Re: Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 14:41 + 19/8/11, Harding, Daniel B wrote: FM10 (Win7 64-bit) I'm lost on this one: I want to import/copy a single paragraph style definition from one FM file to another. Just that one style, no others, and no content. How do I do this? Not a stupid question at all. In addition to Fred

Ann: Archiv Plug-ins | Book transfer

2011-08-22 Thread Georg Eck
Hi, do you know Book Transfer since FrameMaker 5.x? See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAw15_0UIqQ ... there is archiving in FM- or MIF-Format, with or without images. You can decide for one directory or multiple directories for text insets, images and chapters ... Today Book Transfer is part

RE: Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Everette, Dimi
Or you can: 1. Right-click in any paragraph with the desired format in the source file and select Copy Special Copy Paragraph Format. 2. Go to the target file and select the paragraph you want to apply the format to. 3. Right-click and select Paste (or just CTRL-V without

RE: Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Fred Ridder
I am sorry that you took my posting as an insult or some kind of personal atrack. It was not intended to be either of those things. I am sorry that I had a brain fade when I posted my procedure and named the wrong designer. The error was already pointed out and acknowledged on the list.

Re: Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Yves Barbion
I don't see anything insulting in Fred Ridder's reply, and I also don't think Fred claimed that his way is the only way to accomplish the task. But, Fred's way is usually the best way, just check the hundreds of valuable contributions that Fred has made to this list. By the way, the insults are

Re: Importing paragraph formats

2011-08-22 Thread Matt Sullivan
I like Fred's solution for multiple para's. For a single para I modify as follows: -place cursor anywhere in the para -choose Copy Special Paragraph Format -go to your destination document, place the cursor where you'd like the new format -choose Paste. -use Para Designer to add para format

Re: Bruce Foster Plug-ins

2011-08-22 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Anne... Since the owner of Bruce's plugins (his wife) isn't offering them for sale, they are no longer available for purchase. You'll have to go with other alternatives, or develop other tools instead. Cheers, ...scott Anne Magee wrote: My company has finally decided it wants to buy

RE: Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Everette, Dimi
Dear Fred, Thanks for attempting to make me look like an idiot. :) I appreciate that you think your way is the only way to accomplish the task, but then, your step 3 mentions the Character Designer, which has nothing to do with the original task. My feeling is that copying a paragraph that you

Re: Bruce Foster Plug-ins

2011-08-22 Thread Anne Magee
Sadly we have Framemaker 9. And the chances of upgrading to 10 are slim, considering it took 10 years to upgrade from 6 :) It looks like we have missed our chance. Thanks anyway Anne Mike Wickham wrote: If you've got FrameMaker 10, you can download a free ExtendScript to perform the same

Re: Managing Word styles with macros / VBA

2011-08-22 Thread Keith . Soltys
I too am in that same boat, spending more time than I'd like on Word documents. You may find this blog post helpful - it points ot a comprehensive set of macros by Paul Beverley. I don't remember if there are any specifically for managing styles, but I'm sure you'll find something useful

Restore numbering properties for Appendices in large book

2011-08-22 Thread Carol Gosnell
I have been working on a large User Guide for a software release and concurrently have been updating the templates to coordinate with RoboHelp. I didn't think there were any changes that would affect the numbering properties, but suddenly, when I updated my book, all the appendices are labeled A.

RE: Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Ragnar Hanås
I´m using the Frame Script SuperImportBundle which does exactly what you ask for. You can also import single formats as below: ImpSelMasterPage (Imports master pages) ImpSelRefPage (Imports reference pages) * ImpSelPgfFmt (Imports paragraph formats) * ImpSelCharFmt (Imports

MstrPg-Use question using RefPg-Table in Structured FrameMaker - 7.2

2011-08-22 Thread Richard Doll
Framers, Dell - 490 WorkStation , Mem-4G (3.2 useable), Dual Monitors, Dual 80G hard Drives w/one 1T Western Digital (for backup) DSL for data communications (sure beats USPS, FedEx 'n UPS) Win OpSys XP Pro - Serv Pk 3 Fully patched FrameMaker 7.2 - Fully Patched My tables

Bruce Foster Plug-ins

2011-08-22 Thread Böðvar Björgvinsson
Hi Mike, I get the message that the file (Archive.zip) is invalid or corrupted. Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 2011/8/21 Mike Wickham > > My company has finally decided it wants to buy Bruce Foster's Archive >> plug-in, but since his sad death, it no longer seems to be available. Does >> anyone know

Bruce Foster Plug-ins

2011-08-22 Thread Böðvar Björgvinsson
Please disregard my last message. I had not read the comments. I downloaded 7-zip and used that for unzipping. Thanks. Bodvar ?ann 21. ?g?st 2011 23:33, skrifa?i B??var Bj?rgvinsson : > Hi Mike, > > I get the message that the file (Archive.zip) is invalid or corrupted. > > > Bodvar

Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Helen Borrie
At 08:09 AM 22/08/2011, Fred Ridder wrote: >3) Use the Character Designer to add the paragraph format to the current >file's catalog. -- Paragraph Designer -- ;-) H.

Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 14:41 + 19/8/11, Harding, Daniel B wrote: >FM10 (Win7 64-bit) > >I'm lost on this one: I want to import/copy a single paragraph style >definition from one FM file to another. Just that one style, no others, and no >content. > >How do I do this? Not a stupid question at all. In addition

Ann: Archiv Plug-ins | Book transfer

2011-08-22 Thread Georg Eck
Hi, do you know Book Transfer since FrameMaker 5.x? See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAw15_0UIqQ ... there is archiving in FM- or MIF-Format, with or without images. You can decide for one directory or multiple directories for text insets, images and chapters ... Today Book Transfer is part

Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Fred Ridder
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Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Yves Barbion
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Importing paragraph formats

2011-08-22 Thread Matt Sullivan
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Bruce Foster Plug-ins

2011-08-22 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Anne... Since the owner of Bruce's plugins (his wife) isn't offering them for sale, they are no longer available for purchase. You'll have to go with other alternatives, or develop other tools instead. Cheers, ...scott Anne Magee wrote: > My company has finally decided it wants to buy

Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Everette, Dimi
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Bruce Foster Plug-ins

2011-08-22 Thread Anne Magee
Sadly we have Framemaker 9. And the chances of upgrading to 10 are slim, considering it took 10 years to upgrade from 6 :) It looks like we have missed our chance. Thanks anyway Anne Mike Wickham wrote: > > If you've got FrameMaker 10, you can download a free ExtendScript to > perform the

Managing Word styles with macros / VBA

2011-08-22 Thread keith.sol...@tmx.com
I too am in that same boat, spending more time than I'd like on Word documents. You may find this blog post helpful - it points ot a comprehensive set of macros by Paul Beverley. I don't remember if there are any specifically for managing styles, but I'm sure you'll find something useful

Restore numbering properties for Appendices in large book

2011-08-22 Thread Carol Gosnell
: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110822/a23c5c4a/attachment.html>

Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

2011-08-22 Thread Ragnar Hanås
I?m using the Frame Script SuperImportBundle which does exactly what you ask for. You can also import single formats as below: ImpSelMasterPage (Imports master pages) ImpSelRefPage (Imports reference pages) * ImpSelPgfFmt (Imports paragraph formats) * ImpSelCharFmt (Imports