Hello Brenda,
In structured FrameMaker, how do I control the flow of the data so that I
can import all 3 xml files into the same FrameMaker template and automate it
so that the back page data flows into the correct back page master page?
You should be able to control Master page usage by using
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Hi group
Has anyone seen the following problem:
Using FM9p250, save the FM file as PDF:
- With the option Convert CMYK Colors to RGB selected, the PDF gets
generated but the clipping path in EPS graphics is gone (the bounding box
gets a white background even when the Fill pattern is
Here here. These limitations are really a problem for any serious FDK
developer working on interactive software. I add my voice to the (small)
chorus of protest thus far. My personal thoughts are that this is an
important issue, because without third-party add-ons, FM would not be
nearly the
Hi,
I'm experiencing a strange issue when I open my frame file.
My frame file contains about 20 graphics, all of them are pngs imported by
reference. When I've imported each graphic, I've set the DPI, e.g. 150.
This all works fine.
When I open the file, one or two of the graphics in the file
Hi,
I might be getting a new laptop soon.
If so, it will run on Windows 7.
I am currently using
Acrobat 7
Frame 7.2
ePro Publisher Version 9.2
At the moment these applications are sufficient for my requirements.
My questions are:
1. Do the above applications run OK on Windows 7
2. Are these
I've upgraded to TCS2, and I'm just starting to explore RoboHelp 8.0.2.208
When I try to import a FM9.0.3 (9.0p250) file into RoboHelp, I get the
message, Unable to install RoboHelp plugin for FrameMaker. Please close
FrameMaker and try again.
Well, FrameMaker is not running.
I've searched
I know you can automatically assign master pages to specific elements. So if
you have a backmatter element, then you can assign the backmatter master page
to that element. I forget whether that auto-master page feature is sensitive
enough to respond to attributes. (I don't have Maker running
I've been running Frame on W7 since the early betas without problems, but no
guarantees.
You almost certainly will have to set them up with the W7 compatibility
wizard and possibly would have to run them as an admin.
Yes, 7.x is way old, but there are a number of shops and people using it.
You
First, Adobe provides free tech support for installation issues, and are
often helpful once you wade through the phone hell.
So I'd start there.
My own first questions would be: Did you install, and are you running as a
member of the Admin group? Did you check task or process manager to make
sure
Forget about anything less than Acrobat 9.2 for Windows 7.
Acrobat 8.1 may work but is officially unsupported!
- Dov
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
Carrie Baker
Sent: Wednesday,
Unfortunately the Save As PDF function in FM9 has some problems with the
font handling engine. Sometimes this function substitutes fonts that
actually are available on the system, and sometimes other weird things
happen.
Also unfortunately, this is the only way to preserve CMYK colours in placed
Has anyone tried creating PDFs from FrameMaker 9 (XP Pro) across a network? We
need to try Acrobat 9 Standard, which is on a machine in the UK. How does one
create PDF printer settings for another server? They don't have FM there.
Mystified in Michigan
Given the network delay of a trans-oceanic hop, it's unlikely to work well.
Why don't you just download the free eval version and work with it locally,
as you would if you upgraded?
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
You must have at least Acrobat installed in the UK with the Acrobat PDF
printer driver. After that, it's just network issues.
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
jdela...@comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday,
Art,
I tried downloading the Standard eval - the Free Trial link forces me to the
Pro page. (I know you'll try it.) We have a problem with our own software that
the developers think can be solved using 8 or 9 Standard. We just need a proof
of concept.
JD
Such use of Acrobat (use of Distiller on one system to create PDF from
PostScript generated on another system sent directly over the network)
is in direct violation of the Acrobat End User License Agreement.
You need a server version of Distiller for this purpose.
- Dov
-Original
Again we are hoist upon Microsofts petard. Microsoft has NEVER been able
to print CMYK. Only Linux and the Mac platform have handled it well.
Scott
On 12/9/09 9:33 AM, Jacob Schäffer wrote:
Unfortunately the Save As PDF function in FM9 has some problems with the
font handling engine.
Thanks, Dov, didn't know. I thought that if you have Acrobat installed
on the printing end, that covered the license issues.
-Original Message-
From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:isa...@adobe.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:03 AM
To: Kelly McDaniel; jdela...@comcast.net
Cc:
Wow, didn't know that. Okay. I'm sure they don't have server installed.
Thanks
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Hi Jacob
Thank you for your reply.
I don't want to select the Convert CMYK Colors to RGB option. In fact, I
never want to convert colors, because I think that converting colors
gives unpredictable results and is therefore a bad idea. Remapping colors,
using tools like Enfocus PitStop, works
I would like to delete unused condition tags from a large FrameMaker
book (FM V7.0) and the Ixgen tool doesn't seem to have a selection for
tags, just markers. Is there any way to do this besides opening each
file and deleting the tags?
Thanks,
Ed Lightle
Sr. Technical Writer
Command Alkon
I think the options that have been mentioned on the list are:
1. Use a FrameScript
2. Delete them from each file manually, then save the book as a MIF and
search for and delete the tags.
3. Save all the files as MIFs and delete the tags.
--
Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133
Edit one of your files (either a template file or a component file in the
book) to contain just the conditional tags that you want... and use the
CleanImport plug in to import the new info to all files in the book. The
plugin is by Electropubs.com, and they also make a BookConditionalText plug
in
Ed Lightle wrote:
I would like to delete unused condition tags from a large FrameMaker
book (FM V7.0) and the Ixgen tool doesn't seem to have a selection for
tags, just markers. Is there any way to do this besides opening each
file and deleting the tags?
Check out FindChangeSpecial
Hi, all.
With regard to structured FrameMaker, I am very late to the party. In fact, I
have never used it yet. There's a good chance I'll be asked to investigate
whether it would be useful to my current client. I thought I'd get a head start
on the issues by asking for information from people
Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED
I use a different approach to this question. All my docs are provided to
the users as PDFs. Where they refer out to other docs I use hyperlinks
and open the referred-to docs in a new window (sometimes PDF, sometimes
Excel spreadsheet, etc.) It helps that
As it turns out, I was about to ask this list the exact same question.
We also have always used unstructured FM, but with the recent
integration of documentation teams within multiple business lines
throughout my company, I can see that structured FM may be considered as
part of a solution for
Yves Barbion wrote:
I don't want to select the Convert CMYK Colors to RGB option. In fact, I
never want to convert colors ...
I agree. However, remapping with what-ever tool is also lossy, but NOT as lossy
as the Windows FrameMaker generated CMYK - RGB conversion (which generates
highly
We are still at a sort of fledgling phase of our conversion to DITA, but one of
the things I like the most is how easy it is to create a variety of
deliverables or reconfigure a deliverable quickly. For example, we thought we
were supposed to create one large document for a project, but we
At one larger router company that uses XML and proprietary structure, it
takes 20-25% longer to create a document/manual than with unstructured FM.
Better tools and a more general structure may reduce the time, but
Also, they discovered after several years of doing this that only 33-40% of
Hi Nancy:
I did a presentation about our switch from unstructured to structured
FrameMaker back in 2005, so let me know if you want me to send it to
you. It answers all your questions, such as how many pages we had, why
we did it, what our output was, etc. I'm a lone writer too, but we don't
do
Technically true, Jacob.
However, why didn't Microsoft make it easy on everyone in the first
place, since on inception of their OS printing was the major output? Why
in the past 20 years didn't they correct their arrogant assumption that
RGB was the only color output scheme that was needed?
A
Hi,
I'd say FindChangeSpecial is best for this job. Very convenient.
Very good, when your template has been updated and format names
or format usage have changed.
FindChangeSpecial allows you to delete or exchange these formats:
Paragraph formats
Character formats
Cross reference definitions
Hello Brenda,
>> In structured FrameMaker, how do I control the flow of the data so that I
can import all 3 xml files into the same FrameMaker template and automate it
so that the back page data flows into the correct back page master page?<<
You should be able to control Master page usage by
You are invited to attend webinars in the next series of free
FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers 1-hour webinars (starting 10am PST/PDT):
* Better PDFs with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers, January 14
* Effective PDF Bookmarks with FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers, January 28
* Form Assistant, February
Hi group
Has anyone seen the following problem:
Using FM9p250, save the FM file as PDF:
- With the option "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" selected, the PDF gets
generated but the clipping path in EPS graphics is gone (the bounding box
gets a white background even when the Fill pattern is
Here here. These limitations are really a problem for any serious FDK
developer working on interactive software. I add my voice to the (small)
chorus of protest thus far. My personal thoughts are that this is an
important issue, because without third-party add-ons, FM would not be
nearly the
Hi,
I'm experiencing a strange issue when I open my frame file.
My frame file contains about 20 graphics, all of them are pngs imported by
reference. When I've imported each graphic, I've set the DPI, e.g. 150.
This all works fine.
When I open the file, one or two of the graphics in the file
Hi,
I might be getting a new laptop soon.
If so, it will run on Windows 7.
I am currently using
Acrobat 7
Frame 7.2
ePro Publisher Version 9.2
At the moment these applications are sufficient for my requirements.
My questions are:
1. Do the above applications run OK on Windows 7
2. Are these
I know you can automatically assign master pages to specific elements. So if
you have a backmatter element, then you can assign the backmatter master page
to that element. I forget whether that auto-master page feature is sensitive
enough to respond to attributes. (I don't have Maker running
I've been running Frame on W7 since the early betas without problems, but no
guarantees.
You almost certainly will have to set them up with the W7 compatibility
wizard and possibly would have to run them as an admin.
Yes, 7.x is way old, but there are a number of shops and people using it.
You
First, Adobe provides free tech support for installation issues, and are
often helpful once you wade through the phone hell.
So I'd start there.
My own first questions would be: Did you install, and are you running as a
member of the Admin group? Did you check task or process manager to make
sure
Forget about anything less than Acrobat 9.2 for Windows 7.
Acrobat 8.1 may work but is officially unsupported!
- Dov
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at
> lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Carrie Baker
> Sent:
Unfortunately the "Save As PDF" function in FM9 has some problems with the
font handling engine. Sometimes this function substitutes fonts that
actually are available on the system, and sometimes other weird things
happen.
Also unfortunately, this is the only way to preserve CMYK colours in
Has anyone tried creating PDFs from FrameMaker 9 (XP Pro) across a network? We
need to try Acrobat 9 Standard, which is on a machine in the UK. How does one
create PDF printer settings for another server? They don't have FM there.
Mystified in Michigan
Given the network delay of a trans-oceanic hop, it's unlikely to work well.
Why don't you just download the free eval version and work with it locally,
as you would if you upgraded?
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
You must have at least Acrobat installed in the UK with the Acrobat PDF
printer driver. After that, it's just network issues.
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
jdeland1 at comcast.net
Sent:
Art,
I tried downloading the Standard eval - the Free Trial link forces me to the
Pro page. (I know you'll try it.) We have a problem with our own software that
the developers think can be solved using 8 or 9 Standard. We just need a proof
of concept.
JD
Such use of Acrobat (use of Distiller on one system to create PDF from
PostScript generated on another system sent directly over the network)
is in direct violation of the Acrobat End User License Agreement.
You need a server version of Distiller for this purpose.
- Dov
>
Again we are hoist upon Microsofts petard. Microsoft has NEVER been able
to print CMYK. Only Linux and the Mac platform have handled it well.
Scott
On 12/9/09 9:33 AM, Jacob Sch?ffer wrote:
> Unfortunately the "Save As PDF" function in FM9 has some problems with the
> font handling engine.
Thanks, Dov, didn't know. I thought that if you have Acrobat installed
on the printing end, that covered the license issues.
-Original Message-
From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:isa...@adobe.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:03 AM
To: Kelly McDaniel; jdeland1 at comcast.net
Cc: framers
Wow, didn't know that. Okay. I'm sure they don't have server installed.
Thanks
Hi Jacob
Thank you for your reply.
I don't want to select the "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" option. In fact, I
never want to "convert" colors, because I think that "converting colors"
gives unpredictable results and is therefore a bad idea. Remapping colors,
using tools like Enfocus PitStop,
I would like to delete unused condition tags from a large FrameMaker
book (FM V7.0) and the Ixgen tool doesn't seem to have a selection for
tags, just markers. Is there any way to do this besides opening each
file and deleting the tags?
Thanks,
Ed Lightle
Sr. Technical Writer
Command Alkon
I think the options that have been mentioned on the list are:
1. Use a FrameScript
2. Delete them from each file manually, then save the book as a MIF and
search for and delete the tags.
3. Save all the files as MIFs and delete the tags.
--
Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133
Edit one of your files (either a template file or a component file in the
book) to contain just the conditional tags that you want... and use the
CleanImport plug in to import the new info to all files in the book. The
plugin is by Electropubs.com, and they also make a BookConditionalText plug
in
Ed Lightle wrote:
> I would like to delete unused condition tags from a large FrameMaker
> book (FM V7.0) and the Ixgen tool doesn't seem to have a selection for
> tags, just markers. Is there any way to do this besides opening each
> file and deleting the tags?
Check out FindChangeSpecial
The Rasterizer should have been installed with WWP Standard. Do you
still have the disc? Try a re-install. I don't believe Quadralay
supports Standard of any version anymore.
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Ron and Mary Jo Teplitz
wrote:
> I have Frame 6 and WWP Standard 6 running in Classic on
Hi, all.
With regard to structured FrameMaker, I am very late to the party. In fact, I
have never used it yet. There's a good chance I'll be asked to investigate
whether it would be useful to my current client. I thought I'd get a head start
on the issues by asking for information from people
Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED
I use a different approach to this question. All my docs are provided to
the users as PDFs. Where they refer out to other docs I use hyperlinks
and open the referred-to docs in a new window (sometimes PDF, sometimes
Excel spreadsheet, etc.) It helps that
As it turns out, I was about to ask this list the exact same question.
We also have always used unstructured FM, but with the recent
integration of documentation teams within multiple business lines
throughout my company, I can see that structured FM may be considered as
part of a solution for
Yves Barbion wrote:
< I don't want to select the "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" option. In fact, I
never want to "convert" colors ... >
I agree. However, remapping with what-ever tool is also lossy, but NOT as lossy
as the Windows FrameMaker generated CMYK -> RGB conversion (which generates
We are still at a sort of fledgling phase of our conversion to DITA, but one of
the things I like the most is how easy it is to create a variety of
deliverables or reconfigure a deliverable quickly. For example, we thought we
were supposed to create one large document for a project, but we
At one larger router company that uses XML and proprietary structure, it
takes 20-25% longer to create a document/manual than with unstructured FM.
Better tools and a more general structure may reduce the time, but
Also, they discovered after several years of doing this that only 33-40% of
Hi Nancy:
I did a presentation about our switch from unstructured to structured
FrameMaker back in 2005, so let me know if you want me to send it to
you. It answers all your questions, such as how many pages we had, why
we did it, what our output was, etc. I'm a lone writer too, but we don't
do
Technically true, Jacob.
However, why didn't Microsoft make it easy on everyone in the first
place, since on inception of their OS printing was the major output? Why
in the past 20 years didn't they correct their arrogant assumption that
RGB was the only color output scheme that was needed?
A
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