Re: missing fonts
If you save the file as MIF and search that, then you got a flat file (Document, Master Ref. pages all in one), easy to search -- and replace -- in a fairly good text editor (TextPad, ConText, jEdit, etc.). Bodvar On 6/18/07, Rene Stephenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FM Console does show the font name(s) that are missing, but I haven't seen it specify where the font is used that's missing. For that piece of Jon's question, I'd use Find, Character Format, type in the missing font family, and leave everything else as-is. This doesn't see the reference or master pages, though, so if you can't find it this way, do the search again while viewing ref pages and again while viewing master pages for each file in the book. That said, it seems like out there somewhere I saw mention of a plugin that could search reference and master pages for various format stuff, but I can't remember if it just generated a list of what's used where (maybe hyperlinked) or exactly how it functioned. I don't even remember which plugin it was or who developed it. (Fine lot of help I am.) But, maybe someone else on the list knows and would respond. :-) Rene Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have a FM console program running, it'll show up in there. If you don't, open Preferences, turn on Show Translation Errors, and reboot FM Under Windows, FM would use the system settings for font locations. Art On 6/18/07, Jon Harvey wrote: Hi all, I'm getting a missing font error in various docs. Is there a way to determine in a large FM doc what fonts are missing and where FM is looking for them? I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows. I'd like to find the culprit text and solve the problem. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation CambridgeSoft Corporation 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 588-9354 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rinnie1%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bodvar%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
OT: Martha Jane Davidson, 1956-2007
Martha Jane Davidson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), a long-time contributor to the Framers list, died 12 June 2007 after a long struggle with breast cancer. Martha and I had 14 beautiful, wonderful years together. I think not how sad it will be when you are gone, but rather how empty it would have been had you never come. [Author unknown] Wolf ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT: Martha Jane Davidson, 1956-2007
I am sorry to hear that. My condolences. Bruce --- Wolf Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martha Jane Davidson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), a long-time contributor to the Framers list, died 12 June 2007 after a long struggle with breast cancer. Martha and I had 14 beautiful, wonderful years together. I think not how sad it will be when you are gone, but rather how empty it would have been had you never come. [Author unknown] Wolf Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT: Martha Jane Davidson, 1956-2007
Her contributions were always insightful. Her presence on this list will be missed. With Sympathy, Rene Bruce Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry to hear that. My condolences. Bruce --- Wolf Davidson wrote: Martha Jane Davidson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), a long-time contributor to the Framers list, died 12 June 2007 after a long struggle with breast cancer. Martha and I had 14 beautiful, wonderful years together. I think not how sad it will be when you are gone, but rather how empty it would have been had you never come. [Author unknown] Wolf Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rinnie1%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: missing fonts
Yep, that works well, too. Searching the MIF finds even the most elusive missing fonts. However, if you're trying to figure out where they're used, that can be difficult in a MIF. Rene Bodvar Bjorgvinsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you save the file as MIF and search that, then you got a flat file (Document, Master Ref. pages all in one), easy to search -- and replace -- in a fairly good text editor (TextPad, ConText, jEdit, etc.). Bodvar On 6/18/07, Rene Stephenson wrote: FM Console does show the font name(s) that are missing, but I haven't seen it specify where the font is used that's missing. For that piece of Jon's question, I'd use Find, Character Format, type in the missing font family, and leave everything else as-is. This doesn't see the reference or master pages, though, so if you can't find it this way, do the search again while viewing ref pages and again while viewing master pages for each file in the book. That said, it seems like out there somewhere I saw mention of a plugin that could search reference and master pages for various format stuff, but I can't remember if it just generated a list of what's used where (maybe hyperlinked) or exactly how it functioned. I don't even remember which plugin it was or who developed it. (Fine lot of help I am.) But, maybe someone else on the list knows and would respond. :-) Rene Art Campbell wrote: If you have a FM console program running, it'll show up in there. If you don't, open Preferences, turn on Show Translation Errors, and reboot FM Under Windows, FM would use the system settings for font locations. Art On 6/18/07, Jon Harvey wrote: Hi all, I'm getting a missing font error in various docs. Is there a way to determine in a large FM doc what fonts are missing and where FM is looking for them? I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows. I'd like to find the culprit text and solve the problem. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation CambridgeSoft Corporation 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 588-9354 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rinnie1%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bodvar%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Regarding Framescript
Surbhi asked, Also, could you suggest some sites and books for having a working knowledge on Framescript. I highly recommend FrameScript: A Crash Course by Rick Quatro (yes, the same Rick Quatro who responded to your earlier post). It's available from www.frameexpert.com. I tried writing my first FrameScript script using just the reference material shipped with the product and failed miserably. Rick's book got me started on the path to success. Beverly Robinson Note: My opinion, not necessarily my employer's. NOTICE This message and any attachment(s) are for authorized use by the intended recipient(s) only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are an intended recipient, you may not use, copy, retain, or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message and any attachment(s). If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please immediately contact the sender and delete this message and any attachment(s). ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF
David, This comes up often enough that it should be a FAQ; there are reams of information in the archives here and in the Adobe FM User Forum (where there's a full discussion; I think Adobe may have issued a tech note). Near as anyone can figure, one known problem is a combination of Windows and Frame font handling. Try this: Find the C:\WINDOWS\system32\FNTCACHE.DAT file and note its size. Then delete it. Reboot the system; the font cache will be rebuilt. Don't open other applications, especially browsers that may hit the font cache. Print the file to PDF. If that clears the problem, you may want to look at reducing the number of fonts on your system, especially the CJK fonts. By most reports, if the FNTCACHE.DAT file tops 2,000, the bug surfaces. The fix will work for a while, but will need to be repeated unless you can remove enough fonts to get below whatever your system's threshold is. Art On 6/21/07, David Spreadbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are running into a similar problem since upgrading to Acrobat 8 from Acrobat 7. We purchased the CS3 set, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat. When we create a Postscript file from FrameMaker 7.2p158, the PDF has random missing text. Sometimes complete pages, othertimes maybe a few words in a sentence. Of four systems, three are experiencing this problem. We have completely removed Acrobat from these machines and reinstalled. I say completely because we let Windows delete the Acrobat instance through Control Panel, then manually removed all instances of Acrobat 8 from C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat. Then reinstalled Acrobat from the CS3 DVD. Problem remains. One user when so far as to install Acrobat 7, instead of Acrobat 8, problem still exists. I have deleted the AdobePDF prineter instance and manually created it. Problem still exists. One thing we are seeing is that the postscript file size is considerably larger when the PDF fails. 4,285 is a good PDF 4,940 is a corrupted PDF. Any have any ideas??? Please respond directly as I am on Digest. - -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Links in framemaker source files to PDFs?
All, I have a directory structure on my hard drive that is going to be burned verbatim to a CD. In this structure, I have a Framemaker file that I want to contain links to the PDFs that are contained in various directories throughout. I want these links to jump to the indicated PDF when I click on the link in the framemaker file and have the PDF open (I also want to convert the framemaker file to a PDF so that when I click on these links in the PDF, the same thing happens). I know, I know - this has been covered so many times before, but I am on a tight, tight deadline and the archives are hard to search. Like I said, the absolute path of the framemaker/pdf file to the various pdfs will remain the same when I burn to CD, so. . . How do I need to set up my links in the Framemaker file and is there anything special that I need to do to the PDFs? TIA, TVB Tammy L. Van Boening Senior Technical Writer Fiserv Insurance Solutions Property and Casualty Division 303-729-7733 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Keep smiling, at least until you get your own way. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF
I'll endorse Art's response here! And both add to it and refine it a tad ... There are two distinct sets of missing text scenarios that we know about. The first such scenario is a associated with larger page sizes and higher resolutions. As you go beyond US Letter and A4 paper sizes, field overflow associated with intermediate byproduct of the product of multiplying a page location by the resolution can readily overflow a 16-bit signed field and cause the location of text or other graphic objects to go negative (off the page). This scenario is totally repeatable between systems if you use the same settings. The cure is to either cut the resolution value (as you can readily do with printing to the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance or by cutting the page size. Generally speaking, the former is easiest and safest (esp. when creating PDF). Lowering the resolution down to 300dpi only affects microspacing for line justification. The second scenario is as Art describes it. We have heard of customers experiencing it on some systems but not others using allegely the same document and configuration. We have even seen internally at Adobe, but cannot reproduce it at will. On most systems, deleting the FNTCACHE.DAT file followed by a reboot will solve the problem, at least for a while. I have suggested that systems with this problem be fitted with a logout script that automatically does this delete every time you bring down your system and thus proactively avoid repeats. Note however, I have heard of at least one system for which this hack did not work. Why does this happen? And why does deleting the font cache fix it? Don't really know! It has nothing to do with Acrobat or the Adobe PDF PostScript driver instance. Since application programs, including FrameMaker, do not and cannot directly access the FNTCACHE.DAT file, I can only guess that whatever is causing this is the byproduct of FrameMaker having its own character set and of its use of old Windows GDI calls for display and print. Note that from our experience, the number of fonts on a system doesn't seem to be a common vector for this problem to occur. I typically have more than 1400 typefaces installed oncurrently on each of my systems and for better or worse, I'v never been able to duplicate the problem on these systems! We will need to see whether the next major release of FrameMaker resolves the problem once and for all! :-) - Dov -Original Message- From: Art Campbell Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 7:57 AM To: David Spreadbury Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF David, This comes up often enough that it should be a FAQ; there are reams of information in the archives here and in the Adobe FM User Forum (where there's a full discussion; I think Adobe may have issued a tech note). Near as anyone can figure, one known problem is a combination of Windows and Frame font handling. Try this: Find the C:\WINDOWS\system32\FNTCACHE.DAT file and note its size. Then delete it. Reboot the system; the font cache will be rebuilt. Don't open other applications, especially browsers that may hit the font cache. Print the file to PDF. If that clears the problem, you may want to look at reducing the number of fonts on your system, especially the CJK fonts. By most reports, if the FNTCACHE.DAT file tops 2,000, the bug surfaces. The fix will work for a while, but will need to be repeated unless you can remove enough fonts to get below whatever your system's threshold is. Art On 6/21/07, David Spreadbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are running into a similar problem since upgrading to Acrobat 8 from Acrobat 7. We purchased the CS3 set, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat. When we create a Postscript file from FrameMaker 7.2p158, the PDF has random missing text. Sometimes complete pages, othertimes maybe a few words in a sentence. Of four systems, three are experiencing this problem. We have completely removed Acrobat from these machines and reinstalled. I say completely because we let Windows delete the Acrobat instance through Control Panel, then manually removed all instances of Acrobat 8 from C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat. Then reinstalled Acrobat from the CS3 DVD. Problem remains. One user when so far as to install Acrobat 7, instead of Acrobat 8, problem still exists. I have deleted the AdobePDF prineter instance and manually created it. Problem still exists. One thing we are seeing is that the postscript file size is considerably larger when the PDF fails. 4,285 is a good PDF 4,940 is a corrupted PDF. Any have any ideas??? Please respond directly as I am on Digest. - -- Art Campbell ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as
RE: Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF
Jacob, Good to hear from you. (1) No, I wasn't referring to leading but rather the exact positioning and amount of space between text characters on a line of text. Obviously 72dpi is going to look very poor. I normally recommend a setting of 600dpi for all layout work (and then always creating PDF with the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance set to 600dpi) to assure no reflow problems - a big problem with Microsoft Office and probably much less of a problem with FrameMaker (Shlomo says he has seen this; I haven't so far). I do not advise going below the 300dpi setting. For most FrameMaker type documents, any fine spacing quality loss at 300dpi compared to 600dpi or 1200dpi would normally be quite acceptable. (2) So far we haven't seen the NUMBER of fonts as the key variable as to what causes corruption or too large a font cache file. As I have indicated in early communications, my systems routinely run with about 1400 to 1600 active typefaces, all concurrently installed. One area that I would have others look at is the size of the virtual memory file. Disable automatic paging files and enable a constant paging file size of at least twice the amount of real memory in the system which in reality means a four to six gigabyte paging file. I am only speculating about this, but you never know. (3) With regards to the GDI calls, FrameMaker's code still uses very old (Windows 3.x) GDI calls that are very resolution dependent and that can yield multiplication results that overflow 16 bits if you are talking about higher resolutions and larger page sizes. As I indicated there is a known problem due to these overflows that cause text drop out on systems that don't suffer from the problem fixed by the font cache deletion hack. (For example, this problem is consistent on all systems for page size tabloid for 2400 dpi for the same document!) The other problem occurs when this overflow should not be a problem. The problem is that the GDI calls used by FrameMaker are not really being maintained by Microsoft; it's likely that there are bugs that have infested that area of the code that are somehow tickled by FrameMaker and its interesting remapping of character sets. But we really don't know what is causing the problems. (4) Because we can't debug problems we can't reproduce, this whole issue is exceptionally frustrating not only to the limited number of customers who repeatedly experience it on particular computer systems, but also to the FrameMaker support and development organization. - Dov -Original Message- From: Jacob Schäffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 6:05 PM Hi Dov, Normally I don't argue your statements, but sometimes exceptions exists and require a tiny dialog: You wrote: ... Lowering the resolution down to 300dpi only affects microspacing for line justification. First, I'm not completely sure what you mean when you say line justification. My mistake, but if you mean leading I don't think of this as a problem. However, if you mean character spacing I don't believe your statement is entirely correct. In my judgement lowering resolution (in printer properties, which I assume you refer to) to anything less than 1200 dpi WILL affect character spacing output from FrameMaker. If you try with 72 dpi and compare the result (e.g. in a PDF) with a similar 1200 dpi result I'm sure you'll agree. Often, but not always, you'll find serious and very visible spacing artifacts in the 72 dpi result. Hence, generally I'd hold my horses and keep resolution up, at least to 600 dpi. You wrote: We have heard of customers experiencing it on some systems but not others using allegely the same document and configuration. We have even seen internally at Adobe, but cannot reproduce it at will. I have worked with this issue weeks and weeks to find a reasonable and reproduceable scenario, since several of our Grafikhuset Publi PDF customers ask us for advice. Unfortunately, we haven't found a bullet-proof answer so far. The best we have to answer is (1) Reduce the number of fonts to a minimum. (2) Delete the FNTCACHE.DAT file and reboot. You wrote: Note however, I have heard of at least one system for which this hack did not work. Why does this happen? And why does deleting the font cache fix it? Don't really know! We have tested with a debugger and tried to nail down memory leaks in FrameMaker. No *significant* such beasts seem to exist with FrameMaker. Bravo! You wrote: It has nothing to do with Acrobat or the Adobe PDF PostScript driver instance. This problem has definitely nothing to do with Acrobat nor the Adobe PDF PostScript driver instance. It occur during PostScript creation via a combination of GDI, GDI+ and the universal Windows PostScript printer driver -- system components each of which are very hard to point
Transforming .XML from .MIF to DocBook
Can anyone point me in the direction of examples, utilities, mailing list threads, anything (!) to help with using XSLT to transform .XML files (created from .MIF files) to DocBook? Here's the process flow we're looking at: .FM - .MIF - mif2xml - .XML - XSLT - DocBook Any suggestions much appreciated! -Pierce ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Formatting rules in EDDs
Hi all, I'm having a problem with formatting rules in an EDD - particularily, with the combination of two character formats acting on the same text. We use a tag called emphasis to indicate when text should be bold, italicized, superscript, etc. and another called change to indicate when text has changed since the last release of the manual. In the EDD, text formatting rules apply a character format to these elements. All works well, except when there is an emphasis element within a change element. In this case, it seems as if the two formatting rules conflict, and we lose the emphasis formatting. We were able to get around this in the past by simply re-applying the tag (ie. highlight the emphasis or change, select the same from the element catalog and choose change), which would apply the proper formatting. This is no longer possible, as we're now using conditional text, and each time we change what is shown in the document, the formatting reverts, and we again lose the emphasis formatting. I'm a bit puzzled here - because when we re-apply the tag manually, it is my understanding that the formatting comes from the EDD.. and the same for when we change conditional text settings. To have the same EDD produce different results doesn't make a lot of sense - unless (for some reason) the rules are applied in a different order in these cases, leading to the emphasis rules being overwritten. The only solution I can think of is a framescript which would go and reapply these tags everytime conditional text settings are changed - but that seems to be a when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail type solution. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks, Adam Schweitzer Orenda Aerospace Corporation ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Some questions about importing/resizing screenshots
Hi all, Would you believe, I've figured out the answers to all of my questions that I posted a couple of hours ago. I guess that's one of the benefits of being a tech writer-I know that if I play with the software for a while, I'll eventually find what I'm looking for! Thanks. Nina Rogers From: Nina Rogers Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:09 PM To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: Some questions about importing/resizing screenshots Hi again, Many thanks to all of you who responded to my request for FM Crash Course resources. Your input has been of tremendous help. And I'm sure many of you will be glad to know I've (mostly) been able to find information I need, rather than firing off questions to this list every two minutes! But now I have a question about graphics. In Word, I would just Insert Picture From File and the selected screenshot would appear in Word as the same size (in inches) as the actual screenshot, and then I would adjust the size to fit as needed. In Frame, I can't figure out how to make an imported screen shot smaller without turning the screenshot text into chicken-scratch. Should I be saving these screenshots into a particular format? (I'm using FullShot for screenshots.) I was using GIF, then switched to JPG ... but I must admit that my knowledge of graphics formats is very limited. (I miss the days when I worked side-by-side with a graphic designer!) I am copying the screenshot files directly into the document, not importing by reference. This manual will be seen in two forms by the users: as a print manual (if they ever open it, ha ha), and as a PDF, so I'd like to go with a graphics format that would be good for both. Also, I'm using a template that has a side head. How can I make it so an imported screenshot will straddle the two columns (of the side head and body paragraph). I wasn't planning to have it do that, but I want to be able to have the option, in case I'm using a large screenshot with lots of text on it. Thanks! Nina Rogers Technical Writer, Federal Tax Development Drake Software (828) 524-8020 ext. 1724 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
visio fonts don't show in FM
HI All, I have visio drawings embedded in my FM files that include the symbol font, to show, omega, delta and sigma symbols. The symbols show properly in the Visio embedded object, but do not show in the FM or the generated PDF. I realize that FM is not reading the fonts correctly. Is there a way to fix this? I need the words in the figures to be searchable. The symbols don't have to be searchable, and if I must I will create some type of drawing of the symbol and insert it as a pic. But, I would rather save myself this extra effort. If any of you can tell me what make FM tick and tell me how to fix this problem. I'm running FM 7.2 on Windows XP. Thanks, Orly Z. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
SV: Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF
Hi Dov, Normally I don't argue your statements, but sometimes exceptions exists and require a tiny dialog: You wrote: ... Lowering the resolution down to 300dpi only affects microspacing for line justification. First, I'm not completely sure what you mean when you say line justification. My mistake, but if you mean leading I don't think of this as a problem. However, if you mean character spacing I don't believe your statement is entirely correct. In my judgement lowering resolution (in printer properties, which I assume you refer to) to anything less than 1200 dpi WILL affect character spacing output from FrameMaker. If you try with 72 dpi and compare the result (e.g. in a PDF) with a similar 1200 dpi result I'm sure you'll agree. Often, but not always, you'll find serious and very visible spacing artifacts in the 72 dpi result. Hence, generally I'd hold my horses and keep resolution up, at least to 600 dpi. You wrote: We have heard of customers experiencing it on some systems but not others using allegely the same document and configuration. We have even seen internally at Adobe, but cannot reproduce it at will. I have worked with this issue weeks and weeks to find a reasonable and reproduceable scenario, since several of our Grafikhuset Publi PDF customers ask us for advice. Unfortunately, we haven't found a bullet-proof answer so far. The best we have to answer is (1) Reduce the number of fonts to a minimum. (2) Delete the FNTCACHE.DAT file and reboot. You wrote: Note however, I have heard of at least one system for which this hack did not work. Why does this happen? And why does deleting the font cache fix it? Don't really know! We have tested with a debugger and tried to nail down memory leaks in FrameMaker. No *significant* such beasts seem to exist with FrameMaker. Bravo! You wrote: It has nothing to do with Acrobat or the Adobe PDF PostScript driver instance. This problem has definitely nothing to do with Acrobat nor the Adobe PDF PostScript driver instance. It occur during PostScript creation via a combination of GDI, GDI+ and the universal Windows PostScript printer driver -- system components each of which are very hard to point out as direct offenders. And the problem -- when it's present -- occur whenever you print directly to a physical high-res device, PostScript or 'Save as PDF'. You wrote: Since application programs, including FrameMaker, do not and cannot directly access the FNTCACHE.DAT file, I can only guess that whatever is causing this is the byproduct of FrameMaker having its own character set and of its use of old Windows GDI calls for display and print. Hmmm ... Typical for Windows GDI calls are the differences in resolution between display and print. That is, in fact, a major -- if not the only major -- difference between the two device contexts, by concept. So, why can FrameMaker display stuff it can't print at any resolution? And why does lowering resolution sometimes help? I don't know, but I'd love to. You wrote: Note that from our experience, the number of fonts on a system doesn't seem to be a common vector for this problem to occur. I typically have more than 1400 typefaces installed oncurrently on each of my systems and for better or worse, I'v never been able to duplicate the problem on these systems! Sorry, but I'd be quite surprised if you personally produce anything significant in FrameMaker, i.e. build from scratch/work with hundreds and hundreds of pages spread out in multiple chapters forming a book. Opening documents on a test basis may not reveal enough information to establish beyond doubt what's going on. In my view the strict cause is pending and -- apparently -- unknown, and that is a serious problem. You wrote: We will need to see whether the next major release of FrameMaker resolves the problem once and for all! :-) I wish you folks at Adobe a good hunt added all the luck you can get -- for all of us :-) - Jacob ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Does anyone have an EDD for the Bible?
I think you must all be hinting that the final EDD will be rock solid! ;-) Actually the last joke about the tablets fits in Icelandic too. I may even have heard it with God as the adviser -- which also gives a deeper meaning to the joke. -- Is it Friday already? Bodvar On 6/20/07, Lin Surasky wrote: > > ugh ;-) > > I apologize to every last one of you (except you, Peter) for having started > this. > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+lin.surasky=retalix.com at lists.frameusers.com on > behalf of Peter Gold > Sent: Wed 6/20/2007 3:37 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Does anyone have an EDD for the Bible? > > I tried to confirm the link to the trailer for this film, before > posting it, but it seems that the one at IMDB/New York Times fails. > It's worth hunting for other links, if you want to get the scene from > "Moses' " mouth. > > BTW, you may not be aware that Moses wanted to be a doctor, because > the experience of dropping the one tablet left him very upset he > almost turned back to Egypt. However, his close advisers told him not > to worry, "take these two tablets and call us in the morning!" > > -- > > Regards, > > Peter > ___ > Peter Gold > KnowHow ProServices > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as lin.surasky at retalix.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/lin.surasky%40retalix.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as bodvar at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bodvar%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Regarding Framescript
Hi Rick Thanx for the prompt reply. I will once again try installing it. Also, could you suggest some sites and books for having a working knowledge on Framescript. Once again, thanx for your help. Surbhi On 6/20/07, Rick Quatro wrote: > > Hi Surbhi, > > If you have it properly installed, you will have a FrameScript menu on the > FrameMaker menu bar. FrameScript writes a message to the FrameMaker > Console > window when you start FrameMaker which will tell you if it is installed. > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing > 585-659-8267 > www.frameexpert.com > > > > Hello Framers > > > > I was trying to find out some info about framescript. When i downloaded > > the > > trial version and installed it; i cannot find any way to launch it. > > > > How do we launch framescript. Does it provide an extra menu item in > > Framemaker or is a stand-alone program. > > > > Could anyone please provide some starting points in this direction. > > Any pointers would be truly appreciated. > > > > Thank You > > > > Surbhi > >
missing fonts
If you save the file as MIF and search that, then you got a flat file (Document, Master Ref. pages all in one), easy to search -- and replace -- in a fairly good text editor (TextPad, ConText, jEdit, etc.). Bodvar On 6/18/07, Rene Stephenson wrote: > FM Console does show the font name(s) that are missing, but I haven't seen it > specify where the font is used that's missing. For that piece of Jon's > question, I'd use Find, Character Format, type in the missing font family, > and leave everything else as-is. This doesn't "see" the reference or master > pages, though, so if you can't find it this way, do the search again while > viewing ref pages and again while viewing master pages for each file in the > book. > > That said, it seems like "out there somewhere" I saw mention of a plugin that > could search reference and master pages for various format stuff, but I can't > remember if it just generated a list of what's used where (maybe hyperlinked) > or exactly how it functioned. I don't even remember which plugin it was or > who developed it. (Fine lot of help I am.) But, maybe someone else on the > list knows and would respond. :-) > > Rene > > Art Campbell wrote: If you have a FM console > program running, it'll show up in there. > If you don't, open Preferences, turn on Show Translation Errors, and > reboot FM > > Under Windows, FM would use the system settings for font locations. > > Art > > On 6/18/07, Jon Harvey wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'm getting a missing font error in various docs. Is there a way to > > determine in a large FM doc what fonts are missing and where FM is > > looking for them? I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows. I'd like to find the > > culprit text and solve the problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jon Harvey > > > > Manager, Desktop Documentation > > > > CambridgeSoft Corporation > > > > 100 CambridgePark Drive > > > > Cambridge, MA 02140 > > > > (617) 588-9354 > > > > > > > > ___ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > > or visit > > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > > > -- > Art Campbell art.campbell at > gmail.com > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent >and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as rinnie1 at yahoo.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rinnie1%40yahoo.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as bodvar at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bodvar%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Slightly OT: Style checker?
I'm looking for a style checker tool that dynamically checks whether
DITA-structured text complies with terminology databases and style
guides. Something that does the following:
Original: "Choose Print from the File menu to print the doctor's contact
details. A dialog appears. Click on the Print button."
Corrections suggested by the style checker: "Choose *File *> *Print *to
print the *physician*'s details. A dialog box appears. Click *Print*.",
where:
* "doctor" is replace with "physician" to comply with the
terminology database.
* The syntax is changed ("Choose File > Print...") to comply with
the company style guides.
These are the basic feature requirements. It would be really nice if the
style checker can do the following too:
* Check multilingual terminology databases
* Check multiple style guides in order of a user-defined preference.
For example, check Microsoft Manual of Style first, then the Apple
Publications Style Guide and, if there's a conflict, give
preference to style guide A.
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OT: Martha Jane Davidson, 1956-2007
I am sorry to hear that. My condolences. Bruce --- Wolf Davidson wrote: > Martha Jane Davidson (editrix at nemasys.com), a > long-time contributor to > the Framers list, died 12 June 2007 after a long > struggle with breast > cancer. > > Martha and I had 14 beautiful, wonderful years > together. > > "I think not how sad it will be when you are gone, > but rather how empty > it would have been had you never come." > [Author unknown] > > Wolf Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
OT: Martha Jane Davidson, 1956-2007
Her contributions were always insightful. Her presence on this list will be missed. With Sympathy, Rene Bruce Wolf wrote: I am sorry to hear that. My condolences. Bruce --- Wolf Davidson wrote: > Martha Jane Davidson (editrix at nemasys.com), a > long-time contributor to > the Framers list, died 12 June 2007 after a long > struggle with breast > cancer. > > Martha and I had 14 beautiful, wonderful years > together. > > "I think not how sad it will be when you are gone, > but rather how empty > it would have been had you never come." > [Author unknown] > > Wolf Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rinnie1 at yahoo.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rinnie1%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
missing fonts
Yep, that works well, too. Searching the MIF finds even the most elusive missing fonts. However, if you're trying to figure out where they're used, that can be difficult in a MIF. Rene Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: If you save the file as MIF and search that, then you got a flat file (Document, Master Ref. pages all in one), easy to search -- and replace -- in a fairly good text editor (TextPad, ConText, jEdit, etc.). Bodvar On 6/18/07, Rene Stephenson wrote: > FM Console does show the font name(s) that are missing, but I haven't seen it > specify where the font is used that's missing. For that piece of Jon's > question, I'd use Find, Character Format, type in the missing font family, > and leave everything else as-is. This doesn't "see" the reference or master > pages, though, so if you can't find it this way, do the search again while > viewing ref pages and again while viewing master pages for each file in the > book. > > That said, it seems like "out there somewhere" I saw mention of a plugin that > could search reference and master pages for various format stuff, but I can't > remember if it just generated a list of what's used where (maybe hyperlinked) > or exactly how it functioned. I don't even remember which plugin it was or > who developed it. (Fine lot of help I am.) But, maybe someone else on the > list knows and would respond. :-) > > Rene > > Art Campbell wrote: If you have a FM console program running, it'll show up > in there. > If you don't, open Preferences, turn on Show Translation Errors, and > reboot FM > > Under Windows, FM would use the system settings for font locations. > > Art > > On 6/18/07, Jon Harvey wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'm getting a missing font error in various docs. Is there a way to > > determine in a large FM doc what fonts are missing and where FM is > > looking for them? I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows. I'd like to find the > > culprit text and solve the problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jon Harvey > > > > Manager, Desktop Documentation > > > > CambridgeSoft Corporation > > > > 100 CambridgePark Drive > > > > Cambridge, MA 02140 > > > > (617) 588-9354 > > > > > > > > ___ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > > or visit > > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > > > -- > Art Campbell art.campbell at > gmail.com > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent >and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as rinnie1 at yahoo.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rinnie1%40yahoo.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as bodvar at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bodvar%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Regarding Framescript
Surbhi asked, "Also, could you suggest some sites and books for having a working knowledge on Framescript." I highly recommend FrameScript: A Crash Course by Rick Quatro (yes, the same Rick Quatro who responded to your earlier post). It's available from www.frameexpert.com. I tried writing my first FrameScript script using just the reference material shipped with the product and failed miserably. Rick's book got me started on the path to success. Beverly Robinson Note: My opinion, not necessarily my employer's. NOTICE ? This message and any attachment(s) are for authorized use by the intended recipient(s) only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are an intended recipient, you may not use, copy, retain, or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message and any attachment(s). If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please immediately contact the sender and delete this message and any attachment(s).
Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF
We are running into a similar problem since upgrading to Acrobat 8 from Acrobat 7. We purchased the CS3 set, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat. When we create a Postscript file from FrameMaker 7.2p158, the PDF has random missing text. Sometimes complete pages, othertimes maybe a few words in a sentence. Of four systems, three are experiencing this problem. We have completely removed Acrobat from these machines and reinstalled. I say completely because we let Windows delete the Acrobat instance through Control Panel, then manually removed all instances of Acrobat 8 from C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat. Then reinstalled Acrobat from the CS3 DVD. Problem remains. One user when so far as to install Acrobat 7, instead of Acrobat 8, problem still exists. I have deleted the AdobePDF prineter instance and manually created it. Problem still exists. One thing we are seeing is that the postscript file size is considerably larger when the PDF fails. 4,285 is a good PDF 4,940 is a corrupted PDF. Any have any ideas??? Please respond directly as I am on Digest. - Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!
Update all files in a Book with a Paragraph Format?
Amy Harvey wrote: > We have a Para Tag called "Revision" which marks the revision > number in the footer of the document. > > When we go to a new revision, we've bee importing the > paragraph format into each file in the book... thus having to > open each file individually and either change the master page > (where the tage is stored) or change the paragraph tag itself > with the correct Rev Number. It's not at all clear what you're doing -- a revision number needs changing, so you change a paragraph format? Are you using the autonumber string of the pgf format to hold your revision number? That's not a good idea. As Karen noted, that's what user variables are for. Your description of "importing" formats doesn't sound like importing formats. Even with your non-variable approach, manual changes to master pages and pgfs aren't necessary -- if you actually import your change at the book level, all the files are updated in one step. Do this: Create a variable called RevisionNumber, define it with your current revision number, and insert the variable into the Revision pgf on your master pages (get rid of Revision's autonumber, if that's what you've been using). When the revision number changes, change the definition of the variable in one file of the book, and leave that file open. Then, go to the book window and select all the files in the book. Select File > Import > Formats. In the Import Formats dialog, set Import
Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF
David, This comes up often enough that it should be a FAQ; there are reams of information in the archives here and in the Adobe FM User Forum (where there's a full discussion; I think Adobe may have issued a tech note). Near as anyone can figure, one known problem is a combination of Windows and Frame font handling. Try this: Find the C:\WINDOWS\system32\FNTCACHE.DAT file and note its size. Then delete it. Reboot the system; the font cache will be rebuilt. Don't open other applications, especially browsers that may hit the font cache. Print the file to PDF. If that clears the problem, you may want to look at reducing the number of fonts on your system, especially the CJK fonts. By most reports, if the FNTCACHE.DAT file tops 2,000, the bug surfaces. The fix will work for a while, but will need to be repeated unless you can remove enough fonts to get below whatever your system's threshold is. Art On 6/21/07, David Spreadbury wrote: > We are running into a similar problem since upgrading to Acrobat 8 from > Acrobat 7. > > We purchased the CS3 set, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat. > > When we create a Postscript file from FrameMaker 7.2p158, the PDF has > random missing text. Sometimes complete pages, othertimes maybe a few words > in a sentence. > > Of four systems, three are experiencing this problem. > > We have completely removed Acrobat from these machines and reinstalled. I > say completely because we let Windows delete the Acrobat instance through > Control Panel, then manually removed all instances of Acrobat 8 from > C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat. > > Then reinstalled Acrobat from the CS3 DVD. Problem remains. > One user when so far as to install Acrobat 7, instead of Acrobat 8, problem > still exists. > > I have deleted the AdobePDF prineter instance and manually created it. > Problem still exists. > > One thing we are seeing is that the postscript file size is considerably > larger when the PDF fails. > > 4,285 is a good PDF > 4,940 is a corrupted PDF. > > Any have any ideas??? > > Please respond directly as I am on Digest. > > > - -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
Update all files in a Book with a Paragraph Format?
As Karen and Richard point out, a different way to do this would be to use a user variable. However, updating either the 'graph you're using or the variable would require the same procedure: Change the rev number either in the 'tag or the variable, save that "source" file; highlight all book component files that should be updated, and then do Import Formats... and specify either variables or paragraph tags. Art On 6/20/07, Amy Harvey wrote: > > Is there a way to update all files in a book with a specific paragraph format? > > We have a Para Tag called "Revision" which marks the revision number in the > footer of the document. > > When we go to a new revision, we've bee importing the paragraph format into > each file in the book... thus having to open each file individually and > either change the master page (where the tage is stored) or change the > paragraph tag itself with the correct Rev Number. > > Any way to do this for example, like a global property, etc? > > Thanks > > AM Harvey > Enercon Services, Inc. > > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
Slightly OT: Style checker?
Yves Barbion wrote: > I'm looking for a style checker tool that dynamically checks > whether DITA-structured text complies with terminology > databases and style guides. Something that does the following: You need to look into Controlled English. I doubt you'll get your entire wish list (without spending a fortune on customization and consulting), but you can get 90% of what you need. Check out Smart Communications (http://www.smartny.com/) -- they seem to be the leader in the field. I can't directly vouch for them, or anyone else -- we've only done some preliminary investigation. HTH! Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
Martha Jane Davidson, 1956-2007
I'm so sorry for your loss. She was a wonderful contributor to this list and will be missed by many. Take comfort that she is at peace. On Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:18 AM, Wolf Davidson wrote: | Martha Jane Davidson (editrix at nemasys.com), a long-time contributor to | the Framers list, died 12 June 2007 after a long struggle with breast | cancer. | | Martha and I had 14 beautiful, wonderful years together. | | "I think not how sad it will be when you are gone, but rather how empty | it would have been had you never come." | [Author unknown] | | Wolf - Lester --- Lester C. Smalley Email: lsmalley AT infocon DOT com Information Consultants, Inc. Phone: 302-239-2942 FAX: 302-239-1712 Yorklyn, DE 19736 Web: www.infocon.com ---
Regarding Framescript
http://www.frameexpert.com/tutorials/ This is Rick Quatro writing about FrameScript, so you can see his writing style and get a good introduction to the language. --- beverly_robinson at datacard.com wrote: > I tried writing my first > FrameScript script using just > the reference material shipped with the product and > failed miserably. User Interface design blog http://user-advocacy.blogspot.com/ Code::Design::UI::Consulting http://www.dionysius.com/ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/
Need some FM tips
You can also use Esc v,P. There's a document called Customizing_Frame_Products.pdf that is installed with FM that describes how to add your own shortcuts. I added Esc b,b,b for following a cross-reference back by adding to: C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.2\fminit\configui\cmds.cfg You add the new sequence directly after the old one (with a space in between), by searching for the old key sequence. In this case, it is . This way both the new and old shortcuts work. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson rebecca officer wrote: >> b. After following a cross reference (Alt+Ctrl+Click), go back to the >> > cross reference? > > If you get ToolbarPlus from www.microtype.com/resources.html it has a > tool button for this. > > Cheers, Rebecca > > NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential > information intended only for the use of the addressee > named above. If you are not the intended recipient of > this message you are hereby notified that you must not > disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. > If you have received this message in error please > notify Allied Telesis Labs Ltd immediately. > Any views expressed in this message are those of the > individual sender, except where the sender has the > authority to issue and specifically states them to > be the views of Allied Telesis Labs. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as sbw at actcom.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sbw%40actcom.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > >
Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF
Art, Can you give me a link to that forum please. Peter Original Message information in the archives here and in the Adobe FM User Forum (where
Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF
You can try: http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.ee6b312/ , but that may be a dynamic link. If it doesn't work, just enter adobe.com, click support and then user forums and select FM. Note that the particular thread I mentioned is old; probably need to do an archive search. Art On 6/21/07, peter at galley.ie wrote: > Art, > > Can you give me a link to that forum please. > > Peter > > > > > Original Message > > information in the archives here and in the Adobe FM User Forum (where > > > -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
Slightly OT: Style checker?
It looks like MAXit Checker (via same URL) would be the comparable product for unstructured FM...? Correct? Has anyone used MAXit? Rene Stephenson "Combs, Richard" wrote: Yves Barbion wrote: > I'm looking for a style checker tool that dynamically checks > whether DITA-structured text complies with terminology > databases and style guides. Something that does the following: You need to look into Controlled English. I doubt you'll get your entire wish list (without spending a fortune on customization and consulting), but you can get 90% of what you need. Check out Smart Communications (http://www.smartny.com/) -- they seem to be the leader in the field. I can't directly vouch for them, or anyone else -- we've only done some preliminary investigation. HTH! Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rinnie1 at yahoo.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rinnie1%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Regarding Framescript
Chris Borokowski wrote: > http://www.frameexpert.com/tutorials/ > This is Rick Quatro writing about FrameScript, so you can see > his writing style and get a good introduction to the language. I'll second Beverly's and Chris's advice to check out Rick Quatro's book and online tutorials. I also recommend buying his Super Web Bundle of scripts because (a) they perform a broad range of tasks and may take care of a good portion of your scripting needs as is, and (b) they serve as examples and starting points for developing your own scripts. That said, the OP didn't know that FrameScript adds a menu to FM -- that suggests that the OP hasn't even spent much time looking at the information at the Finite Matters website, much less the documentation. Also, the OP mentioned downloading the trial version. It's necessary to request an evaluation license from Finite Matters (this is explained on the website). FrameScript won't work without a license key; maybe that's the reason it's not working. Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
missing fonts
At 07:37 -0700 21/6/07, Rene Stephenson wrote: >Yep, that works well, too. Searching the MIF finds even the most elusive >missing fonts. However, if you're trying to figure out where they're used, >that can be difficult in a MIF. I went through some pain on this recently. I found that FrameMaker has a liking for ferreting fonts definitions away in some extremely obscure places, such as parts of tables that you have never used and never will use. Sorry... have lost the start of this thread. -- Steve
Links in framemaker source files to PDFs?
All, I have a directory structure on my hard drive that is going to be burned verbatim to a CD. In this structure, I have a Framemaker file that I want to contain links to the PDFs that are contained in various directories throughout. I want these links to "jump to" the indicated PDF when I click on the link in the framemaker file and have the PDF open (I also want to convert the framemaker file to a PDF so that when I click on these links in the PDF, the same thing happens). I know, I know - this has been covered so many times before, but I am on a tight, tight deadline and the archives are hard to search. Like I said, the absolute path of the framemaker/pdf file to the various pdfs will remain the same when I burn to CD, so. . . How do I need to set up my links in the Framemaker file and is there anything special that I need to do to the PDFs? TIA, TVB Tammy L. Van Boening Senior Technical Writer Fiserv Insurance Solutions Property and Casualty Division 303-729-7733 tammy.vanboening at fiserv.com *** Keep smiling, at least until you get your own way.
default import dpi?
Hi Framers, is there a way to specify the default dpi to import graphics? configuring some .ini or .cfg file? I'm importing most of my images at 144 dpi. I think there is, but I forgot.
Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF
I'll endorse Art's response here! And both add to it and refine it a tad ... There are two distinct sets of "missing text" scenarios that we know about. The first such scenario is a associated with larger page sizes and higher resolutions. As you go beyond US Letter and A4 paper sizes, field overflow associated with intermediate byproduct of the product of multiplying a page location by the resolution can readily overflow a 16-bit signed field and cause the "location" of text or other graphic objects to go negative (off the page). This scenario is totally repeatable between systems if you use the same settings. The cure is to either cut the resolution value (as you can readily do with printing to the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance or by cutting the page size. Generally speaking, the former is easiest and safest (esp. when creating PDF). Lowering the resolution down to 300dpi only affects microspacing for line justification. The second scenario is as Art describes it. We have heard of customers experiencing it on some systems but not others using "allegely" the same document and configuration. We have even seen internally at Adobe, but cannot reproduce it at will. On most systems, deleting the FNTCACHE.DAT file followed by a reboot will "solve" the problem, at least for a while. I have suggested that systems with this problem be fitted with a logout script that automatically does this delete every time you "bring down" your system and thus proactively avoid repeats. Note however, I have heard of at least one system for which this hack did not work. Why does this happen? And why does deleting the font cache fix it? Don't really know! It has nothing to do with Acrobat or the Adobe PDF PostScript driver instance. Since application programs, including FrameMaker, do not and cannot directly access the FNTCACHE.DAT file, I can only guess that whatever is causing this is the byproduct of FrameMaker having its own character set and of its use of old Windows GDI calls for display and print. Note that from our experience, the number of fonts on a system doesn't seem to be a common vector for this problem to occur. I typically have more than 1400 typefaces installed oncurrently on each of my systems and for better or worse, I'v never been able to duplicate the problem on these systems! We will need to see whether the next major release of FrameMaker resolves the problem once and for all! :-) - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Art Campbell > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 7:57 AM > To: David Spreadbury > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF > > David, > > This comes up often enough that it should be a FAQ; there are > reams of information in the archives here and in the Adobe FM > User Forum (where there's a full discussion; I think Adobe > may have issued a tech note). > > Near as anyone can figure, one known problem is a combination > of Windows and Frame font handling. Try this: > > Find the C:\WINDOWS\system32\FNTCACHE.DAT file and note its > size. Then delete it. Reboot the system; the font cache will > be rebuilt. Don't open other applications, especially > browsers that may hit the font cache. Print the file to PDF. > > If that clears the problem, you may want to look at reducing > the number of fonts on your system, especially the CJK fonts. > By most reports, if the FNTCACHE.DAT file tops 2,000, the bug > surfaces. The fix will work for a while, but will need to be > repeated unless you can remove enough fonts to get below > whatever your system's threshold is. > > Art > > On 6/21/07, David Spreadbury wrote: > > We are running into a similar problem since upgrading to > Acrobat 8 from Acrobat 7. > > > > We purchased the CS3 set, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat. > > > > When we create a Postscript file from FrameMaker 7.2p158, > the PDF has random missing text. Sometimes complete pages, > othertimes maybe a few words in a sentence. > > > > Of four systems, three are experiencing this problem. > > > > We have completely removed Acrobat from these machines > and reinstalled. I say completely because we let Windows > delete the Acrobat instance through Control Panel, then > manually removed all instances of Acrobat 8 from C:\Program > Files\Adobe\Acrobat. > > > > Then reinstalled Acrobat from the CS3 DVD. Problem remains. > > One user when so far as to install Acrobat 7, instead of > Acrobat 8, problem still exists. > > > > I have deleted the AdobePDF prineter instance and > manually created it. Problem still exists. > > > > One thing we are seeing is that the postscript file size > is considerably larger when the PDF fails. > > > > 4,285 is a good PDF > > 4,940 is a corrupted PDF. > > > > Any have any ideas??? > > > > Please respond directly as I am on Digest. > > - > -- > Art Campbell
Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF
Jacob, Good to hear from you. (1) No, I wasn't referring to "leading" but rather the exact positioning and amount of space between text characters on a line of text. Obviously 72dpi is going to look very poor. I normally recommend a setting of 600dpi for all layout work (and then always creating PDF with the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance set to 600dpi) to assure no reflow problems - a big problem with Microsoft Office and probably much less of a problem with FrameMaker (Shlomo says he has seen this; I haven't so far). I do not advise going below the 300dpi setting. For most FrameMaker type documents, any fine spacing quality loss at 300dpi compared to 600dpi or 1200dpi would normally be quite acceptable. (2) So far we haven't seen the NUMBER of fonts as the key variable as to what causes corruption or too large a font cache file. As I have indicated in early communications, my systems routinely run with about 1400 to 1600 active typefaces, all concurrently installed. One area that I would have others look at is the size of the virtual memory file. Disable automatic paging files and enable a constant paging file size of at least twice the amount of real memory in the system which in reality means a four to six gigabyte paging file. I am only speculating about this, but you never know. (3) With regards to the GDI calls, FrameMaker's code still uses very old (Windows 3.x) GDI calls that are very resolution dependent and that can yield multiplication results that overflow 16 bits if you are talking about higher resolutions and larger page sizes. As I indicated there is a known problem due to these overflows that cause text drop out on systems that don't suffer from the problem fixed by the font cache deletion hack. (For example, this problem is consistent on all systems for page size "tabloid" for 2400 dpi for the same document!) The other problem occurs when this overflow should not be a problem. The problem is that the GDI calls used by FrameMaker are not really being maintained by Microsoft; it's likely that there are bugs that have infested that area of the code that are somehow tickled by FrameMaker and its interesting remapping of character sets. But we really don't know what is causing the problems. (4) Because we can't debug problems we can't reproduce, this whole issue is exceptionally frustrating not only to the limited number of customers who repeatedly experience it on particular computer systems, but also to the FrameMaker support and development organization. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Jacob Sch?ffer [mailto:js at grafikhuset.dk] > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 6:05 PM > > Hi Dov, > > Normally I don't argue your statements, but sometimes > exceptions exists and require a tiny dialog: > > You wrote: > < ... Lowering the resolution down to 300dpi only affects > microspacing for line justification. > > > First, I'm not completely sure what you mean when you > say "line justification". My mistake, but if you mean > "leading" I don't think of this as a problem. However, if you > mean "character spacing" I don't believe your statement is > entirely correct. > > In my judgement lowering resolution (in printer > properties, which I assume you refer to) to anything less > than 1200 dpi WILL affect character spacing output from > FrameMaker. If you try with 72 dpi and compare the result > (e.g. in a PDF) with a similar 1200 dpi result I'm sure > you'll agree. Often, but not always, you'll find serious and > very visible spacing artifacts in the 72 dpi result. > > Hence, generally I'd hold my horses and keep resolution > up, at least to 600 dpi. > > You wrote: > < We have heard of customers experiencing it on some systems > but not others using "allegely" the same document and > configuration. We have even seen internally at Adobe, but > cannot reproduce it at will. > > > I have worked with this issue weeks and weeks to find a > reasonable and reproduceable scenario, since several of our > Grafikhuset Publi PDF customers ask us for advice. > Unfortunately, we haven't found a bullet-proof answer so far. > The best we have to answer is > > (1) Reduce the number of fonts to a minimum. > > (2) Delete the FNTCACHE.DAT file and reboot. > > You wrote: > < Note however, I have heard of at least one system for which > this hack did not work. Why does this happen? And why does > deleting the font cache fix it? Don't really know! > > > We have tested with a debugger and tried to nail down > memory leaks in FrameMaker. No *significant* such beasts seem > to exist with FrameMaker. Bravo! > > You wrote: > < It has nothing to do with Acrobat or the Adobe PDF > PostScript driver instance. > > > This problem has definitely nothing to do with Acrobat > nor the Adobe PDF PostScript driver instance. It occur during > PostScript creation via a combination of GDI, GDI+ and the > universal Windows
Transforming .XML from .MIF to DocBook
Can anyone point me in the direction of examples, utilities, mailing list threads, anything (!) to help with using XSLT to transform .XML files (created from .MIF files) to DocBook? Here's the process flow we're looking at: .FM -> .MIF -> mif2xml -> .XML -> XSLT -> DocBook Any suggestions much appreciated! -Pierce
Formatting rules in EDDs
Hi all, I'm having a problem with formatting rules in an EDD - particularily, with the combination of two character formats acting on the same text. We use a tag called "emphasis" to indicate when text should be bold, italicized, superscript, etc. and another called "change" to indicate when text has changed since the last release of the manual. In the EDD, text formatting rules apply a character format to these elements. All works well, except when there is an "emphasis" element within a "change" element. In this case, it seems as if the two formatting rules conflict, and we lose the emphasis formatting. We were able to get around this in the past by simply re-applying the tag (ie. highlight the emphasis or change, select the same from the element catalog and choose "change"), which would apply the proper formatting. This is no longer possible, as we're now using conditional text, and each time we change what is shown in the document, the formatting reverts, and we again lose the emphasis formatting. I'm a bit puzzled here - because when we re-apply the tag manually, it is my understanding that the formatting comes from the EDD.. and the same for when we change conditional text settings. To have the same EDD produce different results doesn't make a lot of sense - unless (for some reason) the rules are applied in a different order in these cases, leading to the emphasis rules being overwritten. The only solution I can think of is a framescript which would go and reapply these tags everytime conditional text settings are changed - but that seems to be a "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" type solution. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks, Adam Schweitzer Orenda Aerospace Corporation
Some questions about importing/resizing screenshots
Hi again, Many thanks to all of you who responded to my request for "FM Crash Course" resources. Your input has been of tremendous help. And I'm sure many of you will be glad to know I've (mostly) been able to find information I need, rather than firing off questions to this list every two minutes! But now I have a question about graphics. In Word, I would just Insert > Picture > From File and the selected screenshot would appear in Word as the same size (in inches) as the actual screenshot, and then I would adjust the size to fit as needed. In Frame, I can't figure out how to make an imported screen shot smaller without turning the screenshot text into chicken-scratch. Should I be saving these screenshots into a particular format? (I'm using FullShot for screenshots.) I was using GIF, then switched to JPG ... but I must admit that my knowledge of graphics formats is very limited. (I miss the days when I worked side-by-side with a graphic designer!) I am copying the screenshot files directly into the document, not importing by reference. This manual will be seen in two forms by the users: as a print manual (if they ever open it, ha ha), and as a PDF, so I'd like to go with a graphics format that would be good for both. Also, I'm using a template that has a side head. How can I make it so an imported screenshot will "straddle" the two columns (of the side head and body paragraph). I wasn't planning to have it do that, but I want to be able to have the option, in case I'm using a large screenshot with lots of text on it. Thanks! Nina Rogers Technical Writer, Federal Tax Development Drake Software (828) 524-8020 ext. 1724 nina.rogers at drakesoftware.com
Some questions about importing/resizing screenshots
Hi all, Would you believe, I've figured out the answers to all of my questions that I posted a couple of hours ago. I guess that's one of the benefits of being a tech writer-I know that if I play with the software for a while, I'll eventually find what I'm looking for! Thanks. Nina Rogers From: Nina Rogers Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:09 PM To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com' Subject: Some questions about importing/resizing screenshots Hi again, Many thanks to all of you who responded to my request for "FM Crash Course" resources. Your input has been of tremendous help. And I'm sure many of you will be glad to know I've (mostly) been able to find information I need, rather than firing off questions to this list every two minutes! But now I have a question about graphics. In Word, I would just Insert > Picture > From File and the selected screenshot would appear in Word as the same size (in inches) as the actual screenshot, and then I would adjust the size to fit as needed. In Frame, I can't figure out how to make an imported screen shot smaller without turning the screenshot text into chicken-scratch. Should I be saving these screenshots into a particular format? (I'm using FullShot for screenshots.) I was using GIF, then switched to JPG ... but I must admit that my knowledge of graphics formats is very limited. (I miss the days when I worked side-by-side with a graphic designer!) I am copying the screenshot files directly into the document, not importing by reference. This manual will be seen in two forms by the users: as a print manual (if they ever open it, ha ha), and as a PDF, so I'd like to go with a graphics format that would be good for both. Also, I'm using a template that has a side head. How can I make it so an imported screenshot will "straddle" the two columns (of the side head and body paragraph). I wasn't planning to have it do that, but I want to be able to have the option, in case I'm using a large screenshot with lots of text on it. Thanks! Nina Rogers Technical Writer, Federal Tax Development Drake Software (828) 524-8020 ext. 1724 nina.rogers at drakesoftware.com
visio fonts don't show in FM
HI All, I have visio drawings embedded in my FM files that include the symbol font, to show, omega, delta and sigma symbols. The symbols show properly in the Visio embedded object, but do not show in the FM or the generated PDF. I realize that FM is not reading the fonts correctly. Is there a way to fix this? I need the words in the figures to be searchable. The symbols don't have to be searchable, and if I must I will create some type of drawing of the symbol and insert it as a pic. But, I would rather save myself this extra effort. If any of you can tell me what make FM tick and tell me how to fix this problem. I'm running FM 7.2 on Windows XP. Thanks, Orly Z.
