Well, it's been a long time since I've done more than browse the
messages from the Framerslist.
Hopefully someone might be able to help me though.
When opening xml files with CGM graphics, I keep getting the message
insufficient memory to import file in the XML Read Report Log.
Graphics elements
Well, it's been a long time since I've done more than browse the
messages from the Framerslist.
Hopefully someone might be able to help me though.
When opening xml files with CGM graphics, I keep getting the message
"insufficient memory to import file" in the XML Read Report Log.
Graphics
I think the question that remains, is when will the two applications
become more aware of each other so that you needn't have to worry?
That FM doesn't ask to install distiller if an Acrobat installation is
found and that Acrobat fixes a FM distiller only install if a FM
installation is found?
I think the question that remains, is when will the two applications
become more aware of each other so that you needn't have to worry?
That FM doesn't ask to install distiller if an Acrobat installation is
found and that Acrobat fixes a FM distiller only install if a FM
installation is found?
Use Framescript, or a plug-in from Rick.
> From: "Jon Harvey"
> Is there a way to configure table column widths in either FrameMaker or
> Flare so that, when the document is imported into Flare, the table
> expands to the width of the surrounding text?
On 9/25/07, Hedley Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, it will be if we ALL start screaming for
So, everyone get on it:
http://www.adobe.com/support/feature.html
How about someone re-write all those wishes into a format that will cut and
paste into the Adobe form?
On 9/25/07, Hedley Finger wrote:
>
>
> Well, it will be if we ALL start screaming for
>
>
So, everyone get on it:
http://www.adobe.com/support/feature.html
How about someone re-write all those wishes into a format that will cut and
paste into the Adobe form?
Looks like Bill is right.
http://www.cdwg.com/shop/search/results.aspx?key=Adobe+FrameMaker+licenseconorg=Educationfilteredsortorder=PRICEASCkeymm=MatchAllconagc=-1platform=pc
Talk about complicated...
On 9/21/07, Bill Swallow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looks like that's the media. You still
Would seem to be an educational license:
License
Agreement TermAll Terms
CategoryLicense
License TypeMedia Kits
Licensing ProgramAdobe CLP - Education Media Kit and Doc
Seems li,ke I should pester the administration where I teach Framemaker.
They only have version 6.
Then
Well, I work with what THEY have. Not with what I have. They work with the
budget they have.
It's one night a week for ten weeks. If you know Frame6, there's nothing
surprising in any other version. If I was an employer, I'd treat the
students the same as those that learned on Frame8. Give them a
Why try to perform something difficult in Acrobat that is so simple
Framemaker?
Either two templates, On-Line and BW Print, or simpler print one with Spot
Color as Black/White.
If you don't want to distribute two PDFs, I remember Shlomo at MicroType had
examples of PDFs with different screen and
And from the Horse's mouth:
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/openoptions/clp.html
On 9/21/07, Eric Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looks like Bill is right.
http://www.cdwg.com/shop/search/results.aspx?key=Adobe+FrameMaker+licenseconorg=Educationfilteredsortorder=PRICEASCkeymm=MatchAllconagc
Would seem to be an educational license:
>>License
>>
>>Agreement TermAll Terms
>>CategoryLicense
>>License TypeMedia Kits
>>Licensing ProgramAdobe CLP - Education Media Kit and Doc
Seems li,ke I should pester the administration where I teach Framemaker.
They only have version 6.
Looks like Bill is right.
http://www.cdwg.com/shop/search/results.aspx?key=Adobe+FrameMaker+license=Education=PRICEASC=MatchAll=-1=pc
Talk about complicated...
On 9/21/07, Bill Swallow wrote:
>
> Looks like that's the media. You still need to buy a license key. ;)
>
> On 9/21/07, Kelly
And from the Horse's mouth:
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/openoptions/clp.html
On 9/21/07, Eric Dunn wrote:
>
> Looks like Bill is right.
>
> http://www.cdwg.com/shop/search/results.aspx?key=Adobe+FrameMaker+license=Education=PRICEASC=MatchAll=-1=pc
>
>
> Talk about complicated...
Well, I work with what THEY have. Not with what I have. They work with the
budget they have.
It's one night a week for ten weeks. If you know Frame6, there's nothing
surprising in any other version. If I was an employer, I'd treat the
students the same as those that learned on Frame8. Give them a
Why try to perform something difficult in Acrobat that is so simple
Framemaker?
Either two templates, On-Line and B Print, or simpler print one with "Spot
Color as Black/White".
If you don't want to distribute two PDFs, I remember Shlomo at MicroType had
examples of PDFs with different screen
A suggestion:
Get and use the BookUtils plug-in. Or save as MIF and do find and replace
searches to correct Xrefs.
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A suggestion:
Get and use the BookUtils plug-in. Or save as MIF and do find and replace
searches to correct Xrefs.
On 8/9/07, Mike Feimster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now the book is valid, even
though the toc is an unstructured file.
IMO, this is an unfortunate failing of FM or simply a missing feature.
FM should be able to produce structured generated files. could be
perhaps accomplished by adding element
On 8/9/07, Mike Feimster wrote:
> Now the book is valid, even
> though the toc is an unstructured file.
>
IMO, this is an unfortunate failing of FM or simply a missing feature.
FM should be able to produce structured generated files. could be
perhaps accomplished by adding element information
On 8/2/07, Fred Ridder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You do it by building two different books that use all the
same files except for the cover.
Or just have one book file with both covers. Select the relevant cover
when printing.
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On 8/2/07, Fred Ridder wrote:
> You do it by building two different books that use all the
> same files except for the cover.
Or just have one book file with both covers. Select the relevant cover
when printing.
I use the mailmerge feature in Word to
import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product
on which the report is based, the final score that the product achieved
and so on... Is this something that I can do better using Framemaker?
Out-of-the-box, No.
But, I've already
For added safety, create a character format, and use the character format
and character in a variable. That way the formatting won't be lost due to
an inadvertent application of the default character format to the entire
paragraph.
Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer
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Lester C. Smalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/15/2007 04:24:11
PM:
Are any of the figures inside either another text frame, or a table?
Numbering usually works extremely well, provided all the paragraph tags
are in the same text flow. Either of these instances creates a different
text
To address the initial problem:
The only repair I have found that works is to rebuild the files anchored
frames from the point at which the numbering is broken. To be extra sure,
rebuild them all.
Save a copy of your file, in the working file delete all anchored frames,
then with the working
Allen, Richard (Raytheon) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/01/2007
03:20:42 PM:
An XML document instance is void of formatting. Formatting is left to
the application, AT or FM or IE or...
Yeah, but...
You did say that was the short answer, and others have already chimed in
that setting up
Steve Rickaby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/27/2007
05:19:00 AM:
At 11:46 -0700 26/4/07, Matt Sullivan wrote:
These days, Frame can work directly with the XML, and storing as .fm is
strictly optional. IMO, this undercuts much of AT's sales pitch.
And the most annoying thing is that working
Consider using Xrefs. I've found that documents containing abbreviations,
terms, values, and the like and referenced as necessary make for very
versatile and easily maintained FrameMaker documents.
Marcus Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/22/2007 10:46:17 PM:
For our mechanically gifted friend, I'd be
inclined to provide a graphic interface and a touch screen that let him
drill to the warp drive than compel him to hunt and peck on a toughened
keyboard. An index may have its place, but it's
You won't like my answer, but it's the only solution I've found to the
problem you describe.
You need to make a copy of the file, delete all anchored frames, then open
the copy and working file side by side.
In the copy, use find to locate each anchored frame.
For each anchored frame, create a
Sorry to chime in late.
Here's how I've done it when I needed a documents page count elsewhere. A
paragraph with a format called PageCount placed on A REFERENCE PAGE!
Then you just put the page count variable as the only text. You then Xref
to the last document in a book. No need for blank
ASI may have an official document out supporting indexes and
differentiating between indexes and indices, but with all due respect,
there is nothing wrong with using indices in any context. I have seen no
dictionary or language authority that makes a differentiation in
definition between the
Niels Fanøe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/27/2006 07:55:13 AM:
As far as I can see, there is no way of doing this. I can apply a
master page on the index heading, but that only covers the page on
which the heading is situated, not the subsequent pages. I made a
script which can reformat the
Another point to consider. What are the differences between the default
right/left master pages and the index right/left master pages?
If it is only the number of columns, consider this: have a two column
layout on the default Left/Right master pages. Then, set all formats in
the paragraph
If you want to remove ALL extraneous information, remove the entire
catalogues from the MIF file using PERL.
I'm not familiar with L10N company processes, but why can't they identify
what is text and what is formatting? Translating even the used formats is
pointless and counter-productive
Framers framers@FrameUsers.com wrote on 08/22/2006 03:52:23 PM:
The bottom line is I have a client who doesn't want to send his files
out to
the printer but print them on a color printer.
Welcome to the (hellish) world of colourmatching. Fussing with the colour
on screen is virtually
Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/09/2006 02:10:22
PM:
Are all the bits in the same connected text flow?
The Symptom certainly seems to point to disconnected text flows.
My guess would go further and suppose that the following items are in fact
on the same page:
The First Bit
The
Sarah O'Keefe wrote on 08/09/2006 03:07:05 PM:
Or possibly headings that reside in tables.
Absolutely. But I shudder to think what Machiavellian template is built
that way...
Unless perhaps it's to get the effect of a shaded box. But as noted, that
would destroy the usefulness of generated
How do you change the paper colour? By changing the paper in the printer.
VBG!
Except for the suggestion changing windows settings, all the artifices to
change the background colour have the same danger. If you don't set it up
with a colour that is set to not print, you'll end up with
Nidhi,
The quick and simple answer is that the function you are looking for can
be found in the Edit menu:
Edit Copy Special Paragraph Format
Edit Copy Special Character Format
The longer answer, IMO, depends on what you're doing with the function.
Are you propagating named formats from
mathieu jacquet wrote on 08/04/2006 08:05:22 AM:
First : I was writing text on my first page and when I reached the bottom
of
it, FM did not create a second page to write on but allowed me to write
on
and on underneath the footer.
Assuming you are not working in a table:
In a nutshell, you'll
Based on the descriptions and the sourceforge notes, it seems to me that
the XMetal add-in is to simply use FrameMaker as a PDF output engine.
The free Adobe plug-in that is due out shortly lets you use FrameMaker as
your authoring environment.
Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer
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wrote on 07/19/2006 05:14:23 PM:
7) Highlight the file testTOC.fm, right click and select Set Up table
of Contents
No styleas are in the left side pane.
Why not?
Both the formats to be selected in the TOC setup and the formats actually
selected are part of the Book
Have to say I'm intrigued as to what possible purpose a TOC of a TOC would
serve.
But, the only way to automatically set-up a generated file would be to use
FrameScript.
Or
Have a book set up with a TOC and other generated files as you want them,
then use that book template to build new
Steve Rickaby wrote on 06/29/2006 01:47:56 PM:
If/then and If/then/else or If/then/eiseif/else have been the
constructs in any programming language that I can remember working
in.
While I won't argue with the underlying point Steve's logic with respect
to the addition of an AND clause to
Perhaps a generated alphabetic list of markers could be used. Place a
marker (choose a type) at the beginning of each topic containing the
reviewer's name.
Or rethink your production process. Perhaps you should produce files with
one topic per file and build custom books for each reviewer. Or
Caroline Tabach wrote on 06/25/2006 06:28:43 AM:
In order for the ToC to work the way we want (the words Appendix B will
appear before the chapter name, instead of chapter 5), they have a
heading tag, called AppendixHeading, when they appear as a chapter, they
have a different heading style,
What exactly is a FrameMaker typesetter?
And, why the absolute need for on-site availability?
If , as it seems, the job is to apply styles and paginate text in a
FrameMaker template, anyone anywhere should be able to complete the
project.
Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer
Celine Buerkli
Well, the text was imported from Word. That explains EVERYTHING. lol :D
Should have thought about disconnected text frames myself.
While autoconnect was selected, it doesn't mean the current frame and next
similarly tagged frame are connected. Autoconnect will only cause
FrameMaker to create a
David Bills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/10/2006 04:50:57 AM:
The point I'm attempting to make is that large departments, particularly
those that weigh specialized technical skills and experience higher than
desktop publishing skills, should factor the Frame capabilities of their
less skilled
The text content of a cross-reference is limited by what you can build
using the Xref building blocks. It may be possible to have a Xref that
produces multiple paragraphs (Using \R in the def?) but I doubt it would
be workable.
But to combine multiple paragraphs, you need to have information
Sounds like a job for FrameScript...
Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer
Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/09/2006 12:03:18 PM:
Is there a way import text insets by dragging and dropping them into
an open Frame document? It's irritating to have to jump through the
menu hoops when you have
Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/09/2006 01:09:11
PM:
I deliver primarily PDFs, and I wouldn't use xrefs in this way because
they'd become working hyperlinks in the PDFs. Ugh!
Not a problem. You just change all those Xrefs into text and all is good.
The Xref formats used for the
Paul Findon wrote on 05/24/2006 01:11:11 PM:
I usually copy and paste an anchored frame that already has the
settings I want, delete what's in it, then import the new graphic.
Paul
DANGER!
Copying anchored frames may result in numbering madness. Well, in our
case, anchored frames include
Excellent post Dan. Your post was exactly what I wanted (but was too lazy)
to post as soon as I saw the original post about numbering.
Far too often I see technical writers complaining about layout, format,
or organisation because they simply don't like it or it doesn't look
right. And then
Is it possible to do a condition within a variable (just like you do a
character format within a variable)? I have a master document which I
have to save into 4 different customer docs. Each customer has its own
condition. Each doc has to have a different part number due to document
Annu Rantamäki wrote on 02/28/2006 09:05:26 AM:
We'd like to add a condition marker to certain numbered paragraph
tags,
Not possible to do automatically, but you can do it in a Find/Replace.
Apply the desired conditions to one paragraph, copy specialconditional
format, and then search for
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