RE: Can't Open a FM File
If you're setup for backup saves...have you tried opening the *.backup.fm? Dominick A. DeFlorio Senior Technical Writer Plug Power, Inc. 968 Albany-Shaker Road Latham, NY 12110 (518) 738-0389 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:30 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can't Open a FM File Hi Framers, FM 7.0p578 Windows XP Professional 512 MB RAM I hope somebody can help me open this file. When I try to open it, FM tells me I do not have enough memory. The file is a little under 2.7 MB, and there are larger FM files in the book that FM does open. I've tried closing everything and rebooting and then opening only that file, but I get the same message. There are a lot of graphics in the file, and I suspect that is the problem. If I could just open the file to get the text back, I could work around the graphics (split the chap into two maybe). I've tried opening the file in Word, but it was garbage. I tried converting it using a trial version of Mif2Go, but it converted all the files in the book except the one I can't open. Also, I gave a copy to a co-worker who has 1 GB of RAM, and he couldn't open it either. Please, can somebody help? I put a lot of hard work into this chapter! Thanks in advance for your help. Pearl Rosenberg TeleHealth Services ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dominick_deflorio%40 plugpower.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Can't Open a FM File
Hi, Pearl: It's more likely a corrupt file than a memory issue. Have you tried the open heroic method? In FM, tap and rekease these keys in sequence: Escape lowercase o uppercase H Then select the file in the Open dialog box. If it opens successfully, save it immediately to a new name. At 9:29 AM -0500 12/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Framers, FM 7.0p578 Windows XP Professional 512 MB RAM I hope somebody can help me open this file. When I try to open it, FM tells me I do not have enough memory. The file is a little under 2.7 MB, and there are larger FM files in the book that FM does open. I've tried closing everything and rebooting and then opening only that file, but I get the same message. -- Regards, Peter Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] KnowHow ProServices http://www.knowhowpro.com 612.823.7113 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Can't Open a FM File
While on the subject of .backup files, it is important to note that these are not real backups. All that happens is that whn you do a Save, FrameMaker renames the last manually saved version of the file with a second extension (.backup) rather than marking it as an unused file that the OS can reallocate. In other words, the backup file is always one save behind the real working file, and the magnitude of the difference depends on how frequently you remember to do manual saves. My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Intel Parsippany, NJ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DeFlorio, Dominick Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Can't Open a FM File If you're setup for backup saves...have you tried opening the *.backup.fm? Dominick A. DeFlorio Senior Technical Writer Plug Power, Inc. 968 Albany-Shaker Road Latham, NY 12110 (518) 738-0389 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:30 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can't Open a FM File Hi Framers, FM 7.0p578 Windows XP Professional 512 MB RAM I hope somebody can help me open this file. When I try to open it, FM tells me I do not have enough memory. The file is a little under 2.7 MB, and there are larger FM files in the book that FM does open. I've tried closing everything and rebooting and then opening only that file, but I get the same message. There are a lot of graphics in the file, and I suspect that is the problem. If I could just open the file to get the text back, I could work around the graphics (split the chap into two maybe). I've tried opening the file in Word, but it was garbage. I tried converting it using a trial version of Mif2Go, but it converted all the files in the book except the one I can't open. Also, I gave a copy to a co-worker who has 1 GB of RAM, and he couldn't open it either. Please, can somebody help? I put a lot of hard work into this chapter! Thanks in advance for your help. Pearl Rosenberg TeleHealth Services ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: RE: Can't Open a FM File
Has anyone else tried opening it for you on another machine? Thanks, Don. Don Rinderknecht -- KD5MVV Meteorologist Instructor/Developer ~ Warning Decision Training Branch$ - Original Message - From: Ridder, Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, December 8, 2005 9:57 am Subject: RE: Can't Open a FM File While on the subject of .backup files, it is important to note that these are not real backups. All that happens is that whn you do a Save, FrameMaker renames the last manually saved version of the file with a second extension (.backup) rather than marking it as an unused file that the OS can reallocate. In other words, the backup file is always one save behind the real working file, and the magnitude of the difference depends on how frequently you remember to do manual saves. My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Intel Parsippany, NJ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DeFlorio, Dominick Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Can't Open a FM File If you're setup for backup saves...have you tried opening the *.backup.fm? Dominick A. DeFlorio Senior Technical Writer Plug Power, Inc. 968 Albany-Shaker Road Latham, NY 12110 (518) 738-0389 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:30 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can't Open a FM File Hi Framers, FM 7.0p578 Windows XP Professional 512 MB RAM I hope somebody can help me open this file. When I try to open it, FM tells me I do not have enough memory. The file is a little under 2.7 MB, and there are larger FM files in the book that FM does open. I've triedclosing everything and rebooting and then opening only that file, but I get the same message. There are a lot of graphics in the file, and I suspect that is the problem. If I could just open the file to get the text back, I could work around the graphics (split the chap into two maybe). I've tried opening the file in Word, but it was garbage. I tried converting it using a trial version of Mif2Go, but it converted all the files in the book except the one I can't open. Also, I gave a copy to a co-worker who has 1 GB of RAM, and he couldn't open it either. Please, can somebody help? I put a lot of hard work into this chapter! Thanks in advance for your help. Pearl Rosenberg TeleHealth Services ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/donald.m.rinderknec ht%40noaa.gov Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: RE: Can't Open a FM File
Hi Dominick, I do not reference my graphics, but this may be a good reason to do so. Altho having the graphics in the files makes them larger, I also thought it would be easier to manage the book without a directory of graphics. I'd be interested to hear from those of you who reference graphics about how hard it is (or isn't) to keep track of the graphic files. Pearl Rosenberg TeleHealth Services - Original Message - From: DeFlorio, Dominick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, December 8, 2005 10:28 am Subject: RE: Can't Open a FM File If it is hanging-up on a graphic, and you reference your graphics, try renaming the graphics folder. If the file is not corrupt, Frame shouldopen the file and issue an error message. Dominick A. DeFlorio Senior Technical Writer Plug Power, Inc. 968 Albany-Shaker Road Latham, NY 12110 (518) 738-0389 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 10:25 AM To: Peter Gold Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Can't Open a FM File Unfortunately this doesn't work either. I guess I'm going to have to try to pull this info out of my memory and rewrite the chap again. - Original Message - From: Peter Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, December 8, 2005 9:41 am Subject: Re: Can't Open a FM File Hi, Pearl: It's more likely a corrupt file than a memory issue. Have you tried the open heroic method? In FM, tap and rekease these keys in sequence: Escape lowercase o uppercase H Then select the file in the Open dialog box. If it opens successfully, save it immediately to a new name. At 9:29 AM -0500 12/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Framers, FM 7.0p578 Windows XP Professional 512 MB RAM I hope somebody can help me open this file. When I try to open it, FM tells me I do not have enough memory. The file is a little under 2.7 MB, and there are larger FM files in the book that FM does open. I've tried closing everything and rebooting and then opening only that file, but I get the same message. -- Regards, Peter Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ KnowHow ProServices http://www.knowhowpro.com 612.823.7113 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dominick_deflorio% 40 plugpower.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Can't Open a FM File
Hi Pearl, I once had a problem with a corrupted file, and there the heroic open didn't help, but opening it while suppressing the automatic update of references. To open a document without updating references: 1. Choose File Open, and select the file you want to open. 2. Do one of the following: * (Windows) Control-click Open. Also, feel free to send me the file privately, I'll try if I'm able to open it (using Frame on Mac). I'm keeping my graphics in a separate directory and have absolutely no problems with that. Good luck. Dona On Dec 8, 2005, at 9:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately this doesn't work either. I guess I'm going to have to try to pull this info out of my memory and rewrite the chap again. - Original Message - From: Peter Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, December 8, 2005 9:41 am Subject: Re: Can't Open a FM File Hi, Pearl: It's more likely a corrupt file than a memory issue. Have you tried the open heroic method? In FM, tap and rekease these keys in sequence: Escape lowercase o uppercase H Then select the file in the Open dialog box. If it opens successfully, save it immediately to a new name. At 9:29 AM -0500 12/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Framers, FM 7.0p578 Windows XP Professional 512 MB RAM I hope somebody can help me open this file. When I try to open it, FM tells me I do not have enough memory. The file is a little under 2.7 MB, and there are larger FM files in the book that FM does open. I've tried closing everything and rebooting and then opening only that file, but I get the same message. -- Regards, Peter Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ KnowHow ProServices http://www.knowhowpro.com 612.823.7113 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ dona.mommsen%40gmx.net Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: RE: Can't Open a FM File
I'd be interested to hear from those of you who reference graphics about how hard it is (or isn't) to keep track of the graphic files. Not hard at all. First, I have a two or three letter prefix for each book (HRP, Pub, DM, CPF, etc.). That prefix is included in the name of every file and every graphic. All my files go in one one directory and all my graphics go in a subdirectory off that file directory. The vast majority of my screen shots are of web pages or parts of web pages since I'm documenting a large HR portal. I name my graphics with three elements; the project name, then the header title of the screen, then the state of the screen. Use an underscore between elements, never use spaces anywhere in the file name. For instance, I have a project with the code HRP, then a GUI page with the title Login Pages, one showing a Login code window prior to putting in the code and after the code is entered. Therefore, my images have the following names: HRP_LoginPages_BeforeLoginCode.gif HRP_LoginPages_AfterLoginCode.gif This my not work well for you, it does for me. Different projects may require that I vary the naming conventions, but the methodology is usualy the same. John Posada Senior Technical Writer Well, you have to know these things when you're king, you know. - --King Arthur of Camelot. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
