Re: Validating all hypertext links in a FM book?
Hi Grant, In addition to the validation of cross-references during book updates there is another, not very well-known feature of FrameMaker to validate Hypertext links based on gotolink markers. The keyboard shortcut should be Esc v h (presumably for: validate hypertext) I guess it works, like the cross-reference checks, from file to file and does not take into account if a target document is part of the current book. - Michael Am 20.12.2007 um 17:25 schrieb Grant Hogarth: I've looked in the help and queried the archives, but have been unable to find the answer to the following: Is there a way to validate all the hypertext links in a book? Not xrefs, but hyperlinks. I know that they can be validated on insertion, but I'm looking for something to run as a QA/QC function before generating a set of HTML files from the FM book. -- ___ Michael Müller-Hillebrand: Dokumentations-Technologien Adobe Certified Expert, FrameMaker Lösungen und Training, FrameScript, XML/XSL, Unicode http://cap-studio.de/ -- Tel. +49 (9131) 28747 ___ 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: Validating all hypertext links in a FM book?
Grant, You wrote: I've looked in the help and queried the archives, but have been unable to find the answer to the following: Is there a way to validate all the hypertext links in a book? Not xrefs, but hyperlinks. I know that they can be validated on insertion, but I'm looking for something to run as a QA/QC function before generating a set of HTML files from the FM book. You may start the hypertext validation using a key combination: Escape v h (three separate keystrokes; validates the current document or selected documents in book) This validation is not full-proof, but is still of value. There is also a sample BadLinks plug-in provided with the FrameMaker Developer Kit. After it is compiled and installed (adds an entry under File Utilities Document Reports), the plug-in generates a report of unresolved hypertext markers. Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker FrameMaker/Acrobat training consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants ___ 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: Validating all hypertext links in a FM book?
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:25:03 -0700, Grant Hogarth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've looked in the help and queried the archives, but have been unable to find the answer to the following: Is there a way to validate all the hypertext links in a book? Not xrefs, but hyperlinks. I know that they can be validated on insertion, but I'm looking for something to run as a QA/QC function before generating a set of HTML files from the FM book. Mif2Go, which you have, does that when you convert to HTML or XML. See par. 4.2.5, Checking for broken links, in the User's Guide. We generate a Book Error Log in Frame that links directly to any links that did not resolve while running the book. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.omsys.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: Text flow oddity
Hi, Grant: Search Google for framemaker text flow, framemaker parallel text flows, and similar terms. There was a discussion of the problem on one of the public FM lists or forums. One issue was that the old method of incorporating a tiny frame of one or the other flow on left or right master pages no longer worked. I'm not sure if the change occurred in FM 6 or 7, or if this applies to your problem, but it's worth a bit of search time. Perhaps other relevant topics will result. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices ___ 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: imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes
Are you creating the EPS with a TIFF preview? FrameMaker needs the TIFF preview to display on screen. Berny Gagne Lead Writer Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Bolton, Ontario, Canada -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:07 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes Hi all, (FM 7.2 on Windows) I am trying to import an Adobe Illustrator .eps file into FrameMaker 7.2 but it comes in as a gray box. Is there a way to have it appear as intended? And why does it come in as a gray box? I know this has been mentioned before but I couldn't dig through the archives easily. 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/bgagne%40husky.ca 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.
imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes
Hi all, (FM 7.2 on Windows) I am trying to import an Adobe Illustrator .eps file into FrameMaker 7.2 but it comes in as a gray box. Is there a way to have it appear as intended? And why does it come in as a gray box? I know this has been mentioned before but I couldn't dig through the archives easily. 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/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FrameUser's Archive
Hi all, I just attempted to use the archive list at FrameUsers.com. Do I really need to know what month a particular message was posted before I can get an answer to an archived question? There seems to be no practical way to dig through the archives. If I'm missing something incredibly obvious, feel free to scold me on this. 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/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes
The illustrator Save As box does not provide the option to save with Tiff preview. Or any other option for that matter. The Illustrator help says that the Save As box is where I set the Tiff preview option. Why isn't the option there? This has become an Illustrator issue rather than an FM issue. Sorry for the off-topic discussion. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation CambridgeSoft Corporation 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 588-9354 -Original Message- From: Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:10 PM To: Jon Harvey; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes Are you creating the EPS with a TIFF preview? FrameMaker needs the TIFF preview to display on screen. Berny Gagne Lead Writer Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Bolton, Ontario, Canada -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:07 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes Hi all, (FM 7.2 on Windows) I am trying to import an Adobe Illustrator .eps file into FrameMaker 7.2 but it comes in as a gray box. Is there a way to have it appear as intended? And why does it come in as a gray box? I know this has been mentioned before but I couldn't dig through the archives easily. 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/bgagne%40husky.ca 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: imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes
In my copy of Illustrator (ver 10), I don't get to select including a preview for the EPS image until after I click save from the Save As command. Then a new dialog opens that allow me to set the preview info, as well as several other options. - 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 --- On Friday, December 21, 2007 03:23 PM, Jon Harvey wrote: | The illustrator Save As box does not provide the option to save with | Tiff preview. Or any other option for that matter. The Illustrator | help says that the Save As box is where I set the Tiff preview option. | Why isn't the option there? This has become an Illustrator issue | rather than an FM issue. Sorry for the off-topic discussion. | | 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/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes
Jon Harvey wrote: The illustrator Save As box does not provide the option to save with Tiff preview. Version and OS, please. Kenneth Benson Pegasus Type, Inc. www.pegtype.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: Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
We are feeling as if Adobe has just sabotaged our entire 15-year project. How could they have offered an upgrade that destroys hypertext? Our Kouroo project now has 212,974 files that have already been saved as FM8 since we upgraded a few weeks ago, so going back to FM7 seems difficult. We are, however, beginning to scheme a feasible workaround to give Adobe time to get its act together in regard to hypertext and FM8. FM8 does allow us to save an FM8 file in the FM7 format, and FM7 does generate valid hypertext in an Acrobat document. So, *if* we can have both FM8 and FM7 installed at the same time (if there is a way to keep them from interfering with each other), and *if* we don't use any UNICODE or other features that would be destroyed in the retro-save as FM7 (and if Acrobat8.1 can still handle hypertext), a possible workaround would be: to first save an FM8 document as a FM7 document before attempting to generate any Acrobat8.1 document with hypertext. That seems feasible if it's doable. The three questions associated with this feasible workaround would be: 1.) is there a way to have FM8 and still have FM7 also? --and, 2.) are there any new FM8 features that we cannot allow to be destroyed by saving as FM7? --and, 3.) does the 8.1 version of Acrobat still accept hypertext? Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Are the above three items doable? ___ 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: Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8don't work
Hi Austin, I have FrameMaker 5.5.6, 6.0, 7.0, 7.2, and 8.0 installed on the same computer. When going back and forth from 7.x to 8.0, you may have issues with characters changing. For example, I had some Zapf Dingbat characters that changed when I upgraded a document to 8.0. If you need an automated way to convert your 8.0 documents back to 7.x format, let me know. You could do this with a FrameScript script. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com We are feeling as if Adobe has just sabotaged our entire 15-year project. How could they have offered an upgrade that destroys hypertext? Our Kouroo project now has 212,974 files that have already been saved as FM8 since we upgraded a few weeks ago, so going back to FM7 seems difficult. We are, however, beginning to scheme a feasible workaround to give Adobe time to get its act together in regard to hypertext and FM8. FM8 does allow us to save an FM8 file in the FM7 format, and FM7 does generate valid hypertext in an Acrobat document. So, *if* we can have both FM8 and FM7 installed at the same time (if there is a way to keep them from interfering with each other), and *if* we don't use any UNICODE or other features that would be destroyed in the retro-save as FM7 (and if Acrobat8.1 can still handle hypertext), a possible workaround would be: to first save an FM8 document as a FM7 document before attempting to generate any Acrobat8.1 document with hypertext. That seems feasible if it's doable. The three questions associated with this feasible workaround would be: 1.) is there a way to have FM8 and still have FM7 also? --and, 2.) are there any new FM8 features that we cannot allow to be destroyed by saving as FM7? --and, 3.) does the 8.1 version of Acrobat still accept hypertext? Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Are the above three items doable? ___ 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: Setting Modification Date From Commandline
Hi Framers, I am looking for a command line program that will allow me to set the modification date and time of a file. Thanks for any suggestions. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.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.
Unicode support of FrameMaker 8
Hi all, I would never recommend using special chars in FM file or format names, but found the following issue with FrameMaker 8.0p266 (that worked in FM7): Clicking on the following hypertext marker results in an error: "message system explorer C:/Program Files/Adob?" (although the folder exists, of course). If the folder does only contain ASCII chars, no error occurs. Shouldn't FrameMaker convert the internal UTF-8 string to ANSI with "message system" commands? Also, the QuickKey command does no more work with formats containing non-ASCII chars: "F9, B" does preselect "Body", "F9, ?" does insert an Udieresis into the document. Note that the localized version of FrameMaker also uses default format names containing special chars, e.g. "?berschrift 1" in the German FrameMaker. If they won't consider any UTF-8/ANSI/Keyboard layout conversion, the char shouldn't at least be inserted into the document, imo ... Kind regards, Klaus
Unicode support of FrameMaker 8
(sorry for double posting ...) Hi all, I would never recommend using special chars in FM file or format names, but found the following issue with FrameMaker 8.0p266 (that worked in FM7): Clicking on the following hypertext marker results in an error: "message system explorer C:/Program Files/Adob?" (although the folder exists, of course). If the folder does only contain ASCII chars, no error occurs. Shouldn't FrameMaker convert the internal UTF-8 string to ANSI with "message system" commands? Also, the QuickKey command does no more work with formats containing non-ASCII chars: "F9, B" does preselect "Body", "F9, ?" does insert an Udieresis into the document. Note that the localized version of FrameMaker also uses default format names containing special chars, e.g. "?berschrift 1" in the German FrameMaker. If they won't consider any UTF-8/ANSI/Keyboard layout conversion, the char shouldn't at least be inserted into the document, imo ... Kind regards, Klaus
Validating all hypertext links in a FM book?
Hi Grant, In addition to the validation of cross-references during book updates there is another, not very well-known feature of FrameMaker to validate Hypertext links based on gotolink markers. The keyboard shortcut should be Esc v h (presumably for: validate hypertext) I guess it works, like the cross-reference checks, from file to file and does not take into account if a target document is part of the current book. - Michael Am 20.12.2007 um 17:25 schrieb Grant Hogarth: > I've looked in the help and queried the archives, but have been unable > to find the answer to the following: > Is there a way to validate all the hypertext links in a book? Not > xrefs, but hyperlinks. > I know that they can be validated on insertion, but I'm looking for > something to run as a QA/QC function before generating a set of HTML > files from the FM book. -- ___ Michael M?ller-Hillebrand: Dokumentations-Technologien Adobe Certified Expert, FrameMaker L?sungen und Training, FrameScript, XML/XSL, Unicode http://cap-studio.de/ -- Tel. +49 (9131) 28747
Validating all hypertext links in a FM book?
Grant, You wrote: >I've looked in the help and queried the archives, but have been unable >to find the answer to the following: >Is there a way to validate all the hypertext links in a book? Not >xrefs, but hyperlinks. >I know that they can be validated on insertion, but I'm looking for >something to run as a QA/QC function before generating a set of HTML >files from the FM book. You may start the hypertext validation using a key combination: Escape v h (three separate keystrokes; validates the current document or selected documents in book) This validation is not full-proof, but is still of value. There is also a sample BadLinks plug-in provided with the FrameMaker Developer Kit. After it is compiled and installed (adds an entry under File > Utilities > Document Reports), the plug-in generates a report of unresolved hypertext markers. Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
Validating all hypertext links in a FM book?
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:25:03 -0700, "Grant Hogarth" wrote: >I've looked in the help and queried the archives, but have been unable >to find the answer to the following: >Is there a way to validate all the hypertext links in a book? Not >xrefs, but hyperlinks. >I know that they can be validated on insertion, but I'm looking for >something to run as a QA/QC function before generating a set of HTML >files from the FM book. Mif2Go, which you have, does that when you convert to HTML or XML. See par. 4.2.5, "Checking for broken links", in the User's Guide. We generate a Book Error Log in Frame that links directly to any links that did not resolve while running the book. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/
Text flow oddity
Hi, Grant: Search Google for framemaker text flow, framemaker parallel text flows, and similar terms. There was a discussion of the problem on one of the public FM lists or forums. One issue was that the old method of incorporating a tiny frame of one or the other flow on left or right master pages no longer worked. I'm not sure if the change occurred in FM 6 or 7, or if this applies to your problem, but it's worth a bit of search time. Perhaps other relevant topics will result. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices
FrameUser's Archive
Hi all, I just attempted to use the archive list at FrameUsers.com. Do I really need to know what month a particular message was posted before I can get an answer to an archived question? There seems to be no practical way to dig through the archives. If I'm missing something incredibly obvious, feel free to scold me on this. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation CambridgeSoft Corporation 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 588-9354
imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes
Hi all, (FM 7.2 on Windows) I am trying to import an Adobe Illustrator .eps file into FrameMaker 7.2 but it comes in as a gray box. Is there a way to have it appear as intended? And why does it come in as a gray box? I know this has been mentioned before but I couldn't dig through the archives easily. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation CambridgeSoft Corporation 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 588-9354
imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes
Are you creating the EPS with a TIFF preview? FrameMaker needs the TIFF preview to display on screen. Berny Gagne Lead Writer Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Bolton, Ontario, Canada -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:07 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes Hi all, (FM 7.2 on Windows) I am trying to import an Adobe Illustrator .eps file into FrameMaker 7.2 but it comes in as a gray box. Is there a way to have it appear as intended? And why does it come in as a gray box? I know this has been mentioned before but I couldn't dig through the archives easily. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation CambridgeSoft Corporation 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 588-9354 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as bgagne at husky.ca. 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/bgagne%40husky.ca Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes
The illustrator Save As box does not provide the option to save with Tiff preview. Or any other option for that matter. The Illustrator help says that the Save As box is where I set the Tiff preview option. Why isn't the option there? This has become an Illustrator issue rather than an FM issue. Sorry for the off-topic discussion. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation CambridgeSoft Corporation 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 588-9354 -Original Message- From: Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) [mailto:bga...@husky.ca] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:10 PM To: Jon Harvey; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes Are you creating the EPS with a TIFF preview? FrameMaker needs the TIFF preview to display on screen. Berny Gagne Lead Writer Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Bolton, Ontario, Canada -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:07 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes Hi all, (FM 7.2 on Windows) I am trying to import an Adobe Illustrator .eps file into FrameMaker 7.2 but it comes in as a gray box. Is there a way to have it appear as intended? And why does it come in as a gray box? I know this has been mentioned before but I couldn't dig through the archives easily. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation CambridgeSoft Corporation 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 588-9354 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as bgagne at husky.ca. 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/bgagne%40husky.ca Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes
In my copy of Illustrator (ver 10), I don't get to select including a preview for the EPS image until after I click "save" from the Save As command. Then a new dialog opens that allow me to set the preview info, as well as several other options. - 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 --- On Friday, December 21, 2007 03:23 PM, Jon Harvey wrote: | The illustrator Save As box does not provide the option to save with | Tiff preview. Or any other option for that matter. The Illustrator | help says that the Save As box is where I set the Tiff preview option. | Why isn't the option there? This has become an Illustrator issue | rather than an FM issue. Sorry for the off-topic discussion. | | Jon Harvey | Manager, Desktop Documentation | CambridgeSoft Corporation | 100 CambridgePark Drive | Cambridge, MA 02140 | (617) 588-9354
imported illustrator images appear as gray boxes
Jon Harvey wrote: > The illustrator Save As box does not provide the option to save with > Tiff preview. Version and OS, please. Kenneth Benson Pegasus Type, Inc. www.pegtype.com
Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
>We are feeling as if Adobe has just sabotaged our entire 15-year >project. How could they have offered an "upgrade" that destroys hypertext? Our Kouroo project now has 212,974 files that have already been saved as FM8 since we "upgraded" a few weeks ago, so going back to FM7 seems difficult. We are, however, beginning to scheme a feasible "workaround" to give Adobe time to get its act together in regard to hypertext and FM8. FM8 does allow us to save an FM8 file in the FM7 format, and FM7 does generate valid hypertext in an Acrobat document. So, *if* we can have both FM8 and FM7 installed at the same time (if there is a way to keep them from interfering with each other), and *if* we don't use any UNICODE or other features that would be destroyed in the retro-save as FM7 (and if Acrobat8.1 can still handle hypertext), a possible "workaround" would be: to first save an FM8 document as a FM7 document before attempting to generate any Acrobat8.1 document with hypertext. That seems feasible if it's doable. The three questions associated with this feasible "workaround" would be: 1.) is there a way to have FM8 and still have FM7 also? --and, 2.) are there any new FM8 features that we cannot allow to be destroyed by saving as FM7? --and, 3.) does the 8.1 version of Acrobat still accept hypertext? Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Are the above three items doable?
Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8don't work
Hi Austin, I have FrameMaker 5.5.6, 6.0, 7.0, 7.2, and 8.0 installed on the same computer. When going back and forth from 7.x to 8.0, you may have issues with characters changing. For example, I had some Zapf Dingbat characters that changed when I upgraded a document to 8.0. If you need an automated way to convert your 8.0 documents back to 7.x format, let me know. You could do this with a FrameScript script. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > >>We are feeling as if Adobe has just sabotaged our entire 15-year >>project. How could they have offered an "upgrade" that destroys hypertext? > > Our Kouroo project now has 212,974 files that have already been saved > as FM8 since we "upgraded" a few weeks ago, so going back to FM7 > seems difficult. We are, however, beginning to scheme a feasible > "workaround" to give Adobe time to get its act together in regard to > hypertext and FM8. FM8 does allow us to save an FM8 file in the FM7 > format, and FM7 does generate valid hypertext in an Acrobat document. > So, *if* we can have both FM8 and FM7 installed at the same time (if > there is a way to keep them from interfering with each other), and > *if* we don't use any UNICODE or other features that would be > destroyed in the retro-save as FM7 (and if Acrobat8.1 can still > handle hypertext), a possible "workaround" would be: to first save an > FM8 document as a FM7 document before attempting to generate any > Acrobat8.1 document with hypertext. That seems feasible if it's doable. > > The three questions associated with this feasible "workaround" would > be: 1.) is there a way to have FM8 and still have FM7 also? --and, > 2.) are there any new FM8 features that we cannot allow to be > destroyed by saving as FM7? --and, 3.) does the 8.1 version of > Acrobat still accept hypertext? > > Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Are the above three items > doable?
OT: Setting Modification Date From Commandline
Hi Framers, I am looking for a command line program that will allow me to set the modification date and time of a file. Thanks for any suggestions. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com
Setting Modification Date From Commandline
Rick Quatro wrote: > I am looking for a command line program that will allow me to set > the modification date and time of a file. Rick: A Google search for something like "file timestamp windows" will find hundreds of freeware Windows utilities for setting a file's timestamp arbitrarily... But if you just want to set a file's timestamp to the current time -- like the Unix "touch" command -- you can do it from the DOS command line with: copy /b FILENAME.EXT +,, Microsoft suggests this batch file to make it even easier: @echo off if %1.==. goto end if not exist %1 goto end copy /b %1 +,, > nul echo %1 touched. :end Save the file somewhere in your path as touch.bat, then just type: touch FILENAME.EXT to set FILENAME.EXT's timestamp. -Andrew
Validating all hypertext links in a FM book?
Thank you Michael!! I've been using FM since version 2.0, and I have to admit that if I ever knew this shortcut, I had long since forgotten it! Cheers Grant -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Michael M?ller-Hillebrand Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 1:35 AM To: Frame Users Subject: Re: Validating all hypertext links in a FM book? Hi Grant, In addition to the validation of cross-references during book updates there is another, not very well-known feature of FrameMaker to validate Hypertext links based on gotolink markers. The keyboard shortcut should be Esc v h (presumably for: validate hypertext) I guess it works, like the cross-reference checks, from file to file and does not take into account if a target document is part of the current book. - Michael Am 20.12.2007 um 17:25 schrieb Grant Hogarth: > I've looked in the help and queried the archives, but have been unable > to find the answer to the following: > Is there a way to validate all the hypertext links in a book? Not > xrefs, but hyperlinks. > I know that they can be validated on insertion, but I'm looking for > something to run as a QA/QC function before generating a set of HTML > files from the FM book. -- ___ Michael M?ller-Hillebrand: Dokumentations-Technologien Adobe Certified Expert, FrameMaker L?sungen und Training, FrameScript, XML/XSL, Unicode http://cap-studio.de/ -- Tel. +49 (9131) 28747 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as Grant.Hogarth at reuters.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/grant.hogarth%40reuters.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
OT: Documenting Multiple Baseline Versions of Software
Due to the implementation of baseline releases of our software (i.e. 1.1, 1.2, etc.), our support department is requesting final documentation within 60 days of the release to assist with customer support and for accountability/liability purposes. To provide some history, our techcomm group of three used to provide printed documentation and moved on to CD distribution. Currently, we distribute CDs to new customers, existing customers facing a complete version upgrade (i.e. 1.0 to 2.0) and upon request. We also offer documentation access to everyone via our web site. Our development department as a whole, has also progressed by providing readmes, preliminary documentation and final documentation online, as soon as it is completed. With limited technical writer resources, we are considerably outnumbered by programmers and testers. However, even if we hire an extra resource, we are curious to know how far other companies go to provide the most current final documentation between complete version releases, as it does require our small group to maintain each baseline version (i.e. documentation for 1.1, 1.2, etc.) for CDs and online links. Is this realistic? Do other companies provide final documentation for "in-between" versions or only for each complete version upgrade? In addition, we do have a disclaimer stating that documentation from our group is subject to change but is that enough to protect us? I appreciate any ideas offered. Thanks! Lynette Schwend Technical Communications Analyst
