PDF Bookmarks

2008-05-07 Thread Shlomo Perets
Danny, You wrote: >This is probably really simple, but I need some help making a PDF bookmark >go to a specific page in another PDF document. I have tried all of the >actions available in the Bookmark Properties area and none of them do >what I want. Will I have to write a Javascript to do

Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Peter Hirons
Deidre (and anyone else who's interested) Sarah O'Keefe's "Framemaker 7: The Complete Reference" has been re-published under a slightly different title. I spoke to her about 18 months ago and she assured me that it was the same content -- and yes, it is an excellent reference. -- Regards, Pe

Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread Scott White
We are creating 1000+-page catalogs of industrial supplies (hammers, gloves, ladders, mig welders, etc.). Both color and grayscale. Scott White Media Production Manager Implementation Coordinator 210-704-8239 swhite at alamark.com On May 7, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Pat Christenson wrote: > I can'

Book file too big

2008-05-07 Thread Art Campbell
Because it keeps stopping at the same place, Rick's suggestion that the page probably has some content on it that's causing your problem is probably right on. Look at the page and see if there are any imported graphics, unresolved cross refs anything that is not quite right. Unless you're on a

Book file too big

2008-05-07 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Heidi, I doubt if it is maxed out. What is the text of the error you get in the Distiller error log? Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Hello Framers, I have a book that consist of close to 500 files. The total page count is shy of 900. The problem: I cannot p

Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Deirdre Reagan wrote: > Hi all: > > I know this topic was just covered, and I've searched for it in the > archives, but I'd like also to get your opinions. > > I've been told that Framemaker: Classroom in a Book is an excellent > resource for learning FM. But

Framemaker Class

2008-05-07 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Bright Path Solutions ( http://www.brightpathsolutions.com ) is based in or around Raleigh, NC. Bodvar On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Deirdre Reagan wrote: > Just to be clear, I'm looking for names of companies. I can travel to > Atlanta, Birmingham, and Washington DC. (and other places in t

OT: Adobe PS3 drivers

2008-05-07 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
We are in the process of updating our PostScript color printer. Only a few seem to be offering true Adobe PS3 printers, but one of the agents (with a brand that seems to offer either one of true Adobe PS3 or a PS3 emulator) says that Adobe no longer provides drivers, only licenses for third parties

Book file too big

2008-05-07 Thread HSC Italian
Hi Rick, That's good news that you don't think it's maxing out ... as I have 130 more files to add to it :) Here's the Distiller error: %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: pdfmark; ErrorInfo: _objdef A290821.1 ]%% Stack: /ANN /Custom /Subtype [0 0 0] /Border [4689 2286 7299 2086] /Rect {A

Document control

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hey I'm full of questions today! The question du jour (du minute?) is about document control. Does anyone have any advice they'd like to share about developing a system for keeping track of who is currently working on a document, who has worked on a document, and who has made what changes? What

Book file too big

2008-05-07 Thread HSC Italian
Hello Framers, I have a book that consist of close to 500 files. The total page count is shy of 900. The problem: I cannot print a .pdf. I've created mifs to correct the issue in a given file and it worked, but then a few files down it did it on another file. I mifed ALL the files, tried to p

Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Now that Rene mentions it ... When I wrote "SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed," a couple years ago, my editors at Sams Publishing said they accepted FM and Word files, but since it was a Linux book, doing it in Frame wasn't practical (way too much rebooting involved). For the 2nd edition ("openSUSE Linux Unl

Re: Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread Scott White
We are creating 1000+-page catalogs of industrial supplies (hammers, gloves, ladders, mig welders, etc.). Both color and grayscale. Scott White Media Production Manager Implementation Coordinator 210-704-8239 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 7, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Pat Christenson wrote: > I can't sp

Re: Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread Pat Christenson
I can't speak for fiction or magazines but I do layout of technical books for a couple of commercial publishers. They both have the authors writing in Word using a very simple template. (The thinking is: The books are written by subject matter experts who are not necessarily technical write

Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread Pat Christenson
I can't speak for fiction or magazines but I do layout of technical books for a couple of commercial publishers. They both have the authors writing in Word using a very simple template. (The thinking is: The books are written by subject matter experts who are not necessarily technical write

RE: Document control

2008-05-07 Thread Flato, Gillian
You need to use version control software like CVS or subversion. Then you submit all source files to a network directory visible to all Tech Writers. Then each TW has to checkout the file in order to work on it and check it back in when finished. All you have to do is look in the version control so

Document control

2008-05-07 Thread Flato, Gillian
You need to use version control software like CVS or subversion. Then you submit all source files to a network directory visible to all Tech Writers. Then each TW has to checkout the file in order to work on it and check it back in when finished. All you have to do is look in the version control so

Thai Docs/Font problem in FM8

2008-05-07 Thread Susan_Corcoran
Hi All, I'm running FM8.0p273 on WinXP. I have a couple of Thai documents that were created with an AngsanaUPC font. In Frame 7, they show up fine and can be manipulated, printed, etc. In Frame 8, the characters turn to garbage. This happens on my laptop as well as another machine. I've t

Mif2Go - FM graphic sizing issue when outputting to HTML

2008-05-07 Thread bja
Jeremy is correct. I initially sent this query to the list (Jeremy must get a squillion queries and I thought the list could answer this one) but for some reason it didn't get posted so after waiting 50 minutes or so I also sent the query direct to Jeremy (and corrected the ENBEDDED typo:)). Jer

Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Mike Wickham
Add Thomas Neuburger's _The Masters Series: FrameMaker 6_ to the list of good titles. He also sells them from his site: twelfthnight.com. Mike Wickham

RE: Book file too big

2008-05-07 Thread HSC Italian
Hi Rick, That's good news that you don't think it's maxing out ... as I have 130 more files to add to it :) Here's the Distiller error: %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: pdfmark; ErrorInfo: _objdef A290821.1 ]%% Stack: /ANN /Custom /Subtype [0 0 0] /Border [4689 2286 7299 2086] /Rect

Re: Book file too big

2008-05-07 Thread Art Campbell
Because it keeps stopping at the same place, Rick's suggestion that the page probably has some content on it that's causing your problem is probably right on. Look at the page and see if there are any imported graphics, unresolved cross refs anything that is not quite right. Unless you're on a

Thai Docs/Font problem in FM8

2008-05-07 Thread susan_corco...@handheld.com
Hi All, I'm running FM8.0p273 on WinXP. I have a couple of Thai documents that were created with an AngsanaUPC font. In Frame 7, they show up fine and can be manipulated, printed, etc. In Frame 8, the characters turn to garbage. This happens on my laptop as well as another machine. I've t

Re: Book file too big

2008-05-07 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Heidi, I doubt if it is maxed out. What is the text of the error you get in the Distiller error log? Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Hello Framers, I have a book that consist of close to 500 files. The total page count is shy of 900. The problem: I cannot p

Document control

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hey I'm full of questions today! The question du jour (du minute?) is about document control. Does anyone have any advice they'd like to share about developing a system for keeping track of who is currently working on a document, who has worked on a document, and who has made what changes? What

Book file too big

2008-05-07 Thread HSC Italian
Hello Framers, I have a book that consist of close to 500 files. The total page count is shy of 900. The problem: I cannot print a .pdf. I've created mifs to correct the issue in a given file and it worked, but then a few files down it did it on another file. I mifed ALL the files, tried to

Title of document in Acrobat title bar

2008-05-07 Thread Huntley Eshenroder
There was a previous post about automating this in Frame, don't recall how it was done. We semi-automate this with a batch process in Acrobat. -Huntley On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Combs, Richard wrote: > Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > > > > FM 7.0 > > Acrobat 8.x > > > > I thought that the

Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Deirdre, ABEbooks.com is a great resource for used books, and they have 17 copies of the "Beyond the Basics" book (which I found very helpful after "Classroom in a Book"). Several of the books are practically free + shipping. Here's the link: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=073

Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Art Campbell
Compared to your time, books are cheap. And you're allowed to own more than one. ;- ) If you learn anything from them and also use them for reference, buy whatever you can find and read them. If you get one or two nuggets from any of them, you're ahead. Art On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Dei

Framemaker Class

2008-05-07 Thread Milan Davidovic
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Deirdre Reagan wrote: > Just to be clear, I'm looking for names of companies. I can travel to > Atlanta, Birmingham, and Washington DC. (and other places in the > Southeast) Try searching here: http://partners.adobe.com/public/partnerfinder/tp/show_find.do --

Title of document in Acrobat title bar

2008-05-07 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
Ah, in Properties, General tab I found the field, so I just changed it manually. Thanks for the other ideas, too. I am in the process of changing over to FM 8 and Acrobat 8, but this book was too late in the game to convert now. I'll have to figure out how to get this to work automagically in tha

Title of document in Acrobat title bar

2008-05-07 Thread Combs, Richard
Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > FM 7.0 > Acrobat 8.x > > I thought that the Acrobat picked up the title for the title bar from the > book file's File Info in in FM. I've put the title I want to File Info, > but > it's the FM book file name that displays in the Acrobat title bar. > > How can I chang

RE: Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Now that Rene mentions it ... When I wrote "SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed," a couple years ago, my editors at Sams Publishing said they accepted FM and Word files, but since it was a Linux book, doing it in Frame wasn't practical (way too much rebooting involved). For the 2nd edition ("openSUSE Linux Unl

Re: Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread Rene Stephenson
One would think Vogue would be sourced in Quark... :)} Does JoAnn Hackos use FM to write her books...? I know of some who use FM for catalogs, though, as well as others who write in FM for the airline industry. :-) Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: Deirdre Reagan <[EMAIL

Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread Rene Stephenson
One would think Vogue would be sourced in Quark... :)} Does JoAnn Hackos use FM to write her books...? I know of some who use FM for catalogs, though, as well as others who write in FM for the airline industry. :-) Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: Deirdre Reagan To: Fra

Title of document in Acrobat title bar

2008-05-07 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
Framers, FM 7.0 Acrobat 8.x I thought that the Acrobat picked up the title for the title bar from the book file's File Info in in FM. I've put the title I want to File Info, but it's the FM book file name that displays in the Acrobat title bar. How can I change this? Of course, I have to deliver

Re: Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Mike Wickham
Add Thomas Neuburger's _The Masters Series: FrameMaker 6_ to the list of good titles. He also sells them from his site: twelfthnight.com. Mike Wickham ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PRO

Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Just out of curiosity, what kinds of documents are people producing in Framemaker? Our department produces aeronautial documents, such as Component Maintenance Manuals, Aircraft Maintenance Manuals, Wiring Diagram Manuals, and Illustrated Parts Catalogs. Do people produce books and magazines with

Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Thanks everyone for all the good information. Here's what I've learned: 1. Framemaker 7.0: Classroom in a Book is an excellent resource, regardless of what the reviews on Amazon says. 2. O'Keefe's book, Publishing Fundamentals: Framemaker 7.0 (previously known as Framemaker 7.0: The Complete

RE: Title of document in Acrobat title bar

2008-05-07 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
Ah, in Properties, General tab I found the field, so I just changed it manually. Thanks for the other ideas, too. I am in the process of changing over to FM 8 and Acrobat 8, but this book was too late in the game to convert now. I'll have to figure out how to get this to work automagically in tha

Re: Title of document in Acrobat title bar

2008-05-07 Thread Huntley Eshenroder
There was a previous post about automating this in Frame, don't recall how it was done. We semi-automate this with a batch process in Acrobat. -Huntley On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Combs, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > > > > FM 7.0 > > Acrobat 8.x > > > >

RE: Title of document in Acrobat title bar

2008-05-07 Thread Combs, Richard
Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > FM 7.0 > Acrobat 8.x > > I thought that the Acrobat picked up the title for the title bar from the > book file's File Info in in FM. I've put the title I want to File Info, > but > it's the FM book file name that displays in the Acrobat title bar. > > How can I chang

Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hi all: I know this topic was just covered, and I've searched for it in the archives, but I'd like also to get your opinions. I've been told that Framemaker: Classroom in a Book is an excellent resource for learning FM. But on Amazon, the reviews are very poor. Framemaker 7: The Complete Refe

Title of document in Acrobat title bar

2008-05-07 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
Framers, FM 7.0 Acrobat 8.x I thought that the Acrobat picked up the title for the title bar from the book file's File Info in in FM. I've put the title I want to File Info, but it's the FM book file name that displays in the Acrobat title bar. How can I change this? Of course, I have to deliver

Framemaker Class

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Just to be clear, I'm looking for names of companies. I can travel to Atlanta, Birmingham, and Washington DC. (and other places in the Southeast) On 5/7/08, Deirdre Reagan wrote: > So my company wants me to look into Framemaker Classes. I am in > Mobile, Alabama. > > Anyone have any opinions ab

Framemaker Class

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
So my company wants me to look into Framemaker Classes. I am in Mobile, Alabama. Anyone have any opinions about where I should take classes? I learn much better in person than over the computer, so I would want to take a traditional class. Thanks! Deirdre

RE: Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread Syed.Hosain
The company I work for, Aeris Communications, Inc., is in the telecom industry, providing Machine-2-Machine networks across North America (USA, Canada and Mexico). We produce our interface API documentation, various white papers, etc., using FrameMaker. I am the only user of it here (but we are lo

Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
The company I work for, Aeris Communications, Inc., is in the telecom industry, providing Machine-2-Machine networks across North America (USA, Canada and Mexico). We produce our interface API documentation, various white papers, etc., using FrameMaker. I am the only user of it here (but we are lo

RE: Adobe PS3 drivers

2008-05-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
Bodvar, You are NOT being given very accurate information from your so-called agent. First of all, Adobe has not provided its own PostScript driver since Windows NT 4 and Windows'98 days. Since then (i.e., for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, and Windows 2008 Server),

Adobe PS3 drivers

2008-05-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
Bodvar, You are NOT being given very accurate information from your so-called agent. First of all, Adobe has not provided its own PostScript driver since Windows NT 4 and Windows'98 days. Since then (i.e., for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, and Windows 2008 Server),

Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Just out of curiosity, what kinds of documents are people producing in Framemaker? Our department produces aeronautial documents, such as Component Maintenance Manuals, Aircraft Maintenance Manuals, Wiring Diagram Manuals, and Illustrated Parts Catalogs. Do people produce books and magazines with

RE: Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Deirdre, ABEbooks.com is a great resource for used books, and they have 17 copies of the "Beyond the Basics" book (which I found very helpful after "Classroom in a Book"). Several of the books are practically free + shipping. Here's the link: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=073

Re: Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Thanks everyone for all the good information. Here's what I've learned: 1. Framemaker 7.0: Classroom in a Book is an excellent resource, regardless of what the reviews on Amazon says. 2. O'Keefe's book, Publishing Fundamentals: Framemaker 7.0 (previously known as Framemaker 7.0: The Complete

Re: Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Art Campbell
Compared to your time, books are cheap. And you're allowed to own more than one. ;- ) If you learn anything from them and also use them for reference, buy whatever you can find and read them. If you get one or two nuggets from any of them, you're ahead. Art On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Dei

Re: Framemaker Class

2008-05-07 Thread Milan Davidovic
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Deirdre Reagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to be clear, I'm looking for names of companies. I can travel to > Atlanta, Birmingham, and Washington DC. (and other places in the > Southeast) Try searching here: http://partners.adobe.com/public/partnerfinder/tp

Re: Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Peter Hirons
Deidre (and anyone else who's interested) Sarah O'Keefe's "Framemaker 7: The Complete Reference" has been re-published under a slightly different title. I spoke to her about 18 months ago and she assured me that it was the same content -- and yes, it is an excellent reference. -- Regards, Pe

Re: Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Deirdre Reagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all: > > I know this topic was just covered, and I've searched for it in the > archives, but I'd like also to get your opinions. > > I've been told that Framemaker: Classroom in a Book is an excellent > resource for

Re: Framemaker Class

2008-05-07 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Bright Path Solutions ( http://www.brightpathsolutions.com ) is based in or around Raleigh, NC. Bodvar On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Deirdre Reagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to be clear, I'm looking for names of companies. I can travel to > Atlanta, Birmingham, and Washington DC. (and

Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hi all: I know this topic was just covered, and I've searched for it in the archives, but I'd like also to get your opinions. I've been told that Framemaker: Classroom in a Book is an excellent resource for learning FM. But on Amazon, the reviews are very poor. Framemaker 7: The Complete Refe

OT: Adobe PS3 drivers

2008-05-07 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
We are in the process of updating our PostScript color printer. Only a few seem to be offering true Adobe PS3 printers, but one of the agents (with a brand that seems to offer either one of true Adobe PS3 or a PS3 emulator) says that Adobe no longer provides drivers, only licenses for third parties

PDF Bookmarks

2008-05-07 Thread Danny G Green
This is probably really simple, but I need some help making a PDF bookmark go to a specific page in another PDF document. I have tried all of the actions available in the Bookmark Properties area and none of them do what I want. Will I have to write a Javascript to do this? Thanks Danny Gre

Re: Framemaker Class

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Just to be clear, I'm looking for names of companies. I can travel to Atlanta, Birmingham, and Washington DC. (and other places in the Southeast) On 5/7/08, Deirdre Reagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So my company wants me to look into Framemaker Classes. I am in > Mobile, Alabama. > > Anyone h

Framemaker Class

2008-05-07 Thread Deirdre Reagan
So my company wants me to look into Framemaker Classes. I am in Mobile, Alabama. Anyone have any opinions about where I should take classes? I learn much better in person than over the computer, so I would want to take a traditional class. Thanks! Deirdre __

Mif2Go - FM graphic sizing issue when outputting to HTML

2008-05-07 Thread bja
Hi everyone. I have dozens of graphics ENBEDDED in my FrameMaker documents at various dpi settings. All print well of course. I convert to HTML using Mif2Go. By default Mif2Go retains these image sizes so many of the graphics are unreadable in the finished HTML. To resolve this, I set the follo

Re: PDF Bookmarks

2008-05-07 Thread Shlomo Perets
Danny, You wrote: >This is probably really simple, but I need some help making a PDF bookmark >go to a specific page in another PDF document. I have tried all of the >actions available in the Bookmark Properties area and none of them do >what I want. Will I have to write a Javascript to do

PDF Bookmarks

2008-05-07 Thread Danny G Green
This is probably really simple, but I need some help making a PDF bookmark go to a specific page in another PDF document. I have tried all of the actions available in the Bookmark Properties area and none of them do what I want. Will I have to write a Javascript to do this? Thanks Danny Gr

RE: Mif2Go - FM graphic sizing issue when outputting to HTML

2008-05-07 Thread bja
Jeremy is correct. I initially sent this query to the list (Jeremy must get a squillion queries and I thought the list could answer this one) but for some reason it didn't get posted so after waiting 50 minutes or so I also sent the query direct to Jeremy (and corrected the ENBEDDED typo:)). Jer