font of text above crop marks

2006-01-18 Thread patrick scully
Does anyone know how to control the font that Framemaker uses for text ABOVE the cropmarks? I have a custom page that is smaller than A4. I tick Western cropmarks at the print dialog. So far, so good. However, when I view the output (in Acrobat) the reference text above the crop marks (file

Re: Crashing Books Find/Change

2006-01-18 Thread Art Campbell
Known bug it's usually the result of files not opening quickly enough to suit FM, which times out while waiting for something to happen. Might be because the files are on the network, have lots of graphics, have missing fonts, etc. The workaround that usually works the best is to open all the

RE: Crashing Books Find/Change

2006-01-18 Thread Hales-Crotchett, Nicole
Thanks to all who answered; I think I know how to avoid this. Cheers! Nicole ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit

RE: Frame vs. Quicksilver - Please help me save Frame

2006-01-18 Thread Karen L. Zorn
Cost. Last I heard Interleaf was thousands per seat, while FM is much, much less. Karen L. Zorn Zorn Technologies, Inc. Mesa, AZ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sims, Joseph Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:21 PM To:

Re: Frame vs. Quicksilver - Please help me save Frame

2006-01-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Hi, all. A related sidebar: Ever use FrameMaker and put the Interleaf in a document and then spell-check it in FrameMaker? Try it! :) Z Karen L. Zorn wrote: Cost. Last I heard Interleaf was thousands per seat, while FM is much, much less. Karen L. Zorn Zorn Technologies, Inc. Mesa, AZ

Re: Frame vs. Quicksilver - Please help me save Frame

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Briggs
At 4:20 PM -0500 1/18/06, Sims, Joseph wrote: The company I work for uses Frame, Interleaf and Word in three separate offices. (PC version) Management has requested that we create a uniform style for documentation starting now. They're expecting us to share content and presumably document

Re: Frame vs. Quicksilver - Please help me save Frame

2006-01-18 Thread John Posada
non-constructive us vs. them conflict. As a result, I need to come up with a list of business reasons why Interleaf is not the correct choice for the company. It seems to me that the best way to state your FM case is because it is a compromise between the two. IL may want to be the

Rebranding/OEM'ing Frame files

2006-01-18 Thread rebecca officer
Great overview, John! Just one thing I'd like to comment on: > every place that I say you need "a OneSign profile" they need to say "an Applesandoranges" profile - the a/an is not part of your variable and must be caught with a search-replace. Seems to me that if you're doing a

Rebranding/OEM'ing Frame files

2006-01-18 Thread Bernard Aschwanden
A few quick comments related to the two most specific points you make. * For company name (and product names, if it becomes necessary), we'll create a user variable. Try to avoid the entire "a" versus "an" issue by planning the writing. That means if you write for the Apple market and for the

Paste Lithuanian doc file into FrameMaker document

2006-01-18 Thread Lisbeth Nielsen
Hello all experts, I have trouble pasting Lithuanian doc-text into a FM document. The present procedure is as follows: 1. I receive a Lithuanian doc-file, the font being shown in Word as Times Roman 2. I save file in rtf-format 3. I change font to Arial Unicode MS 4. I copy the text in Word and

POLL: Which method do you use to apply bold and italics?

2006-01-18 Thread Doug
On 1/17/06, Ridder, Fred wrote: > I'm not sure I'd call this the "ultimate redefinition solution" because > it completely ignores the fact that there should be some underlying > *reason* why you need to present a word or phrase in boldface (or > italic or whatever). A large segment of the people

default fonts in Framemaker 6

2006-01-18 Thread patrick scully
Thank you very much for your help. Editing the custom document seems to work. It is rather tedious, however, to have to remove all the paragraph and character formats. Otherwise these will be brought over into the new document when you create it -- even if you never actually use a tag with

font of text above crop marks

2006-01-18 Thread patrick scully
Does anyone know how to control the font that Framemaker uses for text ABOVE the cropmarks? I have a custom page that is smaller than A4. I tick Western cropmarks at the print dialog. So far, so good. However, when I view the output (in Acrobat) the reference text above the crop marks (file

Rebranding/OEM'ing Frame files

2006-01-18 Thread beverly_robin...@datacard.com
In Framers Digest, Vol 3, Issue 14 Deb Hardy wrote, in part, "I'm pretty sure that images and anchored frames can't have user variables attached to them, . . ." The way I get around this limitation is to place images/anchored frames in separate paragraphs (named figure, for example), select

font of text above crop marks

2006-01-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
No, there is no way of controlling the font that FrameMaker uses for the text in what is called the bleed and slug areas (the area outside the logical page). In the current version of FrameMaker Windows, it is Times New Roman. (In earlier versions, I think that Times Roman was used). No the

Crashing Books & Find/Change

2006-01-18 Thread Hales-Crotchett, Nicole
Sorry for the potential duplication; first one didn't post. Frame 7.1, Win XP Pro ? Has anyone run into the issue of a book occasionally crashing after running a find/change? ?Occasionally after completing I'll get a message telling me that "FrameMaker has detected a serious problem and must

FW: Crashing Books & Find/Change

2006-01-18 Thread Owen, Clint
If you are searching across files in a book, then I think it's a known bug. Open all files in the book first, then it should work OK. Clint Owen -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+clint.owen=craneaerospace@lists.frameusers.com

Crashing Books & Find/Change

2006-01-18 Thread Hales-Crotchett, Nicole
Thanks for the tip. I'll try that next time. Thanks, Nicole -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+nicole.hales-crotchett=lmco.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+nicole.hales-crotchett=lmco.com at lists.frameusers .com] On Behalf Of Owen, Clint Sent: Wednesday,

Crashing Books & Find/Change

2006-01-18 Thread Art Campbell
Known bug it's usually the result of files not opening quickly enough to suit FM, which times out while waiting for something to happen. Might be because the files are on the network, have lots of graphics, have "missing" fonts, etc. The workaround that usually works the best is to open all

Crashing Books & Find/Change

2006-01-18 Thread Hales-Crotchett, Nicole
Thanks to all who answered; I think I know how to avoid this. Cheers! Nicole

Crashing Books & List of Markers

2006-01-18 Thread Grant Hogarth
A related question: When I generate a List (LOM) of markers, FM crashes out. However, an Index (IOM) of the same markers generates just fine. Files open/closed makes no difference, and the files are all local. Any suggestions? Grant (Build 7.1p116, WinXP SP2 784MB RAM, lots (4+ GBs) of free

Crashing Books & List of Markers

2006-01-18 Thread Rick Quatro
Look to see if there are any line breaks in your markers. I think they cause crashing problems with lists. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com A related question: When I generate a List (LOM) of markers, FM crashes out. However, an Index (IOM) of the same markers

Frame vs. Quicksilver - Please help me save Frame

2006-01-18 Thread Sims, Joseph
The company I work for uses Frame, Interleaf and Word in three separate offices. (PC version) Management has requested that we create a uniform style for documentation starting now. They're expecting us to share content and presumably document templates. In my opinion, all of us should use Frame,

Crashing Books & List of Markers

2006-01-18 Thread Ridder, Fred
Good thought, Rick. But my recollection was that line breaks in markers usually caused problems in indexes rather than lists. Am I misremembering? My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Intel Parsippany, NJ -Original Message- From:

Frame vs. Quicksilver - Please help me save Frame

2006-01-18 Thread Karen L. Zorn
Cost. Last I heard Interleaf was thousands per seat, while FM is much, much less. Karen L. Zorn Zorn Technologies, Inc. Mesa, AZ -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+k.zorn=zorntech@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+k.zorn=zorntech.com at lists.frameusers.com] On

Crashing Books & List of Markers

2006-01-18 Thread Grant Hogarth
Rick was exactly right! No hard (or soft) returns in markers if you are generating a list. I would have been a *LONG* time looking before I found that. I owe you at least one (Root) beer for this -- probably multiple. Grant -Original Message- From: Rick Quatro

Frame vs. Quicksilver - Please help me save Frame

2006-01-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Hi, all. A related sidebar: Ever use FrameMaker and put the "Interleaf" in a document and then spell-check it in FrameMaker? Try it! :) Z Karen L. Zorn wrote: > Cost. Last I heard Interleaf was thousands per seat, while FM is much, much > less. > > Karen L. Zorn > Zorn Technologies, Inc. >

Frame vs. Quicksilver - Please help me save Frame

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Briggs
At 4:20 PM -0500 1/18/06, Sims, Joseph wrote: >The company I work for uses Frame, Interleaf and Word in three separate >offices. (PC version) Management has requested that we create a uniform >style for documentation starting now. They're expecting us to share content >and presumably document

Frame vs. Quicksilver - Please help me save Frame

2006-01-18 Thread John Posada
> non-constructive us vs. them conflict. As a > result, I need to come up with a list of > business reasons why Interleaf is not the correct > choice for the company. It seems to me that the best way to state your FM case is because it is a compromise between the two. IL may want to be the