RE: Tageditor and Framemaker, any special rules

2008-09-16 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Hello I just learned that markers need to be placed in front of or after a word in Framemaker when preparing for Trados and tageditor. Otherwise tag-editor will not recognise the word. Are there any other special rules that I need to be aware of? Med venlig hilsen - Best regards Verner

RE: SOLVED Re: Acrobat displays only B/W

2008-09-16 Thread Lea Rush
Yikes - as a frequent user of Windows shortcut keys, I really appreciate knowing that. Thanks! -Original Message- snip for clarity Turns out that at some point I had attempted a Redo command by using Control-Y -- the opposite of Control-Z in most applications, but NOT in Acrobat.

Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Hello Arrgh All my linked graphics have numbers as the file name, like 08-204. Now the company decision is that they should have letters, like analyzer_main. We plan to keep all file names the same in all translated languages. Is there an easy way to do this without having to reimport. Maybe

Re: Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread John Posada
How does it know that 08-204 is the same as analyzer_main? Is there an easy way to do this without having to reimport. Maybe there is a tool? -- John Posada Senior Technical Writer NYMetro STC President 'Half this game is ninety percent mental.' -- Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies

Re: Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Vijay
Hi Verner, I am curious to understand why was the change suggested at this time ? The team / manager must take a decision before beginning the project on the best-practices keeping the future plan in mind, and adhere to it. I believe there will be a valid reason for the current numbered naming

Re: Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Verner, The best way to do this is to build a map in Excel or in a text file that maps the old names to the new names. Then you can use FrameScript to not only rename the graphics on the disk, but also to update the paths in your FrameMaker documents. You could run the script on a single

Re: Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Yves Barbion
I guess this must be possible with a framescript but, as John pointed out, someone is going to have to create a mapping table with the old and new file names of the graphics. I wouldn't have the patience to do this for 300 graphics. And, like Vijay said, does the reason for renaming the graphics

Re: Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Scott Prentice
I'd export the FM files to MIF, then use Perl (or some batch search and replace tool) to rename the references. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: Hello Arrgh All my linked graphics have numbers as the file

RE: Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Kelly McDaniel
I faced a similar issue when I inherited 11 books with almost 1.500 graphics. The graphics file names, in some cases, were numeric, and in others they were human-readable, but in someone else's shorthand. My goal was to segregate books/files into discrete directories with a graphics child

OT: Place to search for Frame contracts

2008-09-16 Thread Jerilynne Knight
Hi all I wondered if any of you know of a good place to look for unstructured Frame projects or if there is even any need for that kind of support. I'm interested in doing some offsite production or template design work and it has been a while since I needed to do a search, so I'm a bit out of

Display date text insets changed in containter file

2008-09-16 Thread Mollye Barrett
Hi All, My client has many unstructred Frame books (average page count 700 pages) with text insets and referenced graphics. They want to be able to do a couple of things that elude me... * Display change date on pages in a book where text insets have changed. * Generate a list

FM8 crashes

2008-09-16 Thread Charlie Kyle
XP SP2, Pentium 1.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM Tech Com Suite 1.3, FM 8.0p277 With Outlook and FM open, FM seems to crash for no reason and I often get very sluggish performance in Outlook. Users around me report no slow down in their Outlook. Has anyone else had problems running FM8 concurrently with MS

RE: FM8 crashes

2008-09-16 Thread Lea Rush
I haven't run FM 8 (same version, standalone unstructured) very much since I upgraded, but I will say that I have Outlook open constantly and haven't seen any FM or Outlook issues. I'm running on Vista, Core2 Duo 2.20 GHz, 3 GB RAM. Just a datum, Lea _ Lea Rush

RE: Handling source files for translation to several languages

2008-09-16 Thread Diane Gaskill
Hi Verner, You save a little money by converting the files to MIF, but it's not needed. Most LSPs will do that for you as part of the prep process. The Translator's Workbench uses the MIF files directly now and does not convert them to Word. I'm under the gun for a Friday deadline and will get

RE: FM8 crashes

2008-09-16 Thread Gagne, Bernard (Bolton)
I had to add my two-cents. We had three systems running FM8 on XP SP2. Two had 1 GB of RAM, one had 2 GB. We had all the updates to Frame 8. We found FM8 would crash several times a day, and always whenever we used an MS Office app. The most frequent culprit was trying to open a mail attachment.

RE: FM8 crashes

2008-09-16 Thread Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)
If you find FM crashes often feel free to email me offlist and I can send you a little batch file I have that deletes the font cache (often found here C:\WINDOWS\system32\fntcache.dat) and reboots. The font cache has caused FM crashes on PDF builds time and again on my system. I've also given

Rename Files - Was Hypertext command

2008-09-16 Thread FCI Info
The best - and cheaper - program to rename files is Bulk Rename Utility. As I know it's the only that has correct support to regular expressions. Only a satisfied customer. Furia For now I remane the PDF file and replace the apostrophe by undescore, but it's manual and not practical.

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Alan Litchfield
Gotta say, after Peter's run through, that I am considering trying out CS3 on an existing project that is mostly gnarly tables, cross references, and list and index markers. While it sounds great that ID is now able to perform most core functions it is with concern that some are only

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Alan Litchfield
Neither ;) Education, policy and government planning documentation. Remember there are many types of documentation to which FM is applied beyond tech writing and marketing. Cheers Alan On 16/09/2008, at 9:31 AM, Matt Sullivan wrote: > If the material is tech in nature, leave it in

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Alan Litchfield
Huh??? On 16/09/2008, at 9:49 AM, Matt Sullivan wrote: > Yes, we all specialize... > > And of all the "A" personalities I know (including myself) we're all > indispensable and unique. > > If you are documenting or teaching-FM > If you are selling or worried about how it looks on a frame on the

Handling source files for translation to several languages

2008-09-16 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
We are going to translate our FM books into several languages. We use unstructured Framemaker. Right now our directory structure looks as follows: Language folder - Text insets (corporate) (disclaimer, warranty, eula, terms of use) - Graphics (corporate) (logo, IVD, CE) - Text insets

FM8 HTML output

2008-09-16 Thread Diane Gaskill
Charlie, I and my colleagues can recommend Matt highly. He came to HDS and taught us how to use the TCS in just two days. He did a great job. Diane Gaskill Hitachi Data Systems Santa Clara, CA -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at

FM8 HTML output

2008-09-16 Thread Yves Barbion
Better news is also that the new ePublisher platform (2008.2) has improved A LOT: - Better UI - Good DITA support (with the DITA Open Toolkit integrated) - Better documentation (Help) and a wealth of valuable information on the WebWorks site (videos, wiki Help Center...) - The

Hypertext command

2008-09-16 Thread Shlomo Perets
Stephen, You wrote: >I place the hypertext command below in a FM 8 >document to open a PDF file on clicking the link. >It works unless the file name has an apostrophe >(happens often as the file names are in French), like below: > >Type: Message Client > >Command: message openfile \\civette/4654

Translation into japanese and chinese

2008-09-16 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Our manuals are to be translated into japanese and chinese We plan to a folder structure similart to the that of the English manual. We use Trados and Tageditor. Any problems with file names, folder names etc.? Will a copy of the English folder work when we replace the English files with say

Is it possible to use a PNG with transparency in FM 7.2?

2008-09-16 Thread Roger Bell
We normally use PNG screen captures in our guides. A few weeks ago, I decided I wanted to place a torn edge stamp on one of the images. I saved it in HyperSnap 6.31 with the stamp color as transparent. All is good. When I imported the file (by reference) into FM 7.2 (unstructured), the

Tageditor and Framemaker, any special rules

2008-09-16 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Hello I just learned that markers need to be placed in front of or after a word in Framemaker when preparing for Trados and tageditor. Otherwise tag-editor will not recognise the word. Are there any other special rules that I need to be aware of? Med venlig hilsen - Best regards Verner Andersen

Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Hello Arrgh All my linked graphics have numbers as the file name, like "08-204". Now the company decision is that they should have letters, like "analyzer_main". We plan to keep all file names the same in all translated languages. Is there an easy way to do this without having to reimport. Maybe

Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread John Posada
How does it know that "08-204" is the same as "analyzer_main"? > Is there an easy way to do this without having to reimport. > Maybe there is a tool? -- John Posada Senior Technical Writer NYMetro STC President 'Half this game is ninety percent mental.' -- Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies

Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Vijay
Hi Verner, I am curious to understand why was the change suggested at this time ? The team / manager must take a decision before beginning the project on the best-practices keeping the future plan in mind, and adhere to it. I believe there will be a valid reason for the current numbered naming

Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Verner, The best way to do this is to build a "map" in Excel or in a text file that maps the old names to the new names. Then you can use FrameScript to not only rename the graphics on the disk, but also to update the paths in your FrameMaker documents. You could run the script on a single

Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Yves Barbion
I guess this must be possible with a framescript but, as John pointed out, someone is going to have to create a "mapping table" with the old and new file names of the graphics. I wouldn't have the patience to do this for 300 graphics. And, like Vijay said, does the reason for renaming the

Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Scott Prentice
I'd export the FM files to MIF, then use Perl (or some batch search and replace tool) to rename the references. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: > Hello > Arrgh > > All my linked graphics have numbers as the file

Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Kelly McDaniel
I faced a similar issue when I inherited 11 books with almost 1.500 graphics. The graphics file names, in some cases, were numeric, and in others they were human-readable, but in someone else's shorthand. My goal was to segregate books/files into discrete directories with a graphics child

OT: Place to search for Frame contracts

2008-09-16 Thread Jerilynne Knight
Hi all I wondered if any of you know of a good place to look for unstructured Frame projects or if there is even any need for that kind of support. I'm interested in doing some offsite production or template design work and it has been a while since I needed to do a search, so I'm a bit out of

Display date text insets changed in containter file

2008-09-16 Thread Mollye Barrett
Hi All, My client has many unstructred Frame books (average page count 700 pages)?with text insets and referenced graphics. They want to be able to do a couple of things that elude me... * Display change date on pages in a book where text insets have changed. * Generate a list

FM8 crashes

2008-09-16 Thread Charlie Kyle
XP SP2, Pentium 1.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM Tech Com Suite 1.3, FM 8.0p277 With Outlook and FM open, FM seems to crash for no reason and I often get very sluggish performance in Outlook. Users around me report no slow down in their Outlook. Has anyone else had problems running FM8 concurrently with MS

FM8 crashes

2008-09-16 Thread Lea Rush
I haven't run FM 8 (same version, standalone unstructured) very much since I upgraded, but I will say that I have Outlook open constantly and haven't seen any FM or Outlook issues. I'm running on Vista, Core2 Duo 2.20 GHz, 3 GB RAM. Just a datum, Lea _ Lea Rush

Handling source files for translation to several languages

2008-09-16 Thread Diane Gaskill
Hi Verner, You save a little money by converting the files to MIF, but it's not needed. Most LSPs will do that for you as part of the prep process. The Translator's Workbench uses the MIF files directly now and does not convert them to Word. I'm under the gun for a Friday deadline and will get

FM8 crashes

2008-09-16 Thread Gagne, Bernard (Bolton)
I had to add my two-cents. We had three systems running FM8 on XP SP2. Two had 1 GB of RAM, one had 2 GB. We had all the updates to Frame 8. We found FM8 would crash several times a day, and always whenever we used an MS Office app. The most frequent culprit was trying to open a mail attachment.

FM8 crashes

2008-09-16 Thread Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)
If you find FM crashes often feel free to email me offlist and I can send you a little batch file I have that deletes the font cache (often found here C:\WINDOWS\system32\fntcache.dat) and reboots. The font cache has caused FM crashes on PDF builds time and again on my system. I've also given

Rename Files - Was Hypertext command

2008-09-16 Thread FCI Info
The best - and cheaper - program to rename files is Bulk Rename Utility. As I know it's the only that has correct support to regular expressions. Only a satisfied customer. Furia >For now I remane the PDF file and replace the >apostrophe by undescore, but it's manual and not >practical.

Tageditor and Framemaker, any special rules

2008-09-16 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hi, Not so. S-Tagger can manage the markers with a simple configuration, but if you leave them alone, you get something like this: this is<:imk 1> a word <:imk 2>with a ma<:imk 3>rker It's better to manage the markers and not subject your translators to half words, but the letters are still

Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker - Unix/Linux solution

2008-09-16 Thread Robert Evans
The following will work if you have if you are working in, or have access to, a unix or linux environment (eg Cygwin) then its relatively easy use a sed script to make the changes on saved .MIF version(s) of the affected file(s). Each line of your sed script would be something like this:

FM8 crashes

2008-09-16 Thread Hayward, Morgan (Bolton)
Hi Charlie, We had a similar problem directly related to Microsoft Office software. The longer we worked with FM8 in a single session, the higher the likelihood that opening an e-mail through Outlook, opening/creating a Word document, or opening/creating an Excel document would cause FM8 to