Re: FrameMaker Book to PDF Creation
A long time FrameMaker can create a PDF with different page sizes. Note: 1. Little different in every release (and build - remember FM 10.x on Win7 64-bit!) 2. Every change of page size must go along with a new file in a book. 3. Easy to keep in mind is following steps (in every FrameMaker release - hopefully) Print the book with Adobe PDF Printer as .ps: + change the max of page size to the max of your page (important: the ps-file get the information of the page size and FrameMaker and Adobe PDF driver are artful + Print in file as .ps (Every fm-page size get his same ps-page size) + then it's easy to open the ps-file with the Distiller - and the right pdf is ready - Georg Debra wrote: Hi Carmelo, I've done this by using the Adobe PDF printer and saving the file as a .ps (postscript file), opening it using Distiller, and saving the PDF. You should have no problem, but if you do I have instructions written in full to guide you through this process. Cheers, Deb Question from Carmelo: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Carmelo Scaffidi carme...@jetiprinters.com mailto:carme...@jetiprinters.com wrote: How to create a PDF from a FrameMaker 8 book containing files with different page sizes (letter and tabloid)? ___ 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: Remove structure from flow
Yves, I think when removing structure from flow that's exactly what happens: the structure is removed and formatting stays as it is. So any overrides created by the EDD will remain override, but formats are not created. Creating the formats would be a manually process (or invoking the 'create and apply formats' menu option) after removing the structure. Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Wim Hooghwinkel NLDITA Tools 2012 April 2012 in Utrecht Tools and best practices for Authoring, Managing and Publishing NLDITA Information Energy 2012 june 2012 in Utrecht and Ghent DITA and topic based information development tel. +31652036811 Skype wimhooghwinkel Twitter @idtp @NLDITA i...@idtp.eu www.idtp.eu www.nldita.nl FrameMaker support: framema...@idtp.eu Hi group Does anyone know how paragraph formats and character formats are created and applied when you choose Special Remove Structure from Flow? I don't think the EDD is used in this process, is it? Although... I can find some paragraph tags in the EDD, I also see auto-generated tags, for example p1, p2, p3 etc. for p. Also, is there a way to change/control this element-to-paragraph mapping? Thanks -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu ___ 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: Remove structure from flow
Hi Wim Nope, formats are created automatically, but I can't figure out how this is done. And the FrameMaker Help doesn't really help me either: To remove all elements from a document: Choose Special Remove Structure from Flow. If the document has additional structured flows, repeat this command for each flow. FrameMaker removes all elements from the current text flow. If the formatting was created or modified by format change lists in the element catalog, the removed elements become format overrides in the document. Note: If you want to create named formats for each removed element variation and save them in the catalog, use the Create To remove all elements from a document: Choose Special Remove Structure from Flow. If the document has additional structured flows, repeat this command for each flow. FrameMaker removes all elements from the current text flow. If the formatting was created or modified by format change lists in the element catalog, the removed elements become format overrides in the document. Note: If you want to create named formats for each removed element variation and save them in the catalog, use the Create Apply Formats command.Apply Formats command. -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu ___ 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.
Balancing frame sizes
Hi, I have a problem with Framemaker that is similar to that met by those working in language tranlslations. I am writing a novel that is in two parts. One is at the top part of the page and the other is at the bottom. Each chapter of the top novel has a corresponding and related chapter at the bottom novel. I have set up a master page with a frame for each. As I write in the bottom frame it flows nicely onto the frame at tehe bottom of the second page. So far so good. But of course the paired chpaters are different lengths. Is there a way in which Framemaker can somehow automatically balance the two frames so that their relative sizes adjust and allow both chapters finish on the same page? Regards, Rod ___ 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.
Utilities for format management within FrameMaker
Hi About a year ago, when I was registered on this list under a different account, someone told me about a guy who creates add-ons and utilities to help with format management and other tasks within FrameMaker. When I left my last job I thought I'd forwarded all this information to myself so I could buy it for myself when I set up at home. Now I can't find that information, could anybody help by suggesting who this was please? I think it was just a guy operating on his own rather than a big corporate if that helps. I'm operating FrameMaker 10 on Windows 7. Cheers Andy W. Smith Winged Feet Ltd., Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services, Hemel Hempstead, England. Tel: 01442 391333 Mob: 077 200 61583 http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/andy-smith/20/187/391 Please do not use the registered office address for general correspondence, instead please phone or email for a postal address. Registered Office: 83 High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 3AH. Winged Feet Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 3622021 ___ 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.
Settings in the books vs. settings in chapters
Hi One of the long standing confusions I've had since using FrameMaker has always been know which settings are adjusted in the book and which settings are adjusted in the individual document. For instance I seem to remember that if I tried to make a change to page numbering in a document within a book I'd get a message reporting that there was a conflict of some sort. (It's been a while since I did this so I may have that wrong.) Often if I then made that change in the book it didn't seem to stick. Is there a single list of those features that should be set in the book rather than individual documents/chapters? I can understand that pages would be set like this but I'm wondering if other aspects such as page size, etc. that I should be considering at the start of the project. It seemed to me before that it made things more difficult if I got this in the wrong order. Andy FrameMaker 10, Windows XP. ___ 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: Settings in the books vs. settings in chapters
Hi Andy, The numbering and pagination settings should be set at the book level for documents that are part of a book. Since the book is a container for your documents, this is where it matters. You generally wouldn't set numbering and pagination properties at the document level unless they are stand-alone documents. 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 http://www.frameexpert.com From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Smith (WFL) Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:19 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Settings in the books vs. settings in chapters Hi One of the long standing confusions I've had since using FrameMaker has always been know which settings are adjusted in the book and which settings are adjusted in the individual document. For instance I seem to remember that if I tried to make a change to page numbering in a document within a book I'd get a message reporting that there was a conflict of some sort. (It's been a while since I did this so I may have that wrong.) Often if I then made that change in the book it didn't seem to stick. Is there a single list of those features that should be set in the book rather than individual documents/chapters? I can understand that pages would be set like this but I'm wondering if other aspects such as page size, etc. that I should be considering at the start of the project. It seemed to me before that it made things more difficult if I got this in the wrong order. Andy FrameMaker 10, Windows XP. ___ 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 Book to PDF Creation
A long time FrameMaker can create a PDF with different page sizes. Note: 1. Little different in every release (and build - remember FM 10.x on Win7 64-bit!) 2. Every change of page size must go along with a new file in a book. 3. Easy to keep in mind is following steps (in every FrameMaker release - hopefully) Print the book with Adobe PDF Printer as .ps: + change the max of page size to the max of your page (important: the ps-file get the information of the page size and FrameMaker and Adobe PDF driver are artful + Print in file as .ps (Every fm-page size get his same ps-page size) + then it's easy to open the ps-file with the Distiller - and the right pdf is ready - Georg Debra wrote: Hi Carmelo, I've done this by using the Adobe PDF printer and saving the file as a .ps (postscript file), opening it using Distiller, and saving the PDF. You should have no problem, but if you do I have instructions written in full to guide you through this process. Cheers, Deb Question from Carmelo: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Carmelo Scaffidi mailto:carmelos at jetiprinters.com> > wrote: How to create a PDF from a FrameMaker 8 book containing files with different page sizes (letter and tabloid)? -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120118/75165730/attachment.html>
Remove structure from flow
Yves, I think when removing structure from flow that's exactly what happens: the structure is removed and formatting stays as it is. So any overrides created by the EDD will remain override, but formats are not created. Creating the formats would be a manually process (or invoking the 'create and apply formats' menu option) after removing the structure. Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Wim Hooghwinkel NLDITA Tools 2012 ? April 2012 in Utrecht ? Tools and best practices for Authoring, Managing and Publishing NLDITA Information Energy 2012 ? june 2012 in Utrecht and Ghent ? DITA and topic based information development tel. +31652036811 Skype wimhooghwinkel Twitter @idtp @NLDITA info at idtp.eu? www.idtp.eu www.nldita.nl FrameMaker support: framemaker at idtp.eu? Hi group Does anyone know how paragraph formats and character formats are created and applied when you choose Special > Remove Structure from Flow? I don't think the EDD is used in this process, is it? Although... I can find some paragraph tags in the EDD, I also see "auto-generated" tags, for example p1, p2, p3 etc. for . Also, is there a way to change/control this element-to-paragraph mapping? Thanks -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu
Remove structure from flow
Hi Wim Nope, formats are created automatically, but I can't figure out how this is done. And the FrameMaker Help doesn't really help me either: "To remove all elements from a document: Choose Special > Remove Structure from Flow. If the document has additional structured flows, repeat this command for each flow. FrameMaker removes all elements from the current text flow. If the formatting was created or modified by format change lists in the element catalog, the removed elements become format overrides in the document. Note: If you want to create named formats for each removed element variation and save them in the catalog, use the Create & To remove all elements from a document: Choose Special > Remove Structure from Flow. If the document has additional structured flows, repeat this command for each flow. FrameMaker removes all elements from the current text flow. If the formatting was created or modified by format change lists in the element catalog, the removed elements become format overrides in the document. Note: If you want to create named formats for each removed element variation and save them in the catalog, use the Create & Apply Formats command.Apply Formats command." -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120118/fc8f688b/attachment.html>
Balancing frame sizes
Hi, I have a problem with Framemaker that is similar to that met by those working in language tranlslations. I am writing a novel that is in two parts. One is at the top part of the page and the other is at the bottom. Each chapter of the top novel has a corresponding and related chapter at the bottom novel. I have set up a master page with a frame for each. As I write in the bottom frame it flows nicely onto the frame at tehe bottom of the second page. So far so good. But of course the paired chpaters are different lengths. Is there a way in which Framemaker can somehow automatically balance the two frames so that their relative sizes adjust and allow both chapters finish on the same page? Regards, Rod
Utilities for format management within FrameMaker
Hi About a year ago, when I was registered on this list under a different account, someone told me about a guy who creates add-ons and utilities to help with format management and other tasks within FrameMaker. When I left my last job I thought I'd forwarded all this information to myself so I could buy it for myself when I set up at home. Now I can't find that information, could anybody help by suggesting who this was please? I think it was just a guy operating on his own rather than a big corporate if that helps. I'm operating FrameMaker 10 on Windows 7. Cheers Andy W. Smith Winged Feet Ltd., Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services, Hemel Hempstead, England. Tel: 01442 391333 Mob: 077 200 61583 http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/andy-smith/20/187/391 Please do not use the registered office address for general correspondence, instead please phone or email for a postal address. Registered Office: 83 High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 3AH. Winged Feet Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 3622021 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120118/bcb5634f/attachment.html>
Settings in the books vs. settings in chapters
Hi One of the long standing confusions I've had since using FrameMaker has always been know which settings are adjusted in the book and which settings are adjusted in the individual document. For instance I seem to remember that if I tried to make a change to page numbering in a document within a book I'd get a message reporting that there was a conflict of some sort. (It's been a while since I did this so I may have that wrong.) Often if I then made that change in the book it didn't seem to stick. Is there a single list of those features that should be set in the book rather than individual documents/chapters? I can understand that pages would be set like this but I'm wondering if other aspects such as page size, etc. that I should be considering at the start of the project. It seemed to me before that it made things more difficult if I got this in the wrong order. Andy FrameMaker 10, Windows XP. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120118/dbe4e176/attachment.html>
Settings in the books vs. settings in chapters
Hi Andy, The numbering and pagination settings should be set at the book level for documents that are part of a book. Since the book is a container for your documents, this is where it matters. You generally wouldn't set numbering and pagination properties at the document level unless they are stand-alone documents. 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 http://www.frameexpert.com From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Smith (WFL) Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:19 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Settings in the books vs. settings in chapters Hi One of the long standing confusions I've had since using FrameMaker has always been know which settings are adjusted in the book and which settings are adjusted in the individual document. For instance I seem to remember that if I tried to make a change to page numbering in a document within a book I'd get a message reporting that there was a conflict of some sort. (It's been a while since I did this so I may have that wrong.) Often if I then made that change in the book it didn't seem to stick. Is there a single list of those features that should be set in the book rather than individual documents/chapters? I can understand that pages would be set like this but I'm wondering if other aspects such as page size, etc. that I should be considering at the start of the project. It seemed to me before that it made things more difficult if I got this in the wrong order. Andy FrameMaker 10, Windows XP. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120118/679b92ce/attachment.html>
