List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:25 -0700 23/4/08, Rene Stephenson wrote: >Yeah, I think it was you, Steve. Maybe this is something I should approach >with FrameScript? Well, I've not used FrameScript, but my feeling is that it would be overkill unless you need a high level of automation. All it would save you is the nee

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 09:57 -0700 23/4/08, Rene Stephenson wrote: >It seems that at some point in time someone had mentioned setting up a TOC at >the first of a chapter as a text inset so that it would auto-update when you >generate the FM book file. (Maybe I'm dreaming...) It might have been me. But it doesn't a

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Combs, Richard
Rene Stephenson wrote: > Richard, > In that instance, weren't the TOC/LOF/LOT reading all the FM > files in the book for one TOC, one LOF, and one LOT at the > book level front matter? Well, yes -- but that's neither here nor there. My point was that the order in which FM processes updates mig

Japanese FrameMaker

2008-04-23 Thread Phil Heron
Paul, I have not seen V8 but the previous Windows versions do include the language versions you mention. However, the serial number provided when you buy the package only allows you to install the language purchased. If you want to install the Japanese version you will need a Japanese specific ser

Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Gotcha. :-) Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: "Combs, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Rene Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:32:24 PM Subject: RE: List of... or Index of... as a text inset? Rene Stephenson wrot

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Gotcha. :-) Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: "Combs, Richard" To: Rene Stephenson ; framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:32:24 PM Subject: RE: List of... or Index of... as a text inset? Rene Stephenson wrote: > Richard, > In that instance,

Japanese FrameMaker

2008-04-23 Thread Paul Findon
Framers, Mac FrameMaker 6 and 7 CDs contain a single installation file and when launched you get to choose English, German, French, or Japanese. Can anyone tell me if this is the same for Windows FrameMaker 8.0? I need the Japanese version ASAP. Tried the Adobe Japan online store, but it wo

how to take an element out of the flow

2008-04-23 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I have a lot of XML files with the same structure which contain among other things an element variable amount of text here which comes as the last element of the document. Each document represents two or four pages of the final document. The element should appear inside a box on the bott

RE: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Combs, Richard
Rene Stephenson wrote: > Richard, > In that instance, weren't the TOC/LOF/LOT reading all the FM > files in the book for one TOC, one LOF, and one LOT at the > book level front matter? Well, yes -- but that's neither here nor there. My point was that the order in which FM processes updates mi

Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Richard, In that instance, weren't the TOC/LOF/LOT reading all the FM files in the book for one TOC, one LOF, and one LOT at the book level front matter? Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: "Combs, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I used to have some books in which the book-l

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Richard, In that instance, weren't the TOC/LOF/LOT reading all the FM files in the book for one TOC, one LOF, and one LOT at the book level front matter? Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: "Combs, Richard" I used to have some books in which the book-level generated lists

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Art Campbell
Rene, While this two-phase approach will work without a problem, if you want to achieve the level of automation you're talking about, I think one of Rick Quatro's prepared scripts, ChapterTOC, is what you want actually want. It inserts the TOC entries as cross-references at whatever point in the p

Find/Change default

2008-04-23 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Is there a way to have FM Find/Change default to the current file instead of book when a book and one or more book components are open? I cannot find this mentioned in the maker.ini. I find it very annoying when I accidentally hit the "Find " button to look for something in an open book component

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Art Campbell
In Edit > Update References... what's turned on/off? Art On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Rene Stephenson wrote: > Hi All, > > It seems that at some point in time someone had mentioned setting up a TOC > at the first of a chapter as a text inset so that it would auto-update when > you genera

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Combs, Richard
Rene Stephenson wrote: > I tried creating the "standalone" TOC for the relevant > chapter using the desired subheadings, saved that file in > with my other text insets and Alt-F,I,F (by reference) and it > doesn't update when I update the text insets. Same problem > with the chapter LOT that

RE: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Combs, Richard
Rene Stephenson wrote: > I tried creating the "standalone" TOC for the relevant > chapter using the desired subheadings, saved that file in > with my other text insets and Alt-F,I,F (by reference) and it > doesn't update when I update the text insets. Same problem > with the chapter LOT that

Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Okay, great! I have FS and have bought several scripts from Rick, always with great satisfaction. Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: Art Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Rene Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Framers Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 1:46:16 PM Subject: Re: L

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Okay, great! I have FS and have bought several scripts from Rick, always with great satisfaction. Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: Art Campbell To: Rene Stephenson ; Framers Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 1:46:16 PM Subject: Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inse

Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:25 -0700 23/4/08, Rene Stephenson wrote: >Yeah, I think it was you, Steve. Maybe this is something I should approach >with FrameScript? Well, I've not used FrameScript, but my feeling is that it would be overkill unless you need a high level of automation. All it would save you is the nee

Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Art Campbell
Rene, While this two-phase approach will work without a problem, if you want to achieve the level of automation you're talking about, I think one of Rick Quatro's prepared scripts, ChapterTOC, is what you want actually want. It inserts the TOC entries as cross-references at whatever point in the p

Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Yeah, I think it was you, Steve. Maybe this is something I should approach with FrameScript? What if I built a pre-publication file management book for this project and put all the chapter-level generated files for the various books in it, updated that book, and then updated the publication bo

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Yeah, I think it was you, Steve. Maybe this is something I should approach with FrameScript? What if I built a pre-publication file management book for this project and put all the chapter-level generated files for the various books in it, updated that book, and then updated the publication bo

Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Nothing... all options are checked. Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: Art Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Rene Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 1:05:17 PM Subject: Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inse

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Nothing... all options are checked. Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: Art Campbell To: Rene Stephenson Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 1:05:17 PM Subject: Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inset? In Edit > Update References... w

Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 09:57 -0700 23/4/08, Rene Stephenson wrote: >It seems that at some point in time someone had mentioned setting up a TOC at >the first of a chapter as a text inset so that it would auto-update when you >generate the FM book file. (Maybe I'm dreaming...) It might have been me. But it doesn't a

Re: List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Art Campbell
In Edit > Update References... what's turned on/off? Art On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Rene Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > It seems that at some point in time someone had mentioned setting up a TOC > at the first of a chapter as a text inset so that it would auto-update

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Hi All, It seems that at some point in time someone had mentioned setting up a TOC at the first of a chapter as a text inset so that it would auto-update when you generate the FM book file. (Maybe I'm dreaming...) Well, I have come upon a situation where I could use that to track the chapter c

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Hi All, It seems that at some point in time someone had mentioned setting up a TOC at the first of a chapter as a text inset so that it would auto-update when you generate the FM book file. (Maybe I'm dreaming...) Well, I have come upon a situation where I could use that to track the chapter c

Re: best method to store template version

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Rene L. Stephenson Mother of 3, Wife, and Entreprenuer (see the SuperWoman cape flapping in the breeze?!) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Think of life like driving your car: the rear view mirror is very small compared to the side windows and to the front windshield where it's placed for c

best method to store template version

2008-04-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Rene L. Stephenson Mother of 3, Wife, and Entreprenuer (see the SuperWoman cape flapping in the breeze?!) Email: rinnie1 at yahoo.com Think of life like driving your car: the rear view mirror is very small compared to the side windows and to the front windshield where it's placed for c

best method to store template version

2008-04-23 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, I use a variable to store the template version. However, others preferred a more striking method. They would append the version (and/or date) to the template file name, e.g. template_080423.fm Best regards Winfried > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com

RE: Japanese FrameMaker

2008-04-23 Thread Phil Heron
Paul, I have not seen V8 but the previous Windows versions do include the language versions you mention. However, the serial number provided when you buy the package only allows you to install the language purchased. If you want to install the Japanese version you will need a Japanese specific ser

Japanese FrameMaker

2008-04-23 Thread Paul Findon
Framers, Mac FrameMaker 6 and 7 CDs contain a single installation file and when launched you get to choose English, German, French, or Japanese. Can anyone tell me if this is the same for Windows FrameMaker 8.0? I need the Japanese version ASAP. Tried the Adobe Japan online store, but it wo

best method to store template version

2008-04-23 Thread bja
Template information should be embedded in the template, not linked. Just stick your information in a text box at the bottom of the first reference page Karene. That way it's out of sight and out of mind until you need it. The first of the reference pages typically (and by default) only carries a

Find/Change default

2008-04-23 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Is there a way to have FM Find/Change default to the current file instead of book when a book and one or more book components are open? I cannot find this mentioned in the maker.ini. I find it very annoying when I accidentally hit the "Find " button to look for something in an open book component