Re: FM - tags and text boxes

[Karen Mardahl]

Hi Merry


On 7/11/06, Merry Foxworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Another issue I have is the text boxes outlined by
 dotted lines.  How does one change them?  I would have
 thought it was possible when you switch the View to
 Master Pages but I don't see how.

Is the problem that you do not want to see the dotted lines at all?
Select View in the menubar.
On the submenu, you probably have Borders checked. Select Borders to
remove the checkmark. The dotted lines vanish.

The text frame for the body text for your Body page is located on the
Master Page if you need need to follow the instructions from Rebecca
Officer about editing.
You will also get dotted lines from anchored frames, for example, but
they are on your Body page if they are created there. Checking or
unchecking Borders makes them visible or invisible no matter where
they are.

If you are asking whether you can change the look of the dotted lines
(to a solid line for example), I don't believe you can. Others may
have a comment about this.

Hope this helps a bit more.

BTW If you can get a copy of Adobe's Classroom in a Book for 5.5, that
should be quite useful. It is an excellent starting point for new
FrameMaker users - at least, that was my personal experience.

regards, Karen


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Re: FM - tags and text boxes

[Merry Foxworth]

Karen, 

Thanks for your reply, but no, I am not asking about
how to change the look of the dotted lines, because
they don't show up on the final copy (at least I don't
think they do).  I am asking about how to manipulate,
i.e. resize, them.  I would rather see them so I know
where they are.

I will look for that book you mentioned in a used book
shop near here.

btw, you don't have to send me a message and then the
same message to the list, because I will see it there,
and it will avoid my getting duplicate messages.  I
would just delete the one, but I am not sure whether
you are telling me something different than what you
are telling the list until I actually open both.  

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Expressing Fractions with Offset Numbers and Division Symbols

[James Dyson]

Does anyone have any advice on how to express fractions with offset numbers and 
division symbols? I'd like them to appear as they do in Microsoft Character Map 
or Quark (ex. ¾). Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: Expressing Fractions with Offset Numbers and Division Symbols

[Rick Quatro]

First of all, you should use the fraction slash by typing Control+q Shift+z. 
Then you can apply character formats to the numerator and denominator. The 
numerator format will use the Superscript position and the denominator 
format will use the Subscript position. You set the specifications for 
superscript and subscript globally in a document by using Format  Document 
 Text Options.


The problem comes if you have other superscripted and subscripted characters 
in the document that should have different sizes or positions. However, this 
limitation can be overcome with FrameScript.


Rick Quatro
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585-659-8267
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Does anyone have any advice on how to express fractions with offset numbers 
and division symbols? I'd like them to appear as they do in Microsoft 
Character Map or Quark (ex. ¾). Your suggestions would be greatly 
appreciated.


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Re: Expressing Fractions with Offset Numbers and Division Symbols

[Rick Quatro]

Here are some other solutions: You can buy dedicated fraction fonts from 
Adobe, Monotype, and others. They will usually match a particular typeface; 
for example, Helvetica Fractions matches Helvetica.


Or, if you use a typeface that has a corresponding Expert set, you can use 
the Expert font for the fractions. For example, I have Plantin, which has an 
expert font called Alt Figures. It contains each number in both numerator 
and denominator sizes and positions. The advantage to these numbers is that 
their weight is boosted so that don't look lighter than the surrounding 
characters, even though they are smaller. Its fraction slash is accessed by 
typing a normal forward slash.


Rick Quatro
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585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com


Does anyone have any advice on how to express fractions with offset numbers 
and division symbols? I'd like them to appear as they do in Microsoft 
Character Map or Quark (ex. ¾). Your suggestions would be greatly 
appreciated.


James Dyson
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Re: FM - tags and text boxes

[Karen Mardahl]

Hi Merry

On 7/11/06, Merry Foxworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Karen,

Thanks for your reply, but no, I am not asking about
how to change the look of the dotted lines, because
they don't show up on the final copy (at least I don't
think they do).  I am asking about how to manipulate,
i.e. resize, them.  I would rather see them so I know
where they are.


Nope, they won't show up in the final copy. They are only there for
your editing convenience. Showing or hiding Borders makes the frames
visible so you know where they are. Rebecca gave you the manipulating
details.


I will look for that book you mentioned in a used book
shop near here.


Another tip: www.abebooks.com - if your local shop doesn't have it -
or they can order from there, if they belong to ABE.


btw, you don't have to send me a message and then the
same message to the list, because I will see it there,
and it will avoid my getting duplicate messages.  I
would just delete the one, but I am not sure whether
you are telling me something different than what you
are telling the list until I actually open both.


Sorry about that! I meant to answer to the group (knowledge sharing,
etc.). First reply went just to you, so I just sent it again - this
time to the group. Apologies about the duplication.

regards, Karen Mardahl
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Re: FM - tags and text boxes

[Art Campbell]

Merry,
Do you have access to the Frame manual set and/or the online help and doc?
Supplemental manuals are usually in C:\Program
Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.2\OnlineManuals
It's a good starting point for learning about the program...

Art

On 7/10/06, Merry Foxworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Again, thanks to several of you, especially those who
told me about Ctrl - M.  As you all can probably tell,
I am new to FrameMaker.

Another issue I have is the text boxes outlined by
dotted lines.  How does one change them?  I would have
thought it was possible when you switch the View to
Master Pages but I don't see how.







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OT: oxygenXml/ promotion

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save another 15%.

I'm not making anything off it. However, our company presents and shows this 
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Adobe announces FrameMaker DITA Application Pack

[Keith Soltys]

In a webinar today, Adobe announced and demoed the FrameMaker DITA 
Application Pack, an extension to FrameMaker that adds full DITA support 
to FrameMaker 7.2. Adobe did ship a DITA structured application with 
FrameMaker 7.2, but the application pack adds much more functionality, 
including a DITA menu, support for maps, relationship tables, conrefs, 
and ID generation. There will be online help and installation instructions.


Based on what I saw of the demo, this will make it much easier to author 
DITA-based content in structured FrameMaker. For example, if you add a 
topic reference to a map and the topic doesn't already exist, FrameMaker 
will create the topic and assign it a unique ID. If you double-click on 
a topic in a map, the topic opens for editing. If you create a conref to 
an element that doesn't have an ID, FrameMaker will generate the ID for you.


The Application Pack will be freely available for downloading by 
FrameMaker 7.2 users. It'll be in open beta in August, with a full 
release sometime later (no specific date was given). Adobe will also be 
releasing an S1000D Starter Kit, with will provide similar functionality 
for the S1000D users.


This is exciting news for both FrameMaker users and DITA devotees. It's 
clear that Adobe is finally devoting more development and marketing 
resources to FrameMaker. It will also make it easier for writers like 
myself, who don't have the resources of a documentation group with XML 
wizards on staff, to adopt structured authoring and DITA.


On a related front, they did say that there will be more FrameMaker 
webinars in the fall. They will make the first three webinars, including 
today's, available for online viewing sometime soon.


Regards
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Re: FM - text boxes

[Merry Foxworth]

When I switch to Master Pages, the dotted boxes look
different from those in Body Pages, so there is no
point in even trying to change them.  I have no idea
how one works with them.  As someone pointed out, 5.5
is a pretty old version and doesn't have the same
level of support.

 First, back your file up before you play with text
 frames on Master
 pages. You can get unexpected results. 
I guess so!!!
 
 Another issue I have is the text boxes outlined by
 dotted lines.  How does one change them?  I would
 have
 thought it was possible when you switch the View to
 Master Pages but I don't see how.
 

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Re: Cross-references to Figure/Table captions work in FM, but not in PDF

[Pat Christenson]

Hi John -

I have no explanation but I do have a possible solution. When crerating  
the PDF, turn on Create Named Destinations. You shouldn't have to do  
this for internal xrefs but it solved the problem for a client of mine.


Pat Christenson

On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:52 PM, John Posada wrote:


Hi, guys...something weird. I place Figure and Table numbers in my FM
7.2 documents by cross-referencing to the figure or table caption.
The captions are composed acording to the following:

F:Figure n+:\
T:Table n+:\

When I CTRL ALT Mouseover, in the FM document, the link works fine. I
can click the FM X-ref and it goes to the figure or table caption.

The X-ref T markers appears in the captions just like they should.

However, when I convert to PDF using version 7.0 (Distiller 7.0.5)
(Save As - PDF) (PDF version 1.3 (Acrobat 4.0), all the types of
links work in the document except for Figure or Table X-Refs. When I
place the cursor over the Fig or Table X-Refs, it turns to a pointy
hand as it should, the whole X-ref string turns reverse video when I
click as it should, but nothing happens.

I even tried applying the complete range of X-ref formats to the
cross reference just to see if it was because of a x-ref format, but
they all act the same.

Anyone know what might be happening?

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've  
never actually known what the question is.

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Re: FM - text boxes

[rebecca officer]

You can change the text frames on the Master pages till they're the way you 
want them to be, then force the body pages to use them. To do this, in Body 
page view, select Format menu  Page layout  Master Page Usage). But 
definitely save first!

Cheers, Rebecca

 Merry Foxworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/07/06 09:23 
When I switch to Master Pages, the dotted boxes look
different from those in Body Pages, so there is no
point in even trying to change them.  I have no idea
how one works with them.  As someone pointed out, 5.5
is a pretty old version and doesn't have the same
level of support.

 First, back your file up before you play with text
 frames on Master
 pages. You can get unexpected results. 
I guess so!!!
 
 Another issue I have is the text boxes outlined by
 dotted lines.  How does one change them?  I would
 have
 thought it was possible when you switch the View to
 Master Pages but I don't see how.
 

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RE: oxygenXml/ promotion

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Actually, the Tri-XML conference for XML users is at
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FM - tags and text boxes

[rebecca officer]

Hi Merry

First, back your file up before you play with text frames on Master
pages. You can get unexpected results. Also, remember that changing the
text frame on a master page changes it for all pages that use that
master page. You can change single body pages (in the same way as I
describe below for master pages), but it's better to avoid doing so. If
you do change a body page, that change is tied to the page number, *not*
the content of the page, so you have to do it just before publication.

So, on your master page, hold down the Ctrl key and click inside a box.
That selects that text frame. Then you can drag it to move it, drag the
handles to resize it, delete it, or use the menu option Format >
Customise layout > Customise text frame to control it. 

To select multiple frames, Ctrl-click in each in turn. To deselect
frames, click somewhere on the page outside the frame. You can also copy
a selected frame/s, go to another master page, and paste the selected
frame/s into the page. That can be a quick way to get consistency.

Cheers, Rebecca


>>> Merry Foxworth  11/07/06 14:06 >>>
Again, thanks to several of you, especially those who
told me about Ctrl - M.  As you all can probably tell,
I am new to FrameMaker.  

Another issue I have is the text boxes outlined by
dotted lines.  How does one change them?  I would have
thought it was possible when you switch the View to
Master Pages but I don't see how.

I found a tutorial online but I am not finding the
answers I need in it.

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FM - tags and text boxes

[Karen Mardahl]

Hi Merry

> On 7/11/06, Merry Foxworth  wrote:
> > Another issue I have is the text boxes outlined by
> > dotted lines.  How does one change them?  I would have
> > thought it was possible when you switch the View to
> > Master Pages but I don't see how.
>
> Is the problem that you do not want to see the dotted lines at all?
> Select View in the menubar.
> On the submenu, you probably have Borders checked. Select Borders to
> remove the checkmark. The dotted lines vanish.
>
> The text frame for the body text for your Body page is located on the
> Master Page if you need need to follow the instructions from Rebecca
> Officer about editing.
> You will also get dotted lines from anchored frames, for example, but
> they are on your Body page if they are created there. Checking or
> unchecking Borders makes them visible or invisible no matter where
> they are.
>
> If you are asking whether you can change the look of the dotted lines
> (to a solid line for example), I don't believe you can. Others may
> have a comment about this.
>
> Hope this helps a bit more.
>
> BTW If you can get a copy of Adobe's Classroom in a Book for 5.5, that
> should be quite useful. It is an excellent starting point for new
> FrameMaker users - at least, that was my personal experience.
>
> regards, Karen
>

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Expressing Fractions with Offset Numbers and Division Symbols

[James Dyson]

Does anyone have any advice on how to express fractions with offset numbers and 
division symbols? I'd like them to appear as they do in Microsoft Character Map 
or Quark (ex. ?). Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

James Dyson
Associate Technical Writer
KVH Industries, Inc.
50 Enterprise Center | Middletown, RI 02842
Direct Tel: +1 401.845.2416
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Expressing Fractions with Offset Numbers and Division Symbols

[Rick Quatro]

First of all, you should use the fraction slash by typing Control+q Shift+z. 
Then you can apply character formats to the numerator and denominator. The 
numerator format will use the Superscript position and the denominator 
format will use the Subscript position. You set the specifications for 
superscript and subscript globally in a document by using Format > Document 
 > Text Options.

The problem comes if you have other superscripted and subscripted characters 
in the document that should have different sizes or positions. However, this 
limitation can be overcome with FrameScript.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com


Does anyone have any advice on how to express fractions with offset numbers 
and division symbols? I'd like them to appear as they do in Microsoft 
Character Map or Quark (ex. ?). Your suggestions would be greatly 
appreciated.

James Dyson
Associate Technical Writer
KVH Industries, Inc.
50 Enterprise Center | Middletown, RI 02842
Direct Tel: +1 401.845.2416
Tel: +1 401.847.3327 | Fax: +1 401.849-0045
jdyson at kvh.com
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Expressing Fractions with Offset Numbers and Division Symbols

[Rick Quatro]

Here are some other solutions: You can buy dedicated fraction fonts from 
Adobe, Monotype, and others. They will usually match a particular typeface; 
for example, Helvetica Fractions matches Helvetica.

Or, if you use a typeface that has a corresponding "Expert" set, you can use 
the Expert font for the fractions. For example, I have Plantin, which has an 
expert font called "Alt Figures." It contains each number in both numerator 
and denominator sizes and positions. The advantage to these numbers is that 
their weight is boosted so that don't look lighter than the surrounding 
characters, even though they are smaller. Its fraction slash is accessed by 
typing a normal forward slash.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com


Does anyone have any advice on how to express fractions with offset numbers 
and division symbols? I'd like them to appear as they do in Microsoft 
Character Map or Quark (ex. ?). Your suggestions would be greatly 
appreciated.

James Dyson
Associate Technical Writer
KVH Industries, Inc.
50 Enterprise Center | Middletown, RI 02842
Direct Tel: +1 401.845.2416
Tel: +1 401.847.3327 | Fax: +1 401.849-0045
jdyson at kvh.com
http://www.kvh.com

FM - tags and text boxes

[Karen Mardahl]

Hi Merry

On 7/11/06, Merry Foxworth  wrote:
> Karen,
>
> Thanks for your reply, but no, I am not asking about
> how to change the look of the dotted lines, because
> they don't show up on the final copy (at least I don't
> think they do).  I am asking about how to manipulate,
> i.e. resize, them.  I would rather see them so I know
> where they are.

Nope, they won't show up in the final copy. They are only there for
your editing convenience. Showing or hiding Borders makes the frames
visible so you know where they are. Rebecca gave you the manipulating
details.

> I will look for that book you mentioned in a used book
> shop near here.

Another tip: www.abebooks.com - if your local shop doesn't have it -
or they can order from there, if they belong to ABE.

> btw, you don't have to send me a message and then the
> same message to the list, because I will see it there,
> and it will avoid my getting duplicate messages.  I
> would just delete the one, but I am not sure whether
> you are telling me something different than what you
> are telling the list until I actually open both.

Sorry about that! I meant to answer to the group (knowledge sharing,
etc.). First reply went just to you, so I just sent it again - this
time to the group. Apologies about the duplication.

regards, Karen Mardahl

FM - tags and text boxes

[Art Campbell]

Merry,
Do you have access to the Frame manual set and/or the online help and doc?
Supplemental manuals are usually in C:\Program
Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.2\OnlineManuals
It's a good starting point for learning about the program...

Art

On 7/10/06, Merry Foxworth  wrote:
> Again, thanks to several of you, especially those who
> told me about Ctrl - M.  As you all can probably tell,
> I am new to FrameMaker.
>
> Another issue I have is the text boxes outlined by
> dotted lines.  How does one change them?  I would have
> thought it was possible when you switch the View to
> Master Pages but I don't see how.

>


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OT: promotion

[Bernard Aschwanden]

Hi all:

If any of you are looking at Oxygen XML (http://www.oxygenxml.com/) please let 
me know before you commit. I have a promotional offer that allows people to 
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I'm not making anything off it. However, our company presents and shows this 
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SyncRO Soft wanted me to extend an offer to people who attend the conferences 
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I thought I'd forward the offer early to anyone who can benefit from it. I'm 
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Publishing Smarter

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Adobe announces FrameMaker DITA Application Pack

[Keith Soltys]

In a webinar today, Adobe announced and demoed the FrameMaker DITA 
Application Pack, an extension to FrameMaker that adds full DITA support 
to FrameMaker 7.2. Adobe did ship a DITA structured application with 
FrameMaker 7.2, but the application pack adds much more functionality, 
including a DITA menu, support for maps, relationship tables, conrefs, 
and ID generation. There will be online help and installation instructions.

Based on what I saw of the demo, this will make it much easier to author 
DITA-based content in structured FrameMaker. For example, if you add a 
topic reference to a map and the topic doesn't already exist, FrameMaker 
will create the topic and assign it a unique ID. If you double-click on 
a topic in a map, the topic opens for editing. If you create a conref to 
an element that doesn't have an ID, FrameMaker will generate the ID for you.

The Application Pack will be freely available for downloading by 
FrameMaker 7.2 users. It'll be in open beta in August, with a full 
release sometime later (no specific date was given). Adobe will also be 
releasing an S1000D Starter Kit, with will provide similar functionality 
for the S1000D users.

This is exciting news for both FrameMaker users and DITA devotees. It's 
clear that Adobe is finally devoting more development and marketing 
resources to FrameMaker. It will also make it easier for writers like 
myself, who don't have the resources of a documentation group with XML 
wizards on staff, to adopt structured authoring and DITA.

On a related front, they did say that there will be more FrameMaker 
webinars in the fall. They will make the first three webinars, including 
today's, available for online viewing sometime soon.

Regards
Keith

FM - text boxes

[Merry Foxworth]

When I switch to Master Pages, the dotted boxes look
different from those in Body Pages, so there is no
point in even trying to change them.  I have no idea
how one works with them.  As someone pointed out, 5.5
is a pretty old version and doesn't have the same
level of support.

> First, back your file up before you play with text
> frames on Master
> pages. You can get unexpected results. 
I guess so!!!
> 
> Another issue I have is the text boxes outlined by
> dotted lines.  How does one change them?  I would
> have
> thought it was possible when you switch the View to
> Master Pages but I don't see how.
> 

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Cross-references to Figure/Table captions work in FM, but not in PDF

[John Posada]

Hi, guys...something weird. I place Figure and Table numbers in my FM
7.2 documents by cross-referencing to the figure or table caption. 
The captions are composed acording to the following:

F:Figure :\ 
T:Table :\ 

When I CTRL ALT Mouseover, in the FM document, the link works fine. I
can click the FM X-ref and it goes to the figure or table caption.

The X-ref "T" markers appears in the captions just like they should.

However, when I convert to PDF using version 7.0 (Distiller 7.0.5)
(Save As -> PDF) (PDF version 1.3 (Acrobat 4.0), all the types of
links work in the document except for Figure or Table X-Refs. When I
place the cursor over the Fig or Table X-Refs, it turns to a pointy
hand as it should, the whole X-ref string turns reverse video when I
click as it should, but nothing happens.

I even tried applying the complete range of X-ref formats to the
cross reference just to see if it was because of a x-ref format, but
they all act the same.

Anyone know what might be happening?

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never 
actually known what the question is."

Cross-references to Figure/Table captions work in FM, but not in PDF

[Pat Christenson]

Hi John -

I have no explanation but I do have a possible solution. When crerating  
the PDF, turn on Create Named Destinations. You shouldn't have to do  
this for internal xrefs but it solved the problem for a client of mine.

Pat Christenson

On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:52 PM, John Posada wrote:

> Hi, guys...something weird. I place Figure and Table numbers in my FM
> 7.2 documents by cross-referencing to the figure or table caption.
> The captions are composed acording to the following:
>
> F:Figure :\
> T:Table :\
>
> When I CTRL ALT Mouseover, in the FM document, the link works fine. I
> can click the FM X-ref and it goes to the figure or table caption.
>
> The X-ref "T" markers appears in the captions just like they should.
>
> However, when I convert to PDF using version 7.0 (Distiller 7.0.5)
> (Save As -> PDF) (PDF version 1.3 (Acrobat 4.0), all the types of
> links work in the document except for Figure or Table X-Refs. When I
> place the cursor over the Fig or Table X-Refs, it turns to a pointy
> hand as it should, the whole X-ref string turns reverse video when I
> click as it should, but nothing happens.
>
> I even tried applying the complete range of X-ref formats to the
> cross reference just to see if it was because of a x-ref format, but
> they all act the same.
>
> Anyone know what might be happening?
>
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
>
> "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've  
> never actually known what the question is."
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-Original Message-
From: Bernard Aschwanden

Hi all:

If any of you are looking at Oxygen XML (http://www.oxygenxml.com/) please
let me know before you commit. I have a promotional offer that allows people
to save another 15%.

I'm not making anything off it. However, our company presents and shows this
and more at conferences (we'll be at TriXML [http://conf.travelthepath.com],
Doctrain [http://www.doctrain.com] and Lavacon [http://www.lavacon.org]).
SyncRO Soft wanted me to extend an offer to people who attend the
conferences or courses that I teach.