'Display Heading Text' in Book window displays first line of the text frame
Hi all, I finally got around to investigating something weird I have been seeing from my day #1 on a load of FM docs I have inherited. The Book window can display the chapter entries in one of two different views: 'Display heading text' or 'Display filenames'. In the 'Display heading text' view I see that instead of displaying the title of the chapter, it just displays whatever happens to be the first line of the chapter text frame (rather than the chapter title in the chapter head frame (did I call it by the right name...?). Is there a configuration option anywhere to change this? Or do the documents have a fundamental structural flaw that is only apparent through the 'Display heading text' view? TIA - avi ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: 'Display Heading Text' in Book window displays first line of the textframe
Avraham Makeler wrote: The Book window can display the chapter entries in one of two different views: 'Display heading text' or 'Display filenames'. In the 'Display heading text' view I see that instead of displaying the title of the chapter, it just displays whatever happens to be the first line of the chapter text frame (rather than the chapter title in the chapter head frame (did I call it by the right name...?). Is there a configuration option anywhere to change this? Or do the documents have a fundamental structural flaw that is only apparent through the 'Display heading text' view? There's no fundamental flaw, and FM has no such concept as chapter head frame. FM (quite reasonably, IMHO) assumes that your chapters begin with a title, so it displays the first pgf (or as much of it as fits on one line) in the main flow of the document. Apparently, you have the title in its own text frame (which is fine) that's not part of the main flow (which is not so fine). Connect your chapter head frames to the text frames that follow them so that the text in them is at the beginning of the main flow. HTH! Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: 'Display Heading Text' in Book window displays first line of the text frame
I think you answered your own question by your reference to a chapter head frame. The display heading text mode actually displays the first paragraph in the main text flow, on the assumption that this is where the heading will be at least 95% of the time. If your chapter head is in a separate frame rather than the main text flow, you'll never see it in the book window. And beyond that, you might also see some anomalies in the order of entries in your FrameMaker TOC, and you could even see some anomalies in the bookmarks pane of any PDF you generate of the book, because in both cases each chapter file is scanned on a flow-by-flow basis. Keeping everything in one flow is really a good idea unless you simply can't achieve the desired page layout without some awkward kludge. -Fred Ridder Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 20:38:14 +0300 Subject: 'Display Heading Text' in Book window displays first line of the text frame From: amake...@gmail.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Hi all, I finally got around to investigating something weird I have been seeing from my day #1 on a load of FM docs I have inherited. The Book window can display the chapter entries in one of two different views: 'Display heading text' or 'Display filenames'. In the 'Display heading text' view I see that instead of displaying the title of the chapter, it just displays whatever happens to be the first line of the chapter text frame (rather than the chapter title in the chapter head frame (did I call it by the right name...?). Is there a configuration option anywhere to change this? Or do the documents have a fundamental structural flaw that is only apparent through the 'Display heading text' view? TIA - avi ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as docu...@hotmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Retaining tracked changes when copying and pasting
Hi, All -- We need to combine content from three existing files AND retain the tracked changes. - When we do a straight copy/paste operation, track changes disappear (although the change bars remain). - We tried importing by reference, then converting to text, but the track changes are again lost. - We tried converting the second and third files to mif, then importing the mif at the end of the first file. The content is imported and retains the tracked changes -- but each file exists as a separate text flow. Any ideas? Many thanks. --Donna Reynolds ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: 'Display Heading Text' in Book window displays first line of the textframe
There's no fundamental flaw So the documents do have something of a fundamental structural flaw. tnx avi On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.comwrote: Avraham Makeler wrote: The Book window can display the chapter entries in one of two different views: 'Display heading text' or 'Display filenames'. In the 'Display heading text' view I see that instead of displaying the title of the chapter, it just displays whatever happens to be the first line of the chapter text frame (rather than the chapter title in the chapter head frame (did I call it by the right name...?). Is there a configuration option anywhere to change this? Or do the documents have a fundamental structural flaw that is only apparent through the 'Display heading text' view? There's no fundamental flaw, and FM has no such concept as chapter head frame. FM (quite reasonably, IMHO) assumes that your chapters begin with a title, so it displays the first pgf (or as much of it as fits on one line) in the main flow of the document. Apparently, you have the title in its own text frame (which is fine) that's not part of the main flow (which is not so fine). Connect your chapter head frames to the text frames that follow them so that the text in them is at the beginning of the main flow. HTH! Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references?
Hi all, I have some chapters that have a lot of embedded pictures. I still have the picture sources (e.g., PNG, JPG) in a particular directory. Is there a way, in one fell swoop, to convert all the pictures from being embedded to being references? Doesn't seem there is a way, since I notice that an embedded picture loses its original filename (and path). tnx avi ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references?
Avraham, Without exporting the graphics, which you can do by saving the Frame file as a Word file, I believe you are out of luck. Since you have the original graphics your best bet is to delete and re-import by reference. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Avraham Makeler Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:01 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references? Hi all, I have some chapters that have a lot of embedded pictures. I still have the picture sources (e.g., PNG, JPG) in a particular directory. Is there a way, in one fell swoop, to convert all the pictures from being embedded to being references? Doesn't seem there is a way, since I notice that an embedded picture loses its original filename (and path). tnx avi ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as dspre...@yahoo.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dspreadb%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references?
Is there a way, in one fell swoop, to convert all the pictures from being embedded to being references? You can use the Systec Export Copied Graphics module (49 euros), part of the Toolbox plugins. Available here: https://www.systec-gmbh.com/os/index.php?cat=c176_TOOLBOX.htmlXTCsid=afec57784912ef717a8b43a91b8993b9 It converts all copied graphics into referenced graphics, but assigns the exported graphics its own file names. The original filenames are not retained. Mike Wickham ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references?
On Fri, 15 May 2009 03:00:54 +0300, Avraham Makeler amake...@gmail.com wrote: I have some chapters that have a lot of embedded pictures. I still have the picture sources (e.g., PNG, JPG) in a particular directory. Is there a way, in one fell swoop, to convert all the pictures from being embedded to being references? No, but the Demo version of Mif2Go (free) will export them all in their original formats, losslessly. See the User's Guide, par. 2.5.3, Replacing embedded graphics with referenced graphics for a step-by-step procedure for this. Doesn't seem there is a way, since I notice that an embedded picture loses its original filename (and path). Correct, so we give them new names on export. You can rename them as you wish in Explorer as part of the process above. The free demo version is available at: http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm If you really do have all the original sources, though, there's no need to export. Just do the last step: 6. For each embedded graphic in each FrameMaker file in your document: 6.1. Select the image itself (not the frame it is in). 6.2. Use File Import File to replace the embedded image with the corresponding graphics file, imported by reference. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
[Free Framers] RE: bullets vanish in Frame
obair wrote: > >> If your default printer is a physical printer (instead of Adobe >> PDF), maybe your bullet pgf format was set up to use a font that's >> not installed on your PC, but built into that printer. Then, either >> you or IT changed the printer driver (such as switching from a >> PostScript/CloneScript driver to a PCL driver), and the font you >> were using is no longer available at all. > > Yes, I think that IT switched drivers since they resolved an old > issue with my being unable to see all of the Properties print dialog > box for our physical printers. That must be it. > > I wonder how I resolve this? > SetPrint from Sundorne: http://www.sundorne.com/FrameMaker/Freeware/setPrint.htm Works like a charm, with the side benefit of putting the Console window in the background when you start FM. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Ah, but a man's screech should exceed his rasp, or what's a violin for?" --with apologies to Robert Browning and the people next door
'Display Heading Text' in Book window displays first line of the text frame
Hi all, I finally got around to investigating something weird I have been seeing from my day #1 on a load of FM docs I have inherited. The Book window can display the chapter entries in one of two different views: 'Display heading text' or 'Display filenames'. In the 'Display heading text' view I see that instead of displaying the title of the chapter, it just displays whatever happens to be the first line of the chapter text frame (rather than the chapter title in the chapter head frame (did I call it by the right name...?). Is there a configuration option anywhere to change this? Or do the documents have a fundamental structural flaw that is only apparent through the 'Display heading text' view? TIA - avi
'Display Heading Text' in Book window displays first line of the textframe
Avraham Makeler wrote: > The Book window can display the chapter entries in one of two different > views: 'Display heading text' or 'Display filenames'. > > In the 'Display heading text' view I see that instead of displaying the > title of the chapter, it just displays whatever happens to be the first > line > of the chapter text frame (rather than the chapter title in the chapter > head > frame (did I call it by the right name...?). Is there a configuration > option > anywhere to change this? Or do the documents have a fundamental structural > flaw that is only apparent through the 'Display heading text' view? There's no fundamental flaw, and FM has no such concept as "chapter head frame." FM (quite reasonably, IMHO) assumes that your chapters begin with a title, so it displays the first pgf (or as much of it as fits on one line) in the main flow of the document. Apparently, you have the title in its own text frame (which is fine) that's not part of the main flow (which is not so fine). Connect your "chapter head frames" to the text frames that follow them so that the text in them is at the beginning of the main flow. HTH! Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
'Display Heading Text' in Book window displays first line of the text frame
I think you answered your own question by your reference to a "chapter head frame". The "display heading text" mode actually displays the first paragraph in the main text flow, on the assumption that this is where the heading will be at least 95% of the time. If your chapter head is in a separate frame rather than the main text flow, you'll never see it in the book window. And beyond that, you might also see some anomalies in the order of entries in your FrameMaker TOC, and you could even see some anomalies in the bookmarks pane of any PDF you generate of the book, because in both cases each chapter file is scanned on a flow-by-flow basis. Keeping everything in one flow is really a good idea unless you simply can't achieve the desired page layout without some awkward kludge. -Fred Ridder > Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 20:38:14 +0300 > Subject: 'Display Heading Text' in Book window displays first line of the > text frame > From: amakeler at gmail.com > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > > Hi all, > I finally got around to investigating something weird I have been > seeing from my day #1 on a load of FM docs I have inherited. > > The Book window can display the chapter entries in one of two different > views: 'Display heading text' or 'Display filenames'. > > In the 'Display heading text' view I see that instead of displaying the > title of the chapter, it just displays whatever happens to be the first line > of the chapter text frame (rather than the chapter title in the chapter head > frame (did I call it by the right name...?). Is there a configuration option > anywhere to change this? Or do the documents have a fundamental structural > flaw that is only apparent through the 'Display heading text' view? > > > TIA > > > - avi > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as DocuDoc at hotmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Retaining tracked changes when copying and pasting
Hi, All -- We need to combine content from three existing files AND retain the tracked changes. - When we do a straight copy/paste operation, track changes disappear (although the change bars remain). - We tried importing by reference, then converting to text, but the track changes are again lost. - We tried converting the second and third files to mif, then importing the mif at the end of the first file. The content is imported and retains the tracked changes -- but each file exists as a separate text flow. Any ideas? Many thanks. --Donna Reynolds
Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references?
Avraham, Without exporting the graphics, which you can do by saving the Frame file as a Word file, I believe you are out of luck. Since you have the original graphics your best bet is to delete and re-import by reference. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Avraham Makeler Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:01 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references? Hi all, I have some chapters that have a lot of embedded pictures. I still have the picture sources (e.g., PNG, JPG) in a particular directory. Is there a way, in one fell swoop, to convert all the pictures from being embedded to being references? Doesn't seem there is a way, since I notice that an embedded picture loses its original filename (and path). tnx avi ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as dspreadb at yahoo.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dspreadb%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references?
> Is there a way, in one fell swoop, to convert all the pictures from being > embedded to being references? > You can use the Systec "Export Copied Graphics" module (49 euros), part of the Toolbox plugins. Available here: https://www.systec-gmbh.com/os/index.php?cat=c176_TOOLBOX.html=afec57784912ef717a8b43a91b8993b9 It converts all copied graphics into referenced graphics, but assigns the exported graphics its own file names. The original filenames are not retained. Mike Wickham
Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references?
On Fri, 15 May 2009 03:00:54 +0300, Avraham Makeler wrote: >I have some chapters that have a lot of embedded pictures. >I still have the picture sources (e.g., PNG, JPG) in a particular >directory. > >Is there a way, in one fell swoop, to convert all the pictures >from being embedded to being references? No, but the Demo version of Mif2Go (free) will export them all in their original formats, losslessly. See the User's Guide, par. 2.5.3, "Replacing embedded graphics with referenced graphics" for a step-by-step procedure for this. >Doesn't seem there is a way, since I notice that an embedded >picture loses its original filename (and path). Correct, so we give them new names on export. You can rename them as you wish in Explorer as part of the process above. The free demo version is available at: http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm If you really do have all the original sources, though, there's no need to export. Just do the last step: 6. For each embedded graphic in each FrameMaker file in your document: 6.1. Select the image itself (not the frame it is in). 6.2. Use File > Import > File to replace the embedded image with the corresponding graphics file, imported by reference. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/
Changing a whole lot of anchoring positions in FM 7.2
Hello all, I'm currently converting three large books to a new template in Framemaker 7.2 to make them consistent with our parent company's documentation set. The biggest problem that I've run into is the anchoring position of the anchored frames used for screenshots and illustrations. Our old template required an anchoring position of At the Insertion Point with an alignment of Center, but the new template requires the anchoring position to be Below the Current Line with an alignment of Left. After converting the files to the new template using a FM plugin provided by our parent company, the old anchoring position remains and the graphics are overlapping with the text -- and these books are screenshot-heavy. Does anyone have any tips or know of any plugins that would allow me to update the anchoring positions en masse, or at least do it in a way that's easier than updating each anchored frame individually? Google hasn't been much help. BTW, all of this is being done in unstructured Framemaker using version 7.2. Thanks, Gerrit Thompson
Weird pagination problem
Hello everyone, I am having a rather weird problem. I am on Windows XP Professional SP 3 and Framemaker 8. Currently, the pagination option for all chapters in a book is set to "Before Saving & Printing: Make page count even". I changed it to "Delete Empty Pages" for the entire book. Then when I updated the book, the setting changed back to "Make page count even". I also tried to change the setting separately for each chapter. This happens every time I have to make changes to or update the book. Whenever I update the book, the setting automatically changes back to the default. This problem seems to crop up in all the books we maintain. Is there a super-secret setting that I am overlooking? Please help! Thanks in advance, Prarthna _ Create a cool, new character for your Windows Live? Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9656621
Procedure How to Write a Manual!
First, thank you Everyone, you guys always have the answers to questions, even when I don't post questions :-) I just want to share this with the list and absorb the response. My boss today told me to "write a procedure on how to write a manual" and he also stated to me that anyone could be a writer, he did not understand what all the fuss was about tech writing, anyone could do it. Needless to say, I am still sitting at my desk trying to sort through the myriad of reactions I am having! I cant wait to hear everyone's thoughts. Rick PS: Does anyone have a procedure how to write a manual ;-)
