RE: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?
My objection to building two books is the risk of producing a wrong manual because I forgot that I had an extra book for one of the manuals (you all know that things can get rather hectic close to a deadline). What I have done until now for the 3 products is that I changed the variables and the conditional text settings to produce the specific manual. The cover pages are added to the pdf file, they are done in a different program, so no advantage here for working with three books. Two books for 3 manuals will be the solution, and I have to note down in my procedure that there is a separate book for one of the three manuals. Thanks for all the feedback, have a nice day everybody, Ulrike From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:37 PM To: Ulrike Forsberg (UFO); framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional? What is your objection to building two books? That's the way FrameMaker is designed to work. If it weren't for the ability to build different books from differing collections of chapters is the primary reason for the extra comlication of the chapter/book paradigm. -Fred Ridder Subject: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional? Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:54:16 +0200 From: u...@thrane.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Hi Framers, I have a book file with a number of chapters and appendices. I use the same book file for 3 manuals, which I control with 3 conditional text tags. One of the appendices is only used in 2 of the manuals. Can I make this appendix conditional? My fallback solution is to make a separate book for this manual. I'd prefer though to have a single book. Thanks for your time, Ulrike Forsberg Technical writer E u...@thrane.com T +45 39 55 8213 Thrane Thrane A/S - Lundtoftegaardsvej 93 D DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark - www.thrane.com T +45 39 55 88 00 - F +45 39 55 88 88 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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 a chapter in a book be set to conditional?
My objection to building two books is the risk of producing a wrong manual because I forgot that I had an extra book for one of the manuals (you all know that things can get rather hectic close to a deadline). What I have done until now for the 3 products is that I changed the variables and the conditional text settings to produce the specific manual. The cover pages are added to the pdf file, they are done in a different program, so no advantage here for working with three books. Two books for 3 manuals will be the solution, and I have to note down in my procedure that there is a separate book for one of the three manuals. Thanks for all the feedback, have a nice day everybody, Ulrike From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:37 PM To: Ulrike Forsberg (UFO); framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional? What is your objection to building two books? That's the way FrameMaker is designed to work. If it weren't for the ability to build different books from differing collections of chapters is the primary reason for the extra comlication of the chapter/book paradigm. -Fred Ridder > Subject: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional? > Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:54:16 +0200 > From: ufo at thrane.com > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > > Hi Framers, > I have a book file with a number of chapters and appendices. I use the > same book file for 3 manuals, which I control with 3 conditional text > tags. > One of the appendices is only used in 2 of the manuals. Can I make this > appendix conditional? > My fallback solution is to make a separate book for this manual. I'd > prefer though to have a single book. > > Thanks for your time, > > Ulrike Forsberg > Technical writer > > E ufo at thrane.com > T +45 39 55 8213 > > Thrane & Thrane A/S - Lundtoftegaardsvej 93 D > DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark - www.thrane.com > T +45 39 55 88 00 - F +45 39 55 88 88
can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?
Hi Framers, I have a book file with a number of chapters and appendices. I use the same book file for 3 manuals, which I control with 3 conditional text tags. One of the appendices is only used in 2 of the manuals. Can I make this appendix conditional? My fallback solution is to make a separate book for this manual. I'd prefer though to have a single book. Thanks for your time, Ulrike Forsberg Technical writer E u...@thrane.com T +45 39 55 8213 Thrane Thrane A/S - Lundtoftegaardsvej 93 D DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark - www.thrane.com T +45 39 55 88 00 - F +45 39 55 88 88 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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 a chapter in a book be set to conditional?
Hi Framers, I have a book file with a number of chapters and appendices. I use the same book file for 3 manuals, which I control with 3 conditional text tags. One of the appendices is only used in 2 of the manuals. Can I make this appendix conditional? My fallback solution is to make a separate book for this manual. I'd prefer though to have a single book. Thanks for your time, Ulrike Forsberg Technical writer E ufo at thrane.com T +45 39 55 8213 Thrane & Thrane A/S - Lundtoftegaardsvej 93 D DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark - www.thrane.com T +45 39 55 88 00 - F +45 39 55 88 88
RE: imported graphic on coloured background - thin white line around the inserted graphic
Thanks a lot for the input. I have used the workaround or produce the entire background color with the image as a single bitmap. br, Ulrike -Original Message- From: Shlomo Perets [mailto:shlo...@microtype.com] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 7:11 PM To: Ulrike Forsberg (UFO); fram...@frameusers.com Subject: Re: imported graphic on coloured background - thin white line around the inserted graphic Ulrike, You wrote: I have a coloured background in my FM document and have added an image with the same background colour (to make the inserted image look 'transparent') by reference. I have no line around the image, just a fill with the same RGB code as the background color in the FM document. Everything looks fine in FM, the contours of the inserted file are invisible. I produce a pdf file, everthing is fine, no contours around the inserted image visible. When I print the pdf, there is a fine white contour line around the inserted graphic, any suggestions how I can get rid of it? I tried to check the object properties, without success. This problem is related to a bug in the PS output of FrameMaker (all versions) on Windows. In the PostScript/PDF output produced by FrameMaker/Windows, a solid white rectangle is placed underneath all bitmaps. It has the same size as the bitmap, but may be displayed occasionally (sometimes for a split second when you zoom in/out, especially when the page is busy and the display is slow) or become noticeable when printing. You can easily see the solid white rectangle if you open the PDF in the full version of Acrobat and use the Object TouchUp tool to drag items -- as you drag the image, you'll see a solid white rectangle below it. Possible workarounds: explicitly set a thick border for the image (eg a 3-point border) with the same color as the background, or produce the entire background color with the image as a single bitmap. [ The solid white rectangle may not be placed underneath EPS bitmaps, but this varies depending on the FM version and the way the PDF is produced, and may not be consistent -- hence it is not a general-purpose workaround ] Shlomo Perets MicroType * http://www.microtype.com FrameMaker training consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers Improve Your FrameMaker Skills live web-based training sessions ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
imported graphic on coloured background - thin white line around the inserted graphic
Thanks a lot for the input. I have used the workaround "or produce the entire background color with the image as a single bitmap." br, Ulrike -Original Message- From: Shlomo Perets [mailto:shlo...@microtype.com] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 7:11 PM To: Ulrike Forsberg (UFO); framers at frameusers.com Subject: Re: imported graphic on coloured background - thin white line around the inserted graphic Ulrike, You wrote: >I have a coloured background in my FM document and have added an image >with the same background colour (to make the inserted image look >'transparent') by reference. I have no line around the image, just a >fill with the same RGB code as the background color in the FM document. >Everything looks fine in FM, the contours of the inserted file are >invisible. I produce a pdf file, everthing is fine, no contours around >the inserted image visible. When I print the pdf, there is a fine white >contour line around the inserted graphic, any suggestions how I can get >rid of it? I tried to check the object properties, without success. This problem is related to a bug in the PS output of FrameMaker (all versions) on Windows. In the PostScript/PDF output produced by FrameMaker/Windows, a solid white rectangle is placed underneath all bitmaps. It has the same size as the bitmap, but may be displayed occasionally (sometimes for a split second when you zoom in/out, especially when the page is busy and the display is slow) or become noticeable when printing. You can easily see the solid white rectangle if you open the PDF in the full version of Acrobat and use the Object TouchUp tool to drag items -- as you drag the image, you'll see a solid white rectangle below it. Possible workarounds: explicitly set a thick border for the image (eg a 3-point border) with the same color as the background, or produce the entire background color with the image as a single bitmap. [ The solid white rectangle may not be placed underneath EPS bitmaps, but this varies depending on the FM version and the way the PDF is produced, and may not be consistent -- hence it is not a general-purpose workaround ] Shlomo Perets MicroType * http://www.microtype.com FrameMaker training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers "Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" live web-based training sessions
imported graphic on coloured background - thin white line around the inserted graphic
Hi, I work with FM 8.0p277 on a PC. I have a coloured background in my FM document and have added an image with the same background colour (to make the inserted image look 'transparent') by reference. I have no line around the image, just a fill with the same RGB code as the background color in the FM document. Everything looks fine in FM, the contours of the inserted file are invisible. I produce a pdf file, everthing is fine, no contours around the inserted image visible. When I print the pdf, there is a fine white contour line around the inserted graphic, any suggestions how I can get rid of it? I tried to check the object properties, without success. Any suggestions? Thanks, Ulrike Forsberg Technical writer E u...@thrane.com T +45 39 55 8213 Thrane Thrane A/S - Lundtoftegaardsvej 93 D DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark - www.thrane.com T +45 39 55 88 00 - F +45 39 55 88 88 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
imported graphic on coloured background - thin white line around the inserted graphic
Hi, I work with FM 8.0p277 on a PC. I have a coloured background in my FM document and have added an image with the same background colour (to make the inserted image look 'transparent') by reference. I have no line around the image, just a fill with the same RGB code as the background color in the FM document. Everything looks fine in FM, the contours of the inserted file are invisible. I produce a pdf file, everthing is fine, no contours around the inserted image visible. When I print the pdf, there is a fine white contour line around the inserted graphic, any suggestions how I can get rid of it? I tried to check the object properties, without success. Any suggestions? Thanks, Ulrike Forsberg Technical writer E ufo at thrane.com T +45 39 55 8213 Thrane & Thrane A/S - Lundtoftegaardsvej 93 D DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark - www.thrane.com T +45 39 55 88 00 - F +45 39 55 88 88
