RE: Add Master Page of Different Size

2009-05-25 Thread Baruch Brodersen
Hi Nancy, Sorry for the delay. This can be done using postscript code on your master pages. Make your master pages the largest size you'll need (in this case 11 X 17) and then place a postscript textbox somewhere each master page to trim it to the final size you want. For 8.5 x 11 use:

Message One or more master pages do not exist

2009-05-25 Thread Neubauer Martha
Hi all, Windows XP SP 2 FrameMaker 7.2 p158 I've just started a new template with five Master pages: First Right Left LandscapeRight LandscapeLeft First ist mapped to the paragraph format ChapterTitle on the Reference pages: UnstructMasterPageMaps Book Update (Yes or No): Yes

French Language Challenge

2009-05-25 Thread marc.creaghan
Hi Everybody, I am working on Windows XP, FrameMaker 8 unstructured on a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. I was having some challenges with accents in my document but I got them working. I was copying and pasting from the character map in order to get those letters. Now even though I have set

Frame 7.2 re-installation issue

2009-05-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I reinstalled Frame 7.2, but I can't get it to open. When I try to open Frame, the splash screen comes up and most it seems to load. But when it gets to the Core the splash screen closes. I checked Windows Task Manager and the FrameMaker.exe task is running when the splash screen is open, but

RE: Keyboard Shortcut Problem

2009-05-25 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Joseph, Are you trying the key combinations with a document open? As far as I know, some of these shortcuts only work with an active document. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. r...@frameexpert.com 585-659-8267 Hi all, I know framemaker 9 has been really buggy with keyboard shortcuts, but

RE: Procedure How to Write a Manual!

2009-05-25 Thread Andy Kass
I've enjoyed reading all the input on this thread, and I had a few more thoughts. Unfortunately, the way Reid writes it below, it looks like anyone can have the writer role. I would've written: 4. Technical Writer who knows enough to understand the SME, learns about the audience and its

Motivating users/typography, etc.

2009-05-25 Thread Cal Callahan
Good points, Mike. Let's not forget that devil reverse type (drives me crazy regardless of colors), proper use of sans serif vs. serif type, line length, etc., etc. There are so many considerations regarding document design you could write a book about it. In fact, several people have. A text

RE: Keyboard Shortcut Problem

2009-05-25 Thread David Spreadbury
Joseph, As Rick mentions below you must have a book or document open. What you want to press are: Esc Shift+F I (lower case eye) S (lower case ess) Those are four separate sets of keystrokes done sequentially. Normally written as Esc, Shift+f, I, s -Original Message- From:

RE: Keyboard Shortcut Problem

2009-05-25 Thread David Spreadbury
In Frame 7.2, you can also accomplish the same thing with Alt+e,l, or with the mouse select Edit Spelling Checker, or select the abc icon on the tool bar. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro

Re: French Language Challenge

2009-05-25 Thread Jim Owens
In Frame, each paragraph tag has a designated language (on the Default Fonts page of the Paragraph Designer). If I recall correctly, the spell-checker for that language is applied. marc.creag...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi Everybody, I am working on Windows XP, FrameMaker 8 unstructured on a

Re: Frame 7.2 re-installation issue

2009-05-25 Thread Art Campbell
As a general rule, if you have a system that you use for beta trials and other experimental stuff, you should probably plan on rebuilding it every year or so to start fresh. After you get the basics on, you may want to ghost the drive so you can restore it more quickly. Just as a BTW, the release

MIF2GO - (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11)

2009-05-25 Thread Stephen O'Brien
Hi, Can anyone help me finding out what this message means (when I wash a file with MIF2GO): (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11) Thx! Stephen O'Brien Rédacteur technique senior / Senior Technical Writer InnovMetric Logiciels inc. / InnovMetric Software Inc. 2014, Cyrille-Duquet,

Re: MIF2GO - (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11)

2009-05-25 Thread Alan T Litchfield
Stay married? Alan On 26/05/2009, at 9:31 AM, Stephen O'Brien wrote: Hi, Can anyone help me finding out what this message means (when I wash a file with MIF2GO): (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11) -- Alan T Litchfield AlphaByte PO Box 141, Auckland, 1140 New Zealand

Re: [Free Framers] MIF2GO - (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11)

2009-05-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Mon, 25 May 2009 14:36:43 -0700, Stephen O'Brien sobr...@innovmetric.com wrote: Can anyone help me finding out what this message means (when I wash a file with MIF2GO): (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11) It's not from Mif2Go, which is merely doing a SaveAs MIF and a reload of

To Find+Replace on a text and its Paragraph tag to convert it to another Paragraph tag

2009-05-25 Thread Gyanesh Talwar
Avraham, You need Silicon Prairie's paragraph tool: http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Downloads.html It will help you Find+Replace multiple para tags in one go. Regards, Gyanesh On 5/24/09, Avraham Makeler wrote: > > Hi all, > How can I Find+Replace on a text and its Paragraph tag to

Add Master Page of Different Size

2009-05-25 Thread Baruch Brodersen
Hi Nancy, Sorry for the delay. This can be done using postscript code on your master pages. Make your master pages the largest size you'll need (in this case 11 X 17) and then place a postscript textbox somewhere each master page to trim it to the final size you want. For 8.5 x 11 use:

Message "One or more master pages do not exist"

2009-05-25 Thread Neubauer Martha
Hi all, Windows XP SP 2 FrameMaker 7.2 p158 I've just started a new template with five Master pages: First Right Left LandscapeRight LandscapeLeft "First" ist mapped to the paragraph format "ChapterTitle" on the Reference pages: UnstructMasterPageMaps Book Update (Yes or No): Yes

French Language Challenge

2009-05-25 Thread marc.creag...@sympatico.ca
Hi Everybody, I am working on Windows XP, FrameMaker 8 unstructured on a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. I was having some challenges with accents in my document but I got them working. I was copying and pasting from the character map in order to get those letters. Now even though I have set

Frame 7.2 re-installation issue

2009-05-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I reinstalled Frame 7.2, but I can't get it to open. When I try to open Frame, the splash screen comes up and most it seems to load. But when it gets to the "Core" the splash screen closes. I checked Windows Task Manager and the FrameMaker.exe task is running when the splash screen is open,

Keyboard Shortcut Problem

2009-05-25 Thread David Spreadbury
Joseph, As Rick mentions below you must have a book or document open. What you want to press are: Esc Shift+F I (lower case eye) S (lower case ess) Those are four separate sets of keystrokes done sequentially. Normally written as Esc, Shift+f, I, s -Original Message- From:

Keyboard Shortcut Problem

2009-05-25 Thread David Spreadbury
In Frame 7.2, you can also accomplish the same thing with Alt+e,l, or with the mouse select Edit > Spelling Checker, or select the abc icon on the tool bar. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick

French Language Challenge

2009-05-25 Thread Jim Owens
In Frame, each paragraph tag has a designated language (on the Default Fonts page of the Paragraph Designer). If I recall correctly, the spell-checker for that language is applied. marc.creaghan at sympatico.ca wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > I am working on Windows XP, FrameMaker 8 unstructured

Frame 7.2 re-installation issue

2009-05-25 Thread Art Campbell
As a general rule, if you have a system that you use for beta trials and other experimental stuff, you should probably plan on rebuilding it every year or so to start fresh. After you get the basics on, you may want to ghost the drive so you can restore it more quickly. Just as a BTW, the release

MIF2GO - (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11)

2009-05-25 Thread Stephen O'Brien
Hi, Can anyone help me finding out what this message means (when I wash a file with MIF2GO): (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11) Thx! Stephen O'Brien R?dacteur technique senior / Senior Technical Writer InnovMetric Logiciels inc. / InnovMetric Software Inc. 2014, Cyrille-Duquet,

[Free Framers] MIF2GO - (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11)

2009-05-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Mon, 25 May 2009 14:36:43 -0700, "Stephen O'Brien" wrote: >Can anyone help me finding out what this message >means (when I wash a file with MIF2GO): > >(6507): Value of Separation out of range (11) It's not from Mif2Go, which is merely doing a SaveAs MIF and a reload of the MIF and resave