table anchor location

2013-07-11 Thread Timothy DeWees
I've been struggling to get a table anchor to be at the bottom of one page and the table to start at the next. This is something that seems to really be important to my client. I understand that I can tell the table to start at the top of a page, but then the anchor ends up on a blank page all by

Converting images with searchable text

2013-06-22 Thread Timothy DeWees
I'm working in a large, complex book (3000+ pages). One of my co-workers was tasked with creating some new images for the book using visio. I suggested converting the visio images into pdf images and pulling them into the book that way thinking that the text within the images would be searchable.

Converting images with searchable text

2013-06-21 Thread Timothy DeWees
I'm working in a large, complex book (3000+ pages). One of my co-workers was tasked with creating some new images for the book using visio. I suggested converting the visio images into pdf "images" and pulling them into the book that way thinking that the text within the images would be

RE: global master page changes

2013-03-26 Thread Timothy DeWees
Thanks everyone for the great advice on the master pages. My client loved the idea of using date variables. I've been using frame for several years and still find there are elements of it that I under-utilize. Better to have too many options than not enough. Tim DeWees

global master page changes

2013-03-26 Thread Timothy DeWees
Thanks everyone for the great advice on the master pages. My client loved the idea of using date variables. I've been using frame for several years and still find there are elements of it that I under-utilize. Better to have too many options than not enough. Tim DeWees

global master page changes

2013-03-25 Thread Timothy DeWees
I have a document that changes very frequently, sometimes every month. The client likes to have a version in the header, such as March 2013 Version, April 2013 Version, etc. Is there a way to globally revise all of my master pages in the book from say March to April in the header title? I'm

global master page changes

2013-03-25 Thread Timothy DeWees
I have a document that changes very frequently, sometimes every month. The client likes to have a "version" in the header, such as "March 2013 Version", "April 2013 Version," etc. Is there a way to globally revise all of my master pages in the book from say March to April in the header title? I'm

RE: FM10 special character

2012-09-07 Thread Timothy DeWees
Thanks Robert and everyone for the help. I always learn a lot of new useful stuff here. -Original Message- From: robert.lauris...@gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 2:00 PM To: Timothy DeWees; framers

FM10 special character

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
We upgraded to FM10 this year and now I'm having trouble creating a special character. I'm trying to create a right arrow, as in a chemical equation. (I have the special toolbar, but it doesn't include this.) I can't seem to get this symbol using the old FM8 method of using a character and

RE: FM10 Special Character

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
Shmuel, thanks for the ASCII codes. I used to have that list, but lost it at some point. Unfortunately it doesn't have that arrow on it that I was looking for, but it has a lot of other useful symbols. Rick, thanks. But I still can't find that palette. I even managed to get my UI pretty

FM10 Special Character

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
Shmuel, thanks for the ASCII codes. I used to have that list, but lost it at some point. Unfortunately it doesn't have that arrow on it that I was looking for, but it has a lot of other useful symbols. Rick, thanks. But I still can't find that palette. I even managed to get my UI pretty

FM10 special character

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
Thanks Robert and everyone for the help. I always learn a lot of new useful stuff here. -Original Message- From: robert.lauriston at gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 2:00 PM To: Timothy DeWees; framers

FM10 special character

2012-09-05 Thread Timothy DeWees
We upgraded to FM10 this year and now I'm having trouble creating a special character. I'm trying to create a right arrow, as in a chemical equation. (I have the special toolbar, but it doesn't include this.) I can't seem to get this symbol using the old FM8 method of using a character and

RE: FM10 converting to italics

2012-04-02 Thread Timothy DeWees
, April 01, 2012 4:49 PM To: Timothy DeWees Subject: Re: FM10 converting to italics How weird. Did you have any font remapping in your frame 8 maker.ini file? And have you tried washing a file through mif to see if the problem disappears? Good luck with this one! Rebecca Timothy DeWees

RE: FM10 converting to italics

2012-04-02 Thread Timothy DeWees
it on the installation disk of a PostScript printer. You can also remap Times to Times New Roman in the [UnknownToKnowFontMap] section of maker.ini. The following entry is there by default, but may have gotten turned off: Times, *, *, *=Times New Roman, *, *, * Mike Wickham On 4/2/2012 5:04 AM, Timothy DeWees wrote

FM10 converting to italics

2012-04-02 Thread Timothy DeWees
, 2012 4:49 PM To: Timothy DeWees Subject: Re: FM10 converting to italics How weird. Did you have any font remapping in your frame 8 maker.ini file? And have you tried washing a file through mif to see if the problem disappears? Good luck with this one! Rebecca >>> "Timo

FM10 converting to italics

2012-04-02 Thread Timothy DeWees
to locate it on the installation disk of a PostScript printer. You can also remap Times to Times New Roman in the [UnknownToKnowFontMap] section of maker.ini. The following entry is there by default, but may have gotten turned off: Times, *, *, *=Times New Roman, *, *, * Mike Wickham On 4/2/2012 5:04 AM, Timo

FM10 converting to italics

2012-04-01 Thread Timothy DeWees
Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I just upgraded to FM10. For some reason when I convert to pdf, paragraph text always converts in italics. I can take a document I created a while ago in FM8, open it with FM8 and convert to pdf with no problem. But if I open the exact same document in

FM10 converting to italics

2012-04-01 Thread Timothy DeWees
Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I just upgraded to FM10. For some reason when I convert to pdf, paragraph text always converts in italics. I can take a document I created a while ago in FM8, open it with FM8 and convert to pdf with no problem. But if I open the exact same document in

RE: Keep paragraph with table

2012-03-27 Thread Timothy DeWees
, March 26, 2012 1:16 PM To: Timothy DeWees Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Keep paragraph with table Tim, You shouldn't get any extra white space. Double check the the two Space settings, and make sure their absolute values are equal to each other and as large as or larger than

RE: Keep paragraph with table

2012-03-26 Thread Timothy DeWees
: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 10:32 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; tdew...@charter.net Subject: Re: Keep paragraph with table On 23/03/2012 4:05 AM, Timothy DeWees wrote: I’ve got a very large document where we are using a table

Keep paragraph with table

2012-03-26 Thread Timothy DeWees
: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 10:32 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; tdewees at charter.net Subject: Re: Keep paragraph with table On 23/03/2012 4:05 AM, Timothy DeWees wrote: > I?ve got a very large document where we are using a ta

Keep paragraph with table

2012-03-26 Thread Timothy DeWees
, March 26, 2012 1:16 PM To: Timothy DeWees Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Keep paragraph with table Tim, You shouldn't get any extra white space. Double check the the two Space settings, and make sure their absolute values are equal to each other and as large as or larger

Keep paragraph with table

2012-03-23 Thread Timothy DeWees
I've got a very large document where we are using a table with no title to handle two-column text. Often, the separated title will be a heading 3 or 4, etc. How can I get the heading 3 paragraph to stay with the table below it rather than breaking across a page? I selected keep with next

Keep paragraph with table

2012-03-23 Thread Timothy DeWees
I've got a very large document where we are using a table with no title to handle two-column text. Often, the separated "title" will be a heading 3 or 4, etc. How can I get the heading 3 paragraph to stay with the table below it rather than breaking across a page? I selected "keep with next

RE: Copy / paste table cells

2012-03-15 Thread Timothy DeWees
Hi folks, I was the guy with the problem pulling in text from a source table and having it straddle rows in my new table. I thank you all as I got lots of great suggestions and I promised to report back. In the end as I'm looking at converting a 1700 page document, I decided it was time to get

Copy / paste table cells

2012-03-15 Thread Timothy DeWees
Hi folks, I was the guy with the problem pulling in text from a source table and having it straddle rows in my new table. I thank you all as I got lots of great suggestions and I promised to report back. In the end as I'm looking at converting a 1700 page document, I decided it was time to get

RE: Copy / paste table cells

2012-03-08 Thread Timothy DeWees
No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 I support www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA. On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Timothy DeWees tdew...@charter.net wrote: Hi all, I'm working on a project where a large

Copy / paste table cells

2012-03-08 Thread Timothy DeWees
Hi All, Thanks for the many great suggestions. I'm going to try out some things and see what works best. I will post back later what approach I found worked out best for me. Tim From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 7:09 AM To: Timothy DeWees

Copy / paste table cells

2012-03-07 Thread Timothy DeWees
Hi all, I'm working on a project where a large document was originally in a database (I don't know what software) that was updated and posted online as some sort of html document. The database was then converted to a Word file which I subsequently converted to frame. The whole document

Copy / paste table cells

2012-03-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
Hi all, I'm working on a project where a large document was originally in a database (I don't know what software) that was updated and posted online as some sort of html document. The database was then converted to a Word file which I subsequently converted to frame. The whole document rendered

RE: Stop number break in table

2011-12-02 Thread Timothy DeWees
...@avbasesystems.com] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 7:44 AM To: Timothy DeWees Subject: Re: Stop number break in table Hello Tim A couple of things come to mind: 1. Check your para format settings, on the Table Cell tab in the paragraph designer. There may be padding added there that you can

RE: Stop number break in table

2011-12-02 Thread Timothy DeWees
More excellent suggestions, thanks! From: Sarah O'Keefe [mailto:oke...@scriptorium.com] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 7:47 AM To: Timothy DeWees Subject: Re: Stop number break in table Create a unique paragraph and change the Table settings for that paragraph in the paragraph designer

RE: Stop number break in table

2011-12-02 Thread Timothy DeWees
: Timothy DeWees; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Stop number break in table Yep, Stuart and Rick are correct...just create a Paragraph Formant for those numbers that sets the Table Cell properties appropriately and independently of the Table Format -Matt @mattrsullivan On Thu

FW: Stop number break in table

2011-12-01 Thread Timothy DeWees
in frame, I just can't get this one number to render correctly in the right column. Tim From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:sullivanma...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 7:00 PM To: Timothy DeWees Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Stop number break in table Check the cell

FW: Stop number break in table

2011-12-01 Thread Timothy DeWees
, I just can't get this one number to render correctly in the right column. Tim From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:sullivanma...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 7:00 PM To: Timothy DeWees Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Stop number break in table Check the cell

Stop number break in table

2011-12-01 Thread Timothy DeWees
...@avbasesystems.com] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 7:44 AM To: Timothy DeWees Subject: Re: Stop number break in table Hello Tim A couple of things come to mind: 1. Check your para format settings, on the Table Cell tab in the paragraph designer. There may be padding added there that you can

Stop number break in table

2011-12-01 Thread Timothy DeWees
More excellent suggestions, thanks! From: Sarah O'Keefe [mailto:oke...@scriptorium.com] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 7:47 AM To: Timothy DeWees Subject: Re: Stop number break in table Create a unique paragraph and change the Table settings for that paragraph in the paragraph designer

Stop number break in table

2011-12-01 Thread Timothy DeWees
ick Quatro Cc: Timothy DeWees; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Stop number break in table Yep, Stuart and Rick are correct...just create a Paragraph Formant for those numbers that sets the Table Cell properties appropriately and independently of the Table Format -Matt @mattrsulliv

Post Script error on conversion to pdf - related to table

2011-10-27 Thread Timothy DeWees
I am working in a document that was edited by someone else, so I don't know all of the details of how the document was edited. But after I finished my editing, I went to convert to pdf and one of the files is causing a post script error. I was able to narrow it down to a specific file and a

RE: Post Script error on conversion to pdf - related to table

2011-10-27 Thread Timothy DeWees
help. Tim From: David A Starr [mailto:dast...@ra.rockwell.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:50 AM To: Timothy DeWees Subject: Re: Post Script error on conversion to pdf - related to table Tim, Try deleting paragraphs immediately surrounding the table, especially the paragraph

Post Script error on conversion to pdf - related to table

2011-10-27 Thread Timothy DeWees
help. Tim From: David A Starr [mailto:dast...@ra.rockwell.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:50 AM To: Timothy DeWees Subject: Re: Post Script error on conversion to pdf - related to table Tim, Try deleting paragraphs immediately surrounding the table, especially the paragraph where

Post Script error on conversion to pdf - related to table

2011-10-26 Thread Timothy DeWees
I am working in a document that was edited by someone else, so I don't know all of the details of how the document was edited. But after I finished my editing, I went to convert to pdf and one of the files is causing a post script error. I was able to narrow it down to a specific file and a

Cannot select and delete imported image file

2011-03-23 Thread Timothy DeWees
I am working with a document where a former employee attempted to import some image file (jpg) into anchored frames that I had set up in the template document. This person was a novice with framemaker. The images obviously were not correctly imported into the anchored frames, because they will

RE: Cannot select and delete imported image file

2011-03-23 Thread Timothy DeWees
If the images don't move with the anchored frame, they were probably placed directly on the page. If you can't select them, they're probably behind the text frame. Try this: select the text frame, select Graphics Send to Back, and then click the image to select it. HTH! Richard G. Combs

Cannot select and delete imported image file

2011-03-23 Thread Timothy DeWees
I am working with a document where a former employee attempted to import some image file (jpg) into anchored frames that I had set up in the template document. This person was a novice with framemaker. The images obviously were not correctly imported into the anchored frames, because they will

Cannot select and delete imported image file

2011-03-23 Thread Timothy DeWees
>If the images don't move with the anchored frame, they were probably placed directly on the page. If you can't select them, they're probably behind the text frame. Try this: select the text frame, select Graphics > Send to Back, >and then click the image to select it. >HTH! >Richard G. Combs

Unresolved text inset book errors

2010-07-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
I just replaced a bunch of text insets in a book with new text inset files. I deleted the old text inset files from the folder which are no longer being used. Everything seems to be working fine, but when I regenerate the book, I get a stream of unresolved text inset errors listing the file names

Unresolved text inset book errors

2010-07-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
I just replaced a bunch of text insets in a book with new text inset files. I deleted the old text inset files from the folder which are no longer being used. Everything seems to be working fine, but when I regenerate the book, I get a stream of unresolved text inset errors listing the file names

Opening book files without opening the book

2010-02-24 Thread Timothy DeWees
I am currently working with a couple of other people who are new to framemaker. I've been using frame for a bit over two years on a near daily basis. I use the practice of always opening a frame book before editing individual files within that book. My concern is that by working in an individual

Opening book files without opening the book

2010-02-24 Thread Timothy DeWees
I am currently working with a couple of other people who are new to framemaker. I've been using frame for a bit over two years on a near daily basis. I use the practice of always opening a frame book before editing individual files within that book. My concern is that by working in an individual