Re: [Framers] [WTF ramemaker] RE: Anyone know of a way to include a non-breaking hyphen/dash in a variable definition?

2017-10-10 Thread David Spreadbury
I an currently using Framemaker 2015 and use "\+" in many variables. I also have many documents in older versions and it works there as well. On Tuesday, October 10, 2017 1:58 PM, "gr...@hedgewizard.net" wrote:   Ctrl+Shift(hyphen)     On October 10, 2017 at

Re: [Framers] Link to a specific page in a PDF?

2017-10-03 Thread David Spreadbury
You might want to see if this link might give you the answer: Create a URL to open a PDF file at a specific page | | | Create a URL to open a PDF file at a specific page How to create a URL to open a PDF file at a specific page. | | | On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 11:55 AM,

Re: [Framers] Old FrameMaker books?

2017-10-02 Thread David Spreadbury
Scott,You might want to hang onto that 5.5 book. Once Adobe started creating the documentation the Index started going downhill, when compared to the original Frame issued books. The original Index was actual usefulI wouldn't part with mine unless I had to. On Monday, October 2, 2017

Re: [Framers] Save as PDF

2017-07-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Not having used the DC version, have you tried creating a postscript file and then distilling that, if the DC version even supports creating a postscript file? Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Austin Meredith wrote:   Here's a warning

Re: [Framers] Numbering in an outline with numbers and small letters

2017-06-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Try changing where you have F: to a different letter; F for the first one, G for the secong, etc. Each numbering value should have it's own unique character. There is a name for that character but it escapes me right now. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 2:11 PM,

Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

2017-02-04 Thread David Spreadbury
and in the same chapter, otherwise it would have to be changed each time. A reference to say a contact page that appears in each document and is always in the same chapter, otherwise it will be broken or require changing each time. On Friday, February 3, 2017 2:56 PM, David Spreadbury <ds

Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

2017-02-03 Thread David Spreadbury
Can't answer your first question right now, but i have a few insets i could try and see if it works. On the other issue, I have purchased version of Framemaker 2015 and you need to go to the help menu and select Updates. Frame will go out and see check. If there are, Frame will let you know.

Re: [Framers] Hyphenation puzzle

2016-09-26 Thread David Spreadbury
Try Esc, hyphen, h. Thats a non- breaking hyphen. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Monique Semp wrote: >I have a word (e-file) that should never be broken between lines. I've >tried following the help with no luck. I've even

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 "hijacked" my computer

2016-04-29 Thread David Spreadbury
Robert,I am running Framemaker2015, with update 3.1, and FrameMaker 12 on Windows 10 and haven't found any issues yet.Keeping my fingers crossed . On Friday, April 29, 2016 2:31 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: Windows 7 64-bit with 8GB, Windows 10 should be

Re: [Framers] Strange error when updating Frame document

2016-04-21 Thread David Spreadbury
To answer John's question, Yes. I upgraded and tested by Updating a book and did not receive the inconsistent error. On Thursday, April 21, 2016 12:11 PM, John Sgammato wrote: Does this fix the "book is not consistent" issue?That was introduced in sp3 On

Re: [Framers] Strange error when updating Frame document

2016-04-15 Thread David Spreadbury
rs.com] On Behalf Of David Spreadbury Sent: April-15-16 10:03 AM To: Framers Subject: [Framers] Strange error when updating Frame document I recently upgraded to the latest FrameMaker2015 patch.Suddenly I am getting a strange unexplained error message: 'Book is not self-consistent' Our documents a

[Framers] Strange error when updating Frame document

2016-04-15 Thread David Spreadbury
I recently upgraded to the latest FrameMaker2015 patch.Suddenly I am getting a strange unexplained error message: 'Book is not self-consistent' Our documents are all in Unstructured Frame but I was running in Structured mode when I first received this message.I changed to Unstructured mode,

Re: [Framers] An item for my FM wish list

2016-04-07 Thread David Spreadbury
John,My 69 year old eyes missed it too. My justification for suggesting making the file name red also. On Thursday, April 7, 2016 12:52 PM, "john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com" wrote: My includes and excludes are intermixed. My 62 year old eyes sometimes miss the

Re: [Framers] An item for my FM wish list

2016-04-07 Thread David Spreadbury
Carol,Never noticed that it turns the file icon red. If it also changed the file name red would be great.Thank you for pointing out at least one way to visually pick out excluded files. On Thursday, April 7, 2016 11:15 AM, Carol J. Elkins wrote: I, too, use

Re: [Framers] An item for my FM wish list

2016-04-07 Thread David Spreadbury
I don't use it extensively, yet, but can see where it will be.in common use. Maybe just change the color of the entry in the book file list to Red, or go all out and make it a where the user can configure a color? On Thursday, April 7, 2016 10:06 AM, "john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com"

Re: [Framers] bug in FM2015 search/replace

2016-02-20 Thread David Spreadbury
One workaround would be to enable 'smart spaces', then the issueof double spaces won't happen.Dave On Saturday, February 20, 2016 8:40 AM, Austin Meredith wrote:   BEWARE: There's a bug or gotcha in FM2015's search/replace. When it   encounters a double space and

[Framers] FrameMaker Upgrades

2016-02-01 Thread David Spreadbury
Has anyone heard rumors of a FrameMaker 2016 coming out this year?We're running FrameMaker 12 and looking at upgrading to FrameMaker 2015, but if there is a 2016 version coming out in the next fewmonths we might as well wait.Thanks ___ This message

Re: [Framers] Framemaker Training

2016-02-01 Thread David Spreadbury
Try doing a Google search. It should give you a list of places that provide FrameMaker training.I jsut did one and got 416,000 hits.You should be able to whittle the list down to FrameMaker version and locale. On Monday, February 1, 2016 1:14 PM, Robert Lauriston

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker Upgrades

2016-02-01 Thread David Spreadbury
ou can typically go to http://prerelease.adobe.com and complete the application .. but when I look now don't see FrameMaker or TCS on the list. Perhaps contact "your" Adobe rep? ...scott On 2/1/16 1:22 PM, David Spreadbury wrote: > Has anyone heard rumors of a FrameMaker 2016 coming out

Re: FM12 questions

2015-06-22 Thread David Spreadbury
Ken,I have used the Packaging option in FM 12 and find it to function exactly as Bruce Fosters Archive.As far as pricing goes, you best bet to to query the Adobe website.Dave Spreadbury On Monday, June 22, 2015 10:24 AM, Ken Poshedly poshe...@bellsouth.net wrote: Questions for

Re: Importing clear, sharp images

2015-06-17 Thread David Spreadbury
And why even bring photoshop into the picture? SnagIt will capture and save as PNG directly. That will give you the same quality of captures as what the reader would see on the screen.No additional work required except possible resizing of screens that are larger than the image area of the

Re: Importing clear, sharp images

2015-06-17 Thread David Spreadbury
save. Imported graphic updates automatically, I don't have to re-save in another format, etc. From: David Spreadbury [dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 4:27 PM To: John Sgammato; Tim Pann Cc: framers Subject: Re: Importing clear, sharp images And why even bring photoshop

Re: FrameMaker 12 XSLT Version

2015-06-10 Thread David Spreadbury
Rick,According to the Using FrameMaker 12, page 481:FrameMaker includes an XSLT processor that allows you to associate an XSLT file with an XML structure application or XML document, and apply the transformations defined in that document when importing from or exporting to XML. FrameMaker

Re: FrameMaker 12 XSLT Version

2015-06-10 Thread David Spreadbury
and SAXON are JAXP compliant. Since Saxon is included, it just might be possible to use XSLT 1.0 and/or 2,0. YMMV On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 9:58 AM, David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com wrote: Rick,According to the Using FrameMaker 12, page 481:FrameMaker includes an XSLT processor

Re: Adobe announces FrameMaker (2015 Release)

2015-06-02 Thread David Spreadbury
Packaging is in FrameMaker 12. Some of the other new features will be very welcome. Dave On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 12:46 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: #yiv6664431034 #yiv6664431034 -- _filtered #yiv6664431034 {font-family:Helv;panose-1:2

Re: Text insets : if in same FM document more than once internal x-refs do not update

2015-05-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Stephen.The xref is pointing to a specific ID assigned to it, so each time it is called it will always link to that xref.To accomplish what you are attempting I believe you would need three unique insets, each referring to the respective illustration.If all three are in the same chapter why not

Re: Text insets : if in same FM document more than once internal x-refs do not update

2015-05-24 Thread David Spreadbury
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Re: PDF problems

2015-05-21 Thread David Spreadbury
or in Acrobat. - Split the file in half. - Identify the half-file that produces the error. - Split the error-prone half-file again. - Repeat until you've identified the page/object that is causing the error. As David Spreadbury suggests, if the printer can tell you the page that invokes

Re: PDF problems

2015-05-21 Thread David Spreadbury
Alan,I would ask them if they could be a little more specific on when the problem occurs.I would expect that the print job is stopping on a specific page.Knowing that you can zero in on the page that is actually causing the problem. On Thursday, May 21, 2015 8:21 AM, Alan Salo (Ariens

Re: How can I display Para Formats list

2015-04-29 Thread David Spreadbury
John,The same menu options will open the Paragraph Catalog all the way back to FM7.2. The catalog will remain open until you manually close it or Frame.Dave Spreadbury On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 10:18 AM, Abungu, Salome sabu...@tycoint.com wrote: If you're using FrameMaker 12,

Re: HELP

2015-04-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Linda, Just go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ and log in. You will see a list of all the groups you are a member of using that email address. Since frameusers is not a Yahoo group, you shouldgo to http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers, log in and change your mail delivery.

Re: Comparing paragraph and character formats inside files of a book?

2015-04-24 Thread David Spreadbury
You can always save the files, or the suspect files, out as MIF and then compare them using a text editor; i.e., Notepad++ or TextPad. That will display any differences. Dave Spreadbury On Friday, April 24, 2015 2:00 PM, Stuart Rogers srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com wrote: On

Re: What FM plugin suite give the most bang?

2015-04-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Not to disparage Framescript or Rick but File Package does what Bruce Fosters Archive did and EZTools Clean Import can clean up a document, or all chapters in a book very nicely/ On Thursday, April 23, 2015 1:59 PM, Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com wrote: Hi John, As you know,

Re: FrameMaker and SharePoint

2015-04-09 Thread David Spreadbury
Has anyone looked at or tried Microsoft Visual Studio - Source Control Explorer.The company I am with has adopted Visual Studio as a CMS and it seems to work fine with FrameMaker 12. On Thursday, April 9, 2015 12:58 PM, Scott Turner qui...@airmail.net wrote: SharePoint also has

Controlling FrameMaker automatic link generation

2015-04-02 Thread David Spreadbury
xamples: http://{address}?or mailto:{address}, etc. David Spreadbury On Thursday, April 2, 2015 2:37 PM, "Harding, Dan" wrote: Version: FrameMaker 12, Unstructured. ? When generating PDFs, Frame automatically converts (SOME!) URLs to hyperlinks, which is great, but it?s not

Re: Table Continuation Variable issue

2015-04-01 Thread David Spreadbury
Tammy,Don't know if this will work, or not, but have you tried placing a return (\n) between the title and the Continued variable?You might need two backslashes (\\n).Example: Table 1 This and That\\n(variable)Or create a second variable, Table Continued Long, and include the \\n there.Worth a

Re: Table Continuation Variable issue

2015-04-01 Thread David Spreadbury
Personally I would go for the new variable option, if the \n, or \\n, works. That way you can use either variable as the situation warrants. On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 3:11 PM, Alan Litchfield a...@alphabyte.co.nz wrote: Hi Tammy I think David had it right with the \n. Does that

Re: Frame vs. Flare for My Needs

2015-02-25 Thread David Spreadbury
Have you given Mif2Go a try at converting your Frame docs to Word?You use it now for HTML, it will also handle Word conversions. Dave Spreadbury On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:23 PM, Kevin Ryan kevin.r...@systemsandsoftware.net wrote: !-- _filtered #yiv8354266681

Re: How do you type a dash em in FM12

2015-02-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Tom,An em dash in Frame is ctrl+q Shift+qAn en dash is ctrl+q Shift+p The FrameMaker 12 User Guide has a table of all the keystrokes for inserting special characters on page 664. On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 11:09 AM, tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com wrote:

Re: User interface view option customization

2015-02-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Do a search for framemaker_11_ini_reference (without the quotes or go to http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/ini/framemaker_11_ini_reference.pdf.There are a couple settings listed in this document that might do just what you are looking for.Dave On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 1:02 PM,

Re: FM12: PDF file size exploding

2015-02-17 Thread David Spreadbury
Lin,I just tested your issue opening a 12 page text only structured FM7.2 file and saving it as FM12.Did nothing more than open the FM7.2 in FM12 and then save it as a FM12 document.Printed FM12 version using Acro XI Adobe PDF driver.Distilled postscript to PDF.FM7.2 file size=358KB Acro 8

Re: Problem with embedded video continues unresolved

2015-02-16 Thread David Spreadbury
Shlomo,I am trying to import a short video into a FM12 document. I followed the steps you passed to Tom, but no luck.What is/are the secret step(s)? I have tried AVI, MPG4, SWF (only one mentioned in the FM12 Help). On Monday, January 5, 2015 3:00 PM, Shlomo Perets shlo...@microtype.com

Re: FrameMaker locks up

2015-01-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Dave,If you think it could be your security software, or even your anti-virus software, have you tried disabling either, or both, and running Frame?Usually a reboot with quickly re-enable either settings.Since I am running the same version of FM12, with various pods hanging and numerous

Re: Cannot import graphics

2015-01-22 Thread David Spreadbury
David,Strange. I am also running the 424 version of Frame 12 on a 64-bit Windows 7 laptop. My source is maintained in a CMS. I just tested a book, which contains more than 100 graphics imported by reference and didn't see any problem. All of my graphics are either .gif or .jpg. Could this be

Re: The font that wouldn't...

2014-12-30 Thread David Spreadbury
Check the FrameMaker Console window for font substitutions to verify if Frame is substituting the font.If it is, you might want to add the new font to the maker.ini file in the [WindowsToFrameFontAliases] section. On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 9:46 AM, Jeff Coatsworth

Re: FrameMaker documentation

2014-12-19 Thread David Spreadbury
FM12 ships with the User Guide in a chm. Complete User Guide. At least my FM12 did.Since then I have downloaded the PDF of the same version as well as the new and updated (ya, right) version. On Friday, December 19, 2014 10:27 AM, Mike Wickham i...@mikewickham.com wrote: Klaus, I

Re: Deleting Variables at the Book Level

2014-12-18 Thread David Spreadbury
Tony,You need the Clean Import plugin. You manually clean up on chapter in the book, then run Clean Import against the rest of the book and you are done. Works with para tags, char tags, cond text, etc. On Thursday, December 18, 2014 2:36 PM, Tony Marek (PDF) tony.ma...@pdf.com wrote:

Re: Deleting Variables at the Book Level

2014-12-18 Thread David Spreadbury
the site, it was gone. If it is, then Clean Import is no longer available. Which is sad, as it was a very useful utility. On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 3:53 PM, David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com wrote: Tony,You need the Clean Import plugin. You manually clean up on chapter in the book, then run Clean

Re: Deleting Variables at the Book Level

2014-12-18 Thread David Spreadbury
Running version 3.02 with FM12. No problems so far. On Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:23 PM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not allowed to install it at work. :-( Got it at home, though, with FM8. On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 4:15 PM, David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com wrote: Ah

Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF

2014-12-15 Thread David Spreadbury
Robert,The previous version is installed with FrameMaker 12 as a chm. It even has the Endnotes sections.I have the PDF of the CHM. Can't remember where I found it though. If you want a copy I can forward.Dave Spreadbury On Monday, December 15, 2014 12:54 PM, Robert Lauriston

Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5

2014-12-12 Thread David Spreadbury
Maxwell,It would be great to be able to download the PDF or link to the HTML version but both links above don't work.My preference would be the PDF. I prefer to have a local copy.The HTML5 link does work. On Friday, December 12, 2014 12:53 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann mhoff...@adobe.com wrote:

Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5

2014-12-12 Thread David Spreadbury
Robert,Comparing the TOC of the New Using Framemaker 12 against the TOC of the one you referenced this morning (see below) concerning endnotes, there are several sections missing in the New version.Maybe keeping both links available would be a temporary fix.Just like I keep a copy of the

Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5

2014-12-12 Thread David Spreadbury
? On Friday, December 12, 2014 2:10 PM, David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com wrote: Robert,Comparing the TOC of the New Using Framemaker 12 against the TOC of the one you referenced this morning (see below) concerning endnotes, there are several sections missing in the New version.Maybe keeping both

Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5

2014-12-12 Thread David Spreadbury
was spread across several chapters in the earlier user’s guide Mike Wickham On 12/12/2014 2:18 PM, David Spreadbury wrote: From the size of the New version, compared to the Old version, I would expect a lot of good stuff. Old has just shy of 700 pages. New has just shy of 1000 pages

Re: Adobe Illustrator Dimensioning Tool

2014-11-28 Thread David Spreadbury
True, AI does not have a dimensioning tool, at least not in the sense of AutoCAD, ProE, or similar applications.But, you can manually create dimensions on your illustrator objects.Take a look at this video

Re: Convert embedded images to linked ones

2014-11-04 Thread David Spreadbury
If Rick's script doesn't work, you can always create a PDF. Then export the PDF (SaveAs in Acrobat) to HTML. That will also extract the graphics. Dave On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 10:52 AM, Wei JIANG [PT-CN] jia...@polytrans.com.cn wrote: Great to hear this! Thank you, Art!

Re: what to back up before reinstalling

2014-10-29 Thread David Spreadbury
Carol,First and foremost your maker.ini. This one is a MUST.If you have ANY plugins installed, at a minimum, the \fminit\plugins folder. Wouldn't hurt to take the entire \fminit folder, to go along with Winfrieds suggestion.If you have ANY customized templates, that you copied to the

Re: Sundorne SetPrint - Does it work with Frame 12?

2014-10-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Craig,Slap my hand. I was wrong.I copied the SetPrint folder to the wrong Frame 12 folder.It does work.Slap my hand twice.Sorry.Works as advertised. On Tuesday, October 28, 2014 1:34 PM, David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com wrote: Craig,I thought I had tried this when I first

Re: FM9 Crashes when Creating PDFs with files that Contain PDFs (WAS: Frame 9 Crashing – Can’t Create PDFs)

2014-10-27 Thread David Spreadbury
Craig,Your post implies she is importing them INTO the fm file. Has she tried Importing by Reference?It should work,and is probably the preferred way anyhow.Dave On Monday, October 27, 2014 3:29 PM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: The SVG bug (which only prevented being able to

Re: How do Document properties in PDF get populated?

2014-10-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Linda,This can be done in one of two ways. Of the two, in my opinion, the first is the better choice:1. In Framemaker, with the book selected, select File File Info and fill in the boxes there (same is true for Word documents).2. In Acrobat, select File Properties.The first choice sets the

Re: What free Windows text editor should I use to look at MIF files?

2014-10-02 Thread David Spreadbury
Only real choice is Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/) On Thursday, October 2, 2014 2:27 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote: Some popular ones: EditPad EditPlus NotePad++ NoteTab Some of those may be free only for non-commercial use.

Re: Text inset setup

2014-09-29 Thread David Spreadbury
I don't believe you need either of those steps. The insetsI use contain the same EDD the host document has and starts with the appropriate element, in the case of structured. For unstructured, the same Paragraph tag that would be expected in the host document.It is just a File Import File. If

Re: Conditional cells in a straddled table row

2014-06-30 Thread David Spreadbury
Samantha, Have you tried making separate tables and applying the appropriate condition to each table? Dave On Monday, June 30, 2014 9:54 AM, Samantha Nair samantha.n...@smoothwall.net wrote: Hi all, I wonder if any of you could help me. I have a table with 3 columns and 5 rows. Columns

Re: Word Tables to Frame 12Tables

2014-06-18 Thread David Spreadbury
Shouldn't that be Weird-ness?...:) On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 1:42 PM, Craig, Alison alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com wrote: I love it!   “Word-ness” is such a wonderfully descriptive term (epithet?).   Alison     Alison Craig | Technical Documentation Lead Ultrasonix| 130-4311 Viking Way |

Re: Can't Generate PDF

2014-06-04 Thread David Spreadbury
You could also try and locate a copy of the SetPrint plugin, currently being distributed by Sundorne, which sets the Adobe PDF driver as the default when ever FrameMaker is launched. On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 2:10 PM, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com wrote: Is the Adobe Acrobat

Re: Is there a fast way to wrap unstructured text into [Para] tags?

2014-05-21 Thread David Spreadbury
Or try this link http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/StructuredDev/Structure_Dev_Reference.pdf On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:30 AM, Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com wrote: Structured Framemaker Developer's Guide Google that and it should come up. -Original Message- From:

Re: Can a PDF behave like context-sensitive help?

2014-05-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Beverly, Simple answer, Yes. If you search for How to Open a PDF to a specific page you will get a lot of hits. One, with a short description of how is http://www.ehow.com/how_6975556_open-pdf-file-specific.html. On Monday, May 19, 2014 1:42 PM, Beverly Robinson beverly_robin...@datacard.com

Re: Using a backslash (\) in Hypertext marker

2014-05-08 Thread David Spreadbury
If you must use backslashes, try two for each occurrence. Framemaker, at least in older versions, use to interpret the first backslash to read the second as a backslash. On Thursday, May 8, 2014 2:57 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote: Did Adobe lose the About pathnames in

Re: tracking Help page usage

2014-03-15 Thread David Spreadbury
I question why ...one long doc... when there are so many easy to use, free or almost free, tools available that can produce a usable help file with full TOC and hyperlinks across chapters from the original source. Context sensitive help is great is time allows for it. It requires collaboration

Re: FM9 - Fm files have disappeared from disk

2014-03-10 Thread David Spreadbury
Suggestion. Set up a backup system. There are plenty of backup utilities out there, some free. Then set up a schedule, automated would be best, to back up your files. On Monday, March 10, 2014 9:50 AM, Jeff Coatsworth jeff.coatswo...@jonasclub.com wrote: Sounds like network flakiness to

Re: Frame not working this morning

2014-02-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Anita, To remove the computer from the equation, did you try opening the files on another system with Frame 10, or greater? Could your system have picked up some sort of virus/trojan? If they do open on another system, clean your system. On Monday, February 24, 2014 11:01 AM, Rick Quatro

Re: FrameMaker freaks me out

2014-01-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Steve, Occasionally my FrameMaker display will go a little berserk. Nothing as serious, so far, as you relate, but similar. Also, there are times when I will delete a graphic, but it remains on the screen, and I know I deleted it. It may be due to a long standing bug in Frame related to

Re: Choosing a Help Format

2013-11-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Fei Min, Personally I think you are stabbing at windmills. It isn't all that difficult to decompile a CHM, make a change, and recompile. How many do? I produce OracleHelp for Java from Frame source. It also produces HTML for the content. It is delivered as server based, but there is nothing to

Re: Choosing a Help Format

2013-11-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Fei Min, Yes, both Omnihelp and OracleHelp for Java are very fast and very flexible. Both the HTML Help Workshop help and Mif2Go Users Guide, discuss how to go about creating the tags necessary to make context-sensitive help work. The primary thing, from what i have have found, is the calls from

Choosing a Help Format

2013-11-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Fei Min, Personally I think you are stabbing at windmills. It isn't all that difficult to decompile a CHM, make a change, and recompile. How many do? I produce OracleHelp for Java from Frame source. It also produces HTML for the content. It is delivered as server based, but there is nothing to

Choosing a Help Format

2013-11-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Fei Min, Yes, both Omnihelp and OracleHelp for Java are very fast and very flexible. Both the HTML Help Workshop help and Mif2Go Users Guide, discuss how to go about creating the tags necessary to make context-sensitive help work. The primary thing, from what i have have found, is the calls from

[TCS Users] Re: Part 1: Why I am Dropping TCS and FrameMaker

2013-11-04 Thread David Spreadbury
I build a CD of PDFs for each release and I build an index of all the PDFs on the CD with a link on the home page. So the customer can search all the PDFs on the CD by clicking a link, entering the search word/phrase. The only requirement is they have Acrobat Reader, and I give them a link to

Re: Embarrasing simple question - identifying current style

2013-06-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Or position your cursor in the word, phrase, whatever and press Ctrl+m, whether structure or not. That will open the paragraph designer. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

Re: Basic (Silly) Questions ?

2013-06-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Calibre has the ability to convert an ebook to PDF. Calibre is a free download and supports most all ebook formats. From: Scott Prentice s...@leximation.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:07 AM Subject: Re: Basic (Silly)

Re: Basic (Silly) Questions ?

2013-06-28 Thread David Spreadbury
, it is a valid question. From: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com To: Scott Prentice s...@leximation.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:19 AM Subject: Re: Basic (Silly) Questions ? Calibre has

Embarrasing simple question - identifying current style

2013-06-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Or position your cursor in the word, phrase,? whatever and press Ctrl+m, whether structure or not. That will open the paragraph designer. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Basic (Silly) Questions ?

2013-06-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Calibre has the ability to convert an ebook to PDF. Calibre is a free download and supports most all ebook formats. From: Scott Prentice To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:07 AM Subject: Re: Basic (Silly) Questions ? Hi

Basic (Silly) Questions ?

2013-06-28 Thread David Spreadbury
, it is a valid question. From: David Spreadbury To: Scott Prentice ; "framers at lists.frameusers.com" Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:19 AM Subject: Re: Basic (Silly) Questions ? Calibre has the ability to convert an ebook to PDF. Calibre is a fre

Re: Anyone know of an FM to TeX converter

2013-05-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Syed, If you do a search for convert to LaTeX you will find several ways listed, but none from raw FrameMaker. But, there are ways to convert Word or RTF to LaTex, as well as HTML to LaTex. Not the cleanest I am sure, but maybe possible. Frame - Word or RTF -- Word/RTF - LaTeX??

Re: Anyone know of an FM to TeX converter

2013-05-28 Thread David Spreadbury
A little more searching found this link http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/software/framemaker/. Maybe something there can help. From: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net; framers

Anyone know of an FM to TeX "converter"

2013-05-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Syed, If you do a search for "convert to LaTeX" you will find several ways listed, but none from raw FrameMaker. But, there are ways to convert Word or RTF to LaTex, as well as HTML to LaTex. Not the cleanest I am sure, but maybe possible. Frame -> Word or RTF -- Word/RTF -> LaTeX??

Anyone know of an FM to TeX "converter"

2013-05-28 Thread David Spreadbury
A little more searching found this link http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/software/framemaker/. Maybe something there can help. From: David Spreadbury To: "Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)" ; "framers at lists.frameusers.com" S

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-03 Thread David Spreadbury
Robert, I have had to do this in the past. I found a freeware app that will strip the HTML tags leaving raw ascii text. I then brought the text in and applied the appropriate tags to it. It is a two-step process, but it worked. www.freeware.com has an app, html2text that can strip the tags. Of

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-03 Thread David Spreadbury
Robert, I have had to do this in the past. I found a freeware app that will strip the HTML tags leaving raw ascii text. I then brought the text in and applied the appropriate tags to it. It is a two-step process, but it worked. www.freeware.com has an app, html2text that can strip the tags. Of

Re: Expand all elements in the Document view

2013-02-20 Thread David Spreadbury
Yves, I don't believe there is a way to expand ALL elements. Only at each level of indention. From: Yves Barbion yves.barb...@gmail.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 1:59 PM Subject: Re: Expand all elements in the

Expand all elements in the Document view

2013-02-20 Thread David Spreadbury
Yves, You can expand all elements at each level by pressing and holding the Shift key and clicking the expand (+). HTH Dave Spreadbury > > From: Yves Barbion >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:26 AM >Subject: Expand

Expand all elements in the Document view

2013-02-20 Thread David Spreadbury
Yves, I don't believe there is a way to expand ALL elements. Only at each level of indention. > > From: Yves Barbion >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 1:59 PM >Subject: Re: Expand all elements in the Document view > >

Re: FM 7 and CS6 Illustrator art

2013-02-04 Thread David Spreadbury
Richard,I use 7.2 and have no problem importing .ai files, as well as .eps into both Structured and Unstructured FM7.2 files. But, back to the original question, if Arlyn needs to edit the Illustrator CS6 files, and doesn't have the CS6 version, yes, the originator would have to save then

FM 7 and CS6 Illustrator art

2013-02-04 Thread David Spreadbury
Richard,I use 7.2 and have no problem importing .ai files, as well as .eps into both Structured and Unstructured FM7.2 files. But, back to the original question, if Arlyn needs to edit the Illustrator CS6 files, and doesn't have the CS6 version, yes, the originator would have to save then

Re: Converting Framemaker to Sharepoint

2012-09-18 Thread David Spreadbury
cynthia, Excuse me if i sound ignorant, I didn't realize there was a Sharepoint to convert to. Sharepoint is, according to the Sharepoint 2010 Walkthrough Guide: SharePoint 2010 is the business collaboration platform of choice for the enterprise and the Internet. It isn't a page layout or

Converting Framemaker to Sharepoint

2012-09-18 Thread David Spreadbury
cynthia, Excuse me if i sound ignorant, I didn't realize there was a Sharepoint to convert to. Sharepoint is, according to the Sharepoint 2010 Walkthrough Guide: "SharePoint 2010 is the business collaboration platform of choice for the enterprise and the Internet." It isn't a page layout or

Re: Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Maxwell, Thank you very much. I have been following this thread because I have one product line that is almost entirely Unstructured and would like to convert it to Structured, with eventually moving on to DITA. This list of videos looks like it should be able to get this project going

Fw: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Sorry I selected Reply and not Reply All. - Forwarded Message - From: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com To: Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.com Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:50 AM Subject: Re: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book I have thought about using

Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Maxwell, Thank you very much. I have been following this thread because I have one product line that is almost entirely Unstructured and would like to convert it to Structured, with eventually moving on to DITA. This list of videos looks like it should be able to get this project going

Fw: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Sorry I selected Reply and not Reply All. - Forwarded Message - >From: David Spreadbury >To: "Combs, Richard" >Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:50 AM >Subject: Re: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book > > >I have thought about using this sche

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