Re: Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:28 -0400 24/5/07, Rick Quatro wrote: I am trying to figure out how attribute-based Running H/F variables work. Here is are examples of a couple in a document I have: $attribute[Booktitle:book] $attribute[Revision:book] I assume that the first is looking for the value of the Booktitle

Re: First Time Framer!

2007-05-26 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 18:09 +0200 25/5/07, Mark Lawrence wrote: The reason I am being so hesitant to just go out and buy the software and subsribe to every training course available (other than cashflow) is that I am basically unsure whether Framemaker will do the job I want it to, hence I will try to describe

RE: First Time FrameMaker User

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Mark Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My job involves producing 40 page reports in Microsoft Word. These reports are nearly identical. I use the mailmerge feature in Word to import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product on which the report is based, the

Re: Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Dan, Thanks for your reply. I got the message below rom Mark O'Connor offlist. The book information is stored in each file, which is nice because the attribute values carry over, even if you don't have the book. You have to save the document as MIF and fish out the information, but at

CERTIFIED FRAME USER

2007-05-26 Thread Michael Zaichenko
Hello there, does anyone know what it takes to become a certified Frame specialist? I heard I need to take a test. Michael _ Ta' på udsalg året rundt på MSN Shopping: http://shopping.msn.dk - her finder du altid de bedste

Re: Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
As I understand what you are stating, each book component will store the value of the book file title attribute value which existed the last time the generate/update action was taken on the book file. Thus, if the value of the attribute in the book file is changed but the generate/update action is

mailmerge

2007-05-26 Thread Graeme R Forbes
I use the mailmerge feature in Word to import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product on which the report is based, the final score that the product achieved and so on... Is this something that I can do better using Framemaker? Mark, FM doesn't come with a mail merge

Re: PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-26 Thread Gyanesh Talwar
Thanks Scott, Jeremy, and Linda, Based on your advise, I've played around with conditional text a little and my doubts are cleared. One last question: What is the best resource for Frame + DITA? Regards, Gyanesh On 5/21/07, Linda G. Gallagher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've admittedly missed

Re: PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-26 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Gyanesh... The best resource would be the framemaker-dita Yahoo group. Also there's the DITA App Pack and the associated forum .. http://www.adobe.com/go/dita/. ...scott Gyanesh Talwar wrote: Thanks Scott, Jeremy, and Linda, Based on your advise, I've played around with conditional

Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:28 -0400 24/5/07, Rick Quatro wrote: >I am trying to figure out how attribute-based Running H/F variables work. Here >is are examples of a couple in a document I have: > ><$attribute[Booktitle:book]> ><$attribute[Revision:book]> > >I assume that the first is looking for the value of the

First Time Framer!

2007-05-26 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 18:09 +0200 25/5/07, Mark Lawrence wrote: >The reason I am being so hesitant to just go out and buy the software and >subsribe to every training course available (other than cashflow) is that I am >basically unsure whether Framemaker will do the job I want it to, hence I will >try to

First Time FrameMaker User

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
--- Mark Lawrence wrote: > My job involves producing 40 page reports in > Microsoft Word. These > reports are nearly identical. I use the mailmerge > feature in Word to > import variables such as the date of the report, the > name of the product > on which the report is based, the final score

Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
> At 10:28 -0400 24/5/07, Rick Quatro wrote: > >I am trying to figure out how attribute-based > Running H/F variables work. Here is are examples of > a couple in a document I have: > > > ><$attribute[Booktitle:book]> > ><$attribute[Revision:book]> = I may be missing

Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Dan, Thanks for your reply. I got the message below rom Mark O'Connor offlist. The book information is stored in each file, which is nice because the attribute values carry over, even if you don't have the book. You have to save the document as MIF and fish out the information, but at least

CERTIFIED FRAME USER

2007-05-26 Thread Michael Zaichenko
Hello there, does anyone know what it takes to become a certified Frame specialist? I heard I need to take a test. Michael _ Ta' p? udsalg ?ret rundt p? MSN Shopping: http://shopping.msn.dk - her finder du altid de bedste priser

Help decoding Running H/F variables with attibutes

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Emory
As I understand what you are stating, each book component will store the value of the book file title attribute value which existed the last time the generate/update action was taken on the book file. Thus, if the value of the attribute in the book file is changed but the generate/update action is

mailmerge

2007-05-26 Thread Graeme R Forbes
"I use the mailmerge feature in Word to import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product on which the report is based, the final score that the product achieved and so on... Is this something that I can do better using Framemaker?" Mark, FM doesn't come with a mail merge

PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-26 Thread Gyanesh Talwar
Thanks Scott, Jeremy, and Linda, Based on your advise, I've played around with conditional text a little and my doubts are cleared. One last question: What is the best resource for Frame + DITA? Regards, Gyanesh On 5/21/07, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > I've admittedly missed the beginning of

PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-26 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Gyanesh... The best resource would be the framemaker-dita Yahoo group. Also there's the DITA App Pack and the associated forum .. http://www.adobe.com/go/dita/. ...scott Gyanesh Talwar wrote: > Thanks Scott, Jeremy, and Linda, > > Based on your advise, I've played around with conditional