Re: OS X PDF creation

2006-01-13 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 9:38 am -0800 12/1/06, William Herr wrote: I just discovered the Folder Actions capability. This lets you assign a canned script to a folder. One of those is convert Postscript to pdf. Does anyone use this routinely? If it is robust then for a basic author like me, why do I need acrobat?

Re: Conditional Text in structured documents?

2006-01-13 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 4:32 pm +0100 12/1/06, Jakob Fix wrote: I want authors to be able to add comments that will not show up in the final printed document, but which can be exploited elsewhere, say, in the online version. Conditional Text seems to be created for this exact purpose. ... Testing this out, I could

Re: OT: Word to PDF

2006-01-13 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Since no Acrobat guru has responded, maybe I should add my 2cents. Sometimes PDF995 (www.pdf995.com) has worked where Acrobat has failed. Bodvar On 1/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since we are blessed to have so many acrobat gurus on this list: Windows XP Adobe Acrobat

Bleeds and a FrameMaker graphics oddity

2006-01-13 Thread Steve Rickaby
I've been trying to set up a bleed margin on a rectangular graphical ornament on the master page. The visual appearance of the ornament is required to be a .25 point rule 'flush' with the page edge. (Uh-huh). Thought someone might be interested in the problem and one possible solution... Try

Re: structapps file in FM 7.2

2006-01-13 Thread Yves Barbion
Hello Wim, This problem seems to occur in European versions of FrameMaker 7.2 only. Indeed, the structapps.fm file in C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.2\Structure is empty. But if you do a Search in the subfolders, you will find 4 more structapps.fm files. You can use one of those, and, if

Re: Bleeds and a FrameMaker graphics oddity

2006-01-13 Thread Rick Quatro
When I say that the FrameMaker UI needs to be modernized, this one of the things that I mean. FrameMaker needs a pasteboard like other DTP applications. Rick I've been trying to set up a bleed margin on a rectangular graphical ornament on the master page. The visual appearance of the

Re: Conditional Text in structured documents?

2006-01-13 Thread Jakob Fix
Roger, On 12/01/06, Roger Shuttleworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Jakob Have you tried applying the condition to the Comment element itself, rather than to the text in it? You would do this by selecting the element in the Structure View. We do this all the time for some elements, and

Thank you! (re: Setting runaround properties on a table)

2006-01-13 Thread Shelly, Heather
I wanted to send a big thank you to Art Campbell, Peter Gold, Stuart Rogers, and Glen Voyles for their help with setting up runaround properties on a table. In our particular case, I am going to document Art's anchored frame nesting workaround for our user community, and let them use it when

Re: OS X PDF creation

2006-01-13 Thread Paul Findon
On 12 Jan 2006, at 17:38, William Herr wrote: I just discovered the Folder Actions capability. This lets you assign a canned script to a folder. One of those is convert Postscript to pdf. Does anyone use this routinely Like Apple, I use Distiller. If it is robust then for a basic author

ANN: Upcoming FrameMaker, Adobe, XML training (North Carolina or on the web)

2006-01-13 Thread Sarah O'Keefe
In 2006, Scriptorium Publishing (an Adobe Authorized Training Center) is offering training in the classroom and, for the first time, as live, instructor-led classes over the web. We hope you'll join us! Classes in January and February are as follows: * January 17–20: XML and Structured Authoring

manipulating headers / footers through API?

2006-01-13 Thread Jakob Fix
Niels, Rick, Hedley, thanks for your respective replies. The idea to update markers or variables is interesting indeed. On 12/01/06, hedley.finger at myob.com wrote: > Can you explain what the problem is and why you think it is necessary to > write a plug-in to solve it? Well, Hedley, it's

OS X PDF creation

2006-01-13 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 9:38 am -0800 12/1/06, William Herr wrote: >I just discovered the Folder Actions capability. This lets you assign a >canned script to a folder. One of those is convert Postscript to pdf. > >Does anyone use this routinely? > >If it is robust then for a basic author like me, why do I need

Conditional Text in structured documents?

2006-01-13 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 4:32 pm +0100 12/1/06, Jakob Fix wrote: >I want authors to be able to add comments that will not show up in the >final printed document, but which can be exploited elsewhere, say, in >the online version. Conditional Text seems to be created for this >exact purpose. ... >Testing this out, I

OT: Word to PDF

2006-01-13 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Since no Acrobat guru has responded, maybe I should add my 2cents. Sometimes PDF995 (www.pdf995.com) has worked where Acrobat has failed. Bodvar On 1/11/06, Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com wrote: > Since we are blessed to have so many acrobat gurus on this list: > > Windows XP > Adobe

Bleeds and a FrameMaker graphics oddity

2006-01-13 Thread Steve Rickaby
I've been trying to set up a bleed margin on a rectangular graphical ornament on the master page. The visual appearance of the ornament is required to be a .25 point rule 'flush' with the page edge. (Uh-huh). Thought someone might be interested in the problem and one possible solution... Try

structapps file in FM 7.2

2006-01-13 Thread Wim Hooghwinkel (Scriptware)
hello, after installing FM 7.2 I can't find the proper structapps file - only an empty one. I remember seeing postings on the list concerning this issue, what was the cause and solution? Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards, Wim Hooghwinkel wimh at scriptware.nl DTP and XML Management

structapps file in FM 7.2

2006-01-13 Thread Yves Barbion
Hello Wim, This problem seems to occur in European versions of FrameMaker 7.2 only. Indeed, the structapps.fm file in C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.2\Structure is empty. But if you do a Search in the subfolders, you will find 4 more structapps.fm files. You can use one of those, and, if

Bleeds and a FrameMaker graphics oddity

2006-01-13 Thread Rick Quatro
When I say that the FrameMaker UI needs to be "modernized," this one of the things that I mean. FrameMaker needs a "pasteboard" like other DTP applications. Rick > I've been trying to set up a bleed margin on a rectangular graphical > ornament on the master page. The visual appearance of the

Conditional Text in structured documents?

2006-01-13 Thread Jakob Fix
Roger, On 12/01/06, Roger Shuttleworth wrote: > Hello Jakob > > Have you tried applying the condition to the Comment element itself, > rather than to the text in it? You would do this by selecting the > element in the Structure View. We do this all the time for some > elements, and they do not

Thank you! (re: Setting runaround properties on a table)

2006-01-13 Thread Shelly, Heather
I wanted to send a big thank you to Art Campbell, Peter Gold, Stuart Rogers, and Glen Voyles for their help with setting up runaround properties on a table. In our particular case, I am going to document Art's "anchored frame nesting" workaround for our user community, and let them use it when

OS X PDF creation

2006-01-13 Thread Paul Findon
On 12 Jan 2006, at 17:38, William Herr wrote: > I just discovered the Folder Actions capability. This lets you assign a > canned script to a folder. One of those is convert Postscript to pdf. > > Does anyone use this routinely Like Apple, I use Distiller. > If it is robust then for a basic

Link from PDF to topics in CHM

2006-01-13 Thread Joe Campo
I had a solution from MicroType for linking from a PDF to topics in a CHM. However, as of Acrobat 7, the links require absolute paths. This is unacceptable because the links will fail for all Network Server installations, or any customized installs that deviate from the default. So I'm back to

ANN: Upcoming FrameMaker, Adobe, XML training (North Carolina or on the web)

2006-01-13 Thread Sarah O'Keefe
In 2006, Scriptorium Publishing (an Adobe Authorized Training Center) is offering training in the classroom and, for the first time, as live, instructor-led classes over the web. We hope you'll join us! Classes in January and February are as follows: * January 17?20: XML and Structured Authoring