BookVars file location?

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Should be in the same directory as your Frame book. 

-Huntley

On Jan 20, 2012, at 2:58 PM, John Sgammato  wrote:

> Maybe I am just brain-dead late on a Friday afternoon, but?
> I just installed Pubs-Tools BookVars and I cannot seem to generate a 
> bookvars.ini file, or else I don?t know where it is and I cannot find it. I 
> guess I will have to uninstall and reinstall it, unless someone can offer a 
> tip to a tired colleague?
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Re: Acrolinx?

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Acrolinx is a guided authoring tool similar to SDL Author Assistant. EMC 
evaluated both and we ultimately chose SDL. 

-Huntley

On Jan 12, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Baruch Brodersen bar...@technitext.com wrote:

 Do you mean Arcolinx? 
 http://www.acrolinx.com
 
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 Hi Linda,
 
  
 
 What is Acrolink? Do you have a link for more information. A google search 
 turned up some audio cables. Thanks.
 
  
 
 Rick
 
  
 
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 585-659-8267
 
 r...@frameexpert.com
 
 http://www.frameexpert.com
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
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 I was wondering if anyone here has had experience using Acrolink, and how you 
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Acrolinx?

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Acrolinx is a guided authoring tool similar to SDL Author Assistant. EMC 
evaluated both and we ultimately chose SDL. 

-Huntley

On Jan 12, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Baruch Brodersen  wrote:

> Do you mean Arcolinx? 
> http://www.acrolinx.com
> 
> Baurch
> 
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Rick Quatro  wrote:
> Hi Linda,
> 
>  
> 
> What is Acrolink? Do you have a link for more information. A google search 
> turned up some audio cables. Thanks.
> 
>  
> 
> Rick
> 
>  
> 
> Rick Quatro
> 
> Carmen Publishing Inc.
> 
> 585-659-8267
> 
> rick at frameexpert.com
> 
> http://www.frameexpert.com
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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> lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Linda Rose
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:42 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: OT: Acrolinx?
> 
>  
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I was wondering if anyone here has had experience using Acrolink, and how you 
> liked it?
> 
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Re: Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance

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Remember Missing Font Names is still there. File  Preferences 
General. I've used it a few times myself :-)

-Huntley



On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Pinkham, Jim jim.pink...@voith.com wrote:
 Problem: Every time I open a file with old font issues in FM 9, Frame
 dutifully offers to reformat with available fonts. I'd like, as a
 general rule, for Frame to just do it and stop  asking me a few dozen
 times a day.

 With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names
 under Preferences and get the desired result.

 With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a
 way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise.

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Remember Missing Font Names is still there. File > Preferences >
General. I've used it a few times myself :-)

-Huntley



On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Pinkham, Jim  wrote:
> Problem: Every time I open a file with "old" font issues in FM 9, Frame
> dutifully offers to reformat with available fonts. I'd like, as a
> general rule, for Frame to "just do it" and stop ?asking me a few dozen
> times a day.
>
> With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names
> under Preferences and get the desired result.
>
> With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a
> way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise.
>
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Re: System variable content doesn't appear

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Is the cover page a separate file?

-Huntley



On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Jon Harvey jhar...@cambridgesoft.com wrote:
 Everyone,



 FM 9.0 on WinXP Pro



 I'm entering various Running Header/Footer variables in a footer on a
 Master page and for some mysterious reason, their values aren't
 appearing on the Body pages. For example The Running H/F 1 variable has
 this value:



 $paratext[Title]dummmy text



 Title is the Paragraph tag I use on the cover page of my document.
 dummy text is text I added to the variable definition just to see
 whether any part of the variable was being recognized at all. I
 discovered that dummy text is appearing on the body pages but no
 content from $paratext[Title] is being displayed. I verified that there
 is text on the cover page that is tagged Title, so it seems that it
 should be showing up. It isn't. What gives?



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System variable content doesn't appear

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Is the cover page a separate file?

-Huntley



On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Jon Harvey  
wrote:
> Everyone,
>
>
>
> FM 9.0 on WinXP Pro
>
>
>
> I'm entering various Running Header/Footer variables in a footer on a
> Master page and for some mysterious reason, their values aren't
> appearing on the Body pages. For example The Running H/F 1 variable has
> this value:
>
>
>
> <$paratext[Title]>dummmy text
>
>
>
> "Title" is the Paragraph tag I use on the cover page of my document.
> "dummy text" is text I added to the variable definition just to see
> whether any part of the variable was being recognized at all. I
> discovered that "dummy text" is appearing on the body pages but no
> content from $paratext[Title] is being displayed. I verified that there
> is text on the cover page that is tagged Title, so it seems that it
> should be showing up. It isn't. What gives?
>
>
>
> Jon Harvey
>
> Manager, Desktop & Enterprise Documentation
>
> CambridgeSoft Corporation
>
> 100 CambridgePark Drive
>
> Cambridge, MA 02140
>
> (617) 588-9354
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Re: Computing Power, Conditional Text and FM9

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I've encountered issues with docs that are from previous versions of
Frame. Often times Frame crashes when working in the conditional text
the first time. Saving to MIF first seems to help.

-Huntley.

On Friday, November 5, 2010, Alison Craig alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com wrote:
 FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
 Unstructured
 OS: XP Pro with SP3
 FM Experience: 16 months
 Well-used Extras: Acrobat Pro 7.1.0, Illustrator 12.0.1 (Creative Suite 2), 
 Corel Paint Shop Pro 12.01, MS Visio 2007 SP2


 I've had some issues lately with Conditional Text misbehaving, ie, not 
 appearing and disappearing when and as I tell it to. Usually, if I reboot and 
 don't open any of my well-used extras, everything behaves reasonably well - 
 at least for a while.

 Note that I have a lot of Conditional Text as the Chapters (10) and 
 Appendices (7) of my User Manual book constitute 5 different products (soon 
 to be 6).

 As for the improperly displaying Conditional Text, these are the types of 
 things I experience:
 - certain conditions don't completely Hide when told to
 - a condition left at Show actually hides *some* of it's text
 - when set to Show with Condition Indicators off, some of the text 
 remains coloured.


 On paper, my system is significantly better than Adobe's FM9 requirements, 
 however, in January my system will be 5 years old - so the system specs are a 
 little misleading.

 Anyone have any ideas (either confirming my suspicions about system 
 age/quality or about something else altogether)?

 Alison


 ADOBE REQUIREMENTS
 ===
 - 1.0GHz or faster processor
 - Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 
 recommended), Windows Vista(r) with Service Pack 1 or Windows(r) 7
 - 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
 - 1.1GB of available hard-disk space
 - DVD-ROM drive
 - 1,024x768 screen resolution

 MY (5-year old) SYSTEM
 ==
 - Pentium 4 3GHz CPU
 - XP Pro with SP3
 - 2 Gb RAM
 - 5 - 20 Gb available hard-disk space at any given time
 - DVD-ROM drive
 - 23 wide screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1080


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Computing Power, Conditional Text and FM9

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I've encountered issues with docs that are from previous versions of
Frame. Often times Frame crashes when working in the conditional text
the first time. Saving to MIF first seems to help.

-Huntley.

On Friday, November 5, 2010, Alison Craig  
wrote:
> FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
> Unstructured
> OS: XP Pro with SP3
> FM Experience: 16 months
> Well-used "Extras": Acrobat Pro 7.1.0, Illustrator 12.0.1 (Creative Suite 2), 
> Corel Paint Shop Pro 12.01, MS Visio 2007 SP2
>
>
> I've had some issues lately with Conditional Text misbehaving, ie, not 
> appearing and disappearing when and as I tell it to. Usually, if I reboot and 
> don't open any of my well-used "extras", everything behaves reasonably well - 
> at least for a while.
>
> Note that I have a lot of Conditional Text as the Chapters (10) and 
> Appendices (7) of my User Manual book constitute 5 different products (soon 
> to be 6).
>
> As for the improperly displaying Conditional Text, these are the types of 
> things I experience:
> - certain conditions don't completely "Hide" when told to
> - a condition left at "Show" actually hides *some* of it's text
> - when set to "Show" with "Condition Indicators" off, some of the text 
> remains coloured.
>
>
> On paper, my system is significantly better than Adobe's FM9 requirements, 
> however, in January my system will be 5 years old - so the system specs are a 
> little misleading.
>
> Anyone have any ideas (either confirming my suspicions about system 
> age/quality or about something else altogether)?
>
> Alison
>
>
> ADOBE REQUIREMENTS
> ===
> - 1.0GHz or faster processor
> - Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 
> recommended), Windows Vista(r) with Service Pack 1 or Windows(r) 7
> - 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
> - 1.1GB of available hard-disk space
> - DVD-ROM drive
> - 1,024x768 screen resolution
>
> MY (5-year old) SYSTEM
> ==
> - Pentium 4 3GHz CPU
> - XP Pro with SP3
> - 2 Gb RAM
> - 5 - 20 Gb available hard-disk space at any given time
> - DVD-ROM drive
> - 23" wide screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1080
>
>
> Alison Craig, Technical Writer
> Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
> Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
> E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com
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Re: Map an FM template to another?

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Here's another vote for TemplateMapper. Will do variables as well.
-Huntley



On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Writer generic...@yahoo.ca wrote:
 (I sent this from the wrong account previously. Apologies if this question 
 appears on the list twice).

 Out of curiosity, is there a utility  that allows you to map the template 
 definitions from one FM  file to another?

  For example, say that I had an FM file with the following paratags:

  Heading1
  Heading2
  Heading3

  And another FM file with the following paratags:

  ChapTitle
  Heading 1
  Heading 2

  Is there a utility where I could say:

  Change Heading1 to ChapTitle
  Change Heading2 to Heading 1
  Change Heading3 to Heading 2

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Here's another vote for TemplateMapper. Will do variables as well.
-Huntley



On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Writer  wrote:
> (I sent this from the wrong account previously. Apologies if this question 
> appears on the list twice).
>
> Out of curiosity, is there a utility ?that allows you to map the template 
> definitions from one FM ?file to another?
>
> ?For example, say that I had an FM file with the following paratags:
>
> ?Heading1
> ?Heading2
> ?Heading3
>
> ?And another FM file with the following paratags:
>
> ?ChapTitle
> ?Heading 1
> ?Heading 2
>
> ?Is there a utility where I could say:
>
> ?Change Heading1 to ChapTitle
> ?Change Heading2 to Heading 1
> ?Change Heading3 to Heading 2
>
> ?TIA,
>
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Re: Upgrading FrameMaker - XP (was IE) Service Pack ?

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There is definitely an issue with XP SP3 and Frame 7.2 with regards to
embedded OLE objects. If you use embedded OLE, you will have problems.
This is not an issue with Frame 9.

-Huntley



On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Kristy Nolan kristy.no...@wnco.com wrote:
 Hi, Richard and All!
 I'm at the same Company as Diana. We have been told (could be urban
 legend) that anything prior to Frame 7 will not be supported with this
 Service Pack 3 for XP. I would love to hear that it truly is urban
 legend. I am not sure by what they mean by not supported either. One of
 the possible items is that the Service Pack causes issues with embedded
 OLE objects. Does anyone know of any other issues?

 My department is also trying to determine if we need to worry about
 upgrading immediately. Some of us are on Frame 8, but not all.

 Thanks for any input!
 Kristy

 Kristy Nolan
 Manager, Flight Operations
 Central Publications HDQ-1CP
 Southwest Airlines
 2702 Love Field Dr.
 Dallas, TX 75235
 214-792-6142



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 Richard
 Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:01 PM
 To: Diana Stock; framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Subject: RE: Upgrading FrameMaker - IE Service Pack ?

 Diana Stock wrote:

 The Company is finally upgrading to Service Pack 3 soon, but staying
 on
 IE version 6, until all application testing is completed.  I believe
 FM
 7 will error with SP2.

 Service Pack 3 of what? Windows XP? Vista? And what does Internet
 Explorer have to do with this?

 What leads you to believe that FM 7 will have a problem? (I assume SP2
 is a typo and you meant SP3, but again, of what?)

 I'm guessing you're on Win XP (because I'm not sure IE 6 is compatible
 with Vista). FWIW, I've been running FM 7.2 (unstructured) on Windows XP
 SP3 for quite some time. No problems.

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On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Kristy Nolan  wrote:
> Hi, Richard and All!
> I'm at the same Company as Diana. We have been told (could be urban
> legend) that anything prior to Frame 7 will not be supported with this
> Service Pack 3 for XP. I would love to hear that it truly is urban
> legend. I am not sure by what they mean by not supported either. One of
> the possible items is that the Service Pack causes issues with embedded
> OLE objects. Does anyone know of any other issues?
>
> My department is also trying to determine if we need to worry about
> upgrading immediately. Some of us are on Frame 8, but not all.
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> Thanks for any input!
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> FM
>> 7 will error with SP2.
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> What leads you to believe that FM 7 will have a problem? (I assume "SP2"
> is a typo and you meant "SP3," but again, of what?)
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> I'm guessing you're on Win XP (because I'm not sure IE 6 is compatible
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Re: Special character as bullet

[Huntley Eshenroder]

You are on the right track. Create a character format for Dingbats and
apply it to the beginning your bullet paragraph format. After the
bullet, add the Default Paragraph character format to turn the font
back to whatever is specified for the paragraph.

-Huntley



On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Nina Rogers
nina.rog...@drakesoftware.com wrote:
 I want to create a paragraph style for bullets, but I want to use a
 pointing finger instead of a traditional black dot for the bullet. I'm
 in Framemaker 7 (unstructured), and my beloved Framemaker 7 guide says,
 Another way to set up bullets involves taking advantage of the
 character formatting that's available. You can, for example create a
 character format that applies Zapf Dingbats or Wingdings font, and then
 use one of the dingbats or wingdings to make a special bullet (such as
 diamonds or pointing hands).

 This is exactly what I want to do! Unfortunately, the paragraph ends
 there and doesn't explain how to do it. :-(

 I have the Character_Sets.pdf file open from my Online Manuals
 directory, and it looks like the pointing hand is the dingbats graphic
 for Hex code \x2b. (If, that is, I'm reading this right, which may not
 be the case.) But that's also the hex code for the plus sign. I can
 create a bullet that uses that plus sign, but I don't know how to make
 the jump to the pointing hand.

 I guess I could create a character style for dingbats and manually type
 the character for the pointing hand ... but then I would need to change
 the font manually (I think) for the rest of the text.

 My question: How do I create a paragraph style that will make the hand
 appear as a bullet, but will allow me to type any additional text in my
 usual font (in this case, Times New Roman)?

 I'm sure I could figure this out eventually, but it's Friday and my
 brain is fried ... and I really want to get this format in place before
 I leave today.

 Thanks so much for your help.

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Special character as bullet

[Huntley Eshenroder]

You are on the right track. Create a character format for Dingbats and
apply it to the beginning your bullet paragraph format. After the
bullet, add the Default Paragraph character format to turn the font
back to whatever is specified for the paragraph.

-Huntley



On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Nina Rogers
 wrote:
> I want to create a paragraph style for bullets, but I want to use a
> pointing finger instead of a traditional black dot for the bullet. I'm
> in Framemaker 7 (unstructured), and my beloved Framemaker 7 guide says,
> "Another way to set up bullets involves taking advantage of the
> character formatting that's available. You can, for example create a
> character format that applies Zapf Dingbats or Wingdings font, and then
> use one of the dingbats or wingdings to make a special bullet (such as
> diamonds or pointing hands)."
>
> This is exactly what I want to do! Unfortunately, the paragraph ends
> there and doesn't explain how to do it. :-(
>
> I have the Character_Sets.pdf file open from my Online Manuals
> directory, and it looks like the pointing hand is the dingbats graphic
> for Hex code \x2b. (If, that is, I'm reading this right, which may not
> be the case.) But that's also the hex code for the "plus" sign. I can
> create a bullet that uses that plus sign, but I don't know how to make
> the jump to the pointing hand.
>
> I guess I could create a character style for dingbats and manually type
> the character for the pointing hand ... but then I would need to change
> the font manually (I think) for the rest of the text.
>
> My question: How do I create a paragraph style that will make the hand
> appear as a bullet, but will allow me to type any additional text in my
> usual font (in this case, Times New Roman)?
>
> I'm sure I could figure this out eventually, but it's Friday and my
> brain is fried ... and I really want to get this format in place before
> I leave today.
>
> Thanks so much for your help.
>
> Nina Rogers (still feeling like a Framemaker newbie after all these
> years)
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Re: [framemaker-dita] ZapfDingbats error message but ZD not used in files

[Huntley Eshenroder]

It is probably a font that is resident on the selected printer. If she
select Adobe PDF as the default printer, does the message still
appear?

-Huntley



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 Please pardon the cross-post; this is probably not a DITA-related issue but 
 thought I would cast a wide net.

 I'm posting on behalf of another Frame 9 user. She recently got a new laptop 
 and when trying to create a PDF from a structured Frame DITA doc, gets the 
 message:

 The ZapfDingbats Font is not available. Times New Roman will be used in this 
 session.

 She does not have and never has had ZapfDingbats, on this or her previous 
 machine. Using the same template, Distiller settings, etc., I cannot 
 reproduce this problem on my machine (I do not have ZD either). I have saved 
 the file as MIF and searched for ZD. I've looked everywhere else I can think 
 of for any possible relic of ZD, to no avail.

 The message appears for some files but not for others. It appears only in 
 Frame 9. She does not get the message when creating PDFs in Frame 7.

 Seems I have read about this before but cannot find the thread now. Can 
 anyone shed light?

 Thanks,
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[framemaker-dita] ZapfDingbats error message but ZD not used in files

[Huntley Eshenroder]

It is probably a font that is resident on the selected printer. If she
select Adobe PDF as the default printer, does the message still
appear?

-Huntley



On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:58 PM, LW White  wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Please pardon the cross-post; this is probably not a DITA-related issue but 
> thought I would cast a wide net.
>
> I'm posting on behalf of another Frame 9 user. She recently got a new laptop 
> and when trying to create a PDF from a structured Frame DITA doc, gets the 
> message:
>
> The ZapfDingbats Font is not available. Times New Roman will be used in this 
> session.
>
> She does not have and never has had ZapfDingbats, on this or her previous 
> machine. Using the same template, Distiller settings, etc., I cannot 
> reproduce this problem on my machine (I do not have ZD either). I have saved 
> the file as MIF and searched for ZD. I've looked everywhere else I can think 
> of for any possible relic of ZD, to no avail.
>
> The message appears for some files but not for others. It appears only in 
> Frame 9. She does not get the message when creating PDFs in Frame 7.
>
> Seems I have read about this before but cannot find the thread now. Can 
> anyone shed light?
>
> Thanks,
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Re: Page Numbering Problem

[Huntley Eshenroder]

You are likely to get better answers from others on the list but one
thing to check is that there aren't extra paragraph markers after the
last paragraph that are causing Frame to generate an extra page.

-Huntley



On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Howard Rauch
techtrans...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
 FrameMaker 7.0 (there are still some of us)
 Windows XP Pro

 What am is doing wrong or what do I need to do? The problem I am having is 
 that FM now adds a blank page no matter what settings I use and I can't 
 figure out why. The only change from the previous version is that the 
 chapter now has two pages instead of one, but FM insists on adding a third 
 page. I compared this version's settings with the previous version. They are 
 the same. I also compared the settings for the upstream and downstream 
 chapters. They are also the same. I've also compared the books' settings -- 
 Ditto. The book settings are as follows:

 Under Format/Page Layout/Pagination
 - Double Sided (I have left and right master pages)
 - Left Side (the chapter should begin on the left page)
 - Delete Empty Pages

 Under Format/Document/Numbering/Page
 - Continue Numbering from Previous Page in Book

 This chapter should be pages 18-19. When I renumber the book, Frame adds a 
 blank page 20 and changes the Pagination to Make Page Count Odd.

 The settings are the identical for the chapter. I also checked the upstream 
 and downstream chapters. They are set up the same way.

 Any thoughts? (I am nearly to my wit's end with this problem.)

 Howard

 Technology Transfer, Inc.
 Linking Creators and Users of Technology
 933 North 18th Street
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[Huntley Eshenroder]

You are likely to get better answers from others on the list but one
thing to check is that there aren't extra paragraph markers after the
last paragraph that are causing Frame to generate an extra page.

-Huntley



On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Howard Rauch
 wrote:
> FrameMaker 7.0 (there are still some of us)
> Windows XP Pro
>
> What am is doing wrong or what do I need to do??The problem I am?having is 
> that FM now adds a blank page no matter what settings I use and I can't 
> figure out why. The only change from the previous version is that the 
> chapter?now has?two pages instead of?one, but FM insists on adding a third 
> page. I compared this version's settings with?the previous version. They are 
> the same. I also compared the?settings for the upstream and downstream 
> chapters. They are also the same. I've also compared the books' settings -- 
> Ditto. The book settings are as follows:
>
> Under Format/Page Layout/Pagination
> - Double Sided (I have?left and right master pages)
> - Left Side (the chapter should begin on the left page)
> - Delete Empty Pages
>
> Under Format/Document/Numbering/Page
> - Continue Numbering from Previous Page in Book
>
> This chapter should be pages 18-19. When I renumber the book, Frame adds a 
> blank page 20 and changes the Pagination to "Make Page Count Odd."
>
> The settings are the identical for the chapter. I also checked the upstream 
> and downstream chapters. They are set up the same way.
>
> Any thoughts? (I am nearly to my wit's end with this problem.)
>
> Howard
>
> Technology Transfer, Inc.
> "Linking Creators and Users of Technology"
> 933 North 18th Street
> Manitowoc WI 54220
> Office: 920-682-1528
> Cell: 920-629-1782
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Re: Conditional Text Issue

[Huntley Eshenroder]

There are several different approaches, these are a few of my favorites:

   - if chapter-level content stays together, you can create different book
 files for each UM or QG and insert the relevant files as necessary

   - a more granular approach is to use text-insets; create text-insets for
 content that is used in more than one place. insert the text-inset
 by reference where necessary

-Huntley



On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Alison Craig
alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com wrote:
 Version: FM9 (9.0p237)
 OS: XP Pro with SP3

 Caveat: I've only been using FM for about 6 or 7 months and I am a 
 documentation department of 1.

 We've just released our first User Manuals (UMs) in FrameMaker.

 Before applying any conditions, I had an up front discussion with my boss and 
 his boss about deciding on conditions BEFORE implementation as it is a lot 
 more work to monkey around with them later. We decided that we would combine 
 four UMs in one. Creating conditions for these options was not difficult and 
 management was extremely happy they got four manuals in the time it would 
 normally take to write 1-1/2 in MS Word.

 Now however, the powers that be have decided that we also want to create 
 Quick Guides (QG) from the same content. The 4 UMs run between 356 and 424 
 pages with at least 75% of the content shared between all 4. The thinking is 
 that the QGs would be about 50 pages each - a decision reached arbitrarily 
 rather than based on what should be included!

 I can create new books using the some of same files (the 7 Appendices would 
 likely not have any QG content which eliminates 73-93 pages of content), but 
 I really don't want to have to conditionalize every bit of content in every 
 chapter in order to include only QG material in the QGs. With 75% content 
 reuse between UMs that's a lot of text to deal with and a maintenance 
 headache.

 Is my logic screwy or am I looking at this problem correctly?

 Is there a way to spit out a conditional manual that ignores all 
 unconditionalized text and only gives you the text you conditionalize?

 If anyone has any suggestions on the approach I should take, I would be very 
 grateful.

 Alison

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 Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
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[Huntley Eshenroder]

There are several different approaches, these are a few of my favorites:

   - if chapter-level content stays together, you can create different book
 files for each UM or QG and insert the relevant files as necessary

   - a more granular approach is to use text-insets; create text-insets for
 content that is used in more than one place. insert the text-inset
 by reference where necessary

-Huntley



On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Alison Craig
 wrote:
> Version: FM9 (9.0p237)
> OS: XP Pro with SP3
>
> Caveat: I've only been using FM for about 6 or 7 months and I am a 
> documentation department of 1.
>
> We've just released our first User Manuals (UMs) in FrameMaker.
>
> Before applying any conditions, I had an up front discussion with my boss and 
> his boss about deciding on conditions BEFORE implementation as it is a lot 
> more work to monkey around with them later. We decided that we would combine 
> four UMs in one. Creating conditions for these options was not difficult and 
> management was extremely happy they got four manuals in the time it would 
> normally take to write 1-1/2 in MS Word.
>
> Now however, the powers that be have decided that "we" also want to create 
> Quick Guides (QG) from the same content. The 4 UMs run between 356 and 424 
> pages with at least 75% of the content shared between all 4. The thinking is 
> that the QGs would be about 50 pages each - a decision reached arbitrarily 
> rather than based on what should be included!
>
> I can create new books using the some of same files (the 7 Appendices would 
> likely not have any QG content which eliminates 73-93 pages of content), but 
> I really don't want to have to conditionalize every bit of content in every 
> chapter in order to include only QG material in the QGs. With 75% content 
> reuse between UMs that's a lot of text to deal with and a maintenance 
> headache.
>
> Is my logic screwy or am I looking at this problem correctly?
>
> Is there a way to spit out a conditional manual that ignores all 
> unconditionalized text and only gives you the text you conditionalize?
>
> If anyone has any suggestions on the approach I should take, I would be very 
> grateful.
>
> Alison
>
> Alison Craig, Technical Writer
> Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
> Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
> E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com
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Re: Keyboard shortcut control for inserting a variable?

[Huntley Eshenroder]

You can also try EZVars, which provides a non-modal dialog box for
inserting variales. It isn't free, but it is cheap and EZ.

Don't remember the shortcut off the top of my head.

-Huntley



On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Spectrum Writing
i...@spectrumwritingllc.com wrote:
 All,



 The name of the application for which I am currently developing a manual is
 a hideous mix of upper and  lower case letters and numbers. (Marketing
 really outdid themselves on this one.) Obviously, it's a PITA to type this
 creature every time I need to use it , so I set it up as a variable and have
 been inserting it when needed. Of course, the Special  Variable  option
 requires me to scroll through a list of variables to find the one that I
 want and that's not that efficient either.



 Deep in the fuzzy recesses of my  mind,  I remember something about a nifty
 little keyboard shortcut to use to insert a variable (compliments of Fred
 Ridder or John Posada or Richard Combs - one of you FM gurus out there!) I
 remember something about the list appearing in the bottom tray of the FM
 window and you used this keyboard command to scroll through the list
 onscreen and select the one that you want - does this even sound close or
 right to what I remember?



 Anyway, if y'all have the answer, it would be much appreciated.



 TVB



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 Spectrum Writing, LLC

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[Huntley Eshenroder]

You can also try EZVars, which provides a non-modal dialog box for
inserting variales. It isn't free, but it is cheap and EZ.

Don't remember the shortcut off the top of my head.

-Huntley



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> All,
>
>
>
> The name of the application for which I am currently developing a manual is
> a hideous mix of upper and ?lower case letters and numbers. (Marketing
> really outdid themselves on this one.) Obviously, it's a PITA to type this
> creature every time I need to use it , so I set it up as a variable and have
> been inserting it when needed. Of course, the Special > Variable ?option
> requires me to scroll through a list of variables to find the one that I
> want and that's not that efficient either.
>
>
>
> Deep in the fuzzy recesses of my ?mind, ?I remember something about a nifty
> little keyboard shortcut to use to insert a variable (compliments of Fred
> Ridder or John Posada or Richard Combs - one of you FM gurus out there!) I
> remember something about the list appearing in the bottom tray of the FM
> window and you used this keyboard command to scroll through the list
> onscreen and select the one that you want - does this even sound close or
> right to what I remember?
>
>
>
> Anyway, if y'all have the answer, it would be much appreciated.
>
>
>
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Re: With Apologies to RJ - just can't quite feel the love or embrace this FM9 interface

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It seems to work for me. All of the files open and tabbed across the
top. Are you up-to-date on patches?

-Huntley



On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Chris Despopoulos
despopoulos_chr...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Has *anybody* tried Open All Files in Book?  Don't you get all the document 
 file windows nested within each other such that the 10th document file is a 
 slit of a page?  (Or am I suffering hallucinations?)  Doesn't anybody find 
 that a problem?  Basically, it seems the new windowing paradigm isn't 
 completely under control.  Are there plans to address that?  And are there 
 plans to expose it in the API?
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[Huntley Eshenroder]

It seems to work for me. All of the files open and tabbed across the
top. Are you up-to-date on patches?

-Huntley



On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Chris Despopoulos
 wrote:
> Has *anybody* tried Open All Files in Book? ?Don't you get all the document 
> file windows nested within each other such that the 10th document file is a 
> slit of a page? ?(Or am I suffering hallucinations?) ?Doesn't anybody find 
> that a problem? ?Basically, it seems the new windowing paradigm isn't 
> completely under control. ?Are there plans to address that? ?And are there 
> plans to expose it in the API?

[TCS Users] Re: PostScript to PDF Corruption

[Huntley Eshenroder]

I believe Art is referring to this hotfix:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909

-Huntley

Re: Unresolved cross-references in text insets to locations within the text inset

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Nope. Cross-references don't work in, under, over, or between text
insets. You've answered your own question. Just prior to final
production, convert text-insets to text, generate, and produce. Do not
save the book or you lose insetability.

-Huntley

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Lin Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I am using Frame 8p277 on Windows XP Pro, SP3.

 I have a text inset source document with 19 different text insets
 (each in their own named flow).

 I am using these text insets in a container document a total of 123
 times (yep, lots and lots and LOTS of duplication). One inset is used
 28 times, another is used only once. The rest vary in number of
 usages.

 Many of these text insets contain cross-references to locations within
 the same text inset.

 The text inset source document is NOT in the same directory as the
 container document, although it is close by.

 When I import by reference into the document and regenerate to update
 the TOC and the cross-references, I get multiple unresolved
 cross-reference errors from the document with all the text insets. The
 cross-references are also not updating properly. Within the inset, the
 step is number 2, but within the container document, it should be
 number 3.

 I know there are issues with cross-references and text insets, but I
 thought that was when you were trying to use a cross-reference from
 the container document to something within the inset, or from within
 the inset to something in the container document. These are from the
 inset to another location in the same inset.

 I can, if necessary, convert all the insets to text and regenerate
 just prior to creating the final PDF, but obviously I'd rather avoid
 that.

 Can anyone help me resolve these cross-references?

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[Huntley Eshenroder]

Nope. Cross-references don't work in, under, over, or between text
insets. You've answered your own question. Just prior to final
production, convert text-insets to text, generate, and produce. Do not
save the book or you lose insetability.

-Huntley

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Lin Sims  wrote:
> I am using Frame 8p277 on Windows XP Pro, SP3.
>
> I have a text inset source document with 19 different text insets
> (each in their own named flow).
>
> I am using these text insets in a container document a total of 123
> times (yep, lots and lots and LOTS of duplication). One inset is used
> 28 times, another is used only once. The rest vary in number of
> usages.
>
> Many of these text insets contain cross-references to locations within
> the same text inset.
>
> The text inset source document is NOT in the same directory as the
> container document, although it is "close by".
>
> When I import by reference into the document and regenerate to update
> the TOC and the cross-references, I get multiple unresolved
> cross-reference errors from the document with all the text insets. The
> cross-references are also not updating properly. Within the inset, the
> step is number 2, but within the container document, it should be
> number 3.
>
> I know there are issues with cross-references and text insets, but I
> thought that was when you were trying to use a cross-reference from
> the container document to something within the inset, or from within
> the inset to something in the container document. These are from the
> inset to another location in the same inset.
>
> I can, if necessary, convert all the insets to text and regenerate
> just prior to creating the final PDF, but obviously I'd rather avoid
> that.
>
> Can anyone help me resolve these cross-references?
>
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Re: Emphasis on characters within paragraphs

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Set all other attributes of the character style to As Is. This is
easiest to do when the cursor is not in a text frame.

-Huntley

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:44 PM,  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi, all.

 I have a Character tag called Emphasis that does the obvious thing for
 words/letters in Body paragraphs ... the default body font is Palatino
 Linotype and the Emphasis tag changes it to Italic!

 I have another Paragraph called Note that uses Italicized text to
 begin with (still in Palatino Linotype). For these, I have another
 Character tag called EmpBody that is Regular Palatino Linotype and I
 manually use where I need it.

 So far, so good! But ... the problem arises when I change a paragraph
 from Body to Note, I have to run around and find all the Emphasis
 text and change it to EmpBody. Sigh ...

 My question: is there any way in FM8 to define *ONE* Character format
 called Emphasis such that it makes the emphasized text be Italic when
 the underlying default font is Regular, and vice-versa? Then I could use
 a single Character format and not worry about this issue after making
 this kind of paragraph change!

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[Huntley Eshenroder]

Set all other attributes of the character style to As Is. This is
easiest to do when the cursor is not in a text frame.

-Huntley

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:44 PM,   wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I have a Character tag called "Emphasis" that does the obvious thing for
> words/letters in "Body" paragraphs ... the default body font is Palatino
> Linotype and the Emphasis tag changes it to Italic!
>
> I have another Paragraph called "Note" that uses Italicized text to
> begin with (still in Palatino Linotype). For these, I have another
> Character tag called "EmpBody" that is Regular Palatino Linotype and I
> manually use where I need it.
>
> So far, so good! But ... the problem arises when I change a paragraph
> from "Body" to "Note", I have to run around and find all the "Emphasis"
> text and change it to "EmpBody". Sigh ...
>
> My question: is there any way in FM8 to define *ONE* Character format
> called "Emphasis" such that it makes the emphasized text be Italic when
> the underlying default font is Regular, and vice-versa? Then I could use
> a single Character format and not worry about this issue after making
> this kind of paragraph change!
>
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Re: Title of document in Acrobat title bar

[Huntley Eshenroder]

There was a previous post about automating this in Frame, don't recall
how it was done. We semi-automate this with a batch process in
Acrobat.

-Huntley

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Combs, Richard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Linda G. Gallagher wrote:


   FM 7.0
   Acrobat 8.x
  
   I thought that the Acrobat picked up the title for the title bar from
  the
   book file's File Info in in FM. I've put the title I want to File
  Info,
   but
   it's the FM book file name that displays in the Acrobat title bar.
  
   How can I change this? Of course, I have to deliver the final PDF file
   today. :o

  In Acrobat 7, it's on the Initial View tab of the Document Properties
  dialog. Under Window Options, Show defaults to File Name. Change it to
  Document Title.

  I don't know how to do it automatically from FM (maybe MicroType
  Timesavers?), but would like to. :-)

  Richard


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Title of document in Acrobat title bar

[Huntley Eshenroder]

There was a previous post about automating this in Frame, don't recall
how it was done. We semi-automate this with a batch process in
Acrobat.

-Huntley

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Combs, Richard
 wrote:
> Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
>
>
>  > FM 7.0
>  > Acrobat 8.x
>  >
>  > I thought that the Acrobat picked up the title for the title bar from
>  the
>  > book file's File Info in in FM. I've put the title I want to File
>  Info,
>  > but
>  > it's the FM book file name that displays in the Acrobat title bar.
>  >
>  > How can I change this? Of course, I have to deliver the final PDF file
>  > today. :o
>
>  In Acrobat 7, it's on the Initial View tab of the Document Properties
>  dialog. Under Window Options, Show defaults to File Name. Change it to
>  Document Title.
>
>  I don't know how to do it automatically from FM (maybe MicroType
>  Timesavers?), but would like to. :-)
>
>  Richard
>
>
>  Richard G. Combs
>  Senior Technical Writer
>  Polycom, Inc.
>  richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
>  303-223-5111
>  --
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best method to store template version

[Huntley Eshenroder]

All of the aforementioned options are good. If you want the version
visible to users, put it on a master page and conditionalize it so
they can hide it when producing the final doc.

-Huntley

question regarding Adobe FrameMaker license

[Huntley Eshenroder]

All,

Have a question regarding the software license for FrameMaker. We have
a new hire who is offshore. We need a FrameMaker license for this
person. The rest our group is running 7.2 and the new hire would be
running 8.0. Because this person is not an experienced Frame user, we
would prefer to purchase Frame 8, transfer the the license to someone
in the US and give the new hire 7.2. This will help us troubleshoot
any problems, etc because we have our current setup well documented.

In the past, it seemed that we could not transfer licenses
internationally. Is this still true?

Thanks,
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question regarding Adobe FrameMaker license

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All,

Have a question regarding the software license for FrameMaker. We have
a new hire who is offshore. We need a FrameMaker license for this
person. The rest our group is running 7.2 and the new hire would be
running 8.0. Because this person is not an experienced Frame user, we
would prefer to purchase Frame 8, transfer the the license to someone
in the US and give the new hire 7.2. This will help us troubleshoot
any problems, etc because we have our current setup well documented.

In the past, it seemed that we could not transfer licenses
internationally. Is this still true?

Thanks,
-Huntley

Re: watermark on Framemaker pages

[Huntley Eshenroder]

If you are creating PDF, don't use text, use a graphic. Reviewers will
have a hard time selecting text behind the watermark if it is text.

-Huntley

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Deirdre Reagan
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 Hi al!

  I'd like to put a watermark on my Framemaker pages.  So far, I know to
  add diagonal text to the master page.

  Question is, how do I create diagonal text?

  Any thoughts?

  Deirdre
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If you are creating PDF, don't use text, use a graphic. Reviewers will
have a hard time selecting text behind the watermark if it is text.

-Huntley

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Deirdre Reagan
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> Hi al!
>
>  I'd like to put a watermark on my Framemaker pages.  So far, I know to
>  add diagonal text to the master page.
>
>  Question is, how do I create diagonal text?
>
>  Any thoughts?
>
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Re: How do I turn off the link

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Yes, plain text and you can't remove the link through Acrobat.

-Huntley

On Dec 13, 2007 10:30 AM, Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 John, is this in plain text? Not in a marker?

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Re: How do I turn off the link

[Huntley Eshenroder]

No, cannot remove the link with the full Acrobat package. In fact, after
removing all links, it is still active.

The space idea might work.

-Huntley

On Dec 13, 2007 11:23 AM, Lester C. Smalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 What do you mean you can't remove the link in Acrobat?  Certainly not
 via the reader, but if you have the full Acrobat package you certainly
 should be able to delete the link and leave the plain text behind.

 One thought it to insert a thin space after the @ at symbol, so even
 if what you say is true the 'active' area is as small as possible.  Yes,
 it will alter the appearance slightly, but the trade-off may well be
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Re: How do I turn off the link

[Huntley Eshenroder]

For strings like this, we don't want them active at all. We can't distribute
the PDF in a way where this link isn't active. We would have to ask users to
disable this feature in the Reader.

-Huntley

On Dec 13, 2007 1:42 PM, Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Huntley Eshenroder wrote:

  Penelope and Richard hit the nail on the head as to the
  cause. Doesn't look as though there is a good solution.

 I don't understand. Turning off Automatically detect URLs from text _is_
 a good solution.

 Any hyperlinks you want in the PDF should be properly created in FM, not
 left to Acrobat and this Word-like let me try to anticipate what you
 want pseudo-feature.

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How do I turn off the link

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Yes, plain text and you can't remove the link through Acrobat.

-Huntley

On Dec 13, 2007 10:30 AM, Art Campbell  wrote:

> John, is this in plain text? Not in a marker?
>

How do I turn off the link

[Huntley Eshenroder]

No, cannot remove the link with the full Acrobat package. In fact, after
removing all links, it is still active.

The space idea might work.

-Huntley

On Dec 13, 2007 11:23 AM, Lester C. Smalley  wrote:

> What do you mean you can't remove the link in Acrobat?  Certainly not
> via the reader, but if you have the full Acrobat package you certainly
> should be able to delete the link and leave the plain text behind.
>
> One thought it to insert a thin space after the "@" at symbol, so even
> if what you say is true the 'active' area is as small as possible.  Yes,
> it will alter the appearance slightly, but the trade-off may well be
> worth it.
>
>

How do I turn off the link

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Penelope and Richard hit the nail on the head as to the cause. Doesn't look
as though there is a good solution. Perhaps we need a new top-level domain
for sql so the mailto link can go somewhere

-Huntley

On Dec 13, 2007 12:20 PM, Combs, Richard  wrote:

> Huntley Eshenroder wrote:
>
> > No, cannot remove the link with the full Acrobat package. In
> > fact, after removing all links, it is still active.
>
> This is for Acrobat 7 -- might be different in other versions; Adobe
> keeps rearranging the menus.
>
> 1) Select Edit > Preferences.
> 2) In the Categories list on the left side of the dialog box, select
> General.
> 3) Under Miscellaneous, uncheck Automatically detect URLs from text.
> Then click OK.
>
> If Automatically detect URLs from text wasn't checked, then never mind
> -- bad guess. :-)
>
> HTH!
> Richard
>
>
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> 303-223-5111
> --
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> 303-777-0436
> --
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

How do I turn off the link

[Huntley Eshenroder]

For strings like this, we don't want them active at all. We can't distribute
the PDF in a way where this link isn't active. We would have to ask users to
disable this "feature" in the Reader.

-Huntley

On Dec 13, 2007 1:42 PM, Combs, Richard  wrote:

> Huntley Eshenroder wrote:
>
> > Penelope and Richard hit the nail on the head as to the
> > cause. Doesn't look as though there is a good solution.
>
> I don't understand. Turning off Automatically detect URLs from text _is_
> a good solution.
>
> Any hyperlinks you want in the PDF should be properly created in FM, not
> left to Acrobat and this Word-like "let me try to anticipate what you
> want" pseudo-feature.
>
> Richard
>
>
> --
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
> --
> rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
> 303-777-0436
> --
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: Character formatting in run head variables

[Huntley Eshenroder]

You need to embed the character formats into the variable definition. For
example:

EmphasisText goes hereDefault font

It is good practice to include the Default font character format where you
want the formatting to end, this enables you to embed multiple formats
within a variable definition and keeps it from bleeding beyond the variable
and into the following text.

-Huntley

On Dec 10, 2007 10:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 My partner is unable to figure out how enable character formatting in
 running heads through wither Running H/F 2 or a custom user variable.

 Specifically, in certain Heading 1s we use a homemade character
 consisting of capital R with a strikethrough bar across it. We also
 selectively italicize some letters, such as the ax in ax User ID.

 The system variable H/F 2 does not pick up either one of them from an
 H1. Likewise, when a custom user variable containing the italic is used
 as running head, it loses the italic.

 Any suggestions about how to present these character formats in a
 running head?

 Thanks,
 Mike



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Character formatting in run head variables

[Huntley Eshenroder]

You need to embed the character formats into the variable definition. For
example:

Text goes here

It is good practice to include the Default font character format where you
want the formatting to end, this enables you to embed multiple formats
within a variable definition and keeps it from bleeding beyond the variable
and into the following text.

-Huntley

On Dec 10, 2007 10:00 AM,  wrote:

> My partner is unable to figure out how enable character formatting in
> running heads through wither Running H/F 2 or a custom user variable.
>
> Specifically, in certain Heading 1s we use a homemade character
> consisting of capital R with a strikethrough bar across it. We also
> selectively italicize some letters, such as the "ax" in "ax User ID".
>
> The system variable H/F 2 does not pick up either one of them from an
> H1. Likewise, when a custom user variable containing the italic is used
> as running head, it loses the italic.
>
> Any suggestions about how to present these character formats in a
> running head?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
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number of characters in a Running H/F variable?

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Hi,

Does anybody know the limit on the number of characters for a Running H/F
variable? I am guessing 255 or 256 as I think I've encountered it. Also, is
it purely a display problem or is that the effective lenghth of the
variable?

Thanks,
-Huntley
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Re: number of characters in a Running H/F variable?

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Thanks Fred. I meant the definition. Sorry that wasn't more clear in my
original mail.

-Huntley

On 10/17/07, Fred Ridder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked:


  Does anybody know the limit on the number of characters for a Running
 H/F
  variable? I am guessing 255 or 256 as I think I've encountered it. Also,
 is
  it purely a display problem or is that the effective lenghth of the
  variable?


 There *is* a size limit for explicitly defined user variables (255
 characters in
 the definition, including any formatting building blocks), but I'm not
 sure
 that the limit applies to reference-based system variables. I just created

 a test document, with a 12-line paragraph referenced by the Running H/F
 variable, and Frame picked up all of the paragraph's text in the header
 (as soon as I made the header frame large enough to display all of it).

 I think the only way you might run afoul of the size limit for variables
 in the case of system variables is in the *definition* of the variable.
 For example, if you have a Running H/F variable that uses the $paratext
 building block with a list of a dozen or so paragraph tags, each of
 which has a fairly long tag name, you could exceed 255 characters
 *in the defintion*. But the length of the referenced content doesn't
 seem to matter.

 Fred Ridder

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number of characters in a Running H/F variable?

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Hi,

Does anybody know the limit on the number of characters for a Running H/F
variable? I am guessing 255 or 256 as I think I've encountered it. Also, is
it purely a display problem or is that the effective lenghth of the
variable?

Thanks,
-Huntley

number of characters in a Running H/F variable?

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Thanks Fred. I meant the definition. Sorry that wasn't more clear in my
original mail.

-Huntley

On 10/17/07, Fred Ridder  wrote:
>
>  huntleye at gmail.com asked:
>
>
> > Does anybody know the limit on the number of characters for a Running
> H/F
> > variable? I am guessing 255 or 256 as I think I've encountered it. Also,
> is
> > it purely a display problem or is that the effective lenghth of the
> > variable?
>
>
> There *is* a size limit for explicitly defined user variables (255
> characters in
> the definition, including any formatting building blocks), but I'm not
> sure
> that the limit applies to reference-based system variables. I just created
>
> a test document, with a 12-line paragraph referenced by the Running H/F
> variable, and Frame picked up all of the paragraph's text in the header
> (as soon as I made the header frame large enough to display all of it).
>
> I think the only way you might run afoul of the size limit for variables
> in the case of system variables is in the *definition* of the variable.
> For example, if you have a Running H/F variable that uses the $paratext
> building block with a list of a dozen or so paragraph tags, each of
> which has a fairly long tag name, you could exceed 255 characters
> *in the defintion*. But the length of the referenced content doesn't
> seem to matter.
>
> Fred Ridder
>
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Re: visio fonts don't show in FM

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Generating a good PDF from Visio is tricky. Dov provided the magic recipe
sometime back. It should be in the archives. If my memory is correct (ha!),
you need to do the following:

- Print your Visio file to Postscript using the Adobe PDF driver.
- Ensure that the fonts are sent to the Adobe PDF printer (this is
typically off I believe)
- Distill Postscript to PDF
- Crop
- Import
- Wave dead chicken over Visio

-Huntley

On 6/21/07, Orly Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


HI All,

I have visio drawings embedded in my FM files that include the symbol
font, to show, omega, delta and sigma symbols.

The symbols show properly in the Visio embedded object, but do not show
in the FM or the generated PDF.



I realize that FM is not reading the fonts correctly. Is there a way to
fix this?

I need the words in the figures to be searchable. The symbols don't have
to be searchable, and if I must I will create some type of drawing of
the symbol and insert it as a pic. But, I would rather save myself this
extra effort. If any of you can tell me what make FM tick and tell me
how to fix this problem.



I'm running FM 7.2 on Windows XP.



Thanks,

Orly Z.

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visio fonts don't show in FM

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Generating a good PDF from Visio is tricky. Dov provided the magic recipe
sometime back. It should be in the archives. If my memory is correct (ha!),
you need to do the following:

 - Print your Visio file to Postscript using the Adobe PDF driver.
 - Ensure that the fonts are sent to the Adobe PDF printer (this is
typically off I believe)
 - Distill Postscript to PDF
 - Crop
 - Import
 - Wave dead chicken over Visio

-Huntley

On 6/21/07, Orly Zimmerman  wrote:
>
> HI All,
>
> I have visio drawings embedded in my FM files that include the symbol
> font, to show, omega, delta and sigma symbols.
>
> The symbols show properly in the Visio embedded object, but do not show
> in the FM or the generated PDF.
>
>
>
> I realize that FM is not reading the fonts correctly. Is there a way to
> fix this?
>
> I need the words in the figures to be searchable. The symbols don't have
> to be searchable, and if I must I will create some type of drawing of
> the symbol and insert it as a pic. But, I would rather save myself this
> extra effort. If any of you can tell me what make FM tick and tell me
> how to fix this problem.
>
>
>
> I'm running FM 7.2 on Windows XP.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Orly Z.
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Re: List of unused User Variables?

[Huntley Eshenroder]

We use both, so I'll take a shot:

- BookVars operates on books, not files.
- BookVars is excellent for defining, updating, deleting, renaming
variables book-wide (can create groups of variables
   which is very nice so that you can import a group of variables)
- EZVars is very nice for applying variables to a document

I don't know about John's workflow, but I use BookVars to get variables into
the document and then use EZVars to apply additional variables throughout
the doc. When I'm done, I use BookVars to delete unused variables (also
useful for making the list of variables
in EZVars shorter for less scrolling).

I think they complement each other nicely.

-Huntley

On 11/21/06, Diane Gaskill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


John,

What are trhe differences between the BookVars plugin and the EZVars plug
in that I have had for years?  Is there a spec somewhere that I can look at?

Thanks,

Diane


John Posada wrote:
 I cannot speak highly enough about Leximation's BookVars plugin for
 managing variables. Our whole department of 10+ writers has
 integratged it into our base documentation process.

Same here! I bought a copy of this pretty much immediately after
evaluating
it, and use it all the time.

Z

 Not only will it remove unused variables, but will allow you to
 deploy new variables and rename variable names or definitions in
 batch mode.

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List of unused User Variables?

[Huntley Eshenroder]

We use both, so I'll take a shot:

 - BookVars operates on books, not files.
 - BookVars is excellent for defining, updating, deleting, renaming
variables book-wide (can create groups of variables
which is very nice so that you can import a group of variables)
 - EZVars is very nice for applying variables to a document

I don't know about John's workflow, but I use BookVars to get variables into
the document and then use EZVars to apply additional variables throughout
the doc. When I'm done, I use BookVars to delete unused variables (also
useful for making the list of variables
in EZVars shorter for less scrolling).

I think they complement each other nicely.

-Huntley

On 11/21/06, Diane Gaskill  wrote:
>
> John,
>
> What are trhe differences between the BookVars plugin and the EZVars plug
> in that I have had for years?  Is there a spec somewhere that I can look at?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Diane
>
> >
> >John Posada wrote:
> >> I cannot speak highly enough about Leximation's BookVars plugin for
> >> managing variables. Our whole department of 10+ writers has
> >> integratged it into our base documentation process.
> >
> >Same here! I bought a copy of this pretty much immediately after
> evaluating
> >it, and use it all the time.
> >
> >Z
> >
> >> Not only will it remove unused variables, but will allow you to
> >> deploy new variables and rename variable names or definitions in
> >> batch mode.
>
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How do I get TOC styles to appear in Setup Table ofContents"Include Paragraphs Tagged"

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Joe,

We are converting a bunch of books from one template to another. We don't
want to manually specify the paragraphs formats that are included in the TOC
for each book by moving them around in the Set Up Table of Contents dialog.
This information is *not* pulled in by importing styles from a template. As
far as we've seen, Karen's method is the only one that works.

Sorta defeats the purpose of a TOC template.

-Huntley

On 7/19/06, Joe Malin  wrote:
>
> You have to move the styles manually, even if the template TOC file had
> styles set up from before. My guess is that FM clears out the old
> information as a "feature"; it only allows you to add paragraph tags
> that are in your existing files, so it must first clear out everything
> that was there from before.
>

Re: Clean Import plug-in

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Diana,

I've used CleanImport, but not recently. If I recollect correctly,
CleanImport doesn't delete elements that are currently in use.

-Huntley

On 7/3/06, Diana Stock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hello all,
I have used the Clean Import plug-in (v3.1) and wonder if anyone else
out there has used it?

The plug-in is a great tool, but I don't know what I am doing wrong (at
this point, I don't mind revealing my ignorance). Does anyone know if it
removes old text flows and replaces them with new?

My new template has one flow (A) compared to the old template having two
(A and Graphic, not connected). When I use the plug-in, the page with
the Graphic flow remains on the Body page -  with the new flow. To
remove the Graphic flow, I have to edit each file and manually delete
it. Is it me or memor(ex)? My memory does seems to escape me lately.
:-)

Any advise is greatly appreciated,

Diana Stock
Southwest Airlines
214-792-7433
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Clean Import plug-in

[Huntley Eshenroder]

Diana,

I've used CleanImport, but not recently. If I recollect correctly,
CleanImport doesn't delete elements that are currently in use.

-Huntley

On 7/3/06, Diana Stock  wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I have used the Clean Import plug-in (v3.1) and wonder if anyone else
> out there has used it?
>
> The plug-in is a great tool, but I don't know what I am doing wrong (at
> this point, I don't mind revealing my ignorance). Does anyone know if it
> removes old text flows and replaces them with new?
>
> My new template has one flow (A) compared to the old template having two
> (A and Graphic, not connected). When I use the plug-in, the page with
> the Graphic flow remains on the Body page -  with the new flow. To
> remove the Graphic flow, I have to edit each file and manually delete
> it. Is it me or memor(ex)? My memory does seems to escape me lately.
> :-)
>
> Any advise is greatly appreciated,
>
> Diana Stock
> Southwest Airlines
> 214-792-7433
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Workgroup functionality under Frame 7.1

[Huntley Eshenroder]

What Rick said. I tried to implement it but it works poorly. I think the
fact that no one uses it is a testament to that fact.

-Huntley