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 smoothly.

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 smoothly.

Re: Finding broken links in a PDF

2012-07-12 Thread David Spreadbury
Lin, According to the Acrobat X Online Help: "Your search for broken link did not match any documents." > > From: Lin Sims >To: Frame Users >Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:50 AM >Subject: Finding broken links in a PDF > >Has Adobe added a tool for finding b

Finding broken links in a PDF

2012-07-12 Thread David Spreadbury
Lin, According to the Acrobat X Online Help: "Your search for broken link did not match any documents." > > From: Lin Sims >To: Frame Users >Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:50 AM >Subject: Finding broken links in a PDF > >Has Adobe added a tool for finding b

Re: Globally resize FM files in book?

2012-05-03 Thread David Spreadbury
Works in 7.2, as well. Dave From: Anne Magee To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:55 AM Subject: Re: Globally resize FM files in book? I have Framemaker 9 and I can select the files in the book then select View > Zoom > 100% from t

Globally resize FM files in book?

2012-05-03 Thread David Spreadbury
Works in 7.2, as well. Dave From: Anne Magee To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:55 AM Subject: Re: Globally resize FM files in book? I have Framemaker 9 and I can select the files in the book then select View > Zoom > 100% from

Re: Helping FM find graphics files

2012-04-24 Thread David Spreadbury
At the book level, highlight all of the chapter files and press Enter (opens all files). Frame will ask to reconcile the first "missing" graphic and remember this as it opens the other chapters. At least this has worked for me with Frame 7.2, as long as all of the graphics are in the same folder

Helping FM find graphics files

2012-04-24 Thread David Spreadbury
At the book level, highlight all of the chapter files and press Enter (opens all files). Frame will ask to reconcile the first "missing" graphic and remember this as it opens the other chapters. At least this has worked for me with Frame 7.2, as long as all of the graphics are in the same folder

RE: best use of graphics in FM

2012-03-21 Thread David Spreadbury
graphic conversion tools out there. --- On Wed, 3/21/12, Combs, Richard wrote: From: Combs, Richard Subject: RE: best use of graphics in FM To: "David Spreadbury" Cc: "FrameMaker Users List" Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 3:13 PM David Spreadbury wrote: > Secondly, i

best use of graphics in FM

2012-03-21 Thread David Spreadbury
graphic conversion tools out there. --- On Wed, 3/21/12, Combs, Richard wrote: From: Combs, Richard Subject: RE: best use of graphics in FM To: "David Spreadbury" Cc: "FrameMaker Users List" Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 3:13 PM David Spreadbury wrote: > Secondly, i

Re: best use of graphics in FM

2012-03-21 Thread David Spreadbury
First, SnagIt used to have a plugin for FrameMaker. It is no longer supported. Secondly, if you source are coming as Word files, you should be able to save some time capturing the graphics by exporting the Word, or PDF, file. Export the Word as HTML. This creates a separate subfolder of all of t

best use of graphics in FM

2012-03-21 Thread David Spreadbury
First, SnagIt used to have a plugin for FrameMaker. It is no longer supported. Secondly, if you source are coming as Word files, you should be able to save some time capturing the graphics by exporting the Word, or PDF, file. Export the Word as HTML. This creates a separate subfolder of all of t

RE: EDDs for MIL-STD-38784

2012-03-21 Thread David Spreadbury
The printed, or PDF, of 38784 contains the DTD, in Appendix B I believe. If you google for MIL-STD 38784 you should get a hit to AMCOM (https://pubsweb.redstone.army.mil/DTD-FOSI/DTD-N-FOSI.html). They have a modified version the 38784 DTD and FOSIs in one zip file. --- On Wed, 3/21/12, dave.st

EDDs for MIL-STD-38784

2012-03-21 Thread David Spreadbury
The printed, or PDF, of 38784 contains the DTD, in Appendix B I believe. If you google for MIL-STD 38784 you should get a hit to AMCOM (https://pubsweb.redstone.army.mil/DTD-FOSI/DTD-N-FOSI.html). They have a modified version the 38784 DTD and FOSIs in one zip file. --- On Wed, 3/21/12, Dave.St

Re: hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

2012-02-16 Thread David Spreadbury
Miranda, Why it is happening is probably because some of the images weren't replaced with the new pointers. The good thing is it's an easy fix (the following works with Frame 7.2, so I am guessing that it will work with Frame 10). 1. Make sure the network images folder contains ALL of the image

hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

2012-02-16 Thread David Spreadbury
Miranda, Why it is happening is probably because some of the images weren't replaced with the new pointers. The good thing is it's an easy fix (the following works with Frame 7.2, so I am guessing that it will work with Frame 10). 1. Make sure the network images folder contains ALL of the image

Re: Links to a specific page in a manual

2011-10-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Rebecca, I have seen this discussed here in the past. This link will show you how to do this. http://www.ehow.com/how_6975556_open-pdf-file-specific.html --- On Wed, 10/19/11, Frasure, Rebecca - APHIS wrote: From: Frasure, Rebecca - APHIS Subject: Links to a specific page in a manual To: "fr

Links to a specific page in a manual

2011-10-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Rebecca, I have seen this discussed here in the past. This link will show you how to do this. http://www.ehow.com/how_6975556_open-pdf-file-specific.html --- On Wed, 10/19/11, Frasure, Rebecca - APHIS wrote: From: Frasure, Rebecca - APHIS Subject: Links to a specific page in a manual To: "fra

Re: Pulling cover information for Running H/F

2011-10-02 Thread David Spreadbury
You need to copy the variables from the chapter to all other chapters in the book.Open the chapter containing the desired variables.In the book, select all other chapters.Select File > Import > Formats.Click Deselect AllSelect Variables.Click Import.If the Running H/F is present in the Header/Foote

Pulling cover information for Running H/F

2011-10-02 Thread David Spreadbury
You need to copy the variables from the chapter to all other chapters in the book. Open the chapter containing the desired variables. In the book, select all other chapters. Select File > Import > Formats. Click Deselect All Select Variables. Click Import. If the Running H/F is present in the He

RE: Is FM 7.2 compatible with Windows 7?

2011-09-09 Thread David Spreadbury
I have Frame 7.2 running on a new Windows 7 desktop system and haven't run into any problems, so far. No special steps to install. --- On Fri, 9/9/11, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: From: Jeff Coatsworth Subject: RE: Is FM 7.2 compatible with Windows 7? To: "'framers@lists.frameusers.com'" Date: Frid

Is FM 7.2 compatible with Windows 7?

2011-09-09 Thread David Spreadbury
I have Frame 7.2 running on a new Windows 7 desktop system and haven't run into any problems, so far. No special steps to install. --- On Fri, 9/9/11, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: From: Jeff Coatsworth Subject: RE: Is FM 7.2 compatible with Windows 7? To: "'framers at lists.frameusers.com'" Date:

Re: Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a document?

2011-08-31 Thread David Spreadbury
don't make it. As an element/attribute, it is always there. --- On Wed, 8/31/11, Böðvar Björgvinsson wrote: From: Böðvar Björgvinsson Subject: Re: Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a document? To: "David Spreadbury" Cc: "FrameUsers List" D

Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a document?

2011-08-31 Thread David Spreadbury
don't make it. As an element/attribute, it is always there. --- On Wed, 8/31/11, B??var Bj?rgvinsson wrote: From: B??var Bj?rgvinsson Subject: Re: Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a document? To: "David Spreadbury" Cc: "FrameUsers List" D

Re: Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a document?

2011-08-31 Thread David Spreadbury
In Frame 7.2 you select File > Structure Tools > Export Element Catalog as EDD. I believe in Frame 8 they moved this to a separate Structure menu off the main menu bar. In my EDD, I have an element that has an attribute with a text string that contains information on the EDD version. I apply a

Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a document?

2011-08-31 Thread David Spreadbury
In Frame 7.2 you select File > Structure Tools > Export Element Catalog as EDD. I believe in Frame 8 they moved this to a separate Structure menu off the main menu bar. In my EDD, I have an element that has an attribute with a text string that contains information on the EDD version. I apply a

Re: Can parts of a pdf be merged into an existing frame file using automation?

2011-08-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Julie, You can by using text insets. You would need to create individual pieces of text, whether Frame or PDF. The first time around you would have to manually insert each into the respective position in the host Frame file using File > Import > File with Import by Reference. I would recommend

Can parts of a pdf be merged into an existing frame file using automation?

2011-08-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Julie, You can by using text insets. You would need to create individual pieces of text, whether Frame or PDF. The first time around you would have to manually insert each into the respective position in the host Frame file using File > Import > File with Import by Reference. I would recommend

Re: combining different FM documents into one file

2011-08-10 Thread David Spreadbury
, Nadine Murray wrote: From: Nadine Murray Subject: Re: combining different FM documents into one file To: "David Spreadbury" , "framers@lists.frameusers.com" , "Linda Rose" Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 12:05 PM Text insets? Nadine From: David Spreadbury To: f

combining different FM documents into one file

2011-08-10 Thread David Spreadbury
, Nadine Murray wrote: From: Nadine Murray Subject: Re: combining different FM documents into one file To: "David Spreadbury" , "framers at lists.frameusers.com" , "Linda Rose" Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 12:05 PM Text insets? Nadine From: David Spreadbury To

Re: combining different FM documents into one file

2011-08-10 Thread David Spreadbury
I think a little more information would be helpful in trying to assist in solving your problem. Are you just trying to add Frame files from different versions to a new book of another version? If that is the case, I would open each of the files in the target, hopefully the newest, version and

combining different FM documents into one file

2011-08-10 Thread David Spreadbury
I think a little more information would be helpful in trying to assist in solving your problem. Are you just trying to add Frame files from different versions to a new book of another version? If that is the case, I would open each of the files in the target, hopefully the newest, version and

Re: Linking Problem

2011-08-02 Thread David Spreadbury
If your are linking to locations on Windows-based systems, enclose the entire link in double-quotes if you have spaces anywhere in filenames or path. Windows truncates the string at the first space but accepts the complete string if enclosed in double quotes ("), for example: "\\jetblue.com\Doc

Linking Problem

2011-08-02 Thread David Spreadbury
If your are linking to locations on Windows-based systems, enclose the entire link in double-quotes if you have spaces anywhere in filenames or path. Windows truncates the string at the first space but accepts the complete string if enclosed in double quotes ("), for example: "\\jetblue.com\Doc

RE: warnings, cautions, notes in sw documentation

2011-08-01 Thread David Spreadbury
The use of Warnings, Cautions, and Notes, specifically Warnings and Cautions, are used differently in different technologies. Here are some links that may hep you to decide which use best fits your needs: http://www.techcommunicators.com/dkmanual/chap5015.html http://www.techcommunicators.com/em

warnings, cautions, notes in sw documentation

2011-08-01 Thread David Spreadbury
The use of Warnings, Cautions, and Notes, specifically Warnings and Cautions, are used differently in different technologies. Here are some links that may hep you to decide which use best fits your needs: http://www.techcommunicators.com/dkmanual/chap5015.html http://www.techcommunicators.com/em

Re: OT: Automatic URL links in Acrobat 10

2011-07-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Rick, In Acrobat 8, if you look in Advanced > Document Processing, you will find an option to Create Links from URLs. I would not expect that Acrobat 10 threw this out. --- On Tue, 7/19/11, Rick Quatro wrote: From: Rick Quatro Subject: OT: Automatic URL links in Acrobat 10 To: framers@lists.f

OT: Automatic URL links in Acrobat 10

2011-07-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Rick, In Acrobat 8, if you look in Advanced > Document Processing, you will find an option to Create Links from URLs. I would not expect that Acrobat 10 threw this out. --- On Tue, 7/19/11, Rick Quatro wrote: From: Rick Quatro Subject: OT: Automatic URL links in Acrobat 10 To: framers at list

Re: Looking for the best way to highlight text to the reader

2011-06-28 Thread David Spreadbury
If you are delivering PDF and HTML, I don't understand the reluctance to use color. The Acrobat PDF device driver supports full color, and a minor change to your CSS can give you similar color selections in the HTML. On the change bars, I don't believe you can change the character, but you can

Looking for the best way to highlight text to the reader

2011-06-28 Thread David Spreadbury
If you are delivering PDF and HTML, I don't understand the reluctance to use color. The Acrobat PDF device driver supports full color, and a minor change to your CSS can give you similar color selections in the HTML. On the change bars, I don't believe you can change the character, but you can

Re: FW: LOF order is Figure 3-2, Figure 3-1, Figure 3-3, Figure 3-4...

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
I have seen this happen when there are two anchored frames at the same location, adjacent to each other. The problem is that the anchor for Fig 2 is physically before the anchor for Fig 1. Move the anchors so that they are in the correct logical order. If using unstructured, put a character or w

FW: LOF order is Figure 3-2, Figure 3-1, Figure 3-3, Figure 3-4...

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
I have seen this happen when there are two anchored frames at the same location, adjacent to each other. The problem is that the anchor for Fig 2 is physically before the anchor for Fig 1. Move the anchors so that they are in the correct logical order. If using unstructured, put a character or w

RE: Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
There is a very nice discussion on this very topic at http://objectmix.com/adobe-framemaker/218597-mixed-page-size-framemaker.html Mixing page sizes in one template is not the way to go. As Richard points out. --- On Thu, 6/23/11, Combs, Richard wrote: From: Combs, Richard Subject: RE: Adding

Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
There is a very nice discussion on this very topic at http://objectmix.com/adobe-framemaker/218597-mixed-page-size-framemaker.html Mixing page sizes in one template is not the way to go. As Richard points out. --- On Thu, 6/23/11, Combs, Richard wrote: From: Combs, Richard Subject: RE: Adding

Re: FW: Scientific names in roman not italics in running headers

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Create, if you don't have one, a Character format for the italics. Insert the char format in the H/F variable where you want the italics to appear. Add the Default font object at point where you go back to normal font characteristics. For example: Field Screening Aid for Bug One calls the cha

FW: Scientific names in roman not italics in running headers

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Create, if you don't have one, a Character format for the italics. Insert the char format in the H/F variable where you want the italics to appear. Add the Default font object at point where you go back to normal font characteristics. For example: Field Screening Aid for Bug One calls the cha

Re: Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Alison, Probably the easiest way would be to make a new 11x17 template page, not as part of the main book master pages, and just insert the 11x17 page as a component of the book, in the appropriate page relation to the main book. As long as you don't try and copy page layouts from a normal chapt

Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Alison, Probably the easiest way would be to make a new 11x17 template page, not as part of the main book master pages, and just insert the 11x17 page as a component of the book, in the appropriate page relation to the main book. As long as you don't try and copy page layouts from a normal chapt

Re: PowerPoint to Frame

2011-06-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Gilian, One way would involve saving your powerpoint as html and then converting the html to text. There is a freeware utility called htmlastext (www.nirsoft.net/utils/htmlastext.html) that I have used to strip the html code, resulting in a text file. The saveas html should create a separate fol

PowerPoint to Frame

2011-06-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Gilian, One way would involve saving your powerpoint as html and then converting the html to text. There is a freeware utility called htmlastext (www.nirsoft.net/utils/htmlastext.html) that I have used to strip the html code, resulting in a text file. The saveas html should create a separate fol

Re: half-size pages

2011-06-04 Thread David Spreadbury
You don't mention which version of Frame you are using, but that shouldn't really matter. If you download Frames template packages, take a look at Template pack 3. There is a booklet template there that should fit you needs. You may have to modify it to get exactly what you are looking for, but

half-size pages

2011-06-04 Thread David Spreadbury
You don't mention which version of Frame you are using, but that shouldn't really matter. If you download Frames template packages, take a look at Template pack 3. There is a booklet template there that should fit you needs. You may have to modify it to get exactly what you are looking for, but

Re: I suspect the answer is 'no', but...

2011-03-14 Thread David Spreadbury
Tori, You don't mention what version of Frame you are using, but I tried it in Frame 7.2 and it worked just fine. You need to create a Character Format for superscript. In the Character Designer leave everything As Is except check the Superscript check-box. In Frame, apply the character format

I suspect the answer is 'no', but...

2011-03-14 Thread David Spreadbury
Tori, You don't mention what version of Frame you are using, but I tried it in Frame 7.2 and it worked just fine. You need to create a Character Format for superscript. In the Character Designer leave everything As Is except check the Superscript check-box. In Frame, apply the character format

Re: decrementing number tags

2011-01-24 Thread David Spreadbury
If you don't have any cross-references in the table you could sort the table in reverse order. Keep in mind, most search algorithms work on the ASCII code of the character. After the sort the numbering will come out as 1, 10,11,2,21,3, etc. If you make the numbers all the same length, 01, 02, 03

decrementing number tags

2011-01-24 Thread David Spreadbury
If you don't have any cross-references in the table you could sort the table in reverse order. Keep in mind, most search algorithms work on the ASCII code of the character. After the sort the numbering will come out as 1, 10,11,2,21,3, etc. If you make the numbers all the same length, 01, 02, 03

Re: Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Tina, I wonder why you are using Frame to create the  front end, what sounds like a Table of Contents. Not that Frame isn't fully capable of ding it. Me, I would have created an HTML file of links. But that aside, I wonder if you have the complete path, including drive letter, in your FM links?

Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Tina, I wonder why you are using Frame to create the? front end, what sounds like a Table of Contents. Not that Frame isn't fully capable of ding it. Me, I would have created an HTML file of links. But that aside, I wonder if you have the complete path, including drive letter, in your FM links?

Re: Space at beginning of title

2010-12-16 Thread David Spreadbury
Stephen, Could you have inadvertently added a space to the Numbering Properties? I would look there first. I don't believe Search/Replace can look into the numbering properties. --- On Thu, 12/16/10, Stephen O'Brien wrote: From: Stephen O'Brien Subject: Space at beginning of title To: framers

Space at beginning of title

2010-12-16 Thread David Spreadbury
Stephen, Could you have inadvertently added a space to the Numbering Properties? I would look there first. I don't believe Search/Replace can look into the numbering properties. --- On Thu, 12/16/10, Stephen O'Brien wrote: From: Stephen O'Brien Subject: Space at beginning of title To: framers

Re: FM / how to identify new images

2010-12-15 Thread David Spreadbury
Anton, One possible choice would be Bruce Foster's Archive plugin. Archive actually creates a new folder with all referenced piece-parts, which you probably don't need, but the archive.log file is what you could immediately put to use. The archive log lists all referenced files, whether they be

FM / how to identify new images

2010-12-15 Thread David Spreadbury
Anton, One possible choice would be Bruce Foster's Archive plugin. Archive actually creates a new folder with all referenced piece-parts, which you probably don't need, but the archive.log file is what you could immediately put to use. The archive log lists all referenced files, whether they be

Re: Mif2go mystifying failure

2010-11-16 Thread David Spreadbury
Nancy, Jeremy's suggestion is a good one. Create a separate directory tree with no spaces in any folder or file names, source files or graphics. All of my help files are create in that fashion and I have only found one small issue, happens to be with CHMs, but it has a very easy workaround. I d

Mif2go mystifying failure

2010-11-16 Thread David Spreadbury
Nancy, Jeremy's suggestion is a good one. Create a separate directory tree with no spaces in any folder or file names, source files or graphics. All of my help files are create in that fashion and I have only found one small issue, happens to be with CHMs, but it has a very easy workaround. I d

RE: Annoying FM quirk

2010-11-10 Thread David Spreadbury
I see the same, or very similar, behavior running 7.2. Sometimes the pilcrow for a tag changes from 10pt to about 14pt Bold. Reapplying the tag fixes the problem. This doesn't appear to have any affect on generated PDFs. It seems to be a display issue within Frame. I am using Structured Frame,

Annoying FM quirk

2010-11-10 Thread David Spreadbury
I see the same, or very similar, behavior running 7.2. Sometimes the pilcrow for a tag changes from 10pt to about 14pt Bold. Reapplying the tag fixes the problem. This doesn't appear to have any affect on generated PDFs. It seems to be a display issue within Frame. I am using Structured Frame,

Re: Help Tools

2010-10-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Pam, Mif2Go (www.omsys.com). They have a free demo that you can try before you buy. It works as a Frame plugin and works with just about any version of Frame. Features and all that info on what it can convert too is available on their website. Costs less than $300, plus a yearly maintenance/upgr

Re: "Toc" cross-ref markers

2010-10-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Rosen, Sounds like you may have copied cross-references from an original location to a new location. This brings along with it the original source ID marker. You can't have more than one unique ID marker, else you get wierd cross-reference issues. There is a tool from West Street Consulting tha

"Toc" cross-ref markers

2010-10-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Rosen, Sounds like you may have copied cross-references from an original location to a new location. This brings along with it the original source ID marker. You can't have more than one unique ID marker, else you get wierd cross-reference issues. There is a tool from West Street Consulting tha

Help Tools

2010-10-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Pam, Mif2Go (www.omsys.com). They have a free demo that you can try before you buy. It works as a Frame plugin and works with just about any version of Frame. Features and all that info on what it can convert too is available on their website. Costs less than $300, plus a yearly maintenance/upgr

Re: Pgf numbering strangeness

2010-09-30 Thread David Spreadbury
Cynthia, Is the book numbering set the same for all chapters, except chapter 1? Chapter 1 should have the chapter numbering set to start at 1. All other it should be "Continue Numbering from Previous File in Book". --- On Thu, 9/30/10, Milton, Cynthia wrote: From: Milton, Cynthia Subject: Pgf n

Pgf numbering strangeness

2010-09-30 Thread David Spreadbury
Cynthia, Is the book numbering set the same for all chapters, except chapter 1? Chapter 1 should have the chapter numbering set to start at 1. All other it should be "Continue Numbering from Previous File in Book". --- On Thu, 9/30/10, Milton, Cynthia wrote: From: Milton, Cynthia Subject: Pgf n

Re: To remove local formatting from a paragraph

2010-09-26 Thread David Spreadbury
modified option(s) to match the unmodified paragraph. --- On Sun, 9/26/10, Avraham Makeler wrote: From: Avraham Makeler Subject: Re: To remove local formatting from a paragraph To: "David Spreadbury" Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 2:44 PM Hi David,

To remove local formatting from a paragraph

2010-09-26 Thread David Spreadbury
modified option(s) to match the unmodified paragraph. --- On Sun, 9/26/10, Avraham Makeler wrote: From: Avraham Makeler Subject: Re: To remove local formatting from a paragraph To: "David Spreadbury" Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 2:44 PM Hi?Dav

Re: To remove local formatting from a paragraph

2010-09-26 Thread David Spreadbury
Avraham, In Framemaker this is done by importing the paragraph and Character formats of the document(s) into the document(s). With the mis-tagged document open, select File > Import > Formats. Click Select All, to uncheck all options (default) Check the Paragraph and Character Format options. Che

To remove local formatting from a paragraph

2010-09-26 Thread David Spreadbury
Avraham, In Framemaker this is done by importing the paragraph and Character formats of the document(s) into the document(s). With the mis-tagged document open, select File > Import > Formats. Click Select All, to uncheck all options (default) Check the Paragraph and Character Format options. Che

Re: Linking to folder on network

2010-09-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Jessica, If your paths have spaces, try enclosing the path in double-quotes ("c:\program{space}files\adobe"). --- On Wed, 9/22/10, Davis, Jessica D. wrote: From: Davis, Jessica D. Subject: Linking to folder on network To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 2:49 P

Linking to folder on network

2010-09-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Jessica, If your paths have spaces, try enclosing the path in double-quotes ("c:\program{space}files\adobe"). --- On Wed, 9/22/10, Davis, Jessica D. wrote: From: Davis, Jessica D. Subject: Linking to folder on network To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 2:4

Re: FM 9.0p

2010-09-22 Thread David Spreadbury
Rebecca, Check the Cross-Reference for that you are applying. I am not using FM9, still on F7.2, but I wouldn't expect Adobe to change the xref format rules: Look at the following and see if it doesn't answer your problem: Cross Reference format: see \<$paratext>\ on page\ <$pagenum> results i

FM 9.0p

2010-09-22 Thread David Spreadbury
Rebecca, Check the Cross-Reference for that you are applying. I am not using FM9, still on F7.2, but I wouldn't expect Adobe to change the xref format rules: Look at the following and see if it doesn't answer your problem: Cross Reference format: see \<$paratext>\ on page\ <$pagenum> results i

Re: Patches for Frame 7.2 on XP?

2010-09-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Caroline, The latest, probably the last, patch for FrameMaker 7.2 is p158. It can be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3332. HTH --- On Mon, 9/13/10, Caroline Tabach wrote: From: Caroline Tabach Subject: Patches for Frame 7.2 on XP? To: framers@lists.frameu

Patches for Frame 7.2 on XP?

2010-09-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Caroline, The latest, probably the last, patch for FrameMaker 7.2 is p158. It can be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3332. HTH --- On Mon, 9/13/10, Caroline Tabach wrote: From: Caroline Tabach Subject: Patches for Frame 7.2 on XP? To: framers at lists.fra

Re: Frame 7 documentation

2010-09-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Cynthia, Scriptorium has a downloadable PDF of the FrameMaker 7 User's Manual. I don't know how complete, but it is worth a shot (http://store.scriptorium.com/items/books/publishing-fundamentals-framemaker-7-formerly-framemaker-7-the-complete-reference-bkfm7_pdf-detail.htm). HTH --- On Mon, 9/6

Frame 7 documentation

2010-09-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Cynthia, Scriptorium has a downloadable PDF of the FrameMaker 7 User's Manual. I don't know how complete, but it is worth a shot (http://store.scriptorium.com/items/books/publishing-fundamentals-framemaker-7-formerly-framemaker-7-the-complete-reference-bkfm7_pdf-detail.htm). HTH --- On Mon, 9/6

Re: Changing templates - converting paragraph tags

2010-08-31 Thread David Spreadbury
David, Paragraph Tools from Silicon Prairie (http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html) should do the trick. HTH Dave --- On Tue, 8/31/10, David Millis wrote: From: David Millis Subject: Changing templates - converting paragraph tags To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Tuesday,

Changing templates - converting paragraph tags

2010-08-31 Thread David Spreadbury
David, Paragraph Tools from Silicon Prairie (http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html) should do the trick. HTH Dave --- On Tue, 8/31/10, David Millis wrote: From: David Millis Subject: Changing templates - converting paragraph tags To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Date: Tuesda

Re: Frame X-REFs in Text Inset not Active in Book PDF

2010-07-21 Thread David Spreadbury
Jasmine, Probably not the desired option, but you could try importing the text insets into the document instead of by reference.   There has been other activity here on this subject. You might want to search the archives and see what developed from those earlier queries. --- On Wed, 7/21/10, Gra

Frame X-REFs in Text Inset not Active in Book PDF

2010-07-21 Thread David Spreadbury
Jasmine, Probably not the desired option, but you could try importing the text insets into the document instead of by reference. ? There has been other activity here on this subject. You might want to search the archives and see what developed from those earlier queries. --- On Wed, 7/21/10, Gra

Re: type vs enter

2010-07-20 Thread David Spreadbury
Clara, The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, Version 3.0 states:   type vs. enter Use type, not type in or enter, if information the user types appears on the screen. An exception to this rule is that you can tell users to "enter" a file name, for example, in a combo box when

type vs enter

2010-07-20 Thread David Spreadbury
Clara, The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, Version 3.0 states: ? type vs. enter Use type, not type in or enter, if information the user types appears on the screen. An exception to this rule is that you can tell users to "enter" a file name, for example, in a combo box when

Re: FrameMaker PDF Bookmarks

2010-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
I think you out of luck doing this in FrameMaker. It has to do with bookmark placement, which normally is at the destination of the bookmark.   In Acrobat it is a different story, and I verified this on a PDF.   On the Properties page (File > Properties), under the Initial View tab: set Page layou

FrameMaker PDF Bookmarks

2010-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
I think you out of luck doing this in FrameMaker. It has to do with bookmark placement, which normally is at the destination of the bookmark. ? In Acrobat it is a different story, and I verified this on a PDF. ? On the Properties page (File > Properties), under the Initial View tab: set Page layou

Re: Client Needs FrameMaker --> Eclipse Help provider

2010-06-17 Thread David Spreadbury
Tori, HAT (Help Authoring Tool). --- On Thu, 6/17/10, Tori Muir wrote: From: Tori Muir Subject: Re: Client Needs FrameMaker --> Eclipse Help provider To: "Bill Swallow" Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 11:43 AM Good golly. I think the answer to all of these is

Client Needs FrameMaker --> Eclipse Help provider

2010-06-17 Thread David Spreadbury
Tori, HAT (Help Authoring Tool). --- On Thu, 6/17/10, Tori Muir wrote: From: Tori Muir Subject: Re: Client Needs FrameMaker --> Eclipse Help provider To: "Bill Swallow" Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 11:43 AM Good golly. I think the answer to all of these

Re: Page Numbering Format (# of ##) in an FM Book

2010-06-08 Thread David Spreadbury
Jazz, If memory serves me, Rick Quartro has a script that will do this.   If he doesn't, and you are delivering PDFs, you can do this in Acrobat. I just tested it and it works with Acrobat 8.   In Acrobat, open you PDF and select Document > Add Header and Footer. Then select Setup Page Number and D

Page Numbering Format (# of ##) in an FM Book

2010-06-08 Thread David Spreadbury
Jazz, If memory serves me, Rick Quartro has a script that will do this. ? If he doesn't, and you are delivering PDFs, you can do this in Acrobat. I just tested it and it works with Acrobat 8. ? In Acrobat, open you PDF and select Document > Add Header and Footer. Then select Setup Page Number and D

RE: Change Tracking in FM 7.1 for doc review?

2010-06-07 Thread David Spreadbury
Then, if you aren't using Frame 8, or greater, about the only way you can get what you want is by using conditional text, which is what Frame 8 really uses.   Just set up a condition code for new/replaced and old/changed, or whatever names you want to call them. Then distribute with the condition

Change Tracking in FM 7.1 for doc review?

2010-06-07 Thread David Spreadbury
Then, if you aren't using Frame 8, or greater, about the only way you can get what you want is by using conditional text, which is what Frame 8 really uses. ? Just set up a condition code for new/replaced and old/changed, or whatever names you want to call them. Then distribute with the condition

Re: Change Tracking in FM 7.1 for doc review?

2010-06-05 Thread David Spreadbury
If you are delivering documents as PDF, using Adobe Acrobat, then you have a tool.   Just enable commenting in your review PDFs. Your reviewers, using Acrobat Reader, can insert comments, redline, mar out, etc. You can then combine all of the comments received into one file, with the comments an

Change Tracking in FM 7.1 for doc review?

2010-06-05 Thread David Spreadbury
If you are delivering documents as PDF, using Adobe Acrobat, then you have a tool. ? Just enable commenting in your review PDFs. Your reviewers, using Acrobat Reader, can insert comments, redline, mar out, etc. You can then combine all of the comments received into one file, with the comments an

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