Hi, all.
I am using FrameMaker 8 on a Windows Vista system.
How can I insert a horizontal range brace character or graphic like
the ones used in figure 3-4 on page 23 of this paper:
h t t p : / / w w w . c d g . o r g / resources / white_papers /
MEID_EUIMID_Migration . p d f
(All
I'm seeing something odd when I work on FrameMaker files here which I don't see
in a new FrameMaker document, to do with selection of text by clicking. These
files come from a specific template that originated at another company based in
India as far as I know.
The default behaviour in
Importing simple graphics as objects isn't usually recommended because
it uses Microsoft's OLE mechanism. OLE has a reputation for
flakiness... such as totally breaking down when XP SP3 was installed
(although the mechanism was working OK with FM9) and also requiring
more system overhead. Without
Saving as a MIF cleans out any stray characters that may show up if
content was imported from Word or another word processor... or
possibly a version of FM with a higher rev number than yours (maybe
references to Unicode, for instance).
Because it does fix the problem, I'd suspect that there are
Patrick
Thank you very much for the quick and ernest reply
I had already tried that but thought I missed a step (hey, after a 12 hour
workday, it happens)
..it didn't work.
It has to be something in the text from page 79 onward.something that is
embedded in there that is making
Z,
You can create horizontal range braces in the Delimiter menu of the Equation
editor (Special Equations Delimiter).
Inserting them is a little trickier. Create an equation with the sole content
being the horizontal range brace. To extend the width of the brace you need to
add text
At 10:27 PM 16/06/2009, Steve Rickaby wrote:
The default behaviour in FrameMaker is that double-clicking selects a word and
triple-clicking selects a paragraph, as we all know.
Completely off-topic, but - I didn't know about double-clicking to select a
word and triple-clicking to select a
Jon Harvey wrote:
I have an FM 9.0 in which I'm trying to import a *.png files as an
object. The image comes in as a white box with the file name in the
middle of it. If I activate it, the file opens in the Windows image
viewer, not in FM. I know that FM only shows previews of actual
images;
J Smith wrote:
I have a large text inset that includes many headings.
I'm having problems creating a table of contents that includes these
headings. Any help would be appreciated!
Assuming your inset is a FM flow imported by reference, have you checked
to ensure that the heading tag
ecid...@zoominternet.net wrote:
Good evening fellow Framers
Here's one I've NEVER encountered before.
First, the setup: WXP, Frame 8 (unstructured)
As I'm developing a document I'm proceeding from page to page, no
problem.
Suddenly, I reach the
Hello Framers,
Cross-posted to the Frame2Acrobat list.
We single source many books using shared content with conditional text and
distill using TimeSavers. Some of the resulting PDFs are showing up with dead
internal cross reference links. Some are dead, while others are OK. The book
and
Click the Links tab of the PDF Setup dialog box. Check the Create Named
Destinations for All Elements and Paragraphs checkbox and click Set.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
r...@frameexpert.com
585-659-8267
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
I doubt that it was bouncing because of the URL. I've received no email from
this group for days, and I assume that there was a problem with the list
server. It seems to be fixed now, thankfully.
Lea
_
Lea Rush
Software and Documentation Specialist
Ah!
I got Mail undeliverable messages (but didn't keep them to look further), so
I presumed that it was the link.
Thanks!
Z
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lea Rush
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Baruch Brodersen wrote:
Hello Framers,
Cross-posted to the Frame2Acrobat list.
We single source many books using shared content with conditional text and
distill using TimeSavers. Some of the resulting PDFs are showing up with dead
internal cross reference links. Some are dead, while
Hello framers,
I'm working with FM9 and I need help.
The situation is as follows: There is a book, let's call it the
main-book , in the main-book are some fm-documents and there is also a
fm-book. Let's call this one the child-book. In the child-book I've made
a TOC. When I update the
Rubin, Diana wrote:
Hi all,
I'm experiencing some very weird Table of Contents behavior in a book
I am writing. I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 (unstructured), p579,
Windows XP Pro., SP3.
I created a book using A5-sized pages. Each chapter contains a
chapter title and various heads.
I think Stuart's diagnosis is spot on.
Taking it a step further, you can check for multiple flows by going to
the Master Page that you use to open the chapter, selecting the text
container(s) and right-clicking, then selecting properties.
If the containers are both A, then it's likely someone
Is it possible to make a cross-reference (not a marker) open in a new
window ?
Here's the situation:
FrameMaker 9.0 book with approx 10 files.
Cross-references are both within and between the FM files.
The book is converted to a single PDF file.
For convenience, our readers sometimes want to
Thank you all so much: Art, Stuart, and Fred too.I cannot tell you how many
hours you have saved me. The problem was designing an A5 template and
adding a master page called FirstPage. It never occurred to me about the
flow in the text frame on the master page (FirstPage) that contains
Hi Jo,
In Acrobat 9, you can set a preference for this. Go to the Documents
category, and uncheck the Open cross-document links in same window
checkbox. I am using Acrobat Pro, but I think Reader has the same setting.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
r...@frameexpert.com
585-659-8267
Is it
Hi, Baruch.
Okay, I tried your response and this worked well enough that I think I
can make do for what I am trying. Thanks!
But ... a comment and questions that might help me do yet better:
1. I used the Color Definition ... to make a new color - it is not
under the Special ... (you did
Z,
You can increase the point size, and thus the proportional thickness of the
brace, in Special Equations Equations Equations Sizes (or Esc, p, e).
For horizontal braces modify Level 1 equation sizes.
FrameMaker Help also gives this valuable advice:
To change the character format for
I apparently was confused. Thanks to Richard and Art tho, not any
more..:)
Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation
CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 588-9354
-Original Message-
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com]
Hi Rick,
This works OK for links to a separate file, but not to links in the same
file.
Is there anything I can do in the Frame file to force cross reference to
open in a new link?
Unfortunately we also have incredibly inept readers and asking them to
change their preferences is unrealistic.
Good evening fellow Framers
Here's one I've NEVER encountered before.
First, the setup: WXP, Frame 8 (unstructured)
As I'm developing a document I'm proceeding from page to page, no
problem.
Suddenly, I reach the end (or I THOUGHT) it was the end
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Jo Watkissjowatk...@watkiss.com wrote:
Hi Rick,
This works OK for links to a separate file, but not to links in the same
file.
Is there anything I can do in the Frame file to force cross reference to
open in a new link?
Unfortunately we also have
Hi, Baruch,
I was aware of the character format capability (I use them in numbering
for headings and text in the sidehead), but not the ability to select
them in equations. My experience with the equations editor is extremely
low - no reasons to use them till now! :)
I will try all this out as
Syed,
I suspect this figure is made in TeX/LaTeX or some other application
using a special font for this purpose. You might probably find a font
somewhere but most likely at a cost.
TeX/LaTeX comes for free as in beer and as in speech, including a lot of fonts.
So, not much help here. :-(
My company is finally making the transition from MS Word 2003 to FM 9 for all
manuals.
On the advice of a consultant, I've translated my Note/Caution/Warning style
into a table format as I was told this was the simplest way to duplicate my
Word format (a simple hanging indent paragraph with a
First of all, congratulations on migrating to FM.
FM does support tables within tables, but you have to put the inner
table into an anchored frame.
I've never been a fan of putting Notes, etc in a table. I've always
preferred a paragraph tag, with the text Note: defined on the
Numbering tab
Good evening fellow framers:
First of all, thank you so very much for your responses. Only
reinforces my thoughts that we Framers do have this caring attitude
to assist one another.
Was not able to solve this problem through all of the solutions
offered, and that is puzzling
S, I took
No, Frame does not support tables within table. But depending on your need, it
does (and fairly easily at that) support lines above and below paragraphs.
There is a little setup that need to be done.
On the Reference pages (not sure how this is reached in FM9, in earlier
versions it is View
I'm seeing something odd when I work on FrameMaker files here which I don't see
in a new FrameMaker document, to do with selection of text by clicking. These
files come from a specific template that originated at another company based in
India as far as I know.
The default behaviour in
Importing simple graphics as objects isn't usually recommended because
it uses Microsoft's OLE mechanism. OLE has a reputation for
flakiness... such as totally breaking down when XP SP3 was installed
(although the mechanism was working OK with FM9) and also requiring
more system overhead. Without
Saving as a MIF cleans out any stray characters that may show up if
content was imported from Word or another word processor... or
possibly a version of FM with a higher rev number than yours (maybe
references to Unicode, for instance).
Because it does fix the problem, I'd suspect that there are
Z,
You can create horizontal range braces in the Delimiter menu of the Equation
editor (Special > Equations Delimiter).
Inserting them is a little trickier. Create an equation with the sole content
being the horizontal range brace. To extend the width of the brace you need to
add text
Jon Harvey wrote:
> I have an FM 9.0 in which I'm trying to import a *.png files as an
> object. The image comes in as a white box with the file name in the
> middle of it. If I activate it, the file opens in the Windows image
> viewer, not in FM. I know that FM only shows previews of actual
Thanks! I will give this a try today.
Z
-Original Message-
From: Baruch Brodersen [mailto:baruch.broder...@bigbandnet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:15 AM
To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net);
framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Horizontal Range Braces
Z,
You
ecidade at zoominternet.net wrote:
>
>
> Good evening fellow Framers
>
> Here's one I've NEVER encountered before.
>
> First, the setup: WXP, Frame 8 (unstructured)
>
> As I'm developing a document I'm proceeding from page to page, no
> problem.
>
>
Hello Framers,
Cross-posted to the Frame2Acrobat list.
We single source many books using shared content with conditional text and
distill using TimeSavers. Some of the resulting PDFs are showing up with dead
internal cross reference links. Some are dead, while others are OK. The book
and
Click the Links tab of the PDF Setup dialog box. Check the Create Named
Destinations for All Elements and Paragraphs checkbox and click Set.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
rick at frameexpert.com
585-659-8267
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
I doubt that it was bouncing because of the URL. I've received no email from
this group for days, and I assume that there was a problem with the list
server. It seems to be fixed now, thankfully.
Lea
_
Lea Rush
Software and Documentation Specialist
Ah!
I got "Mail undeliverable" messages (but didn't keep them to look further), so
I presumed that it was the link.
Thanks!
Z
-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lea Rush
Sent: Tuesday, June 16,
Baruch Brodersen wrote:
> Hello Framers,
>
> Cross-posted to the Frame2Acrobat list.
>
> We single source many books using shared content with conditional text and
> distill using TimeSavers. Some of the resulting PDFs are showing up with dead
> internal cross reference links. Some are dead,
Hello framers,
I'm working with FM9 and I need help.
The situation is as follows: There is a book, let's call it the
main-book , in the main-book are some fm-documents and there is also a
fm-book. Let's call this one the child-book. In the child-book I've made
a TOC. When I update the
Hi all,
I'm experiencing some very weird Table of Contents behavior in a book I am
writing. I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 (unstructured), p579, Windows XP Pro., SP3.
I created a book using A5-sized pages. Each chapter contains a chapter title
and various heads.When I generate the TOC, it
Rubin, Diana wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I'm experiencing some very weird Table of Contents behavior in a book
> I am writing. I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 (unstructured), p579,
> Windows XP Pro., SP3.
>
>
>
> I created a book using A5-sized pages. Each chapter contains a
> chapter title and
I think Stuart's diagnosis is spot on.
Taking it a step further, you can check for multiple flows by going to
the Master Page that you use to open the chapter, selecting the text
container(s) and right-clicking, then selecting properties.
If the containers are both A, then it's likely someone
Is it possible to make a cross-reference (not a marker) open in a new
window ?
Here's the situation:
FrameMaker 9.0 book with approx 10 files.
Cross-references are both within and between the FM files.
The book is converted to a single PDF file.
For convenience, our readers sometimes want to
Thank you all so much: Art, Stuart, and Fred too.I cannot tell you how many
hours you have saved me. The problem was "designing" an A5 template and
"adding" a master page called FirstPage. It never occurred to me about the
"flow" in the text frame on the master page (FirstPage) that
Hi Jo,
In Acrobat 9, you can set a preference for this. Go to the Documents
category, and uncheck the "Open cross-document links in same window"
checkbox. I am using Acrobat Pro, but I think Reader has the same setting.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
rick at frameexpert.com
585-659-8267
Hi, Baruch.
Okay, I tried your response and this worked well enough that I think I
can make do for what I am trying. Thanks!
But ... a comment and questions that might help me do yet better:
1. I used the Color > Definition > ... to make a new color - it is not
under the Special > ... (you did
Z,
You can increase the point size, and thus the proportional thickness of the
brace, in Special > Equations > Equations > Equations Sizes (or Esc, p, e).
For horizontal braces modify Level 1 equation sizes.
FrameMaker Help also gives this valuable advice:
To change the character format for
I apparently was confused. Thanks to Richard and Art tho, not any
more..:)
Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation
CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 588-9354
-Original Message-
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com]
Sent:
Hi Rick,
This works OK for links to a separate file, but not to links in the same
file.
Is there anything I can do in the Frame file to force cross reference to
open in a new link?
Unfortunately we also have incredibly inept readers and asking them to
change their preferences is unrealistic.
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Jo Watkiss wrote:
> Hi Rick,
>
> This works OK for links to a separate file, but not to links in the same
> file.
>
> Is there anything I can do in the Frame file to force cross reference to
> open in a new link?
>
> Unfortunately we also have incredibly inept
Hi, Baruch,
I was aware of the character format capability (I use them in numbering
for headings and text in the sidehead), but not the ability to select
them in equations. My experience with the equations editor is extremely
low - no reasons to use them till now! :)
I will try all this out as
Syed,
I suspect this figure is made in TeX/LaTeX or some other application
using a special font for this purpose. You might probably find a font
somewhere but most likely at a cost.
TeX/LaTeX comes for free as in beer and as in speech, including a lot of fonts.
So, not much help here. :-(
My company is finally making the transition from MS Word 2003 to FM 9 for all
manuals.
On the advice of a consultant, I've translated my Note/Caution/Warning style
into a table format as I was told this was the simplest way to duplicate my
Word format (a simple hanging indent paragraph with a
First of all, congratulations on migrating to FM.
FM does support tables within tables, but you have to put the inner
table into an anchored frame.
I've never been a fan of putting Notes, etc in a table. I've always
preferred a paragraph tag, with the text "Note: " defined on the
Numbering
Good evening fellow framers:
First of all, thank you so very much for your responses. Only
reinforces my thoughts that we Framers do have this caring attitude
to assist one another.
Was not able to solve this problem through all of the solutions
offered, and that is puzzling
S, I took
No, Frame does not support tables within table.? But depending on your need, it
does (and fairly easily at that) support lines above and below paragraphs.?
There is a little setup that need to be done.
On the Reference pages (not sure how this is reached in FM9, in earlier
versions it is View
Why not turn your table made Note/Caution/Warning into a graphic which will
easily scale into a table cell. Place it on the Reference page and call it
up just like a format.
Just a thought,
gb
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Alison Craig
wrote:
> My company is finally making the transition
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