The Adobe credit card issue may indeed be a major issue - PLEASE READ - URGENT

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Milan Davidovi? wrote: >On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) > wrote: > > Without this, the crooks *would* have made off with those $1000 worth of > > goods - even though I would NOT have been personally liable. And that cost > > would have been "passed

The Adobe credit card issue may indeed be a major issue - PLEASE READ - URGENT

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Milan Davidovi? wrote: > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) > wrote: > > That added cost would be smaller per person/account than the cost (not just > > money) of dealing with the resulting fraud costs. > > Honestly, just asking questions; no other

The Adobe credit card issue may indeed be a major issue - PLEASE READ - URGENT

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Theresa de Valence wrote: > One thing that did help, the bank card agreed to accept the old card, if the > card was presented "in person," so this may help you too. Good point. I forgot to mention that the American Express guy recommended carrying my old card too (since I booked the flight and

The Adobe credit card issue may indeed be a major issue - PLEASE READ - URGENT

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: > The credit card numbers in the hacked Adobe data were encrypted, so that was > probably stolen some other way. > http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/adobe-to-announce-source-code-customer-data-breach That totally depends on how good the encryption was. And, we do not

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

RE: Adobe was hacked

2013-10-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Alan Litchfield said: Read that in the news. They haven't contacted me, so fingers crossed. I have not been contacted either! :( Not sure if that is good news yet ... I would much prefer a you are okay e-mail if I am not in trouble. But, in this day and age, companies tend *not* to send out

RE: Adobe was hacked

2013-10-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
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. My teen-age son has an Academic Creative Cloud account with Adobe for his High School class on Graphic Arts - it automatically charges a monthly amount to

Adobe was hacked

2013-10-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Alan Litchfield said: > Read that in the news. They haven't contacted me, so fingers crossed. I have not been contacted either! :( Not sure if that is good news yet ... I would much prefer a "you are okay" e-mail if I am not in trouble. But, in this day and age, companies tend *not* to send

Adobe was hacked

2013-10-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
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. My teen-age son has an Academic Creative Cloud account with Adobe for his High School class on Graphic Arts - it automatically charges a monthly amount to

RE: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver

2013-09-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
As an FYI: Some hyperlinks in FrameMaker documents do not seem to output with PDF generators like Nitro PDF and a few others that I have tested so far. Most are good in general though (of course, I am not sure why Nitro choked on your document!). Anyway, so far, my tests show only Adobe

TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver

2013-09-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
As an FYI: Some hyperlinks in FrameMaker documents do not seem to output with PDF generators like Nitro PDF and a few others that I have tested so far. Most are good in general though (of course, I am not sure why Nitro choked on your document!). Anyway, so far, my tests show only Adobe

RE: Font suggestions for book?

2013-08-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
The answer is This is Your decision really! However, I can make some personal observations. I bought this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BFOYW4K/ref=docs-os-doi_0 quite a while back and found it a good read to understand how to make fonts in documents look good. (The title is Type

Font suggestions for book?

2013-08-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
The answer is "This is Your decision" really! However, I can make some personal observations. I bought this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BFOYW4K/ref=docs-os-doi_0 quite a while back and found it a good read to understand how to make fonts in documents look good. (The title is "Type &

RE: Why we love Adobe Tech Support...

2013-08-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Greg Albert said: Am I missing something? I thought it was a humourous tale with no intended insult whatsoever. Isn't the * you just Pete trying to correct the thank yo for responding from his previous line? I thought it was just quirky timing that led to it looking like an insult. That is

Why we love Adobe Tech Support...

2013-08-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Greg Albert said: > Am I missing something? I thought it was a humourous tale with no intended > insult whatsoever. Isn't the "* you" just Pete trying to correct the "thank > yo for responding" from his previous line? I thought it was just quirky > timing that led to it looking like an insult.

RE: Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!

2013-08-09 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
To add to the chorus: I have been using Windows 7 (64 bit) and FrameMaker 11 for over two years now - that OS should not be a reason for concern per se. So, if you all are getting new systems with fully patched versions of Windows 7 and FrameMaker 11, you should be fine. And, as others have

Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!

2013-08-09 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
To add to the chorus: I have been using Windows 7 (64 bit) and FrameMaker 11 for over two years now - that OS should not be a reason for concern per se. So, if you all are getting new systems with fully patched versions of Windows 7 and FrameMaker 11, you should be fine. And, as others have

RE: Updating user and system variables across a book

2013-08-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
My favorite add-in tool: BookVars from www.leximation.comhttp://www.leximation.com ... Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alastair Dent Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 7:15 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Updating

Updating user and system variables across a book

2013-08-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
My favorite add-in tool: BookVars from www.leximation.com ... Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alastair Dent Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 7:15 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject:

RE: A hearty public endorsement for Mif2Go - thanks, Jeremy!

2013-08-02 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: FrameMaker MIF2Go Word works great, I've used it for a variety of projects. Unfortunately Word Confluence has some major bugs that require a lot of cleanup. FrameMaker MIF2Go XHTML Confluence might be faster depending on the content and formatting.

A hearty public endorsement for Mif2Go - thanks, Jeremy!

2013-08-02 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: > FrameMaker > MIF2Go > Word works great, I've used it for a variety of > projects. > Unfortunately Word > Confluence has some major bugs that require a lot of > cleanup. FrameMaker > MIF2Go > XHTML > Confluence might be faster depending > on the content and formatting.

RE: TCS subscription model: Illustrator version, and can you go back to buying TCS outright as an upgrade later?

2013-08-01 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston said: In recent years more and more of my content is coming out of wikis. We have decided the same - all of our _new_ documentation, user guides, manuals, etc., is being created on Confluence now rather than FrameMaker. And all my older documents that need updates will be

A hearty public endorsement for Mif2Go - thanks, Jeremy!

2013-08-01 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. As part of my project to move all my documents from FrameMaker to Confluence, I had been planning to use Mif2Go to get my FM documents into other formats. Well, the opportunity to test/start a similar process arose sooner than I expected. One of my specifications needed urgent updates

TCS subscription model: Illustrator version, and can you go back to buying TCS outright as an upgrade later?

2013-08-01 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston said: > In recent years more and more of my content is coming out of wikis. We have decided the same - all of our _new_ documentation, user guides, manuals, etc., is being created on Confluence now rather than FrameMaker. And all my older documents that need updates will be

A hearty public endorsement for Mif2Go - thanks, Jeremy!

2013-08-01 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. As part of my project to move all my documents from FrameMaker to Confluence, I had been planning to use Mif2Go to get my FM documents into other formats. Well, the opportunity to test/start a similar process arose sooner than I expected. One of my specifications needed urgent updates

RE: TCS subscription model: Illustrator version, and can you go back to buying TCS outright as an upgrade later?

2013-07-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
? They get more $ by forcing all users to upgrade with each new release whether they want to or not, so barring the CS subscription-only model causing mass migration to other products (sadly, not likely), TCS will go the same path. I suspect that you are correct that mass migration to other

RE: TCS subscription model: Illustrator version, and can you go back to buying TCS outright as an upgrade later?

2013-07-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: Adobe has something of a captive market with InDesign. The same isn't true for FrameMaker and RoboHelp. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Ø They get more $ by forcing all users to upgrade

TCS subscription model: Illustrator version, and can you go back to buying TCS outright as an upgrade later?

2013-07-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
? They get more $ by forcing all users to upgrade with each new release whether they want to or not, so barring the CS subscription-only model causing mass migration to other products (sadly, not likely), TCS will go the same path. I suspect that you are correct that mass migration to other

TCS subscription model: Illustrator version, and can you go back to buying TCS outright as an upgrade later?

2013-07-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: > Adobe has something of a captive market with InDesign. The same isn't true > for FrameMaker and RoboHelp. > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain > (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote: > > ? They get more $ by forcing all users to upgrade with each new > >

RE: Do not use the Courier(r) font when Adobe Type Manager(r) is turned off

2013-07-24 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I don't have any difficulties using Courier in FrameMaker today. :) However, some years ago, I switched to Consolas for fixed-width text in my documents. It looks _much_ cleaner on sample code, in PDF files and on a display screen, etc., than any of the Courier fonts available. You might check

RE: Do not use the Courier(r) font when Adobe Type Manager(r) is turned off

2013-07-24 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Oh, yes, I like that one too - saw it some months back! But since I had standardized on Consolas quite a while ago, I continued with it. Z Jack DeLand said: There's also Source Code Pro, available for free from SourceForge. And it is an open license, Adobe-created OTF. I'm just sayin'.

"Do not use the Courier(r) font when Adobe Type Manager(r) is turned off"

2013-07-24 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I don't have any difficulties using Courier in FrameMaker today. :) However, some years ago, I switched to Consolas for fixed-width text in my documents. It looks _much_ cleaner on sample code, in PDF files and on a display screen, etc., than any of the Courier fonts available. You might check

"Do not use the Courier(r) font when Adobe Type Manager(r) is turned off"

2013-07-24 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Oh, yes, I like that one too - saw it some months back! But since I had "standardized" on Consolas quite a while ago, I continued with it. Z Jack DeLand said: > There's also Source Code Pro, available for free from SourceForge. And it is > an open license, Adobe-created OTF. I'm just

RE: Unwanted hairlines around graphics in pdfs created by FM11

2013-07-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
am printing using the Smallest File Size option Rob PC 8 Gbyte 3 terrabyte drives Windows 7 64 bit TCS 4 Creative suite CS4 Flash Professional ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as syed.hos...@aeris.net. Send list messages to framers

Adobe Tech Comm Content Strategy and Tools Survey

2013-07-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I just finished the survey ... without any crashes. Used Chrome. Maybe the problems were browser-dependent issues? Z Mike Wickham said: > It crashed near the end for me, too, but signing back in let me take up where > I left off.

Unwanted hairlines around graphics in pdfs created by FM11

2013-07-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
In my experience, this has happened for one of the following reasons: 1. The JPEG has the line in there as a row (or few) of single-color pixels that are different from the rest of the image - this requires fixing in an image editing program to remove. 2. The FM instance of that image has

RE: Can't enter alpha character in text

2013-07-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Alt-097 is simply the character lower-case ‘a’. Enter it, highlight it and then set it to the symbol font (using the character designer preferably!) and it will show you what you want. Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

RE: RE: Can't enter alpha character in text

2013-07-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
FM 9 and FM 10 should work identically in regard to _this_ font issue, so no need to worry about that in this case. :) Most importantly, from that link document, on page 13, it shows that you need to use the Symbol font to get an alpha (for the value 097). Z From:

Can't enter alpha character in text

2013-07-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Alt-097 is simply the character lower-case ?a?. Enter it, highlight it and then set it to the symbol font (using the character designer preferably!) and it will show you what you want. Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

Can't enter alpha character in text

2013-07-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hmmm ? do you have the symbol font installed? The symptom you describe is what generally what I see happen when a font is not available to FM ? it just displays the base character (?a? in this case). Because, I just tested it in FM and it worked fine for me! Of course, if you are using Unicode

Can't enter alpha character in text

2013-07-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
FM 9 and FM 10 should work identically in regard to _this_ font issue, so no need to worry about that in this case. :) Most importantly, from that link document, on page 13, it shows that you need to use the Symbol font to get an alpha (for the value 097). Z From: framers-bounces at

RE: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
As has been stated before, we obviously think differently. My perspective is that new versions of software generally do have bug fixes, code improvements, etc., and in general run better, faster, with new features, etc. So, I *prefer* to upgrade when new versions are released - although this

RE: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
In this day and age, is Internet bandwidth use for text e-mails really an issue? :) Plus, are you saying that you know/believe that FrameMaker is not going to be released as a cloud-based license model soon? Love to hear the news. And, in my opinion, btw, my discussion (feel free to call it

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
As has been stated before, we obviously think differently. My perspective is that new versions of software generally do have bug fixes, code improvements, etc., and in general run better, faster, with new features, etc. So, I *prefer* to upgrade when new versions are released - although this

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
In this day and age, is Internet "bandwidth" use for text e-mails really an issue? :) Plus, are you saying that you know/believe that FrameMaker is not going to be released as a cloud-based license model soon? Love to hear the news. And, in my opinion, btw, my discussion (feel free to call it

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. I'll respect the requests and keep my comments off-line (other than this last one) But only until after my belief/speculation/prediction comes true: when - not if - FrameMaker upgrades/licensing is foisted on us as subscription model, it will be fair game again. This will be

RE: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Ummm ... I believe that his point was that, in time, the file format used by the ever-improving versions of CC would become unreadable in the existing, no longer upgraded version of CS6. It is a highly likely possibility. This is true for FrameMaker for example ... try reading FM 11 files in FM

RE: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
--or get a gmail address, a new Adobe ID using that address, and then use CC for 30 days. David Creamer IDEAS Training ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as syed.hos...@aeris.net. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Ummm ... I believe that his point was that, in time, the file format used by the "ever-improving" versions of CC would become unreadable in the existing, "no longer upgraded" version of CS6. It is a highly likely possibility. This is true for FrameMaker for example ... try reading FM 11 files

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Oops, my apologies too. Please ignore my last e-mail too - I responded to it before I saw this one from you and from others. Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Creamer Sent: Wednesday, July

RE: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Steve/Mike. I agree with you both thoroughly. In a similar thread some months back, I noted that I was unable to renew my 2-year FrameMaker and Acrobat Pro update license agreement because of a new Adobe policy - I suspect that this was in preparation for a migration to a cloud-based approach

RE: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I apologize for helping this topic spill into the FrameMaker arena where, so far, the subscription model has not been forced on us. Hopefully, Adobe won't also make that bad decision or they will find that they have lost the last bit of their revenue stream from me. Given the fact that I

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Steve/Mike. I agree with you both thoroughly. In a similar thread some months back, I noted that I was unable to renew my 2-year FrameMaker and Acrobat Pro update license agreement because of a new Adobe policy - I suspect that this was in preparation for a migration to a cloud-based approach

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> I apologize for helping this topic spill into the FrameMaker arena where, so > far, the subscription model has not been forced on us. > Hopefully, Adobe won't also make that bad decision or they will find that > they have lost the last bit of their revenue stream from me. Given the fact that

RE: DITA/docbook vs your own schema

2013-07-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rebecca Officer wrote: ? You can buy the electronic version from http://comtech-serv.com//index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=28_3products_id=10http://comtech-serv.com/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=28_3products_id=10. ? I really like ebooks. I'm reading it already. Thanks for the

RE: DITA/docbook vs your own schema

2013-07-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston said: Neither do PDFs, which are superior in pretty much every way. Yes, they are good in many ways, but PDFs don't flow across pages as smoothly as Kindle documents on a Kindle when things like the font-size, etc., are changed. Z

DITA/docbook vs your own schema

2013-07-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rebecca Officer wrote: ? You can buy the electronic version from http://comtech-serv.com//index.php?main_page=product_info=28_3_id=10. ? I really like ebooks. I'm reading it already. Thanks for the info, Rebecca! 1. Do

DITA/docbook vs your own schema

2013-07-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston said: > Neither do PDFs, which are superior in pretty much every way. Yes, they are good in many ways, but PDFs don't flow across pages as smoothly as Kindle documents on a Kindle when things like the font-size, etc., are changed. Z

RE: Convert text to variables

2013-07-01 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Ah! In that case, you absolutely need the BookVars plugin from Leximation. Given what I now understand as your need, this will do exactly what you want. BookVars is my most-oft-used plugin in FrameMaker! I maintain all my variables text in external text files using this - it works at the book

Convert text to variables

2013-07-01 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Ah! In that case, you absolutely need the BookVars plugin from Leximation. Given what I now understand as your need, this will do exactly what you want. BookVars is my most-oft-used plugin in FrameMaker! I maintain all my variables text in external text files using this - it works at the book

RE: Creating a clickable link for email in a frame (to pdf) document

2013-06-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
as syed.hos...@aeris.net. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/syed.hosain%40aeris.net Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com

Creating a clickable link for email in a frame (to pdf) document

2013-06-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
As I recall, it works the same way as a Hypertext link to a URL basically - so use that option and provide the exact text you show below The computer's OS should interpret that as a request to fire up the default e-mail client. Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at

RE: Converting Older Frame Files to Frame 10: Cannot Lock File Error Message

2013-06-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Usually, files brought in (copied) from a CD are set to read-only by Windows (including recent versions - not just WinNT). This is because they *are* read-only when on the CD. :) If the folder is also set read-only (e.g., this *may* occur if you copied a tree from the CD), then you may also

Converting Older Frame Files to Frame 10: Cannot Lock File Error Message

2013-06-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Usually, files brought in (copied) from a CD are set to read-only by Windows (including recent versions - not just WinNT). This is because they *are* read-only when on the CD. :) If the folder is also set read-only (e.g., this *may* occur if you copied a tree from the CD), then you may also

RE: straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
is not large), since I have had a number of people ask for that sample FM file I had offered in a previous response. Z On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: (I am not sure I _entirely_ understand what you mean.) If you mean one

straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> I don't need any flexibility. These are the only two tags that will ever need > icons. Then, yes, my approach would be overkill for your case, I suppose. :) FWIW, I have these paragraph formats available in all my documents. Including both the auto-number method (and which also involves

RE: straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
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RE: straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
That would be two tags. I want just one tag since that's more straightforward for single-sourcing to various outputs. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: I use side-head paragraphs for this purpose all the time. Then I can

straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I use side-head paragraphs for this purpose all the time. Then I can enter whatever I want in the side-head - whether it is a large icon like you asked about, or other text (in red for example). With autonumber, you end up having to use the same "autonumber" text. The process is to set the

straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
(I am not sure I _entirely_ understand what you mean.) If you mean "one paragraph format" and "one character format" (if you want to use an icon), then, yes, that is true. But my approach gives you more flexibility in one way. Using an autonumber requires a _separate_ paragraph format for each

RE: BookMifWash

2013-06-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Stuart Rogers wrote: On 2013-May-29 10:21 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.netmailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: Thanks for the info! As a side comment, the documentation seems to be incorrect to me. I hope it does _not_ do what I think it says it does: The client will then

BookMifWash

2013-06-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Stuart Rogers wrote: On 2013-May-29 10:21 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote: > > Thanks for the info! > > > > As a side comment, the documentation seems to be incorrect to me. I hope it > > does _not_ do what I think it says it does: > > > >

RE: BookMifWash

2013-05-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
/Utilities, one of which is BookMIFWash. I'm interested in seeing how this works, but I haven't been able to find any documentation on it ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as syed.hos...@aeris.net. Send list messages to framers

BookMifWash

2013-05-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks for the info! As a side comment, the documentation seems to be incorrect to me. I hope it does _not_ do what I think it says it does: > The client will then open the files in book one by one, saving them as MIFs > and also saving them back to fm file format at the same time. To me a

Anyone know of an FM to TeX converter

2013-05-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. As the subject says ... a MIF (or binary-FM) to TeX would be a good tool! LaTeX would be far more useful, but I suspect that getting a clean fit from _any_ given FM file to templates in LaTeX might be difficult. Getting the output close enough would be workable, as long as I could

RE: Anyone know of an FM to TeX converter

2013-05-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks much, David. I will take a look ... I should have thunk to search first, but was hoping someone here already knew the answer. :) Z From: David Spreadbury [mailto:dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 1:47 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); framers

RE: Anyone know of an FM to TeX converter

2013-05-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Interesting! They have a MIF to LaTeX converter ... if the original FM document used their la_temp templates ... I will have to see how much work might be involved in using the la_temp templates to change my existing FM files ... Thanks again, David! Z From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos

RE: Anyone know of an FM to TeX converter

2013-05-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: Re: Anyone know of an FM to TeX converter On Tue, 28 May 2013 13:57:12 -0700, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Interesting! They have a MIF to LaTeX converter ... if the original FM document used their la_temp templates ... I will have

Anyone know of an FM to TeX "converter"

2013-05-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. As the subject says ... a MIF (or binary-FM) to TeX would be a good tool! LaTeX would be far more useful, but I suspect that getting a clean fit from _any_ given FM file to templates in LaTeX might be difficult. Getting the output "close enough" would be workable, as long as I could

Anyone know of an FM to TeX "converter"

2013-05-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks much, David. I will take a look ... I should have thunk to search first, but was hoping someone here already knew the answer. :) Z From: David Spreadbury [mailto:dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 1:47 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); framers at

Anyone know of an FM to TeX "converter"

2013-05-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Interesting! They have a MIF to LaTeX converter ... if the original FM document used their la_temp templates ... I will have to see how much work might be involved in using the la_temp templates to change my existing FM files ... Thanks again, David! Z From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos

Anyone know of an FM to TeX "converter"

2013-05-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks, Alan! You have mentioned one thing that will indeed be _relatively_ (I hope) easy for me. Most of my FrameMaker documents are long specifications and documents, where I was careful to use a template to get similar look and feel. Yes, the template has evolved over time, but it should

Anyone know of an FM to TeX "converter"

2013-05-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Ah, good input! I will test thoroughly and see what happens ... Thanks, Jeremy. Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy H. Griffith Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 2:12 PM To: 'framers at

RE: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Given their recent punting of the multi-year license maintenance program for FrameMaker, I think you are very right. Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:55 PM To:

OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Given their recent punting of the multi-year license maintenance program for FrameMaker, I think you are very right. Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:55 PM To: framers at

OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> >An easy way to find out what many of those are is to look at the > >plug-ins that people are willing to pay for. > > Good point. > > Nadine Indeed a very good point! For me, book level variables are vital for my specifications ... that is what BookVars from Leximation provides and has yet

RE: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
The purpose of business is to make money. The purpose of business is _not_ to produce a valuable good or to deliver a worthwhile service. The purpose of business is to _make_money_. I'd go beyond the above a little bit more. :) In my blog on this topic (at this link:

RE: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
: Gillian Flato [mailto:gillian.fl...@nexenta.com] Isn't that what MadCap tried to do? -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) I raise my hand ... :) Now ... who

OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> The purpose of business is to make money. The purpose of business is _not_ > to produce a valuable good or to deliver a worthwhile service. The purpose > of business is to _make_money_. I'd go beyond the above a little bit more. :) In my blog on this topic (at this link:

Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
: Gillian Flato [mailto:gillian.fl...@nexenta.com] Isn't that what MadCap tried to do? -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) I raise my hand ... :) Now ... who

RE: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
%40yahoo .ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as syed.hos...@aeris.net. Send list messages to framers

RE: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: Steve Rickaby; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only Syed: smaller-entity users (such as individual tech writers, graphics artists and consultants) for whom the cost of tools is an issue

Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I raise my hand ... :) Now ... who is responsible for getting funding? Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:33 AM To: craigede at hotmail.com; framers at

Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, John! Clearly, there will definitely be people for whom it will work ... and if the model works for you, then great! But, I think that in many cases, the complete set of CC tools may not be needed and/or wanted. For example, all I need from Adobe is for the old update fee for FrameMaker,

Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Jeremy Griffith wrote: > Writer wrote: > > I say we start a new company and create a competitor to FrameMaker! > > Who's with me? Anyone? Anyone? > > Well... we've had one on the back burner for several years now. Basically > it's an Open Source GPL project, so zero financing needed, with a

RE: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-09 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
. -- Steve [somewhat aghast] ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as syed.hos...@aeris.net. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http

Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-09 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
This is not just a rumor I think ... it is mentioned on the Adobe web site for their CS tools (... have not seen anything for FrameMaker though). This may work for some (many?) corporate users, but as far as I am concerned, it is just one more nail in the Adobe tools coffin (for example, see my

RE: Variables based on paragraph tags at the book level?

2013-04-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Jason Nichols wrote: For example, it'd be nice if I could define – in the footer of each chapter in a book – the Running H/F variables to pull in the document title, product name, and version number based on what appears on the book's title page (based on paragraph tags that are used

Variables based on paragraph tags at the book level?

2013-04-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> Jason Nichols wrote: > > For example, it'd be nice if I could define ? in the footer of each > > chapter in a book ? the Running H/F variables to pull in the document > > title, product name, and version number based on what appears on the > > book's title page (based on paragraph tags that

RE: jpg images

2013-04-26 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
and screen shots will likely disappoint you. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as syed.hos...@aeris.net. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http

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