Re: Problem with sequence in the Table of Contents (tables and following text)

2008-10-28 Thread Shlomo Perets
Terri, You wrote: Running non-structured FM 7.2 on Windows XP. ...The last two rows of the table flow to share a page with text. Each row has the Report Name paragraph tag for the TOC. The first paragraph after the table is tagged Heading 1. When I generate the TOC, all of the Report Names on

RE: An error occurred while printing.

2008-10-28 Thread Phil Heron
Nina, Does the folder name have a punctuation character in it by any chance? There's an ancient known problem with FrameMaker in that it can't print to a folder with a punctuation character. Phil Heron -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: Two-column layout and large graphics

2008-10-28 Thread Mike Wickham
I do something similar, but use a single-cell table with a table title above or below. That way I have more accurate control over the Gap, as well as placing the title above or below. D'oh! It turns out that that is what I do, too. I wrote my original message from memory and I remembered it

Re: Commas in paragraph tags

2008-10-28 Thread Michael Müller-Hillebrand
Okay, now I tried it and it does not work with the backslash. It will not help you, but the pgf format name is not well chosen anyway: Using H2 Heading2 would have anabled easy access to the format using the Ctrl+9 (or F9) shortcut to select pgf formats from the status area. But of course,

RE: MadCap Flare

2008-10-28 Thread Robert Partridge
I'll give my 2c as well. We were using Frame with WWP and having no end of headaches with it. Builds were scriptable but not repeatable. It took ages to build our online help system. Having had a look at our documentation we realised that print was a secondary issue and that our prime deliverable

Standard tags for technical templates

2008-10-28 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, everyone. I have inherited a template that is fairly well made, but has some problems. Before I work on it, I thought I would see if you know of any standards for paragraph and character tag names. For example, the current template uses these paragraph tag names: S S1 S+ Both S1 is for

RE: Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

2008-10-28 Thread DeRosier, Edward
Hi Linda In a previous company, I used a special anchor tag with graphics to facilitate conversion of FrameMaker files to HTML, in order to match the company style guide. In my current company, I am doing the same thing for the same reason, although the anchor tag has different design

Removing whitespaces from an xml file

2008-10-28 Thread Salvador.SorianoJr
Hello everyone! My problem is this, I'm opening xml files into framemaker, with of course my created dtd everything seems alright but then when I look into its structure view, these whitespaces appears to be an error. How then could I possibly erase or removed these whitespaces upon opening

RE: Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

2008-10-28 Thread Flato, Gillian
If you are using your Frame files to build help files, you have to use Graphic and Table anchor tags, otherwise, you have no control over your graphics and tables and they get skewed in the help file. With graphic and table anchor tags, you can control them in Style Settings (at least with ePub, I

RE: Commas in paragraph tags

2008-10-28 Thread Combs, Richard
Michael Müller-Hillebrand wrote: It will not help you, but the pgf format name is not well chosen anyway: Using H2 Heading2 would have anabled easy access to the format using the Ctrl+9 (or F9) shortcut to select pgf formats from the status area. But of course, the original designer would

Re: Commas in paragraph tags

2008-10-28 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Charles: You can rename paragraph formats across a book's files using only FM's tools, this way: * Before proceeding, from the book window, perform Shift+File Open All Files In Book, if they're not already open. Then, perform Shift+File Save All Files In Book. * Click in a paragraph whose

Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hi all: FM 8.0, Windows XP. When I add text to a graphic, I use the A (Draw a Text Line) tool. Then I need to drag my text around to position it exactly. Sometimes, I lose some of my text. For instance, I'll type in 10 (8PL), but when I drag it to a new location, it'll arrive as 0 (8PL) or

Re: Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Art Campbell
Without poking at it, it sounds as if another object in the drawing may be cutting off the text. Are you using Bring To Front to make sure nothing is on top of it? Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a

RE: Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Schmidt, Tom
Sounds like the text is trying to runaround the graphic. Try this... Right click the graphic Runaround Properties Don't Run Around Set Thomas Schmidt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deirdre Reagan Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:31

Re: Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Nothing else is in front of it -- it's not a bring to front kind of thing. The text just *poof* disappears. On 10/28/08, Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without poking at it, it sounds as if another object in the drawing may be cutting off the text. Are you using Bring To Front to make

Re: Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Thanks to Ann and Tom for identifying the problem. Now I am off to find out what a runaround is. On 10/28/08, Schmidt, Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like the text is trying to runaround the graphic. Try this... Right click the graphic Runaround Properties Don't Run Around Set

Re: Standard tags for technical templates

2008-10-28 Thread Mike Wickham
For example, the current template uses these paragraph tag names: S S1 S+ Both S1 is for Step 1; S and S+ act as Step +. (I don't know why there are two tags that appear to have the same function. A mistake? Or am I missing something?) S1 probably resets the autonumbering to start over

Re: Standard tags for technical templates

2008-10-28 Thread quills
I'd say that S and S+ are duplicates if they both behave the same. And further I'd reformat the template so that you only have one tag for numbering at that level. The reste for the numbering being in the body, heading, and other tags. It's much more elegant, and removes the problem of missing

Re: Standard tags for technical templates

2008-10-28 Thread Lin Sims
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd say that S and S+ are duplicates if they both behave the same. And further I'd reformat the template so that you only have one tag for numbering at that level. The reste for the numbering being in the body, heading, and

Strange index entries

2008-10-28 Thread Pat Christenson
I'm running FrameMaker 7.2 on Windows XP. I generated an index and got some very strange results. Here's a sample and a description of what happened. topic 24-27, 237-240 The index markers are on pages 237 and 240 and not on 24 and 27. However, pages 237 and 240 are the 24th and 27th pages

Re: Strange index entries - NEVER MIND

2008-10-28 Thread Pat Christenson
I figured it out. Pilot error. Pat ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit

Re: Standard tags for technical templates

2008-10-28 Thread quills
However, XML and HTML don't use a separate tag to start a numbering list. It simplifies the conversion. And if using XML it is the preferred way to format your markup. Less problems in indicating the first point of the numbering stream. Scott At 4:37 PM -0400 10/28/08, Lin Sims wrote: On Tue,

RE: Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Diane Gaskill
Dierdre, Wwhat happens when you move the text back to its original location? Do the missing letters reappear? If so, the problem is likely being caused by the graphic runaround properties setting. Click the graphic and select Graphics Runaround Properties. Set Don't Run Around. I strongly

Problem with sequence in the Table of Contents (tables and following text)

2008-10-28 Thread Shlomo Perets
Terri, You wrote: Running non-structured FM 7.2 on Windows XP. ...The last two rows of the table flow to share a page with text. Each row has the Report Name paragraph tag for the TOC. The first paragraph after the table is tagged Heading 1. When I generate the TOC, all of the Report Names on

"An error occurred while printing."

2008-10-28 Thread Phil Heron
Nina, Does the folder name have a punctuation character in it by any chance? There's an ancient known problem with FrameMaker in that it can't print to a folder with a punctuation character. Phil Heron -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com

Two-column layout and large graphics

2008-10-28 Thread Matt Sullivan
I do something similar, but use a single-cell table with a table title above or below. That way I have more accurate control over the Gap, as well as placing the title above or below. -Matt -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at

Two-column layout and large graphics

2008-10-28 Thread Mike Wickham
>I do something similar, but use a single-cell table with a table title >above > or below. That way I have more accurate control over the Gap, as well as > placing the title above or below. D'oh! It turns out that that is what I do, too. I wrote my original message from memory and I remembered

Commas in paragraph tags

2008-10-28 Thread Michael Müller-Hillebrand
Okay, now I tried it and it does not work with the backslash. It will not help you, but the pgf format name is not well chosen anyway: Using "H2 Heading2" would have anabled easy access to the format using the Ctrl+9 (or F9) shortcut to select pgf formats from the status area. But of

MadCap Flare

2008-10-28 Thread Robert Partridge
I'll give my 2c as well. We were using Frame with WWP and having no end of headaches with it. Builds were scriptable but not repeatable. It took ages to build our online help system. Having had a look at our documentation we realised that print was a secondary issue and that our prime deliverable

Standard tags for technical templates

2008-10-28 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, everyone. I have inherited a template that is fairly well made, but has some problems. Before I work on it, I thought I would see if you know of any standards for paragraph and character tag names. For example, the current template uses these paragraph tag names: S S1 S+ Both S1 is for

Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

2008-10-28 Thread DeRosier, Edward
Hi Linda In a previous company, I used a special "anchor" tag with graphics to facilitate conversion of FrameMaker files to HTML, in order to match the company style guide. In my current company, I am doing the same thing for the same reason, although the anchor tag has different design

Removing whitespaces from an xml file

2008-10-28 Thread salvador.sorian...@wartsila.com
Hello everyone! My problem is this, I'm opening xml files into framemaker, with of course my created dtd everything seems alright but then when I look into its structure view, these "whitespaces" appears to be an error. How then could I possibly erase or removed these upon opening it to my

Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

2008-10-28 Thread Flato, Gillian
If you are using your Frame files to build help files, you have to use Graphic and Table anchor tags, otherwise, you have no control over your graphics and tables and they get skewed in the help file. With graphic and table anchor tags, you can control them in Style Settings (at least with ePub, I

Commas in paragraph tags

2008-10-28 Thread Combs, Richard
Michael M?ller-Hillebrand wrote: > It will not help you, but the pgf format name is not well chosen > anyway: Using "H2 Heading2" would have anabled easy access to the > format using the Ctrl+9 (or F9) shortcut to select pgf formats from > the status area. But of course, the original designer

Commas in paragraph tags

2008-10-28 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Charles: You can rename paragraph formats across a book's files using only FM's tools, this way: * Before proceeding, from the book window, perform Shift+File > Open All Files In Book, if they're not already open. Then, perform Shift+File > Save All Files In Book. * Click in a paragraph

Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hi all: FM 8.0, Windows XP. When I add text to a graphic, I use the A (Draw a Text Line) tool. Then I need to drag my text around to position it exactly. Sometimes, I lose some of my text. For instance, I'll type in 10 (8PL), but when I drag it to a new location, it'll arrive as 0 (8PL) or

Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Art Campbell
Without poking at it, it sounds as if another object in the drawing may be cutting off the text. Are you using Bring To Front to make sure nothing is on top of it? Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52

Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Schmidt, Tom
Sounds like the text is trying to "runaround" the graphic. Try this... Right click the graphic > Runaround Properties > Don't Run Around > Set Thomas Schmidt -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Nothing else is in front of it -- it's not a bring to front kind of thing. The text just *poof* disappears. On 10/28/08, Art Campbell wrote: > Without poking at it, it sounds as if another object in the drawing > may be cutting off the text. > Are you using Bring To Front to make sure nothing

Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Thanks to Ann and Tom for identifying the problem. Now I am off to find out what a runaround is. On 10/28/08, Schmidt, Tom wrote: > Sounds like the text is trying to "runaround" the graphic. Try this... > > Right click the graphic > Runaround Properties > Don't Run Around > Set > > Thomas

Standard tags for technical templates

2008-10-28 Thread Mike Wickham
> For example, the current template uses these paragraph tag names: > > S > S1 > S+ > > Both S1 is for Step 1; S and S+ act as Step +. (I don't know why there > are two tags that appear to have the same function. A mistake? Or am I > missing something?) S1 probably resets the autonumbering to

Standard tags for technical templates

2008-10-28 Thread qui...@airmail.net
I'd say that S and S+ are duplicates if they both behave the same. And further I'd reformat the template so that you only have one tag for numbering at that level. The reste for the numbering being in the body, heading, and other tags. It's much more elegant, and removes the problem of missing

Standard tags for technical templates

2008-10-28 Thread Lin Sims
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Scott wrote: > I'd say that S and S+ are duplicates if they both behave the same. > > And further I'd reformat the template so that you only have one tag > for numbering at that level. The reste for the numbering being in the > body, heading, and other tags.

Strange index entries

2008-10-28 Thread Pat Christenson
I'm running FrameMaker 7.2 on Windows XP. I generated an index and got some very strange results. Here's a sample and a description of what happened. topic 24-27, 237-240 The index markers are on pages 237 and 240 and not on 24 and 27. However, pages 237 and 240 are the 24th and 27th pages

Strange index entries - NEVER MIND

2008-10-28 Thread Pat Christenson
I figured it out. Pilot error. Pat

Standard tags for technical templates

2008-10-28 Thread qui...@airmail.net
However, XML and HTML don't use a separate tag to start a numbering list. It simplifies the conversion. And if using XML it is the preferred way to format your markup. Less problems in indicating the first point of the numbering stream. Scott At 4:37 PM -0400 10/28/08, Lin Sims wrote: >On

Losing text I add to a graphic

2008-10-28 Thread Diane Gaskill
Dierdre, Wwhat happens when you move the text back to its original location? Do the missing letters reappear? If so, the problem is likely being caused by the graphic runaround properties setting. Click the graphic and select Graphics > Runaround Properties. Set Don't Run Around. I strongly