Global Update Options Update All Paragraphs and Catalog Entries which...

2009-01-15 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Frame experts I have FM files with long lists of paragraph and character formats. Cleaning up this list and getting rid of some formats is not an option because these are structured FM files, generated from XML files. Some formats have font size 11 pt, others 13 pt and I wish to set the font

Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Lea Rush
Hi all, I maintain four different operation manuals and occasionally work on more than one of them at a time. Is there a way to increase the number of recent files shown at the bottom of the Files drop-down menu? Thanks, Lea _ Lea Rush Software and

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Jack DeLand wrote: I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? If these are colors with names something like RGB256,256,256,

Re: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
Jack, The most likely reason for this is that the files contain PNG files that are 24-bit. There's some kind of bug in Frame that inherits these color definitions, but it doesn't seem to be hurtful, just messy. If you do have PNGs in use, even if you clean up the definitions, they'll repopulate.

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Feimster
snip Change your 8-bit PNGs to 24-bit. (There's surprisingly little increase in size, in my experience.) /snip I did some testing once and created two documents, where the only difference was one doc had an 8-bit png inported by reference and the other had a 16-bit png imported by reference. When

Re: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Jack DeLand
Thanks very much, Fred. I had no clue as to where all these things had come from. Fred Ridder wrote: use the MIF filters to wash the document. Use Save As -- Jack DeLand :: member, information architecture institute :: 734.629.7890 :: www.jackdeland.com

RE: Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Lea asked: I maintain four different operation manuals and occasionally work on more than one of them at a time. Is there a way to increase the number of recent files shown at the bottom of the Files drop-down menu? Sorry, no. The list of most recent files is saved in each user's personal

Re: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
Richard's correction is right on. I was writing quickly and got the source and destination catawumpus somewhere between my frontal lobes and keyboard... Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. --

Re: Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Lea: You asked: I maintain four different operation manuals and occasionally work on more than one of them at a time. Is there a way to increase the number of recent files shown at the bottom of the Files drop-down menu? Have you considered adding the files to a new book file? You can

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Combs, Richard
Fred Ridder wrote: Jack DeLand wrote: I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? If these are colors with names

Esc-m-p to shrink anchored frame

2009-01-15 Thread Nancy Allison
I know that I've successfully used something like Esc-m-p to shrink-wrap the anchored frame to the graphic inside. The frame shrank, but everything else stayed the same. However, when I do it now, yes, it gets shrink-wrapped, but it also changes the anchoring position of the anchored frame

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Mike Feimster wrote: I did some testing once and created two documents, where the only difference was one doc had an 8-bit png inported by reference and the other had a 16-bit png imported by reference. When I generated PDFs, the PDF with the 8-bit png was actually bigger. I seem to

RE: Esc-m-p to shrink anchored frame

2009-01-15 Thread Martinek, Carla
Nancy - You need the ShrinkwrapAsIs plugin. See http://www.martinek.us/shrinkwrap.html to download it. Note: I run it successfully with FM8, although I never bothered to update the web page to say so. -Carla -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Feimster
It was either 7.1 or 7.2. Mike From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:38 PM To: Mike Feimster; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

Re: Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Wickham
Is there a way to increase the number of recent files shown at the bottom of the Files drop-down menu? I wish that list was longer, too. Even more, I wish that recent .book and recent .fm files had separate lists. I tend to open a book first thing, and then use it to open individual files,

Re: Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
Just as an FYI In Windows (XP SP3 anyway), the number of files in the My Recent Documents IS configurable. And sortable, and several other kinds of things. I tend to use it more than FM's internal list... Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in

Re: Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Nancy Allison
Hey, pal, how did you find that out? Can you recommend a good XP book? Or do you just glean such tidbits from Windows Secrets and other newsletters? Thanks! On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Art Campbell wrote: Just as an FYI In Windows (XP SP3 anyway), the number of files in the My

Global Update Options > Update All Paragraphs and Catalog Entrieswhich...

2009-01-15 Thread Kelly McDaniel
I have done the following: 1. Create a dummy file of your template with no paragraph or character tags. 2. Import the paragraph or character tags you wish to "fix" into the dummy file and fix them there. 3. In the dummy file, delete all tags except those you fixed. 4. Open a target book and

Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Lea Rush
Hi all, I maintain four different operation manuals and occasionally work on more than one of them at a time. Is there a way to increase the number of recent files shown at the bottom of the Files drop-down menu? Thanks, Lea _ Lea Rush Software and

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Jack DeLand
I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? TIA -- Jack DeLand :: member, information architecture institute :: 734.629.7890

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Jack DeLand wrote: > I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color > definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 > entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? If these are colors with names something like

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
Jack, The most likely reason for this is that the files contain PNG files that are 24-bit. There's some kind of bug in Frame that inherits these color definitions, but it doesn't seem to be hurtful, just messy. If you do have PNGs in use, even if you clean up the definitions, they'll repopulate.

Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Lea asked: > I maintain four different operation manuals and occasionally work on more > than one of them at a time. Is there a way to increase the number of recent > files shown at the bottom of the Files drop-down menu? Sorry, no. The list of most recent files is saved in each user's personal

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Combs, Richard
Fred Ridder wrote: > Jack DeLand wrote: > > I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color > > definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 > > entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? > > If these are colors with names

Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Lea: You asked: > I maintain four different operation manuals and occasionally work on more > than one of them at a time. Is there a way to increase the number of recent > files shown at the bottom of the Files drop-down menu? Have you considered adding the files to a new book file? You can

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Jack DeLand
Thanks very much, Fred. I had no clue as to where all these things had come from. Fred Ridder wrote: > use the MIF filters to "wash" the document. Use Save As -- Jack DeLand :: member, information architecture institute :: 734.629.7890 :: www.jackdeland.com

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Feimster
Change your 8-bit PNGs to 24-bit. (There's surprisingly little increase in size, in my experience.) I did some testing once and created two documents, where the only difference was one doc had an 8-bit png inported by reference and the other had a 16-bit png imported by reference. When I

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
Richard's correction is right on. I was writing quickly and got the source and destination catawumpus somewhere between my frontal lobes and keyboard... Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded

Esc-m-p to shrink anchored frame

2009-01-15 Thread Nancy Allison
I know that I've successfully used something like Esc-m-p to shrink-wrap the anchored frame to the graphic inside. The frame shrank, but everything else stayed the same. However, when I do it now, yes, it gets shrink-wrapped, but it also changes the anchoring position of the anchored frame

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Mike Feimster wrote: > I did some testing once and created two documents, where the only > difference was one doc had an 8-bit png inported by reference and the > other had a 16-bit png imported by reference. When I generated PDFs, the > PDF with the 8-bit png was actually bigger. I seem to

Esc-m-p to shrink anchored frame

2009-01-15 Thread Martinek, Carla
Nancy - You need the ShrinkwrapAsIs plugin. See http://www.martinek.us/shrinkwrap.html to download it. Note: I run it successfully with FM8, although I never bothered to update the web page to say so. -Carla -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Feimster
It was either 7.1 or 7.2. Mike From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:38 PM To: Mike Feimster; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Wickham
> Is there a way to increase the number of recent > files shown at the bottom of the Files drop-down menu? I wish that list was longer, too. Even more, I wish that recent .book and recent .fm files had separate lists. I tend to open a book first thing, and then use it to open individual files,

Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
Just as an FYI In Windows (XP SP3 anyway), the number of files in the My Recent Documents IS configurable. And sortable, and several other kinds of things. I tend to use it more than FM's internal list... Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing

Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Nancy Allison
Hey, pal, how did you find that out? Can you recommend a good XP book? Or do you just glean such tidbits from Windows Secrets and other newsletters? Thanks! On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Art Campbell wrote: > Just as an FYI In Windows (XP SP3 anyway), the number of files in the My

Redaction techniques?

2009-01-15 Thread Whitney Broach
Performed redaction (blackout or whiteout to "sanitize" a document) from within pre-8.x FM? I can use lightweight redaction, meaning that the underlying information might still be in the output file-because in this case the deliverable is on paper. I assume this could be done by applying a

Esc-m-p to shrink anchored frame

2009-01-15 Thread Jennifer Randel
Hi Nancy, I use press the Applications key and then F12. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:21 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: