Hi
I have a fm 7.2 fm file with an old template which works fine.
I have the same file converted to FM 8 with a whole new temlate which
apparently is corrupted.
When I press carriage return the cusor stop at page 40, inserts a line
above the cursor and I cannot press carriage return anymore
Doug,
Your query... How do I integrate a checkbox (i.e., Wingding open
square) into the
Autonumber format code so that each step also has a check box for
indicating completion?
I do this in a two-cell table; the first cell of a row contains the
checkbox and the second cell of each row contains
Hi Doug
Oops, having read your question again, I see that you want the checkbox and the
autonumber too. That presents a problem, since you can only have the
one character format applied to the autonumber scheme, and the Wingdings char
format would be applied to the number (not what you want).
I've found the way Yves describes to provide the most flexibility in my
documents...it is another paragraph tag AND I've found I end up needing a
table and *get* to fight with the table-in-a-table challenges. So I would
definitely second this approach, even tho I agree with Cheryl's table
Hi Doug,
What is your final deliverable? If you are producing PDF files, you can use
TimeSavers (www.microtype.com) and markers to have checkboxes automatically
appear in the PDF file.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com
How do I integrate a checkbox (i.e.,
Hi Nancy
If you get a message about overrides when switching from Master Pages to
Body Pages, these overrides are on the text frame(s), not in the paratags.
For example, you may have changed the size of the body page text frames a
bit, or changed the column width, so the body pages no longer
Sadly, this does not work. If I flip back and forth between Master and
Body pages, and select Remove Overrides each time, and change nothing
on the body pages, I get the Remove Overrides prompt each time.
Also if I save after removing the overrides, and also if I reapply the
master pages to
Have you cleaned up the file by saving as MIF and reopening that version?
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson
I've been struggling with just this problem.
I solved it by
1. Inserting a disconnected page (Special Add Disconnected Pages) that uses
the same Master Page as the misbehaving body page,
2. Copying the text from the bad body page into the new body page, and
3. Deleting the old body page.
You
Hi Nancy,
Follow these steps on a copy of your document.
1) Click somewhere in the main text flow.
2) Choose Edit Select All In Flow (Control+A).
3) Cut the selection to the clipboard using Edit Cut (Control+X).
4) Choose Special Delete Pages. Delete all of the pages in the document.
You
Hello, all. Have gotten caught up in minutiae but didn't want to leave
this discussion hanging, since you have all been so helpful. I have
given up temporarily on the overrides stuff, since there are more basic
things I must fix.
Anybody know how to replace tags at the book level? I've
Use either Import Formats at the book level (In the Book file, File
Import Formats), or the CleanImport plug-in (better for most
applications, because it isn't additive).
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats
No, darlin, I've already used the CleanImports plug-in. It deleted all
the old tags and imported my nice, clean, understandably-named tags.
*However,* the text in the files remains tagged with the old tags.
They're just not in the catalog any more. I still have to replace them
with my
OK...
Set up one of the paragraphs with the correct para format.
Then:
Copy Special Para Format.
SR for a para tag with the old tag name, and replace by Pasting.
Make sure the Book option is checked in the SR dialog to define your range.
Art
Art Campbell
And don't forget Rick Quattro's Find/Change Special plugin, well worth
the $30 I paid for it.
[http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/findchangespecial/index.htm]
[Standard disclaimer: No association other than a happy customer of
several of Mr. Quattro's plugins. They rock.]
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at
Oh, you clever fellow! It WORKS! Thankee!
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Art Campbell wrote:
OK...
Set up one of the paragraphs with the correct para format.
Then:
Copy Special Para Format.
SR for a para tag with the old tag name, and replace by Pasting.
Make sure the Book option is
On 17 Dec 2008 at 11:09, John Posada wrote:
Do you use the same script on the workstation that behaves?
I'm asking because your problem is openning files and that's what your
script does, so there seems that there might be a relationship between
the two.
Thanks for Your reply,
On the
blamb...@comcast.net wrote:
The tab mark is there, and I checked to make sure that all of the
definitions in the Paragraph Designer were the same for all (tab
position and leader type).
...
Something I have noticed with right tabulation:
FM may trap into rounding errors (at least in the
Hello Doug,
You can use FrameMaker to do this, but the implementation is awful. The
problem is that FrameMaker doesn't provide a GUI like Word does to insert
symbols, so you have to do it manually. In addition, the checkbox and the
numbered steps will have to be separate from one another. You
Thanks,
I have gone with "1(a)...(c)" for now, but you are right, "1(a) to
1(c)" is more correct.
I do like that idea though Stuart, how about 1(a...c)?
Cheers
Alan
On 18/12/2008, at 5:24 AM, Stuart Rogers wrote:
> Alan Litchfield wrote:
>> Quick off-topic question,
>> If you have in a line
What pdf viewer are you using on Linux?
Does it work on Unix?
Alan
On 17/12/2008, at 9:46 AM, jdeland1 at comcast.net wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I just joined, have only used FM for 9 months, and have been around
> and around this issue with Adobe. We want to distribute our PDFs to
>
Hi
I have a fm 7.2 fm file with an old template which works fine.
I have the same file converted to FM 8 with a whole new temlate which
apparently is corrupted.
When I press carriage return the cusor stop at page 40, inserts a line
above the cursor and I cannot press carriage return anymore -
Doug,
Your query... "How do I integrate a checkbox (i.e., Wingding open
square) into the
Autonumber format code so that each step also has a check box for
indicating completion?"
I do this in a two-cell table; the first cell of a row contains the
checkbox and the second cell of each row
Hello Doug
1. Create a character format that uses the Wingdings font.
2. Determine which keyboard key gives you the open square that you want.
3. Define your numbered paragraph format. On the Numbering tab, check the
Autonumber Format box.
4. In the autonumber field, type the keyboard character
Hi Doug
Oops, having read your question again, I see that you want the checkbox and the
autonumber too. That presents a problem, since you can only have the
one character format applied to the autonumber scheme, and the Wingdings char
format would be applied to the number (not what you want).
Indeed, Cheryl's suggestion is a good one, but there is also another way:
1. Create a dedicated paratag ("checkbox") for the check box, with
Wingdings or Zapf Dingbats as a character tag for the autonumbering.
2. Make the checkbox a run-in head (Paragraph Designer > Pagination >
I've found the way Yves describes to provide the most flexibility in my
documents...it is another paragraph tag AND I've found I end up needing a
table and *get* to fight with the table-in-a-table challenges. So I would
definitely second this approach, even tho I agree with Cheryl's table
Hi Doug,
What is your final deliverable? If you are producing PDF files, you can use
TimeSavers (www.microtype.com) and markers to have checkboxes automatically
appear in the PDF file.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com
> How do I integrate a checkbox (i.e.,
Still working on my template. I've whittled down the tags for my Index
file to only those that are used in the file.
When I switch from the Master page to the Body page of my Index file, I
get a message that there are overrides on every page. I always say
"Remove overrides," but the next time
Hi Nancy
If you get a message about overrides when switching from Master Pages to
Body Pages, these overrides are on the text frame(s), not in the paratags.
For example, you may have changed the size of the body page text frames a
bit, or changed the column width, so the body pages no longer
Sadly, this does not work. If I flip back and forth between Master and
Body pages, and select "Remove Overrides" each time, and change nothing
on the body pages, I get the "Remove Overrides" prompt each time.
Also if I save after removing the overrides, and also if I reapply the
master pages
Have you cleaned up the file by saving as MIF and reopening that version?
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
I've been struggling with just this problem.
I solved it by
1. Inserting a disconnected page (Special > Add Disconnected Pages) that uses
the same Master Page as the misbehaving body page,
2. Copying the text from the "bad" body page into the new body page, and
3. Deleting the old body page.
Hi Nancy,
Follow these steps on a copy of your document.
1) Click somewhere in the main text flow.
2) Choose Edit > Select All In Flow (Control+A).
3) Cut the selection to the clipboard using Edit > Cut (Control+X).
4) Choose Special > Delete Pages. Delete all of the pages in the document.
Hello, all. Have gotten caught up in minutiae but didn't want to leave
this discussion hanging, since you have all been so helpful. I have
given up temporarily on the overrides stuff, since there are more basic
things I must fix.
Anybody know how to replace tags at the book level? I've
Use either Import > Formats at the book level (In the Book file, File
> Import > Formats), or the CleanImport plug-in (better for most
applications, because it isn't additive).
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this
No, darlin, I've already used the CleanImports plug-in. It deleted all
the old tags and imported my nice, clean, understandably-named tags.
*However,* the text in the files remains tagged with the old tags.
They're just not in the catalog any more. I still have to replace them
with my
OK...
Set up one of the paragraphs with the correct para format.
Then:
Copy Special > Para Format.
S for a para tag with the old tag name, and replace by Pasting.
Make sure the Book option is checked in the S dialog to define your range.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell
And don't forget Rick Quattro's Find/Change Special plugin, well worth
the $30 I paid for it.
[http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/findchangespecial/index.htm]
[Standard disclaimer: No association other than a happy customer of
several of Mr. Quattro's plugins. They rock.]
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at
Oh, you clever fellow! It WORKS! Thankee!
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Art Campbell wrote:
> OK...
Set up one of the paragraphs with the correct para format.
Then:
Copy Special > Para Format.
S for a para tag with the old tag name, and replace by Pasting.
Make sure the Book option is
On 17 Dec 2008 at 11:09, John Posada wrote:
> Do you use the same script on the workstation that behaves?
>
> I'm asking because your problem is openning files and that's what your
> script does, so there seems that there might be a relationship between
> the two.
Thanks for Your reply,
On the
I am building a book in FM 8 (on a XP Pro machine). At the end of the book I
have a chapter that is a Glossary, and several chapters that will serve as
Appendices.
I would like the first page of the Glossary to be numbered "Glossary-1". I can
make this appear on the page by editing the footer
blamborn at comcast.net wrote:
> >> The tab mark is there, and I checked to make sure that all of the
> >> definitions in the Paragraph Designer were the same for all (tab
> >> position and leader type).
...
Something I have noticed with right tabulation:
FM may trap into rounding errors (at
Hello Doug,
You can use FrameMaker to do this, but the implementation is awful. The
problem is that FrameMaker doesn't provide a GUI like Word does to insert
symbols, so you have to do it manually. In addition, the checkbox and the
numbered steps will have to be separate from one another. You
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