question about Figure # s

2008-02-15 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hi all: I have a document that has multiple chapters. In Chapter 1000, the figures are Figure 1001, Figure 1002, etc. The same goes for Chapter 2000, 3000, etc. In each chapter, the primary figure -- Figure 1001 for example -- has it's own tag (Figure #, 1001), and the Autonumber Format is F:Fi

Answers Was: RE: Language Translation Estimates

2008-02-15 Thread Diane Gaskill
Hi Lin, See the table in the back of the attached PDF file. It's a little out of date but the costs are not too far off, and it will give you a ballpark estimate of how much your job will cost. Read the 2 pages before the table to find out how to use it. The cost of localization is estimated pr

RE: future of FrameMaker

2008-02-15 Thread Dennis Brunnenmeyer
This will be the 30th and I hope the LAST of all posts under this subject line. This is taking an awful lot of user bandwidth and productive time away from revenue-generating, useful work. Please desist from continuing this thread. This poor horse has been beat to death so many times that only

LOF

2008-02-15 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Well, this list is like magic. I work on a problem for hours, find no solution, write to the list, and when I go back to the document, I find a command heretofor unknown to me that solves the problem. To wit, I have discovered how to set up list of figures! Thank you magic of frameusers! Deirdr

List of Effective Pages (LEP)

2008-02-15 Thread Harold Winberg
Hello Framers I have been tasked to help make a List of Effective Pages (LEP) that conforms to military standard MIL-STD-40051-2. The manual is about 6500 pages. I know how the LEP should look but wonder if anyone out there has any great ideas about doing it. We have a manually draf

Tools for converting FM docs to WikiMedia?

2008-02-15 Thread Marguerite Krupp (mkrupp)
Does anyone know of any good (and preferably free) tools for converting unstructured FrameMaker 7.2 files to WikiMedia markup language? Is going through XML (or MIF) and some sort of translator a good idea, or should we try some sort of converter directly from the FM files, if such a converter is a

RE: Mif2Go Developers

2008-02-15 Thread Diane Gaskill
Donna, Jerilynn, and Friends-of-Frame, Along those same lines, a division of our parent company decided to use ArborText and wanted us to use it as well. With the help of several FM experts and consultants who hang around this for fun :-) I created a spreadsheet with a detailed comparison of A

Mif2Go Developers

2008-02-15 Thread Diane Gaskill
Donna, Jerilynn, and Friends-of-Frame, Along those same lines, a division of our parent company decided to use ArborText and wanted us to use it as well. With the help of several FM experts and consultants who hang around this for fun :-) I created a spreadsheet with a detailed comparison of A

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-15 Thread Dennis Brunnenmeyer
This will be the 30th and I hope the LAST of all posts under this subject line. This is taking an awful lot of user bandwidth and productive time away from revenue-generating, useful work. Please desist from continuing this thread. This poor horse has been beat to death so many times that only

List of Effective Pages (LEP)

2008-02-15 Thread Harold Winberg
Hello Framers I have been tasked to help make a List of Effective Pages (LEP) that conforms to military standard MIL-STD-40051-2. The manual is about 6500 pages. I know how the LEP should look but wonder if anyone out there has any great ideas about doing it. We have a manually drafted

LOF

2008-02-15 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Well, this list is like magic. I work on a problem for hours, find no solution, write to the list, and when I go back to the document, I find a command heretofor unknown to me that solves the problem. To wit, I have discovered how to set up list of figures! Thank you magic of frameusers! Deirdr

FM abruptly closes with no save

2008-02-15 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
In the MIFfed file I found the offending rascal. Between the closing of the second last and the last Section level elements, where there should have been nothing, I found: > # end of Font It seemed impossible to get to it in FM itself. Deleting these lines in the MIF cleared the cha

ANN: 3D with FrameMaker and links

2008-02-15 Thread frameus...@systec-gmbh.com
'TOOLBOX for FrameMaker 3D Services' expands the 3D functionalities a technical writer has when working with FrameMaker: + setting links in your Frame file for views + setting links for your 3D animations + selecting a 2D image to place on the 3D image for better printing quality + setting a link t

RE: Mif2Go Developers

2008-02-15 Thread Diane Gaskill
Hi Lin, AuthorIT is Word based. Are you sure you want to get into that? Cheers, Diane -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jerilynne Knight Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 10:51 AM To: Framer's List Subject: OT: Mif2Go Developers Hello all you

Mif2Go Developers

2008-02-15 Thread Diane Gaskill
Hi Lin, AuthorIT is Word based. Are you sure you want to get into that? Cheers, Diane -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of Jerilynne Knight Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 10:51 AM To: Framer's List Su

Thank you for the information

2008-02-15 Thread Jerilynne Knight
Thanks to all of you who took the time to provide detailed information regarding information blocks such as warnings, cautions, notes, tips, etc. The information was so helpful and provided my client with a variety of resources to use for making a final decision on what her company does with this t

OT: Mif2Go Developers

2008-02-15 Thread Jerilynne Knight
Hello all you wonderful resources I have a potential project where Mif2Go development experience is needed and wondered what resources were available for that possibility. This would be for my new speaking/coaching company. To get basic stuff up and running I did things the "non single source way

question about Figure # s

2008-02-15 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hi all: I have a document that has multiple chapters. In Chapter 1000, the figures are Figure 1001, Figure 1002, etc. The same goes for Chapter 2000, 3000, etc. In each chapter, the primary figure -- Figure 1001 for example -- has it's own tag (Figure #, 1001), and the Autonumber Format is F:Fi

Tools for converting FM docs to WikiMedia?

2008-02-15 Thread Marguerite Krupp (mkrupp)
Does anyone know of any good (and preferably free) tools for converting unstructured FrameMaker 7.2 files to WikiMedia markup language? Is going through XML (or MIF) and some sort of translator a good idea, or should we try some sort of converter directly from the FM files, if such a converter is a

Thank you for the information

2008-02-15 Thread Jerilynne Knight
Thanks to all of you who took the time to provide detailed information regarding information blocks such as warnings, cautions, notes, tips, etc. The information was so helpful and provided my client with a variety of resources to use for making a final decision on what her company does with this t

OT: Mif2Go Developers

2008-02-15 Thread Jerilynne Knight
Hello all you wonderful resources I have a potential project where Mif2Go development experience is needed and wondered what resources were available for that possibility. This would be for my new speaking/coaching company. To get basic stuff up and running I did things the "non single source way

FM abruptly closes with no save

2008-02-15 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
FM 7.2 XP. When looking for a way to remove a ghost revision bar at the end of a paragraph last in a section in Structured FM (5 or 6 levels closing), I went to Format > Document > Change Bars. When clicking on that (with the elements highlighted), FM crashed without saving of any sort, only showin

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-15 Thread Combs, Richard
maxwell.hoffmann wrote: > (I've read the other replies to this post also.) Like Bernard > A., I too am at the annual FrameMaker Chautauqua. (A great > venue for new info and easy access to experts; I highly > recommend it!) I attended the 2005 Chautauqua and thought it was well worth my emplo

RE: future of FrameMaker

2008-02-15 Thread Combs, Richard
maxwell.hoffmann wrote: > (I've read the other replies to this post also.) Like Bernard > A., I too am at the annual FrameMaker Chautauqua. (A great > venue for new info and easy access to experts; I highly > recommend it!) I attended the 2005 Chautauqua and thought it was well worth my empl

Re: FM abruptly closes with no save

2008-02-15 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
In the MIFfed file I found the offending rascal. Between the closing of the second last and the last Section level elements, where there should have been nothing, I found: > # end of Font It seemed impossible to get to it in FM itself. Deleting these lines in the MIF cleared the cha

Answers Was: RE: Language Translation Estimates

2008-02-15 Thread Diane Gaskill
Hi Lin, See the table in the back of the attached PDF file. It's a little out of date but the costs are not too far off, and it will give you a ballpark estimate of how much your job will cost. Read the 2 pages before the table to find out how to use it. The cost of localization is estimated pr

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-15 Thread Austin Meredith
Dov wrote: >On behalf of Adobe Systems Incorporated, >let me assure you that FrameMaker remains under active development. >A next major version is currently being developed. Why ever would Adobe abandon FrameMaker? This is not just a techwriter tool we're dealing with here, folks. A soon as Adobe

ANN: 3D with FrameMaker and links

2008-02-15 Thread frameusers
'TOOLBOX for FrameMaker 3D Services' expands the 3D functionalities a technical writer has when working with FrameMaker: + setting links in your Frame file for views + setting links for your 3D animations + selecting a 2D image to place on the 3D image for better printing quality + setting a link t

RE: future of FrameMaker

2008-02-15 Thread maxwell.hoffmann
Hello Jakob, (I've read the other replies to this post also.) Like Bernard A., I too am at the annual FrameMaker Chautauqua. (A great venue for new info and easy access to experts; I highly recommend it!) Adobe flew in at least three of the developers from their facility in India for this event.

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-15 Thread maxwell.hoffmann
Hello Jakob, (I've read the other replies to this post also.) Like Bernard A., I too am at the annual FrameMaker Chautauqua. (A great venue for new info and easy access to experts; I highly recommend it!) Adobe flew in at least three of the developers from their facility in India for this event.

RE: future of FrameMaker

2008-02-15 Thread Austin Meredith
Dov wrote: >On behalf of Adobe Systems Incorporated, >let me assure you that FrameMaker remains under active development. >A next major version is currently being developed. Why ever would Adobe abandon FrameMaker? This is not just a techwriter tool we're dealing with here, folks. A soon as Adobe

Re: FM abruptly closes with no save

2008-02-15 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
FM 7.2 XP. When looking for a way to remove a ghost revision bar at the end of a paragraph last in a section in Structured FM (5 or 6 levels closing), I went to Format > Document > Change Bars. When clicking on that (with the elements highlighted), FM crashed without saving of any sort, only showin