RE: Overset Manager (or a similar Framescript) for FrameMaker?

2009-06-18 Thread Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp
Hi Yves, We once created a simple script to find text overflows, run the script and it will find the first overflow. May be you can use it to create a more advanced script. // Detect overflow in AFrames // Script detects first overflow and stops there // copyright iDTP; versie 1.0; januari 2003

Re: Overset Manager (or a similar Framescript) for FrameMaker?

2009-06-18 Thread Art Campbell
Even with William's script as a base... In general, including text in a graphic isn't usually considered a good practice for just the reason you point out -- during translation, the text shrinks or grows, depending on the target languages, and that can require minute adjustment to the graphic. A

RE: Overset Manager (or a similar Framescript) for FrameMaker?

2009-06-18 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Yves, If you can't find something, let me know, and I can write you a FrameScript script to do this. Depending on your exact requirements, the cost should be under $150. Thank you very much. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. r...@frameexpert.com 585-659-8267 Hi One of the ways to add

Re: Overset Manager (or a similar Framescript) for FrameMaker?

2009-06-18 Thread Chris Despopoulos
I did something similar, where I implemented a tiny language that specified the order in which to try and modify the formatting to get content to fit on a specific page (the last page). I implemented font changes, text frame changes, line space changes, and I forget what else. The language