RE: FrameMaker 10
Hi Art, Unfortunately, perhaps, my Print to File checkbox is, by default, unchecked; and the default output is still a .prn file. My other default setting, which is a complete PITA here in England, is that the default paper size on my Adobe PDF printer is Letter. PLEASE, can anybody tell me how to set it to A4? Best regards, Ant -Original Message- From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] Sent: 31 March 2011 12:21 To: Anthony Davey Cc: smcurtzwi...@comcast.net; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker 10 Anthony, If you uncheck the Print To File checkbox on the Frame print dialog box, Distiller automatically distills the PS file for you. Makes it a one-step process instead of several. Art 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 Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Anthony Davey anthony.da...@rssb.co.uk wrote: Hi Sue, Switching from FM8 to 10 I have found (as recently discussed here) that Save as PDF doesn't always work. You have to print to the Adobe PDF printer and then open the .ps file in Distiller to generate a PDF. Regards, Ant From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of smcurtzwi...@comcast.net Sent: 30 March 2011 06:39 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: smcurtzwiler Curtzwiler Subject: FrameMaker 10 Hi Fellow Framers: I am using FrameMaker 10 for the first time this week, on Windows XP (I think, I need to check at work tomorrow). Are there any new great surprises I need to be aware of - any gotchas ? Thanks, Sue __ Your attention is drawn to the fact that this email originated from a source external to the company. Monitoring of email is taking place for reasons as stipulated under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ _ The content of this email (and any attachment) is confidential. It may also be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. This email should not be used by anyone who is not an original intended recipient, nor may it be copied or disclosed to anyone who is not an original intended recipient. If you have received this email by mistake please notify us by emailing the sender, and then delete the email and any copies from your system. Liability cannot be accepted for statements made which are clearly the senders own and not made on behalf of the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB). This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ___ 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. __ Your attention is drawn to the fact that this email originated from a source external to the company. Monitoring of email is taking place for reasons as stipulated under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ _ The content of this email (and any attachment) is confidential. It may also be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. This email should not be used by anyone who is not an original intended recipient, nor may it be copied or disclosed to anyone who is not an original intended recipient. If you have received this email by mistake please notify us by emailing the sender, and then delete the email and any copies from your system. Liability cannot be accepted for statements made which are clearly the senders own and not made on behalf of the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB). This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.
How to get rid of $elemtext in TOC
Frame 9, unstructured Frame files. When I generate the TOC, I got some extra text, which is $elemtext. The TOC should read something like this: CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1-1 . . . CHAPETR 2: System Overview 2-1 . . . Instead, I got $elemtextCHAPTER 1: Introduction 1-1 . . . $elemtextCHAPTER 2: System Overview 2-1 . . . What is $elemtext? Why am I getting this in the TOC? How do I fix this problem? Thanks, Brian___ 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: FrameMaker 10
Sue, I have found: 1. When adding tab stops in the paragraph designer the Auto-Show must be selected. If Auto-Collapse is selected the tab stops won’t save. 2. When compiling the TOC the heading 3 is missing a closing angle bracket after $paratext [Tab]$pagenum should be $paratext [Tab]$pagenum. Without the bracket, the code appears in the TOC rather than the heading 3’s. Anne Anne H. Duffield Anne Duffield │Senior Technical Writer 916.286.3105 │office aduffi...@stratascale.com mailto:rsuc...@stratascale.com www.stratascale.com http://www.stratascale.com/microsite/Dedicated-Hosting.html From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of smcurtzwi...@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:39 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: smcurtzwiler Curtzwiler Subject: FrameMaker 10 Hi Fellow Framers: I am using FrameMaker 10 for the first time this week, on Windows XP (I think, I need to check at work tomorrow). Are there any new great surprises I need to be aware of - any gotchas ? Thanks, Sue __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ image001.png___ 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.
Table formats - not setting properly
I'm trying to set a Table format where the first column has no ruling at all (really, they're just the labels for the other columns), but I don't seem to be able to make this happen. If I try and create custom ruling, then it remvoes ruling from all the other column/cells in the table. Is there something I'm not understanding correctly? v 8 Thanks, Theresa ___ 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: Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute
Dear Alison, I had met similar problems 10 years ago, when I started translating and typesetting FM documents. There was/is not a short-cut solution to the problems. But the lessons that I learned are: 1. Never change the relative path info in the FM files. Be careful of your fingers when you are prompted to locate the missing images, say when you need to re-save FM documents into MIF, to be processed by a CAT tool. Just consistently ignore and never redirect! Actually there are tools/scripts out there which can automatically re-save every FM in a book, or in a folder (and its subfolders) while keeping the original linking info intact. 2. Just in case that the path info has been changed, say from relative paths to absolute paths, which is your case, I am sure you can still change them back, in a dirty, quick way. First, you need to save all FM files into MIF. Then you can use a search-and-replace tool that supports wildcards/regular expressions, such as the legendary UltraEditor - just replace the c:\folder\subfolers\ stuff with ..\..\ - of course the strings look differently in the MIF, but this is a just a quick example. And finally, you resave all MIF's back to FM's. Actually, I have been thinking about creating a tool to streamline this whole process, though I personally do not need it, as I had learned my lesson, and I have had my associates learn it too. But, before you try the above, you must ensure that the path info in our FM files have REALLY been changed. Actually, if the files are saved in the root directory of your disk, say c:\, then when opening them, FrameMaker may try locating the linked image files in c:\, not in their relative path. So, I would suggest that you copy your FM files into a folder that is deep enough, and see if FrameMaker will suggest relative paths when opening them. Kindest regards, Wei Jiang Senior Chinese Translator, Project Manager of Multilingual Localization Projects Beijing, China From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 5:15 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute FM 9 Version: 9.0p255 Unstructured OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine) After several problems, I've finally received a set of newly translated Simplified Chinese files back from the (new to me) LSP. Due to budgetary consideration, I always perform final DTP on the book before I publish to PDF. My problem is that every single image (all imported by reference) has had the relative path changed to an absolute path and I have to re-link every one of them when I open each file (some files have hundreds of images as I use icons in instructions to match the proprietary console on our ultrasound machines). In a perfect world I would return this to the LSP and have them fix it, but these manuals are already behind schedule. I have searched the last 2 years of list posting and cannot find the specific answer I am looking for. Is there someplace I can change the absolute path back to the relative path? Even if I have to make the change once for every file in the book that would still only be 5 minutes work instead of hours and hours of work. FYI: I will be working with the LSP to ensure this problem doesn't happen again. Alison Alison Craig, Technical Writer Ultrasonix Medical Corporation Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 E-mail: mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com alison.cr...@ultrasonix.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: FrameMaker 10
Ant - I seem to recall that the default paper sizes are stored in the printer driver settings, and remember that Windows printer drivers have 3 locations where the 'default' is defined! 1. Select the Adobe PDF printer, then right mouse click and select Properties 2. Click Printing Preferences button, and the Adobe PDF printing preferences will appear 3. Modify the settings and click OK 4. Click the Advanced tab, then Printing defaults button. The 'Adobe PDF Printing Defaults' dialog is shown. 5. Modify the settings and click OK 6. Click the device settings tab, and then select the Form to tray assignment 7. Shutdown and reboot Windows [probably not required, but hey, it's Windows] I think we should petition Adobe so that if they decide to sell us 'UK English' versions of the software, then the software should come pre-defined with UK English default settings. // Simon BUCH -- M-AIS -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Davey Sent: 31 March 2011 12:43 To: Art Campbell Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker 10 Hi Art, Unfortunately, perhaps, my Print to File checkbox is, by default, unchecked; and the default output is still a .prn file. My other default setting, which is a complete PITA here in England, is that the default paper size on my Adobe PDF printer is Letter. PLEASE, can anybody tell me how to set it to A4? Best regards, Ant ___ 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: How to get rid of $elemtext in TOC
Hi Brian, Go to your TOC reference page in the TOC (View Reference Pages) and look for the $elemtext string on that page. It is probably supposed to be $elemtext and someone left out the close bracket () character. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 r...@frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Brian Chan Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 12:01 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: How to get rid of $elemtext in TOC Frame 9, unstructured Frame files. When I generate the TOC, I got some extra text, which is $elemtext. The TOC should read something like this: CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1-1 . . . CHAPETR 2: System Overview 2-1 . . . Instead, I got $elemtextCHAPTER 1: Introduction 1-1 . . . $elemtextCHAPTER 2: System Overview 2-1 . . . What is $elemtext? Why am I getting this in the TOC? How do I fix this problem? Thanks, Brian ___ 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: Table formats - not setting properly
Hi Theresa If you are trying to create a table *format* that has those ruling properties, you need to do it in the Table Designer. On the Ruling tab of the designer there are settings for the column rulings. Then click Commands, New Format, and save the table format. (I'm using v9, but I expect v8 has the same options.) If you are trying to do it in a single table, use the Custom Ruling and Shading menu option (on the Table menu). Select the cells and apply the ruling style. Or do it in the Table Designer as above; just click Apply instead of Commands, and don't save the table format. Hope this helps. Roger Roger Shuttleworth Technical Documentation AV-BASE Systems Inc. 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200 London, Ontario N5V 3S4 Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330 _ From: Theresa de Valence [mailto:t...@bstw.com] To: framers@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com] Sent: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:52:07 -0400 Subject: Table formats - not setting properly I'm trying to set a Table format where the first column has no ruling at all (really, they're just the labels for the other columns), but I don't seem to be able to make this happen. If I try and create custom ruling, then it remvoes ruling from all the other column/cells in the table. Is there something I'm not understanding correctly? v 8 Thanks, Theresa ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.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/rshuttleworth%40avbasesystems.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.
FW: Inter-file XREFs broken - SOLVED
Thanks to a quick call from Rick Quatro, I've fixed most of the broken XREFs. He suggested opening all files and simply updating the book and it worked for most of the XREFS. I still have a few to manually resolve, but that's much better than it was. Alison From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig Sent: April 1, 2011 10:13 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Inter-file XREFs broken FM 9 Version: 9.0p255 Unstructured OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new PITA machine) When I received my translated book back from a new LSP (Simplified Chinese if the language matters) all of the inter-file XREFs were broken. I've never had this happen before with an LSP - although the occasional XREF will be broken. For whatever reason, the LSP had my FM9 files open in FM8. I know this is why all my relative path image links were broken, but could this also account for broken inter-file XREFs? Additionally, is there something I can do to fix this without re-linking every XREF - which is very tedious? After posting on the list yesterday, I used the save-as-MIF, search and replace, save back to FM to fix 99% of the broken relative path image links without affecting the Chinese. So I'm kind of hoping someone has a similar suggestion for XREFs. Alison PS: I know the LSP should fix this - and we'll be talking about it - but I'm on a massive deadline so the logical answer isn't necessarily the fastest. Alison Craig, Technical Writer Ultrasonix Medical Corporation Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 E-mail: alison.cr...@ultrasonix.commailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.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.
How to get rid of <$elemtext in TOC
Hi Brian, Go to your TOC reference page in the TOC (View > Reference Pages) and look for the <$elemtext string on that page. It is probably supposed to be <$elemtext> and someone left out the close bracket (>) character. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 rick at frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Brian Chan Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 12:01 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: How to get rid of <$elemtext in TOC Frame 9, unstructured Frame files. When I generate the TOC, I got some extra text, which is <$elemtext. The TOC should read something like this: CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1-1 . . . CHAPETR 2: System Overview 2-1 . . . Instead, I got <$elemtextCHAPTER 1: Introduction 1-1 . . . <$elemtextCHAPTER 2: System Overview 2-1 . . . What is <$elemtext? Why am I getting this in the TOC? How do I fix this problem? Thanks, Brian -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110401/bd2e7364/attachment.html>
Table formats - not setting properly
Hi Theresa If you are trying to create a table *format* that has those ruling properties, you need to do it in the Table Designer. On the Ruling tab of the designer there are settings for the column rulings. Then click Commands, New Format, and save the table format. (I'm using v9, but I expect v8 has the same options.) If you are trying to do it in a single table, use the Custom Ruling and Shading menu option (on the Table menu). Select the cells and apply the ruling style. Or do it in the Table Designer as above; just click Apply instead of Commands, and don't save the table format. Hope this helps. Roger Roger Shuttleworth Technical Documentation AV-BASE Systems Inc. 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200 London, Ontario N5V 3S4 Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330 _ From: Theresa de Valence [mailto:t...@bstw.com] To: framers at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com] Sent: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:52:07 -0400 Subject: Table formats - not setting properly I'm trying to set a Table format where the first column has no ruling at all (really, they're just the labels for the other columns), but I don't seem to be able to make this happen. If I try and create custom ruling, then it remvoes ruling from all the other column/cells in the table. Is there something I'm not understanding correctly? v 8 Thanks, Theresa ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.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/rshuttleworth%40avbasesystems.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110401/cc09670b/attachment.html>
Inter-file XREFs broken
FM 9 Version: 9.0p255 Unstructured OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new PITA machine) When I received my translated book back from a new LSP (Simplified Chinese if the language matters) all of the inter-file XREFs were broken. I've never had this happen before with an LSP - although the occasional XREF will be broken. For whatever reason, the LSP had my FM9 files open in FM8. I know this is why all my relative path image links were broken, but could this also account for broken inter-file XREFs? Additionally, is there something I can do to fix this without re-linking every XREF - which is very tedious? After posting on the list yesterday, I used the "save-as-MIF, search and replace, save back to FM" to fix 99% of the broken relative path image links without affecting the Chinese. So I'm kind of hoping someone has a similar suggestion for XREFs. Alison PS: I know the LSP should fix this - and we'll be talking about it - but I'm on a massive deadline so the logical answer isn't necessarily the fastest. Alison Craig, Technical Writer Ultrasonix Medical Corporation Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com<mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com> -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110401/d7e2a0e0/attachment.html>
overriding table formats
Is there a way to force a table that has had all kinds of format overruling to pick up the ruling properties of the table definition? I'm using Frame 8 (structured). I've tried changing to a different format and then changing back. I've tried importing the table formats from another doc and saying to override formats. I've tried creating an empty table and copying the offending rows into it, but the new table, which looked fine when created, picks up the ruling overrides. Thanks. Fred -- Fred Wersan Principal Technical Writer VT MAK 617-876-8085 x 124 Old writers never die. They just get edited out.
FW: Inter-file XREFs broken - SOLVED
Thanks to a quick call from Rick Quatro, I've fixed most of the broken XREFs. He suggested opening all files and simply updating the book and it worked for most of the XREFS. I still have a few to manually resolve, but that's much better than it was. Alison From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig Sent: April 1, 2011 10:13 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Inter-file XREFs broken FM 9 Version: 9.0p255 Unstructured OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new PITA machine) When I received my translated book back from a new LSP (Simplified Chinese if the language matters) all of the inter-file XREFs were broken. I've never had this happen before with an LSP - although the occasional XREF will be broken. For whatever reason, the LSP had my FM9 files open in FM8. I know this is why all my relative path image links were broken, but could this also account for broken inter-file XREFs? Additionally, is there something I can do to fix this without re-linking every XREF - which is very tedious? After posting on the list yesterday, I used the "save-as-MIF, search and replace, save back to FM" to fix 99% of the broken relative path image links without affecting the Chinese. So I'm kind of hoping someone has a similar suggestion for XREFs. Alison PS: I know the LSP should fix this - and we'll be talking about it - but I'm on a massive deadline so the logical answer isn't necessarily the fastest. Alison Craig, Technical Writer Ultrasonix Medical Corporation Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com<mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com> -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110401/2eea160b/attachment.html>
FrameMaker 10
Ant - I seem to recall that the default paper sizes are stored in the printer driver settings, and remember that Windows printer drivers have 3 locations where the 'default' is defined! 1. Select the Adobe PDF printer, then right mouse click and select Properties 2. Click Printing Preferences button, and the Adobe PDF printing preferences will appear 3. Modify the settings and click OK 4. Click the Advanced tab, then "Printing defaults" button. The 'Adobe PDF Printing Defaults' dialog is shown. 5. Modify the settings and click OK 6. Click the device settings tab, and then select the "Form to tray assignment" 7. Shutdown and reboot Windows [probably not required, but hey, it's Windows] I think we should petition Adobe so that if they decide to sell us 'UK English' versions of the software, then the software should come pre-defined with UK English default settings. // Simon BUCH -- M-AIS -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Davey Sent: 31 March 2011 12:43 To: Art Campbell Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker 10 Hi Art, Unfortunately, perhaps, my Print to File checkbox is, by default, unchecked; and the default output is still a .prn file. My other default setting, which is a complete PITA here in England, is that the default paper size on my Adobe PDF printer is Letter. PLEASE, can anybody tell me how to set it to A4? Best regards, Ant
Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute
Dear Alison, I had met similar problems 10 years ago, when I started translating and typesetting FM documents. There was/is not a short-cut solution to the problems. But the lessons that I learned are: 1. Never change the relative path info in the FM files. Be careful of your fingers when you are prompted to locate the missing images, say when you need to re-save FM documents into MIF, to be processed by a CAT tool. Just consistently ignore and never redirect! Actually there are tools/scripts out there which can automatically re-save every FM in a book, or in a folder (and its subfolders) while keeping the original linking info intact. 2. Just in case that the path info has been changed, say from relative paths to absolute paths, which is your case, I am sure you can still change them back, in a dirty, quick way. First, you need to save all FM files into MIF. Then you can use a search-and-replace tool that supports wildcards/regular expressions, such as the legendary UltraEditor - just replace the "c:\folder\subfolers\" stuff with "..\..\" - of course the strings look differently in the MIF, but this is a just a quick example. And finally, you resave all MIF's back to FM's. Actually, I have been thinking about creating a tool to streamline this whole process, though I personally do not need it, as I had learned my lesson, and I have had my associates learn it too. But, before you try the above, you must ensure that the path info in our FM files have REALLY been changed. Actually, if the files are saved in the root directory of your disk, say "c:\", then when opening them, FrameMaker may try locating the linked image files in "c:\", not in their relative path. So, I would suggest that you copy your FM files into a folder that is "deep" enough, and see if FrameMaker will suggest relative paths when opening them. Kindest regards, Wei Jiang Senior Chinese Translator, Project Manager of Multilingual Localization Projects Beijing, China From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 5:15 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute FM 9 Version: 9.0p255 Unstructured OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine) After several problems, I've finally received a set of newly translated Simplified Chinese files back from the (new to me) LSP. Due to budgetary consideration, I always perform final DTP on the book before I publish to PDF. My problem is that every single image (all imported by reference) has had the relative path changed to an absolute path and I have to re-link every one of them when I open each file (some files have hundreds of images as I use icons in instructions to match the proprietary console on our ultrasound machines). In a perfect world I would return this to the LSP and have them fix it, but these manuals are already behind schedule. I have searched the last 2 years of list posting and cannot find the specific answer I am looking for. Is there someplace I can change the absolute path back to the relative path? Even if I have to make the change once for every file in the book that would still only be 5 minutes work instead of hours and hours of work. FYI: I will be working with the LSP to ensure this problem doesn't happen again. Alison Alison Craig, Technical Writer Ultrasonix Medical Corporation Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 E-mail: <mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com> alison.craig at ultrasonix.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110401/44dc88a5/attachment.html>
