(no subject)

2007-01-31 Thread Graeme Forbes
I would like to apply a character tag to a particular character that is used in paragraphs of several different styles without changing the rest of the attributes. As far as I can tell, Frame only lets me change character attributes, not tags. If I understand, the problem is to change OldTag to

RE: character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread Caroline Tabach
I think you would need to make a special cross reference style that you use just to create the cross references to the commands. Then define for that cross reference style that the characters should appear in italics (i.e. use for the cross reference the character tag that is used for the

RE: character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread Niels Fanøe
Hi, That isn't going to work - Rebeccas problem is that only part of the text-to-be-referenced is in italics. I'm not sure there is a solution to this... -Niels -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Caroline Tabach Sent: 31. januar 2007

Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 Word InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 15:19 +1100 31/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A former client of mine has a thesis with many graphics imported by reference into FrameMaker 5.5.6 running in Classic Mac 9.1 on PowerMacintosh. She wants to convert them to InDesign v. 2.0. I suggested that she save to Mac Word 4, 5, or 6, or

Re: FM 7.1 Compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Strange. I find importing Visio files as OLE objects (from Visio 2000 to FM 7.2) to work just fine. When I try to FileInsertFile (by reference) it doesn't recognize the Visio file format, and Visio is not in the list. Perhaps my version of Visio is too old. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson T.W.

Re: Problem with Bookmarks in PDFs coming from structured framemaker documents (bis)

2007-01-31 Thread Shlomo Perets
Lodewijk, You wrote: ... In the result so far we notice that not only head(Level1) head(Level2) head(Level3) appears as bookmark but also head(Level1)TOC head(Level2)TOC head(Level3)TOC It is as if head(Level1), head(Level3), head(Level3) have a wildcard so that also elements with a

Problem with Bookmarks in PDFs coming from structured framemaker documents (bis)

2007-01-31 Thread Nollet, Lodewijk (Gent)
Hello all, Structured Framemaker-to-PDF problem, noticed using 7.0 and 7.2. We use head elements as headers of generic sections. The layout of the head depends on the context and is defined with a level rule in the EDD. All levels also have a context label Level1, Level2 etc. defined

Re: (no subject)

2007-01-31 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Seems to me that Illustrator is either changing the page size or that the graphic has been this way earlier but moved (manually?) within FM's anchored frame. IMHO, if you change the page size in AI to fit the graphic, that could do the trick. If you have the original AI or EPS graphics (from

Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 Word InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, will this process work: FrameMaker 5.5.6 Word/RTF InDesign? (I don't have InDesign or any InDesign experience.) Sure, but I agree with Steve: remove the graphics first and then Place them again in Indesign. Since they're referenced, this shouldn't be a problem.

Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 Word InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Peter Gold
Look into the MIF-to-ID tool now in beta test phase from DTP Tools: http://www.dtptools.com/product.asp?id=mfid Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list

Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 Word InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Kühn
Kenneth C. Benson wrote: ... Indesign 2.0 was kind of primitive. IDCS2 offers anchored objects. I don't think ID2 could anchor (but it's been awhile), so she might want to consider upgrading first. ... Anchored objects are a very new feature of IDCS2. The DOC/RTF import filter of IDCS2

Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 Word InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
From: Wolfgang Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] I agree totally with Steve: ID2.0 was very primitive Then you agree with Ken, not Steve. Although Steve may also hold those sentiments, he didn't say anything about ID2. Kenneth Benson Pegasus Type, Inc. www.pegtype.com

QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Hi I am using unstructured Framemaker 7.2 All my FM book files contain all master pages, all variables, all reference pages etc. This means that if you accidentially copy formats from one file to anoter nothing will go wrong. My edition number in the footer is simply a global variable. Now

RE: FM 7.1 Compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
You can't directly import Visio files because FrameMaker doesn't have a filter to convert such files to FrameMaker's limited graphics model (or for that matter to EPS). - Dov -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson

RE: High quality images

2007-01-31 Thread Jon Harvey
Dov, Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I've been using SnagIt 6.2 to capture images. The hard issue I've been having is in creating captures that can be placed on the Web. Some of these include simple line that I need to resize, drawings that also include text. It hasn't been easy to find a

Re: QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Frank Stearns
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: All my FM book files contain all master pages, all variables, all reference pages etc. This means that if you accidentially copy formats from one file to anoter nothing will go wrong. My edition number in the footer is simply a global

RE: Text inset strange behaviour, any solution?? [revisited]

2007-01-31 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 22:49 +0100 30/1/07, Michael Zaichenko wrote: Set the last paragraph of the source document to Run-In. It will solve the problem. And indeed it does! -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages

Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 Word InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:34 -0500 31/1/07, Kenneth C. Benson wrote I agree totally with Steve: ID2.0 was very primitive Then you agree with Ken, not Steve. Although Steve may also hold those sentiments, he didn't say anything about ID2. Yeah, I was wondering about this, especially as I'm still on InD 2.0 ;-)

Re: QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Art Campbell
Could you use the system variable for Modification Date instead of an edition number? That'd be equally easy for 'em to track. Art On 1/31/07, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am using unstructured Framemaker 7.2 All my FM book files contain all master pages, all

Re: QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 08:37 -0800 31/1/07, Frank Stearns wrote: I routinely use what I call a reference or resource file. It's not part of the printed book, but other files cross-reference to this file for various bits of info, such as version info, part #, etc. You could list your edition info for each chapter

Re: FM 7.1 Compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread William Gaffga
Oh dear god, I'd never actually use OLE, I was just listing it as the one problem that another user was experiencing. Importing by reference is the only way to go, especially if you have to do localization. As for the hardware, we'd planned on new dual core systems and our type of

RE: Plugin for enhanced find/change operations?

2007-01-31 Thread Alison Carrico
Nope. The em dash character I'm concerned with appears in headings, subheadings and body text and uses different fonts, sizes, etc. Copying the character format copies all those character attributes. I need a way to copy just one attribute and leave the others As Is. I can (and have been) do this

RE: Plugin for enhanced find/change operations?

2007-01-31 Thread Alison Carrico
Thanks! I wait with bated breath. I'm looking into whether I manipulate the MIF files somehow. If I get that to work, I'll let you know. -Original Message- From: Michael Zaichenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:27 AM To: Alison Carrico Cc:

RE: Plugin for enhanced find/change operations?

2007-01-31 Thread Alison Carrico
I appreciate the response, but that's not quite the problem. The em dash character doesn't have a unique character tag. It's just tagged with the paragraph format and any character tag applied to the text around it (bold, emphasis, etc.). I'm trying to isolate the em dash b/c it presents a

Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 Word InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
From: Steve Rickaby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Still, useful to know about the better features of CS2: I'll upgrade just as soon as another InD project comes in. Footnotes were another big one they added with CS2. ID still doesn't come close to Frame in terms of automation, but with every release they

Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumbered paragraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Rene Stephenson
Hi All, (FM7.2 on WinXP) Our templates and style guide have the graphics and tables left-aligned with captions. However, when the figure is an integrated graphic in a procedure, it looks a bit odd to have the figure and caption all the way over against the left edge of the text frame when

Re: Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumbered paragraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Art Campbell
Try setting the Anchored Frame to centered and the width of the text column. Then set the left indent of the graphic to the indent of the preceding tag. Art On 1/31/07, Rene Stephenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, (FM7.2 on WinXP) Our templates and style guide have the graphics and

GRAY BOXES IN PDF

2007-01-31 Thread Michael Zaichenko
Hi there, FM 7.1 Win XP SP2, Acrobat 7.0 Pitstop 7.0. I'm making a PDF file from FM file that contains TIFF images (bitmap) RGB equivalent (Black and white). When converting to Gray in Acrobat with Pitstop a gray box appears around the art. Though it is possible to remove the box it is not

RE: GRAY BOXES IN PDF

2007-01-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
Given that the only variable appears to be Pitstop 6 versus Pitstop 7, maybe you should contact Enfocus' tech support or post on their user forums. (FWIW, my experience is that Pitstop 7 is not quite as stable as Pitstop 6.) Note that Acrobat Pro (7 or 8) does contain an option for global color

Paste Special

2007-01-31 Thread John Pilla
I couldn't find it. Is there a shortcut key combination (FM 7.0) for Paste Special? In MSWord, I created a shortcut key to Paste Special Unformatted Text. Now that I am working in FM (again - finally, after 6 long years) - I find I need to copy a lot of content from previous versions of

Re: Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumbered paragraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Rene Stephenson
Thanks - but that doesn't affect the figure caption. I think my original question got too convoluted (sorry). I'm trying to figure out how to get the paragraph for the figure caption to indent relative to the preceding paragraph...without having to manually change the settings in the paragraph

RE: GRAY BOXES IN PDF

2007-01-31 Thread Michael Zaichenko
Thanks Dov, I noticed this instability. Don't know if I should switch back to 6.0. On Global conversion in 7. I'll try this one. Might solve my problem. Michael From: Dov Isaacs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Zaichenko [EMAIL PROTECTED], framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: GRAY

RE: GRAY BOXES IN PDF

2007-01-31 Thread Michael Zaichenko
Because 7.0 has some issues with line art smoothing and font embeding and display. After some experiments I reverted to 6. Michael From: Fred Ridder [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: GRAY BOXES IN PDF Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:35:08 -0500 It may not relate to your problem,

RE: Paste Special

2007-01-31 Thread Fred Ridder
My preferred approach is to change the default behavior when pasting from the clipboard to be plain text. That way you only have to use Paste Special when you want to do something else (e.g. pasting a Word table as RTF). You do this by modifying the ClipboardFormatPriorites item in maker.ini. I

Re: Paste Special

2007-01-31 Thread Art Campbell
You probably have Quick Menu turned on instead of Complete. Change the setting under the View menu, then look for Paste Special on the Edit menu. Shortcut is Esc, e,s,t Art On 1/31/07, John Pilla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I couldn't find it. Is there a shortcut key combination (FM 7.0) for

RE: QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Grant Hogarth
Fugly = effin' ugly :-) -Original Message- From: Steve Rickaby Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:50 AM Subject: Re: QA wants unique edition number in changed footers At 08:37 -0800 31/1/07, Frank Stearns wrote: GH: SNIP If you consider the latter option, beware of a FrameMaker

RE: character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread rebecca officer
Hi Caroline Thanks for that, but unfortunately - as Niels thought - it doesn't work in this situation. We have text like this: parameter1 option1 parameter2 parameter3 option3 where option1 and option3 need to be in italics. And the number of parameters and options varies. I have a nasty

RE: character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread Grant Hogarth
If the options are redundant/replicated two options I can think of are: 1: A variable for each option, as variables can contain formatting 2: An inset for each option. Or perhaps I'm missing a bit Grant ___ Grant Hogarth Senior Technical Writer Equis

Re: QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Andersen, Verner Engell VEA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you any idea of how I can have the various edition numbers in footer of each chapter page and still have the possibility of importing all formats from all files without messing things up? == This kind of

RE: Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumberedparagraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Steve Cavanaugh
I have a little different technique for figures here. I have set up a Table format with title below, the paragraph format having the word Figure in the numbering scheme. It is a one-row one-column table, with no borders into which I place my graphic reference. This allows me to refer to it by

Re: Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumbered paragraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Stuart Rogers
Rene Stephenson wrote: Thanks - but that doesn't affect the figure caption. I think my original question got too convoluted (sorry). I'm trying to figure out how to get the paragraph for the figure caption to indent relative to the preceding paragraph...without having to manually change the

RE: character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread Combs, Richard
rebecca officer wrote: I just wondered if anyone has a trick that lets you make a cross-reference to something that includes character-tagged text, and preserve the character tag in the cross-reference? We document commands, and some of them have italics in part of the command syntax.

Re: Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumbered paragraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Rene Stephenson
Yes, that is one way to do it...Thanks, Stuart. Rene Stuart Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rene Stephenson wrote: Thanks - but that doesn't affect the figure caption. I think my original question got too convoluted (sorry). I'm trying to figure out how to get the paragraph for the figure

RE: character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread rebecca officer
Thanks Richard! I did the quick test (Courier - Courier New) and it didn't preserve the italics but did preserve the different font in the xref. So the bits that I wanted to have Courier New italics were Courier New. That's a lot closer than I was before! So by the look of it, I need to

Re: Paste Special

2007-01-31 Thread Seraphim Larsen
I also prefer Fred's method. But if you still need a keyboard shortcut, it's Ctrl-Shift-V Seraphim Larsen, Senior Technical Writer Intel Corporation • DEG/ECG/Ops/TechComm • Chandler, AZ My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. On 1/31/07, Fred Ridder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My

FrameMaker 5.5.6 > Word > InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread hedley.fin...@myob.com
All: A former client of mine has a thesis with many graphics imported by reference into FrameMaker 5.5.6 running in Classic Mac 9.1 on PowerMacintosh. She wants to convert them to InDesign v. 2.0. I suggested that she save to Mac Word 4, 5, or 6, or to RTF using the Japanese converter, in

FM 7.1 Compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread hedley.fin...@myob.com
Will: > he had > some OLE issues but that is not surprising. You don't need OLE. Import graphics by reference. If you double-click on them, they will open in the associated graphics program. Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger Training Content Developer and Tools Specialist MYOB Australia Pty

character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread rebecca officer
Hi everyone I just wondered if anyone has a trick that lets you make a cross-reference to something that includes character-tagged text, and preserve the character tag in the cross-reference? We document commands, and some of them have italics in part of the command syntax. In the associated

Disk vs memory

2007-01-31 Thread Paul Grigg
Shot in the dark, but if that FrameMaker file or a previous version of it was ever run through Webworks to create some form of online help, then under the \temp folder you'll find a mif version of it. Paul -Original Message- From:

(no subject)

2007-01-31 Thread Graeme Forbes
>I would like to apply a character tag to a particular character that is >used in paragraphs of several different styles without changing the rest >of the attributes. As far as I can tell, Frame only lets me change >character attributes, not tags. If I understand, the problem is to change OldTag

character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread Caroline Tabach
I think you would need to make a special cross reference style that you use just to create the cross references to the commands. Then define for that cross reference style that the characters should appear in italics (i.e. use for the cross reference the character tag that is used for the

character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread Niels Fanøe
Hi, That isn't going to work - Rebeccas problem is that only part of the text-to-be-referenced is in italics. I'm not sure there is a solution to this... -Niels -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+nfa=maconomy.dk at lists.frameusers.com

FrameMaker 5.5.6 > Word > InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 15:19 +1100 31/1/07, hedley.finger at myob.com wrote: >A former client of mine has a thesis with many graphics imported by >reference into FrameMaker 5.5.6 running in Classic Mac 9.1 on >PowerMacintosh. She wants to convert them to InDesign v. 2.0. I >suggested that she save to Mac Word 4,

FM 7.1 Compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Strange. I find importing Visio files as OLE objects (from Visio 2000 to FM 7.2) to work just fine. When I try to File>Insert>File (by reference) it doesn't recognize the Visio file format, and Visio is not in the list. Perhaps my version of Visio is too old. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson T.W.

Problem with Bookmarks in PDFs coming from structured framemaker documents (bis)

2007-01-31 Thread Shlomo Perets
Lodewijk, You wrote: >... In the result so far we notice that not only > >head(Level1) >head(Level2) >head(Level3) > >appears as bookmark but also > >head(Level1)TOC >head(Level2)TOC >head(Level3)TOC > >It is as if head(Level1), head(Level3), head(Level3) have a wildcard so >that also

Problem with Bookmarks in PDFs coming from structured framemaker documents (bis)

2007-01-31 Thread Nollet, Lodewijk (Gent)
Hello all, Structured Framemaker-to-PDF problem, noticed using 7.0 and 7.2. We use "head" elements as headers of generic "sections". The layout of the "head" depends on the context and is defined with a "level rule" in the EDD. All levels also have a context label Level1, Level2 etc.

(no subject)

2007-01-31 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Seems to me that Illustrator is either changing the page size or that the graphic has been this way earlier but moved (manually?) within FM's anchored frame. IMHO, if you change the page size in AI to fit the graphic, that could do the trick. If you have the original AI or EPS graphics (from

FrameMaker 5.5.6 > Word > InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Ridder, Fred
An approach I've used a lot when I don't have the source files for graphics in a Word file I need to convert to FrameMaker is to select just the graphic and use the Selection option and the Adobe PDF printer in the Print dialog to make a PDF of the graphic. I then open the PDF in Acrobat sand

FrameMaker 5.5.6 > Word > InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
From: > So, will this process work: FrameMaker 5.5.6 > Word/RTF > InDesign? (I don't have InDesign or any InDesign experience.) Sure, but I agree with Steve: remove the graphics first and then Place them again in Indesign. Since they're referenced, this shouldn't be a

FrameMaker 5.5.6 > Word > InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Peter Gold
Look into the MIF-to-ID tool now in beta test phase from DTP Tools: http://www.dtptools.com/product.asp?id=mfid Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

FrameMaker 5.5.6 > Word > InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Kühn
Kenneth C. Benson wrote: > ... > Indesign 2.0 was kind of primitive. IDCS2 offers anchored objects. I don't > think ID2 could anchor (but it's been awhile), so she might want to consider > upgrading first. > ... > Anchored objects are a very new feature of IDCS2. The DOC/RTF import filter of

High quality images

2007-01-31 Thread Jon Harvey
Dov, Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I've been using SnagIt 6.2 to capture images. The hard issue I've been having is in creating captures that can be placed on the Web. Some of these include simple line that I need to resize, drawings that also include text. It hasn't been easy to find a

QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Frank Stearns
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: > All my FM book files contain all master pages, all variables, all > reference pages etc. This means that if you accidentially copy formats > from one file to anoter nothing will go wrong. > > My edition number in the footer is simply a

Text inset strange behaviour, any solution?? [revisited]

2007-01-31 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 22:49 +0100 30/1/07, Michael Zaichenko wrote: >Set the last paragraph of the source document to Run-In. It will solve the >problem. And indeed it does! -- Steve

FrameMaker 5.5.6 > Word > InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:34 -0500 31/1/07, Kenneth C. Benson wrote > > I agree totally with Steve: ID2.0 was very primitive > >Then you agree with Ken, not Steve. Although Steve may also hold those >sentiments, he didn't say anything about ID2. Yeah, I was wondering about this, especially as I'm still on InD 2.0

QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Art Campbell
Could you use the system variable for Modification Date instead of an edition number? That'd be equally easy for 'em to track. Art On 1/31/07, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: > > Hi > I am using unstructured Framemaker 7.2 > > All my FM book files contain all master pages, all variables,

QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 08:37 -0800 31/1/07, Frank Stearns wrote: >I routinely use what I call a "reference" or "resource" file. It's not part of >the printed book, but other files cross-reference to this file for various >bits of info, such as version info, part #, etc. > >You could list your edition info for each

FM 7.1 Compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread William Gaffga
Oh dear god, I'd never actually use OLE, I was just listing it as the one problem that another user was experiencing. Importing by reference is the only way to go, especially if you have to do localization. As for the hardware, we'd planned on new dual core systems and our type of

Plugin for enhanced find/change operations?

2007-01-31 Thread Alison Carrico
Nope. The em dash character I'm concerned with appears in headings, subheadings and body text and uses different fonts, sizes, etc. Copying the character format copies all those character attributes. I need a way to copy just one attribute and leave the others "As Is". I can (and have been) do

Plugin for enhanced find/change operations?

2007-01-31 Thread Alison Carrico
Thanks! I wait with bated breath. I'm looking into whether I manipulate the MIF files somehow. If I get that to work, I'll let you know. -Original Message- From: Michael Zaichenko [mailto:biozaiche...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:27 AM To: Alison Carrico Cc:

Plugin for enhanced find/change operations?

2007-01-31 Thread Alison Carrico
I appreciate the response, but that's not quite the problem. The em dash character doesn't have a unique character tag. It's just tagged with the paragraph format and any character tag applied to the text around it (bold, emphasis, etc.). I'm trying to isolate the em dash b/c it presents a

FrameMaker 5.5.6 > Word > InDesign help needed

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
From: "Steve Rickaby" > Still, useful to know about the better features of CS2: I'll upgrade just as soon as another InD project comes in. Footnotes were another big one they added with CS2. ID still doesn't come close to Frame in terms of automation, but with

GRAY BOXES IN PDF

2007-01-31 Thread Michael Zaichenko
Hi there, FM 7.1 Win XP SP2, Acrobat 7.0 Pitstop 7.0. I'm making a PDF file from FM file that contains TIFF images (bitmap) RGB equivalent (Black and white). When converting to Gray in Acrobat with Pitstop a gray box appears around the art. Though it is possible to remove the box it is not

Paste Special

2007-01-31 Thread John Pilla
I couldn't find it. Is there a shortcut key combination (FM 7.0) for Paste Special? In MSWord, I created a shortcut key to Paste Special > Unformatted Text. Now that I am working in FM (again - finally, after 6 long years) - I find I need to copy a lot of content from previous versions of

Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumbered paragraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Rene Stephenson
Thanks - but that doesn't affect the figure caption. I think my original question got too convoluted (sorry). I'm trying to figure out how to get the paragraph for the figure caption to indent relative to the preceding paragraph...without having to manually change the settings in the paragraph

GRAY BOXES IN PDF

2007-01-31 Thread Michael Zaichenko
Thanks Dov, I noticed this instability. Don't know if I should switch back to 6.0. On Global conversion in 7. I'll try this one. Might solve my problem. Michael >From: "Dov Isaacs" >To: "Michael Zaichenko" , > >Subject: RE: GRAY BOXES IN PDF >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:34:41 -0800 >

GRAY BOXES IN PDF

2007-01-31 Thread Michael Zaichenko
Because 7.0 has some issues with line art smoothing and font embeding and display. After some experiments I reverted to 6. Michael >From: "Fred Ridder" >To: biozaichenko at hotmail.com >Subject: RE: GRAY BOXES IN PDF >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:35:08 -0500 > >It may not relate to your problem,

Paste Special

2007-01-31 Thread Fred Ridder
My preferred approach is to change the default behavior when pasting from the clipboard to be plain text. That way you only have to use Paste Special when you want to do something else (e.g. pasting a Word table as RTF). You do this by modifying the ClipboardFormatPriorites item in maker.ini. I

Paste Special

2007-01-31 Thread Art Campbell
You probably have Quick Menu turned on instead of Complete. Change the setting under the View menu, then look for Paste Special on the Edit menu. Shortcut is Esc, e,s,t Art On 1/31/07, John Pilla wrote: > I couldn't find it. > Is there a shortcut key combination (FM 7.0) for Paste Special? >

QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Grant Hogarth
Fugly = "effin' ugly" :-) -Original Message- From: Steve Rickaby Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:50 AM Subject: Re: QA wants unique edition number in changed footers At 08:37 -0800 31/1/07, Frank Stearns wrote: >If you consider the latter option, beware of a FrameMaker 'gotcha'

character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread Grant Hogarth
If the options are redundant/replicated two options I can think of are: 1: A variable for each option, as variables can contain formatting 2: An inset for each option. Or perhaps I'm missing a bit Grant ___ Grant Hogarth Senior Technical Writer Equis

QA wants unique edition number in changed footers

2007-01-31 Thread Daniel Emory
--- "Andersen, Verner Engell VEA" wrote: > Have you any idea of how I can have the various > edition numbers in footer of each chapter page and > still have the possibility of importing all formats > from all files without messing things up? == This kind of dilemma can

Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumberedparagraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Steve Cavanaugh
I have a little different technique for figures here. I have set up a Table format with title below, the paragraph format having the word "Figure" in the numbering scheme. It is a one-row one-column table, with no borders into which I place my graphic reference. This allows me to refer to it by

Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumbered paragraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Stuart Rogers
Rene Stephenson wrote: > Thanks - but that doesn't affect the figure caption. I think my > original question got too convoluted (sorry). I'm trying to figure > out how to get the paragraph for the figure caption to indent > relative to the preceding paragraph...without having to manually > change

character tags in cross reference text

2007-01-31 Thread Combs, Richard
rebecca officer wrote: > I just wondered if anyone has a trick that lets you make a > cross-reference to something that includes character-tagged > text, and preserve the character tag in the cross-reference? > > We document commands, and some of them have italics in part > of the command

Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumbered paragraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Rene Stephenson
Yes, that is one way to do it...Thanks, Stuart. Rene Stuart Rogers wrote: Rene Stephenson wrote: > Thanks - but that doesn't affect the figure caption. I think my > original question got too convoluted (sorry). I'm trying to figure > out how to get the paragraph for the figure caption to

character tags in cross reference text - solved!

2007-01-31 Thread Combs, Richard
rebecca officer wrote: > Got it!! > > For anyone else who wants to do the same, the solution was: > > 1. Close FM. > > 2. Back up maker.ini, then in the [WindowsToFrameFontAliases] > section of maker.ini, replace this line: > Courier, Italic, *=Courier, Oblique, *, Regular with this line: >

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2007-01-31 Thread Seraphim Larsen
I also prefer Fred's method. But if you still need a keyboard shortcut, it's Ctrl-Shift-V Seraphim Larsen, Senior Technical Writer Intel Corporation ? DEG/ECG/Ops/TechComm ? Chandler, AZ My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. On 1/31/07, Fred Ridder wrote: > My preferred approach is to