TOC not what should be

Disregard the misspellings in my explanation: chaptnum is really chapnum. -- Kenpo -- Original message from poshedly at bellsouth.net: -- Hey all, (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc) I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where each line entry includes the topic (eit

TOC not what should be

Hey all, (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc) I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where each line entry includes the topic (either level 1 or level 2), followed by a tabbed dot leader, followed by the "chapnum", then a dash and then the "pagenum", like this: BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 1 ..

New Topic: Sort by number

HI ALL, Using FMKR 7.0, Acrobat Distiller 5.0, Vista Enterprise on HP laptop. Thanks so much for all your help with the alpha sort last week. Now, the team wants me to sort by number. For example: 023 StarTrek, 012 Gone With the Wind, 063 The L.A. Story. We want to have the names of the

New Topic: Sort by number

HI ALL, Using FMKR 7.0, Acrobat Distiller 5.0, Vista Enterprise on HP laptop. Thanks so much for all your help with the alpha sort last week. Now, the team wants me to sort by number. For example: 023 StarTrek, 012 Gone With the Wind, 063 The L.A. Story. We want to have the names of the Wo

Fwd: not able to convert .pdf

Ajay, I believe that Save As PDF was still buggy in FM8. Try to make your PDF by printing to a PS file in the Adobe PDF printer instance and then generating the PDF through Acrobat Distiller. All the best, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 82

Re: OT: PTC Epic Guru

Hi Bernard, PTC/Arbortext Epic's latest version is named Arbortext Editor. Adding "Arbortext Editor" to any searches you are performing, any requests you are sending, etc. may help you in your search. (PTC purchased Arbortext a while ago, but its users and gurus largely still refer to the products

OT: PTC Epic Guru

Hi Bernard, PTC/Arbortext Epic's latest version is named Arbortext Editor. Adding "Arbortext Editor" to any searches you are performing, any requests you are sending, etc. may help you in your search. (PTC purchased Arbortext a while ago, but its users and gurus largely still refer to the products

TOC not what should be

OK, not a misspelled variable name... Did you do an Update Book after you added the <$chapnum> variable to the reference page in the TOC file? You've got to regenerate the TOC after you do anything that will change the content rather than just the formatting of the table. -Fred Ridder

TOC not what should be

Before generating the TOC, right+click on each component in the book, and choose Numbering. Make sure that each component's number is correct, then try generating the TOC. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. rick at frameexpert.com 585-659-8267

Spam-Fortinet TOC not what should be

May be a typo...but the system variable chaptnum is in fact chapnum... At 03:59 PM 26/05/2009, poshedly at bellsouth.net wrote: >If >this email is not spam, click here to submit the >signatures to FortiGuard - AntiSpam Ser

TOC not what should be

Umm, maybe because the system variable is <$chapnum> (no "t") rather than <$chaptnum>? -Fred Ridder > From: poshedly at bellsouth.net > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: TOC not what should be > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 19:59:46 + > > Hey all, > > (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc)

TOC not what should be

poshedly at bellsouth.net wrote: > I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where each line entry > includes the topic (either level 1 or level 2), followed by a tabbed dot > leader, followed by the "chapnum", then a dash and then the "pagenum", like > this: > > BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 1 .

TOC not what should be

Your example has <$chaptnum>, but the actual building block is <$chapnum>. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. rick at frameexpert.com 585-659-8267

RE: TOC not what should be

poshe...@bellsouth.net wrote: > I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where each line entry > includes the topic (either level 1 or level 2), followed by a tabbed dot > leader, followed by the "chapnum", then a dash and then the "pagenum", like > this: > > BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 1 ...

TOC not what should be

Try spelling it <$chapnum> not <$chap*t*num>. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:59 PM, wrote: > Hey all, > > (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc) > > I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where each line entry includes > the top

OT: PTC Epic Guru

Hi to all: I've been asked by a business partner to find a person who knows the PTC Epic side of things inside and out. Someone who can do API development work and is available to work on an interesting project to connect a CMS into Epic. If you know of anyone who can do this, please let me know

RE: TOC not what should be

OK, not a misspelled variable name... Did you do an Update Book after you added the <$chapnum> variable to the reference page in the TOC file? You've got to regenerate the TOC after you do anything that will change the content rather than just the formatting of the table. -Fred Ridder

Re: Spam-Fortinet TOC not what should be

May be a typo...but the system variable chaptnum is in fact chapnum... At 03:59 PM 26/05/2009, poshe...@bellsouth.net wrote: >If >this email is not spam, click here to submit the >signatures to FortiGuard - AntiSpam Servic

RE: TOC not what should be

Umm, maybe because the system variable is <$chapnum> (no "t") rather than <$chaptnum>? -Fred Ridder > From: poshe...@bellsouth.net > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: TOC not what should be > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 19:59:46 + > > Hey all, > > (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc) > >

Re: TOC not what should be

Try spelling it <$chapnum> not <$chap*t*num>. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:59 PM, wrote: > Hey all, > > (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc) > > I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where each line entry includes > the top

Re: TOC not what should be

Disregard the misspellings in my explanation: chaptnum is really chapnum. -- Kenpo -- Original message from poshe...@bellsouth.net: -- Hey all, (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc) I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where each line entry includes the topic (either

TOC not what should be

Hey all, (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc) I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where each line entry includes the topic (either level 1 or level 2), followed by a tabbed dot leader, followed by the "chapnum", then a dash and then the "pagenum", like this: BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 1 ..

OT: PTC Epic Guru

Hi to all: I've been asked by a business partner to find a person who knows the PTC Epic side of things inside and out. Someone who can do API development work and is available to work on an interesting project to connect a CMS into Epic. If you know of anyone who can do this, please let me know

Message "One or more master pages do not exist

Hi Martha, If you're sure all mentioned Master Pages exist, check capitalization or other writing errors , FrameMaker is case sensitive (if f.e your Master Page is named 'first' and you refer in the table to 'First' you'll get this error). Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghwinkel Adobe

Table ruling

Yes, true, although the second should be with only right most border visible, I probably misunderstood Yves'question. Some other solutions are available by using two paragraphs: one for the Icon and one for the warning text. Depending on the page layout: if you use side heads place the Icon in th

Procedure How to Write a Manual!

Thanks Andy, I agree. If words stick to your gray matter, echo in your head like music, and if you can't help yourself from teasing them apart at their roots and stems you are probably in the right profession. To be a writer you need to love words. Also note "endianness" came originally fr

not able to convert .pdf

First, make sure that all files in the book are open before trying to create the PDF. But in general, using SaveAs is not the recommended procedure to create a PDF. Print the book file to the Adobe PDF printer instance instead. (On the print dialog box, DO NOT check "Print to File"). If that does

Table ruling

Yves, Not in Table Designer. You can put a custom ruled table in the reference pages within a reference frame and then associate that frame with a paragraph format (Advanced tab, Frame above or Frame under). Not sure how great that would work. Alternatively you could use Silicon Prairie's AutoT

MIF2GO - (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11)

Stay married? Alan On 26/05/2009, at 9:31 AM, Stephen O'Brien wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone help me finding out what this message > means (when I wash a file with MIF2GO): > > (6507): Value of Separation out of range (11) > -- Alan T Litchfield AlphaByte PO Box 141, Auckland, 1140 New Zealand htt

Updated! List of Utilities & Plugins, 3.0

Sholmo tells me that my (very out of date) list of utilities and plugins is still a popular download from his website, so it seemed that an update would be useful. Version 3.0 is now available as a PDF from both the Microtype and Omni Systems websites: Microtype: http://www.microtype.com/links.ht

Table ruling

Yves, In this case you can set the Outside Ruling in the Table definition, set all to 'None' and Right to have a border. Or, use Column Ruling and set '2nd' to have a border and others to 'None'. Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghwinkel Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker iDTP

Message "One or more master pages do not exist

Hello Martha, You defined the Master Page 'First' only once, probably on a right-handed page. But in your MasterPageMap you defined the use of 'First' two times: one for a left-handed page and one for a right-handed page. Best practice for a first page is: set the Paragraph tag (in this case 'Cha

Procedure How to Write a Manual!

I also have enjoyed reading the thread I started and appreciate everyone's input, it has helped me to keep a "clear head" regarding this issue. Rick PS: I am an Electrical Engineer who worked in Engineering, then in a Product Support and Field Service position before becoming a Technical Writer, s

Table ruling

Hi FrameUsers I've got Table Formats for notes, cautions and warnings. These tables have only 1 row and 2 columns: the left column contains an icon and the right column contains the text. I am now looking for a way to put ruling on the right column (cell) only. In other words, the top, left and b

Re: Updated! List of Utilities & Plugins, 3.0

On Tue, 26 May 2009, Lin Sims wrote: > If you see a mistake or think I should include something that I > missed, let me know and I will (eventually) make the change. IXgen is alive and well, but for some reason omitted from the PDF that I saw. Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for

Re: not able to convert .pdf

First, make sure that all files in the book are open before trying to create the PDF. But in general, using SaveAs is not the recommended procedure to create a PDF. Print the book file to the Adobe PDF printer instance instead. (On the print dialog box, DO NOT check "Print to File"). If that does

RE: Procedure How to Write a Manual!

Thanks Andy, I agree. If words stick to your gray matter, echo in your head like music, and if you can't help yourself from teasing them apart at their roots and stems you are probably in the right profession. To be a writer you need to love words. Also note "endianness" came originally

Updated! List of Utilities & Plugins, 3.0

On Tue, 26 May 2009, Lin Sims wrote: > If you see a mistake or think I should include something that I > missed, let me know and I will (eventually) make the change. IXgen is alive and well, but for some reason omitted from the PDF that I saw. Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for

Fwd: not able to convert .pdf

Ajay, I believe that Save As PDF was still buggy in FM8. Try to make your PDF by printing to a PS file in the Adobe PDF printer instance and then generating the PDF through Acrobat Distiller. All the best, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 82

RE: Procedure How to Write a Manual!

I also have enjoyed reading the thread I started and appreciate everyone's input, it has helped me to keep a "clear head" regarding this issue. Rick PS: I am an Electrical Engineer who worked in Engineering, then in a Product Support and Field Service position before becoming a Technical Writer, s

not able to convert .pdf

Hi, Frameusers, When trying to print a FrameMaker 8 document to PDF, I keep getting this error message that begins with “Internal Error 8004, 6964255, 4843886, 4843614” after crashing with a particular book. Now it looks like the PDF creation is corrupted. I am using v8.0p277 on Windows Vist

Updated! List of Utilities & Plugins, 3.0

Sholmo tells me that my (very out of date) list of utilities and plugins is still a popular download from his website, so it seemed that an update would be useful. Version 3.0 is now available as a PDF from both the Microtype and Omni Systems websites: Microtype: http://www.microtype.com/links.ht

RE: Message "One or more master pages do not exist

Hi Martha, If you're sure all mentioned Master Pages exist, check capitalization or other writing errors , FrameMaker is case sensitive (if f.e your Master Page is named 'first' and you refer in the table to 'First' you'll get this error). Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghwinkel Adobe

RE: Table ruling

Yes, true, although the second should be with only right most border visible, I probably misunderstood Yves'question. Some other solutions are available by using two paragraphs: one for the Icon and one for the warning text. Depending on the page layout: if you use side heads place the Icon in th

not able to convert .pdf

Hi, Frameusers, When trying to print a FrameMaker 8 document to PDF, I keep getting this error message that begins with ?Internal Error 8004, 6964255, 4843886, 4843614? after crashing with a particular book. Now it looks like the PDF creation is corrupted. I am using v8.0p277 on Windows Vista

RE: Table ruling

Yves, In this case you can set the Outside Ruling in the Table definition, set all to 'None' and Right to have a border. Or, use Column Ruling and set '2nd' to have a border and others to 'None'. Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghwinkel Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker iDTP

RE: Table ruling

Yves, Not in Table Designer. You can put a custom ruled table in the reference pages within a reference frame and then associate that frame with a paragraph format (Advanced tab, Frame above or Frame under). Not sure how great that would work. Alternatively you could use Silicon Prairie's AutoT

RE: Message "One or more master pages do not exist

Hello Martha, You defined the Master Page 'First' only once, probably on a right-handed page. But in your MasterPageMap you defined the use of 'First' two times: one for a left-handed page and one for a right-handed page. Best practice for a first page is: set the Paragraph tag (in this case 'Cha