Re: [Framers] Adobe removes functionality from a perpetual license? Adobe response???

2023-04-06 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Tammy, our company has had it with Adobe. Except for Acrobat (for which we succumbed and paid their subscription fee), we have pretty much dumped Adobe products. Sadly, we have also relegated FrameMaker to "use only if you must." We stopped upgrading after FM12, which I continue to use when

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 10 won't run on Windows 11

2023-01-25 Thread Tom Beiswenger
When our IT department upgraded everyone to Win 10 a few years ago, we encountered a few problems with FM12. Most were little glitches that I found ways to work around (such as save as PDF, which would run and look like it was working only to return an empty file many minutes later). The work

Re: [Framers] Graphics question

2022-10-19 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Jeff, you don't have to rename it. The zip archive can be opened via the 7-zip item that appears when you right-click on the file name. I have a couple of Excel files that have graphics embedded in them. Had no trouble finding them in the media folder. Tom Beiswenger Mgr. IB

Re: [Framers] Graphics question

2022-10-19 Thread Tom Beiswenger
in the Excel file, they will be listed individually there. Tom Beiswenger Mgr. IB Technical Documentation Project Manager Bucher Emhart Glass Emhart Glass Manufacturing Inc. 74 Kahler Road North, Horseheads, NY 14845, USA T +1 607 735 2600, D +1 607 735 2551 M + 607 769 4779

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Save as MIF

2022-07-06 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Hi Alison, Rick Quatro (r...@rickquatro.com), a frequent contributor to this list, has a great convert files script that does this quickly, I use it all of the time when sending files to translators Tom Beiswenger Mgr. IB Technical Documentation Project Manager Bucher Emhart Glass

Re: [Framers] Save to PDF - Minutes turned into hours

2022-06-13 Thread Tom Beiswenger
. Not sure why it works, but it does. ____ Tom Beiswenger Mgr. IB Technical Documentation Project Manager Bucher Emhart Glass Emhart Glass Manufacturing Inc. 74 Kahler Road North, Horseheads, NY 14845, USA T +1 607 735 2600, D +1 607 735 2551 M + 607 769 4779 bucheremhartglass.com LinkedI

[Framers] How to do a Find/Change when the replacement includes a superscript

2022-06-10 Thread Tom Beiswenger
in Machine X500. How do I use Find/Change (we are using FM12) to globally replace "Machine X" with "Machine X500"? Tom Beiswenger Mgr. IB Technical Documentation Project Manager Bucher Emhart Glass Emhart Glass Manufacturing Inc. 74 Kahler Road North, Horseheads, N

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Fixing table number in a cross-reference

2022-04-14 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Thanks, Rick. That worked! Tom Beiswenger Mgr. IB Technical Documentation Project Manager Bucher Emhart Glass Emhart Glass Manufacturing Inc. 74 Kahler Road North, Horseheads, NY 14845, USA T +1 607 735 2600, D +1 607 735 2551 M + 607 769 4779 bucheremhartglass.com LinkedIn Privacy

[Framers] Fixing table number in a cross-reference

2022-04-14 Thread Tom Beiswenger
xample): Table 3.3 on page 39 in Chapter 3 Is there a way to have the cross-reference to correctly reference the table number as 3-3 and NOT 3.3? I don't see a building block anywhere that would replace < ____ Tom Beiswenger Mgr. IB Technical Documentation Project Manager Bucher Emha

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] ps file being used by another process

2021-09-10 Thread Tom Beiswenger
ution than needed, but it worked and the IT guys were happy that they never had to monkey with FM again, which was fine by me. ____ Tom Beiswenger Mgr. IB Technical Documentation Project Manager Bucher Emhart Glass Emhart Glass Manufacturing Inc. 74 Kahler Road North, Horseheads, NY 14845, USA T

[Framers] How do I edit the personal dictionary in FM 12?

2021-07-23 Thread Tom Beiswenger
I've noticed lately that the FM spell checker has missed typos that should have been caught. I can only assume that at some point, I clicked Learn on a misspelled word. I would like to check this dictionary and clean up/correct any misspelled item in it. How do I do this? Tom

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Backups

2021-06-17 Thread Tom Beiswenger
of all of the FM files to the archive, which makes it easier for us to work across platforms with other users, especially translation agencies. Tom Beiswenger Mgr. IB Technical Documentation Project Manager Bucher Emhart Glass Emhart Glass Manufacturing Inc. 74 Kahler Road North

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] [EXTERNAL] Adobe Flash Player EOL - How can I still embed video in FM documents saved as PDFs?

2021-01-15 Thread Tom Beiswenger
=FntUM0uoXEqVEwdhYxnMg6MVdtOwtdzSVo9kloBm-tk=E3YIkAqYCfyRNqNW6z4THd5H-FuIvDcqd27ak0pFUHU= On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 7:10 AM Tom Beiswenger <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tom.beiswenger-40emhartglass.com=DwICAg=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM=zzmJd9V-AOY-pLCA-v8cPy_mRSvZCZwNZBdUabWm

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Adobe Flash Player EOL - How can I still embed video in FM documents saved as PDFs?

2021-01-15 Thread Tom Beiswenger
OfzpBiG5wjNX0=r2kwZCfFHkofkUzHRtOkFlQXovUkw2JOV1RuAZZ0K74=> wrote: > You could also try Snagit, which does desktop video capturing and > outputs to mp4 format. I think Techsmith's Camtasia is a more > full-fledged video software, but I've never used it. > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 9:54 AM Tom Beiswenger < >

[Framers] Adobe Flash Player EOL - How can I still embed video in FM documents saved as PDFs?

2021-01-14 Thread Tom Beiswenger
running on Windows 10. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation [cid:726007024546] Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North * Horseheads NY 14845 * USA Telephone 1 607 735 2551 * Mobile +1 607 769 4779 Fax +1 607 735 2601 tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com<mailto:tom.beis

[Framers] test

2021-01-14 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation [cid:726007024546] Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North * Horseheads NY 14845 * USA Telephone 1 607 735 2551 * Mobile +1 607 769 4779 Fax +1 607 735 2601 tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com<mailto:tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Adobe licensing is migrating to subscription based

2020-08-26 Thread Tom Beiswenger
This may be a really stupid question, but because it involves an Adobe product, it probably isn't... what happens to those of us using earlier versions of FM? I am the only writer in our company using FM and work with FM12 on a new Windows 10 laptop. FM12 is a little quirky on Win 10, but I've

[Framers] Video tutorials in book that was saved as PDF don't work

2020-08-01 Thread Tom Beiswenger
at you can add to a document? Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation [cid:726007024546] Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North * Horseheads NY 14845 * USA Telephone 1 607 735 2551 * Mobile +1 607 769 4779 Fax +1 607 735 2601 tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com<mailt

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Inserting checkmark in a table cell (FM12)

2020-07-22 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Neat trick! Since I only use the check mark infrequently and probably will forget all of this by the time I need it again, I created a new character tag - Check-0080 - in Character Designer and added it to the character catalog that I have in all of my templates and then imported the character

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Inserting checkmark in a table cell (FM12)

2020-07-21 Thread Tom Beiswenger
font, there isn't one, it's Unicode only), then copy it into a variable and use that instead. Or you can use the radical character (a.k.a. square root), which is Alt+251. On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 9:03 AM Tom Beiswenger <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tom.beiswen

[Framers] Inserting checkmark in a table cell (FM12)

2020-07-21 Thread Tom Beiswenger
How do I do this? Alt/052, Alt/0252 does not work, even if I have set the font for the cell to be Symbol (I don't have Dingbats). ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Grammar question

2020-07-16 Thread Tom Beiswenger
I prefer "A". "Further," though, is redundant. If you are proceeding, it can be presumed that you are going further. -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Doug Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 12:52 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject:

[Framers] Videos in FrameMaker, setting properties in Acrobat

2020-06-18 Thread Tom Beiswenger
dow to 960 x 540 (which matches the scale of the videos that I am using). Currently, I have to do this at every video in the manual. Is there a way to "permanently" change the default settings to those that match what I need? Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documen

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Framers Digest, Vol 170, Issue 8

2020-05-16 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Barry, I had the same problem years ago. The fix: Save as PDF. If you print book to pdf cross references don’t come through to the pdf. Tom Beiswenger Bucher Emhart Glass Horseheads, NY USA 14845 tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com > On May 16, 2020, at 2:44 PM, barry.meis...@nuvoton.com wr

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] FrameMaker 11 - blank pages appearing at the end of imported file

2020-04-16 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Sometimes that is not enough. If you still have empty pages, in the top ribbon, click Special. In the drop down, click Delete pages..., and then enter the page number(s) to delete. That has always worked for me. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] ANN: Ride for Roswell and FrameMaker Automation

2020-03-30 Thread Tom Beiswenger
that integrated all of that into one, or at least a way to import variable definitions while ignoring those that have running headers that are different from the source document, that could also be quite useful. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc

Re: [Framers] Batch Word Conversion

2019-12-04 Thread Tom Beiswenger
these Word files into FM books. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North • Horseheads NY 14845 • USA Telephone 1 607 735 2551 • Mobile +1 607 769 4779 Fax +1 607 735 2601 tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com www.bucheremhartglass.com

Re: [Framers] OT: (Kinda') Spam to Adobe Partners

2019-08-22 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Interesting. I entered 3 bogus emails and that site said all 3 were pwnd. Useless. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North • Horseheads NY 14845 • USA Telephone 1 607 735 2551 • Mobile +1 607 769 4779 Fax +1 607 735 2601

Re: [Framers] Confirm Security dialog pops up in Acrobat Distiller when "Save As PDF" started in FM12

2019-05-13 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Problem solved. Open Acrobat Distiller. Click File, and then Preferences. In the Security section, select the option to "Trust All Files Opened Via Acrobat Distiller." Did that and the annoying message no longer appears and I don't have Distiller questioning my trustworthiness. Tom

[Framers] Confirm Security dialog pops up in Acrobat Distiller when "Save As PDF" started in FM12

2019-05-13 Thread Tom Beiswenger
t to the point where Distiller opens. Any ideas on how to close this annoying Adobe message forever? Running FM12 on Win10, 64-bit OS on a new laptop that I've been using for almost a year now. This message only started appearing about a month ago. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Tec

Re: [Framers] Adobe PDF Printer versus my printer

2019-04-10 Thread Tom Beiswenger
I just installed SetPrint on FM12 running on a 64 bit system. Works like a charm! Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North • Horseheads NY 14845 • USA Telephone 1 607 735 2551 • Mobile +1 607 769 4779 Fax +1 607 735 2601

Re: [Framers] Last Mile problem...

2019-02-20 Thread Tom Beiswenger
available to anyone outside of that organization. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North • Horseheads NY 14845 • USA Telephone 1 607 735 2551 • Mobile +1 607 769 4779 Fax +1 607 735 2601 tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com www.bucheremhar

Re: [Framers] Last Mile problem...

2019-02-20 Thread Tom Beiswenger
Art, We use Winchill to archive all engineering drawings and manuals. For us, the primary content for a manual is the pdf file. We also can include additional content in the "vault drawing" for manual covers, labels, etc. All of these also are in pdf. Tom Beiswenger Project Manage

Re: [Framers] Package function with external links?

2019-01-30 Thread Tom Beiswenger
that the integrity of the revision submitted for translation will be maintained. It's also extremely fast -- usually under a minute or two, and that's for a 400+ page manual that contains hundreds of graphics and several embedded videos. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation

Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question

2019-01-08 Thread Tom Beiswenger
is that the serial comma can be optional, but whether it is used or no used must be consistent throughout any document or book. We have been using it for more than 30 years. I see no need to change. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Ro

Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question

2019-01-07 Thread Tom Beiswenger
in parentheses, was essentially the AP style for photo captions. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North • Horseheads NY 14845 • USA Telephone 1 607 735 2551 • Mobile +1 607 769 4779 Fax +1 607 735 2601 tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com

Re: [Framers] ANN: Where is my PDF?

2018-10-24 Thread Tom Beiswenger
And here I thought that I was younger than you, but the again my wife is always telling me that I’ve never grown up. I still embrace the child in me. I hope that you do too. Happy birthday! Tom Beiswenger Bucher Emhart Glass Horseheads, NY USA tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.comj > On Oct 23, 2

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2019 Issues and First Look

2018-09-03 Thread Tom Beiswenger
I don’t know if Adobe monitors this list, but the pdf issue, for me, also is a deal breaker. Seems absurd that they would take something that worked and “improve “ it so well that it now is pretty much useless. Tom Beiswenger Bucher Emhart Glass Horseheads, NY USA tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.comj

Re: [Framers] Save As PDF doesn't work first time

2018-08-23 Thread Tom Beiswenger
place to get help from real experts. Keeping my fingers crossed that I don't get forced to move from FM to AIT. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North ? Horseheads NY 14845 ? USA Telephone 1 607 735 2551 ? Mobile +1 607 769

Re: [Framers] Save As PDF doesn't work first time

2018-08-23 Thread Tom Beiswenger
ry fuzzy), 12 was the last version where it still had some issues. On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 9:47 AM Tom Beiswenger <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tom.beiswenger-40emhartglass.com=DwICAg=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM=zzmJd9V-AOY-pL

Re: [Framers] Save As PDF doesn't work first time

2018-08-23 Thread Tom Beiswenger
world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 9:34 AM Tom Beiswenger <https://urldef

[Framers] Save As PDF doesn't work first time

2018-08-23 Thread Tom Beiswenger
This is an odd one, but might be related to running FM 12 in a Windows 10 environment. When I open an FM book for the first time and then try to save it as PDF, FM goes non-responsive (normal) and the little rotating Adobe icon appears at the lower right hand toolbar (not normal). A "phantom"

[Framers] Videos won't play (FM12 on Win10)

2018-08-13 Thread Tom Beiswenger
I have several digital edition PDFs of documents that contain video tutorials (mp4 files). These tutorials played just fine in earlier revisions of these documents in Win XP. Since our IT group upgraded us to new Dell notebooks, running Win 10, the videos no longer play. Instead I get a warning

Re: [Framers] Update on printing issue with Windows 10 1803 Build

2018-07-09 Thread tom . beiswenger
division has switched to Author-IT, and I'm afraid they will force me to go that route. AIT isn't bad, but I manage a ton more documents that my colleague does. Converting everything from FM to AIT would be a royal pain... Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation

Re: [Framers] Update on printing issue with Windows 10 1803 Build

2018-07-09 Thread tom . beiswenger
I'm running FM12 and our company will be moving us all to Win 10 as new computers are rolled out, which for me will be soon. Does this "Save to PDF" issue apply to FM 12 on Win 10? If yes, it looks like Adobe's fix only applies to FM15 and later. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager,

Re: [Framers] Update on printing issue with Windows 10 1803 Build

2018-06-14 Thread tom . beiswenger
I read through the notes, but I don't recognize anything in it that specifically addresses the FM issue. Are they saying that they think that they have this issue resolved? Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North ? Horseheads

[Framers] FM12 on Windows 10

2018-06-12 Thread tom . beiswenger
not worried about Win10, so much. I have it on my home computer and I like it. I'm more worried about what will happen with FM12, and I know that I'll get no help from Adobe Customer Support on this if things do go badly. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart

Re: [Framers] Adobe "support?"

2018-06-07 Thread tom . beiswenger
them for tech support that they are giving me the opportunity for a do-over? If I didn't rely on, and like, FrameMaker, Photoshop, and Acrobat so much, I'd be gone from Adobe in a nanosecond. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road

Re: [Framers] ANN: Bottlenecks

2018-06-04 Thread tom . beiswenger
My biggest complaint -- and boy do I wish there was a script that could fix this, but know there never will be: improve Adobe technical support: takes forever to get through, often difficult to understand, and too often don't know FrameMaker as well as I would expect that they should. Tom

Re: [Framers] DWG in FrameMaker

2017-12-18 Thread tom . beiswenger
Stefan, No, we don't use the dwg files; however, if I need a CAD file, I open it in AutoCAD and export it as a wmf file, which actually renders quite well in FM and imports easily into graphics programs. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc

Re: [Framers] Numbering in an outline with numbers and small letters

2017-06-28 Thread tom . beiswenger
Thanks, Lin! knew it had to be something simple. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc. 74 Kahler Road North ? Horseheads NY 14845 ? USA Telephone 1 607 735 2551 ? Mobile +1 607 769 4779 Fax +1 607 735 2601 tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com

[Framers] Numbering in an outline with numbers and small letters

2017-06-28 Thread tom . beiswenger
the level 1 item: F:< >< ><a+1>.\sn\t FIgurelegend_alpa+ covers all level 2 items that follow the item tagged with the FigureLegend_alpha tag: F:< >< ><a+1>.\sn\t Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager IB Technical Documentation Emhart Glass

Re: [Framers] Import AutoCad dwg files

2016-08-17 Thread tom . beiswenger
Or export as wmf from ACad. that works well and can be ungrouped in graphics programs like Corel Draw Tom Beiswenger Manager, technical & training documentation Bucher Emhart Glass Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 17, 2016, at 8:16 AM, kcbillb2 <kcbil...@kc.rr.com> wrote: > >

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

2016-03-01 Thread tom . beiswenger
with Win 7 and above. Besides eliminating the crashes, FM 12, I found had many more features that I use frequently now and was actually easier to use. Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical & Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sulliva

[Framers] Printing FM12 to PDF -- Page numbering issue

2016-01-18 Thread tom . beiswenger
numerals and Chapter pages in Numeric, then print the book to pdf, I only see consecutive pages in the toolbar (e.g. ii is shown as 2 in the toolbar). Am I trying to do something that you can't do when printing FM to PDF? Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical & Training Documentation, Pro

Re: [Framers] Compiling books on to a CD/DVD

2016-01-14 Thread tom . beiswenger
Hi Winfried, I looked at the tutorial and that, I think, is exactly what I need! That and the information Carol Elkins provided should do the trick! Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical & Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sulliva

[Framers] Compiling books on to a CD/DVD

2016-01-13 Thread tom . beiswenger
were created in FrameMaker 12. Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical & Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email: tom.bei

RE: Book Save-As PDF w/ multiple page sizes

2015-06-08 Thread tom . beiswenger
The only time that I use Save as PDF is when I am embedding video clips in the FM document. If you print to pdf, you get a flat pdf. The referenced video clips are not actually embedded in the pdf unless you save as pdf. Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project

Simplifying a FM12 document

2015-05-27 Thread tom . beiswenger
afraid that it could be? Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email: tom.beiswen

Looking for examples of good landscape oriented user manuals

2015-05-12 Thread tom . beiswenger
examples of user manuals done in landscape, as well as supporting templates? Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email

Re: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version

2015-05-12 Thread tom . beiswenger
paragraph and character) as appropriate. I then save the book (as FM12) and I'm ready to work! I have some manuals that are 600+ pages and the whole process for them took maybe an hour or less. Good luck! Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection

RE: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version

2015-05-12 Thread tom . beiswenger
That's exactly how I did it (full jump from FM7 to 12). I also took the FM essentials course in Lynda.com, which covered all of the new stuff with the UI. Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St

Looking for an easier way to convert FM12 files to MIF12

2015-03-06 Thread tom . beiswenger
seems to work for them). This isn't a really big deal, but it would seem like there must be an easier way to save the FM12 files as MIF12 files without having to open each file and save it individually. Suggestions, please. Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project

How do you type a dash em in FM12

2015-02-24 Thread tom . beiswenger
In earlier versions of Word, when you typed 2 hyphens (--) it would automatically convert to a dash em. Is there any way to do the same or similar in FM12? Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan

Re: How do you type a dash em in FM12

2015-02-24 Thread tom . beiswenger
Thanks! I knew it had to be in there somewhere. By the way, Word convert 2 hyphens to an en dash either anymore. Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX

Re: Problem with embedded video continues unresolved

2015-02-17 Thread tom . beiswenger
downloaded and installed the Flash program and plug in). Uncheck it and the videos work. Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607

FrameMaker won't open files

2015-01-28 Thread tom . beiswenger
ideas? Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email: tom.beiswen

Using the Save as Review PDF feature in FM12

2015-01-19 Thread tom . beiswenger
AND comments are visible in the FM document after the pdf has been imported? Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email

RE: FM10 - Changing licensed machines

2015-01-12 Thread tom . beiswenger
-acrobat-reader.html Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email: tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com From: Jeff

Re: Customizing anchored frames in FM12 (unstructured)

2015-01-09 Thread tom . beiswenger
What about the anchored frame. Is there a way to draw a border around the frame? Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769

Customizing anchored frames in FM12 (unstructured)

2015-01-09 Thread tom . beiswenger
containing g, y, p, etc. Is there a way to adjust the position of the underline so that it is just below a character's descender? Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607

Problem with embedded video continues unresolved

2015-01-05 Thread tom . beiswenger
clip with sound that would play only sound and no video in pdf. This time, the icon was not interactive. So in both cases I went from video working in some form to nothing working. This seems totally insane. Any ideas? I'm completely baffled by this. Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical

Re: Setup has detected . . .

2015-01-02 Thread tom . beiswenger
Ken, I had a similar problem, but with FM12. The solution was to make sure you uninstall Acrobat 9 and restart. The when you load FM make sure not to enable pdf printing. Load acrobat next. Tom Beiswenger Manager, technical training documentation Bucher Emhart Glass Sent from my iPhone

Re: FrameMaker 12 - Getting Started guides

2014-12-19 Thread tom . beiswenger
If you are upgrading FM from ver. 9 or earlier, there's an excellent course on Lynda.com. It's on FM10, which is where the user interface changed. Tom Beiswenger Manager, technical training documentation Bucher Emhart Glass Sent from my iPhone On Dec 19, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Steve Madison madis

How do you get fractions in FM 12?

2014-12-09 Thread tom . beiswenger
I have text that expresses one-and-one-half as 1-1/2, which could be interpreted as 1-to-1/2. I would like to be able to show the fraction without the hyphen. Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140

RE: How do you get fractions in FM 12?

2014-12-09 Thread tom . beiswenger
Thanks, Craig. Problem solved! Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email: tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com From

RE: Problem with playing video clips in FM 12 document viewed in Adobe Reader 11

2014-11-19 Thread tom . beiswenger
between FM10 and 12. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager - Emhart Glass Cold End Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email: tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com From: Jeff Coatsworth jeff.coatswo...@jonasclub.com

RE: Problem with playing video clips in FM 12 document viewed in Adobe Reader 11

2014-11-18 Thread tom . beiswenger
Thanks, Fred. We are going to test this on another computer. Load Acrobat Pro Extended (we're at ver. 9), then custom load FM12, making sure that the distiller is not loaded. We'll see if that solves the problem. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager - Emhart Glass Cold End Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc

Problem with playing video clips in FM 12 document viewed in Adobe Reader 11

2014-11-14 Thread tom . beiswenger
in Reader 10, the clips all play just fine. Any ideas? This document needs to be distributed widely and won't work if it can't be viewed in the current version of Reader. Tom Beiswenger Project Manager, Manager Technical Documentation Emhart Glass Inc 1140 Sullivan St ? Elmira, NY 14901 ? USA