Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-17 Thread Reng, Winfried Dr.
Hi, I also heard of these bugs in FrameMaker 8: - ESC+TAB does not insert TAB when cursor in table cell, but the pound sign (#) is inserted - Opening an old file (FM version 8) with missing pictures does not allow to set Ignore all missing files or Skip this file. Only CANCEL is

RE: Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-17 Thread John Sgammato
Maybe it's just me, or a faulty memory, but In FrameMaker 8 using ALT+arrow key to move an image now seems to work only form the left ALT key? john -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reng, Winfried Dr. Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 3:28

Re: Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-17 Thread Yves Barbion
OK, this thread seems to be turning into a bugs list: I've just noticed that there seems to be some sort of time-out on the F8 and F9 shortcut keys (to apply a character format and paragraph format, respectively) in FM8. In earlier versions of FM, you could press F9, type the first (couple

Re: I'm impressed with Adobe

2007-09-17 Thread Fred Wersan
If you have had any doubts about where FrameMaker fits in the Adobe product line, just look at the add in the latest issue of Technical Communication for Robohelp (It's a few pages in from the beginning, says DivX, Inc. at the top) ... Adobe RoboHelp software--the core of the Adobe technical

RE: I'm impressed with Adobe

2007-09-17 Thread Fred Ridder
And meanwhile, on the HATT list, there's a list member who has posted nearly two dozen messages complaining beiiterly about how RoboHelp was not included in the list of Adobe products in their most recent SEC 10-K filing, nor is it included in the categorized list of Adobe products in the

RE: I'm impressed with Adobe

2007-09-17 Thread Kelly McDaniel
So, I'm preparing presentation to my CTO (my direct mgr) on whether or not to upgrade from 7.0p579 to v8.0 or to go with a different HATT... (BTW, I am also prepping a pres on structured authoring for many reasons, but partly because of cheaper tools.) and wonder how I fit this information into

RE: I'm impressed with Adobe

2007-09-17 Thread Fred Ridder
As I see it (and I admit that I see it somewhat differently than many other people), it doesn't really make much difference. Both FrameMaker and RoboHelp are mature products for fairly small niche markets. Adobe will continue to sell some small number of brand-new licenses for these niche

Copying with multiple spot color definitions

2007-09-17 Thread Steve Rickaby
I think I may have accidentally come across a simple fix to the following problem, which tripped me up on a previous job in FrameMaker: . You are working on a document or book that uses a spot color for both text and graphics . The final job must print on no more than two plates . The book

RE: I'm impressed with Adobe

2007-09-17 Thread FeiMin_Lorente
Fred Ridder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/17/2007 02:33:04 PM: ... But if you look at some of the data that is available in the investor relations part of the Adobe website, the reason seems pretty clear. According to these figures, the category of Adobe products called Other, which includes

Frame 8 bug: Importing RTF misplaces footnotes and index tags

2007-09-17 Thread Tina Ricks
Hi all, I found one more Frame 8 problem today, and was wondering if anyone has seen it or has a workaround. I'm importing RTF text, originally written in Word. There are a lot of footnotes and index references. In the RTF version, I might see this: And the author says, Blah blah blah

Adobe FrameMaker 8 Plug-in for DITA Open Toolkit Available

2007-09-17 Thread Valerie Lipow
I learned this from the framemaker-dita listserv: The Adobe FrameMaker 8 Plug-in for DITA Open Toolkit is now available as a free download. See http://www.adobe.com/devnet/framemaker/fm8_opentoolkit.html -- Valerie Lipow [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ You

RE: Frame 8 bug: Importing RTF misplaces footnotes and index tags

2007-09-17 Thread Tina Ricks
Yes, that's exactly right. The footnote reference ends up in a more or less random place, usually about three or four places back from where it was. The only fix I have is to do a global search on footnotes and look for them all to fix them. Kind of annoying. So far, it seems to only happen to

RE: Copying with multiple spot color definitions

2007-09-17 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Steve Rickaby wrote: I think I may have accidentally come across a simple fix to the following problem, which tripped me up on a previous job in FrameMaker: Brilliant! Steve Rickaby wrote: . You are working on a document or book that uses a spot color for both text and graphics

Broken xrefs

2007-09-17 Thread rebecca officer
Hi Kelly Very strange and worrying that FM didn't preserve the xrefs. You did update the book/s after making the changes? > I do appreciate the suggestion of a hand-code fix in plain text, but there are far too many for a one-man shop...regards, Kelly. Are you sure? I'd expect that you could

sgml . . . How to? ?attribute #CDATA to TOC after used in HF1 and HF2?

2007-09-17 Thread Richard Doll
WinXP-pro Dell 490 Precision Workstation 2g memory 2-80g hard drvs dual 20-in monitors MSOffice . . . 2003-Word, Excel . . . Adobe - Illus-10, Pshop-7, Acrob-5.5 w/Dist, FRAME-7.2.158 Framescript, TableCleaner and ColorChameleon Running Structured in Frame since '94, so by now I ought to know

Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-17 Thread Reng, Winfried Dr.
Hi, I also heard of these bugs in FrameMaker 8: > - ESC+TAB does not insert TAB when cursor in table cell, > but the pound sign (#) is inserted > - Opening an old file (FM version < 8) with missing pictures does > not allow to set "Ignore all missing files" or "Skip this file". > Only

Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-17 Thread John Sgammato
Maybe it's just me, or a faulty memory, but In FrameMaker 8 using ALT+arrow key to move an image now seems to work only form the left ALT key? john -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata.com at

I'm impressed with Adobe

2007-09-17 Thread Fred Wersan
If you have had any doubts about where FrameMaker fits in the Adobe product line, just look at the add in the latest issue of Technical Communication for Robohelp (It's a few pages in from the beginning, says DivX, Inc. at the top) "... Adobe RoboHelp software--the core of the Adobe technical

Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-17 Thread Yves Barbion
OK, this thread seems to be turning into a bugs list: I've just noticed that there seems to be some sort of "time-out" on the F8 and F9 shortcut keys (to apply a character format and paragraph format, respectively) in FM8. In earlier versions of FM, you could press F9, type the first (couple

I'm impressed with Adobe

2007-09-17 Thread Fred Ridder
And meanwhile, on the HATT list, there's a list member who has posted nearly two dozen messages complaining beiiterly about how RoboHelp was not included in the list of Adobe products in their most recent SEC 10-K filing, nor is it included in the categorized list of Adobe products in the

I'm impressed with Adobe

2007-09-17 Thread Kelly McDaniel
So, I'm preparing presentation to my CTO (my direct mgr) on whether or not to upgrade from 7.0p579 to v8.0 or to go with a different HATT... (BTW, I am also prepping a pres on structured authoring for many reasons, but partly because of cheaper tools.) and wonder how I fit this information into

OT: Looking for a former Framer

2007-09-17 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello Framers, Any one know if Lee Goldschmidt is still around and how to contact him? He used to be on the Framers list around 3 years ago. Thanks. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com

I'm impressed with Adobe

2007-09-17 Thread Fred Ridder
As I see it (and I admit that I see it somewhat differently than many other people), it doesn't really make much difference. Both FrameMaker and RoboHelp are mature products for fairly small niche markets. Adobe will continue to sell some small number of brand-new licenses for these niche

Adobe FrameMaker 8 Plug-in for DITA Open Toolkit Available

2007-09-17 Thread Valerie Lipow
I learned this from the framemaker-dita listserv: The Adobe FrameMaker 8 Plug-in for DITA Open Toolkit is now available as a free download. See http://www.adobe.com/devnet/framemaker/fm8_opentoolkit.html -- Valerie Lipow vallipow at gmail.com

Copying with multiple spot color definitions

2007-09-17 Thread Steve Rickaby
I think I may have accidentally come across a simple fix to the following problem, which tripped me up on a previous job in FrameMaker: . You are working on a document or book that uses a spot color for both text and graphics . The final job must print on no more than two plates . The book

I'm impressed with Adobe

2007-09-17 Thread feimin_lore...@amis.com
Fred Ridder wrote on 09/17/2007 02:33:04 PM: > ... But if you look at some of the data that is available in > the investor relations part of the Adobe website, the reason > seems pretty clear. According to these figures, the category > of Adobe products called "Other", which includes among a >