When I create a new FrameMaker document, the symbols representing the
paragraph and character catalogs don't appear on the right side of the
document. Why not? And, how can I display them?
Roger
In the footer, is it better to use a variable for the book name or
hidden conditional text.
Conditional text seems better in the sense that there probably are other
things in the chapter that are conditional, but I've heard there is a
limitation on the amount of conditional text types you can ha
Are you sure you haven't accidentally applied that paragraph tag to a
paragraph of something else earlier in the chapter? To check, search for
the paragraph tag name.
Cheers, Rebecca
>>> Lorraine Kiewiet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 15/08/06 05:44 >>>
Yes. It certainly is Monday, and I've switched from co
Could anyone give me a brief overview of how to use the same chapters
for several books, or the right terminology to find this in the online help?
--
Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Shmuel,
Not sure about any limits, but I have a book that is pdf'd in 6
different variations. I create a book name variable for them all and
then apply conditional text to each variable. I've not had any issues so
far.
Mark
-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+mark.southee=surfcontro
These are all good suggestions, but I have checked all of these "Restart" tabs,
T: as label. The only suggestion I have not looked at yet is the text flow
suggestion. I'll let you know!
-Original Message-
>From: Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com
>Sent: Aug 14, 2006 2:16 PM
>To: Lorraine
Joe,
What version of FM?
Art
On 8/14/06, Joe Malin wrote:
> I have two separate books, but they share chapters. The numbering
> properties seem to persist for a chapter file, even if I set the
> numbering properties at the book level.
--
Art Campbell
Joe Malin wrote:
Hijack: I have a book that excludes some chapters if it goes out
to customers (external version). The drawback to this is that I have to
re-set some chapter numbering settings when I re-generate the internal
version. Does anyone have a better way?
Joe
Are you usi
I've done it both ways, but much more commonly with variables. I think
that is also easier.
Chuck
-Original Message-
Subject: One more question about sharing FM files
In the footer, is it better to use a variable for the book name or
hidden conditional text.
Conditional text seems bett
Whoops -- I was thinking the numbering was in a single file, not a
book with multiple files. Sorry.
OK, the corollary to Stuart's suggestion is that the first file in the
book in which you want the numbering to begin should be set, in the
book file Numbering > Para, to Restart (at 1). Then all sub
Lorraine Kiewiet wrote:
> The first table is autonumbering itself "Table 2:" Not Table 1.
>
Is this table in a file that is part of a book? Is there a table in the
previous file? Is the Book Numbering for paragraphs set to "continue
numbering from previous file"? If the answers are 'yes', th
Unless you changed something in the Autonumbering settings, the
easiest explanation would be that the flow or order of text containers
was disrupted. Did you add disconnected pages or maybe add text frames
that are not autoconnected properly (in order)?
Art
On 8/14/06, Lorraine Kiewiet wrote:
>
Hi, Fred:
You don't quote any error messages, so these are only guesswork, based
on experience:
* If you're using a watched folder, and the last time you viewed the PDF
file, it wasn't closed, Distiller can't create a new PDF of the same
name, so it refuses to create new .ps. If you change the
Well, it may be Monday, but I'm not seeing what the problem is from
the original message...
Lorraine? Could you give us a couple more clues?
Thanks,
Art
On 8/14/06, Lorraine Kiewiet wrote:
> I'm using Format A, "as is" from the default. Or at least I thought I was.
> For the TableTitle paragra
These are all good suggestions, but I have checked all of these "Restart" tabs,
T: as label. The only suggestion I have not looked at yet is the text flow
suggestion. I'll let you know!
-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Aug 14, 2006 2:16 PM
>To: Lorraine Kiewiet <[EMAIL
Assuming you have numbering set uo correctly, the page numbering
should fall into place each time you run a TOC for each book
--- Joe Malin wrote:
> I have two separate books, but they share chapters. The numbering
> properties seem to persist for a chapter file, even if I set the
> numbering pr
Assuming you have numbering set uo correctly, the page numbering
should fall into place each time you run a TOC for each book
--- Joe Malin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have two separate books, but they share chapters. The numbering
> properties seem to persist for a chapter file, even if I set
Joe,
What version of FM?
Art
On 8/14/06, Joe Malin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have two separate books, but they share chapters. The numbering
properties seem to persist for a chapter file, even if I set the
numbering properties at the book level.
--
Art Campbell
I have two separate books, but they share chapters. The numbering
properties seem to persist for a chapter file, even if I set the
numbering properties at the book level.
Joe Malin
Technical Writer
(408)625-1623
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.tuvox.com
The views expressed in this document are t
I have two separate books, but they share chapters. The numbering
properties seem to persist for a chapter file, even if I set the
numbering properties at the book level.
Joe Malin
Technical Writer
(408)625-1623
jmalin at tuvox.com
www.tuvox.com
The views expressed in this document are
The way to store Para Tags with the format is simply to "Update" the Table
Format after the Para Tags have been assigned. Frame will recognize the Para
Tag assignment for the Table Title, and patterns for the Header, Footer, and
Body rows
-Matt Sullivan
GRAFIX Training & Consulting
www.grafixtr
The way to store Para Tags with the format is simply to "Update" the Table
Format after the Para Tags have been assigned. Frame will recognize the Para
Tag assignment for the Table Title, and patterns for the Header, Footer, and
Body rows
-Matt Sullivan
GRAFIX Training & Consulting
www.grafixtra
Do you have another paragraph tag with autonumbering properties that also
use the Series Label of "T" and that is being used BEFORE you insert the
first table?
Tammy Van Boening
Senior Technical Writer
Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
303-328-4420
tammy.vanboening at jeppesen.com
One more suggestion: we have a similar situation, with
reused files, running headers that change, plus
variables and conditions that need to be flipped. We
started with what Art calls container files to flip
the variables and conditions so that the borrowed
files knew where they were. Flipping vari
One more suggestion: we have a similar situation, with
reused files, running headers that change, plus
variables and conditions that need to be flipped. We
started with what Art calls container files to flip
the variables and conditions so that the borrowed
files knew where they were. Flipping vari
Joe Malin wrote:
Hijack: I have a book that excludes some chapters if it goes out
to customers (external version). The drawback to this is that I have to
re-set some chapter numbering settings when I re-generate the internal
version. Does anyone have a better way?
Joe
Are
Hi All,
I tried a couple of things, but suspect a comma in the folder name was
causing the problem. After removing it, the problem ceased. Since this
was a relatively new book file, I never had an occasion before this to
print any files in the folder.
Peter, thanks for responding,
Fred
Fred St
Hi All,
I tried a couple of things, but suspect a comma in the folder name was
causing the problem. After removing it, the problem ceased. Since this
was a relatively new book file, I never had an occasion before this to
print any files in the folder.
Peter, thanks for responding,
Fred
Fred St
Hi, Fred:
You don't quote any error messages, so these are only guesswork, based
on experience:
* If you're using a watched folder, and the last time you viewed the PDF
file, it wasn't closed, Distiller can't create a new PDF of the same
name, so it refuses to create new .ps. If you change t
Hi Framers,
What would cause a .ps file printed from a Framemaker book to fail when
the destination is the same folder as the FrameMaker file, but
successfully print to another folder on the same drive? Naturally this
behavior started when the manual is due, so I am printing the book to
another
Hi Framers,
What would cause a .ps file printed from a Framemaker book to fail when
the destination is the same folder as the FrameMaker file, but
successfully print to another folder on the same drive? Naturally this
behavior started when the manual is due, so I am printing the book to
another
Really good points -- and ones that I took as a "given", and should not
have!
Thanks for the reminder!
Grant
-Original Message-
From: Peter Gold
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 9:16 AM
Cc: Framers
Subject: Re: Using the same chapters for several books
When including a FrameMaker file in
I've done it both ways, but much more commonly with variables. I think
that is also easier.
Chuck
-Original Message-
Subject: One more question about sharing FM files
In the footer, is it better to use a variable for the book name or
hidden conditional text.
Conditional text seems bet
Whoops -- I was thinking the numbering was in a single file, not a
book with multiple files. Sorry.
OK, the corollary to Stuart's suggestion is that the first file in the
book in which you want the numbering to begin should be set, in the
book file Numbering > Para, to Restart (at 1). Then all su
In addition to Charles' and Steven's recommendation, there's another
method to consider, although whether it's better or not depend on your
situation. In my books, the header info changes from book to book and
I have to renumber to get the chapter and page number correct.
Instead of actually doing
Do you have another paragraph tag with autonumbering properties that also
use the Series Label of "T" and that is being used BEFORE you insert the
first table?
Tammy Van Boening
Senior Technical Writer
Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
303-328-4420
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
__
The mechanics in the last response are correct, but don't forget the
numbering. FrameMaker allows two types of numbering: document (what
you call a chapter) and book. This is necessary as some documents are
not in a book but stand alone.
So, when using documents in different books, you may have
Thanks. Good suggestion. Checked that and it is set to Restart.
-Original Message-
>From: Stuart Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Aug 14, 2006 10:54 AM
>To: Lorraine Kiewiet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: Art Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, framers@lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Re: Format A Aut
Thanks. Good suggestion. Checked that and it is set to Restart.
-Original Message-
>From: Stuart Rogers
>Sent: Aug 14, 2006 10:54 AM
>To: Lorraine Kiewiet
>Cc: Art Campbell , framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Re: Format A Auto-numbering
>
>Lorraine Kiewiet wrote:
>
>> The first
Lorraine Kiewiet wrote:
The first table is autonumbering itself "Table 2:" Not Table 1.
Is this table in a file that is part of a book? Is there a table in the
previous file? Is the Book Numbering for paragraphs set to "continue
numbering from previous file"? If the answers are 'yes', the
Unless you changed something in the Autonumbering settings, the
easiest explanation would be that the flow or order of text containers
was disrupted. Did you add disconnected pages or maybe add text frames
that are not autoconnected properly (in order)?
Art
On 8/14/06, Lorraine Kiewiet <[EMAIL P
Yes. It certainly is Monday, and I've switched from coffee to iced tea and it
must not have as much caffeine.
The first table is autonumbering itself "Table 2:" Not Table 1.
In a new, blank document, autonumbering of tables in Format A and Format B is
working fine. That's why I think I inadve
Yes. It certainly is Monday, and I've switched from coffee to iced tea and it
must not have as much caffeine.
The first table is autonumbering itself "Table 2:" Not Table 1.
In a new, blank document, autonumbering of tables in Format A and Format B is
working fine. That's why I think I inadve
Hi Shmuel,
This is actually very easy and is one of the primary strengths of
FrameMaker.
Once you have the chapter files created, it is as easy as adding them to
whatever books you want to include them in. For example, you might have
Chapters 1 through 5 created. In one book you want to use the
We use variables...the same variable for the footer and the cover.
We're heading toward using the BookVars plugin to manage our
variables...we have, maybe, 100 variables of various types?
--- Shmuel Wolfson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the footer, is it better to use a variable for the book n
We use variables...the same variable for the footer and the cover.
We're heading toward using the BookVars plugin to manage our
variables...we have, maybe, 100 variables of various types?
--- Shmuel Wolfson wrote:
> In the footer, is it better to use a variable for the book name or
> hidden co
Really good points -- and ones that I took as a "given", and should not
have!
Thanks for the reminder!
Grant
-Original Message-
From: Peter Gold
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 9:16 AM
Cc: Framers
Subject: Re: Using the same chapters for several books
When including a FrameMaker file in
Hi Oleg,
Oleg A. Paraschenko wrote:
> Talk to your co-workers with the name "Valerij", one of them is
> a FrameMaker expert.
>
> http://forum.philosoft.ru/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=Profile;CODE=03;MID=194-1054469907
>
It's rather jocularly :-) Because one of them is me.
---
Best regards
Well, it may be Monday, but I'm not seeing what the problem is from
the original message...
Lorraine? Could you give us a couple more clues?
Thanks,
Art
On 8/14/06, Lorraine Kiewiet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm using Format A, "as is" from the default. Or at least I thought I was. For
the T
When including a FrameMaker file in more than one book, you need to pay
attention to any differences between the books, such as:
* layout and formats
- if master page designs, paragraph, character, table, cross-reference,
and variable formats are different in the books, you'll need to import
t
I'm using Format A, "as is" from the default. Or at least I thought I was. For
the TableTitle paragraph tag, I'm using this string in the AutoNumbering field:
T:Table :
Other tables I've looked at, as well as Figure captions, use this format for
Autonumbering and they are working fine. I'm st
I'm using Format A, "as is" from the default. Or at least I thought I was. For
the TableTitle paragraph tag, I'm using this string in the AutoNumbering field:
T:Table :
Other tables I've looked at, as well as Figure captions, use this format for
Autonumbering and they are working fine. I'm st
Yes, in fact I do this all the time with Tip/Note/Warning text that I
put in a table.
If you want, I can send you an unstructured FM 7.1 file with the
paragraph, character, and table formats I use.
Joe
Joe Malin
Technical Writer
(408)625-1623
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.tuvox.com
The views expressed
Yes, in fact I do this all the time with Tip/Note/Warning text that I
put in a table.
If you want, I can send you an unstructured FM 7.1 file with the
paragraph, character, and table formats I use.
Joe
Joe Malin
Technical Writer
(408)625-1623
jmalin at tuvox.com
www.tuvox.com
The views expresse
I prefer variables. That way I can show all conditional text and not get
a mess!
Of course, I use a variable for the book name even when it's *not*
conditional. We are ever-changing here, and I'd go nuts if I depending
on terminology from one day to the next :). I use the Bookvars tool to
manage m
I prefer variables. That way I can show all conditional text and not get
a mess!
Of course, I use a variable for the book name even when it's *not*
conditional. We are ever-changing here, and I'd go nuts if I depending
on terminology from one day to the next :). I use the Bookvars tool to
manage m
The way I do this is:
* distinguish books by part number
* one book file per part number
* unique title.fm for each book
* store all variables, conditional text settings, and colors in title.fm
* use variables for book-level changes, like titles in the footer, etc.
* use conditional text for parts
The way I do this is:
* distinguish books by part number
* one book file per part number
* unique title.fm for each book
* store all variables, conditional text settings, and colors in title.fm
* use variables for book-level changes, like titles in the footer, etc.
* use conditional text for parts
Shmuel,
Not sure about any limits, but I have a book that is pdf'd in 6
different variations. I create a book name variable for them all and
then apply conditional text to each variable. I've not had any issues so
far.
Mark
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC
In the footer, is it better to use a variable for the book name or
hidden conditional text.
Conditional text seems better in the sense that there probably are other
things in the chapter that are conditional, but I've heard there is a
limitation on the amount of conditional text types you can ha
In addition to Charles' and Steven's recommendation, there's another
method to consider, although whether it's better or not depend on your
situation. In my books, the header info changes from book to book and
I have to renumber to get the chapter and page number correct.
Instead of actually doin
When including a FrameMaker file in more than one book, you need to pay
attention to any differences between the books, such as:
* layout and formats
- if master page designs, paragraph, character, table, cross-reference,
and variable formats are different in the books, you'll need to import
t
The mechanics in the last response are correct, but don't forget the
numbering. FrameMaker allows two types of numbering: document (what
you call a chapter) and book. This is necessary as some documents are
not in a book but stand alone.
So, when using documents in different books, you may hav
Hi Shmuel,
This is actually very easy and is one of the primary strengths of
FrameMaker.
Once you have the chapter files created, it is as easy as adding them to
whatever books you want to include them in. For example, you might have
Chapters 1 through 5 created. In one book you want to use the
Could anyone give me a brief overview of how to use the same chapters
for several books, or the right terminology to find this in the online help?
--
Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
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