Re: Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-30 Thread Art Campbell

I'd second Harro's recommendation to change the format from .JPG because each
time the file is converted or saved, you lose data. I prefer .PNG both
for the original captures and for inclusion in files -- it works well
for printing, .pdfs and HTML

On 8/29/06, Harro de Jong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Jaya:
- have you upgraded your Webworks version lately?
- try using the default HTML template that comes with Webworks. If this
works well, the problem is in the graphics definitions of your custom
template.
- have you changed the file type of the screenshots?
- have you changed the graphics definitions of your template? Changing the
output file type from JPEG or PNG to GIF could have the result you describe.



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RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-30 Thread Harro de Jong
Jaya is probably using markers in FrameMaker to control converstion to HTML 
with Quadralay Webworks Publisher. I've done this in the past, we'd place a 
text frame on the graphic, and put a marker in that text frame. The marker 
would be of the type 'GraphicsScale', and it would contain the scale 
percentage. 
This should work even in Webworks' default templates. 
 
Jaya: 
- have you upgraded your Webworks version lately? 
- try using the default HTML template that comes with Webworks. If this works 
well, the problem is in the graphics definitions of your custom template. 
- have you changed the file type of the screenshots?
- have you changed the graphics definitions of your template? Changing the 
output file type from JPEG or PNG to GIF could have the result you describe.  
 
 
Harro de Jong



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Verzonden: di 29-8-06 14:11
Aan: Jaya Ghosh
CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Onderwerp: Re: Quieries related to Frame maker



Jaya,

Although the placement of a graphic in a FM document can be controlled
by a paragraph tag or tags, there are not graphic tags in FM itself,
so I'm not sure what tool you're using.

My standard-operating-procedure for screen shots is to use a utility
such as SnagIt to capture and to resize to the approximate size
(because I already know my column widths in FM). Then I you use FM's
scale tool on the Graphics menu after import at a fixed dpi.

Photoshop, BTW, is easy to use to batch (or individually) resize
graphics and the process can either be automated within PhotoShop or
scripted within PhotoShop. So the learning curve to use the entire
program may be steep, but to use the features you need is negligible.

Cheers,
Art

PS if you respond, give us some details on your graphic files --
format, source, etc.

On 8/28/06, Jaya Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:




 Hello Framers,



 First of all let me thank all of you out there for responding to my queries.
 Thanks a ton. Art, as asked by you am providing further details to my query
 as under.






  3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without
 compromising

  on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.



 More details, please.




 1.   Our manuals include many screen shots which are too large to fit
 the document.

 2.   So we were applying a graphic tag to all the images. After
 converting to HTML and PDF the images seemed fine, that is resized to a
 smaller image without compromising much on the quality. But of late the tag
 seems to be corrupted. On applying the tag the images look distorted and the
 background changes from gray to white.  Until now we had to buy hours from
 Quadralay to fix the issues. The hours have exhausted so was wondering that
 before we approach the Quadraly people if I could get some help from the
 list and resolve the graphic issue ourselves.

 3.   I was in favor of using Photoshop to resolve this issue but others
 in the team are not keen due to the effort required - learning curve and
 manually resize.





 Hope this helps to respond to my query.



 Regards,

 Jaya Ghosh






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RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-29 Thread Jaya Ghosh
Hello Framers,

 

First of all let me thank all of you out there for responding to my queries.
Thanks a ton. Art, as asked by you am providing further details to my query
as under.

 

 

 3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without
compromising

 on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

 

More details, please.

 

1.   Our manuals include many screen shots which are too large to fit
the document.  

2.   So we were applying a graphic tag to all the images. After
converting to HTML and PDF the images seemed fine, that is resized to a
smaller image without compromising much on the quality. But of late the tag
seems to be corrupted. On applying the tag the images look distorted and the
background changes from gray to white.  Until now we had to buy hours from
Quadralay to fix the issues. The hours have exhausted so was wondering that
before we approach the Quadraly people if I could get some help from the
list and resolve the graphic issue ourselves.

3.   I was in favor of using Photoshop to resolve this issue but others
in the team are not keen due to the effort required - learning curve and
manually resize.

 

 

Hope this helps to respond to my query.

 

Regards,

Jaya Ghosh

 

 

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Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-29 Thread Jaya Ghosh
Hello Framers,



First of all let me thank all of you out there for responding to my queries.
Thanks a ton. Art, as asked by you am providing further details to my query
as under.





> 3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without
compromising

> on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.



More details, please.



1.   Our manuals include many screen shots which are too large to fit
the document.  

2.   So we were applying a graphic tag to all the images. After
converting to HTML and PDF the images seemed fine, that is resized to a
smaller image without compromising much on the quality. But of late the tag
seems to be corrupted. On applying the tag the images look distorted and the
background changes from gray to white.  Until now we had to buy hours from
Quadralay to fix the issues. The hours have exhausted so was wondering that
before we approach the Quadraly people if I could get some help from the
list and resolve the graphic issue ourselves.

3.   I was in favor of using Photoshop to resolve this issue but others
in the team are not keen due to the effort required - learning curve and
manually resize.





Hope this helps to respond to my query.



Regards,

Jaya Ghosh








Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-29 Thread Art Campbell
Jaya,

Although the placement of a graphic in a FM document can be controlled
by a paragraph tag or tags, there are not "graphic tags" in FM itself,
so I'm not sure what tool you're using.

My standard-operating-procedure for screen shots is to use a utility
such as SnagIt to capture and to resize to the approximate size
(because I already know my column widths in FM). Then I you use FM's
scale tool on the Graphics menu after import at a fixed dpi.

Photoshop, BTW, is easy to use to batch (or individually) resize
graphics and the process can either be automated within PhotoShop or
scripted within PhotoShop. So the learning curve to use the entire
program may be steep, but to use the features you need is negligible.

Cheers,
Art

PS if you respond, give us some details on your graphic files --
format, source, etc.

On 8/28/06, Jaya Ghosh  wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hello Framers,
>
>
>
> First of all let me thank all of you out there for responding to my queries.
> Thanks a ton. Art, as asked by you am providing further details to my query
> as under.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > 3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without
> compromising
>
> > on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.
>
>
>
> More details, please.
>
>
>
>
> 1.   Our manuals include many screen shots which are too large to fit
> the document.
>
> 2.   So we were applying a graphic tag to all the images. After
> converting to HTML and PDF the images seemed fine, that is resized to a
> smaller image without compromising much on the quality. But of late the tag
> seems to be corrupted. On applying the tag the images look distorted and the
> background changes from gray to white.  Until now we had to buy hours from
> Quadralay to fix the issues. The hours have exhausted so was wondering that
> before we approach the Quadraly people if I could get some help from the
> list and resolve the graphic issue ourselves.
>
> 3.   I was in favor of using Photoshop to resolve this issue but others
> in the team are not keen due to the effort required ? learning curve and
> manually resize.
>
>
>
>
>
> Hope this helps to respond to my query.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jaya Ghosh
>
>
>
>


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gmail.com
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   and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
 No disclaimers apply.
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Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-29 Thread Harro de Jong
Jaya is probably using markers in FrameMaker to control converstion to HTML 
with Quadralay Webworks Publisher. I've done this in the past, we'd place a 
text frame on the graphic, and put a marker in that text frame. The marker 
would be of the type 'GraphicsScale', and it would contain the scale 
percentage. 
This should work even in Webworks' default templates. 

Jaya: 
- have you upgraded your Webworks version lately? 
- try using the default HTML template that comes with Webworks. If this works 
well, the problem is in the graphics definitions of your custom template. 
- have you changed the file type of the screenshots?
- have you changed the graphics definitions of your template? Changing the 
output file type from JPEG or PNG to GIF could have the result you describe.  


Harro de Jong



Van: framers-bounces+hdjong=triview.nl at lists.frameusers.com namens Art 
Campbell
Verzonden: di 29-8-06 14:11
Aan: Jaya Ghosh
CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Onderwerp: Re: Quieries related to Frame maker



Jaya,

Although the placement of a graphic in a FM document can be controlled
by a paragraph tag or tags, there are not "graphic tags" in FM itself,
so I'm not sure what tool you're using.

My standard-operating-procedure for screen shots is to use a utility
such as SnagIt to capture and to resize to the approximate size
(because I already know my column widths in FM). Then I you use FM's
scale tool on the Graphics menu after import at a fixed dpi.

Photoshop, BTW, is easy to use to batch (or individually) resize
graphics and the process can either be automated within PhotoShop or
scripted within PhotoShop. So the learning curve to use the entire
program may be steep, but to use the features you need is negligible.

Cheers,
Art

PS if you respond, give us some details on your graphic files --
format, source, etc.

On 8/28/06, Jaya Ghosh  wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hello Framers,
>
>
>
> First of all let me thank all of you out there for responding to my queries.
> Thanks a ton. Art, as asked by you am providing further details to my query
> as under.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > 3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without
> compromising
>
> > on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.
>
>
>
> More details, please.
>
>
>
>
> 1.   Our manuals include many screen shots which are too large to fit
> the document.
>
> 2.   So we were applying a graphic tag to all the images. After
> converting to HTML and PDF the images seemed fine, that is resized to a
> smaller image without compromising much on the quality. But of late the tag
> seems to be corrupted. On applying the tag the images look distorted and the
> background changes from gray to white.  Until now we had to buy hours from
> Quadralay to fix the issues. The hours have exhausted so was wondering that
> before we approach the Quadraly people if I could get some help from the
> list and resolve the graphic issue ourselves.
>
> 3.   I was in favor of using Photoshop to resolve this issue but others
> in the team are not keen due to the effort required - learning curve and
> manually resize.
>
>
>
>
>
> Hope this helps to respond to my query.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jaya Ghosh
>
>
>
>


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gmail.com
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   and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
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RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-28 Thread Jaya Ghosh
 

Hello 

 

Can someone respond to my queries?

 

Regards,

Jaya

  _  

From: Jaya Ghosh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:46 AM
To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com'
Subject: Quieries related to Frame maker

 

Hello,

 

Greetings from India.

 

I have few FM queries related to automating some of the documentation tasks:

 

1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

2.   During conversion I would like the script to check for other tasks
as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My query is what
other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the document
quality?

3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without compromising
on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

4.   How does one enable the add comments option in the PDF?

 

 

Your responses will help me create quality document.

 

Regards,

Jaya

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RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-28 Thread Harro de Jong
Jaya wrote :

 1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s
 using a script on a
 Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

I know that it's possible, but I've no idea how. The documentation that
comes with FrameMaker for Unix should be able to tell you more. 

 
 2.   During conversion I would like the script to check
 for other tasks
 as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My
 query is what
 other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the
 document quality? 

If I remember correctly, all issues need to be resolved beforehand, or
Frame won't generate a PDF. So you must be able to do 'Update Book'
without getting any error messages before starting the script. 



 
 3.   What are the options of resizing a large image
 without compromising
 on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

Depends on the image. 
- Vector graphics should be resizable without any loss of quality.
- Raster/pixel graphics: when you zoom in it's inevitable that the
individual pixels become visible. If this is the issue, you need
better-quality images to begin with. 
Also, the Distiller settings can degrade picture quality. Check the
compression options in the Distiller job options. 

Harro de Jong

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Re: Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-28 Thread Karen Mardahl

Hi Jaya

You asked several questions, including:

1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?


My understanding is that the answer here is No.

One of my engineers developed a program to take some information from
Unix that uses XML and turn it into a MIF file in FrameMaker. This
becomes a major part of a chapter that I need. I open it and save it
as an .fm file in my Windows version of FrameMaker. He is a very
clever programmer, if I may say so, and he did try to produce the MIF
file without opening FrameMaker, but he could not. This means he could
not roll out this solution to other programmers because they do not
have FrameMaker licenses. In this particular situation, he would love
some sort of floating license for the department. This was turning
into a bigger project that either of us had time for, so we have not
researched any farther. At this point, my information to you is
therefore, no, you will have to open FrameMaker.

Others may have different insights, but I hope this helps a bit.

regards, Karen Mardahl
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Re: Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-28 Thread Art Campbell

On 8/28/06, Jaya Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?


fmbatch and fmprint are the utilities that ship with FM that would do this.
FMbatch would have to save as a .pdf; fmprint would print to a logical
printer instance of Acrobat Distiller. Details are in the manual and
on the Adobe support site.



2.   During conversion I would like the script to check for other tasks
as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My query is what
other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the document
quality?

The short answer is that unless you fix problems before you run the
scripts, they'll
fail. So you basically need to make sure the books are solid ahead of time.



3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without compromising
on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.


More details, please.




4.   How does one enable the add comments option in the PDF?


In Acrobat 7, not FM, use the Enable Comment tool for people to use
Reader to add comments. In Acrobat 6, you can comment if you have the
full version of Acrobat, but cannot use Reader.
Again, details are in the Acrobat manual and on the support site.


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RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-28 Thread Matthias . Dillier
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 
28.08.2006 14:58:50:

 Jaya wrote :
 
  1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s
  using a script on a
  Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?
 
 I know that it's possible, but I've no idea how. The documentation that
 comes with FrameMaker for Unix should be able to tell you more. 

There is fmbatch on Unix to do this. But surely, you need FrameMaker 
installed, so it is not done really 'without opening FrameMaker'. There 
are floating licenses for FrameMaker on Unix. Unix here means only 
Solaris, as all other Unix-Versions of FrameMaker silently died as far as 
I know.

You can write your own skript using the Frame SDK if you like.

Regards
Matthias



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Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-28 Thread Jaya Ghosh


Hello 



Can someone respond to my queries?



Regards,

Jaya

  _  

From: Jaya Ghosh [mailto:jgh...@coware.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:46 AM
To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com'
Subject: Quieries related to Frame maker



Hello,



Greetings from India.



I have few FM queries related to automating some of the documentation tasks:



1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

2.   During conversion I would like the script to check for other tasks
as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My query is what
other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the document
quality?

3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without compromising
on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

4.   How does one enable the add comments option in the PDF?





Your responses will help me create quality document.



Regards,

Jaya




Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-28 Thread Martinek, Carla
Jaya -

This is the first email I have received from you via the framers list.
There were some problems with the list last week, and it looks as if
your initial post/s did not go through.  Make sure your list settings
include receiving a copy of your own posts.  If you don't receive your
post back, the chances are that nobody else has received it yet either.

re: #4 on your list: if you are in Acro7 Pro, select 
Comments > Enable for Commenting and Analysis in Reader
Commenting in Reader is available only on files created using Acrobat 7.
If you are in another version of Acrobat (Acro5/6), there is nothing
special you need to do to the file, but the reviewer will need the
Professional version to be able to comment on the PDF.  They may just
need the Standard version -- I don't remember for sure, and have no way
of checking.

I will leave the other questions below for other Framers to respond to.

Regards,
Carla
cmartinek | zebra | com 

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From: framers-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+cmartinek=zebra.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Jaya Ghosh
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:04 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

Hello 
Can someone respond to my queries?
Regards,

Jaya

  _  

From: Jaya Ghosh [mailto:jgh...@coware.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:46 AM
To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com'
Subject: Quieries related to Frame maker

Hello,
Greetings from India.

I have few FM queries related to automating some of the documentation
tasks:

1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script
on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

2.   During conversion I would like the script to check for other
tasks
as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My query is what
other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the document
quality?

3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without
compromising
on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

4.   How does one enable the add comments option in the PDF?

Your responses will help me create quality document.

Regards,
Jaya

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Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-28 Thread Ridder, Fred
Just to clarify a couple of points:

PDFs created with pre-7.0 versions of Acrobat can be re-saved
from Acrobat 7.0 Professional with the Enable for Commenting...
feature turned on.  But it is correct that only files that have been
saved from Acrobat 7.0 Professional can be annotated from 
Adobe Reader 7.0 (the free reader), and only if the feature is
specifically enabled in a separate post-creation step. There is
no way I am aware of to create a commentable PDF directly;
enabling the commenting feature is a post-production operation
that is equivalent to a Save As.

Second, *all* full versions of Acrobat include an enhanced reader
tool that allows users to add notes and markup to PDFs. But the
only version of the free reader that can be used to add notes is
Adobe Reader 7.0, and only if the feature is added to the specific
PDF file by Acrobat 7.0 Professional.

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com)
Intel
Parsippany, NJ



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Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:12 AM
To: Jaya Ghosh; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

Jaya -

This is the first email I have received from you via the framers list.
There were some problems with the list last week, and it looks as if
your initial post/s did not go through.  Make sure your list settings
include receiving a copy of your own posts.  If you don't receive your
post back, the chances are that nobody else has received it yet either.

re: #4 on your list: if you are in Acro7 Pro, select 
Comments > Enable for Commenting and Analysis in Reader
Commenting in Reader is available only on files created using Acrobat 7.
If you are in another version of Acrobat (Acro5/6), there is nothing
special you need to do to the file, but the reviewer will need the
Professional version to be able to comment on the PDF.  They may just
need the Standard version -- I don't remember for sure, and have no way
of checking.

I will leave the other questions below for other Framers to respond to.

Regards,
Carla
cmartinek | zebra | com 

-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+cmartinek=zebra.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Jaya Ghosh
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:04 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

Hello 
Can someone respond to my queries?
Regards,

Jaya

  _  

From: Jaya Ghosh [mailto:jgh...@coware.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:46 AM
To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com'
Subject: Quieries related to Frame maker

Hello,
Greetings from India.

I have few FM queries related to automating some of the documentation
tasks:

1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script
on a
Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

2.   During conversion I would like the script to check for other
tasks
as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My query is what
other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the document
quality?

3.   What are the options of resizing a large image without
compromising
on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

4.   How does one enable the add comments option in the PDF?

Your responses will help me create quality document.

Regards,
Jaya



Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-28 Thread Harro de Jong
Jaya wrote :

> 1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s
> using a script on a
> Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

I know that it's possible, but I've no idea how. The documentation that
comes with FrameMaker for Unix should be able to tell you more. 

> 
> 2.   During conversion I would like the script to check
> for other tasks
> as well like missing hyperlinks, cross-references etc. My
> query is what
> other items should be included in the checklist to ensure the
> document quality? 

If I remember correctly, all issues need to be resolved beforehand, or
Frame won't generate a PDF. So you must be able to do 'Update Book'
without getting any error messages before starting the script. 



> 
> 3.   What are the options of resizing a large image
> without compromising
> on the quality? The scaling option messes up the resolution.

Depends on the image. 
- Vector graphics should be resizable without any loss of quality.
- Raster/pixel graphics: when you zoom in it's inevitable that the
individual pixels become visible. If this is the issue, you need
better-quality images to begin with. 
Also, the Distiller settings can degrade picture quality. Check the
compression options in the Distiller job options. 

Harro de Jong




Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-28 Thread Karen Mardahl
Hi Jaya

You asked several questions, including:
> 1.   Is there any option available to generate pdf s using a script on a
> Unix machine without opening the Framemaker?

My understanding is that the answer here is No.

One of my engineers developed a program to take some information from
Unix that uses XML and turn it into a MIF file in FrameMaker. This
becomes a major part of a chapter that I need. I open it and save it
as an .fm file in my Windows version of FrameMaker. He is a very
clever programmer, if I may say so, and he did try to produce the MIF
file without opening FrameMaker, but he could not. This means he could
not roll out this solution to other programmers because they do not
have FrameMaker licenses. In this particular situation, he would love
some sort of floating license for the department. This was turning
into a bigger project that either of us had time for, so we have not
researched any farther. At this point, my information to you is
therefore, no, you will have to open FrameMaker.

Others may have different insights, but I hope this helps a bit.

regards, Karen Mardahl