Jerilynne,
Without getting too deep into it, you probably need a combination of
TimeSavers (www.microtype.com) to control your document's PDF bookmark
production, and a small cap font (or a character set that includes a
complement of small cap glyphs), to be used both in the variable definition
My index is creating the above error message when I update the book. I
have conditionalized index markers and index markers in text insets.
I have never experienced the above error message before.
If I remove the Index from the list of generated files to be updated, I
don't get the error.
Do you
I think the problem is that some of the other components can't be
installed in parallel. Acrobat and RoboHelp, at least, maybe others.
Photoshop is OK; not sure about Captivate. I'm running one system with
TCS2 and FM 8 and FM 7 without a conflict.
If I were you, I'd make a backup copy of the
The reason why I got the message was very simple. I had Track changes
enabled. Once I disabled this feature everything worked fine :-)
Best regards,
Verner
Radiometer Medical ApS
Akandevej 21
2700 Bronshoj
Denmark
Phone: +45 38 27
You may want to try setting the default printer to Adobe PDF... it
sounds as if the hard printer drivers may not be handling the graphics
the same way as the PDF driver does. Although PDF is an open standard
now, I've only had consistent results with printers that used Adobe PS
as the code base;
I am using Frame 8. I have a set of seven manuals that are close to 100
pages each. Many sections of these manuals are identical, some sections
differ in detail in minor ways, and fewer sections differ in more
substantial ways. Currently they are all Frame books with each chapter being
its own
Hi Joel
In my opinion, there are ways you could use several unstructured Frame
features to eliminate some of the repetitiveness and cumbersome maintenance.
XML is a fabulous choice if there is enough work and other applications to
justify doing the development for it. I don't know enough about
Hi Joel:
I have an incomplete answer, but I'd like to get the ball rolling. I'm
still using FrameMaker 7.2, so that's one of my knowledge limitations.
I'm counting on others to fill in the gaps.
(a) I wouldn't recommend using conditional text because you'd have seven
variations and possibly
Ths is perhaps an elementary question. I have to finish a project off-site. I
am using another person's computer, but working on my own computer through
remote access. I need to distill a book to PDF, but the computer I am using
does not have all the fonts. Remember Missing Font Names is
You make excellent points Fei, especially about the conditional text.
Another thing: I didn't mention that I often review the content to see if
text can be arranged in a different way, or different order, to achieve the
results needed (without, of course, compromising readability or usability).
I
You should distill on your home computer.
You're confusing, or merging the actions of two different programs.
Frame will remember the missing fonts on any computer just fine, but
it substitutes for those fonts if they're missing.
But when you generate a PDF, you use Acrobat and embed the fonts
Howard Rauch asked:
Ths is perhaps an elementary question. I have to finish a project off-site. I
am using another person's computer, but working on my own computer through
remote access. I need to distill a book to PDF, but the computer I am using
does not have all the fonts. Remember
Thanks for your comments. They werevery helpful
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The reason why I got the message was very simple. I had Track changes
enabled. Once I disabled this feature everything worked fine :-)
Best regards,
Verner
Radiometer Medical ApS
Akandevej 21
2700 Bronshoj
Denmark
Phone: +45 38 27
-Original Message-
I am using Frame 8. I have a set of seven manuals that are close to 100
pages each. Many sections of these manuals are identical, some sections
differ in detail in minor ways, and fewer sections differ in more
substantial ways. Currently they are all Frame books with
Hi, Joel!
Are you using structured or unstructured Frame? Have you considered
using text insets? I found this useful when I had a similar scenario a
few years ago on unstructured Frame. If you are on structured, check out
InsetPlus at West Street Consulting. We have found this to be very
useful
The short answer is no, you do not have to purchase anything else from
West Street. And it is pretty quick to get started using.
Kristy
-Original Message-
From: Guy K. Haas [mailto:g...@hiskeyboard.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:12 AM
To: Kristy Nolan
Cc: Joel;
The easiest way to do it is the following:
1. Have 7 Frame book files
2. The book files can share chapter files that are mostly similar;
likewise, they don't share chapters that are radically different for
each manual.
3. Within the chapters, apply conditional text to the minor differences
With
Hello,
I have been assigned the task of evaluating FrameMaker 9. Before I install
the trial version, I wanted to ask whether it will interfere with my
FrameMaker 8 installation; I'd hate for the trial version to uninstall the
previous version. I'm on Windows XP SP2 with FrameMaker 8.0p277.
I've had no issues with betas, trials, and licensed versions of both on my
XP box running Bootcamp
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Madeleine r Dimond wrote:
I have been assigned the task of evaluating FrameMaker 9. Before I
install
the trial version, I wanted to ask whether it will interfere with my
FrameMaker 8 installation; I'd hate for the trial version to uninstall
the
previous version. I'm on Windows XP SP2 with
Thank you to everyone who has replied. I am going to game plan a little, and
do some version of insets or smaller topics that can be combined in the
final book. I am on structured Frame, for those who asked, but I don't use
the structure, elements, or XML. I just default to strucure in case I use
Joel, I'm with Gillian on this one.
Using this approach (and variables on title pages and in running headers and
footers for book titles) I managed a pretty complex set of deliverables: two
versions each of 10 major guides, and three versions of a training guide that
contained pared-down
Our trainer wants to include both chapter-oriented numbering AND
absolute page numbering in training materials derived from my manuals.
It looks like in FM8 (unstructured) I can set page numbering to be one
or the other.
Is there a way to have it both ways? Some sort of user variable that I
can
John,
You have two options, plus a few corner case methods.
The easiest would be:
In the master page, either insert a $chapnum variable before the
Current Page # (that contains $curpagenum) variable, or you can
modify the Current Page # definition to include both:
$chapnum-$curpagenum.
Then
While we're on the topic...Frame 9 won't pave over my Frame 7.1, right?
--William
Combs, Richard wrote:
Madeleine r Dimond wrote:
I have been assigned the task of evaluating FrameMaker 9. Before I
install
the trial version, I wanted to ask whether it will interfere with my
FrameMaker
Joel,
There are so many ways to meet your goals using FrameMaker... You asked for
unstructured Frame and reuse so here's a take:
When using unstructured Frame I've solved this problem using text insets and
a simple spreadsheet for tracking where used information. I have a client
that wanted to
John Sgammato wrote:
Our trainer wants to include both chapter-oriented numbering AND
absolute page numbering in training materials derived from my manuals.
It looks like in FM8 (unstructured) I can set page numbering to be one
or the other.
Is there a way to have it both ways? Some sort
FM7.2
Is there a way of performing a find/replace only in footnotes?
Chris
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FM7.2
Some paragraphs in a document I inherited have 'Para f:*footnote ref' as a
paragraph tag. I have been unable to remove the reference to 'f:*footnote ref.'
I've tried retagging with the correct tag, selecting the text and applying
Default Font - I've found nothing that works. What
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:35 PM, John Sgammato jsgamm...@imprivata.com wrote:
Our trainer wants to include both chapter-oriented numbering AND
absolute page numbering in training materials derived from my manuals.
A bit OT, but did your trainer say why?
--
Milan Davidovic
He did. He uses the chapter numbering within a unit to reassure the user
that none of the parts is really big and scary. He feels that if he
takes a break on page 62, students may be dismayed and the endless
boring class. But if no unit has more than 16 to 20 pages, then he
expects a sense of
cs...@sympatico.ca wrote:
FM7.2
Some paragraphs in a document I inherited have 'Para f:*footnote ref'
as a paragraph tag. I have been unable to remove the reference to
'f:*footnote ref.' I've tried retagging with the correct tag,
selecting the text and applying Default Font - I've found
Chris,
Apply a different tag to the selected text and then retag it with Para, this
will remove the errant footnote ref Character Tag.
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cs...@sympatico.ca
Sent:
John Sgammato wrote:
He did. He uses the chapter numbering within a unit to reassure the
user
that none of the parts is really big and scary. He feels that if he
takes a break on page 62, students may be dismayed and the endless
boring class. But if no unit has more than 16 to 20 pages,
I already use the chapter-page numbering. The existing pages list the
unit name followed by a hyphen and the page number. So there are not 24
naked page 3s, there's a Intro-3 and a Something-3 and a Something
Else-3.
The chapter names (vs numbers) make it possible for trainers to re-order
or
Thanks, David. Unfortunately that didn't work. The new tag retained the
'f:*footnote ref' override. 'footnote ref' doesn't appear in the list of
character tags - I've no idea where it came from. I tried adding it as a ch
tag, then deleting it - that had no effect either.
From:
cs...@sympatico.ca wrote:
Thanks, David. Unfortunately that didn't work. The new tag retained
the 'f:*footnote ref' override. 'footnote ref' doesn't appear in the
list of character tags - I've no idea where it came from. I tried
adding it as a ch tag, then deleting it - that had no effect
I score it this way:
Richard: 1 point each for 3 consistent and logic observations
John: 3 points for snapping us back into reality
What's the applicable quote here? Something like:
The reasonable man adjusts to reality, the unreasonable man demands that
reality adjust to him.
All progress
I'm not sure I fully understand the problem. I presume the Para f:* footnote
ref isn't what I would call a tag, but a style?
This may be worth a try:
Select all of one of the errant paragraphs.
Open the character designer dialog (Format/Characters/Designer)
Change Character Tag to Default
In terms of safety and reliability, create the PDF only on the system that has
all
the fonts. Otherwise you cannot count on the fonts mysteriously appearing when
you
are making plates for the offset press (or printing on any printer for that
matter!).
- Dov
-Original Message-
The order of operations is critical - first select all the text and apply the
default para font character style, then apply the default paragraph style,
preferably from the paragraph catalog window by click on the desired tag.
As an aside to another poster, a tag is the FrameMaker term for the
BeauIX was a plug-in for massaging indexes last heard of for FM 6
(although a ghost lurks on the Leximation tools pages). Does anyone
know where to find Stefan Petrucha or a reliable download site for
BeauIX? I take it he does not write mystery stories for teens in his
spare time (just
I have quite a customised FrameMaker 8 set-up in my Technical
Communication Suite 1.0. The CDs of the trial TCS 2 arrived today but
there was a warning that the previous version needs to be uninstalled
before installing the trial. I started the trial installer, which wants
to install into a
Jerilynne,
Without getting too deep into it, you probably need a combination of
TimeSavers (www.microtype.com) to control your document's PDF bookmark
production, and a small cap font (or a character set that includes a
complement of small cap glyphs), to be used both in the variable definition
My index is creating the above error message when I update the book. I
have conditionalized index markers and index markers in text insets.
I have never experienced the above error message before.
If I remove the Index from the list of generated files to be updated, I
don't get the error.
Do you
I think the problem is that some of the other components can't be
installed in parallel. Acrobat and RoboHelp, at least, maybe others.
Photoshop is OK; not sure about Captivate. I'm running one system with
TCS2 and FM 8 and FM 7 without a conflict.
If I were you, I'd make a backup copy of the
The reason why I got the message was very simple. I had "Track changes"
enabled. Once I disabled this feature everything worked fine :-)
Best regards,
Verner
Radiometer Medical ApS
Akandevej 21
2700 Bronshoj
Denmark
Phone: +45 38
You may want to try setting the default printer to Adobe PDF... it
sounds as if the hard printer drivers may not be handling the graphics
the same way as the PDF driver does. Although PDF is an open standard
now, I've only had consistent results with printers that used Adobe PS
as the code base;
I am using Frame 8. I have a set of seven manuals that are close to 100
pages each. Many sections of these manuals are identical, some sections
differ in detail in minor ways, and fewer sections differ in more
substantial ways. Currently they are all Frame books with each chapter being
its own
Hi Joel
In my opinion, there are ways you could use several unstructured Frame
features to eliminate some of the repetitiveness and cumbersome maintenance.
XML is a fabulous choice if there is enough work and other applications to
justify doing the development for it. I don't know enough about
Hi Joel:
I have an incomplete answer, but I'd like to get the ball rolling. I'm
still using FrameMaker 7.2, so that's one of my knowledge limitations.
I'm counting on others to fill in the gaps.
(a) I wouldn't recommend using conditional text because you'd have seven
variations and possibly
Ths is perhaps an elementary question. I have to finish a project off-site. I
am using another person's computer, but?working on?my own? computer through
remote access. I need to distill a book to PDF, but the computer I am using
does not have all the fonts. "Remember Missing Font Names" is
You make excellent points Fei, especially about the conditional text.
Another thing: I didn't mention that I often review the content to see if
text can be arranged in a different way, or different order, to achieve the
results needed (without, of course, compromising readability or usability).
I
You should distill on your home computer.
You're confusing, or merging the actions of two different programs.
Frame will remember the missing fonts on any computer just fine, but
it substitutes for those fonts if they're missing.
But when you generate a PDF, you use Acrobat and embed the fonts
Howard Rauch asked:
> Ths is perhaps an elementary question. I have to finish a project off-site. I
> am using another person's computer, but working on my own computer through
> remote access. I need to distill a book to PDF, but the computer I am using
> does not have all the fonts.
Thanks for your comments. They werevery helpful
HR
?
Technology Transfer, Inc.
"Linking Creators and Users of Technology"
933 North 18th Street
Manitowoc WI 54220
Office: 920-682-1528
Cell: 920-629-0080
I've installed FM9 on my FM8 system with no apparent problems. Granted, it
was neither lengthy nor complicated, but it did fine for what I tried.
Lea
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Software and Documentation Specialist
Astoria-Pacific International
PO Box 830 Clackamas OR 97015
The reason why I got the message was very simple. I had "Track changes"
enabled. Once I disabled this feature everything worked fine :-)
Best regards,
Verner
Radiometer Medical ApS
Akandevej 21
2700 Bronshoj
Denmark
Phone: +45 38
-Original Message-
I am using Frame 8. I have a set of seven manuals that are close to 100
pages each. Many sections of these manuals are identical, some sections
differ in detail in minor ways, and fewer sections differ in more
substantial ways. Currently they are all Frame books with
Hi, Joel!
Are you using structured or unstructured Frame? Have you considered
using text insets? I found this useful when I had a similar scenario a
few years ago on unstructured Frame. If you are on structured, check out
InsetPlus at West Street Consulting. We have found this to be very
useful
The short answer is no, you do not have to purchase anything else from
West Street. And it is pretty quick to get started using.
Kristy
-Original Message-
From: Guy K. Haas [mailto:g...@hiskeyboard.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:12 AM
To: Kristy Nolan
Cc: Joel; framers at
Hello,
I have been assigned the task of evaluating FrameMaker 9. Before I install
the trial version, I wanted to ask whether it will interfere with my
FrameMaker 8 installation; I'd hate for the trial version to uninstall the
previous version. I'm on Windows XP SP2 with FrameMaker 8.0p277.
Thank you to everyone who has replied. I am going to game plan a little, and
do some version of insets or smaller topics that can be combined in the
final book. I am on structured Frame, for those who asked, but I don't use
the structure, elements, or XML. I just default to strucure in case I use
Joel, I'm with Gillian on this one.
Using this approach (and variables on title pages and in running headers and
footers for book titles) I managed a pretty complex set of deliverables: two
versions each of 10 major guides, and three versions of a training guide that
contained pared-down
Our trainer wants to include both chapter-oriented numbering AND
absolute page numbering in training materials derived from my manuals.
It looks like in FM8 (unstructured) I can set page numbering to be one
or the other.
Is there a way to have it both ways? Some sort of user variable that I
can
John,
You have two options, plus a few corner case methods.
The easiest would be:
In the master page, either insert a <$chapnum> variable before the
Current Page # (that contains <$curpagenum>) variable, or you can
modify the Current Page # definition to include both:
<$chapnum>-<$curpagenum>.
While we're on the topic...Frame 9 won't pave over my Frame 7.1, right?
--William
Combs, Richard wrote:
> Madeleine r Dimond wrote:
>
>> I have been assigned the task of evaluating FrameMaker 9. Before I
> install
>> the trial version, I wanted to ask whether it will interfere with my
>>
Joel,
There are so many ways to meet your goals using FrameMaker... You asked for
unstructured Frame and reuse so here's a take:
When using unstructured Frame I've solved this problem using text insets and
a simple spreadsheet for tracking "where used" information. I have a client
that wanted to
John Sgammato wrote:
> Our trainer wants to include both chapter-oriented numbering AND
> absolute page numbering in training materials derived from my manuals.
> It looks like in FM8 (unstructured) I can set page numbering to be one
> or the other.
> Is there a way to have it both ways? Some
FM7.2
Is there a way of performing a find/replace only in footnotes?
Chris
FM7.2
Some paragraphs in a document I inherited have 'Para f:*footnote ref' as a
paragraph tag. I have been unable to remove the reference to 'f:*footnote ref.'
I've tried retagging with the correct tag, selecting the text and applying
Default Font - I've found nothing that works. What else
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:35 PM, John Sgammato
wrote:
> Our trainer wants to include both chapter-oriented numbering AND
> absolute page numbering in training materials derived from my manuals.
A bit OT, but did your trainer say why?
--
Milan Davidovic
http://altmilan.blogspot.com
He did. He uses the chapter numbering within a unit to reassure the user
that none of the parts is really big and scary. He feels that if he
takes a break on page 62, students may be dismayed and the endless
boring class. But if no unit has more than 16 to 20 pages, then he
expects a sense of
cseal at sympatico.ca wrote:
> FM7.2
>
>
>
> Some paragraphs in a document I inherited have 'Para f:*footnote ref'
> as a paragraph tag. I have been unable to remove the reference to
> 'f:*footnote ref.' I've tried retagging with the correct tag,
> selecting the text and applying Default Font -
Chris,
Apply a different tag to the selected text and then retag it with Para, this
will remove the errant footnote ref Character Tag.
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
cseal at sympatico.ca
Sent:
I already use the chapter-page numbering. The existing pages list the
unit name followed by a hyphen and the page number. So there are not 24
naked page 3s, there's a Intro-3 and a Something-3 and a Something
Else-3.
The chapter names (vs numbers) make it possible for trainers to re-order
or
John Sgammato wrote:
> I already use the chapter-page numbering. The existing pages list the
> unit name followed by a hyphen and the page number. So there are not
24
> naked page 3s, there's a Intro-3 and a Something-3 and a Something
> Else-3.
But if you already have a Something-3 and a
Even those who are not cognitively impaired can get frustrated when a
unit has come out of order and it replaced in the wrong spot. In order
to keep the flexibility of removing or re-ordering units, there is no
ToC in the deliverable. I could give one to each teacher for the purpose
of getting
Thanks, David. Unfortunately that didn't work. The new tag retained the
'f:*footnote ref' override. 'footnote ref' doesn't appear in the list of
character tags - I've no idea where it came from. I tried adding it as a ch
tag, then deleting it - that had no effect either.
> From: dspreadb at
cseal at sympatico.ca wrote:
> Thanks, David. Unfortunately that didn't work. The new tag retained
> the 'f:*footnote ref' override. 'footnote ref' doesn't appear in the
> list of character tags - I've no idea where it came from. I tried
> adding it as a ch tag, then deleting it - that had no
I score it this way:
Richard: 1 point each for 3 consistent and logic observations
John: 3 points for snapping us back into reality
What's the applicable quote here? Something like:
"The reasonable man adjusts to reality, the unreasonable man demands that
reality adjust to him.
All progress
In terms of safety and reliability, create the PDF only on the system that has
all
the fonts. Otherwise you cannot count on the fonts mysteriously appearing when
you
are making plates for the offset press (or printing on any printer for that
matter!).
- Dov
> -Original
The order of operations is critical - first select all the text and apply the
default para font character style, then apply the default paragraph style,
preferably from the paragraph catalog window by click on the desired tag.
As an aside to another poster, a tag is the FrameMaker? term for the
Inset Plus [sic] is free, and looks very interesting, but
the site does not indicate whether it is a product one can just inject
into one's Structured FrameMaker system, of if one needs to BUY any of the
other West Street Consulting products in order to make use of it.
Kristy, can you
I've learned a lot by just following the conversations on this list, and
thanks to all you EXPERTS who provide the answers. Hope you can help me.
I'm working in FrameMaker 7.2 and have several FrameMaker books with the
same template applied.
In a .pdf of one of the books, instead of the
I've seen this before. It was caused by an empty Text Line object that
is using the character format you are trying to change or delete. You
have to find the Text Line object and delete it then you can change or
delete the character form.
Gary
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