Pagemaker to FrameMaker conversion

2006-06-27 Thread Alan Litchfield
Carol J. Elkins wrote: > > 1. Has anyone successfully converted from PageMaker to FrameMaker and, if > so, what were the gotchas? Reasonably successful, FM can import PM files directly. But... 1. Provided the original document uses properly formatted text and everything is in one flow, otherwise

More on Generic Chapters

2006-06-27 Thread Caroline Tabach
Do you mean import as a text inset? Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer Fax: +972 3 6474681 Email: caroline at radcom.com www.radcom.com www.protocols.com -Original Message- From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 6:49 PM To: Caro

missing fonts

2006-06-27 Thread Zimerman Orly
I'd like to add: I had an extremely interesting case a while back that was driving me nuts because I couldn't find the missing font. I had done everything that Fred suggested, as well as making sure that I was using Acrobat Distiller as my printer driver. I also saved the file as MIF, so that I

I'm looking for a senior writer in So Cal

2006-06-27 Thread Sharon Burton
I'm looking for a strong senior writer in So Cal. Strong Frame, strong WWP and strong writing are what I need to add to my developing tech pubs group. No relocation is available. You can contact me at sharon.burton at wonderware.com. POSITION TITLE: SENIOR TECHNICAL WRITER LOCATION: LAKE FOREST, C

Pagemaker to FrameMaker conversion

2006-06-27 Thread Combs, Richard
Carol J. Elkins wrote: > Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, my client doesn't > know what he wants other than to reduce the twice yearly > expense of printing the Spanish version of this book. I > maintain this manual in FrameMaker and the gal who maintains > the Spanish version works i

Pagemaker to FrameMaker conversion

2006-06-27 Thread Anne Robotti
> It seems to me that it would be relatively easy for a Spanish > speaker to replace the English text in your FM files with the > corresponding Spanish text (assuming the existing > translations are of good quality). Just pasting plain text > and applying pgf and char tags as you go should go f

My exboss is looking for a contract tech writer in Jersey City NJ

2006-06-27 Thread John Posada
Hi, guys...my ex-boss, who is now at a financial company in Jersey City NJ, is looking for a contract tech writer. I cannot take advantage of it being where I am and not wanting to leave, but since he knows that I know his standards, he has asked me to solicit for some writers, filter out the ones

Visio flowchart into Frame

2006-06-27 Thread Ron Teplitz
Can I import a Visio flowchart into Frame 7 Solaris and retain the live links? If not, how can I do it? Do I need Window Frame? Ron

Question about the hyperlink from the LOF to the figure

2006-06-27 Thread Janice Cadel
I have a question about the nature of the hyperlink from the LOF to the figure. Our figures are actually an anchored frame embedded within a single-cell table. We place the marker for the figure at the end of the paragraph tag. For example, I may have a body tag that has a 3-sentence paragrap

Visio flowchart into Frame

2006-06-27 Thread Art Campbell
I'd be surprised if you could do it in UNIX, if you mean firing up the Visio application somewhere If all you mean is that the referenced file would be automatically updated when it is changed externally, I think the answer would be yes. In Windows, you can import the Visio file as an object

Question about the hyperlink from the LOF to the figure

2006-06-27 Thread Art Campbell
Janice, Are you building an automatically generated List of Figures from your book file, or are you manually building a list of cross-refs to the Figure titles? It sounds like the second (because the first method wouldn't involve any cross-refs) ... and if that's the case, you're creating a sort

Question about the hyperlink from the LOF to the figure

2006-06-27 Thread Janice Cadel
Actually, I am building an automatically-generate LOF from the book file. In the set up, I designate the tag zzFigureTitle as the paragraph tag to be included. I don't know how to explain other than to say zzFigureTitle is actually a paragraph tag within a paragraph tag. For example, I will u

Question about the hyperlink from the LOF to the figure

2006-06-27 Thread Combs, Richard
Janice Cadel wrote: > Actually, I am building an automatically-generate LOF from > the book file. > In the set up, I designate the tag zzFigureTitle as the > paragraph tag to be included. I don't know how to explain > other than to say zzFigureTitle is actually a paragraph tag > within a pa

FM Adobe DITA Plugin

2006-06-27 Thread Keith Soltys
hedley.finger at myob.com wrote: > In the framemaker-dita Yahoo! group, Carla Martinek has just advised ... > > >>Just got out of the "Benefits of Structured Authoring and Migrating >>In Preparation For XML" webinar a little bit ago. >> >>One phrase I heard at the beginning of it was along the li

Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF

2006-06-27 Thread Roopa Belur
Greetings to all. I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the best way to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. Is this the right tool? Thanks in advance for your help, Sincerely, Ro

RE: More on Generic Chapters

2006-06-27 Thread Caroline Tabach
Do you mean import as a text inset? Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer Fax: +972 3 6474681 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.radcom.com www.protocols.com -Original Message- From: Art Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 6:49 PM To: Carol

RE: missing fonts

2006-06-27 Thread Zimerman Orly
I'd like to add: I had an extremely interesting case a while back that was driving me nuts because I couldn't find the missing font. I had done everything that Fred suggested, as well as making sure that I was using Acrobat Distiller as my printer driver. I also saved the file as MIF, so that I

I'm looking for a senior writer in So Cal

2006-06-27 Thread Sharon Burton
I'm looking for a strong senior writer in So Cal. Strong Frame, strong WWP and strong writing are what I need to add to my developing tech pubs group. No relocation is available. You can contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] POSITION TITLE: SENIOR TECHNICAL WRITER LOCATION: LAKE FOREST, CA Send your res

RE: Pagemaker to FrameMaker conversion

2006-06-27 Thread Combs, Richard
Carol J. Elkins wrote: > Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, my client doesn't > know what he wants other than to reduce the twice yearly > expense of printing the Spanish version of this book. I > maintain this manual in FrameMaker and the gal who maintains > the Spanish version works

RE: Pagemaker to FrameMaker conversion

2006-06-27 Thread Anne Robotti
> It seems to me that it would be relatively easy for a Spanish > speaker to replace the English text in your FM files with the > corresponding Spanish text (assuming the existing > translations are of good quality). Just pasting plain text > and applying pgf and char tags as you go should go f

My exboss is looking for a contract tech writer in Jersey City NJ

2006-06-27 Thread John Posada
Hi, guys...my ex-boss, who is now at a financial company in Jersey City NJ, is looking for a contract tech writer. I cannot take advantage of it being where I am and not wanting to leave, but since he knows that I know his standards, he has asked me to solicit for some writers, filter out the ones

Visio flowchart into Frame

2006-06-27 Thread Ron Teplitz
Can I import a Visio flowchart into Frame 7 Solaris and retain the live links? If not, how can I do it? Do I need Window Frame? Ron ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubsc

Question about the hyperlink from the LOF to the figure

2006-06-27 Thread Janice Cadel
I have a question about the nature of the hyperlink from the LOF to the figure. Our figures are actually an anchored frame embedded within a single-cell table. We place the marker for the figure at the end of the paragraph tag. For example, I may have a body tag that has a 3-sentence paragrap

Re: Visio flowchart into Frame

2006-06-27 Thread Art Campbell
I'd be surprised if you could do it in UNIX, if you mean firing up the Visio application somewhere If all you mean is that the referenced file would be automatically updated when it is changed externally, I think the answer would be yes. In Windows, you can import the Visio file as an object

Re: Question about the hyperlink from the LOF to the figure

2006-06-27 Thread Art Campbell
Janice, Are you building an automatically generated List of Figures from your book file, or are you manually building a list of cross-refs to the Figure titles? It sounds like the second (because the first method wouldn't involve any cross-refs) ... and if that's the case, you're creating a sort

Re: Question about the hyperlink from the LOF to the figure

2006-06-27 Thread Janice Cadel
Actually, I am building an automatically-generate LOF from the book file. In the set up, I designate the tag zzFigureTitle as the paragraph tag to be included. I don't know how to explain other than to say zzFigureTitle is actually a paragraph tag within a paragraph tag. For example, I will u

RE: Question about the hyperlink from the LOF to the figure

2006-06-27 Thread Combs, Richard
Janice Cadel wrote: > Actually, I am building an automatically-generate LOF from > the book file. > In the set up, I designate the tag zzFigureTitle as the > paragraph tag to be included. I don't know how to explain > other than to say zzFigureTitle is actually a paragraph tag > within a pa

FM Adobe DITA Plugin

2006-06-27 Thread hedley . finger
In the framemaker-dita Yahoo! group, Carla Martinek has just advised ... > Just got out of the "Benefits of Structured Authoring and Migrating > In Preparation For XML" webinar a little bit ago. > > One phrase I heard at the beginning of it was along the lines of > "the DITA plugin should be avai

Re: FM Adobe DITA Plugin

2006-06-27 Thread Keith Soltys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the framemaker-dita Yahoo! group, Carla Martinek has just advised ... Just got out of the "Benefits of Structured Authoring and Migrating In Preparation For XML" webinar a little bit ago. One phrase I heard at the beginning of it was along the lines of "the DITA pl