odd behavior in cross-reference dialog box

[obai...@comcast.net]

I am taking over a former writer's work, and the only odd thing that I am 
finding in the Frame (8) files is this.

When I double-click a cross-reference link, the Cross-Reference dialog box 
shows "Cross-Ref" and Marker Types in the left pane and Cross-Reference Markers 
in the right pane, instead of all the paragraph tags in the left pane and the 
relevant targets in the right pane.

I know that I can click Source Type and choose Paragraphs to see the paragraph 
tags, but doing that a hundred times a day is getting long.

In all my documents, when I double-click a cross-reference link, the 
Cross-Reference dialog box shows all the paragraph tags in the left pane and 
the relevant targets in the right pane.

I want this standard behavior (for me, anyway) when I double-click the former 
writer's links.

Is there some setting about which I am forgetting?

Thanks.

best,
Paul

add tab stop in a cross-reference

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Is it possible to put a tab stop in a cross-reference?

For example, I want my  <$paratext>, page <$pagenum>  x-ref to 
have a tab stop (and leader) in front of the word "page".

This is not my formatting preference, but a request from someone who uses our 
docs a great deal to train others. 

Thanks.

best,
Paul

add tab stop in a cross-reference

[obai...@comcast.net]

Thanks to Bill and Grant for their comments.

I was able to make this work by adding a new tab stop with a leader in the 
bulleted paragraph format in which the link resides, and by adding a /t tab 
stop in the x-ref itself. I did not think that tweaking the bulleted paragraph 
format itself would affect the x-ref, but it did.

It took me a minute to get this right, but it does work nicely.

best,
Paul

 -- Original message --
From: "Bill Swallow" 
> Since char formats can be used anywhere in the document, getting a set
> distance will be difficult. But sure, you can add a slash-t ("\t") in
> there, but it's a tab and not a tab stop declaration. I do this. Of
> course I limit this xref format's use to it being the only entry in a
> paragraph, which has an actual tab stop assigned to it. So yes, you
> can likely do what you need to do provided you marry up the xref and
> the paragraph style into a combined use.
> 
> On Jan 11, 2008 12:59 PM,   wrote:
> > Is it possible to put a tab stop in a cross-reference?
> >
> > For example, I want my  <$paratext>, page <$pagenum>  x-ref 
> > to 
> have a tab stop (and leader) in front of the word "page".
> >
> > This is not my formatting preference, but a request from someone who uses 
> > our 
> docs a great deal to train others.
> 
> -- 
> Bill Swallow
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> WWP-Users List Owner
> Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
> STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
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frame 8 import graphic works differently than 7

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I find that in frame 8, when I import a tiff that is 5.2 inches wide, the 
import dialog does not automatically choose the dpi that preserves the 5.2 inch 
width (which happened in frame 7).  Instead, it seems that in frame 8 my only 
choice is to click custom and guess which dpi is going bring in the 5.2 inch 
wide image so that it fits in my 5.2 inch wide table.

Does anyone else see this changed behavior?

Thanks.

best,
Paul

DITA in Frame 7.2

[obai...@comcast.net]

It was my understanding that 7.2 had support for DITA, but a search of the 7.2 
help file found nothing for DITA.

Do I need to go to 8.0?

Thanks.

best,
Paul

Frame 8 - unicode support

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Does anyone know, does Frame 8's unicode support mean that it will now support 
languages like Persian and Dari?

Thanks.

Paul

Frame 8 - unicode support

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Thanks to all who answered this question.

Sorry, I missed the post some weeks ago on this issue.

Paul

 -- Original message --
From: "Fred Ridder" 
> If those are right-to-left languages, the answer is "no".
> As Dov indicated some weeks ago, FM8 is still left-to-right only.
> 
> 
> >From: obair81 at comcast.net
> >To: framers at frameusers.com (framers list)
> >Subject: Frame 8 - unicode support
> >Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:18:47 +
> >
> >Does anyone know, does Frame 8's unicode support mean that it will now 
> >support languages like Persian and Dari?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Paul
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missing UI font

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After installing CS2, I get an "Adobe UI font missing" error when I start 
Illustrator, and the fonts in my dialog boxes in Frame all look dark and bold 
now.

Does anyone know how I can solve this?

Thanks.

Paul

Track Changes plugin

[obai...@comcast.net]

Do folks recommend the Track Changes plugin for Frame 7.2?  

Thanks.

Paul

master pages not stable

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For the first time ever, I am finding that frame is, on its own, changing the 
application of master pages. 

About once a day, I find that frame assigns the "first" master page to a page 
which most definitely did have "left/right" assigned to it.

If I re-assign the correct master page to the 5 or so "mis-assigned" pages in 
this 60-page manual, I find that in a day or so, the master pages are changed 
again. 

This does not happen when I save and close the file and frame, and re-open. It 
appears to happen in the course of adding text and the manual page count 
growing.

This is frame 7.2.

Thanks for any help.

best,
Paul

Chapter Numbering

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I am trying to find the right Autonumber format for my Chapter tag. Up till 
now, I had separate files for each chapter, but now I need to have a Frame book 
with just one core file that contains all my chapters.

The Autonumber format that I had been using looks like this:
H:Chapter <$chapnum> \t
but that does not work right when multiple chapters are in one file. Each 
chapter becomes chapter 1.

I have not been able to decipher Frame's help to understand what I need to do 
to make an Autonumber format that properly numbers multiple chapters in one 
file.

Can anyone tell me where I might get some guidance?  Thanks.

best,
Paul

Chapter Numbering

[obai...@comcast.net]

Translation.

The translation must be done in Word, so I will need to convert from Frame to 
Word, and this caused huge linking problems between the Word files the last 
time I did it with multiple Frame files in the Frame book.  

Having one Frame content file, though it is not ideal for me, saves me from 
huge headaches down the road in this context.

Paul

 -- Original message --
From: Doug 
> Why do you need all chapters inside a single file?
> 
> --Doug
> 
> On 12/12/06, obair81 at comcast.net  wrote:
> > I am trying to find the right Autonumber format for my Chapter tag. Up till 
> now, I had separate files for each chapter, but now I need to have a Frame 
> book 
> with just one core file that contains all my chapters.
> >
> > The Autonumber format that I had been using looks like this:
> > H:Chapter <$chapnum> \t
> > but that does not work right when multiple chapters are in one file. Each 
> chapter becomes chapter 1.
> >
> > I have not been able to decipher Frame's help to understand what I need to 
> > do 
> to make an Autonumber format that properly numbers multiple chapters in one 
> file.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me where I might get some guidance?  Thanks.
> >
> > best,
> > Paul
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> your eyes, I'll thank you for not killing me for it.

Frame track changes plugin

[obai...@comcast.net]

Could someone remind me of the name and location of the Frame plugin that gives 
you advanced track changes functions?

Thanks.

best,
Paul

TrackChanges and Multiple Undo

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Could folks give me their thoughts on TrackChanges and Multiple Undo (beta) 
from intech dot com?

Thanks.

best,
Paul

Frame track changes plugin

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Thank you very much, Carla.

Paul

 -- Original message --
From: "Martinek, Carla" 
> http://www.intech.com/solutions/trackchanges/
>  
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change bars

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Is there a way to search for change bars?

I do not see that as a choice in the Find/Change dialog.

Thanks.

best,
Paul

referenced graphics

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After some more testing, I see that I can make the word file using mif2go sans 
images, just placeholders, then in the new word doc do Edit>Links, then pick 
the graphics links, then click Update, and they show up as referenced images.

Whew!  Glad I don't have to use word often.

Thanks, jeremy.  

Paul

 -- Original message --
From: obai...@comcast.net
> Does that mean that, if I pick Do not Write Equations, and hide the BMPs that 
> [GraphFiles] tif=bmp points to, that I will get empty frames where the images 
> would be?
> 
> If after generation I then put the BMPs in the same folder as the word file, 
> and 
> re-open the word file, will they appear as linked images?
> 
> Paul
> 
>  -- Original message --
> From: "Jeremy H. Griffith" 
> > On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:28:10 +, obair81 at comcast.net 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > >Does anyone know if there is a way to make mif2go 
> > >produce an rtf file that has linked graphics, rather 
> > >than embedded graphics?  This would be from a frame 
> > >file with referenced graphics.
> > 
> > It's possible, but not advisable.  The trouble is that
> > Word does not permit scaling of such graphics in RTF;
> > for the graphic to appear at the correct size, it must 
> > be in an embedded WMF in the RTF.
> > 
> > That said, if you simply make sure that Mif2Go cannot
> > find (or generate) the referenced graphic in WMF or BMP 
> > form, it will be unable to embed, and you will get a 
> > reference instead.  This is *not* recommended, but it 
> > does work.
> > 
> > -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
> > http://www.omsys.com/
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referenced graphics

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Does anyone know if there is a way to make mif2go produce an rtf file that has 
linked graphics, rather than embedded graphics?  This would be from a frame 
file with referenced graphics.

I did not see anything about this in the mif2go help file.

Thanks.

Paul

referenced graphics

[obai...@comcast.net]

Does that mean that, if I pick Do not Write Equations, and hide the BMPs that 
[GraphFiles] tif=bmp points to, that I will get empty frames where the images 
would be?

If after generation I then put the BMPs in the same folder as the word file, 
and re-open the word file, will they appear as linked images?

Paul

 -- Original message --
From: "Jeremy H. Griffith" 
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:28:10 +, obair81 at comcast.net 
> wrote:
> 
> >Does anyone know if there is a way to make mif2go 
> >produce an rtf file that has linked graphics, rather 
> >than embedded graphics?  This would be from a frame 
> >file with referenced graphics.
> 
> It's possible, but not advisable.  The trouble is that
> Word does not permit scaling of such graphics in RTF;
> for the graphic to appear at the correct size, it must 
> be in an embedded WMF in the RTF.
> 
> That said, if you simply make sure that Mif2Go cannot
> find (or generate) the referenced graphic in WMF or BMP 
> form, it will be unable to embed, and you will get a 
> reference instead.  This is *not* recommended, but it 
> does work.
> 
> -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
> http://www.omsys.com/
> ___
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frame templates

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After I make master page text frame changes, and go back to view body pages, 
frame no longer asks me if I want to allow a body page to override the new 
master page changes.

Also, frame no longer applies the master page text frame changes to the body 
pages when I go back to view body pages!

I have never seen his before.

I have re-booted twice.

Does anyone have any idea what this might be?

Thanks. 

Paul

frame templates

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I have been changing the master pages for some time, and the changes - were - 
reflected in the body pages.  No more.

Everything is applied properly.

Paul

 -- Original message --
From: Doug 
> Apparently the master page you're changing has not been applied to any
> of the body pages currently created.
> 
> --Doug
> 
> On 6/16/06, obair81 at comcast.net  wrote:
> > After I make master page text frame changes, and go back to view body 
> > pages, 
> frame no longer asks me if I want to allow a body page to override the new 
> master page changes.
> >
> > Also, frame no longer applies the master page text frame changes to the 
> > body 
> pages when I go back to view body pages!
> >
> > I have never seen his before.
> >
> > I have re-booted twice.
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea what this might be?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Paul
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mif2go

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Public bullying?  Huh?

I am trying to get tech support for a product that my company paid a good deal 
of money for.

I HAVE read the manual.  The problem is one that I could NOT solve from the 
manual.
So I turned to you, the creator and supporter of the product.

> saying "something's wrong, here's my .ini file" doesn't cut it.  

I did not say that, or anything close to it. I said, on Thursday:

Today, when I went back to work on my project, the conversion began to produce 
files that no longer point to the frame templates.

The setup is the same as Monday.

I re-booted. No difference.

Is the problem that the mif2go.ini keeps getting the wrong list of files? It 
does not match the list in the frame book. I have set up the project 4 times, 
each time the mif2go.ini file gets an incorrect file ID list.

It is:
[FileIDs]
Title=aa
PacStar5500OperatorGuideTOC=ab
IntroductionTo5500=ac
chap2=ad
AppATechSpec=ae
Glossary=af
PacStar5500OperatorGuideIX=ag
TechnicalSpecifications=ah
LoggingIn=ai
AddingPhones=aj
AddingComputers=ak
ManagingUsers=am
ManagingNetwork=an
Maintenance=ao
IntroductionToSoftware=ap
ManagingSystem=aq
SettingUp=ar
ManagingPhones=as

It should be:
[FileIDs]
Title=aa
PacStar5500OperatorGuideTOC=ab
IntroductionTo5500=ac
chap2=ad
AppATechSpec=ae
Glossary=af
PacStar5500OperatorGuideIX=ag

Even changing to what it should be does not fix the problem. The rtf files 
still come out with no formatting from the frame templates.

Thanks.
Paul


Resuming email:
I have gone over this again and again on my own, with the manual before me.  
Today, the conversion is producing a mif2go.ini file that has the right 
contents, but the frame files seem to keep losing their pointers to the 
templates.  It seems to be very irregular and unpredictable.

I have re-built the project many times, and tried MANY different  arrangement, 
after going over the manual again and again.

As before, mif2go seems to keep remembering old settings, just now it's an old 
template.

Can you address this?  If I send the project to you at support at omsys.com 
(since the behavior is different now), will you respond?

Paul

-- Original message --
From: "Jeremy H. Griffith" 
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:42:47 +, obair81 at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> >Does anyone know if Jeremy Griffith, the creator of mif2go, 
> >is still on this list, or how to reach him?
> 
> Yes, he is, as you well know.  Public bullying does
> not impress him.  Bad strategy, Paul.
> 
> >I am having bizarre problems with mif2go (relating to memory, 
> >I think), and two emails to support at omsys.com last Thursday 
> >have gone unanswered.
> 
> It would have helped had you made the slightest effort
> to provide the sort of description and files requested
> in Appendix D of the User's Guide.  Saying "something's
> wrong, here's my .ini file" doesn't cut it.  You might
> also note that your two previous questions in the last
> week, no better presented than the latest two, *were* 
> answered, patiently, both on the same day you asked.
> 
> >I have wasted many hours on this.
> 
> Yes, of your time and mine.  Reading the User's Guide
> would really help.  Please try it!  ;-)
> 
> >I have an important project to do, and I cannot finish it 
> >due to persistent mif2go problems. Mif2go seems to be 
> >remembering past settings, and no amount of re-booting my 
> >PC or re-starting Frame makes much difference.
> 
> As you know, such settings are remembered in the .ini file,
> and nowhere else.  Rebooting without determining just what
> you have mis-set is not going to be helpful.
> 
> -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
> http://www.omsys.com/
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keywords

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A Frame book that I took over is mysteriously leaving out-of-date, unwanted 
words in the Keywords field that is visible in the PDF when you right-click the 
PDF file and click the PDF tab.

I have searched through each Frame file by right-clicking and picking 
Properties and clicking the Summary tab, but there is not one word in the 
Keywords field in those files.

So I do not know where the PDF is drawing on for the words in its Keywords 
field.

Maybe there are ghosts in the conversion?

Paul

keywords

[obai...@comcast.net]

D'oh!   There it is.

Thank you.

Homer

 -- Original message --
From: Martha J Davidson 
> Have you looked in File > File Info with everything, including the top line 
> (book name) selected? That might show something you haven't seen.
> 
> martha
> 
> At 04:49 PM 5/30/2006, you wrote:
> >A Frame book that I took over is mysteriously leaving out-of-date, 
> >unwanted words in the Keywords field that is visible in the PDF when you 
> >right-click the PDF file and click the PDF tab.
> >
> >I have searched through each Frame file by right-clicking and picking 
> >Properties and clicking the Summary tab, but there is not one word in the 
> >Keywords field in those files.
> >
> >So I do not know where the PDF is drawing on for the words in its Keywords 
> >field.
> >
> >Maybe there are ghosts in the conversion?
> >
> >Paul
> 
> --
> Martha Jane {Kolman | Davidson}
> Dances With Words
> editrix at nemasys.com
> 
> "Too many words bring about exhaustion."
>   --Tao Te Ching, Chapter 5 (translated by Sheets/Tovey)
> 
> 

frame to pdf question

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In the Frame Print Book dialog, I wanted to set things so one less paragraph 
tag to get included in the PDF TOC.  In the PDF Setup for selected files 
dialog, Bookmarks tab, I changed the list of tags in the Include Paragraphs 
box, thinking that would do it, as per usual.

I noticed that acrobat ignored my change.  The PDF TOC was unchanged.  

So I took out all but one tag, and the PDF TOC upon regeneration was unchanged.

I have Generate PDF bookmarks checked, as always.

I have never seen this before.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

best,
Paul

frame to pdf question

[obai...@comcast.net]

Sorry, I was thinking frame to html help, where frame's toc is ignored.

Now I have it right, and fixing frame's toc fixes the toc in the pdf.  

It's been a long week...

Paul


 -- Original message --
From: "Ridder, Fred" 
> The list of paragraph tags to include as PDF bookmarks is stored
> both in the book and in each individual file. Specifying additional
> tags from the book file's PDF Setup dialog saves the additions 
> in each component file as well as in the book file (that's why that
> operation is so slow sometimes). But removing tags from the 
> list in the book file doesn't always remove the tags in the lists
> stored in the individual files. And it is a feature of FrameMaker
> that any tags specified in individual files will get picked up in
> the bookmarks in addition to the globally selected list.
> 
> The bottom line is that you probably need to go into the PDF 
> Setup dialog of each individual file to de-select the tags you 
> no longer want picked up as bookmarks. 
> 
> My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
> Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com)
> Intel
> Parsippany, NJ
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
> Behalf Of obair81 at comcast.net
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 3:30 PM
> To: framers
> Subject: frame to pdf question
> 
> In the Frame Print Book dialog, I wanted to set things so one less
> paragraph tag to get included in the PDF TOC.  In the PDF Setup for
> selected files dialog, Bookmarks tab, I changed the list of tags in the
> Include Paragraphs box, thinking that would do it, as per usual.
> 
> I noticed that acrobat ignored my change.  The PDF TOC was unchanged.  
> 
> So I took out all but one tag, and the PDF TOC upon regeneration was
> unchanged.
> 
> I have Generate PDF bookmarks checked, as always.
> 
> I have never seen this before.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> best,
> Paul
> ___

anchored frame import defaults

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Is there a way to set the anchored frame import defaults?

For example, I want:
below current line
alignment:  right
not cropped
not floating

but each time I import a file (image) by reference, I have to change the 
anchored frame settings to what I want.

Thanks.

best,
Paul

anchored frame import defaults

[obai...@comcast.net]

Thanks to the folks who answered my email. I will look into getting the plug-in.

Paul

 -- Original message --
From: obai...@comcast.net
> Is there a way to set the anchored frame import defaults?
> 
> For example, I want:
> below current line
> alignment:  right
> not cropped
> not floating
> 
> but each time I import a file (image) by reference, I have to change the 
> anchored frame settings to what I want.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> best,
> Paul
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images for mif2go

[obai...@comcast.net]

If I am writing a doc set with which I may have to use mif2go to make a Word 
version of the Frame book (long story), is it true that I should be putting 
only BMPs in my Frame file, since I believe I recall someone saying that 
non-BMP images in Frame do not always turn out sized properly in Word after 
going through mif2go?

Thanks.

Paul

mif2go

[obai...@comcast.net]

I am told that mif2go can really duplicate the look of a frame doc, but I am 
missing some details.

I am told that in the mif2go setup there is somewhere where one can pick a 
frame file that acts as a template for the frame to word conversion. I cannot 
find where this option is.

Also, he said that somewhere in the mif2rtf.ini I should put gif=bmp and 
jpg=bmp because I have some GIFs and JPGs referenced in my frame doc, because 
BMPs turn out better in the conversion.

Can anyone comment on these questions?

Thanks.

best,
Paul

mif2go

[obai...@comcast.net]

Thanks.

How do you see the "Set up print rtf project" dialog after the first setup?

It seems to show once, and then disappear.

I have looked through the manual enough to get my frame to go to word, but the 
word version is still 30 percent bigger than the frame, so it does not look 
like the original.

Maybe one problem is a View in Frame (my custom draft mark) that, even when 
hidden in Frame, shows in Word.  That puts itself in the middle of each page. 
Maybe that is what is throwing off the page size.  I cannot see why this View, 
hidden in Frame, shows in Word.

Paul


 -- Original message --
From: "Jeremy H. Griffith" 
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:01:44 +, obair81 at comcast.net 
> wrote:
> 
> >I am told that mif2go can really duplicate the look of 
> >a frame doc, 
> 
> Yes, it can.
> 
> >but I am missing some details.
> >
> >I am told that in the mif2go setup there is somewhere 
> >where one can pick a frame file that acts as a template 
> >for the frame to word conversion. I cannot find where 
> >this option is.
> 
> It's the entire right-hand half of the Set up dialog...
> you select the file at the top, and check boxes for the
> properties you want to import from it.  The import is
> done in a way that does *not* affect the original .fm 
> file; only the .mif used for conversion is modified.
> For Word output, you mostly need to adjust master pages,
> as detailed in the User's Guide, par. 2.3, "Importing 
> formats from a conversion template".
> 
> >Also, he said that somewhere in the mif2rtf.ini I should 
> >put gif=bmp and jpg=bmp because I have some GIFs and JPGs 
> >referenced in my frame doc, because BMPs turn out better 
> >in the conversion.
> 
> If you are going to Word, which we presume is the case
> here, Mif2Go can embed .bmps into .wmfs and put them
> in Word scaled exactly as in FrameMaker.  But for other
> formats, we have to let Word embed them itself, in which
> case we cannot specify scaling.  That's what "better"
> means here, as explained in par. 5.16.1, "Understanding 
> graphics requirements for Word".  The setting you mention
> is described in par. 5.16.2.1, "Converting referenced 
> graphics before Mif2Go (best quality)", and other places.
> 
> >Can anyone comment on these questions?
> 
> The 800+-page User's Guide is your friend... If you
> don't care for the WinHelp version that ships with the
> distribution, take your choice of others from:
>   http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm
> All are made with Mif2Go; pick from: HTML Help, HTML,
> XHTML, JavaHelp, Oracle Help for Java, PDF, our own
> cross-platform OmniHelp (my personal favorite), Word
> RTF, and Frame 7.0 itself (with all .ini files, to
> use as examples).
> 
> HTH!
> 
> -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
> http://www.omsys.com/