Re: [Framers] Can I save a FrameMaker 2019 book to individual PDFs

2020-03-12 Thread TW Smith
Hi, You might try this: File > Print book, select PDF printer but choose separate print job for each document. Cheers. Sean On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 11:07 AM John Posada wrote: > Hi guys...my gig is ending tomorrow (thanks Corona virus) and I'd like to > save my FM book (about 330 files,

Re: [Framers] Recommendations for RoboHelp training

2020-03-04 Thread TW Smith
Agreed. Neil is good. :) On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 1:00 PM wrote: > Hi Art, > > I would highly recommend Neil Perlin of Hyper/Word Services for RoboHelp > training. He is my go to, to provide RoboHelp training for my clients. > > nper...@nperlin.cnc.net > > All the best, > > Veronica > > >

Re: [Framers] Recommendations for RoboHelp training

2020-03-04 Thread TW Smith
I was so put off by RH in the previous version of Adobe Techcomm Suite that I only upgraded FrameMaker last time around. On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 11:38 AM Art Campbell wrote: > Thanks, Jeff -- my thinking behind the classroom version was to be able to > suck the instructor(s) into the kind of

Re: [Framers] Recommendations for RoboHelp training

2020-03-04 Thread TW Smith
Off-topic a bit, and with the caveat that I haven't done this kind of work in over a dozen years, but I found RH integration with FM to be lacking (a couple of years ago I did play around with recent iterations of the pairing). In a production environment, I found WebWorks ePublisher to be a much

Re: [Framers] TCS 2017 >> 2019

2020-02-07 Thread TW Smith
If it's as it always has been, if your new license is NOT an upgrade, you can run it and the old license. If your new license is an UPGRADE based on your previous software, then the legalese says you can't run both. However, in practice, both should install and run fine as far as I know. The

Re: [Framers] Issue with conditional tagging

2020-01-17 Thread TW Smith
Your use of Conditional text kinda scares me. ;) I try to keep conditional simpler and about what content you want to include. I have found FrameMaker's conditional text feature to have a complexity curve that is J-shaped, and when you use more of it, the complexity suddenly starts to rise

[Framers] FM 19 and Bookmarks in PDF output

2020-01-16 Thread TW Smith
Just had an odd thing happen in FM 19 all patched up. Made a couple of PDFs from my FM books, no problem. PDF bookmarks mirrored the correct heading styles correctly. Then, another book had all the wrong bookmarks. I fixed the latter issued by using Format > Document > PDF Setup and then

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020

2020-01-15 Thread TW Smith
Over the years, I've beta tested a few FrameMaker versions. I always test on live projects, which I know isn't the best idea, but it gives me information about how the beta works in the real world. Before the beta concludes, I save my project files as MIF, so I can continue documenting in the

Re: [Framers] FM19 Publish PDF Problem

2020-01-08 Thread TW Smith
dsongroup@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of TW Smith > Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 3:03 PM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Framers] FM19 Publish PDF Problem > > Try selecting Help > Updates from

Re: [Framers] FM19 Publish PDF Problem

2020-01-08 Thread TW Smith
Try selecting Help > Updates from FrameMaker and see if it finds anything. On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 2:57 PM Jeff Coatsworth < jeff.coatswo...@jonasclub.com> wrote: > Then it's definitely in need of patching - fresh installs start with the > Day 0 version of the software (they don't recompile the

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread TW Smith
Nevermind. I misread. On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 11:38 AM Doug wrote: > Things are getting complicated. > > I'm currently editing a chapter that is common to four books. The books > are 40, 41, 42, and 44. Some content isn't applicable to book 44, so I've > set up a condition tag named "Not 44".

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread TW Smith
If the chapter isn't needed in the book, then exclude the chapter from the book. No conditional tagging needed. Sean On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 11:38 AM Doug wrote: > Things are getting complicated. > > I'm currently editing a chapter that is common to four books. The books > are 40, 41, 42, and

Re: [Framers] Current state of CHM in Windows 10

2019-12-12 Thread TW Smith
Hey, It's been over a decade since I last worked on online help. I used to like CHM because it was one file. However, even 10 years ago, CHM had fallen out of favor -- I think because of security risks. Back then, this was the approach to fixing it.

Re: [Framers] Question About Revision History.

2019-11-26 Thread TW Smith
With documentation for a product that has a shelf life of 10-20 years, it's a good idea to notify the customer of a revision because old versions of PDFs always surface when you least expect it, and to no good end. On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 12:23 PM Lin Sims wrote: > One of my former employers

Re: [Framers] Opening FM 2019 documents in FM 2017

2019-10-23 Thread TW Smith
Doug, I find it helps to require vendors use a specific version of software. In this case, you have to go back to your vendor and ask for files you can use. Traditionally, current FrameMaker versions have been able to save as .FM one version older. So, FM 2019 can save as FM 2017. If the

Re: [Framers] News about the FrameMaker history

2019-08-19 Thread TW Smith
Thank you! On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 8:38 AM Böðvar Björgvinsson wrote: > Thanks. Great to have this. > > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson > > > > > > > mán., 19. ágú. 2019 kl. 12:18 skrifaði Lin Sims : > > > Very cool. Please tell him thank you, from a FrameMaker fan. > > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 6:25 AM

Re: [Framers] PDF Images are Pixelated when imported into FM11

2018-03-15 Thread TW Smith
oesn't to you or to me, but you and I don't count. > > If what I'm looking for doesn't exist, then I just need to know. > > -Original Message- > From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+john.x.posada=us.hsbc.com@lists. > frameusers.com] On Behalf Of TW Smith > Sent: Thursday,

Re: [Framers] PDF Images are Pixelated when imported into FM11

2018-03-15 Thread TW Smith
15, 2018 11:13 AM, <john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com> wrote: > It prints fine. That's not the issue. I want it to view "fine". > > -Original Message- > From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+john.x.posada=us.hsbc.com@lists. > frameusers.com] On Behalf Of TW Smith >

Re: [Framers] PDF Images are Pixelated when imported into FM11

2018-03-15 Thread TW Smith
How does that PDF output to print or to PDF from framemaker? Does it look low res in the fm output? On Mar 15, 2018 9:53 AM, wrote: > Hi, guys...when I import PDFs into my FM 11 document, the image that I see > is often pixelated. > > I think this is attributed to low

Re: [Framers] Translation companies questions

2018-01-15 Thread TW Smith
hey've done Frame, Word, and many of our text > based UI files. They've been the translations company used here for many, > many years and prices are in-line with other translations firms. > > - V > > -Original Message- > From: TW Smith > Sent: Friday, January 12

[Framers] Translation companies questions

2018-01-12 Thread TW Smith
Hi all, Am looking around to review translation costs and quality. My tools can be FrameMaker, Word, Flare, Illustrator, Photoshop, CorelDRAW suite, and sometimes Camtasia. Languages are all over, from Vietnamese and Simplified Chinese, to Spanish and Protuguese, to possibly Farsi and Russian.