'Bold' not inserted in Character Formats

2006-05-26 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
I have a weird problem on my hands, and I probably have had it for a long time (years). I have a problem with setting some of my Character Tags to bold. I am not sure whether it is isolated to the Helvetica font, but this is how it goes: I start the usual way by CTRL-D to the Character Designer.

RE: Question about Frame to PDF start pages

2006-05-26 Thread steve
This problem happens frequently enought that we've included it in our in-house documentation. Here's what we say: PDF doesn’t open to the first page This problem commonly happens to books converted to FrameMaker 7 from earlier versions. To fix this problem, perform the following steps: 1. Open

preventing specific words from being hyphenated

2006-05-26 Thread Jon Harvey
Hi all, Is there a way to prevent specific words from being hyphenated on a soft carriage return? I would like our company name to always appear on a single line. Thanks.Jon ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL

RE: preventing specific words from being hyphenated

2006-05-26 Thread Fred Ridder
Look in the FrameMaker Help index under hyphenation suppressing. The first linked topic directly refers to preventing hyphenation of company names. The second linked topic describes how you can suppress hyphenation of specific instances of words by typing the key sequence Esc, n, s. Another

RE: preventing specific words from being hyphenated

2006-05-26 Thread Combs, Richard
Jon Harvey wrote: Is there a way to prevent specific words from being hyphenated on a soft carriage return? I would like our company name to always appear on a single line. From the online help (FM6) under Controlling Hyphenation: To prevent FrameMaker from ever hyphenating a word:

Re: 'Bold' not inserted in Character Formats

2006-05-26 Thread Martha J Davidson
At 04:57 AM 5/26/2006, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: I have a weird problem on my hands, and I probably have had it for a long time (years). I have a problem with setting some of my Character Tags to bold. I am not sure whether it is isolated to the Helvetica font, but this is how it goes: I have

Re: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Rick Quatro
Illustrator is mainly for working with vector artwork while Photoshop is mainly for working with bitmap artwork. Photoshop is probably more appropriate for the work you are doing. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Does anyone in the group have experience with

Re: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Mark Barratt
Cris Reeser wrote: Does anyone in the group have experience with either of these tools? My writing group is planning to buy either PhotoShop or Illustrator. We need a tool to edit graphics that have been added to PowerPoint or MSWord files. I have used both since version 1.0 and can't

RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Nandini Garud
PhotoShop is more versatile and has a shorter learning curve. Illustrator is good if you are making pin diagrams (semiconductors etc). You can take any screenshot, photo of a product, or a picture and edit it in PhotoShop. Illustrator is a designer. Whatever little I know. Illustrator you can't

RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread John Sgammato
If you plan to get one of them, you might consider getting both as part of the Adobe Creative Suite 2. On the Adobe website, Photoshop is $649, and CS2 is $250 more at $899, but you get full new versions of Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and InDesign CS2 software with new Version Cue

RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Karen L. Zorn
If you plan to get one of them, you might consider getting both as part of the Adobe Creative Suite 2. On the Adobe website, Photoshop is $649, and CS2 is $250 more at $899, but you get full new versions of Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and InDesign CS2 software with new Version Cue CS2,

RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Michael O'Neill
Based on what you wrote, and assuming that the graphics you have to edit are not Vectors, I would say Photoshop is the tool for you. You are describing editing pixels, and Photoshop would likely be more appropriate than Illustrator for these tasks. If budget is a concern, you can also try:

RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Joe Malin
My $.02 Cleaning up graphics is one of Photoshop's target tasks. If you have the money, Photoshop is the way to go. Creative Suite is worth the price, since it includes Photoshop, Illustrator, *and* Acrobat Pro. You will find that any sufficiently powerful bitmap editing application is

RE: 'Bold' not inserted in Character Formats

2006-05-26 Thread Combs, Richard
Martha J Davidson wrote: At 04:57 AM 5/26/2006, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: I have a weird problem on my hands, and I probably have had it for a long time (years). I have a problem with setting some of my Character Tags to bold. I am not sure whether it is isolated to the Helvetica

Re: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Bill Swallow
Sounds like a smarter use of PowerPoint and Word would be the far more economical (time *AND* money) solution. I'm not sure which would be better. Illustrator is geared toward vector illustrations... are these images you need to clean up vector-based? If not, there's PhotoShop... but if all

'Bold' not inserted in Character Formats

2006-05-26 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
I have a weird problem on my hands, and I probably have had it for a long time (years). I have a problem with setting some of my Character Tags to bold. I am not sure whether it is isolated to the Helvetica font, but this is how it goes: I start the usual way by CTRL-D to the Character Designer.

Question about Frame to PDF start pages

2006-05-26 Thread Beck, Charles
Fellow Framers, I am turning to this group once again, because I agree with what others have said about this group being one of the absolute best resources for people who work with FrameMaker. I am sure one of you Frame whiz kids will be able to help me with this one. My question of the day

Question about Frame to PDF start pages

2006-05-26 Thread st...@siliconprairiesoftware.com
This problem happens frequently enought that we've included it in our in-house documentation. Here's what we say: PDF doesn?t open to the first page This problem commonly happens to books converted to FrameMaker 7 from earlier versions. To fix this problem, perform the following steps: 1. Open

preventing specific words from being hyphenated

2006-05-26 Thread Jon Harvey
Hi all, Is there a way to prevent specific words from being hyphenated on a soft carriage return? I would like our company name to always appear on a single line. Thanks.Jon

preventing specific words from being hyphenated

2006-05-26 Thread joel.me...@thomson.com
Nonbreaking space Esc space h, Control+space -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+joel.meier=thomson@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+joel.meier=thomson.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 13:18 To: framers at

preventing specific words from being hyphenated

2006-05-26 Thread Fred Ridder
Look in the FrameMaker Help index under hyphenation > suppressing. The first linked topic directly refers to preventing hyphenation of company names. The second linked topic describes how you can suppress hyphenation of specific instances of words by typing the key sequence Esc, n, s. Another

preventing specific words from being hyphenated

2006-05-26 Thread Combs, Richard
Jon Harvey wrote: > Is there a way to prevent specific words from being > hyphenated on a soft carriage return? I would like our > company name to always appear on a single line.

'Bold' not inserted in Character Formats

2006-05-26 Thread Martha J Davidson
At 04:57 AM 5/26/2006, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: >I have a weird problem on my hands, and I probably have had it for a >long time (years). I have a problem with setting some of my Character >Tags to bold. I am not sure whether it is isolated to the Helvetica >font, but this is how it goes: I

OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Cris Reeser
Does anyone in the group have experience with either of these tools? My writing group is planning to buy either PhotoShop or Illustrator. We need a tool to edit graphics that have been added to PowerPoint or MSWord files. We get PowerPoint slides to edit and clean up for delivery. In places,

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Rick Quatro
Illustrator is mainly for working with vector artwork while Photoshop is mainly for working with bitmap artwork. Photoshop is probably more appropriate for the work you are doing. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Does anyone in the group have experience with

OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Mark Barratt
Cris Reeser wrote: > Does anyone in the group have experience with either of these tools? My > writing group is planning to buy either PhotoShop or Illustrator. We > need a tool to edit graphics that have been added to PowerPoint or > MSWord files. > I have used both since version 1.0 and can't

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Nandini Garud
PhotoShop is more versatile and has a shorter learning curve. Illustrator is good if you are making pin diagrams (semiconductors etc). You can take any screenshot, photo of a product, or a picture and edit it in PhotoShop. Illustrator is a designer. Whatever little I know. Illustrator you can't

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread John Sgammato
If you plan to get one of them, you might consider getting both as part of the Adobe Creative Suite 2. On the Adobe website, Photoshop is $649, and CS2 is $250 more at $899, but you get "full new versions of Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and InDesign CS2 software with new Version Cue

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Karen L. Zorn
>If you plan to get one of them, you might consider getting both as part of the Adobe Creative Suite 2. On the Adobe website, Photoshop is >$649, and CS2 is $250 more at $899, but you get "full new versions of Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and InDesign CS2 software with new Version Cue

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Michael O'Neill
Based on what you wrote, and assuming that the graphics you have to edit are not Vectors, I would say Photoshop is the tool for you. You are describing editing pixels, and Photoshop would likely be more appropriate than Illustrator for these tasks. If budget is a concern, you can also try:

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Joe Malin
My $.02 Cleaning up graphics is one of Photoshop's target tasks. If you have the money, Photoshop is the way to go. Creative Suite is worth the price, since it includes Photoshop, Illustrator, *and* Acrobat Pro. You will find that any sufficiently powerful bitmap editing application is

'Bold' not inserted in Character Formats

2006-05-26 Thread Combs, Richard
Martha J Davidson wrote: > At 04:57 AM 5/26/2006, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: > >I have a weird problem on my hands, and I probably have had it for a > >long time (years). I have a problem with setting some of my > Character > >Tags to bold. I am not sure whether it is isolated to the

OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Bill Swallow
Sounds like a smarter use of PowerPoint and Word would be the far more economical (time *AND* money) solution. I'm not sure which would be better. Illustrator is geared toward vector illustrations... are these images you need to clean up vector-based? If not, there's PhotoShop... but if all you're