Re: Take the Adobe Tech Comm Survey

Mac/Chrome and it worked fine. (I run FM in a Windows VM.) ...Susan   From: Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.com To: Karen Robbins karendes...@gmail.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2013 11:05 AM

Re: Frame 11 on MacBook Pro?

Hi Karen, I run FM 11 on my MacBook Pro using VMWare Fusion with Windows installed in the virtual machine. It's a spendy way to go, but it's rock solid. I installed FM from a CD (I'm old-fashioned that way) and have had relatively few problems. FM running in Windows on a Mac is at least as

Frame 11 on MacBook Pro?

Hi Karen, I run FM 11 on my MacBook Pro using VMWare Fusion with Windows installed in the virtual machine. It's a spendy way to go, but it's rock solid. I installed FM from a CD (I'm old-fashioned that way) and have had relatively few problems. FM running in Windows on a Mac is at least as

Re: Adobe ExportPDF

Sgammato jsgamm...@imprivata.com Cc: Susan Modlin smod...@yahoo.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2011 3:29 AM Subject: Re: Adobe ExportPDF I'll third MIF2Go for FMRTF, but if you really want to keep in control of your reviews/reviewers, using Acrobat and commentable PDFs

Adobe ExportPDF

com> To: John Sgammato Cc: Susan Modlin ; framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2011 3:29 AM Subject: Re: Adobe ExportPDF I'll third MIF2Go for FM>RTF, but if you really want to keep in control of your reviews/reviewers, using Acrobat and commentable PDFs is the way to go.

Adobe ExportPDF

Hi Framers, Has anyone taken a gander at this product/service yet? I'm occasionally plagued by co-workers who want editable Word versions of docs I create in Frame. The Frame export to RTF leaves a whole lot to be desired and I'm wondering if this new thing will produce a better formatted RTF

Adobe ExportPDF

Hi Framers, Has anyone taken a gander at this product/service yet? I'm occasionally plagued by co-workers who want editable Word versions of docs I create in Frame. The Frame export to RTF leaves a whole lot to be desired and I'm wondering if this new thing will produce a better formatted RTF

Re: Evaluating FM 7.2 replacement? RE: So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit and after a few initial hiccups, it's been smooth sailing. ...Susan From: Scott Prentice s...@leximation.com To: don...@uw.edu don...@uw.edu Cc: Framers framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Tue, March 29, 2011

Evaluating FM 7.2 replacement? RE: So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit and after a few initial hiccups, it's been smooth sailing. ...Susan From: Scott Prentice To: "donnaf at uw.edu" Cc: Framers Sent: Tue, March 29, 2011 5:55:51 PM Subject: Re: Evaluating FM 7.2

Re: So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

Hi Carrie, I'm lodged on Frame 7.2 by choice. There have been no bells and whistles in the more recent releases that gave me anything I felt I needed for my very small department of one. I've been using Frame since 2.1 and have a strong partiality for the Frame interface vs. the Adobe one, so

So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

Hi Carrie, I'm lodged on Frame 7.2 by choice. There have been no bells and whistles in the more recent releases that gave me anything I felt I needed for my very small department of one. I've been using Frame since 2.1 and have a strong partiality for the Frame interface vs. the Adobe one, so

Re: RoboHelp 6

will.h...@4techwriter.com To: Susan Modlin smod...@yahoo.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 6:37:07 AM Subject: RE: RoboHelp 6 Hi Susan, Judging by the tone of your message, I can only assume that you do not have RoboHelp 7 or RoboHelp 8 in your tool kit. If you had RH7

RoboHelp 6

<will.h...@4techwriter.com> To: Susan Modlin ; framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 6:37:07 AM Subject: RE: RoboHelp 6 Hi Susan, Judging by the tone of your message, I can only assume that you do not have RoboHelp 7 or RoboHelp 8 in your tool kit. If you had RH7 or RH

OT: RoboHelp 6

Hi, Framers, I've tried all the obvious and usual suspects, but no one is coming through. Here's the problem: my company acquired another software firm and I inherited their docs, which were created in Word and RH6. Before we jettison the existing docs and move them to FM, I need to make some

OT: RoboHelp 6

Hi, Framers, I've tried all the obvious and usual suspects, but no one is coming through. Here's the problem: my company acquired another software firm and I inherited their docs, which were created in Word and RH6. Before we jettison the existing docs and move them to FM, I need to make some

Re: What version of FM is compatible with Windows 7

OK, this may be a dumb question, but I'll ask it anyway. What's the difference between works under and is supported on? And the follow on question is does it matter as long as it works? ...Susan From: Dov Isaacs isa...@adobe.com To:

What version of FM is compatible with Windows 7

OK, this may be a dumb question, but I'll ask it anyway. What's the difference between "works under" and "is supported on"? And the follow on question is "does it matter as long as it works"? ...Susan From: Dov Isaacs To: "framers at

Anyone running FM 7.2 on Windows 7?

Hi, Framers. Before I plunk down hard-earned cash on an FM upgrade I don't particularly want, I thought I'd ask if anyone is running FM 7.2 in XP mode on Windows 7 and if so, how well it's working. Any gotchas that might influence my decision? My new PC is Win7 64-bit and although I don't

Anyone running FM 7.2 on Windows 7?

Hi, Framers. Before I plunk down hard-earned cash on an FM upgrade I don't particularly want, I thought I'd ask if anyone is running FM 7.2 in XP mode on Windows 7 and if so, how well it's working. Any gotchas that might influence my decision? My new PC is Win7 64-bit and although I don't

FM 7.2 and Windows 7 64-bit

Hi Framers, Call me old fashioned, but I'm happy with FM 7.2 and have no reason to upgrade. I am, however, migrating to a new machine running Windows 7 64-bit and need to install my trusty old FM. I can find a bit of info on running Frame 8 on Win 7, but nothing for older versions. Anyone have

FM 7.2 and Windows 7 64-bit

Hi Framers, Call me old fashioned, but I'm happy with FM 7.2 and have no reason to upgrade. I am, however, migrating to a new machine running Windows 7 64-bit and need to install my trusty old FM. I can find a bit of info on running Frame 8 on Win 7, but nothing for older versions. Anyone have

Re: Find text Apply tag

Sharon's suggestion is a good one. No matter what the industry, company names, product names, corporate identity styling, and the like are frequently subject to change. And if you're in the software business, change is almost de rigueur. The beauty of using variables for company names, etc.

Find Apply

Sharon's suggestion is a good one. No matter what the industry, company names, product names, corporate identity styling, and the like are frequently subject to change. And if you're in the software business, change is almost de rigueur. The beauty of using variables for company names, etc.

Re: re-use 101

Joel, I'm with Gillian on this one. Using this approach (and variables on title pages and in running headers and footers for book titles) I managed a pretty complex set of deliverables: two versions each of 10 major guides, and three versions of a training guide that contained pared-down

re-use 101

Joel, I'm with Gillian on this one. Using this approach (and variables on title pages and in running headers and footers for book titles) I managed a pretty complex set of deliverables: two versions each of 10 major guides, and three versions of a training guide that contained pared-down

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

Just out of curiosity, does Frame 7.2 run on either Vista 32 or or 64-bit? I need a new PC, and will probably have to go to Vista, but my current version of Frame (7.2) does exactly what I need and I'd rather not upgrade to 8 if I don't have to. ...Susan

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

Just out of curiosity, does Frame 7.2 run on either Vista 32 or or 64-bit? I need a new PC, and will probably have to go to Vista, but my current version of Frame (7.2) does exactly what I need and I'd rather not upgrade to 8 if I don't have to. ...Susan

Re: Smart quotes

The version that Dov mentions is the same one that shipped with FrameMaker 7.0. Joel, try this: Change your magnification to 800% and look at your Mryiad Pro quotes. You should be able to see a subtle shift in the weight between the open and close quotes. They both slant to the right, but the

Smart quotes

The version that Dov mentions is the same one that shipped with FrameMaker 7.0. Joel, try this: Change your magnification to 800% and look at your Mryiad Pro quotes. You should be able to see a subtle shift in the weight between the open and close quotes. They both slant to the right, but the

Re: ON-SCREEN GUIDES

Hi Michael, Have you tried showing grid lines (View Grid lines)? The default is quarter inch, but you can set the spacing to suit your needs (View Options). You can then use the Gravity and Snap commands on the Graphics menu to help align. I must confess, though, that like others on the list, I

ON-SCREEN GUIDES

Hi Michael, Have you tried showing grid lines (View > Grid lines)? The default is quarter inch, but you can set the spacing to suit your needs (View > Options). You can then use the Gravity and Snap commands on the Graphics menu to help align. I must confess, though, that like others on the list,

Re: disagreement on overrides

I think the key to the question is why the other writer is using overrides. We all know it's pretty much an article of faith that thou shalt not use overrides for anything other than controlling page breaks, as Peter notes. So why is the other writer overriding? I can think of three reasons

disagreement on overrides

I think the key to the question is why the other writer is using overrides. We all know it's pretty much an article of faith that thou shalt not use overrides for anything other than controlling page breaks, as Peter notes. So why is the other writer overriding? I can think of three reasons

Re: What version of Frame to Get Started ?

Amen to that. Some additional caveats: even if you do everything exactly as Jeremy suggests below, you're still at risk. And you would be wise not to count on either eBay or PayPal to provide much help. If you buy an academic version even though the vendor has said it's not, eBay seems to

What version of Frame to Get Started ?

Amen to that. Some additional caveats: even if you do everything exactly as Jeremy suggests below, you're still at risk. And you would be wise not to count on either eBay or PayPal to provide much help. If you buy an academic version even though the vendor has said it's not, eBay seems to

Re: Registering a new FrameMaker license

Hi, My last company was on an austerity campaign when I started and I did my provisioning off eBay with very mixed results. The FM transactions were trouble-free -- the sealed boxes just as advertised. I can't say the same for other Adobe products -- and neither eBay nor PayPal was a particle

Registering a new FrameMaker license

Hi, My last company was on an austerity campaign when I started and I did my provisioning off eBay with very mixed results. The FM transactions were trouble-free -- the sealed boxes just as advertised. I can't say the same for other Adobe products -- and neither eBay nor PayPal was a particle

Re: Smart Quotes pretty dumb in Gentium Basic, Minion Pro, and Auld Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and All.

Hmmm. I use Minion Pro, Win XP Pro, FM 7.2p158 and have no problems with smart quotes. Smart e-mails are another issue entirely g. ...Susan - Original Message From: Hedley Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frame Users [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008

Smart Quotes pretty dumb in Gentium Basic, Minion Pro, and Auld Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and All.

Hmmm. I use Minion Pro, Win XP Pro, FM 7.2p158 and have no problems with smart quotes. Smart e-mails are another issue entirely . ...Susan - Original Message From: Hedley Finger To: Frame Users ; framemaker-dita at yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 10,

Re: oldie

I was [EMAIL PROTECTED] starting in Jan, 1991. Porting the 2.1 tutorial to Open Look was my first project. The 3.0 Win/OL doc rewrite was the next. ...Susan - Original Message From: Grant Hogarth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Hedley Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Framers List [EMAIL PROTECTED]

oldie

I was sfm at frame.com starting in Jan, 1991. Porting the 2.1 tutorial to Open Look was my first project. The 3.0 Win/OL doc rewrite was the next. ...Susan - Original Message From: Grant Hogarth To: Hedley Finger Cc: Framers List Sent: Monday, February

Re: Frame's lame callouts

I also use a text frame, but take it one step further with a FrameScript that inserts a text frame in an anchored frame, sizes it, and sets the paragraph tag for me. ...Susan - Original Message From: Rene Stephenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Fred Ridder [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Flato, Gillian

Frame's lame callouts

I also use a text frame, but take it one step further with a FrameScript that inserts a text frame in an anchored frame, sizes it, and sets the paragraph tag for me. ...Susan - Original Message From: Rene Stephenson To: Fred Ridder ; "Flato, Gillian" ; framers at

Re: radical revamping of techpubs

I've followed this thread with interest, even though it has precious little to do with FrameMaker. My perspective differs somewhat from what I've seen so far in the discussion. I've been working in and with agile development groups as a writer or doc manager since late in the last century.

radical revamping of techpubs

I've followed this thread with interest, even though it has precious little to do with FrameMaker. My perspective differs somewhat from what I've seen so far in the discussion. I've been working in and with agile development groups as a writer or doc manager since late in the last century.

Re: radical revamping of techpubs

Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me -- at least as far as the customer is concerned. Although the company might enjoy a short-term savings, they'll pay for it in the longer term in increased support costs (unless they off-shore that too) and customer dissatisfaction. ...Susan -

radical revamping of techpubs

Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me -- at least as far as the customer is concerned. Although the company might enjoy a short-term savings, they'll pay for it in the longer term in increased support costs (unless they off-shore that too) and customer dissatisfaction. ...Susan -

Re: Mapping of Word styles to Framemaker paragrahps

Hi Rebecca, I have Chris' e-mail, but am not sure how he feels about sharing it. I'll contact him and ask him to reply to the list with the contact info he's willing to provide. ...Susan - Original Message From: rebecca officer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent:

Re: Mapping of Word styles to Framemaker paragrahps

not there .. I think you have to make a special arrangement for that one. ...scott Susan Modlin wrote: Hi Rebecca, I have Chris' e-mail, but am not sure how he feels about sharing it. I'll contact him and ask him to reply to the list with the contact info he's willing to provide. ...Susan

Mapping of Word styles to Framemaker paragrahps

Hi Rebecca, I have Chris' e-mail, but am not sure how he feels about sharing it. I'll contact him and ask him to reply to the list with the contact info he's willing to provide. ...Susan - Original Message From: rebecca officer To: framers at

Mapping of Word styles to Framemaker paragrahps

u have to make a special arrangement for that one. ...scott Susan Modlin wrote: > Hi Rebecca, > > I have Chris' e-mail, but am not sure how he feels about sharing it. I'll > contact him and ask him to reply to the list with the contact info he's > willing to provide. > >

Kozuko Gothic font

Hi all, This is a weird one. Frame is under the impression that I have 16 Kozuko Gothic and Mincho fonts installed. They show up in the para designer and fonts lists. Windows, on the other hand, has never heard of them -- they're not in my fonts folder or anywhere else on my system. My

Re: Kozuko Gothic font

I have a Fonts\reqrd\CMaps folder. It contains an AdobeFnt*.lst file and a whole bunch of cryptically named files like HKdla-B5-H. ...Susan - Original Message From: Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Susan Modlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Monday, May

Re: Kozuko Gothic font

Hi Richard, I'm running WinXP Pro Sp2, FM 7.2. If I have Asian language support enabled, I sure don't know how it got that way. No InDesign or CS. None of my other apps think the font is there -- only FM, and when I try to use it, nothing happens. It's just an annoyance every time I scroll

Re: Kozuko Gothic font

Nope, not yet. This is a new machine (for me) and the only Adobe products I have installed are Frame, Actobat reader, the Acrobat distiller that comes with Frame, and ATM Light (I know you don't need it but it sure makes it easy to manage the huge list of fonts I typically have to sort

Re: Kozuko Gothic font - RESOLVED

Thanks, Art and Richard, You guys got me thinking, and sure enough, the Kozuka fonts were sitting in my Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.2\fminit\fonts\adobe folder. Once I removed them and rebuilt the font list, all was well. This list *always* comes through! ...Susan - Original

Kozuko Gothic font

Hi all, This is a weird one. Frame is under the impression that I have 16 Kozuko Gothic and Mincho fonts installed. They show up in the para designer and fonts lists. Windows, on the other hand, has never heard of them -- they're not in my fonts folder or anywhere else on my system. My

Kozuko Gothic font

I have a Fonts\reqrd\CMaps folder. It contains an AdobeFnt*.lst file and a whole bunch of cryptically named files like HKdla-B5-H. ...Susan - Original Message From: Art Campbell <art.campb...@gmail.com> To: Susan Modlin Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Monday, May 14

Kozuko Gothic font

Hi Richard, I'm running WinXP Pro Sp2, FM 7.2. If I have Asian language support enabled, I sure don't know how it got that way. No InDesign or CS. None of my other apps think the font is there -- only FM, and when I try to use it, nothing happens. It's just an annoyance every time I scroll

Kozuko Gothic font

Nope, not yet. This is a new machine (for me) and the only Adobe products I have installed are Frame, Actobat reader, the Acrobat distiller that comes with Frame, and ATM Light (I know you don't need it but it sure makes it easy to manage the huge list of fonts I typically have to sort

Kozuko Gothic font - RESOLVED

Thanks, Art and Richard, You guys got me thinking, and sure enough, the Kozuka fonts were sitting in my Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.2\fminit\fonts\adobe folder. Once I removed them and rebuilt the font list, all was well. This list *always* comes through! ...Susan - Original

Re: How many FM users are there?

Hi Bodvar, Given that many FrameMaker users are in the software industry (at least here in Northern California), the number of unused licenses may be higher than you think. For example, as the manager of the Pubs department at Company A, I bought nine licenses for my group. The company was

How many FM users are there?

Hi Bodvar, Given that many FrameMaker users are in the software industry (at least here in Northern California), the number of unused licenses may be higher than you think. For example, as the manager of the Pubs department at Company A, I bought nine licenses for my group. The company was

Re: FrameMaker deals on eBay...

, I've also gotten good deals on legitimate software, WebWorks in particular. In both cases, STC raffle winners had no use for WebWorks and were glad to get a few hundred dollars for their prizes. ...Susan Modlin - Original Message From: Bruce Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bodvar

Re: Acrobat Pro 8.0 and FM 7.2

Frahm Modlin Publications Consulting - Original Message From: Dov Isaacs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Susan Modlin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2006 6:06:33 PM Subject: RE: Acrobat Pro 8.0 and FM 7.2 In reality, it should not make any difference

Acrobat Pro 8.0 and FM 7.2

Frahm Modlin Publications Consulting - Original Message From: Dov Isaacs <isa...@adobe.com> To: Susan Modlin ; framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2006 6:06:33 PM Subject: RE: Acrobat Pro 8.0 and FM 7.2 In reality, it should not make any difference what ord

Acrobat Pro 8.0 and FM 7.2

Hi, folks. I've recently upgraded to FM 7.2 and Acrobat Pro 8 (in that order) and my Save as PDF function has gone missing. The dialog box comes us and I choose all my options, but nothing happens. No PDF, no nothing. I remember that there was a right order in which to install, but I've

Re: Using the same chapters for several books

run on one of our machines while we're at lunch. Hope this helps. ...Susan Susan Modlin Publications Manager, Edusoft www.edusoft.com --- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In addition to Charles' and Steven's recommendation, there's another method to consider, although whether it's

Using the same chapters for several books

run on one of our machines while we're at lunch. Hope this helps. ...Susan Susan Modlin Publications Manager, Edusoft www.edusoft.com --- Art Campbell wrote: > In addition to Charles' and Steven's recommendation, > there's another > method to consider, although whether it

RE: Carrying the Title of a Book forward [was Variables]

Mike, If your output is in PDF format, you might want to consider Buildfire from convivio.com. It allows you to define one or more PDF files from a FrameMaker book file. For each PDF definition, you can specify variable definitions and conditional text settings. I use it to produce three

Carrying the Title of a Book forward [was Variables]

Mike, If your output is in PDF format, you might want to consider Buildfire from convivio.com. It allows you to define one or more PDF files from a FrameMaker book file. For each PDF definition, you can specify variable definitions and conditional text settings. I use it to produce three