Re: FM12 Crashes on File Open - Need Answer FAST
Try saving as .mif v.12 before reopening/saving as .fm v. 12? On 2015-Jun-19 10:16 AM, Lin Sims wrote: This file opens fine in Frame 10. It opens fine in Frame 12 IF it is a MIF file. As soon as I save the file from MIF10 to FM in Frame12, close it and reopen it, the program crashes again. I am, of course, on multiple deadlines, and yes, I do need this file to work in Frame12. HELP! -- Lin Sims ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as srog...@phoenix-geophysics.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/srogers%40phoenix-geophysics.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Inconsistent Numbering Properties
On 2015-Jun-19 2:42 PM, Abungu, Salome wrote: When you are done, select all your documents within the book. Right click your mouse and click save from the menu. When you are done, hold down Shift and click the File menu, then Save All Files in Book. Easier! -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question
On 2015-Jun-02 8:04 PM, De Rosier, Edward wrote: 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 If the focus is on one of the pods, the keyboard commands may not work. My most-often-used command is Reset Workspace (to my Blank workspace, which has all pods closed). HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FM12 Transparent Graphics
http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2009-June/017102.html On 2015-May-29 1:41 PM, De Rosier, Edward wrote: 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 srog...@phoenix-geophysics.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/srogers%40phoenix-geophysics.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Simplifying a FM12 document
On 2015-May-27 3:33 PM, tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com wrote: This could be very tedious, so I'm hoping that you all can help. Two issues: 1) I have a document that has a paragraph catalog that is far more extensive than I need (added to over the years and never cleaned up). I'd like to reduce it to a more manageable list. One quick approach is to delete all the tags in the catalog and then use File Utilities Create and Apply Formats to build a new catalog. Note, though, that only tags actually in use will be created. Details at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/10.0/Using/WS62FEAB1C-8463-4a5f-8DFA-8B103ED878B6.html#WS86FDA1E1-DF59-467c-90BF-FE108F96415E under Rename or delete formats HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Apply a page master style to a para format.
On 2015-May-15 1:05 PM, john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com wrote: Hi, guys...FM 11 unstructured. Is there a way of defining that a specific Master Page be used when the first para style is a specific style? Yes. It's described in the Help http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/11.0/Using/WSd817046a44e105e21e63e3d11ab7f7960b-7ee9.html. Assign a master page to pages with specified paragraph tags -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: creating user guides in an agile environment
On 2015-May-15 12:16 PM, Johnson, Joyce wrote: All – Is anyone writing software user guides for end users in an environment in which the software is being developed following agile guidelines? If so, are you writing portions of the user guide at each software iteration? How do you handle major revisions to the software? That is, if you wrote a section of the user guide on the deliverables produced in the first iteration, then learned that the software you wrote about changed in the 4^th iteration, what did you do? How did that affect your timeline? Do you find writing in iterations more beneficial than waiting until the software is in a more finished state? Thanks in advance for any feedback. The nov/dec 2014 issue of Intercom was all about Agile; maybe it will help. http://intercom.stc.org/magazine/novemberdecember-2014/ -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker Bug: inability to add a table after a table footnote.
I understood Anna's suggestion to be that one should add a /temporarily/ empty paragraph and then move up one line before inserting a table, so that when you need to add text after the table, you already have a visible text symbol to place your cursor ahead of. If the table is not the last thing in the file, then that step could be skipped or the temporary empty pgf deleted. I don't think she was suggesting to use the Enter key as a formatting tool. :-) On 2015-May-15 9:11 AM, Craig Ede wrote: ...except when it gives you a blank page that your don't want at the end of a document. When the table is not at the end of the document, it's pretty easy to see the separate flow that a footnote is in. Better to use the Space Below Table setting to space your tables from the text below. Craig From: annalena.soderl...@stonebeach.se To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: VB: framers Digest, Vol 115, Issue 12 Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 09:03:52 + Hi, To avoid these table troubles make sure when inserting a table to always have at least one empty paragraph below it. That makes it so much easier when you want to add more things below the first table. Regardless TableFootnotes. You will then see exactly where to put your insertion point. Best regards, Anna Lena StoneBeach AB Sweden -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Comparing paragraph and character formats inside files of a book?
On 2015-Apr-24 2:06 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: Hi, all. I did a bit of looking and am not sure I see an answer for a concern that I have. In one of my books that I created and have edited over the years, it is possible that some of the paragraph and character format definitions (and possibly the color definitions, and reference pages too) are no longer consistent in /every/ file of that book. Meaning that I am not sure if paragraph format “XYZ” in one of the files is necessarily identical to the same format “XYZ” in another one of the files. Probably close, but not sure if they are identical. It is also possible that some file may have had a format added/removed/edited because it is only used within that file only (like a content list format or something). Is there a way to compare/list/report (whatever) all the formats in the files to see where the inconsistencies are? At least, so that I can take one of the file and apply its formats to all the other files and not break things too much? Silicon Prairie's paragraph and character tools will produce the reports you ask about. With a little manipulation, you should be able to use FM or Acrobat to compare files to find any differences in definitions. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FM7 and Zapf Dingbats
Might have been this: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/395627 sr. On 2015-Apr-13 12:25 PM, Art Campbell wrote: There was some kind of Zapf Dingbat fix released years ago, but I'm a fairly consistent upgrader so I haven't looked for it for maybe a decade or more. Look at the FM updates pages... Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 I support www.TheGrotonLine.com http://www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA. On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:25 AM, Davide Piva davide.p...@gmail.com mailto:davide.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Framers. I'm having problems with FM 7.2 on WXP Pro and Zapf Dingbats font. I'm building a serie of bulleted lists and I want to use the arrow and other symbols. After I paste the character in the Autonumber format field and update the paragraph format, a different Zapf symbol appears in place of the one I choosen. I tried to paste the same character into a LibreOffice Writer new document and the symbol doesn't appear at all (a Ü character appears instead). The Zap Dingbats font installed is an OTF and I previously had a PFM version of it, experiencing the same issue. Does anyone have an idea to solve the problem? W7 Pro is installed over an Oracle Virtual Box virtual machine running on W7 Pro; I don't guess this is a problem. Thanks in advance for your help. Davide Piva -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FM7 and Zapf Dingbats
On 2015-Apr-13 4:25 AM, Davide Piva wrote: Hello Framers. I'm having problems with FM 7.2 on WXP Pro and Zapf Dingbats font. I'm building a serie of bulleted lists and I want to use the arrow and other symbols. After I paste the character in the Autonumber format field and update the paragraph format, a different Zapf symbol appears in place of the one I choosen. I tried to paste the same character into a LibreOffice Writer new document and the symbol doesn't appear at all (a Ü character appears instead). The Zap Dingbats font installed is an OTF and I previously had a PFM version of it, experiencing the same issue. Does anyone have an idea to solve the problem? W7 Pro is installed over an Oracle Virtual Box virtual machine running on W7 Pro; I don't guess this is a problem. Davide, You need to create a character tag that defines everything As-is except for Font = Zapf Dingbats, and then apply that Character Format to the Autonumber in the Pgf designer. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Controlling FrameMaker automatic link generation
On 2015-Apr-02 3:37 PM, Harding, Dan wrote: Version: FrameMaker 12, Unstructured. When generating PDFs, Frame automatically converts (SOME!) URLs to hyperlinks, which is great, but it’s not an exact science, and I’d like to be able to fine tune some things globally rather than manually inserting and editing a zillion hypertext links: 1.Frame recognizes www. http://www. (without an http:// prefix) as a URL and converts it to a link. Fine. Spiffy. How do I get it to automatically recognize non-www domains, e.g. bit.ly, tinyurl.com, etc.? Where is this automatic conversion controlled? 2.Our formatting is such that we put urls in brackets, e.g., [www.fubar.com]. Problem: Frame automatically appends the closing bracket to the URL when creating the link, which of course breaks the link. Only the opening bracket, not the opening bracket. Adding a space, e.g., [ www.fubar.com http://www.fubar.com ] does not fix the problem. 3.If I wanted to disable automatic link conversion in creation of the PDF (yet maintain conversion of manually created hypertext markers), where and how would I do this? Thanks, -Dan Hi Dan, Seems you've run into this before! http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2010-September/021218.html HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Table Continuation Variable issue
On 2015-Apr-01 3:36 PM, Tammy Van Boening wrote: Table Continuation Variable issue FM 10, all patched, Win7, x64. When I addthe Continued variableto a table title, I expect thatit should wrap the title text ontothe next page because thevariable makesthe titletoo longfor one line. It won’t do that. It will just make one line of text and then cut anything off that would have gone to the nextline, so the continuation variable isn't displayed. I have tried mucking around with the Right indent setting in the Paragraph Designer for the TableTitle tag, but although this solves the problem for the one nuisance table title, it artificially forces all the other table titles to wrap and become a two-line title, when one line will hold the entire tag, including the Continued variable, so these TableTitle tags look funky. I am stymied. Thanks! TVB W back in 2008, someone with the intials TVB posted a solution to this problem to the same list :-) Put a small right-indent in the pgf tag of the table title. (I just tried 0.01, and that was enough in my test document.) The result is still an empty line under the title on the first page, but the variable wraps properly thereafter. http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2008-April/011826.html -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: extremely slow PNG loading
On 2015-Mar-30 5:32 AM, Davis, David wrote: I have seen this behaviour before, I usually blamed it either on an anti-virus scanner that was scanning each PNG as it was opened and/or some shenanigans on a network switch. Thanks for the tip, David. It does appear to be the fault of AVG scanning the files. I temporarily turned off AVG protection, and the file containing .png images opened almost as fast as the one containing .tif images. Closed the files, turned AVG back on, reopened the files. The version with .png was slow as molasses again. Our network guru is going to check whether .png files are vulnerable to malware in some way, and if not, he'll exempt them from AVG's scanning. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: How to toggle View Options Snap Grid Spacing with only one klick or shortcut?
On 2015-Mar-26 6:42 AM, Michael Böhme wrote: Hello Framers, I often want to toggle between yes or no 'Snap Grid Spacing' in Framemaker 10 (on Win 8.1). Therefore I klick View Options Snap Grid Spacing, which increasingly frustrates me. How to toggle View Options Snap Grid Spacing with only one klick or shortcut? Michael Michael, The online Help for FM 10 links to http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/customize_frame_7.pdf , implying that the document still applies to FM 10. It explains how to create or modify commands and shortcuts, so for example, you could define F12 to toggle the Snap feature. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
extremely slow PNG loading
Hi Framers, FM 10 (TCS 3.5), Win 7 64-bit, 16 GB RAM, i7 CPU I have a two-page file that imports by reference 24 different small PNG files, many of them repeated several times, for a total of 75 images. The PNG files are each about 900 bytes in size, all located in a subfolder of the folder containing the file. When I open this document, FM takes about 5 seconds to display each graphic (5-6 minutes to open the entire file). All files are on a local 180 GB SSD. I have converted all the PNG files to TIF and reimported into a copy of the file. The entire document opens in about 3 seconds. Has anyone else noticed this problem with PNG? That format has become my standard output for most purposes, but I'll have to change that if there isn't a fix in FM. Thanks, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: limiting adjectives vs possessive adjectives
On 2015-Mar-16 5:42 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: Yes, there are restrictive [and non-restrictive] adjectives, which is what I assume you are referring to as limiting adjectives (a term I failed to find in any of my handy grammar/linguistics references). But I don't think that's what we are dealing with here in the non-possessive case, because I don't believe we're dealing with adjectives at all. Most people remember that adjectives modify nouns, but forget that they are not the *only* things that modify nouns. In some cases verbs modify nouns (e.g., the sitting president), and in many cases -- particularly in technical writing -- nouns modify nouns. Nouns that modify nouns are referred to as attributive nouns or noun adjuncts. They almost always appear before the noun they modify (an attributive or prepositive position) and they typically identify a property or attribute of the noun that follows rather than directly modifying the noun itself. The classical example of an attributive noun phrase in English is chicken soup. Both words are nouns, but it is undeniable that the first noun modifies our understanding of what the second noun represents. Exactly what the relationship is varies widely; the second noun could be made from the first (e.g., chicken soup), intended for the first (e.g., user manual), composed of the first (e.g., butterfly migration), dependent on the first (e.g., church wedding) -- basically any semantic relationship other than simple possession by. And you can string a bunch of them together without any of the usual concerns about commas in adjective series. (E.g., The chicken soup tureen ladle handle was covered with schmaltz.) Both user manual and butterfly migration fit this pattern. Both user and butterfly are nouns that modify the sense of the nouns that follow them. And they are unlike adjectives because they cannot be used predicatively. -FR Fred wins the Internet again! -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
mouse alternative
Hi all, From time to time, people have mentioned problems with RSI due to mouse use. I just came across this device and thought I'd pass it along. I have no other info on it, so can't offer a review. https://deals.inetinteractive.com/sales/feather-mouse-the-swift-browsing-experience best, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Ltd. 3781 Victoria Park Ave., Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 416 491 7340 x325 ___ 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: Table running over into footers and beyond
On 2014-Nov-04 2:09 PM, Pam Harper wrote: When I add spaces or anchored frames below one another in a table that is on a landscape page, the table extends itself without regard to the text frame into the footer and beyond. It doesn’t do this with the same type of table on a portrait page. This has done this in Frame 10 and 12, which I now use. The key seems to be that the table is on a landscape page, which I created as a custom master page with a regular text frame as a template for body page text frame. The Flow Tag is A—same as the rest of the master pages. Nothing is rotated. I only run into this table behavior on a landscape page. If I add extra pictures or text in a table cell on a portrait page, it always breaks cleanly or at least where I can logically break it. Any ideas? Thanks Pam Harper The only way I can make that happen in FM10 is by setting the orphan rows in the Table Designer to a very high number. Does your table tag have a wonky orphan setting? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Workspaces
On 2014-Oct-30 1:20 PM, Michael Norton wrote: I too would like to copy customized FM10 workspace files to FM12. I can see the six default .fws files in this folder: x:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker10\fminit\WorkSpaces\Structured but I cannot find the files that contain the customized settings. Where would they be? Or, am I just misunderstanding how all this works? I recommend Search Everything from http://voidtools.com/ You can search for *.fws and find all the zillion places where Adobe scatters the files. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker: mysterious font substitution in PDF
On 2014-Oct-24 11:13 AM, Alan Houser wrote: Colleagues, A client is seeing the following problem: - FrameMaker 12, fully patched, Windows 7, full Acrobat. - Document uses Helvetica font. Font pane shows all document fonts are available and in use (i.e., FrameMaker is not substituting any fonts). - FileSave as PDF -- FrameMaker document reflows on-screen, with Helvetica replaced by Times New Roman. Generated PDF uses Times New Roman instead of Helvetica. (FrameMaker screen display refreshes and reverts back to Helvetica). I'm baffled. I have yet to investigate: - Missing legal to embed flag in client's Helvetica font? - Corrupted Acrobat Distiller settings? I would be grateful for any other ideas. -Alan In your distiller job options, make sure to select If Embedding Fails, Cancel Job. Then at least you will know if that's the problem. (And it should be your default setting anyway, to ensure an embed failure doesn't get past you.) Are you sure the client actually has Helvetica on their system, and that Adobe PDF is their default printer (at least when using FM -- see Sundorne Setprint plugin)? It's possible their hardware printer is reporting the presence of Helvetica to the operating system, so that it appears to be present, but a printer-resident font can't be embedded in PDF. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: TOC Element that will not behave
On 2014-Oct-08 5:06 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: Duplicate entries on the reference pages, or the entry is not tagged correctly? Or a duplicate reference page? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Insets and Tables: container paragraphs with no additional spacing
You would lose it if another table began below the last part of the split table. On 2014-Oct-02 5:43 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: If the heading is in the header or footer, you don't lose the title. On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: Not a bad idea, but this is the corporate style. We're also not single-sourcing. (We were moving to that, but then the company got acquired and the techcomm department was decentralized. But that's a whole other story.) Even if it were my call, I'm not sure I'd go that way. If the table splits across a page, you lose the title. And these tables can go on for a couple of pages, depending on the content.. On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote: In a situation like that, I use headings instead of table names. In a single-source environment, headings are more flexible. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Insets and Tables: container paragraphs with no additional spacing
On 2014-Oct-01 7:01 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: Stuart, I haven't had need to work with text insets, but I'm wondering if you can shorten your procedure by inserting the non-breaking space into the autonumber format for the InsetAnchor paragraph format, and setting its position to End of paragraph. It seems like that would automatically add it where you want. Have you tried it? I have. It did not work. The n-b space character appeared at the right margin, while the pilcrow remained at the left margin. When I placed the cursor ahead of the pilcrow and inserted the text inset, there was no character between it and the pilcrow. Updating the inset triggered the formatting bug. Thanks for the suggestion, though! s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Insets and Tables: container paragraphs with no additional spacing
On 2014-Oct-02 3:23 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: What is the benefit of putting a table anchor in its own paragraphs instead of putting the anchor at the end of the preceding paragraph? I've inherited lots of documents that do things like that and it seemed to me like pointless busywork, but the people who set up the templates were long gone so I couldn't ask for their rationale. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Stuart Rogers srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com wrote: If you prefer to have your tables in dedicated paragraphs ... It gives you greater control over spacing and positioning, without having to override the preceding paragraph's tag settings. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Text inset setup
On 2014-Sep-29 1:44 PM, LGLists wrote: FM 12 Win 7 It's been a long time and at least a couple of FM versions (FM 10 or maybe even 8) since I set up text insets. Before I do more work than necessary, I want to be sure nothing has changed. Here's what I recall: * I need to import the inset into a small anchor tag in my container file. * Each text inset file should start with a small anchor tag and a nonbreaking space. Is this setup still needed? You don't need a specific tag for an inset, but it is a good idea to have a space or non-breaking space immediately before the pilcrow of the paragraph that will hold the inset. (That's to avoid a little FM formatting bug.) Put your cursor ahead of the space and use File Import File. The inset file itself does not need to start with any special tag or space. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Finding styles with a space after the name
On 2014-Sep-24 12:13 PM, LGLists wrote: FM 12 Win 7 All, Please know that I inherited all these files. ;-) I keep my styles much cleaner when I create them. So, now I've found (using Paragraph Tools from Silicon Prairie) that there are both Body and Body[space] styles. I've opened three different files that are supposed to have both styles, but I can't find any occurrences of Body[space] on any Body, Master, or Reference page in any of the files. I searched using Paragraph Tag for Body[pressed spacebar], Simple Search, Whole Word. Is there something else I can do to find this style with the space after the name? I want to see the formatting to see if it's the same as Body. I want to consolidate them, of course, into one style (sans space). You could try Special List Of Paragraphs and then use the hyperlinks in the list to jump to the paragraphs. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Tab stop does not work in TOC
On 2014-Sep-17 3:07 AM, Anna Lena Söderling wrote: Hi, in some cases long headings in a TOC does not work well. The page number gets to the next row and gets stuck to the left instead of being tabbed to the right. I have known this for long but are insterested in any solution. To make the text column wider is not an option for us. We are saving as XML. If you change the text in the heading it is getting better, but when translated into several languages you can never tell the result. The flow and the paragraph formats on the Reference Page TOC are prepared. Any soultion out there? On your reference page for the TOC, where you now have one tab character before the page number, insert several more. The extras will be ignored if the content fits on one line, but will be used if the content wraps to a second or third line. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Shortcut Tools
On 2014-Sep-04 3:26 PM, Paul Kent wrote: I just survived a computer refresh (first in 4 years), and find myself in the last push of a project for which I used FrameMaker 10. I found my path past the “software has expired” bug, but now I find that my shortcuts are all gone. I recall that the last time I upgraded Frame, the shortcuts were able to come with me, but alas, I’ve forgotten the name of the product, and how I might restore it. I still have access to my “mostly dead” hard drive, so if its just a matter of a file or two in the right place, I might be in luck. I think the author’s name was Schlomo Perets (sorry if I’ve hatcheted it). Can someone point me to these tools or provide a push in the right direction? http://www.microtype.com/ Shlomo Perets HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines
On 2014-Aug-15 1:20 PM, John Sgammato wrote: no - not that I know of anyway There was maybe an hour from the time of the last successful build (2:11pm Tuesday) and the first failed build. I was chugging through a series of 10 books, one by one, as I had done before. After the two biggest books were done, I got some lunch downstairs and then got back to it on an easy book...and I have had no success since then. On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com mailto:rob...@lauriston.com wrote: Was there a Windows or FrameMaker update between the last successful build and the first failure? Right-click Computer Manage Event Viewer Windows Logs System (for Windows), Application (for FM) See anything in the time frame you described? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Problems with documents imported from Word
On 2014-Jul-29 11:15 AM, Theresa de Valence wrote: Hi Framers, What do I do to clean up files which originate in Word or PDF. I'm turning crime fiction novels into ebooks and have run into a few problems. Case 1: I import simple Word files into Frame then publish as epub or mobi. In the finished version there are strange display behaviours in the middle of the book (font size and weight and italic drastically change, then return to normal). Is there a way I can clean files before I begin preparing them for publishing? In addition to advice from others, you could also MIF-wash the file (save as .mif, re-open and save as .fm) to discard residual Word cruft. Case 2: You may suggest that I ask this question on a Word forum, but everyone here knows everything, so here goes: Client has no original document so I've taken his PDF and used Adobe Acrobat to convert to text, massaged it in Frame to fix various things, then copied and pasted in Word. Going through the editing process, I cannot join two paragraphs together (by deleting the carriage return) and the Track Changes feature shows all kinds of formatting changes, which are totally unnecessary. In this case, I also want to strip the document of any formatting. Could you clarify your workflow? What command in Acrobat to convert to text? Going through the editing process -- in Frame, or in Word? Track Changes -- in Frame or in Word? If you want to strip formatting, copy and paste into Notepad. Turn off Word Wrap, and copy and paste into your real editor (FM or Word). HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Word Tables to Frame 12Tables
On 2014-Jun-18 2:40 PM, Craig, Alison wrote: “Word-ness” is such a wonderfully descriptive term (epithet?). Expletive.:-) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Copying Word text to FM unstructured 12.
On 2014-Jun-16 1:25 PM, Winberg, Harold wrote: Do I have to anything special when copying and pasting word into FM 12. I understand it should be plain text or it can retain a lot of Word garbage. Does FM 12 take care of this or do I need to save or paste it as plain text?? In addition to the suggestions from others, you could try PureText by Steve Miller: http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ PureText is basically equivalent to opening Notepad, doing a PASTE, followed by a SELECT-ALL, and then a COPY. The benefit of PureText is performing all these actions with a single Hot-Key and having the result pasted into the current window automatically. The default hot-key combination is the Windows key + V, which works well for me, as the CTRL key is right next to the Windows key. Changing from a regular Paste to an unformatted Paste is as easy as moving my little finger one key over. I find this more flexible than making the permanent change in FM's ini file, and it also works when bringing content into MS Word, which otherwise annoyingly adopts whatever HTML tag comes along with material copied from the web. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: top-bound book
On 2014-Jun-04 4:54 PM, Carol J. Elkins wrote: Framers, I'm ready to print a wire-bound pocket-sized booklet that will be top-bound (coil binding along the top of the book) so as to fit nicely in one's pocket. In all my 18 years of doing this, this is the first time I've run across having to publish a top-bound book, so I have no experience to guide me. Thus I'm emailing you. I've printed the Framemaker file to PDF and had the printer make a demo copy for me. When the booklet is held open to a two-page spread, the top page is upside down. In order to view it, one has to turn the booklet over or upside-down. I have some questions: 1. Is this the customary way to print a top-bound book? Or should both pages be visibly oriented the same direction? (That would put the page number of the top (even-numbered) pages on the bound edge.) 2. If not, what is the easiest way to get the even-numbered pages turned upside down? 1) By changing the Framemaker template; 2) By doing something in Acrobat; or 3) by telling the printer to do something on his end. 3. Is there a word that describes this kind of layout? I work with imposition in booklet printing a lot but it doesn't seem to apply to top-bound books. I've asked my client to do a bit of usability testing to determine if it will make a difference to his users. Will they want to view two pages at once? Will they be inconvenienced by having to flip the book over every time they advance to the next page? This is a field test manual and they will definitely progress through the book one page at a time. While he's checking that out, I thought I'd check with you for input. Carol ___ I think the word imposition still applies, and if a change is required, I would definitely expect the commercial printer to be able to handle it. I print my books in-house and bind them with top-binding. My readers need to see more than one page at a time, so both pages are oriented to be readable simultaneously. It sounds like that's not the case with your readers. On the other hand, if they would be flipping through the book to find a specific task in a series (not necessarily in sequence), they'd probably find it annoying to have to turn flip, turn flip, over and over. Being able to turn pages and quickly see the content, and only having to fold the binder once (binding at top or bottom) when the required page is located, would seem to be more efficient. But I would definitely rely on your usability testing results to decide what's best. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Import by reference question: Word conversion to FM11
On 2014-Jun-03 2:08 PM, Craig Ede wrote: Framers, I'm converting a Word doc with some 300+ graphics to a FM book. FM, of course, converts the doc with all the Word graphics embedded. I can get copies of all the graphics by doing a HTML save from Word and then collecting all the .png and .jgp files that I need from there. But what is the most efficient way (let's call it the modern way) to get these into the FM document as imported graphics to replace the embedded graphics. I've done the replace each one by hand route in the past, but it rawther bores me. Craig, I don't know how to help you with the import issue, but I'll repeat a tip I got from someone else: To obtain all the original graphics files used in a Word .docx file, 1. Make a copy of the file. 2. Rename the copy, changing the extension from .docx to .zip. 3. Unzip the file. 4. Locate the Media folder within the unzipped content; it contains all the graphics. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Fit or fitted?
On 2014-May-29 8:28 PM, Writer wrote: It's not a verb in this case; it's a predicate adjective. Nadine Exactly. No one sells fit sheets :-) s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Keep index visible for Framemaker Help v12 online?
On 2014-May-22 11:55 AM, Theresa de Valence wrote: Is there any way to keep the index visible when wandering through the Adobe website? I see those little left/right arrows but the following subjects don't make any sense to me; I'd rather click through a table-like index. It takes a lot of time to click to the top of the breadcrumbs to start the index again. I don't have FM 12 or use its Help, but I would suggest opening a browser tab with the index and then using whatever command your browser provides to open subsequent links in new tabs or new windows. When you've read a topic and want to return to the index, just close the topic tab/window. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: adjusting an underline (underscore)
On 2014-Apr-29 3:46 PM, Ken Poshedly wrote: FrameMaker 11 Can an underline be adjusted to increase the space between the underline and the text directly above the underline ? Next obvious question: If the answer is yes, then how to do it? Not sure if Klaus's tip might help? http://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker51.html -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Question about docking pods in FM10
On 2014-Apr-07 2:58 PM, Keith Soltys wrote: Frame 10 has an annoying behaviour that I haven’t been able to stop. I have two monitors, one set up in portrait mode on which I keep my working documents and the other in landscape mode on which I keep open dialogs and pods. I drag my book file to the landscape monitor (Frame never remembers the last position, which is a minor annoyance). But sometimes when I open a new dialog or pod, Frame insists on snapping it to the book file or another dialog. I like to arrange things in a particular order, with the most accessed dialogs on the left side of the monitor. The problem is that if the dialogs or pods are snapped together, when I close one, the other closes too. Is there any way of preventing this? Keith, When you've got everything set up the way you want it, click Save Workspace in the drop-down menu to the left of the Minimize button on the title bar. Name it as you like (mine is !Stuart so it sorts alphabetically to the top of the list). When FM misbehaves or things get moved around inconveniently, click Reset Workspace in the same menu and press Enter (because Adobe can never be sure that you /really/ want your workspace back), and you should be good to go. Ctrl+L used to be my most often-used FM command. Now it's Reset Workspace (+curse, press Enter). HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: TOC entry out of sequence
On 2014-Mar-24 3:36 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: Removing the end-of-flow tag from the chapter head frame fixed the problem. Re: Jeremy's suggestion, the frames are connected. That was a good thing to check because perhaps it applies to my some-time-ago similar issue, yet to be solved: In another book, an unconnected frame's level 1 head appears in the TOC *above* the entry for its chapter. There is no end-of-flow tag issue. This frame could only be connected to the end of the chapter, if at all, because it must appear on the chapter's first page and has a different format than the main flow, which must continue to flow around it regardless of any text changes in either (think of it as a diagram that is the full width of a page whose main flow is a two-column format). But with or without connecting this frame, I might have expected this level 1 head to appear at the end of this chapter's other TOC entries, not as the last entry of the previous chapter. The rightful location of this head in the TOC is the second item below its chapter head. Perhaps Wim's comment applies... this unconnected frame originally came from another chapter and may have been the last frame added to this chapter. Don't know how to alter time to change that ;-). Thanks very much, Karen Don't get confused about the position of the head1 entry in the TOC -- just because it appears /before/ its Chapter title does not mean that FM is associating it with the previous chapter. A TOC is just a file consisting of a long list of x-refs, formatted according to their pgf tags. When they appear out of the expected order in the TOC, it means that FM is encountering them in that order because of the way it parses frames and flows. Here's a long-ago post on the issue: http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2009-June/017197.html -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: How to get rid of the Console pod
On 2014-Mar-21 1:39 PM, Yves Barbion wrote: Yes please, Scott: Kill the Console pod! I can see the headline now: Scott Prentice, Pod-die-atrist, Gives the Console the Boot sorry TGIF, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Turkish Font Issue
On 2014-Mar-14 12:21 PM, Alan Salo (Ariens Plant 1) wrote: Happy Friday! My team is using FrameMaker 11 to build our international manuals. This problem occurs on two of the workstations: When using Adobe Distiller to print a Turkish-language file to a PDF we have font errors where certain characters do not distill correctly and appear as boxes. The fonts used in the FrameMaker file are Arial and Arial Unicode and they display correctly in the Frame file. We get no error messages in the Distiller log files. Two other workstations distill the file without issue. The font set from the working stations has been copied to the non-working stations but does not make a difference. We’ve tried printing using the Adobe PDF printer and unchecking the “Rely on system fonts only; do not use document fonts” box with no success. All other 16 languages distill without issue. Any clues are appreciated. Cheers, Alan Perhaps you could try copying the .joboptions file from the working to non-working computers? And Dov Isaacs of Adobe recommends: Embed all fonts Subset Embedded Fonts = Percent of characters used is less than 100% If Embedding Fails, Cancel Job Always Embed - none Never Embed - none HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: TOC format that won't go away
On 2014-Mar-18 1:19 PM, Thomas Scalise wrote: Esteemed colleagues I am using Frame 11.0.2.384 on Windows 7. An unwanted item has invaded my TOC. It appears on the reference page as ContentsTitleTOC. I have a ContentsTitle item. I do not know how ContentsTitleTOC came to appear as the first line under the Title block in the Table of Contents for the book. I don’t know what else to do to get rid of it. I have deleted it from the Reference Page (don’t know how it got there…it comes back). I delete it from the Table of Contents page (it comes back). I suspect that there is a precise order of kill shots that are necessary to rid me of this troublesome nit…but I cannot figure out what that should be. Can someone put me out of my misery? Please? Thanks in advance. Tom Check your TOC setup dialog box and make sure that your ContentsTitle tag is in the Don't Include list. (Or whatever it's called -- going by memory here.) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Cannot insert the infinity symbol and other special character problems
On 2014-Feb-14 3:23 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried wrote: Hi, Just for your information: The Windows Character Map tool may show characters, even if they are not part of the font! Therefore it could always happen that you try to copy and paste a certain character although it is not part of your font! Alternatives are. BabelMap, free and not very user-friendly. No installation necessary. You can start the exe which you download. http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html PopChars, often recommended, not free (30 Euros) http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharwin/ Best regards Winfried Furthermore, the FM EditUtilitiesCharacter Palette also shows characters that do not exist in the font selected. FM will silently substitute a different font if you insert one of those characters using the utility. Very annoying. I use BabelMap; once you get used to it, it's not /too /hard to use. best, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Why is the Edit Frame button grayed out
On 2014-Jan-27 1:04 PM, David Downing wrote: Okay, I have something else that isn't working as advertised. I just went through a lesson that involved the use of the Anchor frame option. I had trouble getting it to display on the screen as well, but I figured that out this time. I tried to change the position of the frame to Run into paragraph, but the Edit Frame button was greyed out so I could;t implement the change. Why would the button be grayed out? One possibility would be that the graphic I thought was selected was not in fact selected, but I'm pretty sure it was. What other reasons might there be for this? Thanks. Hi David, As Fred points out, the frame and the graphic within it are two different things. To select the graphic, click anywhere on it; to select the frame, click just outside it, very close to the border (The pointer will change from the I-bar to an arrow when it's close enough). And make sure you always work with borders and text symbols visible -- life is easier. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Windows versions for FrameMaker 10
On 2014-Jan-28 11:11 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote: Tammy's posting has reminded me of a question I meant to ask, but I guess she's answered it by default (i.e. FrameMaker 10 works on Windows 7 64-bit). As I will be moving to FrameMaker 10 (or 12) for Windows this year, using Windows under virtualization on Mac OS X, does it matter whether you use 32-bit Windows (7) or 64-bit? I notice that the system requirements on the Adobe site here: http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/framemaker/systemreqs.html don't seem to say. My installation of FM 10 on Win 7, 64-bit appears in the folder reserved for 32-bit applications. My guess is that Adobe would be trumpeting the release of a 64-bit version if they had produced one. So no, I don't think it matters in your situation. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Applying a character tag to text in FM10
On 2014-Jan-20 5:43 PM, Tammy Van Boening wrote: Applying a character tag to text in FM10 All, A client is insisting on using a proprietary font in the source FM files despite my best attempts to keep them vanilla with Times New Roman and Arial. Theyhave supplied me with two font sets for this font - one is Regular weight (to be used for any paragraph tags that are non-Heading tags) and a Bold weight (to be used for any paragraph tags that are Heading tags). I have several character formats in my catalog that I want to be able to continue to use. One of these tags is Emphasis. All properties for the tag are set to As Is with the exception of the angle, which I have set to Italic. When I apply this tag to any paragraph tags that are non-Heading tags (i.e., the tags use the regular weight version of this proprietary font), the tag is apparently not applied. The font angle does not change, and in the lower left corner of the page identifying what tags are being used, I seeEmphasis with an asterisk in front of it (*Emphasis). I thought that maybe I had corrupted the tag somehow, so I applied the same tag to some text that used simply good old Times New Roman font in the same document, and voila, the text was immediately italicized and the tag showed Emphasis without an asterisk. I have not really ever had to use proprietary fonts before in a FM source file, so I am obviously missing something behind the use of such fonts that is preventing character tags from being applied as expected. Any guidance/assistance is greatly appreciated. Regards, TVB My first guess is that the Regular font set does not contain the glyphs for italics -- especially given that the client has provided a completely separate file for Bold. So FM is attempting to apply the tag, but it can't change the appearance because the needed characters don't exist. You might be able to redefine the tag to use Obliqued as the angle, and FM will try to fake italics by sloping the roman glyphs. But the true solution would be to purchase the italic font file required. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Applying a character tag to text in FM10
On 2014-Jan-20 5:43 PM, Tammy Van Boening wrote: > Applying a character tag to text in FM10 > > All, > > A client is insisting on using a proprietary font in the source FM > files despite my best attempts to keep them vanilla with Times New > Roman and Arial. Theyhave supplied me with two font sets for this font > - one is Regular weight (to be used for any paragraph tags that are > non-Heading tags) and a Bold weight (to be used for any paragraph tags > that are Heading tags). I have several character formats in my > catalog that I want to be able to continue to use. One of these tags > is Emphasis. All properties for the tag are set to As Is with the > exception of the angle, which I have set to Italic. > > When I apply this tag to any paragraph tags that are non-Heading tags > (i.e., the tags use the regular weight version of this proprietary > font), the tag is apparently not applied. The font angle does not > change, and in the lower left corner of the page identifying what tags > are being used, I seeEmphasis with an asterisk in front of it > (*Emphasis). I thought that maybe I had corrupted the tag somehow, so > I applied the same tag to some text that used simply good old Times > New Roman font in the same document, and voila, the text was > immediately italicized and the tag showed Emphasis without an asterisk. > > I have not really ever had to use proprietary fonts before in a FM > source file, so I am obviously missing something behind the use of > such fonts that is preventing character tags from being applied as > expected. > > Any guidance/assistance is greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > TVB > > My first guess is that the Regular font set does not contain the glyphs for italics -- especially given that the client has provided a completely separate file for Bold. So FM is attempting to apply the tag, but it can't change the appearance because the needed characters don't exist. You might be able to redefine the tag to use "Obliqued" as the angle, and FM will try to fake italics by sloping the roman glyphs. But the true solution would be to purchase the italic font file required. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20140120/71c83011/attachment.html>
Re: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame
On 2014-Jan-13 1:24 PM, Gutierrez, Anita wrote: Hi Framers, (Anyone know the MIF equivalent of “don’t Show Condition Indicators”? I searched for “cond” and “condition” and didn’t find anything recognizable as such.) Search for indicators in: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/MIF_Reference/MIF_Reference.pdf -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame
On 2014-Jan-13 1:24 PM, Gutierrez, Anita wrote: > Hi Framers, > (Anyone know the MIF equivalent of ?don?t Show Condition Indicators?? > I searched for ?cond? and ?condition? and didn?t find anything > recognizable as such.) > Search for "indicators" in: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/MIF_Reference/MIF_Reference.pdf -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20140113/baab08f0/attachment.html>
Re: OT: Image Manipuation Help
On 2013-Oct-30 7:47 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: Hello Framers, I have a series of images that are color photos of a three-dimensional, cream colored object. The objects have clipping paths around them and sit on a dark background. I have some new images that I need to incorporate into the layout, but their color is a different cast, more gray than the other cream images. I would like to apply the original color to the new images. It would be best if this could be done in the InDesign document, but if necessary, I can do it in Photoshop. I just need to know the best approach. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Rick I'm not familiar with InDesign, but Photoshop has a colour replacement tool that should do the trick. There's lots of help and tutorials on the Web, just google color substitution in photoshop HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
OT: Image Manipuation Help
On 2013-Oct-30 7:47 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: > Hello Framers, > > I have a series of images that are color photos of a three-dimensional, > cream colored object. The objects have clipping paths around them and sit on > a dark background. I have some new images that I need to incorporate into > the layout, but their color is a different "cast", more gray than the other > cream images. > > I would like to apply the original color to the new images. It would be best > if this could be done in the InDesign document, but if necessary, I can do > it in Photoshop. I just need to know the best approach. Any help would be > appreciated. Thanks. > > Rick > > I'm not familiar with InDesign, but Photoshop has a colour replacement tool that should do the trick. There's lots of help and tutorials on the Web, just google "color substitution in photoshop" HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Re: Ghost Graphics Still Haunt My Document
On 2013-Oct-21 3:28 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: Hi Framers, My document previously contained two graphics, which have long since been deleted (related text no longer exists). Yet on each open, Frame 11 looks for them and I have to click the Ignore... button to move on. I've run a LOR and Frame reports these graphics on a given page. I cannot find them on that page; in fact, I've shrunk the main flow text box, moved it around, etc. and still don't find any hidden graphics. I've enlarged the view to 400% and can't find any nearly-hidden markers or anything that might reveal a ghost graphic. I tried a mif wash, to no avail...Frame still looks for these graphics. I realize I could fetch the graphics and file them such that Frame can find them, but that would just be wrong. What else can I try to get these ghosts to go to stop haunting my document? Check your reference pages for a stray copy? On your body page, click first inside the text frame and repeat Esc o n (Next Object) to see if some handles appear around a hidden object; click outside the text frame and do the same. Show all conditions and look again... When you click the hyperlink in your LOR, FM should jump to the page and select the graphic -- then you hit Delete. 'Em are my ideas, HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Ghost Graphics Still Haunt My Document
On 2013-Oct-21 3:28 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > Hi Framers, > > My document previously contained two graphics, which have long since > been deleted (related text no longer exists). Yet on each open, Frame > 11 looks for them and I have to click the "Ignore..." button to move > on. I've run a LOR and Frame reports these graphics on a given page. I > cannot find them on that page; in fact, I've shrunk the main flow text > box, moved it around, etc. and still don't find any hidden graphics. > I've enlarged the view to 400% and can't find any nearly-hidden > markers or anything that might reveal a ghost graphic. I tried a mif > wash, to no avail...Frame still looks for these graphics. > > I realize I could fetch the graphics and file them such that Frame can > find them, but that would just be wrong. > > What else can I try to get these ghosts to go to stop haunting my > document? > > Check your reference pages for a stray copy? On your body page, click first inside the text frame and repeat Esc o n (Next Object) to see if some handles appear around a hidden object; click outside the text frame and do the same. Show all conditions and look again... When you click the hyperlink in your LOR, FM should jump to the page and select the graphic -- then you hit Delete. 'Em are my ideas, HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Re: Structured FrameMaker Developer's Guide for FM 11?
On 2013-Oct-17 6:12 AM, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp wrote: Does anyone know if there's an updated version of the /Structured FrameMaker Developer's Guide/ or /reference guide/ available somewhere that goes beyond FM9? The FrameMaker 11 help mentions: For more information, see the online manual,/ Developing Structured Applications with Adobe FrameMaker/ on the Adobe website,www.adobe.com/go/lr_FrameMaker_support_en http://www.adobe.com/go/lr_FrameMaker_support_en. But that only shows the home page for help. According to the FM 11 Help, For more information, see the /Structured FrameMaker Developer's Guide/, located in the Documents folder. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSD7FBA378-86FB-49ad-82EA-CCCFF5CC9524.html Mind you, the FM 10 Help says the same thing, and there ain't no such Guide in /my/ Documents folder or anywhere else on my hard drives... -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Structured FrameMaker Developer's Guide for FM 11?
On 2013-Oct-17 6:12 AM, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp wrote: > Does anyone know if there's an updated version of the /Structured > FrameMaker Developer's Guide/ or /reference guide/ available somewhere > that goes beyond FM9? The FrameMaker 11 help mentions: For more > information, see the online manual,/ Developing Structured > Applications with Adobe FrameMaker/ on the Adobe > website,www.adobe.com/go/lr_FrameMaker_support_en > <http://www.adobe.com/go/lr_FrameMaker_support_en>. But that only > shows the home page for help. > > According to the FM 11 Help, "For more information, see the /Structured FrameMaker Developer's Guide/, located in the Documents folder." http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSD7FBA378-86FB-49ad-82EA-CCCFF5CC9524.html Mind you, the FM 10 Help says the same thing, and there ain't no such Guide in /my/ Documents folder or anywhere else on my hard drives... -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20131017/4cbf5fa9/attachment.html>
Re: Shortcut keys for rotate clockwise/counter-clockwise
On 2013-Oct-15 3:22 PM, Fei Min Lorente wrote: I’m using FrameMaker 10 on Windows 7. I have a lot of “sideways” pages that I have to rotate 90 degrees to be able to edit, and I’m getting tired of going Format Customize Rotate Page Clockwise. I’ve checked the Help and the FrameMaker forum, and just a plain Google search. I can’t find the shortcut keys for these menu items. Can anyone tell me what they are? Try: Esc pO rotate page clockwise Esc pU unrotate page or use the Alt key combinations to activate the menu commands: Alt + O, u, r Alt + O, u, u HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Shortcut keys for rotate clockwise/counter-clockwise
On 2013-Oct-15 3:22 PM, Fei Min Lorente wrote: > > I?m using FrameMaker 10 on Windows 7. I have a lot of ?sideways? pages > that I have to rotate 90 degrees to be able to edit, and I?m getting > tired of going Format > Customize > Rotate Page Clockwise. I?ve > checked the Help and the FrameMaker forum, and just a plain Google > search. I can?t find the shortcut keys for these menu items. Can > anyone tell me what they are? > > Try: Esc pO rotate page clockwise Esc pU unrotate page or use the Alt key combinations to activate the menu commands: Alt + O, u, r Alt + O, u, u HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20131015/31c426a5/attachment.html>
Re: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver
On 2013-Oct-02 11:58 AM, Craig Ede wrote: Nonetheless, after a couple of days of attempting both FM and Acrobat updates with no change, changing the default application that opened the PDF is what finally resulting in getting a working PDF printer. It was a Acrobat update that finally did the trick, BTW, but since FM is linked to Distiller, it seems to me that should be part of its update function, but maybe not. I'm just reporting what worked for me. Despite occasional problems like this I've never had to reinstall either application from scratch. Another note: It was an update to Acrobat Reader 11 as a add-in to my browser through a security recommendation of my Norton security software that originally triggered the problem of losing the PDF printer. Craig As Dave Stamm pointed out, it is highly likely that your problem was caused by conflicts between multiple versions of Acrobat/Reader; and Dov Isaacs, Adobe's PDF guru, has warned against multiple installations countless times. If you have Acrobat, do NOT install Reader! http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/problems-installing-removing-acrobat-reader.html -- Acrobat and Adobe Reader have numerous components that have similar functionality and can cause conflicts on a machine. The most prevalent among these conflicts involves the plug-ins for rendering PDF files in the browser, PDFMaker inside Office Applications, and the Adobe PDF printer. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver
On 2013-Oct-02 11:58 AM, Craig Ede wrote: > Nonetheless, after a couple of days of attempting both FM and Acrobat > updates with no change, changing the default application that opened > the PDF is what finally resulting in getting a working PDF printer. It > was a Acrobat update that finally did the trick, BTW, but since FM is > linked to Distiller, it seems to me that should be part of its update > function, but maybe not. > > I'm just reporting what worked for me. Despite occasional problems > like this I've never had to reinstall either application from scratch. > > Another note: It was an update to Acrobat Reader 11 as a add-in to my > browser through a security recommendation of my Norton security > software that originally triggered the problem of losing the PDF printer. > > Craig As Dave Stamm pointed out, it is highly likely that your problem was caused by conflicts between multiple versions of Acrobat/Reader; and Dov Isaacs, Adobe's PDF guru, has warned against multiple installations countless times. If you have Acrobat, do NOT install Reader! http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/problems-installing-removing-acrobat-reader.html -- "Acrobat and Adobe Reader have numerous components that have similar functionality and can cause conflicts on a machine. The most prevalent among these conflicts involves the plug-ins for rendering PDF files in the browser, PDFMaker inside Office Applications, and the Adobe PDF printer." Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20131004/4ab3a09e/attachment.html>
Re: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking
On 2013-Oct-01 12:09 PM, VLM TechSubs wrote: Great suggestion, thanks Winfried. I have been working with all files open, because some have that font error message upon opening, and I haven’t taken time yet to fix that. And … as time goes by, I think/suspect increasingly that this problem has to do with linking to empty target paragraphs. Ergo, my request for input on nonprinting characters I might use to trick FM into thinking that those paras are not really empty. Elchanan, I really doubt that putting non-printing characters (or printing characters, for that matter) into your empty paragraphs will solve the problem. If the paragraph exists at all, then FM has assigned it a unique number and will use that number internally to create links. If the target has a cross-ref marker in it, then the pgf is also no longer empty but contains the marker with its own unique number for linking. You can see that for yourself if you open a .mif version of your files. Your empty paragraphs will take up several lines with content of this sort (from an empty pgf containing only a xref marker): Para Unique 998909 PgfTag `special' PgfReferenced Yes ParaLine Marker MType 9 MTypeName `Cross-Ref' MText `special pgf marker' MCurrPage `1' Unique 998920 # end of Marker # end of ParaLine # end of Para There is some other cause for your broken links. Are you saving all open files after making corrections, before regenerating files? Have you tried generating a list of unresolved cross-references when the problem occurs? There may be clues in such a list. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/index.html (search on Resolving cross-references) Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking
On 2013-Oct-01 12:09 PM, VLM TechSubs wrote: > Great suggestion, thanks Winfried. I have been working with all files > open, because some have that font error message upon opening, and I > haven?t taken time yet to fix that. And ? as time goes by, I > think/suspect increasingly that this problem has to do with linking to > empty target paragraphs. Ergo, my request for input on nonprinting > characters I might use to trick FM into thinking that those paras are > not really empty. > Elchanan, I really doubt that putting non-printing characters (or printing characters, for that matter) into your "empty" paragraphs will solve the problem. If the paragraph exists at all, then FM has assigned it a unique number and will use that number internally to create links. If the target has a cross-ref marker in it, then the pgf is also no longer empty but contains the marker with its own unique number for linking. You can see that for yourself if you open a .mif version of your files. Your "empty" paragraphs will take up several lines with content of this sort (from an "empty" pgf containing only a xref marker): > # end of Marker > # end of ParaLine > # end of Para There is some other cause for your broken links. Are you saving all open files after making corrections, before regenerating files? Have you tried generating a list of unresolved cross-references when the problem occurs? There may be clues in such a list. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/index.html (search on Resolving cross-references) Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Re: FM 8: Next Paratag setting fails
On 2013-Sep-27 12:51 PM, VLM TechSubs wrote: Greetings, Win 7, FM 8. I use the Next Paragraph Tag setting in the Para Designer, and it just doesn’t work. I can set the setting, but when I press “Enter” at the end of a paragraph, the new paragraph always has the same tag as the preceding one, regardless of this setting. Royal pain! Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks, Elchanan Did you remember to Update All? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FM 8: Next Paratag setting fails
On 2013-Sep-27 12:51 PM, VLM TechSubs wrote: > Greetings, > > Win 7, FM 8. I use the Next Paragraph Tag setting in the Para Designer, > and it just doesn?t work. I can set the setting, but when I press > ?Enter? at the end of a paragraph, the new paragraph always has the same > tag as the preceding one, regardless of this setting. Royal pain! > > Any thoughts would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Elchanan > Did you remember to Update All? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Re: Missing title bar, disappearing Application bar
On 2013-Sep-26 11:20 AM, dave.st...@gdc4s.com wrote: 2013-09-26-04T15:20Z Windows 7 Enterprise operating system, 64-bit, 8 GB RAM FrameMaker 11.0.2.384, interface: Structured working with unstructured .book and its children Help, please. Within the last two weeks for no reason that I can determine, the behavior of FrameMaker's interface has changed such that: 1. The title bar no longer appears. 2. When I focus on a child file, the Application bar appears above the menu bar. 3. When I choose _anything_ in the .book window, the Application bar disappears. This shifts everything up. 4. When I focus on a child file, the Application bar reappears above the menu bar. This shifts everything down. Seeing this oh, say, a hundred times a day is _very_ frustrating and a _lot_ of visual load that I don't want. I want the interface to: 1. Display the title bar. 1. Not display the Application bar. 2. Display the icons from the Application bar on the menu bar and to the right of the menu names. ¡I hope that one or more of you gurus will provide the solution soon! ¡Thanks! Dave Stamm Information Engineer ___ Dave, Have you tried resetting your workspace (from the pulldown to the left of the minimize/maximize/close buttons)? I'm on unstructured FM10, so can't test. You could also try these: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSb630443cfa66631d2e50e6c512263fb7eb7-8000.html HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Get rid of RGB colors
On 2013-Sep-26 10:35 AM, Pam Harper wrote: I have hundreds of RGB colors that show in my color pull downs and would like to get rid of these. I tried one recommendation about saving the file as a .mif file and then again as a Frame doc. This worked except all my graphics, which reside in the document, turned grey. Any other suggestions on how to trim this extremely long list of RGB colors? I use Frame 10 on Windows 7. Also I have created one RGB color that I need for the documents—that one I have given a name, but the other RGB colors are listed as their number. Pam Harper The first reply here may help: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1169400 -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Missing title bar, disappearing Application bar
On 2013-Sep-26 11:20 AM, Dave.Stamm at gdc4s.com wrote: > 2013-09-26-04T15:20Z > > Windows 7 Enterprise operating system, 64-bit, 8 GB RAM > > FrameMaker 11.0.2.384, interface: Structured > > working with unstructured .book and its "children" > > > Help, please. > > Within the last two weeks for no reason that I can determine, the behavior of > FrameMaker's interface has changed such that: > > 1. The title bar no longer appears. > > 2. When I focus on a "child" file, the "Application bar" appears above > the menu bar. > > 3. When I choose _anything_ in the .book window, the "Application bar" > disappears. This shifts everything up. > > 4. When I focus on a "child" file, the "Application bar" reappears above > the menu bar. This shifts everything down. > > Seeing this oh, say, a hundred times a day is _very_ frustrating and a _lot_ > of "visual load" that I don't want. > > I want the interface to: > > 1. Display the title bar. > > 1. Not display the "Application bar." > > 2. Display the icons from the "Application bar" on the menu bar and to > the right of the menu names. > > ?I hope that one or more of you gurus will provide the solution soon! > > ?Thanks! > Dave Stamm > Information Engineer > > ___ Dave, Have you tried resetting your workspace (from the pulldown to the left of the minimize/maximize/close buttons)? I'm on unstructured FM10, so can't test. You could also try these: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSb630443cfa66631d2e50e6c512263fb7eb7-8000.html HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Get rid of RGB colors
On 2013-Sep-26 10:35 AM, Pam Harper wrote: > I have hundreds of RGB colors that show in my color pull downs and would > like to get rid of these. I tried one recommendation about saving the > file as a .mif file and then again as a Frame doc. This worked except > all my graphics, which reside in the document, turned grey. Any other > suggestions on how to trim this extremely long list of RGB colors? I use > Frame 10 on Windows 7. Also I have created one RGB color that I need for > the documents?that one I have given a name, but the other RGB colors are > listed as their number. > > Pam Harper > > The first reply here may help: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1169400 -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Re: Inserting inline graphics
On 2013-Sep-18 3:38 AM, Alastair Dent wrote: Winfried was the first to suggest using object styles, maybe because they only came in with Frame 11. Um, no, I suggested them on Sept. 9 in a message to Matt Sullivan, copied to the list and to Alistair... (credit where due dept.:-) s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Inserting inline graphics
On 2013-Sep-18 3:38 AM, Alastair Dent wrote: > > Winfried was the first to suggest using object styles, maybe because > they only came in with Frame 11. > > Um, no, I suggested them on Sept. 9 in a message to Matt Sullivan, copied to the list and to Alistair... (credit where due dept. :-) s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130919/dc35874f/attachment.html>
Re: FM 10 not copying contents from the Windows clipboard
On 2013-Sep-10 2:36 PM, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: Do you have Skype or a Skype plug-in installed in your browser? That’s been known to hijack your Clipboard. *From:*framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Linda Rose *Sent:* September-10-13 1:51 PM *To:* framers@lists.frameusers.com *Subject:* FM 10 not copying contents from the Windows clipboard FM 10 is not copying anything on the Windows clipboard after a while. It only pastes the last thing copied within FM. If I restart, it works for awhile but then stops copying from the Windows clipboard. Anyone know how to fix this? Skype Click to Call http://community.skype.com/t5/Other-features/Skype-Click-to-call-interferes-with-ClipBoard/td-p/576389 -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FM 10 not copying contents from the Windows clipboard
On 2013-Sep-10 2:36 PM, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: > > Do you have Skype or a Skype plug-in installed in your browser? That?s > been known to hijack your Clipboard. > > *From:*framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Linda Rose > *Sent:* September-10-13 1:51 PM > *To:* framers at lists.frameusers.com > *Subject:* FM 10 not copying contents from the Windows clipboard > > FM 10 is not copying anything on the Windows clipboard after a while. > It only pastes the last thing copied within FM. If I restart, it works > for awhile but then stops copying from the Windows clipboard. > > Anyone know how to fix this? > > Skype "Click to Call" http://community.skype.com/t5/Other-features/Skype-Click-to-call-interferes-with-ClipBoard/td-p/576389 -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130910/552e4f11/attachment.html>
Re: Inserting inline graphics
On 2013-Sep-09 5:19 PM, Matt Sullivan wrote: I had to do that approximately eleventh-six hundred times in writing the Fm11 book! I set my cursor in the text, between ()'s, and hit paste. Then I used Alt+(down arrow) to wrangle it into position. I don't know that you'll find a faster solution than that... -Matt Matt R. Sullivan *co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 http://framemaker11book.com/* *P:*714.798.7596 |*C:*714.585.2335 |m...@mattrsullivan.com mailto:m...@mattrsullivan.com http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan@mattrsullivan http://twitter.com/mattrsullivanhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivanLinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivanhttp://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivanfacebook http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivanhttp://mattrsullivan.com/mattrsullivan.com http://mattrsullivan.com/ On Sep 9, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Alastair Dent alastair.d...@imgtec.com mailto:alastair.d...@imgtec.com wrote: I need to be able to quickly insert graphics (button icons) into instructions. I’ve had a brief go at this and it seems needlessly complex Paste graphic Select frame, chance to ‘anchor at insertion point’. I still end up with a button icon floating too high. What am I missing? Matt, Doesn't FM 11 allow you to create Object tags similar to Pgf tags? I only have FM 10, so don't know if that would be a solution. For myself, I would create suitably sized and populated anchored frames in a text box on a reference page, with each frame anchored At Insertion Point and Distance Below Baseline set to -3pt or whatever suits the font size/leading. Then I'd copy/paste frames from that button library as required. Note to Alistair, I do hope you are importing the graphic only once, by reference, and then copying/pasting that instance? Not a good idea to import by copying into the document over and over. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Inserting inline graphics
On 2013-Sep-09 5:19 PM, Matt Sullivan wrote: > I had to do that approximately eleventh-six hundred times in writing > the Fm11 book! > > I set my cursor in the text, between ()'s, and hit paste. Then I used > Alt+(down arrow) to wrangle it into position. I don't know that you'll > find a faster solution than that... > > > -Matt > > Matt R. Sullivan > *co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 > <http://framemaker11book.com/>* > *P:*714.798.7596 |*C:*714.585.2335 |matt at mattrsullivan.com > <mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com> > > <http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan>@mattrsullivan > <http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan><http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan>LinkedIn > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan><http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan>facebook > > <http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan><http://mattrsullivan.com/>mattrsullivan.com > > <http://mattrsullivan.com/> > > On Sep 9, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Alastair Dent <mailto:alastair.dent at imgtec.com>> wrote: > >> I need to be able to quickly insert graphics (button icons) into >> instructions. >> I?ve had a brief go at this and it seems needlessly complex >> Paste graphic >> Select frame, chance to ?anchor at insertion point?. >> I still end up with a button icon floating too high. >> What am I missing? > Matt, Doesn't FM 11 allow you to create Object tags similar to Pgf tags? I only have FM 10, so don't know if that would be a solution. For myself, I would create suitably sized and populated anchored frames in a text box on a reference page, with each frame anchored At Insertion Point and Distance Below Baseline set to -3pt or whatever suits the font size/leading. Then I'd copy/paste frames from that "button library" as required. Note to Alistair, I do hope you are importing the graphic only once, by reference, and then copying/pasting that instance? Not a good idea to import by copying into the document over and over. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130909/96b2a5d8/attachment.html>
Re: Updating TOC Wipes Formatting
On 2013-Aug-29 1:12 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: Here's what may be causing my problem: The TOC reference page has default paragraph tags for HeadingATOC, HeadingBTOC, etc. But my document has paragraph tags of Heading1TOC, Heading2TOC, etc. I am not sure if I created (at some point in the distant past) the TOC paragraph tags with that naming convention or how it came to be. Others have muddled with these files before me, so it's hard to know. I need to apply the style elements of my TOC tags to the default TOC tags, then delete my tags and apply/use only the default tags (newly styled). Then my TOC updates should be in better shape than they were before. ;-) Thanks again, Karen Karen, Before you do that, check for another TOC flow on a different reference page. FM should have created it automagically when you generated the TOC. You can disregard (or delete) the page that contains the wrong tags. s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Updating TOC Wipes Formatting
On 2013-Aug-29 1:12 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > Here's what may be causing my problem: The TOC reference page has > default paragraph tags for HeadingATOC, HeadingBTOC, etc. But my > document has paragraph tags of Heading1TOC, Heading2TOC, etc. > > I am not sure if I created (at some point in the distant past) the TOC > paragraph tags with that naming convention or how it came to be. > Others have muddled with these files before me, so it's hard to know. > > I need to apply the style elements of my TOC tags to the default TOC > tags, then delete my tags and apply/use only the default tags (newly > styled). Then my TOC updates should be in better shape than they were > before. ;-) > > Thanks again, > Karen > > Karen, Before you do that, check for another TOC flow on a different reference page. FM should have created it automagically when you generated the TOC. You can disregard (or delete) the page that contains the wrong tags. s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130829/20471d24/attachment.html>
Re: Disappearing Palette Items
On 2013-Aug-27 2:12 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: Hi Framers, Forgive me if I asked this before, I can't seem to locate a solution in my archives. This morning I opened Frame and my docked designers/palettes have all but disappeared. Yesterday, Find/Change, Replace Font, Marker, Paragraph, Character, Table, Object Properties, and a few others were docked together on my desktop. Today, only Find/Change and Replace Font are there; the rest have evaporated. Oh sure, I can reopen them from their menus. But why does my workspace change without cause? Obviously it's a huge waste of time to open palettes every day (or random days, since I never know when this will happen). Thanks, Karen I don't know why they disappear, but the way to restore them quickly is to set them up the way you like and then Save the workspace with a suitable name. Then when things go wonky, just choose the Reset command. (All done from the workspace dropdown menu at the right end of the menu bar.) HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Updating TOC Wipes Formatting
On 2013-Aug-27 5:03 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: Performing an Update Book operation doesn't strip all formatting from existing TOC entries, because one of the first things it does is *delete* all TOC entries--all the paragraphs--so that it can rebuild the TOC on the legitimate assumption that some of them have changed or that the order or population of headings has changed. When it rebuilds the TOC it will use the formatting that you saved as the TOC file's paragraph catalog when you set up the formatting. But note that importing the paragraph formats from your chapter file to your TOC file probably will not produce the desired result because the TOC has its own set of unique formats. For example, your chapter files may have Heading1 and Heading2 styles, but the TOC needs to have Heading1TOC and Heading2TOC styles. If you do not have a paragraph catalog that has all the appropriate *TOC styles, the paragraphs that appear when Update Book regenerates the TOC will have default formatting, and this may be what you are seeing. -Fred Ridder Or in other words, when you first generate a TOC, it will have a unique set of tags with names that all end in TOC -- one for each unique paragraph style that you included in your TOC setup. It is these default tags that you must modify using the pgf designer to get the look that you want; then save the TOC in order to preserve the catalog. Note that you also have to modify the TOC flow on the reference pages if you want to add tabs or apply character formatting, for example, by applying colour to just the Heading1TOC page numbers. Each unique pgf style in the TOC will have an exemplar entry in that flow, which you can modify. Save and regenerate to see the effects of your changes. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Disappearing Palette Items
On 2013-Aug-27 2:12 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > Hi Framers, > > Forgive me if I asked this before, I can't seem to locate a solution > in my archives. > > This morning I opened Frame and my docked designers/palettes have all > but disappeared. > > Yesterday, Find/Change, Replace Font, Marker, Paragraph, Character, > Table, Object Properties, and a few others were docked together on my > desktop. Today, only Find/Change and Replace Font are there; the rest > have evaporated. Oh sure, I can reopen them from their menus. But why > does my workspace change without cause? Obviously it's a huge waste of > time to open palettes every day (or random days, since I never know > when this will happen). > > Thanks, > Karen > > I don't know why they disappear, but the way to restore them quickly is to set them up the way you like and then Save the workspace with a suitable name. Then when things go wonky, just choose the Reset command. (All done from the workspace dropdown menu at the right end of the menu bar.) HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130827/af8596f3/attachment.html>
Updating TOC Wipes Formatting
On 2013-Aug-27 5:03 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: > Performing an Update Book operation doesn't strip all formatting from > existing TOC entries, because one of the first things it does is > *delete* all TOC entries--all the paragraphs--so that it can rebuild > the TOC on the legitimate assumption that some of them have changed or > that the order or population of headings has changed. When it rebuilds > the TOC it will use the formatting that you saved as the TOC file's > paragraph catalog when you set up the formatting. > > But note that importing the paragraph formats from your chapter file > to your TOC file probably will not produce the desired result because > the TOC has its own set of unique formats. For example, your chapter > files may have Heading1 and Heading2 styles, but the TOC needs to have > Heading1TOC and Heading2TOC styles. If you do not have a paragraph > catalog that has all the appropriate *TOC styles, the paragraphs that > appear when Update Book regenerates the TOC will have default > formatting, and this may be what you are seeing. > > -Fred Ridder > > > Or in other words, when you first generate a TOC, it will have a unique set of tags with names that all end in TOC -- one for each unique paragraph style that you included in your TOC setup. It is these default tags that you must modify using the pgf designer to get the look that you want; then save the TOC in order to preserve the catalog. Note that you also have to modify the TOC flow on the reference pages if you want to add tabs or apply character formatting, for example, by applying colour to just the Heading1TOC page numbers. Each unique pgf style in the TOC will have an exemplar entry in that flow, which you can modify. Save and regenerate to see the effects of your changes. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130827/10c51665/attachment.html>
Re: Wanted: dashed line for FM table ruling
On 2013-Jul-31 6:08 PM, Craig Ede wrote: Framers, Is there any way to get an actual broken line rule pattern in FrameMaker tables? My human factors guys insist that I do a certain table with dashed rulings. I know about the Edit button in Custom Ruling and Shading and that it allows editing of the width and tone of the rulings by choosing Edit Ruling Style. The Pen Patterns percentages of 3, 10, 30, etc. %, are not what is wanted, since these percentages just affect how gray the line is and not how dashed it is. I know that FrameMaker's screen representations of the tones look like broken lines, but they aren't. [All is illusion]. In the PDF the percentage just results in a lighter tone of gray. Does anyone know if broken line rules are even possible? Rick Quatro has answered your questions. If it's any help, Sally Bigwood (trainer and consultant specializing in presenting numeric information) and Melissa Spore (instructional designer with a special interest in document design) have this to say in their book, /Presenting Numbers, Tables, and Charts/ (Oxford U. Press): The eye does not need grid lines to follow the layout of a table. The arrangement of columns and rows create their own order for the reader... The best tables organize contents for the reader's convenience through simplicity of layout, clarity of wording, and attention to page design... The layout should be simple, replacing grid lines with white space. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Wanted: dashed line for FM table ruling
On 2013-Jul-31 6:08 PM, Craig Ede wrote: > > Framers, > > Is there any way to get an actual broken line rule pattern in > FrameMaker tables? > > My human factors guys insist that I do a certain table with dashed > rulings. I know about the Edit button in Custom Ruling and Shading and > that it allows editing of the width and "tone" of the rulings by > choosing Edit Ruling Style. The Pen Patterns percentages of 3, 10, 30, > etc. %, are not what is wanted, since these percentages just affect > how gray the line is and not how "dashed" it is. I know that > FrameMaker's screen representations of the tones look like broken > lines, but they aren't. ["All is illusion"]. In the PDF the percentage > just results in a lighter tone of gray. > > Does anyone know if broken line rules are even possible? > > Rick Quatro has answered your questions. If it's any help, Sally Bigwood (trainer and consultant specializing in presenting numeric information) and Melissa Spore (instructional designer with a special interest in document design) have this to say in their book, /Presenting Numbers, Tables, and Charts/ (Oxford U. Press): "The eye does not need grid lines to follow the layout of a table. The arrangement of columns and rows create their own order for the reader... The best tables organize contents for the reader's convenience through simplicity of layout, clarity of wording, and attention to page design... The layout should be simple, replacing grid lines with white space." Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130801/d56ec4e8/attachment.html>
Wanted: dashed line for FM table ruling
On 2013-Aug-01 12:10 PM, Craig Ede wrote: > > I think the problem would be how to automatically size the anchored > frame for the vast variety of cells, straddled and otherwise. > > My own take on the use of dashed lines from a visual perception aspect > is that they will just create a visual buzz that makes it more > difficult to see the data. However, lineless tables when tables are > wide and type is small can make it confusing to see what lines up with > what. The horizontal stripes in light tones would seem to be a > rational approach in those cases. Nonetheless, I don't get to decide > on this one. > > Another suggestion from the book I mentioned is to help readers follow horizontally in wide tables by inserting blank lines periodically -- every 6th line, for example. The resulting 5-line groups are easy to follow across. I quite agree that dashed lines would be a distracting nuisance. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130801/5c80acb6/attachment.html>
Re: A Pantone colour definition question
On 2013-Jul-30 9:28 AM, Craig Ede wrote: I think you are overthinking this. You'll notice that if you choose Pantone Uncoated that the suffix is CVU. Take them at their word. Computer video is never coated or uncoated. I'm not even sure how they would do that. Peel enough oranges while sitting at your workstation, the way our CAD designer does, and you'll see how easy it is to have coated computer video ;-) s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
A Pantone colour definition question
On 2013-Jul-30 9:28 AM, Craig Ede wrote: > > I think you are overthinking this. You'll notice that if you choose > Pantone Uncoated that the suffix is CVU. Take them at their word. > Computer video is never coated or uncoated. I'm not even sure how they > would do that. > > Peel enough oranges while sitting at your workstation, the way our CAD designer does, and you'll see how easy it is to have coated computer video ;-) s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130731/ebc200e0/attachment.html>
Re: Unwanted hairlines around graphics in pdfs created by FM11
On 2013-Jul-22 1:12 PM, Robert CH Shell wrote: Dear Framers: I am stuck once more. I am printing a single file to pdf via the .ps route. However, I am finding that each and every graphic (all jpgs below 250kb) is surrounded by a thin white INDELIBLE HAIRLINE. No hairlines are visible in FM 11 I cannot find the answer in the manual or the lists. A few Google hits suggest that it occurs in the flattening process but not specific to FM I am quite certain it is in the print settings, but I have become dizzy changing them. I am printing using the Smallest File Size option Select one of the .jpg graphics and check to make sure its border is set to None (in graphics tools). Select the frame that contains the .jpg, and make sure its border is set to None. Any change in the PDF? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Unwanted hairlines around graphics in pdfs created by FM11
On 2013-Jul-22 1:12 PM, Robert CH Shell wrote: > Dear Framers: > I am stuck once more. > I am printing a single file to pdf via the .ps route. > However, I am finding that each and every graphic (all jpgs below 250kb) is > surrounded by a thin white INDELIBLE HAIRLINE. > No hairlines are visible in FM 11 > I cannot find the answer in the manual or the lists. > A few Google hits suggest that it occurs in the flattening process but not > specific to FM > I am quite certain it is in the print settings, but I have become dizzy > changing them. > > I am printing using the Smallest File Size option > Select one of the .jpg graphics and check to make sure its border is set to None (in graphics tools). Select the frame that contains the .jpg, and make sure its border is set to None. Any change in the PDF? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Re: Can't enter alpha character in text
On 2013-Jul-19 2:17 PM, Nancy Allison wrote: Hi, all. I use FM 10 on a Windows 7 system. I am wasting way, way too much time trying to accomplish a simple thing: I am trying to insert a lower case alpha (looks like a fish, or a lower-case a) into text. The key code Numlock-alt-097, provided in the FrameMaker 9 special character set does not work (it comes out as an x). I have gone cross-eyed trying to find the character in the Character Palette, which does not seem to provide a way to search for the character. You can make a variable containing \u03B1 and insert it as required, provided the font you are using contains that glyph. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Can't enter alpha character in text
On 2013-Jul-19 2:17 PM, Nancy Allison wrote: > Hi, all. I use FM 10 on a Windows 7 system. > I am wasting way, way too much time trying to accomplish a simple > thing: I am trying to insert a lower case alpha (looks like a fish, or > a lower-case a) into text. > The key code Numlock-alt-097, provided in the FrameMaker 9 special > character set does not work (it comes out as an "x"). I have gone > cross-eyed trying to find the character in the Character Palette, > which does not seem to provide a way to search for the character. > You can make a variable containing \u03B1 and insert it as required, provided the font you are using contains that glyph. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130719/b719ca05/attachment.html>
Re: FrameMaker 10: Tempermental keyboard
On 2013-Jul-18 4:39 PM, Christenson, Pat wrote: Earlier today, FrameMaker 10.0.2.419 on Windows 7 began sporadically and then frequently skipping letters I was typing. So far, I’ve learned the following: -It only happens in FrameMaker 10. The keyboard works fine in other programs, including FrameMaker 11. -I’ve tried typing in several FrameMaker 10 files and the problem occurs in all of them. -I had someone else type on the keyboard in FrameMaker 10 and Word and she experienced the same problem. Problem in FrameMaker, fine in Word. -I’ve replaced the battery on the keyboard (Logitech). -I’ve checked the drivers on the keyboard and the Logitech Unifying Receiver. Both were up-to-date. -I’ve restarted the computer. -I’ve restarted FrameMaker. -I’ve run the Windows troubleshooter. It found a problem and said it fixed it but I’m still having the same problem. Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Do you have a lot of pods, panels, and dialogs open? Try resetting your workspace so none are open and see if that helps. I've found FM to be sluggish when the pgf and char tag pods are open; it seems to be trying to update every field in the open pod after each key stroke. s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FrameMaker 10: Tempermental keyboard
On 2013-Jul-18 4:39 PM, Christenson, Pat wrote: > > Earlier today, FrameMaker 10.0.2.419 on Windows 7 began sporadically > and then frequently skipping letters I was typing. So far, I?ve > learned the following: > > -It only happens in FrameMaker 10. The keyboard works fine in other > programs, including FrameMaker 11. > > -I?ve tried typing in several FrameMaker 10 files and the problem > occurs in all of them. > > -I had someone else type on the keyboard in FrameMaker 10 and Word and > she experienced the same problem. Problem in FrameMaker, fine in Word. > > -I?ve replaced the battery on the keyboard (Logitech). > > -I?ve checked the drivers on the keyboard and the Logitech Unifying > Receiver. Both were up-to-date. > > -I?ve restarted the computer. > > -I?ve restarted FrameMaker. > > -I?ve run the Windows troubleshooter. It found a problem and said it > fixed it but I?m still having the same problem. > > Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > > Do you have a lot of pods, panels, and dialogs open? Try resetting your workspace so none are open and see if that helps. I've found FM to be sluggish when the pgf and char tag pods are open; it seems to be trying to update every field in the open pod after each key stroke. s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130718/5723a6f5/attachment.html>
Re: PDF Job Options - Standard versus High Quality Print
On 2013-Jul-09 2:40 PM, Melissa Clark wrote: Hi, I’m writing today to query others about the Standard versus High Quality Print options under the PDF Setup in Adobe FrameMaker and Distiller. The various PDF job options are being evaluated internally. In particular (and what I’m asking about now), in PDF Setup – Settings – PDF Job Options, some use “Standard,” while others use “High Quality Print” (same setting in Distiller). Based on what I have been told, there is no reason (benefit) to using High Quality Print (versus Standard) even in docs that use more screenshots and/or pictures, and my understanding is that High Quality Print results in a larger file size. (I have been using High Quality Print for years.) My question is whether using Standard (instead of High Quality Print) results in any detrimental effect. For reference, here is some information from Adobe: Standard • For desktop printers or digital copiers, published on CD or sent to client as publishing proof • Uses compression/downsampling to reduce file size • Embeds subsets of fonts, converts colors to sRGB, prints medium resolution, windows font subsets not embedded by default • Opened in Acrobat and Reader 6.0 and later High Quality Print • Quality printing on desktop printers and proofing devices • Downsamples color and grayscale images to 300ppi and monochrome to 1200ppi • Embeds subsets of fonts, leaves colors unchanged, does not flatted transparency • Opened in Acrobat and Reader 5.0 and later For what it’s worth, I am using Adobe FrameMaker 9 and 10 and Distiller 8. Any feedback on what others have found while using High Quality Print versus Standard would be greatly appreciated. This is a very old presentation by the most informed PDF guru I've ever encountered; I think the tables that begin on page 68 are still valid, though: http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/pdfs/pdf2k/01W/isaacs_reliablepdfcreation.pdf -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
PDF Job Options - Standard versus High Quality Print
On 2013-Jul-09 2:40 PM, Melissa Clark wrote: > > Hi, > > I?m writing today to query others about the Standard versus High > Quality Print options under the PDF Setup in Adobe FrameMaker and > Distiller. > > The various PDF job options are being evaluated internally. In > particular (and what I?m asking about now), in PDF Setup ?> Settings > ?> PDF Job Options, some use ?Standard,? while others use ?High > Quality Print? (same setting in Distiller). Based on what I have been > told, there is no reason (benefit) to using High Quality Print (versus > Standard) even in docs that use more screenshots and/or pictures, and > my understanding is that High Quality Print results in a larger file > size. (I have been using High Quality Print for years.) > > My question is whether using Standard (instead of High Quality Print) > results in any detrimental effect. > > For reference, here is some information from Adobe: > > Standard > > ? For desktop printers or digital copiers, published on CD or sent to > client as publishing proof ? Uses compression/downsampling to reduce > file size ? Embeds subsets of fonts, converts colors to sRGB, prints > medium resolution, windows font subsets not embedded by default ? > Opened in Acrobat and Reader 6.0 and later High Quality Print ? > Quality printing on desktop printers and proofing devices ? > Downsamples color and grayscale images to 300ppi and monochrome to > 1200ppi ? Embeds subsets of fonts, leaves colors unchanged, does not > flatted transparency ? Opened in Acrobat and Reader 5.0 and later > > For what it?s worth, I am using Adobe FrameMaker 9 and 10 and Distiller 8. > > Any feedback on what others have found while using High Quality Print > versus Standard would be greatly appreciated. > > This is a very old presentation by the most informed PDF guru I've ever encountered; I think the tables that begin on page 68 are still valid, though: http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/pdfs/pdf2k/01W/isaacs_reliablepdfcreation.pdf -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130710/b5634355/attachment.html>
Re: Cleaning Character Formats
On 2013-Jul-09 3:15 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: I want to remove rogue character formats and replace them with correct ones. I've used Character Tools to generate a list of formats by file so I know which ones are in each document of my book. I choose Character Format... in the Find/Change palette, type the character format name in the entry field, check the Consider Case checkbox, check the Document radio button to check only the open document, and click Find. Don't choose Character Format..., choose Character Tag: HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Cleaning Character Formats
On 2013-Jul-09 3:15 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > I want to remove rogue character formats and replace them with correct > ones. I've used Character Tools to generate a list of formats by file > so I know which ones are in each document of my book. I choose > "Character Format..." in the Find/Change palette, type the character > format name in the entry field, check the "Consider Case" checkbox, > check the "Document" radio button to check only the open document, and > click "Find." > Don't choose "Character Format...", choose "Character Tag:" HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Re: Converting from PDF to Word (or Frame, or anything)
On 2013-Jul-02 1:53 PM, John Posada wrote: Hi, guys... I was given three PDF files that I need to edit and put into Frame. Two of the PDfs converted fine, The third PDF, when converted, alot of the text converts to squares. I assume it is because of a font that is not on my machine. It doesn't matter if I convert to Word, RTF, or XML. In fact, when I copy a piece of text to clipboard and paste into Notepad, I still get the squares. So...is there a way during conversion to map a particular font to another font? This is confidential stuff, so I can't let it out of my system. Thanks You could try printing the file to the Acrobat printer instance as an image (Advanced print properties) and then using either Acrobat or OneNote to perform OCR. OneNote does that automatically when you add a file to a notebook. Regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Converting from PDF to Word (or Frame, or anything)
On 2013-Jul-02 2:47 PM, Stuart Rogers wrote: You could try printing the file to the Acrobat printer instance as an image (Advanced print properties) and then using either Acrobat or OneNote to perform OCR. OneNote does that automatically when you add a file to a notebook. More info: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14595/ocr-anything-with-onenote-2007-and-2010/ -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Special character: punctuation space
On 2013-Jul-01 4:48 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: > First, if you haven't already, you need to turn on the unicode keypad. > It's turned off in Windows by default. Use regedit to find the key > "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method". Right-click on it, > choose New and then String to create a new string called > "EnableHexNumpad" with a value of "1". (Don't type the quotes.) > REBOOT. Don't forget to reboot! > > Now, you will be able to type unicode characters by holding down the > left-alt key and simultaneously pressing the plus sign on the keypad, > and then (while still holding down the left-alt key) enter the unicode > character. Then release the left-alt key. (Note that the right-alt > key does not work for this.) > > So, for your example you would hold down your Left-Alt key, and then > (simultaneously) on the numeric pad: > press + > press 2 > press 0 > press 0 > press 8 > and then release the Alt key. Some Unicode characters have the hex > letters a to f in them. Simply enter them from the main keyboard > (while still holding down the Left-Alt key). > > PLEASE NOTE that the punctuation space that you want to enter will > ONLY appear if the font you are using contains it as a defined > character. (Most fonts do not.) > > Mike Wickham > There's also this, which I haven't tested: http://www.fileformat.info/tool/unicodeinput/index.htm and this, which I have used a fair amount: http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html BabelMap is useful because it does show the existence (or not) of particular glyphs in a font. FM's character palette lies to you, by substituting from a different font when it encounters glyphs lacking in the font you're using. And it doesn't bother telling you about the substitution. s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130702/1c22eb9a/attachment.html>
Converting from PDF to Word (or Frame, or anything)
On 2013-Jul-02 1:53 PM, John Posada wrote: > Hi, guys... > > I was given three PDF files that I need to edit and put into Frame. > Two of the PDfs converted fine, > > The third PDF, when converted, alot of the text converts to squares. I > assume it is because of a font that is not on my machine. > > It doesn't matter if I convert to Word, RTF, or XML. In fact, when I > copy a piece of text to clipboard and paste into Notepad, I still get > the squares. > > So...is there a way during conversion to map a particular font to > another font? This is confidential stuff, so I can't let it out of my > system. > > Thanks > You could try printing the file to the Acrobat printer instance as an image (Advanced print properties) and then using either Acrobat or OneNote to perform OCR. OneNote does that automatically when you add a file to a notebook. Regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130702/dbff26ff/attachment.html>
Converting from PDF to Word (or Frame, or anything)
On 2013-Jul-02 2:47 PM, Stuart Rogers wrote: > You could try printing the file to the Acrobat printer instance as an > image (Advanced print properties) and then using either Acrobat or > OneNote to perform OCR. OneNote does that automatically when you add > a file to a notebook. More info: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14595/ocr-anything-with-onenote-2007-and-2010/ -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
