Frame Maker 9 and some questions about its indexing and page limits

2009-08-04 Thread Shell, Robert
Dear Framers: I have been enjoying unparalleled stability with my FM 8.p20? running on Vista Business edition (with all updates). I have now graduated to the Professional Communications Suite 2 and also bought FrameScript. I am a very happy camper, although surveying many learning curves.

Frame Maker 9 and some questions about its indexing and page limits

2009-08-04 Thread Shell, Robert
Dear Framers: I have been enjoying unparalleled stability with my FM 8.p20? running on Vista Business edition (with all updates). I have now graduated to the Professional Communications Suite 2 and also bought FrameScript. I am a very happy camper, although surveying many learning curves.

Importing HTML files into FrameMaker 8.p257 or thereabouts: some questions

2009-07-09 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: I have a huge and thankless job of preparing and indexing many thousands of poorly scanned documents from HTML into FM for professional use. I do not think there are many shortcuts, but I wonder if there is some way to import the html text and or tables so that they can be placed in

Importing HTML files into FrameMaker 8.p257 or thereabouts: some questions

2009-07-09 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: I have a huge and thankless job of preparing and indexing many thousands of poorly scanned documents from HTML into FM for professional use. I do not think there are many shortcuts, but I wonder if there is some way to import the html text and or tables so that they can be placed in

FM8.2 embedding .swf and flash files and wishes for .u3d

2009-07-02 Thread Shell, Robert
Dear Video group: I have a sequence of detailed .avi animations exported from the free version of Sketchup. I want to embed them, or encode variants, into FrameMaker 8.2 so they generate normal .pdf files. However, although FM advertises that it can, it cannot, and one gets an Oh-so-UNCLICKABLE

FM8.2 embedding .swf and flash files and wishes for .u3d

2009-07-02 Thread Shell, Robert
Dear Video group: I have a sequence of detailed .avi animations exported from the free version of Sketchup. I want to embed them, or encode variants, into FrameMaker 8.2 so they generate normal .pdf files. However, although FM advertises that it can, it cannot, and one gets an

Converting .avi files in FM8.2 and converting to pdf issue

2009-06-04 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: I am running FM8.2 on Vista SP2. I know I am doing something wrong when converting an .avi file in an anchored frame in FM8.2 to .pdf. But I do not know what it is I am doing wrong. It runs nicely in FrameMaker, but when I convert to pdf, the result is a white frame with a

Converting .avi files in FM8.2 and converting to pdf issue

2009-06-04 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: I am running FM8.2 on Vista SP2. I know I am doing something wrong when converting an .avi file in an anchored frame in FM8.2 to .pdf. But I do not know what it is I am doing wrong. It runs nicely in FrameMaker, but when I convert to pdf, the result is a white frame with a

FM 8.2 query with regard to .skp and .u3d file translation. I want 3d in my .pdf output.

2009-05-21 Thread Shell, Robert
Dear Framers: A collaborator of mine has produced a fantastic layered graphic in the free version of Sketchup 7. It is a big file, over 10mb, which I had hoped to place in my FM file of 77MB. I had hoped, or assumed that Sketchup 7 (free) version would be able to save to .u3d which I

FM 8.2 query with regard to .skp and .u3d file translation. I want 3d in my .pdf output.

2009-05-21 Thread Shell, Robert
Dear Framers: A collaborator of mine has produced a fantastic layered graphic in the free version of Sketchup 7. It is a big file, over 10mb, which I had hoped to place in my FM file of 77MB. I had hoped, or assumed that Sketchup 7 (free) version would be able to save to .u3d which I

FrameMaker 8.0p277 hanging problems

2009-02-25 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: I have Vista Business edition with 4 gigs on a new machine. I have quite a few years on FM so am fairly confident it is a FM problem but the only hard evidence is from a Vista Log file: viz. Log Name: Application Source:Application Error Date: 2009/01/10

FrameMaker 8.0p277 hanging problems

2009-02-25 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: I have Vista Business edition with 4 gigs on a new machine. I have quite a few years on FM so am fairly confident it is a FM problem but the only hard evidence is from a Vista Log file: viz. Log Name: Application Source:Application Error Date: 2009/01/10

Re: Dictionary style running heads: some queries

2009-02-12 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: I have FrameMaker 8.0p277 I love the ability of FM to generate dictionary style running heads, but these only seem to work with index entries which also have discrete subtopics i.e. the main index subject line is on its own in the generated index file, followed by the indented

Dictionary style running heads: some queries

2009-02-12 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: I have FrameMaker 8.0p277 I love the ability of FM to generate dictionary style running heads, but these only seem to work with index entries which also have discrete subtopics i.e. the main index subject line is on its own in the generated index file, followed by the indented

Alignment of graphic and text elements in a table format

2009-01-10 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: I am running FM8p177 on Vista Prof and we are all becoming best of friends. This is an unstructured document problem, namely I am using a table format, no headings, two columns and two rows as a stable placeholder for a long sequence of graphic images, each with a dedicated text.

Alignment of graphic and text elements in a table format

2009-01-09 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: I am running FM8p177 on Vista Prof and we are all becoming best of friends. This is an unstructured document problem, namely I am using a table format, no headings, two columns and two rows as a stable placeholder for a long sequence of graphic images, each with a dedicated text.

Query regarding standardising headers and headers only; unwanted edge lines

2008-12-25 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: Seasons greetings I am running FM 8p277 on Vista Prof. 1. I wish to standardize my headers' dimensions. I know how to go into each file and set the dimensions using Graphics/object properties. But being bone lazy I would like to do this globally. Is this a job for FrameScript? The

Query regarding standardising headers and headers only; unwanted edge lines

2008-12-25 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi Framers: Seasons greetings I am running FM 8p277 on Vista Prof. 1. I wish to standardize my headers' dimensions. I know how to go into each file and set the dimensions using Graphics/object properties. But being bone lazy I would like to do this globally. Is this a job for FrameScript? The

FM 8 upgrade woes: some solutions

2008-12-23 Thread Shell, Robert
Dear Emily: my commiserations. My rig: Vista Professional with 4 gigs ram. I converted to FM 8 after Vista upgrade and had quite a few of the problems you mention. It took me a week to sort out. I too missed my Xmas market. I too was misled by a page number, but there was nothing wrong with

FM 8 upgrade woes: some solutions

2008-12-23 Thread Shell, Robert
Dear Emily: my commiserations. My rig: Vista Professional with 4 gigs ram. I converted to FM 8 after Vista upgrade and had quite a few of the problems you mention. It took me a week to sort out. I too missed my Xmas market. I too was misled by a page number, but there was nothing wrong with

Footnote issues in FM 7.2

2008-11-21 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi: My rig is FM 7.2 b144 running on Vista Business. I do scholarly publishing. Footnotes on the bottom of the page in FM is an issue that I have raised both within this list and with Adobe (no reply from the latter). I do not believe it is a train smash to have a single footnote on the

Footnote issues in FM 7.2

2008-11-21 Thread Shell, Robert
Hi: My rig is FM 7.2 b144 running on Vista Business. I do scholarly publishing. Footnotes on the bottom of the page in FM is an issue that I have raised both within this list and with Adobe (no reply from the latter). I do not believe it is a train smash to have a single footnote on the