Some suggestions for improvement of FrameMaker

2012-05-04 Thread Rob Shell
Dear Framers: I wonder if we should not air our suggestions for improvements so that we can establish a priority list. Here are mine. Some suggestions for improvement of FrameMaker 1. The Find/Change dialogue box is both too small the displayed characters are too indistinct to pick up errors

Re: Some suggestions for improvement of FrameMaker

2012-05-04 Thread Mike Wickham
You might want to reply, instead, to a very recent request for input on desired new features, set up by the FrameMaker Product Manager himself, over on Adobe's FrameMaker Feature Requests forum: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4378178#4378178 Mike Wickham On 5/4/2012 9:48 AM, Rob Shell wrote:

RE: Keyboard shortcut for...

2012-05-04 Thread Alison Craig
I've looked and failed to find another apply to all in book function that would be very helpful. I would like to be able to select all the files in a book and toggle between Preview Final and Preview Off I don't accept Track Changes until after a book has been officially released and I am

RE: Keyboard shortcut for closing dialogs/pods

2012-05-04 Thread Tim Pann
Now I also notice that the same can be accomplished by clicking the UI Visibility button, which resides right next to the Help menu header. Clicking that button hides all open pods -- it also hides all toolbars, but that's OK with me. One click is nice. But it would also be nice to have a

global search / clear for change bars?

2012-05-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
Is there some way to search a directory tree for .fm files with change bars, or to clear all change bars from all .fm files in a tree? ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to

Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests

2012-05-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
You should probably post that to the FrameMaker forum topic, I don't get the impression that anyone from Adobe reads this list: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4377975 On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:32 AM, meg miranda megmira...@yahoo.com wrote: My appologies, I didn't take the time to find the

Re: Keyboard shortcut for closing dialogs/pods

2012-05-04 Thread Craig Ede
The FM 5.5 UNIX Solaris version was so nice in that regard as you could use the OS capabilities to assign shortcut key that were a single key and along with Cntl/Alt and even add a shift to expand the options. I patterned mine (mostly) after the Mac shortcut keys (substituting for the Apple key

FrameMaker not responding

2012-05-04 Thread Terry Gascoigne
I am using FrameMaker 10 on Windows 7 with elmsoft Framescript. When I run a script I get the following error: FrameMaker not responding. The same setup is okay on XP. The latest FrameMaker and Framescript updates are installed. Any suggestions Terry Gascoigne Documentation Manager

Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests

2012-05-04 Thread Jenny Hecker
I would love to see a good integration from RoboHelp - FrameMaker in TCS. There are things in our online help that we would like to move to a structured format such as FM DITA. Jenny Hecker Infor Columbus, Ohio ___ You are currently subscribed to

Re: Keyboard shortcut for...

2012-05-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't know about FM9, but in FM10, I can open the .book file, select all the files, and select View Track Text Edits [Preview Final | Preview Off]. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Alison Craig alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com wrote: I've looked and failed to find another apply to all in book

RE: FrameMaker not responding

2012-05-04 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Terry, Where are you seeing the Not Responding message? Do you see it in the FrameMaker title bar? Does the script ever finish? FrameMaker 9 and 10 are notorious for showing a blank screen and the Not Responding message in the title bar. It usually clears up when FrameMaker (or your script)

RE: global search / clear for change bars?

2012-05-04 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Robert, You can certainly do this with FrameScript and ExtendScript (for FrameMaker 10 or higher). Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-283-5045 585-219-8959 fax r...@frameexpert.com http://www.frameexpert.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

RE: Keyboard shortcut for...

2012-05-04 Thread Rick Quatro
This feature was added in FrameMaker 10. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-283-5045 585-219-8959 fax r...@frameexpert.com http://www.frameexpert.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert

Page Numbers in FrameMaker Status Bar

2012-05-04 Thread Nancy Allison
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Some suggestions for improvement of FrameMaker

2012-05-04 Thread Rob Shell
Dear Framers: I wonder if we should not air our suggestions for improvements so that we can establish a priority list. Here are mine. Some suggestions for improvement of FrameMaker 1. The Find/Change dialogue box is both too small & the displayed characters are too indistinct to pick up errors

Page Numbers in FrameMaker Status Bar

2012-05-04 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 04/05/2012 10:39 AM, Nancy Allison wrote: > I'm using FrameMaker 10 in a Windows 7 environment. > NOW I discover a useful feature chap-page numbering after switching to > straight-through page numbering: when I'm working in a file in a book, > the page number in the status bar corresponds to

Some suggestions for improvement of FrameMaker

2012-05-04 Thread Mike Wickham
You might want to reply, instead, to a very recent request for input on desired new features, set up by the FrameMaker Product Manager himself, over on Adobe's FrameMaker Feature Requests forum: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4378178#4378178 Mike Wickham On 5/4/2012 9:48 AM, Rob Shell wrote:

Keyboard shortcut for...

2012-05-04 Thread Alison Craig
I've looked and failed to find another "apply to all in book" function that would be very helpful. I would like to be able to select all the files in a book and toggle between "Preview Final" and "Preview Off" I don't accept Track Changes until after a book has been officially released and I

Keyboard shortcut for closing dialogs/pods

2012-05-04 Thread Craig Ede
The FM 5.5 UNIX Solaris version was so nice in that regard as you could use the OS capabilities to assign shortcut key that were a single key and along with Cntl/Alt and even add a shift to expand the options. I patterned mine (mostly) after the Mac shortcut keys (substituting for the Apple key

FrameMaker not responding

2012-05-04 Thread Terry Gascoigne
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Overrides - FM10

2012-05-04 Thread Doris Pavlichek
Hi all - We're having some issues with overrides in FrameMaker 10. We've been using the new "Remove Overrides" option, and we thought we were having some success. But one of my writers removed all overrides in a document last night and left the document open on his desktop overnight (no

FrameMaker Feature Requests

2012-05-04 Thread Jenny Hecker
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Keyboard shortcut for...

2012-05-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't know about FM9, but in FM10, I can open the .book file, select all the files, and select View > Track Text Edits > [Preview Final | Preview Off]. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Alison Craig wrote: > I've looked and failed to find another "apply to all in book" function that > would be

FrameMaker not responding

2012-05-04 Thread Rick Quatro
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global search / clear for change bars?

2012-05-04 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Robert, You can certainly do this with FrameScript and ExtendScript (for FrameMaker 10 or higher). Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-283-5045 585-219-8959 fax rick at frameexpert.com http://www.frameexpert.com -Original Message- From:

Keyboard shortcut for...

2012-05-04 Thread Rick Quatro
This feature was added in FrameMaker 10. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-283-5045 585-219-8959 fax rick at frameexpert.com http://www.frameexpert.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert