Re: Framemaker image problem

[jdeland1]

You can also propogate OLE links unwitingly by copying and pasting from, say, a 
Word document.  I've discovered some of these in my legacy docs. 
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RE: Framemaker image problem

[Fred Ridder]

 From: jdela...@comcast.net
 
 You can also propogate OLE links unwitingly by copying and pasting from, say, 
 a Word document.  I've discovered some of these in my legacy docs. 


This only occurs if you don't edit the ClipboardFormatsPriorities in maker.ini 
to put something more useful (e.g. TEXT and/or RTF) before the OLE 2 item, 
which has the second highest priority in the default maker.ini file. 

But it's usually pretty obvious when this occurs, because the whole block can 
only be selected as a block. You can't place the insertion point inside it to 
be able to edit anything; all you can do is double-click it to launch the 
linked external app.

-Fred Ridder 
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Re: Framemaker image problem

[Art Campbell]

You can also just delete the OLE option from the .ini file...

Art

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On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote:


 From: jdela...@comcast.net

 You can also propogate OLE links unwitingly by copying and pasting from, 
 say, a Word document.  I've discovered some of these in my legacy docs.


 This only occurs if you don't edit the ClipboardFormatsPriorities in 
 maker.ini to put something more useful (e.g. TEXT and/or RTF) before the OLE 
 2 item, which has the second highest priority in the default maker.ini file.

 But it's usually pretty obvious when this occurs, because the whole block can 
 only be selected as a block. You can't place the insertion point inside it to 
 be able to edit anything; all you can do is double-click it to launch the 
 linked external app.

 -Fred Ridder
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Visually Identifying Marker Tags

[Stuart Rogers]

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-Original Message-
Subject: Visually Identifying Marker Tags
Hi Framers,

I've just been searching the Adobe FM forums and haven't had much luck
finding out if there's any way for FM to better identify marker tags of
varying types (like index, cross-reference, and custom Context Sensitive
Help ones) with a Character format that makes them stand out for easier
identification.

I'm starting from the premise that you've got the View  Text Symbols
turned on already. But, they just show you the marker T's in the same
font and colour as your content text. They also tend to run into
punctuation and paragraph marks, which obscure the marker tag.

I've only run across one method for making these markers pop out
visually: create custom Character formats and then manually apply them
to the marker types you desire using either a Find/Replace or after the
marker has been inserted.

I'm using FM9 p196 with the new TCS 2 and what I'd like to find out is
if anyone has discovered a better way to accomplish this or if Adobe has
somehow built this into the new version 9 of FM (and I just haven't
found out how to do it).

Thanks for any assistance,

Jeff Coatsworth
Documentation Specialist
Gary Jonas Computing Ltd.
905-886-0544
905-886-8511 (fax)
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Re: Visually Identifying Marker Tags

[Frank Stearns]

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009, Stuart Rogers wrote:

 Sent on behalf of Jeff Coatsworth j...@jonassoftware.com who is having
 problems posting to the list.

 I've just been searching the Adobe FM forums and haven't had much luck
 finding out if there's any way for FM to better identify marker tags of
 varying types (like index, cross-reference, and custom Context Sensitive
 Help ones) with a Character format that makes them stand out for easier
 identification.

What's the end goal in making this identification?

Perhaps visual ID is an intermediate step to that end goal that 
might not be as critical if there's a simpler way to get to that end 
goal.

Our marker toolset, IXgen, has a couple of different ways to view 
markers, including elevating marker text directly into the body text 
of the document, with their own character format (and you can change 
the formatting). Hard to miss them then!

If the goal is to simply edit marker content, easily and all at once, 
IXgen can provide a tabular list of marker text that you can 
manipulate. IXgen also includes ways to create new markers, and do 
several other marker-related tasks.

For more information visit www.fsatools.com.

Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
fra...@fsatools.com mailto:fra...@fsatools.com
TOLL FREE Voice (USA and Canada):  800-567-6421
USA Voice: 360-892-3970  USA FAX: 360-253-1498
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List of Effective Sections

[Kristy Nolan]

Hi, all!

I just know there has to be a way to do this, but am hitting a wall in
my thinking. We are working on an inherited manual that currently has an
LEP, which I think I understand how it is put together. However, most
pages have multiple sections on them. For example, on page 1, there are
sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4, each with its own title and revision
date. 

The question is how do I transform this LEP into an LES (list of
effective sections)? I'd like it to look similar to an LEP, but am
having trouble getting it to pull the revision date. Meaning, each entry
would be something like 1.1 Purpose .. 03/09/09

The section titles are currently autonumbered, the revision date is
hard-coded (because it changes by section not file). I am guessing I
need a custom marker, but beyond creating the marker, I do not know how
to work with them. I am on Frame 8, but most of my group is on 7.x.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Kristy

Kristy Nolan
Manager, Ground Operations
Central Publications HDQ-1CP
Southwest Airlines
2702 Love Field Dr.
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214-792-6142
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RE: List of Effective Sections

[Owen, Clint]

Kristy,

You can do it easily if the date is identified by a unique paragraph tag
that appears once for each occurrence of the section title (call it
Section Date). Then you set up a List of Paragraph and pull in all of
the Section Title and Section Date paragraphs as its content. The rest
is just formatting.

I don't know how you Titles and Dates appear on the page, but you can
use negative line spacing and left and right tabs to put two different
paragraphs together so they are part of the same line of text. 

Clint


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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Kristy Nolan
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 12:58 PM
To: Framer's List
Subject: List of Effective Sections

Hi, all!

I just know there has to be a way to do this, but am hitting a wall in
my thinking. We are working on an inherited manual that currently has an
LEP, which I think I understand how it is put together. However, most
pages have multiple sections on them. For example, on page 1, there are
sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4, each with its own title and revision
date. 

The question is how do I transform this LEP into an LES (list of
effective sections)? I'd like it to look similar to an LEP, but am
having trouble getting it to pull the revision date. Meaning, each entry
would be something like 1.1 Purpose .. 03/09/09

The section titles are currently autonumbered, the revision date is
hard-coded (because it changes by section not file). I am guessing I
need a custom marker, but beyond creating the marker, I do not know how
to work with them. I am on Frame 8, but most of my group is on 7.x.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Kristy

Kristy Nolan
Manager, Ground Operations
Central Publications HDQ-1CP
Southwest Airlines
2702 Love Field Dr.
Dallas, TX 75235
214-792-6142
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RE: List of Effective Sections

[Combs, Richard]

Owen, Clint wrote: 
 
 I don't know how you Titles and Dates appear on the page, but you can
 use negative line spacing and left and right tabs to put two different
 paragraphs together so they are part of the same line of text.

Ack! No, no -- there's a much better way to put two pgfs on one line:
Define the first pgf format as a Run-In Head (on Pagination tab of
Paragraph Designer) and set the its Default Punctuation appropriately
(probably just a space). The following pgf will be on the same line,
separated from the first by the Default Punctuation. 

HTH!
Richard


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RE: List of Effective Sections

[Owen, Clint]

I have to confess that I've never used Run-In Heads, so that method
didn't occur to me. Thanks for the tip.

Clint


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From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 1:35 PM
To: Owen, Clint; Framer's List
Subject: RE: List of Effective Sections

Owen, Clint wrote: 
 
 I don't know how you Titles and Dates appear on the page, but you can 
 use negative line spacing and left and right tabs to put two different

 paragraphs together so they are part of the same line of text.

Ack! No, no -- there's a much better way to put two pgfs on one line:
Define the first pgf format as a Run-In Head (on Pagination tab of
Paragraph Designer) and set the its Default Punctuation appropriately
(probably just a space). The following pgf will be on the same line,
separated from the first by the Default Punctuation. 

HTH!
Richard


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Polycom, Inc.
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Bookmarks in structured Frame-7.2

[Richard Doll]

Hardware:
Dell Precision 490
2Meg CPU
dual monitors
2-80Meg hard drives
Software:
WinXP Pro SP-2
FrameMaker 7.2 all patches
Acrobat 7.0 Pro and Distiller 7.0 may actually be 7.01 - 7.1

at issue:

Structured environment in FrameMaker;

trying to Save As pdf, defining Bookmarks as/from ¶ styles
(appears as though . . .) Frame goes through the pages finding and making 
necessary changes while the (SandClock) ticks . . .
Then the (SClock) reduces in size maybe 10% and distiller boots into the 
active prgm tray at bottom of screen area . . .
And regurgitates the following:


Acrobat Distiller 7.0
Started: Monday, March 09, 2009 at 22:56:23
Adobe PostScript software version: 3016.102
Start Time: Monday, March 09, 2009 at 22:56:25
Source: Copy of CP-Sec05TestEquipment.tps
Destination: C:\Anixter\09CP\Sec05\Copy of CP-Sec05TestEquipment.pdf
Adobe PDF Settings: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Adobe 
PDF\Settings\AnixCD.joboptions
%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[Page: 1]%%
%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: pdfmark; ErrorInfo: StRetrieve P303179 
]%%
Stack:
/StRetrieve
/P303179
/StoreName
-dict-

%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
Distill Time: 15 seconds (00:00:15)
 End of Job 
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I have successfully Printed/created a good PDF of the 48pp section with a 
necessarily different tack (without the Bookmarking of Save as PDF)
This IS my first attempt at Bookmarking . . . ever . . .
Possible caveat . . . the text data is an attribute of the 2 structure 
elements that have their  2 Styles being ID'd to be bookmarked.

I'm goin' acro-batty - - -

Your help and suggestions, sincerely appreciated!!!

best to all,

dick doll
317.539.4857
sgmli...@tds.net
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FW: Framemaker image problem

[Combs, Richard]

Art Campbell wrote: 

> The reference to SP3 that you mentioned...  a security "fix" in SP3
> breaks objects imported with OLE. So those types of imports break.
> The other graphics are probably imported as files, by reference, and
> don't use OLE.
> 
> The fix is to replace the OLE objects by converting them to graphics
> and importing them by reference.

Just to spell it out for those who don't know: When Art refers to OLE,
that's File > Import > Object. Don't import OLE objects! It's evil, I
tell you! ;-)

Michelle/Terie mentioned Visio and Canvas. I have no experience with the
latter, but I use a fair number of Visio graphics. I strongly recommend
making PDFs of them and importing those by reference (with File > Import
> File). If you have a recent version of Acrobat Pro (and install it
after Visio), it puts a Convert to PDF plugin into Visio, so it's a
one-click operation. 

HTH!
Richard


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Framemaker image problem

[Fred Ridder]

> From: jdeland1 at comcast.net
> 
> You can also propogate OLE links unwitingly by copying and pasting from, say, 
> a Word document.  I've discovered some of these in my legacy docs. 


This only occurs if you don't edit the ClipboardFormatsPriorities in maker.ini 
to put something more useful (e.g. TEXT and/or RTF) before the OLE 2 item, 
which has the second highest priority in the default maker.ini file. 

But it's usually pretty obvious when this occurs, because the whole block can 
only be selected as a block. You can't place the insertion point inside it to 
be able to edit anything; all you can do is double-click it to launch the 
linked external app.

-Fred Ridder 

Framemaker image problem

[Art Campbell]

You can also just delete the OLE option from the .ini file...

Art

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On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Fred Ridder  wrote:
>
>
>> From: jdeland1 at comcast.net
>>
>> You can also propogate OLE links unwitingly by copying and pasting from, 
>> say, a Word document. ?I've discovered some of these in my legacy docs.
>
>
> This only occurs if you don't edit the ClipboardFormatsPriorities in 
> maker.ini to put something more useful (e.g. TEXT and/or RTF) before the OLE 
> 2 item, which has the second highest priority in the default maker.ini file.
>
> But it's usually pretty obvious when this occurs, because the whole block can 
> only be selected as a block. You can't place the insertion point inside it to 
> be able to edit anything; all you can do is double-click it to launch the 
> linked external app.
>
> -Fred Ridder
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Visually Identifying Marker Tags

[Stuart Rogers]

Sent on behalf of Jeff Coatsworth  who is having 
problems posting to the list.


-Original Message-
Subject: Visually Identifying Marker Tags
Hi Framers,

I've just been searching the Adobe FM forums and haven't had much luck
finding out if there's any way for FM to better identify marker tags of
varying types (like index, cross-reference, and custom Context Sensitive
Help ones) with a Character format that makes them stand out for easier
identification.

I'm starting from the premise that you've got the View > Text Symbols
turned on already. But, they just show you the marker "T's" in the same
font and colour as your content text. They also tend to run into
punctuation and paragraph marks, which obscure the marker tag.

I've only run across one method for making these markers "pop out"
visually: create custom Character formats and then manually apply them
to the marker types you desire using either a Find/Replace or after the
marker has been inserted.

I'm using FM9 p196 with the new TCS 2 and what I'd like to find out is
if anyone has discovered a better way to accomplish this or if Adobe has
somehow built this into the new version 9 of FM (and I just haven't
found out how to do it).

Thanks for any assistance,

Jeff Coatsworth
Documentation Specialist
Gary Jonas Computing Ltd.
905-886-0544
905-886-8511 (fax)
jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.com

Visually Identifying Marker Tags

[Frank Stearns]

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009, Stuart Rogers wrote:

> Sent on behalf of Jeff Coatsworth  who is having
> problems posting to the list.

> I've just been searching the Adobe FM forums and haven't had much luck
> finding out if there's any way for FM to better identify marker tags of
> varying types (like index, cross-reference, and custom Context Sensitive
> Help ones) with a Character format that makes them stand out for easier
> identification.

What's the end goal in making this identification?

Perhaps visual ID is an "intermediate step" to that end goal that 
might not be as critical if there's a simpler way to get to that end 
goal.

Our marker toolset, IXgen, has a couple of different ways to view 
markers, including elevating marker text directly into the body text 
of the document, with their own character format (and you can change 
the formatting). Hard to miss them then!

If the goal is to simply edit marker content, easily and all at once, 
IXgen can provide a tabular list of marker text that you can 
manipulate. IXgen also includes ways to create new markers, and do 
several other marker-related tasks.

For more information visit www.fsatools.com.

Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
franks at fsatools.com 
TOLL FREE Voice (USA and Canada):  800-567-6421
USA Voice: 360-892-3970  USA FAX: 360-253-1498
http://www.fsatools.com

List of Effective Sections

[Kristy Nolan]

Hi, all!

I just know there has to be a way to do this, but am hitting a wall in
my thinking. We are working on an inherited manual that currently has an
LEP, which I think I understand how it is put together. However, most
pages have multiple sections on them. For example, on page 1, there are
sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4, each with its own title and revision
date. 

The question is how do I "transform" this LEP into an LES (list of
effective sections)? I'd like it to look similar to an LEP, but am
having trouble getting it to pull the revision date. Meaning, each entry
would be something like "1.1 Purpose .. 03/09/09"

The section titles are currently autonumbered, the revision date is
hard-coded (because it changes by section not file). I am guessing I
need a custom marker, but beyond creating the marker, I do not know how
to work with them. I am on Frame 8, but most of my group is on 7.x.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Kristy

Kristy Nolan
Manager, Ground Operations
Central Publications HDQ-1CP
Southwest Airlines
2702 Love Field Dr.
Dallas, TX 75235
214-792-6142

List of Effective Sections

[Owen, Clint]

Kristy,

You can do it easily if the date is identified by a unique paragraph tag
that appears once for each occurrence of the section title (call it
Section Date). Then you set up a List of Paragraph and pull in all of
the Section Title and Section Date paragraphs as its content. The rest
is just formatting.

I don't know how you Titles and Dates appear on the page, but you can
use negative line spacing and left and right tabs to put two different
paragraphs together so they are part of the same line of text. 

Clint


Clinton Owen | Senior Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics |
Telephone: +1 425-743-8674 | Fax: +1 425-743-8113


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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Kristy Nolan
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 12:58 PM
To: Framer's List
Subject: List of Effective Sections

Hi, all!

I just know there has to be a way to do this, but am hitting a wall in
my thinking. We are working on an inherited manual that currently has an
LEP, which I think I understand how it is put together. However, most
pages have multiple sections on them. For example, on page 1, there are
sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4, each with its own title and revision
date. 

The question is how do I "transform" this LEP into an LES (list of
effective sections)? I'd like it to look similar to an LEP, but am
having trouble getting it to pull the revision date. Meaning, each entry
would be something like "1.1 Purpose .. 03/09/09"

The section titles are currently autonumbered, the revision date is
hard-coded (because it changes by section not file). I am guessing I
need a custom marker, but beyond creating the marker, I do not know how
to work with them. I am on Frame 8, but most of my group is on 7.x.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Kristy

Kristy Nolan
Manager, Ground Operations
Central Publications HDQ-1CP
Southwest Airlines
2702 Love Field Dr.
Dallas, TX 75235
214-792-6142
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List of Effective Sections

[Combs, Richard]

Owen, Clint wrote: 

> I don't know how you Titles and Dates appear on the page, but you can
> use negative line spacing and left and right tabs to put two different
> paragraphs together so they are part of the same line of text.

Ack! No, no -- there's a much better way to put two pgfs on one line:
Define the first pgf format as a Run-In Head (on Pagination tab of
Paragraph Designer) and set the its Default Punctuation appropriately
(probably just a space). The following pgf will be on the same line,
separated from the first by the Default Punctuation. 

HTH!
Richard


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List of Effective Sections

[Owen, Clint]

I have to confess that I've never used Run-In Heads, so that method
didn't occur to me. Thanks for the tip.

Clint


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From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 1:35 PM
To: Owen, Clint; Framer's List
Subject: RE: List of Effective Sections

Owen, Clint wrote: 

> I don't know how you Titles and Dates appear on the page, but you can 
> use negative line spacing and left and right tabs to put two different

> paragraphs together so they are part of the same line of text.

Ack! No, no -- there's a much better way to put two pgfs on one line:
Define the first pgf format as a Run-In Head (on Pagination tab of
Paragraph Designer) and set the its Default Punctuation appropriately
(probably just a space). The following pgf will be on the same line,
separated from the first by the Default Punctuation. 

HTH!
Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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Exporting to TypePad

[Ted Steinberg]

1st. I would like to export unstructured Frame 7.1 paragraphs directly
into whatever TypePad uses for creating blog posts; paste in is OK.
TypePad's support FAQ'a contain nothing on Framemaker.  I have about
4500 journal entries (paragraphs) into a 1,400 page Frame Book w/an
APL, TOC, and 50 chapters, of marketing concept notes taken over 20+
years; a few of my previous clients have asked me to put the best ones
into one or more blogs - for their sales & marketing staffs. The idea
of having to retype them and redo them is a bit much; I even called
Methuselah, he's older than I, but not by much, but he was too busy
with his own memoirs, given all those wives, to offer any advice other
than to not take steroids or Viagra or any performance enhancing
substances; but he did recommend that any advice from a Framer, though
addictive, was OK. So if anyone has some advise on how to do get from
Frame to a TypePad Blog with a minimum of pain I would be most
welcome.

2nd. I lost the WebWorks program that came with Frame, and it is not
installed. I mention this because, the thought is gnawing at my
clouded brain, that maybe it was good for something like this. If it
would be handy to have, any idea how I can get the program for the
price of a thank you? Like shipping it in a returning Banana Boat?

Regards from a retired Californian living in Costa Rica, having
improved the IQ's of both areas, although my Costa Rican relatives may
take exception to this remark.

TED


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