FrameUsers: why don't the paragraph and character catalogs appear?

When I create a new FrameMaker document, the symbols representing the paragraph and character catalogs don't appear on the right side of the document. Why not? And, how can I display them? Roger ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as

Common FM Files

It's seems like there are to basic methods for the headers and footers and different product names: 1 - To have one set of variables, and when working a book, apply a specific template to all the files with the correct variable definitions. This option would not require conditional

Need help with cross-reference to a figure

Hi Framers, Frame 7.0p576 Windows XP Professional I am trying to create a cross-reference to a figure that would read ...see Figure 5-2, The Test Environment, on page 5-7. The numbering in my figure paragraph tag is F:Figure $chapnum-n+1\sn For the cross-reference, I have the following: see

Re: NEVERMIND - Need help with cross-reference to a figure

NEVER MIND. I guess my brain is asleep this morning. I used $paranum for the figure number. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:12 am Subject: Need help with cross-reference to a figure To: framers@frameusers.com Hi Framers, Frame 7.0p576

Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Is there a way to import new prices for a 1,000-page catalog into a Framemaker document? We do many large catalogs here, some with and some without pricing, and a potential customer wanted to know if they could update embedded pricing just before the files go to press. I thought I would ask the

RE: Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Check out www.pectora.com. Never used it, but I saw a demo where they created a catalog out of info in a database. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rs.com] On Behalf Of Scott White Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:41 AM To: Framers Subject:

Re: Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Hi, Scott: In addition to the several proprietary database applications that can manage this, you might want to search for Database Publishing in MIF_Reference.pdf in the OnlineManuals directory of your FrameMaker installation. HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

RE: Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Scott, I suggest that you have a variety of choices to accomplish publishing prices into a 1,000 page FrameMaker depending on your work flow needs, business processes, document requirements, and database (provided you have one). I am aware of the following companies that have tools/applications

Re: Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Scott, This is entirely possible through FrameScript (www.framescript.com). FrameScript is a programming language for automating FrameMaker operations. The product is cheap (~$150), but you would need to develop or purchase the FrameScript program to accomplish your task. FrameScript does

Re: Format A Auto-numbering

Did the Find on the tag, and it is the first one. Also, to the person who suggesting text flow, only Flow A is in use. -Original Message- From: rebecca officer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 14, 2006 5:51 PM To: Lorraine Kiewiet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject:

Re: Format A Auto-numbering

Lorraine, Are all the tags in a single content file, or are you working in a book file that contains several content files? Art On 8/15/06, Lorraine Kiewiet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did the Find on the tag, and it is the first one. Also, to the person who suggesting text flow, only Flow A is

Re: Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

You've gotten plenty of suggestions. I assume that, presently, production of your catalog is being done in a manner that is incompatible with a full database publishing solution, otherwise the solution would be obvious. The FrameScript solution offered by Rick Quatro would seem to be the

Re: Format A Auto-numbering

All of the tags are in one file. This simple book has only a Cover, TOC, and Chapter. This is a new FM 7.2 installation and all of the documents created thus far are new. There is no template (yet). When I get this straightened out I'll create a template for the future. Thanks, --Lorraine

Chris Despopoulos contact info?

I'm trying to contact Chris Despopoulos regarding TemplateMapper, and not having much luck. Is Chris out there? Or can someone send me his current e-mail address? Thanks! Anita Maria Gutierrez Principle Curriculum Developer Sage Software, Timberline Campus 15195 NW Greenbrier Parkway

RE: Chris Despopoulos contact info?

Hi Anita: Have you tried the telecable email address? I've cc'ed it here. Last I heard, Chris had moved back to the US but was still active with his CUDSPAN stuff. If you catch up with him and he has new contact info, I would like to have it as well. Take care, Kay

RE: Format A Auto-numbering

Hi Deb, Voila! The two Figure paragraph tags' Numbering tabs, preceding the offending table show this: T:Figure n+: I made them F:Figure n+ instead, and the table is now: T:Table n+: What is puzzling is that I wasn't using the series T: for table. I was simply using Table n+: with no

Re: Format A Auto-numbering

If you don't specify a numbering track (F or T), FM uses an unlabeled default... which was probably what was happening. Art On 8/15/06, Lorraine Kiewiet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Deb, Voila! The two Figure paragraph tags' Numbering tabs, preceding the offending table show this: T:Figure

Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

Hi all- I RTFMed and still didn't find what I was looking for, so I turn to the gurus of the list... I'm working on screenshot replacement for a large project and want to set some defaults on the Tools Palette (specifically, the pen width, fill pattern, and color) so it's faster for me to draw

Re: Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

I'd like to know the answer to this too. I've found that the tools palette settings reset to the default if you change the DPI of an image. This would be fine if I could set the default settings. As it stands now, what I do is apply the color and pen width to the graphic inside the anchored

RE: Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

If you have FrameScript, list member Rick Quatro has a script in his Super Web Bundle that should do what you need: DefaultGraphicProps. Sets default properties for imported graphics and the anchored frames that contain them. This is an event script that runs

RE: Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

Hi, Fred- Thanks for the reply. Sadly, we don't have FrameScript here, and actually I want to set the default properties on my TOOLS PALETTE, not on the imported graphic. I don't want to have to click the Fill Pattern to set it to None, and then set the line width, and then select the correct

Re: Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

Dropping in graphic items that have specific characteristics is one of the things I like best about Auto-Text. Just create the item item with the characteristics you want, and copy it to the AutoText.fm document. For speed, assign a shortcut key. Then, every time you want to use the item, just

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Compatibility between FM7.1 and 7.2

Can anyone let me know if documents created with v7.2 can be opened with v7.1 without having to mif them? We are presently using v7.1 and need to purchase more licenses. Presently, we do not have an XML requirement but it is under consideration. So my question is: if we start purchasing v7.2

Re: Compatibility between FM7.1 and 7.2

So my question is: if we start purchasing v7.2 licenses, do we have to upgrade the v7.1 stations at the same time, No...7.1 and 7.2 live together very well. We have, betwen us and the mother ship, maybe 40 users and we don't know or care who has which, when it comes to trading files. ---

Re: Compatibility between FM7.1 and 7.2

Can anyone let me know if documents created with v7.2 can be opened with v7.1 without having to mif them? Yes, no MIF necessary. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL

Re: how to enlarge conditional text window

Hi Melissa, You can use a resource editor such as ResHacker or PE Module Explorer (http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d10resourceeditor.htm). Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Hi, I'm sure I have seen this issue come up before...but can't seem to recall the answer.

Re: how to enlarge conditional text window

Rick and Melissa: You can use a resource editor such as ResHacker or PE Module Explorer (http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d10resourceeditor.htm). Make a backup copy of fmdlg.dll before you start hacking (but you knew this anyway, right?). I tried to do this just a week ago with FM 7.2 but FM

Re: how to enlarge conditional text window

All: P.S. Hacking the dialogues is so easy (at least up to FM 7.1) that you wonder why Adobe hasn't assigned the work-experience programmer to do it for ALL those annoyingly tiny dialogues. It would be only two to three days' work. Then Adobe could release it as FM 8. [Sorry, couldn't

RE: how to enlarge conditional text window

I noted previously that most FM dialogs have both static and dynamic controls. If you resize the dialog box and move around the static controls, you risk damaging the dynamic behavior. Developers define static controls in resource files which get compiled into executables or DLLs. Developers

RE: how to enlarge conditional text window

You also need to test THOROUGHLY if you do this. I played with a heap of the dialog boxes a while ago and everything seemed fine. Then next time I used Save As PDF, frame crashed. Sigh. Cheers, Rebecca Joe Malin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 16/08/06 12:11 I noted previously that most FM dialogs have both

Format A Auto-numbering

Are you sure you haven't accidentally applied that paragraph tag to a paragraph of something else earlier in the chapter? To check, search for the paragraph tag name. Cheers, Rebecca >>> Lorraine Kiewiet 15/08/06 05:44 >>> Yes. It certainly is Monday, and I've switched from coffee to iced tea

FrameUsers: why don't the paragraph and character catalogs appear?

When I create a new FrameMaker document, the symbols representing the paragraph and character catalogs don't appear on the right side of the document. Why not? And, how can I display them? Roger

Common FM Files

It's seems like there are to basic methods for the headers and footers and different product names: 1 - To have one set of variables, and when working a book, apply a specific template to all the files with the correct variable definitions. This option would not require conditional

Need help with cross-reference to a figure

Hi Framers, Frame 7.0p576 Windows XP Professional I am trying to create a cross-reference to a figure that would read "...see Figure 5-2, The Test Environment, on page 5-7. The numbering in my figure paragraph tag is F:Figure <$chapnum>-\sn For the cross-reference, I have the following:

Need help with cross-reference to a figure

Pearl, You might try Fig.\ <$paranumonly> if you are using Unstructured Frame. If Structured, try Fig.\ <$elemparanumonly>. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+david.spreadbury=tellabs@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+david.spreadbury=tellabs.com at

NEVERMIND - Need help with cross-reference to a figure

NEVER MIND. I guess my brain is asleep this morning. I used <$paranum> for the figure number. - Original Message - From: pearlrosenb...@nc.rr.com Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:12 am Subject: Need help with cross-reference to a figure To: framers at frameusers.com > Hi Framers, > >

Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Is there a way to import new prices for a 1,000-page catalog into a Framemaker document? We do many large catalogs here, some with and some without pricing, and a potential customer wanted to know if they could update embedded pricing just before the files go to press. I thought I would ask the

Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Check out www.pectora.com. Never used it, but I saw a demo where they created a catalog out of info in a database. Mike -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+mike.feimster=acstechnologies.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+mike.feimster=acstechnologies.com at

Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Hi, Scott: In addition to the several proprietary database applications that can manage this, you might want to search for "Database Publishing" in "MIF_Reference.pdf" in the OnlineManuals directory of your FrameMaker installation. HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Hi Scott, You could have a FrameScript script do a lookup for each part number in a database (or spreadsheet) and replace the current price with what is returned from the database. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > Is there a way to import new prices for a

Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Scott, I suggest that you have a variety of choices to accomplish publishing prices into a 1,000 page FrameMaker depending on your work flow needs, business processes, document requirements, and database (provided you have one). I am aware of the following companies that have tools/applications

Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

Scott, This is entirely possible through FrameScript (www.framescript.com). FrameScript is a programming language for automating FrameMaker operations. The product is cheap (~$150), but you would need to develop or purchase the FrameScript program to accomplish your task. FrameScript does

Format A Auto-numbering

Did the "Find" on the tag, and it is the first one. Also, to the person who suggesting text flow, only Flow A is in use. -Original Message- >From: rebecca officer >Sent: Aug 14, 2006 5:51 PM >To: Lorraine Kiewiet >Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Subject: Re: Format A

Format A Auto-numbering

Lorraine, Are all the tags in a single content file, or are you working in a book file that contains several content files? Art On 8/15/06, Lorraine Kiewiet wrote: > Did the "Find" on the tag, and it is the first one. Also, to the person who > suggesting text flow, only Flow A is in use. --

Importing Pricing ino Frame Document

You've gotten plenty of suggestions. I assume that, presently, production of your catalog is being done in a manner that is incompatible with a full database publishing solution, otherwise the solution would be obvious. The FrameScript solution offered by Rick Quatro would seem to be the

Format A Auto-numbering

All of the tags are in one file. This simple book has only a Cover, TOC, and Chapter. This is a new FM 7.2 installation and all of the documents created thus far are new. There is no template (yet). When I get this straightened out I'll create a template for the future. Thanks, --Lorraine

Chris Despopoulos contact info?

I'm trying to contact Chris Despopoulos regarding TemplateMapper, and not having much luck. Is Chris out there? Or can someone send me his current e-mail address? Thanks! Anita Maria Gutierrez Principle Curriculum Developer Sage Software, Timberline Campus 15195 NW Greenbrier Parkway

Chris Despopoulos contact info?

Hi Anita: Have you tried the telecable email address? I've cc'ed it here. Last I heard, Chris had moved back to the US but was still active with his CUDSPAN stuff. If you catch up with him and he has new contact info, I would like to have it as well. Take care, Kay

Format A Auto-numbering

Hi Deb, Voila! The two Figure paragraph tags' Numbering tabs, preceding the offending table show this: T:Figure : I made them F:Figure instead, and the table is now: T:Table : What is puzzling is that I wasn't using the series T: for table. I was simply using "Table : with

Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

If you have FrameScript, list member Rick Quatro has a script in his Super Web Bundle that should do what you need: DefaultGraphicProps. Sets default properties for imported graphics and the anchored frames that contain them. This is an event script that runs

Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

Hi, Fred- Thanks for the reply. Sadly, we don't have FrameScript here, and actually I want to set the default properties on my TOOLS PALETTE, not on the imported graphic. I don't want to have to click the Fill Pattern to set it to None, and then set the line width, and then select the correct

Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

Dropping in graphic items that have specific characteristics is one of the things I like best about Auto-Text. Just create the item item with the characteristics you want, and copy it to the AutoText.fm document. For speed, assign a shortcut key. Then, every time you want to use the item, just

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TW-900 Technical Writer - Contract - Emeryville, CA (Bay Area Candidates Only) Length: 6+ months Bill rate: BOE A software developer needs someone to document a large medical billing system. We don't have many details about the project, only that it needs to be completed by 1Q 2007. So, the

how to enlarge conditional text window

Hi, I'm sure I have seen this issue come up before...but can't seem to recall the answer. Is there any way to make the FrameMaker conditional text window or fields in the window bigger (either through programming, plug-in, or setting config file?)? Sometimes my cond text titles are too long and

Compatibility between FM7.1 and 7.2

Can anyone let me know if documents created with v7.2 can be opened with v7.1 without having to mif them? We are presently using v7.1 and need to purchase more licenses. Presently, we do not have an XML requirement but it is under consideration. So my question is: if we start purchasing v7.2

Compatibility between FM7.1 and 7.2

> So my question is: if we start purchasing v7.2 licenses, > do we have to upgrade the v7.1 stations at the same time, No...7.1 and 7.2 live together very well. We have, betwen us and the mother ship, maybe 40 users and we don't know or care who has which, when it comes to trading files. ---

Compatibility between FM7.1 and 7.2

Can anyone let me know if documents created with v7.2 can be opened with v7.1 without having to mif them? Yes, no MIF necessary. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com

how to enlarge conditional text window

Hi Melissa, You can use a resource editor such as ResHacker or PE Module Explorer (http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d10resourceeditor.htm). Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > Hi, > I'm sure I have seen this issue come up before...but can't seem to recall > the

how to enlarge conditional text window

I noted previously that most FM dialogs have both static and dynamic controls. If you resize the dialog box and move around the static controls, you risk damaging the dynamic behavior. Developers define static controls in "resource files" which get compiled into executables or DLLs. Developers