subject:"Unavailable Fonts error"

Re: Use Blank Paper ruler units (Was: Unavailable Fonts error)

2013-01-25 Thread Klaus Daube

On 24 Jan 2013 at 16:11, Stuart Rogers wrote:

  Here's a thought: In the [Preferences] section of maker.ini, there's a
  UseDisplayUnitInTemplate setting, followed by various (English and
  metric) defaults. UseDisplayUnitInTemplate is set to Off in both my
  maker.ini and the saved original version. You might check yours. Try it
  both ways (maybe just toggling it will unstick something in FM).
 
 
 Bullseye!  Changing that setting to ON gives me a ruler in inches for all
 three Use-Blank-Paper choices.  (Toggling it back to OFF reverts to the
 metric ruler.)

Somewhere (probably in very old fm-docs) I have found Adobes description of 
this setting and put into 
my compilation of maker.ini entries: www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker68.html#note14 .

Just for Your information
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Use Blank Paper ruler units (Was: Unavailable Fonts error)

2013-01-25 Thread Klaus Daube

On 24 Jan 2013 at 16:11, Stuart Rogers wrote:

> > Here's a thought: In the [Preferences] section of maker.ini, there's a
> > UseDisplayUnitInTemplate setting, followed by various (English and
> > metric) defaults. UseDisplayUnitInTemplate is set to Off in both my
> > maker.ini and the saved original version. You might check yours. Try it
> > both ways (maybe just toggling it will "unstick" something in FM).
> 
> 
> Bullseye!  Changing that setting to ON gives me a ruler in inches for all
> three Use-Blank-Paper choices.  (Toggling it back to OFF reverts to the
> metric ruler.)

Somewhere (probably in very old fm-docs) I have found Adobes description of 
this setting and put into 
my compilation of maker.ini entries: www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker68.html#note14 .

Just for Your information
Klaus Daube


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Re: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Robert Lauriston

Have you tried saving as .mif and searching for that font?

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Karen Robbins karendes...@gmail.com wrote:
 A file (generated file from a plain text source) keeps displaying the
 unavailable fonts error each time it opens.

 I've run Silicoin Prairie's Paragraph Tools on this file, and the only font
 it finds in the file is HelveticaNeueLT Std--exactly as it should be. I've
 checked the master pages (four)--no hidden text boxes; and the reference
 page (one)--nothing else there.

 What could the error be pointing to?
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RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread rebecca officer

Hi Karen
 
The other option is to save the file as MIF, open it in a text editor and look 
for fonts. MIFs are pretty human-readable.
 
Cheers
Rebecca

 Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.com 24/01/13 13:54 
Karen Robbins wrote:

 A file (generated file from a plain text source) keeps displaying the
 unavailable fonts error each time it opens.
 
 I've run Silicoin Prairie's Paragraph Tools on this file, and the
 only font it finds in the file is HelveticaNeueLT Std--exactly as it
 should be. I've checked the master pages (four)--no hidden text
 boxes; and the reference page (one)--nothing else there.
 
 What could the error be pointing to?

What version of FM? Which fonts are unavailable (listed in the Console window). 

The most likely suspect is a paragraph in the default instance of a table 
format. For a new file not based on a template you've created, there are 
probably only two: Format A and Format B. 

Insert an instance of each table format (with a heading, body, and footing row) 
and check the paragraphs in those. If you find the problem, change the 
paragraph formats (or redefine them to use the correct font). Then, in the 
Table Designer dialog box, click Update All. That will update the default for 
that table format to use the changed paragraph formats. 

HTH!

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RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Steve Rickaby

At 17:21 -0800 23/1/13, Karen Robbins wrote:

You are correct, that's just what it was--Times instances in the default 
tables. (I did the mif to find this out; there are no tables in the document 
itself.) I already thought I'd have to do what you say... How annoying that I 
have to do this extra work to undo a presumptuous default.

SiliconPrairie's Table Tools plugin can delete any table tags that aren't used 
in a document, including the default tags.

'Unavailable' fonts can also hide on reference and master pages (I think: 
haven't checked this). But these will also show up in a MIF search.

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RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Combs, Richard

Karen Robbins wrote:
 
 You are correct, that's just what it was--Times instances in the default
 tables. (I did the mif to find this out; there are no tables in the document
 itself.) 

That's why I said to insert an instance of each table format.

 I already thought I'd have to do what you say... How annoying that I
 have to do this extra work to undo a presumptuous default.

It's not a _presumptuous_ default. When you create a table, each cell has to 
contain _some_ paragraph. And each paragraph has to use _some_ font. So 
defaults have to exist. You can change the default paragraphs and fonts that 
each table format uses as I described. 

Or you can map the unavailable font to the replacement of your choice in the 
maker.ini file (and turn off Remember Missing Font Names in File  Preferences 
 General). 

Or for a comprehensive, permanent solution, you can modify any and all format 
definitions to suit you (as well as which formats exist) in the 
behind-the-scenes template that FM uses when you create a new document without 
selecting a template (Use Blank Paper). It's named shellnew.fm, and it's 
located in the fminit subdirectory of your FM installation directory. Just open 
it, redefine everything as you like (including the defaults for the table 
formats), and save it. From then on, new docs will have exactly the formats, 
fonts, defaults, etc., that you want.

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RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Karen Robbins


I sure do learn something new every day! :-)

I could also define those formats in a stock document and always 
import them to the working document. I do something similar for 
indexes--a format master imported each time a new one is generated.


I like the idea of using SP's Table Tools to just remove what's not 
being used, too. Somehow seems safer than diving in to program files 
on my own.


Thanks all!

K
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Re: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Stuart Rogers


On 24/01/2013 11:18 AM, Karen Robbins wrote:

I sure do learn something new every day! :-)

I could also define those formats in a stock document and always
import them to the working document. I do something similar for
indexes--a format master imported each time a new one is generated.

I like the idea of using SP's Table Tools to just remove what's not
being used, too. Somehow seems safer than diving in to program files on
my own.




If you're on FM 10 or later (maybe 9, too?), you can use the Options 
button in each of the pgf, char, and table format catalogs to delete 
unused formats.  No plug-in required.


s.


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Re: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Stuart Rogers


On 24/01/2013 11:05 AM, Combs, Richard wrote:



Or for a comprehensive, permanent solution, you can modify any and
all format definitions to suit you (as well as which formats exist)
in the behind-the-scenes template that FM uses when you create a new
document without selecting a template (Use Blank Paper). It's named
shellnew.fm, and it's located in the fminit subdirectory of your FM
installation directory. Just open it, redefine everything as you like
(including the defaults for the table formats), and save it. From
then on, new docs will have exactly the formats, fonts, defaults,
etc., that you want.


Ah, if only that were true!  I've been stymied trying to find the file 
to change that would result in new Portrait, Landscape, or Custom 
documents that don't have hidden Times New Roman and that DO remember I 
want my ruler in inches.


I just modified shellnew.fm with your suggested changes, and there is no 
effect on a new document.  The table formats still use Times New Roman, 
the ruler is still in cm.


There is another file, custom with no extension, also in the fminit 
directory.  I am able to use your instructions to change the default 
table properties in that file, and happily, the effect is evident in
new Portrait, Landscape, and Custom documents.  The bloody ruler, even 
though in inches in the custom file, and even though Units are set to 
inches in the Custom Blank Paper dialog, resolutely refuses to display 
inches.  It's Adobe's (metric) way or the highway, I guess.


s.


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RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Combs, Richard

Stuart Rogers wrote:

I just modified shellnew.fm with your suggested changes, and there is no
effect on a new document. The table formats still use Times New Roman,
the ruler is still in cm.

There is another file, custom with no extension, also in the fminit
directory. I am able to use your instructions to change the default
table properties in that file, and happily, the effect is evident in
new Portrait, Landscape, and Custom documents. The bloody ruler, even
though in inches in the custom file, and even though Units are set to
inches in the Custom Blank Paper dialog, resolutely refuses to display
inches. It's Adobe's (metric) way or the highway, I guess.

Oops, sorry. I misremembered some information from many years ago. You're
right, it's custom that's used when you create new blank paper documents in FM
(shellnew.fm is used when you create a new FM doc outside of FM; don't ask me
why). Here's some more information on this subject:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/help.html?content=Chap11-Pagelayout-Templates_57.html

(That's in the FM 8 help. The equivalent topic in the FM 10 help is shorter and
less helpful because someone apparently randomly removed chunks of content.)

I don't know what controls the ruler units when you select Portrait or
Landscape in the New dialog. But when you select Custom, what you set Units to
in the Custom Blank Paper dialog is what you should get.

It works for me in both FM 7.2 and 10. If Page Size is set to a US size, Units
defaults to Inch, but I can change it to cm, click Create, and the new doc's
rulers are in centimeters. If Page Size is set to a metric size, Units defaults
to cm, but I can change it to Inch, click Create, and the new doc's rulers are
in inches.

Are you using FM 11? Maybe you've discovered a bug.

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Use Blank Paper ruler units (Was: Unavailable Fonts error)

2013-01-24 Thread Stuart Rogers


On 24/01/2013 1:31 PM, Matt Sullivan wrote:

I believe the Document Properties in custom.fm will control units.
(setting custom.fm to use a specific unit of measure should fix this)



Should, but doesn't.  The Custom file (no extension) opens with a ruler 
in inches.  New documents opened with any of the Portrait, Landscape, or 
Custom options (even with Custom options set to US Letter, all margins 
in inches, and Units selected as Inch) open with a ruler in centimetres.






On Jan 24, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Combs, Richard
richard.co...@polycom.com mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com wrote:


I don't know what controls the ruler units when you select Portrait or
Landscape in the New dialog. But when you select Custom, what you set
Units to in the Custom Blank Paper dialog is what you should get.




See above :-(

s.


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RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Combs, Richard

I wrote: 
 
 Oops, sorry. I misremembered some information from many years ago. You're
 right, it's custom that's used when you create new blank paper documents in FM
 (shellnew.fm is used when you create a new FM doc outside of FM; don't ask me
 why). 

Eating lunch seems to have slightly revived my memory -- enough to recall why I 
was confused. In the [Files] section of maker.ini, there's this entry: 

CustomDoc=fminit\custom 

You can change that to use some other file as the blank paper template -- such 
as shellnew.fm, if you don't see any point in using different templates for 
creating new docs inside and outside FM. :-)

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RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Steve Rickaby

For anyone still using FrameMaker 7 on Mac, the 'custom' file that sets the 
defaults for new blank documents seems to be /Adobe FrameMaker 
7.0/Modules/Custom New Document, in whatever root folder you have located your 
Classic apps.
-- 
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RE: Use Blank Paper ruler units (Was: Unavailable Fonts error)

2013-01-24 Thread Stuart Rogers


On 24/01/2013 3:07 PM, Combs, Richard wrote:

Stuart Rogers wrote:


Thanks for the link, Richard.  I tried following the instructions
and overwrote the custom. file; no joy.


Sure sounds like a bug. But IIRC, you're on FM 10, right? It worked
in FM 10 for me.

Here's a thought: In the [Preferences] section of maker.ini, there's
a UseDisplayUnitInTemplate setting, followed by various (English and
metric) defaults. UseDisplayUnitInTemplate is set to Off in both my
maker.ini and the saved original version. You might check yours. Try
it both ways (maybe just toggling it will unstick something in
FM).



Bullseye!  Changing that setting to ON gives me a ruler in inches for 
all three Use-Blank-Paper choices.  (Toggling it back to OFF reverts to 
the metric ruler.)


Thank you, Richard!!

s.


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RE: Unavailable Fonts Error: Save to .ps, but...

2013-01-24 Thread Karen Robbins

Saving to Postscript and distilling does work, 
but I did see a can't open [thisfilename].fm 
message at the bottom of the book window beneath 
the list of pages. The file did open, .ps file 
was created correctly, distilled correctly.


I thought the save as PDF function in FM11 (my 
current version) had evolved beyond being so 
troublesome.


Would still love to know a functional solution.

Unchecking Remember missing font names 
preference had no effect. I believe in older 
versions of FM this had to be done for every 
file; but I don't see that in FM11. In any case, 
only this file as part of the book generated the 
error, and only this file is named in the error 
message. Saving the book to PDF without this file 
does not generate the error. This file DOES 
convert to PDF by itself, no problem at all.


Deleting unused formats in this file from the 
Paragraph Catalog and the Table Catalog does not 
prevent the book error, Could not open 
[thisfilename].fm, because it uses unavailable 
fonts, on saving as PDF.


Doing the same from the Character Catalog still 
leaves a default ¶ font that cannot be removed 
(or modified from the user interface at least). I 
presume that default contains the missing but 
unused Times font.


In a copy of my file, I inserted one of each 
table default format (A and B), changed the fonts 
from Times to what I wanted and clicked update 
all each time, saved the file. Then I opened my 
actual file, imported the formats from the copy, 
saved. Tried to save as PDF--and got the same 
error. Maybe the changes made in the copy don't 
stick, or maybe they won't import to another 
file. Either way I'd be stuck doing this over and 
over--no help to workflow. Note: Times appeared 
in gray in the Paragraph Designer font pull-down, 
so I am fairly confident it is the culprit.


If modifying the custom program file only works 
on new docs, that won't help... this project is 
based on established files and templates.


I have other versions of Times so I have no need 
for the missing one, unless it is essential to 
FM's operation. At least one of those other 
versions appears in reference pages (mapping 
table cells, etc.), but plain Times does not.


--Karen
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Re: Use Blank Paper ruler units (Was: Unavailable Fonts error)

2013-01-24 Thread Grant Hogarth


Could this possibly be a FMinit setting?
Grant
On 1/24/2013 12:19 PM, Stuart Rogers wrote:

On 24/01/2013 1:31 PM, Matt Sullivan wrote:

I believe the Document Properties in custom.fm will control units.
(setting custom.fm to use a specific unit of measure should fix this)


Should, but doesn't.  The Custom file (no extension) opens with a 
ruler in inches.  New documents opened with any of the Portrait, 
Landscape, or Custom options (even with Custom options set to US 
Letter, all margins in inches, and Units selected as Inch) open with a 
ruler in centimetres.



On Jan 24, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Combs, Richard
richard.co...@polycom.com mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com wrote:


I don't know what controls the ruler units when you select Portrait or
Landscape in the New dialog. But when you select Custom, what you set
Units to in the Custom Blank Paper dialog is what you should get.


See above :-(

s 

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