Hi group
I've done the following test in FM9 and 8: save 74-page book as PDF. These
are the results:
FM9:
Acrobat Distiller starts after: 1 min. 40 s
PDF displayed in Acrobat after: 2 min. 59 s
FM8:
Acrobat Distiller starts after: 18 (!) s
PDF displayed in Acrobat after: 1 min. 23 s
I've
Because you're using SaveAs, which in FM 9 has it's own processes and
job option switches.
If you run each by printing to the Acrobat logical printer and select
the same job options, I suspect the numbers will be comparable.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
... In my opinion,
Thanks for the pointer, Mathieu.
Just reading all the maintenance in the technote is exhausting.
Performing all the steps could become one's new career.
Aside from Adobe building 64-bit Windows Vista compatibility into
FrameMaker 9, developing and offering a couple of utilities that
report some
Hi
I'm using FM9 on Windows XP, SP3
I have generated an index of references (imported graphics), but when I
click on one of the hyperlinked entries, FM9 is unable to show me the
graphic on the respective page. I do see that the tab of the respective file
(chapter) becomes active, but the page
Peter Gold wrote:
Just reading all the maintenance in the technote is exhausting.
Performing all the steps could become one's new career.
I think it's a pretty good troubleshooting guide, with much of it applicable to
troubleshooting any software problem, not specific to FM. And as with any
Sorry for the re-question, but I simply can't find the old thread.
I remember someone recently asking about producing PDFs using Acrobat 9,
but they were still using FrameMaker 7.2. I think the answer was that
Acrobat 9 doesn't support FrameMaker 7.2, but that FM 7.2 might be able
to produce
For pulling shared PDF reviews back into the FM source docs, check out RJ
Jacquez's blog posting of his demo.
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Fei Min Lorente
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:32
FWIW, Jeff, we've been using 7.1 with Acrobat 9 for months with no
issues.
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff
Coatsworth
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:46 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
You're missing Rick Quatro's TableCleaner plug in, a great tool that
does this conversion as well as a host of other table-related stuff.
It's a critical piece of my tool kit...
http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/index.htm
If you have a herd of these to do, Rick could probably whip
On 11/02/2010 11:58 AM, Howard Rauch wrote:
Frame 7.0 (my clients have not caught up to FM9 yet) Windows XP Pro
I have a number of multipage tables for which I need to convert the
first two table body rows (conventional) to header rows. So far the
only method I've found that works is to set
There is a much faster and easier way to do what you are doing. Use the
tablecleaner plugin from Rick Quatro. Works like a champ, believe me.
We're converting some legacy docs from mewierd to structured FM. I cleaned
up 100 tables in a 400 page manual, (including changing body rows to heading
(FM 9.0, XP Pro)
Everyone,
I'm trying to figure out a way to create an X-Ref format that says See
'Dogs' {or whatever} below if the X-Ref and the target 'Dogs' are both
on the same page. I'd like FM to recognize that they are on the same
page so that, if 'Dogs' moves to the next page, the
Howard Rauch wrote:
I have a number of multipage tables for which I need to convert the first
two table body rows (conventional) to header rows. So far the only method
I've found that works is to set up a new blank table having two header
rows and then copy the original table into the new
As Rick said, not in stock FrameMaker, nor in stock InDesign CS4 the
first release with built-in cross-references. There is a commercial
InDesign cross-references plug-in from dtptools.com that offers this
page, opposite page, next page, and some other options.
I'm not suggesting that you drop
Jon Harvey wrote:
I'm trying to figure out a way to create an X-Ref format that says See
'Dogs' {or whatever} below if the X-Ref and the target 'Dogs' are both
on the same page. I'd like FM to recognize that they are on the same
page so that, if 'Dogs' moves to the next page, the X-Ref
Hi!
After a 3-year hiatus I am trying to work with FM 8 (unstructured) again for
a non-work project. Having designed a lot of my own templates and documents,
I know a *lot* about what's built in to FM 8, but I've forgotten all the
utilities I once used such as Character Tools, Paragraph Tools,
In TCS2 there is a User Guide PDF (UserGuide.pdf) for FrameMaker 9 that gets
installed in:
C:\Program Files\Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2\Adobe FrameMaker
9\Documents
This may be a good starting point.
Message: 3
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:41:33 -0700
From: Linda G. Gallagher
I am importing an XML file into Structured FrameMaker that contains a table.
The table is being imported into a 2-column text box. The table needs to
stretch across both columns within the text box. When I import the table it is
stretching beyond the text box. How do I format the table so that
You can use CleanImport, a plug-in to purge the target doc's catalogs
and then to import the new settings from your source.
If you don't care about cleaning out the existing entries, just use
File Import Formats in your target. This is additive, so any
existing tags / variables / settings will
My ToolSearch database lists all of the FM plugins that I'm aware of
(plus other things) ..
http://leximation.com/toolsearch/
Cheers,
...scott
Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892
Joe Malin wrote:
Hi!
After a 3-year hiatus I am trying to work with FM 8
At 19:54 -0800 10/2/10, Joe Malin wrote:
After a 3-year hiatus I am trying to work with FM 8 (unstructured) again for
a non-work project. Having designed a lot of my own templates and documents,
I know a *lot* about what's built in to FM 8, but I've forgotten all the
utilities I once used such as
At 01:07 PM 11/02/2010, Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote:
>I like the Scriptorium book a lot too.
>
>My only regret is that [Scriptorium] decided not to publish the "Structured
>FrameMaker" version of it ... I hope that this happens sometime. I would
>gladly buy it!
Me too. But I don't
Hi group
I've done the following test in FM9 and 8: save 74-page book as PDF. These
are the results:
FM9:
Acrobat Distiller starts after: 1 min. 40 s
PDF displayed in Acrobat after: 2 min. 59 s
FM8:
Acrobat Distiller starts after: 18 (!) s
PDF displayed in Acrobat after: 1 min. 23 s
I've
Because you're using SaveAs, which in FM 9 has it's own processes and
job option switches.
If you run each by printing to the Acrobat logical printer and select
the same job options, I suspect the numbers will be comparable.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my
Hi all,
if ever you're experiencing similar problems, here is what the support replied:
"Unfortunately, FrameMaker 9 is not certified to be supported on the 64-bit
edition of Windows Vista. However, please find attached a technical note from
our database. It will allow you to fix your
Thanks for the pointer, Mathieu.
Just reading all the maintenance in the technote is exhausting.
Performing all the steps could become one's new career.
Aside from Adobe building 64-bit Windows Vista compatibility into
FrameMaker 9, developing and offering a couple of utilities that
report some
Hi
I'm using FM9 on Windows XP, SP3
I have generated an index of references (imported graphics), but when I
click on one of the hyperlinked entries, FM9 is unable to show me the
graphic on the respective page. I do see that the tab of the respective file
(chapter) becomes active, but the page
Peter Gold wrote:
> Just reading all the maintenance in the technote is exhausting.
> Performing all the steps could become one's new career.
I think it's a pretty good troubleshooting guide, with much of it applicable to
troubleshooting any software problem, not specific to FM. And as with
Sorry for the re-question, but I simply can't find the old thread.
I remember someone recently asking about producing PDFs using Acrobat 9,
but they were still using FrameMaker 7.2. I think the answer was that
Acrobat 9 doesn't support FrameMaker 7.2, but that FM 7.2 might be able
to produce PDFs
For pulling shared PDF reviews back into the FM source docs, check out RJ
Jacquez's blog posting of his demo.
-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Fei Min Lorente
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010
FWIW, Jeff, we've been using 7.1 with Acrobat 9 for months with no
issues.
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff
Coatsworth
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:46 AM
To: framers at
Frame 7.0 (my clients have not?caught up to FM9 yet)
Windows XP Pro
I have a number of multipage tables?for which I need to convert the first two
table body rows (conventional) to header rows. So far the only method I've
found that works is to set up a new blank table?having two header rows?and
You're missing Rick Quatro's TableCleaner plug in, a great tool that
does this conversion as well as a host of other table-related stuff.
It's a critical piece of my tool kit...
http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/index.htm
If you have a herd of these to do, Rick could probably whip
On 11/02/2010 11:58 AM, Howard Rauch wrote:
> Frame 7.0 (my clients have not caught up to FM9 yet) Windows XP Pro
>
> I have a number of multipage tables for which I need to convert the
> first two table body rows (conventional) to header rows. So far the
> only method I've found that works is to
There is a much faster and easier way to do what you are doing. Use the
tablecleaner plugin from Rick Quatro. Works like a champ, believe me.
We're converting some legacy docs from mewierd to structured FM. I cleaned
up 100 tables in a 400 page manual, (including changing body rows to heading
I have found that tables have never been FM's strong point. What I find
especially annoying is the inability to split rows across pages.
Nadine
> It seems to
> me that with?its power, FM could easily convert?body rows
> into header rows. Am I missing something? I've checked Help
> and found it
(FM 9.0, XP Pro)
Everyone,
I'm trying to figure out a way to create an X-Ref format that says "See
'Dogs' {or whatever} below" if the X-Ref and the target 'Dogs' are both
on the same page. I'd like FM to recognize that they are on the same
page so that, if 'Dogs' moves to the next page, the
Hi Jon,
There is no way to do this with stock FrameMaker, but this could be done
with a FrameScript script. If you are interested in a FrameScript solution,
please contact me offlist. Thanks.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-659-8267
rick at frameexpert.com
*** Frame Automation blog at
Howard Rauch wrote:
> I have a number of multipage tables?for which I need to convert the first
> two table body rows (conventional) to header rows. So far the only method
> I've found that works is to set up a new blank table?having two header
> rows?and then copy the original table into the
As Rick said, not in stock FrameMaker, nor in stock InDesign CS4 the
first release with built-in cross-references. There is a commercial
InDesign cross-references plug-in from dtptools.com that offers "this
page," "opposite page," "next page," and some other options.
I'm not suggesting that you
Jon Harvey wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out a way to create an X-Ref format that says "See
> 'Dogs' {or whatever} below" if the X-Ref and the target 'Dogs' are both
> on the same page. I'd like FM to recognize that they are on the same
> page so that, if 'Dogs' moves to the next page, the X-Ref
In TCS2 there is a User Guide PDF (UserGuide.pdf) for FrameMaker 9 that gets
installed in:
C:\Program Files\Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2\Adobe FrameMaker
9\Documents
This may be a good starting point.
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:41:33 -0700
> From: "Linda G. Gallagher"
>
I am importing an XML file into Structured FrameMaker that contains a table.
The table is being imported into a 2-column text box. The table needs to
stretch across both columns within the text box. When I import the table it is
stretching beyond the text box. How do I format the table so that
You can use CleanImport, a plug-in to purge the target doc's catalogs
and then to import the new settings from your source.
If you don't care about cleaning out the existing entries, just use
File > Import Formats in your target. This is additive, so any
existing tags / variables / settings will
My ToolSearch database lists all of the FM plugins that I'm aware of
(plus other things) ..
http://leximation.com/toolsearch/
Cheers,
...scott
Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892
Joe Malin wrote:
> Hi!
>
> After a 3-year hiatus I am trying to work with
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