RE: why is FM's UI so weird and buggy?

2013-03-07 Thread Austin Meredith
The kind of UI thing that bugs me is this: You have two documents tiled on the screen. You are in the left side document with your cursor in a paragraph that you want to retag. You slide your mouse over to the docked paragraph catalog (which is open on the right side of the screen) and click

RE: RW Rules vs EDD Conflict

2013-03-07 Thread Lisa Freeman
Many thanks to Ian and Scott for your suggestions, but unfortunately this is still not working for me. I've tried both methods below as well as every combination of the two I could think of. After pouring through all the reference material I have, I am still stumped on this. Does anyone else

FW: RW Rules vs EDD Conflict - Solved

2013-03-07 Thread Lisa Freeman
I'm not sure why this fixed my EDD/RW rules conflict but it did. I changed my RW rules from: is fm graphic element Graphic; to: is fm graphic element GRAPHIC; This got it past the conflict error. I did a search on all the files concerned and it is not in all caps anywhere else that I can

Re: OT: FM and InDesign

2013-03-07 Thread Robert Lauriston
http://www.dtptools.com/product.asp?id=mfid On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Alison Craig alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com wrote: I don’t use InDesign at all, so can someone tell me if it’s possible to open FM9 files in InDesign? ___ You are currently

Re: Save as PDF hangs FrameMaker 11, with PDF cover art

2013-03-07 Thread rebecca officer
Hi Shelly Sounds like you've got a solution, which is great. In case you or others are interested, we deal with covers by making a separate 1-page PDF from the graphics program (currently Illustrator). In our FM file, we put a holding page. Once we've made the final PDF from Framemaker, we use

RE: RW Rules vs EDD Conflict

2013-03-07 Thread Dave.Stamm
2013-03-07-04T13:15Z Lisa - The following has worked for us. element graphic { is fm graphic element; [ Note the order of the words here. ] attribute boardno is fm property entity; } Good luck and Regards, Dave Stamm Information Engineer From:

Re: Save as PDF hangs FrameMaker 11, with PDF cover art

2013-03-07 Thread Matt Sullivan
Hmm, Sounds like either a printer driver issue (are you using Adobe PDF?) or an issue with the PDF. I would open the PDF into Illustrator, and resave as PDF with Illustrator editing capabilities. -Matt Matt Sullivan technical communication | online training | eLearning twitter:

Re: Save as PDF hangs FrameMaker 11, with PDF cover art

2013-03-07 Thread Simon BUCH
Hello Shelly, Are you perhaps using Microsoft Security Essentials [MSE] on your workstation? I have found from experience with customers that the Microsoft Anti-virus Solution is way too aggressive, and was causing FrameMaker and/or Acrobat Distiller to hand while attempting to print any

RE: OT: FM and InDesign

2013-03-07 Thread Rick Quatro
Sorry to keep the topic going, but I can't resist: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12). Rick -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy

Re: OT: FM and InDesign

2013-03-07 Thread Tori Muir
Yeah, but since this is Adobe we're talking about: He that lives upon hope will die fasting -- Benjamin Franklin Tori Muir tm...@spot-on-creative.com | 650.430.8674 www.spot-on-creative.com On 3/7/13 8:23 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: Sorry to

RE: RW Rules vs EDD Conflict - Solved

2013-03-07 Thread Ian Proudfoot
Lisa, The reason that GRAPHIC works could be because you have not re-imported your current EDD into the structured template. The default name for a graphic element is GRAPHIC, but this is normally a hidden element unless there is no EDD. It's a good idea to use the Check read/Write Rules.

Incorporating external documents containing tables, into a book

2013-03-07 Thread john . x . posada
Hi, guys...long time. Anyway...I have a book that when printed, comes out at over 900 pages and is composed of about 300 files. I have 25 8-page documents that I created in Word that I need to include in the book. I can supply them in either Word or PDF. However, the issue is that each Word

First batch of docs needing engineering review

2013-03-07 Thread Alan T Litchfield
Hmm, first lot of changes have been proposed. Sorry, bit late but figured time zones would balance that out. To whom do I send the bill? Alan On 6/03/13 2:03 AM, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > But you just know we are all checking them now! :) >> On 05 March 2013 at 12:06 Peter Hirons wrote:

why is FM's UI so weird and buggy?

2013-03-07 Thread Austin Meredith
n so as the cursor moves to the right it *never passes across* the right hand document. (Every once in awhile I forget and then DAMN, FrameMaker did it to me yet again!) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers

Save as PDF hangs FrameMaker 11, with PDF cover art

2013-03-07 Thread rebecca officer
to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Allied Telesis Labs. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130307/c74f0fa8/attachment.html>

OT: FM and InDesign

2013-03-07 Thread Heiko Haida
I'm hoping as they're both Adobe products, there's some kind of support. > > Alison -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130307/5b10c515/attachment.html>

RW Rules vs EDD Conflict

2013-03-07 Thread dave.st...@gdc4s.com
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Save as PDF hangs FrameMaker 11, with PDF cover art

2013-03-07 Thread Matt Sullivan
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Save as PDF hangs FrameMaker 11, with PDF cover art

2013-03-07 Thread Simon BUCH
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OT: FM and InDesign

2013-03-07 Thread Rick Quatro
Sorry to keep the "topic" going, but I can't resist: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12). Rick -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

OT: FM and InDesign

2013-03-07 Thread Tori Muir
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OT: FM and InDesign

2013-03-07 Thread Graeme R Forbes
work on an old Mac that ran FM7, rather than clean up the ID doc MF produced. In other cases, the ID doc was fine. So ymmv. I've found their online support to be excellent, normally. Graeme Forbes -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.fram

OT: FM and InDesign

2013-03-07 Thread Alison Craig
FM7, rather than clean up the ID doc MF produced. In other cases, the ID doc was fine. So ymmv. I've found their online support to be excellent, normally. Graeme Forbes -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/piperm

RW Rules vs EDD Conflict - Solved

2013-03-07 Thread Ian Proudfoot
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Incorporating external documents containing tables, into a book

2013-03-07 Thread john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com
Hi, guys...long time. Anyway...I have a book that when printed, comes out at over 900 pages and is composed of about 300 files. I have 25 8-page documents that I created in Word that I need to include in the book. I can supply them in either Word or PDF. However, the issue is that each Word