Re: Scrolling in Framemaker

2011-01-06 Thread Shane Taylor
Another utility I've used for this purpose is KatMouse. Shane On Jan 4, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Britton Hansen (bwhansen) [IMFT] wrote: Andrew, I use the Freewheel.exe application (google freewheel scrolling) to provide scrolling for Framemaker 7. It also provides scrolling for (some) other

RE: framers Digest, Vol 63, Issue 1

2011-01-06 Thread Connie Kaufman
Hi Andrew, To enable mouse scrolling in all versions of FrameMaker, go to http://ehiti.de/katmouse/ and download katmouse. It's a lifesave. Connie Kaufman -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread kgrace4715
I was wondering if anyone ever needed to incorporate a pdf into a documentation set. There is another department that is in control of a few documents. I would like to be able to incorporate that latest version of their documents when I generate my sets. Is there anyway to incorporate this

Re: PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread Writer
You can import a PDF into a FrameMaker file in the same way that you import a graphic. Nadine --- On Thu, 1/6/11, kgrace4...@aol.com kgrace4...@aol.com wrote: From: kgrace4...@aol.com kgrace4...@aol.com Subject: PDF incorporation into Documentation Set To: framers@lists.FrameUsers.com

RE: PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread Combs, Richard
kgrace4...@aol.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone ever needed to incorporate a pdf into a documentation set. There is another department that is in control of a few documents. I would like to be able to incorporate that latest version of their documents when I generate my sets. Is there

Re: PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread John Posada
There is a way, I did it a few years ago, so that you can preceed a PDF with some commands in the FM doc, then embed the PDF into a Frame document, so that when you print the Frame document, the PDF prints at the same time. I did this to include third-party manals into my maintenance manual. The

RE: PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread Combs, Richard
You should keep this discussion on the list so you can benefit from others' ideas. It's going to be more work, one way or another. I mentioned scripting as a way to automate importing of the PDF pages into FM. Note also that, if the pages are imported by reference, you only have to do it once

Re: PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread John Posada
I don't have the process or the syntax in front of me...I'm talking about including it in such as way that, being a PDF is postscript, and FM output is postscript, it gets written as one postscript process. it doesn't matter of the PDF is one page or 1,000...it will print all the pages.

RE: Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-06 Thread Lea Rush
Hi, Win7 is kinder to my aging home computer than WinXP SP3 was. The issues with 64-bit drivers for XP are also very real. That being said, it may not be as simple to bring the existing software forward as you might like. A quick Google on 'Adobe CS2 Premium Win 7 gave me this thread.

RE: Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-06 Thread Alison Craig
Thanks for everyone's feedback. I'll have to talk to IT and my boss but I think I'd like to go for Windows 7 64 bit - as long as everyone realizes that software upgrades may be in the cards if compatibility mode throws up any roadblocks. The reading I've done on the web seems split between

RE: Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
However, the driver issue in XP 64 bit seems a bigger stumbling block to me. Yes ... agreed! Many hardware mftr's never implemented 64-bit drivers for XP Pro 64, because that OS was not a big seller ... at the time, most of the Intel and AMD processors on the market were 32-bit anyway. And

Re: Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-06 Thread Art Campbell
Why do you think W7 would require upgrades to your apps? Just run them in compatibility mode Although you should be planning to ditch the antique stuff like CS2 just for compatibility reasons. Art Campbell               art.campb...@gmail.com   ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this

Movable FM9 Files

2011-01-06 Thread Alison Craig
FM 9 Version: 9.0p255 Unstructured OS: XP Pro with SP3 (new OS will be Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit) FM Experience: 18 months Adobe Extras: CS2 Premium (Acrobat Pro 7.1.0, Illustrator 12.0.1, etc) As I am moving to a new computer - and have only 18 months of Frame experience - can anyone tell me

Re: Movable FM9 Files

2011-01-06 Thread Steve Johnson
Also - and this is slightly off topic - if I upgrade from Adobe CS2 Premium to CS5 Standard, can I simply copy my Acrobat 7 job option files over to the new machine and have them function with Acrobat 9? You should be able to do that, you always were. Before you do it though post the

PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread kgrace4...@aol.com
I was wondering if anyone ever needed to incorporate a pdf into a documentation set. There is another department that is in control of a few documents. I would like to be able to incorporate that latest version of their documents when I generate my sets. Is there anyway to incorporate this

PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread Writer
You can import a PDF into a FrameMaker file in the same way that you import a graphic. Nadine --- On Thu, 1/6/11, kgrace4715 at aol.com wrote: > From: kgrace4715 at aol.com > Subject: PDF incorporation into Documentation Set > To: framers at lists.FrameUsers.com > Date: Thursday, January 6,

PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread Combs, Richard
kgrace4715 at aol.com wrote: > I was wondering if anyone ever needed to incorporate a pdf into a > documentation set. There is another department that is in control of a > few documents. I would like to be able to incorporate that latest > version of their documents when I generate my sets. Is

PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread John Posada
There is a way, I did it a few years ago, so that you can preceed a PDF with some commands in the FM doc, then embed the PDF into a Frame document, so that when you print the Frame document, the PDF prints at the same time. I did this to include third-party manals into my maintenance manual. The

PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread Combs, Richard
You should keep this discussion on the list so you can benefit from others' ideas. It's going to be more work, one way or another. I mentioned scripting as a way to automate importing of the PDF pages into FM. Note also that, if the pages are imported by reference, you only have to do it once

PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

2011-01-06 Thread John Posada
I don't have the process or the syntax in front of me...I'm talking about including it in such as way that, being a PDF is postscript, and FM output is postscript, it gets written as one postscript process. it doesn't matter of the PDF is one page or 1,000...it will print all the pages.

Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-06 Thread Lea Rush
Hi, Win7 is kinder to my aging home computer than WinXP SP3 was. The issues with 64-bit drivers for XP are also very real. That being said, it may not be as simple to bring the existing software forward as you might like. A quick Google on "'Adobe CS2 Premium " Win 7" gave me this thread.

Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-06 Thread Alison Craig
Thanks for everyone's feedback. I'll have to talk to IT and my boss but I think I'd like to go for Windows 7 64 bit - as long as everyone realizes that software upgrades may be in the cards if "compatibility mode" throws up any roadblocks. The reading I've done on the web seems split between

Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> However, the driver issue in XP 64 bit seems a bigger stumbling block to me. Yes ... agreed! Many hardware mftr's never implemented 64-bit drivers for XP Pro 64, because that OS was not a big seller ... at the time, most of the Intel and AMD processors on the market were 32-bit anyway. And

Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-06 Thread Art Campbell
Why do you think W7 would require upgrades to your apps? Just run them in compatibility mode Although you should be planning to ditch the antique stuff like CS2 just for compatibility reasons. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this

Movable FM9 Files

2011-01-06 Thread Alison Craig
FM 9 Version: 9.0p255 Unstructured OS: XP Pro with SP3 (new OS will be Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit) FM Experience: 18 months Adobe Extras: CS2 Premium (Acrobat Pro 7.1.0, Illustrator 12.0.1, etc) As I am moving to a new computer - and have only 18 months of Frame experience - can anyone tell me

Movable FM9 Files

2011-01-06 Thread Steve Johnson
> Also - and this is slightly off topic - if I upgrade from Adobe CS2 Premium > to CS5 Standard, can I simply copy my Acrobat 7 job option files over to the > new machine and have them function with Acrobat 9? You should be able to do that, you always were. Before you do it though post the