FM9 patch 9.0.4

2010-07-08 Thread Rebecca . L . Frasure
Good morning everyone! How important is it to install every patch that comes through? Our IT person looked at the details and felt that since we didn't have the issues the patch addresses, we don't need to install it. Does not installing this patch affect future patches? Thanks very much!

Re: FM9 patch 9.0.4

2010-07-08 Thread Art Campbell
Patches are cumulative and need to be installed in order. So yes, you need this one in order to apply later ones. And, assuming you're a tech writer of some sort you may already know, although IT apparently does not, that not all fixes, features and such are included in the release notes. ;-

Re: From DocBook to FrameMaker

2010-07-08 Thread LW White
Hi Mathieu, Frame ships with a DocBook structured application. ([Frame installation folder]\structure\sgml\docbook\app) which includes the EDD and a starter template. So, what you would do is basically open your DocBook files using the DocBook structured app, which is called something like

Landscape pages in PDF

2010-07-08 Thread Philip Sharman
Hi Folks, I have one chapter in a book which uses landscape pages instead of portrait. I can make a PDF of the individual chapter okay, but when I make a PDF of the book the landscape pages are chopped off. (This happens if I create landscape master pages, or if I create a brand new document

RE: Landscape pages in PDF

2010-07-08 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Philip, this another of those topics we've discussed before. Here's what I do, in brief: 1. Make sure you've done landscape page setup in Frame in the applicable chapter(s). 2. Print the book to PDF as individual chapters, instead of doing the book all in one fell swoop, as you probably usually

Re: From DocBook to FrameMaker

2010-07-08 Thread quills
On 7/8/10 12:50 PM, LW White wrote: The difficult part is taking the EDD and putting in your formatting rules. Once you do that it works great. Also, you can convert a flat document to structured. I've played with that, and once you figure it out its golden. Though for a single document, it

FM9 patch 9.0.4

2010-07-08 Thread rebecca.l.fras...@aphis.usda.gov
Good morning everyone! How important is it to install every patch that comes through? Our IT person looked at the details and felt that since we didn't have the issues the patch addresses, we don't need to install it. Does not installing this patch affect future patches? Thanks very much!

FM9 patch 9.0.4

2010-07-08 Thread Art Campbell
Patches are cumulative and need to be installed in order. So yes, you need this one in order to apply later ones. And, assuming you're a tech writer of some sort you may already know, although IT apparently does not, that not all fixes, features and such are included in the release notes. ;-

From DocBook to FrameMaker

2010-07-08 Thread LW White
Hi Mathieu, Frame ships with a DocBook structured application. ([Frame installation folder]\structure\sgml\docbook\app) which includes the EDD and a starter template. So, what you would do is basically open your DocBook files using the DocBook structured app, which is called something like

Landscape pages in PDF

2010-07-08 Thread Philip Sharman
Hi Folks, I have one chapter in a book which uses landscape pages instead of portrait. I can make a PDF of the individual chapter okay, but when I make a PDF of the book the landscape pages are chopped off. (This happens if I create landscape master pages, or if I create a brand new document

Landscape pages in PDF

2010-07-08 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Philip, this another of those topics we've discussed before. Here's what I do, in brief: 1. Make sure you've done landscape page setup in Frame in the applicable chapter(s). 2. Print the book to PDF as individual chapters, instead of doing the book all in one fell swoop, as you probably usually