ANN: FrameMaker Seminars, SF Bay Area (June)

San Carlos (SF Bay Area), California -- Structured FrameMaker: Authoring, June 14 -- Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs, June 15-16 -- Technical Indexing with FrameMaker, June 17 -- FrameMaker Template Design, June 19-20 -- Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, June 21 -- FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Adv

(Newbie) Structured FM Question: Notes, Tips, etc.

Hi all- I'm brand-spankin' new to this structured stuff, so please bear with me and my ignorance We have a fabulous unstructured template that has 4 different table formats our writers use to insert alerts (Notes, Tips, Important facts, and Warnings). All of the table formats are single-row,

(Newbie) Structured FM Question: Notes, Tips, etc.

Hi all- I'm brand-spankin' new to this structured stuff, so please bear with me and my ignorance We have a fabulous unstructured template that has 4 different table formats our writers use to insert alerts (Notes, Tips, Important facts, and Warnings). All of the table formats are single-row,

Using arrows keys to move graphics and drawings SOLVED

Thanks Berny -Original Message- From: Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) [mailto:bga...@husky.ca] Sent: 19 April 2006 14:35 To: Robert Werner Subject: RE: Using arrows keys to move graphics and drawings Hi Robert, Press the ALT key along with the arrow keys to move objects in graphic frames. Bern

Using arrows keys to move graphics and drawings

Hi, Framemaker 7.2p158 I don't seem to be able to use the arrow keys to maneuver images and drawings around the page. I have a utility called KatMouse (v1.01) installed, and a Logitech wireless keyboard. Can this be resolved? Thanks in advance, Rob Robert Werner Technical Author AppSense(r) 32

Semi-OT: Thinking XML: Review of RFC 3470: Guidelines for the Use of XML [IBM developerWorks]

Thinking XML: Review of RFC 3470: Guidelines for the Use of XML Uche Ogbuji, IBM developerWorks In this article the author surveys the IETF's take on XML best practices. XML was designed specifically for use on the Internet ('the Web' to be precise), and many Internet protocols use XML to represen

Printing Thumb Tabs

Yup-- you are pretty much SOL if you want to print bleeding tabs on anything but a professional printer. Even those are usually (99%+ in my experience) printed with the expectation that the pages will be trimmed to a smaller size. I'd leave the tabs in, as they are still useful when flipping thru

Printing Thumb Tabs

At 10:30 AM -0700 4/19/06, donandjudy1 wrote: >Hi, folks: > >With the help of several stalwart frameusers, I successfully created thumb >tabs along the edge of a version of my fixit book. >However, my inkjet printer won't print close enough to the edge for the tabs >to "bleed." It will create the t

Semi-OT: Thinking XML: Review of RFC 3470: Guidelines for the Use of XML [IBM developerWorks]

Thinking XML: Review of RFC 3470: Guidelines for the Use of XML Uche Ogbuji, IBM developerWorks In this article the author surveys the IETF's take on XML best practices. XML was designed specifically for use on the Internet ('the Web' to be precise), and many Internet protocols use XML to represen

RE: Printing Thumb Tabs

Yup-- you are pretty much SOL if you want to print bleeding tabs on anything but a professional printer. Even those are usually (99%+ in my experience) printed with the expectation that the pages will be trimmed to a smaller size. I'd leave the tabs in, as they are still useful when flipping thru

Printing Thumb Tabs

Don Spencer wrote: > Perhaps bleeding tabs can only be handled by professional > printers and therefore included only in a hard bound version, > not a print at home PDF. > True or false? Any suggestions? For all intents and purposes, that's true. Some inkjets let you print "borderless," but i

[ANN]: Front Runner Training - Montreal and Calgary training in June

Hello, Front Runner Training has confirmed the following courses to take place in Montreal and Calgary in June 2006. Two day Authoring Structured FrameMaker documents course scheduled in Calgary: Tuesday June 6th & Wednesday June 7th Cost per person: $690.00 plus GST Registration and payment

Re: FM > XML > FM Table Problem

At 05:35 PM 4/18/2006, Lofthouse Marsha-PT1816 wrote: I'm getting the following error - many of them - when I save a structured FM file as xml and then try to open it in FM: ; line 70 FrameMaker cannot insert the table cell (Entry) at the current position. A cell must be in a table row. The fil

Some PDF Links Not Working

I'm using FrameMaker 7.2p158, Distiller 6.0.0 5/15/2003, and Windows XP. We recently noticed that a lot of the cross-references in FrameMaker didn't translate into working links in the PDF. I use Save As... to turn it into a PDF. When you put the cursor over the link, it changes to a pointing

RE: Printing Thumb Tabs

Don Spencer wrote: > Perhaps bleeding tabs can only be handled by professional > printers and therefore included only in a hard bound version, > not a print at home PDF. > True or false? Any suggestions? For all intents and purposes, that's true. Some inkjets let you print "borderless," but i

RE: Printing Thumb Tabs

Don, > >Perhaps bleeding tabs can only be handled by professional printers and >therefore included only in a hard bound version, not a print at home PDF. >True or false? Any suggestions? > Our department decided to keep the bleeding tabs even on the print at home PDFs so we wouldn't have to mainta

Printing Thumb Tabs

Don, > >Perhaps bleeding tabs can only be handled by professional printers and >therefore included only in a hard bound version, not a print at home PDF. >True or false? Any suggestions? > Our department decided to keep the bleeding tabs even on the print at home PDFs so we wouldn't have to mainta

Re: Printing Thumb Tabs

At 10:30 AM -0700 4/19/06, donandjudy1 wrote: Hi, folks: With the help of several stalwart frameusers, I successfully created thumb tabs along the edge of a version of my fixit book. However, my inkjet printer won't print close enough to the edge for the tabs to "bleed." It will create the tabs

Printing Thumb Tabs

Hi, folks: With the help of several stalwart frameusers, I successfully created thumb tabs along the edge of a version of my fixit book. However, my inkjet printer won't print close enough to the edge for the tabs to "bleed." It will create the tabs with the text which can be viewed by flipping th

Printing Thumb Tabs

Hi, folks: With the help of several stalwart frameusers, I successfully created thumb tabs along the edge of a version of my fixit book. However, my inkjet printer won't print close enough to the edge for the tabs to "bleed." It will create the tabs with the text which can be viewed by flipping th

FM > XML > FM Table Problem

At 05:35 PM 4/18/2006, Lofthouse Marsha-PT1816 wrote: >I'm getting the following error - many of them - when I save a >structured FM file as xml and then try to open it in FM: > >; line 70 >FrameMaker cannot insert the table cell (Entry) at the current position. >A cell must be in a table row. > >T

Emergency situation

Problem solved Cause - superimposed text frame Thanks -Original Message- From: Jeremy H. Griffith [mailto:jer...@omsys.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 6:14 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Cc: Ariel Kahana; Paul_Giesing at McAfee.com Subject: Re: Emergency situation On Tu

RE: Emergency situation

Problem solved Cause - superimposed text frame Thanks -Original Message- From: Jeremy H. Griffith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 6:14 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Ariel Kahana; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Emergency situation On Tue, 18 Apr 20

Trouble with Translated Text Insets

At 6:08 AM -0700 4/19/06, Jan Tharp wrote: > Hello Framers, > I am knee-deep in a large FrameMaker 7.1 glossary, with nearly >1,000 text insets for the definitions. I believe the original >concept was to use them as a single-source for software screen >documentation. Life was a lovely until

[ANN]: Front Runner Training - Montreal and Calgary training in June

Hello, Front Runner Training has confirmed the following courses to take place in Montreal and Calgary in June 2006. Two day Authoring Structured FrameMaker documents course scheduled in Calgary: Tuesday June 6th & Wednesday June 7th Cost per person: $690.00 plus GST Registration and payment

Re: Trouble with Translated Text Insets

At 6:08 AM -0700 4/19/06, Jan Tharp wrote: Hello Framers, I am knee-deep in a large FrameMaker 7.1 glossary, with nearly 1,000 text insets for the definitions. I believe the original concept was to use them as a single-source for software screen documentation. Life was a lovely until we tr

RE: Using arrows keys to move graphics and drawings SOLVED

Thanks Berny -Original Message- From: Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2006 14:35 To: Robert Werner Subject: RE: Using arrows keys to move graphics and drawings Hi Robert, Press the ALT key along with the arrow keys to move objects in graphic frames. Ber

Trouble with Translated Text Insets

Hello Framers, I am knee-deep in a large FrameMaker 7.1 glossary, with nearly 1,000 text insets for the definitions. I believe the original concept was to use them as a single-source for software screen documentation. Life was a lovely until we translated the text insets into another languag

Trouble with Translated Text Insets

Hello Framers, I am knee-deep in a large FrameMaker 7.1 glossary, with nearly 1,000 text insets for the definitions. I believe the original concept was to use them as a single-source for software screen documentation. Life was a lovely until we translated the text insets into another languag

Using arrows keys to move graphics and drawings

Hi, Framemaker 7.2p158 I don't seem to be able to use the arrow keys to maneuver images and drawings around the page. I have a utility called KatMouse (v1.01) installed, and a Logitech wireless keyboard. Can this be resolved? Thanks in advance, Rob Robert Werner Technical Author AppSense(r) 32