Certified courses in Framemaker,Online help and content writing

[Nidhi Bansal]

 

Hi Everyone,

 

Can you please tell me the online certified courses or distance learning
courses (India or outside) in FrameMaker, Online Help and Content Writing.
The institute must be recognized. Also, a good book for Framemaker.

 

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Re: Certified courses in Framemaker,Online help and content writing

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Hi Nidhi,

You can do a post-graduate diploma course from Technowrites, Pune. It is 
recognized. There is also a recognized short-term certificate course conducted 
by Sumedh Nene at Pune again. 
 
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Can you please tell me the online certified courses or distance learning
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The institute must be recognized. Also, a good book for Framemaker.



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RE: Index markers not showing in generated index

[Frank Stearns]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Pete Rourke wrote:

 Thanks Stuart,

 I've tried both with and without spaces.
 What is funny is that
 Index Marker =  Items;$nopageViolation:Items
 The Items shows up in the Index, but the Violation:Items does not.

 In the Index, there are 15 secondary items that do work under the primary
 Violation, I just can't get the word Items as a secondary even if the

Did you by chance source any of this document from Word?

If so (and in general with squirrely marker behavior) it's often 
worth an export to MIF and an examination of the marker statements.

In the past we've found odd, non-printing characters that should not 
be in the marker, and these can cause fits. Word is infamous for 
putting in leading and trailing hex 20 (or was it decimal 20 - can't 
remember) characters - invisible on screen and paper, but confusing 
for FM's marker parser.

Give that a shot.

Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RE: Index markers not showing in generated index

[Pete Rourke]

Thanks Stuart,

I've tried both with and without spaces.
What is funny is that
Index Marker =  Items;$nopageViolation:Items
The Items shows up in the Index, but the Violation:Items does not.

In the Index, there are 15 secondary items that do work under the primary
Violation, I just can't get the word Items as a secondary even if the
Index Marker = Violation:Items (no carriage returns or spaces in the line.

Thanks again

Pete 



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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 3:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Index markers not showing in generated index

Pete Rourke wrote:
 I have created an index marker for a primary: secondary, and the marker
 appears on the page, and shows correctly in the marker box, but when
update
 and generate indexes is run the secondary does not show. There are lots of
 secondary items in the primary. 
 
 I'm a FM newbie FM8.0p266, and may have missed a fundamental principle for
 indexing.
 
 Suggestions?


A couple of things to check:

--remove the space between primary:secondary

--make sure that the marker type is Index (sometimes that can get 
accidentally changed to another type, and you end up inserting a whole 
bunch of Subject markers that you thought were Index markers)

--make sure there are no carriage returns in your marker text

HTH,

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

srogers phoenix-geophysics com

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RE: Index markers not showing in generated index

[Pete Rourke]

Thanks Frank,

I did not use word, but did copy a line of text from a web site, which may
have been contributory. 

I went through my index markers and cleaned out spaces, and removed an
retyped some, which fixed my problem.

Thanks for your response. I used to use FM on a Sun systems ages ago, and
just resumed use recently. 

Thanks again.

Cheers

Pete Rourke
Chandler, AZ

-Original Message-
From: Frank Stearns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:58 AM
To: Pete Rourke
Cc: 'Stuart Rogers'; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Index markers not showing in generated index

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Pete Rourke wrote:

 Thanks Stuart,

 I've tried both with and without spaces.
 What is funny is that
 Index Marker =  Items;$nopageViolation:Items
 The Items shows up in the Index, but the Violation:Items does not.

 In the Index, there are 15 secondary items that do work under the primary
 Violation, I just can't get the word Items as a secondary even if the

Did you by chance source any of this document from Word?

If so (and in general with squirrely marker behavior) it's often 
worth an export to MIF and an examination of the marker statements.

In the past we've found odd, non-printing characters that should not 
be in the marker, and these can cause fits. Word is infamous for 
putting in leading and trailing hex 20 (or was it decimal 20 - can't 
remember) characters - invisible on screen and paper, but confusing 
for FM's marker parser.

Give that a shot.

Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
TOLL FREE Voice (USA and Canada):  800-567-6421
USA Voice: 360-892-3970  USA FAX: 360-253-1498
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RE: Index markers not showing in generated index

[Pete Rourke]

Thanks Fred,

 

The $nopage was a feeble attempt to see if that would help. It didn't and
has since been removed.

 

Once I discovered the space between primary:secondary  being a problem, I
sought out my troubled markers and retyped them. I wouldn't be at all so
sure there were no carriage returns in the marker text box.

 

So that problem has been solved with support from this group. 

 

Thanks very much

 

Pete Rourke

Chandler, AZ

 

From: Fred Ridder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Index markers not showing in generated index

 

It has nothing to do with the problem you're describing, but I have
to point out that conventional styling for book index entries only 
uses initial caps on proper nouns (despite the fact that all the 
example entries in the FrameMaker manual and online help use 
initial caps on main entries and no cap on subentries). This means 
your index marker would look like: 
  items;$nopageviolation:items
 
Also, I'm not sure I understand why you're suppressing the page
number reference for the Items subentry under Violations. Conventionally,
the $nopage switch is used when you want to insert an entry or 
subentry that directs the reader to a different term in the index, 
but to do this you have to include the literal text in the marker.
If your intention is to redirect the reader from the Violation entry
to the Items entry, your index marker would look something like:
  items; $nopageAlso see items
 
As to your specific problem, are you sure you never pressed Enter
(or Shift-Enter) when typing the entry?  Paragraph marks or line
feed marks in index entry markers are *death* (can actually cause
FrameMaker crashes, at least in older versions).

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: Index markers not showing in generated index
 Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:26:27 -0700
 CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 
 Thanks Stuart,
 
 I've tried both with and without spaces.
 What is funny is that
 Index Marker = Items;$nopageViolation:Items
 The Items shows up in the Index, but the Violation:Items does not.
 
 In the Index, there are 15 secondary items that do work under the primary
 Violation, I just can't get the word Items as a secondary even if the
 Index Marker = Violation:Items (no carriage returns or spaces in the line.
 
 Thanks again
 
 Pete 
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers
 Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 3:06 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Subject: Re: Index markers not showing in generated index
 
 Pete Rourke wrote:
  I have created an index marker for a primary: secondary, and the marker
  appears on the page, and shows correctly in the marker box, but when
 update
  and generate indexes is run the secondary does not show. There are lots
of
  secondary items in the primary. 
  
  I'm a FM newbie FM8.0p266, and may have missed a fundamental principle
for
  indexing.
  
  Suggestions?
 
 
 A couple of things to check:
 
 --remove the space between primary:secondary
 
 --make sure that the marker type is Index (sometimes that can get 
 accidentally changed to another type, and you end up inserting a whole 
 bunch of Subject markers that you thought were Index markers)
 
 --make sure there are no carriage returns in your marker text
 
 HTH,
 
 -- 
 Stuart Rogers
 Technical Communicator
 Phoenix Geophysics Limited
 Toronto, ON, Canada
 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
 
 srogers phoenix-geophysics com
 
 If it makes things work more easily, why isn't it called lubrican?
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ANN: Webinar on Writing for Translation on Thur Jan 31st

[Maxwell Hoffmann]

How to Write for Translation: The 1% Solution 
Presented by John M. Smart, President of SMART Communications, Inc. 
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 -- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific Standard Time - 
Online - Cost: Complimentary

Summary

Part of ENLASO's educational Webinar series, How to Write for Translation: The 
1% Solution features John Smart, President of SMART Communications. This 
complimentary Webinar is of particular interest to technical writers, 
translation and localization managers, customer service managers, project 
managers, globalization teams and global marketing professionals.

According to Oxford University, the English language in 2007 has 900,000 words 
and growing daily. This growth poses a problem in translation. The solution is 
Controlled English.

A controlled language approach controls the design of the English text for two 
types of users: persons who read translations of English and persons who use 
English as a second language.

While legal need for translations increases, English is quickly becoming the 
lingua franca of globalization. To non-English speakers, English is a complex 
language that is difficult to read, write, and understand. The use of 
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Another advantage is in the avoidance of litigation caused by Product Liability 
caused by foggy technical documentation. All training manuals, user guides and 
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2. How the 1% solution impacts translations. 
3. How a company and its customers can benefit from Controlled English. 
4. How to avoid the 21 most common errors in documentation. 
5. How global leaders like GE use Six Sigma metrics for documentation quality. 
6. A case study of how Cross Match Technologies implemented Controlled English 
User Guides for their new line of exotic fingerprint devices found at most 
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7. Demonstration of Controlled English checker tool and a live-rewrite. 
8. A thought-provoking dissection of texts written for the translation of NCR 
Corporation software documentation to support ATM banking machines globally. 
9. A controlled language approach controls the design of the English text for 
two types of users: persons who read translations of English and persons who 
use English as a second language. 

About the presenter:

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linguistic software development. His firm has successfully applied Controlled 
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trucks, Airbus A380 to exotic software for tiny IBM RFID chips. Mr. Smart 
received his undergraduate degree in Sydney, Australia and holds degrees in the 
publishing and computer science from the Rochester Institute of Technology, NY.

To register,look for the seminar description and registration link in the right 
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Screencaps with multiple outputs

[pxenson]

Hi -

I have a client using FrameMaker 7.2 on Windows XP. They're using SnagIt to 
create screencaps of application screens and windows. They output to the 
following:

- printed book
- PDF posted online that user can view or print (This is the same PDF sent to 
press)
- HTML via Webworks

They want the screencaps to be clear and readable in all outputs. I've found I 
get the clearest images when capturing at screen resolution (96 dpi) and 
importing to FM at the same resolution. The trouble is the images are fairly 
large in the book/PDF versions and much too large in HTML. However, scaling at 
any point in the operation reduces clarity.

The client is absolutely opposed to creating multiple screencaps and using 
conditional text for the various outputs.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Pat Christenson
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Re: Screencaps with multiple outputs

[Art Campbell]

I use SnagIt and capture fairly high resolution PNGs. They print and
PDF nicely and don't _require_ conversion to use in HTML (through
MIF2GO). However, they can be resized on the fly through MIF2Go -- I
don't know enough about Webworks' capabilities to know if it can do
that too.

Art

On Jan 22, 2008 4:11 PM,  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi -

 I have a client using FrameMaker 7.2 on Windows XP. They're using SnagIt to 
 create screencaps of application screens and windows. They output to the 
 following:

 - printed book
 - PDF posted online that user can view or print (This is the same PDF sent to 
 press)
 - HTML via Webworks

 They want the screencaps to be clear and readable in all outputs. I've found 
 I get the clearest images when capturing at screen resolution (96 dpi) and 
 importing to FM at the same resolution. The trouble is the images are fairly 
 large in the book/PDF versions and much too large in HTML. However, scaling 
 at any point in the operation reduces clarity.

 The client is absolutely opposed to creating multiple screencaps and using 
 conditional text for the various outputs.

 Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

 Pat Christenson
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Creating separators for tag lists

[Jerilynne Knight]

Hi all intrepid Framers...

Does anyone know of a way to create a separator, such as underline or
dashed line, to visually separate the tags in a paragraph tag or character
tag list. The tag names are organized by name AND it would be nice for the
user if there was a way to visually group them. I thought I had seen a tip
related to that some time ago and can't find it.

Thanks for any help ... even if it is nope, not possible!


...have an amazing day, and live with passion!

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Certified courses in Framemaker,Online help and content writing

[Nidhi Bansal]

Hi Everyone,



Can you please tell me the online certified courses or distance learning
courses (India or outside) in FrameMaker, Online Help and Content Writing.
The institute must be recognized. Also, a good book for Framemaker.



Regards,

Nidhi Bansal

Certified courses in Framemaker,Online help and content writing

[Neeraj Jain]

Hi Nidhi,

You can do a post-graduate diploma course from Technowrites, Pune. It is 
recognized. There is also a recognized short-term certificate course conducted 
by Sumedh Nene at Pune again. 

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Smile because it takes you closer.
Thanks and Regards, 
N. Jain 
Writer 
+91-9810676241
http://www.neerajjain8.com | http://neerajjain8.rediffiland.com






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Index markers not showing in generated index

[Pete Rourke]

Thanks Frank,

I did not use word, but did copy a line of text from a web site, which may
have been contributory. 

I went through my index markers and cleaned out spaces, and removed an
retyped some, which fixed my problem.

Thanks for your response. I used to use FM on a Sun systems ages ago, and
just resumed use recently. 

Thanks again.

Cheers

Pete Rourke
Chandler, AZ

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From: Frank Stearns [mailto:fra...@fsatools.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:58 AM
To: Pete Rourke
Cc: 'Stuart Rogers'; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Index markers not showing in generated index

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Pete Rourke wrote:

> Thanks Stuart,
>
> I've tried both with and without spaces.
> What is funny is that
> Index Marker =  Items;<$nopage>Violation:Items
> The Items shows up in the Index, but the Violation:Items does not.
>
> In the Index, there are 15 secondary items that do work under the primary
> Violation, I just can't get the word "Items" as a secondary even if the

Did you by chance source any of this document from Word?

If so (and in general with squirrely marker behavior) it's often 
worth an export to MIF and an examination of the marker statements.

In the past we've found odd, non-printing characters that should not 
be in the marker, and these can cause fits. Word is infamous for 
putting in leading and trailing hex 20 (or was it decimal 20 - can't 
remember) characters - invisible on screen and paper, but confusing 
for FM's marker parser.

Give that a shot.

Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
franks at fsatools.com 
TOLL FREE Voice (USA and Canada):  800-567-6421
USA Voice: 360-892-3970  USA FAX: 360-253-1498
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Index markers not showing in generated index

[Pete Rourke]

Thanks Fred,



The <$nopage> was a feeble attempt to see if that would help. It didn't and
has since been removed.



Once I discovered the space between primary:secondary  being a problem, I
sought out my troubled markers and retyped them. I wouldn't be at all so
sure there were no carriage returns in the marker text box.



So that problem has been solved with support from this group. 



Thanks very much



Pete Rourke

Chandler, AZ



From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:31 AM
To: pete at rourke.org
Subject: RE: Index markers not showing in generated index



It has nothing to do with the problem you're describing, but I have
to point out that conventional styling for book index entries only 
uses initial caps on proper nouns (despite the fact that all the 
example entries in the FrameMaker manual and online help use 
initial caps on main entries and no cap on subentries). This means 
your index marker would look like: 
  items;<$nopage>violation:items

Also, I'm not sure I understand why you're suppressing the page
number reference for the Items subentry under Violations. Conventionally,
the <$nopage> switch is used when you want to insert an entry or 
subentry that directs the reader to a different term in the index, 
but to do this you have to include the literal text in the marker.
If your intention is to redirect the reader from the Violation entry
to the Items entry, your index marker would look something like:
  items; <$nopage>Also see items

As to your specific problem, are you sure you never pressed Enter
(or Shift-Enter) when typing the entry?  Paragraph marks or line
feed marks in index entry markers are *death* (can actually cause
FrameMaker crashes, at least in older versions).

> From: pete at rourke.org
> To: srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com
> Subject: RE: Index markers not showing in generated index
> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:26:27 -0700
> CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> 
> Thanks Stuart,
> 
> I've tried both with and without spaces.
> What is funny is that
> Index Marker = Items;<$nopage>Violation:Items
> The Items shows up in the Index, but the Violation:Items does not.
> 
> In the Index, there are 15 secondary items that do work under the primary
> Violation, I just can't get the word "Items" as a secondary even if the
> Index Marker = Violation:Items (no carriage returns or spaces in the line.
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Pete 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 3:06 PM
> To: pete.rourke at reefpt.com
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Index markers not showing in generated index
> 
> Pete Rourke wrote:
> > I have created an index marker for a primary: secondary, and the marker
> > appears on the page, and shows correctly in the marker box, but when
> update
> > and generate indexes is run the secondary does not show. There are lots
of
> > secondary items in the primary. 
> > 
> > I'm a FM newbie FM8.0p266, and may have missed a fundamental principle
for
> > indexing.
> > 
> > Suggestions?
> 
> 
> A couple of things to check:
> 
> --remove the space between primary:secondary
> 
> --make sure that the marker type is Index (sometimes that can get 
> accidentally changed to another type, and you end up inserting a whole 
> bunch of Subject markers that you thought were Index markers)
> 
> --make sure there are no carriage returns in your marker text
> 
> HTH,
> 
> -- 
> Stuart Rogers
> Technical Communicator
> Phoenix Geophysics Limited
> Toronto, ON, Canada
> +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
> 
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ANN: Webinar on Writing for Translation on Thur Jan 31st

[Maxwell Hoffmann]

How to Write for Translation: The 1% Solution 
Presented by John M. Smart, President of SMART Communications, Inc. 
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 -- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific Standard Time - 
Online - Cost: Complimentary

Summary

Part of ENLASO's educational Webinar series, How to Write for Translation: The 
1% Solution features John Smart, President of SMART Communications. This 
complimentary Webinar is of particular interest to technical writers, 
translation and localization managers, customer service managers, project 
managers, globalization teams and global marketing professionals.

According to Oxford University, the English language in 2007 has 900,000 words 
and growing daily. This growth poses a problem in translation. The solution is 
Controlled English.

A controlled language approach controls the design of the English text for two 
types of users: persons who read translations of English and persons who use 
English as a second language.

While legal need for translations increases, English is quickly becoming the 
lingua franca of globalization. To non-English speakers, English is a complex 
language that is difficult to read, write, and understand. The use of 
Controlled English which uses 1% of the English language offers a 
cost-effective and viable solution. Well-written Controlled English removes the 
ambiguity, passive voice, gerunds and other constructions that cause 
comprehension problems. Controlled English offers cost savings in translations 
through a reduction in the amount of words. 

Another advantage is in the avoidance of litigation caused by Product Liability 
caused by foggy technical documentation. All training manuals, user guides and 
maintenance manuals can benefit from clear, concise English. What this session 
will cover:

1. The history and background information about Controlled English, 1930 to 
2007. 
2. How the "1% solution" impacts translations. 
3. How a company and its customers can benefit from Controlled English. 
4. How to avoid the 21 most common errors in documentation. 
5. How global leaders like GE use Six Sigma metrics for documentation quality. 
6. A case study of how Cross Match Technologies implemented Controlled English 
User Guides for their new line of exotic fingerprint devices found at most 
airports. 
7. Demonstration of Controlled English checker tool and a live-rewrite. 
8. A thought-provoking dissection of texts written for the translation of NCR 
Corporation software documentation to support ATM banking machines globally. 
9. A controlled language approach controls the design of the English text for 
two types of users: persons who read translations of English and persons who 
use English as a second language. 

About the presenter:

Mr. Smart has more than 18 years of experience in language simplification and 
linguistic software development. His firm has successfully applied Controlled 
English to many products and services ranging from huge 40-ton Liebherr mining 
trucks, Airbus A380 to exotic software for tiny IBM RFID chips. Mr. Smart 
received his undergraduate degree in Sydney, Australia and holds degrees in the 
publishing and computer science from the Rochester Institute of Technology, NY.

To register,look for the seminar description and registration link in the right 
hand column of the web page at www.translate.com 


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Screencaps with multiple outputs

[pxen...@comcast.net]

Hi -

I have a client using FrameMaker 7.2 on Windows XP. They're using SnagIt to 
create screencaps of application screens and windows. They output to the 
following:

- printed book
- PDF posted online that user can view or print (This is the same PDF sent to 
press)
- HTML via Webworks

They want the screencaps to be clear and readable in all outputs. I've found I 
get the clearest images when capturing at screen resolution (96 dpi) and 
importing to FM at the same resolution. The trouble is the images are fairly 
large in the book/PDF versions and much too large in HTML. However, scaling at 
any point in the operation reduces clarity.

The client is absolutely opposed to creating multiple screencaps and using 
conditional text for the various outputs.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Pat Christenson

Screencaps with multiple outputs

[Art Campbell]

I use SnagIt and capture fairly high resolution PNGs. They print and
PDF nicely and don't _require_ conversion to use in HTML (through
MIF2GO). However, they can be resized on the fly through MIF2Go -- I
don't know enough about Webworks' capabilities to know if it can do
that too.

Art

On Jan 22, 2008 4:11 PM,   wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I have a client using FrameMaker 7.2 on Windows XP. They're using SnagIt to 
> create screencaps of application screens and windows. They output to the 
> following:
>
> - printed book
> - PDF posted online that user can view or print (This is the same PDF sent to 
> press)
> - HTML via Webworks
>
> They want the screencaps to be clear and readable in all outputs. I've found 
> I get the clearest images when capturing at screen resolution (96 dpi) and 
> importing to FM at the same resolution. The trouble is the images are fairly 
> large in the book/PDF versions and much too large in HTML. However, scaling 
> at any point in the operation reduces clarity.
>
> The client is absolutely opposed to creating multiple screencaps and using 
> conditional text for the various outputs.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
>
> Pat Christenson
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Creating separators for tag lists

[Jerilynne Knight]

Hi all intrepid Framers...

Does anyone know of a way to create a "separator", such as underline or
dashed line, to visually separate the tags in a paragraph tag or character
tag list. The tag names are organized by name AND it would be nice for the
user if there was a way to visually group them. I thought I had seen a tip
related to that some time ago and can't find it.

Thanks for any help ... even if it is "nope, not possible"!


...have an amazing day, and live with passion!

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