RE: FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question
Hi Craig, Thanks for the information. It is interesting that CMYK and RGB choices make a difference in the internal handling of graphics by FM. The failing keyboard commands have been going on for several months now, and I make sure the caps lock key is not on. I have been learning workarounds, even going so far as to saving a file with special characters (e.g., non-breaking hyphen) so that I can copy and paste. I have even used the search and replace to use the \+ to replace regular hyphens. The problem is seriously annoying. FM was extremely stable before Adobe added the new interface with pods. I don't mind the new interface, but I would prefer stable and predictable to fancy ... especially unnecessary fancy. Oh well ... Thanks for your input, Ed From: Craig Ede [mailto:craig...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 7:26 PM To: De Rosier, Edward Subject: RE: FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question With FM12 through update 12.0.2.389 transparent graphics worked for me if I printed to CMYK. It takes longer but works. I had two graphics with clipping paths that I was using on top of a patterned background. I never saw thin lines around the borders either. With the later FM12 updates CMYK caused some graphics to disappear entirely so that made CMYK printing impossibly chancy. RGB worked fine but lost the transparency. I never had problems with Esc-m-p except when the caps lock key was accidentally on or when neither a graphic or an anchored frame weren't selected. Worked every time for me. Same with non-breaking hyphens, so maybe your caps lock key is on. Can't comment on the en and em spaces. Good luck, Craig ___ 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: FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question
Keith, In my opinion, the ribbon is not any better than menus that use drop-down lists. In most instances (for me), the ribbon is less intuitive than drop-down menus, and I frequently struggle to find specific commands. My tired old eyes prefer larger fonts and images, but the ribbons take up a lot of screen real estate compared to a single row of menu items. Why not offer drop-down menus that can be pulled away as free floating and dockable pods? All software house should provide an interface option that allows users to get all of the new features (in any specific release) with a choice of interface options: menu driven choices, ribbon choices, pod choices, keyboard commands, etc. And, of course, they should not rearrange the location of various commands unless those commands were truly in odd locations previously. Marketing decisions often seem to override functionality in favor of glitz and glitter. Ed -Original Message- From: Keith Soltys [mailto:keith.sol...@tmx.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 10:11 AM To: De Rosier, Edward Subject: RE: FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question I don't mind the new interface, but I would prefer stable and predictable to fancy ... especially unnecessary fancy. Oh well ... Ha! Just wait until they add the ribbon interface like they just did in RoboHelp 2015. ` Regards Keith -- Keith Soltys Senior Technical Writer Architecture TMX Group (416) 947-4397 http://www.tmx.com/ -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of De Rosier, Edward Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 12:33 PM To: Craig Ede Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question Hi Craig, Thanks for the information. It is interesting that CMYK and RGB choices make a difference in the internal handling of graphics by FM. The failing keyboard commands have been going on for several months now, and I make sure the caps lock key is not on. I have been learning workarounds, even going so far as to saving a file with special characters (e.g., non-breaking hyphen) so that I can copy and paste. I have even used the search and replace to use the \+ to replace regular hyphens. The problem is seriously annoying. FM was extremely stable before Adobe added the new interface with pods. I don't mind the new interface, but I would prefer stable and predictable to fancy ... especially unnecessary fancy. Oh well ... Thanks for your input, Ed ___ 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: FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question
Hello, Thanks to all who made suggestions for the use of transparent graphics. Even when using a clipping path in an EPS file, we had trouble with the thin line around the image border. We eventually decided to add the product image and the background logo as a single combined image ... because we can control all of the settings and variations within Adobe Illustrator. This does complicate our process just a little bit, but we get what we want. NEW QUESTION: Still FM12 on Win7 PC Why do keyboard commands sometimes get ignored? I like keyboard cmds such as [Esc] [m] [p] to minimize an anchored frame around a graphic image. When the PC is freshly booted and FrameMaker is freshly launched, this usually works. At times, however, keyboard commands are ignored. This also is true for commands such as [Esc] [Spacebar] [n or m] for en and em spaces, and [Esc] [-] [h] for non-breaking hyphens. It takes a reboot of FM software AND the Windows OS to get this feature to work ... but only sometimes ... at times I just need to wait a few days8-(ARGHHH ! In contrast, commands such as [Ctrl]+[q] [Shift]+[p] provide an en dash even when the Escape commands fail. Your advice is always appreciated. I have been on the digest since FM 4 and enjoy the information as well as the banter. Thanks, Ed DeRosier -Original Message- From: De Rosier, Edward Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 10:42 AM Subject: FM12 Transparent Graphics Hello Framers, We are using FM 12 (TCS 5) on Windows 7 PCs. When we add a product image to the body page, the white background of the product image masks a portion of the background image. We have tried images (referenced from a common image folder) of the following types: Adobe Illustrator (*.ai), Adobe Photoshop (*.psd), *.png, and *.eps. Even though we have carefully created knocked out images with transparent backgrounds, we have not been able to avoid the masking effect. Thank you, Ed DeRosier Technical Writer Anritsu Company, Morgan Hill, California, USA ___ 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.
FM12 Transparent Graphics
Hello Framers, We are using FM 12 (TCS 5) on Windows 7 PCs. The company has a new document style that includes a background image, which is a bit like having a watermark on the cover page. In modifying the design of our templates, we have placed the background image on the master page. When we add a product image to the body page, the white background of the product image masks a portion of the background image. We have tried images (referenced from a common image folder) of the following types: Adobe Illustrator (*.ai), Adobe Photoshop (*.psd), *.png, and *.eps. Even though we have carefully created knocked out images with transparent backgrounds, we have not been able to avoid the masking effect. We would appreciate any ideas. Thank you, Ed DeRosier Technical Writer Anritsu Company, Morgan Hill, California, USA ___ 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: Long change bars are created when a table is in between 2
Hi Simon, You could also use the Character Designer to apply change bars so that the table marker will not be included. You can use a mouse in the Character Designer dialog box, or use the keyboard. The key sequence for those change bars is Format Style Change Bar, which can by keyed on a Windows PC by: [Alt][o] [y] [c] This does not mean the behavior was not a bug, but it is a relatively easy workaround. As an aside, I sometimes want to have a change bar that includes an intermediate table. FM 9 does not do this the way your version behaves. If I highlight a long sequence of paragraphs, and use the Paragraph Designer to apply a change bar, the tables are skipped. If I use the Character Designer to apply the change bar, then the tables are included. Best Wishes, Ed DeRosier Technical Writer Anritsu Company Morgan Hill, California ___ 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.
Seeking FrameMaker 9.0 Licensed Software
Hello Framers, My company is adding a writer to our staff, and we need an additional software license for FrameMaker 9.0. Our current licenses were obtained via AdobeTechCommSuite2. If you have a licensed copy of FrameMaker 9.0 available for sale, please contact me (off list is good). Thank you, Ed DeRosier Technical Writer Anritsu Company Morgan Hill CA ___ 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: Disappearing Palette Items
Hi Karen, On this framers list, probably within the last two years, someone offered a suggestion about those customized workspaces. Get the FM interface (all pods, etc.) organized the way you like them, then save the workspace with a name that you like. TIP (this was the suggestion from the experienced framer): Then resave the workspace with another name, as a backup. I name mine ED_1 (for example), and then ED_1_BU. The purpose of the backup is that the workspace can get corrupted. Rather than start over, you can then just set the backup workspace, and from there, you can recreate the original (in order to maintain an original plus a backup). Others have already offered suggestions about how you get the desired workspace initially, and I have too little experience to add to their great comments. Best wishes, Ed DeRosier Technical Writer Anritsu Company ___ 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.
Disappearing Palette Items
Hi Karen, On this framers list, probably within the last two years, someone offered a suggestion about those customized workspaces. Get the FM interface (all pods, etc.) organized the way you like them, then save the workspace with a name that you like. TIP (this was the suggestion from the experienced framer): Then resave the workspace with another name, as a backup. I name mine ED_1 (for example), and then ED_1_BU. The purpose of the backup is that the workspace can get corrupted. Rather than start over, you can then just set the backup workspace, and from there, you can recreate the original (in order to maintain an original plus a backup). Others have already offered suggestions about how you get the desired workspace initially, and I have too little experience to add to their great comments. Best wishes, Ed DeRosier Technical Writer Anritsu Company
Re: Line numbering tables in FM11?
Hi Tori, You said: Sooo... just popped $400 to upgrade to FM11, solely for the line numbering. However, we're working on a set of engineering specs that contains many huge tables, and Frame isn't numbering any lines in the tables. Is this just the way it works? Or am I missing some setting that would add line numbers corresponding to text in tables? This is a killer issue for this project, and it Frame can't do it we'll have to resort back to our previous method of putting hard-coded line numbers on the master pages -- which client doesn't like because then every page has the same numbers. Your description of line numbering in tables did not describe how you are using those numbers. My writing group uses a paragraph tag set that we named CellNumbered1 and CellNumbered. We are on FrameMaker-9 with Windows-7. The critical part of building of the Autonumber Format is as follows: C:n=1.\t and C:n+.\t I tested these just now with three successive tables. I added CellNumbered1 to the top cell of a column and then added CellNumbered to several cells below in the same column and in multiple columns within a table. I continued the CellNumbered tag in the following table. In the third table, I returned to the use of CellNumbered1 to the top cell of a column and CellNumbered to several cells below. The numbering of the paragraphs was as expected whether the additional paragraphs were within a cell or in separate cells. The numbering continued across tables and was restarted as expected. If your requirements are different, perhaps you could give more details of your needs. Ed DeRosier Senior Technical Writer Anritsu Company Morgan Hill, California ___ 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: Line numbering tables in FM11?
Hi Tori, After sending my note, and before deleting the test file, I also placed the CellNumbered paragraph tag in place of body text paragraphs between tables. The numbering and renumbering were consistent inside and outside the tables. This might be applied to Headings and other paragraph types. I see no problem with applying the Autonumber Format to other paragraph tags, including all paragraph tags within your documents. This was just a wild suggestion that I meant to stimulate ideas. It works in FrameMaker-9. Ed DeRosier -Original Message- From: Tori Muir [mailto:tm...@spot-on-creative.com] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 12:55 PM To: De Rosier, Edward Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Line numbering tables in FM11? Client wants *every* line across the whole book to be numbered contiguously. Having the cell numbers out of step with the others would not be acceptable. Tori Muir tm...@spot-on-creative.com | 650.430.8674 www.spot-on-creative.com On 2/25/13 12:09 PM, De Rosier, Edward wrote: Hi Tori, You said: Sooo... just popped $400 to upgrade to FM11, solely for the line numbering. However, we're working on a set of engineering specs that contains many huge tables, and Frame isn't numbering any lines in the tables. Is this just the way it works? Or am I missing some setting that would add line numbers corresponding to text in tables? This is a killer issue for this project, and it Frame can't do it we'll have to resort back to our previous method of putting hard-coded line numbers on the master pages -- which client doesn't like because then every page has the same numbers. Your description of line numbering in tables did not describe how you are using those numbers. My writing group uses a paragraph tag set that we named CellNumbered1 and CellNumbered. We are on FrameMaker-9 with Windows-7. The critical part of building of the Autonumber Format is as follows: C:n=1.\t and C:n+.\t I tested these just now with three successive tables. I added CellNumbered1 to the top cell of a column and then added CellNumbered to several cells below in the same column and in multiple columns within a table. I continued the CellNumbered tag in the following table. In the third table, I returned to the use of CellNumbered1 to the top cell of a column and CellNumbered to several cells below. The numbering of the paragraphs was as expected whether the additional paragraphs were within a cell or in separate cells. The numbering continued across tables and was restarted as expected. If your requirements are different, perhaps you could give more details of your needs. Ed DeRosier Senior Technical Writer Anritsu Company Morgan Hill, California ___ 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: Line numbering tables in FM11?
Correct, Richard. Tori, perhaps you could make the entire file a large table with one-line rows. The left column could be just large enough to hold numbers, and the right column could span the remaining text frame width. You would need to restart each line in a new row. Or you could use my previous idea and end each line (regardless of paragraph tag) with a return (no wrapping allowed). Or perhaps create a side head with a 1-column table for the line numbering. These are all clumsy solutions. Sorry, I've never been required to number each line. Ed DeRosier -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 1:20 PM To: tm...@spot-on-creative.com; De Rosier, Edward Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Line numbering tables in FM11? Tori Muir wrote: Ummm... If I have a paragraph that wraps to 8 lines, I get how it would number the top line, but how does it number the other 7? It doesn't. Ed's proposal numbers paragraphs, not lines. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Line numbering tables in FM11?
Hi Tori, You said: > Sooo... just popped $400 to upgrade to FM11, solely for the line > numbering. However, we're working on a set of engineering specs that > contains many huge tables, and Frame isn't numbering any lines in the > tables. > > Is this just the way it works? Or am I missing some setting that would > add line numbers corresponding to text in tables? This is a killer issue > for this project, and it Frame can't do it we'll have to resort back to > our previous method of putting hard-coded line numbers on the master > pages -- which client doesn't like because then every page has the same > numbers. Your description of line numbering in tables did not describe how you are using those numbers. My writing group uses a paragraph tag set that we named CellNumbered1 and CellNumbered. We are on FrameMaker-9 with Windows-7. The critical part of building of the Autonumber Format is as follows:
Line numbering tables in FM11?
Hi Tori, After sending my note, and before deleting the test file, I also placed the CellNumbered paragraph tag in place of body text paragraphs between tables. The numbering and renumbering were consistent inside and outside the tables. This might be applied to Headings and other paragraph types. I see no problem with applying the Autonumber Format to other paragraph tags, including all paragraph tags within your documents. This was just a wild suggestion that I meant to stimulate ideas. It works in FrameMaker-9. Ed DeRosier -Original Message- From: Tori Muir [mailto:tm...@spot-on-creative.com] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 12:55 PM To: De Rosier, Edward Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Line numbering tables in FM11? Client wants *every* line across the whole book to be numbered contiguously. Having the cell numbers out of step with the others would not be acceptable. Tori Muir tmuir at spot-on-creative.com | 650.430.8674 www.spot-on-creative.com On 2/25/13 12:09 PM, De Rosier, Edward wrote: > Hi Tori, > > You said: >> Sooo... just popped $400 to upgrade to FM11, solely for the line >> numbering. However, we're working on a set of engineering specs that >> contains many huge tables, and Frame isn't numbering any lines in the >> tables. >> >> Is this just the way it works? Or am I missing some setting that would >> add line numbers corresponding to text in tables? This is a killer issue >> for this project, and it Frame can't do it we'll have to resort back to >> our previous method of putting hard-coded line numbers on the master >> pages -- which client doesn't like because then every page has the same >> numbers. > Your description of line numbering in tables did not describe how you are > using those numbers. My writing group uses a paragraph tag set that we named > CellNumbered1 and CellNumbered. > We are on FrameMaker-9 with Windows-7. > > The critical part of building of the Autonumber Format is as follows: > > C:
Line numbering tables in FM11?
Correct, Richard. Tori, perhaps you could make the entire file a large table with one-line rows. The left column could be just large enough to hold numbers, and the right column could span the remaining text frame width. You would need to restart each line in a new row. Or you could use my previous idea and end each line (regardless of paragraph tag) with a return (no wrapping allowed). Or perhaps create a side head with a 1-column table for the line numbering. These are all clumsy solutions. Sorry, I've never been required to number each line. Ed DeRosier -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 1:20 PM To: tmuir at spot-on-creative.com; De Rosier, Edward Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Line numbering tables in FM11? Tori Muir wrote: > Ummm... If I have a paragraph that wraps to 8 lines, I get how it would > number the top line, but how does it number the other 7? It doesn't. Ed's proposal numbers paragraphs, not lines. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 --
Re: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ?
from framers Digest, Vol 84, Issue 23 ... was message: 4 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:28:47 -0700 From: Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ? Microsoft Manual of Style says drag. IMHO, style manuals are important and valuable, but technical writers must be able to choose to use words and syntax that may violate certain rules in order to be clear and concise, as judged by the writer when considering the audience. If Click and Drag will result in less questioning by the reading audience, then that is the better choice. If management refuses to allow such variations, then the job is probably not paying well enough for the writer's professional judgment. Ed DeRosier Senior Technical Writer Anritsu Company, Microwave Measurement Division ___ 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.
"Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ?
from framers Digest, Vol 84, Issue 23 ... was message: 4 > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:28:47 -0700 > From: Robert Lauriston > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: "Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ? > Microsoft Manual of Style says drag. IMHO, style manuals are important and valuable, but technical writers must be able to "choose" to use words and syntax that may violate certain rules in order to be clear and concise, as judged by the writer when considering the audience. If "Click and Drag" will result in less questioning by the reading audience, then that is the better choice. If "management" refuses to allow such variations, then the job is probably not paying well enough for the writer's professional judgment. Ed DeRosier Senior Technical Writer Anritsu Company, Microwave Measurement Division
Job Opportunity - Morgan Hill California USA
Hi Framers, Anritsu Company has a full-time, on-site writer position available: http://www.anritsu.com/en-us/about-anritsu/employment/current-vacancies/job000893.aspx This company designs and builds test and measurement instruments for RF and Microwave (radio frequency and microwave frequency). Ed DeRosier Senior Technical Writer Anritsu Company ___ 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.
Job Opportunity - Morgan Hill California USA
Hi Framers, Anritsu Company has a full-time, on-site writer position available: http://www.anritsu.com/en-us/about-anritsu/employment/current-vacancies/job000893.aspx This company designs and builds test and measurement instruments for RF and Microwave (radio frequency and microwave frequency). Ed DeRosier Senior Technical Writer Anritsu Company
RE: Text reflows when converting to PDF
Hi Karen, My writing group also prints from FrameMaker to PostScript and then distills to PDF. When you print from FrameMaker using the Adobe PDF printer, click the printer Setup button and then the Adobe PDF (printer) Properties button. In the Adobe PDF Document Properties dialog box, under the Adobe PDF Settings tab, a check box is available and states: Rely on system fonts only; do not use document fonts. I am using FrameMaker 9 and Acrobat 9 Pro. Each time I start FrameMaker for the day, I must uncheck that box the first time that I print to PostScript. For the rest of the day, FrameMaker and Adobe PDF printer remember my choice. In other applications (printing from Windows Outlook, for example), I need to uncheck that box every time I print with Adobe PDF printer. I do not know of any way to set the default to have that box unchecked. This is an annoyance in the current writing software within my work group. This is all speculation that your print sequence may include a change of fonts that may affect your text flow and word wrapping. That may not be your problem, but it is worth checking. Best Regards, Ed DeRosier MMD Technical Publications Anritsu Company Morgan Hill, California ___ 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.
Text reflows when converting to PDF
Hi Karen, My writing group also prints from FrameMaker to PostScript and then distills to PDF. When you print from FrameMaker using the Adobe PDF printer, click the printer Setup button and then the Adobe PDF (printer) Properties button. In the "Adobe PDF Document Properties" dialog box, under the "Adobe PDF Settings" tab, a check box is available and states: Rely on system fonts only; do not use document fonts. I am using FrameMaker 9 and Acrobat 9 Pro. Each time I start FrameMaker for the day, I must uncheck that box the first time that I print to PostScript. For the rest of the day, FrameMaker and Adobe PDF printer "remember" my choice. In other applications (printing from Windows Outlook, for example), I need to uncheck that box every time I print with Adobe PDF printer. I do not know of any way to set the default to have that box unchecked. This is an annoyance in the current writing software within my work group. This is all speculation that your print sequence may include a change of fonts that may affect your text flow and word wrapping. That may not be your problem, but it is worth checking. Best Regards, Ed DeRosier MMD Technical Publications Anritsu Company Morgan Hill, California
Re: Integrating table footnotes into chapter flow
Hi Alan, I'm coming into this discussion thread late (been on vacation). Ignore my comments if I missed a critical step 8-/ All of the numbering and cross-ref steps seem OK ... whatever works for you. But why not use Conditional text for the temporary footnotes for author use? Conditional text name and color could be set as desired, and then turned off before publication. I make this suggestion because a previous employer used white text for a while, but got stung badly during a change in formatting for publication to HTML. The documents went to customers before anyone discovered that the white text was published in black and the font size was the same as surrounding text. OOoops the notes were for in-house use only. Just a thought ... Ed DeRosier Anritsu Company ___ 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.
Integrating table footnotes into chapter flow
Hi Alan, I'm coming into this discussion thread late (been on vacation). Ignore my comments if I missed a critical step 8-/ All of the numbering and cross-ref steps seem OK ... whatever works for you. But why not use Conditional text for the temporary footnotes for author use? Conditional text name and color could be set as desired, and then turned off before publication. I make this suggestion because a previous employer used white text for a while, but got stung badly during a change in formatting for publication to HTML. The documents went to customers before anyone discovered that the white text was published in black and the font size was the same as surrounding text. OOoops the notes were for in-house use only. Just a thought ... Ed DeRosier Anritsu Company
RE: FrameMaker9 Character Set - Dixieland problems
Hi Ragnar, The solution from Jim is a good one. Also, my current work group uses Century Schoolbook as our standard Body font. The symbols are still as I originally described, but FrameMaker 9 has a built‑in Character Palette. With your cursor in the desired location, open the palette by using: File == Utilities == Character Palette... The top list box in the palette displays the font, and you can select from the list of those available on your computer. You can select more than one character from the palette and can type in between those characters, but if you use the mouse to move your cursor, the palette closes. Century Schoolbook includes the Less-Than-or-Equal and the Greater-Than-or-Equal as characters within the font family (not symbol fonts). On my system, some of the palette characters work, and some do not. I do not know how the FrameMaker interface is intended to handle these symbols, so I just accept those that work with gratitude8-) Your standards fonts my have the characters you desire. And you can also select from the Symbol font family (you will need to apply symbol from your Character Catalog). Best of luck, Ed DeRosier -Original Message- From: Pinkham, Jim [mailto:jim.pink...@voith.com] Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:57 AM To: Ragnar Hanås; De Rosier, Edward; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker9 Character Set - Dixieland problems FWIW, this is the approach I'm still using, almost six months later. Sounds more complicated than it is: Get a clean template with the right formats. Then apply it. -Original Message- From: Ragnar Hanås [mailto:ragnar.ha...@betamed.se] Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 9:52 PM To: Pinkham, Jim; 'DeRosier, Edward'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker9 Character Set - Dixieland problems I just opened my first documents from FM 7.2 in FM 9 and all my Dixieland fonts in bulleted lists are mixed up. Strangely, the Geographic Symbols seem to work fine in bulleted lists. There has to be a simpler solution to this than outlined below? Dixieland symbols are also mixed up in plain text, as are Symbol Prop so the problem does not only apply to the bulleted lists. Are there specific problems with certain fonts? Any ideas? Thanks, Ragnar Hanas Uddevalla Hospital, Sweden -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 9:39 PM To: DeRosier, Edward; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker9 Character Set - GTE Ed, I ran into something similar to this with my migration from FM 7 to FM 9 in docs I've been working on this week. All of my bulleted lists were messed up because of FM 9's translation of certain characters into different characters and the ensuing loss of the appropriate font to be applied to the symbols (Wingdings, in my case). I consulted the following two resources: http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2010/08/adobe-framemaker-9-but-i-dont- want-a-plain-round-bullet.html http://www.io.com/~tcm/etwr2472/guides/frame9/frame_tags.html These should get you on the path. Long story short: I defined a font-specific character format for each of my bullet symbols and applied it to each of the five different bullet styles that needed it. I did this in a clean doc created from a virgin, minimalist template and further stripped everything out of the new doc that I possibly could that wasn't related to the formats I desired. Then I stored this in my templates folder and imported this stripped-down, format-specific template into my book. I have two variables, one that uses the LTE symbol and another that use a hollow arrow symbol. I took a similar approach with that. That's as much detail as I can give you on this hectic day, but it worked well. Good luck! Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of DeRosier, Edward Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:02 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FrameMaker9 Character Set - GTE Hi Framers, I am haing a problem with the character set in FrameMaker 9 (TCS2). The character set document lists the same keystrokes as in previous FM sets for Greater Than or Equal To (GTE). The GTE character is created in standard font, and is then changed to Symbol font. [Ctrl][q] [3] = GTE (this produces a small box) or [Alt][0179]= GTE (this works) [Ctrl][q] [#] = LTE (this works) or [Alt][0163]= LTE (this works) Problem: [Ctrl][q] [3] == S with caron, but not GTE in Symbol font [Alt][0179]== superscript 3, and also GTE in Symbol font In my past experience, the S with a caron accent was changed to GTE in Symbol font. Now, however, this produces a small box in Symbol font when created by using [Ctrl][q] [3]. While the ASCII character work-around is available, I am concerned
FrameMaker9 Character Set - Dixieland problems
Hi Ragnar, The solution from Jim is a good one. Also, my current work group uses Century Schoolbook as our standard Body font. The symbols are still as I originally described, but FrameMaker?9 has a built?in Character Palette. With your cursor in the desired location, open the palette by using: File ==> Utilities ==> Character Palette... The top list box in the palette displays the font, and you can select from the list of those available on your computer. You can select more than one character from the palette and can type in between those characters, but if you use the mouse to move your cursor, the palette closes. Century Schoolbook includes the Less-Than-or-Equal and the Greater-Than-or-Equal as characters within the font family (not symbol fonts). On my system, some of the palette characters work, and some do not. I do not know how the FrameMaker interface is intended to handle these symbols, so I just accept those that work with gratitude8-) Your standards fonts my have the characters you desire. And you can also select from the Symbol font family (you will need to apply symbol from your Character Catalog). Best of luck, Ed DeRosier -Original Message- From: Pinkham, Jim [mailto:jim.pink...@voith.com] Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:57 AM To: Ragnar Han?s; De Rosier, Edward; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker9 Character Set - Dixieland problems FWIW, this is the approach I'm still using, almost six months later. Sounds more complicated than it is: Get a clean template with the right formats. Then apply it. -Original Message- From: Ragnar Han?s [mailto:ragnar.ha...@betamed.se] Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 9:52 PM To: Pinkham, Jim; 'DeRosier, Edward'; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker9 Character Set - Dixieland problems I just opened my first documents from FM 7.2 in FM 9 and all my Dixieland fonts in bulleted lists are mixed up. Strangely, the Geographic Symbols seem to work fine in bulleted lists. There has to be a simpler solution to this than outlined below? Dixieland symbols are also mixed up in plain text, as are Symbol Prop so the problem does not only apply to the bulleted lists. Are there specific problems with certain fonts? Any ideas? Thanks, Ragnar Hanas Uddevalla Hospital, Sweden -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 9:39 PM To: DeRosier, Edward; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker9 Character Set - GTE Ed, I ran into something similar to this with my migration from FM 7 to FM 9 in docs I've been working on this week. All of my bulleted lists were messed up because of FM 9's "translation" of certain characters into different characters and the ensuing "loss" of the appropriate font to be applied to the symbols (Wingdings, in my case). I consulted the following two resources: http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2010/08/adobe-framemaker-9-but-i-dont- want-a-plain-round-bullet.html http://www.io.com/~tcm/etwr2472/guides/frame9/frame_tags.html These should get you on the path. Long story short: I defined a font-specific character format for each of my bullet symbols and applied it to each of the five different bullet styles that needed it. I did this in a clean doc created from a virgin, minimalist template and further stripped everything out of the new doc that I possibly could that wasn't related to the formats I desired. Then I stored this in my templates folder and imported this stripped-down, format-specific template into my book. I have two variables, one that uses the LTE symbol and another that use a hollow arrow symbol. I took a similar approach with that. That's as much detail as I can give you on this hectic day, but it worked well. Good luck! Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of DeRosier, Edward Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:02 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: FrameMaker9 Character Set - GTE Hi Framers, I am haing a problem with the character set in FrameMaker 9 (TCS2). The character set document lists the same keystrokes as in previous FM sets for Greater Than or Equal To (GTE). The GTE character is created in standard font, and is then changed to "Symbol" font. [Ctrl][q] [3] => GTE (this produces a small box) or [Alt][0179]=> GTE (this works) [Ctrl][q] [#] => LTE (this works) or [Alt][0163]=> LTE (this works) Problem: [Ctrl][q] [3] ==> S with caron, but not GTE in Symbol font [Alt][0179]==> superscript 3, and also GTE in Symbol font In my past experience, the S with a caron accent was changed to GTE in Symbol font. Now, however, this produces a small box in Symbol font when created by using
RE: Non-breaking hyphen in Index entries
Hi Nancy, You wrote: Message: 2 Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 15:24:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Nancy Allison ma...@verizon.net To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Non-breaking hyphen in Index entries I am being driven mad by a teensy technical question that I KNOW I have solved in the past. I have document with chapter-page numbering, and an index entry that is a tad long, so it breaks like this: apple pie, baking at high altitudes, 4- 6 When I go to the correct Reference page, I find the format set up as you would expect: $chapnum-$pagenum I have tried replacing the hyphen with Esc hyphen h and with \+ Neither works! What am I missing? I know I have done this before. Many thanks. Our index reference page also uses $chapnum-$pagenum with a non-breaking hyphen, and it does not break within the page number. Check that you saved the index file after you updated the reference page and before you regenerated the index. This would be the standard procedure, but I have made such errors myself 8-). If you do not save the index file before you regenerate, the changes will not be carried into later generations of the index. Good luck, Ed DeRosier Anritsu Technical Publications ___ 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.
