OT: Podcast Question

[jopak...@comcast.net]

Sorry for the OT, but this silly little problem has to have been answered 
somewhere before and I just can't find a clue...

I'm using iTunes to download a set of daily podcasts because the servers here 
don't have the bandwidth to support streaming. 

I have set up the download to check for new episodes daily, and that works fine.

However, the first time I configured the application, it was @ 7:53 AM. Now 
that is the scheduled time for the daily update. It would be a whole lot 
slicker (and conserve bandwidth) if I could set that update to happen at 2:AM.

I tried all of the controls I could find through the UI and tried looking for 
something promising in the registry, but no joy so far.  I tried iTunes support 
and even subscribed to their forums, but can't figure out how to post?

Anybody have a resource for addressing iTunes questions?

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J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539

Better diff tool that change bars?

[jopak...@comcast.net]

I generally do what Steve suggests. I run the compare utility on the old book 
versus the new book. Then I collect all of the newly created files 
(file1cmp.fm, file2cmp.fm, etc.) and create a new book with them. I use the 
existing graphics, TOC, and index files and then PDF the whole mess for the 
reviewers.

Works pretty well, although sometimes there are a lot of phantom changes caused 
by name changes to linked graphics and the like. I've developed some search 
techniques that show the change bars, insert, and delete conditions and when my 
reviewers want a "better" road map of the actual changes, I to that extra 
scrubbing as well.

Regards

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J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539

 -- Original message --
From: Steve Rickaby 
> At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote:
> >
> >I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books.  I am
> >the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of
> >reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them
> >regularly.  Those engineers who have been doing reviews on the manuals have
> >complained about not having a good diff tool for Frame.  They don't seem
> >satisfied with the tools available within Frame.  What do the rest of you
> >do?  Thanks!
> 
> Use the diff tool in Frame ;-) (File -> Utilities -> Compare documents)
> 
> -- 
> Steve
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Recommended version of Acrobat for FM 7.1

[jopak...@comcast.net]

I've been getting away with using Acrobat 5.0 with FrameMaker 7.1 (Windows XP 
Pro) for some time now, but it looks like my luck has finally run out.

I installed Acrobat 5.0 and FrameMaker 7.1 on a new computer (Windows XP Media 
Edition) and all appeared to be working fine until I opened the first PDF 
distilled on this new machine. 

It's a 200 page document and the 3rd page does not display properly (something 
about error 122). I tried distilling the offending page separately and 
replacing the problem page. I also tried distilling and replacing the offending 
file (the TOC) . Finally I tried just deleting the offending page. But in every 
case the file refuses to Save. When I try, I get a progress bar that goes to 
about 80% before an error message pops up, referring again to error 122.

So, assuming that my problem is related to mis-matched versions of Acrobat and 
FrameMaker, I'm wondering what version of Acrobat to purchase.  Assuming the 
latest version is not the best match for the version of Frame I've got, where 
can I purchase it?

On the other hand if you've seen a less expensive fix to this kind of problem, 
please point me in the direction. I"d much prefer spending the $$ on Christmas.

Thanks for your input.

Sincerely,
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J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539

Windows on a Mac

[jopak...@comcast.net]

I have a friend who has a Mac-based DTP biz and occasionally has a need to read 
a PC file. I see a bit of patter from time to time here indicating that folks 
are running Windows on Macs so this list occurred to me as a potential resource 
in helping her out. They are using some kind of software to run Windows XP on 
one of their Macs and just recently when they get this message when they try to 
fire up Windows:

   NTLDR: Fatal Error 2592 reading BOOT.INI

I suggested that if I got something like this on a PC that I'd put in a boot 
disk suspecting a bad boot sector on the hard drive. She said she could try 
putting in the installattion CD, but I'm guessing that won't do the trick.

I asked her for additional information (see below), but perhaps I should have 
asked for more. Here's what I asked for:

~  What version of the Mac OS are you running?

~  What version of the Windows OS are you running?

~  What is the name of the software solution that you are running 
that allows you to run the Windows OS on a Mac?

Thanks in advance for whatever assistance you can provide or additional 
questions I might need to answer before I'll be likely to get her on the right 
track.
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J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539