RE: FM 8 and Math

2007-08-03 Thread Nicola Amati
Yes. You can save equations in MIF format, which has a prefix syntax for operators to describe the structure of mathematical expressions. If you have an unstructured document in FrameMaker, you can save it in MIF Format and extract equations from it, using a simple ASCII parser written ad

RE: FM 8 and Math

2007-08-03 Thread Müller , Klaus
Hello Grant, exporting mathmatical formulas as [...] MathML formats Two swiss students, Christian Cavegn and Guido Zgraggen developed a FrameMaker plugin for converting equations to MathML on export of structured documents. http://www.cavegn.cc/front_content.php?idcat=12 Unfortunately, the

Frame 7.2 and Distiller 8.1 Crash

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Framers, I am using FrameScript to save a bunch of FrameMaker documents to PDF. The script has been used sucessfully with Distiller 7.0.x. With Distiller 8.1, I get intermittent Distiller crashes. The PDF is actually being created, but it is still named with a .tpdf extension. Apparently,

Re: How Do I Conditionalize an Entire File

2007-08-03 Thread Bill Swallow
Choose whether or not to include it in the book file. Simple as that. Or, use 2 book files, one that predominantly uses one condition by default, and a second book for the other condition. Use all the same files, and include/exclude whole files as appropriate. Really, the book-level capabilities

Re: Frame 7.2 and Acrobat 7

2007-08-03 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
Doug wrote: I need to install these two apps on my new laptop, and was wondering if it mattered which order I installed them in. Hopefully the install programs have gotten smart enough so that it doesn't matter. You'll want to make sure that you install only one version of Acrobat.

SOLVED: Re: Get rid of the Windows application crashed dialog

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
Sorry to bother you all. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_03october06.mspx Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list

OT: Get rid of the Windows application crashed dialog

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
When a Windows application crashes, you get the Send Error Report dialog. Is there a way to suppress this dialog box? Thanks in advance. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as

Re: Frame 7.2 and Distiller 8.1 Crash

2007-08-03 Thread Art Campbell
I haven't, but there was some list traffic on it when the Distiller 8 - 8.1 upgrade shipped. Look in your Distiller log files, first, and see if there are any clues. And then check Adobe's Acrobat user-to-user forum; as I recall, that was where a lot of the discussion was. Art On 8/3/07, Rick

Re: Frame 7.2 and Acrobat 7

2007-08-03 Thread Art Campbell
The FM install puts on a limited version of Acrobat Distiller (not the entire Acrobat program) by spawning a second, spin-off installer. So either abort that part of the install entirely, or install the entire version of Acrobat second, after FM. Art On 8/3/07, Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Frame 7.2 and Acrobat 7

2007-08-03 Thread Doug
I need to install these two apps on my new laptop, and was wondering if it mattered which order I installed them in. Hopefully the install programs have gotten smart enough so that it doesn't matter. --Doug ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers

NOT SOLVED: Re: Get rid of the Windows application crashed dialog

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
Actually, while I can turn off the Error Reporting dialog, I still get a generic application crash dialog box (Font Capture: AcroDist.exe - Application Error). Unfortunately, this stops all processing until I click OK or Cancel. I was hoping for a way to allow Distiller to die silently since

Re: How to delete trailing spaces in one go?

2007-08-03 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: but this results in the new \p taking on the paragraph attributes of the next line, removing extra vertical space or changing to superscript if next line starts on a superscript. I've had great success getting around this exact same problem in Indesign (haven't

How to delete trailing spaces in one go?

2007-08-03 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
I thought I had seen in this list a discussion on how to remove trailing spaces that so often come with Word documents that are either imported into FrameMaker or opened by FrameMaker (by conversion). I have a plethora of these and the closest I have got is to: Find: Text: . \p Replace: Text: .\p

RE: How to delete trailing spaces in one go?

2007-08-03 Thread Combs, Richard
Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: I thought I had seen in this list a discussion on how to remove trailing spaces that so often come with Word documents that are either imported into FrameMaker or opened by FrameMaker (by conversion). I have a plethora of these and the closest I have got is

Re: Frame 7.2 and Distiller 8.1 Crash

2007-08-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Hi, Rick, et. al. I am seeing exactly the same thing - no scripts in use, but I see the occasional crash, and the same files as you noted left behind in the directory, even though it did not happen with version 8.0. This occurs when I print to the Adobe PDF printer, or save to PDF format from

Re: How to delete trailing spaces in one go?

2007-08-03 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Sorry, Kenneth, I get the same results. Even if I add a \P to the change, I then get a new line and both pilchrows take the character formatting of the first character in the following line. Regrettably I cannot check this in FM 8 as it won't allow me to open it (in trial). I hope they have

Re: How to delete trailing spaces in one go?

2007-08-03 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
On 8/3/07, Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: I thought I had seen in this list a discussion on how to remove trailing spaces that so often come with Word documents that are either imported into FrameMaker or opened by FrameMaker (by conversion). I have a

Re: Frame 8 crashes on Save As PDF

2007-08-03 Thread Art Campbell
Does it also do crash when you print to the Adobe printer instance? Are all the files in the book open? Art On 8/3/07, Rick Quatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, FrameMaker 8 crashes on Save As PDF. I have Distiller 8.1 installed. Is this a known issue? Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing

Re: Frame 8 crashes on Save As PDF

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Art, No it doesn't crash when print to Adobe PDF, but the printer gives me a failed to print error. I am not working with a book so you second question doesn't apply. Thanks. Rick Does it also do crash when you print to the Adobe printer instance? Are all the files in the book open?

RE: Frame 7.2 and Acrobat 7

2007-08-03 Thread Dov Isaacs
It in fact does not make a difference. Just make sure that you don't let FrameMaker 7.2 install its version of Distiller. Of course you should also not have any other version of Acrobat (or for that matter, any version of Reader) concurrently installed. Since this is a new laptop, this normally

FM 8 and Math

2007-08-03 Thread Nicola Amati
Yes. You can save equations in MIF format, which has a prefix syntax for operators to describe the structure of mathematical expressions. If you have an unstructured document in FrameMaker, you can save it in MIF Format and extract equations from it, using a simple ASCII parser written ad hoc;

FM 8 and Math

2007-08-03 Thread Müller, Klaus
Hello Grant, > exporting mathmatical formulas as [...] MathML formats Two swiss students, Christian Cavegn and Guido Zgraggen developed a FrameMaker plugin for converting equations to MathML on export of structured documents. http://www.cavegn.cc/front_content.php?idcat=12 Unfortunately, the

Frame 7.2 and Acrobat 7

2007-08-03 Thread Doug
I need to install these two apps on my new laptop, and was wondering if it mattered which order I installed them in. Hopefully the install programs have gotten smart enough so that it doesn't matter. --Doug

Frame 7.2 and Acrobat 7

2007-08-03 Thread Art Campbell
The FM install puts on a limited version of Acrobat Distiller (not the entire Acrobat program) by spawning a second, spin-off installer. So either abort that part of the install entirely, or install the entire version of Acrobat second, after FM. Art On 8/3/07, Doug wrote: > I need to install

How Do I Conditionalize an Entire File

2007-08-03 Thread Bill Swallow
Choose whether or not to include it in the book file. Simple as that. Or, use 2 book files, one that predominantly uses one condition by default, and a second book for the other condition. Use all the same files, and include/exclude whole files as appropriate. Really, the book-level capabilities

Frame 7.2 and Distiller 8.1 Crash

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Framers, I am using FrameScript to save a bunch of FrameMaker documents to PDF. The script has been used sucessfully with Distiller 7.0.x. With Distiller 8.1, I get intermittent Distiller crashes. The PDF is actually being created, but it is still named with a .tpdf extension. Apparently,

Frame 7.2 and Distiller 8.1 Crash

2007-08-03 Thread Art Campbell
I haven't, but there was some list traffic on it when the Distiller 8 -> 8.1 upgrade shipped. Look in your Distiller log files, first, and see if there are any clues. And then check Adobe's Acrobat user-to-user forum; as I recall, that was where a lot of the discussion was. Art On 8/3/07, Rick

Frame 7.2 and Acrobat 7

2007-08-03 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
Doug wrote: > I need to install these two apps on my new laptop, and was wondering > if it mattered which order I installed them in. Hopefully the install > programs have gotten smart enough so that it doesn't matter. You'll want to make sure that you install only one version of Acrobat.

OT: Get rid of the Windows application crashed dialog

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
When a Windows application crashes, you get the Send Error Report dialog. Is there a way to suppress this dialog box? Thanks in advance. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com

SOLVED: Re: Get rid of the Windows application crashed dialog

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
Sorry to bother you all. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_03october06.mspx Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com

NOT SOLVED: Re: Get rid of the Windows application crashed dialog

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
Actually, while I can turn off the Error Reporting dialog, I still get a generic application crash dialog box (Font Capture: AcroDist.exe - Application Error). Unfortunately, this stops all processing until I click OK or Cancel. I was hoping for a way to allow Distiller to die silently since

How to delete trailing spaces in one go?

2007-08-03 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: > but this results in the new \p taking on the paragraph attributes of > the next line, removing extra vertical space or changing to > superscript if next line starts on a superscript. I've had great success getting around this exact same problem in Indesign (haven't

How to delete trailing spaces in one go?

2007-08-03 Thread Combs, Richard
Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: > I thought I had seen in this list a discussion on how to > remove trailing spaces that so often come with Word documents > that are either imported into FrameMaker or opened by > FrameMaker (by conversion). I have a plethora of these and > the closest I have got

Frame 7.2 and Distiller 8.1 Crash

2007-08-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Hi, Rick, et. al. I am seeing exactly the same thing - no scripts in use, but I see the occasional crash, and the same files as you noted left behind in the directory, even though it did not happen with version 8.0. This occurs when I print to the Adobe PDF printer, or save to PDF format from

How to delete trailing spaces in one go?

2007-08-03 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Sorry, Kenneth, I get the same results. Even if I add a \P to the change, I then get a new line and both pilchrows take the character formatting of the first character in the following line. Regrettably I cannot check this in FM 8 as it won't allow me to open it (in trial). I hope they have

How to delete trailing spaces in one go?

2007-08-03 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
On 8/3/07, Combs, Richard wrote: > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: > > > I thought I had seen in this list a discussion on how to > > remove trailing spaces that so often come with Word documents > > that are either imported into FrameMaker or opened by > > FrameMaker (by conversion). I have a

Frame 8 crashes on Save As PDF

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi All, FrameMaker 8 crashes on Save As PDF. I have Distiller 8.1 installed. Is this a known issue? Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com

Frame 8 crashes on Save As PDF

2007-08-03 Thread Art Campbell
Does it also do crash when you print to the Adobe printer instance? Are all the files in the book open? Art On 8/3/07, Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi All, > > FrameMaker 8 crashes on Save As PDF. I have Distiller 8.1 installed. Is this > a known issue? > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing >

Frame 8 crashes on Save As PDF

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Art, No it doesn't crash when print to Adobe PDF, but the printer gives me a "failed to print" error. I am not working with a book so you second question doesn't apply. Thanks. Rick > Does it also do crash when you print to the Adobe printer instance? > Are all the files in the book open?

Frame 7.2 and Acrobat 7

2007-08-03 Thread Dov Isaacs
It in fact does not make a difference. Just make sure that you don't let FrameMaker 7.2 install its version of Distiller. Of course you should also not have any other version of Acrobat (or for that matter, any version of Reader) concurrently installed. Since this is a "new laptop," this normally

Frame 7.2 and Distiller 8.1 Crash

2007-08-03 Thread Doug
I've had this problem after upgrading to Acrobat 8.0 -- distiller always leaves the .tps file in the directory. Frequently, the distiller job initiated from Frame isn't successful. Sometimes, I can double-click the .tps file and distill that successfully. It's generally cleaning up the .tpdf,

Frame 7.2 and Distiller 8.1 Crash

2007-08-03 Thread Doug
I searched a bit more in the Adobe forum. It looks like this is a known issue that won't be resolved until it's changed in FrameMaker: http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc2f3d0 On 8/3/07, Doug wrote: > > I've had this problem after upgrading to Acrobat 8.0 -- distiller always > leaves

How to delete trailing spaces in one go?

2007-08-03 Thread Bill Briggs
At 12:19 PM -0600 8/3/07, Combs, Richard wrote: >What am I missing? Nothing? >Why do people not want those spaces? I, like you, leave a trailing space. In fact, if I have an anchor - table or frame - hanging on the end of a para, I generally put an em space on either side of it so it's out

FM8 - what are hyphens.xxx files for?

2007-08-03 Thread Klaus Daube
Dear all, especially the FM8 beta testers, Does anyone have an idea what the files hyphens.xxx in the directory dict are good for? They look very similar to *.dct (user.dct, site.dct, ...) files, but obviously are not case sensitive. Of course these files are coded in UTF-8.

FM8 welcome screen - link into nirwana

2007-08-03 Thread Klaus Daube
Dear all, The FM 8 Welcome screen (in effect a Flash file) with the message FrameMaker Complete Help<-- this is a link Get the reference guides and manuals including Structured Documentation resources leads to a URL, which