Acrobat 9 Pro can't read out loud

2011-12-08 Thread Carol J. Elkins
I've always been able to use Acrobat's Read Out Loud feature to help me proof complex documents by having Acrobat read the PDF aloud while I read the original to check for discrepancies. Since upgrading to Acrobat 9 Pro Extended version 9.4.6 on Windows 7, I can't get the Read Out Loud feature

Re: Acrobat 9 Pro can't read out loud

2011-12-08 Thread Baruch Brodersen
Sounds like a software bug. You might try rolling back the patch to 9.4.5 or earlier until it works again. Best, Baruch Brodersen On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Carol J. Elkins celk...@awrittenword.comwrote: I've always been able to use Acrobat's Read Out Loud feature to help me proof

Re: ebooks from FM books - via robohelp or some other way?

2011-12-08 Thread Keith . Soltys
Hi everyone We've got multi-chapter documents where the source files are unstructured FM10 book files. We'd like to publish as epub files too. What software are people using for that? We've just played with Elmsoft's new EPubFm but it doesn't work on book files, just standalone FM

RE: ebooks from FM books - via robohelp or some other way?

2011-12-08 Thread rebecca officer
Hi everyone Thanks for the answers! We'll look into that bunch of tools. WebWorks sounds especially promising, given that it'd preserve our formatting well. Cheers Rebecca On 7/12/11 at 09:42, Eichelberger, Mark mark.eichelber...@fiserv.com wrote: It did seem pretty straight forward.

documentation best practices

2011-12-08 Thread Dick Spierings
Why can't you simply add a main section called Future developments or alike to your book(s) and sum up the future developments there (and add a reference to the current AS IS situation)? That would not conflict with the actual AS IS content and still please the marketing request (cause that's

RE: Is it possible to export a FM file without including all of the conditional text?

2011-12-08 Thread Laura Fergusson
Hi Laura, I've had the same issue. I've experimented quite a bit with this. What I eventually found worked best, was to create a PDF of the manual with the required conditions showing. In Acrobat, I then use Export Word document or Export RTF. It's still messy I have to admit - you may need to

RE: Is it possible to export a FM file without including all of the conditional text?

2011-12-08 Thread Laura Larson
Thanks for all of your suggestions. For those who were curious, the reason I was asked to do this is that the company who owns the manuals sometimes sells their product under a rebranding agreement, and smaller companies do not have the justification to use Frame. I'm not too worried about

documentation best practices resolved

2011-12-08 Thread hessiansx4
A big hearty thank you (xie xie) to all who responded to my question about including not-yet-released features in software documentation. The jury is still out on how I'll handle the situation but your answers were helpful and thought-provoking! This list is the

Acrobat 9 Pro can't read out loud

2011-12-08 Thread Carol J. Elkins
I've always been able to use Acrobat's "Read Out Loud" feature to help me proof complex documents by having Acrobat read the PDF aloud while I read the original to check for discrepancies. Since upgrading to Acrobat 9 Pro Extended version 9.4.6 on Windows 7, I can't get the Read Out Loud

Acrobat 9 Pro can't read out loud

2011-12-08 Thread Baruch Brodersen
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linking to large unsorted para lists

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Carel
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