RE: Convert A3 to A4 format

2013-04-25 Thread Heidi Bailey 
Hi Rod,

I frequently have to change page size, as the project managers discuss options 
for brochures, quick starts...

If you don't want to develop a different template, you could give the following 
a bash (as suggested to me by my excellent partner):

1. Calculate the size of the text frames (including headers, footers and any on 
custom master pages) that you want in the new files.

2. Change these text frames in your original document. Yes it looks weird, but 
it saves lots of hassle after the page resize.

3. Save the file as MIF.

4. Open the MIF file in a text editor.

5. Search for PageSize, find the values that follow this string, and use 
Search+Replace to change them to the size you want.

6. Save and close the MIF file.

7. Open the MIF file in FrameMaker, check that all the page sizes are okay and 
that the text frames are where you want them.

8. Save as an FM file.

You can then use this file to import master page and page size to other files.

Hope that helps,
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:18:18 +1200
From: Rod Fee rod...@xtra.co.nz
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Subject: RE: Convert A3 to A4 format
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Hi team,

I have a novel that I set up with several master pages for different files.

The majority of these have the following frames:

-Footer
-Three text boxes that flow to following pages
-A header column for each text column

I originally set it up as A3 because I thought there would otherwise not be
enough room for  meaningful amount of text in each frame on each page.

I was wrong. Now I want to make it all A4.

When I select the files and try to change the page size to A4 it tells me
the column sizes will be all wrong  - not entirely sure how to fix this
easily. Any clues?

Regards,
Rod Fee



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Re: TOC of document names in a book

2013-04-25 Thread Robert Lauriston 
Put the document name in a paragraph at the beginning of the document
and format it with the highest-level paragraph tag included in the
TOC.

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Rod Fee rod...@xtra.co.nz wrote:
 Hi team,

 So I have a whole lot of documents in one book.

 I want to insert a table of contents (Add/Table of Contents)

 I want that TOC to include the file names of the various documents in their
 order and with their page numbers that they start on.

 The options for what to include in the TOC do not seem to include the file
 names of the documents themselves.

 Any way of doing this and including their page number automatically or is it
 something I will have to manually produce and update?
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Re: FM 11/RH10 Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output

2013-04-25 Thread Robert Lauriston 
Sounds like the HTML 5 layout is not compatible with WebHelp skins:

A screen layout has two key components, a set of screen layout pages
and a CSS. The screen layout pages define the content and the
structure. The CSS defines the layout and the skin.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS1b49059a33f77726-5d8e23a513606e3bbe2-7ffe.html

Do you have a compelling reason to use the brand-new and probably not
ready for prime-time HTML 5 layout?

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Martinek, Carla cmarti...@zebra.com wrote:
 Ok, I realize now I’m probably off base with my question…  ugh. HTML5 and
 the WebHelp Pro output are not the same.  Looked at it in a different way
 and figured out where I was going wrong.

 So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout that
 uses one of the skins from the gallery… is that possible to define easily,
 or is it a major design from scratch issue?
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RE: Modifying Image Paths

2013-04-25 Thread Harro de Jong 
Judy Bragg


 My company is soon to begin working with translation software.
 Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our images 
 will
 not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be 
 accessed
 by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and
 everything updates.
 
 The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my current 
 English
 documentation.  Redefining the path for each image (or every few images) as 
 the
 interface asks for it is proving very time-consuming and tedious.

You can use the XtraBookUtils plugin for this.

 http://www.bache.name/sgml.html

According to this page, the plugin is for Frame 5-7, but I've got it working in 
Frame 9. 

This will create a list of all the image file paths in a book, you can edit the 
list to reflect the new paths, then the plugin will change the paths. 

tip: you can use Find/Replace to replace all the paths. 
1. select the second column in the table (column heading 'new reference'), and 
set  Find/Replace to Look in: Selection
2. when replacing a file path, you have to specify it as 
directory//directory2//file.tif   (the / is a control character in this dialog)


Harro de Jong
Triview
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jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Richard Doll 

all,

¿what version(s) of Framemaker (structured) supports and processes jpeg 
format images?


and

¿what is the impact of their use in ink-on-paper (high quality 300dpi) 
printing?


best to all,

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317.539.4857
sgmli...@tds.net 


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Re: jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Matt Sullivan 
All versions of structured Frame support JPEG files.JPEG is a lossy bitmap format, so photos represent well, but diagrams and screen shots will likely disappoint you.
-MattMatt R. Sullivanco-authorPublishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11P:714.798.7596 |C:714.585.2335 |m...@mattrsullivan.com@mattrsullivanLinkedInfacebookmattrsullivan.com

On Apr 25, 2013, at 8:00 AM, "Richard Doll" sgmli...@tds.net wrote:all,¿what version(s) of Framemaker (structured) supports and processes jpeg format images?and¿what is the impact of their use in ink-on-paper (high quality 300dpi) printing?best to all,dick doll317.539.4857sgmli...@tds.net ___You are currently subscribed to framers as m...@mattrsullivan.com.Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com.To unsubscribe send a blank email toframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.comor visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40mattrsullivan.comSend administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visithttp://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.___


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RE: jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Rick Quatro 
Hi Dick,

Any modern version of FrameMaker should support jpegs; at least 7.2 and
higher. jpegs are suitable for printing photographs but are less than ideal
for line art, text, etc. Also, the jpeg format supports compression, so your
quality may depend on any compression settings that may have been applied to
the images. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank
you very much.

Rick

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Subject: jpg images

all,

¿what version(s) of Framemaker (structured) supports and processes jpeg
format images?

and

¿what is the impact of their use in ink-on-paper (high quality 300dpi)
printing?

best to all,

dick doll
317.539.4857
sgmli...@tds.net 

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Re: FM 11/RH10 Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output

2013-04-25 Thread Matt Sullivan 
Robert, have you used the HTML5 layouts and found them less than satisfying?
-MattMatt R. Sullivanco-authorPublishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11P:714.798.7596 |C:714.585.2335 |m...@mattrsullivan.com@mattrsullivanLinkedInfacebookmattrsullivan.com

On Apr 24, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote:Sounds like the HTML 5 layout is not compatible with WebHelp skins:"A screen layout has two key components, a set of screen layout pagesand a CSS. The screen layout pages define the content and thestructure. The CSS defines the layout and the skin."http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS1b49059a33f77726-5d8e23a513606e3bbe2-7ffe.htmlDo you have a compelling reason to use the brand-new and probably notready for prime-time HTML 5 layout?On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Martinek, Carla cmarti...@zebra.com wrote:Ok, I realize now I’m probably off base with my question… ugh. HTML5 andthe WebHelp Pro output are not the same. Looked at it in a different wayand figured out where I was going wrong.So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout thatuses one of the skins from the gallery… is that possible to define easily,or is it a major design from scratch issue?___You are currently subscribed to framers as m...@mattrsullivan.com.Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com.To unsubscribe send a blank email toframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.comor visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40mattrsullivan.comSend administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visithttp://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.___


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RE: jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) 
As you have already seen the other messages, this is just an endorsement to 
*avoid* JPEG for anything that contain pixels that are next to each other and 
have sharp color transitions ... as happens with lines and drawings and text, 
etc.

No matter what quality you save the JPG with such content, the results will 
not be great. Basically, the transitions from one color to another at the edge 
of such objects get speckled dots - sometimes more than a few pixels far from 
the color transition - and also additional transition color pixels on both 
sides of the color change locations.

These extra dots then show up in the printed output (if it is a high-quality 
ink-jet or any color laser) and, depending on the colors, can be pretty 
obviosu. The text and lines get smeared - the sharp transition between the text 
color and the background color gets softened. In the worst case, narrow lines 
disappear or get broken up pretty badly.

Bottom line: JPEG's are fine for pictures, but even there, using a high-quality 
JPEG (from a non-lossy source image ideally) is important - repetitively 
editing and saving the JPEG from image editor programs can increase the noise 
in the JPEG over time.

Z

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To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: jpg images

all,

¿what version(s) of Framemaker (structured) supports and processes jpeg format 
images?

and

¿what is the impact of their use in ink-on-paper (high quality 300dpi) printing?

best to all,

dick doll
317.539.4857
sgmli...@tds.net 

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Re: jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Matt Sullivan 
And there you have it…all the reasons I hosted jpegisbad.com for a few years as a joke!
-MattMatt R. Sullivanco-authorPublishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11P:714.798.7596 |C:714.585.2335 |m...@mattrsullivan.com@mattrsullivanLinkedInfacebookmattrsullivan.com

On Apr 25, 2013, at 9:06 AM, "Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)" syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote:As you have already seen the other messages, this is just an endorsement to *avoid* JPEG for anything that contain pixels that are next to each other and have sharp color transitions ... as happens with lines and drawings and text, etc.No matter what "quality" you save the JPG with such content, the results will not be great. Basically, the transitions from one color to another at the edge of such objects get speckled dots - sometimes more than a few pixels far from the color transition - and also additional "transition color" pixels on both sides of the color change locations.These extra dots then show up in the printed output (if it is a high-quality ink-jet or any color laser) and, depending on the colors, can be pretty obviosu. The text and lines get smeared - the sharp transition between the text color and the background color gets softened. In the worst case, narrow lines disappear or get broken up pretty badly.Bottom line: JPEG's are fine for pictures, but even there, using a high-quality JPEG (from a non-lossy source image ideally) is important - repetitively editing and saving the JPEG from image editor programs can increase the "noise" in the JPEG over time.Z-Original Message-From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Richard DollSent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:00 AMTo: framers@lists.frameusers.comSubject: jpg imagesall,¿what version(s) of Framemaker (structured) supports and processes jpeg format images?and¿what is the impact of their use in ink-on-paper (high quality 300dpi) printing?best to all,dick doll317.539.4857sgmli...@tds.net ___You are currently subscribed to framers as m...@mattrsullivan.com.Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com.To unsubscribe send a blank email toframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.comor visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40mattrsullivan.comSend administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visithttp://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.___


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Re: jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers 

On 2013-Apr-25 12:06 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote:


Bottom line: JPEG's are fine for pictures...




To be more explicit, JPEG's are fine for PHOTOGRAPHS.

To provide a helpful mnemonic,  the JPEG file format (abbreviated to 
JPG in earlier Microsoft OS) was developed by the Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC 
Experts Group (JPEG !!) for the specific purpose of defining a digital 
format optimized for still images of PHOTOGRAPHIC quality. [emphasis 
added]


Trix are for kids 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_%28cereal%29#Marketing_and_advertising. 
JPEG is for photographs http://www.jpeg.org/jpeg/index.html  :-)


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Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5
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Re: Modifying Image Paths

2013-04-25 Thread Judy Bragg 
Well, that gives me a few options to choose from.  Thanks so much for 
your help!!


Judy Bragg
Technical Writer
HYPACK, Inc.
860-635-1500

On 4/25/2013 3:32 AM, Harro de Jong wrote:

Judy Bragg



My company is soon to begin working with translation software.
Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our images 
will
not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be accessed
by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and
everything updates.

The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my current 
English
documentation.  Redefining the path for each image (or every few images) as the
interface asks for it is proving very time-consuming and tedious.

You can use the XtraBookUtils plugin for this.

 http://www.bache.name/sgml.html

According to this page, the plugin is for Frame 5-7, but I've got it working in 
Frame 9.

This will create a list of all the image file paths in a book, you can edit the 
list to reflect the new paths, then the plugin will change the paths.

tip: you can use Find/Replace to replace all the paths.
1. select the second column in the table (column heading 'new reference'), and 
set  Find/Replace to Look in: Selection
2. when replacing a file path, you have to specify it as 
directory//directory2//file.tif   (the / is a control character in this dialog)


Harro de Jong
Triview



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RE: jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) 
Correction totally agreed with, of course!! :)

Z

From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:34 AM
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: jpg images

On 2013-Apr-25 12:06 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain 
(syed.hos...@aeris.netmailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote:





Bottom line: JPEG's are fine for pictures...





To be more explicit, JPEG's are fine for PHOTOGRAPHS.

To provide a helpful mnemonic,  the JPEG file format (abbreviated to JPG in 
earlier Microsoft OS) was developed by the Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC Experts Group 
(JPEG !!) for the specific purpose of defining a digital format optimized for 
still images of PHOTOGRAPHIC quality. [emphasis added]

Trix are for 
kidshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_%28cereal%29#Marketing_and_advertising. 
 JPEG is for photographshttp://www.jpeg.org/jpeg/index.html  :-)

best,


--

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Technical Communicator

Phoenix Geophysics Limited

3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3

Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5

+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325



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Re: jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers 
Didn't actually mean it as a correction, more a wholehearted agreement 
with added emphasis. (LOTS of it ;-)


We are def. on the same page.

Stuart


On 2013-Apr-25 2:57 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote:


Correction totally agreed with, of course!! :)

Z

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Stuart Rogers

*Sent:* Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:34 AM
*Cc:* framers@lists.frameusers.com
*Subject:* Re: jpg images

On 2013-Apr-25 12:06 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net 
mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote:




  


Bottom line: JPEG's are fine for pictures...

  

  



To be more explicit, JPEG's are fine for PHOTOGRAPHS.

To provide a helpful mnemonic,  the JPEG file format (abbreviated to 
JPG in earlier Microsoft OS) was developed by the Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC 
Experts Group (JPEG !!) for the specific purpose of defining a digital 
format optimized for still images of PHOTOGRAPHIC quality. [emphasis 
added]


Trix are for kids 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_%28cereal%29#Marketing_and_advertising. 
JPEG is for photographs http://www.jpeg.org/jpeg/index.html  :-)


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



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Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5
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Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Alison Craig 
FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
Unstructured
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit

Is there a skip to next table command?

I'm using Silicon Prairie tools to check everything in my books for overrides 
(tedious to say the least) and it would be so much simpler to check the tables 
is there was a keyboard command to move from wherever in the current table to 
the beginning of the first cell in the next table.

I checked the Frame 9 PDF and also Scriptorium's Unstructured Frame 8 book, but 
no luck.

Any suggestions?

Alison Craig  |  Technical Documentation Lead
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation  |  #130 - 4311 Viking Way, BC, Canada  V6V2K9
T 604-279-8550 ext. 127  |  F 604-279-8559  |  TF 1-866-437-9508  |  
www.ultrasonix.comhttp://www.ultrasonix.com

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OT: Book Suggestion - Fonts

2013-04-25 Thread Alison Craig 
This is off topic, but I wanted to share a book I just read.

As technical writers, many of you will be interested in fonts. Just my Type by 
Simon Garfield is informative, interesting and sometimes very funny.

The hard cover version is about $20 dollars, but it's also available in 
paperback and e-book (and no I don't know the author and I don't get anything 
for the recommendation J).


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Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers 

On 2013-Apr-25 4:34 PM, Alison Craig wrote:


FM 9 Version: 9.0p255

Unstructured

OS: Windows 7, 64 bit

Is there a “skip to next table” command?

I’m using Silicon Prairie tools to check everything in my books for 
overrides (tedious to say the least) and it would be so much simpler 
to check the tables is there was a keyboard command to move from 
“wherever” in the current table to the beginning of the first cell in 
the next table.


I checked the Frame 9 PDF and also Scriptorium’s Unstructured Frame 8 
book, but no luck.






I'm on FM 10, and can't remember if FM 9 has this command:  Edit  
Find/Change  Find Any Table.  If FM 9 has it, there you go.  Or it 
might have Find Table Tag table tag name?


HTH,

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RE: Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Alison Craig 
I got that advice off-list – and it works, except there is the extra step of 
esc t m t to get to the beginning of the first cell.

It would be nicer if there was just a command to go to the beginning of the 
first cell of the next table.

Thanks, Alison

From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:01 PM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

On 2013-Apr-25 4:34 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
Unstructured
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit

Is there a “skip to next table” command?

I’m using Silicon Prairie tools to check everything in my books for overrides 
(tedious to say the least) and it would be so much simpler to check the tables 
is there was a keyboard command to move from “wherever” in the current table to 
the beginning of the first cell in the next table.

I checked the Frame 9 PDF and also Scriptorium’s Unstructured Frame 8 book, but 
no luck.




I'm on FM 10, and can't remember if FM 9 has this command:  Edit  Find/Change 
 Find Any Table.  If FM 9 has it, there you go.  Or it might have Find Table 
Tag table tag name?

HTH,


--

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Technical Communicator

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3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3

Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5

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Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers 
I'll bet Rick Quatro could knock off an Extendscript to do that in oh, 
about 14 seconds...


sr


On 2013-Apr-25 6:01 PM, Alison Craig wrote:


I got that advice off-list – and it works, except there is the extra 
step of esc t m t to get to the beginning of the first cell.


It would be nicer if there was just a command to go to the beginning 
of the first cell of the next table.


Thanks, Alison

*From:*Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com]
*Sent:* Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:01 PM
*To:* Alison Craig
*Cc:* framers@lists.frameusers.com
*Subject:* Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

On 2013-Apr-25 4:34 PM, Alison Craig wrote:

FM 9 Version: 9.0p255

Unstructured

OS: Windows 7, 64 bit

Is there a “skip to next table” command?

I’m using Silicon Prairie tools to check everything in my books
for overrides (tedious to say the least) and it would be so much
simpler to check the tables is there was a keyboard command to
move from “wherever” in the current table to the beginning of the
first cell in the next table.

I checked the Frame 9 PDF and also Scriptorium’s Unstructured
Frame 8 book, but no luck.



I'm on FM 10, and can't remember if FM 9 has this command: Edit  
Find/Change  Find Any Table.  If FM 9 has it, there you go.  Or it 
might have Find Table Tag table tag name?


HTH,

--
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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



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RE: Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Alison Craig 
I’ll take him up on that as soon as my new bosses devise a budget for such 
things (and I have high hopes they will, although it might take a few months 
before everything is sorted out).

Alison

From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:07 PM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Rick Quatro
Subject: Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

I'll bet Rick Quatro could knock off an Extendscript to do that in oh, about 14 
seconds...

sr


On 2013-Apr-25 6:01 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
I got that advice off-list – and it works, except there is the extra step of 
esc t m t to get to the beginning of the first cell.

It would be nicer if there was just a command to go to the beginning of the 
first cell of the next table.

Thanks, Alison

From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:01 PM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

On 2013-Apr-25 4:34 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
Unstructured
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit

Is there a “skip to next table” command?

I’m using Silicon Prairie tools to check everything in my books for overrides 
(tedious to say the least) and it would be so much simpler to check the tables 
is there was a keyboard command to move from “wherever” in the current table to 
the beginning of the first cell in the next table.

I checked the Frame 9 PDF and also Scriptorium’s Unstructured Frame 8 book, but 
no luck.




I'm on FM 10, and can't remember if FM 9 has this command:  Edit  Find/Change 
 Find Any Table.  If FM 9 has it, there you go.  Or it might have Find Table 
Tag table tag name?

HTH,


--

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




--

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Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5

+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325



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Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output

2013-04-25 Thread Carol J. Elkins 

There are several problems with the HTML5 layouts supplied with RH10:
~They are not consistently formatted across 
mobile device layouts; a client wanting output 
for all mobile devices will have to put up with 
different color schemes, different branding, 
etc. for each device he wants to output to.
~Adobe admits that they expected the RH10 user to 
have their IT department modify the HTML5. Well, 
we small and 1-person companies have no IT department.
~There is precious little documentation that 
explains how to edit the HTML5 files. Vikram 
Verma, the RoboHelp TCS product manager, promised 
a Webinar but I don't believe it has happened yet.


You can download a brief procedure that Vikram 
sent me in March at 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ip6x2whnpfb315m/How%20to%20Edit%20RoboHelp%20mobile%20layouts.pdf. 
It might be helpful. I haven't tried it myself 
because I honestly thought that when I purchased 
RH10 I could do what I needed to do without 
having to learn an entirely new profession of Web 
design and HTML5 coding. Right now, I'll probably 
hire someone to tweak the sample files to make an 
entire set of mobile layouts with similar branding.


Carol

At 11:00 AM 4/25/2013, you wrote:

Robert, have you used the HTML5 layouts and found them less than satisfying?

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Sounds like the HTML 5 layout is not compatible with WebHelp skins:

A screen layout has two key components, a set of screen layout pages
and a CSS. The screen layout pages define the content and the
structure. The CSS defines the layout and the skin.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS1b49059a33f77726-5d8e23a513606e3bbe2-7ffe.htmlhttp://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS1b49059a33f77726-5d8e23a513606e3bbe2-7ffe.html

Do you have a compelling reason to use the brand-new and probably not
ready for prime-time HTML 5 layout?

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Martinek, Carla cmarti...@zebra.com wrote:

Ok, I realize now I’m probably off base with my question…  ugh. HTML5 and
the WebHelp Pro output are not the same.  Looked at it in a different way
and figured out where I was going wrong.

So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout that
uses one of the skins from the gallery… is that possible to define easily,
or is it a major design from scratch issue?


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Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers 

On 25/04/2013 8:17 PM, gr...@hedgewizard.net wrote:

Generate a list of tables with hyperlinks, and then use that to jump!



Bingo!  Good one, Grant.

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Re: FM 11/RH10 Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output

2013-04-25 Thread Robert Lauriston 
No, HTML 5 doesn't seem close to ready for prime time to me, at least
if you have a lot of users on MSIE.

Plus after evaluating RoboHelp 10 I decided to switch to WebWorks
ePublisher. Though I'm not going to use its HTML5 output any time
soon, either.

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 Robert, have you used the HTML5 layouts and found them less than satisfying?
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Re: jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Robert Lauriston 
JPEG with the highest quality setting is fine for most screen shots,
though I usually see smaller files from PNG or GIF.

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 All versions of structured Frame support JPEG files.

 JPEG is a lossy bitmap format, so photos represent well, but diagrams and 
 screen shots will likely disappoint you.
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Generated list of variables

2013-04-25 Thread gr...@hedgewizard.net 
Is there a way to generate a list of variables used in a book?
I don't see anything in the native functionality.

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RE: Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread gr...@hedgewizard.net 
Generate a list of tables with hyperlinks, and then use that to jump!


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RE: jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Combs, Richard 
Robert Lauriston wrote:
 
 JPEG with the highest quality setting is fine for most screen shots,
 though I usually see smaller files from PNG or GIF.

And a butter knife works fine as a screwdriver if the blade fits the slot well. 
But it's not what you should use if a screwdriver is available. :-)

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RE: Generated list of variables

2013-04-25 Thread Combs, Richard 
gr...@hedgewizard.net wrote:
 
 Is there a way to generate a list of variables used in a book?
 I don't see anything in the native functionality.

It could be done with a script (FrameScript or ExtendScript). For a file, you 
could save it as MIF, open that in a text editor, and pull out the variable 
definition entries. They look like this: 

VariableFormat 
  VariableName `Copyright Date'
  VariableDef `2011-2012'
  # end of VariableFormat

If for some reason, your book has different variables in different component 
files, you could import the variables from each book file into a temporary 
file, and then save the temp file as MIF.

It also sounds like a good enhancement idea for the already very handy EZVars 
plugin (Electropubs.com). 

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RE: Generated list of variables

2013-04-25 Thread Combs, Richard 
 files, you could import the variables from each book file into a temporary

Should have said: from each file in the book

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Convert A3 to A4 format

2013-04-25 Thread Heidi Bailey 
Hi Rod,

I frequently have to change page size, as the project managers discuss options 
for brochures, quick starts...

If you don't want to develop a different template, you could give the following 
a bash (as suggested to me by my excellent partner):

1. Calculate the size of the text frames (including headers, footers and any on 
custom master pages) that you want in the new files.

2. Change these text frames in your original document. Yes it looks weird, but 
it saves lots of hassle after the page resize.

3. Save the file as MIF.

4. Open the MIF file in a text editor.

5. Search for PageSize, find the values that follow this string, and use 
Search+Replace to change them to the size you want.

6. Save and close the MIF file.

7. Open the MIF file in FrameMaker, check that all the page sizes are okay and 
that the text frames are where you want them.

8. Save as an FM file.

You can then use this file to import master page and page size to other files.

Hope that helps,
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:18:18 +1200
From: "Rod Fee" 
To: 
Subject: RE: Convert A3 to A4 format
Message-ID: <010701ce4089$9aa1b830$cfe52890$@xtra.co.nz>
Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="US-ASCII"

Hi team,

I have a novel that I set up with several master pages for different files.

The majority of these have the following frames:

-Footer
-Three text boxes that flow to following pages
-A header column for each text column

I originally set it up as A3 because I thought there would otherwise not be
enough room for  meaningful amount of text in each frame on each page.

I was wrong. Now I want to make it all A4.

When I select the files and try to change the page size to A4 it tells me
the column sizes will be all wrong  - not entirely sure how to fix this
easily. Any clues?

Regards,
Rod Fee



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Modifying Image Paths

2013-04-25 Thread Harro de Jong 
Judy Bragg


> My company is soon to begin working with translation software.
> Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our images 
> will
> not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be 
> accessed
> by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and
> everything updates.
> 
> The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my current 
> English
> documentation.? Redefining the path for each image (or every few images) as 
> the
> interface asks for it is proving very time-consuming and tedious.

You can use the XtraBookUtils plugin for this.

< http://www.bache.name/sgml.html>

According to this page, the plugin is for Frame 5-7, but I've got it working in 
Frame 9. 

This will create a list of all the image file paths in a book, you can edit the 
list to reflect the new paths, then the plugin will change the paths. 

tip: you can use Find/Replace to replace all the paths. 
1. select the second column in the table (column heading 'new reference'), and 
set  Find/Replace to Look in: Selection
2. when replacing a file path, you have to specify it as 
directory//directory2//file.tif   (the / is a control character in this dialog)


Harro de Jong
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jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Richard Doll 
all,

?what version(s) of Framemaker (structured) supports and processes jpeg 
format images?

and

?what is the impact of their use in ink-on-paper (high quality 300dpi) 
printing?

best to all,

dick doll
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jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Matt Sullivan 
All versions of structured Frame support JPEG files.

JPEG is a lossy bitmap format, so photos represent well, but diagrams and 
screen shots will likely disappoint you.

-Matt

Matt R. Sullivan 
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com 

@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com 

On Apr 25, 2013, at 8:00 AM, "Richard Doll"  wrote:

> all,
> 
> ?what version(s) of Framemaker (structured) supports and processes jpeg 
> format images?
> 
> and
> 
> ?what is the impact of their use in ink-on-paper (high quality 300dpi) 
> printing?
> 
> best to all,
> 
> dick doll
> 317.539.4857
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2013-04-25 Thread Rick Quatro 
Hi Dick,

Any "modern" version of FrameMaker should support jpegs; at least 7.2 and
higher. jpegs are suitable for printing photographs but are less than ideal
for line art, text, etc. Also, the jpeg format supports compression, so your
quality may depend on any compression settings that may have been applied to
the images. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank
you very much.

Rick

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-283-5045
rick at frameexpert.com




-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Richard Doll
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:00 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: jpg images

all,

?what version(s) of Framemaker (structured) supports and processes jpeg
format images?

and

?what is the impact of their use in ink-on-paper (high quality 300dpi)
printing?

best to all,

dick doll
317.539.4857
sgmlindy at tds.net 

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FM 11/RH10 > Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output

2013-04-25 Thread Matt Sullivan 
Robert, have you used the HTML5 layouts and found them less than satisfying?



-Matt

Matt R. Sullivan 
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com 

@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com 

On Apr 24, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Robert Lauriston  wrote:

> Sounds like the HTML 5 layout is not compatible with WebHelp skins:
> 
> "A screen layout has two key components, a set of screen layout pages
> and a CSS. The screen layout pages define the content and the
> structure. The CSS defines the layout and the skin."
> 
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS1b49059a33f77726-5d8e23a513606e3bbe2-7ffe.html
> 
> Do you have a compelling reason to use the brand-new and probably not
> ready for prime-time HTML 5 layout?
> 
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Martinek, Carla  
> wrote:
>> Ok, I realize now I?m probably off base with my question?  ugh. HTML5 and
>> the WebHelp Pro output are not the same.  Looked at it in a different way
>> and figured out where I was going wrong.
>> 
>> So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout that
>> uses one of the skins from the gallery? is that possible to define easily,
>> or is it a major design from scratch issue?
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2013-04-25 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) 
As you have already seen the other messages, this is just an endorsement to 
*avoid* JPEG for anything that contain pixels that are next to each other and 
have sharp color transitions ... as happens with lines and drawings and text, 
etc.

No matter what "quality" you save the JPG with such content, the results will 
not be great. Basically, the transitions from one color to another at the edge 
of such objects get speckled dots - sometimes more than a few pixels far from 
the color transition - and also additional "transition color" pixels on both 
sides of the color change locations.

These extra dots then show up in the printed output (if it is a high-quality 
ink-jet or any color laser) and, depending on the colors, can be pretty 
obviosu. The text and lines get smeared - the sharp transition between the text 
color and the background color gets softened. In the worst case, narrow lines 
disappear or get broken up pretty badly.

Bottom line: JPEG's are fine for pictures, but even there, using a high-quality 
JPEG (from a non-lossy source image ideally) is important - repetitively 
editing and saving the JPEG from image editor programs can increase the "noise" 
in the JPEG over time.

Z

-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Richard Doll
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:00 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: jpg images

all,

?what version(s) of Framemaker (structured) supports and processes jpeg format 
images?

and

?what is the impact of their use in ink-on-paper (high quality 300dpi) printing?

best to all,

dick doll
317.539.4857
sgmlindy at tds.net

jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers 
On 2013-Apr-25 12:06 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote:

> Bottom line: JPEG's are fine for pictures...
>
>

To be more explicit, "JPEG's are fine for PHOTOGRAPHS."

To provide a helpful mnemonic,  the "JPEG" file format (abbreviated to 
"JPG" in earlier Microsoft OS) was developed by the Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC 
Experts Group (JPEG !!) for the specific purpose of defining a digital 
format optimized for "still images of PHOTOGRAPHIC quality." [emphasis 
added]

Trix are for kids 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_%28cereal%29#Marketing_and_advertising>. 
JPEG is for photographs <http://www.jpeg.org/jpeg/index.html>  :-)

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

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Modifying Image Paths

2013-04-25 Thread Judy Bragg 
Well, that gives me a few options to choose from.  Thanks so much for 
your help!!

Judy Bragg
Technical Writer
HYPACK, Inc.
860-635-1500

On 4/25/2013 3:32 AM, Harro de Jong wrote:
> Judy Bragg
>
>
>> My company is soon to begin working with translation software.
>> Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our 
>> images will
>> not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where they can be 
>> accessed
>> by each language by the same path. That way, I add/change an image once and
>> everything updates.
>>
>> The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my 
>> current English
>> documentation.  Redefining the path for each image (or every few images) as 
>> the
>> interface asks for it is proving very time-consuming and tedious.
> You can use the XtraBookUtils plugin for this.
>
> < http://www.bache.name/sgml.html>
>
> According to this page, the plugin is for Frame 5-7, but I've got it working 
> in Frame 9.
>
> This will create a list of all the image file paths in a book, you can edit 
> the list to reflect the new paths, then the plugin will change the paths.
>
> tip: you can use Find/Replace to replace all the paths.
> 1. select the second column in the table (column heading 'new reference'), 
> and set  Find/Replace to Look in: Selection
> 2. when replacing a file path, you have to specify it as 
> directory//directory2//file.tif   (the / is a control character in this 
> dialog)
>
>
> Harro de Jong
> Triview

jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) 
Correction totally agreed with, of course!! :)

Z

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:34 AM
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: jpg images

On 2013-Apr-25 12:06 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at 
aeris.net<mailto:Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>) wrote:





Bottom line: JPEG's are fine for pictures...





To be more explicit, "JPEG's are fine for PHOTOGRAPHS."

To provide a helpful mnemonic,  the "JPEG" file format (abbreviated to "JPG" in 
earlier Microsoft OS) was developed by the Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC Experts Group 
(JPEG !!) for the specific purpose of defining a digital format optimized for 
"still images of PHOTOGRAPHIC quality." [emphasis added]

Trix are for 
kids<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_%28cereal%29#Marketing_and_advertising>. 
 JPEG is for photographs<http://www.jpeg.org/jpeg/index.html>  :-)

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



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2013-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers 
Didn't actually mean it as a correction, more a wholehearted agreement 
with added emphasis. (LOTS of it ;-)

We are def. on the same page.

Stuart


On 2013-Apr-25 2:57 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote:
>
> Correction totally agreed with, of course!! :)
>
> Z
>
> *From:*framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Stuart Rogers
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:34 AM
> *Cc:* framers at lists.frameusers.com
> *Subject:* Re: jpg images
>
> On 2013-Apr-25 12:06 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net 
> <mailto:Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>) wrote:
>
>
>
>   
>
> Bottom line: JPEG's are fine for pictures...
>
>   
>
>   
>
>
> To be more explicit, "JPEG's are fine for PHOTOGRAPHS."
>
> To provide a helpful mnemonic,  the "JPEG" file format (abbreviated to 
> "JPG" in earlier Microsoft OS) was developed by the Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC 
> Experts Group (JPEG !!) for the specific purpose of defining a digital 
> format optimized for "still images of PHOTOGRAPHIC quality." [emphasis 
> added]
>
> Trix are for kids 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_%28cereal%29#Marketing_and_advertising>. 
> JPEG is for photographs <http://www.jpeg.org/jpeg/index.html>  :-)
>
> 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


-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
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Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5
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Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Alison Craig 
FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
Unstructured
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit

Is there a "skip to next table" command?

I'm using Silicon Prairie tools to check everything in my books for overrides 
(tedious to say the least) and it would be so much simpler to check the tables 
is there was a keyboard command to move from "wherever" in the current table to 
the beginning of the first cell in the next table.

I checked the Frame 9 PDF and also Scriptorium's Unstructured Frame 8 book, but 
no luck.

Any suggestions?

Alison Craig  |  Technical Documentation Lead
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation  |  #130 - 4311 Viking Way, BC, Canada  V6V2K9
T 604-279-8550 ext. 127  |  F 604-279-8559  |  TF 1-866-437-9508  |  
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OT: Book Suggestion - Fonts

2013-04-25 Thread Alison Craig 
This is off topic, but I wanted to share a book I just read.

As technical writers, many of you will be interested in fonts. Just my Type by 
Simon Garfield is informative, interesting and sometimes very funny.

The hard cover version is about $20 dollars, but it's also available in 
paperback and e-book (and no I don't know the author and I don't get anything 
for the recommendation J).


Alison Craig  |  Technical Documentation Lead
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation  |  #130 - 4311 Viking Way, BC, Canada  V6V2K9
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Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers 
On 2013-Apr-25 4:34 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
>
> FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
>
> Unstructured
>
> OS: Windows 7, 64 bit
>
> Is there a ?skip to next table? command?
>
> I?m using Silicon Prairie tools to check everything in my books for 
> overrides (tedious to say the least) and it would be so much simpler 
> to check the tables is there was a keyboard command to move from 
> ?wherever? in the current table to the beginning of the first cell in 
> the next table.
>
> I checked the Frame 9 PDF and also Scriptorium?s Unstructured Frame 8 
> book, but no luck.
>
>


I'm on FM 10, and can't remember if FM 9 has this command:  Edit > 
Find/Change > Find Any Table.  If FM 9 has it, there you go.  Or it 
might have Find Table Tag ?

HTH,

-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3
Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

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Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Alison Craig 
I got that advice off-list ? and it works, except there is the extra step of 
esc t m t to get to the beginning of the first cell.

It would be nicer if there was just a command to go to the beginning of the 
first cell of the next table.

Thanks, Alison

From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:01 PM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

On 2013-Apr-25 4:34 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
Unstructured
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit

Is there a ?skip to next table? command?

I?m using Silicon Prairie tools to check everything in my books for overrides 
(tedious to say the least) and it would be so much simpler to check the tables 
is there was a keyboard command to move from ?wherever? in the current table to 
the beginning of the first cell in the next table.

I checked the Frame 9 PDF and also Scriptorium?s Unstructured Frame 8 book, but 
no luck.




I'm on FM 10, and can't remember if FM 9 has this command:  Edit > Find/Change 
> Find Any Table.  If FM 9 has it, there you go.  Or it might have Find Table 
Tag ?

HTH,


--

Stuart Rogers

Technical Communicator

Phoenix Geophysics Limited

3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3

Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5

+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325



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Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers 
I'll bet Rick Quatro could knock off an Extendscript to do that in oh, 
about 14 seconds...

sr


On 2013-Apr-25 6:01 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
>
> I got that advice off-list ? and it works, except there is the extra 
> step of esc t m t to get to the beginning of the first cell.
>
> It would be nicer if there was just a command to go to the beginning 
> of the first cell of the next table.
>
> Thanks, Alison
>
> *From:*Stuart Rogers [mailto:srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:01 PM
> *To:* Alison Craig
> *Cc:* framers at lists.frameusers.com
> *Subject:* Re: Skip to Next Table Command?
>
> On 2013-Apr-25 4:34 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
>
> FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
>
> Unstructured
>
> OS: Windows 7, 64 bit
>
> Is there a ?skip to next table? command?
>
> I?m using Silicon Prairie tools to check everything in my books
> for overrides (tedious to say the least) and it would be so much
> simpler to check the tables is there was a keyboard command to
> move from ?wherever? in the current table to the beginning of the
> first cell in the next table.
>
> I checked the Frame 9 PDF and also Scriptorium?s Unstructured
> Frame 8 book, but no luck.
>
>
>
> I'm on FM 10, and can't remember if FM 9 has this command: Edit > 
> Find/Change > Find Any Table.  If FM 9 has it, there you go.  Or it 
> might have Find Table Tag ?
>
> HTH,
>
> -- 
> 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


-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3
Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

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Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Alison Craig 
I?ll take him up on that as soon as my new bosses devise a budget for such 
things (and I have high hopes they will, although it might take a few months 
before everything is sorted out).

Alison

From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:07 PM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Rick Quatro
Subject: Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

I'll bet Rick Quatro could knock off an Extendscript to do that in oh, about 14 
seconds...

sr


On 2013-Apr-25 6:01 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
I got that advice off-list ? and it works, except there is the extra step of 
esc t m t to get to the beginning of the first cell.

It would be nicer if there was just a command to go to the beginning of the 
first cell of the next table.

Thanks, Alison

From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:01 PM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Subject: Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

On 2013-Apr-25 4:34 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
Unstructured
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit

Is there a ?skip to next table? command?

I?m using Silicon Prairie tools to check everything in my books for overrides 
(tedious to say the least) and it would be so much simpler to check the tables 
is there was a keyboard command to move from ?wherever? in the current table to 
the beginning of the first cell in the next table.

I checked the Frame 9 PDF and also Scriptorium?s Unstructured Frame 8 book, but 
no luck.




I'm on FM 10, and can't remember if FM 9 has this command:  Edit > Find/Change 
> Find Any Table.  If FM 9 has it, there you go.  Or it might have Find Table 
Tag ?

HTH,


--

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




--

Stuart Rogers

Technical Communicator

Phoenix Geophysics Limited

3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3

Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5

+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325



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Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output

2013-04-25 Thread Carol J. Elkins 
There are several problems with the HTML5 layouts supplied with RH10:
~They are not consistently formatted across 
mobile device layouts; a client wanting output 
for all mobile devices will have to put up with 
different color schemes, different "branding," 
etc. for each device he wants to output to.
~Adobe admits that they expected the RH10 user to 
have their IT department modify the HTML5. Well, 
we small and 1-person companies have no IT department.
~There is precious little documentation that 
explains how to edit the HTML5 files. Vikram 
Verma, the RoboHelp TCS product manager, promised 
a Webinar but I don't believe it has happened yet.

You can download a brief procedure that Vikram 
sent me in March at 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ip6x2whnpfb315m/How%20to%20Edit%20RoboHelp%20mobile%20layouts.pdf.
 
It might be helpful. I haven't tried it myself 
because I honestly thought that when I purchased 
RH10 I could do what I needed to do without 
having to learn an entirely new profession of Web 
design and HTML5 coding. Right now, I'll probably 
hire someone to tweak the sample files to make an 
entire set of mobile layouts with similar branding.

Carol

At 11:00 AM 4/25/2013, you wrote:
>Robert, have you used the HTML5 layouts and found them less than satisfying?
>
>-Matt
>Matt R. Sullivan
>co-author 
>Publishing 
>Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
>P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | 
>matt at mattrsullivan.com
>
>
>[]
>@mattrsullivan 
>
>[]
>LinkedIn 
>
>[]
>facebook 
>[]
>mattrsullivan.com
>
>On Apr 24, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Robert Lauriston 
><robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
>
>>Sounds like the HTML 5 layout is not compatible with WebHelp skins:
>>
>>"A screen layout has two key components, a set of screen layout pages
>>and a CSS. The screen layout pages define the content and the
>>structure. The CSS defines the layout and the skin."
>>
>>http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS1b49059a33f77726-5d8e23a513606e3bbe2-7ffe.html
>>
>>Do you have a compelling reason to use the brand-new and probably not
>>ready for prime-time HTML 5 layout?
>>
>>On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Martinek, Carla  
>>wrote:
>>>Ok, I realize now I?m probably off base with my question
  ugh. HTML5 and
>>>the WebHelp Pro output are not the same.  Looked at it in a different way
>>>and figured out where I was going wrong.
>>>
>>>So what I need is to create(modify) an HTML 5 desktop screen layout that
>>>uses one of the skins from the gallery
 is that possible to define easily,
>>>or is it a major design from scratch issue?

Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers 
On 25/04/2013 8:17 PM, grant at hedgewizard.net wrote:
> Generate a list of tables with hyperlinks, and then use that to jump!
>

Bingo!  Good one, Grant.

s.

-- 
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Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Ltd.
Toronto, ON Canada M1W 3K5
+1 416 491 7340 x 325

FM 11/RH10 > Multiscreen HTML Output - making changes to the default Desktop output

2013-04-25 Thread Robert Lauriston 
No, HTML 5 doesn't seem close to ready for prime time to me, at least
if you have a lot of users on MSIE.

Plus after evaluating RoboHelp 10 I decided to switch to WebWorks
ePublisher. Though I'm not going to use its HTML5 output any time
soon, either.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Matt Sullivan  
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> Robert, have you used the HTML5 layouts and found them less than satisfying?

jpg images

2013-04-25 Thread Robert Lauriston 
JPEG with the highest quality setting is fine for most screen shots,
though I usually see smaller files from PNG or GIF.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Matt Sullivan  
wrote:
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> All versions of structured Frame support JPEG files.
>
> JPEG is a lossy bitmap format, so photos represent well, but diagrams and 
> screen shots will likely disappoint you.

Generated list of variables

2013-04-25 Thread gr...@hedgewizard.net 
Is there a way to generate a list of variables used in a book?
I don't see anything in the native functionality.

Grant
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Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-25 Thread gr...@hedgewizard.net 
Generate a list of tables with hyperlinks, and then use that to jump!


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2013-04-25 Thread Combs, Richard 
Robert Lauriston wrote:

> JPEG with the highest quality setting is fine for most screen shots,
> though I usually see smaller files from PNG or GIF.

And a butter knife works fine as a screwdriver if the blade fits the slot well. 
But it's not what you should use if a screwdriver is available. :-)

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Generated list of variables

2013-04-25 Thread Combs, Richard 
grant at hedgewizard.net wrote:

> Is there a way to generate a list of variables used in a book?
> I don't see anything in the native functionality.

It could be done with a script (FrameScript or ExtendScript). For a file, you 
could save it as MIF, open that in a text editor, and pull out the variable 
definition entries. They look like this: 


  
 > # end of VariableFormat

If for some reason, your book has different variables in different component 
files, you could import the variables from each book file into a temporary 
file, and then save the temp file as MIF.

It also sounds like a good enhancement idea for the already very handy EZVars 
plugin (Electropubs.com). 

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Generated list of variables

2013-04-25 Thread Combs, Richard 
> files, you could import the variables from each book file into a temporary

Should have said: "from each file in the book"

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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