RE: Subject: OT: OMG . . . Wonderful customer service from Adobe

2014-10-27 Thread Davis, David
It's those pod-bay doors all over again! :) I can see you're upset, Dave... -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Davis, David Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 12:49 AM To:

Re: FM9 Crashes when Creating PDFs with files that Contain PDFs (WAS: Frame 9 Crashing – Can’t Create PDFs)

2014-10-27 Thread Lin Sims
Out of curiousity, Allison, why are you printing the Visio graphics to PDF and then importing them into a Frame file that is printed to PDF? Embedding a PDF file into a file that is going to be printed to PDF tends to drastically increase the size of the file being distilled. Given that your

Re: OT: Adobe Fonts (and some comments/rants on the new Adobe web-site)

2014-10-27 Thread Theresa de Valence
Z, very nice rant. I hope SOMEONE from Adobe responds to this (be nice if they did on this forum too!) Cheers, Theresa On 10/24/2014 11:37 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: snip ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as

RE: FM9 Crashes when Creating PDFs with files that Contain PDFs (WAS: Frame 9 Crashing – Can’t Create PDFs)

2014-10-27 Thread Craig, Alison
In what version of Frame is the SVG problem fixed? I’m using FM9. As for why I use the PDFs (from Visio), I was under the impression that this was a recommended workflow. And I’ve never seen anyone mention that including PDF images in the book bloats the final Frame PDF or I might have looked

RE: OT: Adobe Fonts (and some comments/rants on the new Adobe web-site)

2014-10-27 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks, Theresa. :) I haven't heard from anyone at Adobe yet ... But I do hope somebody there slogged through it, and is willing to campaign for FrameMaker inside the company. Regards, Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

A giggle from the Adobe website

2014-10-27 Thread Christenson, Pat
I was visiting Adobe's website earlier and noticed that when you sign up, you have to make a choice from the list of Job Titles. One of the choices is End User. Really? That's a job title? ;-) Pat Christenson Resource Coordinator Fitzgerald Marketing and Communications

Re: A giggle from the Adobe website

2014-10-27 Thread Writer
It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it. I hear the pay sucks, too. Nadine From: Christenson, Pat pchristen...@ftportfolios.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 2:09 PM Subject: A giggle from

Re: A giggle from the Adobe website

2014-10-27 Thread Helen Borrie
Pat Christenson wrote: I was visiting Adobe's website earlier and noticed that when you sign up, you have to make a choice from the list of Job Titles. One of the choices is End User. Really? That's a job title? ;-) At 07:19 a.m. 28/10/2014, Writer wrote: It's a dirty job, but someone's

Re: FM9 Crashes when Creating PDFs with files that Contain PDFs (WAS: Frame 9 Crashing – Can’t Create PDFs)

2014-10-27 Thread Lin Sims
The SVG bug (which only prevented being able to search text in SVG graphics imported into Frame and then distilled to PDF) was fixed in the latest patch update to FM12. I admit I am not going by direct experience regarding the use of PDF as a graphic format. One of my coworkers has been forced to

Re: A giggle from the Adobe website

2014-10-27 Thread Lin Sims
Why do things go pear-shaped? Why not rhombus-shaped, or even watermelon-shaped? Or artichoke--then you get an odd shaped that's all prickly, too. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Helen Borrie hele...@iinet.net.au wrote: Pat Christenson wrote: I was visiting Adobe's website earlier and

Re: FM9 Crashes when Creating PDFs with files that Contain PDFs (WAS: Frame 9 Crashing – Can’t Create PDFs)

2014-10-27 Thread David Spreadbury
Craig,Your post implies she is importing them INTO the fm file. Has she tried Importing by Reference?It should work,and is probably the preferred way anyhow.Dave On Monday, October 27, 2014 3:29 PM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: The SVG bug (which only prevented being able to

Re: A giggle from the Adobe website

2014-10-27 Thread Writer
To quote Joss Whedon, I have a theory... Actually, it's Wikipedia's theory, not mine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pear-shaped Nadine From: Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com To: Helen Borrie hele...@iinet.net.au Cc: Frame Users framers@lists.frameusers.com

what to back up before reinstalling

2014-10-27 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Sigh. I have to reinstall Framemaker 12 on my Win7 system. Before I do so, I am creating a list of all of the files that I need to back up so that I can restore all of my customization after I reinstall. Here is my list so far (not including all of the add-ins and scripts that are unique to my

Re: A giggle from the Adobe website

2014-10-27 Thread Writer
If I confess to be a FrameMaker end user, what else might be inferred about me? /Peter That you use FrameMaker ends? I mean...come on...it's not like orking cows, eh? Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as