SOLVED: Re: Single MIF for FrameMaker book

2007-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
It turns out that creating a single FM document for all of the files in the book was the best approach. I was able to do this with a FrameScript script, and I now have a happy client. Thanks for all of the suggestions. If anyone else has this need, please let me know. Rick Quatro Carmen

ANN: Excel To FrameMaker

2007-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello Framers, I have had considerable sucess using FrameScript to import Excel data into FrameMaker. Here is a workflow example: 1) Put the insertion point in a paragraph. 2) Choose FrameScript Import Table. You will be prompted for a spreadsheet file (*.xls). 3) You will be prompted

RE. Don't install Frame 8 If You PDF Your Books

2007-09-15 Thread Tony Marek
Hi Valerie -- You're right, I'm happy to say. Thanks very much for setting me on the right path. I'm also happy to say that it wasn't me who was wrong but my Adobe Tech Support Technician. He specifically told me there is no fix for this and that I have no alternative but to go

Re: Frame and re-use

2007-09-15 Thread Joel Wilhelm
I guess what I'm asking about is ease of use John. I'm looking at apps like Author-it that seem to be more friendly to drag and drop composition, and I'm wondering which way to go. These are people to whom Word is about as painful as it gets. JW On 9/14/07, John Posada [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: Don't Iinstall Frame 8 If You PDF Your Books

2007-09-15 Thread Diane Gaskill
Thank you Valerie! How did you find out what the workaround was? We just ordered FM 8 for the whole department based on my recommendation. My boss would not have been too happy if we could not PDF a book. Oddly enough, though I am pretty sure I PDF a book in the beta version. I wonder what

SOLVED: Re: Single MIF for FrameMaker book

2007-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
It turns out that creating a single FM document for all of the files in the book was the best approach. I was able to do this with a FrameScript script, and I now have a happy client. Thanks for all of the suggestions. If anyone else has this need, please let me know. Rick Quatro Carmen

ANN: Excel To FrameMaker

2007-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello Framers, I have had considerable sucess using FrameScript to import Excel data into FrameMaker. Here is a workflow example: 1) Put the insertion point in a paragraph. 2) Choose FrameScript > Import Table. You will be prompted for a spreadsheet file (*.xls). 3) You will be prompted with

FW: Don't Iinstall Frame 8 If You PDF Your Books

2007-09-15 Thread Diane Gaskill
Hello Framers, Has anyone else seen this bug? I was on the FM8 Beta test team and I don't remember seeing it. Nobody else on the test team reported it that I know of? Tony, did the FM support guy give you a case number or a bug number? Also, why did you uninstall FM7.1? You can have more

Don't Iinstall Frame 8 If You PDF Your Books

2007-09-15 Thread Diane Gaskill
Thank you Valerie! How did you find out what the workaround was? We just ordered FM 8 for the whole department based on my recommendation. My boss would not have been too happy if we could not PDF a book. Oddly enough, though I am pretty sure I PDF a book in the beta version. I wonder what