Re: FM9 getting started
Thanks to everyone for their very helpful responses. Regards, Lynn From: Mike Wickham i...@mikewickham.com To: Lynn Durell lynn.dur...@dds.co.uk Date: 15/06/2010 19:05 Subject:Re: FM9 getting started Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? I second everything Art said, especially the benefits of having a second monitor. I've had multiple monitors for a long time and love it. It increases productivity everywhere, not just in FM. Here's a video tutorial on the new FM9 interface that made a huge difference for me when I upgraded: https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/p17912987/ Mike Wickham ___ 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.
FM9 getting started
Thanks to everyone for their very helpful responses. Regards, Lynn From: "Mike Wickham" <i...@mikewickham.com> To: "Lynn Durell" Date: 15/06/2010 19:05 Subject: Re: FM9 getting started > Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or > other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? I second everything Art said, especially the benefits of having a second monitor. I've had multiple monitors for a long time and love it. It increases productivity everywhere, not just in FM. Here's a video tutorial on the new FM9 interface that made a huge difference for me when I upgraded: https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/p17912987/ Mike Wickham
FM9 getting started
Hi, My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? Thanks very much, Lynn ___ 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.
Re: FM9 getting started
And a P.S.: As long as your company is spending some bucks to upgrade to 9, GET THEM TO SPRING FOR A SECOND MONITOR if you don't have one already. Big productivity boost, especially with the new FM 9 UI because you can put all the damn pallets in the second window... Cheers, Art Art Campbell 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 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.comwrote: The user interface is likely to be the biggest thing you'll need to learn/re-learn, but nothing has gone away -- just several new tools added. So your 7 skills should transfer pretty easily. Things to be aware of: - FM adopted unicode character support in v 8, so you may have to redo some special characters. Note that full unicode support may require fonts that include unicode characters. Usually not a big deal, but something to watch. - If I were you, I'd make an archive copy of my 7 books as they are before converting any of them. I've also found that after converting them to the 9 file format, it's a good idea to save the files as MIF and then open and save those as .FM files. Cleans up any odd characters or anomalies. You can do this by the book with a free utility from Omsys.com that's included with their MIF2GO free eval. Stays on the system even if you don't buy. - Don't trust SaveAs PDF any further than you can throw it. - If you haven't already installed the Microsoft PS printer hotfix on your SP systems, do so: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 -- it applies to all PS printers, including the logical PDF. Art Campbell 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 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Lynn Durell lynn.dur...@dds.co.ukwrote: Hi, My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? Thanks very much, Lynn ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.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/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
Re: FM9 getting started
Amen to that. Or a widescreen monitor. Nadine --- On Tue, 6/15/10, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com wrote: From: Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com Subject: Re: FM9 getting started To: Lynn Durell lynn.dur...@dds.co.uk Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 9:32 AM And a P.S.: As long as your company is spending some bucks to upgrade to 9, GET THEM TO SPRING FOR A SECOND MONITOR if you don't have one already. Big productivity boost, especially with the new FM 9 UI because you can put all the damn pallets in the second window... Cheers, Art Art Campbell 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 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.comwrote: The user interface is likely to be the biggest thing you'll need to learn/re-learn, but nothing has gone away -- just several new tools added. So your 7 skills should transfer pretty easily. Things to be aware of: - FM adopted unicode character support in v 8, so you may have to redo some special characters. Note that full unicode support may require fonts that include unicode characters. Usually not a big deal, but something to watch. - If I were you, I'd make an archive copy of my 7 books as they are before converting any of them. I've also found that after converting them to the 9 file format, it's a good idea to save the files as MIF and then open and save those as .FM files. Cleans up any odd characters or anomalies. You can do this by the book with a free utility from Omsys.com that's included with their MIF2GO free eval. Stays on the system even if you don't buy. - Don't trust SaveAs PDF any further than you can throw it. - If you haven't already installed the Microsoft PS printer hotfix on your SP systems, do so: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 -- it applies to all PS printers, including the logical PDF. Art Campbell 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 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Lynn Durell lynn.dur...@dds.co.ukwrote: Hi, My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? Thanks very much, Lynn ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.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/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. 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/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
Re: FM9 getting started
Lynn I found the Adobe OnDemand Seminar Getting Started with the new FrameMaker 9 User Interface to be helpful. Try this link, http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=listloc=en_ustype=ondemand_seminarproduct=FrameMakerinterest=audience= Richard ___ 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.
Re: FM9 getting started
Hi Lynn I suggest you watch RJ Jacquez' webinar on the FM 9 UI. It's at https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?id=1485846event=register_no_sessionloc=en_us You will need an Adobe account (free). The interesting stuff starts about 30 minutes into it. And I second the requirement for dual monitors. Hope this helps. Roger Roger Shuttleworth Technical Documentation AV-BASE Systems Inc. 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200 London, Ontario N5V 3S4 Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330 _ From: Lynn Durell [mailto:lynn.dur...@dds.co.uk] To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:15:09 -0400 Subject: FM9 getting started Hi, My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? Thanks very much, Lynn ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.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/rshuttleworth%40avbasesystems.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
FM9 getting started
Hi, My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? Thanks very much, Lynn
FM9 getting started
The user interface is likely to be the biggest thing you'll need to learn/re-learn, but nothing has gone away -- just several new tools added. So your 7 skills should transfer pretty easily. Things to be aware of: - FM adopted unicode character support in v 8, so you may have to redo some special characters. Note that full unicode support may require fonts that include unicode characters. Usually not a big deal, but something to watch. - If I were you, I'd make an archive copy of my 7 books as they are before converting any of them. I've also found that after converting them to the 9 file format, it's a good idea to save the files as MIF and then open and save those as .FM files. Cleans up any odd characters or anomalies. You can do this by the book with a free utility from Omsys.com that's included with their MIF2GO free eval. Stays on the system even if you don't buy. - Don't trust SaveAs PDF any further than you can throw it. - If you haven't already installed the Microsoft PS printer hotfix on your SP systems, do so: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 -- it applies to all PS printers, including the logical PDF. Art Campbell art.campbell at 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 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Lynn Durell wrote: > Hi, > > My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). > > Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or > other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? > > Thanks very much, > Lynn > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
FM9 getting started
And a P.S.: As long as your company is spending some bucks to upgrade to 9, GET THEM TO SPRING FOR A SECOND MONITOR if you don't have one already. Big productivity boost, especially with the new FM 9 UI because you can put all the damn pallets in the second window... Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campbell at 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 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Art Campbell wrote: > The user interface is likely to be the biggest thing you'll need to > learn/re-learn, but nothing has gone away -- just several new tools added. > So your 7 skills should transfer pretty easily. > > Things to be aware of: > >- FM adopted unicode character support in v 8, so you may have to redo >some special characters. Note that full unicode support may require fonts >that include unicode characters. Usually not a big deal, but something to >watch. >- If I were you, I'd make an archive copy of my 7 books as they are >before converting any of them. I've also found that after converting them > to >the 9 file format, it's a good idea to save the files as MIF and then open >and save those as .FM files. Cleans up any odd characters or anomalies. > You >can do this by the book with a free utility from Omsys.com that's included >with their MIF2GO free eval. Stays on the system even if you don't buy. >- Don't trust SaveAs PDF any further than you can throw it. >- If you haven't already installed the Microsoft PS printer hotfix on >your SP systems, do so: >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 >-- it applies to all PS printers, including the logical PDF. > > > Art Campbell >art.campbell at 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 > > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Lynn Durell wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). >> >> Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or >> other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? >> >> Thanks very much, >> Lynn >> ___ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. >> >> Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >> or visit >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> > >
FM9 getting started
Amen to that. Or a widescreen monitor. Nadine --- On Tue, 6/15/10, Art Campbell wrote: > From: Art Campbell > Subject: Re: FM9 getting started > To: "Lynn Durell" > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 9:32 AM > And a P.S.: > > As long as your company is spending some bucks to upgrade > to 9, GET THEM TO > SPRING FOR A SECOND MONITOR if you don't have one already. > > Big productivity boost, especially with the new FM 9 UI > because you can put > all the damn pallets in the second window... > > Cheers, > Art > > Art Campbell > ? ? ? ???art.campbell at 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 > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Art Campbell gmail.com>wrote: > > > The user interface is likely to be the biggest thing > you'll need to > > learn/re-learn, but nothing has gone away -- just > several new tools added. > > So your 7 skills should transfer pretty easily. > > > > Things to be aware of: > > > >? ? - FM adopted unicode character support in > v 8, so you may have to redo > >? ? some special characters. Note that full > unicode support may require fonts > >? ? that include unicode characters. Usually > not a big deal, but something to > >? ? watch. > >? ? - If I were you, I'd make an archive copy > of my 7 books as they are > >? ? before converting any of them. I've also > found that after converting them to > >? ? the 9 file format, it's a good idea to > save the files as MIF and then open > >? ? and save those as .FM files. Cleans up > any odd characters or anomalies.? You > >? ? can do this by the book with a free > utility from Omsys.com that's included > >? ? with their MIF2GO free eval. Stays on the > system even if you don't buy. > >? ? - Don't trust SaveAs PDF any further than > you can throw it. > >? ? - If you haven't already installed the > Microsoft PS printer hotfix on > >? ? your SP systems, do so: > >? ? http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 > >? ? -- it applies to all PS printers, > including the logical PDF. > > > > > > Art Campbell > >? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at 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 > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Lynn Durell > dds.co.uk>wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to > FM9.0 (Win XP). > >> > >> Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or > similar for FM 9.0, or > >> other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? > >> > >> Thanks very much, > >> Lynn > >> ___ > >> > >> > >> You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > >> > >> Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > >> > >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >> framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > >> or visit > >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > >> > >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. > Visit > >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and > info. > >> > > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.ca. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. > Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and > info. > >
FM9 getting started
Lynn I found the Adobe OnDemand Seminar "Getting Started with the new FrameMaker 9 User Interface" to be helpful. Try this link, http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=list=en_us=ondemand_seminar=FrameMaker== Richard
FM9 getting started
Hi Lynn I suggest you watch RJ Jacquez' webinar on the FM 9 UI. It's at https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?id=1485846=register_no_session=en_us You will need an Adobe account (free). The interesting stuff starts about 30 minutes into it. And I second the requirement for dual monitors. Hope this helps. Roger Roger Shuttleworth Technical Documentation AV-BASE Systems Inc. 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200 London, Ontario N5V 3S4 Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330 _ From: Lynn Durell [mailto:lynn.dur...@dds.co.uk] To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:15:09 -0400 Subject: FM9 getting started Hi, My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? Thanks very much, Lynn ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rshuttleworth%40avbasesystems.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
