Display bug in FrameMaker 7.2

2009-04-03 Thread Maries, Anthony
Thanks for the replies, guys. FrameMakers multiple document interface, and the maximise/minimise buttons on the title bar all work normally. The problem is actually the sticky window which continues to display the minimised document when it is supposed to be reduced to an icon at the bottom of the

RE: FM 9 Desired Feature - Variables to Return to Match Entry First Letter Functionality

2009-04-03 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Update -- Even though there is not a Match Entry First Letter functionality that works as before and as described in the prior post below, I have subsequently found an auto-complete style functionality. When I type CTRL+0 and continue typing the first few letters of the variable -- for instance,

Creating cross book links that work in a PDF file

2009-04-03 Thread Jerilynne Knight
OK, I'm apparently having a total brain breakdown and need some help! I'm working with a client who has a large set of FrameMaker (7.x version) files in two separate books. One is the database documentation set and the other is the end user (GUI) documentation. The end user documentation has

RE: Creating cross book links that work in a PDF file

2009-04-03 Thread Fred Ridder
Jerilynne Knight is in a bit of a panic: I'm working with a client who has a large set of FrameMaker (7.x version) files in two separate books. One is the database documentation set and the other is the end user (GUI) documentation. The end user documentation has many, many, many cross

RE: Graphics Fundamentals

2009-04-03 Thread Diane Gaskill
Hi Jeremy, We are converting some word docs to FM. The graphics files are embedded in word and we have no idea what the original tool was to create the graphics. When we import the word doc into FM, the MS2007 filter in FM does a good job. It creates frames and places the same embedded graphics

RE: Graphics Fundamentals

2009-04-03 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
Hi Diane, If the Word docs are in the new docx format, then you can extract the graphics right out of them. The docx format is basically a zipped xml file. If you rename the file with the extension .zip, you can use Windows to extract the component files for you. I read about this one in some

Re: Graphics Fundamentals

2009-04-03 Thread quills
The graphics embedded in a Word file are raster graphics (bitmapped) so when you export those graphics through Mif2Go you will get either jpg or gif, depending on which format you select. There is no way to tell what the original format was. Scott Diane Gaskill wrote: Hi Jeremy, We are

Re: Graphics Fundamentals

2009-04-03 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:08:15 -0700, Diane Gaskill dgcal...@earthlink.net wrote: We are converting some word docs to FM. The graphics files are embedded in word and we have no idea what the original tool was to create the graphics. When we import the word doc into FM, the MS2007 filter in FM does

Preparing for FrameMaker ACE Exam

2009-04-03 Thread Joseph
Hi all, I am going to take the FM 8 ACE exam in late April. I have been using FrameMaker for over a year now and I am an expert level user with unstructured FrameMaker. However, I know there's a sizeable amount of material on structured FrameMaker in the test as well. I have recently started

Adding a shadow to text in Framemaker 7.1

2009-04-03 Thread Tracy Penn
Hello, Does anyone know how to add a shadow to the text in a chapter title in Framemaker 7.1? My company wants an automated chapter number in one size with a shadow, and a smaller size chapter title without a shadow on the same line... I think I've figured out how to have different sized

Re: Adding a shadow to text in Framemaker 7.1

2009-04-03 Thread quills
Tracy, What you are talking about is a graphic. Which is bad news. You would need to create the graphic for each chapter number. IF you are lucky you might find a suitable font. But I wouldn't count on it. Scott Tracy Penn wrote: Hello, Does anyone know how to add a shadow to the text in a

RE: Adding a shadow to text in Framemaker 7.1

2009-04-03 Thread Syed.Hosain
If you do end up creating a graphic, then the best tool for this is from Xara Corporation. Check out www.xara.com for more information ... their Xara3D 6 will do this and much more for text stuff - including outstanding and easy shadow generation (for text and graphical objects). The price ($29

Display bug in FrameMaker 7.2

2009-04-03 Thread Maries, Anthony
Thanks for the replies, guys. FrameMakers multiple document interface, and the maximise/minimise buttons on the title bar all work normally. The problem is actually the sticky window which continues to display the minimised document when it is supposed to be reduced to an icon at the bottom of the

FM 9 Desired Feature - Variables to Return to Match Entry First Letter Functionality

2009-04-03 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Update -- Even though there is not a Match Entry First Letter functionality that works as before and as described in the prior post below, I have subsequently found an auto-complete style functionality. When I type CTRL+0 and continue typing the first few letters of the variable -- for instance,

Creating cross book links that work in a PDF file

2009-04-03 Thread Jerilynne Knight
OK, I'm apparently having a total brain breakdown and need some help! I'm working with a client who has a large set of FrameMaker (7.x version) files in two separate books. One is the database documentation set and the other is the end user (GUI) documentation. The end user documentation has

Creating cross book links that work in a PDF file

2009-04-03 Thread Fred Ridder
Jerilynne Knight is in a bit of a panic: > I'm working with a client who has a large set of FrameMaker (7.x version) > files in two separate books. One is the database documentation set and the > other is the end user (GUI) documentation. > > The end user documentation has many, many, many cross

Graphics Fundamentals

2009-04-03 Thread Diane Gaskill
Hi Jeremy, We are converting some word docs to FM. The graphics files are embedded in word and we have no idea what the original tool was to create the graphics. When we import the word doc into FM, the MS2007 filter in FM does a good job. It creates frames and places the same embedded graphics

Graphics Fundamentals

2009-04-03 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
Hi Diane, If the Word docs are in the new docx format, then you can extract the graphics right out of them. The docx format is basically a zipped xml file. If you rename the file with the extension .zip, you can use Windows to extract the component files for you. I read about this one in some

Graphics Fundamentals

2009-04-03 Thread qui...@airmail.net
The graphics embedded in a Word file are raster graphics (bitmapped) so when you export those graphics through Mif2Go you will get either jpg or gif, depending on which format you select. There is no way to tell what the original format was. Scott Diane Gaskill wrote: > Hi Jeremy, > > We are

Graphics Fundamentals

2009-04-03 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:08:15 -0700, "Diane Gaskill" wrote: >We are converting some word docs to FM. The graphics files are embedded in >word and we have no idea what the original tool was to create the graphics. >When we import the word doc into FM, the MS2007 filter in FM does a good >job. It

Preparing for FrameMaker ACE Exam

2009-04-03 Thread Joseph
Hi all, I am going to take the FM 8 ACE exam in late April. I have been using FrameMaker for over a year now and I am an expert level user with unstructured FrameMaker. However, I know there's a sizeable amount of material on structured FrameMaker in the test as well. I have recently started

Adding a shadow to text in Framemaker 7.1

2009-04-03 Thread Tracy Penn
Hello, Does anyone know how to add a shadow to the text in a chapter title in Framemaker 7.1? My company wants an automated chapter number in one size with a shadow, and a smaller size chapter title without a shadow on the same line... I think I've figured out how to have different sized

Adding a shadow to text in Framemaker 7.1

2009-04-03 Thread qui...@airmail.net
Tracy, What you are talking about is a graphic. Which is bad news. You would need to create the graphic for each chapter number. IF you are lucky you might find a suitable font. But I wouldn't count on it. Scott Tracy Penn wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone know how to add a shadow to the text

Adding a shadow to text in Framemaker 7.1

2009-04-03 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
If you do end up creating a graphic, then the best tool for this is from Xara Corporation. Check out www.xara.com for more information ... their Xara3D 6 will do this and much more for text stuff - including outstanding and easy shadow generation (for text and graphical objects). The price ($29