Is there a change in behaviour between FM 5, 6 and 7 EDD?

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel Emory
If your premise is correct, namely that the formatting in element Table will be inherited by the table title and the cells within the table, it's going to be a mighty strange table, because all text will be 2.0 pt with a space below of -2.0 pt. clearly, the intent of this formatting is to create th

RE:Is there a change in behaviour between FM 5, 6 and 7 EDD?

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel Emory
Are you sure the element named Table is specified as being of type table? If element Table is a container type element, element Tgroup should be specified as the element of type table, and container element Table then produces the anchor paragraph for the table, and the text format rules you descri

Is there a change in behaviour between FM 5, 6 and 7 EDD?

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel Emory
Are you sure the element named Table is specified as being of type table? If element Table is a container type element, element Tgroup should be specified as the element of type table, and container element Table then produces the anchor paragraph for the table, and the text format rules you descri

Trick For Creating Graphs in FrameMaker

2006-05-04 Thread Daniel Emory
Im talking about graphs where both the horizontal and/or vertical axes have a linear array of marked values, and the axis lines extend across the graphic. In other words, the background of the graphic looks like a FrameMaker table in which , consisting of rows and columns in which all columns are o

Trick For Creating Graphs in FrameMaker

2006-05-04 Thread Daniel Emory
Im talking about graphs where both the horizontal and/or vertical axes have a linear array of marked values, and the axis lines extend across the graphic. In other words, the background of the graphic looks like a FrameMaker table in which , consisting of rows and columns in which all columns are o

Creating Popup menus in FrameMaker

2006-04-26 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Carol J. Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good post, Dan. However, I'm trying to visualize your > statement, "...clicking on this button produced a > menu of links to major subject areas..." The > button part I understand, the menu of links I'm > struggling with. A popup menu? If so, cou

Creating Popup menus in FrameMaker

2006-04-26 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Carol J. Elkins" wrote: > Good post, Dan. However, I'm trying to visualize your > statement, "...clicking on this button produced a > menu of links to major subject areas..." The > button part I understand, the menu of links I'm > struggling with. A popup menu? If so, could you tell > me ho

RE: Technical Writing Suite From Adobe

2006-04-25 Thread Daniel Emory
The "Content Wrangler's" "vision" of FrameMaker’s future is fatally flawed. It would do little to improve the quality of on-line help, or increase the penetration of FrameMaker into the on-line help market. Some years back, I wrote an article entitled "Thoughts About On-Line Help", which is still

Technical Writing Suite From Adobe

2006-04-25 Thread Daniel Emory
The "Content Wrangler's" "vision" of FrameMaker?s future is fatally flawed. It would do little to improve the quality of on-line help, or increase the penetration of FrameMaker into the on-line help market. Some years back, I wrote an article entitled "Thoughts About On-Line Help", which is still

Re: FrameMaker Evangelist

2006-04-05 Thread Daniel Emory
--- RJ Jacquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > Just wanted to introduce myself to the group and > share with you that as of Monday, I'm now the > FrameMaker Evangelist for Adobe Systems and > so I'm looking forward to contributing to this group > and being as involved and supportive as I c

FrameMaker Evangelist

2006-04-05 Thread Daniel Emory
--- RJ Jacquez wrote: > Hi All, > Just wanted to introduce myself to the group and > share with you that as of Monday, I'm now the > FrameMaker Evangelist for Adobe Systems and > so I'm looking forward to contributing to this group > and being as involved and supportive as I can to > everyone wh

Re: [FrameSGML] Getting FM auto numbers into the xml

2006-04-02 Thread Daniel Emory
At 09:50 AM 3/31/2006, Terry Badger wrote: >Is there a way to push the auto numbers ing >information generated in FM into the xml file? >I don't see any variables to grab and put into an > xml attribute. = What you describe is a serious incompatibility between th

[FrameSGML] Getting FM auto numbers into the xml

2006-04-02 Thread Daniel Emory
At 09:50 AM 3/31/2006, Terry Badger wrote: >Is there a way to push the auto numbers ing >information generated in FM into the xml file? >I don't see any variables to grab and put into an > xml attribute. = What you describe is a serious incompatibility between th

Re: Footnote Structured Frame Bug

2006-04-02 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Lynne A. Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you Lynne for confirming that this bug has been propagated through all releases of structured FrameMaker. == > 1) You comment that it doesn't matter whether the > text range is defined as > an inclusion or c

Footnote Structured Frame Bug

2006-04-02 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Lynne A. Price" wrote: Thank you Lynne for confirming that this bug has been propagated through all releases of structured FrameMaker. == > 1) You comment that it doesn't matter whether the > text range is defined as > an inclusion or contextual element.

Footnote Structured Frame Bug

2006-03-31 Thread Daniel Emory
This bug is in FM+SGML 6, and I'm curious whether it's also in later releases. I have an EDD in which an element of type Footnote (not surprisingly, the element name is also Footnote) is provided for most elements that have in their structure rule. The bug is unaffected by whether the Footnote el

Footnote Structured Frame Bug

2006-03-31 Thread Daniel Emory
This bug is in FM+SGML 6, and I'm curious whether it's also in later releases. I have an EDD in which an element of type Footnote (not surprisingly, the element name is also Footnote) is provided for most elements that have in their structure rule. The bug is unaffected by whether the Footnote el

Re: Newbie with Questions

2006-03-28 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Lynne A. Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If you are moving XML documents into FrameMaker, > or structured > FrameMaker documents to XML, you almost always need > a DTD. == Based on the "newbie's" description of what he's trying to do, I concl

Newbie with Questions

2006-03-28 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Lynne A. Price" wrote: >If you are moving XML documents into FrameMaker, > or structured > FrameMaker documents to XML, you almost always need > a DTD. == Based on the "newbie's" description of what he's trying to do, I concluded that he's quer

Re: Newbie with Questions

2006-03-27 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Kevin Rusnak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to successfully pull in XML into a structured > document. I am not > interested in much else then seeing it work; and > then making the process > more sophisticated after seeing it done. To pull existing X

Newbie with Questions

2006-03-27 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Kevin Rusnak wrote: > I want to successfully pull in XML into a structured > document. I am not > interested in much else then seeing it work; and > then making the process > more sophisticated after seeing it done. To pull existing XML instances into a

RE: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity

2006-03-10 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Phil Heron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am on Windows XP Professional. > The instructions you list ("Click Start, click Shut > Down, and then in > the drop-down list click Shut Down") are perfectly > correct for my > computer. That is exactly what I see. === Th

Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity

2006-03-10 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Phil Heron wrote: > I am on Windows XP Professional. > The instructions you list ("Click Start, click Shut > Down, and then in > the drop-down list click Shut Down") are perfectly > correct for my > computer. That is exactly what I see. === The e-Machine had Win

OT: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity

2006-03-10 Thread Daniel Emory
I was helping a friend who’d just acquired her first computer, an E-Machine with Windows XP. I was demonstrating how to get help, and showed how she could type in a search phrase and get a list of all the help topics containing that phrase. So, to demonstrate how to properly shut down the computer

OT: Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity

2006-03-10 Thread Daniel Emory
I was helping a friend who?d just acquired her first computer, an E-Machine with Windows XP. I was demonstrating how to get help, and showed how she could type in a search phrase and get a list of all the help topics containing that phrase. So, to demonstrate how to properly shut down the computer

Re: Page Numbering Properties

2006-03-05 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Wollenberger, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a situation which I don't think is so > unusual, and yet I can't seem to figure out how to > get FM to handle it. Our TOC page numbering begins > on iii and goes as long as it has to, ending on an > even page. > Our Chapter 1 begins on t

Page Numbering Properties

2006-03-05 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Wollenberger, David" wrote: > I have a situation which I don't think is so > unusual, and yet I can't seem to figure out how to > get FM to handle it. Our TOC page numbering begins > on iii and goes as long as it has to, ending on an > even page. > Our Chapter 1 begins on the next page after

RE: TOC Formatting Problem

2006-03-01 Thread Daniel Emory
--- davidaflynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am new to FrameMaker (6.0). Could anyone describe > how we can set / update > / create / modify styles in > > 1. a book > 2. its individual fms === In the top menu bar of FM 6.0, choose File > New. In the New dialog

TOC Formatting Problem

2006-03-01 Thread Daniel Emory
--- davidaflynn wrote: > I am new to FrameMaker (6.0). Could anyone describe > how we can set / update > / create / modify styles in > > 1. a book > 2. its individual fms === In the top menu bar of FM 6.0, choose File > New. In the New dialog, you'll see that,

Re: Esc m p for anchored frames?

2006-02-08 Thread Daniel Emory
If you initially set the anchored frame postion to be Below Current Line, using ESC mp to shrink the size of the anchored frame to the size of the contained graphic object changes the anchored frame position to "At Insertion Point". To restore the original position after shrinking it, you must clic

Esc m p for anchored frames?

2006-02-08 Thread Daniel Emory
If you initially set the anchored frame postion to be Below Current Line, using ESC mp to shrink the size of the anchored frame to the size of the contained graphic object changes the anchored frame position to "At Insertion Point". To restore the original position after shrinking it, you must clic

Re: Structure/Schema - Custom or off the shelf?

2006-02-03 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Alan Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Organizations are "successful" when they meet their > business requirements as efficiently (time and $$$) as > possible. I talk lots of people _out_ of migrating to XML for > this reason. I even occasionally say "you're doing just fine > with MS Word."

Structure/Schema - Custom or off the shelf?

2006-02-03 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Alan Houser wrote: > Organizations are "successful" when they meet their > business requirements as efficiently (time and $$$) as > possible. I talk lots of people _out_ of migrating to XML for > this reason. I even occasionally say "you're doing just fine > with MS Word." ===

RE: Interchange vs. Analysis

2006-02-01 Thread Daniel Emory
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I consider DITA to be an interchange format. If two > organisations can figure out how to convert their own structure > to and from DITA, they can freely exchange data. Add five more > organisations and impose the same requirement on them and everyone can exchange dat

Interchange vs. Analysis

2006-02-01 Thread Daniel Emory
--- mcarr at allette.com.au wrote: > I consider DITA to be an interchange format. If two > organisations can figure out how to convert their own structure > to and from DITA, they can freely exchange data. Add five more > organisations and impose the same requirement on them and everyone can exchan

RE: POLL: Which method do you use to apply bold and italics?

2006-01-17 Thread Daniel Emory
> Bill Swallow wrote: > > Being a manager and until recently a template > owner, I completely disagree. UI tweaks passively hinder > misuse. Proper training and education for writers actively > prevents misuse, and even initiates their own investigation > into other ways to prevent needless headac

POLL: Which method do you use to apply bold and italics?

2006-01-17 Thread Daniel Emory
> Bill Swallow wrote: > > Being a manager and until recently a template > owner, I completely disagree. UI tweaks passively hinder > misuse. Proper training and education for writers actively > prevents misuse, and even initiates their own investigation > into other ways to prevent needless headac

Re: Apply Default Attribute Values

2005-12-20 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Lynne A. Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shlomo, >Of course--having a default contradicts requiring > a value to be specified! = I stated: "If such an attribute is declared to be "REQUIRED", either the EDD, the DTD, or both MAY specify a default

Apply Default Attribute Values

2005-12-19 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Lynne A. Price" wrote: > Shlomo, >Of course--having a default contradicts requiring > a value to be specified! = I stated: "If such an attribute is declared to be "REQUIRED", either the EDD, the DTD, or both MAY specify a default value (i.e, one of

Re: Apply Default Attribute Values

2005-12-17 Thread Daniel Emory
We're mainly talking, I presume, about Choice-type attributes (Name Token Groups in DTD parlance). If such an attribute is declared to be "REQUIRED", either the EDD, the DTD, or both MAY specify a default value (i.e, one of the specified values in the name-token group), in which case the absence o

Apply Default Attribute Values

2005-12-17 Thread Daniel Emory
We're mainly talking, I presume, about Choice-type attributes (Name Token Groups in DTD parlance). If such an attribute is declared to be "REQUIRED", either the EDD, the DTD, or both MAY specify a default value (i.e, one of the specified values in the name-token group), in which case the absence o

Re: Best Approach to Structure

2005-12-05 Thread Daniel Emory
> On 12/5/05, DeFlorio, Dominick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What is the best approach to learning how to > structure Frame documents? I > > need to learn quickly how to create and implement > EDDs into many and varied, > > unstructured Frame documents. > Suggestions...links? The individ

Best Approach to Structure

2005-12-05 Thread Daniel Emory
> On 12/5/05, DeFlorio, Dominick > wrote: > > > > What is the best approach to learning how to > structure Frame documents? I > > need to learn quickly how to create and implement > EDDs into many and varied, > > unstructured Frame documents. > Suggestions...links? The individual who asked for h

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