Modifying Image Paths
This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\nMy company is soon to begin working with translation software. Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since ourimages will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location wherethey can be accessed by each language by the same path. That way, Iadd/change an image once and everything updates. The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in mycurrent English documentation. Redefining the path for each image (orevery few images) as the interface asks for it is proving verytime-consuming and tedious. I'm using TCS4 (FM11) on a Win7 PC. My documents typically have textinsets, images by reference, cross-references and index markers. This morning, I thought I'd investigate whether the Insets pod would be of any help. I've never used it for anything before and, curiously, when I opened it today there's nothing in it. (Not eventhe toolbar pictured in the Help files.) The same thing happens withthe Reference pod. The markers pod is populated. Trying to get anything in the Insets and Reference pods, I've triedselecting a single inset, the full document content, the full bookcontent...nothing! If anyone has suggestions to speed things along, using pods or by some other method, I'd love to hear from you! Thanks! -- Judy BraggTechnical WriterHYPACK, Inc.860-635-1500___ 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: Modifying Image Paths
You could test this to see if it works before you actually do it on your production copies... Open the FM file as a MIF. Do a find and replace on the file path name. Resave as an FM file. It's been a long time since I looked at MIFs and what they can do, but that approach might be an option. Nadine --- On Wed, 4/24/13, Judy Bragg j...@hypack.com wrote: From: Judy Bragg j...@hypack.com Subject: Modifying Image Paths To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: judy j...@hypack.com Received: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 10:00 AM My company is soon to begin working with translation software. Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our images will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be accessed by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and everything updates. The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my current English documentation. Redefining the path for each image (or every few images) as the interface asks for it is proving very time-consuming and tedious. I'm using TCS4 (FM11) on a Win7 PC. My documents typically have text insets, images by reference, cross-references and index markers. This morning, I thought I'd investigate whether the Insets pod would be of any help. I've never used it for anything before and, curiously, when I opened it today there's nothing in it. (Not even the toolbar pictured in the Help files.) The same thing happens with the Reference pod. The markers pod is populated. Trying to get anything in the Insets and Reference pods, I've tried selecting a single inset, the full document content, the full book content...nothing! If anyone has suggestions to speed things along, using pods or by some other method, I'd love to hear from you! Thanks! -- Judy Bragg Technical Writer HYPACK, Inc. 860-635-1500 -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.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/generic668%40yahoo.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: Modifying Image Paths
On 2013-Apr-24 10:00 AM, Judy Bragg wrote: My company is soon to begin working with translation software. Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our images will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be accessed by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and everything updates. The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my current English documentation. Redefining the path for each image (or every few images) as the interface asks for it is proving very time-consuming and tedious. This may help; it's similar to Bruce Foster's Archive plug-in: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/07/create-a-book-packager-using-extendscript.html HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.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: Modifying Image Paths
You can use the free Archive or Book Packager script to do this. It moves all graphics to a single directory. You can find it here: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/07/create-a-book-packager-using-extendscript.html Be sure to get v2, at the script attached link. The original script can be found here link, as I recall, linked to a version that had a bug in it. Mike On 4/24/2013 9:00 AM, Judy Bragg wrote: My company is soon to begin working with translation software. Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our images will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be accessed by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and everything updates. -- /Sent from my supercharged custom computer with three 24 monitors. It beats the crap out of any piddly smartphone../ ___ 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: Convert A3 to A4 format
Hi team, I have a novel that I set up with several master pages for different files. The majority of these have the following frames: -Footer -Three text boxes that flow to following pages -A header column for each text column I originally set it up as A3 because I thought there would otherwise not be enough room for meaningful amount of text in each frame on each page. I was wrong. Now I want to make it all A4. When I select the files and try to change the page size to A4 it tells me the column sizes will be all wrong - not entirely sure how to fix this easily. Any clues? Regards, Rod Fee ___ 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: Convert headings to destinations in PDF
Hi Everyone, Thanks for all of the responses to my query. The mystery has finally been solved: The tool used was AutoBookmark by Evermap. Apparently the person created the bookmarks in FrameMaker, then used AutoBookmark on the PDF side to delete the bookmarks, recreate them and create named destinations for the new bookmarks. AutoBookmark converts periods and spaces into underscores and truncates names to 32 characters for HTML compatibility. For the record -- I don't recommend this method since it introduces a lot of post-processing work on the PDF side. But at least now I know how it was done. Thanks, Peggy ___ 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: Convert A3 to A4 format
On 2013-Apr-23 9:18 PM, Rod Fee wrote: Hi team, I have a novel that I set up with several master pages for different files. ... I originally set it up as A3 because I thought there would otherwise not be enough room for meaningful amount of text in each frame on each page. I was wrong. Now I want to make it all A4. When I select the files and try to change the page size to A4 it tells me the column sizes will be all wrong - not entirely sure how to fix this easily. Any clues? Use FM's strengths in templates. Don't try to alter your current document layout; create a new template with the layout you need and import the page layouts from the template into the existing documents. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.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: TOC of document names in a book
On 2013-Apr-24 2:24 AM, Rod Fee wrote: Hi team, So I have a whole lot of documents in one book. I want to insert a table of contents (Add/Table of Contents) I want that TOC to include the file names of the various documents in their order and with their page numbers that they start on. The options for what to include in the TOC do not seem to include the file names of the documents themselves. Any way of doing this and including their page number automatically or is it something I will have to manually produce and update? Thanks in advance, Rod Fee As you've noticed, TOC generation allows you to select paragraphs with specific tags for inclusion. If you put your file name (best to use the system variable) in a uniquely tagged paragraph, you can select that pgf tag for inclusion in the TOC. I'm not sure why you would want to do this; normally the chapter title is the most meaningful entry in a TOC. If you make your chapter titles the same as your file names (or vice versa), the problem goes away. If you must use a file name that differs from the chapter title but don't want it to appear on the page, you'll have to fudge it by putting the file name variable into a uniquely tagged pgf on the first page of the file, with characteristics that make it invisible (e.g., 2 pt font, colour white, or some other colour that you then designate as Don't Print in the color definition). I'm not sure what the implications are for PDF generation in the latter case; in the former (colour white), the text will become visible if it is selected in the PDF (reverse highlighted). HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.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.
FM 11/RH10 Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output
Ok, I've been trying to find this answer in the RoboHelp and FrameMaker help all morning, and not having any luck, so I'll throw it out to the group. It's been a decade-plus since I worked in RoboHelp, so don't remember much. My source content is in FM11. I know what I want to do, just not how to make it happen. I want to use one of the skins that shipped with RH10 in the Multiscreen HTML 5 output (for the WebHelp/Desktop output). I was able to create an individual WebHelp_Pro layout using my preferred skin, but cannot for the life of me figure out how/where to edit the default Multiscreen HTML 5 Desktop output/layout to use that same skin. How/where do I go in RH to make that change? Once I know how to change one of the output layouts in the Multiscreen layout, I can change the other layouts as desired. Once back in FM 11 I can easily select the correct project template when I want to publish the document from there. I know this has to be fairly simply, but its escaping me. Thx Carla - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. ___ 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: Modifying Image Paths
For a scripted solution, see http://frameautomation.com/2010/02/23/managing-imported-images-solution/ Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-283-5045 r...@frameexpert.com From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:33 PM To: N M; framers@lists.frameusers.com; Judy Bragg Cc: judy Subject: RE: Modifying Image Paths I've used the search and replace path in a MIF file method when my image links have come back broken from a translation round and I need to get the files out ASAP (ie, rather than return them to the translators to be fixed). It works just fine. Just be sure to make copies of everything before you do the search and replace. Also, you might do a few updates through Frame first so you know exactly what path to use as the replacement. Alison From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of N M Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 7:34 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Judy Bragg Cc: judy Subject: Re: Modifying Image Paths You could test this to see if it works before you actually do it on your production copies... Open the FM file as a MIF. Do a find and replace on the file path name. Resave as an FM file. It's been a long time since I looked at MIFs and what they can do, but that approach might be an option. Nadine --- On Wed, 4/24/13, Judy Bragg j...@hypack.com wrote: From: Judy Bragg j...@hypack.com Subject: Modifying Image Paths To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: judy j...@hypack.com Received: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 10:00 AM My company is soon to begin working with translation software. Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our images will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be accessed by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and everything updates. The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my current English documentation. Redefining the path for each image (or every few images) as the interface asks for it is proving very time-consuming and tedious. I'm using TCS4 (FM11) on a Win7 PC. My documents typically have text insets, images by reference, cross-references and index markers. This morning, I thought I'd investigate whether the Insets pod would be of any help. I've never used it for anything before and, curiously, when I opened it today there's nothing in it. (Not even the toolbar pictured in the Help files.) The same thing happens with the Reference pod. The markers pod is populated. Trying to get anything in the Insets and Reference pods, I've tried selecting a single inset, the full document content, the full book content...nothing! If anyone has suggestions to speed things along, using pods or by some other method, I'd love to hear from you! Thanks! -- Judy Bragg Technical Writer HYPACK, Inc. 860-635-1500 -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.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/generic668%40yahoo.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: FM 11/RH10 Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output
Ok, I realize now I'm probably off base with my question... ugh. HTML5 and the WebHelp Pro output are not the same. Looked at it in a different way and figured out where I was going wrong. So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout that uses one of the skins from the gallery... is that possible to define easily, or is it a major design from scratch issue? Thanks to grainge.org for clearing up some things for me between the skins and screen layouts. http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/rh_tour/rh10_new/multiscreen/rh10_multiscreen.htm -Carla From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:38 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM 11/RH10 Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output Ok, I've been trying to find this answer in the RoboHelp and FrameMaker help all morning, and not having any luck, so I'll throw it out to the group. It's been a decade-plus since I worked in RoboHelp, so don't remember much. My source content is in FM11. I know what I want to do, just not how to make it happen. I want to use one of the skins that shipped with RH10 in the Multiscreen HTML 5 output (for the WebHelp/Desktop output). I was able to create an individual WebHelp_Pro layout using my preferred skin, but cannot for the life of me figure out how/where to edit the default Multiscreen HTML 5 Desktop output/layout to use that same skin. How/where do I go in RH to make that change? Once I know how to change one of the output layouts in the Multiscreen layout, I can change the other layouts as desired. Once back in FM 11 I can easily select the correct project template when I want to publish the document from there. I know this has to be fairly simply, but its escaping me. Thx Carla - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. ___ 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: FM 11/RH10 Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output
Have you been looking in the HTML5 Multiscreen forum? Another resource you might want to check out is Willam van Weelden's site (www.wvanweelden.eu) From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: April-24-13 12:58 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM 11/RH10 Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output Ok, I realize now I'm probably off base with my question... ugh. HTML5 and the WebHelp Pro output are not the same. Looked at it in a different way and figured out where I was going wrong. So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout that uses one of the skins from the gallery... is that possible to define easily, or is it a major design from scratch issue? Thanks to grainge.org for clearing up some things for me between the skins and screen layouts. http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/rh_tour/rh10_new/multiscreen/rh10_multiscreen.htm -Carla From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:38 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM 11/RH10 Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output Ok, I've been trying to find this answer in the RoboHelp and FrameMaker help all morning, and not having any luck, so I'll throw it out to the group. It's been a decade-plus since I worked in RoboHelp, so don't remember much. My source content is in FM11. I know what I want to do, just not how to make it happen. I want to use one of the skins that shipped with RH10 in the Multiscreen HTML 5 output (for the WebHelp/Desktop output). I was able to create an individual WebHelp_Pro layout using my preferred skin, but cannot for the life of me figure out how/where to edit the default Multiscreen HTML 5 Desktop output/layout to use that same skin. How/where do I go in RH to make that change? Once I know how to change one of the output layouts in the Multiscreen layout, I can change the other layouts as desired. Once back in FM 11 I can easily select the correct project template when I want to publish the document from there. I know this has to be fairly simply, but its escaping me. Thx Carla - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. ___ 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.
Modifying Image Paths
This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\nMy company is soon to begin working with translation software. Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since ourimages will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location wherethey can be accessed by each language by the same path. That way, Iadd/change an image once and everything updates. The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in mycurrent English documentation. Redefining the path for each image (orevery few images) as the interface asks for it is proving verytime-consuming and tedious. I'm using TCS4 (FM11) on a Win7 PC. My documents typically have textinsets, images by reference, cross-references and index markers. This morning, I thought I'd investigate whether the Insets pod would be of any help. I've never used it for anything before and, curiously, when I opened it today there's nothing in it. (Not eventhe toolbar pictured in the Help files.) The same thing happens withthe Reference pod. The markers pod is populated. Trying to get anything in the Insets and Reference pods, I've triedselecting a single inset, the full document content, the full bookcontent...nothing! If anyone has suggestions to speed things along, using pods or by some other method, I'd love to hear from you! Thanks! -- Judy BraggTechnical WriterHYPACK, Inc.860-635-1500 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130424/78cf84e8/attachment.html>
Modifying Image Paths
You could test this to see if it works before you actually do it on your production copies... Open the FM file as a MIF. Do a find and replace on the file path name. Resave as an FM file. It's been a long time since I looked at MIFs and what they can do, but that approach might be an option. Nadine --- On Wed, 4/24/13, Judy Bragg wrote: From: Judy Bragg <j...@hypack.com> Subject: Modifying Image Paths To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Cc: "judy" Received: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 10:00 AM My company is soon to begin working with translation software. Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our images will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be accessed by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and everything updates. The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my current English documentation.? Redefining the path for each image (or every few images) as the interface asks for it is proving very time-consuming and tedious. I'm using TCS4 (FM11) on a Win7 PC. My documents typically have text insets, images by reference, cross-references and index markers. This morning, I thought I'd investigate whether the Insets pod would be of any help.? I've never used it for anything before ?and, curiously, when I opened it today there's nothing in it. (Not even the toolbar pictured in the Help files.) The same thing happens with the Reference pod.? The markers pod is populated. Trying to get anything in the Insets and Reference pods, I've tried selecting a single inset, the full document content, the full book content...nothing! If anyone has suggestions to speed things along, using pods or by some other method, I'd love to hear from you! Thanks! -- Judy Bragg Technical Writer HYPACK, Inc. 860-635-1500 -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.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/generic668%40yahoo.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/20130424/3cf158f6/attachment.html>
Modifying Image Paths
On 2013-Apr-24 10:00 AM, Judy Bragg wrote: > My company is soon to begin working with translation software. > Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our > images will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location > where they can be accessed by each language by the same path. That > way, I add/change an image once and everything updates. > > The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my > current English documentation. Redefining the path for each image (or > every few images) as the interface asks for it is proving very > time-consuming and tedious. This may help; it's similar to Bruce Foster's "Archive" plug-in: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/07/create-a-book-packager-using-extendscript.html HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Modifying Image Paths
You can use the free Archive or Book Packager script to do this. It moves all graphics to a single directory. You can find it here: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/07/create-a-book-packager-using-extendscript.html Be sure to get v2, at the "script attached" link. The "original script can be found here" link, as I recall, linked to a version that had a bug in it. Mike On 4/24/2013 9:00 AM, Judy Bragg wrote: > My company is soon to begin working with translation software. > Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our > images will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location > where they can be accessed by each language by the same path. That > way, I add/change an image once and everything updates. -- /Sent from my supercharged custom computer with three 24" monitors. It beats the crap out of any piddly smartphone../ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130424/9756fe8a/attachment.html>
Convert A3 to A4 format
Hi team, I have a novel that I set up with several master pages for different files. The majority of these have the following frames: -Footer -Three text boxes that flow to following pages -A header column for each text column I originally set it up as A3 because I thought there would otherwise not be enough room for meaningful amount of text in each frame on each page. I was wrong. Now I want to make it all A4. When I select the files and try to change the page size to A4 it tells me the column sizes will be all wrong - not entirely sure how to fix this easily. Any clues? Regards, Rod Fee
TOC of document names in a book
Hi team, So I have a whole lot of documents in one book. I want to insert a table of contents (Add/Table of Contents) I want that TOC to include the file names of the various documents in their order and with their page numbers that they start on. The options for what to include in the TOC do not seem to include the file names of the documents themselves. Any way of doing this and including their page number automatically or is it something I will have to manually produce and update? Thanks in advance, Rod Fee
Convert headings to destinations in PDF
Hi Everyone, Thanks for all of the responses to my query. The mystery has finally been solved: The tool used was AutoBookmark by Evermap. Apparently the person created the bookmarks in FrameMaker, then used AutoBookmark on the PDF side to delete the bookmarks, recreate them and create named destinations for the "new" bookmarks. AutoBookmark converts periods and spaces into underscores and truncates names to 32 characters for HTML compatibility. For the record -- I don't recommend this method since it introduces a lot of post-processing work on the PDF side. But at least now I know how it was done. Thanks, Peggy
Convert A3 to A4 format
On 2013-Apr-23 9:18 PM, Rod Fee wrote: > Hi team, > > I have a novel that I set up with several master pages for different files. > ... > I originally set it up as A3 because I thought there would otherwise not be > enough room for meaningful amount of text in each frame on each page. > > I was wrong. Now I want to make it all A4. > > When I select the files and try to change the page size to A4 it tells me > the column sizes will be all wrong - not entirely sure how to fix this > easily. Any clues? > Use FM's strengths in templates. Don't try to alter your current document layout; create a new template with the layout you need and import the page layouts from the template into the existing documents. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
TOC of document names in a book
On 2013-Apr-24 2:24 AM, Rod Fee wrote: > Hi team, > > So I have a whole lot of documents in one book. > > I want to insert a table of contents (Add/Table of Contents) > > I want that TOC to include the file names of the various documents in their > order and with their page numbers that they start on. > > The options for what to include in the TOC do not seem to include the file > names of the documents themselves. > > Any way of doing this and including their page number automatically or is it > something I will have to manually produce and update? > > Thanks in advance, > > Rod Fee > As you've noticed, TOC generation allows you to select paragraphs with specific tags for inclusion. If you put your file name (best to use the system variable) in a uniquely tagged paragraph, you can select that pgf tag for inclusion in the TOC. I'm not sure why you would want to do this; normally the chapter title is the most meaningful entry in a TOC. If you make your chapter titles the same as your file names (or vice versa), the problem goes away. If you must use a file name that differs from the chapter title but don't want it to appear on the page, you'll have to fudge it by putting the file name variable into a uniquely tagged pgf on the first page of the file, with characteristics that make it invisible (e.g., 2 pt font, colour white, or some other colour that you then designate as Don't Print in the color definition). I'm not sure what the implications are for PDF generation in the latter case; in the former (colour white), the text will become visible if it is selected in the PDF (reverse highlighted). HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Modifying Image Paths
I've used the "search and replace path in a MIF file" method when my image links have come back broken from a translation round and I need to get the files out ASAP (ie, rather than return them to the translators to be fixed). It works just fine. Just be sure to make copies of everything before you do the search and replace. Also, you might do a few updates through Frame first so you know exactly what path to use as the replacement. Alison From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of N M Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 7:34 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Judy Bragg Cc: judy Subject: Re: Modifying Image Paths You could test this to see if it works before you actually do it on your production copies... Open the FM file as a MIF. Do a find and replace on the file path name. Resave as an FM file. It's been a long time since I looked at MIFs and what they can do, but that approach might be an option. Nadine --- On Wed, 4/24/13, Judy Bragg mailto:judy at hypack.com>> wrote: From: Judy Bragg mailto:j...@hypack.com>> Subject: Modifying Image Paths To: framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com> Cc: "judy" mailto:judy at hypack.com>> Received: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 10:00 AM My company is soon to begin working with translation software. Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our images will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be accessed by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and everything updates. The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my current English documentation. Redefining the path for each image (or every few images) as the interface asks for it is proving very time-consuming and tedious. I'm using TCS4 (FM11) on a Win7 PC. My documents typically have text insets, images by reference, cross-references and index markers. This morning, I thought I'd investigate whether the Insets pod would be of any help. I've never used it for anything before and, curiously, when I opened it today there's nothing in it. (Not even the toolbar pictured in the Help files.) The same thing happens with the Reference pod. The markers pod is populated. Trying to get anything in the Insets and Reference pods, I've tried selecting a single inset, the full document content, the full book content...nothing! If anyone has suggestions to speed things along, using pods or by some other method, I'd love to hear from you! Thanks! -- Judy Bragg Technical Writer HYPACK, Inc. 860-635-1500 -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.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/generic668%40yahoo.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/20130424/12ee4e31/attachment.html>
FM 11/RH10 > Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output
Ok, I've been trying to find this answer in the RoboHelp and FrameMaker help all morning, and not having any luck, so I'll throw it out to the group. It's been a decade-plus since I worked in RoboHelp, so don't remember much. My source content is in FM11. I know what I want to do, just not how to make it happen. I want to use one of the skins that shipped with RH10 in the Multiscreen HTML 5 output (for the WebHelp/Desktop output). I was able to create an individual WebHelp_Pro layout using my preferred skin, but cannot for the life of me figure out how/where to edit the default Multiscreen HTML 5 Desktop output/layout to use that same skin. How/where do I go in RH to make that change? Once I know how to change one of the output layouts in the Multiscreen layout, I can change the other layouts as desired. Once back in FM 11 I can easily select the correct project template when I want to publish the document from there. I know this has to be fairly simply, but its escaping me. Thx Carla - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130424/461faeed/attachment.html>
Modifying Image Paths
For a scripted solution, see http://frameautomation.com/2010/02/23/managing-imported-images-solution/ Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-283-5045 rick at frameexpert.com From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:33 PM To: N M; framers at lists.frameusers.com; Judy Bragg Cc: judy Subject: RE: Modifying Image Paths I've used the "search and replace path in a MIF file" method when my image links have come back broken from a translation round and I need to get the files out ASAP (ie, rather than return them to the translators to be fixed). It works just fine. Just be sure to make copies of everything before you do the search and replace. Also, you might do a few updates through Frame first so you know exactly what path to use as the replacement. Alison From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of N M Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 7:34 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Judy Bragg Cc: judy Subject: Re: Modifying Image Paths You could test this to see if it works before you actually do it on your production copies... Open the FM file as a MIF. Do a find and replace on the file path name. Resave as an FM file. It's been a long time since I looked at MIFs and what they can do, but that approach might be an option. Nadine --- On Wed, 4/24/13, Judy Bragg wrote: From: Judy Bragg <j...@hypack.com> Subject: Modifying Image Paths To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Cc: "judy" Received: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 10:00 AM My company is soon to begin working with translation software. Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our images will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be accessed by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and everything updates. The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my current English documentation. Redefining the path for each image (or every few images) as the interface asks for it is proving very time-consuming and tedious. I'm using TCS4 (FM11) on a Win7 PC. My documents typically have text insets, images by reference, cross-references and index markers. This morning, I thought I'd investigate whether the Insets pod would be of any help. I've never used it for anything before and, curiously, when I opened it today there's nothing in it. (Not even the toolbar pictured in the Help files.) The same thing happens with the Reference pod. The markers pod is populated. Trying to get anything in the Insets and Reference pods, I've tried selecting a single inset, the full document content, the full book content...nothing! If anyone has suggestions to speed things along, using pods or by some other method, I'd love to hear from you! Thanks! -- Judy Bragg Technical Writer HYPACK, Inc. 860-635-1500 -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.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/generic668%40yahoo.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/20130424/073f71bd/attachment.html>
FM 11/RH10 > Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output
Ok, I realize now I'm probably off base with my question... ugh. HTML5 and the WebHelp Pro output are not the same. Looked at it in a different way and figured out where I was going wrong. So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout that uses one of the skins from the gallery... is that possible to define easily, or is it a major design from scratch issue? Thanks to grainge.org for clearing up some things for me between the skins and screen layouts. http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/rh_tour/rh10_new/multiscreen/rh10_multiscreen.htm -Carla From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:38 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM 11/RH10 > Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output Ok, I've been trying to find this answer in the RoboHelp and FrameMaker help all morning, and not having any luck, so I'll throw it out to the group. It's been a decade-plus since I worked in RoboHelp, so don't remember much. My source content is in FM11. I know what I want to do, just not how to make it happen. I want to use one of the skins that shipped with RH10 in the Multiscreen HTML 5 output (for the WebHelp/Desktop output). I was able to create an individual WebHelp_Pro layout using my preferred skin, but cannot for the life of me figure out how/where to edit the default Multiscreen HTML 5 Desktop output/layout to use that same skin. How/where do I go in RH to make that change? Once I know how to change one of the output layouts in the Multiscreen layout, I can change the other layouts as desired. Once back in FM 11 I can easily select the correct project template when I want to publish the document from there. I know this has to be fairly simply, but its escaping me. Thx Carla - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130424/45e5b8e8/attachment.html>
FM 11/RH10 > Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output
Have you been looking in the HTML5 Multiscreen forum? Another resource you might want to check out is Willam van Weelden's site (www.wvanweelden.eu) From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: April-24-13 12:58 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM 11/RH10 > Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output Ok, I realize now I'm probably off base with my question... ugh. HTML5 and the WebHelp Pro output are not the same. Looked at it in a different way and figured out where I was going wrong. So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout that uses one of the skins from the gallery... is that possible to define easily, or is it a major design from scratch issue? Thanks to grainge.org for clearing up some things for me between the skins and screen layouts. http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/rh_tour/rh10_new/multiscreen/rh10_multiscreen.htm -Carla From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com> [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:38 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: FM 11/RH10 > Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output Ok, I've been trying to find this answer in the RoboHelp and FrameMaker help all morning, and not having any luck, so I'll throw it out to the group. It's been a decade-plus since I worked in RoboHelp, so don't remember much. My source content is in FM11. I know what I want to do, just not how to make it happen. I want to use one of the skins that shipped with RH10 in the Multiscreen HTML 5 output (for the WebHelp/Desktop output). I was able to create an individual WebHelp_Pro layout using my preferred skin, but cannot for the life of me figure out how/where to edit the default Multiscreen HTML 5 Desktop output/layout to use that same skin. How/where do I go in RH to make that change? Once I know how to change one of the output layouts in the Multiscreen layout, I can change the other layouts as desired. Once back in FM 11 I can easily select the correct project template when I want to publish the document from there. I know this has to be fairly simply, but its escaping me. Thx Carla - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130424/b8e0364c/attachment.html>
TOC of document names in a book
Put the document name in a paragraph at the beginning of the document and format it with the highest-level paragraph tag included in the TOC. On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Rod Fee wrote: > Hi team, > > So I have a whole lot of documents in one book. > > I want to insert a table of contents (Add/Table of Contents) > > I want that TOC to include the file names of the various documents in their > order and with their page numbers that they start on. > > The options for what to include in the TOC do not seem to include the file > names of the documents themselves. > > Any way of doing this and including their page number automatically or is it > something I will have to manually produce and update?
FM 11/RH10 > Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output
Sounds like the HTML 5 layout is not compatible with WebHelp skins: "A screen layout has two key components, a set of screen layout pages and a CSS. The screen layout pages define the content and the structure. The CSS defines the layout and the skin." http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS1b49059a33f77726-5d8e23a513606e3bbe2-7ffe.html Do you have a compelling reason to use the brand-new and probably not ready for prime-time HTML 5 layout? On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Martinek, Carla wrote: > Ok, I realize now I?m probably off base with my question? ugh. HTML5 and > the WebHelp Pro output are not the same. Looked at it in a different way > and figured out where I was going wrong. > > So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout that > uses one of the skins from the gallery? is that possible to define easily, > or is it a major design from scratch issue?
