RE: FrameMaker 9 on Windows 7 Ultimate

2014-06-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I ran FrameMaker – forget which version though, but was probably FM 8 – on a Alienware 17” M7700 system some years ago with Windows 7 Ultimate without any problems. Fast machine at that time for sure! So, I would be surprised if the hardware is in any way an issue. Are the files you are trying

RE: Can't activate FM 11...

2014-05-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
As I recall, FrameMaker prompts you every time you start the program to either continue in trial mode, or enter a serial number. Does that not show up? Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2

RE: Using a backslash (\) in Hypertext marker

2014-05-08 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> Did Adobe lose the "About pathnames in commands" topic somewhere along the > way? > "In a pathname, folder levels are separated by a slash (/), even in Windows." > http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/help.html?content=Chap17-Hypertext-Viewonly-Docs_11.html Forward slashes still work fine

RE: Using a backslash (\) in Hypertext marker

2014-05-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
the single forward-slash appropriately. Z Syed Zaeem Hosain | Chief Technical Officer Aeris Communications, Inc.<http://www.aeris.com/> syed.hos...@aeris.net<mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net> o: +1 408 557-1905 | f: +1 408 557-1925 | twitter: @AerisCTO | blog: http://www.aeris.com/blog T

RE: Using a backslash (\) in Hypertext marker

2014-05-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Normally, a backslash followed by another character is treated as an "escape" mechanism for the subsequent character. So, "\Dabc" for example, gives you a double dagger before the characters "abc", etc. This is completely normal behavior from FrameMaker's perspective. If you truly want a path t

RE: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

2014-03-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
dScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..." From: gapet...@gmail.com<mailto:gapet...@gmail.com> To: syed.hos...@aeris.net<mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net> CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com> Hi All, The updated ESTK scripting guides are now av

RE: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

2014-03-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
2014 7:13 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: Scott Turner; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..." Hi All, The updated ESTK scripting guides are now available online: Fm11 http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/scripti

RE: What do you all recommend for showing "space" characters?

2014-03-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
+2423, which actually makes it look better for my needs! Thanks again for all your help! Regards, Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 7:24 PM To: 'Alan Litchfield'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: What

RE: What do you all recommend for showing "space" characters?

2014-03-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
: What do you all recommend for showing "space" characters? Hi, The UTF-8 code for it is U+2423 and it is called "Open Box" (␣). In LaTeX you can use the \textvisiblespace{} macro. Regards Alan On 15/03/14 2:09 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > H

What do you all recommend for showing "space" characters?

2014-03-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, everybody. In my specifications, I often need to "show" a space character ... for a text format sample, for example. I usually use a fixed-width font (Consolas) for these format samples. This helps to make the space character obvious, but isn't perfect. Elsewhere, I have also seen the use

RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
ings like logos), etc. Learning experience for me, I guess ... Z From: Craig Ede [mailto:craig...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 8:23 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); framers Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ... Wouldn't i

RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
1800 dpi would create an excessively huge file. Remember, too, that Acrobat will typically downsample your 1800 dpi file when distilling to PDF. It is likely to end up as 300 dpi, unless you change the settings in Distiller. Mike On 3/6/2014 7:52 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeri

RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks, Mike. I think that Alison was just responding to my request to understand how to save as a PNG from Photoshop. :) FWIW, this is just a simple 4 color corporate logo, so I am not too worried about using PNG format. As long as it shows cleanly in the output PDF of my documents (and print

RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: ]> I guess my only reason for making it look good in FrameMaker would be the "WYSIWYG" factor. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.

RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
e. Z From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 1:05 PM To: Lin Sims; Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ... Your recollection is absolutely correct rega

RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
ich he can change too, I suppose), so had fuzzy color transitions along color edges (in a logo). Z From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 12:46 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Having problems with im

RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
[mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 2:58 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ... As you have CS3, open the EPS in Illustrator and use the File > Exp

RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
r EPS on screen, it just blows up the thumbnail > bitmap, if there is one. If there's not, you see a gray box. > Size the box to the appropriate dimensions, save as PDF, and it should look > fine. > Or are you saying it's bad in the PDF? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:36 P

Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. I am trying to import a graphic - with only four colors in it - (it is in EPS format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view the EPS file on my Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly fine - even when zoomed in. However, for some reason, the file comes into Frame

RE: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Excellent! Less sad now. :) Thanks, Z From: Peter Barraud [mailto:gapet...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 12:44 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: Scott Turner; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

RE: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

2014-03-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Scott Turner said in response to my earlier post: > Why would they keep documentation current? Adobe is the new Microsoft. > Customers/users are irrelevant. Sad ... :( Z > On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:40, "Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)" > wrote: > > Does any

RE: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

2014-03-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 9:48 AM To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: RE: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..." A sorta related question: the Adobe ExtendScript Tookkit (ESTK) was available as a stand-alon

RE: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

2014-03-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
eem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 9:40 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..." Does anyone know if a new version of this guide is available: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/scripting/framemaker

ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

2014-03-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Does anyone know if a new version of this guide is available: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/scripting/framemaker_10_scripting.pdf A search of their site did not find any version 11 or version 12 guide ... Adobe needs to place documentation (and appropriate links) more consistently on t

RE: Round-trip revisions via MS Word. Alternate methods?

2014-03-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
At 09:57 -0800 3/3/14, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > > Agreed that LaTeX has a steep learning curve and, in this WYSIWYG world, it > > may seem > > like a step backward to some people. However, the power and flexibility > > (with highly > > c

RE: Round-trip revisions via MS Word. Alternate methods?

2014-03-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
and the author having to manually break such words *in the LaTeX source*. Of course, any editing that resulted in text flow destroyed this, with the manually hyphenated word now appearing hyphenated within a line. Yech. -- Steve ___ You a

RE: Round-trip revisions via MS Word. Alternate methods?

2014-02-27 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Alan Salo wrote: > My team converts our material to Word frequently for our Product Support > group to use. > Our trick is to create a pdf of the Frame document (as we normally do; our > preferred delivery). We then use Acrobat's File... > Save As Other... > > Microsoft Word... to create a .docx

RE: Compatibility of old(ish) Software with Windows 7

2014-02-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
ity of old(ish) Software with Windows 7" and the opening post specifically mentioned FM7 and Acrobat 7, which do have problems with 64-bit Windows. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > most people do not use old programs that don't work

RE: Compatibility of old(ish) Software with Windows 7

2014-02-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> your system will slow down so much it might as well have crashed. That > happened to me at work the other day: I have two VMs running > enterprise software, they take up 3GB each, and my Mac has only 8GB. > If I start a third VM by mistake, the system becomes totally > unresponsiv

RE: Compatibility of old(ish) Software with Windows 7

2014-02-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
mely memory-intensive and 4GB on 32-bit is not a bottleneck. On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > On a modern computer/laptop of the past few years, which are usually fully > 64-bit capable and _usually_ have more than 4GB of main memory, in

RE: Compatibility of old(ish) Software with Windows 7

2014-02-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Helen Borrie said: > Just a point to those encouraging Carrie to "install as 64-bit" - there's no > way you can make a 32-bit application install or run as 64-bit. You are correct, but ... I think the suggestions have been to install the Windows 7 OS itself as 64-bit, not the application, on mo

RE: FrameMaker freaks me out

2014-01-23 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> >Since then, I have relied on two things: > DropBox is my friend ;-) Yes, indeed! I do daily backups stored on multiple disks - both here and at home - for safety. I use DropBox, but not for these backup files ... yet ... Z ___ You are currentl

RE: Subject: RE: OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-23 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Mike, point taken. Dr. Reng said the same thing too. Perhaps ... a different question that may be more interesting: Do people here feel that it is necessary to check a PDF in a "Reader only" environment if that PDF looks fine in Acrobat? Because, I have yet to see one of my files pass A

RE: FrameMaker freaks me out

2014-01-23 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Steve Rickaby wrote: > At some point while editing yesterday, and I'm not sure what I was doing, > *every chapter* in the book I'm working on started displaying all its text as > if someone had picked it up and randomly scattered it across the page - > complete loss of vertical leading, and side

Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> Also, at $400, I doubt if FrameMaker XML Author is going to be able to > compete with other XML editors out there. The idea is fantastic, but the cost > needs to be around $100-150 a seat. A list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_XML_editors. Many licensed and free versions listed t

RE: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rick Quatro said: > Excellent point by Syed. Another point that is easy to miss in this > discussion: If all of Adobe's products had the level of quality control that > FrameMaker has (long-standing and new bugs, outdated and incomplete > documentation, etc.), Adobe certainly wouldn't be as succ

Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rick Quatro said: > Excellent point by Syed. Another point that is easy to miss in this > discussion: If all of Adobe's products had the level of quality control that > FrameMaker has (long-standing and new bugs, outdated and incomplete > documentation, etc.), Adobe certainly wouldn't be as succ

Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Maxwell Hoffman said: > For another viewpoint, Adobe was just named in the top 100 companies to work > for by Fortune. Our 2013 revenues considerably exceeded projections. So > "somebody" out there is happy with Adobe. ;-) Perhaps. :) But, at what cost? The unhappy ones are probably the small

Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Maxwell Hoffman said: > For another viewpoint, Adobe was just named in the top 100 companies to work > for by Fortune. Our 2013 revenues considerably exceeded projections. So > "somebody" out there is happy with Adobe. ;-) Perhaps. :) But, at what cost? The unhappy ones are probably the small

RE: OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
n Mac. Best regards Winfried From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com> [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net<mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net>) Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:46

OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I understand the concern you all are talking about ... maybe, I have been lucky. :) Like I mentioned, my default setting and use (almost all the time actually) is Acrobat. With the exception of TeXStudio (that has its own built-in PDF displayer "linked" to the LaTeX source) when I am creating P

RE: OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I guess my reaction is that the information from Dov at that link you found is from 2004 - almost ten years ago... on Windows 98 and Windows XP systems apparently, etc. The results may be quite different today perhaps? Or maybe it is my approach of always installing Acrobat after Reader ... W

OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I guess my reaction is that the information from Dov at that link you found is from 2004 - almost ten years ago... on Windows 98 and Windows XP systems apparently, etc. The results may be quite different today perhaps? Or maybe it is my approach of always installing Acrobat after Reader ... W

RE: OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I suspect that it is the Reader uninstall process that has the potential to cause problems with duplicated files, or registry entries and the like. I now leave Reader and Acrobat both installed (in the order that I mentioned in the other response) and there are no issues - Acrobat is used as the

OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I suspect that it is the Reader uninstall process that has the potential to cause problems with duplicated files, or registry entries and the like. I now leave Reader and Acrobat both installed (in the order that I mentioned in the other response) and there are no issues - Acrobat is used as the

RE: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Tammy and Fred. I know about the dire warnings on installing both Reader and Acrobat on the same system, but I have done this without any issues for more than five or six years now (since Reader 7 onwards, as I recall). I always install Reader first, and then Acrobat afterwards - so that al

Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Tammy and Fred. I know about the dire warnings on installing both Reader and Acrobat on the same system, but I have done this without any issues for more than five or six years now (since Reader 7 onwards, as I recall). I always install Reader first, and then Acrobat afterwards - so that al

RE: Applying a character tag to text in FM10

2014-01-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
PM51,856 AOLIVE.TTF 10/11/1992 11:00 PM53,920 AOLIVEB.TTF 10/11/1992 11:00 PM54,836 AOLIVEI.TTF 3 File(s)160,612 bytes From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 3:32 PM To: 'Tammy Van Boening'; 'FrameU

Applying a character tag to text in FM10

2014-01-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
PM51,856 AOLIVE.TTF 10/11/1992 11:00 PM53,920 AOLIVEB.TTF 10/11/1992 11:00 PM54,836 AOLIVEI.TTF 3 File(s)160,612 bytes From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 3:32 PM To: 'Tammy Van Boening'; 'FrameU

RE: Applying a character tag to text in FM10

2014-01-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I think you need the Italic version of that font - you just have the Regular and Bold font files apparently. With old Adobe Type 1 fonts, for example, there were multiple separate files for each "font" set that needed to be available. For example, my old "Helvetica", "Helvetica-Black" and "Helve

Applying a character tag to text in FM10

2014-01-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I think you need the Italic version of that font - you just have the Regular and Bold font files apparently. With old Adobe Type 1 fonts, for example, there were multiple separate files for each "font" set that needed to be available. For example, my old "Helvetica", "Helvetica-Black" and "Helve

RE: End-of-flow wildcard?

2014-01-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rick Quatro said: > The FrameMaker Word import filter leaves a line-feed character at the end of > each paragraph. You can't see it, but it is there and apparently affects your > search. I routinely strip them out in my scripts. A MIF-wash should remove > them. I have seen exactly this too. But

End-of-flow wildcard?

2014-01-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rick Quatro said: > The FrameMaker Word import filter leaves a line-feed character at the end of > each paragraph. You can't see it, but it is there and apparently affects your > search. I routinely strip them out in my scripts. A MIF-wash should remove > them. I have seen exactly this too. But

RE: End-of-flow wildcard?

2014-01-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Steve Rickaby said: > As an avid use and evangeliser of FrameMaker since version 3, Same here ... I began using FrameMaker in 1988 on a Sun 3/50 in SunOS. Steve Rickaby said: > I think some decisions have been made that Adobe could come to regret. Unfortunately, I agree. Z

End-of-flow wildcard?

2014-01-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Steve Rickaby said: > As an avid use and evangeliser of FrameMaker since version 3, Same here ... I began using FrameMaker in 1988 on a Sun 3/50 in SunOS. Steve Rickaby said: > I think some decisions have been made that Adobe could come to regret. Unfortunately, I agree. Z

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:22 PM To: Robert Lauriston; Framers Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released I don't plan to do the subscription model for FrameMaker 12 either. It does not ma

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
m [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:22 PM To: Robert Lauriston; Framers Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released I don't plan to do the subscription model for FrameMaker 12 either. It does not ma

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> I don't understand why you would stop using it for new docs. Most of the > software I've bought I've never upgraded. I guess you and I have a different philosophy about these, I suppose. :) I prefer to stay up on software upgrades when I am using something extensively. The thinking is to get

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> I don't understand why you would stop using it for new docs. Most of the > software I've bought I've never upgraded. I guess you and I have a different philosophy about these, I suppose. :) I prefer to stay up on software upgrades when I am using something extensively. The thinking is to get

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
you, an earlier version, I guess. Z > I don't understand your reasoning. I don't need upgrades to use FrameMaker. > It has been going downhill from version 9 on. On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > Yeah, I would love to continu

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
My comment was that at some time, I could simply stop upgrading and continue to use that last version (as you had mentioned in a post last year) rather than change all the older documents to a new tool. We simply chose to stop at different versions, I suppose ... for me, it is version 11, for y

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
) and have already switched to LaTeX for all my new work. The price and upgrade "costs" of LaTeX - after a 2 month learning curve - are infinitely better for _my_ needs! :) Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
) and have already switched to LaTeX for all my new work. The price and upgrade "costs" of LaTeX - after a 2 month learning curve - are infinitely better for _my_ needs! :) Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston said: > If you buy a subscription and don't renew at the end of the year, the license > is invalid and FrameMaker stops working. > If you buy the $1000 full version or a $400 or $600 upgrade, the license is > perpetual. The only thing that expires is the support agreement. > I

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston said: > If you buy a subscription and don't renew at the end of the year, the license > is invalid and FrameMaker stops working. > If you buy the $1000 full version or a $400 or $600 upgrade, the license is > perpetual. The only thing that expires is the support agreement. > I

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
y, January 16, 2014 10:12 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); Simon BUCH; 'Framers' Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released I wanted to add some clarification to points raised in this discussion. [1] Regarding how people behind firewalls can deal with monthly ping on subs

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks for the information, Maxwell. I read through your blog info and have a question - although the answer may be academic for me (see paragraph below!) :) 1. What happens after the first year is complete? Is it a "renewed every year for a year" contract? 2. Does cancelling after

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
rator has to open a firewall - even if temporarily - rather than just calling to get activation done, I suspect it will not happen at some sites. Z From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:05 AM To: 'Scott Prentice'; framers@lists.frameusers.c

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
rator has to open a firewall - even if temporarily - rather than just calling to get activation done, I suspect it will not happen at some sites. Z From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:05 AM To: 'Scott Prentice'; framers at lists.frameusers.c

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
ubject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released Pretty sure that the "military-industrial complex" doesn't deal with month-by-month subscriptions ;>) From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net<mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net>) [mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net] Sent: January-15-14 1:34 PM To:

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
uot;, it's really a yearly subscription. As far as I know you have to pay for an entire year .. that's just the monthly cost if you break it down that way. ...scott On 1/15/14 10:33 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net<mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net>) wrote: Calling every 30

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Yeah! :) No internet access allowed for them, so they would have to get the perpetual licenses ... Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:51 AM To: 'Framers' Subject: RE: Fra

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Correct. The cost is charged monthly - with an annual commitment. After 30 days, if you cancel, you will be billed 50% of the remaining contract obligation. What I meant was that the software checks activation every 30 days ... presumably, without Internet access, you would have to call every m

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Simon Buch wrote: ? c. In Kapil VERMA's blog entry, there's a section about "Licensing options": 'Furthermore, we are providing both perpetual and subscription licensing options on all our products. We do realize that the licensing needs of our customers vary and hence, we are offering both

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Simon Buch wrote: ? c. In Kapil VERMA's blog entry, there's a section about "Licensing options": 'Furthermore, we are providing both perpetual and subscription licensing options on all our products. We do realize that the licensing needs of our customers vary and hence, we are offering both

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Calling every 30 days for the subscription model version would get old pretty quick, though! :) Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:06 AM To: 'Framers' Subject: RE: FrameMaker

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
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FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Calling every 30 days for the subscription model version would get old pretty quick, though! :) Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:06 AM To: 'Framers' Subject: RE: FrameMa

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks for the links. Some links on the FAQ page for FM 12 are broken ... notably one that takes you to the subscription pricing (including a "promotional" pricing discount). Also, sorry to beat on this drum still, but the upgrade price of $399 from FrameMaker 11 is still too high to be justifi

RE: Bizarre mouse behavior with FrameMaker

2013-12-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I am not particularly familiar with the Mac, so these would be real SWAGs: 1. Is it a wireless mouse? And, if so, have you tried changing its batteries? I have seen occasional misbehavior with my wireless mouse when the batteries are low. 2. Does the middle scroll wheel also have a push-button

Bizarre mouse behavior with FrameMaker

2013-12-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I am not particularly familiar with the Mac, so these would be real SWAGs: 1. Is it a wireless mouse? And, if so, have you tried changing its batteries? I have seen occasional misbehavior with my wireless mouse when the batteries are low. 2. Does the middle scroll wheel also have a push-button

RE: Writing APi documents - best practice

2013-11-27 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: > What language is the API written in? Can't comment on the original question posed, but, FWIW, our API's are written in C++ for some, web services (XML/SOAP) for others, and, more recently, REST for some new web interfaces. For our API documents, in the past 13 to 14 ye

Writing APi documents - best practice

2013-11-27 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: > What language is the API written in? Can't comment on the original question posed, but, FWIW, our API's are written in C++ for some, web services (XML/SOAP) for others, and, more recently, REST for some new web interfaces. For our API documents, in the past 13 to 14 ye

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
>> 052-763-7133 > >> > >> On 28-Oct-13 8:48 PM, Alan Litchfield wrote: > >>> Interestingly, Syed's comments mirror my own trajectory but I have > >>> been using LaTeX et al for as long as I have been using FrameMaker. > >>> > >&g

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Fred, You have described TeX Live very well, so I will only add a few more words based on my recent experiences with it. 1. Although there are a few distributions listed on the CTAN web site, the TeX Live package has proven effective for me, even though they recommended a different one f

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Uh dummy me - hyperref is what I am already using. Just haven't explored all the options yet ... Z > That looks good indeed - the description is exactly what I want! I will have > to try it out. > Thanks much, > Z On 30/10/13 7:25 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Uh dummy me - hyperref is what I am already using. Just haven't explored all the options yet ... Z > That looks good indeed - the description is exactly what I want! I will have > to try it out. > Thanks much, > Z On 30/10/13 7:25 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote: > PD

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare On 30/10/13 7:25 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > PDF generation with intra-document references is one of the limitations in > Adobe Acrobat equivalent

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
That looks good indeed - the description is exactly what I want! I will have to try it out. Thanks much, Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alan Litchfield Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:46

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
PDF generation with intra-document references is one of the limitations in Adobe Acrobat equivalents from other sources (when used with FrameMaker) - Rick Quatro had mentioned this in a response to one of my earlier posts too. However, from TeXstudio (i.e., when using LaTeX), I can get intra-doc

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
PDF generation with intra-document references is one of the limitations in Adobe Acrobat equivalents from other sources (when used with FrameMaker) - Rick Quatro had mentioned this in a response to one of my earlier posts too. However, from TeXstudio (i.e., when using LaTeX), I can get intra-doc

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
? Isn't LaTex a non-WYSIWYG application, though? I can't imagine working that way in this century. I don't think I've done that since Wordstar. :) ? Mike Wickham Absolutely correct that it is non-WYSIWYG for the text input. So, it does require a change in thinking when writing. However,

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
? Isn't LaTex a non-WYSIWYG application, though? I can't imagine working that way in this century. I don't think I've done that since Wordstar. :) ? Mike Wickham Absolutely correct that it is non-WYSIWYG for the text input. So, it does require a change in thinking when writing. However,

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Joseph. You are not the only one who is abandoning FrameMaker ... if you look at my posts in the past months, I have done the same although I have been using it since 1988 off and on. I am still on the list for old times sake, though. :) Please do send me your detailed reasons in an off-lis

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Joseph. You are not the only one who is abandoning FrameMaker ... if you look at my posts in the past months, I have done the same although I have been using it since 1988 off and on. I am still on the list for old times sake, though. :) Please do send me your detailed reasons in an off-lis

RE: Type 1 Helvetica, Internet Explorer, and Windows 7 Incompatible

2013-10-09 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Darn! I just noticed that I am having trouble displaying any text in Type 1 fonts in Word documents - they are all displaying as Arial, although the font metrics from the original Type 1 font are making it "display" very poorly. I wonder if this is related in any way to what you experienced too?

Type 1 Helvetica, Internet Explorer, and Windows 7 Incompatible

2013-10-09 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Darn! I just noticed that I am having trouble displaying any text in Type 1 fonts in Word documents - they are all displaying as Arial, although the font metrics from the original Type 1 font are making it "display" very poorly. I wonder if this is related in any way to what you experienced too?

RE: Adobe was hacked

2013-10-08 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
r every site, but are changing them all anyway > because Adobe got hacked? That makes about as much sense as rekeying the > locks in your house. On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > FWIW, I use different passwords on different sites, so I

Adobe was hacked

2013-10-08 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: > You use a different password for every site, but are changing them all anyway > because Adobe got hacked? That makes about as much sense as rekeying the > locks in your house. I like wearing suspenders and a belt too. :) Seriously, I take my password settings as an im

RE: Adobe was hacked

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: > I would also add that the Adobe Cloud model subscription *requires* us to > keep a credit card on file with them for their monthly charge. To which Robert Lauriston said: > Getting logins and passwords for a retail site doesn't necessarily allow you > to get credit car

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