SOLVED: Change bars not conforming to the Side Closer to / Farther from Page Edge

2006-09-25 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 

Thanks Ian.

I moved the text frames 2mm away from the bleeding tab frames (towards
the inner side) and that did the trick.

Seems that the settings for opposite sides looks for free space
outside of the frames left AND right, even though you are requesting
the bars to be placed on the side farther from the page edge (and
farther from the bleeding tabs frame). Moreover this space has to be
of some value higher than the 3-4 mm I had available.

Seems a bit odd to me, though, and should, if not changed in next
version, at least be documented, as so many other things need to.

Anyways, this proves how immensely helpful this list is. Thanks again.

Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Supervisor Publishing,
Air Atlanta Icelandic.


On 9/22/06, Ian Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

On the Right and Left master pages, check the position of the text
frames. Try shifting the text frame on the Right page slightly to the
right, and on the Left page shift to the left.

When FM places the change bars, it uses the margin width to determine
which side is closer to/farther from the edge, not the right/left page
setting as one would expect.

HTH,
Ian

Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote:

 When comparing new and old double sided documents, I get the option of
 placing the change bars on the Side Closer to or Farther from Page
 Edge. but in each case, it works just as the left or right side
 options: For Side Closer to Page Edge the change bars are placed on
 left side of the column through all of the document and for Side
 Farther from Page Edge they will appear at the right side.



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Re: Error while trying to generate TOC

2006-09-25 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 

A minor update:

The control keys may not work in all language settings. I often have
to do things differently on my IS language/keyboard settings.

Bodvar

On 9/21/06, Lester C. Smalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

The keyboard shortcuts and character map info can be found in the online
manual Character_Sets.pdf

In FrameMaker for windows and the standard character sets (i.e. not
symbol or dingbat typefaces) you can use:

trademark  = Control-q shift-8  OR  ALT-0153  -(tm)
copyright  = control-q shift-0  ALT-0169  (c)
registered = control-q shift-9  ALT-0174  (r)

Note: the control key sequences should work in all platforms but the alt
keys are windows specific.

| -Original Message-
| From: Shenton, David (DTRN)
| Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 09:57 AM
| To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
| Subject: RE: Error while trying to generate TOC
|
|
|  Hi all,
| I got a senior moment. I want to place trademark symbols and degree
| signs in a document, I know I can download a list key strokes from
| somewhere.
|
| Can someone please tell me where to go (be nice).
| Dave

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Chapter and appendix numbering in a TOC

2006-09-25 Thread Jon Harvey 
Hi all,

 

I'm stumped over a simple problem: My book includes 12 chapters and
several appendices. Throughout the book, I am using the variable
$chapnum to display the numbering of chapters and appendices. In the
book file, I am resetting the numbering to 1 and Alphabetic for the
first appendix.Therefore, as I page through the document, I see that
FrameMaker correctly numbers the chapter and appendix headings. In other
words, the last chapter is Chapter 12 and the first appendix is Appendix
A.

 

However, when I generate the TOC, the TOC displays Appendix M (not A)
after Chapter 12. I took over this doc project from another writer, so
I'm not sure how the numbering is supposed to work. Any thoughts on the
RIGHT way to do this?

FM 7.2, windows

 

Jon Harvey

Manager, Desktop Documentation

 

CambridgeSoft Corporation

100 CambridgePark Drive

Cambridge, MA 02140

 

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RE: QUESTION: Creating a DIFF doc comparing 2 conditionalizedversions of manual

2006-09-25 Thread Combs, Richard 
Karen Mardahl wrote: 
 
 Bodvar - do you do a compare of the entire FM book in one 
 step? My complaint about the FM compare is that it is per 
 chapter. I need to do the entire book. I am sure there is a 
 FrameScript solution to such a task, but tell me - is there a 
 built-in method that I have overlooked?

I haven't done book comparisons, so I can't vouch for them, but I know
you can do them (at least in FM6 -- not sure about earlier versions). No
scripting needed. 

Open both book files. With the focus on the newer book, click File 
Utilities  Compare Books. You have the same options as you do for a
file compare. 

HTH!
Richard


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RE: RoboHelp to FrameMaker?

2006-09-25 Thread Rene Stephenson 
Brad,

I'm *not* a WWP reseller ;-) and have used it w/ the Import Utility to migrate 
4 RH (Word) projects into one FM single-sourced project. (I've done other 
smaller stuff with it, too.)  I don't think the Import Utility is included with 
WWP, though - it's like an extension for the Professional product (not the 
Standard version that ships free w/ FM). Be aware that the Import Utility 
creates a single HUGE MIF file that you'll need to then save as .fm and split 
out the H1's into separate files so that pagination works properly.  ;-)   Rick 
Quatro sells a script that does this quickly and efficiently (pardon the plug).

The only caveat I'd have is, make sure your RH project has the topics 
hierarchically organized in folders, because otherwise all the topics come into 
the huge single MIF in alphabetical order, which can be very tedious to 
reorganize.

HTH
Rene Stephenson

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WebWorks has a tool called the Import Utility that will import a RoboHelp
project and convert the content to FM. You then need to apply styles and
break the content into chapters (it all goes into one FM file). I've used it
on some RoboHelp projects, and it worked quite well. All graphics came in
and links were good, but links had to be redone after setting up the
individual chapter files.

Disclaimer: I'm a WWP reseller.

Please contact me offlist if you want more information.

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So...I have a paper-format user manual which was written in RoboHelp,
and I would like to convert these over to Adobe FrameMaker.

Has anyone on this list ever tried this before? If so, what were your
results?

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RE: Chapter and appendix numbering in a TOC

2006-09-25 Thread Combs, Richard 
Jon Harvey wrote: 
 
 I'm stumped over a simple problem: My book includes 12 
 chapters and several appendices. Throughout the book, I am 
 using the variable $chapnum to display the numbering of 
 chapters and appendices. In the book file, I am resetting the 
 numbering to 1 and Alphabetic for the first 
 appendix.Therefore, as I page through the document, I see 
 that FrameMaker correctly numbers the chapter and appendix 
 headings. In other words, the last chapter is Chapter 12 and 
 the first appendix is Appendix A.
 
  
 
 However, when I generate the TOC, the TOC displays Appendix 
 M (not A) after Chapter 12. I took over this doc project 
 from another writer, so I'm not sure how the numbering is 
 supposed to work. Any thoughts on the RIGHT way to do this?

Go to the TOC spec in the reference pages. I suspect the spec for the
chapter/appendix entries is using $paranum instead of $chapnum
(especially if the TOC's based on an older template; pre-v.6, there was
no $chapnum variable). 

Change $paranum to $chapnum, save, update the book, and you should
be good. Might want to root out the vestiges of the older numbering
wherever they exist.  

HTH!
Richard


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Bizarre character issue (Uppercase F does not work)

2006-09-25 Thread Bernard Aschwanden 
Hi all:

I'm running into a really odd FrameMaker issue on my laptop. I'm typing and the 
only character that I can't insert is F. Uppcase F.

I try to do so and nothing is inserted. If I type a lowercase F and then apply 
a key sequnce to force uppercase, I see the F character with not issues. 
Can't press Shift+f and get anywhere.

I've restarted the application. I've restarted the computer. I've tried this in 
other software and it works perfectly. I tried the 'other' shift key. I tried 
all kinds of other uppercase characters and they work.

Word, email, notepad, excel and more. No issues. Just rameMaker (little joke 
there... It does work in email. See: FrameMaker can drive you crazy at times).

Any help would be fantastic.

Bernard





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Re: Bizarre character issue (Uppercase F does not work)

2006-09-25 Thread Rene Stephenson 
Does [ALT]+70 (on the num pad) insert the ASCII char for F?

Rene

Bernard Aschwanden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all:

I'm running into a really odd FrameMaker issue on my laptop. I'm typing and the 
only character that I can't insert is F. Uppcase F.

I try to do so and nothing is inserted. If I type a lowercase F and then apply 
a key sequnce to force uppercase, I see the F character with not issues. 
Can't press Shift+f and get anywhere.

I've restarted the application. I've restarted the computer. I've tried this in 
other software and it works perfectly. I tried the 'other' shift key. I tried 
all kinds of other uppercase characters and they work.

Word, email, notepad, excel and more. No issues. Just rameMaker (little joke 
there... It does work in email. See: FrameMaker can drive you crazy at times).

Any help would be fantastic.

Bernard





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Re: Bizarre character issue (Uppercase F does not work)

2006-09-25 Thread Lynne A. Price 

Bernard,
  Have you edited your config recently or installed a plug-in? I wonder if 
F has become a shortcut for some command that has no effect when you are 
typing text.

--Lynne


At 08:44 AM 9/25/2006, Bernard Aschwanden wrote:

Hi all:

I'm running into a really odd FrameMaker issue on my laptop. I'm typing 
and the only character that I can't insert is F. Uppcase F.


I try to do so and nothing is inserted. If I type a lowercase F and then 
apply a key sequnce to force uppercase, I see the F character with not 
issues. Can't press Shift+f and get anywhere.


I've restarted the application. I've restarted the computer. I've tried 
this in other software and it works perfectly. I tried the 'other' shift 
key. I tried all kinds of other uppercase characters and they work.


Word, email, notepad, excel and more. No issues. Just rameMaker (little 
joke there... It does work in email. See: FrameMaker can drive you crazy 
at times).



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Re: 2003?

2006-09-25 Thread Art Campbell 

Interestingly, neither FM nor FM Server seem to be officially
supported by Windows 2003.
I bet it'd run though.

Art


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Hi, guys...is FM 7.2 supported on Windows 2003 AS?

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I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually 
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Adobe and Robohelp

2006-09-25 Thread Gillian Flato 
Does anyone know if Adobe plans on letting Robohelp die, or they're
going to improve it, or they are replacing it with something else?
 

Thank you,

 

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Frame 7.2 p158 (Windows) Crashing

2006-09-25 Thread Lin Surasky 
Hi all

Maybe my memory is failing me, but I thought that a patch in 6.0 was
supposed to solve the infamous random Windows crash and burn It did,
while we were in 6.0, and for quite some time since we've upgraded to
7.2 p158, but now it's back and we've made no changes to our systems.
(We're on XP Professional version 2002 SP-2)

Further, this particular episode is odd because my coworker can produce
the crash reliably in one file he's working on. When the spell-check
gets to a particular place in the file, he gets the crash. When I do the
same on my machine, I can reliably reproduce the crash at the same point
in spell-check each time too, EXCEPT that it crashes in a different
place on my machine than on his! (But for each of us, crash is at the
same point every time...)

Here's what I've tried:
1. Reboot the machine. No luck.
2. Save file as MIF, reopen in Frame. No luck.
3. Save files as TXT, reopen in Frame. No luck.
4. View MIF to see if anything stands out as odd. I have little
experience with this, but saw nothing out of the ordinary (that I know
of).

Anyone have any recommendations for what to try next, or ideas as to
what could be causing this?

Suggestions are much appreciated at this point!
Lin

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Re: QUESTION: Creating a DIFF doc comparing 2 conditionalized versions of manual

2006-09-25 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 

On 9/24/06, Karen Mardahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi Grant

Bodvar - do you do a compare of the entire FM book in one step? My
complaint about the FM compare is that it is per chapter. I need to do
the entire book. I am sure there is a FrameScript solution to such a
task, but tell me - is there a built-in method that I have overlooked?

Thanks.

regards, Karen Mardahl


No. I have just recently started using the compare and have only
compared files. It is limited, of course, especially with structured
FM, but I use it as a basis for further markings in the original. The
CMP document is usually full of redundancies and changes that don't
matter, like splitting a word with a hyphen, changing qote types etc.
You really don't want that in the final document that serves as a new
revision. But it is geat combined with the summary files (that I print
out) to show the reviewers what to look for.

Our good relations with the authorities have still improved
considerably since we started this.

And about the conditional texts (although you seem to be complaining
only about how Acrobat renders its changes): If the users don't like
red overstrike and green underscore, why not just make your own colors
and condition text formatting? Try numeric underscore and make a
darker green color for the added text.

Bodvar
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QUESTION: Creating a DIFF doc comparing 2 conditionalized versions of manual

2006-09-25 Thread Karen Mardahl 
Hi Grant

You are looking for a way to compare two docs with conditional text. I
do this all the time with Adobe Acrobat Professional (7.0). You MUST
have pro. (We upgraded from 6.0 pro to 7.0 standard, because someone
had extra licenses from an acquisition. I hit the ceiling the second I
opened the program and found no compare feature. So I do know from
experience!)

Drawbacks (IMHO) with the Acrobat compare:

- side-by-side gets skewed if you added or deleted text so the
pagination is different between the two versions. Then you have to
scroll back and forth to compare. I might be forced to do it - my
engineers will say life is too short...

- legibility of changes - in 7.0 pro, the "older" version uses red
strikeout, the newer version uses blue underline. I find the placement
of the blue can make it hard to read. I view my compares with two
monitors, but still I cannot tell if the new number is an 8 or a 0. I
have to zoom quite a bit to get past the point where there is no doubt
about the number. Of course, I can look in my source, but the point is
that I should be able to see it here. I simply cannot find a place to
change these parameters in Acrobat.

The FM compare is OK for a chapter. Mentally, I can get thrown by
seeing the deletions and additions all together. You have to process
the different color coding and read it accordingly. I find that
tricky. That would be for heavy duty changes. For a light revision, it
might be OK.

Bodvar - do you do a compare of the entire FM book in one step? My
complaint about the FM compare is that it is per chapter. I need to do
the entire book. I am sure there is a FrameScript solution to such a
task, but tell me - is there a built-in method that I have overlooked?

Thanks.

regards, Karen Mardahl

RoboHelp to FrameMaker?

2006-09-25 Thread Marcus Carr 
Brad Simmons wrote:

> So...I have a paper-format user manual which was written in RoboHelp,
> and I would like to convert these over to Adobe FrameMaker.
>  
> Has anyone on this list ever tried this before? If so, what were your
> results?

I haven't, but I offer the same advice that I do whenever anyone is 
migrating data. Go the extra step and get it into XML, unless you 
really, really can't justify the additional effort (if there is any). If 
you get the data into XML, it will be the last time that you ask this 
question about this dataset.


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SOLVED: Change bars not conforming to the "Side Closer to / Farther from Page Edge"

2006-09-25 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 
Thanks Ian.

I moved the text frames 2mm away from the bleeding tab frames (towards
the inner side) and that did the trick.

Seems that the settings for opposite sides looks for free space
outside of the frames left AND right, even though you are requesting
the bars to be placed on the side farther from the page edge (and
farther from the bleeding tabs frame). Moreover this space has to be
of some value higher than the 3-4 mm I had available.

Seems a bit odd to me, though, and should, if not changed in next
version, at least be documented, as so many other things need to.

Anyways, this proves how immensely helpful this list is. Thanks again.

Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Supervisor Publishing,
Air Atlanta Icelandic.


On 9/22/06, Ian Hawkins  wrote:
> On the Right and Left master pages, check the position of the text
> frames. Try shifting the text frame on the Right page slightly to the
> right, and on the Left page shift to the left.
>
> When FM places the change bars, it uses the margin width to determine
> which side is closer to/farther from the edge, not the right/left page
> setting as one would expect.
>
> HTH,
> Ian
>
> Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote:
>
> > When comparing new and old double sided documents, I get the option of
> > placing the change bars on the "Side Closer to" or "Farther from Page
> > Edge". but in each case, it works just as the left or right side
> > options: For "Side Closer to Page Edge" the change bars are placed on
> > left side of the column through all of the document and for "Side
> > Farther from Page Edge" they will appear at the right side.
> >
>

Error while trying to generate TOC

2006-09-25 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 
A minor update:

The control keys may not work in all language settings. I often have
to do things differently on my IS language/keyboard settings.

Bodvar

On 9/21/06, Lester C. Smalley  wrote:
> The keyboard shortcuts and character map info can be found in the online
> manual "Character_Sets.pdf"
>
> In FrameMaker for windows and the standard character sets (i.e. not
> symbol or dingbat typefaces) you can use:
>
> trademark  = Control-q shift-8  OR  ALT-0153  -(tm)
> copyright  = control-q shift-0  ALT-0169  (c)
> registered = control-q shift-9  ALT-0174  (r)
>
> Note: the control key sequences should work in all platforms but the alt
> keys are windows specific.
>
> | -Original Message-
> | From: Shenton, David (DTRN)
> | Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 09:57 AM
> | To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> | Subject: RE: Error while trying to generate TOC
> |
> |
> |  Hi all,
> | I got a senior moment. I want to place trademark symbols and degree
> | signs in a document, I know I can download a list key strokes from
> | somewhere.
> |
> | Can someone please tell me where to go (be nice).
> | Dave
>
> - Lester
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Online Help questions

2006-09-25 Thread Roopa Belur 
Thanks to everyone who helped with my Style Guide request; it feels great to 
know that there's such a wealth of knowledge and kindness in this group.

  Folks, we are evaluating using DocToHelp for Online Help for our product, and 
although few of us use Frame for printed manuals, the company is extremely 
Word-centric. So my questions are:

- Where can find more hands-on information about DocToHelp. I see lots of 
discussions on RoboHelp, however not sure about DocToHelp.
  - Is it a preferred tool with Word rather than RoboHelp
  - Does RoboHelp work well with Word? I have used it extensively with 
Framemaker, however not sure about Word

  I understand that this is not the correct forum to be discussing these 
questions, however I'd like your views as well. 

  Thanks,
Roopa Belur



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Chapter and appendix numbering in a TOC

2006-09-25 Thread Jon Harvey 
Hi all,



I'm stumped over a simple problem: My book includes 12 chapters and
several appendices. Throughout the book, I am using the variable
"<$chapnum>" to display the numbering of chapters and appendices. In the
book file, I am resetting the numbering to "1" and "Alphabetic" for the
first appendix.Therefore, as I page through the document, I see that
FrameMaker correctly numbers the chapter and appendix headings. In other
words, the last chapter is Chapter 12 and the first appendix is Appendix
A.



However, when I generate the TOC, the TOC displays "Appendix M" (not A)
after "Chapter 12". I took over this doc project from another writer, so
I'm not sure how the numbering is supposed to work. Any thoughts on the
RIGHT way to do this?

FM 7.2, windows



Jon Harvey

Manager, Desktop Documentation



CambridgeSoft Corporation

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Cambridge, MA 02140

Chapter and appendix numbering in a TOC

2006-09-25 Thread Bill Swallow 
We got around this by using different paragraph formats for Chap and
Appx headings, and then set up the TOC entries on the reference page
as follows:

Chapter <$chapnum>: <$paratext>\t<$pagenum>
Appendix <$chapnum>: <$paratext>\t<$pagenum>

On 9/25/06, Jon Harvey  wrote:
> However, when I generate the TOC, the TOC displays "Appendix M" (not A)
> after "Chapter 12". I took over this doc project from another writer, so
> I'm not sure how the numbering is supposed to work. Any thoughts on the
> RIGHT way to do this?

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QUESTION: Creating a DIFF doc comparing 2 conditionalizedversions of manual

2006-09-25 Thread Combs, Richard 
Karen Mardahl wrote: 

> Bodvar - do you do a compare of the entire FM book in one 
> step? My complaint about the FM compare is that it is per 
> chapter. I need to do the entire book. I am sure there is a 
> FrameScript solution to such a task, but tell me - is there a 
> built-in method that I have overlooked?

I haven't done book comparisons, so I can't vouch for them, but I know
you can do them (at least in FM6 -- not sure about earlier versions). No
scripting needed. 

Open both book files. With the focus on the newer book, click File >
Utilities > Compare Books. You have the same options as you do for a
file compare. 

HTH!
Richard


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RoboHelp to FrameMaker?

2006-09-25 Thread Rene Stephenson 
Brad,

I'm *not* a WWP reseller ;-) and have used it w/ the Import Utility to migrate 
4 RH (Word) projects into one FM single-sourced project. (I've done other 
smaller stuff with it, too.)  I don't think the Import Utility is included with 
WWP, though - it's like an extension for the Professional product (not the 
Standard version that ships free w/ FM). Be aware that the Import Utility 
creates a single HUGE MIF file that you'll need to then save as .fm and split 
out the H1's into separate files so that pagination works properly.  ;-)   Rick 
Quatro sells a script that does this quickly and efficiently (pardon the plug).

The only caveat I'd have is, make sure your RH project has the topics 
hierarchically organized in folders, because otherwise all the topics come into 
the huge single MIF in alphabetical order, which can be very tedious to 
reorganize.

HTH
Rene Stephenson

"Linda G. Gallagher"  wrote: Brad,

WebWorks has a tool called the Import Utility that will import a RoboHelp
project and convert the content to FM. You then need to apply styles and
break the content into chapters (it all goes into one FM file). I've used it
on some RoboHelp projects, and it worked quite well. All graphics came in
and links were good, but links had to be redone after setting up the
individual chapter files.

Disclaimer: I'm a WWP reseller.

Please contact me offlist if you want more information.

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Behalf Of Brad Simmons
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 2:38 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RoboHelp to FrameMaker?


So...I have a paper-format user manual which was written in RoboHelp,
and I would like to convert these over to Adobe FrameMaker.

Has anyone on this list ever tried this before? If so, what were your
results?

-Brad Simmons
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Chapter and appendix numbering in a TOC

2006-09-25 Thread Combs, Richard 
Jon Harvey wrote: 

> I'm stumped over a simple problem: My book includes 12 
> chapters and several appendices. Throughout the book, I am 
> using the variable "<$chapnum>" to display the numbering of 
> chapters and appendices. In the book file, I am resetting the 
> numbering to "1" and "Alphabetic" for the first 
> appendix.Therefore, as I page through the document, I see 
> that FrameMaker correctly numbers the chapter and appendix 
> headings. In other words, the last chapter is Chapter 12 and 
> the first appendix is Appendix A.
> 
>  
> 
> However, when I generate the TOC, the TOC displays "Appendix 
> M" (not A) after "Chapter 12". I took over this doc project 
> from another writer, so I'm not sure how the numbering is 
> supposed to work. Any thoughts on the RIGHT way to do this?

Go to the TOC spec in the reference pages. I suspect the spec for the
chapter/appendix entries is using <$paranum> instead of <$chapnum>
(especially if the TOC's based on an older template; pre-v.6, there was
no <$chapnum> variable). 

Change <$paranum> to <$chapnum>, save, update the book, and you should
be good. Might want to root out the vestiges of the older numbering
wherever they exist.  

HTH!
Richard


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Bizarre character issue (Uppercase F does not work)

2006-09-25 Thread Bernard Aschwanden 
Hi all:

I'm running into a really odd FrameMaker issue on my laptop. I'm typing and the 
only character that I can't insert is F. Uppcase F.

I try to do so and nothing is inserted. If I type a lowercase F and then apply 
a key sequnce to force uppercase, I see the "F" character with not issues. 
Can't press Shift+f and get anywhere.

I've restarted the application. I've restarted the computer. I've tried this in 
other software and it works perfectly. I tried the 'other' shift key. I tried 
all kinds of other uppercase characters and they work.

Word, email, notepad, excel and more. No issues. Just rameMaker (little joke 
there... It does work in email. See: FrameMaker can drive you crazy at times).

Any help would be fantastic.

Bernard





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Bizarre character issue (Uppercase F does not work)

2006-09-25 Thread Rene Stephenson 
Does [ALT]+70 (on the num pad) insert the ASCII char for F?

Rene

Bernard Aschwanden  wrote: Hi all:

I'm running into a really odd FrameMaker issue on my laptop. I'm typing and the 
only character that I can't insert is F. Uppcase F.

I try to do so and nothing is inserted. If I type a lowercase F and then apply 
a key sequnce to force uppercase, I see the "F" character with not issues. 
Can't press Shift+f and get anywhere.

I've restarted the application. I've restarted the computer. I've tried this in 
other software and it works perfectly. I tried the 'other' shift key. I tried 
all kinds of other uppercase characters and they work.

Word, email, notepad, excel and more. No issues. Just rameMaker (little joke 
there... It does work in email. See: FrameMaker can drive you crazy at times).

Any help would be fantastic.

Bernard





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2003?

2006-09-25 Thread John Posada 
Hi, guys...is FM 7.2 supported on Windows 2003 AS?

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."

Bizarre character issue (Uppercase F does not work)

2006-09-25 Thread Lynne A. Price 
Bernard,
   Have you edited your config recently or installed a plug-in? I wonder if 
F has become a shortcut for some command that has no effect when you are 
typing text.
 --Lynne


At 08:44 AM 9/25/2006, Bernard Aschwanden wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>I'm running into a really odd FrameMaker issue on my laptop. I'm typing 
>and the only character that I can't insert is F. Uppcase F.
>
>I try to do so and nothing is inserted. If I type a lowercase F and then 
>apply a key sequnce to force uppercase, I see the "F" character with not 
>issues. Can't press Shift+f and get anywhere.
>
>I've restarted the application. I've restarted the computer. I've tried 
>this in other software and it works perfectly. I tried the 'other' shift 
>key. I tried all kinds of other uppercase characters and they work.
>
>Word, email, notepad, excel and more. No issues. Just rameMaker (little 
>joke there... It does work in email. See: FrameMaker can drive you crazy 
>at times).


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2003?

2006-09-25 Thread Art Campbell 
Interestingly, neither FM nor FM Server seem to be officially
supported by Windows 2003.
I bet it'd run though.

Art


On 9/25/06, John Posada  wrote:
> Hi, guys...is FM 7.2 supported on Windows 2003 AS?
>
> 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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Adobe and Robohelp

2006-09-25 Thread Gillian Flato 
Does anyone know if Adobe plans on letting Robohelp die, or they're
going to improve it, or they are replacing it with something else?


Thank you,



 

Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

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Frame 7.2 p158 (Windows) Crashing

2006-09-25 Thread Lin Surasky 
Hi all

Maybe my memory is failing me, but I thought that a patch in 6.0 was
supposed to solve the infamous random Windows crash and burn It did,
while we were in 6.0, and for quite some time since we've upgraded to
7.2 p158, but now it's back and we've made no changes to our systems.
(We're on XP Professional version 2002 SP-2)

Further, this particular episode is odd because my coworker can produce
the crash reliably in one file he's working on. When the spell-check
gets to a particular place in the file, he gets the crash. When I do the
same on my machine, I can reliably reproduce the crash at the same point
in spell-check each time too, EXCEPT that it crashes in a different
place on my machine than on his! (But for each of us, crash is at the
same point every time...)

Here's what I've tried:
1. Reboot the machine. No luck.
2. Save file as MIF, reopen in Frame. No luck.
3. Save files as TXT, reopen in Frame. No luck.
4. View MIF to see if anything stands out as odd. I have little
experience with this, but saw nothing out of the ordinary (that I know
of).

Anyone have any recommendations for what to try next, or ideas as to
what could be causing this?

Suggestions are much appreciated at this point!
Lin

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Technical Writer
Retalix USA
520-298-7757 x3109
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QUESTION: Creating a DIFF doc comparing 2 conditionalized versions of manual

2006-09-25 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 
On 9/24/06, Karen Mardahl  wrote:
> Hi Grant
>
> Bodvar - do you do a compare of the entire FM book in one step? My
> complaint about the FM compare is that it is per chapter. I need to do
> the entire book. I am sure there is a FrameScript solution to such a
> task, but tell me - is there a built-in method that I have overlooked?
>
> Thanks.
>
> regards, Karen Mardahl

No. I have just recently started using the compare and have only
compared files. It is limited, of course, especially with structured
FM, but I use it as a basis for further markings in the original. The
CMP document is usually full of redundancies and changes that don't
matter, like splitting a word with a hyphen, changing qote types etc.
You really don't want that in the final document that serves as a new
revision. But it is geat combined with the summary files (that I print
out) to show the reviewers what to look for.

Our good relations with the authorities have still improved
considerably since we started this.

And about the conditional texts (although you seem to be complaining
only about how Acrobat renders its changes): If the users don't like
red overstrike and green underscore, why not just make your own colors
and condition text formatting? Try numeric underscore and make a
darker green color for the added text.

Bodvar

2003?

2006-09-25 Thread Max Dunn 
> Hi, guys...is FM 7.2 supported on Windows 2003 AS?

Officially supported or not, we've run Frame Server on Windows Server
2003 with no problems.

Thanks,

Max

Adobe and Robohelp

2006-09-25 Thread Sean Pollock 

   They have (supposedly) committed to improving it:

   [1]http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/05/adobe-robohelp-x6-after-microsof
   t.html
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 From:  "Gillian Flato" 
 To:  
 Subject:  Adobe and Robohelp
 Date:  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:30:57 -0700
 >Does anyone know if Adobe plans on letting Robohelp die, or
 they're
 >going to improve it, or they are replacing it with something else?
 >
 >
 >Thank you,
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >Gillian Flato
 >
 >Technical Writer (Software)
 >
 >nanometrics
 >
 >1550 Buckeye Dr.
 >
 >Milpitas, CA. 95035
 >
 >(408.435.9600 x 316
 >
 >7  408.232.5911
 >
 >* gflato 
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References

   1. http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/05/adobe-robohelp-x6-after-microsoft.html