RE: Installing Acrobat 9.0 taking FOREVER??!?

2009-04-22 Thread Dov Isaacs
Deletion of a file normally does not result in any registry modifications whatsoever! When you delete a file, changes are made to the directory entries and the space allocation tables on your disk partition. That should be it. Taking "several minutes just to delete a 2KB file using Windows Explorer

Installing Acrobat 9.0 taking FOREVER??!?

2009-04-22 Thread Dov Isaacs
Deletion of a file normally does not result in any registry modifications whatsoever! When you delete a file, changes are made to the directory entries and the space allocation tables on your disk partition. That should be it. Taking "several minutes just to delete a 2KB file using Windows Explorer

RE: Installing Acrobat 9.0 taking FOREVER??!?

2009-04-22 Thread Dov Isaacs
Although the Acrobat 9 Pro installation does take a tremendous amount of disk space (of which nearly 725MB are the installation files so that Acrobat can "self heal" when there are problems), that does not account for the two hour installation cited. I have performed Acrobat 9 Pro Extended inst

Installing Acrobat 9.0 taking FOREVER??!?

2009-04-22 Thread Dov Isaacs
Although the Acrobat 9 Pro installation does take a tremendous amount of disk space (of which nearly 725MB are the installation files so that Acrobat can "self heal" when there are problems), that does not account for the two hour installation cited. I have performed Acrobat 9 Pro Extended inst

RE: Patches for FM9 in TCS2

2009-03-20 Thread Dov Isaacs
Actually, the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 doesn't come on a CD but rather, on two DVDs! And no, Adobe is not releasing TCS2 to include the first set of FrameMaker 9 patches. You will need to apply those yourself after installation. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: f

Patches for FM9 in TCS2

2009-03-20 Thread Dov Isaacs
Actually, the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 doesn't come on a CD but rather, on two DVDs! And no, Adobe is not releasing TCS2 to include the first set of FrameMaker 9 patches. You will need to apply those yourself after installation. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: f

FrameMaker 9.0.1 Update Now Available ... Come and Get It!

2009-03-17 Thread Dov Isaacs
The FrameMaker 9.0.1 update has just been released. You can get it via the updates feature within FrameMaker (or any other current Adobe application). - Dov _ List of major issues resolved in this updat

FrameMaker 9.0.1 Update Now Available ... Come and Get It!

2009-03-17 Thread Dov Isaacs
The FrameMaker 9.0.1 update has just been released. You can get it via the updates feature within FrameMaker (or any other current Adobe application). - Dov _ List of major issues resolved in this updat

RE: Missing Fonts

2009-03-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
In terms of safety and reliability, create the PDF only on the system that has all the fonts. Otherwise you cannot count on the fonts mysteriously appearing when you are making plates for the offset press (or printing on any printer for that matter!). - Dov > -Original Message-

Missing Fonts

2009-03-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
In terms of safety and reliability, create the PDF only on the system that has all the fonts. Otherwise you cannot count on the fonts mysteriously appearing when you are making plates for the offset press (or printing on any printer for that matter!). - Dov > -Original Message-

RE: FM 8 no longer generating PDFs with bookmarks for the Acrobat Bookmarks pane

2009-03-04 Thread Dov Isaacs
WRONG! Regardless of the merits and foibles of the "save as PDF" facility in various versions of FrameMaker, all in fact explicitly use the Distiller. How do think the PostScript is turned into PDF otherwise? FrameMaker (exceptionally unfortunately) unlike InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop does

FM 8 no longer generating PDFs with bookmarks for the Acrobat Bookmarks pane

2009-03-04 Thread Dov Isaacs
WRONG! Regardless of the merits and foibles of the "save as PDF" facility in various versions of FrameMaker, all in fact explicitly use the Distiller. How do think the PostScript is turned into PDF otherwise? FrameMaker (exceptionally unfortunately) unlike InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop does

RE: Desperately Need Legal FrameMaker 8!

2009-02-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Diane Gaskill [mailto:dgcal...@earthlink.net] > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:00 PM > To: Dov Isaacs; Frame Users > Subject: RE: Desperately Need Legal FrameMaker 8! > > Dov, does Adobe have offical EOL dates on it'

Desperately Need Legal FrameMaker 8!

2009-02-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Diane Gaskill [mailto:dgcaller at earthlink.net] > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:00 PM > To: Dov Isaacs; Frame Users > Subject: RE: Desperately Need Legal FrameMaker 8! > > Dov, does Adobe have offical EOL dates on it'

RE: Desperately Need Legal FrameMaker 8!

2009-02-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
Dov > -Original Message- > From: Alan Houser [mailto:a...@groupwellesley.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:54 PM > To: Dov Isaacs > Cc: Frame Users > Subject: Re: Desperately Need Legal FrameMaker 8! > > I don't get a vote, but I would love to see

Desperately Need Legal FrameMaker 8!

2009-02-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
Dov > -Original Message- > From: Alan Houser [mailto:arh at groupwellesley.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:54 PM > To: Dov Isaacs > Cc: Frame Users > Subject: Re: Desperately Need Legal FrameMaker 8! > > I don't get a vote, but I would love to see

RE: Desperately Need Legal FrameMaker 8!

2009-02-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
FWIW, no company is ever going to get any additional copies of FrameMaker 8 shipped from Adobe or any of our channel partners. The fact is that Adobe very carefully controls how much inventory there is in the channel so that by the time a new release is announced and shipping, the likelihood of fin

Desperately Need Legal FrameMaker 8!

2009-02-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
FWIW, no company is ever going to get any additional copies of FrameMaker 8 shipped from Adobe or any of our channel partners. The fact is that Adobe very carefully controls how much inventory there is in the channel so that by the time a new release is announced and shipping, the likelihood of fin

RE: Acrobat Distiller Settings for Images

2009-02-13 Thread Dov Isaacs
ittle compression with not any real noticeable improvement over a maximum quality JPEG-compressed photographic image. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: jalo...@gmail.com [mailto:jalo...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Joseph > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:45 AM > To: Dov Isaac

Acrobat Distiller Settings for Images

2009-02-13 Thread Dov Isaacs
ittle compression with not any real noticeable improvement over a maximum quality JPEG-compressed photographic image. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: jaloren at gmail.com [mailto:jaloren at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Joseph > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:45 AM > To:

RE: Acrobat Distiller Settings for Images

2009-02-13 Thread Dov Isaacs
Maximum quality Automatic (JPEG) compression with downsampling to 300dpi for images over 450dpi should maintain exceptionally high quality for photographic images using JPEG compression and ZIP compression for vector-like images (such as screen shots). Alternatively, maximum Automatic (JPEG2000

Acrobat Distiller Settings for Images

2009-02-13 Thread Dov Isaacs
Maximum quality Automatic (JPEG) compression with downsampling to 300dpi for images over 450dpi should maintain exceptionally high quality for photographic images using JPEG compression and ZIP compression for vector-like images (such as screen shots). Alternatively, maximum Automatic (JPEG2000

RE: PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
For the record, I NEVER said that PDF was designed to create manuals only for printing, but rather, that it is indeed a "final form file format." That implies neither just printing nor just viewing. It does imply a fairly static document layout, though, with the possibility of limited interactivity

PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
For the record, I NEVER said that PDF was designed to create manuals only for printing, but rather, that it is indeed a "final form file format." That implies neither just printing nor just viewing. It does imply a fairly static document layout, though, with the possibility of limited interactivity

RE: PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
Editable PDF? Are you kidding? PDF is a final form file format. Any edits that you can do in PDF should be restricted to emergency situations only. PDF does not maintain any of the context of the original source document. The concepts of words, sentences, paragraphs, etc. is limited at best (if the

PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
Editable PDF? Are you kidding? PDF is a final form file format. Any edits that you can do in PDF should be restricted to emergency situations only. PDF does not maintain any of the context of the original source document. The concepts of words, sentences, paragraphs, etc. is limited at best (if the

RE[~]: Utilities for FrameMaker ligatures

2009-02-05 Thread Dov Isaacs
ler-Hillebrand [mailto:m...@cap-studio.de] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:12 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Subject: [Free Framers] Re: Utilities for FrameMaker ligatures > > > Am 05.02.2009 um 04:17 schrieb Hedley Finger: > > > A couple of people wrote to me directly as

RE[~]: Utilities for FrameMaker ligatures

2009-02-05 Thread Dov Isaacs
ler-Hillebrand [mailto:m...@cap-studio.de] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:12 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Subject: [Free Framers] Re: Utilities for FrameMaker ligatures > > > Am 05.02.2009 um 04:17 schrieb Hedley Finger: > > > A couple of people wrote to me directly as

RE[~]: Utilities for FrameMaker ligatures

2009-02-05 Thread Dov Isaacs
r-Hillebrand [mailto:mmh at cap-studio.de] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:12 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Subject: [Free Framers] Re: Utilities for FrameMaker ligatures > > > Am 05.02.2009 um 04:17 schrieb Hedley Finger: > > > A couple of people wrote to me directly as

RE[~]: Utilities for FrameMaker ligatures

2009-02-05 Thread Dov Isaacs
r-Hillebrand [mailto:mmh at cap-studio.de] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:12 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Subject: [Free Framers] Re: Utilities for FrameMaker ligatures > > > Am 05.02.2009 um 04:17 schrieb Hedley Finger: > > > A couple of people wrote to me directly as

RE: VISIO, WMF, and PNG

2009-01-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
WMF is a vector format based on Windows GDI. That's why it looks smooth and is certainly preferable to PNG which is raster and for print purposes, unless you go to 600dpi or more for Visio vector style drawing, PNG will look cruddy! Be careful with WMF, though! Sometimes text doesn't make it "thro

VISIO, WMF, and PNG

2009-01-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
WMF is a vector format based on Windows GDI. That's why it looks smooth and is certainly preferable to PNG which is raster and for print purposes, unless you go to 600dpi or more for Visio vector style drawing, PNG will look cruddy! Be careful with WMF, though! Sometimes text doesn't make it "thro

RE: Still no Hebrew/Arabic?

2009-01-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
FWIW, FrameMaker's code base was not "rewritten" but rather, modified to support Unicode. Unicode support does not necessarily include support for "input methods" for all writing systems. FrameMaker doesn't have input methods for either Hebrew or Arabic, which by the way although both are right-to

Still no Hebrew/Arabic?

2009-01-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
FWIW, FrameMaker's code base was not "rewritten" but rather, modified to support Unicode. Unicode support does not necessarily include support for "input methods" for all writing systems. FrameMaker doesn't have input methods for either Hebrew or Arabic, which by the way although both are right-to

RE: Importing Multi Page Tiffs, How ??

2009-01-26 Thread Dov Isaacs
I would hardly say that multipage TIFF files are pretty common unless your pretty common world of TIFF is primarily FAX servers. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Alan Litchfield

Importing Multi Page Tiffs, How ??

2009-01-26 Thread Dov Isaacs
I would hardly say that multipage TIFF files are pretty common unless your pretty common world of TIFF is primarily FAX servers. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at > lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Alan Litc

RE: FM 9 Upgrade - Please share your views

2009-01-24 Thread Dov Isaacs
On the off-chance that you were not joking and on behalf of Adobe, let me assure you that Adobe has no "built-in timer in FM itself" for any purpose of forcing users to upgrade to "make money selling upgrades." The only so called "timers" in any Adobe products are associated with controlling test

FM 9 Upgrade - Please share your views

2009-01-24 Thread Dov Isaacs
On the off-chance that you were not joking and on behalf of Adobe, let me assure you that Adobe has no "built-in timer in FM itself" for any purpose of forcing users to upgrade to "make money selling upgrades." The only so called "timers" in any Adobe products are associated with controlling test

RE: FM 9 Upgrade - Please share your views

2009-01-23 Thread Dov Isaacs
To be fairly clear about this, FrameMaker never natively supported import of Visio drawings. What FrameMaker does support is Microsoft's OLE, Object Linking and Embedding protocol by which you can place content from one application into another effectively as a Window to that application. In the

FM 9 Upgrade - Please share your views

2009-01-23 Thread Dov Isaacs
To be fairly clear about this, FrameMaker never natively supported import of Visio drawings. What FrameMaker does support is Microsoft's OLE, Object Linking and Embedding protocol by which you can place content from one application into another effectively as a Window to that application. In the

RE: Creating Booklets in Framemaker

2009-01-12 Thread Dov Isaacs
Unless you are producing something very simple like a four page booklet, i.e., a single sheet of paper folded in half, your best bet is to create your document in FrameMaker in terms of logical pages, 1 through n. Then, create PDF of the FrameMaker document, again in logical page order. Once you a

Creating Booklets in Framemaker

2009-01-12 Thread Dov Isaacs
Unless you are producing something very simple like a four page booklet, i.e., a single sheet of paper folded in half, your best bet is to create your document in FrameMaker in terms of logical pages, 1 through n. Then, create PDF of the FrameMaker document, again in logical page order. Once you a

RE: FrameMaker license question for older versions

2008-12-15 Thread Dov Isaacs
If you never licensed FrameMaker 7.2, no. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Kamen, Sara > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 1:18 AM > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Fra

FrameMaker license question for older versions

2008-12-15 Thread Dov Isaacs
If you never licensed FrameMaker 7.2, no. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at > lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Kamen, Sara > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 1:18 AM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Sub

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
Susan Modlin; Dov Isaacs; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... I do not know about FM 7.2 and Vista - so maybe Dov can comment on that. But, at least, I can now confirm that FrameMaker 8 runs fine on Vista 32 bit. :) The look and feel of the windows an

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
56 PM To: Susan Modlin; Dov Isaacs; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... I do not know about FM 7.2 and Vista - so maybe Dov can comment on that. But, at least, I can now confirm that FrameMaker 8 runs fine on Vista 32 bit. :) The look and feel o

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
(1) FrameMaker 8 works fine on both Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit assuming that if you are running Acrobat, you are using at least Acrobat 8.1. (2) You should ALWAYS cleanly uninstall Adobe applications. Actually you should first "deactivate" them and then uninstall them. Failure to do tha

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
(1) FrameMaker 8 works fine on both Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit assuming that if you are running Acrobat, you are using at least Acrobat 8.1. (2) You should ALWAYS cleanly uninstall Adobe applications. Actually you should first "deactivate" them and then uninstall them. Failure to do tha

RE: Can't open FrameMaker 7.2

2008-12-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
Try rebooting your system first. There may be some resource which is oversubscribed or locked. BTW, why are so many of you suffering from "Reinstallzheimers"? In fact, very, very few problems have been resolved by simply reinstalling software. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: [

Can't open FrameMaker 7.2

2008-12-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
Try rebooting your system first. There may be some resource which is oversubscribed or locked. BTW, why are so many of you suffering from "Reinstallzheimers"? In fact, very, very few problems have been resolved by simply reinstalling software. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: f

RE: fonts in Frame

2008-10-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
ng the problem. One thing they could have done is disabled is overall support for Type 1 and OpenType CFF fonts. Check for that in the appropriate XP Control Panel. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Joel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 11:08 AM &

fonts in Frame

2008-10-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
ng the problem. One thing they could have done is disabled is overall support for Type 1 and OpenType CFF fonts. Check for that in the appropriate XP Control Panel. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Joel [mailto:eleysium at gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 1

RE: fonts in Frame

2008-10-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
about problems with certain fonts when certain video card drivers are used. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Joel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 10:25 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: fonts in Fram

fonts in Frame

2008-10-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
about problems with certain fonts when certain video card drivers are used. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Joel [mailto:eleysium at gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 10:25 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: fonts

RE: fonts in Frame

2008-10-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
Joel, I've tried to create a new document in FrameMaker 8 (with all updates applied) using Myriad Pro, Myriad Pro Bold, Myriad Pro Semicondensed, and Myriad Pro Semicondensed Bold. I am running under Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit although that should not make a difference here. For better or worse

fonts in Frame

2008-10-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
Joel, I've tried to create a new document in FrameMaker 8 (with all updates applied) using Myriad Pro, Myriad Pro Bold, Myriad Pro Semicondensed, and Myriad Pro Semicondensed Bold. I am running under Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit although that should not make a difference here. For better or worse

RE: Text is RGB

2008-10-29 Thread Dov Isaacs
There is an exceptionally simple solution to this. Go the settings for the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance. Under "Properties" go to the "Device Settings" tab and change "Convert Gray Text to PostScript Gray" and "Convert Gray Graphics to PostScript Gray" BOTH to "Yes." As a result all

Text is RGB

2008-10-29 Thread Dov Isaacs
There is an exceptionally simple solution to this. Go the settings for the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance. Under "Properties" go to the "Device Settings" tab and change "Convert Gray Text to PostScript Gray" and "Convert Gray Graphics to PostScript Gray" BOTH to "Yes." As a result all

RE: Font issue after upgrading to Framemaker 8

2008-10-15 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker 8 certainly does handle fonts differently from earlier versions. It is a Unicode application and such changes in character mappings is a major area to watch out for when migrating any document to FrameMaker 8 that uses characters in fonts that are not mapped correctly. All the Wingding,

Font issue after upgrading to Framemaker 8

2008-10-15 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker 8 certainly does handle fonts differently from earlier versions. It is a Unicode application and such changes in character mappings is a major area to watch out for when migrating any document to FrameMaker 8 that uses characters in fonts that are not mapped correctly. All the Wingding,

RE: Help with Distiller

2008-10-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
.notdef is part of a font definition. The fact that this is showing up as an undefined PostScript operator would lead me to believe that your PostScript file is either incomplete or corrupted. I've seen a similar problem occur if one runs out of disk space while the PostScript file is being written

Help with Distiller

2008-10-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
.notdef is part of a font definition. The fact that this is showing up as an undefined PostScript operator would lead me to believe that your PostScript file is either incomplete or corrupted. I've seen a similar problem occur if one runs out of disk space while the PostScript file is being written

RE: Migrating features over to InDesign

2008-09-29 Thread Dov Isaacs
To be very specific about this (and to hopefully avoid the seemingly annual "FrameMaker is dead" ritual), there are absolutely NO plans within Adobe at this time to discontinue FrameMaker in favor of InDesign. The features added to InDesign that are "Framemaker-like" are specifically per the reques

Migrating features over to InDesign

2008-09-29 Thread Dov Isaacs
To be very specific about this (and to hopefully avoid the seemingly annual "FrameMaker is dead" ritual), there are absolutely NO plans within Adobe at this time to discontinue FrameMaker in favor of InDesign. The features added to InDesign that are "Framemaker-like" are specifically per the reques

FW: INFO: Adobe CS4 help posted

2008-09-25 Thread Dov Isaacs
As a followup to a recent thread about FrameMaker versus InDesign, per the message posted below on an InDesign list, Adobe just published the files (including PDF) for InDesign 6 and InCopy 6 Help. Guess what was used to produce these? (Hint: Download and open the PDF file and hit Ctrl-D)

FW: INFO: Adobe CS4 help posted

2008-09-25 Thread Dov Isaacs
As a followup to a recent thread about FrameMaker versus InDesign, per the message posted below on an InDesign list, Adobe just published the files (including PDF) for InDesign 6 and InCopy 6 Help. Guess what was used to produce these? (Hint: Download and open the PDF file and hit Ctrl-D)

Acrobat displays only B/W

2008-09-15 Thread Dov Isaacs
Stuart, Ironically, Acrobat has never had any "black and white display mode." Congratulations, you've invented a new feature for an old product. However, Acrobat does have an "accessibility" display feature (although I don't recall how many versions back that went - Acrobat 6 is over 5 years old

RE: InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-12 Thread Dov Isaacs
; > ________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dov Isaacs > Sent: Fri 9/12/2008 11:46 AM > To: framers; Graeme R Forbes > Subject: RE: InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker > > > > Graeme, > > Don't count on getting that extra act

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-12 Thread Dov Isaacs
john > > > > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com on behalf of Dov Isaacs > Sent: Fri 9/12/2008 11:46 AM > To: framers; Graeme R Forbes > Subject: RE: InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker > > > > Graeme, > > Don't

RE: InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-12 Thread Dov Isaacs
Graeme, Don't count on getting that extra activation. The EULA is quite clear in terms of how many systems - two - you may simultaneously install and activate simultaneously and that you may legally only execute on one of those at any time. I hardly see how your request is related to "natural just

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-12 Thread Dov Isaacs
Graeme, Don't count on getting that extra activation. The EULA is quite clear in terms of how many systems - two - you may simultaneously install and activate simultaneously and that you may legally only execute on one of those at any time. I hardly see how your request is related to "natural just

RE: InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
PM > > Hi, Dov: > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Dov Isaacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To be very clear, although designed as a replacement for PageMaker, InDesign > > was certainly not designed by Adobe to be a "replacement for FrameMaker." > >

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
PM > > Hi, Dov: > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Dov Isaacs wrote: > > To be very clear, although designed as a replacement for PageMaker, InDesign > > was certainly not designed by Adobe to be a "replacement for FrameMaker." > > > > Yes, over time

RE: InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
To be very clear, although designed as a replacement for PageMaker, InDesign was certainly not designed by Adobe to be a "replacement for FrameMaker." Yes, over time a number of FrameMaker features have been incorporated into InDesign, but unless you are using none of FrameMaker's structured featu

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
To be very clear, although designed as a replacement for PageMaker, InDesign was certainly not designed by Adobe to be a "replacement for FrameMaker." Yes, over time a number of FrameMaker features have been incorporated into InDesign, but unless you are using none of FrameMaker's structured featu

RE: Times, Times Roman, Times New Roman, and changing printers, etc.

2008-09-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
x27;m unsure which version, actually) your current > license agreement may not cover > use of the old version fonts. > > Dov, what is correct here ??? > > Best regards > Jacob Schäffer > Grafikhuset > Denmark > > > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > > Fra

Times, Times Roman, Times New Roman, and changing printers, etc.

2008-09-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
x27;m unsure which version, actually) your current > license agreement may not cover > use of the old version fonts. > > Dov, what is correct here ??? > > Best regards > Jacob Sch?ffer > Grafikhuset > Denmark > > > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > >

RE: Times, Times Roman, Times New Roman, and changing printers, etc.

2008-09-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
The original problem reported by Paul stems from the Windows "phantom phont phenomena!" Windows font enumeration, used by standard Windows applications (such as FrameMaker), allows printer drivers to insert font information to be passed back to the application even if such fonts are not actually in

Times, Times Roman, Times New Roman, and changing printers, etc.

2008-09-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
The original problem reported by Paul stems from the Windows "phantom phont phenomena!" Windows font enumeration, used by standard Windows applications (such as FrameMaker), allows printer drivers to insert font information to be passed back to the application even if such fonts are not actually in

RE: Smart quotes

2008-09-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
OK, I tried this myself with FrameMaker 8.0p277 (the latest update). I typed the same text with quotes (using the standard US keyboard straight double quote - i.e., the inch character - as my double quote character) in Times New Roman, Arial, Minion Pro, and Myriad Pro. For all four lines of text

Smart quotes

2008-09-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
OK, I tried this myself with FrameMaker 8.0p277 (the latest update). I typed the same text with quotes (using the standard US keyboard straight double quote - i.e., the inch character - as my double quote character) in Times New Roman, Arial, Minion Pro, and Myriad Pro. For all four lines of text

RE: ACTIVATING FONTS

2008-09-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
sorry! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Michael Zaichenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 8:45 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Subject: RE: ACTIVATING FONTS > > Dear Dov, > thanks for such an extensive answer. I had no idea. What handles

ACTIVATING FONTS

2008-09-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
sorry! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Michael Zaichenko [mailto:biozaichenko at hotmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 8:45 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Subject: RE: ACTIVATING FONTS > > Dear Dov, > thanks for such an extensive answer. I had no idea. What handles

RE: ACTIVATING FONTS

2008-09-06 Thread Dov Isaacs
Michael, Contrary to what you may believe, FrameMaker has no "autoactivation" option it it. Like other Windows applications, when a font is added to the system, via Windows' standard "Add Fonts" control panel option or via ATM (or for that matter any font manager that properly interfaces with Wind

ACTIVATING FONTS

2008-09-06 Thread Dov Isaacs
Michael, Contrary to what you may believe, FrameMaker has no "autoactivation" option it it. Like other Windows applications, when a font is added to the system, via Windows' standard "Add Fonts" control panel option or via ATM (or for that matter any font manager that properly interfaces with Wind

RE: Missing font when printing

2008-09-04 Thread Dov Isaacs
I've seen this problem before and it generally has nothing to do with either FrameMaker or Acrobat, but rather, secret sauce in the operating system and its interface with the PostScript driver with regards to the "Symbol" font. The symptoms you report usually would indicate that somehow the TrueTy

Missing font when printing

2008-09-04 Thread Dov Isaacs
I've seen this problem before and it generally has nothing to do with either FrameMaker or Acrobat, but rather, secret sauce in the operating system and its interface with the PostScript driver with regards to the "Symbol" font. The symptoms you report usually would indicate that somehow the TrueTy

RE: A Hero, not a criminal

2008-08-22 Thread Dov Isaacs
I hardly consider them heroes. Vandalism is vandalism. They could have made their point very well by photographing all these signs, putting up a web page with the "evidence" and the required corrections, and then calling a press conference and making a media event out of it. If everybody simply van

A Hero, not a criminal

2008-08-22 Thread Dov Isaacs
I hardly consider them heroes. Vandalism is vandalism. They could have made their point very well by photographing all these signs, putting up a web page with the "evidence" and the required corrections, and then calling a press conference and making a media event out of it. If everybody simply van

RE: why am I having missing fonts in FM8, and how to correct?

2008-08-14 Thread Dov Isaacs
ely deal with.) - Dov > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:35 AM > To: Dov Isaacs; framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: why am I having missing fonts in FM8, and how to correct? > &g

why am I having missing fonts in FM8, and how to correct?

2008-08-14 Thread Dov Isaacs
ely deal with.) - Dov > -Original Message- > From: ActionA at aol.com [mailto:ActionA at aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:35 AM > To: Dov Isaacs; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: why am I having missing fonts in FM8, and how to correct? >

RE: why am I having missing fonts in FM8, and how to correct?

2008-08-13 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker 8 continues to support use of Type 1 fonts (I assume that is what you mean by "PS fonts") as well as TrueType and OpenType fonts. The character set of the Type 1 fonts are mapped into Unicode. You don't say what type of "font errors" you are getting (missing fonts? mismapped characters?

why am I having missing fonts in FM8, and how to correct?

2008-08-13 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker 8 continues to support use of Type 1 fonts (I assume that is what you mean by "PS fonts") as well as TrueType and OpenType fonts. The character set of the Type 1 fonts are mapped into Unicode. You don't say what type of "font errors" you are getting (missing fonts? mismapped characters?

RE: Frame & Acrobat upgrades

2008-07-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
Friday, July 18, 2008 2:16 PM > To: Dov Isaacs; framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Frame & Acrobat upgrades > > But how about the interim stage when I'm still on Frame 6 with Acrobat > 9. Is that asking for trouble? > Thanks, > Jo > > -Original Message-

Frame & Acrobat upgrades

2008-07-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
ent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:16 PM > To: Dov Isaacs; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Frame & Acrobat upgrades > > But how about the interim stage when I'm still on Frame 6 with Acrobat > 9. Is that asking for trouble? > Thanks, > Jo > > -Origin

RE: Frame & Acrobat upgrades

2008-07-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat 9 are fully compatible! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Jo Watkiss > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 7:04 AM > > I'm currently using Frame 6 and Acrobat 5 on Windows XP. > I'm about to upgrade to Acrobat 9, and will (in time) upgrade to Frame > 8. > > Can a

Frame & Acrobat upgrades

2008-07-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat 9 are fully compatible! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Jo Watkiss > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 7:04 AM > > I'm currently using Frame 6 and Acrobat 5 on Windows XP. > I'm about to upgrade to Acrobat 9, and will (in time) upgrade to Frame > 8. > > Can a

RE: FrameMaker on Windows - Issues Discussed Today

2008-06-30 Thread Dov Isaacs
Paul, My HP 8710w notebook does NOT have a glossy screen! I believe that the glossy screen is only available with the low resolution model, i.e., 1680x1050 as opposed to 1920x1200. I have the high resolution model. You cannot directly connect a digital monitor to the 8710w. You must use a docking

FrameMaker on Windows - Issues Discussed Today

2008-06-30 Thread Dov Isaacs
Paul, My HP 8710w notebook does NOT have a glossy screen! I believe that the glossy screen is only available with the low resolution model, i.e., 1680x1050 as opposed to 1920x1200. I have the high resolution model. You cannot directly connect a digital monitor to the 8710w. You must use a docking

RE: PDF Creation Add-on

2008-06-27 Thread Dov Isaacs
t;PDF Creation Add-on" or was it an option? You certainly don't need it if you have full Acrobat!! - Dov From: Hedley Finger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:28 AM To: Dov Isaacs Cc: Paul Findon; FrameUsers List Subject: Re: PDF Creation Add-o

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