RE: FrameMaker 9: Dialogues sizes

2009-03-26 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
Hi Hedley, Since I don't have any experience with prior versions of FM, I can't comment on the (a) bigger question, but in using FM9, they're (b) not resizable - I find on one of my monitors running at 1280x1024, the fonts are really small in the Marker Text entry screens. Jeff ;) -Original

Anyway/tool to update cross-ref defs easily

2009-03-26 Thread Kanti . Mann
Hello: I'm about to update templates to use simple, sequential page numbering, rather than chapter-pagenum in our books. Of course, that's a number of definitional updates, one of which I so dislike is the cross-ref formats. Is there any tool (such as IXgen for index markers) or tricak

RE: FM 9

2009-03-26 Thread Pinkham, Jim
I've got a 24-inch monitor, and it's just about right with FM 9. It was very helpful before; I'd say it's all but essential now. Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Mann Sent: Wednesday, March

Re: Anyway/tool to update cross-ref defs easily

2009-03-26 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Kanti: * Depending on how you've defined the cross-reference formats to capture the compound chapter-page numbers, you may find that modifying the cross-reference formats and importing them across your books works. (Back-up all files before experimenting.) * markerworker is a free FM plug-in

RE: FrameMaker 9: Dialogues sizes

2009-03-26 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Has anyone tried Resource Hacker on these yet? I haven't, but it would seem the way to go, at least until Adobe gets this fixed on its own. It was a big help in 7p1. Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf

RE: Anyway/tool to update cross-ref defs easily

2009-03-26 Thread Pinkham, Jim
I'm testing Rick Quatro's Find/Change Special plug-in in a FM 9 test environment. It seems to work well for this purpose. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of kanti.m...@schange.com Sent: Thursday, March

RE: FrameMaker 9

2009-03-26 Thread Richard Melanson
Great info Jim, thank you. I am looking at 9 and your post has helped me out. Rick -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:43 PM To: Art Campbell; Pat

RE: Framers Digest, Vol 41, Issue 20

2009-03-26 Thread Gelo, John
Sandy, You and your team might be interested in these free webinars (see message 1). John -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of framers-requ...@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, March 25,

shortcut to get back to your link

2009-03-26 Thread Lynn Durell
Hi Framers, I know you can hold down Alt Gr and click to follow a link, but I can't remember what you do to then get back to where you were. Is there a shortcut for this? I'm on FM 7.1 on Windows XP. Thanks very much, Lynn ___ You are currently

Re: shortcut to get back to your link

2009-03-26 Thread Yves Barbion
Esc + v + P Cheers -- Yves Barbion • Managing Director • Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor www.scripto.nu • skype: yves.barbion • T: +32 494 12 01 89 On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Lynn Durell lynn.dur...@dds.co.uk wrote: Hi Framers, I know you can hold down Alt Gr and click to

FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Corcoran, Susan
I've just recently loaded TCS 2 and gotten a good look at FM9. I really like the new interface, even though it is different. I especially like the ability to customize it and save workspace versions. However, I've found the Welcome Screen to be *really* annoying. Usually, welcome screens

RE: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Pinkham, Jim
FYI, Susan, I'm getting the same sort of screen on Illustrator CS 4. It does not appear to be unique to Frame. Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Corcoran, Susan Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009

Re: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Susan I don't like the welcome screen either. If someone knows how to tweak some cfg or ini file to get rid of it, i'd be grateful if they could share it with us. Thanks. -- Yves Barbion • Managing Director • Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor www.scripto.nu • skype: yves.barbion • T:

RE: shortcut to get back to your link

2009-03-26 Thread Fred Ridder
Responding to Lynn Durell, Yves Barbion wrote: Esc + v + P Just to clarify a bit, this is three keystrokes *in sequence*, not in combination (i.e. simultaneous) as some might infer from the + signs. Also the v is lower-case and the P is upper-case (Shift+P); yes, case *does* matter in

RE: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Feimster
Does anyone else dislike the welcome screen? Yes Mike -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Corcoran, Susan Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:28 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FrameMaker 9

RE: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Kelly McDaniel
Yes, much. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Feimster Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:20 AM To: Corcoran, Susan; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen Does

RE:

2009-03-26 Thread VLM TechSubs
What do you mean by a text line object? Elchanan -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Cole, Gary E Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:24 PM To: cs...@sympatico.ca Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject:

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2009-03-26 Thread Kevin Hunter
Hi everyone, [Sent this yesterday from Thunderbird where it went through blank...] I'm at frame 7.0p578 and I'm having an issue with numbered lists and text flows. I have a document with two flows, A B, in parallel on a page. In flow A, my numbered lists sequence fine. It is set to

Difficulty subscribing to Free Framers

2009-03-26 Thread VLM TechSubs
Hi everyone, I just attempted to subscribe to Free Framers by sending the suggested email to majord...@omsys.com. But this bounced with the error message host mx.omsys.com [66.241.159.226]: 550 User is Unknown. Any suggestions? Thank you kindly, Elchanan

RE: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
I'm on FM 9 p230 in the TCS 2. I just get the Welcome screen once when I start up, but once I've got a document up, it disappears until I close everything. I can't remember if I read in the Help about tweaking the maker.ini file having an effect on this. Jeff Coatsworth Documentation Specialist

Re: Difficulty subscribing to Free Framers

2009-03-26 Thread Lin Sims
Go to: http://www.omsys.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/framers There's a form there you can use to subscribe. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:26 PM, VLM TechSubs techs...@vibrantlivingministries.org wrote: Hi everyone, I just attempted to subscribe to Free Framers by sending the suggested email to

SalesForce knowledgebase?

2009-03-26 Thread John Sgammato
Does anyone have experience porting FrameMaker procedures (or online help procedures) into a SalesForce knowledgebase? I am considering a switch to Structured FrameMaker 8/DITA and I wonder if one of my benefits will be the ability to port individual procedures into a knowledgebase (or even a

font changes in ini

2009-03-26 Thread Karen Mann
How complicated is it to do font changes in the ini file, And where can I get those directions? Times to Times New Roman Helvetica to Arial Times New Roman Greek to Helvetica

Re: shortcut to get back to your link

2009-03-26 Thread Lynn Durell
Thank you! Works perfectly :) Much appreciated Lynn Yves Barbion yves.barb...@gmail.com 26/03/2009 15:10 To Lynn Durell lynn.dur...@dds.co.uk cc framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject Re: shortcut to get back to your link Esc + v + P Cheers -- Yves Barbion ? Managing Director ?

FDK - reading single lines of text from a MIF file

2009-03-26 Thread CSMonck
Hello ! I am new to this list and I hope someone can help me with a question about the FrameMaker Development Kit (FDK). I am using the FDK to write a DLL which processes MIF files. I am familiar with the FDK read and write commmands, F_ChannelRead and F_ChannelWrite, but what I want to do

RE: shortcut to get back to your link

2009-03-26 Thread Lynn Durell
Thanks Fred. I've got it to work. Cheers, Lynn Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com 26/03/2009 16:19 To Yves Barbion yves.barb...@gmail.com, lynn.dur...@dds.co.uk cc framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject RE: shortcut to get back to your link Responding to Lynn Durell, Yves Barbion wrote:

Re: FrameMaker 9

2009-03-26 Thread Sheila Loring
Pat, I wrote a review of FrameMaker 9. You can read it at: http://www.scriptorium.com/palimpsest/2009/02/framemaker-9-review.html Pat Christenson wrote: Any opinions? Thanks. Pat Christenson ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as

Linking Master Pages to A Pgf Tag in an Anchored Frame

2009-03-26 Thread Jona Steenbrink
Frame 8.0 Win XP I was wondering if it is possible to link a Master Page to a paragraph tag that appears inside an anchored frame. What I need to do is the following. I've created a large graphic (7.5x10) contained within an anchored frame. The frame is anchored in a body paragraph with the

Re: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Wickham
Does anyone else dislike the welcome screen? It seemed a little odd at first, but as soon as I open a non-book file, the welcome screen disappears. It 's actually handy to have the recent file list there. So I've grown to like it. Mike Wickham ___

RE: FrameMaker 9

2009-03-26 Thread RJ Jacquez
Hi Pat, something else you may want to take a look at is an eLearning session I did a couple weeks ago on how to get the most out of the new User Interface in FrameMaker 9. Many Frame users have found it useful as they look at the new features in fm9, and here's the link to the recording:

Re: font changes in ini

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Wickham
Finding the correct font name is sometimes difficult, but making the entries in maker.ini is easy. These two sets of instructions are embedded in maker.ini: [WindowsToFrameFontAliases] ; ; This section gives the Frame font name for a Windows font. ; The format is Windows_Font=Frame_Font ; Note

RE: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread RJ Jacquez
One of the drivers behind our decision for the Welcome Screen in FM9 came from new users' feedback, who found themselves launching FrameMaker to a blank screen and didn't know exactly where to start. However I do agree that there should be a preference somewhere for turning it off for more

Re: FrameMaker 9: Dialogues sizes

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Wickham
I haven't trialled FM9 yet, but if the various tiny dialogue windows are now (a) bigger and (b) resizable, those would be immense improvements. Some are resizable, such as Add/Edit Condition Tag. They have enlarged many of the fields in the various panels. It's definitely an improvement. Mike

FrameMaker 9: Dialogues sizes

2009-03-26 Thread Hedley Finger
I haven't trialled FM9 yet, but if the various tiny dialogue windows are now (a) bigger and (b) resizable, those would be immense improvements. Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel: +61 3 9809 1229 Fax: (call phone first) Mobile (cell):

FrameMaker 9: Dialogues sizes

2009-03-26 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
Hi Hedley, Since I don't have any experience with prior versions of FM, I can't comment on the (a) bigger question, but in using FM9, they're (b) not resizable - I find on one of my monitors running at 1280x1024, the fonts are really small in the Marker Text entry screens. Jeff ;>)

Anyway/tool to update cross-ref defs easily

2009-03-26 Thread kanti.m...@schange.com
Hello: I'm about to update templates to use simple, sequential page numbering, rather than chapter-pagenum in our books. Of course, that's a number of definitional updates, one of which I so dislike is the cross-ref formats. Is there any tool (such as IXgen for index markers) or tricak

FM 9

2009-03-26 Thread Pinkham, Jim
I've got a 24-inch monitor, and it's just about right with FM 9. It was very helpful before; I'd say it's all but essential now. Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Mann Sent: Wednesday,

Anyway/tool to update cross-ref defs easily

2009-03-26 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Kanti: * Depending on how you've defined the cross-reference formats to capture the compound chapter-page numbers, you may find that modifying the cross-reference formats and importing them across your books works. (Back-up all files before experimenting.) * markerworker is a free FM plug-in

FrameMaker 9: Dialogues sizes

2009-03-26 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Has anyone tried Resource Hacker on these yet? I haven't, but it would seem the way to go, at least until Adobe gets this fixed on its own. It was a big help in 7p1. Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On

Anyway/tool to update cross-ref defs easily

2009-03-26 Thread Pinkham, Jim
I'm testing Rick Quatro's Find/Change Special plug-in in a FM 9 test environment. It seems to work well for this purpose. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Kanti.Mann at schange.com Sent: Thursday,

Framers Digest, Vol 41, Issue 20

2009-03-26 Thread Gelo, John
Sandy, You and your team might be interested in these free webinars (see message 1). John -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of framers-request at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, March 25,

shortcut to get back to your link

2009-03-26 Thread Lynn Durell
Hi Framers, I know you can hold down Alt Gr and click to follow a link, but I can't remember what you do to then get back to where you were. Is there a shortcut for this? I'm on FM 7.1 on Windows XP. Thanks very much, Lynn

shortcut to get back to your link

2009-03-26 Thread Yves Barbion
Esc + v + P Cheers -- Yves Barbion ? Managing Director ? Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor www.scripto.nu ? skype: yves.barbion ? T: +32 494 12 01 89 On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Lynn Durell wrote: > Hi Framers, > > I know you can hold down Alt Gr and click to follow a link, but I

FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Corcoran, Susan
I've just recently loaded TCS 2 and gotten a good look at FM9. I really like the new interface, even though it is different. I especially like the ability to customize it and save workspace versions. However, I've found the Welcome Screen to be *really* annoying. Usually, welcome screens

FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Pinkham, Jim
FYI, Susan, I'm getting the same sort of screen on Illustrator CS 4. It does not appear to be unique to Frame. Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Corcoran, Susan Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009

FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Susan I don't like the welcome screen either. If someone knows how to tweak some cfg or ini file to get rid of it, i'd be grateful if they could share it with us. Thanks. -- Yves Barbion ? Managing Director ? Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor www.scripto.nu ? skype: yves.barbion ? T:

shortcut to get back to your link

2009-03-26 Thread Fred Ridder
Responding to Lynn Durell, Yves Barbion wrote: > Esc + v + P Just to clarify a bit, this is three keystrokes *in sequence*, not in combination (i.e. simultaneous) as some might infer from the + signs. Also the v is lower-case and the P is upper-case (Shift+P); yes, case *does* matter in

FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Feimster
> Does anyone else dislike the welcome screen? Yes Mike -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Corcoran, Susan Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:28 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject:

FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Kelly McDaniel
Yes, >much. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Feimster Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:20 AM To: Corcoran, Susan; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen >

No subject

2009-03-26 Thread Kevin Hunter
Hi everyone, [Sent this yesterday from Thunderbird where it went through blank...] I'm at frame 7.0p578 and I'm having an issue with numbered lists and text flows. I have a document with two flows, A & B, in parallel on a page. In flow A, my numbered lists sequence fine. It is set to

[no subject]

2009-03-26 Thread VLM TechSubs
What do you mean by a "text line object"? Elchanan -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Cole, Gary E Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:24 PM To: cseal at sympatico.ca Cc: framers at

Difficulty subscribing to Free Framers

2009-03-26 Thread VLM TechSubs
Hi everyone, I just attempted to subscribe to Free Framers by sending the suggested email to majordomo at omsys.com. But this bounced with the error message "host mx.omsys.com [66.241.159.226]: 550 User is Unknown". Any suggestions? Thank you kindly, Elchanan

FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
I'm on FM 9 p230 in the TCS 2. I just get the Welcome screen once when I start up, but once I've got a document up, it disappears until I close everything. I can't remember if I read in the Help about tweaking the maker.ini file having an effect on this. Jeff Coatsworth Documentation Specialist

Difficulty subscribing to Free Framers

2009-03-26 Thread Lin Sims
Go to: http://www.omsys.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/framers There's a form there you can use to subscribe. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:26 PM, VLM TechSubs wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just attempted to subscribe to Free Framers by sending the suggested email > to majordomo at omsys.com. But

SalesForce knowledgebase?

2009-03-26 Thread John Sgammato
Does anyone have experience porting FrameMaker procedures (or online help procedures) into a SalesForce knowledgebase? I am considering a switch to Structured FrameMaker 8/DITA and I wonder if one of my benefits will be the ability to port individual procedures into a knowledgebase (or even a

font changes in ini

2009-03-26 Thread Karen Mann
How complicated is it to do font changes in the ini file, And where can I get those directions? Times to Times New Roman Helvetica to Arial Times New Roman Greek to Helvetica

shortcut to get back to your link

2009-03-26 Thread Lynn Durell
Thank you! Works perfectly :) Much appreciated Lynn Yves Barbion 26/03/2009 15:10 To Lynn Durell cc framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject Re: shortcut to get back to your link Esc + v + P Cheers -- Yves Barbion ? Managing Director ? Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor

FDK - reading single lines of text from a MIF file

2009-03-26 Thread csmo...@aol.com
Hello ! I am new to this list and I hope someone can help me with a question about the FrameMaker Development Kit (FDK). I am using the FDK to write a DLL which processes MIF files. I am familiar with the FDK read and write commmands, "F_ChannelRead" and "F_ChannelWrite", but what I want to

shortcut to get back to your link

2009-03-26 Thread Lynn Durell
Thanks Fred. I've got it to work. Cheers, Lynn Fred Ridder 26/03/2009 16:19 To Yves Barbion , cc Subject RE: shortcut to get back to your link Responding to Lynn Durell, Yves Barbion wrote: > Esc + v + P Just to clarify a bit, this is three keystrokes *in sequence*, not in

FrameMaker 9

2009-03-26 Thread Sheila Loring
Pat, I wrote a review of FrameMaker 9. You can read it at: http://www.scriptorium.com/palimpsest/2009/02/framemaker-9-review.html Pat Christenson wrote: > Any opinions? Thanks. > > Pat Christenson > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as

Linking Master Pages to A Pgf Tag in an Anchored Frame

2009-03-26 Thread Jona Steenbrink
Frame 8.0 Win XP I was wondering if it is possible to link a Master Page to a paragraph tag that appears inside an anchored frame. What I need to do is the following. I've created a large graphic (7.5x10) contained within an anchored frame. The frame is anchored in a body paragraph with the

FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Wickham
> Does anyone else dislike the welcome screen? It seemed a little odd at first, but as soon as I open a non-book file, the welcome screen disappears. It 's actually handy to have the recent file list there. So I've grown to like it. Mike Wickham

FrameMaker 9

2009-03-26 Thread RJ Jacquez
Hi Pat, something else you may want to take a look at is an eLearning session I did a couple weeks ago on how to get the most out of the new User Interface in FrameMaker 9. Many Frame users have found it useful as they look at the new features in fm9, and here's the link to the recording:

font changes in ini

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Wickham
Finding the correct font name is sometimes difficult, but making the entries in maker.ini is easy. These two sets of instructions are embedded in maker.ini: [WindowsToFrameFontAliases] ; ; This section gives the Frame font name for a Windows font. ; The format is Windows_Font=Frame_Font ; Note

FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

2009-03-26 Thread RJ Jacquez
One of the drivers behind our decision for the Welcome Screen in FM9 came from new users' feedback, who found themselves launching FrameMaker to a blank screen and didn't know exactly where to start. However I do agree that there should be a preference somewhere for turning it off for more