RE: eps image looks lousy in Frame. What should I do differently?
Hi Theresa, An explanation would be that you created the PDF not with the Adobe PDF printer but with a non-PostScript printer. Then only the screen display is used to print EPS files. I recommend the free SetPrint utility to use Adobe PDF as the default printer just for FrameMaker: http://www.sundorne.com/FrameMaker/Freeware/setPrint.htm Do all other images have the correct resolution in the same PDF? Best regards Winfried -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Theresa de Valence Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 9:58 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: eps image looks lousy in Frame. What should I do differently? Version 8.0p Frame Version 10.0.1 Photoshop Version 8.2.6 Adobe Acrobat Professional I'm not sure if this is the right place to bring up this issue, but my frame document is the one with the problem. I have been making marketing documents in frame. I built the group's logo in Photoshop starting with an image I found on the internet of both North and South America using, mostly, dark blue and dark green and added some text into a file called logoc.psd. Somewhere I read that the correct way to use a Photoshop file in Frame is to convert the Photoshop file into .eps I converted the logo to eps (logoc.eps). It was copied into a frame in a Frame document where I use other text and graphics created in Frame to make a letterhead-style document in Frame. This document is referenced by other Frame documents which become my marketing flyers. The colourful pdf works fine which I have distributed electronically. Now, I'm building the Conference Guide for the group. The guide will have everything but the outside cover printed in BW. I am converting everything to B+W because I want to control how the images will print. In Photoshop I converted logoc.psd to logobw.psd and later to logobw.eps. In the Frame document which has my letterhead style, I have defined colours in frame which are 5% grey, 10% grey, 25% grey, etc. In the pdf which uses logobw.eps the continents and text (in the image) are very blurry. It's as though the b+w image has been increased to 150% of the original without enough pixels. In both cases (logoc and logobw) when converted to .eps, the image (as displayed in Adobe Bridge) is about 1/4 the visual size as the .psd. In Frame, logoc.eps looks funny on screen, but renders correctly in .pdf. In Frame, logobw.eps looks the same onscreen as it looks when rendered in .pdf, which is lousy. I've been using Frame for 20+ years but I'm a neophyte at Photoshop. Any ideas? Many thanks, Theresa ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: frame 8 and 9 crashing
Hi Anita, I encountered something similar some years ago. I do not remember the cause of this problem, but it helped to save the file as MIF, open the MIF and save in fm format again. (This is the so called MIF wash.) This step removes inconsistent formatting commands. Best regards Winfried From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Anita Legsdin Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 8:51 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: frame 8 and 9 crashing I have a file that reduces both Frame 9 (p237) as well as Frame 8 to a pile of dusty rubble, although I'm wondering why it's only starting to crash NOW. The file has been in production since September, and this is the 4th update to it. Here are the particulars: 1. Windows 7, 32-bit 2. There are 2 major conditions in the file (SOAP and XML) 3. Frame crashes when creating only one of the conditions (XML) 4. It didn't start crashing until I added this 4th update--which is located far from the location which is messed up. I added a new table, with about 8 rows at the end of the table marked with the SOAP condition. About 8 or 10 pages later is the table which has been in the file, unchanged, since the first version; the first 3 rows of this table have alternating SOAP and XML conditions applied. This is the page that is now, suddenly, messed up. The .fm file that I reopen after the crash has text superimposed on top of other text (only on the page with this last, original, table). The SOAP version of the guide is produced with no complaint; it's only when I try to set the XML condition that Frame screams and disappears. The error happens immediately after I set the Show/Hide Conditions dialog. With Frame 9, the crash is sudden and violent. Frame 8's crash is much more polite (the error message is not the system error message, but a note from Frame saying it has encountered an error and needs to quit). If someone wants to see the actual file, I can email it to you. If you have any hints, I'd appreciate hearing them. I finally removed the special conditions applied to the first 3 rows of the original table, and now it works smoothly, without crashing. What I don't understand is, if I added section B, why should it be section A, in a different part of the chapter, that fails? Thanks, Anita Legsdin Technical Writer ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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.
Fwd: FM, Finding unused paragraph tags
Original Message Subject: FM, Finding unused paragraph tags Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:42:18 +0200 From: Shmuel Wolfson s...@actcom.com To: Theresa de Valence tdevale...@bstw.com CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com Theresa de Valence wrote: I started a new document from an existing document and failed to delete extraneous paragraph tags. Now my list of paragraph tags is enormous. Is there a way to get a List of Paragraph Tags which are not used? There are various plug-ins you can buy that help with these sorts of tasks (see siliconprairie.com for example). However, a quick work-around for your situation is to delete the contents of the pgf catalog and then have FM create and apply the formats that are in use. Open the pgf catalog and click Delete, then delete all the tags. (Quick way: Delete the first one, then just hold down the Enter key). (You may also want to do that with the char catalog.) From the File menu, choose Utilities Create and Apply formats. FM will repopulate the catalogs with only the tags in use. (Note, that includes tags on master and reference pages.) HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "There are few situations in life that cannot be resolved promptly, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, by either suicide, a bag of gold, or thrusting a despised antagonist over a precipice on a dark night." — Ernest Bramah (Kai Lung stories) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as s...@actcom.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sbw%40actcom.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 framers@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.
Fwd: FM, Finding unused paragraph tags
Original Message Subject: FM, Finding unused paragraph tags Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:43:37 +0200 From: Shmuel Wolfson s...@actcom.com Reply-To: Diane Gaskill dgcal...@earthlink.net To: Theresa de Valence tdevale...@bstw.com CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com Theresa, There sure is. It's a FM plugin from Chris Despolulous. And it not only gives you a list, it helps you delete them very quickly. Check the 3rd party part of www.frameusers.com. Here's the description from Chris. = CudSpan PgfWhopper Plugin PgfWhopper is a Win plugin that checks your document for any paragraph formats that are defined in the catalog but not used in the document. You then have the option to delete any of the listed format definitions from the catalog. 1 Using PGFWhopper • To install the plugin, just put the dll into your PLUGINS directory. No need to tweak your ini file. • The command is File Utilities PGF_WHOPPER Check for Un-used Paragraph Formats. (I offer no apologies for the lame command name.) There are also commands to check for unused character formats and unused condition tags. • When you choose the command, a dialog box appears with two scroll lists. The left one shows all the format definitions you have not used in the document. The right one shows all the format definitions you want to delete. • To move an item from one list to the other, just click on the item. • To delete the format definitions in the right-hand list, click OK. • Don’t worry, an alert appears before pgf_whopper whops your document, so you have a chance to cancel. And you can always revert. Unfortunately, there is no UNDO. That’s it... Pretty simple, eh? === Hope this helps. Diane -Original Message- From: Theresa de Valence tdevale...@bstw.com Sent: Nov 16, 2007 9:35 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Finding unused paragraph tags I started a new document from an existing document and failed to delete extraneous paragraph tags. Now my list of paragraph tags is enormous. Is there a way to get a List of Paragraph Tags which are not used? Thanks, Theresa ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as dgcal...@earthlink.net. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dgcaller%40earthlink.net Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as s...@actcom.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sbw%40actcom.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 framers@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: How to clean up Paragraph and Character Tags
As others have noted, there are tools that can handle the task of identifying and removing unused paragraph tags. But one thing you need to note is that importing the short, cleansed tag list into other files will *not* remove the unused tags from thoe files. Importing formats is a purely additive operation. Tags that exist in both catalogs will get updated to the format definitions from the file that you are importing from, and any that are unique to that file will be imported just as you would expect. But all formats that are unique to the target file (the one you are importing into) will remain just as they were before the import. If the goal is to have pared-down, standardized format catalogs in all your files, the process has to start with the removal of unused/unwanted formats from the each of files. Or you can turn this process around and start with a clean template file that contains only the tags you want to use going forward, and then import the contents from each of your existing files into copies of this clean template. Then you can use a tool such as Cudspan's HuntPgfOverrides to find any paragraphs that were tagged with a tag name that doesn;t exist in your template's catalog. -Fred Ridder Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:17:50 -0800 From: t...@bstw.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: How to clean up Paragraph and Character Tags My book has a bunch of paragraph tags and character tags I don't need. 1. Is there a way to find unused paragraph tags? 2. Is there a way to delete them out of one file in the book and then copy that new library to each file in the book? ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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.
Framemaker 9 Index
I ran the index for our 800-page catalog. The index behaved as I expected but in some instances the index page entries looked like this: Tapes...568-572, 13-14, 16, 18-22 Is there a setting I missed? This is the first time I ran an index with Frame 9. I very well could have missed something. Frame 9 running on Parallels, MAC OSX Any suggestions would be appreciated. Scott White Manager - Content and Print Media Belmont, NC - 704-398-5752 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Framemaker 9 Index
If you're indexing a number of .fm docs within a book, check that the pagination is set so that it flows properly from beginning to end - this looks like it's picking up index marker hits in multiple .fm docs that have different pagination rules applied. So within that doc it makes sense, but on the book level it doesn't. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of White, Scott Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:09 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Framemaker 9 Index I ran the index for our 800-page catalog. The index behaved as I expected but in some instances the index page entries looked like this: Tapes...568-572, 13-14, 16, 18-22 Is there a setting I missed? This is the first time I ran an index with Frame 9. I very well could have missed something. Frame 9 running on Parallels, MAC OSX Any suggestions would be appreciated. Scott White Manager - Content and Print Media Belmont, NC - 704-398-5752 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jeff.coatsworth%40jonassoftware.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 framers@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: Version and Build Questions
Chantel Brathwaite wrote: I'm fairly new to this list and hope that you can help me. I'm using version 7.2 of FM. I am creating 5 different versions of the same document. Since most of the information in each document is the same, I'm maintaining one set of files (one file for each chapter and each appendix) and placing conditional text in the areas that are version-specific. However, there are some files that should appear in one version of the documentation, but not in another. For example, AppendixF.fm might appear in one document, but not another. Is there a way to indicate that when a specific version of a document is created, which files should be included, or would I have to handle that manually by adding/removing the document in the book file? The simplest solution is to use a separate book file for each version (or at least each version that has more or fewer files than your baseline). FM chapter files can appear in any number of books, taking on the numbering set for them in the book window of each book, so you don't have to worry about a file being Appendix F in one book and Appendix E in another. Start by doing a Save As of the existing book under a new name that identifies the specific version. Add/remove chapter/appendix files as needed for that version. Repeat for each additional version. IME, using separate books simplifies your workflow and minimizes the chances for operator error when producing multiple versions of a document. To create the Version A PDF, you open the Version A book, select all its files, select View Show/Hide Conditional Text and show the correct conditions, update/generate the book, and you're ready to go. HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Version and Build Questions
Richard Combs wrote: IME, using separate books simplifies your workflow and minimizes the chances for operator error when producing multiple versions of a document. To create the Version A PDF, you open the Version A book, select all its files, select View Show/Hide Conditional Text and show the correct conditions, update/generate the book, and you're ready to go. I agree completely with Richard. The one additional hint I'd offer is that there is usually one file that is unique to each book (e.g. the title page), which you can use to contain the book-specific user variable definitions and conditional text settings. That way, all you have to do is use FileImportFormats to import the variables and conditional text settings from the book-specific file to all the shared files before doing a book update and publishing. It makes it almost foolproof to publish multiple variants. -Fred Ridder ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Version and Build Questions
Fred Ridder wrote: The one additional hint I'd offer is that there is usually one file that is unique to each book (e.g. the title page), which you can use to contain the book-specific user variable definitions and conditional text settings. That way, all you have to do is use FileImportFormats to import the variables and conditional text settings from the book-specific file to all the shared files before doing a book update and publishing. It makes it almost foolproof to publish multiple variants. And using a book-specific title page file is exactly what I do. For some reason, I just forgot to mention it. Maybe I'm still in coffee deficit. :-} Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: eps image looks lousy in Frame. What should I do differently?
In both cases (logoc and logobw) when converted to .eps, the image (as displayed in Adobe Bridge) is about 1/4 the visual size as the .psd. In Frame, logoc.eps looks funny on screen, but renders correctly in .pdf. In Frame, logobw.eps looks the same onscreen as it looks when rendered in .pdf, which is lousy. EPS files always look lousy in FrameMaker because Frame only displays a low-res preview of the file. (They print to PDF properly, though.) When you save your Photoshop file as EPS, make sure you select the option in the EPS dialogue to create an 8-bit TIFF preview. It sounds like you may have selected the 1-bit preview option for your BW file, which gives an even coarser display. Mike Wickham ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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.
Hypertext marker for Telephone number
Hello all, I would like to create a hyperlink (hypertext) within FrameMaker so that when a PDF file is created and viewed on a SmartPhone - it would recognize the link and autodial if selected. Using the Tel url in Anchor Tag a href=tel:940-453-4538940-453-4538/a/p - works for an HTML page but how can I edit the FM source file? Any guidance would be appreciated. XP SP3, FM 7.0p579, Acrobat 9 Pro Diana Stock MX Ops - Integration - Projects Southwest Airlines Maintenance Projects Analyst *** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE *** This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged and confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your system. Thank you.___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Hypertext marker for Telephone number
Hi Diana, Try creating a link by hand with Acrobat in a PDF and make sure it works on the phone. If it does, then we can translate the link into its FrameMaker equivalent. But you are better to get it working in the PDF first. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 r...@frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Hypertext marker for Telephone number
Diana, tel is an input type supported in HTML5. It has no equivalent (that I know of) in FrameMaker or Acrobat. Maybe a JavaScript could launch the dialer and pass the number to it? Alternatively, using the message command in a hypertext marker might work. Baruch Brodersen On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com wrote: Hi Diana, Try creating a link “by hand” with Acrobat in a PDF and make sure it works on the phone. If it does, then we can translate the link into its FrameMaker equivalent. But you are better to get it working in the PDF first. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 r...@frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as bar...@technitext.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/baruch%40technitext.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n 0 5 4 9 4 9 9 3 6 1 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Hypertext marker for Telephone number
Diana Stock wrote: I would like to create a hyperlink (hypertext) within FrameMaker so that when a PDF file is created and viewed on a SmartPhone - it would recognize the link and autodial if selected. Using the Tel url in Anchor Tag a href=tel:940-453-4538940-453- 4538/a/p - works for an HTML page but how can I edit the FM source file? I've never tried it for a tel URI, but a Go to URL FM hypertext command _might_ work. 1) In the FM file, highlight the telephone number and apply the char tag you're using for links. 2) With the number selected or the cursor within it, select Special Hypertext. 3) In the dialog box, set Command to Go to URL and in the text box, specify the command like this: message URL tel: 940-453-4538 4) Click New Hypertext Marker. No guarantees. As Rick suggested, you may want to test first with a link you create manually in Acrobat. But then, it doesn't take long to do the above and then save as PDF. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Hypertext marker for Telephone number
3) In the dialog box, set Command to Go to URL and in the text box, specify the command like this: message URL tel: 940-453-4538 Oops, Outlook helpfully inserted a space after the colon that shouldn't be there. Sorry. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Version and Build Questions
Thanks Roger, Steve, and Ann - Multiple book files are the perfect solution. It will make things a lot easier for me to handle. Thanks for the information re: CVS. I think that is going to be the way I handle builds. I know there are limitations because the files are binary, but at least we'll be able to roll back to previous builds if necessary, provided that I tag them correctly. A question - Roger you mentioned that there should be no more than 3 conditional text options in the document. Does corruption occur if there are more than three or is it just a matter of it being too confusing to follow? Also, thanks for the tip on the appendices. Considering the fact that changing a file name means breaking with the history in CVS, this is a particularly important point for me. Chantel ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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.
How do I create a cross reference which uses more than one line of text?
Version 8 I'd like to use these two lines in a cross reference: Id 069 Workshop Title so that my cross reference looks like this Id 069 - Workshop Title on page 22 Thanks, Theresa ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: How do I create a cross reference which uses more than one line of text?
Theresa de Valence wrote: I'd like to use these two lines in a cross reference: Id 069 Workshop Title so that my cross reference looks like this Id 069 - Workshop Title on page 22 You can't do that with a single cross-reference. But assuming those two lines are separate paragraphs, you could use two xrefs separated by the hyphen. The first xref would be one defined as $paratext and pointing to the Id 069 paragraph. The second would be one defined as $paratext on page $pagenum and pointing to the Workshop Title paragraph. Alternatively, or if the two lines can't be made separate paragraphs, you could use hypertext, which lets you specify whatever text you want for the link (but that text is static and won't update if you change the destination text to, say, Id 070). Look up hypertext markers in the manual or help for more information. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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.
eps image looks lousy in Frame. What should I do differently?
Hi Theresa, An explanation would be that you created the PDF not with the Adobe PDF printer but with a non-PostScript printer. Then only the screen display is used to print EPS files. I recommend the free SetPrint utility to use Adobe PDF as the default printer just for FrameMaker: http://www.sundorne.com/FrameMaker/Freeware/setPrint.htm Do all other images have the correct resolution in the same PDF? Best regards Winfried > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Theresa de Valence > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 9:58 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: eps image looks lousy in Frame. What should I do differently? > > Version 8.0p Frame > Version 10.0.1 Photoshop > Version 8.2.6 Adobe Acrobat Professional > > I'm not sure if this is the right place to bring up this > issue, but my > frame document is the one with the problem. > > I have been making marketing documents in frame. I built the group's > logo in Photoshop starting with an image I found on the > internet of both > North and South America using, mostly, dark blue and dark green and > added some text into a file called logoc.psd. > > Somewhere I read that the correct way to use a Photoshop file > in Frame > is to convert the Photoshop file into .eps > > I converted the logo to eps (logoc.eps). It was copied into a > frame in a > Frame document where I use other text and graphics created in > Frame to > make a letterhead-style document in Frame. This document is > referenced > by other Frame documents which become my marketing flyers. > The colourful > pdf works fine which I have distributed electronically. > > Now, I'm building the Conference Guide for the group. The guide will > have everything but the outside cover printed in B I am converting > everything to B+W because I want to control how the images > will print. > In Photoshop I converted logoc.psd to logobw.psd and later to > logobw.eps. In the Frame document which has my letterhead > style, I have > defined "colours" in frame which are 5% grey, 10% grey, 25% grey, etc. > > In the pdf which uses logobw.eps the continents and text (in > the image) > are very blurry. It's as though the b+w image has been > increased to 150% > of the original without enough pixels. > > In both cases (logoc and logobw) when converted to .eps, the > image (as > displayed in Adobe Bridge) is about 1/4 the visual size as > the .psd. In > Frame, logoc.eps looks funny on screen, but renders correctly > in .pdf. > In Frame, logobw.eps looks the same onscreen as it looks when > rendered > in .pdf, which is lousy. > > I've been using Frame for 20+ years but I'm a neophyte at Photoshop. > > Any ideas? > > Many thanks, > Theresa
frame 8 and 9 crashing
Hi Anita, I encountered something similar some years ago. I do not remember the cause of this problem, but it helped to save the file as MIF, open the MIF and save in fm format again. (This is the so called MIF wash.) This step removes inconsistent formatting commands. Best regards Winfried From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Anita Legsdin Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 8:51 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: frame 8 and 9 crashing I have a file that reduces both Frame 9 (p237) as well as Frame 8 to a pile of dusty rubble, although I'm wondering why it's only starting to crash NOW. The file has been in production since September, and this is the 4th update to it. Here are the particulars: 1. Windows 7, 32-bit 2. There are 2 major conditions in the file (SOAP and XML) 3. Frame crashes when creating only one of the conditions (XML) 4. It didn't start crashing until I added this 4th update--which is located far from the location which is messed up. I added a new table, with about 8 rows at the end of the table marked with the SOAP condition. About 8 or 10 pages later is the table which has been in the file, unchanged, since the first version; the first 3 rows of this table have alternating SOAP and XML conditions applied. This is the page that is now, suddenly, messed up. The .fm file that I reopen after the crash has text superimposed on top of other text (only on the page with this last, original, table). The SOAP version of the guide is produced with no complaint; it's only when I try to set the XML condition that Frame screams and disappears. The error happens immediately after I set the Show/Hide Conditions dialog. With Frame 9, the crash is sudden and violent. Frame 8's crash is much more polite (the error message is not the system error message, but a note from Frame saying it has encountered an error and needs to quit). If someone wants to see the actual file, I can email it to you. If you have any hints, I'd appreciate hearing them. I finally removed the special conditions applied to the first 3 rows of the original table, and now it works smoothly, without crashing. What I don't understand is, if I added section B, why should it be section A, in a different part of the chapter, that fails? Thanks, Anita Legsdin Technical Writer -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110309/8de83e49/attachment.html>
Fwd: FM, Finding unused paragraph tags
An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110309/7f58a347/attachment.html>
Fwd: FM, Finding unused paragraph tags
An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110309/b2e0e723/attachment.html>
How to clean up Paragraph and Character Tags
As others have noted, there are tools that can handle the task of identifying and removing unused paragraph tags. But one thing you need to note is that importing the short, cleansed tag list into other files will *not* remove the unused tags from thoe files. Importing formats is a purely additive operation. Tags that exist in both catalogs will get updated to the format definitions from the file that you are importing from, and any that are unique to that file will be imported just as you would expect. But all formats that are unique to the "target" file (the one you are importing into) will remain just as they were before the import. If the goal is to have pared-down, standardized format catalogs in all your files, the process has to start with the removal of unused/unwanted formats from the each of files. Or you can turn this process around and start with a clean template file that contains only the tags you want to use going forward, and then import the contents from each of your existing files into copies of this clean template. Then you can use a tool such as Cudspan's HuntPgfOverrides to find any paragraphs that were tagged with a tag name that doesn;t exist in your template's catalog. -Fred Ridder > Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:17:50 -0800 > From: TdeV at bstw.com > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: How to clean up Paragraph and Character Tags > > My book has a bunch of paragraph tags and character tags I don't need. > > 1. Is there a way to find unused paragraph tags? > 2. Is there a way to delete them out of one file in the book and then > copy that new library to each file in the book? -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110309/732f27ec/attachment.html>
Framemaker 9 Index
I ran the index for our 800-page catalog. The index behaved as I expected but in some instances the index page entries looked like this: Tapes...568-572, 13-14, 16, 18-22 Is there a setting I missed? This is the first time I ran an index with Frame 9. I very well could have missed something. Frame 9 running on Parallels, MAC OSX Any suggestions would be appreciated. Scott White Manager - Content and Print Media Belmont, NC - 704-398-5752 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient.
Framemaker 9 Index
If you're indexing a number of .fm docs within a book, check that the pagination is set so that it flows properly from beginning to end - this looks like it's picking up index marker hits in multiple .fm docs that have different pagination rules applied. So within that doc it makes sense, but on the book level it doesn't. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of White, Scott Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:09 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Framemaker 9 Index I ran the index for our 800-page catalog. The index behaved as I expected but in some instances the index page entries looked like this: Tapes...568-572, 13-14, 16, 18-22 Is there a setting I missed? This is the first time I ran an index with Frame 9. I very well could have missed something. Frame 9 running on Parallels, MAC OSX Any suggestions would be appreciated. Scott White Manager - Content and Print Media Belmont, NC - 704-398-5752 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.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/jeff.coatsworth%40jonassoftware.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Framemaker 9 Index
There were 26 files all put in the book in order of page number. Pgs 1-13, Pgs 14-26, etc... Same way I have been doing Frame indexes for years. Though the first time using Frame 9. Scott White Manager - Content and Print Media Belmont, NC - 704-398-5752 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:29 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Framemaker 9 Index If you're indexing a number of .fm docs within a book, check that the pagination is set so that it flows properly from beginning to end - this looks like it's picking up index marker hits in multiple .fm docs that have different pagination rules applied. So within that doc it makes sense, but on the book level it doesn't. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of White, Scott Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:09 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Framemaker 9 Index I ran the index for our 800-page catalog. The index behaved as I expected but in some instances the index page entries looked like this: Tapes...568-572, 13-14, 16, 18-22 Is there a setting I missed? This is the first time I ran an index with Frame 9. I very well could have missed something. Frame 9 running on Parallels, MAC OSX Any suggestions would be appreciated. Scott White Manager - Content and Print Media Belmont, NC - 704-398-5752 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Messages sent to or from this contact will be recorded and are subject to archival, monitoring, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.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/jeff.coatsworth%40jo nassoftware.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as swhite at alamark.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
Version and Build Questions
Chantel Brathwaite wrote: > I'm fairly new to this list and hope that you can help me. I'm using > version 7.2 of FM. I am creating 5 different versions of the same > document. Since most of the information in each document is the same, > I'm maintaining one set of files (one file for each chapter and each > appendix) and placing conditional text in the areas that are > version-specific. However, there are some files that should appear in > one version of the documentation, but not in another. For example, > AppendixF.fm might appear in one document, but not another. Is there a > way to indicate that when a specific version of a document is created, > which files should be included, or would I have to handle that manually > by adding/removing the document in the book file? The simplest solution is to use a separate book file for each version (or at least each version that has more or fewer files than your "baseline"). FM chapter files can appear in any number of books, taking on the numbering set for them in the book window of each book, so you don't have to worry about a file being Appendix F in one book and Appendix E in another. Start by doing a Save As of the existing book under a new name that identifies the specific version. Add/remove chapter/appendix files as needed for that version. Repeat for each additional version. IME, using separate books simplifies your workflow and minimizes the chances for operator error when producing multiple versions of a document. To create the Version A PDF, you open the Version A book, select all its files, select View > Show/Hide Conditional Text and show the correct conditions, update/generate the book, and you're ready to go. HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 --
Version and Build Questions
Richard Combs wrote: > IME, using separate books simplifies your workflow and minimizes the chances > for operator error when producing multiple versions of a document. To create > the Version A PDF, you open the Version A book, select all its files, select > View > Show/Hide Conditional Text and show the correct conditions, > update/generate the book, and you're ready to go. I agree completely with Richard. The one additional hint I'd offer is that there is usually one file that is unique to each book (e.g. the title page), which you can use to contain the book-specific user variable definitions and conditional text settings. That way, all you have to do is use File>Import>Formats to import the variables and conditional text settings from the book-specific file to all the shared files before doing a book update and publishing. It makes it almost foolproof to publish multiple variants. -Fred Ridder -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110309/e2ec704d/attachment.html>
Version and Build Questions
Fred Ridder wrote: > The one additional hint I'd offer is that there is usually one file that is > unique to each book (e.g. the title page), which you can use to contain the > book-specific user variable definitions and conditional text settings. That > way, all you have to do is use File>Import>Formats to import the variables > and conditional text settings from the book-specific file to all the shared > files before doing a book update and publishing. It makes it almost > foolproof to publish multiple variants. And using a book-specific title page file is exactly what I do. For some reason, I just forgot to mention it. Maybe I'm still in coffee deficit. :-} Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 --
eps image looks lousy in Frame. What should I do differently?
> In both cases (logoc and logobw) when converted to .eps, the image (as > displayed in Adobe Bridge) is about 1/4 the visual size as the .psd. > In Frame, logoc.eps looks funny on screen, but renders correctly in > .pdf. In Frame, logobw.eps looks the same onscreen as it looks when > rendered in .pdf, which is lousy. > > EPS files always look lousy in FrameMaker because Frame only displays a low-res preview of the file. (They print to PDF properly, though.) When you save your Photoshop file as EPS, make sure you select the option in the EPS dialogue to create an 8-bit TIFF preview. It sounds like you may have selected the 1-bit preview option for your B file, which gives an even coarser display. Mike Wickham
Hypertext marker for Telephone number
Hello all, I would like to create a hyperlink (hypertext) within FrameMaker so that when a PDF file is created and viewed on a SmartPhone - it would recognize the link and autodial if selected. Using the Tel url in Anchor Tag 940-453-4538 - works for an HTML page but how can I edit the FM source file? Any guidance would be appreciated. XP SP3, FM 7.0p579, Acrobat 9 Pro Diana Stock MX Ops - Integration - Projects Southwest Airlines Maintenance Projects Analyst *** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE *** This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged and confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your system. Thank you. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110309/b9863ed4/attachment.html>
Hypertext marker for Telephone number
Hi Diana, Try creating a link "by hand" with Acrobat in a PDF and make sure it works on the phone. If it does, then we can translate the link into its FrameMaker equivalent. But you are better to get it working in the PDF first. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 rick at frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110309/125c51a7/attachment.html>
Hypertext marker for Telephone number
Diana, tel is an input type supported in HTML5. It has no equivalent (that I know of) in FrameMaker or Acrobat. Maybe a JavaScript could launch the dialer and pass the number to it? Alternatively, using the "message" command in a hypertext marker might work. Baruch Brodersen On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Diana, > > > > Try creating a link ?by hand? with Acrobat in a PDF and make sure it works > on the phone. If it does, then we can translate the link into its FrameMaker > equivalent. But you are better to get it working in the PDF first. Please > let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. > > > > Rick > > > > Rick Quatro > > Carmen Publishing Inc. > > 585-659-8267 > > rick at frameexpert.com > > > > *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com > > > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as baruch at technitext.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/baruch%40technitext.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n 0 5 4 9 4 9 9 3 6 1 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110309/9ae7c551/attachment.html>
Hypertext marker for Telephone number
Diana Stock wrote: > I would like to create a hyperlink (hypertext) within FrameMaker so that > when a PDF file is created and viewed on a SmartPhone - it would recognize > the link and autodial if selected. > > Using the Tel url in Anchor Tag 940-453- > 4538 - works for an HTML page but how can I edit the FM source > file? I've never tried it for a tel URI, but a "Go to URL" FM hypertext command _might_ work. 1) In the FM file, highlight the telephone number and apply the char tag you're using for links. 2) With the number selected or the cursor within it, select Special > Hypertext. 3) In the dialog box, set Command to Go to URL and in the text box, specify the command like this: message URL tel: 940-453-4538 4) Click New Hypertext Marker. No guarantees. As Rick suggested, you may want to test first with a link you create manually in Acrobat. But then, it doesn't take long to do the above and then save as PDF. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 --
Hypertext marker for Telephone number
> 3) In the dialog box, set Command to Go to URL and in the text box, specify > the command like this: > message URL tel: 940-453-4538 Oops, Outlook "helpfully" inserted a space after the colon that shouldn't be there. Sorry. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 --
Version and Build Questions
Thanks Roger, Steve, and Ann - Multiple book files are the perfect solution. It will make things a lot easier for me to handle. Thanks for the information re: CVS. I think that is going to be the way I handle builds. I know there are limitations because the files are binary, but at least we'll be able to roll back to previous builds if necessary, provided that I tag them correctly. A question - Roger you mentioned that there should be no more than 3 conditional text options in the document. Does corruption occur if there are more than three or is it just a matter of it being too confusing to follow? Also, thanks for the tip on the appendices. Considering the fact that changing a file name means breaking with the history in CVS, this is a particularly important point for me. Chantel
How do I create a cross reference which uses more than one line of text?
Version 8 I'd like to use these two lines in a cross reference: Id 069 Workshop Title so that my cross reference looks like this "Id 069 - Workshop Title on page 22" Thanks, Theresa
How do I create a cross reference which uses more than one line of text?
Theresa de Valence wrote: > I'd like to use these two lines in a cross reference: > > Id 069 > Workshop Title > > so that my cross reference looks like this > > "Id 069 - Workshop Title on page 22" You can't do that with a single cross-reference. But assuming those two lines are separate paragraphs, you could use two xrefs separated by the hyphen. The first xref would be one defined as "<$paratext>" and pointing to the "Id 069" paragraph. The second would be one defined as "<$paratext> on page <$pagenum>" and pointing to the "Workshop Title" paragraph. Alternatively, or if the two lines can't be made separate paragraphs, you could use hypertext, which lets you specify whatever text you want for the link (but that text is static and won't update if you change the destination text to, say, "Id 070"). Look up hypertext markers in the manual or help for more information. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 --
