Help cross-referencing two autonumbered series

[James Dyson]

Hello all,

Does anyone know how (or if) you can make a cross-reference when two or
more autonumbered series are used?

For example: I want the cross reference to read: 
see Step2c on page 9
I had been using see Step c on page 9 (for example this is formatted:
Step $paranumonly\ on page $pagenum) or Step 2 on page 9, but I need
to consolidate in one cross reference. Can anyone help? I am using the
following autonumbering formats in my paragraph designer. 

You'll see I use two different letters for the two different numbered
series.
For the parent (Step2 in this case)
D:Step n+

For the child (c. in this case)
T:a+.\t

Thanks,
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RE: Help cross-referencing two autonumbered series

[James Dyson]

Thank you. That did the trick. My brain was starting to hurt. 

-Original Message-
From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:52 PM
To: James Dyson; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Help cross-referencing two autonumbered series

According to the FrameMaker documentation, there is a building block for
cross-references that is of the form $paranum[paratag], which is
specifically designed for this kind of situation. This building block
will pick up the numbering of the last preceding paragraph that is
tagged with the paratag tag. If you add this building block to your
x-ref format (substituting the actual tag name of your parent step, of
course) you should be home free.

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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Subject: Help cross-referencing two autonumbered series

Hello all,

Does anyone know how (or if) you can make a cross-reference when two or
more autonumbered series are used?

For example: I want the cross reference to read: 
see Step2c on page 9
I had been using see Step c on page 9 (for example this is formatted:
Step $paranumonly\ on page $pagenum) or Step 2 on page 9, but I need
to consolidate in one cross reference. Can anyone help? I am using the
following autonumbering formats in my paragraph designer. 

You'll see I use two different letters for the two different numbered
series.
For the parent (Step2 in this case)
D:Step n+

For the child (c. in this case)
T:a+.\t

Thanks,
James
 
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Book problems

[James Dyson]

Hi all,

I'm using Framemaker 7.2 and I've run into a problem I've never seen
before. I have a small book, consisting of just four files (15 pages)
and a TOC. I can print the files within the book individually without
any problems. When I try to print the book, only the first file prints
and then a page prints with the following error message:

ERROR: undefined
OFFENDING COMMAND: KVH?  (KVH is my company name)
STACK:
72
469
-462
-69

I've also tried saving the book as a PDF, and the .log file listed the
very same error message shown above. The PDF failed to generate.

I've tried the following solutions to no avail:
Tried other printers
Creating a new book and adding those files to the new book
Deleting individual files
Reordering files
Printing the book using a different PC and copy of Framemaker
Printed another, existing book and verified that I can still do that
Gotten assurance from IT that there is no known significance on their
end to the error message shown

Thanks,
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RE: Book problems

[James Dyson]

Thanks for all of your help. I just figured out a workaround. I noticed
the first file in the book was the only one that I couldn't save as a
PDF. The culprit was the last page of the first file. There was a text
field that existed in duplicate in both the left master page and body
page. I tried deleting the body page text box (since the text is static)
but that didn't solve it. For some reason I had to override the blank
master page we use and add a text box on top of it in the body page. If
I get more time I'll experiment for a better solution, but I can work
with this for now.

Thanks again,
Jim
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 From: James Dyson  
 Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:54 AM
 To:   'framers@lists.frameusers.com'
 Subject:  Book problems
 
 Hi all,
 
 I'm using Framemaker 7.2 and I've run into a problem I've never seen
 before. I have a small book, consisting of just four files (15 pages)
 and a TOC. I can print the files within the book individually without
 any problems. When I try to print the book, only the first file prints
 and then a page prints with the following error message:
 
 ERROR: undefined
 OFFENDING COMMAND: KVH?  (KVH is my company name)
 STACK:
 72
 469
 -462
 -69
 
 I've also tried saving the book as a PDF, and the .log file listed the
 very same error message shown above. The PDF failed to generate.
 
 I've tried the following solutions to no avail:
 Tried other printers
 Creating a new book and adding those files to the new book
 Deleting individual files
 Reordering files
 Printing the book using a different PC and copy of Framemaker
 Printed another, existing book and verified that I can still do that
 Gotten assurance from IT that there is no known significance on their
 end to the error message shown
 
 Thanks,
 Jim Dyson
 
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re: Unavailable fonts issue (Isabelle Lopez)

[James Dyson]

Have you already checked the reference pages and master pages? 

-
Hi Framers,
 
I'm sure this is a very novice question, but I need some help.
 
I'm running Windows XP (SP2), using unstructured FrameMaker 7.2.
 
Even though I've checked all the paragraph and character tags for stray
fonts and have generated a list of fonts for each file, I get a
Document named xxx uses unavailable fonts... message. The console
displays a font that I know is nowhere in my documents, so how do I get
rid of this pop-up? The more important issue is that because the
documents are reformated on opening because of substitution of fonts, I
get unresolved cross-references alerts on good refs every time I reopen
saved files.
 
Hope this all makes sense. If not and you're able to help, please feel
free to email me.
 
Regards,
 
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non-breaking space in cross-reference?

[James Dyson]

Does anyone know how to make a non-breaking space in a cross reference?
I'm using unstructured 7.1. I'm stumped.

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moving preserving links between chapters in a book

[James Dyson]

Hi all. I'm using Framemaker 8 and we just discovered a problem caused
when we move our books  to different network locations. If we move from
point A to point B, the book's links to chapters (i.e. index) and the
links to different places within the same chapter work just fine. What
doesn't work is the links from one chapter to another. Is there a
solution? There very well may be a better way to do this, but here's how
we move our books: We do a save as command for each chapter to the new
location. We then create a book from scratch in that location (and
update the book). I'm stumped.

 

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RE: Unresolved Cross References

[James Dyson]

Howard,
Check your reference pages if you haven't solved the problem yet. We had
a similar issue here. My supervisor was using the reference pages to
paste text blocks as a sort of clipboard. In one of those text blocks,
he had a cross-reference. It wouldn't show up when we created a list of
unresolved cross-references, but an error message would detect that
there was one somewhere.

Jim D.


--
Perhaps someone has a suggestion about how to resolve this. I have
just?resolved all unresolved cross references in a 50-page document.
When I search for any unresolved cross references, I get a message that
none are found. Yet when I want to open or print the document, I get a
message stating that the document has unresolved cross references. Is
this?another FrameMaker glitsch?

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Linking Creators and Users of Technology
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Best practice for anchoring frames outside text frame?

[James Dyson]

Good morning. I'm hoping your collective experience can help us decide
the best way to handle this. I'd be happy to send a short sample to
anyone willing to view this. Goal: Steps that need a graphic will have
an anchored graphic positioned at right of that step, using as little
manual adjustment as possible.

 

* Approach #1 - One text column is used. Graphics are anchored
outside text box. Within the anchored frame, a text box is nested, where
an auto-number format for figure numbers is used.

o   Pros - Graphics flow stay with step during pagination changes, etc.

o   Cons - Almost always requires manual adjustment for vertical spacing
when multiple graphics/frames are on the same page. The graphic must be
manually aligned within the frame to account for adding the text box
(with figure # label).

*  Approach #2 - Two text columns are used; one is for the body
of the document, and the other is only for the figures and their
graphics.

o   Pros - Vertical spacing is nearly automatic. No text box within the
anchored frame is needed.

o   Cons - No true link between steps and their graphics. Must designate
the 'figure' paragraph style or the 'figuretopofpage' style to get the
right pictures on the page.

 

Thanks,

 

James Dyson

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KVH Industries, Inc.

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RE: framers Digest, Vol 54, Issue 13

[James Dyson]

You can also do this quick modification:
Highlight/select the character. Then press the ALT and Up arrow key.
This will change the vertical position of the selected character(s).
Keep in mind that the line spacing will also adjust by default. To
remedy this, just choose the Fixed line spacing option in the
Paragraph Designer.

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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:53:38 -0700
From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
syed.hos...@aeris.net
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of
a number?
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Hi, all.

I am using FM 9 (9.0p250) on a Vista system.

This document is written in English (specifically, Palatino Linotype for
general text and Consolas fonts in certain places) and have a need to
add the recurring decimal dot above a number. (There isn't any current
need to change this document into another language, by the way.)

For example, 10.999 where the last 9 has a dot on top to mean that there
are more 9's after  there - ad infinitum.

How do I do this in a generic way? I.e., add above the last digit of the
number only, without having to do something oddball that could make it
tortuous (since the digit could be different in different places or
could be changed/edited later, etc.).

Thanks!

Z



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Date: 14 Apr 2010 01:33:35 -
From: bern...@publishingsmarter.com
To: syed.hos...@aeris.net
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit
of anumber?
Message-ID: 20100414013335.15401.qm...@ns12.webmasters.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Would an equation work for you? I think it's Special  Equation, and
then you need to select Small, Medium, Large (based on font, not on
complexity). From there click Symbols, and choose the Diacritical. In
there select the very bottom leftmost symbol. Type a 9. Press Esc, m, p
(note that is case sensitive) and it should work. If needed, go with a
Medium or Large equation. I'd suggest you may want to build all of this
one number in the equation editor.

Hope that helps,

Bernard



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To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Sent: 4/13/10 8:57 PM
Subject: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a
number?

 Hi, all.
 
 I am using FM 9 (9.0p250) on a Vista system.
 
 This document is written in English (specifically, Palatino Linotype
for general text and Consolas fonts in certain places) and have a need
to add the recurring decimal dot above a number. (There isn't any
current need to change this document into another language, by the way.)
 
 For example, 10.999 where the last 9 has a dot on top to mean that
there are more 9's after  there - ad infinitum.
 
 How do I do this in a generic way? I.e., add above the last digit of
the number only, without having to do something oddball that could make
it tortuous (since the digit could be different in different places or
could be changed/edited later, etc.).
 
 Thanks!
 
 Z
 
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:14:56 -0400
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To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit
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On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain
(syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote:
 This document is written in English (specifically, Palatino Linotype
for general text and Consolas fonts in certain places) and have a need
to add the recurring decimal dot above a number. (There isn't any
current need to change this document into another language, by the way.)

This may be of interest to others reading this thread:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_decimal#Notation

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Multiple Superscript Offset %s in One Document

[James Dyson]

Hello,

Does anyone know of a way to have multiple offset % settings for superscript 
within a single frame document? I was hoping there is a work-around, but in the 
official User's Guide, there is the following ominous quote:

Adjustments to the properties of subscript, superscript, and small cap text 
apply to all such text in the document.


My reserved symbol is either too low or my daggers are too high. Does anyone 
have any suggestions?


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Expressing Fractions with Offset Numbers and Division Symbols

[James Dyson]

Does anyone have any advice on how to express fractions with offset numbers and 
division symbols? I'd like them to appear as they do in Microsoft Character Map 
or Quark (ex. ¾). Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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RE: Display Using Printer Metrics

[James Dyson]

Hi all,

Very interesting posts as always. The discussion of display using printer 
metrics change in the .ini file is interesting. At times, I use several 
printers here for a single document when editing/supplying hard-copies. 
Wouldn't changing the display using printer metrics setting to ON provide a 
different visual representation of alignments within my document when viewing 
the Framemaker file on my computer? Since the setting name implies it is 
printer-specific, I would think that the display of my FM file on my screen 
would vary according the last printer selected within the document.

Also, if I am wrong, what is the incentive for the Frame developers to leave 
this feature turned off by default? What are the drawbacks from this .ini file 
modification?

James Dyson
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 Kevin Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/08/06 06:53 
hi all,
 
I have a situation that would seem to be simple, but I can't find a
good solution.
 
In one of our user guides we have a lengthy list of items that I've
placed into a 4-column table. The table spans several pages. The table
is also frequently ammended (entries added or removed), so the length
and relative position of the rows vis a vis the page breaks changes. 
 
I want to add column headings for the four columns, that are aligned
correctly with the columns they correspond to. I want these column
headings to appear at the top of the table, as well as at the top of
every subsequent page. So I'm trying to use the Table Title. 
 
However, when I use the title, I find I can't put tab stops in, because
when I actually press the tab key, the cursor jumps to the first table
cell. So in order to place my table headings, I have to set the
alignment on that style to left, and space space space over to a spot
that approximately lines up with the column below, and type my heading.
This works all right (but not great; alignment isn't exact) while I'm
looking at the thing on the screen, but when I generate the PDF version,
the column heading locations vary slightly from the screen version I'm
looking at and don't line up perfectly with the columns. So I end up
having to mess with the spacing, re-gen the PDF (which is a pain) and so
on, until I end up with something that works in the PDF, but looks wrong
on my screen.
 
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
 
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TOC Chapter # Troubles

[James Dyson]

Good morning,

I was hoping someone could help me. This is probably an easy fix for
many of you. I have a book containing several chapters, and those
chapter numbers update just fine when I choose update book. However,
when I generate a TOC, each chapter # on the TOC is numbered 1. Here is
some data that might be helpful diagnosing this:

In the TOC, the autonumber format of the chapter level paragraph format
is:
S:$chapnum\t

Under Format/Document/Numbering for Chapter 1 only:
*   Use Same Number as Previous File is selected for Chapter 1 only
(since TOC precedes it)

Under Format/Document/Numbering for each other chapter file within the
book:
*   Continue Numbering from Previous File in Book

Under Format/Document/Numbering for the TOC:
*   Chapter # 1 [is manually selected]

Your help would be greatly appreciated! I know a workaround, but I'd
rather get it right.
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Frame on PC = upgrade the Graphics Card?

[James Dyson]

Hello all,

Has anyone noticeably improved the rate at which graphics are loaded in
Frame while running on a PC when they upgraded their graphics card? We
are considering doing so here, and I suspect it will make a vast
improvement. Our PCs are pretty current. I don't want to get lost in the
details of hardware configurations etc., but was wondering if anyone had
any success in alleviating the problem

Thanks,
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RE: Frame on PC = upgrade the Graphics Card?

[James Dyson]

Yes, the graphics are on a server, but we haven't ever noticed any slow
data rates in the past. We can't move the graphics to our local machines
and we can't move Frame to the server, so we are stuck with this
configuration. The only delays come the first time a graphic is loaded.
After I've scrolled through a document all the way (and that can take
quite some time), it's fine.

I don't this is due to some error since my supervisor is having the same
problem on his PC (which has nearly identical statistics to mine).

Here are some hardware stats in case they're helpful:

Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz, 2.39 GHz)
512 MB Ram
Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller (isn't this a cheap imbedded
chipset?)
Windows XP

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To: James Dyson; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Frame on PC = upgrade the Graphics Card?

James Dyson wrote: 
 
 Has anyone noticeably improved the rate at which graphics are loaded 
 in Frame while running on a PC when they upgraded their graphics card?

 We are considering doing so here, and I suspect it will make a vast 
 improvement. Our PCs are pretty current. I don't want to get lost in 
 the details of hardware configurations etc., but was wondering if 
 anyone had any success in alleviating the problem

I suspect there'd be no noticeable improvement. (I assume your PC
currently has a reasonably recent video card, not just an
on-the-motherboard graphics chip that shares system memory.) 

John asked the first key question -- are the graphics on a network
server? 

Assuming they're on your PC, how much RAM does it have? More RAM would
almost certainly make far more difference than a faster graphics card.
You should have at least a gigabyte. If you have lots of large graphics,
adding a second gig would be worthwhile. 

A very slow hard drive could also be a factor, but that's unlikely with
a reasonably current PC (you do defrag regularly, right?). 

HTH!
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Tip for loading remote imported graphics quicker

[James Dyson]

Here's a tip for anyone in my situation. Hope this helps other out
there.

Problem: My graphics are imported and stored another server, while frame
is on another PC. As a result, the loading time for graphics is
wretched, and each page in the document with a graphic in it would cause
the hourglass to appear, and each page would take a bit to load.

Solution: Since putting frame and the graphics on the same computer is
not an option, I found the next best thing is to:

1. Open the book.
2. Open each file in the book.
3. Select Print Book
4. Select Print to File
5. Create a file (that lives until the book is completed) called
delete_me.ps
6. Select Print.
7. Get some coffee - and the result is that it accomplishes the loading
of all of the graphics in the entire book, removing delays when
scrolling pages.

If there is a better way, let me know. But this is a significant
improvement for me - and hopefully for others in my situation.

Jim Dyson
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Best practice for anchoring frames outside text frame?

[James Dyson]

Good morning. I'm hoping your collective experience can help us decide
the best way to handle this. I'd be happy to send a short sample to
anyone willing to view this. Goal: Steps that need a graphic will have
an anchored graphic positioned at right of that step, using as little
manual adjustment as possible.



* Approach #1 - One text column is used. Graphics are anchored
outside text box. Within the anchored frame, a text box is nested, where
an auto-number format for figure numbers is used.

o   Pros - Graphics flow stay with step during pagination changes, etc.

o   Cons - Almost always requires manual adjustment for vertical spacing
when multiple graphics/frames are on the same page. The graphic must be
manually aligned within the frame to account for adding the text box
(with figure # label).

*  Approach #2 - Two text columns are used; one is for the body
of the document, and the other is only for the figures and their
graphics.

o   Pros - Vertical spacing is nearly automatic. No text box within the
anchored frame is needed.

o   Cons - No true link between steps and their graphics. Must designate
the 'figure' paragraph style or the 'figuretopofpage' style to get the
right pictures on the page.



Thanks,



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framers Digest, Vol 54, Issue 13

[James Dyson]

You can also do this quick modification:
Highlight/select the character. Then press the "ALT" and "Up" arrow key.
This will change the vertical position of the selected character(s).
Keep in mind that the line spacing will also adjust by default. To
remedy this, just choose the "Fixed" line spacing option in the
Paragraph Designer.

Best Regards,

James Dyson
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:53:38 -0700
From: "Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)"

To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" 
Subject: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of
a number?
Message-ID:



Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hi, all.

I am using FM 9 (9.0p250) on a Vista system.

This document is written in English (specifically, Palatino Linotype for
general text and Consolas fonts in certain places) and have a need to
add the "recurring decimal" dot above a number. (There isn't any current
need to change this document into another language, by the way.)

For example, 10.999 where the last 9 has a dot on top to mean that there
are more 9's after  there - ad infinitum.

How do I do this in a generic way? I.e., add above the last digit of the
number only, without having to do something oddball that could make it
tortuous (since the digit could be different in different places or
could be changed/edited later, etc.).

Thanks!

Z



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Date: 14 Apr 2010 01:33:35 -
From: bern...@publishingsmarter.com
To: Syed.Hosain at aeris.net
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit
of anumber?
Message-ID: <20100414013335.15401.qmail at ns12.webmasters.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"

Would an equation work for you? I think it's Special > Equation, and
then you need to select Small, Medium, Large (based on font, not on
complexity). From there click Symbols, and choose the Diacritical. In
there select the very bottom leftmost symbol. Type a 9. Press Esc, m, p
(note that is case sensitive) and it should work. If needed, go with a
Medium or Large equation. I'd suggest you may want to build all of this
one number in the equation editor.

Hope that helps,

Bernard



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To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Sent: 4/13/10 8:57 PM
Subject: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a
number?

> Hi, all.
> 
> I am using FM 9 (9.0p250) on a Vista system.
> 
> This document is written in English (specifically, Palatino Linotype
for general text and Consolas fonts in certain places) and have a need
to add the "recurring decimal" dot above a number. (There isn't any
current need to change this document into another language, by the way.)
> 
> For example, 10.999 where the last 9 has a dot on top to mean that
there are more 9's after  there - ad infinitum.
> 
> How do I do this in a generic way? I.e., add above the last digit of
the number only, without having to do something oddball that could make
it tortuous (since the digit could be different in different places or
could be changed/edited later, etc.).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Z
> 
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:14:56 -0400
From: Milan Davidovi? <milan.li...@gmail.com>
To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" 
Subject: Re: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit
of anumber?
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain
(Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)  wrote:
> This document is written in English (specifically, Palatino Linotype
for general text and Consolas fonts in certain places) and have a need
to add the "recurring decimal" dot above a number. (There isn't any
current need to change this document into another language, by the way.)

This may be of interest to others reading this thread:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_decimal#Notation

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Help cross-referencing two autonumbered series

[James Dyson]

Hello all,

Does anyone know how (or if) you can make a cross-reference when two or
more autonumbered series are used?

For example: I want the cross reference to read: 
see Step2c on page 9
I had been using see Step c on page 9 (for example this is formatted:
Step <$paranumonly>\ on page <$pagenum>) or Step 2 on page 9, but I need
to consolidate in one cross reference. Can anyone help? I am using the
following autonumbering formats in my paragraph designer. 

You'll see I use two different letters for the two different numbered
series.
For the parent (Step2 in this case)
D:Step 

For the child (c. in this case)
T:.\t

Thanks,
James

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Help cross-referencing two autonumbered series

[James Dyson]

Thank you. That did the trick. My brain was starting to hurt. 

-Original Message-
From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:fred.rid...@intel.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:52 PM
To: James Dyson; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Help cross-referencing two autonumbered series

According to the FrameMaker documentation, there is a building block for
cross-references that is of the form <$paranum[paratag]>, which is
specifically designed for this kind of situation. This building block
will pick up the numbering of the last preceding paragraph that is
tagged with the "paratag" tag. If you add this building block to your
x-ref format (substituting the actual tag name of your parent step, of
course) you should be home free.

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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Behalf Of James Dyson
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:02 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Help cross-referencing two autonumbered series

Hello all,

Does anyone know how (or if) you can make a cross-reference when two or
more autonumbered series are used?

For example: I want the cross reference to read: 
see Step2c on page 9
I had been using see Step c on page 9 (for example this is formatted:
Step <$paranumonly>\ on page <$pagenum>) or Step 2 on page 9, but I need
to consolidate in one cross reference. Can anyone help? I am using the
following autonumbering formats in my paragraph designer. 

You'll see I use two different letters for the two different numbered
series.
For the parent (Step2 in this case)
D:Step <n+>

For the child (c. in this case)
T:<a+>.\t

Thanks,
James

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Unavailable fonts issue (Isabelle Lopez)

[James Dyson]

Have you already checked the reference pages and master pages? 

-
Hi Framers,

I'm sure this is a very novice question, but I need some help.

I'm running Windows XP (SP2), using unstructured FrameMaker 7.2.

Even though I've checked all the paragraph and character tags for stray
fonts and have generated a list of fonts for each file, I get a
"Document named xxx uses unavailable fonts..." message. The console
displays a font that I know is nowhere in my documents, so how do I get
rid of this pop-up? The more important issue is that because the
documents are reformated on opening because of substitution of fonts, I
get unresolved cross-references alerts on good refs every time I reopen
saved files.

Hope this all makes sense. If not and you're able to help, please feel
free to email me.

Regards,

IRL
ilopez at texasbar.com

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non-breaking space in cross-reference?

[James Dyson]

Does anyone know how to make a non-breaking space in a cross reference?
I'm using unstructured 7.1. I'm stumped.

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moving & preserving links between chapters in a book

[James Dyson]

Hi all. I'm using Framemaker 8 and we just discovered a problem caused
when we move our books  to different network locations. If we move from
point A to point B, the book's links to chapters (i.e. index) and the
links to different places within the same chapter work just fine. What
doesn't work is the links from one chapter to another. Is there a
solution? There very well may be a better way to do this, but here's how
we move our books: We do a "save as" command for each chapter to the new
location. We then create a book from scratch in that location (and
update the book). I'm stumped.



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Unresolved Cross References

[James Dyson]

Howard,
Check your reference pages if you haven't solved the problem yet. We had
a similar issue here. My supervisor was using the reference pages to
paste text blocks as a sort of clipboard. In one of those text blocks,
he had a cross-reference. It wouldn't show up when we created a list of
unresolved cross-references, but an error message would detect that
there was one somewhere.

Jim D.


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just?resolved all unresolved cross references in a 50-page document.
When I search for any unresolved cross references, I get a message that
none are found. Yet when I want to open or print the document, I get a
message stating that the document has unresolved cross references. Is
this?another FrameMaker glitsch?

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Display Using Printer Metrics

[James Dyson]

Hi all,

Very interesting posts as always. The discussion of display using printer 
metrics change in the .ini file is interesting. At times, I use several 
printers here for a single document when editing/supplying hard-copies. 
Wouldn't changing the "display using printer metrics" setting to ON provide a 
different visual representation of alignments within my document when viewing 
the Framemaker file on my computer? Since the setting name implies it is 
printer-specific, I would think that the display of my FM file on my screen 
would vary according the last printer selected within the document.

Also, if I am wrong, what is the incentive for the Frame developers to leave 
this feature turned off by default? What are the drawbacks from this .ini file 
modification?

James Dyson
Associate Technical Writer
KVH Industries, Inc.
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>>> Kevin Hunter  11/08/06 06:53 >>>
hi all,

I have a situation that would seem to be simple, but I can't find a
good solution.

In one of our user guides we have a lengthy list of items that I've
placed into a 4-column table. The table spans several pages. The table
is also frequently ammended (entries added or removed), so the length
and relative position of the rows vis a vis the page breaks changes. 

I want to add column headings for the four columns, that are aligned
correctly with the columns they correspond to. I want these column
headings to appear at the top of the table, as well as at the top of
every subsequent page. So I'm trying to use the Table Title. 

However, when I use the title, I find I can't put tab stops in, because
when I actually press the tab key, the cursor jumps to the first table
cell. So in order to place my table headings, I have to set the
alignment on that style to left, and space space space over to a spot
that approximately lines up with the column below, and type my heading.
This works all right (but not great; alignment isn't exact) while I'm
looking at the thing on the screen, but when I generate the PDF version,
the column heading locations vary slightly from the screen version I'm
looking at and don't line up perfectly with the columns. So I end up
having to mess with the spacing, re-gen the PDF (which is a pain) and so
on, until I end up with something that works in the PDF, but looks wrong
on my screen.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Kevin Hunter
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Expressing Fractions with Offset Numbers and Division Symbols

[James Dyson]

Does anyone have any advice on how to express fractions with offset numbers and 
division symbols? I'd like them to appear as they do in Microsoft Character Map 
or Quark (ex. ?). Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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KVH Industries, Inc.
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Multiple Superscript Offset %s in One Document

[James Dyson]

Hello,

Does anyone know of a way to have multiple offset % settings for superscript 
within a single frame document? I was hoping there is a work-around, but in the 
official User's Guide, there is the following ominous quote:

"Adjustments to the properties of subscript, superscript, and small cap text 
apply to all such text in the document."


My reserved symbol is either too low or my daggers are too high. Does anyone 
have any suggestions?


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Frame on PC = upgrade the Graphics Card?

[James Dyson]

Hello all,

Has anyone noticeably improved the rate at which graphics are loaded in
Frame while running on a PC when they upgraded their graphics card? We
are considering doing so here, and I suspect it will make a vast
improvement. Our PCs are pretty current. I don't want to get lost in the
details of hardware configurations etc., but was wondering if anyone had
any success in alleviating the problem

Thanks,
Jim

Frame on PC = upgrade the Graphics Card?

[James Dyson]

Yes, the graphics are on a server, but we haven't ever noticed any slow
data rates in the past. We can't move the graphics to our local machines
and we can't move Frame to the server, so we are stuck with this
configuration. The only delays come the first time a graphic is loaded.
After I've scrolled through a document all the way (and that can take
quite some time), it's fine.

I don't this is due to some error since my supervisor is having the same
problem on his PC (which has nearly identical statistics to mine).

Here are some hardware stats in case they're helpful:

Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz, 2.39 GHz)
512 MB Ram
Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller (isn't this a cheap imbedded
chipset?)
Windows XP

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From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:12 PM
To: James Dyson; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Frame on PC = upgrade the Graphics Card?

James Dyson wrote: 

> Has anyone noticeably improved the rate at which graphics are loaded 
> in Frame while running on a PC when they upgraded their graphics card?

> We are considering doing so here, and I suspect it will make a vast 
> improvement. Our PCs are pretty current. I don't want to get lost in 
> the details of hardware configurations etc., but was wondering if 
> anyone had any success in alleviating the problem

I suspect there'd be no noticeable improvement. (I assume your PC
currently has a reasonably recent video card, not just an
on-the-motherboard graphics chip that shares system memory.) 

John asked the first key question -- are the graphics on a network
server? 

Assuming they're on your PC, how much RAM does it have? More RAM would
almost certainly make far more difference than a faster graphics card.
You should have at least a gigabyte. If you have lots of large graphics,
adding a second gig would be worthwhile. 

A very slow hard drive could also be a factor, but that's unlikely with
a reasonably current PC (you do defrag regularly, right?). 

HTH!
Richard


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TOC Chapter # Troubles

[James Dyson]

Good morning,

I was hoping someone could help me. This is probably an easy fix for
many of you. I have a book containing several chapters, and those
chapter numbers update just fine when I choose update book. However,
when I generate a TOC, each chapter # on the TOC is numbered 1. Here is
some data that might be helpful diagnosing this:

In the TOC, the autonumber format of the chapter level paragraph format
is:
S:<$chapnum>\t

Under Format/Document/Numbering for Chapter 1 only:
*   Use Same Number as Previous File is selected for Chapter 1 only
(since TOC precedes it)

Under Format/Document/Numbering for each other chapter file within the
book:
*   Continue Numbering from Previous File in Book

Under Format/Document/Numbering for the TOC:
*   Chapter # 1 [is manually selected]

Your help would be greatly appreciated! I know a workaround, but I'd
rather get it right.

Book problems

[James Dyson]

Hi all,

I'm using Framemaker 7.2 and I've run into a problem I've never seen
before. I have a small book, consisting of just four files (15 pages)
and a TOC. I can print the files within the book individually without
any problems. When I try to print the book, only the first file prints
and then a page prints with the following error message:

ERROR: undefined
OFFENDING COMMAND: KVH?  (KVH is my company name)
STACK:
72
469
-462
-69

I've also tried saving the book as a PDF, and the .log file listed the
very same error message shown above. The PDF failed to generate.

I've tried the following solutions to no avail:
Tried other printers
Creating a new book and adding those files to the new book
Deleting individual files
Reordering files
Printing the book using a different PC and copy of Framemaker
Printed another, existing book and verified that I can still do that
Gotten assurance from IT that there is no known significance on their
end to the error message shown

Thanks,
Jim Dyson

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Book problems

[James Dyson]

Thanks for all of your help. I just figured out a workaround. I noticed
the first file in the book was the only one that I couldn't save as a
PDF. The culprit was the last page of the first file. There was a text
field that existed in duplicate in both the left master page and body
page. I tried deleting the body page text box (since the text is static)
but that didn't solve it. For some reason I had to override the "blank"
master page we use and add a text box on top of it in the body page. If
I get more time I'll experiment for a better solution, but I can work
with this for now.

Thanks again,
Jim
> _ 
> From: James Dyson  
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:54 AM
> To:   'framers at lists.frameusers.com'
> Subject:  Book problems
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm using Framemaker 7.2 and I've run into a problem I've never seen
> before. I have a small book, consisting of just four files (15 pages)
> and a TOC. I can print the files within the book individually without
> any problems. When I try to print the book, only the first file prints
> and then a page prints with the following error message:
> 
> ERROR: undefined
> OFFENDING COMMAND: KVH?  (KVH is my company name)
> STACK:
> 72
> 469
> -462
> -69
> 
> I've also tried saving the book as a PDF, and the .log file listed the
> very same error message shown above. The PDF failed to generate.
> 
> I've tried the following solutions to no avail:
> Tried other printers
> Creating a new book and adding those files to the new book
> Deleting individual files
> Reordering files
> Printing the book using a different PC and copy of Framemaker
> Printed another, existing book and verified that I can still do that
> Gotten assurance from IT that there is no known significance on their
> end to the error message shown
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim Dyson

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error by reply email so that the sender's address records can be corrected.

Tip for loading remote imported graphics quicker

[James Dyson]

Here's a tip for anyone in my situation. Hope this helps other out
there.

Problem: My graphics are imported and stored another server, while frame
is on another PC. As a result, the loading time for graphics is
wretched, and each page in the document with a graphic in it would cause
the hourglass to appear, and each page would take a bit to load.

Solution: Since putting frame and the graphics on the same computer is
not an option, I found the next best thing is to:

1. Open the book.
2. Open each file in the book.
3. Select Print Book
4. Select Print to File
5. Create a file (that lives until the book is completed) called
delete_me.ps
6. Select Print.
7. Get some coffee - and the result is that it accomplishes the loading
of all of the graphics in the entire book, removing delays when
scrolling pages.

If there is a better way, let me know. But this is a significant
improvement for me - and hopefully for others in my situation.

Jim Dyson