Re: Printing Chapters to Separate files; Was: Links not working in Adobe

[DSchor]

Carol,

Do you want to make separate PDF files for each document in the book? I 
would assume that for the references to work, all the PDFs would have to be 
in the same directory. Otherwise, links would break.


If you don't need separate PDF files, deselect Save Book as...  Separate 
File for each document and then generate the entire Book as a PDF.


HTH,

David Schor
(no longer working at Emblaze-VCON)
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- Original Message - 
From: Carol Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:42 PM
Subject: Printing Chapters to Separate files;Was: Links not working in Adobe


I have identified the problem I was having with links not working among
separate PDFs. The problem resulted from generating the PDFs from a
FrameMaker book file. I must not understand the Print dialog box option
Save Book as...  Separate File for each document. Although this does
create separate PDFs, the links all reference the filename entered in
the box Print to File. Obviously then the links are then broken.



Can anyone explain to me what I am misunderstanding or tell me how to
make this work?





From: Carol Wade
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:30 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Links not working in Adobe



I should clarify that the crossreferences referred to in my earlier
email have nothing to do with index entries.



Thanks,

Carol



From: Carol Wade
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:26 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Links not working in Adobe



I have created separate FrameMaker documents that cross-reference each
other. At a point, the links were working in the generated PDFs (Named
Destinations and Generate Actobat Data are selected). Now, none of them
work. (I have now added crossreferences to the master pages, but don't
think this has anything to do with the problem.)



It seems that I must be doing something wrong that should be obvious,
such as not selecting Named Destinations and Generate Actobat Data, but
I don't know what else to look for.



I converted a document to MIF, and it appears that at least one path is
incorrect, if that is what is meat by XRefSrcFile
`c\MasterIndex.fm', because the absoulte path whould be
c:\CustomerDocs\NewUserDocumentation. This is also wrong for a relative
path, if c\ resolves to c:\.



I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 and Acrobat Distiller 7.0.7.



Thanks for any suggestions!



Carol




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Re: autonumbering with line break?

[Klaus Daube]

On 21 Nov 2006 at 10:08, Scott Prentice wrote:

 Actually .. one way I've seen this done is to use a tab followed by a
 space (the space is important) at the end of your autonumber string, then
 change the tab position for that paragraph style to be the width of your
 text frame. This forces it to wrap with minimal problems.

Scott,
I have checked this and found that the following steps are necessary:

1) The autonumber string ends with \t\b (where \b stands for a simple 
blank) - as you say.

2) The TAB must be a left tab and the position must be slightly left 
to the width of the text frame (e.g. 11.7 cm for an 11.8 cm wide text 
frame). This depends on the test size.

3) The paragraph text must start with a nonbreaking space. Without 
this the text is stuffed into a black blob at the end of the line.

The paragraph style may be in the catalogue, since there is nothing 
strange in the style itself.

Klaus Daube

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Re: Printing Chapters to Separate files; Was: Links not working in Adobe

[Art Campbell]

Carol, I haven't played with this, but in pre-7 versions, the file
name field could contain an asterisc, which FM interpreted by printing
each chapter_file.fm to a chapter_file.pdf. Might see if it still
works that way instead of typing in a file name.

Art

On 10/31/06, Carol Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have identified the problem I was having with links not working among
separate PDFs. The problem resulted from generating the PDFs from a
FrameMaker book file. I must not understand the Print dialog box option
Save Book as...  Separate File for each document. Although this does
create separate PDFs, the links all reference the filename entered in
the box Print to File. Obviously then the links are then broken.



Can anyone explain to me what I am misunderstanding or tell me how to
make this work?





From: Carol Wade
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:30 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Links not working in Adobe



I should clarify that the crossreferences referred to in my earlier
email have nothing to do with index entries.



Thanks,

Carol



From: Carol Wade
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:26 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Links not working in Adobe



I have created separate FrameMaker documents that cross-reference each
other. At a point, the links were working in the generated PDFs (Named
Destinations and Generate Actobat Data are selected). Now, none of them
work. (I have now added crossreferences to the master pages, but don't
think this has anything to do with the problem.)



It seems that I must be doing something wrong that should be obvious,
such as not selecting Named Destinations and Generate Actobat Data, but
I don't know what else to look for.



I converted a document to MIF, and it appears that at least one path is
incorrect, if that is what is meat by XRefSrcFile
`c\MasterIndex.fm', because the absoulte path whould be
c:\CustomerDocs\NewUserDocumentation. This is also wrong for a relative
path, if c\ resolves to c:\.



I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 and Acrobat Distiller 7.0.7.



Thanks for any suggestions!



Carol




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RE: Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in component file

[Combs, Richard]

Hedley Finger wrote: 

 Occasionally a chapter file ends on a right page 
 (odd-numbered). Because the pagination is set to even number 
 of pages, the default Left master is applied to the final 
 left page (even-numbered) of the chapter.  We would like to 
 apply a special master page devoid of running heads and feet, 
 except for the page number.

Uh oh, we're getting perilously close to an intentionally left blank
thread. Dan Emory, I promise to restrain myself if you will, too! ;-)

Hedley, someone once suggested a bass-ackwards way to do it with master
page mapping. Specify a custom left master page invoked by the presence
of any pgf format. Set up the default Left page the way you want the
final left page to look. If there is no pgf on the page to trigger the
custom master page, FM will use the default. 

I haven't used master page mapping at all, so I can't vouch for the
process, but it sounds like it should work. Whether it's more or less
fussy than using MasterPage Tools or a FrameScript, I can't say. They
all sound too fussy for my tastes, so my empty left pages use the same
master page as the non-empty ones. :-)

HTH!
Richard


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OT:online style guides

[Jon Harvey]

Hi all,

I am interested in getting a style guide for our company. Here's the wish list:

- Must be accessed via the company network.
- Must be easily updated so that each person has the latest version each time 
they open it.
- Must be customizable so that we can add/modify/remove information that is 
specific to our company (such as brand names)
- Must be searchable

One example of what I consider a good reference is the Gregg Reference Manual. 
However, the electronic version of this manual cannot be augmented with our own 
company standards. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience in this?


Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation
 
CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140

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Tableformat in EDD

[Egwin]

Hello Framers,
 
I am working with structured (XML) documents.
In these files i use tables.
My Tgroup element is fmTable.
 
In my EDD there is:
Element (Table): tgroup
...
Initial table format
1. if context is:[tablefunction=score]
Table format: score
 
In the XML there is:
tgroup cols=... rowsep=... colsep=... align=...
tablefunction=score
 
When i open the XML in FrameMaker the TableFormal stays Table.
 
What do i have to do more than the things i already did..?
Did i miss something..?
 
Thanks for your help,
 
Egwin
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More printer issues

[Steve Rickaby]

Mac OS X 10.4.8, AdobePS 8.8.0, Acrobat 6 Pro, FrameMaker 6 and 7.0 for Mac.

History: I have taken over a dozen grayscale books to press using a FrameMaker 
6 + AdobePS - PDF workflow, without pain or any objections from printers.

Now, I output a FrameMaker 6 greyscale book and the printers complain that it's 
full of RGB objects - which it isn't.

Acrobat 6 Pro's separations preview shows only CMYK and three spot grays, as 
expected and intended. However, if I run 6 Pro's '4c+spot' test, it objects to 
*every single item of text*, complaining that it is neither 4c nor spot.

If I take a sample chapter into FrameMaker 7 and repeat the output,the 4c+spot 
test passes.

The only significant event that has occurred since successful output of 
greyscale books is the installation of FrameMaker 7.0 on the same machine. 

My questions:

. I am wondering if this is related at all to the CMYK black problem I posted 
previously (FrameMaker 6 default black is CMYK, FrameMaker 7 default black is 
100% K).

. Could there be anything about the installation of FrameMaker 7.0 that could 
mess with a FrameMaker 6 + AdobePS - PDF workflow?

Thanks in advance.

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RE: Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in component file

[Bernard Aschwanden]

One trick is to set up your 'default' left and right pages to be 'intentionally 
blank' and then they always apply with no headers or footers.

Of course, that means you need to set up a pages with h/f set of masters. 
You'll also need to carefully play with the reference pages to apply them, but 
this may be a functional combination for you.

Bernard



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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in 
component file

All:

Occasionally a chapter file ends on a right page (odd-numbered). Because 
the pagination is set to even number of pages, the default Left master is 
applied to the final left page (even-numbered) of the chapter.  We would 
like to apply a special master page devoid of running heads and feet, 
except for the page number.

Is there any inbuilt capabilty in FrameMaker for automatically applying or 
removing this final custom page depending on whether the page count is odd 
or even?  I looked at the MasterPageMap table approach but this only 
triggers on a paragraph format.  By definition, the flow symbol will be on 
the immediately preceding right page, so there would be NO paragraph on 
the last even page to trigger on.

Is there some way to do this automagically?  Or do I have to write a 
FrameScript event routine to check all component files in a book and 
apply/remove the last custom page on Update Book or whatever.  I suppose 
writers COULD ensure that a special para appeared on the last even page 
but then that's one more manual job to do before generating a PDF which 
they don't need.

Regards,
Hedley

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RE: Tableformat in EDD

[Bernard Aschwanden]

element tgroup
{
is fm table element;
attribute tablefunction is fm property table format;
}


Try to tweak your read/write rules to include something similar to what I've 
written above. That should help. If you search the PDF help (the Struc Dev 
Guide) for the phrase is fm property table format you can read more detailed 
info.

Hope that helps.

Bernard



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Egwin
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:01 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Tableformat in EDD

Hello Framers,
 
I am working with structured (XML) documents.
In these files i use tables.
My Tgroup element is fmTable.
 
In my EDD there is:
Element (Table): tgroup
...
Initial table format
1. if context is:[tablefunction=score]
Table format: score
 
In the XML there is:
tgroup cols=... rowsep=... colsep=... align=...
tablefunction=score
 
When i open the XML in FrameMaker the TableFormal stays Table.
 
What do i have to do more than the things i already did..?
Did i miss something..?
 
Thanks for your help,
 
Egwin
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Re: Need to Change the Company Name on the Master Pages of LOTS ofManuals

[DSchor]

Doesn't even a change in the company name mean a new revision?
Sounds like the old name would be out-of-date.

For example, where I just finished working, such a change would require me 
to change revision number. This was important because Operations would then 
update the product package list, so they would know which revision to 
include in the package. If I made a change without changing the revision 
number, it would risk inclusion of the outdated book.


To make the change anyway, edit the Co. Name as a variable in one file. 
Then, import variables to the rest of the book and then do it to all the 
other books.


HTH,

David


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Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:42 PM
Subject: Need to Change the Company Name on the Master Pages of LOTS 
ofManuals



Effective next Monday, 11/20, our company will have a new name. As a
result, we need to change the name on the Master Pages of MANY pages of
MANY manuals. The footers on the Master Pages are set up follows:

Created Date: Manual Name

Revised Date: XXX (Co. Name) Restricted Page #


We don't want to change anything except the company name and if we apply
our current template, the dates would change. There's probably a simple
method for making this change, but my mind's a blank  I've not been
able to come up with anything. Thanks in advance for any help you might
be able to give!

Pat Holwell
972/453-3018


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Re: Unexpected problem with straddling table cells

[Pat Christenson]

Hi and thanks to all who replied -

Several people suggested it would be easier to just put the word 
Caution in the autonumbering field and yes, that is the way we're 
going to have to go. But it's not quite as simple as that. Here's how 
the tables are set up:


First cell: Icon tagged CautionIcon
Second cell: Paragraph tagged CautionHead
Third cell: Paragraph tagged Body

Since straddling the 2nd  3rd cell makes the CautionHead disappear, 
we're left with a Body paragraph. As you can imagine, this is used in 
lots of places, not just in Caution tables so it looks like we're going 
to have to create a new tag CautionText with the word Caution in 
the autonumbering field and apply that on a case-by-case basis when 
converting to the new templates. Very tedious. If anyone knows of a way 
around this, please let me know.


Thanks.

Pat Christenson

On Nov 16, 2006, at 5:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

A client's template currently has Cautions formatted as a three-cell 
table: The
Caution icon (in a reference) frame is in the first cell, the word 
Caution (in
the Autonumbering field of the CautionHead) is in the second, and the 
writer

types text in the third.

They want to change to a two-cell table with the icon in the first 
cell and the

word Caution as a run-in head in the second cell along with the text.

Here's the strange behavior: When you change the CautionHead paragraph 
to a
run-in head and straddle the two cells, the run-in head disappears. 
I'm guessing
this is because technically that paragraph is empty, having no 
manually entered

text, just the word Caution from the autonumbering field.

I realize there are other ways to achieve the same look but if the 
run-in head
wasn't destroyed by straddling the cells, it would be simpler to 
convert
existing Cautions to the new format. Any ideas on how I can get this 
to work?




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RE: Simplified English (ASD-STE100)

[Maxwell Hoffmann]

Steve,

I have a couple of clients using Maxit by SMART Software. We understand
that the SMART Maxit Checker is fully integrated into FM 7.2 by the FDK.
Consequently, the tool allows edit-in-place, runs very quickly and is
easy to use.

SMART offers a free QuickLook on a few pages to show the results in
their FM Viewing tool. SMART offers evaluation copies, but only if you
ask for them. (You won't find a free download on the web page.)  A
good grammar checker for Simplified English or Controlled English
requires a custom dictionary, hence the evals need some dictionary
adjustment for each domain. Take a look at http://www.smartny.com


Maxwell Hoffmann
Manager of Consulting  Training Solutions
ENLASO Corporation
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:21:44 -0800
From: Steve Cavanaugh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Is anyone here attempting to write Simplified English, and if so, what
tools are you using?  I see that I can get tools from about $300 (stand
alone) all the way up to about $3000 (fully integrated with Frame).  I
hate to spend $3K on an integrated tool without being able to test it
first, but the stand alone tool seems a bit limiting.  Any suggestions
are appreciated. 


Steve Cavanaugh
Sr. Technical Writer
NAT Seattle Inc.

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Re: OT:online style guides

[Rene Stephenson]

You could set up a supplemental section for your own company standards in FM 
and using WWP link to the other CHM with project-to-project linking. You could 
keep the output files on the network and re-generate it whenever there are 
changes and just have people add it to their Favorites in IE (which would show 
in the Favorites in Windows Explorer)...
   
  Just brainstorming...
   
  HTH
  Rene
  
Jon Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hi all,

I am interested in getting a style guide for our company. Here's the wish list:

- Must be accessed via the company network.
- Must be easily updated so that each person has the latest version each time 
they open it.
- Must be customizable so that we can add/modify/remove information that is 
specific to our company (such as brand names)
- Must be searchable

One example of what I consider a good reference is the Gregg Reference Manual. 
However, the electronic version of this manual cannot be augmented with our own 
company standards. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience in this?


Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation
 
CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140

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RE: Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page i n component file

[Gagne, Bernard (Bolton)]

One caveat concerning the procedure below. If you happen to have a
multi-page table the default LH master will get applied. It appears the
Apply Master Page function does not recognize paragraph tags present in
tables.
Anyone find out differently? It would solve a problem I've been having.

Berny Gagné
Lead Technical Writer
Husky Injection Molding Systems
Bolton, Ontario, Canada 


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Subject: RE: Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in
component file

Hedley Finger wrote: 

 Occasionally a chapter file ends on a right page (odd-numbered). 
 Because the pagination is set to even number of pages, the default 
 Left master is applied to the final left page (even-numbered) of the 
 chapter.  We would like to apply a special master page devoid of 
 running heads and feet, except for the page number.

Uh oh, we're getting perilously close to an intentionally left blank
thread. Dan Emory, I promise to restrain myself if you will, too! ;-)

Hedley, someone once suggested a bass-ackwards way to do it with master page
mapping. Specify a custom left master page invoked by the presence of any
pgf format. Set up the default Left page the way you want the final left
page to look. If there is no pgf on the page to trigger the custom master
page, FM will use the default. 

I haven't used master page mapping at all, so I can't vouch for the process,
but it sounds like it should work. Whether it's more or less fussy than
using MasterPage Tools or a FrameScript, I can't say. They all sound too
fussy for my tastes, so my empty left pages use the same master page as the
non-empty ones. :-)

HTH!
Richard


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Re: Tableformat in EDD

[Lynne A. Price]

Egwin,
  During import from XML, FM seems to use a table format specified in an 
all-context rule but not in a context rule. I believe this is a bug.
  However, if the tablefunction attribute is used only to specify the 
table format, you can remove the context rule in the EDD and add the r/w rule


   attribute tablefunction is fm property table format;

--Lynne


At 03:01 AM 11/22/2006, Egwin wrote:

In my EDD there is:
Element (Table): tgroup
...
Initial table format
1. if context is:[tablefunction=score]
Table format: score

In the XML there is:
tgroup cols=... rowsep=... colsep=... align=...
tablefunction=score

When i open the XML in FrameMaker the TableFormal stays Table.



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FM to Distiller font problems

[Rene S.]

Hi All,

I have a font (Bullets3.ttf) that is *not* restricted for embedding and that
is licensed to us that won't embed. We're using FM 7.2 on Win XP (SP2) w/
Acrobat 7.0.8. The Bullets3 font doesn't even show in the list of fonts to
embed in any Distiller dialog boxes on any of the PCs, even though all of
them installed the font via Windows Control Panel  Fonts, FileAdd new
font.

This is creating problems with the way our safety notices display, showing
a-tilde (which I think is the extended ASCII character in the standard set)
rather than the desired graphic from the Bullets3 font.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Rene

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RE: FM to Distiller font problems

[Dov Isaacs]

Rene,

Unfortunately, without seeing the font file itself, it
would be very difficult to know how or why this problem
is occurring.

I will assume that this Bullets3 font is in fact technically
(if not legally) embeddable (that the fsType field in the 
OS/2 table of the TrueType font is set for either no 
embedding restrictions, edittable embedding, or preview 
and print embedding).

In terms of whether Distiller sees the font, the issue may
be as to where you let Windows install the font. If the font
was NOT copied to C:\WINDOWS\FONTS during installation (i.e.,
you used the don't copy font option of the Windows font
installer), you may need to go into Distiller and manually
add the path of the directory containing the Bullets3
font. A temporary workaround might be to reconfigure the
AdobePDF PostScript printer driver instance such that 
the option to not embed fonts in the PostScript is NOT
checked. To do this, go to the AdobePDF Properties and
in the General tab, click on Printing Preferences and
go to the Adobe PDF Settings tab. There, disable the
option for NOT putting fonts in the print stream. You
would also need to repeat this in the Properties
Advanced tab, clicking on Printing Defaults and similarly
fixing that setting under its Adobe PDF Settings tab.

- Dov
 

 -Original Message-
 From: Rene S.
 Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 3:13 PM
 To: 'framers List'
 Subject: FM to Distiller font problems
 
 Hi All,
 
 I have a font (Bullets3.ttf) that is *not* restricted for 
 embedding and that is licensed to us that won't embed. We're 
 using FM 7.2 on Win XP (SP2) w/ Acrobat 7.0.8. The Bullets3 
 font doesn't even show in the list of fonts to embed in any 
 Distiller dialog boxes on any of the PCs, even though all of 
 them installed the font via Windows Control Panel  Fonts, 
 FileAdd new font.
 
 This is creating problems with the way our safety notices 
 display, showing a-tilde (which I think is the extended ASCII 
 character in the standard set) rather than the desired 
 graphic from the Bullets3 font.
 
 Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
 
 Thanks,
 Rene
 
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RE: FM to Distiller font problems

[Rene Stephenson]

Dov,
   
  Thanks for responding. I really don't know how to view the fsType field in 
the 
OS/2 table of the TrueType font. I used MS free font utility to check that it 
is embeddable. Does that tell you anything? (...other than showing my obvious 
ignorance about fonts...)
   
  We did reconfigure the AdobePDF PostScript printer driver instance such that 
the option to not embed fonts in the PostScript is NOT checked, in either 
possible spots that you mentioned, but that still didn't solve the problem. 
   
  Just to be sure, I reinstalled the font in question to make sure that the 
Copy fonts to Fonts folder option was selected when installed. When I view 
via Windows Explorer the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts directory, BULLETS3.TTF does show in 
the directory. Distiller's Font Locations window does show that directory. And 
Distiller's Adobe PDF Settings, Font tab does have the option selected to Embed 
all fonts.
   
  And yet the problem persists. The Bullets3 font still isn't in Embedding 
area's Font Source combo box, and it's still not getting embedded. I'm 
completely befuddled. 
   
  Would it be possible for me to email you the font offlist?
   
  Rene


Dov Isaacs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  Rene,

Unfortunately, without seeing the font file itself, it
would be very difficult to know how or why this problem
is occurring.

I will assume that this Bullets3 font is in fact technically
(if not legally) embeddable (that the fsType field in the 
OS/2 table of the TrueType font is set for either no 
embedding restrictions, edittable embedding, or preview 
and print embedding).

In terms of whether Distiller sees the font, the issue may
be as to where you let Windows install the font. If the font
was NOT copied to C:\WINDOWS\FONTS during installation (i.e.,
you used the don't copy font option of the Windows font
installer), you may need to go into Distiller and manually
add the path of the directory containing the Bullets3
font. A temporary workaround might be to reconfigure the
AdobePDF PostScript printer driver instance such that 
the option to not embed fonts in the PostScript is NOT
checked. To do this, go to the AdobePDF Properties and
in the General tab, click on Printing Preferences and
go to the Adobe PDF Settings tab. There, disable the
option for NOT putting fonts in the print stream. You
would also need to repeat this in the Properties
Advanced tab, clicking on Printing Defaults and similarly
fixing that setting under its Adobe PDF Settings tab.

- Dov


 -Original Message-
 From: Rene S.
 Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 3:13 PM
 To: 'framers List'
 Subject: FM to Distiller font problems
 
 Hi All,
 
 I have a font (Bullets3.ttf) that is *not* restricted for 
 embedding and that is licensed to us that won't embed. We're 
 using FM 7.2 on Win XP (SP2) w/ Acrobat 7.0.8. The Bullets3 
 font doesn't even show in the list of fonts to embed in any 
 Distiller dialog boxes on any of the PCs, even though all of 
 them installed the font via Windows Control Panel  Fonts, 
 FileAdd new font.
 
 This is creating problems with the way our safety notices 
 display, showing a-tilde (which I think is the extended ASCII 
 character in the standard set) rather than the desired 
 graphic from the Bullets3 font.
 
 Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
 
 Thanks,
 Rene




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Re: Fw: third party vendors

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:31:56 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Can someone tell me to what thread Karsten was replying?  It certainly 
wan't Third party vendors!

I noticed that too.  ;-)  Looks like it was a reply to:
Subject: Parsing all folders...
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HTH!

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Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in component file

[hedley.fin...@myob.com]

All:

Occasionally a chapter file ends on a right page (odd-numbered). Because 
the pagination is set to even number of pages, the default Left master is 
applied to the final left page (even-numbered) of the chapter.  We would 
like to apply a special master page devoid of running heads and feet, 
except for the page number.

Is there any inbuilt capabilty in FrameMaker for automatically applying or 
removing this final custom page depending on whether the page count is odd 
or even?  I looked at the MasterPageMap table approach but this only 
triggers on a paragraph format.  By definition, the flow symbol will be on 
the immediately preceding right page, so there would be NO paragraph on 
the last even page to trigger on.

Is there some way to do this automagically?  Or do I have to write a 
FrameScript event routine to check all component files in a book and 
apply/remove the last custom page on Update Book or whatever.  I suppose 
writers COULD ensure that a special para appeared on the last even page 
but then that's one more manual job to do before generating a PDF which 
they don't need.

Regards,
Hedley

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Training Content Developer and Tools Specialist
MYOB Australia Pty Ltd 
P.O. box 371   Blackburn VIC 3130   Australia
12 Wesley Court   Tally Ho Business Park   East Burwood VIC 3151 Australia

Tel. +61 3 9222 9992 x 7421,   Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558

? MYOB Technology Pty Ltd 2006

Where is ?

[hedley.fin...@myob.com]

Firefox (where do they get these names?) and Internet Explorer v. 7 are 
just showing a blank page for , not even the 
"Site under reconstruction" message.  What gives?  Or have I been 
transported to an alternative universe where it no longer exists?
--
Hedley Finger
Training Content Developer and Tools Specialist
MYOB Australia Pty Ltd 
P.O. box 371   Blackburn VIC 3130   Australia
12 Wesley Court   Tally Ho Business Park   East Burwood VIC 3151 Australia

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Printing Chapters to Separate files; Was: Links not working in Adobe

[DSchor]

Carol,

Do you want to make separate PDF files for each document in the book? I 
would assume that for the references to work, all the PDFs would have to be 
in the same directory. Otherwise, links would break.

If you don't need separate PDF files, deselect "Save Book as...  Separate 
File for each document" and then generate the entire Book as a PDF.

HTH,

David Schor
(no longer working at Emblaze-VCON)
davelis at smile.net.il

- Original Message - 
From: "Carol Wade" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:42 PM
Subject: Printing Chapters to Separate files;Was: Links not working in Adobe


I have identified the problem I was having with links not working among
separate PDFs. The problem resulted from generating the PDFs from a
FrameMaker book file. I must not understand the Print dialog box option
"Save Book as...  Separate File for each document." Although this does
create separate PDFs, the links all reference the filename entered in
the box "Print to File." Obviously then the links are then broken.



Can anyone explain to me what I am misunderstanding or tell me how to
make this work?





From: Carol Wade
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:30 AM
To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com.'
Subject: RE: Links not working in Adobe



I should clarify that the crossreferences referred to in my earlier
email have nothing to do with index entries.



Thanks,

Carol



From: Carol Wade
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:26 AM
To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com.'
Subject: Links not working in Adobe



I have created separate FrameMaker documents that cross-reference each
other. At a point, the links were working in the generated PDFs (Named
Destinations and Generate Actobat Data are selected). Now, none of them
work. (I have now added crossreferences to the master pages, but don't
think this has anything to do with the problem.)



It seems that I must be doing something wrong that should be obvious,
such as not selecting Named Destinations and Generate Actobat Data, but
I don't know what else to look for.



I converted a document to MIF, and it appears that at least one path is
incorrect, if that is what is meat by "MasterIndex.fm'>," because the absoulte path whould be
c:\CustomerDocs\NewUserDocumentation. This is also wrong for a relative
path, if "" resolves to "c:\."



I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 and Acrobat Distiller 7.0.7.



Thanks for any suggestions!



Carol




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autonumbering with line break?

[Klaus Daube]

On 21 Nov 2006 at 10:08, Scott Prentice wrote:

> Actually .. one way I've seen this done is to use a tab followed by a
> space (the space is important) at the end of your autonumber string, then
> change the tab position for that paragraph style to be the width of your
> text frame. This forces it to wrap with minimal problems.

Scott,
I have checked this and found that the following steps are necessary:

1) The autonumber string ends with \t\b (where \b stands for a simple 
blank) - as you say.

2) The TAB must be a left tab and the position must be slightly left 
to the width of the text frame (e.g. 11.7 cm for an 11.8 cm wide text 
frame). This depends on the test size.

3) The paragraph text must start with a nonbreaking space. Without 
this the text is stuffed into a black blob at the end of the line.

The paragraph style may be in the catalogue, since there is nothing 
strange in the style itself.

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Technical documentation & consultancy; On-line and paper
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Printing Chapters to Separate files; Was: Links not working in Adobe

[Art Campbell]

Carol, I haven't played with this, but in pre-7 versions, the file
name field could contain an asterisc, which FM interpreted by printing
each chapter_file.fm to a chapter_file.pdf. Might see if it still
works that way instead of typing in a file name.

Art

On 10/31/06, Carol Wade  wrote:
> I have identified the problem I was having with links not working among
> separate PDFs. The problem resulted from generating the PDFs from a
> FrameMaker book file. I must not understand the Print dialog box option
> "Save Book as...  Separate File for each document." Although this does
> create separate PDFs, the links all reference the filename entered in
> the box "Print to File." Obviously then the links are then broken.
>
>
>
> Can anyone explain to me what I am misunderstanding or tell me how to
> make this work?
>
>
>
> 
>
> From: Carol Wade
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:30 AM
> To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com.'
> Subject: RE: Links not working in Adobe
>
>
>
> I should clarify that the crossreferences referred to in my earlier
> email have nothing to do with index entries.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carol
>
> 
>
> From: Carol Wade
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:26 AM
> To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com.'
> Subject: Links not working in Adobe
>
>
>
> I have created separate FrameMaker documents that cross-reference each
> other. At a point, the links were working in the generated PDFs (Named
> Destinations and Generate Actobat Data are selected). Now, none of them
> work. (I have now added crossreferences to the master pages, but don't
> think this has anything to do with the problem.)
>
>
>
> It seems that I must be doing something wrong that should be obvious,
> such as not selecting Named Destinations and Generate Actobat Data, but
> I don't know what else to look for.
>
>
>
> I converted a document to MIF, and it appears that at least one path is
> incorrect, if that is what is meat by " `MasterIndex.fm'>," because the absoulte path whould be
> c:\CustomerDocs\NewUserDocumentation. This is also wrong for a relative
> path, if "" resolves to "c:\."
>
>
>
> I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 and Acrobat Distiller 7.0.7.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
>
>
> Carol
>
>
>
>
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Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in component file

[Combs, Richard]

Hedley Finger wrote: 

> Occasionally a chapter file ends on a right page 
> (odd-numbered). Because the pagination is set to even number 
> of pages, the default Left master is applied to the final 
> left page (even-numbered) of the chapter.  We would like to 
> apply a special master page devoid of running heads and feet, 
> except for the page number.

Uh oh, we're getting perilously close to an "intentionally left blank"
thread. Dan Emory, I promise to restrain myself if you will, too! ;-)

Hedley, someone once suggested a bass-ackwards way to do it with master
page mapping. Specify a custom left master page invoked by the presence
of any pgf format. Set up the default Left page the way you want the
final left page to look. If there is no pgf on the page to trigger the
custom master page, FM will use the default. 

I haven't used master page mapping at all, so I can't vouch for the
process, but it sounds like it should work. Whether it's more or less
fussy than using MasterPage Tools or a FrameScript, I can't say. They
all sound too fussy for my tastes, so my empty left pages use the same
master page as the non-empty ones. :-)

HTH!
Richard


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OT:online style guides

[Jon Harvey]

Hi all,

I am interested in getting a style guide for our company. Here's the wish list:

- Must be accessed via the company network.
- Must be easily updated so that each person has the latest version each time 
they open it.
- Must be customizable so that we can add/modify/remove information that is 
specific to our company (such as brand names)
- Must be searchable

One example of what I consider a good reference is the Gregg Reference Manual. 
However, the electronic version of this manual cannot be augmented with our own 
company standards. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience in this?


Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation
?
CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140

Tableformat in EDD

[Egwin]

Hello Framers,

I am working with structured (XML) documents.
In these files i use tables.
My Tgroup element is fmTable.

In my EDD there is:
Element (Table): tgroup
...
Initial table format
1. if context is:[tablefunction="score"]
Table format: score

In the XML there is:


When i open the XML in FrameMaker the TableFormal stays "Table".

What do i have to do more than the things i already did..?
Did i miss something..?

Thanks for your help,

Egwin

More printer issues

[Steve Rickaby]

Mac OS X 10.4.8, AdobePS 8.8.0, Acrobat 6 Pro, FrameMaker 6 and 7.0 for Mac.

History: I have taken over a dozen grayscale books to press using a FrameMaker 
6 + AdobePS -> PDF workflow, without pain or any objections from printers.

Now, I output a FrameMaker 6 greyscale book and the printers complain that it's 
full of RGB objects - which it isn't.

Acrobat 6 Pro's separations preview shows only CMYK and three spot grays, as 
expected and intended. However, if I run 6 Pro's '4c+spot' test, it objects to 
*every single item of text*, complaining that it is neither 4c nor spot.

If I take a sample chapter into FrameMaker 7 and repeat the output,the 4c+spot 
test passes.

The only significant event that has occurred since successful output of 
greyscale books is the installation of FrameMaker 7.0 on the same machine. 

My questions:

. I am wondering if this is related at all to the CMYK black problem I posted 
previously (FrameMaker 6 default black is CMYK, FrameMaker 7 default black is 
100% K).

. Could there be anything about the installation of FrameMaker 7.0 that could 
mess with a FrameMaker 6 + AdobePS -> PDF workflow?

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Steve [foxed]

Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in component file

[Bernard Aschwanden]

One trick is to set up your 'default' left and right pages to be 'intentionally 
blank' and then they always apply with no headers or footers.

Of course, that means you need to set up a "pages with h/f" set of masters. 
You'll also need to carefully play with the reference pages to apply them, but 
this may be a functional combination for you.

Bernard



Bernard Aschwanden
Director of Technology and Publishing Architecture
Bright Path Solutions

bernard at travelthepath.com 

www.travelthepath.com 



-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.frameusers.com] 
On Behalf Of hedley.fin...@myob.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:05 PM
To: framers at omsys.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in 
component file

All:

Occasionally a chapter file ends on a right page (odd-numbered). Because 
the pagination is set to even number of pages, the default Left master is 
applied to the final left page (even-numbered) of the chapter.  We would 
like to apply a special master page devoid of running heads and feet, 
except for the page number.

Is there any inbuilt capabilty in FrameMaker for automatically applying or 
removing this final custom page depending on whether the page count is odd 
or even?  I looked at the MasterPageMap table approach but this only 
triggers on a paragraph format.  By definition, the flow symbol will be on 
the immediately preceding right page, so there would be NO paragraph on 
the last even page to trigger on.

Is there some way to do this automagically?  Or do I have to write a 
FrameScript event routine to check all component files in a book and 
apply/remove the last custom page on Update Book or whatever.  I suppose 
writers COULD ensure that a special para appeared on the last even page 
but then that's one more manual job to do before generating a PDF which 
they don't need.

Regards,
Hedley

--
Hedley Finger
Training Content Developer and Tools Specialist
MYOB Australia Pty Ltd 
P.O. box 371   Blackburn VIC 3130   Australia
12 Wesley Court   Tally Ho Business Park   East Burwood VIC 3151 Australia

Tel. +61 3 9222 9992 x 7421,   Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558

C MYOB Technology Pty Ltd 2006
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Tableformat in EDD

[Bernard Aschwanden]

element "tgroup"
{
is fm table element;
attribute "tablefunction" is fm property table format;
}


Try to tweak your read/write rules to include something similar to what I've 
written above. That should help. If you search the PDF help (the Struc Dev 
Guide) for the phrase "is fm property table format" you can read more detailed 
info.

Hope that helps.

Bernard



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Director of Technology and Publishing Architecture
Bright Path Solutions

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[mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter@lists.frameusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Egwin
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:01 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Tableformat in EDD

Hello Framers,

I am working with structured (XML) documents.
In these files i use tables.
My Tgroup element is fmTable.

In my EDD there is:
Element (Table): tgroup
...
Initial table format
1. if context is:[tablefunction="score"]
Table format: score

In the XML there is:


When i open the XML in FrameMaker the TableFormal stays "Table".

What do i have to do more than the things i already did..?
Did i miss something..?

Thanks for your help,

Egwin
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Need to Change the Company Name on the Master Pages of LOTS ofManuals

[DSchor]

Doesn't even a change in the company name mean a "new" revision?
Sounds like the old name would be out-of-date.

For example, where I just finished working, such a change would require me 
to change revision number. This was important because Operations would then 
update the product package list, so they would know which revision to 
include in the package. If I made a change without changing the revision 
number, it would risk inclusion of the outdated book.

To make the change anyway, edit the Co. Name as a variable in one file. 
Then, import variables to the rest of the book and then do it to all the 
other books.

HTH,

David


- Original Message - 
From: "Holwell, Pat" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:42 PM
Subject: Need to Change the Company Name on the Master Pages of LOTS 
ofManuals


Effective next Monday, 11/20, our company will have a new name. As a
result, we need to change the name on the Master Pages of MANY pages of
MANY manuals. The footers on the Master Pages are set up follows:

Created Date: Manual Name

Revised Date: XXX (Co. Name) Restricted Page #


We don't want to change anything except the company name and if we apply
our current template, the dates would change. There's probably a simple
method for making this change, but my mind's a blank & I've not been
able to come up with anything. Thanks in advance for any help you might
be able to give!

Pat Holwell
972/453-3018


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Unexpected problem with straddling table cells

[Pat Christenson]

Hi and thanks to all who replied -

Several people suggested it would be easier to just put the word 
"Caution" in the autonumbering field and yes, that is the way we're 
going to have to go. But it's not quite as simple as that. Here's how 
the tables are set up:

First cell: Icon tagged "CautionIcon"
Second cell: Paragraph tagged "CautionHead"
Third cell: Paragraph tagged "Body"

Since straddling the 2nd & 3rd cell makes the "CautionHead" disappear, 
we're left with a "Body" paragraph. As you can imagine, this is used in 
lots of places, not just in Caution tables so it looks like we're going 
to have to create a new tag "CautionText" with the word "Caution" in 
the autonumbering field and apply that on a case-by-case basis when 
converting to the new templates. Very tedious. If anyone knows of a way 
around this, please let me know.

Thanks.

Pat Christenson

On Nov 16, 2006, at 5:13 PM, pxenson at comcast.net wrote:

> A client's template currently has Cautions formatted as a three-cell 
> table: The
> Caution icon (in a reference) frame is in the first cell, the word 
> "Caution" (in
> the Autonumbering field of the CautionHead) is in the second, and the 
> writer
> types text in the third.
>
> They want to change to a two-cell table with the icon in the first 
> cell and the
> word "Caution" as a run-in head in the second cell along with the text.
>
> Here's the strange behavior: When you change the CautionHead paragraph 
> to a
> run-in head and straddle the two cells, the run-in head disappears. 
> I'm guessing
> this is because technically that paragraph is empty, having no 
> manually entered
> text, just the word "Caution" from the autonumbering field.
>
> I realize there are other ways to achieve the same look but if the 
> run-in head
> wasn't destroyed by straddling the cells, it would be simpler to 
> convert
> existing Cautions to the new format. Any ideas on how I can get this 
> to work?
>

Simplified English (ASD-STE100)

[Maxwell Hoffmann]

Steve,

I have a couple of clients using Maxit by SMART Software. We understand
that the SMART Maxit Checker is fully integrated into FM 7.2 by the FDK.
Consequently, the tool allows edit-in-place, runs very quickly and is
easy to use.

SMART offers a free QuickLook on a few pages to show the results in
their FM Viewing tool. SMART offers evaluation copies, but only if you
ask for them. (You won't find a "free download" on the web page.)  A
good grammar checker for Simplified English or Controlled English
requires a custom dictionary, hence the evals need some dictionary
adjustment for each domain. Take a look at http://www.smartny.com


Maxwell Hoffmann
Manager of Consulting & Training Solutions
ENLASO Corporation
T: 805 494 9571 * F: 805 435 1920
E: mhoffmann at translate.com 
ENLASO Corporation provides quality enterprise language solutions and
exceeds client expectations through continuing research, development,
and implementation of effective localization processes and technologies.
Visit: www.translate.com for more information or to subscribe to our
complimentary localization newsletter. 

>Message: 37
>Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:21:44 -0800
>From: "Steve Cavanaugh" 
>Subject: Simplified English (ASD-STE100)
>To: 
>Message-ID:
>   
>Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="us-ascii"
>
>Is anyone here attempting to write Simplified English, and if so, what
>tools are you using?  I see that I can get tools from about $300 (stand
>alone) all the way up to about $3000 (fully integrated with Frame).  I
>hate to spend $3K on an integrated tool without being able to test it
>first, but the stand alone tool seems a bit limiting.  Any suggestions
>are appreciated. 
>
>
>Steve Cavanaugh
>Sr. Technical Writer
>NAT Seattle Inc.

OT:online style guides

[Rene Stephenson]

You could set up a supplemental section for your own company standards in FM 
and using WWP link to the other CHM with project-to-project linking. You could 
keep the output files on the network and re-generate it whenever there are 
changes and just have people add it to their Favorites in IE (which would show 
in the Favorites in Windows Explorer)...

  Just brainstorming...

  HTH
  Rene

Jon Harvey  wrote:
  Hi all,

I am interested in getting a style guide for our company. Here's the wish list:

- Must be accessed via the company network.
- Must be easily updated so that each person has the latest version each time 
they open it.
- Must be customizable so that we can add/modify/remove information that is 
specific to our company (such as brand names)
- Must be searchable

One example of what I consider a good reference is the Gregg Reference Manual. 
However, the electronic version of this manual cannot be augmented with our own 
company standards. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience in this?


Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation

CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140

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FM to Distiller font problems

[Rene S.]

Hi All,

I have a font (Bullets3.ttf) that is *not* restricted for embedding and that
is licensed to us that won't embed. We're using FM 7.2 on Win XP (SP2) w/
Acrobat 7.0.8. The Bullets3 font doesn't even show in the list of fonts to
embed in any Distiller dialog boxes on any of the PCs, even though all of
them installed the font via Windows Control Panel > Fonts, File>Add new
font.

This is creating problems with the way our safety notices display, showing
a-tilde (which I think is the extended ASCII character in the standard set)
rather than the desired graphic from the Bullets3 font.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Rene

FM to Distiller font problems

[Dov Isaacs]

Rene,

Unfortunately, without seeing the font file itself, it
would be very difficult to know how or why this problem
is occurring.

I will assume that this "Bullets3" font is in fact technically
(if not legally) embeddable (that the "fsType" field in the 
OS/2 table of the TrueType font is set for either "no 
embedding restrictions", "edittable embedding", or "preview 
and print embedding).

In terms of whether Distiller "sees" the font, the issue may
be as to where you let Windows install the font. If the font
was NOT copied to C:\WINDOWS\FONTS during installation (i.e.,
you used the "don't copy font" option of the Windows font
installer), you may need to go into Distiller and manually
add the path of the directory containing the "Bullets3"
font. A temporary workaround might be to reconfigure the
AdobePDF PostScript printer driver instance such that 
the option to "not embed fonts in the PostScript" is NOT
checked. To do this, go to the AdobePDF Properties and
in the General tab, click on Printing Preferences and
go to the Adobe PDF Settings tab. There, disable the
option for NOT putting fonts in the print stream. You
would also need to repeat this in the Properties
Advanced tab, clicking on Printing Defaults and similarly
fixing that setting under its Adobe PDF Settings tab.

- Dov


> -Original Message-
> From: Rene S.
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 3:13 PM
> To: 'framers List'
> Subject: FM to Distiller font problems
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a font (Bullets3.ttf) that is *not* restricted for 
> embedding and that is licensed to us that won't embed. We're 
> using FM 7.2 on Win XP (SP2) w/ Acrobat 7.0.8. The Bullets3 
> font doesn't even show in the list of fonts to embed in any 
> Distiller dialog boxes on any of the PCs, even though all of 
> them installed the font via Windows Control Panel > Fonts, 
> File>Add new font.
> 
> This is creating problems with the way our safety notices 
> display, showing a-tilde (which I think is the extended ASCII 
> character in the standard set) rather than the desired 
> graphic from the Bullets3 font.
> 
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Rene

FM to Distiller font problems

[Rene Stephenson]

Dov,

  Thanks for responding. I really don't know how to view the "fsType" field in 
the 
OS/2 table of the TrueType font. I used MS free font utility to check that it 
is embeddable. Does that tell you anything? (...other than showing my obvious 
ignorance about fonts...)

  We did reconfigure the AdobePDF PostScript printer driver instance such that 
the option to "not embed fonts in the PostScript" is NOT checked, in either 
possible spots that you mentioned, but that still didn't solve the problem. 

  Just to be sure, I reinstalled the font in question to make sure that the 
"Copy fonts to Fonts folder" option was selected when installed. When I view 
via Windows Explorer the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts directory, BULLETS3.TTF does show in 
the directory. Distiller's Font Locations window does show that directory. And 
Distiller's Adobe PDF Settings, Font tab does have the option selected to Embed 
all fonts.

  And yet the problem persists. The Bullets3 font still isn't in Embedding 
area's Font Source combo box, and it's still not getting embedded. I'm 
completely befuddled. 

  Would it be possible for me to email you the font offlist?

  Rene


Dov Isaacs  wrote:  Rene,

Unfortunately, without seeing the font file itself, it
would be very difficult to know how or why this problem
is occurring.

I will assume that this "Bullets3" font is in fact technically
(if not legally) embeddable (that the "fsType" field in the 
OS/2 table of the TrueType font is set for either "no 
embedding restrictions", "edittable embedding", or "preview 
and print embedding).

In terms of whether Distiller "sees" the font, the issue may
be as to where you let Windows install the font. If the font
was NOT copied to C:\WINDOWS\FONTS during installation (i.e.,
you used the "don't copy font" option of the Windows font
installer), you may need to go into Distiller and manually
add the path of the directory containing the "Bullets3"
font. A temporary workaround might be to reconfigure the
AdobePDF PostScript printer driver instance such that 
the option to "not embed fonts in the PostScript" is NOT
checked. To do this, go to the AdobePDF Properties and
in the General tab, click on Printing Preferences and
go to the Adobe PDF Settings tab. There, disable the
option for NOT putting fonts in the print stream. You
would also need to repeat this in the Properties
Advanced tab, clicking on Printing Defaults and similarly
fixing that setting under its Adobe PDF Settings tab.

- Dov


> -Original Message-
> From: Rene S.
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 3:13 PM
> To: 'framers List'
> Subject: FM to Distiller font problems
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a font (Bullets3.ttf) that is *not* restricted for 
> embedding and that is licensed to us that won't embed. We're 
> using FM 7.2 on Win XP (SP2) w/ Acrobat 7.0.8. The Bullets3 
> font doesn't even show in the list of fonts to embed in any 
> Distiller dialog boxes on any of the PCs, even though all of 
> them installed the font via Windows Control Panel > Fonts, 
> File>Add new font.
> 
> This is creating problems with the way our safety notices 
> display, showing a-tilde (which I think is the extended ASCII 
> character in the standard set) rather than the desired 
> graphic from the Bullets3 font.
> 
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Rene




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Fw: third party vendors

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:31:56 +1100, hedley.finger at myob.com wrote:

>Can someone tell me to what thread Karsten was replying?  It certainly 
>wan't "Third party vendors"!

I noticed that too.  ;-)  Looks like it was a reply to:
>Subject: Parsing all folders...
>From: "Michael Zaichenko" 
>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:35:56 +0100

HTH!

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
http://www.omsys.com/