Under-documented features... What fun!
Debbi Correia wrote: >Just remember that the cross-reference method will create a hypertext >link in a PDF if you Generate Acrobat data... That's right. And these links will also be placed incorrectly if there are variable-width items preceding the cross-reference in the header/footer -- see http://www.microtype.com/Hmmms.html#0602 for more information and a sample file. Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat
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>> Initially I wrote to ask for help solving a problem involving variables >> sprinkled throughout a book, liberally throughout each chapter. My >> question was, is there a variable I can change and run through an entire >> book that'll put the book title in the page header of every chapter? << >> The general responses seem to be (1) nope, not in FrameMaker and (2) why >> don't you try using cross-references? Or import the variables from my >> title chapter into every other file? I am bemused by the lack of >> interest in what I think is a potentially valuable feature for FrameMaker. << The feature is already there. You can do it with any user variable you create! 1. Open a file. It can be a file already in the book, a separate template file, or a new empty file. 2. Create a new variable (Special> Variable> Create variable). Give it a name-- for example "BookTitle." Assign the title of your book as the definition of this variable. Example: "The Complete Idiot's Guide to FrameMaker." Click Add, Done, and Done. You now have your variable. You only have to create it once. 3. Leave the file open. If you close it, the next step will not work. 4. Open the .BOOK file where you want this variable to work. 5. Select all documents in the book. (Ctrl-a) 6. Choose File> Import> Formats. From the dropdown list under "Import from Document" choose the file in which you just created your variable. Deselect all checkboxes, except for "Variable Definitions." Click the Import button. Your variable now exists in every book in the file. Again, you only have to do this once. 7. That's it. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to FrameMaker" will show anywhere you insert the variable in those documents. Most likely, you will insert it in the header on a master page, so that it shows automatically in the page headers like you asked. Note: If you do this, don't forget to use File> Import> Formats and select only "Page Layouts" to import the new master page to the other book files, or your variable won't show because they'll still contain the old master page layout. You can also insert the variable anywhere in the text anywhere you might want the book title to appear-- on the title page, copyright page, in the body text, or wherever. This has the advantage that, if you change the title at the last minute, you need only change the definition of the variable, and then reimport it to the book docs. It will fix headers and entries in the text at the same time. Powerful! Mike Wickham
Thumbtabs issue
At 21:16 -0700 28/6/07, Radha Padmanabhan wrote: >Many thanks to Don Pratt and Steve Rickaby for throwing much light on >TabSpacer font and the hand-holding procedure of creating thumb tabs. Nice of you to say so, but Don foxed it out, I just waffled about being busy ;-) -- Steve
Repeating Table Header Rows--Thanks!
Thanks to all of you who responded. I think it's been a long week-I kept looking in O'Keefe/Loring and the User Guide but couldn't find what I needed. Hope everyone has a great weekend! Nina ___ 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.
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Initially I wrote to ask for help solving a problem involving variables sprinkled throughout a book, liberally throughout each chapter. My question was, is there a variable I can change and run through an entire book that'll put the book title in the page header of every chapter? << The general responses seem to be (1) nope, not in FrameMaker and (2) why don't you try using cross-references? Or import the variables from my title chapter into every other file? I am bemused by the lack of interest in what I think is a potentially valuable feature for FrameMaker. << The feature is already there. You can do it with any user variable you create! 1. Open a file. It can be a file already in the book, a separate template file, or a new empty file. 2. Create a new variable (Special> Variable> Create variable). Give it a name-- for example "BookTitle." Assign the title of your book as the definition of this variable. Example: "The Complete Idiot's Guide to FrameMaker." Click Add, Done, and Done. You now have your variable. You only have to create it once. 3. Leave the file open. If you close it, the next step will not work. 4. Open the .BOOK file where you want this variable to work. 5. Select all documents in the book. (Ctrl-a) 6. Choose File> Import> Formats. From the dropdown list under "Import from Document" choose the file in which you just created your variable. Deselect all checkboxes, except for "Variable Definitions." Click the Import button. Your variable now exists in every book in the file. Again, you only have to do this once. 7. That's it. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to FrameMaker" will show anywhere you insert the variable in those documents. Most likely, you will insert it in the header on a master page, so that it shows automatically in the page headers like you asked. Note: If you do this, don't forget to use File> Import> Formats and select only "Page Layouts" to import the new master page to the other book files, or your variable won't show because they'll still contain the old master page layout. You can also insert the variable anywhere in the text anywhere you might want the book title to appear-- on the title page, copyright page, in the body text, or wherever. This has the advantage that, if you change the title at the last minute, you need only change the definition of the variable, and then reimport it to the book docs. It will fix headers and entries in the text at the same time. Powerful! 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.
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John Milligan wrote: > > But let me be allowed to debunk the notion of using cross-references > to do the same thing. If they all turn into clickable links, as was > noted by several, why would I want to do that? Because they only become clickable links in a PDF with Acrobat data enabled; there are lots of other deliverables from FrameMaker that aren't interactive PDF, and x-ref's do just fine for those other purposes. You didn't tell us what your final output was, so we gave you the info we could that might help. And about importing > the variables and/or master pages from the title chapter... file by > file, that charming chore gets tedious really quick. (Not to mention > that if your variables are slightly off... Well. even more work.) You don't have to do it file by file. Open your Book file and your Title chapter, and in your Book window select all the other chapter files. Then import (variable) formats to all of them in one swell foop. Pilot error is a problem in any application... > > So, in closing allow me to introduce what I call the "super" > variable. I initially create a variable named "book_title" with a > placeholder description "[booktitle]". I place it in the title > chapter, but the dialog box gives me a special option -- "apply this > across a book". This master variable becomes the key to all other > instances of this variable throughout a book. I then populate the > rest of my book files with the variable entitled "book-title", and > when I compile my book --- VOILA! -- all the chapter variables look > to the master variable in the title chapter. And... when I change the > definition to the actual, real title and recompile the book? It's a > thing of beauty. Ha, and they said it couldn't be done! > > With all the interoperability between autonumbering and variables > already existing in FrameMaker, I don't see why something like this > couldn't be done. Oh well. I believe other list members mentioned one or more of the various plug-ins that are available for this sort of thing; Bookvars from Leximation, for example: http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php FM was designed to be extensible, and developers have taken good advantage of that. There are hundreds of plug-ins and Framescripts out there that cover just about any need you might have. > > Anyway, I am really not here to argue, but to propose. For those of > us still missing the indexing dialog box from PageMaker, and still > groaning over its miserly counterpart in FrameMaker, I dedicate this > letter. > Have a look at the indexing plug-ins that are available. I use IXGen, and I think it's fabulous (and it's not limited to just index markers). There are others that a little googling will turn up for you. Best 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."
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> And about importing the variables and/or master pages from the title > chapter... file by file, that charming chore gets tedious really quick. >(Not to mention that if your variables are slightly off... Well. even more > work.) This is no chore at all. Define and set the variable in your title chapter. Then in the Book window, select each of the files you want to have the variable in and File -> Import -> Formats -> variable definitions -> Import. To get the variable to show up, you will need to then update the page layout in a 'body chapter' (for instance, you might want to add the title to your page header). Then again from the book window, select all of the body files you want to have the variable in and File -> Import -> Formats -> Page Layouts -> Import. If you define this properly in a template file, you will only have to perform the first step (import the variable) in any subsequent project. This is the same functionality that your 'master variable' thing does ... and it is already present as a book-level operation in FrameMaker. This email and any attachments are only for use by the intended recipient(s) and may contain legally privileged, confidential, proprietary or otherwise private information. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, dissemination, distribution or other disclosure of the contents of this e-mail or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original.
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> And about importing the variables and/or master > pages from the title chapter... file by file, that charming chore gets > tedious really quick. (Not to mention that if > your variables are slightly off... Well. even more work.) I haven't followed this thread closely, but if you have a book, you don't have to import formats file by file. You open your source file, bring the book to the front, select the components that you want to update, and do File > Import > Formats. In addition, there are a couple of third-party tools to help you. One is my ImportFormatsSpecial plugin, which allows you to import user variables and system variables separately. Another is FrameScript, which allows you to add your own "super" variable functionality to FrameMaker. Of course, it takes some time and scripting expertise (or money to buy a script), but for the most part, the sky is the limit. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com
special character; centerline symbol
Martin Simon wrote: > Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for > the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the > letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower. The centre line symbol (this is how Windows Character Map spells it) is available in at least Arial Unicode and Lucida Sans Unicode at position U+2104. That's beyond Framemaker's reach (until FM8, we hope), but you would be able to make yourself a graphic in Illustrator or some other Unicode-aware drawing application by copying the character from Character Map and saving it as a drawing. Word is also Unicode-aware, so you can easily get this character in Word, if you have a font like Arial Unicode. Just Insert Symbol, change the font to Arial Unicode, and type in character code 2104. There are also, presumably, fonts made for CAD programs that put this character in the ANSI range, which would make it available to Frame. A quick Google got me to http://www.quietdesigns.com/index.html, which sells a font that puts the character in both its proper Unicode position and at ALT 0167 (replacing the ? section sign that's normally there). They have a free version of the font too. I didn't download it to see if centerline is there or not. Kenneth Benson Pegasus Type, Inc. www.pegtype.com
Re: Link on Index References in PDF
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:40:05 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Yes, I did download a trial version and I've finished taking it for a >spin. It does exactly what I needed. Sundorne Communications has another >happy customer! You're not the only one! In the Mif2Go User's Guide, we recommend IndexRef in par. 4.6.4, "Making See and See also index entries into useful links" and in two other places: http://www.sundorne.com/FrameMaker/IndexRef/indexref.htm We also recommend Ian's free SetPrint plugin in three other places. We use both on all of our own systems. The one time we asked for help with a problem, we got an instant fix of the plugin a day later. Highly recommended. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.omsys.com/ ___ 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.
Link on Index References in PDF
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:40:05 -0400, FeiMin_Lorente at amis.com wrote: >Yes, I did download a trial version and I've finished taking it for a >spin. It does exactly what I needed. Sundorne Communications has another >happy customer! You're not the only one! In the Mif2Go User's Guide, we recommend IndexRef in par. 4.6.4, "Making See and See also index entries into useful links" and in two other places: http://www.sundorne.com/FrameMaker/IndexRef/indexref.htm We also recommend Ian's free SetPrint plugin in three other places. We use both on all of our own systems. The one time we asked for help with a problem, we got an instant fix of the plugin a day later. Highly recommended. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/
special character; centerline symbol
I haven't seen that symbol as a glyph in any font, but it'd be pretty easy to create in FM if you can't find it elsewhere. Try typing the L first, because it's larger. Then set up a character tag with negative spread and the same font a point or two smaller. Type the C and apply the character tag to it. Art On 6/29/07, Martin Simon wrote: > Hey Happy Friday to all those affected! > > Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for > the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the > letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower. > > (I am thinking along the lines of ALT + 0169 = (c)) > > Thanks! > > Martin Simon > Technical Writer > martin.simon at wetdesign.com > > WET DESIGN > www.wetdesign.com > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.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/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- 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
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John Milligan wrote: > Initially I wrote to ask for help solving a problem involving > variables sprinkled throughout a book, liberally throughout > each chapter. My question was, is there a variable I can > change and run through an entire book that'll put the book > title in the page header of every chapter? > > The general responses seem to be (1) nope, not in FrameMaker > and (2) why don't you try using cross-references? Or import > the variables from my title chapter into every other file? I > am bemused by the lack of interest in what I think is a > potentially valuable feature for FrameMaker. John, you're either being obstinate or obtuse. "Nope" has *not* been the general response. Forget cross-references, they're a distraction. The general response, stated half a dozen different ways, is that FrameMaker's variable functionality does *exactly* what you want your "super variable" to do, and does it *easily*, if you'll just _learn_how_variables_work_ and how to make variable (and other format) definitions _consistent_ across the files of a book. Maybe FM's manual/help and we list members haven't explained it to you well enough. Or maybe you're simply so certain that you (an FM newbie) know how it *ought* to work that you'd rather bitch than learn. But I for one don't appreciate your attitude. Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
Repeating Table Header Rows
Nina Rogers wrote: > I have a table runs from one page to the next. I've put in the "table > continuation" variable, but I can't figure out how to repeat the table > header rows. Can someone help? Thanks! Add a new header row and copy and paste the cells from your existing regular row into the new header row, then delete the regular row. Header rows repeat on every page. Kenneth Benson Pegasus Type, Inc. www.pegtype.com
Repeating Table Header Rows--Thanks!
Thanks to all of you who responded. I think it's been a long week-I kept looking in O'Keefe/Loring and the User Guide but couldn't find what I needed. Hope everyone has a great weekend! Nina
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John Milligan wrote: But let me be allowed to debunk the notion of using cross-references to do the same thing. If they all turn into clickable links, as was noted by several, why would I want to do that? Because they only become clickable links in a PDF with Acrobat data enabled; there are lots of other deliverables from FrameMaker that aren't interactive PDF, and x-ref's do just fine for those other purposes. You didn't tell us what your final output was, so we gave you the info we could that might help. And about importing the variables and/or master pages from the title chapter... file by file, that charming chore gets tedious really quick. (Not to mention that if your variables are slightly off... Well. even more work.) You don't have to do it file by file. Open your Book file and your Title chapter, and in your Book window select all the other chapter files. Then import (variable) formats to all of them in one swell foop. Pilot error is a problem in any application... So, in closing allow me to introduce what I call the "super" variable. I initially create a variable named "book_title" with a placeholder description "[booktitle]". I place it in the title chapter, but the dialog box gives me a special option -- "apply this across a book". This master variable becomes the key to all other instances of this variable throughout a book. I then populate the rest of my book files with the variable entitled "book-title", and when I compile my book --- VOILA! -- all the chapter variables look to the master variable in the title chapter. And... when I change the definition to the actual, real title and recompile the book? It's a thing of beauty. Ha, and they said it couldn't be done! With all the interoperability between autonumbering and variables already existing in FrameMaker, I don't see why something like this couldn't be done. Oh well. I believe other list members mentioned one or more of the various plug-ins that are available for this sort of thing; Bookvars from Leximation, for example: http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php FM was designed to be extensible, and developers have taken good advantage of that. There are hundreds of plug-ins and Framescripts out there that cover just about any need you might have. Anyway, I am really not here to argue, but to propose. For those of us still missing the indexing dialog box from PageMaker, and still groaning over its miserly counterpart in FrameMaker, I dedicate this letter. Have a look at the indexing plug-ins that are available. I use IXGen, and I think it's fabulous (and it's not limited to just index markers). There are others that a little googling will turn up for you. Best 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.
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John Milligan wrote: > Initially I wrote to ask for help solving a problem involving > variables sprinkled throughout a book, liberally throughout > each chapter. My question was, is there a variable I can > change and run through an entire book that'll put the book > title in the page header of every chapter? > > The general responses seem to be (1) nope, not in FrameMaker > and (2) why don't you try using cross-references? Or import > the variables from my title chapter into every other file? I > am bemused by the lack of interest in what I think is a > potentially valuable feature for FrameMaker. John, you're either being obstinate or obtuse. "Nope" has *not* been the general response. Forget cross-references, they're a distraction. The general response, stated half a dozen different ways, is that FrameMaker's variable functionality does *exactly* what you want your "super variable" to do, and does it *easily*, if you'll just _learn_how_variables_work_ and how to make variable (and other format) definitions _consistent_ across the files of a book. Maybe FM's manual/help and we list members haven't explained it to you well enough. Or maybe you're simply so certain that you (an FM newbie) know how it *ought* to work that you'd rather bitch than learn. But I for one don't appreciate your attitude. Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ 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.
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> And about importing the variables and/or master pages from the title > chapter... file by file, that charming chore gets tedious really quick. >(Not to mention that if your variables are slightly off... Well. even more > work.) This is no chore at all. Define and set the variable in your title chapter. Then in the Book window, select each of the files you want to have the variable in and File -> Import -> Formats -> variable definitions -> Import. To get the variable to show up, you will need to then update the page layout in a 'body chapter' (for instance, you might want to add the title to your page header). Then again from the book window, select all of the body files you want to have the variable in and File -> Import -> Formats -> Page Layouts -> Import. If you define this properly in a template file, you will only have to perform the first step (import the variable) in any subsequent project. This is the same functionality that your 'master variable' thing does ... and it is already present as a book-level operation in FrameMaker. This email and any attachments are only for use by the intended recipient(s) and may contain legally privileged, confidential, proprietary or otherwise private information. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, dissemination, distribution or other disclosure of the contents of this e-mail or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. ___ 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.
Link on Index References in PDF
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Re: Under-documented features... [-STOP THE DISCUSSION-]
And about importing the variables and/or master pages from the title chapter... file by file, that charming chore gets tedious really quick. (Not to mention that if your variables are slightly off... Well. even more work.) I haven't followed this thread closely, but if you have a book, you don't have to import formats file by file. You open your source file, bring the book to the front, select the components that you want to update, and do File > Import > Formats. In addition, there are a couple of third-party tools to help you. One is my ImportFormatsSpecial plugin, which allows you to import user variables and system variables separately. Another is FrameScript, which allows you to add your own "super" variable functionality to FrameMaker. Of course, it takes some time and scripting expertise (or money to buy a script), but for the most part, the sky is the limit. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com ___ 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.
Repeating Table Header Rows
Hi Framers, I have a table runs from one page to the next. I've put in the "table continuation" variable, but I can't figure out how to repeat the table header rows. Can someone help? Thanks! Nina Rogers, Technical Writer Tax Development (Federal) Drake Software (828) 524-8020 ext. 1724 nina.rogers at drakesoftware.com
Re: Repeating Table Header Rows
Nina Rogers wrote: I have a table runs from one page to the next. I've put in the "table continuation" variable, but I can't figure out how to repeat the table header rows. Can someone help? Thanks! Add a new header row and copy and paste the cells from your existing regular row into the new header row, then delete the regular row. Header rows repeat on every page. Kenneth Benson Pegasus Type, Inc. www.pegtype.com ___ 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: special character; centerline symbol
Martin Simon wrote: Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower. The centre line symbol (this is how Windows Character Map spells it) is available in at least Arial Unicode and Lucida Sans Unicode at position U+2104. That's beyond Framemaker's reach (until FM8, we hope), but you would be able to make yourself a graphic in Illustrator or some other Unicode-aware drawing application by copying the character from Character Map and saving it as a drawing. Word is also Unicode-aware, so you can easily get this character in Word, if you have a font like Arial Unicode. Just Insert Symbol, change the font to Arial Unicode, and type in character code 2104. There are also, presumably, fonts made for CAD programs that put this character in the ANSI range, which would make it available to Frame. A quick Google got me to http://www.quietdesigns.com/index.html, which sells a font that puts the character in both its proper Unicode position and at ALT 0167 (replacing the ยง section sign that's normally there). They have a free version of the font too. I didn't download it to see if centerline is there or not. Kenneth Benson Pegasus Type, Inc. www.pegtype.com ___ 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.
special character; centerline symbol
You'd have to find it in a font. FM does not create characters, only displays them. Grant (alternatively, you could create it as a graphic, and then use that.) -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+grant.hogarth=reuters@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+grant.hogarth=reuters.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martin Simon Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:38 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: special character; centerline symbol Hey Happy Friday to all those affected! Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower. (I am thinking along the lines of ALT + 0169 = (c)) Thanks! Martin Simon Technical Writer martin.simon at wetdesign.com WET DESIGN www.wetdesign.com
Re: special character; centerline symbol
You might try checking [InstalledDrive:]\\..\Adobe\FrameMaker7.2\OnlineManuals\Character_Sets.pdf Rene Stephenson Art Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I haven't seen that symbol as a glyph in any font, but it'd be pretty easy to create in FM if you can't find it elsewhere. Try typing the L first, because it's larger. Then set up a character tag with negative spread and the same font a point or two smaller. Type the C and apply the character tag to it. Art On 6/29/07, Martin Simon wrote: > Hey Happy Friday to all those affected! > > Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for > the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the > letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower. > > (I am thinking along the lines of ALT + 0169 = (c)) > > Thanks! > > Martin Simon > Technical Writer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WET DESIGN > www.wetdesign.com > > ___ > > > 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/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ 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/rinnie1%40yahoo.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.
special character; centerline symbol
You might try checking [InstalledDrive:]\\..\Adobe\FrameMaker7.2\OnlineManuals\Character_Sets.pdf Rene Stephenson Art Campbell wrote: I haven't seen that symbol as a glyph in any font, but it'd be pretty easy to create in FM if you can't find it elsewhere. Try typing the L first, because it's larger. Then set up a character tag with negative spread and the same font a point or two smaller. Type the C and apply the character tag to it. Art On 6/29/07, Martin Simon wrote: > Hey Happy Friday to all those affected! > > Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for > the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the > letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower. > > (I am thinking along the lines of ALT + 0169 = (c)) > > Thanks! > > Martin Simon > Technical Writer > martin.simon at wetdesign.com > > WET DESIGN > www.wetdesign.com > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.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/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- 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 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rinnie1 at yahoo.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/rinnie1%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Repeating Table Header Rows
This should happen automatically, if you created the table in FM. If, however, it was pasted in from elsewhere as RTF (for example), FM doesn't recognize the first row as the header row. I know of two ways to fix this: * Select the "heading" row, right-click and choose Add Row or Column, change the Row(s) selection to "To Heading", and click Add. Then, move the text from the former "heading" row into the new heading row you just inserted and delete the old row. * Rick Quatro's TableCleaner plugin provides a right-click function to convert selected rows to heading or footer rows...and lots of other neat tricks for working with tables, especially the foibles that come with pasting from other programs. I've found it well worth the money. ;-) Others may provide additional insight. HTH Rene Stephenson Nina Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Framers, I have a table runs from one page to the next. I've put in the "table continuation" variable, but I can't figure out how to repeat the table header rows. Can someone help? Thanks! Nina Rogers, Technical Writer Tax Development (Federal) Drake Software (828) 524-8020 ext. 1724 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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/rinnie1%40yahoo.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.
Repeating Table Header Rows
This should happen automatically, if you created the table in FM. If, however, it was pasted in from elsewhere as RTF (for example), FM doesn't recognize the first row as the header row. I know of two ways to fix this: * Select the "heading" row, right-click and choose Add Row or Column, change the Row(s) selection to "To Heading", and click Add. Then, move the text from the former "heading" row into the new heading row you just inserted and delete the old row. * Rick Quatro's TableCleaner plugin provides a right-click function to convert selected rows to heading or footer rows...and lots of other neat tricks for working with tables, especially the foibles that come with pasting from other programs. I've found it well worth the money. ;-) Others may provide additional insight. HTH Rene Stephenson Nina Rogers wrote: Hi Framers, I have a table runs from one page to the next. I've put in the "table continuation" variable, but I can't figure out how to repeat the table header rows. Can someone help? Thanks! Nina Rogers, Technical Writer Tax Development (Federal) Drake Software (828) 524-8020 ext. 1724 nina.rogers at drakesoftware.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rinnie1 at yahoo.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/rinnie1%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: special character; centerline symbol
I haven't seen that symbol as a glyph in any font, but it'd be pretty easy to create in FM if you can't find it elsewhere. Try typing the L first, because it's larger. Then set up a character tag with negative spread and the same font a point or two smaller. Type the C and apply the character tag to it. Art On 6/29/07, Martin Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Happy Friday to all those affected! Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower. (I am thinking along the lines of ALT + 0169 = (c)) Thanks! Martin Simon Technical Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] WET DESIGN www.wetdesign.com ___ 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/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ 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: Under-documented features... What fun!
Debbi Correia wrote: Just remember that the cross-reference method will create a hypertext link in a PDF if you Generate Acrobat data... That's right. And these links will also be placed incorrectly if there are variable-width items preceding the cross-reference in the header/footer -- see http://www.microtype.com/Hmmms.html#0602 for more information and a sample file. Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat ___ 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: special character; centerline symbol
You'd have to find it in a font. FM does not create characters, only displays them. Grant (alternatively, you could create it as a graphic, and then use that.) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Simon Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:38 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: special character; centerline symbol Hey Happy Friday to all those affected! Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower. (I am thinking along the lines of ALT + 0169 = (c)) Thanks! Martin Simon Technical Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] WET DESIGN www.wetdesign.com ___ 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.
special character; centerline symbol
Hey Happy Friday to all those affected! Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower. (I am thinking along the lines of ALT + 0169 = (c)) Thanks! Martin Simon Technical Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] WET DESIGN www.wetdesign.com ___ 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.
special character; centerline symbol
Hey Happy Friday to all those affected! Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower. (I am thinking along the lines of ALT + 0169 = (c)) Thanks! Martin Simon Technical Writer martin.simon at wetdesign.com WET DESIGN www.wetdesign.com
Re: Thumbtabs issue
At 21:16 -0700 28/6/07, Radha Padmanabhan wrote: >Many thanks to Don Pratt and Steve Rickaby for throwing much light on >TabSpacer font and the hand-holding procedure of creating thumb tabs. Nice of you to say so, but Don foxed it out, I just waffled about being busy ;-) -- 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.
Re: Link on Index References in PDF
Yes, I did download a trial version and I've finished taking it for a spin. It does exactly what I needed. Sundorne Communications has another happy customer! Fei Min AMI Semiconductor - "Silicon Solutions for the Real World" NOTICE: This electronic message contains information that may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you received this electronic message in error, please notify the sender and delete the copy you received. ___ 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.
Repeating Table Header Rows
Hi Framers, I have a table runs from one page to the next. I've put in the "table continuation" variable, but I can't figure out how to repeat the table header rows. Can someone help? Thanks! Nina Rogers, Technical Writer Tax Development (Federal) Drake Software (828) 524-8020 ext. 1724 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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
Many thanks to Don Pratt and Steve Rickaby for throwing much light on TabSpacer font and the hand-holding procedure of creating thumb tabs. That was a real help and another bit of knowledge gain. Thanks all for the inputs. Regards Radha > 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. ___ 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/radha_padma%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. - Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. ___ 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.
Slightly OT: Quick way to import files?
Well, I'll be damned! Indeed, Penelope, you're right: It's an Internet Explorer thing. I turned AutoComplete back on and everything works fine again now. Thank you very much Penelope! Happy Friday! Yves On 6/28/07, Penelope Perkins wrote: > > Yves, > > I think this KB explains what's happening: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322948/en-us > > Oddly enough, it's an Internet Explorer setting. To turn the > auto-complete feature back on, just reverse the instructions in "How to > Prevent the AutoComplete List of File Names from Appearing". > > Regards, > Penelope > > = > Penelope Perkins, Senior Technical Writer > Synergex > Sacramento, California > pperkins at synergex.com > > > > -Original Message- > > From: > > framers-bounces+pperkins=synergex.com at lists.frameusers.com > > [mailto:framers-bounces+pperkins=synergex.com at lists.frameusers > .com] On Behalf Of Yves Barbion > > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:59 AM > > To: Mike Wickham > > Cc: Frame Users > > Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Quick way to import files? > > > > It's All files (*.*), Mike. > > > > > > On 6/28/07, Mike Wickham wrote: > > > > > > Underneath the "File name" dropdown is another dropdown, > > "Files of type." > > > What's in that box? If it's not "All files (*.*)," but set > > instead to a > > > particular extension, Frame only displays files with that particular > > > extension. If it's set for an extension that you are not > > seeking, and no > > > files in that directory have that extension, then Frame > > won't display a > > > pick > > > list. > > > > > > Mike Wickham > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > > When I choose File > Import > File to import a graphic, > > and then type > > > the > > > > first character of the name of the graphic, I get to see > > a drop-down > > > list > > > > in > > > > the Import dialog box, displaying only the files whose > > the name starts > > > > with > > > > this first character. And the list gets shorter as I type more > > > characters > > > > of > > > > the file name. This is very handy if you have a graphics folder > > > containing > > > > a > > > > lot of files. But now, on one of my computers, this no > > longer works. No > > > > idea > > > > why, I didn't change any setting in Windows Explorer (at > > least, not that > > > > I'm > > > > aware of ;-)), it just stopped working a couple of days ago. > > > > > > -- Yves Barbion Documentation Architect Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor Scripto bvba Asselsstraat 65 9031 Gent Belgium T: +32 494 12 01 89 F: +32 9 366 50 32 BTW (VAT) BE 0886.192.394 skype: yves.barbion
