OT: Book Suggestion - Fonts

2013-04-26 Thread David Artman
I'm more into *typefaces*--I need multiple sizes. ;) David Original Message Subject: OT: Book Suggestion - Fonts From: Alison Craig Date: Thu, April 25, 2013 5:11 pm ... As technical writers, many of you will be interested in fonts. ...

What is the recommended way of having a TOC appear in multiple places of a book?

2013-03-18 Thread David Artman
In Structured FrameMaker: * Put all the files in one "super book" * Set the Pagination and Numbering settings, particularly the Volume settings * Generate a single TOC and Index for the super book * Place TOC and Index in both sub-books * Print to PDF * Split into separate PDFs in Acrobat You'll

SOLVED: Cannot find the file named...

2013-03-01 Thread David Artman
ouble-click your BOOK file on your network share and watch it open in FM8.0p277. I have *no* idea how my UAC got tweaked--probably because of driver installations to communicate over a USB Serial Port. HTH; David Artman

RE: Cannot find the file named...

2013-02-28 Thread David Artman
Thanks, Heiko, but I don't understand how the OS or network gets fingered when ALL other applications that I use work normally. Even Adobe applications. If Frame is too impatient, that's a BUG, not a 'problem' with the ever-so-slow network. I was hoping to learn about some kind of INI file

Cannot find the file named...

2013-02-28 Thread David Artman
Thanks, Heiko, but I don't understand how the OS or network gets fingered when ALL other applications that I use work normally. Even Adobe applications. If Frame is too impatient, that's a BUG, not a 'problem' with the ever-so-slow network. I was hoping to learn about some kind of INI file

RE: Cannot find the file named...

2013-02-27 Thread David Artman
Message From: David Artman da...@davidartman.com Date: Mon, February 25, 2013 10:33 am Hi, all; Latest, out-of-the-blue functional bug on FM8.0p277, Win 7: 1) Navigate to working folder for project [just like every day]. 2) Double-click BOOK file. FrameMaker opens, them immediately

Cannot find the file named...

2013-02-26 Thread David Artman
hout a hiccup. > > I got NO clue what to do > David > > Original Message > From: "David Artman" > Date: Mon, February 25, 2013 10:33 am > > Hi, all; > > Latest, out-of-the-blue functional bug on FM8.0p277, Win 7: > > 1) Navig

Cannot find the file named...

2013-02-25 Thread David Artman
Hi, all; Latest, out-of-the-blue functional bug on FM8.0p277, Win 7: 1) Navigate to working folder for project [just like every day]. 2) Double-click BOOK file. FrameMaker opens, them immediately displays the following message: Cannot find the file named __. Make sure that the file exists.

RE: Cannot find the file named...

2013-02-25 Thread David Artman
the file named... From: David Artman da...@davidartman.com Date: Mon, February 25, 2013 10:33 am To: Framers framers@lists.frameusers.com Hi, all; Latest, out-of-the-blue functional bug on FM8.0p277, Win 7: 1) Navigate to working folder for project [just like every day]. 2) Double-click BOOK file

Cannot find the file named...

2013-02-25 Thread David Artman
Hi, all; Latest, out-of-the-blue functional bug on FM8.0p277, Win 7: 1) Navigate to working folder for project [just like every day]. 2) Double-click BOOK file. FrameMaker opens, them immediately displays the following message: "Cannot find the file named __. Make sure that the file

Cannot find the file named...

2013-02-25 Thread David Artman
the file named... From: "David Artman" <da...@davidartman.com> Date: Mon, February 25, 2013 10:33 am To: "Framers" Hi, all; Latest, out-of-the-blue functional bug on FM8.0p277, Win 7: 1) Navigate to working folder for project [just like every day]. 2) Double-click BOOK fil

RE: Vertical Alignment Bottom

2013-02-13 Thread David Artman
A couple of hacky ideas (I'm also copying others' ideas, to centralize them): 1) Run-in para (2 pit, -2pt space below) followed by a push-down para with Space Above Pgf equal to line height minus text frame height. 1a) Additional push-down paras to accommodate two, three, and more lines of text

Vertical Alignment Bottom

2013-02-13 Thread David Artman
A couple of hacky ideas (I'm also copying others' ideas, to centralize them): 1) Run-in para (2 pit, -2pt space below) followed by a "push-down" para with Space Above Pgf equal to line height minus text frame height. 1a) Additional "push-down" paras to accommodate two, three, and more lines of

RE: Pagination FM 11

2013-02-02 Thread David Artman
I set Adobe PDF as my default system printer, as I generate PDFs far more often than I print to dead trees. Try that, maybe? Also, be sure to uncheck Remember missing font names in the FM Preferences, and you should be able to strip all legacy font info from your files as you open them and save

Pagination FM 11

2013-02-01 Thread David Artman
I set Adobe PDF as my default system printer, as I generate PDFs far more often than I print to dead trees. Try that, maybe? Also, be sure to uncheck "Remember missing font names" in the FM Preferences, and you should be able to "strip" all legacy font info from your files as you open them and

RE: Sorting paragraphs

2013-01-03 Thread David Artman
What's your use case? I'm having trouble imagining why one would ever do this... I suppose that, if I needed to sort paragraphs, I'd use an Index of References. David Original Message From: Shmuel Wolfson shmue...@gmail.com Date: Thu, January 03, 2013 9:53 am Is there a way to

RE: Sorting paragraphs

2013-01-03 Thread David Artman
paragraphs From: Shmuel shmue...@gmail.com Date: Thu, January 03, 2013 2:31 pm To: David Artman da...@davidartman.com Cc: Framers framers@lists.frameusers.com Any sort of list that's not in a table. My particular case was a list of referenced graphics that I generated that I wanted sorted

Sorting paragraphs

2013-01-03 Thread David Artman
What's your use case? I'm having trouble imagining why one would ever do this... I suppose that, if I needed to sort paragraphs, I'd use an Index of References. David Original Message From: Shmuel Wolfson Date: Thu, January 03, 2013 9:53 am Is there a way

Sorting paragraphs

2013-01-03 Thread David Artman
ssage Subject: Re: Sorting paragraphs From: Shmuel <shmue...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, January 03, 2013 2:31 pm To: David Artman Cc: Framers Any sort of list that's not in a table. My particular case was a list of referenced graphics that I generated that I wanted sorted alphabetically. --

RE: How to force capital letters in a generated Index?

2012-12-18 Thread David Artman
Short answer: no; there's no way to use paragraph styles toenforce initial captals.You could force all caps, as a quick hack. More-relevant answer: You shouldn't do this, anyway. I feelt that indexes should use capitalizattion as driven by tthe indexed terms. So, proper nouns and such get

RE: Cross-reference to a previous file

2012-12-18 Thread David Artman
Why can't you use this technique: As a final, hacky solution, you could make a super-stripped file (I use MIF editing to kill, like, EVERY catalog I can) and then have one of those files for each part, in which you define a Variable to carry the H/F text? That way, you could still use

How to force capital letters in a generated Index?

2012-12-18 Thread David Artman
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Cross-reference to a previous file

2012-12-18 Thread David Artman
Why can't you use this technique: > As a final, hacky solution, you could make a super-stripped file (I use > MIF editing to kill, like, EVERY catalog I can) and then have one of > those files for each part, in which you define a Variable to carry the > H/F text? That way, you could still use

RE: Cross-reference to a previous file

2012-12-12 Thread David Artman
|From: Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com |Date: Tue, December 11, 2012 8:20 pm | |Where I work, we have a sort-of-similar issue, and we solved it by |using cross-references. It means you'll have to remember to check that |you're pointing to the right files if you add any new ones in, but it |beats

Cross-reference to a previous file

2012-12-12 Thread David Artman
|From: Lin Sims |Date: Tue, December 11, 2012 8:20 pm | |Where I work, we have a sort-of-similar issue, and we solved it by |using cross-references. It means you'll have to remember to check that |you're pointing to the right files if you add any new ones in, but it |beats typing everything in

RE: What is a PI marker or programming instruction marker

2012-12-01 Thread David Artman
Original Message Subject: Re: What is a PI marker or programming instruction marker From: Writer generic...@yahoo.ca Date: Thu, November 29, 2012 7:24 pm To: David Artman da...@davidartman.com, Jeremy H. Griffith jer...@omsys.com, Framers framers@lists.frameusers.com [By way of some

What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-30 Thread David Artman
re. David Original Message Subject: Re: What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker" From: Writer <generic...@yahoo.ca> Date: Thu, November 29, 2012 7:24 pm To: David Artman , "Jeremy H. Griffith" , Framers > [By way of some bac

RE: What is a PI marker or programming instruction marker

2012-11-29 Thread David Artman
Thanks for replying, Jeremy--I did not expect such support, given I'm trying to save every penny for the client and using the free version. If it is any consolation, you've given me sufficient ammo to get them to crack loose on MIF2Go. ;) [By way of some background: We're in an odd spot where

What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread David Artman
Thanks for replying, Jeremy--I did not expect such support, given I'm trying to save every penny for the client and using the free version. If it is any consolation, you've given me sufficient ammo to get them to crack loose on MIF2Go. ;) [By way of some background: We're in an odd spot where

What is a PI marker or programming instruction marker

2012-11-28 Thread David Artman
it consistently in FM, not by hacking away with a text editor. Help me with HELP! David Artman ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email

What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-28 Thread David Artman
Framers because, if nothing else, I need to be able to do it consistently in FM, not by hacking away with a text editor. Help me with HELP! David Artman

RE: Problem with Save as PDF (FM-10, Acro 9.5) - solved

2012-11-16 Thread David Artman
Finally i have managed to get a correct PDF (font, links) with the image on page 48: Glad we could help! ;) [FWIW, I do the same thing all the time: continually try to solve a problem and post updates to the list, hoping I won't cause someone to repeat my own failed attempts. Just poking some

Problem with Save as PDF (FM-10, Acro 9.5) - solved

2012-11-16 Thread David Artman
> Finally i have managed to get a correct PDF > (font, links) with the image on page 48: Glad we could help! ;) [FWIW, I do the same thing all the time: continually try to solve a problem and post updates to the list, hoping I won't cause someone to repeat my own failed attempts. Just poking

astrological symbols as fonts

2012-10-30 Thread David Artman
Twelve Zodiac signs are in Wingdings: ^_`abcdefghi But you probably want a font that specializes in all of it, so: http://www.astrosense.net/downloads.html Specifically: http://www.astrosense.net/fonts/starfont.zip I wouldn't bother to make Frame drawing objects (on Ref pages or wherever) if I

Horror Story!

2012-10-30 Thread David Artman
One dark, stormy day, I began a new contract. In short order, I was in charge of a six-dimensional array of Conditional Text, in multi-reuse Text Insets, with two different deliverable aspect ratios, one of which becomes an active PDF Form integrated with a could-based Contact Management

Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons

2012-10-11 Thread David Artman
etely inaccessible. ] Thanks in advance for any further advice anyone can offer; David Original Message Subject: RE: Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons From: "Combs, Richard" <richard.co...@polycom.com> David Artman wrote: > OK, so this checklist is intended

RE: Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons

2012-10-10 Thread David Artman
OK, additional news/breakthrough! (And a sheepish apology for not providing full details--I didn't think that the following mattered.) OK, so this checklist is intended to be viewed on a tablet, so the page layout is 7.5 x 5.5 (i.e., Custom). Apparently, Custom leads FM to decide that I'm in

RE: Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons

2012-10-10 Thread David Artman
On the one hand, you're right, Rick... if I'd known in advance that I was going to trip over some obscure bug in the Acrobat form wizard. But, on another hand, you're unaware of the whole situation. A more accurate assessment is: they will be spending several tens of thousands of dollars on a

Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons

2012-10-10 Thread David Artman
OK, additional news/breakthrough! (And a sheepish apology for not providing full details--I didn't think that the following mattered.) OK, so this checklist is intended to be viewed on a tablet, so the page layout is 7.5 x 5.5 (i.e., "Custom"). Apparently, "Custom" leads FM to decide that I'm in

Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons

2012-10-10 Thread David Artman
On the one hand, you're right, Rick... if I'd known in advance that I was going to trip over some obscure bug in the Acrobat form wizard. But, on another hand, you're unaware of the whole situation. A more accurate assessment is: "they will be spending several tens of thousands of dollars on a

Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons

2012-10-09 Thread David Artman
Hi, again, all--still working a checklist template concept. ALMOST got it all working in Frame+Acrobat... I'll be brief: Unstructured FM8, Acrobat 9 Pro ONLY on Win7 64bit I want radio buttons to appear to the right of a line with a specific paragraph tag that already has autonumbering: 1)

RE: Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons

2012-10-09 Thread David Artman
I wrote [edited]: OR, it might be that they are out of frame, and if they were run into para and floated right, they'd better-associate? (Trying that now--just thought of it!) --- NOPE! As I figured, the PDF doesn't 'know' where these circles are; it just knows that they are vertically aligned;

Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons

2012-10-09 Thread David Artman
Hi, again, all--still working a checklist template concept. ALMOST got it all working in Frame+Acrobat... I'll be brief: Unstructured FM8, Acrobat 9 Pro ONLY on Win7 64bit I want radio buttons to appear to the right of a line with a specific paragraph tag that already has autonumbering: 1)

Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons

2012-10-09 Thread David Artman
>I wrote [edited]: OR, it might be that they are out of frame, and if they were run into para and floated right, they'd better-associate? (Trying that now--just thought of it!) --- NOPE! As I figured, the PDF doesn't 'know' where these circles are; it just knows that they are vertically aligned;

RE: Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

2012-10-04 Thread David Artman
Original Message Subject: RE: Buying an old copy of FrameMaker David said: that's why I was off-list for almost six years: working long-term for a client that's on DITA and uses a seriously robust editor. Please tell me What Editor you were using for DITA ? (Maybe I missed the

RE: Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

2012-10-03 Thread David Artman
Original Message From: Jeremy H. Griffith jer...@omsys.com I did think 8 was an improvement, but the road after that turned so sharply downhill it resembled falling off a cliff... IMNSHO. I still use 8; we have the later ones for testing with Mif2Go, but do not use them

Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

2012-10-03 Thread David Artman
Original Message Subject: RE: Buying an old copy of FrameMaker >David said: "that's why I was off-list for almost six years: working long-term >for a client that's on DITA and uses a seriously robust editor. >Please tell me What Editor you were using for DITA ? >(Maybe I missed

Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

2012-10-02 Thread David Artman
> Original Message > From: "Jeremy H. Griffith" > I did think 8 was an improvement, but the road > after that turned so sharply downhill it resembled > falling off a cliff... IMNSHO. I still use 8; > we have the later ones for testing with Mif2Go, > but do not use them for any

RE: copying Save as HTML settings from one FM10 file to another

2012-09-26 Thread David Artman
Original Message From: John Sgammato jsgamm...@imprivata.com Date: Tue, September 25, 2012 12:37 pm Does anyone know if there is a way to copy the Save as HTML settings from one unstructured FM10 file to another? I don’t want to go through the whole procedure again for every

RE: copying Save as HTML settings from one FM10 file to another

2012-09-26 Thread David Artman
Or, yeah... do what Rick said. *blush* But even THAT only works if you have consistent style names between source and target. *sheepishly shuffle away* David Original Message Subject: RE: copying Save as HTML settings from one FM10 file to another From: Rick Quatro

copying Save as HTML settings from one FM10 file to another

2012-09-25 Thread David Artman
Original Message From: John Sgammato Date: Tue, September 25, 2012 12:37 pm Does anyone know if there is a way to copy the Save as HTML settings from one unstructured FM10 file to another? I don?t want to go through the whole procedure again for every

copying Save as HTML settings from one FM10 file to another

2012-09-25 Thread David Artman
Or, yeah... do what Rick said. *blush* But even THAT only works if you have consistent style names between source and target. *sheepishly shuffle away* David Original Message Subject: RE: copying Save as HTML settings from one FM10 file to another From: "Rick Quatro"

RE: Is there a video demonstrating Word vs Framemaker?

2012-09-24 Thread David Artman
FYI, your link isn't Scriptorium. :) http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/ That said, Scriptorium has TONS of stuff online for content creators: http://www.scriptorium.com/resources/ David Original Message Subject: Re: Is there a video demonstrating Word vs Framemaker? From:

Is there a video demonstrating Word vs Framemaker?

2012-09-24 Thread David Artman
FYI, your link isn't Scriptorium. :) http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/ That said, Scriptorium has TONS of stuff online for content creators: http://www.scriptorium.com/resources/ David Original Message Subject: Re: Is there a video demonstrating Word vs Framemaker? From:

Automatic PDF Form

2012-09-13 Thread David Artman
initially (or will do it wherever a special type of marker is placed--half automatic so to speak). Thanks in advance; David Artman david artman designs ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages

Automatic PDF Form

2012-09-13 Thread David Artman
spect there's a plug-in that will automatically do this, if setup right initially (or will do it wherever a special type of marker is placed--"half automatic" so to speak). Thanks in advance; David Artman david artman designs

RE: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-25 Thread David Artman
Richard is right on all counts: * You must have the target FM file open, and select it in the Document drop-down. * Then, your Source Type is Paragraphs, and you select the appropriate para tag. * Select the target paragraph from Source Text. FM insert an xref marker in the target doc and the

RE: OT - Using a Defect Tracking System to Create a Glossary

2012-08-25 Thread David Artman
I might be the only one confused... but what is the point of a defect tracker to develop a glossary? Are you trying to use the tracker as a means of handling review and edit? I mean... there's TONS of ways to handle such a workflow, if the goal is merely: * Someone comes up with a new term for the

Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread David Artman
Richard is right on all counts: * You must have the target FM file open, and select it in the "Document" drop-down. * Then, your "Source Type" is "Paragraphs", and you select the appropriate para tag. * Select the target paragraph from "Source Text". FM insert an xref marker in the target doc

OT - Using a Defect Tracking System to Create a Glossary

2012-08-24 Thread David Artman
I might be the only one confused... but what is the point of a defect tracker to develop a glossary? Are you trying to use the tracker as a means of handling review and edit? I mean... there's TONS of ways to handle such a workflow, if the goal is merely: * Someone comes up with a new term for the

RE: Re: Template for four-page brochure?

2012-08-23 Thread David Artman
You have answered your own question--see below: I neglected to add that we will distribute this document in two ways: 1. Physically along with the hardware product 2. In PDF form from the web site The (2) means you should build it as Letter and have the printer impose it into a 2-Up,

RE: Batch Update of FM file templates

2012-08-23 Thread David Artman
). Thanks! David Artman Original Message From: Nancy Allison ma...@verizon.net Date: Fri, August 03, 2012 9:36 am ... 1. Open your FM book. 2. Use a .dll function, not native to Frame, to save all the book files to .mif at once

Running H/F Looking Backwards or Current open para

2012-08-23 Thread David Artman
Hi, all--FM8 Unstructured on Win7. GOAL: Trying to use a Running H/F to show readers the major step in which they are *currently* working. ISSUE: The Running H/F picks up the first major step para on the current page, *NOT* the major step in which they are working. EXAMPLE: User began step 20.5

Re: Directed arrows

2012-08-23 Thread David Artman
use Wingdings Alt+0216 for a stylized arrow in procs. For example, Click Start SomethingElse SomethingElse. I'm trying to define this as a Character style but all I can seem to accomplish is the font family, not the decimal symbol character code Alt+0216. I would define your character

Directed arrows

2012-08-23 Thread David Artman
> use Wingdings > Alt+0216 for a stylized arrow in procs. For example, "Click Start > > SomethingElse > SomethingElse." > I'm trying to define this as a Character style but all I can seem to > accomplish is the font family, not the decimal symbol character code > Alt+0216. I would define your

Running H/F "Looking Backwards" or "Current open para"

2012-08-20 Thread David Artman
Hi, all--FM8 Unstructured on Win7. GOAL: Trying to use a Running H/F to show readers the "major step" in which they are *currently* working. ISSUE: The Running H/F picks up the first major step para on the current page, *NOT* the major step in which they are working. EXAMPLE: User began step

Template for four-page brochure?

2012-08-06 Thread David Artman
You have answered your own question--see below: > I neglected to add that we will distribute this document in two ways: > > 1. Physically along with the hardware product > > 2. In PDF form from the web site The (2) means you should build it as Letter and have the printer impose it into a

Batch Update of FM file templates

2012-08-03 Thread David Artman
). Thanks! David Artman Original Message From: Nancy Allison <ma...@verizon.net> Date: Fri, August 03, 2012 9:36 am ... 1. Open your FM book. 2. Use a .dll function, not native to Frame, to save all the book files to .mif at once. ...

RE: Hello (FM 11 Documentation)

2012-07-31 Thread David Artman
Original Message From: Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com ... Things like that. The current state of the FrameMaker docs is the result of them being updated with new features release after release. You should rewrite from scratch with a task-oriented focus. -- While I'm

Hello (FM 11 Documentation)

2012-07-30 Thread David Artman
Original Message From: Robert Lauriston ... Things like that. The current state of the FrameMaker docs is the result of them being updated with new features release after release. You should rewrite from scratch with a task-oriented focus. -- While

Single file used in two BOOKs, Xref between the BOOKs

2012-07-05 Thread David Artman
at that sort of stuff, they tell me! So... HOW? What should I do differently? Where's the setting in FM8 or FM9 that says, Hey, link to this EXACT BOOK and Document file, not 'Current'? Thanks a million, y'all; David Artman ___ You are currently subscribed

Single file used in two BOOKs, Xref between the BOOKs

2012-07-05 Thread David Artman
to be really good at that sort of stuff, they tell me! So... HOW? What should I do differently? Where's the setting in FM8 or FM9 that says, "Hey, link to this EXACT BOOK and Document file, not 'Current'"? Thanks a million, y'all; David Artman

RE: What's your top feature request for FrameMaker 11?

2012-06-08 Thread David Artman
Could you please explain what you mean by this: From: ri...@inficon.com If XML is ever going to become truly mainstream, Adobe has to make creating XML outputs just as easy as creating a PDF. I don't think I've encountered a need for an XML deliverable, yet. Are you thinking in terms of

What's your top feature request for FrameMaker 11?

2012-06-08 Thread David Artman
Could you please explain what you mean by this: > From: rinch at Inficon.com > > If XML is ever going to become truly mainstream, Adobe has to make > creating XML outputs just as easy as creating a PDF. I don't think I've encountered a need for an XML deliverable, yet. Are you thinking in

RE: Importing Word Object into FrameMaker doc

2012-06-06 Thread David Artman
I am curious as to why you'd maintain the content in Word then import to Frame. Why not just convert the Word to Frame, maintain that as the source file, and avoid this whole issue? Assuming that It Must Be This Way... I got nothing, sorry. I have yet to work in a production environment that

Importing Word Object into FrameMaker doc

2012-06-06 Thread David Artman
I am curious as to why you'd maintain the content in Word then import to Frame. Why not just convert the Word to Frame, maintain that as the source file, and avoid this whole issue? Assuming that It Must Be This Way... I got nothing, sorry. I have yet to work in a production environment that

Archive all imported files

2012-05-21 Thread David Artman
Original Message From: Jeff Coatsworth > Bruce died last year - that's why you don't see it around anymore. Ah, I did not know that. My apologies to anyone who might have been upset by my post. I will discuss the ExtendScript possibility with

Archive all imported files

2012-05-17 Thread David Artman
Hi, all;I'm wondering what ever happened to Bruce Foster's "Archive" tool for FM (v8). I am hunting around Carmen Publishing, Leximation, Techknowledgecorp's Handy FrameMaker tools page, and various other sites; and I can not seem to find it anywhere.We just want to open a book, click a menu item,

Archive all imported files

2012-05-17 Thread David Artman
[Resending because I *always* forget we're on an ancient listserv...] Hi, all; I'm wondering what ever happened to Bruce Foster's Archive tool for FM (v8). I am hunting around Carmen Publishing, Leximation, Techknowledgecorp's Handy FrameMaker tools page, and various other sites; and I can not

RE: Table Continuation variable - how do I change to lower-case c?

2012-05-16 Thread David Artman
On the FM main menu, select Special Variables. Find the Table Continuation variable. Click Edit Definition. Change the Definition field to suit your needs. Click Edit to commit the change. Click Done on the Variable dialog to close it. Should do it. HTH; David Original Message

Table Continuation variable - how do I change to lower-case c?

2012-05-16 Thread David Artman
On the FM main menu, select Special > Variables. Find the "Table Continuation" variable. Click Edit Definition. Change the Definition field to suit your needs. Click Edit to commit the change. Click Done on the Variable dialog to close it. Should do it. HTH; David Original Message

Archive all imported files

2012-05-16 Thread David Artman
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Archive all imported files

2012-05-16 Thread David Artman
[Resending because I *always* forget we're on an ancient listserv...] Hi, all; I'm wondering what ever happened to Bruce Foster's "Archive" tool for FM (v8). I am hunting around Carmen Publishing, Leximation, Techknowledgecorp's Handy FrameMaker tools page, and various other sites; and I can not

RE: FM 8, Inter-document references, and the iPad

2012-04-20 Thread David Artman
Hi, all!Thanks for the suggestions. As it turns out, there's all SORTS of odd issues:* PDF Expert support acknowledges that it's a bug that will be fixed in the next patch. OK; and their signature -capture support is superior to Reader (see below).* Cross-links in Reader for the iPad does NOT work

FM 8, Inter-document references, and the iPad

2012-04-20 Thread David Artman
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RE: Numbering problems in a book

2012-04-06 Thread David Artman
Original Message I've followed the instructions, added the cross reference from the pod, chosen the Paragraph Tag (Figure n+) from the list, selected specific paragraph from the Paragraphs list and chosen the format 'Figure No.' from the Formats list. Possibly obvious

RE: Manual Task Sheet Checklist

2012-04-06 Thread David Artman
One reply, off-list, suggested a cross-referencing plug-in. That *might* work for linking back automatically, but it doesn't address building the TASK and CHKL out of the comprehensive IMPL (main book). I'm leaning towards LOP, this week. Each Task and Step would link back to the manual

FM 8, Inter-document references, and the iPad

2012-04-06 Thread David Artman
Related to my Manual Task Sheet Checklist project (you though the single-sourcing challenge was tricky!): I have the Checklist linking to various external publications that it calls (in the previous email, I simplified it to one doc, but it's really linking out to about ten different docs). On

RE: Frame 9 F9 key behavior

2012-04-05 Thread David Artman
Have you tried either turning off the toolbar with the drop-down or rearranging that toolbar (in Maker.ini) to no longer show that list box? I do the former within minutes of launching any new setup. David Original Message Subject: Frame 9 F9 key behavior From: Tim Pann

Frame 9 F9 key behavior

2012-04-05 Thread David Artman
Have you tried either turning off the toolbar with the drop-down or rearranging that toolbar (in Maker.ini) to no longer show that list box? I do the former within minutes of launching any new setup. David > Original Message > Subject: Frame 9 F9 key behavior > From: Tim Pann >

Numbering problems in a book

2012-04-05 Thread David Artman
> Original Message > I've followed the instructions, added the cross reference from the pod, > chosen the Paragraph Tag (Figure n+) from the list, selected specific > paragraph from the Paragraphs list and chosen the format 'Figure No.' from > the Formats list. Possibly obvious

Manual > Task Sheet > Checklist

2012-04-05 Thread David Artman
One reply, off-list, suggested a cross-referencing plug-in. That *might* work for linking back automatically, but it doesn't address building the TASK and CHKL out of the "comprehensive" IMPL (main book). I'm leaning towards LOP, this week. Each Task and Step would link back to the manual

FM 8, Inter-document references, and the iPad

2012-04-05 Thread David Artman
Related to my Manual > Task Sheet > Checklist project (you though the single-sourcing challenge was tricky!): I have the Checklist linking to various external publications that it calls (in the previous email, I simplified it to one doc, but it's really linking out to about ten different docs).

RE: How to replace curved apostrophe with straight apostrophe?

2012-04-02 Thread David Artman
On 3/31/2012 3:41 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote: Frame 8. How do I search/replace for curved apostrophe to straight apostrophe? Find: ALT+0146 (’) Replace: ' (just type it) How do I search/replace for curved open and close quotes to straight quotes? Find: ALT+0147 (“) or ALT+0148 (”)

How to replace curved apostrophe with straight apostrophe?

2012-04-02 Thread David Artman
> On 3/31/2012 3:41 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote: > > Frame 8. > > > > How do I search/replace for curved apostrophe to straight apostrophe? Find: ALT+0146 (?) Replace: ' (just type it) > > How do I search/replace for curved open and close quotes to straight > > quotes? Find: ALT+0147 (?) or

RE: FM window minimizing unexpectedly

2012-04-01 Thread David Artman
Sorry--forgot the listserv is still plaintext. RESEND: I'm gonna take a guess that you are using a Microsoft Touch Mouse. If so: Return it for your money back, as I did. If not: Got nuthin'. David Artman david artman designs ___ You

Manual Task Sheet Checklist

2012-04-01 Thread David Artman
-made for HTML Help (or similar) drop-down paras in Checklist... I'm trying, here... Baby steps] David Artman ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe

RE: Manual Task Sheet Checklist

2012-04-01 Thread David Artman
://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwYIazaIFHy4MHc4OXpLZ1VUYi1TeUd0RnRDbTRsZw David Artman Original Message Subject: Manual Task Sheet Checklist From: David Artman da...@davidartman.com Date: Fri, March 30, 2012 11:35 am To: framers@lists.frameusers.com ... Goals: Three

FM window minimizing unexpectedly

2012-03-30 Thread David Artman
Sorry--forgot the listserv is still plaintext. RESEND: I'm gonna take a guess that you are using a Microsoft Touch Mouse. If so: Return it for your money back, as I did. If not: Got nuthin'. David Artman david artman designs

Manual > Task Sheet > Checklist

2012-03-30 Thread David Artman
). [Yes, I know this is trivial in Structured and that it's also ready-made for HTML Help (or similar) drop-down paras in Checklist... I'm trying, here... Baby steps] David Artman

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