S1000D in Frame 8

2008-04-21 Thread Joel Wilhelm
What is the best way to use S1000D in Frame 8? Is the Application Pack from Frame 7.2 still helpful? Is there something better out there from Adobe? Joel ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL

ANN: Script for finding unresolved conrefs

2008-04-21 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello Framers, I have a FrameScript script that checks a folder (and optionally, subfolders) of .dita files for unresolved conrefs. Details about any unresolved conrefs are written to a report file. The script requires FrameScript 4.1R2 or higher and MSXML 4.0 or higher (Microsoft's free XML

Printing 8.5x11 and 11x17 in the same book

2008-04-21 Thread Bruce Megan (Telex)
Hello All: Many of my books have electrical and mechanical drawings interspersed throughout them that are 11x17. Unfortunately, I can not shrink them to 8.5x11 because the integrity of the document is compromised. I have been having some problems figuring out how to set up FrameMaker to generate

Long running headers

2008-04-21 Thread Milan Davidovic
I've inherited this Frame book. There's a master page that has two running header variables in the header, one for the chapter title and the other for the current heading 1. On one of the pages in the manual, both the chapter title and the heading 1 are long. Whoever last modified this book

Re: Long running headers

2008-04-21 Thread Rick Quatro
Make the master page text frame tall enough so that you can see the second line. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com I've inherited this Frame book. There's a master page that has two running header variables in the header, one for the chapter title and the other

Re: Long running headers

2008-04-21 Thread Milan Davidovic
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Rick Quatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make the master page text frame tall enough so that you can see the second line. And sure enough -- in checking the text frame in question against others, it is indeed higher. Many thanks... -- Milan Davidovic

RE: Long running headers

2008-04-21 Thread Lester C. Smalley
Another trick is to make TWO header text frames - one on each side of the master page (tall enough for two lines of text), and two header paragraph format Header Left and Header Right, so I can independently set font properties, justification, spacing, etc. for the different pieces of data I'm

Re: Long running headers

2008-04-21 Thread Milan Davidovic
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Lester C. Smalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another trick is to make TWO header text frames - one on each side of the master page (tall enough for two lines of text), and two header paragraph format Header Left and Header Right, so I can independently set

Re: OS X 10.4.11 -- can't import files from Word

2008-04-21 Thread Graeme R Forbes
Steve wrote: Back in FrameMaker 6 for Mac, for some unfathomable reason, the 'Japanese' RTF import filter worked better than the other one. In FM7 I find that the Japanese filter is still the best one, at least for export to Word. Graeme Forbes ___

OT: Cordless headset

2008-04-21 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello Framers, I am moving soon and looking to upgrade my home office. I would like to find a nice 2-line phone with a cordless headset. I would like to be able to answer the phone remotely from the headset, if possible. Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated. Thank you very much.

RE: Cordless headset

2008-04-21 Thread Syed.Hosain
Hello Direct (www.hellodirect.com) sells many excellent long-range headset add-on units, and headset/phone combinations. A bit pricey, but we have a many here because of their excellent quality and range. Z Hello Framers, I am moving soon and looking to upgrade my home office. I would like

RE: Fine tuning pagination

2008-04-21 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
How do you tighten pages? I don't think adding notes pages is an option for this book, but would be an idea for other types of books. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 User guides,

Re: Fine tuning pagination

2008-04-21 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Linda: Shrinking to fit is usually more difficult than expanding to fit. While it's easy to tweak away with paragraph-, character-, and word-spacing properties to squeeze things in, it's also easy to create magnificently-ugliness. You can get some good advice from folks on typography forums

Re: Fine tuning pagination

2008-04-21 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 15:41 -0600 21/4/08, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: I'm working on a book for a commercial publishing house that prints in 16-page signatures. I've not done anything quite like this before. I need to get the book to fit into an exact multiple of 16 pages. I've done basic pagination control with my

Re: Fine tuning pagination

2008-04-21 Thread Hedley Finger
Linda: Steve Rickaby quoted: I need to get the book to fit into an exact multiple of 16 pages. I've done basic pagination control with my paragraph styles and with a page break paragraph style, but this calls for greater fine tuning. I'd appreciate advice, tips, whatever, on how to fine

S1000D in Frame 8

2008-04-21 Thread Joel Wilhelm
What is the best way to use S1000D in Frame 8? Is the Application Pack from Frame 7.2 still helpful? Is there something better out there from Adobe? Joel

ANN: Script for finding unresolved conrefs

2008-04-21 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello Framers, I have a FrameScript script that checks a folder (and optionally, subfolders) of .dita files for unresolved conrefs. Details about any unresolved conrefs are written to a report file. The script requires FrameScript 4.1R2 or higher and MSXML 4.0 or higher (Microsoft's free XML

Printing 8.5x11 and 11x17 in the same book

2008-04-21 Thread Bruce Megan (Telex)
Hello All: Many of my books have electrical and mechanical drawings interspersed throughout them that are 11x17. Unfortunately, I can not shrink them to 8.5x11 because the integrity of the document is compromised. I have been having some problems figuring out how to set up FrameMaker to generate

Long running headers

2008-04-21 Thread Milan Davidovic
I've inherited this Frame book. There's a master page that has two running header variables in the header, one for the chapter title and the other for the current heading 1. On one of the pages in the manual, both the chapter title and the heading 1 are long. Whoever last modified this book

Long running headers

2008-04-21 Thread Rick Quatro
Make the master page text frame tall enough so that you can see the second line. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > I've inherited this Frame book. There's a master page that has two > running header variables in the header, one for the chapter title and > the

Long running headers

2008-04-21 Thread Milan Davidovic
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: > Make the master page text frame tall enough so that you can see the second > line. And sure enough -- in checking the text frame in question against others, it is indeed higher. Many thanks... -- Milan Davidovic

Long running headers

2008-04-21 Thread Lester C. Smalley
Another trick is to make TWO header text frames - one on each side of the master page (tall enough for two lines of text), and two header paragraph format Header Left and Header Right, so I can independently set font properties, justification, spacing, etc. for the different pieces of data I'm

Long running headers

2008-04-21 Thread Milan Davidovic
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Lester C. Smalley wrote: > Another trick is to make TWO header text frames - one on each side of > the master page (tall enough for two lines of text), and two header > paragraph format Header Left and Header Right, so I can independently > set font

OS X 10.4.11 -- can't import files from Word

2008-04-21 Thread Graeme R Forbes
Steve wrote: >Back in FrameMaker 6 for Mac, for some unfathomable reason, the >'Japanese' RTF import filter worked better than the other one. In FM7 I find that the Japanese filter is still the best one, at least for export to Word. Graeme Forbes

OT: Cordless headset

2008-04-21 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello Framers, I am moving soon and looking to upgrade my home office. I would like to find a nice 2-line phone with a cordless headset. I would like to be able to answer the phone remotely from the headset, if possible. Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated. Thank you very much.

Cordless headset

2008-04-21 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hello Direct (www.hellodirect.com) sells many excellent long-range headset add-on units, and headset/phone combinations. A bit pricey, but we have a many here because of their excellent quality and range. Z > Hello Framers, > > I am moving soon and looking to upgrade my home office. I would

Fine tuning pagination

2008-04-21 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
Framers, I'm working on a book for a commercial publishing house that prints in 16-page signatures. I've not done anything quite like this before. I need to get the book to fit into an exact multiple of 16 pages. I've done basic pagination control with my paragraph styles and with a page break

Fine tuning pagination

2008-04-21 Thread Scott White
We always add note pages to the end of the pages to have them come out in 16- or 32-page signatures. This is going to be a "hands-on" process I think to make things fit and add pages where necessary and tighten pages where necessary. That is how we do it. Scott White Media Production Manager

Fine tuning pagination

2008-04-21 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
How do you "tighten" pages? I don't think adding notes pages is an option for this book, but would be an idea for other types of books. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 User guides,

Fine tuning pagination

2008-04-21 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Linda: Shrinking to fit is usually more difficult than expanding to fit. While it's easy to tweak away with paragraph-, character-, and word-spacing properties to squeeze things in, it's also easy to create magnificently-ugliness. You can get some good advice from folks on typography forums

best method to store template version

2008-04-21 Thread Karene Millar
Hi I'm new to this group, but not to FrameMaker :) I am responsible for maintaining the templates at my current company and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on the best place to store the template version. Ideas are: in a variable or perhaps on a reference page. To be clear - I have a

Fine tuning pagination

2008-04-21 Thread Terri Schultz
I would not try to do the signatures in Framemaker. You can use a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat, Quite Imposing Plus (http://www.quite.com/) to do the imposition of a pdf before you send it to the printer. I used the plug-in a lot for documents we sent to a Xerox Docutech. The plug in is a bit