Re: Show/Hide .. inconsistent

2007-10-12 Thread Miriam Lezak
This is actually a known Frame issue -- annoying, but it doesn't get in the way. To fix it: * Open the book * Open a file that does not get the error message (which might be the first file in the book) * FileImport Formats * Deselect All * Import Conditional Text formats only The Show/Hide

Show/Hide .. inconsistent

2007-10-12 Thread Miriam Lezak
This is actually a known Frame issue -- annoying, but it doesn't get in the way. To fix it: * Open the book * Open a file that does not get the error message (which might be the first file in the book) * File>Import Formats * Deselect All * Import Conditional Text formats only The "Show/Hide

Re: Any experience with TrackChanges tool from Integrated Technologies

2007-10-11 Thread Miriam Lezak
Ron -- I used it for a number of years. As time went by, it got more sophisticated, but worse. I learned to save early and often, because it crashed with some frequency. The last time I used it, it actually ate a bunch of my added text -- which turned out to be a very very bad thing. It was

Re: radical revamping of techpubs

2007-10-11 Thread Miriam Lezak
One word answer: Bad. Unless they don't care if they have unreadable, unusable, documentation. Miriam - Original Message - From: mulholland4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:54 PM Subject: radical revamping of techpubs Hi, I would

Any experience with TrackChanges tool from Integrated Technologies

2007-10-10 Thread Miriam Lezak
Ron -- I used it for a number of years. As time went by, it got more sophisticated, but worse. I learned to save early and often, because it crashed with some frequency. The last time I used it, it actually ate a bunch of my added text -- which turned out to be a very very bad thing. It was

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-10-10 Thread Miriam Lezak
One word answer: Bad. Unless they don't care if they have unreadable, unusable, documentation. Miriam - Original Message - From: "mulholland4" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:54 PM Subject: radical revamping of techpubs Hi, I would like to see what the

PDF help -- Many thanks!

2007-09-21 Thread Miriam Lezak
What great responses! The easiest solution thus far is to use Print with Adobe PDF as the printer and change the color option to black and white (spot color as black and white doesn't seem to do anything). I still have a slight color differential between my regular text and hypertext (the

PDF help -- Many thanks!

2007-09-21 Thread Miriam Lezak
What great responses! The easiest solution thus far is to use Print with Adobe PDF as the printer and change the color option to black and white (spot color as black and white doesn't seem to do anything). I still have a slight color differential between my regular text and hypertext (the

OT: PDF question

2007-09-20 Thread Miriam Lezak
I know this spills into the wide world of PDF, but my guess is that someone else has had this issue. From a book file (Framemaker 8, Acrobat 8 Standard), I need to generate a black and white print-ready PDF. I've got graphics and blue (hyperlinks) text. I'd like the blue text to come out as

OT: PDF question

2007-09-20 Thread Miriam Lezak
I know this spills into the wide world of PDF, but my guess is that someone else has had this issue.

Re: Memory Leak

2007-09-13 Thread Miriam Lezak
Kelly -- Are you running Frame with any plugins? Track Changes destabilized Framemaker for me. Giving conditional text a really good workout can also make it less stable (I had 12 conditions going). I got into the habit of saving about every 90 seconds. Miriam - Original Message

Memory Leak

2007-09-13 Thread Miriam Lezak
Kelly -- Are you running Frame with any plugins? Track Changes destabilized Framemaker for me. Giving conditional text a really good workout can also make it less stable (I had 12 conditions going). I got into the habit of saving about every 90 seconds. Miriam - Original Message

Re: Conditional Text Question

2007-07-10 Thread Miriam Lezak
Sam: If you conditionalize the whole row, that row should disappear when you turn the condition off. The colored borders indicate that you've correctly conditionalized it (rather than just conditionalizing the text within the border). If that doesn't make sense, let me know. Miriam -

Conditional Text Question

2007-07-09 Thread Miriam Lezak
Sam: If you conditionalize the whole row, that row should disappear when you turn the condition off. The colored borders indicate that you've correctly conditionalized it (rather than just conditionalizing the text within the border). If that doesn't make sense, let me know. Miriam -

Re: TOC problem

2007-05-24 Thread Miriam Lezak
I've managed to add the page manually and have it regenerate properly -- though this only works when I know I've got an odd-paged TOC. I add two paragraphs at the end of the TOC -- one that bumps to the top of the page, and a second that has my Intentionally left blank text (about 250 points

TOC problem

2007-05-24 Thread Miriam Lezak
I've managed to add the page manually and have it regenerate properly -- though this only works when I know I've got an odd-paged TOC. I add two paragraphs at the end of the TOC -- one that bumps to the top of the page, and a second that has my "Intentionally left blank" text (about 250

Re: More Elegant Indexing Solution

2007-05-08 Thread Miriam Lezak
Of course! Why didn't I remember that? To simplify things a little further, create the following character tags: I -- Italic (Angle = Italic, everything else set to As Is) B -- Bold (Weight = Bold, everything else As Is) D -- Default Para Font (Angle, Weight, and Variation = Regular) Then you

Fw: More Elegant Indexing Solution

2007-05-08 Thread Miriam Lezak
Fred Ridder pointed out that my solution italicizes the whole entry, not just the page number. I haven't tested it, but he claims that putting the I at the end of the entry will italicize the page number. I stand corrected. Miriam - Original Message - From: Miriam Lezak [EMAIL

More Elegant Indexing Solution

2007-05-08 Thread Miriam Lezak
Of course! Why didn't I remember that? To simplify things a little further, create the following character tags: I -- Italic (Angle = Italic, everything else set to As Is) B -- Bold (Weight = Bold, everything else As Is) D -- Default Para Font (Angle, Weight, and Variation = Regular) Then you

Fw: More Elegant Indexing Solution

2007-05-08 Thread Miriam Lezak
Fred Ridder pointed out that my solution italicizes the whole entry, not just the page number. I haven't tested it, but he claims that putting the at the end of the entry will italicize the page number. I stand corrected. Miriam - Original Message - From: "Miriam Lezak&

Re: continuing table headings

2007-05-02 Thread Miriam Lezak
Kara -- Do you have the table headings set as Heading? To make sure that your heading is really a heading, try: TableAdd Rows or ColumnsAdd 1 Row(s)To Heading. Then move the heading text to the new row. That will add a real heading row, which should repeat on every page. You can also use the

continuing table headings

2007-05-02 Thread Miriam Lezak
Kara -- Do you have the table headings set as Heading? To make sure that your heading is really a heading, try: Table>Add Rows or Columns>Add 1 Row(s)>To Heading. Then move the heading text to the new row. That will add a real heading row, which should repeat on every page. You can also use