Re: Fm10 Tables and Change Bars

2014-01-29 Thread Chris Coggins
This cell padding idea worked ok to accomplish what I need. But I had to set top at 3pt and bottom at 2pt, anything less caused the bars to rejoin as one. I tried to compensate for the added vertical growth by adjusting line spacing and font size, but couldn't exactly match the rows per page that

Re: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer

2014-01-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
Sometimes windows open behind other windows. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:10 PM, David Downing david.h.down...@gmail.com wrote: I was humming along very nicely with one of those tutorials until I hit a major snag. I was supposd to do something with the paragraph designer, and neither the tutorial

Re: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't buy that at all. DITA has major costs that are not offset unless you have substantial opportunities for reuse and publish in multiple languages. There's no rational reason to spend money on low-value upgrades. Do a cost-benefit analysis and know what you're paying for. At one old job we

Re: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
Adobe says it supports DocBook and various other things besides DITA: http://www.adobe.com/products/framemakerxmlauthor/features.html On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 6:24 AM, Bernard Gagne bernyga...@rogers.com wrote: That's great as long as you use DITA. We use DocBook so FrameMaker XML Author (which

Why is the Edit Frame button grayed out

2014-01-29 Thread David Downing
Okay, I have something else that isn't working as advertised. I just went through a lesson that involved the use of the Anchor frame option. I had trouble getting it to display on the screen as well, but I figured that out this time. I tried to change the position of the frame to Run into

Re: Font issue in Framemaker 10, Windows 7, 64-bit

2014-01-29 Thread Heiko Haida
Hi Tammy, to check your problem I had to buy one font style, I choose the Breuer Text regular font. Now, after checking the font info, it is clearly a mistake in the font definition. Although the style name is Regular, the font weight is set to medium. If this is a problem, you should

FM10, Acrobat Font SysbBold

2014-01-29 Thread Chris Coggins
This has probably been asked before, but how do I get my hands on the SysbBold font for Framemaker 10 (Win XP) that's being identified as SysbBold Type 1 in Acrobat X's object inspector? Chris ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as

RE: Windows versions for FrameMaker 10

2014-01-29 Thread Keith Soltys
Frame 12 is a 32-bit application but seems to run fine under 64-bit Windows 8.0. Regards Keith -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:12 AM To:

Re: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
Adobe also says it does not support DocBook: http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/framemakerxmlauthor/faq.html (see What is the difference ...) On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote: Adobe says it supports DocBook and various other things besides DITA:

Re: Windows versions for FrameMaker 10

2014-01-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
FrameMaker is a 32-bit application. Using 64-bit Windows would just increase the number of things that could go wrong. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Steve Rickaby srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk wrote: Tammy's posting has reminded me of a question I meant to ask, but I guess she's answered

RE: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies

2014-01-29 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Mike, You are correct. That was my post. The point I was making was that if you subscribe for 2 years (no SW maintenance fees required) you are bound to get another release. Regardless of how much someone may just not like FrameMaker 12, it would be difficult to accept this as a minor

RE: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer

2014-01-29 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
David, Those commands should work. You might also try the shortcuts Control-M for para designer and Control-D for character designer. Check to see which workspace you are using. Make sure that you did not use Edit-Preferences and change your user interface to FrameMaker XML Editor ... which

RE: Font issue in Framemaker 10, Windows 7, 64-bit

2014-01-29 Thread Davis, David
It sounds very much to me like the font vendor is a bit clueless and has something set wrong on the software he's using to make the font. The fact that that he never had encountered this problem before does not affect your statutory consumer rights, as they say. David Subject: RE: Font

Re: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer

2014-01-29 Thread Lin Sims
Hey, Max, do the Esc shortcuts still work? Sometime around FM9, some of them (some of the table cursor movement ones) stopped working. I wish that could be fixed, too, and expanded to add the new features and commands. They're VERY useful for fast access to a lot of the submenus. On Tue, Jan

RE: Why is the Edit Frame button grayed out

2014-01-29 Thread Fred Ridder
A graphic and the frame that contains a graphic are separate entities with separate properties and separate sets of possible operations. A frame can be positioned relative to the page, in a fixed relation to an anchor in the text flow, or allowed to float relative to its anchor. A framed

Serious FrameMaker 12 Regular Expressions Bug

2014-01-29 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Framers, I discovered a bug with the newly released FrameMaker 12. If you Find/Change with Regular Expressions checked, any literal replacement text is always inserted as Times New Roman 12 point, regardless of the paragraph it is in. This is a pretty serious bug. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen

search with RegExp RE: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies

2014-01-29 Thread Craig Ede
I'm especially excited about the search with regular expressions. If that helps me easily modify the markers I'm inserting using Shlomo Peret's Form Assist, that will be a huge TimeSaver for me (pun intended). Max, maybe you can schedule a webinar by Shlomo highlighting this use of that

RE: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer

2014-01-29 Thread Craig Ede
I'd love to see all the old Mac shortcut keys to the interface (substituting Ctrl for the Apple key) as keystroke options. I had my old Unix machine set up to mimic those and that was the speediest access I have ever had to the interface. Saves wear and tear on the mousing hand, which is a big

Re: Why is the Edit Frame button grayed out

2014-01-29 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 2014-Jan-27 1:04 PM, David Downing wrote: Okay, I have something else that isn't working as advertised. I just went through a lesson that involved the use of the Anchor frame option. I had trouble getting it to display on the screen as well, but I figured that out this time. I tried to

RE: search with RegExp RE: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies

2014-01-29 Thread Shlomo Perets
I will demonstrate various techniques for marker management (that apply to all versions of FM, as well some FM12 examples which use regular expressions) in my Form Assistant webinar next week (Wednesday, Feb. 5, 10am PST), https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/885499830 Shlomo Perets