Re: Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-26 Thread Eric Dunn
On 9/25/07, Hedley Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, it will be if we ALL start screaming for So, everyone get on it: http://www.adobe.com/support/feature.html How about someone re-write all those wishes into a format that will cut and paste into the Adobe form?

Re: Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-26 Thread Bill Swallow
So, everyone get on it: http://www.adobe.com/support/feature.html How about someone re-write all those wishes into a format that will cut and paste into the Adobe form? I think you'll need to wait until the forums are once again usable. I currently can't get in. -- Bill Swallow HATT List

Further information on Building blocks in FrameMaker

2007-09-26 Thread Daya, Shetil A - Arlington, VA - Contractor
Hello everyone, I wanted to know if there was a way to setup a if...,them... syntax within FrameMaker. The reason I'm asking is that I am troubleshooting an issue with the header. I currently have a hierarchical system assisted to the tag order, but one tag need to be void (undisplayed) if an

RE: Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-26 Thread Richard Levine
Hi Michael I see your what you mean by saying that the Adobe TCS being analogous to the Frame/WebWorks combination. It overcomes FrameMaker's limitations through the use of a non-integrated, third party enhancement, in this case RoboHelp, for multi-channel output. RoboHelp now uses FrameMaker

Re: Further information on Building blocks in FrameMaker

2007-09-26 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Amit, There is no if-then syntax for Running Header/Footer variables, but you might be able to use FrameScript to script what you are looking for. If you send me a sample file and a detailed description of what you are looking for, I can tell you if it is feasible with a script. Thanks.

RE: Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-26 Thread Combs, Richard
Richard Levine wrote: I cannot really say that round-tripping is what I am looking for. What I would really like to see a fully integrated authoring environment that integrates multi-channel output with a powerful editor that overcomes FrameMaker's many limitations, thus obviating the

Re: Further information on Building blocks in FrameMaker

2007-09-26 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Amit: Have you tried using condition tags in running headers? Look at the FM online Help topic displaying the security level. The topic title is somewhat misleading because it's really about using conditional text in running headers; the security settings are managed by condition tags. HTH

Color Output Problems

2007-09-26 Thread Howard Rauch
Windows XP Professional FrameMaker 7.0 Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional For the past 10 years I have been working with a firm that manufactures steel decking for the construction industry. Our major output has been two catalogs plus two updates (4 catalogs total), ranging from 60 to 150 pages.

RE: Color Output Problems

2007-09-26 Thread Rush, Jay
We've been using Frame for years for certain marcom pieces, particularly where the content is similar or identical to content in our technical documents. Basically, our technical marketing is in Frame, while our corporate marketing is in InDesign. We have successfully worked around Frame's RGB

Re: Color Output Problems

2007-09-26 Thread Scott White
We just use pitstop or let our printer fix the files using pitstop. If we do the work on a MAC no color issues. Scott White Media Production Manager Implementation Coordinator 210-704-8239 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sep 26, 2007, at 2:01 PM, Rush, Jay wrote: We've been using Frame for years for

RE: Color Output Problems

2007-09-26 Thread Rush, Jay
It's definitely a Windows issue. -Original Message- From: Scott White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:53 PM To: Rush, Jay Cc: Howard Rauch; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Color Output Problems We just use pitstop or let our printer fix the

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2007-09-26 Thread Austin Meredith
My PDFs at www.kouroo.info are being generated out of FrameMaker 7.0 documents by the use of the Save as PDF menu item. This translation automatically turns each FrameMaker alert entry into an Acrobat note hidden under a little black-and-white icon of a page with one corner turned up. It is

Academic pricing [was Re: Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite]

2007-09-26 Thread Hedley Finger
Anyone know if academic pricing is available? -- Hedley Stewart Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Mobile +61 412 461 558, E-mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers

Don't forget Blaze [was Re: Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite]

2007-09-26 Thread Hedley Finger
Eric: At Wednesday, 26/09/2007, 11:20 PM;, you wrote: On 9/25/07, Hedley Finger [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, it will be if we ALL start screaming for So, everyone get on it: [2]http://www.adobe.com/support/feature.html How about someone re-write

Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-26 Thread Hedley Finger
Bodvar and others: At Tuesday, 25/09/2007, 07:07 PM;, you wrote: >IMHO it only remains for Adobe to realise that FM is also one of the >best tools for regular book layout, Well, it will be if we ALL start screaming for @ working in double-spreads, i.e. -- photographs and

Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-26 Thread Eric Dunn
On 9/25/07, Hedley Finger wrote: > > > Well, it will be if we ALL start screaming for > > So, everyone get on it: http://www.adobe.com/support/feature.html How about someone re-write all those wishes into a format that will cut and paste into the Adobe form?

Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-26 Thread Bill Swallow
> So, everyone get on it: > http://www.adobe.com/support/feature.html > > How about someone re-write all those wishes into a format that will cut and > paste into the Adobe form? I think you'll need to wait until the forums are once again usable. I currently can't get in. -- Bill Swallow HATT

Further information on Building blocks in FrameMaker

2007-09-26 Thread Daya, Shetil A - Arlington, VA - Contractor
Hello everyone, I wanted to know if there was a way to setup a "if...,them..." syntax within FrameMaker. The reason I'm asking is that I am troubleshooting an issue with the header. I currently have a hierarchical system assisted to the tag order, but one tag need to be void (undisplayed) if an

Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-26 Thread Richard Levine
Hi Michael I see your what you mean by saying that the Adobe TCS being analogous to the Frame/WebWorks combination. It overcomes FrameMaker's limitations through the use of a non-integrated, third party enhancement, in this case RoboHelp, for multi-channel output. RoboHelp now uses FrameMaker

Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-26 Thread Combs, Richard
Richard Levine wrote: > I cannot really say that round-tripping is what I am looking > for. What I would really like to see a fully integrated > authoring environment that integrates multi-channel output > with a powerful editor that overcomes FrameMaker's many > limitations, thus obviating

Further information on Building blocks in FrameMaker

2007-09-26 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Amit: Have you tried using condition tags in running headers? Look at the FM online Help topic "displaying the security level." The topic title is somewhat misleading because it's really about using conditional text in running headers; the security settings are managed by condition tags. HTH

Color Output Problems

2007-09-26 Thread Howard Rauch
Windows XP Professional FrameMaker 7.0 Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional For the past 10 years I have been working with a firm that manufactures steel decking for the construction industry. Our major output has been two catalogs plus two updates (4 catalogs total), ranging from 60 to 150 pages.

Color Output Problems

2007-09-26 Thread Rush, Jay
We've been using Frame for years for certain marcom pieces, particularly where the content is similar or identical to content in our technical documents. Basically, our technical marketing is in Frame, while our corporate marketing is in InDesign. We have successfully worked around Frame's RGB

Color Output Problems

2007-09-26 Thread Scott White
We just use pitstop or let our printer fix the files using pitstop. If we do the work on a MAC no color issues. Scott White Media Production Manager Implementation Coordinator 210-704-8239 swhite at alamark.com On Sep 26, 2007, at 2:01 PM, Rush, Jay wrote: > We've been using Frame for

Color Output Problems

2007-09-26 Thread Rush, Jay
It's definitely a Windows issue. -Original Message- From: Scott White [mailto:swh...@alamark.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:53 PM To: Rush, Jay Cc: Howard Rauch; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Color Output Problems We just use pitstop or let our printer fix the

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2007-09-26 Thread Austin Meredith
My PDFs at www.kouroo.info are being generated out of FrameMaker 7.0 documents by the use of the "Save as PDF" menu item. This translation automatically turns each FrameMaker "alert" entry into an Acrobat "note" hidden under a little black-and-white icon of a page with one corner turned up. It

Color Output Problems

2007-09-26 Thread Daniel Doornbos
Hello Howard, FrameMaker is tricky when it comes to color output for offset printing. There are two challenges: 1. Defining the spot color. 2. Printing only the black plate and the spot-color plate. Here is how I would do it, with no additional software. To define the spot color: 1. Go to View

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2007-09-26 Thread Art Campbell
I think you can adjust this with Microtype's TimeSavers or one of their other tools. www.microtype.com Art On 9/26/07, Austin Meredith wrote: > My PDFs at www.kouroo.info are being generated out of FrameMaker 7.0 > documents by the use of the "Save as PDF" menu item. This translation >