Hi Steve
I wonder if the frame is 1 point in height and width - that is, empty and
shrinkwrapped. If you can select the anchor, can you do Esc,s,a to open the
frame properties dialog box? If so, what happens if you change the dimensions
to something that should be visible?
Another thing: is
Hi Steve
I wonder if the frame is 1 point in height and width - that is, empty and
shrinkwrapped. If you can select the anchor, can you do Esc,s,a to open the
frame properties dialog box? If so, what happens if you change the dimensions
to something that should be visible?
Another thing: is
Hello Ellen
It would help to have more information, such as:
How are you creating the PDF? Print to Adobe PDF? Save Book As? Print to File?
Do you see a Distiller error? If so, what does it say?
What do you mean by fails? No PDF created?
Does Distiller get up to a certain page and then stop?
Is
Hello Ellen
It would help to have more information, such as:
How are you creating the PDF? Print to Adobe PDF? Save Book As? Print to File?
Do you see a Distiller error? If so, what does it say?
What do you mean by "fails"? No PDF created?
Does Distiller get up to a certain page and then stop?
Hi Avraham
To apply the character format:
1. Create the format and apply it to a text range.
2. Select the formatted text and go to Edit-Copy Special-Character format.
3. Do a search and replace for your company name. In the Change field, select
By pasting. This applies the character format that
I agree that a variable is the way to go. When Acme changes to Nadir, you'll be
able to make the switch very quickly. Screenshots, however, will take
longer. 8^)
Roger
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Hi Avraham
To apply the character format:
1. Create the format and apply it to a text range.
2. Select the formatted text and go to Edit->Copy Special->Character format.
3. Do a search and replace for your company name. In the Change field, select
By pasting. This applies the character format
I agree that a variable is the way to go. When Acme changes to Nadir, you'll be
able to make the switch very quickly. Screenshots, however, will take
longer. 8^)
Roger
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Hi Tina
Here is a summary that someone posted on the Framers list a few months back
(with acknowledgments to the author):
Comparison of FrameMaker and InDesign
Generally, unless you are using heavy XML (InDesign does XML but not as
advanced) or DITA (which ID does not support), it is a heated
Hi Tina
Here is a summary that someone posted on the Framers list a few months back
(with acknowledgments to the author):
Comparison of FrameMaker and InDesign
Generally, unless you are using heavy XML (InDesign does XML but not as
advanced) or DITA (which ID does not support), it is a heated
Hi James
I think your combined requirement for (i) graphics outside the column and (ii)
a caption is problematic, for the reasons that you mention. I would
consider dispensing with the caption altogether, as the graphic presumably
illustrates precisely what is in the step and is somewhat
Hi James
I think your combined requirement for (i) graphics outside the column and (ii)
a caption is problematic, for the reasons that you mention. I would
consider dispensing with the caption altogether, as the graphic presumably
illustrates precisely what is in the step and is somewhat
Sounds like another of those Intel inside, Idiots outside people that I came
across in an IT department some years ago. I'd be tempted to tell him
to sort it out himself.
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Canada
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Sounds like another of those "Intel inside, Idiots outside" people that I came
across in an IT department some years ago. I'd be tempted to tell him
to sort it out himself.
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Canada
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Hi Michael
Another manual method, perhaps easier than the one you describe, is:
1. Select the line of text.
2. Hold down Alt and user the left arrow key to move the whole line to the left
until the space is taken up.
You could perhaps semi-automate this by doing a find for that particular
Hi Michael
Another manual method, perhaps easier than the one you describe, is:
1. Select the line of text.
2. Hold down Alt and user the left arrow key to move the whole line to the left
until the space is taken up.
You could perhaps semi-automate this by doing a find for that particular
Hi Mathieu
I have used PNG for graphics in Eclipse Help and other forms of Help with no
problems.
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Canada
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Sent: July 31,
Hi Mathieu
I have used PNG for graphics in Eclipse Help and other forms of Help with no
problems.
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Canada
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Sent: July
Hello All
I have a document that contains Bible references as footnotes (e.g. Romans
3:12). I'd like to construct an Index of Scripture References at the end of
the book, listing the references in biblical order rather than alphabetical,
but this presents problems for the sort order. Some
Hello All
I have a document that contains Bible references as footnotes (e.g. Romans
3:12). I'd like to construct an Index of Scripture References at the end of
the book, listing the references in biblical order rather than alphabetical,
but this presents problems for the sort order. Some
Hi Carol
Adding to answers already received:
If you get Auto-Text from Silicon Prairie Software
(www.siliconprairiesoftware.com), you can create the table once and store it on
a reference page.
Then a keystroke will insert it at the right place.
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Ontario
Hi Carol
Adding to answers already received:
If you get Auto-Text from Silicon Prairie Software
(www.siliconprairiesoftware.com), you can create the table once and store it on
a reference page.
Then a keystroke will insert it at the right place.
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Ontario
Aargh! That works in FM7.x too!
Aargh!!
AARGH!!!
(I feel better now. All those clicks over the years...)
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Canada
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Sent:
Hello All
I wonder if anyone has seen this. Using Frame 7.1p116 on XP SP3.
Kevin Hunter posted a question yesterday:
quote
I have a document with two flows, A B, in parallel on a page. In flow A, my
numbered lists sequence fine. It is set to AutoConnect. With flow B,
which appears
Hello All
I wonder if anyone has seen this. Using Frame 7.1p116 on XP SP3.
Kevin Hunter posted a question yesterday:
I have a document with two flows, A & B, in parallel on a page. In flow A, my
numbered lists sequence fine. It is set to AutoConnect. With flow B,
which appears to be
Heh, reminds me of the IT department of the hospital where I used to work. They
had a sign on the door that read Intel inside, Idiots outside. Time
proved that...well...it wasn't exactly true.
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Canada
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Heh, reminds me of the IT department of the hospital where I used to work. They
had a sign on the door that read "Intel inside, Idiots outside". Time
proved that...well...it wasn't exactly true.
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Canada
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Hello John(?)
Basically, what you have is this:
M: - a series label that identifies this numbering scheme and distinguishes
it from all other numbering schemes. You can have dozens of numbering
schemes in a doc, but in practice one or two usually suffices.
Fig. - literal text that will appear
Hello John(?)
Basically, what you have is this:
M: - a "series label" that identifies this numbering scheme and distinguishes
it from all other numbering schemes. You can have dozens of numbering
schemes in a doc, but in practice one or two usually suffices.
Fig. - literal text that will
, and no security applied.
Roger
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Sent: March 10, 2009 12:47 PM
To: Art Campbell
Cc: Shuttleworth, Roger; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF
I have
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Sent: March 10, 2009 1:08 PM
To: Shuttleworth, Roger
Cc: Art Campbell; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF
Have you tried:
* Copy/Paste
* Printing to PDF
Please forgive the OT post, but I'm hoping some of the PDF gurus on the list
may be able to help.
I have a PDF that was created using Mac OSX 10.3.9. It displays fine on my
Windows XP SP3 machine, but I cannot extract the text and create a Word
doc. When I try Save As, I get nothing produced
t by me, I might add!).
Roger
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Gold
Sent: March 10, 2009 1:08 PM
To: Shuttleworth, Roger
Cc: Art Campbell; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF
Hello Verner
If you open the MIF file in a text editor, you can search for a graphic name
(from the left column of your table) and replace it with the
corresponding new name. Then save the MIF and open it in FrameMaker.
I don't know of an easier way.
Regards,
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Canada
Hello Verner
If you open the MIF file in a text editor, you can search for a graphic name
(from the left column of your table) and replace it with the
corresponding new name. Then save the MIF and open it in FrameMaker.
I don't know of an easier way.
Regards,
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Canada
). Perhaps the
only way, as Cheryl suggested, is to put it in a table.
Roger
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Sent: December 18, 2008 8:55 AM
To: Eaton, Doug; framers
Hello Doug
1. Create a character format that uses the Wingdings font.
2. Determine which keyboard key gives you the open square that you want.
3. Define your numbered paragraph format. On the Numbering tab, check the
Autonumber Format box.
4. In the autonumber field, type the keyboard character
). Perhaps the
only way, as Cheryl suggested, is to put it in a table.
Roger
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Sent: December 18, 2008 8:55 AM
To: Eaton, Doug; framers
Hi Nancy
MIFMuncher will create a text file listing all the paragraph characteristics
that you selected, for all the paragraph formats in your document. It
will not include character formats, cross-refs, tables, etc. However, I don't
know how you would do a diff between sections of the same
Hi Nancy
MIFMuncher will create a text file listing all the paragraph characteristics
that you selected, for all the paragraph formats in your document. It
will not include character formats, cross-refs, tables, etc. However, I don't
know how you would do a diff between sections of the same
There is an open-source DITA-to-wiki project under way that claims to be able
to round-trip between DITA (hence structured Frame or XML editor) and
wiki. See http://development.lombardi.com/?p=68. I have not used it, so cannot
comment on its capabilities.
Regards,
Roger Shuttleworth
London,
There is an open-source DITA-to-wiki project under way that claims to be able
to round-trip between DITA (hence structured Frame or XML editor) and
wiki. See http://development.lombardi.com/?p=68. I have not used it, so cannot
comment on its capabilities.
Regards,
Roger Shuttleworth
London,
Hello Lester
I used SharePoint in a previous life. No problems with it as regards
FrameMaekr, except that:
1. Version control for FM binaries consists of storing copies, not diffs.
2. If I remember correctly, SharePoint does not search the content of FM files
(though it does Office documents
Hello Lester
I used SharePoint in a previous life. No problems with it as regards
FrameMaekr, except that:
1. Version control for FM binaries consists of storing copies, not diffs.
2. If I remember correctly, SharePoint does not search the content of FM files
(though it does Office documents
Hello All
I am working with XML files in FM 7.1.
I prefer to work with Element Boundaries visible, so after opening a file I set
this option on the View menu. However, when I close the file and open
another one, I have to set it again. Is there any way to have this set as a
permanent
Hello All
I am working with XML files in FM 7.1.
I prefer to work with Element Boundaries visible, so after opening a file I set
this option on the View menu. However, when I close the file and open
another one, I have to set it again. Is there any way to have this set as a
permanent
Hello All
I'm sure this has been asked previously on the list, but I can't access the
frameusers.com site.
Using Frame 7.1 on Windows XP.
By default, when a graphic is imported into an anchored frame, it appears to
place a 6.0 pt internal gap between the anchored frame and the image.
Hello All
I'm sure this has been asked previously on the list, but I can't access the
frameusers.com site.
Using Frame 7.1 on Windows XP.
By default, when a graphic is imported into an anchored frame, it appears to
place a 6.0 pt internal gap between the anchored frame and the image. Is
Hi Deirdre
The term alphanumeric covers both alphabetical and numeric characters.
Regards,
Roger
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Sent: July 23, 2008 3:38 PM
To: Framer's List
Subject: OT: question about usage
Hi all:
The
Hi Deirdre
The term "alphanumeric" covers both alphabetical and numeric characters.
Regards,
Roger
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Sent: July 23, 2008 3:38 PM
To: Framer's List
Hello All
I posted this question on the FrameMaker-DITA group last week and got no
response, so here goes again.
Using FM 7.1 p116 on Windows XP SP2.
In my EDD I have four elements that are defined as table elements. They are:
tgroup, simpletable, choicetable, and properties (all
The Character Sets PDF available from the Help menu lists the following for
Windows:
Alt 0176Symbol font CrtlQ, 0 - but gives it an infinity symbol!
Alternatively, I find you can use Ctrl-Q,{ in the standard font (I'm using
Stone Serif).
Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Publications
Hello Deirdre
The presence of a table caption is determined by the table format as shown in
the Table Designer. You can set it to No title if you wish.
Figure captions are just paragraphs that you may or may not want to insert.
If you are using structured FrameMaker, you can have a figure
Hello Deirdre
The presence of a table caption is determined by the table format as shown in
the Table Designer. You can set it to "No title" if you wish.
Figure captions are just paragraphs that you may or may not want to insert.
If you are using structured FrameMaker, you can have a figure
Hi Carla
Which links are you referring to? ToC hyperlinks to chapters? Internal links
within the chapter? Cross-refs inside the chapter? Etc.
Roger
Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Publications
TVWorks Canada, Inc.
150 Dufferin Avenue
London, Ontario
N6A 5N6
Canada
Tel. 519 963-4368
Hi Carla
I presume you are referring to the hyperlinks that are created between the ToC
and the chapter heading within Frame, rather than in a PDF.
If you have View, Text Symbols switched on, do you see a hypertext marker in
this ToC heading, just as in the other headings?
In the book file,
Hi Carla
Which links are you referring to? ToC hyperlinks to chapters? Internal links
within the chapter? Cross-refs inside the chapter? Etc.
Roger
Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Publications
TVWorks Canada, Inc.
150 Dufferin Avenue
London, Ontario
N6A 5N6
Canada
Tel. 519 963-4368
Hi Carla
I presume you are referring to the hyperlinks that are created between the ToC
and the chapter heading within Frame, rather than in a PDF.
If you have View, Text Symbols switched on, do you see a hypertext marker in
this ToC heading, just as in the other headings?
In the book file,
Before we get too excited about this, it appears to me that the news report
refers to Microsoft ceasing to *sell* XP, not ceasing to support it.
As for me, I tried Vista on a new laptop for a few days and hated it.
Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Publications
TVWorks Canada, Inc.
150 Dufferin
Before we get too excited about this, it appears to me that the news report
refers to Microsoft ceasing to *sell* XP, not ceasing to support it.
As for me, I tried Vista on a new laptop for a few days and hated it.
Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Publications
TVWorks Canada, Inc.
150 Dufferin
Yes, that happened to me last week too. I was resizing an anchored frame. Also
7.1 on XP SP2. It just quit. Suddenly it was there, then it wasn't. No
message. I thought my eyes had gone funny...
Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Publications
TVWorks Canada, Inc.
150 Dufferin Avenue
London, Ontario
Yes, that happened to me last week too. I was resizing an anchored frame. Also
7.1 on XP SP2. It just quit. Suddenly it was there, then it wasn't. No
message. I thought my eyes had gone funny...
Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Publications
TVWorks Canada, Inc.
150 Dufferin Avenue
London, Ontario
Thanks to all who replied regarding my missing fonts problem. The answer was a
Jakob Schäffer suggested below; as soon as I added C:\PSFONTS to the
Distiller font locations (i.e. pointing to the PFB file) the problem went away.
Thanks also to Fred Ridder for a warning regarding use of ATM
Thanks to all who replied regarding my missing fonts problem. The answer was a
Jakob Sch?ffer suggested below; as soon as I added C:\PSFONTS to the
Distiller font locations (i.e. pointing to the PFB file) the problem went away.
Thanks also to Fred Ridder for a warning regarding use of ATM Lite
Hello All
(sigh) I know this question must have been asked dozens of times.
Using FrameMaker 7.1 p116 and Acrobat Professional (Distiller) 7.0.7. Windows
XP SP2.
I try to create a PDF from FrameMaker using File Save as PDF. Distiller fires
up but fails to produce a PDF (because of
Hello All
(sigh) I know this question must have been asked dozens of times.
Using FrameMaker 7.1 p116 and Acrobat Professional (Distiller) 7.0.7. Windows
XP SP2.
I try to create a PDF from FrameMaker using File > Save as PDF. Distiller fires
up but fails to produce a PDF (because of my
And another suggestion regarding getting markers into paragraphs of a
particular format (assuming you don't use IXGen):
Do a Find using the specific paragraph format. When you do Find Next, the
paragraph is selected. Then Esc,s,m will open the marker box with the text
already in it. But remember
Hello All
A couple of years ago (maybe more) Dov Isaacs published a couple of
presentations on Distiller 6 options and how to set up Distiller for PDF
creation
from FrameMaker. But I seem to recall that there was a subsequent version for
Distiller 7. Does anyone know where I can find it, if
Hello All
A couple of years ago (maybe more) Dov Isaacs published a couple of
presentations on Distiller 6 options and how to set up Distiller for PDF
creation
from FrameMaker. But I seem to recall that there was a subsequent version for
Distiller 7. Does anyone know where I can find it, if
And another suggestion regarding getting markers into paragraphs of a
particular format (assuming you don't use IXGen):
Do a Find using the specific paragraph format. When you do Find Next, the
paragraph is selected. Then Esc,s,m will open the marker box with the text
already in it. But remember
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