Re: student/tutor page layout

2006-06-19 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Dave, One clean way to do it is to make a PDF of the student guide and import each page as a graphic onto the left hand pages of the facilitator's guides. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Hi Folks One of our trainers has asked me to help with a layout

FrameMaker typesetter urgently needed

2006-06-19 Thread Celine Buerkli
Framers, I'm forwarding this request for Celine. Please contact her directly regarding the typesetting position. Thanks, Brad -- Dear Brad. I have contacted you sometimes last week regarding our project and you seemed like the right person to help me -

Re: Typesetter needed

2006-06-19 Thread eric . dunn
What exactly is a FrameMaker typesetter? And, why the absolute need for on-site availability? If , as it seems, the job is to apply styles and paginate text in a FrameMaker template, anyone anywhere should be able to complete the project. Eric L. Dunn Senior Technical Writer Celine Buerkli

Unwanted Greek characters in running headers

2006-06-19 Thread Vig, Nanna Poulsen
Hello Framers, I am sure there is a simple explanation to this, but I cannot think of it right now: While revising an old project containing 12 different languages in FM 7.0, Win XP, SP2, I suddenly find that my running headers show Greek characters instead of the 'native' German, Swedish,

RE: Figure number updating

2006-06-19 Thread eric . dunn
Well, the text was imported from Word. That explains EVERYTHING. lol :D Should have thought about disconnected text frames myself. While autoconnect was selected, it doesn't mean the current frame and next similarly tagged frame are connected. Autoconnect will only cause FrameMaker to create a

Re: Versioning software

2006-06-19 Thread Christopher Jastram
I am. What questions do you have about it? Christopher Jastram Programmer, Technical Instructor Integrated Technologies, Inc. On 6/15/06, Donald.M.Rinderknecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone familiar with Tortoise or Subversion? I'm looking for a source control tool for Frame files and

RE: HTML Links Produced by FrameMaker Hypertext Marker

2006-06-19 Thread Rene S.
It's produced by WWP. What version (2003/ePub? FM/Word? SE/Pro?) and template (WWH, MS/CHM, DHTML, etc.) are you using? Rene Stephenson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 12:27 PM To:

RE: student/tutor page layout

2006-06-19 Thread Glenn Voyles
Dave, I wonder if this might be the one situation where a B flow would be useful. Since the student's book is already in FrameMaker, and since their content would probably change more often than the trainer's, this solution would require two books. Once the content for student's book is updated

Re: student/tutor page layout

2006-06-19 Thread Rick Quatro
Dual-flow documents can be difficult to maintain. I wrote a plugin a few years ago (boringly named DualFlows) for laying out dual-flow documents like Student/Teacher guides. Even with the plugin, users had difficulty with pagination, etc., so I pulled it off the market. Rick Dave, I wonder

Re: FM to HTML Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread John Posada
Can you map the attibutes in the HTML Mapping table on the Reference page? and li tags to all the lists (and there are A LOT of them), is there any way to have the lists numbered or bulleted as they are in the FM file? John Posada Senior Technical Writer So long and thanks for all the

RE: FM to HTML Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread Mike Feimster
What does the markup look like where the ol, ul, and li tags are supposed to be? Can you post a sample? Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] om] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 12:44 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com

FrameMaker to MS Word Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread Dave Vincent
Hi All, FrameMaker 7.2b144 WindowsXP I'm looking for the best method possible to convert FrameMaker documents to MS Word 2003. I have a delivery requirement in Word that my customer will not budge on. FrameMaker does a decent job of conversion but am looking to see if there is anything better

RE: FrameMaker to MS Word Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread Grant Hogarth
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RE: RE: FM to HTML Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread Combs, Richard
Pearl Rosenberg wrote: In the code above, where it says P CLASS=Num-1 should be the first numbered step; P CLASS=Num are the remaining steps, and P CLASS=Bullet-num are bulleted list items that are formatted to indent under items in a numbered list. It would be tedious to have to go

RE: FrameMaker to MS Word Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread Combs, Richard
Dave Vincent wrote: I'm looking for the best method possible to convert FrameMaker documents to MS Word 2003. I have a delivery requirement in Word that my customer will not budge on. FrameMaker does a decent job of conversion but am looking to see if there is anything better out there.

student/tutor page layout

2006-06-19 Thread Dave Reynolds
Hi Folks One of our trainers has asked me to help with a layout question for a new training manual. His question is as follows: ** The training department are going to produce facilitator's guides to accompany the course material we produce. These are going to list the extra

student/tutor page layout

2006-06-19 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Dave, One clean way to do it is to make a PDF of the student guide and import each page as a graphic onto the left hand pages of the facilitator's guides. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > Hi Folks > > One of our trainers has asked me to help with a layout

Typesetter needed

2006-06-19 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
What exactly is a FrameMaker "typesetter"? And, why the absolute need for on-site availability? If , as it seems, the job is to apply styles and paginate text in a FrameMaker template, anyone anywhere should be able to complete the project. Eric L. Dunn Senior Technical Writer "Celine

Figure number updating

2006-06-19 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
"Patricia Carmel" wrote on 06/18/2006 10:20:43 AM: > Now I find that in every chapter in this guide, > there are two Figure x-1s. Hopefully, the problem is due to numbering series. How is the autonumber string defined? What other series are used in the documents? How are the captions created?

Unwanted Greek characters in running headers

2006-06-19 Thread Vig, Nanna Poulsen
Hello Framers, I am sure there is a simple explanation to this, but I cannot think of it right now: While revising an old project containing 12 different languages in FM 7.0, Win XP, SP2, I suddenly find that my running headers show Greek characters instead of the 'native' German, Swedish,

Figure number updating

2006-06-19 Thread Patricia Carmel
Hi, First of all, I panicked and it transpired that it was only in two (though major) chapters in a five-chapter book, and not all. After I calmed down a bit, I discovered the following: There was a disconnect between my first page, where the first figure appeared and the next page, where the

Figure number updating

2006-06-19 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
Well, the text was imported from Word. That explains EVERYTHING. lol :D Should have thought about disconnected text frames myself. While autoconnect was selected, it doesn't mean the current frame and next similarly tagged frame are connected. Autoconnect will only cause FrameMaker to create a

Versioning software

2006-06-19 Thread Christopher Jastram
I am. What questions do you have about it? Christopher Jastram Programmer, Technical Instructor Integrated Technologies, Inc. On 6/15/06, Donald.M.Rinderknecht wrote: > > Is anyone familiar with Tortoise or Subversion? I'm looking for a source > control tool for Frame files and website files,

Figure number updating

2006-06-19 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
Eric Dunn wrote on 06/19/2006 09:44:37 AM: > While autoconnect was selected, it doesn't mean the current frame and next > similarly tagged frame are connected. Autoconnect will only cause > FrameMaker to create a new page should content in the current text frame > overflow. Just a quick note:

HTML Links Produced by FrameMaker Hypertext Marker

2006-06-19 Thread Rene S.
It's produced by WWP. What version (2003/ePub? FM/Word? SE/Pro?) and template (WWH, MS/CHM, DHTML, etc.) are you using? Rene Stephenson -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+rinnie1=yahoo@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+rinnie1=yahoo.com at lists.frameusers.com] On

Figure number updating

2006-06-19 Thread Lester C. Smalley
I don't profess to understand the cause, though I have seen autoconnect problems before. But now that you've found it and believe it may be from the import of data from Word, it is probably a good idea to perform the "MIF Roundtrip" cleanup. Saving files to MIF format and then reopening those

student/tutor page layout

2006-06-19 Thread Glenn Voyles
Dave, I wonder if this might be the one situation where a "B" flow would be useful. Since the student's book is already in FrameMaker, and since their content would probably change more often than the trainer's, this solution would require two books. Once the content for student's book is

student/tutor page layout

2006-06-19 Thread Rick Quatro
Dual-flow documents can be difficult to maintain. I wrote a plugin a few years ago (boringly named DualFlows) for laying out dual-flow documents like Student/Teacher guides. Even with the plugin, users had difficulty with pagination, etc., so I pulled it off the market. Rick Dave, I wonder

Typesetter needed

2006-06-19 Thread Combs, Richard
Eric Dunn wrote: > What exactly is a FrameMaker "typesetter"? > > And, why the absolute need for on-site availability? > > If , as it seems, the job is to apply styles and paginate > text in a FrameMaker template, anyone anywhere should be able > to complete the project. Did you notice her

FM to HTML Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread pearlrosenb...@nc.rr.com
Hi Framers, FrameMaker 7.0p578 Windows XP Professional I converted a FM book to HTML using Save as, and the conversion worked remarkably well ? tables and graphics look great and the paragraph tags converted nicely with the follow exceptions ? my bulleted and numbered lists have neither

FM to HTML Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread John Posada
Can you map the attibutes in the HTML Mapping table on the Reference page? > and tags to all the lists (and there are A LOT of them), is > there > any way to have the lists numbered or bulleted as they are in the > FM file? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the

FM to HTML Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread Mike Feimster
What does the markup look like where the ol, ul, and li tags are supposed to be? Can you post a sample? Mike -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+mike.feimster=acstechnologies@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+mike.feimster=acstechnologies.com at lists.frameusers.c

FM to HTML Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread pearlrosenb...@nc.rr.com
Mike, Here's a snippet of HTML code: ** To assist in installing the replacement adapter, you may find it helpful to label the cables and wires with the connector names from which you unplug them. On the TigrNet keyboard, enter {{shutdown}} to shut down the

FrameMaker to MS Word Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread Dave Vincent
Hi All, FrameMaker 7.2b144 WindowsXP I'm looking for the best method possible to convert FrameMaker documents to MS Word 2003. I have a delivery requirement in Word that my customer will not budge on. FrameMaker does a decent job of conversion but am looking to see if there is anything better

FrameMaker to MS Word Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
Dave, I use Mif2Go for this. It works very well and is much faster than Save As from Frame. http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm ~~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC Intelligent technical communication since 1993 Technical writing, help development, FrameMaker and WebWorks

FrameMaker to MS Word Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread Grant Hogarth
Dave -- Invest in MIF2Go. You won't regret it. Grant - Grant Hogarth Senior Technical Writer Equis International Equis International - A Reuters Company Reuters Messaging: grant.hogarth.reuters.com at reuters.net (t) +1 801 270 3180 | (o) +1 801 265 9996|

FM to HTML Conversion

2006-06-19 Thread Combs, Richard
Pearl Rosenberg wrote: > In the code above, where it says should be > the first numbered step; are the remaining > steps, and are bulleted list items > that are formatted to indent under items in a numbered list. > > It would be tedious to have to go into the HTML for all the > lists and