Re: More bad news on TCS4: no longer includes Photoshop
Somebody here reported a bug in printing to .ps. I gave up on printing to anything other than Adobe PDF because I'd constantly forget to change the printer back and end up with errors in generating PDF. Definitely saves me time in the long run never to print directly. How about Adobe enhancing Save As PDF so you could set it to always use a selected printer definition instead of the current printer? I don't expect that to happen given that from FM8 on close to zero of the feature enhancements have improved the experience of everyday, experienced unstructured-mode users. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Karen Robbins karendes...@gmail.com wrote: Can one still print a book to a .ps file for external distilling in unstructured FM11? ___ 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: Localization Process with FrameMaker 10
Hi Alison, We plan to hire a professional translator. If you have recommendations for that, please let me know. And thanks for the workflow. I may end up using something like that. One thing I noticed is that you are not using TT edits to identify what things have changed and need to be translated. Instead, you are assuming that the translator has appropriate software to flag that in the source FM files. That would be ideal obviously, if I didn't have to be personally burden with tracking every single thing that has changed and requires translation. Thanks, Joe On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Alison Craig alison.cr...@ultrasonix.comwrote: Joseph: ** ** **1. **When you talk about the “translator” do you mean a professional at an LSP (Language Service Provider) or someone in-house who speaks/writes Chinese, so you use him/her? If the latter, I don’t recommend it. The ability to speak/write a language does not a translator make. Following that logic, anyone who speaks/writes English, can be an English technical writer – and we all know *that* isn’t true. **2. **This is my process for an initial translation. Subsequent translations are almost identical but some things like creating Variable files are already done (note that my manuals are conditionalized so there are actually 5 manuals in one unstructured FM book files (22 separate FM files in this book): **a. **Complete manuals **b. **Log completed manual into VSS **c. **Create a completed manual English Master file folder(s) – different from your working folder(s) **d. **Accept all Track Changes **e. **Create all final PDFs and release English manuals **f. **Keep a copy, by product/condition, of all finished FM files that are used to create each PDF **g. **Create a new folder(s) for translation (I do this by language as we translate into 7 different languages at the moment – we have done up to 17) **h. **Copy a writable set of English Master files into the Simplified Chinese translation folder(s) **i. **Create Variable files for translation files **j. **Send files to LSP for quote (including request for creation of translation Glossary before 1st translation begins. It’s also best to have this proofed by an in-country expert before beginning the actual translation job.) **k. **Authorize translation based on quote **l. **When the job is finished, always get a copy of the Glossary and new/updated Translation Memory (TM) so you can change LSPs at your discretion. **m.**When you do your 2nd and subsequent rounds of translation, the LSP will process the new FM files and the TM with professional tools (like TRADOS) to ensure that exact matches, fuzzy matches and repetitions are factored into the price and job cycle, ensuring that only new or edited text needs to be translated. ** ** This is a quick overview of my process. Some might find steps c and f-h a bit of overkill, but as I work with Medical Devices, we have an internal ISO release process. We are also constantly applying to new countries for Regulatory approval to sell our systems. I have learned the hard way that if I cannot recreate on-demand, an exact copy of a specific manual type/release – sometimes with new document numbers and languages codes – then things get extremely difficult for me. I also need to be able to recreate translated manuals with specific changes required by Regulatory bodies (the SFDA in the People’s Republic of China is particularly demanding) ** ** Hope this helps, ** ** Alison ** ** * * *Alison Craig * Technical Documentation Lead 604-279-8550 | fax 604-279-8559 | toll-free 1-866-437-9508 *Ultrasonix Medical Corporation | **www.ultrasonix.com*http://www.ultrasonix.com/ [image: Description: Ultrasonix Medical Corp] ** ** *From:* framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Joseph Lorenzini *Sent:* Wednesday, September 26, 2012 11:35 AM *To:* FrameMaker Forum; tcs-us...@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Localization Process with FrameMaker 10 ** ** Hi all, I am using unstructured FrameMaker 10. I am documenting a product in English, which needs to be translated into Chinese every release. I was curious what process people use to do the localization. Here is the process I was thinking about using with the existing documentation. 1. there would be two versions of each document. One for english and another Chinese. I thought about using the same Framemaker files and conditionalizing the text based on language but that seemed awfully messy. 2.place all FM files in SVN so they are source control. 3. for each release, turn on track changes for the English versions. 4. once documentation for the release is complete, commit FM files to SVN. 5. localization
Re: Localization Process with FrameMaker 10
Professional translation services usually take the .fm files and run them through their translation memory software so that the translators know what has changed. The limited utility and additional overhead of a house-developed kludge might well end up making it more expensive than hiring professionals who have the right tools for the job or, if you do a lot of translation in-house, buying translation memory software. ___ 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: More bad news on TCS4: no longer includes Photoshop
At 12:00 PM -0500 9/27/12, Jeff Coatsworth jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.com wrote (about the printing problem): They're working on it - I just got an e-mail from my contact at Adobe and they've recreated the issue with a sample book I gave them. There is a workaround - flip to Structured FM and you don't get the error. Thank goodness! Um... how does one flip to structured? Karen ___ 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: More bad news on TCS4: no longer includes Photoshop
Edit Preferences General - look for Kapil Verma's post on the workaround. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:21 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: More bad news on TCS4: no longer includes Photoshop At 12:00 PM -0500 9/27/12, Jeff Coatsworth jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.com wrote (about the printing problem): They're working on it - I just got an e-mail from my contact at Adobe and they've recreated the issue with a sample book I gave them. There is a workaround - flip to Structured FM and you don't get the error. Thank goodness! Um... how does one flip to structured? Karen ___ 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.
Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
Does anyone know if the problem occurs when using the Print Selected Files option in unstructured FM11? Or does it only occur when using the Print Book option? Carol At 11:00 AM 9/27/2012, you wrote: This issue occurs when a user who is running FrameMaker11 in unstructured mode and tries to print a book, which was also created in the unstructured mode. This issue is not present when printing a Framemaker document, or when FrameMaker is running in structured mode. ___ 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: Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
Yes it affects that command too; but you can still print individual files and Save as PDF on the book. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Carol J. Elkins Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 3:05 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution Does anyone know if the problem occurs when using the Print Selected Files option in unstructured FM11? Or does it only occur when using the Print Book option? Carol At 11:00 AM 9/27/2012, you wrote: This issue occurs when a user who is running FrameMaker11 in unstructured mode and tries to print a book, which was also created in the unstructured mode. This issue is not present when printing a Framemaker document, or when FrameMaker is running in structured mode. ___ 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.
RE: Localization Process with FrameMaker 10
Hi, I work at a translations company and we handle FM files on a daily basis from a few clients. If you need more info on our services and how we would handle repetitions, translation memory matches and variables, please let me know. I apologize if offering our service is frowned upon in this forum, but I could not help but comment in this case. Thanks, Jaime ProTranslating www.protranslating.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:25 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Localization Process with FrameMaker 10 Professional translation services usually take the .fm files and run them through their translation memory software so that the translators know what has changed. The limited utility and additional overhead of a house-developed kludge might well end up making it more expensive than hiring professionals who have the right tools for the job or, if you do a lot of translation in-house, buying translation memory software. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jzun...@protranslating.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/jzuniga%40protranslating.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: Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
Hello Kapil Although your workaround and fix will no doubt be highly appreciated by unstructured users, they don't address the issue that we have seen with FM 11 /structured /- that is, that printing a file to the Adobe PDF printer (whether using Save As, Save as PDF, or Print) takes 10 times as long as it used to. I am not exaggerating. We have a 550-page structured book that we used to convert to PDF in FM9 in about 10 minutes or less. Now with FM11 it takes 90 minutes or more. I originally posted this issue on the Adobe forums - see http://forums.adobe.com/message/4661181#4661181. But there was no resolution. I guess if a FM developer says, i have not seen that happening a lot, except few cases , that means have to live with it? In the meantime, my recommendation to structured FM users is: If you want to convert your docs to PDF, don't upgrade until Adobe do something about these problems. Roger Shuttleworth London, Canada On 27/09/2012 1:18 AM, Kapil Verma wrote: Hello everyone, I am from Adobe and wanted to give you some information about the Print to .PS issue that has been reported in the forums recently. We have looked into this issue and found the cause. Today, we wanted to share it with you all along with a workaround solution in the interim. Furthermore, *we are working on fixing this issue and expect to come out with a fix soon*. ** *What causes the issue* This issue occurs when a user who is running FrameMaker11 in _unstructured mode_ and tries to print a _book_, which was also created in the unstructured mode. This issue is not present when printing a Framemaker document, or when FrameMaker is running in structured mode. *Workaround* The workaround is to switch to structured mode (you can do so by going to Edit Preferences General and use the Product Interface dropdown to select Structured FrameMaker) and restart FrameMaker. This would be a one-time action and afterwards, FrameMaker will launch in Structured mode and you won't face this issue. This being said, we do however realize that many of you are working in the unstructured mode and wouldn't like to see the additional structured menus and toolbars. To address this, we are providing a set of workspace, menu and toolbar files (attached with this message). With these files, a new workspace will be created in your FrameMaker structured mode and this workspace will only have the unstructured menus and toolbars. So, you can continue to work in a familiar environment with only the unstructured features that you are used to seeing. Please download the attached files and follow the steps below to copy these files in the relevant folders. _Steps to create the new Unstructured workspace when running in the Structured mode_ 1. Copy Unstructured.fws in %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\WorkSpaces\Structured' folder 2. Copy menus-unstr.cfg in %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\WorkSpaces\Structured\menus' folder 3. Copy fmtoolbar-unstr.xml in %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\WorkSpaces\Structured\toolbars' folder 4. Launch FM in structured mode and switch to the 'unstructured' workspace. /* Note: this would not remove DITA and S1000D menus. If you want to remove those menus as well, please write to me separately and I will be happy to send you those instructions./ Hope that this workaround works as a solution in the short term, while we work hard on fixing this issue for you. We hope to come out with a fix soon to this problem. Thanks, Kapil Verma Sr. Product Manager - FrameMaker | FrameMaker Publishing Server O: +91-120-2444711 x 34505 http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/category/framemaker http://twitter.com/KapilVermaAdobe http://twitter.com/#%21/KapilVermaAdobe http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as shutti...@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/shuttie27%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: Localization Process with FrameMaker 10
A good professional will take your .fm files and use their translation memory software to reduce costs on future updates. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Joseph Lorenzini jalo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Alison, We plan to hire a professional translator. = ___ 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.
save as... FM 8 Mif
Hi to all. A customer of mine ask me to save a lot of FM 8 e FM 10 files, in MIF 8 format. Because this is optimized for translation workflow. I have FM 10 and I could save in MIF 10 or MIF 7 directly. I read about the possibility to save directly in FM8 or MIF8, using scripting. Could someone help me? It's about, perhaps, a free script? Thanks, Mario ___ 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.
Bookmarks don't stay set
I am using Frame 10 in TCS 3 and have a problem that I did not have in Frame 7, 8 or 9. When I print to PDF, I set up my bookmarks in the PDF Setup dialog, but they don't stay set. Every single time I print to PDF, I have to delete all of the other bookmarks that it puts in that field. It takes a long time to get rid of them all. What is the deal. I never had this problem in previous versions. Thank You, Gillian Flato Senior Content Developer Skype: Gillian.B.Flato gillian.fl...@nexenta.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.
simple FM10 ExtendScript
Anybody have a simple FM10 ExtendScript for updating a book and saving as PDF? I can't say I'm surprised that the 697-page Scripting Guide does not actually provide a clue about how to use ExtendScript. ___ 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.
VENDOR POST: Fri Sept 28 Webinar on FM11 new feats and collaborative review
Adobe is hosting an instructive how to webinar focused on FrameMaker 11 with some touches on RoboHelp 10. TWEET: Sept 28 10 AM PAC #1 of 5-part TCS4 series Collaborative Review Workflow: FrameMaker 11 http://adobe.ly/Snvyht Adobe product evangelist Maxwell Hoffmann will cover relevant new features in FrameMaker 11 (like optional line numbering), other features like enhancements to conditional text control, and how to effectively share PDF for shared review in an Acrobat.com cloud. See best practices for comments and annotations made via free Acrobat Reader, and how to import multiple comments into FrameMaker. You may register for the webinar at: http://adobe.ly/Snvyht Webinar will be recorded. I will follow up with path to recording when mounted. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm ___ 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: Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
I'm always in structured mode (FM10 at the moment). Sometimes I work on unstructured documents, and I've never had a problem. On 2012-09-27 13:48, Robert Lauriston wrote: I'm curious to hear how well that works. Seems like editing unstructured documents in structured mode is likely to have side effects. If that weren't the case, why even have the mode switch? On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Kapil Verma kve...@adobe.com wrote: Workaround The workaround is to switch to structured mode (you can do so by going to Edit Preferences General and use the Product Interface dropdown to select “Structured FrameMaker”) and restart FrameMaker. This would be a one-time action and afterwards, FrameMaker will launch in Structured mode and you won’t face this issue. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jow...@magma.ca. 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/jowens%40magma.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7524 (20120927) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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: save as... FM 8 Mif
Mario, see Jeremy's explanation here: http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2012-September/026750.html Nadine Hi to all. A customer of mine ask me to save a lot of FM 8 e FM 10 files, in MIF 8 format. Because this is optimized for translation workflow. I have FM 10 and I could save in MIF 10 or MIF 7 directly. I read about the possibility to save directly in FM8 or MIF8, using scripting. Could someone help me? It's about, perhaps, a free script? Thanks, Mario ___ 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: Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
Same here ... no issues whatsoever. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jim Owens Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:48 PM To: Robert Lauriston Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution I'm always in structured mode (FM10 at the moment). Sometimes I work on unstructured documents, and I've never had a problem. On 2012-09-27 13:48, Robert Lauriston wrote: I'm curious to hear how well that works. Seems like editing unstructured documents in structured mode is likely to have side effects. If that weren't the case, why even have the mode switch? ___ 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.
Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
Hello everyone, I am from Adobe and wanted to give you some information about the "Print to .PS" issue that has been reported in the forums recently. We have looked into this issue and found the cause. Today, we wanted to share it with you all along with a workaround solution in the interim. Furthermore, we are working on fixing this issue and expect to come out with a fix soon. What causes the issue This issue occurs when a user who is running FrameMaker11 in unstructured mode and tries to print a book, which was also created in the unstructured mode. This issue is not present when printing a Framemaker document, or when FrameMaker is running in structured mode. Workaround The workaround is to switch to structured mode (you can do so by going to Edit > Preferences > General and use the Product Interface dropdown to select "Structured FrameMaker") and restart FrameMaker. This would be a one-time action and afterwards, FrameMaker will launch in Structured mode and you won't face this issue. This being said, we do however realize that many of you are working in the unstructured mode and wouldn't like to see the additional structured menus and toolbars. To address this, we are providing a set of workspace, menu and toolbar files (attached with this message). With these files, a new workspace will be created in your FrameMaker structured mode and this workspace will only have the unstructured menus and toolbars. So, you can continue to work in a familiar environment with only the unstructured features that you are used to seeing. Please download the attached files and follow the steps below to copy these files in the relevant folders. Steps to create the new "Unstructured" workspace when running in the Structured mode 1. Copy Unstructured.fws in %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\WorkSpaces\Structured' folder 2. Copy menus-unstr.cfg in %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\WorkSpaces\Structured\menus' folder 3. Copy fmtoolbar-unstr.xml in %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\WorkSpaces\Structured\toolbars' folder 4. Launch FM in structured mode and switch to the 'unstructured' workspace. * Note: this would not remove DITA and S1000D menus. If you want to remove those menus as well, please write to me separately and I will be happy to send you those instructions. Hope that this workaround works as a solution in the short term, while we work hard on fixing this issue for you. We hope to come out with a fix soon to this problem. Thanks, Kapil Verma Sr. Product Manager - FrameMaker | FrameMaker Publishing Server O: +91-120-2444711 x 34505 http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/category/framemaker http://twitter.com/KapilVermaAdobe<http://twitter.com/#!/KapilVermaAdobe> http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120927/8dec2863/attachment.html> -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Unstructured.fws Type: application/octet-stream Size: 3131 bytes Desc: Unstructured.fws URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120927/8dec2863/attachment.obj> -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: fmtoolbar-unstr.xml Type: text/xml Size: 535 bytes Desc: fmtoolbar-unstr.xml URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120927/8dec2863/attachment.xml> -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: menus-unstr.cfg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 63016 bytes Desc: menus-unstr.cfg URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120927/8dec2863/attachment-0001.obj>
More bad news on TCS4: no longer includes Photoshop
At 12:00 PM -0500 9/27/12, Jeff Coatsworth wrote (about the printing problem): >They're working on it - I just got an e-mail from my contact at >Adobe and they've recreated the issue with a sample book I gave >them. There is a workaround - flip to Structured FM and you don't >get the error. Thank goodness! Um... how does one "flip to structured"? Karen
More bad news on TCS4: no longer includes Photoshop
Edit > Preferences > General - look for Kapil Verma's post on the workaround. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:21 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: More bad news on TCS4: no longer includes Photoshop At 12:00 PM -0500 9/27/12, Jeff Coatsworth wrote (about the printing problem): >They're working on it - I just got an e-mail from my contact at >Adobe and they've recreated the issue with a sample book I gave >them. There is a workaround - flip to Structured FM and you don't >get the error. Thank goodness! Um... how does one "flip to structured"? Karen ___ 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.
Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
Does anyone know if the problem occurs when using the Print Selected Files option in unstructured FM11? Or does it only occur when using the Print Book option? Carol At 11:00 AM 9/27/2012, you wrote: >This issue occurs when a user who is running FrameMaker11 in >unstructured mode and tries to print a book, which was also created >in the unstructured mode. This issue is not present when printing a >Framemaker document, or when FrameMaker is running in structured mode.
Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
Yes it affects that command too; but you can still print individual files and Save as PDF on the book. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Carol J. Elkins Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 3:05 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution Does anyone know if the problem occurs when using the Print Selected Files option in unstructured FM11? Or does it only occur when using the Print Book option? Carol At 11:00 AM 9/27/2012, you wrote: >This issue occurs when a user who is running FrameMaker11 in >unstructured mode and tries to print a book, which was also created >in the unstructured mode. This issue is not present when printing a >Framemaker document, or when FrameMaker is running in structured mode. ___ 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.
Localization Process with FrameMaker 10
Hi, I work at a translations company and we handle FM files on a daily basis from a few clients. If you need more info on our services and how we would handle repetitions, translation memory matches and variables, please let me know. I apologize if offering our service is frowned upon in this forum, but I could not help but comment in this case. Thanks, Jaime ProTranslating www.protranslating.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:25 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Localization Process with FrameMaker 10 Professional translation services usually take the .fm files and run them through their translation memory software so that the translators know what has changed. The limited utility and additional overhead of a house-developed kludge might well end up making it more expensive than hiring professionals who have the right tools for the job or, if you do a lot of translation in-house, buying translation memory software. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jzuniga at protranslating.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/jzuniga%40protranslating.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
Hello Kapil Although your workaround and fix will no doubt be highly appreciated by unstructured users, they don't address the issue that we have seen with FM 11 /structured /- that is, that printing a file to the Adobe PDF printer (whether using Save As, Save as PDF, or Print) takes 10 times as long as it used to. I am not exaggerating. We have a 550-page structured book that we used to convert to PDF in FM9 in about 10 minutes or less. Now with FM11 it takes 90 minutes or more. I originally posted this issue on the Adobe forums - see http://forums.adobe.com/message/4661181#4661181. But there was no resolution. I guess if a FM developer says, "i have not seen that happening a lot, except few cases ," that means have to live with it? In the meantime, my recommendation to structured FM users is: If you want to convert your docs to PDF, don't upgrade until Adobe do something about these problems. Roger Shuttleworth London, Canada On 27/09/2012 1:18 AM, Kapil Verma wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I am from Adobe and wanted to give you some information about the > "Print to .PS" issue that has been reported in the forums recently. We > have looked into this issue and found the cause. Today, we wanted to > share it with you all along with a workaround solution in the interim. > Furthermore, *we are working on fixing this issue and expect to come > out with a fix soon*. > > ** > > *What causes the issue* > > This issue occurs when a user who is running FrameMaker11 in > _unstructured mode_ and tries to print a _book_, which was also > created in the unstructured mode. This issue is not present when > printing a Framemaker document, or when FrameMaker is running in > structured mode. > > *Workaround* > > The workaround is to switch to structured mode (you can do so by going > to Edit > Preferences > General and use the Product Interface dropdown > to select "Structured FrameMaker") and restart FrameMaker. This would > be a one-time action and afterwards, FrameMaker will launch in > Structured mode and you won't face this issue. > > This being said, we do however realize that many of you are working in > the unstructured mode and wouldn't like to see the additional > structured menus and toolbars. To address this, we are providing a set > of workspace, menu and toolbar files (attached with this message). > With these files, a new workspace will be created in your FrameMaker > structured mode and this workspace will only have the unstructured > menus and toolbars. So, you can continue to work in a familiar > environment with only the unstructured features that you are used to > seeing. Please download the attached files and follow the steps below > to copy these files in the relevant folders. > > _Steps to create the new "Unstructured" workspace when running in the > Structured mode_ > > 1. Copy Unstructured.fws in > %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\WorkSpaces\Structured' folder > 2. Copy menus-unstr.cfg in > %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\WorkSpaces\Structured\menus' folder > 3. Copy fmtoolbar-unstr.xml in > %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\11\WorkSpaces\Structured\toolbars' folder > 4. Launch FM in structured mode and switch to the 'unstructured' > workspace. > > /* Note: this would not remove DITA and S1000D menus. If you want to > remove those menus as well, please write to me separately and I will > be happy to send you those instructions./ > > Hope that this workaround works as a solution in the short term, while > we work hard on fixing this issue for you. We hope to come out with a > fix soon to this problem. > > Thanks, > > Kapil Verma > > Sr. Product Manager - FrameMaker | FrameMaker Publishing Server > > O: +91-120-2444711 x 34505 > > http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/category/framemaker > > http://twitter.com/KapilVermaAdobe > <http://twitter.com/#%21/KapilVermaAdobe> > > http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/ > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as shuttie27 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/shuttie27%40gmail.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/20120927/d9d510ca/attachment.html>
Localization Process with FrameMaker 10
A good professional will take your .fm files and use their translation memory software to reduce costs on future updates. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Joseph Lorenzini wrote: > > Hi Alison, > > We plan to hire a professional translator. =
save as... FM 8 Mif
Hi to all. A customer of mine ask me to save a lot of FM 8 e FM 10 files, in MIF 8 format. Because this is optimized for translation workflow. I have FM 10 and I could save in MIF 10 or MIF 7 directly. I read about the possibility to save directly in FM8 or MIF8, using scripting. Could someone help me? It's about, perhaps, a free script? Thanks, Mario -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120927/81abb955/attachment.html>
FM 10 Copy/Paste sometimes not keeping tags
I just recently made the move to FM10 from FM8. I'm working with three large book files, each was originally created in FM7 and have been moved up to FM8 and now FM10. The issue I'm having is with copy and pasting. Sometimes when I copy and paste something, for example a bulleted paragraph with some bold text, Frame will just paste it all as body text with none of my assigned paragraph and character tags. Other times it works just fine. Normally I use Ctrl + C and Ctrl+ P, but I've had the issue when I use the drop down menus as well. I see the issue with both copy and pasting within the same document, and copy and pasting from one document into another one in a different book file. I've also had the issue when copy and pasting anchored frames. With that I will sometimes just get the nothing to paste error message. Has anyone else had this issue? I did have someone recommend that I save as mif and reopen. If I do that, do I save the whole book as mif, or each file within the book? Thanks! Ginger Swart Electronic Theatre Controls Technical Commmunications Specialist ginger.swart at etcconnect.com<mailto:ginger.swart at etcconnect.com> -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120927/7dfbd0c3/attachment.html>
Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
I'm curious to hear how well that works. Seems like editing unstructured documents in structured mode is likely to have side effects. If that weren't the case, why even have the mode switch? On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Kapil Verma wrote: > Workaround > > The workaround is to switch to structured mode (you can do so by going to > Edit > Preferences > General and use the Product Interface dropdown to > select ?Structured FrameMaker?) and restart FrameMaker. This would be a > one-time action and afterwards, FrameMaker will launch in Structured mode > and you won?t face this issue.
Bookmarks don't stay set
I am using Frame 10 in TCS 3 and have a problem that I did not have in Frame 7, 8 or 9. When I print to PDF, I set up my bookmarks in the PDF Setup dialog, but they don't stay set. Every single time I print to PDF, I have to delete all of the other bookmarks that it puts in that field. It takes a long time to get rid of them all. What is the deal. I never had this problem in previous versions. Thank You, Gillian Flato Senior Content Developer Skype: Gillian.B.Flato Gillian.Flato at nexenta.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120927/cbe87e43/attachment.html>
simple FM10 ExtendScript
Anybody have a simple FM10 ExtendScript for updating a book and saving as PDF? I can't say I'm surprised that the 697-page "Scripting Guide" does not actually provide a clue about how to use ExtendScript.
VENDOR POST: Fri Sept 28 Webinar on FM11 new feats and collaborative review
Adobe is hosting an instructive "how to" webinar focused on FrameMaker 11 with some touches on RoboHelp 10. TWEET: Sept 28 10 AM PAC #1 of 5-part TCS4 series "Collaborative Review Workflow: FrameMaker 11" http://adobe.ly/Snvyht Adobe product evangelist Maxwell Hoffmann will cover relevant new features in FrameMaker 11 (like optional line numbering), other features like enhancements to conditional text control, and how to effectively share PDF for shared review in an Acrobat.com cloud. See best practices for comments and annotations made via free Acrobat Reader, and how to import multiple comments into FrameMaker. You may register for the webinar at: http://adobe.ly/Snvyht Webinar will be recorded. I will follow up with path to recording when mounted. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm
Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
I'm always in structured mode (FM10 at the moment). Sometimes I work on unstructured documents, and I've never had a problem. On 2012-09-27 13:48, Robert Lauriston wrote: > I'm curious to hear how well that works. Seems like editing > unstructured documents in structured mode is likely to have side > effects. If that weren't the case, why even have the mode switch? > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Kapil Verma wrote: > >> Workaround >> >> The workaround is to switch to structured mode (you can do so by going to >> Edit > Preferences > General and use the Product Interface dropdown to >> select ?Structured FrameMaker?) and restart FrameMaker. This would be a >> one-time action and afterwards, FrameMaker will launch in Structured mode >> and you won?t face this issue. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as jowens at magma.ca. > > 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/jowens%40magma.ca > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 7524 (20120927) __ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > >
save as... FM 8 Mif
Mario, see Jeremy's explanation here: http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2012-September/026750.html Nadine >Hi to all. >A customer of mine ask me to save a lot of FM 8 e FM 10 files, in MIF 8 format. >Because this is optimized for translation workflow. >I have FM 10 and I could save in MIF 10 or MIF 7 directly. > > >I read about the possibility to save directly in FM8 or MIF8, using scripting. >Could someone help me? It's about, perhaps, a free script? > > >Thanks, Mario
Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution
Same here ... no issues whatsoever. Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jim Owens Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:48 PM To: Robert Lauriston Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution I'm always in structured mode (FM10 at the moment). Sometimes I work on unstructured documents, and I've never had a problem. On 2012-09-27 13:48, Robert Lauriston wrote: > I'm curious to hear how well that works. Seems like editing > unstructured documents in structured mode is likely to have side > effects. If that weren't the case, why even have the mode switch?
