Hello All,
Thanks to everyone who responded, including those you wrote to me
offline.
Select all files in the book, then in the Volume field in the Numbering
Properties dialog box, type the name of the book. In the master pages of
each file in the book, select the Volume Number variable. This
We are still trying to decide which direction to take toward structuring
our document collection. About two months ago, I posed a question to
FrameUsers requesting opinions on the best approach for migrating to
structure and received much valuable feedback.
I have been researching the
I can't answer in regards to Epic. It has been touted as an expensive
solution, but viable.
You mail mentions ...depending on price tag. , so I take it money is
an issue.
Take a look at Scriptorium (http://www.scriptorium.com/). Sarah O'Keefe,
and her associate Sheila Loring, literally, wrote
Hi Dominick,
I would look at both products with the assumption that your documentation is
already structured. In other words, the process of converting to structure
will not last forever, so you want to find out which product works best for
you once everything is structured. Once you
At 8:05 am -0600 30/1/06, Spreadbury, David wrote:
Take a look at Scriptorium (http://www.scriptorium.com/). Sarah O'Keefe,
and her associate Sheila Loring, literally, wrote the book (The Complete
Reference: FrameMaker 7). They provide both training and consulting in
the use of FrameMaker,
Sure, it's easy, but you need to load the variable once for for each
book. And you're trying to use a system variable, which is unlikely to
work and hard to do. User variables are a snap.
With the master page open (I do this in my chapter template file, but
you can certainly do it in any working
We must move to structure to meet our future XML goal, but are
unfamiliar with both the transition and method to do so. We are also
unfamiliar with the possibilities and cost involved. We are merely
looking at all of the possibilities and the long term value for our
dollar.
Dominick A.
Hi Art,
I just created two mock books with phoney files and then tried your
method. This also works beautifully. I originally tried something else
that didn't work, but damned if I can remember what.
So I now have the choice of two different methods: using the one that
Art describes below or
Art, can you elaborate on what's problematic with the Volume Number
system variable?
I do understand that if you set it to text, rather than numeric, you
forgo auto-numbering of the volume.
Your comment seems to imply that there's a bug or some other kind of
unreliability.
At 10:19 AM
Nope, didn't mean to imply that; it works fine the way you structured
it. I was speaking of system variables generally, not picking on
$Volnum. (The original post was related to carrying the Doc Title
forward by embedding the contents of a tag in a system variable;
that's the methodology to which
Hi Dominick,
I second Richard's question about your underlying assumptions (why is
XML a goal in and of itself?). That said, if you're committed to
structured authoring and want a reasonably inexpensive solution, I'd
strongly recommend that you take a look at DocFrame from Scriptorium
(Sarah
I figured as much. I wasn't able to find that fine print anywhere; maybe
my eyesight is failing! :)
I'll live with it. I prefer to base my files, including the generated
ones, on standard templates. If somebody really complains, I can
customize the index.
Thanks for the quick response, Art.
Joe
At 10:57 am -0800 30/1/06, Joe Malin wrote:
I'll live with it. I prefer to base my files, including the generated
ones, on standard templates. If somebody really complains, I can
customize the index.
Trailing blank pages are a common problem in books where chapters are set to
always start on a
You're welcome, Joe.
(The fine print is in the user guide -- look in the index for
dictionary heads.) ;- )
Art
On 1/30/06, Joe Malin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I figured as much. I wasn't able to find that fine print anywhere; maybe
my eyesight is failing! :)
I'll live with it. I prefer to
Hi Framers,
The 'Comparing WebWorks versions' thread inspired me to ask this question.
I am producing WWHelp 3.0 help systems to be used in standard browsers
cross-platform on Mac and Windows. Browsers are Internet Explorer on Windows
and Safari on the Mac.
The problem is numbered lists in the
Hand Held Products, a leading innovator in the development of quality data
capture products, has an opening in our Skaneateles Falls, NY office for a
technical writer. A summary of the posting follows. All interested
candidates should submit their resume online at
If you search google groups for the following:
Comparison of XML tools for writing documents
You will find a techwr-l conversation from about a year ago that might
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Hello All,
Thanks to everyone who responded, including those you wrote to me
offline.
Select all files in the book, then in the Volume field in the Numbering
Properties dialog box, type the name of the book. In the master pages of
each file in the book, select the Volume Number variable. This
We are still trying to decide which direction to take toward structuring
our document collection. About two months ago, I posed a question to
FrameUsers requesting opinions on the best approach for migrating to
structure and received much valuable feedback.
I have been researching the
Hi,
I tried creating a custom variable and it was because I couldn't get it
to work that I wrote to the list in the first place. The $volnum method
works beautifully - I can even set different book titles in the footers
of files that are in the same book - something I don't believe you can
do
I can't answer in regards to Epic. It has been touted as an expensive
solution, but viable.
You mail mentions "...depending on price tag." , so I take it money is
an issue.
Take a look at Scriptorium (http://www.scriptorium.com/). Sarah O'Keefe,
and her associate Sheila Loring, literally, wrote
Hi Dominick,
I would look at both products with the assumption that your documentation is
already structured. In other words, the process of converting to structure
will not last forever, so you want to find out which product works best for
you once everything is structured. Once you determine
At 8:05 am -0600 30/1/06, Spreadbury, David wrote:
>Take a look at Scriptorium (http://www.scriptorium.com/). Sarah O'Keefe,
>and her associate Sheila Loring, literally, wrote the book (The Complete
>Reference: FrameMaker 7). They provide both training and consulting in
>the use of FrameMaker,
Sure, it's easy, but you need to "load" the variable once for for each
book. And you're trying to use a system variable, which is unlikely to
work and hard to do. User variables are a snap.
With the master page open (I do this in my chapter template file, but
you can certainly do it in any
We must move to structure to meet our future XML goal, but are
unfamiliar with both the transition and method to do so. We are also
unfamiliar with the possibilities and cost involved. We are merely
looking at all of the possibilities and the long term value for our
dollar.
Dominick A.
Hi Art,
I just created two mock books with phoney files and then tried your
method. This also works beautifully. I originally tried something else
that didn't work, but damned if I can remember what.
So I now have the choice of two different methods: using the one that
Art describes below or
Art, can you elaborate on what's problematic with the Volume Number
system variable?
I do understand that if you set it to text, rather than numeric, you
forgo auto-numbering of the volume.
Your comment seems to imply that there's a bug or some other kind of
unreliability.
At 10:19 AM -0500
Nope, didn't mean to imply that; it works fine the way you structured
it. I was speaking of system variables generally, not picking on
<$Volnum>. (The original post was related to carrying the Doc Title
forward by embedding the contents of a tag in a system variable;
that's the methodology to
Hi Dominick,
I second Richard's question about your underlying assumptions (why is
XML a goal in and of itself?). That said, if you're committed to
structured authoring and want a reasonably inexpensive solution, I'd
strongly recommend that you take a look at DocFrame from Scriptorium
(Sarah
Hi!
I am using dictionary headers in my FM-generated index. My index happens
to be only one page, so I have a blank left page. Even so, the header
appears on this page, displaying the last index entry of the *previous*
page. No other one-page file exhibits this behavior. Is this a known FM
bug,
I imagine that when you set up the headers, you set up all your master
pages, or at least the left AND right, to use the dictionary headers.
I think if you read the fine print on this setup, you'll see that the
variables in the headers map to the last entry on the page. But if
there is no entry,
I figured as much. I wasn't able to find that fine print anywhere; maybe
my eyesight is failing! :)
I'll live with it. I prefer to base my files, including the generated
ones, on standard templates. If somebody really complains, I can
customize the index.
Thanks for the quick response, Art.
Joe
At 10:57 am -0800 30/1/06, Joe Malin wrote:
>I'll live with it. I prefer to base my files, including the generated
>ones, on standard templates. If somebody really complains, I can
>customize the index.
Trailing blank pages are a common problem in books where chapters are set to
always start on
You're welcome, Joe.
(The fine print is in the user guide -- look in the index for
dictionary heads.) ;- )
Art
On 1/30/06, Joe Malin wrote:
> I figured as much. I wasn't able to find that fine print anywhere; maybe
> my eyesight is failing! :)
>
> I'll live with it. I prefer to base my files,
Hi Framers,
The 'Comparing WebWorks versions' thread inspired me to ask this question.
I am producing WWHelp 3.0 help systems to be used in standard browsers
cross-platform on Mac and Windows. Browsers are Internet Explorer on Windows
and Safari on the Mac.
The problem is numbered lists in the
Hand Held Products, a leading innovator in the development of quality data
capture products, has an opening in our Skaneateles Falls, NY office for a
technical writer. A summary of the posting follows. All interested
candidates should submit their resume online at
If you search google groups for the following:
Comparison of XML tools for writing documents
You will find a techwr-l conversation from about a year ago that might
be helpful.
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