RE: Black frame on OLE objects in PDF

2008-05-23 Thread Alison Carrico
Hi Yves: I am experiencing the same issue with an Excel OLE object was wondering whether you ever found a solution to this vexing problem. I have a doc that has been translated from English to French the Excel tables were edited to insert the translated material. The original English version

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Hello, all -- I've just spent a couple of days getting our standard manual template tweaked and polished and localized from its timeworn Germanic origins (we inherited from our corporate parent across the pond). Now the task is to begin applying the template to new docs that are often based upon

RE: Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Fred Ridder
Jim Pinkham asked: The question is this: Just using the normal set of tools that comes with Frame (7.1 on Windows XP SP-2), and possibly freeware, what is the fastest, most effective way to migrate a new template into old docs. Am I doomed to paragraph-by-paragraph, table-by-table, and

Re: Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Jim Owens
If you're just changing the names of the tags, or consistently reassigning some tags as other tags, consider saving the files as MIF and doing a search-and-replace on the tag names. Is this a $0 solution? well, there's a cost involved in learning enough MIF to do it. If you can spare a week

Re: Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Nope, but you would need to tell him (and the rest of us who have been searching for it for a couple of years now since CudSpan went off-line and Mr. Despopoulos dropped out of virtual visability) how we can purchase it nowadays. Please... Pretty please with sugar on top Rene L.

RE: Converting to Word- solution

2008-05-23 Thread Dodd, Frank J
Japanese might work.. I could then run it through Babel fish and paste it too a word document. I found a work around... Thanks all for the suggestions and I think I edumacated some higher ups at the same time. Frank -Original Message- From: Daniel Frankham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Thanks to all for good ideas thus far. I can give a partial answer to Rene's question based on a quick Google search: Participants in the upcoming FrameMaker Template Design seminars receive a license for CudSpan's TemplateMapper plug-in for FrameMaker/Windows ($200 value). This is

Re: Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Jim Owens
THis link may be useful as well: http://www.freeframers.org/archive/01/msg01023.html Pinkham, Jim wrote: Thanks to all for good ideas thus far. I can give a partial answer to Rene's question based on a quick Google search: Participants in the upcoming FrameMaker Template Design seminars

RE: Converting to Word- solution

2008-05-23 Thread Combs, Richard
Daniel Frankham wrote: I agree with those who suggest saving as RTF - however, when I've done this (with FrameMaker 7.0 and 7.2), I've had the best results saving as RTF Japanese. Dodd, Frank J replied: Japanese might work.. I could then run it through Babel fish and paste it too a word

Re: Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Don Rinderknecht
Well, the way I read this (http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/), Jim P's costs went down to $10. Nice. Don Jim Owens wrote: THis link may be useful as well: http://www.freeframers.org/archive/01/msg01023.html Pinkham, Jim wrote: Thanks to all for good ideas thus far. I can give a

RE: Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Rene S.
Thanks, Jim! Hello, Schlomo. I checked microtype.com and saw several training classes offered. Any plans on heading toward the southeastern U.S. in the near future? Rene Stephenson _ From: Pinkham, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to all for good ideas thus far. I can

RE: Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Rene S.
I do have SPS Paragraph Tools and Character Tools, and they're extremely useful and easy to use. Rick Quatro also has a plugin (FindChangeSpecial) that does onesies of condition tag and other changes, as well as a script FindChangeSpecialBatch that allows bulk processing of remapping and

Re: Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Whites
Jim - So my understanding is that the company you work for will not spring for $200 for SW that will end up saving you dozens of hours of grunt work and the company possibly thousands of dollars in your salary. For discussion's sake, let's say buy Template Mapper with your own funds, use it

Converting to Word

2008-05-23 Thread Daniel Frankham
I agree with those who suggest saving as RTF - however, when I've done this (with FrameMaker 7.0 and 7.2), I've had the best results saving as RTF Japanese. > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On

Black frame on OLE objects in PDF

2008-05-23 Thread Alison Carrico
Hi Yves: I am experiencing the same issue with an Excel OLE object & was wondering whether you ever found a solution to this vexing problem. I have a doc that has been translated from English to French & the Excel tables were edited to insert the translated material. The original English

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Hello, all -- I've just spent a couple of days getting our standard manual template tweaked and polished and localized from its timeworn Germanic origins (we inherited from our corporate parent across the pond). Now the task is to begin applying the template to new docs that are often based upon

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Fred Ridder
Jim Pinkham asked: > The question is this: Just using the normal set of tools that comes with > Frame (7.1 on Windows XP SP-2), and possibly freeware, what is the > fastest, most effective way to migrate a new template into old docs. Am > I doomed to paragraph-by-paragraph, table-by-table, and

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Jim Owens
If you're just changing the names of the tags, or consistently reassigning some tags as other tags, consider saving the files as MIF and doing a search-and-replace on the tag names. Is this a $0 solution? well, there's a cost involved in learning enough MIF to do it. If you can spare a week

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Rene Stephenson
Nope, but you would need to tell him (and the rest of us who have been searching for it for a couple of years now since CudSpan went off-line and Mr. Despopoulos dropped out of virtual visability) how we can purchase it nowadays. Please... Pretty please with sugar on top Rene L.

Converting to Word- solution

2008-05-23 Thread Dodd, Frank J
Japanese might work.. I could then run it through Babel fish and paste it too a word document. I found a work around... Thanks all for the suggestions and I think I edumacated some higher ups at the same time. Frank -Original Message- From: Daniel Frankham

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Thanks to all for good ideas thus far. I can give a partial answer to Rene's question based on a quick Google search: "Participants in the upcoming FrameMaker Template Design seminars receive a license for CudSpan's TemplateMapper plug-in for FrameMaker/Windows ($200 value)." This is

Converting to Word- solution

2008-05-23 Thread Combs, Richard
Daniel Frankham wrote: > I agree with those who suggest saving as RTF - however, when I've done > this (with FrameMaker 7.0 and 7.2), I've had the best results saving as > RTF Japanese. Dodd, Frank J replied: > Japanese might work.. I could then run it through Babel fish and paste > it too a

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Don Rinderknecht
Well, the way I read this (http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/), Jim P's costs went down to $10. Nice. Don Jim Owens wrote: > THis link may be useful as well: > > http://www.freeframers.org/archive/01/msg01023.html > > > Pinkham, Jim wrote: > >> Thanks to all for good ideas thus far. I

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Rene S.
Thanks, Jim! Hello, Schlomo. I checked microtype.com and saw several training classes offered. Any plans on heading toward the southeastern U.S. in the near future? Rene Stephenson _ From: Pinkham, Jim [mailto:jim.pink...@voith.com] Thanks to all for good ideas thus far. I

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Rene S.
I do have SPS Paragraph Tools and Character Tools, and they're extremely useful and easy to use. Rick Quatro also has a plugin (FindChangeSpecial) that does onesies of condition tag and other changes, as well as a script FindChangeSpecialBatch that allows bulk processing of remapping and

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

2008-05-23 Thread Whites
Jim - So my understanding is that the company you work for will not spring for $200 for SW that will end up saving you dozens of hours of grunt work and the company possibly thousands of dollars in your salary. "For discussion's sake," let's say buy Template Mapper with your own funds, use

Converting to Word

2008-05-23 Thread Chinell, David F (GE EntSol, Security)
Diane: The name "Microsoft Word 2007" is confusing me a bit on this. Does the filter work on older RTF-based formats for Word, or does it rely on the XML-based formats in Word 2003 and 2007? Bear -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at