Hi Susan
Looks like someone has been using custom ruling and shading, which is not
recommended in this case (except for the left column). So, remove the custom
ruling and shading and use the Table Designer to set the Shading, for
example:
- Heading and Footing Shading: Fill 100 %
- Body
Hi everyone,
FM8, structured
XML, DocBook 4.2 (I know, I know. Not my idea, but an OEM customer requires
it).
WinXP Pro
4 GB RAM
160 GB HDD
We're trying to import an XML file into FM8 but FM crashes. The file
includes 750 topics that are imported into an FM book as mini-chapter files.
They
Garnier Garnier wrote:
Hello Listers,
Wanted to mention that:
As suggested by one of the listeres,
I removed all Adobe products from my machine including the
registries.
Installed FM 7.0 with distiller 5.0 Then I attempted to install
Acrobat Editor and Reader but failed because
In addition to Stuart's accurate assessment, you're really unlikely to
get SaveAs in FM 7 working with a current version of Acrobat because
the name and location of the PDF printer has changed over the years
since FM 7 shipped. So if you install Acrobat 9 properly, FM 7 has no
way of knowing the
To be as clear as possible, the save as PDF feature of FrameMaker 7 is not at
all
compatible with Acrobat 7, 8, or 9!
- Dov
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Hi Sue,
The table was probably imported into FrameMaker from Word and so the
alternating shading are considered overrides to the default table shading.
Here is how to fix it:
1) Select the entire table.
2) Choose Table Custom Ruling and Shading
3) Uncheck the Custom Cell Ruling checkbox and
To be as clear as possible, the save as PDF feature of FrameMaker 7
is not at all compatible with Acrobat 7, 8, or 9!
- Dov
Folks, I have to ask if this is categorically true for everybody ...
because, my experience with Save as PDF to Acrobat has been just fine
over the years.
I have
I'm trying to add a draft watermark to our CHM output.
Following the CSS method described in the Mif2GO documentation (Section
22.11), I've succeeded in adding a watermark to the HTML files, as
viewed in Internet Explorer. However, the watermark does not appear in
the CHM topics.
A quick
Garnier Garnier wrote:
Installed FM 7.0 with distiller 5.0
Then I attempted to install Acrobat Editor and Reader but failed
because
Acrobat keeps prompting to remove distiller 5.0. It does not allow me
to
proceed with the installation.
How do I resolve this?
By removing Distiller 5.0, as
Diane,
I'm making a WAG that either you're hitting a processing wall (the
RAM/disk space you mentioned -- how much of the 160 is free?), that
there's a network timeout at a certain point, or that there's some
type of content in the ~250 file range that's causing an error.
Can you convert #250 by
(an update - also posting to Omsys list)
When I compile the HTML files from HTML Help Workshop:
- if a single topic has a body background=draft.jpg markup, then in
the CHM, that topic has the background image, tiled, and all the other
topics have the background image, non-tiled and centred as
Jim,
Edit the .hhp file in a text editor, add draft.jpg to the files section,
and then compile in HTML Help Workshop.
Mike
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jim Owens
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 3:51
On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:50:40 -0400, Jim Owens jow...@magma.ca wrote:
When I compile the HTML files from HTML Help Workshop:
- if a single topic has a body background=draft.jpg markup, then in
the CHM, that topic has the background image, tiled, and all the other
topics have the background
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:40:36 -0400, Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com wrote:
or that there's some type of content in the ~250 file
range that's causing an error.
Adding to Art's thought, have you tried validating the file,
to see if there is a well-formedness error or other such
problem from
Hi Jeremy,
Excellent question. Yes, we validated the file with Oxygen before importing
it into FM. Here is the procedure we are using.
1. Validate the XML in the Oxygen editor
2. Drag and drop the Validated XML file to the work area of FrameMaker 8.
The Use Structured Application dialog box
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:28:23 -0700, Diane Gaskill dgcal...@earthlink.net
wrote:
3. From the drop-down list, select Hitachi-RAID (EN), and then click
Continue. (This uses a custom XSL file from our tools group)
4. An error message Validation of XML file failed. appears. We ignore
the message
Verner,
I write in Controlled English for translation. I would write: Wait while
the program updates the results.
Thus, you avoid the Please and the gerund (updating), the first of
which is unnecessary and the second of which may not be translatable in
many languages. Simple, direct, active
For some reason, the XML exported from FrameMaker 8 does not recognize forced
returns (Control-Enter). We've reported this as a bug, but Adobe has
effectively ignored us and we've had no luck getting any type of workaround
other than downgrading to FrameMaker 7.
- Gordon
--- On Sun,
Hi Framers,
I'm hoping someone can help me out with converting PDFs to Word docs. My
department creates our user guides in FrameMaker, but other departments
want to use our text in their materials as well, so they ask me for a
Word version. I have been using Adobe Acrobat to save the PDF as a
WinXP Svc Pk 2 on PC with 1G RAM
FrameMaker 9p230
Acrobat Professional 8.1.2
Crash scenario:
1. Create PDF using FM 9. (FileSave as PDF with Generate PDF for
review only selected)
2. Edit PDF using Acrobat 8.1.2 and save with edit marks/comments.
3. Select Import PDF comments into FM. (Have
I have a book (unstructured FM) that uses some text insets in some of my
chapters in order to reuse content. However, when I create help in RH8,
sometimes a few of my cross-references in chapters with text insets
aren't treated as links, but as plain text. I think to resolve this, I
want to
Syd,
I also continue to use Save As PDF with no problems for the exact reason
you state (FM 7.2, Acrobat 8). When I went to Acrobat 8 (came with CS3),
the View Generated PDF function didn't work, but I simply click the file
in the Distiller window that pops up, and the pdf file opens with
-Original Message-
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Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 8:01 AM
To: Art Campbell; Garnier Garnier
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Save As not working with Acrobat
On the other hand, why is it that computer programs must be seen to be
terse/rude?
There is no reason why a computer generated request cannot be
perceived as, at least, courteous.
Please wait is not a difficult thing to understand and is better for
the user to read than a terse wait.
It
Hello All,
I too have been using FM 7.0 with distiller 5.0 for 3 years and Save As was
working just fine.
Other writers are using FM 7.0 and Acrobat Pro 8.0 since the last one year and
Save As is working just fine.
The issue is with FM 7.0 and Acrobat Pro 9.0. I have tried all
I use PDF Convertor Pro for PDF-Word conversions ... works reasonably
well, but still needs a lot of cleaning up after the work is done.
Might be easier to use Mif2Go to wrote the RTF for Word, from FrameMaker
directly.
Z
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Might be easier to use Mif2Go to wrote the RTF for Word, from
FrameMaker directly.
Argh ... wrote should be write.
Z
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As mentioned Printing to ps and then converting to pdf works fine. I have
over 300 manuals and definitely cannot convert them manually to ps and
then to pdf. I use script to autogenerate the pdfs and the script does not
work with Acrobat 9.0.
You're working too hard. Just print straight to
Hi Lea,
We have been using Solid PDF tools converter with great success and this
costs 5 cents less than 100 dollars:-)
regards
Ankur
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Lea Galanter lgalan...@attenex.com wrote:
Hi Framers,
I'm hoping someone can help me out with converting PDFs to Word docs.
Jeremy and Alan,
Good idea. We'll try that. I'll let you know what happens.
We tried Scott Prentice' suggestion about splitting the file up. It works
if we chop it up into sections of 90 topics each. But that's a lot of
trouble. If it is actually a bug as Scott and Rick say, then the only
At 01:53 PM 7/07/2009, syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote:
I use PDF Convertor Pro for PDF-Word conversions ... works reasonably
well, but still needs a lot of cleaning up after the work is done.
NitroPDF Professional does a perfect conversion - at least to {blush} Word 7,
which is the youngest version
?
Hello Listers,
?
Wanted to mention that:
?
As suggested by one of the listeres,
?
I removed all Adobe products from my machine including the registries.
?
Installed FM 7.0 with distiller 5.0
Then I attempted to install Acrobat Editor and Reader but failed because
Acrobat keeps prompting to
Hi Susan
Looks like someone has been using "custom ruling and shading", which is not
recommended in this case (except for the left column). So, remove the custom
ruling and shading and use the Table Designer to set the Shading, for
example:
- Heading and Footing Shading: Fill 100 %
- Body
Hi everyone,
FM8, structured
XML, DocBook 4.2 (I know, I know. Not my idea, but an OEM customer requires
it).
WinXP Pro
4 GB RAM
160 GB HDD
We're trying to import an XML file into FM8 but FM crashes. The file
includes 750 topics that are imported into an FM book as mini-chapter files.
They
Garnier Garnier wrote:
>
> Hello Listers,
>
> Wanted to mention that:
>
> As suggested by one of the listeres,
>
> I removed all Adobe products from my machine including the
> registries.
>
> Installed FM 7.0 with distiller 5.0 Then I attempted to install
> Acrobat Editor and Reader but
In addition to Stuart's accurate assessment, you're really unlikely to
get SaveAs in FM 7 working with a current version of Acrobat because
the name and location of the PDF printer has changed over the years
since FM 7 shipped. So if you install Acrobat 9 properly, FM 7 has no
way of knowing the
To be as clear as possible, the "save as PDF" feature of FrameMaker 7 is not at
all
compatible with Acrobat 7, 8, or 9!
- Dov
Hi Sue,
The table was probably imported into FrameMaker from Word and so the
alternating shading are considered overrides to the default table shading.
Here is how to fix it:
1) Select the entire table.
2) Choose Table > Custom Ruling and Shading
3) Uncheck the Custom Cell Ruling checkbox and
> To be as clear as possible, the "save as PDF" feature of FrameMaker 7
is not at all compatible with Acrobat 7, 8, or 9!
>
> - Dov
Folks, I have to ask if this is categorically true for everybody ...
because, my experience with "Save as PDF" to Acrobat has been just fine
over the years.
I
I'm trying to add a "draft" watermark to our CHM output.
Following the CSS method described in the Mif2GO documentation (Section
22.11), I've succeeded in adding a watermark to the HTML files, as
viewed in Internet Explorer. However, the watermark does not appear in
the CHM topics.
A quick
Garnier Garnier wrote:
> Installed FM 7.0 with distiller 5.0
> Then I attempted to install Acrobat Editor and Reader but failed
because
> Acrobat keeps prompting to remove distiller 5.0. It does not allow me
to
> proceed with the installation.
> How do I resolve this?
By removing Distiller 5.0,
Diane,
I'm making a WAG that either you're hitting a processing wall (the
RAM/disk space you mentioned -- how much of the 160 is free?), that
there's a network timeout at a certain point, or that there's some
type of content in the ~250 file range that's causing an error.
Can you convert #250 by
(an update - also posting to Omsys list)
When I compile the HTML files from HTML Help Workshop:
- if a single topic has a markup, then in
the CHM, that topic has the background image, tiled, and all the other
topics have the background image, non-tiled and centred as specified in
the CSS
Jim,
Edit the .hhp file in a text editor, add draft.jpg to the files section,
and then compile in HTML Help Workshop.
Mike
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jim Owens
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009
That works! Thank you.
Mike Feimster wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Edit the .hhp file in a text editor, add draft.jpg to the files section,
> and then compile in HTML Help Workshop.
>
> Mike
>
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at
On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:50:40 -0400, Jim Owens wrote:
>When I compile the HTML files from HTML Help Workshop:
>
>- if a single topic has a markup, then in
>the CHM, that topic has the background image, tiled, and all the other
>topics have the background image, non-tiled and centred as
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:40:36 -0400, Art Campbell
wrote:
>or that there's some type of content in the ~250 file
>range that's causing an error.
Adding to Art's thought, have you tried validating the file,
to see if there is a well-formedness error or other such
problem from which Frame can't
Hi Jeremy,
Excellent question. Yes, we validated the file with Oxygen before importing
it into FM. Here is the procedure we are using.
1. Validate the XML in the Oxygen editor
2. Drag and drop the Validated XML file to the work area of FrameMaker 8.
The Use Structured Application dialog box
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:28:23 -0700, "Diane Gaskill"
wrote:
>3. From the drop-down list, select Hitachi-RAID (EN), and then click
>Continue. (This uses a custom XSL file from our tools group)
>
>4. An error message "Validation of XML file failed." appears. We ignore
>the message and click OK
I have a book (unstructured FM) that uses some text insets in some of my
chapters in order to reuse content. However, when I create help in RH8,
sometimes a few of my cross-references in chapters with text insets
aren't treated as links, but as plain text. I think to resolve this, I
want to
Syd,
I also continue to use Save As PDF with no problems for the exact reason
you state (FM 7.2, Acrobat 8). When I went to Acrobat 8 (came with CS3),
the View Generated PDF function didn't work, but I simply click the file
in the Distiller window that pops up, and the pdf file opens with
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 8:01 AM
> To: Art Campbell; Garnier Garnier
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Save As not
I use PDF Convertor Pro for PDF->Word conversions ... works reasonably
well, but still needs a lot of cleaning up after the work is done.
Might be easier to use Mif2Go to wrote the RTF for Word, from FrameMaker
directly.
Z
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
> Might be easier to use Mif2Go to wrote the RTF for Word, from
FrameMaker directly.
Argh ... "wrote" should be "write".
Z
Jeremy and Alan,
Good idea. We'll try that. I'll let you know what happens.
We tried Scott Prentice' suggestion about splitting the file up. It works
if we chop it up into sections of 90 topics each. But that's a lot of
trouble. If it is actually a bug as Scott and Rick say, then the only
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