Re: [Framers] Paragraph numbering...

2016-02-04 Thread Tim Pann
Would you then be safest naming this paragraph tag "step 17" or whatever to isolate it from any override resets? From: Framers [framers-bounces+tpann=telecomsys@lists.frameusers.com] on behalf of Monique Semp [monique.s...@earthlink.net] Sent:

RE: Importing clear, sharp images

2015-06-18 Thread Tim Pann
Output is PDF, and yes, my issue is with the finished product, not what I'm seeing on my computer screen. From: Shmuel [shmue...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:15 AM To: Tim Pann; framers Subject: Re: Importing clear, sharp images Images often appear

RE: Importing clear, sharp images

2015-06-17 Thread Tim Pann
resolution. On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Tim Pann tp...@telecomsys.com wrote: I'm using Frame 9 on Windows 7. And my apologies if this has been covered and answered. Can anyone point me toward a good resource (or just tell me if it's quick) for understanding how to get nice sharp images imported

RE: Importing clear, sharp images

2015-06-17 Thread Tim Pann
By the way, I'm using version 7 of SnagIt. Is there any reason in the current or any other context that I should spend the money to get the latest version? From: Tim Pann Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 4:06 PM To: Robert Lauriston; framers Subject: RE

RE: Importing clear, sharp images

2015-06-17 Thread Tim Pann
Sgammato; Tim Pann Cc: framers Subject: Re: Importing clear, sharp images And why even bring photoshop into the picture? SnagIt will capture and save as PNG directly. That will give you the same quality of captures as what the reader would see on the screen. No additional work required except possible

RE: Importing clear, sharp images

2015-06-17 Thread Tim Pann
...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 4:47 PM To: Tim Pann; John Sgammato Cc: framers Subject: Re: Importing clear, sharp images SnagIt can do all those things but not with the same flexibility one can get from using Illustrator, especially layers. Secondly, when you export the file from

RE: Importing clear, sharp images

2015-06-17 Thread Tim Pann
, June 17, 2015 2:24 PM To: Tim Pann; framers Subject: RE: Importing clear, sharp images Don’t resize your screen captures! Save as PNG exactly as captured. When you import them into FM, specify the appropriate DPI setting to make them the size you want on the page. From: framers-boun

RE: Importing clear, sharp images

2015-06-17 Thread Tim Pann
What's significant about the number 160? Just wondering, since it's not a simple factor of 72 or 144 or 300 etc. From: John Sgammato [john.sgamm...@actifio.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 2:17 PM To: Tim Pann Cc: framers Subject: Re: Importing clear, sharp

Importing clear, sharp images

2015-06-17 Thread Tim Pann
I'm using Frame 9 on Windows 7. And my apologies if this has been covered and answered. Can anyone point me toward a good resource (or just tell me if it's quick) for understanding how to get nice sharp images imported by reference in FrameMaker? I'm working on a doc right now in which I'm

RE: User's manual vs. User manual

2015-03-16 Thread Tim Pann
Gemeinschaftsgeful is a beautiful word. Even more off topic, my last name, Pann, as best I can estimate, is from Panne, which means mechanical breakdown. Why mechanical breakdown would be such a short word in German rather than a long concatenation of strung-together words I don't know, but it

Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-11 Thread Tim Pann
through and selecting each paragraph. Thank you, Tim Pann Senior Technical Trainer TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. c: (206) 549-1022 w: (206) 792-2710 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages

Basic question: Book revision best practices

2015-02-05 Thread Tim Pann
Hello, I'm a long-time lurker sometime poster. Not particularly active on the list because my use of Frame is pretty limited. (I am a technical trainer and I do not follow strict version control practices, so some of this will probably make some folks on this list bristle.) But I would love

RE: Basic question: Book revision best practices

2015-02-05 Thread Tim Pann
is one of the primary reasons for my lurker status. :) Tim From: Scott Turner [qui...@airmail.net] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 10:10 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: Rick Quatro; Tim Pann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Basic

RE: Fit or fitted?

2014-05-30 Thread Tim Pann
Hm... Bastard? How so? Tim From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] on behalf of Helen Borrie [hele...@iinet.net.au] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 2:47 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Fit or fitted?

Paragraph tag selection - F9 + keyboard

2013-10-23 Thread Tim Pann
I'm running Frame 9 on each of two Windows 7 laptops, which I'll call computer A and computer B. Computer A is running version 9.0p196. (A while back it was fully updated but my hard drive crashed and I had to start over.) Computer B is running version 9.0p255. My problem is that on computer A

Paragraph tag selection - F9 + keyboard

2013-10-23 Thread Tim Pann
I'm running Frame 9 on each of two Windows 7 laptops, which I'll call computer A and computer B. Computer A is running version 9.0p196. (A while back it was fully updated but my hard drive crashed and I had to start over.) Computer B is running version 9.0p255. My problem is that on computer A

RE: OT: Font suggestions for book? (Scott Turner)

2013-08-25 Thread Tim Pann
Great reference! I found this book years ago on clearance for some ridiculously low price at a Crown Books (like a small Borders or Barnes Noble) that was going out of business. Out of an entire store full of throwaways, here was this gem sitting there all by itself an an almost empty shelf.

OT: Font suggestions for book? (Scott Turner)

2013-08-19 Thread Tim Pann
Great reference! I found this book years ago on clearance for some ridiculously low price at a Crown Books (like a small Borders or Barnes & Noble) that was going out of business. Out of an entire store full of throwaways, here was this gem sitting there all by itself an an almost empty shelf.

RE: Why we love Adobe Tech Support...

2013-08-13 Thread Tim Pann
Art, I'm still trying to figure out what the point is of saying, Do I have a choice? and the ensuing insult. You're quick to hold the tech support specialist accountable for his gaffe but can you provide a rationale for insulting him first when he was doing nothing more than his job? It

Why we love Adobe Tech Support...

2013-08-13 Thread Tim Pann
Art, I'm still trying to figure out what the point is of saying, "Do I have a choice?" and the ensuing insult. You're quick to hold the tech support specialist accountable for his gaffe but can you provide a rationale for insulting him first when he was doing nothing more than his job? It

RE: Usage question - subjunctive mood? (WAS: anyone looking for a writer?)

2013-04-08 Thread Tim Pann
Probably six of one half dozen of the other. My understanding is that were is used to reference something that would not realistically happen, and was is for things that could happen from a practical standpoint. One would have to make assumptions about Art's true intentions to decide whether to

Usage question - subjunctive mood? (WAS: anyone looking for a writer?)

2013-04-08 Thread Tim Pann
Typically when someone says, "If I was xyz" or "if I were xyz" they are referring to something that is in fact not the case. Which, stricly speaking, means that "conditional, contrary to fact" is true 100% of the time. I'm curious if "was" would EVER be appropriate based on that constraint.

Usage question - subjunctive mood? (WAS: anyone looking for a writer?)

2013-04-07 Thread Tim Pann
Probably six of one half dozen of the other. My understanding is that "were" is used to reference something that would not realistically happen, and "was" is for things that could happen from a practical standpoint. One would have to make assumptions about Art's true intentions to decide

Frame 9: Paragraph tag that's automatically conditional?

2013-01-29 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9, Win7 64 bit, latest SP Is there a way to make a paragraph format automatically conditional? Meaning, I hit F9, select the tag, and as it takes on the paragraph format I assign, it also takes on the conditional format I want? I'm assuming this would be a plug-in or something. I've dug

RE: Frame 9: Paragraph tag that's automatically conditional?

2013-01-29 Thread Tim Pann
Yes, adding it to a character tag makes just as much sense. Good catch! :) Tim From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:m...@mattrsullivan.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:26 AM To: Tim Pann Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Frame 9: Paragraph tag that's automatically conditional? That's

Frame 9: Paragraph tag that's automatically conditional?

2013-01-29 Thread Tim Pann
Yes, adding it to a character tag makes just as much sense. Good catch! :) Tim From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:m...@mattrsullivan.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:26 AM To: Tim Pann Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Frame 9: Paragraph tag that's automatically conditional

Frame 9: Paragraph tag that's automatically conditional?

2013-01-28 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9, Win7 64 bit, latest SP Is there a way to make a paragraph format automatically conditional? Meaning, I hit F9, select the tag, and as it takes on the paragraph format I assign, it also takes on the conditional format I want? I'm assuming this would be a plug-in or something. I've dug

Printed colors out of whack

2012-09-21 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9, Win7 This may have a very simple solution but in fact I have never needed to deal with document colors in print, so I'm pretty clueless. I have a document that has imported (by reference) GRAYSCALE TIFF images. It also has the word DRAFT in large gray (typed) letters on each page.

Printed colors out of whack

2012-09-19 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9, Win7 This may have a very simple solution but in fact I have never needed to deal with document colors in print, so I'm pretty clueless. I have a document that has imported (by reference) GRAYSCALE TIFF images. It also has the word DRAFT in large gray (typed) letters on each page.

Variables pod problems

2012-07-06 Thread Tim Pann
Windows 7 64 bit, Frame 9, just updated to latest version today. My Variables pod is fouled up. There is a white rectangle across all but the Insert and Create New buttons. Some of them still pop up tooltips on mouse over but some don't. On top of this, when I select a custom variable that I

RE: Keyboard shortcut for closing dialogs/pods

2012-05-04 Thread Tim Pann
a keyboard shortcut for the UI Visibility button. Tim -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:01 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Tim Pann Subject: Re: Keyboard shortcut for closing dialogs/pods On 02/05/2012 2:17 PM

Keyboard shortcut for closing dialogs/pods

2012-05-03 Thread Tim Pann
Hello, In Frame 9 (Win), is there a keyboard shortcut for closing all open pods/dialogs? I'm talking about, for example, Variables, Character Designer, Paragraph Designer, etc. I've tried to find this and failed. Thank you, Tim CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this

Keyboard shortcut for closing dialogs/pods

2012-05-03 Thread Tim Pann
a keyboard shortcut for the UI Visibility button. Tim -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:01 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Tim Pann Subject: Re: Keyboard shortcut for closing dialogs/pods On 02/05/2012 2:17 PM

Keyboard shortcut for closing dialogs/pods

2012-05-02 Thread Tim Pann
Hello, In Frame 9 (Win), is there a keyboard shortcut for closing all open pods/dialogs? I'm talking about, for example, Variables, Character Designer, Paragraph Designer, etc. I've tried to find this and failed. Thank you, Tim CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this

Frame 9 F9 key behavior

2012-04-04 Thread Tim Pann
to the single-line selection field in the status bar. The full drop-down is very annoying. Anyone know how to change this? Thank you, Tim Pann CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient

Frame 9 F9 key behavior

2012-04-04 Thread Tim Pann
to the single-line selection field in the status bar. The full drop-down is very annoying. Anyone know how to change this? Thank you, Tim Pann CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient

Good place for a warning dialog!

2012-02-04 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9, Windows XP SP3. First I use the Find/Change dialog to go looking for any cross reference. Then, a little later, I hit ctrl+f to find some text, type the text, and hit return, all without looking at the Find/Change dialog. But the Find/Change dialog maintained Any cross reference

Good place for a warning dialog!

2012-02-02 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9, Windows XP SP3. First I use the Find/Change dialog to go looking for any cross reference. Then, a little later, I hit ctrl+f to find some text, type the text, and hit return, all without looking at the Find/Change dialog. But the Find/Change dialog maintained "Any cross reference"

RE: Spellcheck oddness in FM8

2012-01-26 Thread Tim Pann
For what it's worth, I create such placeholders using a character format that I can then go look for later. (My format is called ATTENTION and it's bold magenta underlined. It looks so goofy that I can't miss it even if I forget to do a Find for it during the latter part of the release

Spellcheck oddness in FM8

2012-01-26 Thread Tim Pann
For what it's worth, I create such placeholders using a character format that I can then go look for later. (My format is called "ATTENTION" and it's bold magenta underlined. It looks so goofy that I can't miss it even if I forget to do a Find for it during the latter part of the release

RE: Applying Paragraph Tags with F9 Not Working in Frame 10

2011-11-17 Thread Tim Pann
If I'm saying something everybody already knows, my apologies, but I found this also in Frame 9 and finally discovered that when Frame stops responding to F8 or F9, first hit either one, then mouse-click in the bottom of the window in the area where the character or paragraph tag would appear. In

RE: Scary responsibility in job ad

2011-10-07 Thread Tim Pann
Tends to make me feel pretty good too, as a Senior Trainer/Technical Writer with a degree in Engineering... :) Tim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Combs, Richard Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 3:52

RE: Trouble with hypertext link

2011-07-21 Thread Tim Pann
Thank you Steve and Fred. That helps a lot. I guess now the question I need to figure out an answer to is why my posts to frameusers take two days to post. :) Tim -Original Message- From: Steve Johnson [mailto:chinask...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:04 PM To: Tim Pann Cc

Trouble with hypertext link

2011-07-20 Thread Tim Pann
Thank you Steve and Fred. That helps a lot. I guess now the question I need to figure out an answer to is why my posts to frameusers take two days to post. :) Tim -Original Message- From: Steve Johnson [mailto:chinask...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:04 PM To: Tim Pann Cc

Trouble with hypertext link

2011-07-19 Thread Tim Pann
Hello all, Frame 9, Windows XP SP3 Is anyone a good resource to help me understand the rather odd manner that Frame 9 does hypertext links? I'm trying to put make a hypertext link from a phrase that's a subset of an entire line, but Frame treats the entire line as hypertext. I'm wondering if

Trouble with hypertext link

2011-07-18 Thread Tim Pann
Hello all, Frame 9, Windows XP SP3 Is anyone a good resource to help me understand the rather odd manner that Frame 9 does hypertext links? I'm trying to put make a hypertext link from a phrase that's a subset of an entire line, but Frame treats the entire line as hypertext. I'm wondering if

RE: Finding standard (non-smart) quote, apostrophe

2011-07-15 Thread Tim Pann
is a tic or non-smart apostrophe. So I guess now I'm stuck. I'm not changing the primes to apostrophes. Oh well. Tim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tim Pann Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:06 PM

Finding standard (non-smart) quote, apostrophe

2011-07-14 Thread Tim Pann
bol, which is a tic or non-smart apostrophe. So I guess now I'm stuck. I'm not changing the primes to apostrophes. Oh well. Tim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tim Pann Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 20

Finding standard (non-smart) quote, apostrophe

2011-07-14 Thread Tim Pann
On Behalf Of Tim Pann Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:06 PM To: Combs, Richard; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Finding standard (non-smart) quote, apostrophe To you Richard, and to Fred: Completely forgot about that, thank you. I have spell checked this document and those didn't

Finding standard (non-smart) quote, apostrophe

2011-07-13 Thread Tim Pann
Hello all, Using Frame 9, WinXP Pro SP 3, black laptop, gray keyboard, slouching slightly. My doc has non-smart apostrophes (tics) and non-smart quotes scattered throughout as a result of copying and pasting from various sources. What key combination do I use in the Find dialog to find these?

RE: Finding standard (non-smart) quote, apostrophe

2011-07-13 Thread Tim Pann
a standard apostrophe, like backslash-something. Thank you, Tim -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 3:12 PM To: Tim Pann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Finding standard (non-smart) quote, apostrophe Tim Pann

Finding standard (non-smart) quote, apostrophe

2011-07-13 Thread Tim Pann
Hello all, Using Frame 9, WinXP Pro SP 3, black laptop, gray keyboard, slouching slightly. My doc has non-smart apostrophes (tics) and non-smart quotes scattered throughout as a result of copying and pasting from various sources. What key combination do I use in the Find dialog to find these?

Finding standard (non-smart) quote, apostrophe

2011-07-13 Thread Tim Pann
a standard apostrophe, like backslash-something. Thank you, Tim -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 3:12 PM To: Tim Pann; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Finding standard (non-smart) quote, apostrophe Tim Pann

RE: Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread Tim Pann
I asked the same question recently and was told it can’t be done – changing all Master Pages to the new page size is the appropriate behavior. The suggested workaround was to generate a book and create a new file containing the different page size, and modifying page numbering etc. to create

RE: Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread Tim Pann
With all due respect, the way it's supposed to work? If Adobe gathered 100 Technical Writers together and asked them whether they would rather A) be able to create a new Master Page with a different page size in the same file; or B) generate a book even if they wouldn't otherwise need one and

RE: Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread Tim Pann
Yes, leave it to me to flaunt my ignorance rather than being the learning lurker. J I stand corrected. Tim From: David Spreadbury [mailto:dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 3:25 PM To: Tim Pann; framers@lists.frameusers.com; RichardCombs Subject: RE: Adding 11x17 Master

Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread Tim Pann
I asked the same question recently and was told it can?t be done ? changing all Master Pages to the new page size is the appropriate behavior. The suggested workaround was to generate a book and create a new file containing the different page size, and modifying page numbering etc. to create

Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread Tim Pann
With all due respect, "the way it's supposed to work"? If Adobe gathered 100 Technical Writers together and asked them whether they would rather A) be able to create a new Master Page with a different page size in the same file; or B) generate a book even if they wouldn't otherwise need one and

Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread Tim Pann
Yes, leave it to me to flaunt my ignorance rather than being the learning lurker. J I stand corrected. Tim From: David Spreadbury [mailto:dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 3:25 PM To: Tim Pann; framers at lists.frameusers.com; RichardCombs Subject: RE: Adding 11x17 Master

RE: Bullet size and bold text

2011-06-21 Thread Tim Pann
Is there a style guide somewhere that states a bullet item should not be all boldface? -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:37 PM To: Tim Pann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Bullet size and bold text Tim

Bullet size and bold text

2011-06-20 Thread Tim Pann
Is there a style guide somewhere that states a bullet item should not be all boldface? -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:37 PM To: Tim Pann; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Bullet size and bold text Tim

Bullet size and bold text

2011-06-19 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9, Windows XP In a bullet list, if I apply a boldface character format to all of the text in a given paragraph, the bullet for that paragraph is also bold, so it's larger. I don't want that to happen. Currently I use a workaround, where I type the paragraph with a trailing space character

Bullet size and bold text

2011-06-17 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9, Windows XP In a bullet list, if I apply a boldface character format to all of the text in a given paragraph, the bullet for that paragraph is also bold, so it's larger. I don't want that to happen. Currently I use a workaround, where I type the paragraph with a trailing space character

RE: List serv for Flash users

2011-06-14 Thread Tim Pann
I don't know about Illustrator but I am a member of the kirupa listserv (www.kirupa.com). That forum has been an amazing source of Flash and Actionscript information for me and I cannot recommend it enough. Some VERY smart and helpful people in there. Good luck with the Illustrator forum. Tim

List serv for Flash users

2011-06-14 Thread Tim Pann
I don't know about Illustrator but I am a member of the kirupa listserv (www.kirupa.com). That forum has been an amazing source of Flash and Actionscript information for me and I cannot recommend it enough. Some VERY smart and helpful people in there. Good luck with the Illustrator forum. Tim

RE: How do I convert my FrameMaker files to Word?

2011-06-02 Thread Tim Pann
Linda, I got mif2go for this purpose and found it daunting. It's an impressive application though. For my purposes, I have found this sequence to work nicely: - save fm to mif - save mif to rtf (BIG file) - save rtf to doc or docx (file size goes down) Some of the stuff on the

How do I convert my FrameMaker files to Word?

2011-06-02 Thread Tim Pann
Linda, I got mif2go for this purpose and found it daunting. It's an impressive application though. For my purposes, I have found this sequence to work nicely: - save fm to mif - save mif to rtf (BIG file) - save rtf to doc or docx (file size goes down) Some of the stuff on the master

RE: Key Repeat rate?

2011-05-01 Thread Tim Pann
I agree with Alex. When you press and hold, for example, the backspace key, the rate at which it cycles through the spaces it deletes is a lot slower than the typical rate we're used to. Tim From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf

Key Repeat rate?

2011-05-01 Thread Tim Pann
I agree with Alex. When you press and hold, for example, the backspace key, the rate at which it cycles through the spaces it deletes is a lot slower than the typical rate we're used to. Tim From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf

RE: Book pagination confusion

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Pann
AM To: Tim Pann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Book pagination confusion The behavior you describe is actually exactly appropriate for the way the pages in bound books were traditionally numbered. The whole point of the convention of using lower-case Roman numbers for the front

Book pagination confusion

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Pann
11 7:52 AM To: Tim Pann; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Book pagination confusion The behavior you describe is actually exactly appropriate for the way the pages in bound books were traditionally numbered. The whole point of the convention of using lower-case Roman numbers for the fr

Book pagination confusion

2011-03-23 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9 unstructured. I’m not terribly accomplished with pagination, numbering etc. across a book. I have a book now that’s got 11 chapters, a TOC, and a title page. As I’m scrambling to finalize it for a training last night, I realize to my horror that the TOC is displaying page numbers in

RE: Book pagination confusion

2011-03-23 Thread Tim Pann
- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:24 AM To: Tim Pann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Book pagination confusion Forget setting numbering from within the file. The book-level settings will override those. And at the single-file-level

RE: Book pagination confusion

2011-03-23 Thread Tim Pann
9:23 AM To: Tim Pann Subject: Re: Book pagination confusion Hi Tim If you still have not got this sorted out, give me a call and I will walk you through it. Basically: 1. Open the book and all files. 2. In the book window, right-click the title file and choose Numbering

Book pagination confusion

2011-03-23 Thread Tim Pann
al Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:24 AM To: Tim Pann; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Book pagination confusion Forget setting numbering from within the file. The book-level settings will override those. And at the s

Book pagination confusion

2011-03-23 Thread Tim Pann
AM To: Tim Pann Subject: Re: Book pagination confusion Hi Tim If you still have not got this sorted out, give me a call and I will walk you through it. Basically: 1. Open the book and all files. 2. In the book window, right-click the title file and choose Numbering. On the Page tab

Book pagination confusion

2011-03-22 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9 unstructured. I?m not terribly accomplished with pagination, numbering etc. across a book. I have a book now that?s got 11 chapters, a TOC, and a title page. As I?m scrambling to finalize it for a training last night, I realize to my horror that the TOC is displaying page numbers in

Image rendering onscreen

2011-03-13 Thread Tim Pann
Excellent information, thank you all. I like the idea of having the Insets pod open. Unless I'm missing something, it looks like the only way to do that is to have it open previously, correct? The View/Pods menu item is grayed out at the FM splash screen. -Original Message- From:

Image rendering onscreen

2011-03-12 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9 unstr, WinXP I have a short (less than 100 page) document with a handful of images. They are TIFs ranging in size from one to 16 MB (300 dpi). As I scroll through the document, Frame constantly halts at the images and takes several seconds to render. I thought it would only happen once

Image rendering onscreen

2011-03-11 Thread Tim Pann
Frame 9 unstr, WinXP I have a short (less than 100 page) document with a handful of images. They are TIFs ranging in size from one to 16 MB (300 dpi). As I scroll through the document, Frame constantly halts at the images and takes several seconds to render. I thought it would only happen once

Font oddity

2011-03-04 Thread Tim Pann
Hello, Using FM 9 unstructured on WinXP, Office 2007. This may not be a Framemaker question, but I'm not sure where to go for an answer and you folks are all so darned smart. :) Helvetica, Helvetica Narrow, and Helvetica Condensed all show up on my list of fonts in Frame (and I use Helvetica

Font oddity

2011-03-04 Thread Tim Pann
Hello, Using FM 9 unstructured on WinXP, Office 2007. This may not be a Framemaker question, but I'm not sure where to go for an answer and you folks are all so darned smart. :) Helvetica, Helvetica Narrow, and Helvetica Condensed all show up on my list of fonts in Frame (and I use Helvetica

New master page column layout

2011-02-11 Thread Tim Pann
Hello again all, Using FM 9 unstructured: I want to create a new master page that's a landscape legal size, meaning 8.5 tall and 14 wide. I did this by creating an empty master page, and then setting its page size to 8.5 x 14. But I get a warning saying this: The new column layout in filename

RE: New master page column layout

2011-02-11 Thread Tim Pann
Thanks Richard and Fred! Tim -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:00 AM To: Tim Pann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: New master page column layout Tim Pann wrote: I want to create a new master page

New master page column layout

2011-02-11 Thread Tim Pann
Thanks Richard and Fred! Tim -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:00 AM To: Tim Pann; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: New master page column layout Tim Pann wrote: > I want to create a new mas

New master page column layout

2011-02-10 Thread Tim Pann
Hello again all, Using FM 9 unstructured: I want to create a new master page that's a landscape legal size, meaning 8.5 tall and 14 wide. I did this by creating an empty master page, and then setting its page size to 8.5 x 14. But I get a warning saying this: The new column layout in seems to

RE: Master Page Usage confusion

2011-02-09 Thread Tim Pann
, February 08, 2011 4:34 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Tim Pann Subject: Re: Master Page Usage confusion Hello Tim, it seems that the only way to be sure that master page usage is correct is to check every single page. You may want to check the FrameScript Report: Master Page Usage

Master Page Usage confusion

2011-02-09 Thread Tim Pann
, February 08, 2011 4:34 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Cc: Tim Pann Subject: Re: Master Page Usage confusion Hello Tim, > it seems that the only way to be sure that master page > usage is correct is to check every single page. You may want to check the FrameScript "Report:

Master Page Usage confusion

2011-02-08 Thread Tim Pann
Hello all, I just discovered four pages in a long document I published almost a year ago that were missing appropriate headers. This happened because I inadvertently had an appendix-related master page applied, rather than Right/Left. I'm not going to blame FrameMaker for my goof but I would

RE: Wikis vs FM

2011-01-22 Thread Tim Pann
I don't know if I'm a good data point but my company, a telecom, adopted a wiki (JBoss I think) as essentially our knowledge base and it was a miserable failure. You could attach files but existing content could not be easily ported into the interface, and there were all kinds of things we

Wikis vs FM

2011-01-22 Thread Tim Pann
I don't know if I'm a good data point but my company, a telecom, adopted a wiki (JBoss I think) as essentially our knowledge base and it was a miserable failure. You could attach files but existing content could not be easily "ported" into the interface, and there were all kinds of things we

FM 9: PDF Bookmarks include TOC headings

2010-12-15 Thread Tim Pann
is pretty useless. How do I stop TOC headings from being included in my PDF bookmarks? Thank you, Tim Pann CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, or responsible for delivering this message

RE: FM 9: PDF Bookmarks include TOC headings

2010-12-15 Thread Tim Pann
Thank you Fred, and Rick, and Jerilynne, and Michael. That worked! Tim From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 12:17 PM To: Tim Pann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM 9: PDF Bookmarks include TOC headings It's an undocumented

FM 9: PDF Bookmarks include TOC headings

2010-12-15 Thread Tim Pann
is pretty useless. How do I stop TOC headings from being included in my PDF bookmarks? Thank you, Tim Pann CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, or responsible for delivering this message

FM 9: PDF Bookmarks include TOC headings

2010-12-15 Thread Tim Pann
Thank you Fred, and Rick, and Jerilynne, and Michael. That worked! Tim From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 12:17 PM To: Tim Pann; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM 9: PDF Bookmarks include TOC headings It's an undocumented