creating oversize PDFs

[Fred Wersan]

I am trying to create a PDF file from a FrameMaker document that is 
approximately 18x36 format. I am using FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat Pro 9.

I choose Adobe PDF as my printer and create a custom page size. But I 
keep getting 0 size ps files or no PDF at all when I print straight to PDF.

I've managed to get this sort of thing to work in the past, but am 
having no luck this time.

Any one have an idea what I might be doing wrong? I don't think it's the 
content of the document, since when I shrink it, it prints OK to letter 
size.

If anyone knows of a different print driver that might work printing to 
file, that would be fine too. I can get 12 x 24 from a Konica print 
driver, but it won't let me pick a custom size larger than that.


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Re: creating oversize PDFs

[Shlomo Perets]

Fred,

You wrote:

I am trying to create a PDF file from a FrameMaker document that is
approximately 18x36 format. I am using FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat Pro 9.

I choose Adobe PDF as my printer and create a custom page size. But I
keep getting 0 size ps files or no PDF at all when I print straight to PDF.

I've managed to get this sort of thing to work in the past, but am
having no luck this time.  ...


Reduce the Adobe PS driver resolution to 1200 or 600 dpi, then try again.

[ Also, if you haven't done it already, I recommend applying the Adobe PS 
driver fix released by Microsoft, available through 
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 ]



Shlomo Perets

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Re: creating oversize PDFs

[Art Campbell]

And for some reason, I've had better luck specifying a canned page size
that's as large as I need rather than a custom size -- the custom settings
don't seem to stick.

Art

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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Shlomo Perets shlo...@microtype.comwrote:

 Fred,

 You wrote:

 I am trying to create a PDF file from a FrameMaker document that is
 approximately 18x36 format. I am using FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat Pro 9.
 
 I choose Adobe PDF as my printer and create a custom page size. But I
 keep getting 0 size ps files or no PDF at all when I print straight to
 PDF.
 
 I've managed to get this sort of thing to work in the past, but am
 having no luck this time.  ...


 Reduce the Adobe PS driver resolution to 1200 or 600 dpi, then try again.

 [ Also, if you haven't done it already, I recommend applying the Adobe PS
 driver fix released by Microsoft, available through
 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 ]



 Shlomo Perets

 MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
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 Improve Your FrameMaker Skills web-based training sessions

 Graphics  Video in PDFs 1-hour webinar (free)
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 Israel
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SV: creating oversize PDFs

[Jacob Schäffer]

The best way to create custom page sizes is to use Windows Forms.

Select Control Panel - Printers  Faxes - File Menu - Server Properties
- Forms Tab.

Give the form a name and a Width/height. REMEMBER that Width is ALWAYS the
shortest edge -- unless you want trouble. If Width actually is larger than
Height, then use Landscape mode instead.

By doing so you get rid of using the Custom PostScript Size page property in
the print menu; also the new form will be added to ALL printers on your
system that support custom paper sizes.

Cheers. 

Best regards / Med venlig hilsen
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Emne: Re: creating oversize PDFs

And for some reason, I've had better luck specifying a canned page size
that's as large as I need rather than a custom size -- the custom settings
don't seem to stick.

Art

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redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Shlomo Perets shlo...@microtype.comwrote:

 Fred,

 You wrote:

 I am trying to create a PDF file from a FrameMaker document that is
 approximately 18x36 format. I am using FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat Pro 9.
 
 I choose Adobe PDF as my printer and create a custom page size. But I
 keep getting 0 size ps files or no PDF at all when I print straight to
 PDF.
 
 I've managed to get this sort of thing to work in the past, but am
 having no luck this time.  ...


 Reduce the Adobe PS driver resolution to 1200 or 600 dpi, then try again.

 [ Also, if you haven't done it already, I recommend applying the Adobe PS
 driver fix released by Microsoft, available through
 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 ]



 Shlomo Perets

 MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
 FrameMaker/TCS training  consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
 Improve Your FrameMaker Skills web-based training sessions

 Graphics  Video in PDFs 1-hour webinar (free)
 Tuesday, November 24, 2009, starting 10am PST | 1pm EST | 6pm UTC | 8pm
 Israel
 https://student.gototraining.com/4b34y/register/5808052943743757771


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RE: creating oversized PDFs

[Jacob Schäffer]

Fred wrote:
 Reducing the resolution to 600 dpi did the trick. Thank you to everyone 
who responded. 

Though this resolves some issues with memory management here and there this
approach unfortunately also introduces problems, one of which is bad
character spacing.

Reducing from 1200 dpi to 600 dpi may not cause serious havoc, but if you
reduce resolution any further you'll have very visible artifacts at smaller
font sizes (at least in some cases).

Hence, if you possibly can avoid reducing output resolution you definitely
should.

Best regards / Med venlig hilsen

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FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs

[Orly Zimmerman]

HI All,

I'm working in FM8 - TCS, unstructured, on Windows XP Pro

I have a few questions:
1. Does anyone know of a way to get FM to stop creating the recovery files for 
when FM crashes?

Lately, I'm working on an incredibly large book and whenever I change my 
conditional text settings, update the book and then try to create my PDF, FM 
crashes. I don't need those recovery files, and would like to disable their 
creation if possible.

Question 2 is whether anyone knows how to get FM to stop crashing altogether 
when attempting to create the PDF -

I seached the archives and came across a suggestion for a Windows Hotfix -
Question 3:  Have any of you used the hotfix? Does it cause any other problems 
or does it actually fix the problem?

Thanks,
Orly Z.
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Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

[Gay Alson]

I've been monitoring various threads during FM 9.0's maturation process.
Before upgrading, would appreciate advice or comments from the list.

In addition to (1) general curiosity as to any compelling reasons to
upgrade to 9.0, I am specifically interested in (2) improvements to
filters.   In 7.2, I wasn't particularly impressed either with saving a
.FM file as a Word .doc or with opening a Word .doc in FM.   Does 9.0
have improved filters?

TIA,

Gay

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RE: Framers Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1

[Orly Zimmerman]

Did you try saving your FM files as MIFs first? At least for the chp of the 
offending page
Best of Luck
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   1. Frame 9 crashes printing book file to AdobePDF (Martin Ley)


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Hi folks,

I'm hoping the combined mega-brain that is the frameusers forum can
help me out with a problem...

I've just upgraded from Frame 7.2 to Adobe Tech Comms Suite 2 (Frame
9.0p237). I'm running Frame under Windows XP, SP2, using Parallels
Desktop 4 on my Mac (OS X 10.5.6). I have applied all the Adobe
updates to the Tech Comm Suite components.

Now, I can't print book files using the AdobePDF driver. Frame 9 gets
part-way through the job then crashes with an exception. This has also
broken my Frame 7.2 printing (I guess installing the new Acrobat Pro
stomped all over the existing Distiller/AdobePDF installation; job
options moved/disappeared, and so on).

 From Frame 9,  I get:

Internal error 9004, 6920492, 9676798, 0. Framemaker has detected a
serious problem and must quit.

The FrameLog file has this (along with loads of text that probably
isn't helpful):

Internal Error: 9004, 5998149, 4768373, 4768714

Also, from Frame 7.2, as well as the ... must quit error, I get:

 The instruction 0x0035199f referenced memory at 0x. The
memory could not be read.


I *can* print individual files (opened from the book, but printed from
the individual file, not the book's File menu).

I tried using a different PPD (a Postscript), but no dice.

I looked on the interweb and found a couple of things that looked
promising:

http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2009/02/adobe-framemaker-it-wasnt-my-fault.html

Tried trashing the font cache and rebooting: no joy; tried looking for
the Microsoft hotfix that supposedly restores balance in the universe:
you have to ask for it, rather than download it, and there only
appears to be an English version for XP SP4 - SP4 doesn't exist!

I'm stumped. If any of you guys can help. I would be very pleased.
BTW, I have also installed Toobar Express from Microtype, and the
customized toolbars that were made available recently by Klaus Daube
(free of charge, http://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker55.html ). I may try
uninstalling those, to see if it helps (but I doubt it).

Thanks in advance,

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Re: Creating a compare from one book to another

[Philip Sharman]

Hi Paul,
   Sadly, I don't know of a faster way to compare two books  But it does
sound as though you don't need to fix the cross-references.  If they aren't
going to actually be used, who cares if they are broken?  The new book is
only being used to compare old and new, so I would leave them as they are.
   Cheers,
  Philip.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:47 AM, jopakent jopak...@comcast.net wrote:

 I've done this a bunch of times in years past, and it occurs to me that
 mebbee I'm making this harder than it has to be.

 Using FM7.2 on Win XP, I need to create a PDF that indicates all insertions
 and deletions between the current draft and the released version of a
 manual. It has about 20 chapters and a dozen or so appendices, and a pretty
 fair number of illustrations.

 What I've been doing is opening up the old book and the new book and then
 using the file compare utility. That produces a slew of CMP files (for
 example Intro.fm produces IntroCMP.fm).

 Once I've created the CMP files I, move them to another directory that I've
 set up to mirror the structure of the existing book. Nothing too intricate,
 just a text folder and an image folder.

 The resulting book seems to work pretty well for producing a PDF. Before I
 produce the PDF, I generally look through and examine each of the
 insertions
 and deletions for validity. It seems like a fair number of what FM
 detects
 as changes aren't really changes, maybe a file name changed, or maybe it's
 moved location by a paragraph, or I dunno, sometimes it seems pretty
 random.
 At any rate, I remove the formatting form the changes that aren't really
 changes.


 So, for the questions.

 Because I've got a new book formed from files with different names from the
 old book, all of the cross references are broken. This brings up a couple
 questions:

 1st, is there a simple tweak I could make to my workflow that would keep
 all
 of the x-refs from breaking?

 2nd, does it matter if the x-refs are broken (see explanation below)?

 3rd, if it does matter, what's the best way to fix them? I've been using
 search to find them, and then clicking away until I've repaired each one.

 I got through chapters the other night and then stopped to think about it a
 bit. Seems way too labor intensive doing it by hand. I'm guessing that I
 could probably save all the files to MIF and then do some search and
 replaces to speed up the process.

 I'm wondering if it's even necessary to fix the broken x-refs. All of the
 broken cross references still display properly. I know if I made
 substantive
 changes, they wouldn't be indicated properly, but the purpose of this book
 is not to move forward and be released. It's just created so that reviewers
 can be pointed to what's new in the current revision. I'll be making any
 changes to the actual manual. Am I missing something important here?

 Thanks in advance for those with the patience to offer insights.

 J. Paul Kent

 206-383-0539



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Re: Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

[Alan Litchfield]

OK. That is something that I too am interested in before committing  
cash.

Historically it has been a problem ably sorted by mif2go, but does the  
problem remain?

Sorry Scott, just trying to clarify the tense in your answer.

Cheers
Alan

On 11/11/2009, at 5:34 AM, qui...@airmail.net wrote:

 To be truthful, the best ways to import a Word doc or export a word  
 doc
 has been through the Japanese RTF filter, and by using MIF2Go.

 Scott

 Gay Alson wrote:
 I've been monitoring various threads during FM 9.0's maturation  
 process.
 Before upgrading, would appreciate advice or comments from the list.

 In addition to (1) general curiosity as to any compelling reasons to
 upgrade to 9.0, I am specifically interested in (2) improvements to
 filters.   In 7.2, I wasn't particularly impressed either with  
 saving a
 .FM file as a Word .doc or with opening a Word .doc in FM.   Does 9.0
 have improved filters?

 TIA,

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Re: Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

[Shlomo Perets]

Gay,

You wrote:

  I've been monitoring various threads during FM 9.0's maturation process.
  Before upgrading, would appreciate advice or comments from the list.
 
  In addition to (1) general curiosity as to any compelling reasons to
  upgrade to 9.0, I am specifically interested in (2) improvements to
  filters.   In 7.2, I wasn't particularly impressed either with saving a
  .FM file as a Word .doc or with opening a Word .doc in FM.   Does 9.0
  have improved filters?

I'm not sure whether the FM9 Word filter is different than the FM9 filter.
In any case, in my recent Word-FM conversions projects I analyzed
the results of both FM8 and FM9 filters, and found out that using the
FM7.2 filter produced better results. So even though the client required
FM8 files, I imported through FM7.2 and then opened the FM files in FM8.

If you like to use keyboard shortcuts for tag assignment: unfortunately,
these do not work consistently in FM9 (even with all patches applied).
[eg F9 or Ctrl-9 for paragraph tags;  F8 or Ctrl-8 for character tags;
Ctrl-0 for variables; Ctrl-4/5/6 for conditions]
While I still try and use these shortcuts out of habit, I *often* have to
resort to opening the catalogs or pods to apply tags or insert variables.

Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time being.
When Saving as PDF, Convert CMYK Colors to RGB should be
turned ON (which restores the state available with previous FM
versions), or else various problems may be encountered (including
font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow showing as Times New Roman).

If you identify some compelling reasons to upgrade to 9.0 that apply
to you needs, probably the best next step is to install FM9 for a trial of
one month and evaluate its new interface and features while working
on a typical project.


Shlomo Perets

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RE: Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

[Alison Craig]

Shlomo:

Picking up on one of your caveats:

 Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time 
 being.
 When Saving as PDF, Convert CMYK Colors to RGB should be
 turned ON (which restores the state available with previous 
 FM versions), or else various problems may be encountered 
 including font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow 
 showing as Times New Roman).

I am new to the FrameMaker world, so I have only worked in FM9. 

If all of my documents were created solely in FM9, do I need to worry about 
turning ON Convert CMYK Colors to RGB when I save to PDF?

Alison

Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
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Subject: Re: Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

Gay,

You wrote:

  I've been monitoring various threads during FM 9.0's maturation process.
  Before upgrading, would appreciate advice or comments from the list.
 
  In addition to (1) general curiosity as to any compelling reasons to
  upgrade to 9.0, I am specifically interested in (2) improvements to
  filters.   In 7.2, I wasn't particularly impressed either with saving a
  .FM file as a Word .doc or with opening a Word .doc in FM.   Does 9.0
  have improved filters?

I'm not sure whether the FM9 Word filter is different than the FM9 filter.
In any case, in my recent Word-FM conversions projects I analyzed
the results of both FM8 and FM9 filters, and found out that using the
FM7.2 filter produced better results. So even though the client required
FM8 files, I imported through FM7.2 and then opened the FM files in FM8.

If you like to use keyboard shortcuts for tag assignment: unfortunately,
these do not work consistently in FM9 (even with all patches applied).
[eg F9 or Ctrl-9 for paragraph tags;  F8 or Ctrl-8 for character tags;
Ctrl-0 for variables; Ctrl-4/5/6 for conditions]
While I still try and use these shortcuts out of habit, I *often* have to
resort to opening the catalogs or pods to apply tags or insert variables.

Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time being.
When Saving as PDF, Convert CMYK Colors to RGB should be
turned ON (which restores the state available with previous FM
versions), or else various problems may be encountered (including
font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow showing as Times New Roman).

If you identify some compelling reasons to upgrade to 9.0 that apply
to you needs, probably the best next step is to install FM9 for a trial of
one month and evaluate its new interface and features while working
on a typical project.


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
FrameMaker/TCS training  consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
Improve Your FrameMaker Skills web-based training sessions
.
Graphics  Video in PDFs 1-hour webinar (free)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, starting 10am PST | 1pm EST | 6pm UTC | 8pm Israel
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Re: FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs

[Art Campbell]

How much RAM and free disk space do you have? Creating the PDF eats up a lot
and can trigger a crash if it runs out.

Also, you don't mention how you're doing it -- printing to the PDF logical
printer or trying to use SaveAs... which I think isn't as good as printing
to the Acrobat printer.

Yes, the hotfix works and doesn't seem to break anything, so it certainly
wouldn't hurt to roll it on.

Art

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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Orly Zimmerman or...@marvell.com wrote:

 HI All,

 I'm working in FM8 - TCS, unstructured, on Windows XP Pro

 I have a few questions:
 1. Does anyone know of a way to get FM to stop creating the recovery files
 for when FM crashes?

 Lately, I'm working on an incredibly large book and whenever I change my
 conditional text settings, update the book and then try to create my PDF, FM
 crashes. I don't need those recovery files, and would like to disable their
 creation if possible.

 Question 2 is whether anyone knows how to get FM to stop crashing
 altogether when attempting to create the PDF -

 I seached the archives and came across a suggestion for a Windows Hotfix -
 Question 3:  Have any of you used the hotfix? Does it cause any other
 problems or does it actually fix the problem?

 Thanks,
 Orly Z.
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Re: Beware the Inadvertent Global Search and Replace

[Jerry Kindall]

Hi all,

Regarding the inadvertent global search and replace issue in FrameMaker 9's 
Find/Change dialog recently discussed on this mailing list, I have put together 
an AutoHotKey script that forces the Find field to be selected when you press 
Control-F, so that you end up typing where you expected to be typing.

If you have been bitten by the new Find behavior and would like to test this 
tool, please drop me an e-mail and I'll send you a copy.  (I will eventually 
post it for download on my Web site, but would like a few more people try it 
out first.)

PS -- AutoHotKey is a free scripting tool that lets you drive the UIs of 
applications, among many other things.  Scripts can be compiled into EXEs, 
which is what I have done.  See http://www.autohotkey.com/ for details.

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RE: Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

[Shlomo Perets]

Turning ON Convert CMYK Colors to RGB is recommended in FM9 when saving 
as PDF, regardless of whether the content was authored in FM9 or in 
previous FM versions.

Shlomo



Alison Craig wrote:
Shlomo:

Picking up on one of your caveats:

  Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time
  being.
  When Saving as PDF, Convert CMYK Colors to RGB should be
  turned ON (which restores the state available with previous
  FM versions), or else various problems may be encountered
  including font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow
  showing as Times New Roman).

I am new to the FrameMaker world, so I have only worked in FM9.

If all of my documents were created solely in FM9, do I need to worry 
about turning ON Convert CMYK Colors to RGB when I save to PDF?

Alison

Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
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-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shlomo Perets
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:49 AM
To: Gay Alson
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

Gay,

You wrote:

   I've been monitoring various threads during FM 9.0's maturation process.
   Before upgrading, would appreciate advice or comments from the list.
  
   In addition to (1) general curiosity as to any compelling reasons to
   upgrade to 9.0, I am specifically interested in (2) improvements to
   filters.   In 7.2, I wasn't particularly impressed either with saving a
   .FM file as a Word .doc or with opening a Word .doc in FM.   Does 9.0
   have improved filters?

I'm not sure whether the FM9 Word filter is different than the FM9 filter.
In any case, in my recent Word-FM conversions projects I analyzed
the results of both FM8 and FM9 filters, and found out that using the
FM7.2 filter produced better results. So even though the client required
FM8 files, I imported through FM7.2 and then opened the FM files in FM8.

If you like to use keyboard shortcuts for tag assignment: unfortunately,
these do not work consistently in FM9 (even with all patches applied).
[eg F9 or Ctrl-9 for paragraph tags;  F8 or Ctrl-8 for character tags;
Ctrl-0 for variables; Ctrl-4/5/6 for conditions]
While I still try and use these shortcuts out of habit, I *often* have to
resort to opening the catalogs or pods to apply tags or insert variables.

Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time being.
When Saving as PDF, Convert CMYK Colors to RGB should be
turned ON (which restores the state available with previous FM
versions), or else various problems may be encountered (including
font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow showing as Times New Roman).

If you identify some compelling reasons to upgrade to 9.0 that apply
to you needs, probably the best next step is to install FM9 for a trial of
one month and evaluate its new interface and features while working
on a typical project.


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
FrameMaker/TCS training  consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
Improve Your FrameMaker Skills web-based training sessions
.
Graphics  Video in PDFs 1-hour webinar (free)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, starting 10am PST | 1pm EST | 6pm UTC | 8pm Israel
https://student.gototraining.com/4b34y/register/5808052943743757771


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Re: SV: creating oversize PDFs

[Jay Maechtlen]

Fantastic- thanks for the tip!


Jacob Schäffer wrote:
 The best way to create custom page sizes is to use Windows Forms.

 Select Control Panel - Printers  Faxes - File Menu - Server Properties
 - Forms Tab.

 Give the form a name and a Width/height. REMEMBER that Width is ALWAYS the
 shortest edge -- unless you want trouble. If Width actually is larger than
 Height, then use Landscape mode instead.

 By doing so you get rid of using the Custom PostScript Size page property in
 the print menu; also the new form will be added to ALL printers on your
 system that support custom paper sizes.

 Cheers. 

 Best regards / Med venlig hilsen
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RE: FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs

[Ed.]

I've been having this problem for years in FM 7.2. My solution seemed to be
removing from my templates a corrupt Myriad Pro family of fonts. It pains
me, because I absolutely love this typeface, and have pretty much made it
mine. 

It took me several tries and search-and-replacing in MIF files to completely
eradicate it, but it seems like it's working. I switched to Helvetica Neue
Pro, which is much less beautiful a face than Myriad, but I can live with
it.

One of a million possible scenarios, I'm sure. 

Hope this helps,
-=Ed.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Orly Zimmerman or...@marvell.com wrote:

 HI All,

 I'm working in FM8 - TCS, unstructured, on Windows XP Pro

 I have a few questions:
 1. Does anyone know of a way to get FM to stop creating the recovery files
 for when FM crashes?

 Lately, I'm working on an incredibly large book and whenever I change my
 conditional text settings, update the book and then try to create my PDF,
FM
 crashes. I don't need those recovery files, and would like to disable
their
 creation if possible.

 Question 2 is whether anyone knows how to get FM to stop crashing
 altogether when attempting to create the PDF -

 I seached the archives and came across a suggestion for a Windows Hotfix -
 Question 3:  Have any of you used the hotfix? Does it cause any other
 problems or does it actually fix the problem?

 Thanks,
 Orly Z.

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How to create CHM from NDOC

[Nidhi Bansal]

Thanks for your advice. The issue was already solved. Actually, I was not
picking up the correct DLL file.



Nidhi Bansal

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From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:04 AM
To: nbansal at q3tech.com
Subject: RE: How to create CHM from NDOC



The FrameUsers list doesn't seem like a very appropriate forum for your
query since none of the tools involved is FrameMaker. If you get a useful
answer, it will only be by coincidence. You'd probably be a lot more
successful asking on the Techwr-l or HATT lists, since there are a lot more
help authors/developers on those lists.


> From: nbansal at q3tech.com
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: How to create CHM from NDOC
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:58:45 +0530
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have to create CHM file of the .Net code comments taking NDoc3 2.0 as a
> code documentation generator tool. Can anyone provide me with the steps of
> how to create the CHM? I tried searching on Google but did find the exact
> steps.
> 
> Regards,
> Nidhi 
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How to create CHM from NDOC

[Nidhi Bansal]

Hi,

Thanks for the advice. The issue was already solved. I was picking up the
wrong file instead of the DLL file from my folder. The CHM was created
successfully.

Nidhi Bansal
Technical Writer
skype: nidhi_q3
www.q3tech.com

Q3 technologies
Building Quality into Software
307-308 JMD Pacific Square
Sector 15- II, Gurgaon 122002
India

-Original Message-
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:10 AM
To: Nidhi Bansal; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: How to create CHM from NDOC

Nidhi Bansal wrote: 

> I have to create CHM file of the .Net code comments taking NDoc3 2.0
as a
> code documentation generator tool. Can anyone provide me with the
steps of
> how to create the CHM? I tried searching on Google but did find the
exact
> steps.

That's what NDoc3 does -- it creates a CHM (or MSDN-style web pages) of
class library documentation for .NET projects. Have you checked out the
NDoc3 pages at SourceForge? 

Here's the support page: 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndoc3/support 

But I warn you: open source software people don't look kindly on someone
who simply asks others to provide "the exact steps," without evidence of
putting any effort into learning. It's better to request help in the
form of "I read X and Y, and tried to follow the procedure in Z, but got
stuck when the widget wouldn't initialize. How do I de-frambulate the
widget to initialize it?" 

Oh, and this mailing list is for FrameMaker users discussing FrameMaker
issues. Your query doesn't seem to have anything to do with that at all.



Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
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303-223-5111
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How to create CHM from NDOC

[Nidhi Bansal]

Hi,

Yes, I have to use NDoc3. Now, the problem of working in NDoc3 is solved. I
have created the CHM.

Thanks
Nidhi
-Original Message-
From: Jim Owens [mailto:jow...@magma.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:08 AM
To: Nidhi Bansal
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: How to create CHM from NDOC

Do you have to use NDOC?  Most people now use Sandcastle to process .NET 
code comments into Help.

Nidhi Bansal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have to create CHM file of the .Net code comments taking NDoc3 2.0 as a
> code documentation generator tool. Can anyone provide me with the steps of
> how to create the CHM? I tried searching on Google but did find the exact
> steps.
>
> Regards,
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creating oversize PDFs

[Fred Wersan]

I am trying to create a PDF file from a FrameMaker document that is 
approximately 18x36" format. I am using FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat Pro 9.

I choose Adobe PDF as my printer and create a custom page size. But I 
keep getting 0 size ps files or no PDF at all when I print straight to PDF.

I've managed to get this sort of thing to work in the past, but am 
having no luck this time.

Any one have an idea what I might be doing wrong? I don't think it's the 
content of the document, since when I shrink it, it prints OK to letter 
size.

If anyone knows of a different print driver that might work printing to 
file, that would be fine too. I can get 12 x 24 from a Konica print 
driver, but it won't let me pick a custom size larger than that.


Fred
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creating oversize PDFs

[Shlomo Perets]

Fred,

You wrote:

>I am trying to create a PDF file from a FrameMaker document that is
>approximately 18x36" format. I am using FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat Pro 9.
>
>I choose Adobe PDF as my printer and create a custom page size. But I
>keep getting 0 size ps files or no PDF at all when I print straight to PDF.
>
>I've managed to get this sort of thing to work in the past, but am
>having no luck this time.  ...


Reduce the Adobe PS driver resolution to 1200 or 600 dpi, then try again.

[ Also, if you haven't done it already, I recommend applying the Adobe PS 
driver fix released by Microsoft, available through 
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 ]



Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
FrameMaker/TCS training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
"Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" web-based training sessions

"Graphics & Video in PDFs" 1-hour webinar (free)
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creating oversize PDFs

[Art Campbell]

And for some reason, I've had better luck specifying a canned page size
that's as large as I need rather than a custom size -- the custom settings
don't seem to stick.

Art

Art Campbell
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redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
 No disclaimers apply.
  DoD 358


On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Shlomo Perets wrote:

> Fred,
>
> You wrote:
>
> >I am trying to create a PDF file from a FrameMaker document that is
> >approximately 18x36" format. I am using FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat Pro 9.
> >
> >I choose Adobe PDF as my printer and create a custom page size. But I
> >keep getting 0 size ps files or no PDF at all when I print straight to
> PDF.
> >
> >I've managed to get this sort of thing to work in the past, but am
> >having no luck this time.  ...
>
>
> Reduce the Adobe PS driver resolution to 1200 or 600 dpi, then try again.
>
> [ Also, if you haven't done it already, I recommend applying the Adobe PS
> driver fix released by Microsoft, available through
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 ]
>
>
>
> Shlomo Perets
>
> MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
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> "Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" web-based training sessions
>
> "Graphics & Video in PDFs" 1-hour webinar (free)
> Tuesday, November 24, 2009, starting 10am PST | 1pm EST | 6pm UTC | 8pm
> Israel
> https://student.gototraining.com/4b34y/register/5808052943743757771
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SV: creating oversize PDFs

[Jacob Schäffer]

The best way to create custom page sizes is to use Windows Forms.

Select Control Panel -> Printers & Faxes -> File Menu -> Server Properties
-> Forms Tab.

Give the form a name and a Width/height. REMEMBER that Width is ALWAYS the
shortest edge -- unless you want trouble. If Width actually is larger than
Height, then use Landscape mode instead.

By doing so you get rid of using the Custom PostScript Size page property in
the print menu; also the new form will be added to ALL printers on your
system that support custom paper sizes.

Cheers. 

Best regards / Med venlig hilsen
Jacob Sch?ffer  |  Chief Developer
---
Grafikhuset (House of Graphics)
Paradis All? 22, Raml?se
DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark
Phone: +45 4439 4400
Email: js at grafikhuset.dk
Web: www.grafikhuset.net

-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
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Sendt: 10. november 2009 14:16
Til: Fred Wersan
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Emne: Re: creating oversize PDFs

And for some reason, I've had better luck specifying a canned page size
that's as large as I need rather than a custom size -- the custom settings
don't seem to stick.

Art

Art Campbell
 art.campbell at gmail.com
 "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a
redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
 No disclaimers apply.
  DoD 358


On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Shlomo Perets wrote:

> Fred,
>
> You wrote:
>
> >I am trying to create a PDF file from a FrameMaker document that is
> >approximately 18x36" format. I am using FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat Pro 9.
> >
> >I choose Adobe PDF as my printer and create a custom page size. But I
> >keep getting 0 size ps files or no PDF at all when I print straight to
> PDF.
> >
> >I've managed to get this sort of thing to work in the past, but am
> >having no luck this time.  ...
>
>
> Reduce the Adobe PS driver resolution to 1200 or 600 dpi, then try again.
>
> [ Also, if you haven't done it already, I recommend applying the Adobe PS
> driver fix released by Microsoft, available through
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 ]
>
>
>
> Shlomo Perets
>
> MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
> FrameMaker/TCS training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
> "Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" web-based training sessions
>
> "Graphics & Video in PDFs" 1-hour webinar (free)
> Tuesday, November 24, 2009, starting 10am PST | 1pm EST | 6pm UTC | 8pm
> Israel
> https://student.gototraining.com/4b34y/register/5808052943743757771
>
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creating oversized PDFs

[Fred Wersan]

Reducing the resolution to 600 dpi did the trick. Thank you to everyone 
who responded.

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creating oversized PDFs

[Jacob Schäffer]

Fred wrote:
< Reducing the resolution to 600 dpi did the trick. Thank you to everyone 
who responded. >

Though this resolves some issues with memory management here and there this
approach unfortunately also introduces problems, one of which is bad
character spacing.

Reducing from 1200 dpi to 600 dpi may not cause serious havoc, but if you
reduce resolution any further you'll have very visible artifacts at smaller
font sizes (at least in some cases).

Hence, if you possibly can avoid reducing output resolution you definitely
should.

Best regards / Med venlig hilsen

Jacob Sch?ffer  |  Chief Developer
---
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Paradis All? 22, Raml?se
DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark
Phone: +45 4439 4400
Email: js at grafikhuset.dk
Web: www.grafikhuset.net

FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs

[Orly Zimmerman]

HI All,

I'm working in FM8 - TCS, unstructured, on Windows XP Pro

I have a few questions:
1. Does anyone know of a way to get FM to stop creating the recovery files for 
when FM crashes?

Lately, I'm working on an incredibly large book and whenever I change my 
conditional text settings, update the book and then try to create my PDF, FM 
crashes. I don't need those recovery files, and would like to disable their 
creation if possible.

Question 2 is whether anyone knows how to get FM to stop crashing altogether 
when attempting to create the PDF -

I seached the archives and came across a suggestion for a Windows Hotfix -
Question 3:  Have any of you used the hotfix? Does it cause any other problems 
or does it actually fix the problem?

Thanks,
Orly Z.

Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

[qui...@airmail.net]

To be truthful, the best ways to import a Word doc or export a word doc 
has been through the Japanese RTF filter, and by using MIF2Go.

Scott

Gay Alson wrote:
> I've been monitoring various threads during FM 9.0's maturation process.
> Before upgrading, would appreciate advice or comments from the list.
> 
> In addition to (1) general curiosity as to any compelling reasons to
> upgrade to 9.0, I am specifically interested in (2) improvements to
> filters.   In 7.2, I wasn't particularly impressed either with saving a
> .FM file as a Word .doc or with opening a Word .doc in FM.   Does 9.0
> have improved filters?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Gay
> 
> __
> 
> Gay Alson
> Technical Writer
> Epicor Retail
> www.epicor.com  
> Tel.: (514) 426-0822, ext. 2116
> Fax: (514) 426-0824
> E-mail: galson at epicor.com  
> 
> Epicor (Incorporating NSB and CRS)
> 2800 Trans Canada Highway, Pointe Claire QC H9R 1T1

Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

[Shlomo Perets]

Gay,

You wrote:

 > I've been monitoring various threads during FM 9.0's maturation process.
 > Before upgrading, would appreciate advice or comments from the list.
 >
 > In addition to (1) general curiosity as to any compelling reasons to
 > upgrade to 9.0, I am specifically interested in (2) improvements to
 > filters.   In 7.2, I wasn't particularly impressed either with saving a
 > .FM file as a Word .doc or with opening a Word .doc in FM.   Does 9.0
 > have improved filters?

I'm not sure whether the FM9 Word filter is different than the FM9 filter.
In any case, in my recent Word->FM conversions projects I analyzed
the results of both FM8 and FM9 filters, and found out that using the
FM7.2 filter produced better results. So even though the client required
FM8 files, I imported through FM7.2 and then opened the FM files in FM8.

If you like to use keyboard shortcuts for tag assignment: unfortunately,
these do not work consistently in FM9 (even with all patches applied).
[eg F9 or Ctrl-9 for paragraph tags;  F8 or Ctrl-8 for character tags;
Ctrl-0 for variables; Ctrl-4/5/6 for conditions]
While I still try and use these shortcuts out of habit, I *often* have to
resort to opening the catalogs or pods to apply tags or insert variables.

Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time being.
When Saving as PDF, "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" should be
turned ON (which restores the state available with previous FM
versions), or else various problems may be encountered (including
font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow showing as Times New Roman).

If you identify some "compelling reasons to upgrade to 9.0" that apply
to you needs, probably the best next step is to install FM9 for a trial of
one month and evaluate its new interface and features while working
on a typical project.


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
FrameMaker/TCS training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
"Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" web-based training sessions
. 
"Graphics & Video in PDFs" 1-hour webinar (free)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, starting 10am PST | 1pm EST | 6pm UTC | 8pm Israel
https://student.gototraining.com/4b34y/register/5808052943743757771

Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

[Alison Craig]

Shlomo:

Picking up on one of your caveats:

> Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time 
> being.
> When Saving as PDF, "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" should be
> turned ON (which restores the state available with previous 
> FM versions), or else various problems may be encountered 
> including font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow 
> showing as Times New Roman).

I am new to the FrameMaker world, so I have only worked in FM9. 

If all of my documents were created solely in FM9, do I need to worry about 
turning ON "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" when I save to PDF?

Alison

Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com


-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shlomo Perets
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:49 AM
To: Gay Alson
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

Gay,

You wrote:

 > I've been monitoring various threads during FM 9.0's maturation process.
 > Before upgrading, would appreciate advice or comments from the list.
 >
 > In addition to (1) general curiosity as to any compelling reasons to
 > upgrade to 9.0, I am specifically interested in (2) improvements to
 > filters.   In 7.2, I wasn't particularly impressed either with saving a
 > .FM file as a Word .doc or with opening a Word .doc in FM.   Does 9.0
 > have improved filters?

I'm not sure whether the FM9 Word filter is different than the FM9 filter.
In any case, in my recent Word->FM conversions projects I analyzed
the results of both FM8 and FM9 filters, and found out that using the
FM7.2 filter produced better results. So even though the client required
FM8 files, I imported through FM7.2 and then opened the FM files in FM8.

If you like to use keyboard shortcuts for tag assignment: unfortunately,
these do not work consistently in FM9 (even with all patches applied).
[eg F9 or Ctrl-9 for paragraph tags;  F8 or Ctrl-8 for character tags;
Ctrl-0 for variables; Ctrl-4/5/6 for conditions]
While I still try and use these shortcuts out of habit, I *often* have to
resort to opening the catalogs or pods to apply tags or insert variables.

Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time being.
When Saving as PDF, "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" should be
turned ON (which restores the state available with previous FM
versions), or else various problems may be encountered (including
font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow showing as Times New Roman).

If you identify some "compelling reasons to upgrade to 9.0" that apply
to you needs, probably the best next step is to install FM9 for a trial of
one month and evaluate its new interface and features while working
on a typical project.


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
FrameMaker/TCS training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
"Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" web-based training sessions
. 
"Graphics & Video in PDFs" 1-hour webinar (free)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, starting 10am PST | 1pm EST | 6pm UTC | 8pm Israel
https://student.gototraining.com/4b34y/register/5808052943743757771


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FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs

[Art Campbell]

How much RAM and free disk space do you have? Creating the PDF eats up a lot
and can trigger a crash if it runs out.

Also, you don't mention how you're doing it -- printing to the PDF logical
printer or trying to use SaveAs... which I think isn't as good as printing
to the Acrobat printer.

Yes, the hotfix works and doesn't seem to break anything, so it certainly
wouldn't hurt to roll it on.

Art

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redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Orly Zimmerman  wrote:

> HI All,
>
> I'm working in FM8 - TCS, unstructured, on Windows XP Pro
>
> I have a few questions:
> 1. Does anyone know of a way to get FM to stop creating the recovery files
> for when FM crashes?
>
> Lately, I'm working on an incredibly large book and whenever I change my
> conditional text settings, update the book and then try to create my PDF, FM
> crashes. I don't need those recovery files, and would like to disable their
> creation if possible.
>
> Question 2 is whether anyone knows how to get FM to stop crashing
> altogether when attempting to create the PDF -
>
> I seached the archives and came across a suggestion for a Windows Hotfix -
> Question 3:  Have any of you used the hotfix? Does it cause any other
> problems or does it actually fix the problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Orly Z.
> ___
>
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Beware the Inadvertent Global Search and Replace

[Jerry Kindall]

Hi all,

Regarding the "inadvertent global search and replace" issue in FrameMaker 9's 
Find/Change dialog recently discussed on this mailing list, I have put together 
an AutoHotKey script that forces the Find field to be selected when you press 
Control-F, so that you end up typing where you expected to be typing.

If you have been bitten by the new Find behavior and would like to test this 
tool, please drop me an e-mail and I'll send you a copy.  (I will eventually 
post it for download on my Web site, but would like a few more people try it 
out first.)

PS -- AutoHotKey is a free scripting tool that lets you drive the UIs of 
applications, among many other things.  Scripts can be compiled into EXEs, 
which is what I have done.  See http://www.autohotkey.com/ for details.

-- 
Jerry Kindall, Technical Writer
Tecplot, Inc. "Enjoy the View"

Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

[Shlomo Perets]

Turning ON "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is recommended in FM9 when saving 
as PDF, regardless of whether the content was authored in FM9 or in 
previous FM versions.

Shlomo



Alison Craig wrote:
>Shlomo:
>
>Picking up on one of your caveats:
>
> > Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time
> > being.
> > When Saving as PDF, "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" should be
> > turned ON (which restores the state available with previous
> > FM versions), or else various problems may be encountered
> > including font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow
> > showing as Times New Roman).
>
>I am new to the FrameMaker world, so I have only worked in FM9.
>
>If all of my documents were created solely in FM9, do I need to worry 
>about turning ON "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" when I save to PDF?
>
>Alison
>
>Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
>E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
>[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shlomo Perets
>Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:49 AM
>To: Gay Alson
>Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Re: Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters
>
>Gay,
>
>You wrote:
>
>  > I've been monitoring various threads during FM 9.0's maturation process.
>  > Before upgrading, would appreciate advice or comments from the list.
>  >
>  > In addition to (1) general curiosity as to any compelling reasons to
>  > upgrade to 9.0, I am specifically interested in (2) improvements to
>  > filters.   In 7.2, I wasn't particularly impressed either with saving a
>  > .FM file as a Word .doc or with opening a Word .doc in FM.   Does 9.0
>  > have improved filters?
>
>I'm not sure whether the FM9 Word filter is different than the FM9 filter.
>In any case, in my recent Word->FM conversions projects I analyzed
>the results of both FM8 and FM9 filters, and found out that using the
>FM7.2 filter produced better results. So even though the client required
>FM8 files, I imported through FM7.2 and then opened the FM files in FM8.
>
>If you like to use keyboard shortcuts for tag assignment: unfortunately,
>these do not work consistently in FM9 (even with all patches applied).
>[eg F9 or Ctrl-9 for paragraph tags;  F8 or Ctrl-8 for character tags;
>Ctrl-0 for variables; Ctrl-4/5/6 for conditions]
>While I still try and use these shortcuts out of habit, I *often* have to
>resort to opening the catalogs or pods to apply tags or insert variables.
>
>Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time being.
>When Saving as PDF, "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" should be
>turned ON (which restores the state available with previous FM
>versions), or else various problems may be encountered (including
>font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow showing as Times New Roman).
>
>If you identify some "compelling reasons to upgrade to 9.0" that apply
>to you needs, probably the best next step is to install FM9 for a trial of
>one month and evaluate its new interface and features while working
>on a typical project.
>
>
>Shlomo Perets
>
>MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
>FrameMaker/TCS training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
>"Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" web-based training sessions
>.
>"Graphics & Video in PDFs" 1-hour webinar (free)
>Tuesday, November 24, 2009, starting 10am PST | 1pm EST | 6pm UTC | 8pm Israel
>https://student.gototraining.com/4b34y/register/5808052943743757771

SV: creating oversize PDFs

[Jay Maechtlen]

Fantastic- thanks for the tip!


Jacob Sch?ffer wrote:
> The best way to create custom page sizes is to use Windows Forms.
>
> Select Control Panel -> Printers & Faxes -> File Menu -> Server Properties
> -> Forms Tab.
>
> Give the form a name and a Width/height. REMEMBER that Width is ALWAYS the
> shortest edge -- unless you want trouble. If Width actually is larger than
> Height, then use Landscape mode instead.
>
> By doing so you get rid of using the Custom PostScript Size page property in
> the print menu; also the new form will be added to ALL printers on your
> system that support custom paper sizes.
>
> Cheers. 
>
> Best regards / Med venlig hilsen
> Jacob Sch?ffer  |  Chief Developer
> ---
> Grafikhuset (House of Graphics)
> Paradis All? 22, Raml?se
> DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark
> Phone: +45 4439 4400
> Email: js at grafikhuset.dk
> Web: www.grafikhuset.net
>   

-- 
Jay Maechtlen
626 444-5112 office
626 840-8875 cell
www.laserpubs.com

FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs

[Ed.]

I've been having this problem for years in FM 7.2. My solution seemed to be
removing from my templates a corrupt Myriad Pro family of fonts. It pains
me, because I absolutely love this typeface, and have pretty much made it
"mine". 

It took me several tries and search-and-replacing in MIF files to completely
eradicate it, but it seems like it's working. I switched to Helvetica Neue
Pro, which is much less beautiful a face than Myriad, but I can live with
it.

One of a million possible scenarios, I'm sure. 

Hope this helps,
-=Ed.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Orly Zimmerman  wrote:

> HI All,
>
> I'm working in FM8 - TCS, unstructured, on Windows XP Pro
>
> I have a few questions:
> 1. Does anyone know of a way to get FM to stop creating the recovery files
> for when FM crashes?
>
> Lately, I'm working on an incredibly large book and whenever I change my
> conditional text settings, update the book and then try to create my PDF,
FM
> crashes. I don't need those recovery files, and would like to disable
their
> creation if possible.
>
> Question 2 is whether anyone knows how to get FM to stop crashing
> altogether when attempting to create the PDF -
>
> I seached the archives and came across a suggestion for a Windows Hotfix -
> Question 3:  Have any of you used the hotfix? Does it cause any other
> problems or does it actually fix the problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Orly Z.