Thanks for the table to FM/PDF suggestions
Thanks to everyone who has given me suggestions so far. I am trying to get a bit more info about the back end, and also will investigate some of the suggestions. If you kind people don't hear from me for a while, it's because I'm trying stuff out (and doing some writing work :-). Cheers, Heidi Bailey Technical Author PLX Technology Ltd 25 Milton Park Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 4SH Registered in England no 2733820 Registered Address: As Above Tel: +44 (0)1235 824958 Email: hbai...@plxtech.com Web: www.plxtech.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance
File > Preferences > General - Remember Missing Font Names -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:48 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance Problem: Every time I open a file with "old" font issues in FM 9, Frame dutifully offers to reformat with available fonts. I'd like, as a general rule, for Frame to "just do it" and stop asking me a few dozen times a day. With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names under Preferences and get the desired result. With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise. Thanks, Jim ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jeff.coatsworth%40jonassoftware.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance
On 18/01/2011 2:47 PM, Pinkham, Jim wrote: ... > > With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names > under Preferences and get the desired result. > > With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a > way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise. > It's at the bottom of File > Preferences, General. Best, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Simplify getting table-based data to FM / PDF
Hi, Apologies for the length of my query: I don't know how to put it more succinctly! I wonder if anyone has ideas on how to improve a process for taking table-based information (from .reg files, saved to HTML then converted to Word) into FrameMaker and finally made into PDF (as part of a large book). The source info is created by many people typing into mysterious files and parsed by coding. I have no access to these tables or the coding and no ability to maintain either. But they are very well looked after by an intelligent and helpful techie. The source info is highly structured and suitable for keeping in a database. In the smallest instance, the source info translates to 250 A4 pages of tables. In the largest instance (so far), the source info translates to 900 A4 pages. The source is used by many people and only specific parts of it are taken into the book. It is in effect conditionalised so that the view of it I convert only shows the parts I need. Currently I have to: -open the .reg page in IE -save as HTML -open in Word and save as Word -open the Word file in FM -apply FM template -run a (fabulously helpful) Framescript to tidy everything up -create a LoP for various headings in the converted file -create a few cross refs to places in the converted file -do the book and PDF things you usually have to do. Specifically, I am looking for a swifter way to get from source info to either FM or PDF. This means I would like suggestions on: - formats the source info could be in, that quickly and accurately convert to FM or PDF - if going from source straight to PDF, suggestions on how to deal with the LoP and cross refs plus formatting to match the FM template (tools or automation routes) As I have to add navigation (such as cross refs and the LoP), I suspect that there isn't a better way than using FM. Fine by me, but I'm open to ideas. No, I can't train the source inputters to use FM - it's hard enough training them to spell... Please reply directly to me, as I'm on digest. Thanks, Heidi Bailey Technical Author PLX Technology Ltd 25 Milton Park Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 4SH Registered in England no 2733820 Registered Address:? As Above Tel: +44 (0)1235 824958 Email: hbailey at plxtech.com Web: www.plxtech.com
Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance
Thanks, Stuart and all, for the speedy reply! :) -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 1:56 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Pinkham, Jim Subject: Re: Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance On 18/01/2011 2:47 PM, Pinkham, Jim wrote: ... > > With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names > under Preferences and get the desired result. > > With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a > way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise. > It's at the bottom of File > Preferences, General. Best, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance
Remember Missing Font Names is still there. File > Preferences > General. I've used it a few times myself :-) -Huntley On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Pinkham, Jim wrote: > Problem: Every time I open a file with "old" font issues in FM 9, Frame > dutifully offers to reformat with available fonts. I'd like, as a > general rule, for Frame to "just do it" and stop ?asking me a few dozen > times a day. > > With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names > under Preferences and get the desired result. > > With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a > way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise. > > Thanks, > Jim > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as huntleye at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/huntleye%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance
Problem: Every time I open a file with "old" font issues in FM 9, Frame dutifully offers to reformat with available fonts. I'd like, as a general rule, for Frame to "just do it" and stop asking me a few dozen times a day. With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names under Preferences and get the desired result. With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise. Thanks, Jim
Simplify getting table-based data to FM / PDF
I Googled .reg file extension and only came up with Windows registry files so more info on the structure of your source files would be helpful. If the source info can be stored in a database then I'd look at database publishing examples in chapter 8 of the Framemaker MIF Reference: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/MIF_Reference/MIF_Reference.pdf The reference gives a good overview of the basics but leaves a lot to your imagination to create a working application. I'm not a Frame expert but I managed to create an application using an MS Access database and VBA code to output a MIF file that can contain hundreds of tables and incorporates my template so that I can open a fully formatted Frame document with one click. I'd be glad to share more info if you want to pursue this route. Steve Pawlowskis Technology Coordinator Kaufman Company Inc. 19 Walkhill Road Norwood MA 02062 Direct: 617-218-1765 Mobile: 774-437-1410 Toll Free: 800-338-8023 Fax: 671-218-1746 -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Heidi Bailey Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:29 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Simplify getting table-based data to FM / PDF Hi, Apologies for the length of my query: I don't know how to put it more succinctly! I wonder if anyone has ideas on how to improve a process for taking table-based information (from .reg files, saved to HTML then converted to Word) into FrameMaker and finally made into PDF (as part of a large book). The source info is created by many people typing into mysterious files and parsed by coding. I have no access to these tables or the coding and no ability to maintain either. But they are very well looked after by an intelligent and helpful techie. The source info is highly structured and suitable for keeping in a database. In the smallest instance, the source info translates to 250 A4 pages of tables. In the largest instance (so far), the source info translates to 900 A4 pages. The source is used by many people and only specific parts of it are taken into the book. It is in effect conditionalised so that the view of it I convert only shows the parts I need. Currently I have to: -open the .reg page in IE -save as HTML -open in Word and save as Word -open the Word file in FM -apply FM template -run a (fabulously helpful) Framescript to tidy everything up -create a LoP for various headings in the converted file -create a few cross refs to places in the converted file -do the book and PDF things you usually have to do. Specifically, I am looking for a swifter way to get from source info to either FM or PDF. This means I would like suggestions on: - formats the source info could be in, that quickly and accurately convert to FM or PDF - if going from source straight to PDF, suggestions on how to deal with the LoP and cross refs plus formatting to match the FM template (tools or automation routes) As I have to add navigation (such as cross refs and the LoP), I suspect that there isn't a better way than using FM. Fine by me, but I'm open to ideas. No, I can't train the source inputters to use FM - it's hard enough training them to spell... Please reply directly to me, as I'm on digest. Thanks, Heidi Bailey Technical Author PLX Technology Ltd 25 Milton Park Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 4SH Registered in England no 2733820 Registered Address:? As Above Tel: +44 (0)1235 824958 Email: hbailey at plxtech.com Web: www.plxtech.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as stevep at kaufmanco.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/stevep%40kaufmanco.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. Kaufman Company scans and filters all incoming e-mail for viruses, SPAM and questionable material.
Re: Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance
On 18/01/2011 2:47 PM, Pinkham, Jim wrote: ... With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names under Preferences and get the desired result. With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise. It's at the bottom of File > Preferences, General. Best, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance
Remember Missing Font Names is still there. File > Preferences > General. I've used it a few times myself :-) -Huntley On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Pinkham, Jim wrote: > Problem: Every time I open a file with "old" font issues in FM 9, Frame > dutifully offers to reformat with available fonts. I'd like, as a > general rule, for Frame to "just do it" and stop asking me a few dozen > times a day. > > With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names > under Preferences and get the desired result. > > With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a > way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise. > > Thanks, > Jim > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as huntl...@gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/huntleye%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance
Thanks, Stuart and all, for the speedy reply! :) -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 1:56 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Pinkham, Jim Subject: Re: Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance On 18/01/2011 2:47 PM, Pinkham, Jim wrote: ... > > With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names > under Preferences and get the desired result. > > With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a > way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise. > It's at the bottom of File > Preferences, General. Best, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance
File > Preferences > General - Remember Missing Font Names -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:48 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance Problem: Every time I open a file with "old" font issues in FM 9, Frame dutifully offers to reformat with available fonts. I'd like, as a general rule, for Frame to "just do it" and stop asking me a few dozen times a day. With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names under Preferences and get the desired result. With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise. Thanks, Jim ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jeff.coatsworth%40jonassoftware.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Missing Fonts and FM 9 Remembrance
Problem: Every time I open a file with "old" font issues in FM 9, Frame dutifully offers to reformat with available fonts. I'd like, as a general rule, for Frame to "just do it" and stop asking me a few dozen times a day. With FM 7, IIRC, you could turn off the Remember Missing Font Names under Preferences and get the desired result. With FM 9, I don't see that option under File-Preferences. Is there a way to solve my problem with FM 9? If so, please advise. Thanks, Jim ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Frame 9 and 10 (Jeremy H. Griffith)
I have FM9 and FM10 installed on same machine and haven't faced any issues... @Mike Wickham FM10 is available both as an online app and as a full trial version. See here - http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/try.html Regards, Satish From: "framers-requ...@lists.frameusers.com" To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thu, 13 January, 2011 11:30:00 PM Subject: framers Digest, Vol 63, Issue 8 Send framers mailing list submissions to framers at lists.frameusers.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to framers-request at lists.frameusers.com You can reach the person managing the list at framers-owner at lists.frameusers.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of framers digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Frame 9 and 10 (Jeremy H. Griffith) 2. Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) (Anton David) 3. Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) (Stuart Rogers) 4. Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) (Writer) 5. Re: FrameMaker search (Baruch Brodersen) 6. RE: OmniHelp with Google Chrome (Jeff Coatsworth) 7. Re: OmniHelp with Google Chrome (Jeremy H. Griffith) 8. Re: Frame 9 and 10 (Steve Johnson) 9. Release notes for Frame 10? (Roger Shuttleworth) 10. So Frustrated... Frame Drawing objects -> .mif conversion with r/wrules (Margaret Lee) 11. RE: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) (Jennifer Randel) 12. Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) (Steve Johnson) 13. increment more than one $chapnum in a file? (LW White) 14. Re: increment more than one $chapnum in a file? (Baruch Brodersen) 15. RE: increment more than one $chapnum in a file? (Combs, Richard) 16. Re: FM10 released (Georg Eck) 17. Ann: FINALYSER = TOOLBOX + Scripts (Georg Eck) 18. Looking for WWP 2003 for sale (Anton David) 19. RE: Flare vs Frame (Veronica Kutt) 20. Frame/InDesign (Martin Ley) 21. Re: Frame/InDesign (Bill Swallow) 22. Re: Frame/InDesign (Art Campbell) 23. RE: Frame/InDesign (Rick Quatro) 24. Re: Frame/InDesign (Steve Rickaby) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:12:04 -0500 From: "Jeremy H. Griffith" To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" Subject: Re: Frame 9 and 10 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:09:16 -0800, Alison Craig wrote: >Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can >tell me the protocol for installing a trial of Frame 10 >on the same machine as Frame 9 - without wiping out or >affecting the Frame 9 installation? Simple. Don't do it. Install the FM10 or TCS3 trial on a non-production machine only. You may find that any previous Frame version stops working, if not when you install the demo, then when you remove the demo or it expires. It may be sufficient to install it in its own virtual machine, but I wouldn't risk a system on which my livelihood depended... Just my opinion. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/ -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:41:08 +0100 From: "Anton David" To: Subject: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) Message-ID: <007601cbb27f$e570b270$0300a8c0 at anton> Content-Type: text/plain;charset="us-ascii" Hello all, A client is requesting to recompile FM7 files after translation. The template file available in the staging directory has .wfp extension. Opening it in a text editor, I can see "quadralay-wdt-80" The output files requested are .chm and compiled online help. Is anybody able to tell me which tool has been used and which version? Thank you Anton David Localisation Project Manager Xlated ltd -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:37:47 -0500 From: Stuart Rogers To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) Message-ID: <4D2DF4FB.4000806 at phoenix-geophysics.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 12/01/2011 12:41 PM, Anton David wrote: > > Hello all, > > A client is requesting to recompile FM7 files after translation. > The template file available in the staging directory has .wfp extension. > Opening it in a text editor, I can see "quadralay-wdt-80" > The output files requested are .chm and compiled online help. > > Is anybody able to tell me which tool has been used and which version? > Quadralay WebWorks Publisher (likely, given the FM7 timeframe) or ePublisher (latest). Sorry I can't help with version number. http://www.quadralay.com/ -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com --
RE: Simplify getting table-based data to FM / PDF
I Googled .reg file extension and only came up with Windows registry files so more info on the structure of your source files would be helpful. If the source info can be stored in a database then I'd look at database publishing examples in chapter 8 of the Framemaker MIF Reference: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/MIF_Reference/MIF_Reference.pdf The reference gives a good overview of the basics but leaves a lot to your imagination to create a working application. I'm not a Frame expert but I managed to create an application using an MS Access database and VBA code to output a MIF file that can contain hundreds of tables and incorporates my template so that I can open a fully formatted Frame document with one click. I'd be glad to share more info if you want to pursue this route. Steve Pawlowskis Technology Coordinator Kaufman Company Inc. 19 Walkhill Road Norwood MA 02062 Direct: 617-218-1765 Mobile: 774-437-1410 Toll Free: 800-338-8023 Fax: 671-218-1746 -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Heidi Bailey Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:29 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Simplify getting table-based data to FM / PDF Hi, Apologies for the length of my query: I don't know how to put it more succinctly! I wonder if anyone has ideas on how to improve a process for taking table-based information (from .reg files, saved to HTML then converted to Word) into FrameMaker and finally made into PDF (as part of a large book). The source info is created by many people typing into mysterious files and parsed by coding. I have no access to these tables or the coding and no ability to maintain either. But they are very well looked after by an intelligent and helpful techie. The source info is highly structured and suitable for keeping in a database. In the smallest instance, the source info translates to 250 A4 pages of tables. In the largest instance (so far), the source info translates to 900 A4 pages. The source is used by many people and only specific parts of it are taken into the book. It is in effect conditionalised so that the view of it I convert only shows the parts I need. Currently I have to: -open the .reg page in IE -save as HTML -open in Word and save as Word -open the Word file in FM -apply FM template -run a (fabulously helpful) Framescript to tidy everything up -create a LoP for various headings in the converted file -create a few cross refs to places in the converted file -do the book and PDF things you usually have to do. Specifically, I am looking for a swifter way to get from source info to either FM or PDF. This means I would like suggestions on: - formats the source info could be in, that quickly and accurately convert to FM or PDF - if going from source straight to PDF, suggestions on how to deal with the LoP and cross refs plus formatting to match the FM template (tools or automation routes) As I have to add navigation (such as cross refs and the LoP), I suspect that there isn't a better way than using FM. Fine by me, but I'm open to ideas. No, I can't train the source inputters to use FM - it's hard enough training them to spell... Please reply directly to me, as I'm on digest. Thanks, Heidi Bailey Technical Author PLX Technology Ltd 25 Milton Park Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 4SH Registered in England no 2733820 Registered Address: As Above Tel: +44 (0)1235 824958 Email: hbai...@plxtech.com Web: www.plxtech.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ste...@kaufmanco.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/stevep%40kaufmanco.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. Kaufman Company scans and filters all incoming e-mail for viruses, SPAM and questionable material. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Simplify getting table-based data to FM / PDF
Could you give us some more info on the .reg file and format please? Only extension I can find or am familiar with is a Windows Registry file and I don't think that's it. But if it's basically a text file or XML, it should be able to be parsed into frame earlier in the workflow. 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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Heidi Bailey wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies for the length of my query: I don't know how to put it more > succinctly! > > I wonder if anyone has ideas on how to improve a process for taking > table-based information (from .reg files, saved to HTML then converted to > Word) into FrameMaker and finally made into PDF (as part of a large book). > > The source info is created by many people typing into mysterious files and > parsed by coding. I have no access to these tables or the coding and ?no > ability to maintain either. But they are very well looked after by an > intelligent and helpful techie. > The source info is highly structured and suitable for keeping in a database. > In the smallest instance, the source info translates to 250 A4 pages of > tables. In the largest instance (so far), the source info translates to 900 > A4 pages. > The source is used by many people and only specific parts of it are taken > into the book. It is in effect conditionalised so that the view of it I > convert only shows the parts I need. > > Currently I have to: > -open the .reg page in IE > -save as HTML > -open in Word and save as Word > -open the Word file in FM > -apply FM template > -run a (fabulously helpful) Framescript to tidy everything up > -create a LoP for various headings in the converted file > -create a few cross refs to places in the converted file > -do the book and PDF things you usually have to do. > > Specifically, I am looking for a swifter way to get from source info to > either FM or PDF. This means I would like suggestions on: > - formats the source info could be in, that quickly and accurately convert to > FM or PDF > - if going from source straight to PDF, suggestions on how to deal with the > LoP and cross refs plus formatting to match the FM template (tools or > automation routes) > > As I have to add navigation (such as cross refs and the LoP), I suspect that > there isn't a better way than using FM. Fine by me, but I'm open to ideas. > > No, I can't train the source inputters to use FM - it's hard enough training > them to spell... > > Please reply directly to me, as I'm on digest. > > Thanks, > > Heidi Bailey > Technical Author > > PLX Technology Ltd > 25 Milton Park > Abingdon > Oxfordshire > OX14 4SH > > Registered in England no 2733820 > Registered Address:? As Above > > Tel: +44 (0)1235 824958 > Email: hbailey at plxtech.com > Web: www.plxtech.com > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Simplify getting table-based data to FM / PDF
I didn't read all of this but if your data has anything in common you could script it. By "in common" I mean a set number of columns, or if the data is space-separated, etc. Many people on this list should be able to help you with scripting. On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Heidi Bailey wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies for the length of my query: I don't know how to put it more > succinctly! > > I wonder if anyone has ideas on how to improve a process for taking > table-based information (from .reg files, saved to HTML then converted to > Word) into FrameMaker and finally made into PDF (as part of a large book). > > The source info is created by many people typing into mysterious files and > parsed by coding. I have no access to these tables or the coding and ?no > ability to maintain either. But they are very well looked after by an > intelligent and helpful techie. > The source info is highly structured and suitable for keeping in a database. > In the smallest instance, the source info translates to 250 A4 pages of > tables. In the largest instance (so far), the source info translates to 900 > A4 pages. > The source is used by many people and only specific parts of it are taken > into the book. It is in effect conditionalised so that the view of it I > convert only shows the parts I need. > > Currently I have to: > -open the .reg page in IE > -save as HTML > -open in Word and save as Word > -open the Word file in FM > -apply FM template > -run a (fabulously helpful) Framescript to tidy everything up > -create a LoP for various headings in the converted file > -create a few cross refs to places in the converted file > -do the book and PDF things you usually have to do. > > Specifically, I am looking for a swifter way to get from source info to > either FM or PDF. This means I would like suggestions on: > - formats the source info could be in, that quickly and accurately convert to > FM or PDF > - if going from source straight to PDF, suggestions on how to deal with the > LoP and cross refs plus formatting to match the FM template (tools or > automation routes) > > As I have to add navigation (such as cross refs and the LoP), I suspect that > there isn't a better way than using FM. Fine by me, but I'm open to ideas. > > No, I can't train the source inputters to use FM - it's hard enough training > them to spell... > > Please reply directly to me, as I'm on digest. > > Thanks, > > Heidi Bailey > Technical Author > > PLX Technology Ltd > 25 Milton Park > Abingdon > Oxfordshire > OX14 4SH > > Registered in England no 2733820 > Registered Address:? As Above > > Tel: +44 (0)1235 824958 > Email: hbailey at plxtech.com > Web: www.plxtech.com > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as dr_gonzo at pobox.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dr_gonzo%40pobox.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Steve Johnson, dr_gonzo at pobox.com
Re: Simplify getting table-based data to FM / PDF
Could you give us some more info on the .reg file and format please? Only extension I can find or am familiar with is a Windows Registry file and I don't think that's it. But if it's basically a text file or XML, it should be able to be parsed into frame earlier in the workflow. 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 No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Heidi Bailey wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies for the length of my query: I don't know how to put it more > succinctly! > > I wonder if anyone has ideas on how to improve a process for taking > table-based information (from .reg files, saved to HTML then converted to > Word) into FrameMaker and finally made into PDF (as part of a large book). > > The source info is created by many people typing into mysterious files and > parsed by coding. I have no access to these tables or the coding and no > ability to maintain either. But they are very well looked after by an > intelligent and helpful techie. > The source info is highly structured and suitable for keeping in a database. > In the smallest instance, the source info translates to 250 A4 pages of > tables. In the largest instance (so far), the source info translates to 900 > A4 pages. > The source is used by many people and only specific parts of it are taken > into the book. It is in effect conditionalised so that the view of it I > convert only shows the parts I need. > > Currently I have to: > -open the .reg page in IE > -save as HTML > -open in Word and save as Word > -open the Word file in FM > -apply FM template > -run a (fabulously helpful) Framescript to tidy everything up > -create a LoP for various headings in the converted file > -create a few cross refs to places in the converted file > -do the book and PDF things you usually have to do. > > Specifically, I am looking for a swifter way to get from source info to > either FM or PDF. This means I would like suggestions on: > - formats the source info could be in, that quickly and accurately convert to > FM or PDF > - if going from source straight to PDF, suggestions on how to deal with the > LoP and cross refs plus formatting to match the FM template (tools or > automation routes) > > As I have to add navigation (such as cross refs and the LoP), I suspect that > there isn't a better way than using FM. Fine by me, but I'm open to ideas. > > No, I can't train the source inputters to use FM - it's hard enough training > them to spell... > > Please reply directly to me, as I'm on digest. > > Thanks, > > Heidi Bailey > Technical Author > > PLX Technology Ltd > 25 Milton Park > Abingdon > Oxfordshire > OX14 4SH > > Registered in England no 2733820 > Registered Address: As Above > > Tel: +44 (0)1235 824958 > Email: hbai...@plxtech.com > Web: www.plxtech.com > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Simplify getting table-based data to FM / PDF
Hi, Apologies for the length of my query: I don't know how to put it more succinctly! I wonder if anyone has ideas on how to improve a process for taking table-based information (from .reg files, saved to HTML then converted to Word) into FrameMaker and finally made into PDF (as part of a large book). The source info is created by many people typing into mysterious files and parsed by coding. I have no access to these tables or the coding and no ability to maintain either. But they are very well looked after by an intelligent and helpful techie. The source info is highly structured and suitable for keeping in a database. In the smallest instance, the source info translates to 250 A4 pages of tables. In the largest instance (so far), the source info translates to 900 A4 pages. The source is used by many people and only specific parts of it are taken into the book. It is in effect conditionalised so that the view of it I convert only shows the parts I need. Currently I have to: -open the .reg page in IE -save as HTML -open in Word and save as Word -open the Word file in FM -apply FM template -run a (fabulously helpful) Framescript to tidy everything up -create a LoP for various headings in the converted file -create a few cross refs to places in the converted file -do the book and PDF things you usually have to do. Specifically, I am looking for a swifter way to get from source info to either FM or PDF. This means I would like suggestions on: - formats the source info could be in, that quickly and accurately convert to FM or PDF - if going from source straight to PDF, suggestions on how to deal with the LoP and cross refs plus formatting to match the FM template (tools or automation routes) As I have to add navigation (such as cross refs and the LoP), I suspect that there isn't a better way than using FM. Fine by me, but I'm open to ideas. No, I can't train the source inputters to use FM - it's hard enough training them to spell... Please reply directly to me, as I'm on digest. Thanks, Heidi Bailey Technical Author PLX Technology Ltd 25 Milton Park Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 4SH Registered in England no 2733820 Registered Address: As Above Tel: +44 (0)1235 824958 Email: hbai...@plxtech.com Web: www.plxtech.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Frame 9 and 10 (Jeremy H. Griffith)
I have FM9 and FM10 installed on same machine and haven't faced any issues... @Mike Wickham FM10 is available both as an online app and as a full trial version. See here - http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/try.html Regards, Satish From: "framers-requ...@lists.frameusers.com" To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thu, 13 January, 2011 11:30:00 PM Subject: framers Digest, Vol 63, Issue 8 Send framers mailing list submissions to framers@lists.frameusers.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to framers-requ...@lists.frameusers.com You can reach the person managing the list at framers-ow...@lists.frameusers.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of framers digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Frame 9 and 10 (Jeremy H. Griffith) 2. Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) (Anton David) 3. Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) (Stuart Rogers) 4. Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) (Writer) 5. Re: FrameMaker search (Baruch Brodersen) 6. RE: OmniHelp with Google Chrome (Jeff Coatsworth) 7. Re: OmniHelp with Google Chrome (Jeremy H. Griffith) 8. Re: Frame 9 and 10 (Steve Johnson) 9. Release notes for Frame 10? (Roger Shuttleworth) 10. So Frustrated... Frame Drawing objects -> .mif conversion with r/wrules (Margaret Lee) 11. RE: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) (Jennifer Randel) 12. Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) (Steve Johnson) 13. increment more than one $chapnum in a file? (LW White) 14. Re: increment more than one $chapnum in a file? (Baruch Brodersen) 15. RE: increment more than one $chapnum in a file? (Combs, Richard) 16. Re: FM10 released (Georg Eck) 17. Ann: FINALYSER = TOOLBOX + Scripts (Georg Eck) 18. Looking for WWP 2003 for sale (Anton David) 19. RE: Flare vs Frame (Veronica Kutt) 20. Frame/InDesign (Martin Ley) 21. Re: Frame/InDesign (Bill Swallow) 22. Re: Frame/InDesign (Art Campbell) 23. RE: Frame/InDesign (Rick Quatro) 24. Re: Frame/InDesign (Steve Rickaby) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:12:04 -0500 From: "Jeremy H. Griffith" To: "framers@lists.frameusers.com" Subject: Re: Frame 9 and 10 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:09:16 -0800, Alison Craig wrote: >Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can >tell me the protocol for installing a trial of Frame 10 >on the same machine as Frame 9 - without wiping out or >affecting the Frame 9 installation? Simple. Don't do it. Install the FM10 or TCS3 trial on a non-production machine only. You may find that any previous Frame version stops working, if not when you install the demo, then when you remove the demo or it expires. It may be sufficient to install it in its own virtual machine, but I wouldn't risk a system on which my livelihood depended... Just my opinion. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/ -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:41:08 +0100 From: "Anton David" To: Subject: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) Message-ID: <007601cbb27f$e570b270$0300a8c0@anton> Content-Type: text/plain;charset="us-ascii" Hello all, A client is requesting to recompile FM7 files after translation. The template file available in the staging directory has .wfp extension. Opening it in a text editor, I can see "quadralay-wdt-80" The output files requested are .chm and compiled online help. Is anybody able to tell me which tool has been used and which version? Thank you Anton David Localisation Project Manager Xlated ltd -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:37:47 -0500 From: Stuart Rogers To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) Message-ID: <4d2df4fb.4000...@phoenix-geophysics.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 12/01/2011 12:41 PM, Anton David wrote: > > Hello all, > > A client is requesting to recompile FM7 files after translation. > The template file available in the staging directory has .wfp extension. > Opening it in a text editor, I can see "quadralay-wdt-80" > The output files requested are .chm and compiled online help. > > Is anybody able to tell me which tool has been used and which version? > Quadralay WebWorks Publisher (likely, given the FM7 timeframe) or ePublisher (latest). Sorry I can't help with version number. http://www.quadralay.com/ -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com --
Office 20007/2010 & windows 7
Has anyone had any issues with FrameMaker 9 and/or Acrobat 9 working with Office 2007 or 2010? Are you still able to create PDFs from Office? Any issues using the data from Office in FrameMaker? Thanks in advance, Laura ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
