OT: Cloud computing, SAAS and all that
Dear all, The intensive discussion Corporate madness, ... draws my attention to increasingly bad feelings of about the software business. I have different opinions on shareware, open source projects etc. Business needs to make money - so do i and there is nothing bad with it. However, sometimes i feel really enslaved as a customer or user: Corporate Identity is prior to useability (see the november gray interfaces of Adobe) Software i depend on for my business is not fixed (think a about that situation with cars) Paying for the sw for long years does not make it my property (well that's the same with renting a house) - but then they should not call it 'purchase'. New features are introduced just to be able to 'sell' a new version, despite the fact that long lasting requirements are not considerd for implementation at all. All in all: friss oder stirb (feed or die) For me the worst scenario will be SAAS (Software as a service), that is the sw is located in the cloud. This is the end of Personal Computing. There will be no possibility to work with a version which i have learned and with which i am efficient. There will be no chance for plug-ins -- THE horror scenario for FrameMaker (and many others). Just my few cents... Klaus Daube ~ Docu + Design Daube; Schracher 11; CH-8053 Zrich Technical documentation consultancy; On-line and paper F: +41-44-422 86 25 E: d...@daube.ch W: www.daube.ch ___ 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.
Transfer of referenced graphics follow up report: brilliant utility [XtraBookUtils] the solution
Dear Framers: following my mournful complaint of finding all my referenced graphics on an incorrect drive following a clean install of windows 64, I am happy to report that thanks to a really brilliant plugin by Harro de Jong, anybody can restore their original drive letters in a snap. The plugin is flawless and scours the files--even finds referenced graphics on the reference pages. The plug in works by creating a two column table with the original referenced path name and file name on the left and a duplicate on the right column all in a regular Framemaker document. The right hand column can be edited in any way you like, e.g. find and replace H:\ with G:\. This little honey badger of a utility just chewed its way through nearly 11,000 incorrectly referenced graphics! I am sure the plugin has many other uses, for my part I found a few misplaced .tifs. [replace with jpg]. Thanks too to other Framers, Rebecca Officer al who taught me about graphics on different drives. The interesting thing was the reference graphics which survived were on the same drive as the root directory of C: Since I cannot fit my graphics on D and E, I will continue to use my old system. And hope I do not have to do another install for some time. Rob Shell wrote: My questions are How can I restore the proper drive letter in object properties? Use XtraBookUtils: http://www.bache.name/sgml.html This creates a list of all graphics in the book, you can edit the paths in that list and then the plugin will convert the paths. Harro de Jong Triview ___ 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: Hybernation kills CTRL-xxx sortcuts in FM10/11 on Win7
Klaus Daube wrote: Now that it happend more than once I'm certain thats a bug. Has anyone of You also made this experience? FM-10/11 looses ctrl-xxx shortcuts after wakeup from hybernation in W7 I've seen this too, in FM 9/Win 7. I've seen this twice in 6 months of daily use with hibernation every day. This suggests that hibernation alone isn't the problem. Restarting Frame would restore use of the Ctrl key. I haven't been able to track down the cause (too many variables, too few occurrences). Harro de Jong Triview ___ 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.
[ANN:] 22 May webinar: Sess 7) FrameMaker for Word Users: Bullet-proof autonumbered lists and headings
May 22nd, 9:00 AM PDT Webinar (beginner to intermediate level) Register: http://adobe.ly/129Zte0 One long-standing complaint amongst Word users has been fragile auto-numbers. This feature is one of FrameMaker's greatest strengths. Join this webinar to discover how (a) simple building blocks will create bullet-proof numbering schemes, (b) how you can easily borrow existing numbering schemes from existing templates and (c) how you can use the paragraph numbering feature for other purposes (e.g. prefix text for CAUTIONs or WARNINGs.) About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. TWEET: 22May 9AM PDT @maxwellhoffmann WEBINAR: FrameMaker for Word Users: Sess 7) Bullet-proof auto-numbering adobe.ly/129Zte0 #AdobeTCS Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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: OT: Cloud computing, SAAS and all that
Not necessarily true. Most Confluence plugins work in the on-demand version. And to repeat my earlier point, the product in question, Adobe's Creative Cloud suite, is not SaaS. It's installed software with an expiration date. On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 12:25 AM, Klaus Daube fr...@daube.ch wrote: There will be no chance for plug-ins -- THE horror scenario for FrameMaker ___ 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-7.2/Acrobat7.1 Issue
the function of my catalog production for 15yrs has been as follows (sort-of). 1. input and page SGML text w/image calls into Frame with EDD styling. 2. crop/resize the .eps/.tif images (when nec.) and modify (when nec.) the text. 3. print via Acrobat to PDF and FTP to cust. 4. revise from cust. marked proof where nec. / and reprint for OK & extract TOC data. 5. In Frame "import" the opening "Section" PDF [p1] and the "TOC" [p2] - both unnumbered. 6. still in Frame "typeset and overlay" the TOC text and print the 2pp to PDF. - - - Now comes the NEW TODAY problem - - - 7. in Acrobat . . . open the "body/text"-PDF and INSERT the 2p TOC "before" p1 of the body pp. [any quan. 16 to 256+] 7. errors . . . upon the INSERT and dies without error message I did call Adobe Support where the issue was acknowledged as a prob. and was connected to a tech and did as requested. in order to replace/download an updated Acrobat . . . I 1st needed to "remove" the current/existing version which I did, then downloaded . . . and key'd in the "new" activation" 24-digit number to have it error out. Support details follow . . . Who should I contact NOW??? -- messages to/from support latest 1st Notes from Customer Friday, May 17, 2013 8:00:32 PM PDT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE Adobe Acrobat THAT WAS DOWNLOADED TODAY "activated with the number 1016-1415-6479-6184-1333-2468 NOT working. . is rejected ONLY successful action of this "download" process was DELETING/REMOVING the original and operating version of Acrobat at your direction. So, NOW I have NO Acrobat. Can you repair/my loss??? dick doll Phn. 317-539-4857 Notes from Customer Friday, May 17, 2013 6:18:29 PM PDT activation # of downloaded Adobe Acrobat Pro 7.0 FAILED, Your process required (deletion of loaded program) and with activstion failure . . . NOW I HAVE NO ACROBAT. And, NOW . . . What do I do. Notes to Customer Friday, May 17, 2013 1:45:35 PM PDT Hi Richard, Thank you for contacting Adobe. You contacted us as you wanted to know about activation of Adobe product. We hope we were able to reslove your concern. If you have any concerns or any further questions please feel free to contact us again, we are available 24x7. Thanks, jijo francis Adobe Customer Support - best to all, dick doll 317.539.4857 sgmlindy at tds.net
FrameMaker-7.2/Acrobat7.1 Issue
Richard, Do you still have the serial number for the old Acrobat version? Why not reinstall that? Just remember to delete all the previous settings first. What platform? Mac? No doubt, at some point the support person will tell you to reinstall your computer system because *their* activation system fails to function correctly. I have had that "advice" from Adobe support twice now, for two different products. Don't be tempted to follow their advice. I have managed to get the activation code working each time, without taking Adobe Support's advice. This might help: http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-error-codes.html Alan On 18/05/13 4:07 PM, Richard Doll wrote: > the function of my catalog production for 15yrs has been as follows > (sort-of). > > 1. input and page SGML text w/image calls into Frame with EDD styling. > 2. crop/resize the .eps/.tif images (when nec.) and modify (when nec.) > the text. > 3. print via Acrobat to PDF and FTP to cust. > 4. revise from cust. marked proof where nec. / and reprint for OK & > extract TOC data. > 5. In Frame "import" the opening "Section" PDF [p1] and the "TOC" [p2] - > both unnumbered. > 6. still in Frame "typeset and overlay" the TOC text and print the 2pp > to PDF. > - - - Now comes the NEW TODAY problem - - - > 7. in Acrobat . . . open the "body/text"-PDF and INSERT the 2p TOC > "before" p1 of the body pp. [any quan. 16 to 256+] > > 7. errors . . . upon the INSERT and dies without error message > > I did call Adobe Support where the issue was acknowledged as a prob. and > was connected to a tech and did as requested. > > in order to replace/download an updated Acrobat . . . > I 1st needed to "remove" the current/existing version > which I did, then downloaded . . . and key'd in the "new" activation" > 24-digit number to have it error out. > Support details follow . . . Who should I contact NOW??? > > -- > > messages to/from support latest 1st > Notes from Customer > Friday, May 17, 2013 8:00:32 PM PDT > I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE Adobe Acrobat THAT WAS DOWNLOADED TODAY > "activated with the number > > 1016-1415-6479-6184-1333-2468 > >NOT working. . is rejected > > ONLY successful action of this "download" process was DELETING/REMOVING > the original and operating version of Acrobat at your direction. > > So, NOW I have NO Acrobat. > > Can you repair/my loss??? > > dick doll Phn. 317-539-4857 > > Notes from Customer > Friday, May 17, 2013 6:18:29 PM PDT > activation # of downloaded Adobe Acrobat Pro 7.0 FAILED, > > Your process required (deletion of loaded program) and with activstion > failure . . . NOW I HAVE NO ACROBAT. > > And, NOW . . . What do I do. > > Notes to Customer > Friday, May 17, 2013 1:45:35 PM PDT > Hi Richard, > Thank you for contacting Adobe. You contacted us as you wanted to know > about activation of Adobe product. > We hope we were able to reslove your concern. > If you have any concerns or any further questions please feel free to > contact us again, we are available 24x7. > Thanks, > jijo francis > Adobe Customer Support > > - > > best to all, > > dick doll > 317.539.4857 > sgmlindy at tds.net > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as alan at alphabyte.co.nz. > > 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/alan%40alphabyte.co.nz > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
OT: Cloud computing, SAAS and all that
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Transfer of referenced graphics follow up report: brilliant utility [XtraBookUtils] the solution
Dear Framers: following my mournful complaint of finding all my referenced graphics on an incorrect drive following a clean install of windows 64, I am happy to report that thanks to a really brilliant plugin by Harro de Jong, anybody can restore their original drive letters in a snap. The plugin is flawless and scours the files--even finds referenced graphics on the reference pages. The plug in works by creating a two column table with the original referenced path name and file name on the left and a duplicate on the right column all in a regular Framemaker document. The right hand column can be edited in any way you like, e.g. find and replace H:\ with G:\. This little honey badger of a utility just chewed its way through nearly 11,000 incorrectly referenced graphics! I am sure the plugin has many other uses, for my part I found a few misplaced .tifs. [replace with jpg]. Thanks too to other Framers, Rebecca Officer & al who taught me about graphics on different drives. The interesting thing was the reference graphics which survived were on the same drive as the root directory of C: Since I cannot fit my graphics on D and E, I will continue to use my old system. And hope I do not have to do another install for some time. Rob Shell wrote: > My questions are > How can I restore the proper drive letter in object properties? Use XtraBookUtils: < http://www.bache.name/sgml.html> This creates a list of all graphics in the book, you can edit the paths in that list and then the plugin will convert the paths. Harro de Jong Triview
OT: Cloud computing, SAAS and all that
Not necessarily true. Most Confluence plugins work in the on-demand version. And to repeat my earlier point, the product in question, Adobe's Creative Cloud suite, is not SaaS. It's installed software with an expiration date. On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 12:25 AM, Klaus Daube wrote: > There will be no chance for plug-ins -- THE horror scenario for FrameMaker
pod for displaying and sorting lists of markers, xrefs etc. WAS: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription
Robert, This is definitely in FM10. The difference is that this view is brought up by choosing View > Pods > Cross Reference or View > Pods > Markers (etc.). The old way is through Special > Cross Reference or Special > Marker (etc.), which gives you something completely different. This pod appears across the bottom of the screen by default. Craig From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 3:05 PM To: Alexandra Duffy; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription Are you sure those features are FM10? That's what I use and I've never seen those. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Alexandra Duffy wrote: This is what is great, (to me, anyway) - [pasted two graphics which won't come through to the list] You can sort through markers, click on them to go to the destination, and view unresolved cross-references quickly. You can see external cross-references and know where they link. This was in FM10 as well, but people were saying they don't want to upgrade from FM8. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130518/dd7c2f9f/attachment.html> -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 23611 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130518/dd7c2f9f/attachment.png> -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 14667 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130518/dd7c2f9f/attachment-0001.png>
pod for displaying and sorting lists of markers, xrefs etc. WAS: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription
Wow. The same command on two different menus brings up different UIs for the same feature? I guess I'll have to try all of the entries on the Pods menu to see what else I've missed. Does that mean the old UI for applying conditional text is still around somewhere? I found that much more efficient. On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Craig Ede wrote: > This is definitely in FM10. The difference is that this view is brought up by > choosing View > Pods > Cross Reference or View > Pods > Markers (etc.). The > old way is through Special > Cross Reference or Special > Marker (etc.), > which gives you something completely different. This pod appears across the > bottom of the screen by default.
