RE: Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Reng, Dr. Winfried]

Hi Linda,

I use TextPad: http://www.textpad.com/

Additionally to the other editors, which were
cited (UltraEdit, ConTEXT, SciTE Text Editor,
Crimson Editor, Programmer's File Editor), I have
also heard of these:
jEdit http://www.jedit.org/
MED http://www.med-editor.com/
NoteTab http://www.notetab.com/

Best regards

Winfried 

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> Subject: RE: Archive searching and moving text inset files
> 
> Thanks, Rick. 
> 
> Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have 
> anything other
> than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot. 
> 
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Job Posting in Indianapolis

[grego...@att.net]

Framers,
My department has a permanent position open for a full-time technical writer at 
our Indianapolis location. Great benefits, excellent work environment, and a 
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Here's the info:
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- Applications and Algorithms - step-by-step procedures that explain how the 
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- Data Dictionary - entries that explain the functionality of each column in 
the database. 

- Developer?s Reference Guide - technical information on API components

- Implementation Guide - intended to assist development teams in implementing 
software into their clinical application

- Quality Control Protocol - series of tests designed to if the software is 
implemented properly

- Customer Bulletins - direct communication with customers used to explain 
product issues or enhancements

Qualifications: Interested candidates must possess the following:

- 3+ years of technical writing experience (samples required) 

- BA/BS in Technical Writing or related field 

- Basic understanding of relational database functionality

- Experience working with database a plus

- Adobe FrameMaker skills 

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- Ability to assimilate complicated pharmaceutical and technical information 
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- Work experience in the pharmaceutical industry or with medical writing 
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Relocation costs are not provided.

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FM abruptly closes with no save

[Wilk, Susan]

I have been experiencing the same problem as Christopher. I am running
FrameMaker 7.1 on Windows XP. (And Christopher, I am not a newbie--I
have been using Fm for well over 10 years.)

The last time FM crashed in this way, I had just imported an image
(gif), reduced the size, and was adjusting the frame with the bottom
center handle.

Susan Sackett-Wilk
The TriZetto Group
Irving, Texas




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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pete Rourke
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:19 PM
To: 'Brewster, Christopher C'; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FM abruptly closes with no save

You might try saving the powerpoint image as a png / bmp / gif, and then
do
a import file. 
What version of FM, & what platform?
Pete Rourke
Chandler, AZ

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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Brewster,
Christopher C
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:11 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FM abruptly closes with no save

I've been learning FM in the middle of a project, and it sometimes seems
a bit ornery. I'm inserting graphics linked from a Powerpoint file.
First I do Special > Anchored Frame, and set "Top of column". Then I
paste the graphic into the frame. Twice today, after I have done this
process 5 or 10 times, I perform the first step and suddenly FM closes
without saving. Since contemporary software usually includes a Newbie
Detector Module to make things more exciting for the beginner, maybe
someone could suggest a way to make myself less obvious to the NDM.
Thanks.

Christopher C. Brewster 

Lockheed Martin





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FM abruptly closes with no save

[Brewster, Christopher C]

I've been learning FM in the middle of a project, and it sometimes seems
a bit ornery. I'm inserting graphics linked from a Powerpoint file.
First I do Special > Anchored Frame, and set "Top of column". Then I
paste the graphic into the frame. Twice today, after I have done this
process 5 or 10 times, I perform the first step and suddenly FM closes
without saving. Since contemporary software usually includes a Newbie
Detector Module to make things more exciting for the beginner, maybe
someone could suggest a way to make myself less obvious to the NDM.
Thanks.

Christopher C. Brewster 

Lockheed Martin

RE: FM abruptly closes with no save

[Pete Rourke]

You might try saving the powerpoint image as a png / bmp / gif, and then do
a import file. 
What version of FM, & what platform?
Pete Rourke
Chandler, AZ

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Subject: FM abruptly closes with no save

I've been learning FM in the middle of a project, and it sometimes seems
a bit ornery. I'm inserting graphics linked from a Powerpoint file.
First I do Special > Anchored Frame, and set "Top of column". Then I
paste the graphic into the frame. Twice today, after I have done this
process 5 or 10 times, I perform the first step and suddenly FM closes
without saving. Since contemporary software usually includes a Newbie
Detector Module to make things more exciting for the beginner, maybe
someone could suggest a way to make myself less obvious to the NDM.
Thanks.

Christopher C. Brewster 

Lockheed Martin



 

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FM abruptly closes with no save

[Pete Rourke]

You might try saving the powerpoint image as a png / bmp / gif, and then do
a import file. 
What version of FM, & what platform?
Pete Rourke
Chandler, AZ

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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Brewster,
Christopher C
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:11 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FM abruptly closes with no save

I've been learning FM in the middle of a project, and it sometimes seems
a bit ornery. I'm inserting graphics linked from a Powerpoint file.
First I do Special > Anchored Frame, and set "Top of column". Then I
paste the graphic into the frame. Twice today, after I have done this
process 5 or 10 times, I perform the first step and suddenly FM closes
without saving. Since contemporary software usually includes a Newbie
Detector Module to make things more exciting for the beginner, maybe
someone could suggest a way to make myself less obvious to the NDM.
Thanks.

Christopher C. Brewster 

Lockheed Martin





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Track Changes Added inconsistencies?

[Art Campbell]

Brad,

It amounts to the same thing as using conditional text and having
different show/hide indicators for the different files in the book.
Track Changes uses different tracking modes, and somehow, one or more
of the settings were activated for one or more of your book files.

You can probably clean it up either with the Track Changes bar, as
Gillian mentioned, or (I think) by editing the conditional text
settings.

Cheers,
Art

On Feb 12, 2008 4:29 PM, Brad Simmons  wrote:
> Hello fellow Frame users,
>
> The past several times that I've regenerated my FrameMaker 8.0 book
> (originally created in 7.2) I've gotten the following message:
>
> "Show/Hide setting for FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_ADDED is inconsistent"
>
> What does this mean? I've never seen a track changing feature, nor have
> I (knowingly) turned one on or off.
>
> Should I be concerned about this? Will this mess up my book if I try to
> print it?
>
> -Brad Simmons
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FM abruptly closes with no save

[Brewster, Christopher C]

I've been learning FM in the middle of a project, and it sometimes seems
a bit ornery. I'm inserting graphics linked from a Powerpoint file.
First I do Special > Anchored Frame, and set "Top of column". Then I
paste the graphic into the frame. Twice today, after I have done this
process 5 or 10 times, I perform the first step and suddenly FM closes
without saving. Since contemporary software usually includes a Newbie
Detector Module to make things more exciting for the beginner, maybe
someone could suggest a way to make myself less obvious to the NDM.
Thanks.

Christopher C. Brewster 

Lockheed Martin



 

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Track Changes Added inconsistencies?

[Brad Simmons]

Hello fellow Frame users,

The past several times that I've regenerated my FrameMaker 8.0 book
(originally created in 7.2) I've gotten the following message:

"Show/Hide setting for FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_ADDED is inconsistent"

What does this mean? I've never seen a track changing feature, nor have
I (knowingly) turned one on or off.

Should I be concerned about this? Will this mess up my book if I try to
print it?

-Brad Simmons

Track Changes Added inconsistencies?

[Combs, Richard]

Brad Simmons wrote: 

> The past several times that I've regenerated my FrameMaker 
> 8.0 book (originally created in 7.2) I've gotten the 
> following message:
> 
> "Show/Hide setting for FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_ADDED is inconsistent"
> 
> What does this mean? I've never seen a track changing 
> feature, nor have I (knowingly) turned one on or off.

Well, I haven't seen FM8, but the message "Show/Hide setting for XYZ is
inconsistent" means you're showing text tagged with the condition XYZ in
some book components and not in others.  

If FM8 is creating change-tracking conditions and applying them to text,
and you don't know anything about it, I suspect it's time to RTFM. ;-) 

Richard


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Limiting table/graphics table widths

[Art Campbell]

Loretta,
There are two default widths -- the column width or the page text frame width.
If you wanted to specify a width in mm, points, or another measure, it
would probably require scripting.

Art


On Feb 12, 2008 1:41 PM, Chen, Loretta  wrote:
> Thanks Rick, Art,
>
> It looks like a great utility that I think will work after our
> translators have put our text into their smaller page formats.
>
> But it didn't look like you can set a max table size with the utility,
> can you?
>
> I was hoping to find a way to restrict table sizes on our side -- either
> some automated way to limit the max width of each table format or some
> visual cue to let our writers know this is the limit for this table.
>
> This would allow us to control the table issue on our side and limit the
> $$ translators charge for dealing. Know what I mean?
>
> If anyone has any ideas, let me know.
>
> In any case, thanks!
>
> L.
>
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rick Quatro [mailto:frameexpert at truevine.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:53 AM
> To: Chen, Loretta; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Limiting table/graphics table widths
>
> Hi Loretta,
>
> You may want to take a look at my TableCleaner plugin. It allows you to
> resize tables in a batch. See
>
> http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com
>
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >> We're looking for a way to limit the width of our tables in our
> >> template. This is so tables don't overflow when copied into different
>
> >> page sizes during translation.
> >>
> >> This includes tables with multiple columns and a single-cell tables
> >> used to hold graphics.
> >>
> >> I see there's a way to resize columns to a max width on existing
> >> tables, but I don't see a setting that sets a max column/table size
> >> for a table in the Table Designer. Is it possible?
> >>
> >> If not, any genius ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Loretta
>
>



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SOLVED -- Re: Smart Quotes pretty dumb in Gentium Basic, Minion Pro, andAuld Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and All

[Bodvar Bjorgvinsson]

You should expect some anomalies as their website warns:

QUOTE
Beta version
These fonts are intended only for preliminary testing, as they contain
bugs. Many aspects of the fonts, including glyph metrics, may change
before the final release.
UNQUOTE
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium_basic

But thanks for the mentioning the font. I got the above link from an
RGLUG list message today. Real nice fonts. I think I will download the
family.

About the Minion Pro, I don't know if this is of any help but here is
a discussion on problems with diacritics on that font:
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.typography/browse_thread/thread/5f5060dc523ad2f7


Bodvar


On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Hedley Finger
 wrote:
>
>  All:
>
>  At Tuesday, 12/02/2008, 04:38 AM;, you wrote:
>  >Your latest message must have been transmitted in MIME format. It
>  >came through silent. :)
>
>  Now that I've got everyone's attention ... somehow that paste didn't
>  happen and I sent off an empty message.  Sorry if it didn't satisfy
>  your humger for knowledge. [Boom, boom.]
>
>  >Smart Quotes is on but when I press ' or ", question marks (?) appear
>  >in Gentium Basic and Minion Pro fonts, not quotes.
>  >Apart from these [fonts, selected for testing because high quality],
>  >Smart Quotes does not work with any *.ps, *.ttf or
>  >*.otf font from any manufacturer.  Anybody else seen this?  What is the
>  >fix?
>  >You can still insert the single and double quotation marks from the
>  >Character Map on Windows, but what a pain!
>
>  Well, I discovered the fix is simple.  Choose Format > Document >
>  Text Options and CLEAR the Smart Quotes checkbox.  Yep, deselecting
>  this checkbox causes the appropriate opening and closing quotation
>  marks to be inserted when you press " or ".
>
>  Regards,
>  Hedley
>
>
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RE: Track Changes Added inconsistencies?

[Combs, Richard]

Brad Simmons wrote: 
 
> The past several times that I've regenerated my FrameMaker 
> 8.0 book (originally created in 7.2) I've gotten the 
> following message:
> 
> "Show/Hide setting for FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_ADDED is inconsistent"
> 
> What does this mean? I've never seen a track changing 
> feature, nor have I (knowingly) turned one on or off.

Well, I haven't seen FM8, but the message "Show/Hide setting for XYZ is
inconsistent" means you're showing text tagged with the condition XYZ in
some book components and not in others.  

If FM8 is creating change-tracking conditions and applying them to text,
and you don't know anything about it, I suspect it's time to RTFM. ;-) 

Richard


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Limiting table/graphics table widths

[Grant Hogarth]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but are your tables not ID tagged?
This can set the width.
Then you just have to train your writers not to resize the table (a
challenge, I realize).

Another option might be to use a FrameScript to call the Resize Columns
control -- which does have a "Scaling to width totaling " command.

Grant

-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Chen, Loretta
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:41 AM
To: Rick Quatro; framers at lists.frameusers.com; Art Campbell
Subject: RE: Limiting table/graphics table widths

Thanks Rick, Art,

It looks like a great utility that I think will work after our
translators have put our text into their smaller page formats.

But it didn't look like you can set a max table size with the utility,
can you?

I was hoping to find a way to restrict table sizes on our side -- either
some automated way to limit the max width of each table format or some
visual cue to let our writers know this is the limit for this table. 

This would allow us to control the table issue on our side and limit the
$$ translators charge for dealing. Know what I mean?

If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

In any case, thanks!

L.




-Original Message-
From: Rick Quatro [mailto:frameexp...@truevine.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:53 AM
To: Chen, Loretta; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Limiting table/graphics table widths

Hi Loretta,

You may want to take a look at my TableCleaner plugin. It allows you to
resize tables in a batch. See

http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/

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

>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> We're looking for a way to limit the width of our tables in our 
>> template. This is so tables don't overflow when copied into different

>> page sizes during translation.
>>
>> This includes tables with multiple columns and a single-cell tables 
>> used to hold graphics.
>>
>> I see there's a way to resize columns to a max width on existing 
>> tables, but I don't see a setting that sets a max column/table size 
>> for a table in the Table Designer. Is it possible?
>>
>> If not, any genius ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Loretta

Re: Track Changes Added inconsistencies?

[Art Campbell]

Brad,

It amounts to the same thing as using conditional text and having
different show/hide indicators for the different files in the book.
Track Changes uses different tracking modes, and somehow, one or more
of the settings were activated for one or more of your book files.

You can probably clean it up either with the Track Changes bar, as
Gillian mentioned, or (I think) by editing the conditional text
settings.

Cheers,
Art

On Feb 12, 2008 4:29 PM, Brad Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello fellow Frame users,
>
> The past several times that I've regenerated my FrameMaker 8.0 book
> (originally created in 7.2) I've gotten the following message:
>
> "Show/Hide setting for FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_ADDED is inconsistent"
>
> What does this mean? I've never seen a track changing feature, nor have
> I (knowingly) turned one on or off.
>
> Should I be concerned about this? Will this mess up my book if I try to
> print it?
>
> -Brad Simmons
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Track Changes Added inconsistencies?

[Flato, Gillian]

In Frame 8, go to View > Track Text Edit Bar to see it. 

-Gillian


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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Brad Simmons
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:29 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Track Changes Added inconsistencies?

Hello fellow Frame users,

The past several times that I've regenerated my FrameMaker 8.0 book
(originally created in 7.2) I've gotten the following message:

"Show/Hide setting for FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_ADDED is inconsistent"

What does this mean? I've never seen a track changing feature, nor have
I (knowingly) turned one on or off.

Should I be concerned about this? Will this mess up my book if I try to
print it?

-Brad Simmons
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RE: Track Changes Added inconsistencies?

[Flato, Gillian]

In Frame 8, go to View > Track Text Edit Bar to see it. 

-Gillian


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To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Track Changes Added inconsistencies?

Hello fellow Frame users,

The past several times that I've regenerated my FrameMaker 8.0 book
(originally created in 7.2) I've gotten the following message:

"Show/Hide setting for FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_ADDED is inconsistent"

What does this mean? I've never seen a track changing feature, nor have
I (knowingly) turned one on or off.

Should I be concerned about this? Will this mess up my book if I try to
print it?

-Brad Simmons
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Track Changes Added inconsistencies?

[Brad Simmons]

Hello fellow Frame users,

The past several times that I've regenerated my FrameMaker 8.0 book
(originally created in 7.2) I've gotten the following message:

"Show/Hide setting for FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_ADDED is inconsistent"

What does this mean? I've never seen a track changing feature, nor have
I (knowingly) turned one on or off.

Should I be concerned about this? Will this mess up my book if I try to
print it?

-Brad Simmons
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Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Art Campbell]

Bruce posted in another area, and can (probably) be reached at Bruce
Foster ...
But the only links I have for his stuff are 404ing...
Art

On Feb 12, 2008 12:45 PM, Linda G. Gallagher  wrote:
> Ah, I didn't realize it did that. that could work really well, but I can't 
> seem to find a link to the plugin that works. I've tried from Leximation as 
> well as Carmen and a couple of other links I found using Google, but all come 
> up with a bad page.
>
> Anyone have a working link to Bruce Foster's archive plugin?
>
> Linda G. Gallagher
>
> >Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Ideally, I'd like to rearrange all the inset files, so that they can be
> >> shared across two or more books easily. I know the folder/file structure I
> >> want to use, but I'm wondering about how to get FM to find the insets in
> >> their new location.
> >
> >Linda,
> >
> >I would use Bruce Foster's Archive tool for this task.  It will copy
> >all referenced insets into a new folder and change the reference
> >pointers for you.  It will also copy referenced graphics into a separate
> >folder in the same way.  If its default folder structure doesn't suit,
> >you can simply move the folder to your preferred location, and when you
> >open the FM files again, tell Frame to look in the new location for all
> >files.
> >
> >The plug-in is only $25, and well worth it.
> >http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/?dev=BFP
> >
> >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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> TechCom Plus, LLC
> lindag at techcomplus dot com
> www.techcomplus.com
> 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144
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Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Linda G. Gallagher]

Ah, I didn't realize it did that. that could work really well, but I can't seem 
to find a link to the plugin that works. I've tried from Leximation as well as 
Carmen and a couple of other links I found using Google, but all come up with a 
bad page.

Anyone have a working link to Bruce Foster's archive plugin?

Linda G. Gallagher

>Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
>
>> 
>> Ideally, I'd like to rearrange all the inset files, so that they can be
>> shared across two or more books easily. I know the folder/file structure I
>> want to use, but I'm wondering about how to get FM to find the insets in
>> their new location. 
>
>Linda,
>
>I would use Bruce Foster's Archive tool for this task.  It will copy 
>all referenced insets into a new folder and change the reference 
>pointers for you.  It will also copy referenced graphics into a separate 
>folder in the same way.  If its default folder structure doesn't suit, 
>you can simply move the folder to your preferred location, and when you 
>open the FM files again, tell Frame to look in the new location for all 
>files.
>
>The plug-in is only $25, and well worth it.
>http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/?dev=BFP
>
>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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RE: Limiting table/graphics table widths

[Grant Hogarth]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but are your tables not ID tagged?
This can set the width.
Then you just have to train your writers not to resize the table (a
challenge, I realize).

Another option might be to use a FrameScript to call the Resize Columns
control -- which does have a "Scaling to width totaling " command.

Grant

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chen, Loretta
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:41 AM
To: Rick Quatro; framers@lists.frameusers.com; Art Campbell
Subject: RE: Limiting table/graphics table widths

Thanks Rick, Art,

It looks like a great utility that I think will work after our
translators have put our text into their smaller page formats.

But it didn't look like you can set a max table size with the utility,
can you?

I was hoping to find a way to restrict table sizes on our side -- either
some automated way to limit the max width of each table format or some
visual cue to let our writers know this is the limit for this table. 

This would allow us to control the table issue on our side and limit the
$$ translators charge for dealing. Know what I mean?

If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

In any case, thanks!

L.




-Original Message-
From: Rick Quatro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:53 AM
To: Chen, Loretta; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Limiting table/graphics table widths

Hi Loretta,

You may want to take a look at my TableCleaner plugin. It allows you to
resize tables in a batch. See

http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/

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

>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> We're looking for a way to limit the width of our tables in our 
>> template. This is so tables don't overflow when copied into different

>> page sizes during translation.
>>
>> This includes tables with multiple columns and a single-cell tables 
>> used to hold graphics.
>>
>> I see there's a way to resize columns to a max width on existing 
>> tables, but I don't see a setting that sets a max column/table size 
>> for a table in the Table Designer. Is it possible?
>>
>> If not, any genius ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Loretta
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Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Stuart Rogers]

Linda G. Gallagher wrote:

> 
> Ideally, I'd like to rearrange all the inset files, so that they can be
> shared across two or more books easily. I know the folder/file structure I
> want to use, but I'm wondering about how to get FM to find the insets in
> their new location. 

Linda,

I would use Bruce Foster's Archive tool for this task.  It will copy 
all referenced insets into a new folder and change the reference 
pointers for you.  It will also copy referenced graphics into a separate 
folder in the same way.  If its default folder structure doesn't suit, 
you can simply move the folder to your preferred location, and when you 
open the FM files again, tell Frame to look in the new location for all 
files.

The plug-in is only $25, and well worth it.
http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/?dev=BFP

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?

RE: Limiting table/graphics table widths

[Chen, Loretta]

Thanks Rick, Art,

It looks like a great utility that I think will work after our
translators have put our text into their smaller page formats.

But it didn't look like you can set a max table size with the utility,
can you?

I was hoping to find a way to restrict table sizes on our side -- either
some automated way to limit the max width of each table format or some
visual cue to let our writers know this is the limit for this table. 

This would allow us to control the table issue on our side and limit the
$$ translators charge for dealing. Know what I mean?

If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

In any case, thanks!

L.




-Original Message-
From: Rick Quatro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:53 AM
To: Chen, Loretta; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Limiting table/graphics table widths

Hi Loretta,

You may want to take a look at my TableCleaner plugin. It allows you to
resize tables in a batch. See

http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/

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

>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> We're looking for a way to limit the width of our tables in our 
>> template. This is so tables don't overflow when copied into different

>> page sizes during translation.
>>
>> This includes tables with multiple columns and a single-cell tables 
>> used to hold graphics.
>>
>> I see there's a way to resize columns to a max width on existing 
>> tables, but I don't see a setting that sets a max column/table size 
>> for a table in the Table Designer. Is it possible?
>>
>> If not, any genius ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Loretta

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SURVEY [Cross-Posted]: Migrating content to InDesign? Changing your tool set to InDesign? Please share your plans or experience.

[Peter Gold]

NOTE: [Cross-posted to FrameMaker, InDesign, and technical-writing
forums and lists - just respond once, please.]

Hi!

I'm interested in finding out what folks might be thinking about
converting their FrameMaker and other application's documents to
InDesign, for an article I'm writing. Please take my survey here:

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Text Editor recommendation

[Grant Hogarth]

Notepad ++ here 
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Free, expandable, and rock-solid.

Grant

-Original Message-
"Linda G. Gallagher"  wrote:

Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other
than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot. 

Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Shmuel Wolfson]

Here are two good text editors. They are much more powerful than Notepad.

SciTE Text Editor
Crimson Editor

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson



Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
> Thanks, Rick. 
>
> Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other
> than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot. 
>
>
> ~
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> TechCom Plus, LLC
> lindag at techcomplus dot com
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> 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144
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> WebWorks ePublisher templates
> 
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rick Henkel [mailto:mrbassman at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:15 PM
> To: Linda G. Gallagher
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files
>
> Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
>   
>> Can you edit mif files to change the text inset paths? Any gotchas?
>>
>>   
>> 
>
>
> When we first moved from Word to Frame, I had several writers who kept 
> moving or renaming their inset folders. So I had lots of practice 
> editing MIF files to change inset paths. It was really pretty easy--much 
> easier and less time consuming than re-importing.
>
> It's been a while, so I don't remember the exact syntax for the paths. 
> But I do remember that I found details in one of the Frame help PDF 
> files. (I assume it was the MIF one.)
>
>
>
> Rick Henkel
> http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
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How do you count the total number of words in a FM book

[Grant Hogarth]

Word count of an HTML help system?
Oooh -- that's tricky!

Try Translator's Abacus (Freeware)
http://www.globalrendering.com/download.html



-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Diane Gaskill
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:58 AM
To: Grant Hogarth; Framers
Cc: erudni at gmail.com; Bruce Foster
Subject: RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book

Of course!  Thanks for that, Grant.  I'll definitely do it that way next
time.

Now, a related question.  Normally I'd post this to the HATT list but
since
Adobe also makes Robo, I thought it might be okay to post the question
to
this list.

What is the best way to do a wordcount of an HTML help system?  I used
the
single source method and converted my help system to a Word doc, but it
took
a while and I don't know how accurate the conversion is.

Thanks,
Diane

==

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From: Grant Hogarth [mailto:grant.hoga...@reuters.com]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:01 AM
To: Diane Gaskill; Framers
Cc: erudni at gmail.com; Bruce Foster
Subject: RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book


Quick workaround for that 
Build a book that has only the content files, (No TOC or Index).

Grant

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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Diane Gaskill
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:59 AM
To: Framers
Cc: erudni at gmail.com; Bruce Foster
Subject: RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book

Bookinfo works great, I use it myself.  But one word of caution.  If you
are
counting the words in a book for localization purposes, be sure to
substract
the number of words in the TOC and index.  These files are not counted
because they are generated from words and phrases (titles, for example)
that
are would already be translated when the vendor generates the TOC and
index
for the translated book.

Diane Gaskill
===

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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of Bruce Foster
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 7:26 AM
To: INTERNET:framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book


Hi Esar,

You can do that with the BookInfo plugin:

http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/BookInfo.htm

Regards,
Bruce



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>Hi,

Does anyone have a method of counting the total number of words in a
Framemaker book?  I know I can count the number of words in a file in a
book
but is there some way of doing this on the book??
Thanks,
--
Esar (Earl) Rudnikoff
Senior Technical Communicator
Philips Medical Systems Technologies Ltd.
Haifa, Israel

email: erudni at gmail.com
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Unwanted page borders via the .ps /Distiller route

[Rob Shell]

Dear Framers:
another embarrassing question from an ever hopeful lurker. I am using 
FrameMaker 7.2 build p152 on an XP SE platform.

I am having some problem producing a .pdf without a border if I use the 
print to file .ps option and the Distiller which this list recommends.

If I use the verboten "save as .pdf" I get the pdf without a border as it 
should be. But I cannot print the book via .ps and then Distiller without 
the border.  I know the solution should be in the Printer preferences, 
properties, options, etc, but there I get conflicting measurements of what 
an A4 page is. viz. 8.5 x 11.00. What overrides what and where do I start?


A further bit of ignorance, I would like to print to a .pdf screen size, NOT 
A4 landscape, but there is no (screen) option as there is in the last 
PageMaker version I used. Must I go "custom"

Thanks guys
Rob
Prof. Robert C.-H. Shell
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Extraordinary Professor of Historical Demography
University of the Western Cape
Courier address:
Room 3,23
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Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Grant Hogarth]

Try 
http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/Archive.htm
It's up for me.

Grant

-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:02 AM
To: Linda G. Gallagher
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files

Bruce posted in another area, and can (probably) be reached at Bruce
Foster ...
But the only links I have for his stuff are 404ing...
Art

On Feb 12, 2008 12:45 PM, Linda G. Gallagher 
wrote:
> Ah, I didn't realize it did that. that could work really well, but I
can't seem to find a link to the plugin that works. I've tried from
Leximation as well as Carmen and a couple of other links I found using
Google, but all come up with a bad page.
>
> Anyone have a working link to Bruce Foster's archive plugin?
>
> Linda G. Gallagher
>
> >Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Ideally, I'd like to rearrange all the inset files, so that they
can be
> >> shared across two or more books easily. I know the folder/file
structure I
> >> want to use, but I'm wondering about how to get FM to find the
insets in
> >> their new location.
> >
> >Linda,
> >
> >I would use Bruce Foster's Archive tool for this task.  It will copy
> >all referenced insets into a new folder and change the reference
> >pointers for you.  It will also copy referenced graphics into a
separate
> >folder in the same way.  If its default folder structure doesn't
suit,
> >you can simply move the folder to your preferred location, and when
you
> >open the FM files again, tell Frame to look in the new location for
all
> >files.
> >
> >The plug-in is only $25, and well worth it.
> >http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/?dev=BFP
> >
> >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?
>
>
>
> --
> ~
> Linda G. Gallagher
> TechCom Plus, LLC
> lindag at techcomplus dot com
> www.techcomplus.com
> 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144
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Re: Limiting table/graphics table widths

[Art Campbell]

Loretta,
There are two default widths -- the column width or the page text frame width.
If you wanted to specify a width in mm, points, or another measure, it
would probably require scripting.

Art


On Feb 12, 2008 1:41 PM, Chen, Loretta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Rick, Art,
>
> It looks like a great utility that I think will work after our
> translators have put our text into their smaller page formats.
>
> But it didn't look like you can set a max table size with the utility,
> can you?
>
> I was hoping to find a way to restrict table sizes on our side -- either
> some automated way to limit the max width of each table format or some
> visual cue to let our writers know this is the limit for this table.
>
> This would allow us to control the table issue on our side and limit the
> $$ translators charge for dealing. Know what I mean?
>
> If anyone has any ideas, let me know.
>
> In any case, thanks!
>
> L.
>
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rick Quatro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:53 AM
> To: Chen, Loretta; framers@lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Limiting table/graphics table widths
>
> Hi Loretta,
>
> You may want to take a look at my TableCleaner plugin. It allows you to
> resize tables in a batch. See
>
> http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com
>
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >> We're looking for a way to limit the width of our tables in our
> >> template. This is so tables don't overflow when copied into different
>
> >> page sizes during translation.
> >>
> >> This includes tables with multiple columns and a single-cell tables
> >> used to hold graphics.
> >>
> >> I see there's a way to resize columns to a max width on existing
> >> tables, but I don't see a setting that sets a max column/table size
> >> for a table in the Table Designer. Is it possible?
> >>
> >> If not, any genius ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Loretta
>
>



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Re: Text Editor recommendation

[Paul Nagai]

Textad is a popular and powerful text editor. Watch out if you need true
Unicode support, though. Doesn't quite get there.

On Feb 12, 2008 10:28 AM, Grant Hogarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Notepad ++ here
> http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
>
> Free, expandable, and rock-solid.
>
> Grant
>
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Text Editor recommendation

[Paul Nagai]

Textad is a popular and powerful text editor. Watch out if you need true
Unicode support, though. Doesn't quite get there.

On Feb 12, 2008 10:28 AM, Grant Hogarth  wrote:

> Notepad ++ here
> http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
>
> Free, expandable, and rock-solid.
>
> Grant
>
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RE: Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Syed.Hosain]

> Anyone have a working link to Bruce Foster's archive plugin?

Try:

http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster

for his plugins. You have to have cookies enabled ... else the site will
re-direct without settling properly.

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Archive searching and moving text inset files

[syed.hos...@aeris.net]

> Anyone have a working link to Bruce Foster's archive plugin?

Try:

http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster

for his plugins. You have to have cookies enabled ... else the site will
re-direct without settling properly.

Z

Limiting table/graphics table widths

[Chen, Loretta]

Thanks Rick, Art,

It looks like a great utility that I think will work after our
translators have put our text into their smaller page formats.

But it didn't look like you can set a max table size with the utility,
can you?

I was hoping to find a way to restrict table sizes on our side -- either
some automated way to limit the max width of each table format or some
visual cue to let our writers know this is the limit for this table. 

This would allow us to control the table issue on our side and limit the
$$ translators charge for dealing. Know what I mean?

If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

In any case, thanks!

L.




-Original Message-
From: Rick Quatro [mailto:frameexp...@truevine.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:53 AM
To: Chen, Loretta; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Limiting table/graphics table widths

Hi Loretta,

You may want to take a look at my TableCleaner plugin. It allows you to
resize tables in a batch. See

http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/

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

>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> We're looking for a way to limit the width of our tables in our 
>> template. This is so tables don't overflow when copied into different

>> page sizes during translation.
>>
>> This includes tables with multiple columns and a single-cell tables 
>> used to hold graphics.
>>
>> I see there's a way to resize columns to a max width on existing 
>> tables, but I don't see a setting that sets a max column/table size 
>> for a table in the Table Designer. Is it possible?
>>
>> If not, any genius ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Loretta

RE: Text Editor recommendation

[Grant Hogarth]

Notepad ++ here 
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Free, expandable, and rock-solid.

Grant

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Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other
than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot. 

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RE: Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Syed.Hosain]

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Linda G. Gallagher
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:17 PM
> To: 'Rick Henkel'
> Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Archive searching and moving text inset files
> 
> Thanks, Rick.
> 
> Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything
other
> than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot.

My favorite: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/steveb/cpaap/pfe/

An oldie, and has not been updated for a long time, but works great.
Free!

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[syed.hos...@aeris.net]

> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Linda G. Gallagher
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:17 PM
> To: 'Rick Henkel'
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Archive searching and moving text inset files
> 
> Thanks, Rick.
> 
> Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything
other
> than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot.

My favorite: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/steveb/cpaap/pfe/

An oldie, and has not been updated for a long time, but works great.
Free!

Z

RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book

[Grant Hogarth]

Word count of an HTML help system?
Oooh -- that's tricky!

Try Translator's Abacus (Freeware)
http://www.globalrendering.com/download.html



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Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:58 AM
To: Grant Hogarth; Framers
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bruce Foster
Subject: RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book

Of course!  Thanks for that, Grant.  I'll definitely do it that way next
time.

Now, a related question.  Normally I'd post this to the HATT list but
since
Adobe also makes Robo, I thought it might be okay to post the question
to
this list.

What is the best way to do a wordcount of an HTML help system?  I used
the
single source method and converted my help system to a Word doc, but it
took
a while and I don't know how accurate the conversion is.

Thanks,
Diane

==

-Original Message-
From: Grant Hogarth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:01 AM
To: Diane Gaskill; Framers
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bruce Foster
Subject: RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book


Quick workaround for that 
Build a book that has only the content files, (No TOC or Index).

Grant

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane Gaskill
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:59 AM
To: Framers
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bruce Foster
Subject: RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book

Bookinfo works great, I use it myself.  But one word of caution.  If you
are
counting the words in a book for localization purposes, be sure to
substract
the number of words in the TOC and index.  These files are not counted
because they are generated from words and phrases (titles, for example)
that
are would already be translated when the vendor generates the TOC and
index
for the translated book.

Diane Gaskill
===

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bruce Foster
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 7:26 AM
To: INTERNET:framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book


Hi Esar,

You can do that with the BookInfo plugin:

http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/BookInfo.htm

Regards,
Bruce



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>Hi,

Does anyone have a method of counting the total number of words in a
Framemaker book?  I know I can count the number of words in a file in a
book
but is there some way of doing this on the book??
Thanks,
--
Esar (Earl) Rudnikoff
Senior Technical Communicator
Philips Medical Systems Technologies Ltd.
Haifa, Israel

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SURVEY [Cross-Posted]: Migrating content to InDesign? Changing your tool set to InDesign? Please share your plans or experience.

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NOTE: [Cross-posted to FrameMaker, InDesign, and technical-writing
forums and lists - just respond once, please.]

Hi!

I'm interested in finding out what folks might be thinking about
converting their FrameMaker and other application's documents to
InDesign, for an article I'm writing. Please take my survey here:

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RE: Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Grant Hogarth]

Try 
http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/Archive.htm
It's up for me.

Grant

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Art Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:02 AM
To: Linda G. Gallagher
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files

Bruce posted in another area, and can (probably) be reached at Bruce
Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
But the only links I have for his stuff are 404ing...
Art

On Feb 12, 2008 12:45 PM, Linda G. Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Ah, I didn't realize it did that. that could work really well, but I
can't seem to find a link to the plugin that works. I've tried from
Leximation as well as Carmen and a couple of other links I found using
Google, but all come up with a bad page.
>
> Anyone have a working link to Bruce Foster's archive plugin?
>
> Linda G. Gallagher
>
> >Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Ideally, I'd like to rearrange all the inset files, so that they
can be
> >> shared across two or more books easily. I know the folder/file
structure I
> >> want to use, but I'm wondering about how to get FM to find the
insets in
> >> their new location.
> >
> >Linda,
> >
> >I would use Bruce Foster's Archive tool for this task.  It will copy
> >all referenced insets into a new folder and change the reference
> >pointers for you.  It will also copy referenced graphics into a
separate
> >folder in the same way.  If its default folder structure doesn't
suit,
> >you can simply move the folder to your preferred location, and when
you
> >open the FM files again, tell Frame to look in the new location for
all
> >files.
> >
> >The plug-in is only $25, and well worth it.
> >http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/?dev=BFP
> >
> >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?
>
>
>
> --
> ~
> Linda G. Gallagher
> TechCom Plus, LLC
> lindag at techcomplus dot com
> www.techcomplus.com
> 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144
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Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Art Campbell]

Bruce posted in another area, and can (probably) be reached at Bruce
Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
But the only links I have for his stuff are 404ing...
Art

On Feb 12, 2008 12:45 PM, Linda G. Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah, I didn't realize it did that. that could work really well, but I can't 
> seem to find a link to the plugin that works. I've tried from Leximation as 
> well as Carmen and a couple of other links I found using Google, but all come 
> up with a bad page.
>
> Anyone have a working link to Bruce Foster's archive plugin?
>
> Linda G. Gallagher
>
> >Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Ideally, I'd like to rearrange all the inset files, so that they can be
> >> shared across two or more books easily. I know the folder/file structure I
> >> want to use, but I'm wondering about how to get FM to find the insets in
> >> their new location.
> >
> >Linda,
> >
> >I would use Bruce Foster's Archive tool for this task.  It will copy
> >all referenced insets into a new folder and change the reference
> >pointers for you.  It will also copy referenced graphics into a separate
> >folder in the same way.  If its default folder structure doesn't suit,
> >you can simply move the folder to your preferred location, and when you
> >open the FM files again, tell Frame to look in the new location for all
> >files.
> >
> >The plug-in is only $25, and well worth it.
> >http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/?dev=BFP
> >
> >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?
>
>
>
> --
> ~
> Linda G. Gallagher
> TechCom Plus, LLC
> lindag at techcomplus dot com
> www.techcomplus.com
> 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144
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SOLVED -- Re: Smart Quotes pretty dumb in Gentium Basic, Minion Pro, andAuld Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and All

[Hedley Finger]

All:

At Tuesday, 12/02/2008, 04:38 AM;, you wrote:
>Your latest message must have been transmitted in MIME format. It 
>came through silent. :)

Now that I've got everyone's attention ... somehow that paste didn't 
happen and I sent off an empty message.  Sorry if it didn't satisfy 
your humger for knowledge. [Boom, boom.]

>Smart Quotes is on but when I press ' or ", question marks (?) appear
>in Gentium Basic and Minion Pro fonts, not quotes.
>Apart from these [fonts, selected for testing because high quality], 
>Smart Quotes does not work with any *.ps, *.ttf or
>*.otf font from any manufacturer.  Anybody else seen this?  What is the
>fix?
>You can still insert the single and double quotation marks from the
>Character Map on Windows, but what a pain!

Well, I discovered the fix is simple.  Choose Format > Document > 
Text Options and CLEAR the Smart Quotes checkbox.  Yep, deselecting 
this checkbox causes the appropriate opening and closing quotation 
marks to be inserted when you press " or ".

Regards,
Hedley


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Tel. +61 3 9809 1229   Mobile +61 412 461 558,
E-mail 

How do you count the total number of words in a FM book

[Diane Gaskill]

Of course!  Thanks for that, Grant.  I'll definitely do it that way next
time.

Now, a related question.  Normally I'd post this to the HATT list but since
Adobe also makes Robo, I thought it might be okay to post the question to
this list.

What is the best way to do a wordcount of an HTML help system?  I used the
single source method and converted my help system to a Word doc, but it took
a while and I don't know how accurate the conversion is.

Thanks,
Diane

==

-Original Message-
From: Grant Hogarth [mailto:grant.hoga...@reuters.com]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:01 AM
To: Diane Gaskill; Framers
Cc: erudni at gmail.com; Bruce Foster
Subject: RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book


Quick workaround for that 
Build a book that has only the content files, (No TOC or Index).

Grant

-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Diane Gaskill
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:59 AM
To: Framers
Cc: erudni at gmail.com; Bruce Foster
Subject: RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book

Bookinfo works great, I use it myself.  But one word of caution.  If you
are
counting the words in a book for localization purposes, be sure to
substract
the number of words in the TOC and index.  These files are not counted
because they are generated from words and phrases (titles, for example)
that
are would already be translated when the vendor generates the TOC and
index
for the translated book.

Diane Gaskill
===

-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of Bruce Foster
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 7:26 AM
To: INTERNET:framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book


Hi Esar,

You can do that with the BookInfo plugin:

http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/BookInfo.htm

Regards,
Bruce



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>Hi,

Does anyone have a method of counting the total number of words in a
Framemaker book?  I know I can count the number of words in a file in a
book
but is there some way of doing this on the book??
Thanks,
--
Esar (Earl) Rudnikoff
Senior Technical Communicator
Philips Medical Systems Technologies Ltd.
Haifa, Israel

email: erudni at gmail.com
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RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book

[Diane Gaskill]

Of course!  Thanks for that, Grant.  I'll definitely do it that way next
time.

Now, a related question.  Normally I'd post this to the HATT list but since
Adobe also makes Robo, I thought it might be okay to post the question to
this list.

What is the best way to do a wordcount of an HTML help system?  I used the
single source method and converted my help system to a Word doc, but it took
a while and I don't know how accurate the conversion is.

Thanks,
Diane

==

-Original Message-
From: Grant Hogarth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:01 AM
To: Diane Gaskill; Framers
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bruce Foster
Subject: RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book


Quick workaround for that 
Build a book that has only the content files, (No TOC or Index).

Grant

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Subject: RE: How do you count the total number of words in a FM book

Bookinfo works great, I use it myself.  But one word of caution.  If you
are
counting the words in a book for localization purposes, be sure to
substract
the number of words in the TOC and index.  These files are not counted
because they are generated from words and phrases (titles, for example)
that
are would already be translated when the vendor generates the TOC and
index
for the translated book.

Diane Gaskill
===

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Hi Esar,

You can do that with the BookInfo plugin:

http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/BookInfo.htm

Regards,
Bruce



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>Hi,

Does anyone have a method of counting the total number of words in a
Framemaker book?  I know I can count the number of words in a file in a
book
but is there some way of doing this on the book??
Thanks,
--
Esar (Earl) Rudnikoff
Senior Technical Communicator
Philips Medical Systems Technologies Ltd.
Haifa, Israel

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Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Linda G. Gallagher]

Ah, I didn't realize it did that. that could work really well, but I can't seem 
to find a link to the plugin that works. I've tried from Leximation as well as 
Carmen and a couple of other links I found using Google, but all come up with a 
bad page.

Anyone have a working link to Bruce Foster's archive plugin?

Linda G. Gallagher

>Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
>
>> 
>> Ideally, I'd like to rearrange all the inset files, so that they can be
>> shared across two or more books easily. I know the folder/file structure I
>> want to use, but I'm wondering about how to get FM to find the insets in
>> their new location. 
>
>Linda,
>
>I would use Bruce Foster's Archive tool for this task.  It will copy 
>all referenced insets into a new folder and change the reference 
>pointers for you.  It will also copy referenced graphics into a separate 
>folder in the same way.  If its default folder structure doesn't suit, 
>you can simply move the folder to your preferred location, and when you 
>open the FM files again, tell Frame to look in the new location for all 
>files.
>
>The plug-in is only $25, and well worth it.
>http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/?dev=BFP
>
>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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Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Stuart Rogers]

Linda G. Gallagher wrote:

> 
> Ideally, I'd like to rearrange all the inset files, so that they can be
> shared across two or more books easily. I know the folder/file structure I
> want to use, but I'm wondering about how to get FM to find the insets in
> their new location. 

Linda,

I would use Bruce Foster's Archive tool for this task.  It will copy 
all referenced insets into a new folder and change the reference 
pointers for you.  It will also copy referenced graphics into a separate 
folder in the same way.  If its default folder structure doesn't suit, 
you can simply move the folder to your preferred location, and when you 
open the FM files again, tell Frame to look in the new location for all 
files.

The plug-in is only $25, and well worth it.
http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/?dev=BFP

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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Limiting table/graphics table widths

[Art Campbell]

If Rick hadn't volunteered the info, I would have recommended TableCleaner.
Works fine. And he could probably rig up a script to run it
automatically with set parameters if you wanted.

Cheers,
Art

On Feb 12, 2008 7:53 AM, Rick Quatro  wrote:
> Hi Loretta,
>
> You may want to take a look at my TableCleaner plugin. It allows you to
> resize tables in a batch. See
>
> http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com
>
>
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >> We're looking for a way to limit the width of our tables in our
> >> template. This is so tables don't overflow when copied into different
> >> page sizes during translation.
> >>
> >> This includes tables with multiple columns and a single-cell tables
> >> used to hold graphics.
> >>
> >> I see there's a way to resize columns to a max width on existing
> >> tables, but I don't see a setting that sets a max column/table size
> >> for a table in the Table Designer. Is it possible?
> >>
> >> If not, any genius ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Loretta
>
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RE: Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Dov Isaacs]

I have used UltraEdit for years now and strongly endorse it. It not
only handles humongous files and has many useful text manipulation
features, but it also has a "hex" mode so that you can edit any
arbitrary file's binary values.

- Dov

> -Original Message-
> From: Jan Tharp
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:05 AM
>
> I use Ultra Edit 32 for editing gigantic text files, including MIF and XML 
> files. Works great.
>
>   Jan Tharp
>   SoftBrands.
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Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Dov Isaacs]

I have used UltraEdit for years now and strongly endorse it. It not
only handles humongous files and has many useful text manipulation
features, but it also has a "hex" mode so that you can edit any
arbitrary file's binary values.

- Dov

> -Original Message-
> From: Jan Tharp
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:05 AM
>
> I use Ultra Edit 32 for editing gigantic text files, including MIF and XML 
> files. Works great.
>
>   Jan Tharp
>   SoftBrands.

Limiting table/graphics table widths

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Loretta,

You may want to take a look at my TableCleaner plugin. It allows you to 
resize tables in a batch. See

http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/

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

>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> We're looking for a way to limit the width of our tables in our
>> template. This is so tables don't overflow when copied into different
>> page sizes during translation.
>>
>> This includes tables with multiple columns and a single-cell tables
>> used to hold graphics.
>>
>> I see there's a way to resize columns to a max width on existing
>> tables, but I don't see a setting that sets a max column/table size
>> for a table in the Table Designer. Is it possible?
>>
>> If not, any genius ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Loretta

Re: Limiting table/graphics table widths

[Art Campbell]

If Rick hadn't volunteered the info, I would have recommended TableCleaner.
Works fine. And he could probably rig up a script to run it
automatically with set parameters if you wanted.

Cheers,
Art

On Feb 12, 2008 7:53 AM, Rick Quatro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Loretta,
>
> You may want to take a look at my TableCleaner plugin. It allows you to
> resize tables in a batch. See
>
> http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com
>
>
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >> We're looking for a way to limit the width of our tables in our
> >> template. This is so tables don't overflow when copied into different
> >> page sizes during translation.
> >>
> >> This includes tables with multiple columns and a single-cell tables
> >> used to hold graphics.
> >>
> >> I see there's a way to resize columns to a max width on existing
> >> tables, but I don't see a setting that sets a max column/table size
> >> for a table in the Table Designer. Is it possible?
> >>
> >> If not, any genius ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Loretta
>
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Re: SOLVED -- Re: Smart Quotes pretty dumb in Gentium Basic, Minion Pro, andAuld Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and All

[Bodvar Bjorgvinsson]

You should expect some anomalies as their website warns:

QUOTE
Beta version
These fonts are intended only for preliminary testing, as they contain
bugs. Many aspects of the fonts, including glyph metrics, may change
before the final release.
UNQUOTE
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium_basic

But thanks for the mentioning the font. I got the above link from an
RGLUG list message today. Real nice fonts. I think I will download the
family.

About the Minion Pro, I don't know if this is of any help but here is
a discussion on problems with diacritics on that font:
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.typography/browse_thread/thread/5f5060dc523ad2f7


Bodvar


On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Hedley Finger
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  All:
>
>  At Tuesday, 12/02/2008, 04:38 AM;, you wrote:
>  >Your latest message must have been transmitted in MIME format. It
>  >came through silent. :)
>
>  Now that I've got everyone's attention ... somehow that paste didn't
>  happen and I sent off an empty message.  Sorry if it didn't satisfy
>  your humger for knowledge. [Boom, boom.]
>
>  >Smart Quotes is on but when I press ' or ", question marks (?) appear
>  >in Gentium Basic and Minion Pro fonts, not quotes.
>  >Apart from these [fonts, selected for testing because high quality],
>  >Smart Quotes does not work with any *.ps, *.ttf or
>  >*.otf font from any manufacturer.  Anybody else seen this?  What is the
>  >fix?
>  >You can still insert the single and double quotation marks from the
>  >Character Map on Windows, but what a pain!
>
>  Well, I discovered the fix is simple.  Choose Format > Document >
>  Text Options and CLEAR the Smart Quotes checkbox.  Yep, deselecting
>  this checkbox causes the appropriate opening and closing quotation
>  marks to be inserted when you press " or ".
>
>  Regards,
>  Hedley
>
>
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RE: Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Jan Tharp]

I use Ultra Edit 32 for editing gigantic text files, including MIF and XML 
files. Works great.
   
  Jan Tharp
  SoftBrands.

"Linda G. Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  Thanks, Rick. 

Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other
than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot. 


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User guides, online help, FrameMaker and
WebWorks ePublisher templates




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From: Rick Henkel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:15 PM
To: Linda G. Gallagher
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files

Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
>
> Can you edit mif files to change the text inset paths? Any gotchas?
>
> 


When we first moved from Word to Frame, I had several writers who kept 
moving or renaming their inset folders. So I had lots of practice 
editing MIF files to change inset paths. It was really pretty easy--much 
easier and less time consuming than re-importing.

It's been a while, so I don't remember the exact syntax for the paths. 
But I do remember that I found details in one of the Frame help PDF 
files. (I assume it was the MIF one.)



Rick Henkel
http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm


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Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Jan Tharp]

I use Ultra Edit 32 for editing gigantic text files, including MIF and XML 
files. Works great.

  Jan Tharp
  SoftBrands.

"Linda G. Gallagher"  wrote:
  Thanks, Rick. 

Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other
than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot. 


~
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lindag at techcomplus dot com
www.techcomplus.com
303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144
User guides, online help, FrameMaker and
WebWorks ePublisher templates




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From: Rick Henkel [mailto:mrbass...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:15 PM
To: Linda G. Gallagher
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files

Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
>
> Can you edit mif files to change the text inset paths? Any gotchas?
>
> 


When we first moved from Word to Frame, I had several writers who kept 
moving or renaming their inset folders. So I had lots of practice 
editing MIF files to change inset paths. It was really pretty easy--much 
easier and less time consuming than re-importing.

It's been a while, so I don't remember the exact syntax for the paths. 
But I do remember that I found details in one of the Frame help PDF 
files. (I assume it was the MIF one.)



Rick Henkel
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Re: Limiting table/graphics table widths

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Loretta,

You may want to take a look at my TableCleaner plugin. It allows you to 
resize tables in a batch. See

http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/

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

>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> We're looking for a way to limit the width of our tables in our
>> template. This is so tables don't overflow when copied into different
>> page sizes during translation.
>>
>> This includes tables with multiple columns and a single-cell tables
>> used to hold graphics.
>>
>> I see there's a way to resize columns to a max width on existing
>> tables, but I don't see a setting that sets a max column/table size
>> for a table in the Table Designer. Is it possible?
>>
>> If not, any genius ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Loretta

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Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files

[Shmuel Wolfson]

Here are two good text editors. They are much more powerful than Notepad.

SciTE Text Editor
Crimson Editor

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson



Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
> Thanks, Rick. 
>
> Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other
> than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot. 
>
>
> ~
> Linda G. Gallagher
> TechCom Plus, LLC
> lindag at techcomplus dot com
> www.techcomplus.com
> 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144
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> WebWorks ePublisher templates
> 
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rick Henkel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:15 PM
> To: Linda G. Gallagher
> Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files
>
> Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
>   
>> Can you edit mif files to change the text inset paths? Any gotchas?
>>
>>   
>> 
>
>
> When we first moved from Word to Frame, I had several writers who kept 
> moving or renaming their inset folders. So I had lots of practice 
> editing MIF files to change inset paths. It was really pretty easy--much 
> easier and less time consuming than re-importing.
>
> It's been a while, so I don't remember the exact syntax for the paths. 
> But I do remember that I found details in one of the Frame help PDF 
> files. (I assume it was the MIF one.)
>
>
>
> Rick Henkel
> http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
>
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Unwanted page borders via the .ps /Distiller route

[Rob Shell]

Dear Framers:
another embarrassing question from an ever hopeful lurker. I am using 
FrameMaker 7.2 build p152 on an XP SE platform.

I am having some problem producing a .pdf without a border if I use the 
print to file .ps option and the Distiller which this list recommends.

If I use the verboten "save as .pdf" I get the pdf without a border as it 
should be. But I cannot print the book via .ps and then Distiller without 
the border.  I know the solution should be in the Printer preferences, 
properties, options, etc, but there I get conflicting measurements of what 
an A4 page is. viz. 8.5 x 11.00. What overrides what and where do I start?


A further bit of ignorance, I would like to print to a .pdf screen size, NOT 
A4 landscape, but there is no (screen) option as there is in the last 
PageMaker version I used. Must I go "custom"

Thanks guys
Rob
Prof. Robert C.-H. Shell
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Extraordinary Professor of Historical Demography
University of the Western Cape
Courier address:
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