RE: Bullet size and bold text
At 20:37 -0700 19/6/11, Combs, Richard wrote: Why would you train yourself to not hit the spacebar after a period in some circumstances? What possible benefit does it provide? As Fred noted, this errant (??) space doesn't affect line spacing or anything else. Why does it bother you? The downside that comes to my mind is that the formatting of the text will be subject to 'secret' *i.e. invisible) stuff that only you understand. That's fine it you are the only author, but if the text has to be maintained by others, they may not understand, leading to scratched heads and/or irregular formatting. My preference is to apply a named character format to bullets. As the bullet character tag is part of the bullet list para definition, it's solid unless anyone messes with the template. -- Steve ___ 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 problem
I am trying to create a link to a specific page in a pdf file, but cannot get the link to go to the correct page. Both source and destination files are created in FrameMaker. The destination file is a frame book file, that is distilled to a single pdf file. Each frame file re-starts page numbering at page 1. (1-1, 1-2, ... 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 ... 3-1, 3-2 etc). The PDF pages are simply numbered from 1 onwards. If I set a link to go to page 27, it goes to 2-27, which is actually page 45. This is the first chapter that has 27 pages. I have tried using all the following syntaxes: gotopage filename:pagenumber openpage filename:pagenumber openlink filename:pagenumber I would prefer not to put the links in manually in the pdf (there are lots of them). Adding a linkname marker in the destination document works, but is not feasible because it is a legacy document. Any suggestions? (FM9, Acrobat 9 on Win 7) Thanks, Jo Watkiss _ Disclaimerhttp://www.watkiss.com/terms.htm This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely that of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Watkiss Automation Ltd. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error please notify Watkiss Automation Ltd on telephone +44 1767 685700. ___ 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.
missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro
Everyone, I'm using Acrobat X Pro (not the reader) to view PDFs. I want to enable document rights. I have instructions that tell me that I to go to the Comments or Advanced menu to do so. There is no Advanced item on the main menu. On further investigation, I find that my main menu is missing several items: Document, Comments, Forms, Tools, Advanced. However, I do have File, Edit, View, Window, Help. How do I get all the menu items in Acrobat X Pro to appear in Adobe Acrobat Pro? Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation Perkin Elmer, Inc. 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 Office: 617-588-9354 Email: jhar...@cambridgesoft.com mailto:jhar...@cambridgesoft.com image001.jpg___ 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 save as xml does not convert entities
Howdy all, FrameMaker 7.x, Windows XP We're saving files as xml. We're using the default isoents folder in the entity search path (in the FrameMaker application file). The greater than, , character does not get converted to the gt; entity. Other entities, such as do convert properly (in this case, to the lt; entity). The symbol is entered as plain text. I can create a new entity with a different name (adding it to the r/w rules and the entity file) and convert the to that new name, but I can't use the iso standard name. Is this a known issue? It's only a concern because I don't know how many other entities are not being exported properly. Thanks, Mark O'Connor ___ 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: missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro
Jon, I had a similar problem recently. A PDF that was from a scanned document opened but I had no major tools available and the following message was displayed beneath the toolbar: 'You are viewing this document in PDF/A mode.' When I changed my viewing mode (Edit Preferences Documents PDF/A View Mode View documents in PDF/A mode: never) I got all my tools back. Regards...Chris From: jhar...@cambridgesoft.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:54:07 -0400 Everyone, I’m using Acrobat X Pro (not the reader) to view PDFs. I want to enable document rights. I have instructions that tell me that I to go to the Comments or Advanced menu to do so. There is no Advanced item on the main menu. On further investigation, I find that my main menu is missing several items: Document, Comments, Forms, Tools, Advanced. However, I do have File, Edit, View, Window, Help. How do I get all the menu items in Acrobat X Pro to appear in Adobe Acrobat Pro? Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation Perkin Elmer, Inc. 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 Office: 617-588-9354 Email: jhar...@cambridgesoft.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as cs...@sympatico.ca. 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/cseal%40sympatico.ca 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: missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro
Thank you for your suggestion. It didn't work for me. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation Perkin Elmer, Inc. 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 Office: 617-588-9354 Email: jhar...@cambridgesoft.com From: Christopher Seal [mailto:cs...@sympatico.ca] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 1:16 PM To: Jon Harvey; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro Jon, I had a similar problem recently. A PDF that was from a scanned document opened but I had no major tools available and the following message was displayed beneath the toolbar: 'You are viewing this document in PDF/A mode.' When I changed my viewing mode (Edit Preferences Documents PDF/A View Mode View documents in PDF/A mode: never) I got all my tools back. Regards...Chris From: jhar...@cambridgesoft.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:54:07 -0400 Everyone, I'm using Acrobat X Pro (not the reader) to view PDFs. I want to enable document rights. I have instructions that tell me that I to go to the Comments or Advanced menu to do so. There is no Advanced item on the main menu. On further investigation, I find that my main menu is missing several items: Document, Comments, Forms, Tools, Advanced. However, I do have File, Edit, View, Window, Help. How do I get all the menu items in Acrobat X Pro to appear in Adobe Acrobat Pro? Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation Perkin Elmer, Inc. 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 Office: 617-588-9354 Email: jhar...@cambridgesoft.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as cs...@sympatico.ca. 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/cseal%40sympatico.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. image001.jpg___ 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 save as xml does not convert entities
Hi Mark... Technically, the character does not need to be an entity. Are you running into trouble with some process that's complaining about this? I think that the only characters that must be entities are .. and .. all others are optional. ...scott O'Connor, Mark (Mark) wrote: Howdy all, FrameMaker 7.x, Windows XP We're saving files as xml. We're using the default isoents folder in the entity search path (in the FrameMaker application file). The greater than, , character does not get converted to the gt; entity. Other entities, such as do convert properly (in this case, to the lt; entity). The symbol is entered as plain text. I can create a new entity with a different name (adding it to the r/w rules and the entity file) and convert the to that new name, but I can't use the iso standard name. Is this a known issue? It's only a concern because I don't know how many other entities are not being exported properly. Thanks, Mark O'Connor ___ 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: missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro
I wonder if those instructions were for an older version of Acrobat. In Acrobat X, File, Edit, View, Window, Help are the only menu items I see, as well. A lot of the stuff is now moved over into the Tools button at the far right. Tools Protection More Protection Security Properties. But an even easier way (while viewing the document) is to use Ctrl+D to open Document Properties. Then choose the Security tab. Mike ___ 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.
Bullet size and bold text
At 20:37 -0700 19/6/11, Combs, Richard wrote: > Why would you train yourself to not hit the spacebar after a period in some > circumstances? What possible benefit does it provide? As Fred noted, this > "errant" (??) space doesn't affect line spacing or anything else. Why does it > bother you? The downside that comes to my mind is that the formatting of the text will be subject to 'secret' *i.e. invisible) stuff that only you understand. That's fine it you are the only author, but if the text has to be maintained by others, they may not understand, leading to scratched heads and/or irregular formatting. My preference is to apply a named character format to bullets. As the bullet character tag is part of the bullet list para definition, it's solid unless anyone messes with the template. -- Steve
hypertext problem
I am trying to create a link to a specific page in a pdf file, but cannot get the link to go to the correct page. Both source and destination files are created in FrameMaker. The destination file is a frame book file, that is distilled to a single pdf file. Each frame file re-starts page numbering at page 1. (1-1, 1-2, ... 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 ... 3-1, 3-2 etc). The PDF pages are simply numbered from 1 onwards. If I set a link to go to page 27, it goes to 2-27, which is actually page 45. This is the first chapter that has 27 pages. I have tried using all the following syntaxes: gotopage filename:pagenumber openpage filename:pagenumber openlink filename:pagenumber I would prefer not to put the links in manually in the pdf (there are lots of them). Adding a linkname marker in the destination document works, but is not feasible because it is a legacy document. Any suggestions? (FM9, Acrobat 9 on Win 7) Thanks, Jo Watkiss _ Disclaimerhttp://www.watkiss.com/terms.htm This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely that of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Watkiss Automation Ltd. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error please notify Watkiss Automation Ltd on telephone +44 1767 685700. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/c246d69a/attachment.html>
missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro
Everyone, I'm using Acrobat X Pro (not the reader) to view PDFs. I want to enable document rights. I have instructions that tell me that I to go to the Comments or Advanced menu to do so. There is no Advanced item on the main menu. On further investigation, I find that my main menu is missing several items: Document, Comments, Forms, Tools, Advanced. However, I do have File, Edit, View, Window, Help. How do I get all the menu items in Acrobat X Pro to appear in Adobe Acrobat Pro? Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation Perkin Elmer, Inc. 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 Office: 617-588-9354 Email: jharvey at cambridgesoft.com <mailto:jharvey at cambridgesoft.com> -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/8f1cdfc1/attachment.html> -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 3097 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/8f1cdfc1/attachment.jpe>
FrameMaker save as xml does not convert entities
Howdy all, FrameMaker 7.x, Windows XP We're saving files as xml. We're using the default isoents folder in the entity search path (in the FrameMaker application file). The greater than, ">", character does not get converted to the entity. Other entities, such as "<" do convert properly (in this case, to the entity). The > symbol is entered as plain text. I can create a new entity with a different name (adding it to the r/w rules and the entity file) and convert the ">" to that new name, but I can't use the iso standard name. Is this a known issue? It's only a concern because I don't know how many other entities are not being exported properly. Thanks, Mark O'Connor -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/6f599e09/attachment.html>
missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro
Jon, I had a similar problem recently. A PDF that was from a scanned document opened but I had no major tools available and the following message was displayed beneath the toolbar: 'You are viewing this document in PDF/A mode.' When I changed my viewing mode (Edit > Preferences > Documents > PDF/A View Mode > View documents in PDF/A mode: never) I got all my tools back. Regards...Chris From: jhar...@cambridgesoft.com To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:54:07 -0400 Everyone, I?m using Acrobat X Pro (not the reader) to view PDFs. I want to enable document rights. I have instructions that tell me that I to go to the Comments or Advanced menu to do so. There is no Advanced item on the main menu. On further investigation, I find that my main menu is missing several items: Document, Comments, Forms, Tools, Advanced. However, I do have File, Edit, View, Window, Help. How do I get all the menu items in Acrobat X Pro to appear in Adobe Acrobat Pro? Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation Perkin Elmer, Inc. 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 Office: 617-588-9354 Email: jharvey at cambridgesoft.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as cseal at sympatico.ca. 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/cseal%40sympatico.ca Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/b41af02c/attachment.html>
missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro
Thank you for your suggestion. It didn't work for me. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation Perkin Elmer, Inc. 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 Office: 617-588-9354 Email: jharvey at cambridgesoft.com From: Christopher Seal [mailto:cs...@sympatico.ca] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 1:16 PM To: Jon Harvey; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro Jon, I had a similar problem recently. A PDF that was from a scanned document opened but I had no major tools available and the following message was displayed beneath the toolbar: 'You are viewing this document in PDF/A mode.' When I changed my viewing mode (Edit > Preferences > Documents > PDF/A View Mode > View documents in PDF/A mode: never) I got all my tools back. Regards...Chris From: jhar...@cambridgesoft.com To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:54:07 -0400 Everyone, I'm using Acrobat X Pro (not the reader) to view PDFs. I want to enable document rights. I have instructions that tell me that I to go to the Comments or Advanced menu to do so. There is no Advanced item on the main menu. On further investigation, I find that my main menu is missing several items: Document, Comments, Forms, Tools, Advanced. However, I do have File, Edit, View, Window, Help. How do I get all the menu items in Acrobat X Pro to appear in Adobe Acrobat Pro? Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation Perkin Elmer, Inc. 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 Office: 617-588-9354 Email: jharvey at cambridgesoft.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as cseal at sympatico.ca. 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/cseal%40sympatico.ca Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/012050e9/attachment.html> -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 3097 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/012050e9/attachment.jpe>
FrameMaker save as xml does not convert entities
Hi Mark... Technically, the ">" character does not need to be an entity. Are you running into trouble with some process that's complaining about this? I think that the only characters that must be entities are .. < and & .. all others are optional. ...scott O'Connor, Mark (Mark) wrote: > Howdy all, > > FrameMaker 7.x, Windows XP > > We're saving files as xml. We're using the default isoents folder in > the entity search path (in the FrameMaker application file). > > The greater than, ">", character does not get converted to the > entity. Other entities, such as "<" do convert properly (in this > case, to the entity). The > symbol is entered as plain text. > > I can create a new entity with a different name (adding it to the r/w > rules and the entity file) and convert the ">" to that new name, but I > can't use the iso standard name. > > Is this a known issue? > > It's only a concern because I don't know how many other entities are > not being exported properly. > > Thanks, > Mark O'Connor > > >
missing menu items in Acrobat X Pro
I wonder if those instructions were for an older version of Acrobat. In Acrobat X, "File, Edit, View, Window, Help" are the only menu items I see, as well. A lot of the stuff is now moved over into the Tools button at the far right. Tools> Protection> More Protection> Security Properties. But an even easier way (while viewing the document) is to use Ctrl+D to open Document Properties. Then choose the Security tab. Mike
Bullet Styles
Hi Everyone Quite a few years ago I managed to use different bullet styles e.g. square bullets, triangular shaped bullets, etc. I can't remember how I defined those styles in Framemaker. Can someone please remind me? I'm using FM7.2. I'd like to know if it is the same for FM10 too. Kind regards Claire Wood -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/e6c19f6c/attachment.html>
FrameMaker 10 disappearing text?
Thanks for reporting this issue. We have been able to repro the issue and will work on the same. This issue happens when "Para is right aligned" and "auto-number is End of Paragraph" and "paragraph text is empty". Regards, Rajat Bansal Adobe FrameMaker Team From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Joy Kocar Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:04 AM To: Jeff Coatsworth Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker 10 disappearing text? Yes I did see Rick's post. Thanks Rick for your help!! I could feel the gray hair popping out. Luckily it is a simple fix. The chapter numbers have their own style and all I had to do was to make Alignment = Left and kept Position = End of Paragraph. The chapter number remains at the right margin. Joy Kocar, EIT Training Materials Lead Engineer www.maptek.com<http://www.maptek.com> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Jeff Coatsworth mailto:jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.com>> wrote: You saw Rick's confirmation that this is an FM10 bug, right? I've reported it to Adobe & I urge you to also - the more people who do, makes the response more likely. From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com>] On Behalf Of Joy Kocar Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:52 AM To: Combs, Richard Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: FrameMaker 10 disappearing text? That was hard to explain. I believe the number is there, I can select something but I cannot see it. This is happening for chapters in the two books I've checked. The FM10 version numbering and font settings are identical to the FM9 version, as far as I can tell. I did try saving the FM10 version to MIF 10 format but the number is still invisible. Thanks for the ideas! Joy Kocar, EIT Training Materials Lead Engineer www.maptek.com<http://www.maptek.com> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Combs, Richard mailto:richard.combs at polycom.com>> wrote: Joy Kocar wrote: > I just upgraded to FrameMaker 10. I open a file in FM10 and my chapter > number does not appear. The space is there for it but I simply do not > see it. I close the file without saving, then open it in FM9 on the > same machine and voila, it is there again. Coincidentally my computer > was rebuilt to Windows 7 (hard drive was failing) but I wouldn't expect > it to matter since I opened both FM versions on the same machine. Not sure what "The space is there" means. What matters is what's in Paragraph Designer. Is the Autonumber Format (on the Numbering tab) still correct, i.e., unchanged by the conversion? Assuming it is, what about the numbering settings for the file? How do they compare with the same settings pre-conversion? Here's a wild guess. If the file is one chapter in a book and normally gets its numbering from the book, when you open it standalone, the <$chapnum> variable usually retains the value it had the last time the book was updated. Maybe the conversion for some reason interferes with the ability to recall that previous value, and everything will be fine once the entire book is converted and updated. :-) 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 kocar.joy at gmail.com<mailto:kocar.joy at gmail.com>. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com> or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/kocar.joy%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com<mailto:listadmin at frameusers.com>. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/32e55aef/attachment.html>
Bullet size and bold text
Is there a style guide somewhere that states a bullet item should not be all boldface? -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:37 PM To: Tim Pann; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Bullet size and bold text Tim Pann wrote: > This seems like a clunky and unnecessary workaround. Who of us wants an > errant space character hanging out at the end of a paragraph? [raises hand] I do! I do! In fact, I'd find it hard to _not_ type a space after a period, regardless of where in a paragraph it occurs. Muscle memory is pretty important in typing. Why would you train yourself to not hit the spacebar after a period in some circumstances? What possible benefit does it provide? As Fred noted, this "errant" (??) space doesn't affect line spacing or anything else. Why does it bother you? In fact, it has a couple of advantages I can think of off the top of my head. 1) As Fred noted, when a char format (or ad hoc formatting) is applied all the way up to the pilcrow, it modifies the paragraph and creates an override. This is either a bug or the FM development team's subtle way of suggesting that all paragraphs should have a space at the end. 2) The reason all paragraphs should have a space at the end is so that when you merge two paragraphs, you're not missing a necessary space. Fred's suggestion of applying a char format as part of the autonumber format is an excellent one. All my autonumbered pgf formats have their own char format (and mine, too, begin with "z"), even though some of those char formats set everything to "As Is." If that ever needs to be changed in the future, I can effect the change just by changing the char format and updating all. Also, you might want to think about why you're applying a char format to all the text in a paragraph. I've done that only very rarely and only as a workaround for an unusual layout problem. If you need to do this more than once in a blue moon, create a new pgf format instead. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, or responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, any review, forwarding, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any attachment(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately, and delete it and all attachments from your computer and network.
Conditional text invisible
FM 10 When I apply conditional text and select "Show Condition Indicators" the conditional text disappears. It's there, and I can highlight it, copy, cut, etc. But it looks as if it is white on white. If I apply an additional condition tag then I see the text with the combined colors. But if I remove all but one condition tag, it goes back to white on white. I wasn't able to find a solution in help or through Google. I didn't have this problem before a few weeks ago. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? TIA. tims Tim Slager ACI Worldwide<http://www.aciworldwide.com/>, 8436 Homestead Drive, Ste. 100, Zeeland, MI 49464, USA This email message and any attachments may contain confidential, proprietary or non-public information. The information is intended solely for the designated recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this email. Any review, dissemination, use or reliance upon this information by unintended recipients is prohibited. Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the author personally. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/8950639e/attachment.html>
fonts and localization problems
Hi Framers, A colleague has asked me to help solve a problem that happens when documents are translated into various Asian languages. Text with the convention we use for code, which uses the CourierNew font, doesn't translate, and instead renders as in the translated versions of the English text. Please take a look at the following information and let me know if you have any workaround for this recurring problem. ** *Issue*: The English language documents use a character style called TypeCommands that uses Courier New font for code snippets. When translated into any of the double-byte languages, these code snippets show up as ??. *Current Workaround*: Editing the character style to use Bold + Italics formatting on the appropriate font for each language fixes this issue. However, this process is time consuming and given the number of documents we are turning around, it is just one more hurdle that holds us back each time we need to regenerate the PDF after translation. *Fonts for each Asian language*: ? Chinese Traditional ? PmingliU ? Chinese Simplified ? SimSun ? Japanese ? MS Mincho ? Korean ? GulimChe or BatangChe *Authoring software*: FM 8 or FM 9 *Translation software*: MemoQ ** Thanks so much! Deb -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110620/5c9116d4/attachment.html>
