>-Original Message- >>From: framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com >>[mailto:framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf >>Of Stuart Rogers >>Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:26 PM >>To: Ron Miller >>Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com >>Subject: Re: Mac Keyboard Commands
Mac Keyboard Commands
At 1:54 PM -0400 6/26/07, Kenneth C. Benson wrote: >Ron Miller wrote: >> >> Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. > >Not sure, but I think it's the same as on PC: ESC THR (The wHole Row) I can verify that it is indeed the correct keystroke combo. There is also another (perhaps not well known) way to select a row (or column) using the mouse. If you put the mouse pointer "close" to a vertical cell boundary and double click it, you'll get the whole row selected. Similarly if you put it close to a horizontal cell boundary and double click it, you'll get the entire column selected. This saves you the bother of "drag selection" of a row or column. - web
Mac Keyboard Commands
That's it. Thanks to all who responded so quickly. This is one of those instances where it would have been nearly impossible to figure out on my own. Ron Ron Miller Freelance Technology Writing Since 1988 Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine email: ronsmiller at ronsmiller.com blog: http://byronmiller.typepad.com web: http://www.ronsmiller.com On Jun 26, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Kenneth C. Benson wrote: > Ron Miller wrote: > > > > Mac keyboard command to select a row in a table. > > > Not sure, but I think it's the same as on PC: ESC THR (The wHole Row) > > Kenneth Benson > Pegasus Type, Inc. > (518) 697-0700 > (866) 498-9692 (fax) > www.pegtype.com > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as ronsmiller at comcast.net. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers- > unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ > ronsmiller%40comcast.net > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Generating an outline from a written & formatted document?
Hi Framers! Does FrameMaker have a feature similar to Word's feature that enables you to quickly generate an outline of a document that has already been formatted and written? If not, is there a plug-in for this kind of thing? Thanks! Nina Rogers, Technical Writer Tax Development (Federal) Drake Software (828) 524-8020 ext. 1724 nina.rogers at drakesoftware.com
link to HTML doc from PDF
Is it possible to add a link to an HTML document from a FrameMaker document? My employer wants me to provide a link to the readme file from the generated PDF. (I'm on FrameMaker 7.2 and have Acrobat 8.) Thanks y'all! - Carol NOTICE BY HEALTH LANGUAGE, INC. This message, as well as any attached document, contains information from Health Language, Inc. that is confidential. The information is intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message and its attachments, if any, destroy any hard copies you may have created, without disclosing the contents, and notify the sender immediately. Unless expressly stated otherwise, nothing contained in this message should be construed as a digital or electronic signature, nor is it intended to reflect an intention to make an agreement by electronic means.
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Thumbtabs issue
Thanks. I'll try this. I took the template packs for FM from Adobe's Website and learned about this feature. Have to look for some more details. Radha Peter Gold wrote: If you search Google for "framemaker thumb tab" without quotes, you'll find Brad Anderson's ground-breaking tutorial on exactly this process. HTH Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices > On 25/6/07 09:31, "Radha Padmanabhan" wrote: > > > Hi Helping Hands, > > > > Ok. now I have to ask. > > > > I have a huge FM7.0 (Windows XP) manual with 5 guides. Every guide has > > Thumtabs for each chapter out of which only one guide's thumbtabs are > > working > > properly. I have tried to figure out the mess, for so long. After a long > > long > > search I could unfold the treasure-secret of markers Header/Footer $1 and > > Header/Footer $2. Ok. > > > > Now the problem is this. Each thumbtab is an image of a globe in which > > appear the chapter number. The marker contains only the chapter number but I > > am not at all able to figure out how the globe is moving up and down as the > > chapter number progresses. - Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids.
