RE: How many FM users are there?

2007-05-11 Thread Diane Gaskill
Susan, Do you have any idea what happened to the copies of FM that are no longer used by your former companies? Thanks, Diane -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan Modlin Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:09 AM To: Bodvar Bjorgvinsson Cc:

Text in SVG disappears when importing into Frame

2007-05-11 Thread Teasdale, Steven \(GE Indust, ConsInd\)
Hello all. We have a set of flowcharts in SVG format that I would like to import as graphics into FrameMaker. The SVGs display fine in Internet Explorer, but when I import them into a FrameMaker, the text disappears and only the lines are displayed. Is this a known issue with FrameMaker, or

Re: DITA for training materials?

2007-05-11 Thread Art Campbell
I think the key question is whether they're going to resuse it in the future, even if they don't now. If they're not planning on changes though, I agree with you; it'd be more overhead with no payback. Art On 5/11/07, Pat Christenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a client who wants to move

RE: Text in SVG disappears when importing into Frame

2007-05-11 Thread Teasdale, Steven \(GE Indust, ConsInd\)
Hi Fred The tool used was CorelDRAW. The charts were created entirely in CorelDRAW and exported to SVG, so there should be no multiple layers. - The problem is not related to a specific font, as it occurs for all fonts in my system. - I can open the SVG in OpenOffice and the fonts are properly

RE: pasting text from FM to FM

2007-05-11 Thread Alison Carrico
I think you can solve your problem simply by choosing Edit-Paste Special-FrameMaker Interchange Format. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com] On Behalf Of Ridder, Fred Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:44 AM To: Rene Stephenson; Leah Smaller;

Re: DITA for training materials?

2007-05-11 Thread Scott Prentice
Structured FM (regardless of the data model) can offer benefits with regard to consistency and control. There have recently been a number of threads on this subject. Whether DITA offers any specific advantages over another data model is yet to be seen. Even though your client may not seem to

RE: Text in SVG disappears when importing into Frame

2007-05-11 Thread Sean Pollock
Can you open the SVG in Adobe Photoshop? SVG is an Adobe format and some versions of CorelDRAW often mess with output formats (e.g., EPS export from CorelDRAW is tricky). Sean Pollock Learning Media Development Teamcenter Visualization/VSA Siemens Automation and Drives UGS PLM

RE: Text in SVG disappears when importing into Frame

2007-05-11 Thread Teasdale, Steven \(GE Indust, ConsInd\)
Hi Sean Yes, I can open it in Photoshop. The fonts appear fine there. Thanks, Steven -Original Message- From: Sean Pollock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 3:27 PM To: Teasdale, Steven (GE Indust, ConsInd); [EMAIL PROTECTED]; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject:

RE: Text in SVG disappears when importing into Frame

2007-05-11 Thread Matt Sullivan
Can you open the svg in Illustrator? If so, can you then import the native .ai? -Matt Sullivan GRAFIX Training, Inc. An Adobe Authorized Training Center www.grafixtraining.com 888 882-2819 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Sample paragraph/character styles

2007-05-11 Thread Alison Carrico
I am looking for a way to create a sample of all the paragraph/character tags in a document such that each entry has the tag applied to it. I'm trying to find a way to speed up the process of converting all tags to a different set of fonts appropriate to the language into which the document has

Chapter Numbering in the Table of Contents

2007-05-11 Thread Molly Keegan
Hi All, I'm back for more great advice... I am having a problem getting my chapter numbering right in the table of contents of one of my manuals. Right now, it thinks Chapter 1 is Chapter 9, Chapter 2 is Chapter 10 and so on. I have made sure that each chapter is numbered correctly under

RE: Chapter Numbering in the Table of Contents

2007-05-11 Thread Karen L. Zorn
Set the numbering properties in the book, not the individual files. Book numbering properties override chapter number properties. If FM 6+, make sure you are using the $chapnum building block. Karen L. Zorn Zorn Technologies, Inc. Mesa, AZ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How many FM users are there?

2007-05-11 Thread Diane Gaskill
Susan, Do you have any idea what happened to the copies of FM that are no longer used by your former companies? Thanks, Diane -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com]On

Text in SVG disappears when importing into Frame

2007-05-11 Thread Teasdale, Steven (GE Indust, ConsInd)
Hello all. We have a set of flowcharts in SVG format that I would like to import as graphics into FrameMaker. The SVGs display fine in Internet Explorer, but when I import them into a FrameMaker, the text disappears and only the lines are displayed. Is this a known issue with FrameMaker, or

DITA for training materials?

2007-05-11 Thread Pat Christenson
I have a client who wants to move from Word to FrameMaker for their training materials. Someone else told them they should go to Structured FrameMaker/DITA. The training group has only one output for their materials - print. They don't reuse the materials except to revise them with

DITA for training materials?

2007-05-11 Thread Art Campbell
I think the key question is whether they're going to resuse it in the future, even if they don't now. If they're not planning on changes though, I agree with you; it'd be more overhead with no payback. Art On 5/11/07, Pat Christenson wrote: > I have a client who wants to move from Word to

Text in SVG disappears when importing into Frame

2007-05-11 Thread Teasdale, Steven (GE Indust, ConsInd)
Hi Fred The tool used was CorelDRAW. The charts were created entirely in CorelDRAW and exported to SVG, so there should be no multiple layers. - The problem is not related to a specific font, as it occurs for all fonts in my system. - I can open the SVG in OpenOffice and the fonts are properly

pasting text from FM to FM

2007-05-11 Thread Alison Carrico
I think you can solve your problem simply by choosing Edit->Paste Special->FrameMaker Interchange Format. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+acarrico=adamsglobalization.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+acarrico=adamsglobalization.com at lists.frameusers .com] On

DITA for training materials?

2007-05-11 Thread Scott Prentice
Structured FM (regardless of the data model) can offer benefits with regard to consistency and control. There have recently been a number of threads on this subject. Whether DITA offers any specific advantages over another data model is yet to be seen. Even though your client may not seem to

Text in SVG disappears when importing into Frame

2007-05-11 Thread Sean Pollock
Can you open the SVG in Adobe Photoshop? SVG is an Adobe format and some versions of CorelDRAW often mess with output formats (e.g., EPS export from CorelDRAW is tricky). Sean Pollock Learning Media Development Teamcenter Visualization/VSA Siemens Automation and Drives UGS

Text in SVG disappears when importing into Frame

2007-05-11 Thread Teasdale, Steven (GE Indust, ConsInd)
Hi Sean Yes, I can open it in Photoshop. The fonts appear fine there. Thanks, Steven -Original Message- From: Sean Pollock [mailto:spoll...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 3:27 PM To: Teasdale, Steven (GE Indust, ConsInd); docudoc at hotmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com

Text in SVG disappears when importing into Frame

2007-05-11 Thread Matt Sullivan
Can you open the svg in Illustrator? If so, can you then import the native .ai? -Matt Sullivan GRAFIX Training, Inc. An Adobe Authorized Training Center www.grafixtraining.com 888 882-2819 -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+matt=grafixtraining@lists.frameusers.com

Sample paragraph/character styles

2007-05-11 Thread Alison Carrico
I am looking for a way to create a sample of all the paragraph/character tags in a document such that each entry has the tag applied to it. I'm trying to find a way to speed up the process of converting all tags to a different set of fonts appropriate to the language into which the document has

Chapter Numbering in the Table of Contents

2007-05-11 Thread Molly Keegan
Hi All, I'm back for more great advice... I am having a problem getting my chapter numbering right in the table of contents of one of my manuals. Right now, it thinks Chapter 1 is Chapter 9, Chapter 2 is Chapter 10 and so on. I have made sure that each chapter is numbered correctly under

Chapter Numbering in the Table of Contents

2007-05-11 Thread Karen L. Zorn
Set the numbering properties in the book, not the individual files. Book numbering properties override chapter number properties. If FM 6+, make sure you are using the <$chapnum> building block. Karen L. Zorn Zorn Technologies, Inc. Mesa, AZ -Original Message- From: