out of memory error
Are both the W7 and FM patches up to date? Just in passing, I've been running FM 9 and W7, both 32 and 64, for months without any memory errors... Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Karen Mann wrote: > Good morning everyone, > My issue: > I recently purchased 3 production machines. New 64 bit, quad core with 6 G > memory. > We use FrameMaker almost exclusively. I was working in ?FrameMaker 9 for > about 3 hours. During that time the I had opened and closed Outlook 2010 so > the only other software running was McAfee Managed Security. > I noticed that when I clicked on a tab in a panel it would not select, and > the edits I was making were not holding. Then, I got an alert that I should > close some windows because there was not enough memory (?). Which happens > periodically. > > We had been using single processors with 1.5 G of memory and of course we > were having all kinds of issues. We upgraded so we would not be getting these > errors. > Anyone else having an issue with memory...Is there a setting for FM 32 or 64 > bit in FM9 in Win7? > > Much appreciation, and thanks in advance for your help. > > Karen Mann > kmann at i-t-tech.com<mailto:kmann at i-t-tech.com> > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
When writing in Rome....
Interesting new (test?) Adobe publishing tool. Not sure what it is good for yet... http://rome.adobe.com/index.html Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
When writing in Rome....
Interesting new (test?) Adobe publishing tool. Not sure what it is good for yet... http://rome.adobe.com/index.html Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358
Re: [OT] Adobe's pricing policy
Because it works for Apple. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Layton, Debbie debbie.lay...@xerox.com wrote: How quaint. Roman Numerals for a software release. Will the documentation be created using Old English Text? I'm very curious why Marketing chose to do that. Debbie Layton Technical Writer Customer Publications 503.582.6822 debbie.lay...@xerox.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:24 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: [OT] Adobe's pricing policy Acrobat X is not shipping yet nor has Adobe committed to a November 1 ship date. It is pronounced Acrobat Ten - as usual, it's a marketing thing ... - Dov -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:08 PM To: Mike Wickham; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: [OT] Adobe's pricing policy But why bother with 9? X is shipping... Say what? When? And are they really going to call it X instead of 10? Mike Wickham I got my e-mail from Adobe about this sometime last week as I recall. I believe the shipping date is Nov 1, but forget where I saw that. And, I have no idea why it is X instead of 10. :) My only [usual] gripe is with the upgrade pricing (like all Adobe upgrades!). It is $199 regardless of whether you have Acrobat 9 Pro *or* Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to go to Acrobat X Pro (there is only one X Pro version - nothing called X Pro Extended as far as I can know). IMHO, the price for going from 9 Pro Extended to X Pro should be lower - since we already paid a premium for that 9 Pro Extended version! Z ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as debbie.lay...@xerox.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/debbie.layton%40xero x.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 art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: Hyptertext Links Break in PDF
You may want to start with updating your FM install to the final patch version -- p116, from http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22platform=Windows Also, you don't mention if you've installed the Microsoft Hotfix for all Postscript printers under XP -- which fixes lots of distiller problems. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 (Gives details on the Hotfix) http://support.microsoft.com/Hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=952909kbln=en -us (Direct Download Link) Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Nancy Allison ma...@verizon.net wrote: Hi. I've looked up this issue online. A lot of the discussions I have found are about Frame 8 and later, but we are using FrameMaker 7.1b023 and Distiller 6.0.1 in Windows XP SP3. That's not going to change in time for this document. Problem: My coworker and I have **identical Distiller settings**. When she generates a PDF from one of her Frame source files using her Distiller, all the PDF hyperlinks work correctly. These hyperlinks are cross-references, TOC, LOT, LOF, and Index links in the original Frame document. When I send her one of my Frame documents, in which all the hyperlinks work correctly, and she generates a PDF from it, they are all broken in the PDF. I've checked the setup of the generated files in the TOC. All have create hyperlinks selected in the Setup box. (When I generate a PDF using my copy of Distiller, the links are also broken. So are the fonts, which is why I originally asked her to generate the PDF for me. . . ) Also, if it matters, when I print to .ps and select Generate Acrobat Data, the Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs box is selected. The links are still broken in the resulting PDF All of this strongly suggests that the problem lies in my FrameMaker source files. What can it be? Any suggestions gratefully received. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
[OT] Adobe's pricing policy
Because it works for Apple. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Layton, Debbie wrote: > How quaint. Roman Numerals for a software release. Will the > documentation be created using Old English Text? I'm very curious why > Marketing chose to do that. > > Debbie Layton > Technical Writer > Customer Publications > 503.582.6822 > debbie.layton at xerox.com > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:24 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: [OT] Adobe's pricing policy > > Acrobat X is not shipping yet nor has Adobe committed to a November 1 > ship date. > > It is pronounced "Acrobat Ten" - as usual, it's a marketing "thing" ... > > ? ? ? ?- Dov > >> -Original Message- >> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of >> Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) >> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:08 PM >> To: Mike Wickham; framers at lists.frameusers.com >> Subject: RE: [OT] Adobe's pricing policy >> >> > > But why bother with 9? X is shipping... >> >> > Say what? When? And are they really going to call it X instead of > 10? >> >> > Mike Wickham >> >> I got my e-mail from Adobe about this sometime last week as I recall. > I believe the shipping date is >> Nov 1, but forget where I saw that. >> >> And, I have no idea why it is "X" instead of "10". :) >> >> My only [usual] gripe is with the upgrade pricing (like all Adobe > upgrades!). It is $199 regardless of >> whether you have Acrobat 9 Pro *or* Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to go to > Acrobat X Pro (there is only one X >> Pro version - nothing called X Pro Extended as far as I can know). >> >> IMHO, the price for going from 9 Pro Extended to X Pro should be lower > - since we already paid a >> premium for that 9 Pro Extended version! >> >> Z > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as debbie.layton at xerox.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/debbie.layton%40xero > x.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Hyptertext Links Break in PDF
You may want to start with updating your FM install to the final patch version -- p116, from http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22=Windows Also, you don't mention if you've installed the Microsoft Hotfix for all Postscript printers under XP -- which fixes lots of distiller problems. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 (Gives details on the Hotfix) http://support.microsoft.com/Hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=952909=en -us (Direct Download Link) Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Nancy Allison wrote: > Hi. I've looked up this issue online. A lot of the discussions I have found > are about Frame 8 and later, but we are using FrameMaker 7.1b023 and > Distiller 6.0.1 in Windows XP SP3. That's not going to change in time for > this document. > > Problem: My coworker and I have **identical Distiller settings**. When she > generates a PDF from one of her Frame source files using her Distiller, all > the PDF hyperlinks work correctly. These hyperlinks are cross-references, > TOC, LOT, LOF, and Index links in the original Frame document. > > When I send her one of my Frame documents, in which all the hyperlinks work > correctly, and she generates a PDF from it, they are all broken in the PDF. > I've checked the setup of the generated files in the TOC. All have "create > hyperlinks" selected in the Setup box. ?(When I generate a PDF using my copy > of Distiller, the links are also broken. So are the fonts, which is why I > originally asked her to generate the PDF for me. . . ) > > Also, if it matters, when I print to .ps and select "Generate Acrobat Data", > the "Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs" box is selected. The links > are still broken in the resulting PDF> > > All of this strongly suggests that the problem lies in my FrameMaker source > files. What can it be? > > Any suggestions gratefully received. > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: [OT] Adobe's pricing policy
Does Belgium have a VAT? But why bother with 9? X is shipping... Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Yves Barbion yves.barb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi group Can someone please explain to me why Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard (Full, no update) costs: - US $299 (216 EUR) when I buy it in the US Store http://bit.ly/aXhtLv - US $554 (401 EUR) when I buy it in a European Adobe Store - http://bit.ly/dtOSd3 I called Customer Support in Belgium and the explanation they gave me was that the price in the US is lower because they don't have offer free support. But I don't need support! When I go to the Adobe store, a pop-up appears, telling me that I can have a live text chat with an Adobe Product Specialist to assiste me with my product selection. This is the result: Please hold as we route your chat to an Adobe Representative. Welcome to Adobe.com! My name is Darryl. May I assist you with your selection today? Darryl: Hello, how can I help you? Yves: I'd like to know why Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard costs $299 in the US Store and $554 in the Belgian Adobe Store? What's the reason for this HUGE difference in price? Darryl: We understand your concern. We want to make sure that we are giving our Customers the best products and at the right price. Darryl: Just so you know, there are many factors that decide pricing like 'the cost of doing business in each country' and the 'difference in the perceived value of the product'. Darryl: What are some of the tasks you like to accomplish using the software? Yves: Not relevant here: product is the same, price is different. Why? Darryl: Just so you know, there are many factors that decide pricing like 'the cost of doing business in each country' and the 'difference in the perceived value of the product'. Huh? -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: Temporarily hide graphics?
View Options Graphics Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Martinek, Carla cmarti...@zebra.com wrote: I'm paging through a very large, graphics-intense maintenance manual, checking pagination, headers/footers, etc. I'm having a brain cramp, and I thought there was a command that allowed you to turn off graphics. This would allow you to page through the FM files quicker in a doc such as this. Help? Or am I mis-remembering this and thinking of another application? -Carla - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
[OT] Adobe's pricing policy
Does Belgium have a VAT? But why bother with 9? X is shipping... Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Yves Barbion wrote: > Hi group > > Can someone please explain to me why Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard (Full, no > update) costs: > > ? - US $299 (216 EUR) when I buy it in the US Store > ? http://bit.ly/aXhtLv > ? - US $554 (401 EUR) when I buy it in a European Adobe Store > ? - http://bit.ly/dtOSd3 > > I called Customer Support in Belgium and the explanation they gave me was > that "the price in the US is lower because they don't have offer free > support". But I don't need support! > > When I go to the Adobe store, a pop-up appears, telling me that I can have a > live text chat with an Adobe Product Specialist to assiste me with my > product selection. This is the result: > > Please hold as we route your chat to an Adobe Representative. > Welcome to Adobe.com! My name is Darryl. May I assist you with your > selection today? > Darryl: Hello, how can I help you? > Yves: I'd like to know why Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard costs $299 in the US > Store and $554 in the Belgian Adobe Store? What's the reason for this HUGE > difference in price? > Darryl: We understand your concern. We want to make sure that we are giving > our Customers the best products and at the right price. > Darryl: Just so you know, there are many factors that decide pricing like > 'the cost of doing business in each country' and the 'difference in the > perceived value of the product'. > Darryl: What are some of the tasks you like to accomplish using the > software? > Yves: Not relevant here: product is the same, price is different. Why? > Darryl: Just so you know, there are many factors that decide pricing like > 'the cost of doing business in each country' and the 'difference in the > perceived value of the product'. > > Huh? > > > > > > > -- > Yves Barbion > www.scripto.nu > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Temporarily hide graphics?
View > Options > Graphics Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Martinek, Carla wrote: > I'm paging through a very large, graphics-intense maintenance manual, > checking pagination, headers/footers, etc. > > I'm having a brain cramp, and I thought there was a command that allowed you > to "turn off" graphics. This would allow you to page through the FM files > quicker in a doc such as this. > > Help? Or am I mis-remembering this and thinking of another application? > > -Carla > > > > > - CONFIDENTIAL- > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also > be legally privileged. ?If you are not the intended recipient, you may not > review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in > error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete > this email. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
[OT] Adobe's pricing policy
http://www.adobe.com/ Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: >> But why bother with 9? X is shipping... > > Say what? When? And are they really going to call it X instead of 10? > > Mike Wickham > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Installing TCS 2.0 in Windows 7, 64-bit
I'm installing TCS 2.5 on a w7-64 system and no issues. A pretty big plus for me is that Photoshop is a 64-bit app, so it's running noticeably faster. Haven't used RH yet, but I don't expect problems; worst case is run it in a 32-bit compatibility mode. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:58 PM, reed.dom...@flukenetworks.com wrote: Joseph, I installed Adobe Technical Communications Suite 2.0 on my new Windows 7 64-bit system and it works at least as well as it did on my XP system. However, I have not tried to link FrameMaker books into RoboHelp. One quirk I notice is that the F9 (paragraph format) shortcut key tends to stop working. But it seems that if I apply a different paragraph format using Format - Paragraphs - Designer , the F9 key starts working again. I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts, and occasionally I hit a wrong key, so maybe I'm somehow throwing FrameMaker off track. Reed Reed Domnik Technical Writer Fluke Networks 2075 Research Parkway, Suite A Colorado Springs, CO 80920 719.272.8629 reed.dom...@flukenetworks.commailto:reed.dom...@flukenetworks.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: Graphics average weight
Are you optimizing / reducing the size of the PDF with Acrobat after you generate it? Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:30 PM, mathieu jacquet bobi...@hotmail.com wrote: Thank you Nadine and Richard, To answer Richard's questions: I've never seen file sizes discussed in terms of weight and heaviness. Is that a French idiom? Yes, that was a linguistic calque from the French poids d'un fichier :o). To get meaningful recommendations for reducing graphics file sizes, you should probably provide more context. These docs that are 15-20 Mo (MB) -- are they PDFs? Or your FM source files? Or something else? I am talking about PDFs. I have seen 500-pages PDFs with hundreds of images not bigger that 5 Mb, and mine contain about 250 graphics for a good 20 Mb in average, so it makes me think there might be something rotten in my graphics kingdom. What graphics programs do you use to create and manipulate these graphics? What version of FM are you using? Are you importing by reference or copying into the document? I am using FM9 on Vista 64. I only import them by reference. Graphics are mostly screenshots taken with Snag-It and saved as png (True Colour 24 bits). I have a couple of .eps with very specific Pantone colours but not much (maybe one or two of about 400 Kb each). If the heavy docs are PDFs, what version of Acrobat and what job options are you using? I am using Acrobat 9.O with Standard quality (French calque again :) ) job option. There are graphics gurus on the list (I'm not one of them) who can probably offer useful advice once they understand the question and have a little more detail. :-) Here they are :). Thank you all for your help, Mathieu. Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:01:54 -0700 From: generic...@yahoo.ca Subject: RE: Graphics average weight To: bobi...@hotmail.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com; richard.co...@polycom.com If I recall correctly, images that are copied into FM, rather than referenced, make for larger PDFs. Nadine --- On Thu, 10/21/10, Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.com wrote: From: Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.com Subject: RE: Graphics average weight To: mathieu jacquet bobi...@hotmail.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 11:45 AM mathieu jacquet wrote: what is the average weight in Ko of your screenshots and illustrations? My docs are pretty heavy (up to 15-20 Mo), with graphics (mostly png) being around 15 Ko-70 Ko in average. That looks too much. What would the best solution be to reduce their weight (in batch if possible)? I had a vague recollection that octet is synonymous with byte, and a quick trip to Wikipedia confirmed that your references to Ko and Mo are probably file sizes. But I've never seen file sizes discussed in terms of weight and heaviness. Is that a French idiom? To get meaningful recommendations for reducing graphics file sizes, you should probably provide more context. These docs that are 15-20 Mo (MB) -- are they PDFs? Or your FM source files? Or something else? What graphics programs do you use to create and manipulate these graphics? What version of FM are you using? Are you importing by reference or copying into the document? If the heavy docs are PDFs, what version of Acrobat and what job options are you using? There are graphics gurus on the list (I'm not one of them) who can probably offer useful advice once they understand the question and have a little more detail. :-) Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Installing TCS 2.0 in Windows 7, 64-bit
I'm installing TCS 2.5 on a w7-64 system and no issues. A pretty big plus for me is that Photoshop is a 64-bit app, so it's running noticeably faster. Haven't used RH yet, but I don't expect problems; worst case is run it in a 32-bit compatibility mode. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:58 PM, wrote: > Joseph, > > I installed Adobe Technical Communications Suite 2.0 on my new Windows 7 > 64-bit system and it works at least as well as it did ?on my XP system. > ?However, I have not tried to link FrameMaker books into RoboHelp. > > One quirk I notice is that the F9 (paragraph format) shortcut key tends to > stop working. But it seems that if I apply a different paragraph format using > Format -> Paragraphs -> Designer , the F9 key starts working again. > > I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts, and occasionally I hit a wrong key, so > maybe I'm somehow throwing FrameMaker off track. > > Reed > > Reed Domnik > Technical Writer > Fluke Networks > 2075 Research Parkway, Suite A > Colorado Springs, CO 80920 > 719.272.8629 > reed.domnik at flukenetworks.com<mailto:reed.domnik at flukenetworks.com> > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Graphics average weight
Yes, there are. It'd probably be worth downloading the free eval version to play with... Cheers, Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:14 PM, mathieu jacquet wrote: > Thank you Art, > > No, I do not. Is there a special tool for optimizing PDFs? > > Best regards, > Mathieu > >> From: art.campbell at gmail.com >> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:58:37 -0400 >> Subject: Re: Graphics average weight >> To: bobitch at hotmail.com >> CC: generic668 at yahoo.ca; framers at lists.frameusers.com; >> richard.combs at polycom.com >> >> Are you optimizing / reducing the size of the PDF with Acrobat after >> you generate it? >> >> >> Art Campbell >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com >> ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 >> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers >> apply. >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:30 PM, mathieu jacquet >> wrote: >> > >> > Thank you Nadine and Richard, >> > >> > To answer Richard's questions: >> > >> >> > I've never seen file sizes discussed in terms of weight and >> >> > heaviness. Is that a French idiom? >> > >> > Yes, that was a linguistic "calque" from the French "poids d'un fichier" >> > :o). >> > >> >> > >> >> > To get meaningful recommendations for reducing graphics >> >> > file sizes, you should probably provide more context. These >> >> > docs that are 15-20 Mo (MB) -- are they PDFs? Or your FM >> >> > source files? Or something else? >> >> > >> > >> > I am talking about PDFs. I have seen 500-pages PDFs with hundreds of >> > images not bigger that 5 Mb, and mine contain about 250 graphics for a good >> > 20 Mb in average, so it makes me think there might be something rotten in >> > my >> > graphics kingdom. >> > >> >> > What graphics programs do you use to create and manipulate >> >> > these graphics? What version of FM are you using? Are you >> >> > importing by reference or copying into the document? >> > >> > I am using FM9 on Vista 64. I only import them by reference. >> > Graphics are mostly screenshots taken with Snag-It and saved as png >> > (True Colour 24 bits). I have a couple of .eps with very specific Pantone >> > colours but not much (maybe one or two of about 400 Kb each). >> > >> >> > >> >> > If the "heavy" docs are PDFs, what version of Acrobat and >> >> > what job options are you using? >> > >> > I am using Acrobat 9.O with "Standard quality" (French calque again :) ) >> > job option. >> > >> >> > >> >> > There are graphics gurus on the list (I'm not one of them) >> >> > who can probably offer useful advice once they understand >> >> > the question and have a little more detail. :-) >> > >> > Here they are :). >> > >> > Thank you all for your help, >> > >> > Mathieu. >> > >> >> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:01:54 -0700 >> >> From: generic668 at yahoo.ca >> >> Subject: RE: Graphics average weight >> >> To: bobitch at hotmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com; >> >> richard.combs at Polycom.com >> >> >> >> If I recall correctly, images that are copied into FM, rather than >> >> referenced, make for larger PDFs. >> >> >> >> Nadine >> >> >> >> --- On Thu, 10/21/10, Combs, Richard wrote: >> >> >> >> > From: Combs, Richard >> >> > Subject: RE: Graphics average weight >> >> > To: "mathieu jacquet" , >> >> > "framers at lists.frameusers.com" >> >> > Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 11:45 AM >> >> > mathieu jacquet wrote: >> >> > >> >> > > what is the average weight in Ko of your screenshots >> >>
Converting Word Tables to unstructured Frame
If you work with any kind of tables very much at all, you need Table Cleaner but if you do the Word > FM conversion, I'd ping Rick and ask him to do a conversion script for that purpose. Art On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Combs, Richard wrote: > Flato, Gillian wrote: > >> Anyone know a good tool for converting Word Tables to unstructured Frame? > > If you have to do this only a few times, convert the tables to text (comma- > or tab- separated), paste as unformatted text into FM, and then use Convert > to Table to create new, clean FM tables. > > If you have to do this a lot, buy Rick Quatro's TableCleaner plug-in -- a > life-saver! (www.frameexpert.com) > > > Richard G. Combs > Senior Technical Writer > Polycom, Inc. > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom > 303-223-5111 > -- > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom > 303-903-6372 > -- > > > > > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Graphics average weight
Are you optimizing / reducing the size of the PDF with Acrobat after you generate it? Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:30 PM, mathieu jacquet wrote: > > Thank you Nadine and Richard, > > To answer Richard's questions: > >> > I've never seen file sizes discussed in terms of weight and >> > heaviness. Is that a French idiom? > > Yes, that was a linguistic "calque" from the French "poids d'un fichier" :o). > >> > >> > To get meaningful recommendations for reducing graphics >> > file sizes, you should probably provide more context. These >> > docs that are 15-20 Mo (MB) -- are they PDFs? Or your FM >> > source files? Or something else? >> > > > I am talking about PDFs. I have seen 500-pages PDFs with hundreds of images > not bigger that 5 Mb, and mine contain about 250 graphics for a good 20 Mb in > average, so it makes me think there might be something rotten in my graphics > kingdom. > >> > What graphics programs do you use to create and manipulate >> > these graphics? What version of FM are you using? Are you >> > importing by reference or copying into the document? > > I am using FM9 on Vista 64. I only import them by reference. > Graphics are mostly screenshots taken with Snag-It and saved as png (True > Colour 24 bits). I have a couple of .eps with very specific Pantone colours > but not much (maybe one or two of about 400 Kb each). > >> > >> > If the "heavy" docs are PDFs, what version of Acrobat and >> > what job options are you using? > > I am using Acrobat 9.O with "Standard quality" (French calque again :) ) job > option. > >> > >> > There are graphics gurus on the list (I'm not one of them) >> > who can probably offer useful advice once they understand >> > the question and have a little more detail. :-) > > Here they are :). > > Thank you all for your help, > > Mathieu. > >> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:01:54 -0700 >> From: generic668 at yahoo.ca >> Subject: RE: Graphics average weight >> To: bobitch at hotmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com; richard.combs >> at Polycom.com >> >> If I recall correctly, images that are copied into FM, rather than >> referenced, make for larger PDFs. >> >> Nadine >> >> --- On Thu, 10/21/10, Combs, Richard wrote: >> >> > From: Combs, Richard >> > Subject: RE: Graphics average weight >> > To: "mathieu jacquet" , "framers at >> > lists.frameusers.com" >> > Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 11:45 AM >> > mathieu jacquet wrote: >> > >> > > what is the average weight in Ko of your screenshots >> > and illustrations? My >> > > docs are pretty heavy (up to 15-20 Mo), with graphics >> > (mostly png) being >> > > around 15 Ko-70 Ko in average. That looks too much. >> > What would the best >> > > solution be to reduce their weight (in batch if >> > possible)? >> > >> > I had a vague recollection that "octet" is synonymous with >> > "byte," and a quick trip to Wikipedia confirmed that your >> > references to "Ko" and "Mo" are probably file sizes. But >> > I've never seen file sizes discussed in terms of weight and >> > heaviness. Is that a French idiom? >> > >> > To get meaningful recommendations for reducing graphics >> > file sizes, you should probably provide more context. These >> > docs that are 15-20 Mo (MB) -- are they PDFs? Or your FM >> > source files? Or something else? >> > >> > What graphics programs do you use to create and manipulate >> > these graphics? What version of FM are you using? Are you >> > importing by reference or copying into the document? >> > >> > If the "heavy" docs are PDFs, what version of Acrobat and >> > what job options are you using? >> > >> > There are graphics gurus on the list (I'm not one of them) >> > who can probably offer useful advice once they understand >> > the question and have a little more detail. :-) >> > >> > >> > Richard G. Combs >> > Senior Technical Writer >> > Polycom, I
Re: off topic: e-drawings, eps files, frame and pdf
Sounds like the entire drawing is being converted (which with thousands of components is a lot of layers), but you only really need the skin or outer layer. You'll probably have to have one of the CAD guys toggle that on or off before they generate the PDF. I'd also look on the Solidworks site for file viewers and browsers. Most CAD outfits offer these for free, and many of them can generate a PDF (if not automagically, by printing to the Acrobat printer, and that's likely to be a version you can use. Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Writer generic...@yahoo.ca wrote: I used to convert CAD drawings to PDF, and then import them into FM. It worked beautifully. You could try that. Nadine On 10/15/2010 6:04 AM, Jo Watkiss wrote: Framers, I know this is way off topic - but knowing how much knowledge there is on here, I'm hoping somebody can point me to a good resource or forum to help. I'm trying to get vector images from Solidworks e-drawings into FrameMaker and then to PDF. However in the resulting PDF, the vectors draw so slowly on the page that it is causing problems for our readers. The path we are taking is: Print from e-drawings to .ps file Open .ps file in CorelDraw and save as .eps (or .wmf or .pdf - the end result is the same) Import .eps into Frame and then make PDF as normal I think the source of the problem is the original .ps files, because they are so complex (some images have 38,000+ objects in them). If anybody knows how I can achieve better results, or can direct me to a more appropriate forum or user group, I'd be very grateful. Thanks, Jo Watkiss ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
off topic: e-drawings, eps files, frame and pdf
Sounds like the entire drawing is being converted (which with thousands of components is a lot of layers), but you only really need the skin or outer layer. You'll probably have to have one of the CAD guys toggle that on or off before they generate the PDF. I'd also look on the Solidworks site for file viewers and browsers. Most CAD outfits offer these for free, and many of them can generate a PDF (if not automagically, by printing to the Acrobat printer, and that's likely to be a version you can use. Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Writer wrote: > ?I used to convert CAD drawings to PDF, and then import them into FM. It > worked beautifully. You could try that. > > Nadine > > On 10/15/2010 6:04 AM, Jo Watkiss wrote: >> >> Framers, ?I know this is way off topic - but knowing how much knowledge >> there is on here, I'm hoping somebody can point me to a good resource or >> forum to help. >> >> >> >> I'm trying to get vector images from Solidworks e-drawings into >> FrameMaker and then to PDF. ?However in the resulting PDF, the vectors >> draw so slowly on the page that it is causing problems for our readers. >> >> >> >> >> The path we are taking is: >> >> Print from e-drawings to .ps file >> >> Open .ps file in CorelDraw and save as .eps (or .wmf or .pdf - the end >> result is the same) >> >> Import .eps into Frame and then make PDF as normal >> >> >> >> I think the source of the problem is the original .ps files, because >> they are so complex (some images have 38,000+ objects in them). >> >> >> >> If anybody knows how I can achieve better results, or can direct me to a >> more appropriate forum or user group, I'd be very grateful. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jo Watkiss >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.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/generic668%40yahoo.ca >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
FM9 suggestions - why it keeps locking up
Mary, Without knowing the environment details such as FM patch level, OS, RAM, amount of free disk space, whether the files (or graphics) are on a network server, and the AV program, it's really hard to trouble-shoot long distance. Check the patch levels right away... that's the obvious place to start. About > Help > the p number My firsts thought on the PC vs. laptop would be that either you don't have much RAM in the desktop, OR you're opening the working files over a network and something is slowing that down enough that FM is timing out waiting. Could be the network itself, if the AV program is inspecting every file that opens, or that there are errors or warning boxes being displayed on certain files. You could check this by copying the files to the desktop PC and seeing what happens then. You could also save them out as MIF, open those and save them back as .fm files to clean up any errors in the files. Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Mary Holder wrote: > Hello Framers, > > > > I am running FM9 on a laptop AND on a PC, both with Windows7. > > > > FM9 works fine (98% of the time) on the laptop, but I cannot get it to run > more than 30 minutes on my PC without having to exit and restart FrameMaker. > Frustrated does not begin to describe my feeling! > > > > The most common reason to exit is that the designers no longer work. I can > apply a style and apply and apply, and it doesn't take. I cannot see my > formatting, so I cannot continue. This is true for all of the designers. > (This is only true on the PC.) > > > > Another thing it does is just stop responding. I look at Task Manager and it > says FM is running, but it does not respond to keyboard or mouse commands. > Also, just tonight, the document I was working on went completely black. A > few headings came back up, but that was it. I had to close FM using the Task > Manger. > > > > I just reopened the document that died, and none of my changes were saved, > nor was an auto file created. > > > > Does any of this make any sense at all? I usually have Internet radio > playing and Outlook in the background, but according to Task Manager I've > got plenty of resources. > > > > Why would it work on the laptop, but not the PC? I'm just about to trash it > and go back to FM8! Please help. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mary Holder > > Owner, The Roving TechWriter > > http://www.therovingtechwriter.com <http://www.therovingtechwriter.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Help Tools
Webworks standard is an early version of ePublisher. The Standard and Pro essentially mean that one cannot modify templates; the professional version can. In any case, whatever tool you use is likely to achieve the look and feel of your help file by manipulating CSS style sheets, not by proprietary coding, so I think you have severral choices for help tools. If you've done massive amounts of tweaking to the ePublisher templates, that may be your easiest way to go. Along with that, I can't believe that their customer support department can't give you a new code There must be documentation on the purchase somewhere -- a PO or credit card info. However, if you're staring from scratch, I'd go with either MIF2Go from omsys.com or RoboHelp, as in the Technical Communication Suite. Both are strong and well-integrated. I prefer MIF2Go for most projects because it's simpler for me to use (I'm a config file kind of guy) and bulltproof once it's set up. And their customer support is exemplary. But RoboHelp comes with fancier, spiffier templates and it's designed to integrate well with Frame at the menu level. I know MIF2Ggo and Robohelp have free eval versions available. I think it's waning in popularity recently, but a number of people are big fans of Flare, so that's a possible third avenue to go down, although that's more of an authoring package rather than a conversion tool to pull content from Frame. Good luck! Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Pam Reichert pam.reich...@vpisystems.com wrote: I have been using WebWorks epublisher Pro version 9.2 to convert our FrameMaker documents into online help for our applications. Recently my laptop started having problems and they are moving me to a new laptop. The writer who installed epublisher on my laptop is no longer with the company and we can’t find the CD with a serial number. I noticed a version of WebWorks comes on the FrameMaker 7.2 CD but it is called WebWorks Standard. I thought maybe this is where the WebWorks came from. Is WebWorks Standard the same as ePublisher pro? Even if it is, no serial number I find on any of our CDs seems to work with it and Adobe can’t seem to help me. When I go to the WebWorks page I can’t get help there either because I don’t have a maintenance contract. I don’t think WebWorks actually *wants* customers. When I try to find out how much it costs to buy a new copy, no prices are listed unless you have a sales person call you. We don’t have phones in our office. I am pretty fed up with it all and am thinking of moving the help to a new platform. Can you suggest another help platform that works well with FrameMaker files and looks similar to ePublisher? I need to produce online help in both .chm files and html files. Pam Reichert ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: FM9: correcting CMYK colors in PDF following save-as
I haven't had to do this myself in 9, but I remember that people are using Acrobat Pro to set the colors; no plug-ins required. If I were you, and you wanted the complete scoop, I'd post for details in the Adobe FM user-to-user forum. Arnis, the group moderator, is an expert in print prep and getting 9 to work acceptably. There are also several similar threads in the archives. Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Edmondson, Becky bedmond...@ahurascientific.com wrote: Using FM9.0p237. I am a longtime user. I will be using FM9 to create PDFs for 4-color printing. Ach, the headaches! I know I have to use Save-As and de-select Convert CMYK Colors to RGB. (I know that this means FM uses its own Unix Postscript generator, and not the Industry Standards Distiller options that I *wish* it would use.) I do indeed get a pure CMYK PDF. Onscreen, the colors look good, but my printer tells me the color values are wrong. Example: CustomBlue is defined as 69.18.23.1 in FM, but it comes out as 68.8,32.2,0,0 in the PDF-very different color. Unless someone knows some FM fix for this, I will be correcting colors in the PDF. My question: Can people recommend the best software for this? Is Acrobat Pro 9 good enough? should I get the PitstopPro plugin? Other? We can't buy anything too expensive-can go up to $800 max. I hope that this is an OK question to ask. My apologies if it is not, please ignore if that is the case. Many thanks for your help, Becky * All information contained in this email should be considered confidential and proprietary. * ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Help Tools
Webworks standard is an early version of ePublisher. The Standard and Pro essentially mean that one cannot modify templates; the professional version can. In any case, whatever tool you use is likely to achieve the look and feel of your help file by manipulating CSS style sheets, not by proprietary coding, so I think you have severral choices for help tools. If you've done massive amounts of tweaking to the ePublisher templates, that may be your easiest way to go. Along with that, I can't believe that their customer support department can't give you a new code There must be documentation on the purchase somewhere -- a PO or credit card info. However, if you're staring from scratch, I'd go with either MIF2Go from omsys.com or RoboHelp, as in the Technical Communication Suite. Both are strong and well-integrated. I prefer MIF2Go for most projects because it's simpler for me to use (I'm a config file kind of guy) and bulltproof once it's set up. And their customer support is exemplary. But RoboHelp comes with fancier, spiffier templates and it's designed to integrate well with Frame at the menu level. I know MIF2Ggo and Robohelp have free eval versions available. I think it's waning in popularity recently, but a number of people are big fans of Flare, so that's a possible third avenue to go down, although that's more of an authoring package rather than a conversion tool to pull content from Frame. Good luck! Cheers, Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Pam Reichert wrote: > I have been using WebWorks epublisher Pro version 9.2 to convert our > FrameMaker documents into online help for our applications. ?Recently my > laptop started having problems and they are moving me to a new laptop. ?The > writer who installed epublisher on my laptop is no longer with the company > and we can?t find the CD with a serial number. ?I noticed a version of > WebWorks comes on the FrameMaker 7.2 CD but it is called WebWorks Standard. > I thought maybe this is where the WebWorks came from. ?Is WebWorks Standard > the same as ?ePublisher pro? ?Even if it is, no serial number I find on any > of our CDs seems to work with it and Adobe can?t seem to help me. ?When I go > to the WebWorks page I can?t get help there either because I don?t have a > maintenance contract. ?I don?t think WebWorks actually *wants* customers. > ?When I try to find out how much it costs to buy a new copy, no prices are > listed unless you have a sales person call you. ? We don?t have phones in > our office. > > > > I am pretty fed up with it all and am thinking of moving the help to a new > platform. ?Can you suggest another help platform that works well with > FrameMaker files and looks similar to ePublisher? ?I need to produce online > help in both .chm files and html files. > > > > Pam Reichert > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
FM9: correcting CMYK colors in PDF following save-as
I haven't had to do this myself in 9, but I remember that people are using Acrobat Pro to set the colors; no plug-ins required. If I were you, and you wanted the complete scoop, I'd post for details in the Adobe FM user-to-user forum. Arnis, the group moderator, is an expert in print prep and getting 9 to work acceptably. There are also several similar threads in the archives. Cheers, Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Edmondson, Becky wrote: > Using FM9.0p237. I am a longtime user. > > I will be using FM9 to create PDFs for 4-color printing. Ach, the headaches! > I know I have to use Save-As and de-select Convert CMYK Colors to RGB. (I > know that this means FM uses its own Unix Postscript generator, and not the > Industry Standards Distiller options that I *wish* it would use.) > > I do indeed get a pure CMYK PDF. Onscreen, the colors look good, but my > printer tells me the color values are wrong. Example: CustomBlue is defined > as 69.18.23.1 in FM, but it comes out as 68.8,32.2,0,0 in the PDF-very > different ?color. > > Unless someone knows some FM fix for this, I will be correcting colors in the > PDF. > > My question: Can people recommend the best software for this? Is Acrobat Pro > 9 good enough? should I get the PitstopPro plugin? Other? We can't buy > anything too expensive-can go up to $800 max. > > I hope that this is an OK question to ask. My apologies if it is not, please > ignore if that is the case. > > Many thanks for your help, > Becky > > * All information contained in this email should be considered > confidential and proprietary. ? * > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Color graphics in PDFs using FM 6.0 come out gray
A couple questions: How are you generating the PDFs? Hopefully printing to the Acrobat logical printer... Because you're specifying printer settings in Frame, have you gone into the printer properties and verified that you do NOT have print colors as greyscale / black activated? And because you didn't provide much in the way of specs -- are your Frame and Acrobat installs fully patched? If you're running XP, have you installed the Microsoft Hotfix for all PostScript printers? I don't have the URL in front of me, but you should be able to google it pretty easily. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Clara Hall ch...@atgshades.com wrote: Hello all, I have both FM 8.0 and FM 6.0 installed on my computer. When I work with files that require FM 6.0 and I generate a PDF, my color graphics come out gray. When I work with files that require FM 8.0 and I generate a PDF, my color graphics come out fine, as they should. I have Distiller 9.0. I have tried to work with a Distiller file, but I am unable to because my Generate Acrobat Data check box is grayed out. How do I activate it and has anyone run into this problem before. I thank you in advance for your help. This list has always come thru for me. Clara Hall Technical Documentation Manager Aerospace Technologies Group, Inc. (561) 244-7372 www.atgshades.com http://www.atgshades.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Color graphics in PDFs using FM 6.0 come out gray
A couple questions: How are you generating the PDFs? Hopefully printing to the Acrobat logical printer... Because you're specifying printer settings in Frame, have you gone into the printer properties and verified that you do NOT have "print colors as greyscale / black" activated? And because you didn't provide much in the way of specs -- are your Frame and Acrobat installs fully patched? If you're running XP, have you installed the Microsoft Hotfix for all PostScript printers? I don't have the URL in front of me, but you should be able to google it pretty easily. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Clara Hall wrote: > Hello all, > > I have both FM 8.0 and FM 6.0 installed on my computer. > > > > When I work with files that require FM 6.0 and ?I generate a PDF, my color > graphics come out gray. > > When I work with files that require FM 8.0 and ?I generate a PDF, my color > graphics come out fine, as they should. > > > > > > I have Distiller 9.0. ? I have tried to work with a Distiller file, but I am > unable to because my Generate Acrobat Data check box is grayed out. ?How do > I activate it and has anyone run into this problem before. > > > > I thank you in advance for your help. ?This list has always come thru for > me. > > > > Clara Hall > > Technical Documentation Manager > > Aerospace Technologies Group, Inc. > > (561) 244-7372 > www.atgshades.com <http://www.atgshades.com/> > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Adobe MAX 2010
How to ID a Framer? Hollow, sunken, eyes; under-the-breath muttering to the nearest computer, and calluses on the mouse hand. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Gary Bankston gbanks6...@gmail.com wrote: Any planned / unplanned gathering of the framers at this event? Some way to identify ourselves? ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Adobe MAX 2010
How to ID a Framer? Hollow, sunken, eyes; under-the-breath muttering to the nearest computer, and calluses on the mouse hand. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Gary Bankston wrote: > Any planned / unplanned gathering of the framers at this event? Some way to > identify ourselves? > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Empty Job 0 kb ps file when print to file :: update
So when you manually download the updates from the Acrobat Update page and install them, what happens? And instead of generating a PS file, what happens when you just distill a Frame file directly, without doing the intermediate step manually? Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Baruch Brodersen wrote: > ?Acrobat > Help > Check for Updates Now failed to find four updates for > 7.1.0: > 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.13, 7.14 > Download, download, download, download, install, install, install, reboot, > install, reboot: Nothing > Acrobat > Detect and Repair, reboot: Nada. > Acrobat > Help > About, reads 7.1.4 > Distiller > Help About, reads 7.1.0 4/23/2008 > Shouldn't Distillr have updated to 7.1.4 as well? > In any event, I am still unable to produce a postscript file in Frame 7.0 p > 579 (on XP Pro SP 3) by printing to file. ?Any help will be much > appreicated. Dov? > > -- > B a r u c h ? B r o d e r s e n > T e c h n i t e x t ? D o c u m e n t a t i o n > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Multiple Page Sizes in FM Files > PDF
Try File > Print Book and specify the Acrobat logical printer as the output device rather than SaveAs. (On the FM print dialog box, make sure you have Generate Acrobat Data ON, but Print to File OFF.) Specify the page size as 11x17. For electronic viewing, Acrobat should adjust the pages automagically so each page size fills the window. Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Alison Craig wrote: > FM 9 Version: 9.0p255 > Unstructured > OS: XP Pro with SP3 > FM Experience: 15 months > Acrobat Pro 7.0 (Creative Suite 2) > Writing Team: 1 (me) > > This may not be the right forum but I'll give it a try, with the caveat that > I am *not* an Acrobat expert - I created my original JobOptions via MS Word > and I create my PDF with "Save as PDF" (unlike others on this list, I've > never had any issues with my output using "Save as PDF"). > > My Service Manuals are created on standard letter size paper in Portrait > format. However, I have just added a series of one page files that are > tabloid sized (11 X 17) in Landscape format. > > Unfortunately, when I use "Save as PDF" to turn the Book into a PDF, *all* > the pages are letter-sized. However, if I create a PDF from one of the single > tabloid-sized file, the PDF is tabloid-sized. > > I can't find anywhere under JobOption creation that will allow me to tell the > PDF to create page sizes "as found", if you will. Nor can I find any options > in the "Save as PDF" dialog box that allows me to do anything other than > specify a single page size (I even tried leaving the page size blank but got > the same results - all letter sized pages). > > I know this has to be possible, but I don't know how to get there from here. > > Any suggestions? > > Alison > > Alison Craig, Technical Writer > Ultrasonix Medical Corporation > Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 > E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com<mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com> > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
FM 9.0p
Have you tried saving the file(s) out to MIF to clean things up? Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:28 PM, wrote: > I have FM 9.0p255, Windows XP. > > > We are having a problem with cross-references. For some reason, our cross > references are adding quote marks around the paratext. Editing the xref > definition doesn't work, Importing xrefs from another manual doesn't work. > It's just ignoring us. > My coworker is getting very frustrated. Thanks very much for any help! > > > Rebecca Frasure > Editorial Assistant > PPQ Manuals Unit > Phone: 240-529-0353 > Fax: 240-529-0399 > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: can't view imported eps file
It sounds as if the EPS was created without a preview. If I were you, I'd run it through Distiller to create a PDF (high rez) and import the PDF instead. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:30 AM, George, Brenda (CAI) bgeo...@federatedinv.com wrote: I have imported an eps file into a FrameMaker template's master page. The eps file is located on a server. When I view the master page, the eps file is not visible. Instead a shaded box displays. I can only see the eps file if I flow data into the template, and then create a pdf of the FrameMaker pages. Is there a setting that I can change so that I can view the imported eps in the frameMaker files? Brenda George Desk: (724) 720-8491 bgeo...@federatedinv.com - Unless notified to the contrary by the sender, the recipient should consider the contents of this message including any attachments to be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this message in error, please contact Federated Investors immediately by forwarding this email to not...@federatedinv.com and then delete this message from your system. Saving, copying or disseminating an inadvertently received email could violate state and Federal privacy laws. All emails received by or sent from Federated may be provided to regulators or law enforcement agencies, or used for other purposes consistent with Federated's business interests. Thank you for your cooperation. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
can't view imported eps file
It sounds as if the EPS was created without a preview. If I were you, I'd run it through Distiller to create a PDF (high rez) and import the PDF instead. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:30 AM, George, Brenda (CAI) wrote: > I have imported an eps file into a FrameMaker template's master page. The eps > file is located on a server. > > When I view the master page, the eps file is not visible. Instead a shaded > box displays. I can only see the eps file if I flow data into the template, > and then create a pdf of the FrameMaker pages. > > Is there a setting that I can change so that I can view the imported eps in > the frameMaker files? > > Brenda George > Desk: (724) 720-8491 > bgeorge at federatedinv.com > > > > - Unless notified to the > contrary by the sender, the recipient should consider the contents > of this message including any attachments to be confidential. If > you are not the intended recipient and have received this message > in error, please contact Federated Investors immediately by > forwarding this email to notify at federatedinv.com and then delete > this message from your system. Saving, copying or disseminating an > inadvertently received email could violate state and Federal > privacy laws. All emails received by or sent from Federated may be > provided to regulators or law enforcement agencies, or used for > other purposes consistent with Federated's business interests. > Thank you for your cooperation. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Linking to folder on network
You should be able to use the message URL command if you can figure out the URL of the folder -- it won't work with mapped drive letters. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Davis, Jessica D. wrote: > I want to put a hypertext link in my FrameMaker file, so that a reader > can click the path name in the PDF and it opens that folder on the > network...similar to inserting a Hypertext link in a Word document. ?Can > this be done? ?I've tried the 'message URL' command and it didn't work, > nor did the 'open document' command. > > > > Thanks, > > Jess > > > > Jessica Davis > > Technical Writer > > Federal APD > > Transportation System > > Phone: 248-374-9652 > > Fax: 248-374-9610 > > E-mail:jddavis at federalapd.com > > www.federalapd.com <http://www.federalapd.com/> > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Strange page number format
A view ideas to check: Look at your Index Reference pages and see if a chap num or other counter is being called out. Check the Index numbering properties in the book file and ensure that chapnum is set a space and Text. Check the current page number system variable and make sure that it only includes the pagenum building block, not multiple building blocks. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Nancy Allison ma...@verizon.net wrote: Hi. I'm using FrameMaker 7.1 in XP with SP3. My Index is showing page numbers like this: 4-xiii. The xiii is correct -- the page is from the Preface and is the 13th page of the front matter. The front matter is numbered with lc roman numerals. The page in question has the plain number xiii in the footer. The 4 presumably comes from the fact that the Preface is the 4th document in the book, even though of course it has no official chapter number. The paragraph format I use for the title Preface is called TitleNoNum, and numbering is turned off. So where is the 4- being picked up? How do I kill it? Thanks! --Nancy ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Strange page number format
A view ideas to check: Look at your Index Reference pages and see if a chap num or other counter is being called out. Check the Index numbering properties in the book file and ensure that chapnum is set a space and Text. Check the current page number system variable and make sure that it only includes the pagenum building block, not multiple building blocks. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Nancy Allison wrote: > Hi. I'm using FrameMaker 7.1 in XP with SP3. > > My Index is showing page numbers like this: 4-xiii. > > The xiii is correct -- the page is from the Preface and is the 13th page of > the front matter. The front matter is numbered with lc roman numerals. The > page in question has the plain number xiii in the footer. > > The 4 presumably comes from the fact that the Preface is the 4th document in > the book, even though of course it has no official chapter number. The > paragraph format I use for the title "Preface" is called TitleNoNum, and > numbering is turned off. > > So where is the 4- being picked up? How do I kill it? > > Thanks! > > --Nancy > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: FM 9 crashes when I try to save .book file with changes on Windows 7 64-bit
Does it happen with a new book? Or if you do a SaveAs on the book? Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:58 AM, John Sgammato jsgamm...@imprivata.com wrote: I recently got a new Win7 64-bit computer. I installed FM9 new on it and applied all updates. When I open a FM9 book and chapters created on my old 32-bit machine I can work on it as usual, but when I save the book, FM crashes. I have reproduced it to the point where simply opening the book file and Saving As... causes the crash, even when no changes have been made. Has anyone else experienced this? Am I missing something simple? Does anyone have a good insight that will help me track this down? John Sgammato Principal Technical Writer Imprivata, Inc http://www.imprivata.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: Installing Adobe TCS over currenty FM9 install
I don't think you have anything to worry about -- you can have multiple FM versions on your system. If I were you, I'd just install TCS and not touch my current FM install. The TCS and the FM version that comes with TCS will be installed in an entirely different path than your stand-alone FM, assuming you take the default settings. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp w...@idtp.eu wrote: Hi, I want to test the complete Adobe TCS - but I have a (licenced) copy of FM9 installed. What does the TCS installer do, adapt my current FM9 (ini file), replace it or add a new install? Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghwinkel iDTP - Technical Communication Consultant Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker tel. +31652036811 Skype wimhooghwinkel Twitter @idtp @NLDITA i...@idtp.eu www.idtp.eu www.nldita.nl FrameMaker support: framema...@idtp.eu ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
FM 9 crashes when I try to save .book file with changes on Windows 7 64-bit
Does it happen with a new book? Or if you do a SaveAs on the book? Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:58 AM, John Sgammato wrote: > I recently got a new Win7 64-bit computer. I installed FM9 new on it and > applied all updates. > When I open a FM9 book and chapters created on my old 32-bit machine I > can work on it as usual, but when I save the book, FM crashes. > I have reproduced it to the point where simply opening the book file and > Saving As... causes the crash, even when no changes have been made. > Has anyone else experienced this? Am I missing something simple? Does > anyone have a good insight that will help me track this down? > > John Sgammato > Principal Technical Writer > Imprivata, Inc > http://www.imprivata.com > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Installing Adobe TCS over currenty FM9 install
I don't think you have anything to worry about -- you can have multiple FM versions on your system. If I were you, I'd just install TCS and not touch my current FM install. The TCS and the FM version that comes with TCS will be installed in an entirely different path than your stand-alone FM, assuming you take the default settings. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp wrote: > Hi, > > I want to test the complete Adobe TCS - but I have a (licenced) copy of FM9 > installed. What does the TCS installer do, adapt my current FM9 (ini file), > replace it or add a new install? > > > Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, > Wim Hooghwinkel > iDTP - Technical Communication Consultant > Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker > tel. +31652036811 > Skype wimhooghwinkel > Twitter @idtp @NLDITA > info at idtp.eu > www.idtp.eu > www.nldita.nl > FrameMaker support: framemaker at idtp.eu > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Can't produce PDF from FM 9 + Acr 9 on Windows 7
In Acrobat, have you tried Help Repair Installation? Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Emmy A. maisie...@yahoo.com wrote: Windows 7 Enterprise Version 6.1, FM 9.0p255, Acrobat Pro Extended 9.3.3 (all patches installed) Single FM file of 20 pages, produces PDF on XP machine but not on Windows 7. When choosing Save as PDF Frame goes to Not Responding. Same result with trying to save to postscript (but that's as it should be since Save as PDF is shortcut). Using Standard setting in Distiller, no customized joboptions. I must be missing something, but what? Emmy ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Can't produce PDF from FM 9 + Acr 9 on Windows 7
In Acrobat, have you tried Help > Repair Installation? Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Emmy A. wrote: > Windows 7 Enterprise Version 6.1, FM 9.0p255, Acrobat Pro Extended 9.3.3 (all > patches installed) > > Single FM file of 20 pages, produces PDF on XP machine but not on Windows 7. > When choosing "Save as PDF" Frame goes to "Not Responding." Same result with > trying to save to postscript (but that's as it should be since Save as PDF is > shortcut). Using "Standard" setting in Distiller, no customized joboptions. > > I must be missing something, but what? > > Emmy > > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Can't produce PDF from FM 9 + Acr 9 on Windows 7
SaveAs PDF is an alternate route, not a shortcut It's been kind of problematic for several releases and uses its own settings. Some people have never had a problem with it, but I'm not one of them, and I think most people would do well to avoid it -- numerous bugs have been filed against it. If a PS file is being created, that means that the PDF logical printer is working. So if it is working, why not just uncheck the Print To File checkbox on the FM print dialog box and let Distiller automatically create the PDF for you? No need for two steps. Juts make sure you have Generate Acrobat Data checked and PrintToFile unchecked, and it should just happen. Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Emmy A. wrote: > Hi Steve, > > I am the team tester, so have no one else to compare notes with, > which is why I wrote to the list for advice. > > Adobe PDF is the default driver. Distiller does create a PDF from > the postscript file created (from the same FM file) on my XP machine. > > My understanding was that "Save as PDF" was the shortcut for > creating postscript and distilling, so I understood wrong? > > Emmy > > --- On Wed, 8/18/10, Steve Johnson wrote: >> Is the Adobe PDF driver your Windows default driver? Can you >> produce a PDF with any other application? Is there anyone you >> work with or have communicated with who can do this in the >> same environment? >> >> Save As PDF and printing to .ps are legitimately different >> options and you shouldn't expect them to work or not work in sync. >> >> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Emmy A. wrote: >> > Windows 7 Enterprise Version 6.1, FM 9.0p255, Acrobat >> Pro Extended 9.3.3 (all patches installed) >> > >> > Single FM file of 20 pages, produces PDF on XP machine >> but not on Windows 7. When choosing "Save as PDF" Frame goes >> to "Not Responding." Same result with trying to save to >> postscript (but that's as it should be since Save as PDF is >> shortcut). Using "Standard" setting in Distiller, no >> customized joboptions. >> > >> > I must be missing something, but what? > > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: FrameMaker 9 Paragraph Designer Problem
First thing I'd try is installing the patches you're missing. Current release level is p255 Although, having said that, mine occasionally dies too. Usually after I toggle auto-collapse pods on or off, or run through a bunch of changes in the designer. I usually reboot and that clears the problem for a day or so. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Eduardo F. Cidade Sr. ecid...@zoominternet.net wrote: Good morning to my fellow Frame Templars Here's the setup: WXP, SP3, Frame 9.0p237 (unstructured) Problem: At any given time, the Paragraph Designer quits. It displays when called upon and works and that's all well and good but without notice suddenly becomes non-functioning. This happens without warning and under any one of given scenarios: single screen, multiple screens, you name it. Anyone have a clue? Thanks From New York and JetBlue Airways Eduardo ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker 9 Paragraph Designer Problem
Nope; still present in 255. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Writer generic...@yahoo.ca wrote: This was discussed before, but I can't find the thread. The upshot was that if you have the Paragraph Designer open, but you adjust the tabs on the ruler, rather than within the Paragraph Designer, it would cause the PD to freeze. In addition, you might want to apply the newest patch (255) to FM9. I *think* this patch resolved the issue. Nadine --- On Thu, 8/12/10, Eduardo F. Cidade Sr. ecid...@zoominternet.net wrote: From: Eduardo F. Cidade Sr. ecid...@zoominternet.net Subject: FrameMaker 9 Paragraph Designer Problem To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 10:53 AM Good morning to my fellow Frame Templars Here's the setup: WXP, SP3, Frame 9.0p237 (unstructured) Problem: At any given time, the Paragraph Designer quits. It displays when called upon and works and that's all well and good but without notice suddenly becomes non-functioning. This happens without warning and under any one of given scenarios: single screen, multiple screens, you name it. Anyone have a clue? Thanks From New York and JetBlue Airways Eduardo ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
FrameMaker 9 Paragraph Designer Problem
First thing I'd try is installing the patches you're missing. Current release level is p255 Although, having said that, mine occasionally dies too. Usually after I toggle auto-collapse pods on or off, or run through a bunch of changes in the designer. I usually reboot and that clears the problem for a day or so. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Eduardo F. Cidade Sr. wrote: > Good morning to my fellow Frame Templars > > Here's the setup: ?WXP, SP3, Frame 9.0p237 (unstructured) > > Problem: > > At any given time, the Paragraph Designer "quits." ?It displays when called > upon and works > and that's all well and good but without notice suddenly becomes > non-functioning. > > This happens without warning and under any one of given scenarios: ?single > screen, multiple > screens, you name it. > > Anyone have a clue? > > Thanks > > From New York and JetBlue Airways > > Eduardo > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
FrameMaker 9 Paragraph Designer Problem
Nope; still present in 255. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Writer wrote: > This was discussed before, but I can't find the thread. The upshot was that > if you have the Paragraph Designer open, but you adjust the tabs on the > ruler, rather than within the Paragraph Designer, it would cause the PD to > freeze. > > In addition, you might want to apply the newest patch (255) to FM9. I *think* > this patch resolved the issue. > > Nadine > > --- On Thu, 8/12/10, Eduardo F. Cidade Sr. > wrote: > >> From: Eduardo F. Cidade Sr. >> Subject: FrameMaker 9 Paragraph Designer Problem >> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >> Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 10:53 AM >> Good morning to my fellow Frame >> Templars >> >> Here's the setup:? WXP, SP3, Frame 9.0p237 >> (unstructured) >> >> Problem: >> >> At any given time, the Paragraph Designer "quits."? It >> displays when called upon and works >> and that's all well and good but without notice suddenly >> becomes non-functioning. >> >> This happens without warning and under any one of given >> scenarios:? single screen, multiple >> screens, you name it. >> >> Anyone have a clue? >> >> Thanks >> >> From New York and JetBlue Airways >> >> Eduardo >> >> ___ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.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/generic668%40yahoo.ca >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. >> Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and >> info. >> > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: FrameMaker crashes and Acrobat Pro 9 Extended
Well, this is a fairly common problem... you should get some hits and diagnostics if your google fu is strong. But to summarize some of the top things to check: * You don't mention what OS you're running under Bootcamp. If it's XP, have you installed the MS hotfix for PostScript printers? Info at: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html The fix is at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us * Is the Acrobat logical printer set as your system default? * If the crash happens consistently on the same page, have you looked at that page for odd graphics or other anomolies? * If you have any content imported from Word or other programs, have you saved the .fm file as .mif, opened that, and saved it over the .fm to remove any hidden control characters? * Are you using SaveAsPDF from Frame? Is the behavior the same when you Print to the Adobe printer? Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:29 AM, reyno...@semicool.com wrote: First, let me apologize if this is a topic that has already been discussed. I’ve been on the road working out-of-state contracts for the better part of a year and I’m very out of the loop. That said… Short version: I’ve long had serious problems creating PDFs from within FrameMaker (and other apps), and I now think Acrobat Pro 9 Extended is the culprit. I’m wondering if anyone else has had the same experience or if I’m off base. Long version: I got my first Windows machine a few years ago and installed TCS1. Things went fine for about six months, then the PDF creation problems started. FrameMaker would crash every time I tried either to print to PDF or to distill to a .ps file. The workaround: keep fiddling until I could get a single page to distill. After that, I could usually get the entire document to distill. I now think the problems were introduced when I uninstalled Acrobat 3D (which shipped with TCS1) and installed Acrobat Pro 9 Extended. PDF generation from within FrameMaker remained a major problem for years. I blamed it on the hardware and a few weeks ago replaced the Windows desktop with a MacBook Pro and Bootcamp. I reinstalled TCS1 and again, things ran fine. I was convinced that my problem HAD been hardware related. But then I purchased and installed TCS2.5, which put Acrobat Pro 9 Extended back on my system. Since then, I haven’t been able to distill a single file that's more than one page in length. They all crash FrameMaker (both FM8 and FM9) at the very first page, and I get the identical error messages I got on the old Windows desktop. As a test, I distilled several of these crashing files at a client site running plain old Acrobat Pro 9 and they ran without a hitch. So… Has anyone else had similar problems? I haven’t seen Acrobat Pro 9 Extended problem reports on the web. On the other hand, I’ve had identical (and major) problems on two entirely different systems. Can anyone shed some light? Many thanks, --Donna Reynolds ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
FrameMaker crashes and Acrobat Pro 9 Extended
Well, this is a fairly common problem... you should get some hits and diagnostics if your google fu is strong. But to summarize some of the top things to check: * You don't mention what OS you're running under Bootcamp. If it's XP, have you installed the MS hotfix for PostScript printers? Info at: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html The fix is at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us * Is the Acrobat logical printer set as your system default? * If the crash happens consistently on the same page, have you looked at that page for odd graphics or other anomolies? * If you have any content imported from Word or other programs, have you saved the .fm file as .mif, opened that, and saved it over the .fm to remove any hidden control characters? * Are you using SaveAsPDF from Frame? Is the behavior the same when you Print to the Adobe printer? Cheers, Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:29 AM, wrote: > First, let me apologize if this is a topic that has already been > discussed. I?ve been on the road working out-of-state contracts for the > better part of a year and I?m very out of the loop. That said? > > Short version: I?ve long had serious problems creating PDFs from within > FrameMaker (and other apps), and I now think Acrobat Pro 9 Extended is the > culprit. I?m wondering if anyone else has had the same experience or if > I?m off base. > > Long version: I got my first Windows machine a few years ago and installed > TCS1. Things went fine for about six months, then the PDF creation > problems started. FrameMaker would crash every time I tried either to > print to PDF or to distill to a .ps file. The workaround: keep fiddling > until I could get a single page to distill. After that, I could usually > get the entire document to distill. > > I now think the problems were introduced when I uninstalled Acrobat 3D > (which shipped with TCS1) and installed Acrobat Pro 9 Extended. > > PDF generation from within FrameMaker remained a major problem for years. > I blamed it on the hardware and a few weeks ago replaced the Windows > desktop with a MacBook Pro and Bootcamp. I reinstalled TCS1 and again, > things ran fine. I was convinced that my problem HAD been hardware > related. > > But then I purchased and installed TCS2.5, which put Acrobat Pro 9 > Extended back on my system. Since then, I haven?t been able to distill a > single file that's more than one page in length. They all crash FrameMaker > (both FM8 and FM9) at the very first page, and I get the identical error > messages I got on the old Windows desktop. > > As a test, I distilled several of these crashing files at a client site > running plain old Acrobat Pro 9 and they ran without a hitch. So? > > Has anyone else had similar problems? I haven?t seen Acrobat Pro 9 > Extended problem reports on the web. On the other hand, I?ve had identical > (and major) problems on two entirely different systems. Can anyone shed > some light? > > Many thanks, > > ? --Donna Reynolds > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Trouble with printing PDF file
First, can you PDF the problem file by itself, outside the book? But if it's dieing on the same page consistently, there's something on the page that's causing the problem. Check out that page's content -- look at/for graphics, embedded PostScript instructions, text insets, and similar things. If you find something that may be causing the problem, delete it temporarily. For instance, if you have a graphic on that page, remove it; if there's a text inset, at least open that file so you know it's present and working. And you should be aware that this list, as most mailing lists do, don't permit attachments. If you don't find an obvious problem, provide some more details on your environment -- FM version (Help About p number), OS, amount of RAM and so on Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Carmelo Scaffidi carme...@jetiprinters.com wrote: I have created a PDF file from a FrameMaker 8 book. When I try printing the PDF file the printing operation stops at the same page every time I retry printing. The same thing occurs when I create a PDF from the file in the book corresponding to the problem. Attached is the log file generated by Distiller (version 9 pro). The PDF file stops printing at page 35. Also attached is a PDF file extracted from the main file (in this file the print stops at page 4). Carmelo Scaffidi Senior Technical Writer AGFA Inc. - Graphics 5975 Falbourne St. Mississauga, Ontario L5R 3V8 Tel: +1-905-361-6982 ext. 290 Fax: +1-905-502-0304 http://www.agfa.com www.agfa.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Trouble with printing PDF file
First, can you PDF the problem file by itself, outside the book? But if it's dieing on the same page consistently, there's something on the page that's causing the problem. Check out that page's content -- look at/for graphics, embedded PostScript instructions, text insets, and similar things. If you find something that may be causing the problem, delete it temporarily. For instance, if you have a graphic on that page, remove it; if there's a text inset, at least open that file so you know it's present and working. And you should be aware that this list, as most mailing lists do, don't permit attachments. If you don't find an obvious problem, provide some more details on your environment -- FM version (Help > About > p number), OS, amount of RAM and so on Cheers, Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Carmelo Scaffidi wrote: > I have created a PDF file from a FrameMaker 8 book. When I try printing the > PDF file the printing operation stops at the same page every time I retry > printing. The same thing occurs when I create a PDF from the file in the > book corresponding to the problem. > > > > Attached is the log file generated by Distiller (version 9 pro). The PDF > file stops printing at page 35. Also attached is a PDF file extracted from > the main file (in this file the print stops at page 4). > > > > Carmelo Scaffidi > Senior Technical Writer > > AGFA Inc. - Graphics > > 5975 Falbourne St. > > Mississauga, Ontario L5R 3V8 > > Tel: +1-905-361-6982 ext. 290 > Fax: +1-905-502-0304 > > ?<http://www.agfa.com> www.agfa.com > > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > >
Re: FM8 compatibility with Windows 7
It should work fine, although you may have to run the installer as Admin. I ran it under the W7 betas and didn't have any problems, and I've run both 7 and 9 on production W7 without incident, so it shouldn't be any kind of problem. And to ensure compatibility, I'm not 100% sure I'd trust whatever the IT guys come up with as far as CDs go -- there's a fixed for Vista version of 8 on the Adobe download site that I'd use before I installed from an old CD, although I'd certainly go with whatever key code they provide. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote: Gang, Does anyone have solid information on whether or not FrameMaker 8.x is compatible with Windows 7? One of the engineers in a group I work with just got a shiny new laptop with Windows 7 (so far our corporate IT people are only allowing Windows 7 on brand-new machines), and the IT folks insisted that she has to install FrameMaker 9 rather than FrameMaker 8 because FM8 is not compatible. Of course, this now causes file compatibility issues since everybody else in the group still has FrameMaker 8 and can't get FM9 yet because the IT group's purchase software website only offers FM8. Yes, I know she can do a Save As to save files she works on in FM8 file format, but she tells me that FrameMaker requires her to change the filename when she does so, and that causes issues with our version control system. I'd love to have some solid information I can forward to the IT group to convince them that it really is OK to install FrameMaker 8 on a Windows 7 machine. (Or I'd like to know that it is definitively *not* OK so that I can work with this engineer to come up with a practical a nd foolproof workaround.) I tried searching for compatibility information on Adobe's website, and the closest I could come were a couple of pages that told me that FM9 is now compatible with Windows 7. Useless. And I tried searching Microsoft's website, but the compatibility spreadsheet they provide for IT pros doesn't list *any* version of FrameMaker among the 10543 entries, and their Windows 7 Compatibility Center only lists FrameMaker 9, and only with the indication no information available. Even more useless. -Fred Ridder ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
FM8 compatibility with Windows 7
It should work fine, although you may have to run the installer as Admin. I ran it under the W7 betas and didn't have any problems, and I've run both 7 and 9 on production W7 without incident, so it shouldn't be any kind of problem. And to ensure compatibility, I'm not 100% sure I'd trust whatever the IT guys come up with as far as CDs go -- there's a "fixed for Vista" version of 8 on the Adobe download site that I'd use before I installed from an old CD, although I'd certainly go with whatever key code they provide. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: > > Gang, > > Does anyone have solid information on whether or not FrameMaker 8.x is > compatible with Windows 7? > One of the engineers in a group I work with just got a shiny new laptop with > Windows 7 (so far our corporate IT people are only allowing Windows 7 on > brand-new machines), and the IT folks insisted that she has to install > FrameMaker 9 rather than FrameMaker 8 because FM8 is not compatible. Of > course, this now causes file compatibility issues since everybody else in the > group still has FrameMaker 8 and can't get FM9 yet because the IT group's > "purchase software" website only offers FM8. Yes, I know she can do a Save As > to save files she works on in FM8 file format, but she tells me that > FrameMaker requires her to change the filename when she does so, and that > causes issues with our version control system. I'd love to have some solid > information I can forward to the IT group to convince them that it really is > OK to install FrameMaker 8 on a Windows 7 machine. (Or I'd like to know that > it is definitively *not* OK so that I can work with this engineer to come up > with a practical a > ?nd foolproof workaround.) > I tried searching for compatibility information on Adobe's website, and the > closest I could come were a couple of pages that told me that FM9 is "now > compatible" with Windows 7. Useless. And I tried searching Microsoft's > website, but the compatibility spreadsheet they provide for "IT pros" doesn't > list *any* version of FrameMaker among the 10543 entries, and their Windows 7 > Compatibility Center only lists FrameMaker 9, and only with the indication > "no information available". Even more useless. > -Fred Ridder > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Map an FM template to another?
Sorry for the late chime in on this, but FrameScript includes a paragraph mapping script that does this in the Samples directory. Works well. And FrameScript is on sale through the end of this week, 25% or so off, I think. Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Andy Lewis andylew...@gmail.com wrote: You can see a detailed review of TemplateMapper at http://writepoint.com/blog/?p=1033 Andy Lewis On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Mike Wickham i...@mikewickham.com wrote: Try Paragraph Tools at http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html. (Only $10!)It's very cheap. While there, check out the other excellent utilities. I've used them for years and can't believe that Adobe hasn't built the capabilities into FM. There's also a TemplateMapper plugin that I have not used. I'm pretty sure that it is substantially more expensive, but may have more capabilities: http://www.cudspan.net/plugins/executioner.php?do=displayPagefield_tab_num=2 . Mike Wickham - Original Message - From: Writer generic...@yahoo.ca To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:54 AM Subject: Map an FM template to another? (I sent this from the wrong account previously. Apologies if this question appears on the list twice). Out of curiosity, is there a utility that allows you to map the template definitions from one FM file to another? For example, say that I had an FM file with the following paratags: Heading1 Heading2 Heading3 And another FM file with the following paratags: ChapTitle Heading 1 Heading 2 Is there a utility where I could say: Change Heading1 to ChapTitle Change Heading2 to Heading 1 Change Heading3 to Heading 2 TIA, Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as i...@mikewickham.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/info%40mikewickham.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 andylew...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/andylewis0%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Andy Lewis Adobe Certified FrameMaker Expert Cell +972 54 778 4641 Email andylew...@gmail.com LinkedIn http://il.linkedin.com/in/andylewis2003 Twitter http://twitter.com/andytelaviv ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: FM 8 Unstructured Converting to PDF: Lose some text, headings, bullets in PDF only
First, you should also make sure that your system default printer is set to be the Acrobat printer -- if it isn't, you could be working with fonts that aren't available to you when you make the PDF -- if, for instance, they're resident on a physical printer down the hall, but not on your computer. And ince you mentioned that you're on XP, an important starting point would be to apply the PostScript Hotfix from Microsoft. The write-up is at http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html and the fix itself is at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:32 AM, patricia.s.micha...@aphis.usda.gov wrote: I'm using FM 8 in Windows XP and having a problem with one book (and not other books on which I worked recently). When I open the book and chapters/files, I get error messages indicating that some of the files are missing fonts and/or have unresolved cross-references. (The unresolved CRs don't show-up when I update the book.) When I try to create a PDF of the book, some of the text, headings, and bullets are missing in the PDF version, but not in the FM files. Our FM tech person isn't available. Help! ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Map an FM template to another?
Sorry for the late chime in on this, but FrameScript includes a paragraph mapping script that does this in the Samples directory. Works well. And FrameScript is on sale through the end of this week, 25% or so off, I think. Cheers, Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Andy Lewis wrote: > You can see a detailed review of TemplateMapper at > http://writepoint.com/blog/?p=1033 > > Andy Lewis > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: > >> Try Paragraph Tools at http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html. >> (Only $10!)It's very cheap. While there, check out the other excellent >> utilities. I've used them for years and can't believe that Adobe hasn't >> built the capabilities into FM. >> >> There's also a TemplateMapper plugin that I have not used. I'm pretty sure >> that it is substantially more expensive, but may have more capabilities: >> http://www.cudspan.net/plugins/executioner.php?do=displayPage_tab_num=2 >> . >> >> Mike Wickham >> >> >> - Original Message - From: "Writer" >> To: >> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:54 AM >> Subject: Map an FM template to another? >> >> >> ?(I sent this from the wrong account previously. Apologies if this >>> question appears on the list twice). >>> >>> Out of curiosity, is there a utility ?that allows you to map the template >>> definitions from one FM ?file to another? >>> >>> For example, say that I had an FM file with the following paratags: >>> >>> Heading1 >>> Heading2 >>> Heading3 >>> >>> And another FM file with the following paratags: >>> >>> ChapTitle >>> Heading 1 >>> Heading 2 >>> >>> Is there a utility where I could say: >>> >>> Change Heading1 to ChapTitle >>> Change Heading2 to Heading 1 >>> Change Heading3 to Heading 2 >>> >>> TIA, >>> >>> Nadine >>> >>> ___ >>> >>> >>> You are currently subscribed to framers as info at mikewickham.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/info%40mikewickham.com >>> >>> >>> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >>> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >>> >>> >>> >> >> ___ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to framers as andylewis0 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/andylewis0%40gmail.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> > > > > -- > Andy Lewis > > Adobe Certified FrameMaker Expert > > Cell +972 54 778 4641 > Email andylewis0 at gmail.com > LinkedIn http://il.linkedin.com/in/andylewis2003 > Twitter http://twitter.com/andytelaviv > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
FM 8 Unstructured Converting to PDF: Lose some text, headings, bullets in PDF only
First, you should also make sure that your system default printer is set to be the Acrobat printer -- if it isn't, you could be working with fonts that aren't available to you when you make the PDF -- if, for instance, they're resident on a physical printer down the hall, but not on your computer. And ince you mentioned that you're on XP, an important starting point would be to apply the PostScript Hotfix from Microsoft. The write-up is at http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html and the fix itself is at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us Cheers, Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:32 AM, wrote: > I'm using FM 8 in Windows XP and having a problem with one book (and not > other books on which I worked recently). > > When I open the book and chapters/files, I get error messages indicating > that some of the files are missing fonts and/or have unresolved > cross-references. (The unresolved CRs don't show-up when I update the > book.) > > When I try to create a PDF of the book, some of the text, headings, and > bullets are missing in the PDF version, but not in the FM files. > > Our FM tech person isn't available. Help! > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Acrobat 9 - a disaster
Dov, Although this takes the thread off-topic a bit, is there any way to configure Reader to be a portable ap that runs from a thumb drive? I certainly don't disagree with your advice about not having Reader on an Acrobat system, but for many of us that isn't possible -- for example, if you work in a typical office, you probably use Acrobat as your default PDF product, but you still have to have the capability to test those PDFs in Reader. But if you only have one system. Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Dov Isaacs isa...@adobe.com wrote: Although you CAN have both Reader and Acrobat installed simultaneously (assuming the same version), it is very strongly NOT RECOMMENDED for a number of very good reasons. It certainly does not add any functionality to one's system. Having said that, I will add that having both Reader and Acrobat of the same version on a system is most unlikely to cause the symptoms described. - Dov -Original Message- From: Steve Johnson [mailto:chinask...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:19 AM To: Fei Min Lorente Cc: Dov Isaacs; Framers E-mail List Subject: Re: Acrobat 9 - a disaster You CAN have Reader and Acrobat at the same time. You CANNOT have two Acrobats; IOW, two PDF creators. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Thanks, Dov! I was experiencing the same problem as Alison, insofar as my browser would crash when I tried to look at a PDF in it (just clicking on a URL). We ended up working around it by setting the Acrobat internet preferences to not display PDF in browser. But now that you mention that you can't even have Reader and Acrobat installed at the same time, I noticed that I have Adobe Reader 9 as well as Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. Our company pushed Reader 9 onto all our computers, so I'm not sure I can get rid of it, but at least now I know why I'm having that PDF in a browser problem. I posted this before, but just for completeness, I'm on Windows XP SP3 and using Firefox 3.6.4 and IE 8. Fei Min Lorente -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 11:39 PM To: Framers E-mail List Subject: RE: Acrobat 9 - a disaster Importance: High I heard my name used in vain (if not on-line!). In terms of Alison's original posting ... The symptoms you describe with regards to Acrobat 9 are not standard Acrobat 9 behaviour. You did not post exactly what Windows and/or browser versions you are using, but we currently are unaware of any normal situation that would yield the symptoms you describe. I open PDF files in browser windows on a regular basis with Acrobat 9 with no problems whatsoever. Likewise, when I click on a URL in a PDF file while in Acrobat 9, I get to the website in a browser window. The only way you can get what you describe as a PDFised version of the web page would be if you opened invoked Create PDF=From Web Page (Shift-CTRL-O) and that PDF would not be in a browser window. When you click on a URL, Acrobat 9 normally prompts you as to whether to allow you to open the web page (via a browser) or to block the access to the web site. It NEVER creates a PDF file via clicking on a URL unless you right-click on a URL and explicitly choose Append to Document or Open Weblink as New Document. There are no options or program preferences which contravene this behaviour. Any attempt to try diagnosing what's happening on your system would be at best wild speculation but it would almost seem like there might be competing PDF readers/processors concurrently installed on your system. Be aware that Adobe does not support concurrent installation of multiple versions of Acrobat on a single system (such as Acrobat 8 and Acrobat 9 installed at the same time). Adobe does not recommend concurrent installation of the same versions of both Reader and Acrobat on a system (such as Acrobat 9 and Reader installed at the same time) or even worse differing versions of both Reader and Acrobat on a system (such as Acrobat 9 and Reader 8 installed at the same time). Even more so, we certainly cannot vouch for what will happen if you have Acrobat or Reader plus some other third party PDF reader or creator concurrently installed. If you even have an inkling of how these programs integrate with drivers and the browser(s) under Window, you will understand the chaos that such mixtures of programs may engender to your system. So, as a start
Acrobat 9 - a disaster
Dov, Although this takes the thread off-topic a bit, is there any way to configure Reader to be a "portable" ap that runs from a thumb drive? I certainly don't disagree with your advice about not having Reader on an Acrobat system, but for many of us that isn't possible -- for example, if you work in a typical office, you probably use Acrobat as your default PDF product, but you still have to have the capability to test those PDFs in Reader. But if you only have one system. Cheers, Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Dov Isaacs wrote: > Although you CAN have both Reader and Acrobat installed simultaneously > (assuming the same version), it is very strongly NOT RECOMMENDED for a > number of very good reasons. It certainly does not add any functionality > to one's system. Having said that, I will add that having both Reader and > Acrobat of the same version on a system is most unlikely to cause the > symptoms described. > > ? ? ? ?- Dov > >> -Original Message- >> From: Steve Johnson [mailto:chinaski69 at gmail.com] >> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:19 AM >> To: Fei Min Lorente >> Cc: Dov Isaacs; Framers E-mail List >> Subject: Re: Acrobat 9 - a disaster >> >> You CAN have Reader and Acrobat at the same time. You CANNOT have two >> Acrobats; IOW, two PDF creators. >> >> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Fei Min Lorente >> wrote: >> > Thanks, Dov! I was experiencing the same problem as Alison, insofar as >> > my browser would crash when I tried to look at a PDF in it (just >> > clicking on a URL). We ended up working around it by setting the Acrobat >> > internet preferences to not display PDF in browser. But now that you >> > mention that you can't even have Reader and Acrobat installed at the >> > same time, I noticed that I have Adobe Reader 9 as well as Adobe Acrobat >> > 9 Pro. Our company pushed Reader 9 onto all our computers, so I'm not >> > sure I can get rid of it, but at least now I know why I'm having that >> > PDF in a browser problem. >> > >> > I posted this before, but just for completeness, I'm on Windows XP SP3 >> > and using Firefox 3.6.4 and IE 8. >> > >> > Fei Min Lorente >> > >> > -Original Message- >> > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com >> > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs >> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 11:39 PM >> > To: Framers E-mail List >> > Subject: RE: Acrobat 9 - a disaster >> > Importance: High >> > >> > I heard my name used in vain (if not on-line!). >> > In terms of Alison's original posting ... >> > >> > The symptoms you describe with regards to Acrobat 9 are not standard >> > Acrobat 9 behaviour. You did not post exactly what Windows and/or >> > browser versions you are using, but we currently are unaware of any >> > normal situation that would yield the symptoms you describe. >> > >> > I open PDF files in browser windows on a regular basis with Acrobat 9 >> > with no problems whatsoever. Likewise, when I click on a URL in a PDF >> > file while in Acrobat 9, I get to the website in a browser window. >> > >> > The only way you can get what you describe as a "PDFised version of >> > the web page" would be if you opened invoked "Create PDF=>From Web Page" >> > (Shift-CTRL-O) and that PDF would not be in a browser window. When you >> > click on a URL, Acrobat 9 normally prompts you as to whether to allow >> > you to open the web page (via a browser) or to block the access to the >> > web site. It NEVER creates a PDF file via clicking on a URL unless you >> > right-click on a URL and explicitly choose "Append to Document" or >> > "Open Weblink as New Document." There are no options or program >> > preferences >> > which contravene this behaviour. >> > >> > Any attempt to try diagnosing what's happening on your system would be >> > at best wild speculation but it would almost seem like there might be >> > "competing" PDF readers/processors concurrently installed on your >> > system. >> > Be aware that Adobe does not support concurrent installation of multiple >&g
Re: Consolidated index
Have you checked the book file's component files with right click Numbering Page then check the page numbering to make sure that none of them have a hard-coded number in place? I would think that they'd all be set up to increment based on the previous file's numbers... but it sounds as if you have one or more files that have a hard-coded number in place. You can set them in one pass if you select all but the first chapter and do right-click Numbering Page increment. Save. And then do the same thing to the first chapter, but specify the starting page number as 1. Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Milton, Cynthia cynthia.mil...@serco.com wrote: Classification: SERCO-PUBLIC Hi All FM9, XP. I'm constructing a consolidated index of around 200 individual documents and a 400-page book. I've created a book file containing the individual docs and the book file. I've managed to persuade it to produce an index containing the Subject markers in the individual files (which are numbered by volume) and the Index markers in the book (which is conventionally numbered). In the consolidated index the Subject markers are prefixed with W and followed by $volnum and the Index markers with H followed by $pagenum. The Subject markers work fine, but the index markers (referencing page numbers in the book) are 14 out - they show a page 14 before the actual page, e.g it shows 305 when the actual page number is 319. The book reports itself (correctly) as 376 pages. In the consolidated book it reports as 355 pages (huh?). Any ideas? Unfortunately I work in a tin shed and can't find a brick wall to bang my head against. Cynthia Milton - 0773 889 5991 Technical Documentation (Cyclamen - Rollestone) Classification: SERCO-PUBLIC This e-mail and any attachments may contain sensitive and/or privileged material. It is for the intended addressee(s) only. If you are not a named addressee, you must not use, retain or disclose such information. Serco cannot guarantee that the email or any attachments are free from viruses. The views expressed in this email are those of the originator and do not necessarily represent the views of Serco. Nothing in this email shall bind Serco in any contract or obligation. Please note that all email messages sent to Serco are subject to monitoring/interception for lawful business purposes. Serco Group PLC. Registered in England and Wales. No: 2048608. Registered Office: Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9UY. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Consolidated index
Have you checked the book file's component files with right click > Numbering > Page then check the page numbering to make sure that none of them have a hard-coded number in place? I would think that they'd all be set up to increment based on the previous file's numbers... but it sounds as if you have one or more files that have a hard-coded number in place. You can set them in one pass if you select all but the first chapter and do right-click > Numbering > Page > increment. Save. And then do the same thing to the first chapter, but specify the starting page number as 1. Art Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Milton, Cynthia wrote: > > Classification: SERCO-PUBLIC > > Hi All > > > > FM9, XP. > > > > I'm constructing a consolidated index of around 200 individual documents > and a 400-page book. I've created a book file containing the individual > docs and the book file. > > > > I've managed to persuade it to produce an index containing the Subject > markers in the individual files (which are numbered by volume) and the > Index markers in the book (which is conventionally numbered). In the > consolidated ?index the Subject markers are prefixed with W and followed > by <$volnum> and the Index markers with H followed by <$pagenum>. > > > > The Subject markers work fine, but the index markers (referencing page > numbers in the book) are 14 out - they show a page 14 before the actual > page, e.g it shows 305 when the actual page number is 319. > > > > The book reports itself (correctly) as 376 pages. ?In the consolidated > book it reports as 355 pages (huh?). > > > > Any ideas? Unfortunately I work in a tin shed and can't find a brick > wall to bang my head against. > > > > Cynthia Milton - 0773 889 5991 > > Technical Documentation (Cyclamen - Rollestone) > > > > > Classification: SERCO-PUBLIC > > > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain sensitive and/or > privileged material. It is for the intended addressee(s) only. If you > are not a named addressee, you must not use, retain or disclose > such information. > > Serco cannot guarantee that the email or any attachments are free > from viruses. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the originator and do > not necessarily represent the views of Serco. > > Nothing in this email shall bind Serco in any contract or obligation. > > Please note that all email messages sent to Serco are subject to > monitoring/interception for lawful business purposes. > > Serco Group PLC. Registered in England and Wales. No: > 2048608. > > Registered Office: Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park, > Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9UY. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Unable to edit file
Jeremy's read-only solution is fine for part 1 of your request. The slow down when you access the web means either that you don't have enough local resources -- RAM and temp space, but probably RAM -- to run multiple demanding applications, or that your network connection is to narrow and is bogging down trying to move FM data across your LAN (you have files / graphics on a server) and Internet data at the same time. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Kimberly Williams kimberlyw_...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello: I did something to one of the files in my book and I don't know how to fix it. I am using v8.0p77 on Windows XP. I've been having issues with Frame slowing way down if I try to access the Web while I have my book files open. Some times FM just bombs out and, after emptying caches, I have to start over and re-open the autosave/recovery files. I'm thinking that I might have opened the file as read-only as I was getting things set up after a crash. I must accidentally saved it that way because I cannot do anything to this particular file now. I was hoping that I could just save it again but I found I couldn't even do that. I never saved it as a .MIF file so I can't try that avenue either. Is there a way to make this file usable so that I can then save it as a .FM file or must I start from scratch and re-create it? As always, thanks! Kimberly The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings. ~~ David Weinbaum _ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccountocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Unable to edit file
Jeremy's read-only solution is fine for part 1 of your request. The slow down when you access the web means either that you don't have enough local resources -- RAM and temp space, but probably RAM -- to run multiple demanding applications, or that your network connection is to narrow and is bogging down trying to move FM data across your LAN (you have files / graphics on a server) and Internet data at the same time. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Kimberly Williams wrote: > > Hello: > > > I did something to one of the files in my book and I don't know how to fix > it. I am using v8.0p77 on Windows XP. > > > I've been having issues with Frame slowing way down if I try to access the > Web while I have my book files open. Some times FM just bombs out and, after > emptying caches, I have to start over and re-open the autosave/recovery files. > > > > I'm thinking that I might have opened the file as read-only as I was getting > things set up after a crash. I must accidentally saved it that way because I > cannot do anything ?to this particular file now. I was hoping that I could > just save it again but I found I couldn't even do that. I never saved it as a > .MIF file so I can't try that avenue either. > > > Is there a way to make this file usable so that I can then save it as a .FM > file or must I start from scratch and re-create it? > > > As always, thanks! > > >>Kimberly > > > > > > > > > > "The secret to a rich > life is to have more beginnings than endings." > ?~~ David Weinbaum > > > > _ > The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with > Hotmail. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Migrating contents to a new template
First, if I were you and you were going to maintain these books in the future with Frame, I'd also plan on upgrading to 9 and using the Unicode fonts and so on that have changed since 7 so you don't have to do a second conversion further down the road. And as far as implementation goes, I'd go a slightly different route than Winifried for the first step or two -- I love CleanImport from http://www.electropubs.com/ for imposing a new template. Cleans everything up at the book level and gets you ready to go on. But it doesn't do mapping, which is the larger part of the job. As far as mapping goes, I'd go with a script that did multiple format replacements: para, character, table, cross-ref and so on, and I'd probably call Rick Quatro to do it because he's already invented several of the tools. That'd be the fastest, more reliable, and probably the cheapest because it'd save you the most time. I've used Template Mapper, but it was some time ago and I don't recall if it worked at the book level. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Steve Johnson chinask...@gmail.comwrote: I wouldn't choose FrameScript for that if you're going to write it from scratch. Another option is to convert to MIF and then write a Perl script to make the template changes. On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried wr...@tycoint.com wrote: Hi Garnier, If not only the formatting changed but also the format names I recommend these tools: Best value for money is Template Mapper from Cudspan: http://www.cudspan.net/plugins/executioner.php?do=displayPagefield_tab_num=2 A not so convenient alternative would be FindChangeSpecial from Rick Quatro: http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/findchangespecial/index.htm If you want to use this plugin, you should collect all files in a super-book first. Or you could ask someone to write a FrameScript script for you: http://www.frameexpert.com/scripts/index.htm http://www.itl.eu/en/services-solutions/product-process-solutions/system-integration-customization/adobe-framemaker.html (Of course there are also others who develop scripts.) Best regards Winfried -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Garnier Garnier Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:33 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Migrating contents to a new template Hi Listers, Am using Framemaker 7.0 I was using a specific template for all the books. Now provided with a new set of templates (nothing matches with the earlier template) and expected to move all contents (30 books with multiple chapters and on an average each book contains about 500 pages). Any suggestions as to what would be the ideal method to migrate to the new template? B/R Garnier ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as dr_go...@pobox.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dr_gonzo%40pobox.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Steve Johnson, dr_go...@pobox.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: Finally Upgrading to FM 9.0
This has been discussed a lot, so you may want to do some Googling for existing info. My take on it would be to get everyone on the same platform if at all possible, especially if you use any special characters because trying to go back and forth between versions using MIF is doable... but a real PITA if you have to convert between old character sets and Unicode, which has been the standard since 8. You're right, in that you can work well with FM without full Acrobat support, but again you're going to run into a problem trying to maintain compatibility with older FM and Acrobat versions. You'll especially miss out on electronic review support if you try to mix versions. So that would be another argument to get people to FM 9 and use the built-in functionality. TCS, by the way, is at version 2, not 4. But because Acrobat and Photoshop have already revved since that release, I'd expect either a point or new full release sometime within the next 6 months or so. And if you do check it out, if you have to upgrade two of the applications included in the TCS, it's usually more cost effective to just go to the Suite and get more applications and hidden inter-program hooks that aren't activated in stand-alone programs. Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Owen, Clint clint.o...@craneaerospace.comwrote: Our Tech Pubs group is finally on the verge of upgrading from FM 7.0 to 9.0. We will not be buying the full TC4. First, do you see any problems with just opening our old unstructured templates and saving them again as the new version? I don't expect there would be any. Second, various members of our group use different versions of Acrobat, from 6.0 standard to 9.0 pro, mostly 7.0 pro. Is there any compelling reason or technical necessity for us all to upgrade to Acrobat 9.0? I know that FM will create PDF on its own without Acrobat, but seem to remember that some or many features are lost in doing so. Overhead money is still tight, so the need to update Acrobat at the same time as FM would probably not be a deal breaker, but might cause a delay. Thanks in advance, Clint Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace Electronics | +1 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113 We value your opinion! How may we serve you better? Please click the survey link to tell us how we are doing: http://www.craneae.com/ContactUs/VoiceofCustomer.aspx Your feedback is of the utmost importance to us. Thank you for your time. Crane Aerospace Electronics Confidentiality Statement: The information contained in this email message may be privileged and is confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient, or any employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient. Any unauthorized use, distribution or copying of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the original message and all attachments from your electronic files. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Migrating contents to a new template
First, if I were you and you were going to maintain these books in the future with Frame, I'd also plan on upgrading to 9 and using the Unicode fonts and so on that have changed since 7 so you don't have to do a second conversion further down the road. And as far as implementation goes, I'd go a slightly different route than Winifried for the first step or two -- I love CleanImport from http://www.electropubs.com/ for imposing a new template. Cleans everything up at the book level and gets you ready to go on. But it doesn't do mapping, which is the larger part of the job. As far as mapping goes, I'd go with a script that did multiple format replacements: para, character, table, cross-ref and so on, and I'd probably call Rick Quatro to do it because he's already invented several of the tools. That'd be the fastest, more reliable, and probably the cheapest because it'd save you the most time. I've used Template Mapper, but it was some time ago and I don't recall if it worked at the book level. Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Steve Johnson wrote: > I wouldn't choose FrameScript for that if you're going to write it > from scratch. Another option is to convert to MIF and then write a > Perl script to make the template changes. > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried > wrote: > > Hi Garnier, > > > > If not only the formatting changed but also the format names > > I recommend these tools: > > > > Best value for money is Template Mapper from Cudspan: > > > http://www.cudspan.net/plugins/executioner.php?do=displayPage_tab_num=2 > > > > A not so convenient alternative would be > > FindChangeSpecial from Rick Quatro: > > http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/findchangespecial/index.htm > > If you want to use this plugin, you should collect all > > files in a super-book first. > > > > Or you could ask someone to write a FrameScript script > > for you: > > http://www.frameexpert.com/scripts/index.htm > > > http://www.itl.eu/en/services-solutions/product-process-solutions/system-integration-customization/adobe-framemaker.html > > (Of course there are also others who develop scripts.) > > > > Best regards > > > > Winfried > > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > >> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > >> Garnier Garnier > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:33 AM > >> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > >> Subject: Migrating contents to a new template > >> > >> Hi Listers, > >> > >> Am using Framemaker 7.0 > >> > >> I was using a specific template for all the books. > >> > >> Now provided with a new set of templates (nothing matches > >> with the earlier template) and expected to move all contents > >> (30 books with multiple chapters and on an average each book > >> contains about 500 pages). Any suggestions as to what would > >> be the ideal method to migrate to the new template? > >> > >> B/R > >> > >> Garnier > > ___ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as dr_gonzo at pobox.com. > > > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dr_gonzo%40pobox.com > > > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > > > > -- > > Steve Johnson, dr_gonzo at pobox.com > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Finally Upgrading to FM 9.0
This has been discussed a lot, so you may want to do some Googling for existing info. My take on it would be to get everyone on the same platform if at all possible, especially if you use any special characters because trying to go back and forth between versions using MIF is doable... but a real PITA if you have to convert between old character sets and Unicode, which has been the standard since 8. You're right, in that you can work well with FM without full Acrobat support, but again you're going to run into a problem trying to maintain compatibility with older FM and Acrobat versions. You'll especially miss out on electronic review support if you try to mix versions. So that would be another argument to get people to FM 9 and use the built-in functionality. TCS, by the way, is at version 2, not 4. But because Acrobat and Photoshop have already revved since that release, I'd expect either a point or new full release sometime within the next 6 months or so. And if you do check it out, if you have to upgrade two of the applications included in the TCS, it's usually more cost effective to just go to the Suite and get more applications and hidden inter-program hooks that aren't activated in stand-alone programs. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Owen, Clint wrote: > Our Tech Pubs group is finally on the verge of upgrading from FM 7.0 to > 9.0. We will not be buying the full TC4. > > First, do you see any problems with just opening our old unstructured > templates and saving them again as the new version? I don't expect there > would be any. > > Second, various members of our group use different versions of Acrobat, > from 6.0 standard to 9.0 pro, mostly 7.0 pro. Is there any compelling > reason or technical necessity for us all to upgrade to Acrobat 9.0? I > know that FM will create PDF on its own without Acrobat, but seem to > remember that some or many features are lost in doing so. Overhead money > is still tight, so the need to update Acrobat at the same time as FM > would probably not be a deal breaker, but might cause a delay. > > Thanks in advance, > > Clint > > > Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1 > 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113 > > > We value your opinion! How may we serve you better? > Please click the survey link to tell us how we are doing: > http://www.craneae.com/ContactUs/VoiceofCustomer.aspx > Your feedback is of the utmost importance to us. Thank you for your time. > > > Crane Aerospace & Electronics Confidentiality Statement: > The information contained in this email message may be privileged and is > confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient, or any > employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient. Any > unauthorized use, distribution or copying of this information is strictly > prohibited > and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify > the sender immediately and destroy the original message and all attachments > from > your electronic files. > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Missing headers and page numbers in FM 8
Brad, Since you mention that you're on XP, have you installed the PostScript printer Hotfix from Microsoft? That would be my starting point for trouble-shooting, I think. http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Brad Simmons bsimm...@agleader.comwrote: Dear Frame Users, I am a long-time user of FrameMaker who has recently been plagued with a problem that I've never encountered before: When I make .PDFs, I usually have swaths of pages with some headers and some page numbers missing. I am using unstructured FrameMaker 8 on a Windows XP platform to create books that are usually more than 300 pages. When I go to print a book, I first open up all of my chapters. Then I choose File_Print Book (I never do Save As PDF). I print directly to .PDF, without making a separate Distiller (.prn) file. Beginning a few weeks ago, the .PDFs that were created had some headers and page numbers missing. Usually, these missing headers and page numbers were on consecutive pages - as an example, pages 20-40 would have missing page numbers. I would then reattempt the creation of a .PDF oh, two, three or sometimes four times, with the result that the exact same headers or page numbers would be missing. The ironic thing is that these headers and page numbers would appear as normal in the original FM files. Fortunately, I have managed to get a successful .PDF created with all headers and page numbers after my fourth, fifth or sixth try. But this has changed a relatively quick process into an irritating process that takes much, much longer. Worse, the missing page numbers and header problem is appearing across numerous files, in numerous books. And this problem has appeared out of nowhere - It's as if one day I did not have disappearing headers and page numbers, and the next day I did. Hence I'm wondering: Why is this happening? And does anyone know how I could fix this problem? I described this problem one friend of mine who told me to re-create and reassemble my book file from scratch. I did that, to no effect. This same friend suggested that I first make a .prn file, but I have never seen the value in taking this extra step - and when I tried this longer route to PDF creation, it too didn't solve the problem. I also went to Adobe's website and found several patches for FM 8. I downloaded those, and these did not help either. So now I'm grasping at straws - I'm increasing the amount of RAM in my PC from 2 GB to 4 GB, just in case this .PDF creation woes have been caused by a lack of memory. About the only other thing I could do would be to upgrade from FM 8 to FM 9 but I don't know if that would solve the problem either. Since I don't know the cause, of the problem I cannot guess at the solution. Does anyone else have other ideas to fix this? Brad Simmons Technical Writer Ag-Leader Technology Ames, Iowa ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Missing headers and page numbers in FM 8
Brad, Since you mention that you're on XP, have you installed the PostScript printer Hotfix from Microsoft? That would be my starting point for trouble-shooting, I think. http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Brad Simmons wrote: > Dear Frame Users, > > I am a long-time user of FrameMaker who has recently been plagued with a > problem that I've never encountered before: When I make .PDFs, I usually > have swaths of pages with some headers and some page numbers missing. > > I am using unstructured FrameMaker 8 on a Windows XP platform to create > books that are usually more than 300 pages. When I go to print a book, I > first open up all of my chapters. Then I choose "File_Print Book" (I never > do "Save As PDF"). I print directly to .PDF, without making a separate > Distiller (.prn) file. > > Beginning a few weeks ago, the .PDFs that were created had some headers and > page numbers missing. Usually, these missing headers and page numbers were > on consecutive pages - as an example, pages 20-40 would have missing page > numbers. I would then reattempt the creation of a .PDF oh, two, three or > sometimes four times, with the result that the exact same headers or page > numbers would be missing. The ironic thing is that these headers and page > numbers would appear as normal in the original FM files. > > Fortunately, I have managed to get a successful .PDF created with all > headers and page numbers after my fourth, fifth or sixth try. But this has > changed a relatively quick process into an irritating process that takes > much, much longer. > > Worse, the missing page numbers and header problem is appearing across > numerous files, in numerous books. And this problem has appeared out of > nowhere - It's as if one day I did not have disappearing headers and page > numbers, and the next day I did. > > Hence I'm wondering: Why is this happening? And does anyone know how I > could fix this problem? > > I described this problem one friend of mine who told me to re-create and > reassemble my book file from scratch. I did that, to no effect. This same > friend suggested that I first make a .prn file, but I have never seen the > value in taking this extra step - and when I tried this longer route to PDF > creation, it too didn't solve the problem. I also went to Adobe's website > and found several patches for FM 8. I downloaded those, and these did not > help either. > > So now I'm grasping at straws - I'm increasing the amount of RAM in my PC > from 2 GB to 4 GB, just in case this .PDF creation woes have been caused by > a lack of memory. About the only other thing I could do would be to upgrade > from FM 8 to FM 9 but I don't know if that would solve the problem either. > Since I don't know the cause, of the problem I cannot guess at the solution. > > Does anyone else have other ideas to fix this? > > Brad Simmons > Technical Writer > Ag-Leader Technology > Ames, Iowa > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: FM9 patch 9.0.4
Patches are cumulative and need to be installed in order. So yes, you need this one in order to apply later ones. And, assuming you're a tech writer of some sort you may already know, although IT apparently does not, that not all fixes, features and such are included in the release notes. ;- ) For example, FM was crashing on PageMaker conversions on Tuesday, the patch rolled on Wednesday, and suddenly the crashes stopped. Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:15 AM, rebecca.l.fras...@aphis.usda.gov wrote: Good morning everyone! How important is it to install every patch that comes through? Our IT person looked at the details and felt that since we didn't have the issues the patch addresses, we don't need to install it. Does not installing this patch affect future patches? Thanks very much! Rebecca Frasure Editorial Assistant PPQ Manuals Unit Phone: 240-529-0353 Fax: 240-529-0399 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
FM9 patch 9.0.4
Patches are cumulative and need to be installed in order. So yes, you need this one in order to apply later ones. And, assuming you're a tech writer of some sort you may already know, although IT apparently does not, that not all fixes, features and such are included in the release notes. ;- ) For example, FM was crashing on PageMaker conversions on Tuesday, the patch rolled on Wednesday, and suddenly the crashes stopped. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:15 AM, wrote: > Good morning everyone! > > How important is it to install every patch that comes through? Our IT > person looked at the details and felt that since we didn't have the issues > the patch addresses, we don't need to install it. Does not installing > this patch affect future patches? > > Thanks very much! > > > > Rebecca Frasure > Editorial Assistant > PPQ Manuals Unit > Phone: 240-529-0353 > Fax: 240-529-0399 > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Unavailable fonts
In your FM preferences, turn OFF Remember Missing Fonts. *** in Google, try typing: SearchString site:lists.frameusers.com Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Kristen Abbott kristen_abb...@dell.comwrote: Hi Framers, I'm sure someone has posted a response to this question, but unfortunately the archive isn't searchable. (Hint...) Anyway, I'd like to know of a way to remove and replace all the unavailable fonts in a FM file *before* I open it and see the There are unavailable fonts message. My only options at that point are to click OK, in which case it does the replacements, or Cancel, in which case it doesn't open the file. Even if I let it do the replacements, the FM Console window shows that it replaced FontX with FontY. How can I get rid of FontX ahead of time? Even though I have changed all the Para tags to use only available fonts, the message appears every time I open the file, regardless. Annoying. Any help is welcome. Thanks- Kristen ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: Windows 7 and Frame 7.1
IF the computer's hardware supports emulation... Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Avraham Makeler amake...@gmail.com wrote: I understand that MS offers a free XP emulator that you can download and install. This helps to run older apps on Win7 64-bit. avraham On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Dov Isaacs isa...@adobe.com wrote: FrameMaker 9 is a 32-bit program that will properly install and run under Windows Vista and Windows 7 64-bit versions. FrameMaker 7.1 is also a 32-bit program. Adobe does not officially support it under Windows Vista or Windows 7, either 32-bit or 64-bit version. You may coerce it to install and run in those environments, but YMMV and you are on your own for any support. - Dov -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Paul Kent Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:36 PM To: Framers; Framers Subject: Windows 7 and Frame 7.1 Looking at doing a (forced) computer upgrade and I seem to recall some threads concerning this subject. Am I correct in remembering that Frame 9 is 64-bit compliant, but Frame 7.1 is not? Thanks J. Paul Kent 206-383-0539 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as amake...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/amakeler%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Regards, avraham ~ 054-3084886 Mercy on all, coz everyone's fighting some sort of battle ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Unavailable fonts
In your FM preferences, turn OFF "Remember Missing Fonts." *** in Google, try typing: SearchString site:lists.frameusers.com Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Kristen Abbott wrote: > Hi Framers, > > > > I'm sure someone has posted a response to this question, but > unfortunately the archive isn't searchable. (Hint...) > > > > Anyway, I'd like to know of a way to remove and replace all the > unavailable fonts in a FM file *before* I open it and see the "There are > unavailable fonts" message. My only options at that point are to click > OK, in which case it does the replacements, or Cancel, in which case it > doesn't open the file. Even if I let it do the replacements, the FM > Console window shows that it replaced FontX with FontY. How can I get > rid of FontX ahead of time? > > > > Even though I have changed all the Para tags to use only available > fonts, the message appears every time I open the file, regardless. > Annoying. > > > > Any help is welcome. > > > > Thanks- > > Kristen > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Windows 7 and Frame 7.1
IF the computer's hardware supports emulation... Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Avraham Makeler wrote: > I understand that MS offers a free XP emulator that you can download and > install. This helps to run "older" apps on Win7 64-bit. > > avraham > > > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Dov Isaacs wrote: > > > FrameMaker 9 is a 32-bit program that will properly install and run under > > Windows Vista > > and Windows 7 64-bit versions. > > > > FrameMaker 7.1 is also a 32-bit program. Adobe does not officially > support > > it under > > Windows Vista or Windows 7, either 32-bit or 64-bit version. You may > coerce > > it to install > > and run in those environments, but YMMV and you are on your own for any > > support. > > > >- Dov > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto: > > framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > > > Paul Kent > > > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:36 PM > > > To: Framers; Framers > > > Subject: Windows 7 and Frame 7.1 > > > > > > Looking at doing a (forced) computer upgrade and I seem to recall some > > threads concerning this > > > subject. > > > > > > Am I correct in remembering that Frame 9 is 64-bit compliant, but Frame > > 7.1 is not? > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > J. Paul Kent > > > 206-383-0539 > > ___ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as amakeler 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/amakeler%40gmail.com > > > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > avraham > ~ > 054-3084886 > > > "Mercy on all, coz everyone's fighting some sort of battle" > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Acrobat v9 and FM v7.478 /7.579
What error message do you get? And, because Acrobat 9 hadn't been thought of in the FM 7 time frame, you may want to see if the PDF's compatibility setting can be rolled back to an earlier rev Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Diana Stock diana.st...@wnco.com wrote: Hello all, Was wondering if anyone would know why I cannot import a Acrobat PDF v9 into a FrameMaker v7.478 or v7.579 file. Are there any fixes for this or is FM 7 limited to Acrobat 8 PDF files for import. XP Pro Thanks in advance, Diana Stock Maintenance Analyst 214-792-2744 *** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE *** This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged and confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your system. Thank you. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Acrobat v9 and FM v7.478 /7.579
What error message do you get? And, because Acrobat 9 hadn't been thought of in the FM 7 time frame, you may want to see if the PDF's compatibility setting can be rolled back to an earlier rev Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Diana Stock wrote: > Hello all, > > Was wondering if anyone would know why I cannot import a Acrobat PDF v9 > into a FrameMaker v7.478 or v7.579 file. > > Are there any fixes for this or is FM 7 limited to Acrobat 8 PDF files for > import. > > XP Pro > > Thanks in advance, > Diana Stock > Maintenance Analyst > 214-792-2744 > > > > *** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE *** > > This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may > contain legally privileged and confidential information intended > solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message > is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this > message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender > immediately and delete this message from your system. Thank you. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Problem converting book to HTML
Download the free eval version of MIF2Go and see if it works. www.omsys.com Or, try cutting your massive file into more, smaller files and see if that helps. I'm guessing it may be a resource issue and either your system or Frame is choking on the big file. Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Karen Robbins karendes...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Framers, I am converting to html a 650-page book composed of 9 files. Although I love all the fancier tools out there, I am limited by budget, learning curve, and time to FrameMaker's (8) own html converter. Despite its limits, it has always worked--I need only simple output to which I apply CSS after the fact. I have done this successfully several times before. I have updated my HTML and book mapping reference pages in the first file of the book. The conversion begins and generates about 40 html pages correctly, then skips the largest file (the 600-page one), and generates the last html file. If I attempt to convert the big file on its own, I get a blank html file. No error messages appear. Frame appears to open and save each file as it reads them, including the big one. I have checked, and the big file does begin with the A flow. Any ideas on where else to look for problems, or some possible fixes? Thanks very much, Karen Robbins ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Problem converting book to HTML
Download the free eval version of MIF2Go and see if it works. www.omsys.com Or, try cutting your massive file into more, smaller files and see if that helps. I'm guessing it may be a resource issue and either your system or Frame is choking on the big file. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > Hello Framers, > > I am converting to html a 650-page book composed of 9 files. Although I > love all the fancier tools out there, I am limited by budget, learning > curve, and time to FrameMaker's (8) own html converter. Despite its limits, > it has always worked--I need only simple output to which I apply CSS after > the fact. I have done this successfully several times before. > > I have updated my HTML and book mapping reference pages in the first file > of the book. The conversion begins and generates about 40 html pages > correctly, then skips the largest file (the 600-page one), and generates the > last html file. If I attempt to convert the big file on its own, I get a > blank html file. > > No error messages appear. Frame appears to open and save each file as it > reads them, including the big one. I have checked, and the big file does > begin with the A flow. Any ideas on where else to look for problems, or some > possible fixes? > > Thanks very much, > > Karen Robbins > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Client Needs FrameMaker -- Eclipse Help provider
Shouldn't be a big deal -- Eclipse is a standard format. You could use either MIF2Go (www.omsys.com) or RoboHelp (part of the TCS2) to generate the code. (Provided, of course, that they/you have already identified what goes into the help.) Contact me off-list if you want to farm it out. Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Tori Muir tm...@spot-on-creative.comwrote: My apologies if this is not the sort of post one is supposed to send to this list, but there are so many deeply knowledgeable folks here that I suspect it would be a far better source of referrals/responses than anywhere else we can try. A client needs someone who can turn FrameMaker manuals into Eclipse help. Naturally, they have only informed us of this *now*, a week from the software ship date (anyone surprised? No, I didn't think so). They've had poor luck using job boards -- a tsunami of dubiously-qualified respondents, and not enough time to evaluate. Any recommendations on how to find a provider? I don't think geography is a consideration, this could all be done remotely. Thanks for any recommendations of boards/services/individuals! Tori Muir tm...@spot-on-creative.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Client Needs FrameMaker --> Eclipse Help provider
Shouldn't be a big deal -- Eclipse is a standard format. You could use either MIF2Go (www.omsys.com) or RoboHelp (part of the TCS2) to generate the code. (Provided, of course, that they/you have already identified what goes into the help.) Contact me off-list if you want to farm it out. Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Tori Muir wrote: > My apologies if this is not the sort of post one is supposed to send to > this list, but there are so many deeply knowledgeable folks here that I > suspect it would be a far better source of referrals/responses than anywhere > else we can try. > > A client needs someone who can turn FrameMaker manuals into Eclipse help. > Naturally, they have only informed us of this *now*, a week from the > software ship date (anyone surprised? No, I didn't think so). They've had > poor luck using job boards -- a tsunami of dubiously-qualified respondents, > and not enough time to evaluate. Any recommendations on how to find a > provider? I don't think geography is a consideration, this could all be done > remotely. > > Thanks for any recommendations of boards/services/individuals! > > Tori Muir > tmuir at spot-on-creative.com > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: FM8 8 error message when importing *.png file
If everything else is working, I'd open the .png with a photo editor other than the one you used to create it and do a SaveAs PNG again, and try the import a second time with the new file. Most times when I've had a problem importing graphics, it's turned out to be a problem with the source graphic file... And if your system's been up a while, it wouldn't hurt to clear and reclaim memory by rebooting Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM, David Farbey dfar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I am using FM 8.0p277 (installed as part of TCS 1) on Win XP Pro. In the recent past I have had no problem importing *.png graphic files into FrameMaker 8. Today I tried to import a *.png file and received an error message: “The filter encountered an error and could not complete the translation.” I can import files in other formats such as *.jpg. I had a quick look on the Adobe support forum, but the only references to this error message appear to be related to importing PDF documents into FrameMaker 7. Any ideas for resolving this issue would be gratefully received. Thanks David -- David Farbey - da...@farbey.co.uk Mobile 07879 005 946 Web site/Blog http://www.farbey.co.uk Twitter http://twitter.com/dfarb LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/informationdesign ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
FM8 8 error message when importing *.png file
If everything else is working, I'd open the .png with a photo editor other than the one you used to create it and do a SaveAs PNG again, and try the import a second time with the new file. Most times when I've had a problem importing graphics, it's turned out to be a problem with the source graphic file... And if your system's been up a while, it wouldn't hurt to clear and reclaim memory by rebooting Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM, David Farbey wrote: > I am using FM 8.0p277 (installed as part of TCS 1) on Win XP Pro. > > In the recent past I have had no problem importing *.png graphic files into > FrameMaker 8. > > Today I tried to import a *.png file and received an error message: ?The > filter encountered an error and could not complete the translation.? I can > import files in other formats such as *.jpg. > > I had a quick look on the Adobe support forum, but the only references to > this error message appear to be related to importing PDF documents into > FrameMaker 7. > > Any ideas for resolving this issue would be gratefully received. > > Thanks > > David > > -- > David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk > Mobile 07879 005 946 > Web site/Blog <http://www.farbey.co.uk> > Twitter <http://twitter.com/dfarb> > LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/informationdesign> > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs?
First, if I were you, I'd resist this. I think it's unnecessary and could become a potential maintenance nightmare. The SME seems to be under the impression that if a reader, probably another coder, will forget what a basic programming object is in less than 90 seconds... If the SME forgets, there may be a reason to do it, but if he or she can hold on to the concept for an hour or so, your readers probably can. If I had to do this, I'd probably use a glossary entry for these because they are, in fact, definitions and glossary entries are lighter weight. With all that said, if you must do this, you _should_ be able to define one of the cross-refs and embed it with its text string hotspot. Then copy the word, including the cross-ref marker (you have text objects turned on, right?) and do a search-and-replace for the text string, pasting from the clipboard. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Avraham Makeler amake...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, RE: FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs? I just a received some whole new sections for updating an FM book. The book is a large reference guide for an API. Every other word in the new material is in fact the name of some software object (function, structure, or type) that's defined somewhere else as its own section. The new material talks about those already defined software objects and how to use them. So the SME wants every mentioning of those already defined software objects to be converted to a cross-reference. (Anyone who has documented APIs knows what I am talking about.) Is there some sort of tool that allows you to type+select the name of the section (function) or even just its legal number and then click, and hey presto, the cross-reference appears? Once, during a slow period, I programmed exactly that tool for Word using VBA. Took me about a week. Works great. TIA - avi ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: FM9 getting started
And a P.S.: As long as your company is spending some bucks to upgrade to 9, GET THEM TO SPRING FOR A SECOND MONITOR if you don't have one already. Big productivity boost, especially with the new FM 9 UI because you can put all the damn pallets in the second window... Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.comwrote: The user interface is likely to be the biggest thing you'll need to learn/re-learn, but nothing has gone away -- just several new tools added. So your 7 skills should transfer pretty easily. Things to be aware of: - FM adopted unicode character support in v 8, so you may have to redo some special characters. Note that full unicode support may require fonts that include unicode characters. Usually not a big deal, but something to watch. - If I were you, I'd make an archive copy of my 7 books as they are before converting any of them. I've also found that after converting them to the 9 file format, it's a good idea to save the files as MIF and then open and save those as .FM files. Cleans up any odd characters or anomalies. You can do this by the book with a free utility from Omsys.com that's included with their MIF2GO free eval. Stays on the system even if you don't buy. - Don't trust SaveAs PDF any further than you can throw it. - If you haven't already installed the Microsoft PS printer hotfix on your SP systems, do so: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 -- it applies to all PS printers, including the logical PDF. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Lynn Durell lynn.dur...@dds.co.ukwrote: Hi, My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? Thanks very much, Lynn ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs?
I misunderstood what you were saying -- you're asking about each unique object reference, but I read what you wrote to mean the global definitions of the type of object. And, as far as: Another idea I use is to define one of the cross-refs and copy+paste it into an FM utility document I keep open on the side in a small window and copy+paste from there every time I need it again as and when I meet a repeat instance. Download a copy of ClipMate, Great utility and it'll let you do other stuff too. Quicker than cutting and pasting between FM docs. Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Avraham Makeler amake...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Art. Thanks for the response. First, if I were you, I'd resist this. I think it's unnecessary and could become a potential maintenance nightmare. I think it's unnecessary I think this is standard fare in programmer's and API reference guides. So they want what they see elsewhere. could become a potential maintenance nightmare. That is definitely a point. It never occurred to me before; maybe because none such document that I ever worked on ever actually realized that horrifying potential in practice. I think it could be more likely to be a maintenance nightmare if this API had a reputation for its objects' names being changed every now and again, as well as their positions in the document being changed. However, in the year and half I have known this API document it has only ever grown---it is now over 700 pages long---it has never *changed*. But you know what - I could them about this. The SME seems to be under the impression that if a reader, probably another coder, will forget what a basic programming object is in less than 90 seconds... If the SME forgets, there may be a reason to do it, but if he or she can hold on to the concept for an hour or so, your readers probably can. As I mentioned, I think this is standard fare in programmer's and API reference guides, and at 720 pages there is plenty to forget... If I had to do this, I'd probably use a glossary entry for these because they are, in fact, definitions and glossary entries are lighter weight. I will have to check that out. Thanks. With all that said, if you must do this, you _should_ be able to define one of the cross-refs and embed it with its text string hotspot. Then copy the word, including the cross-ref marker (you have text objects turned on, right?) and do a search-and-replace for the text string, pasting from the clipboard. Thanks for the idea. That's useful in cases where the same text is repeated many times. In the updates to this document, all the cross-refs are different. (At 720 pages, there are so many link targets to choose from, why repeat the same ones...?! ha ha.) Another idea I use is to define one of the cross-refs and copy+paste it into an FM utility document I keep open on the side in a small window and copy+paste from there every time I need it again as and when I meet a repeat instance. Great thanks, - avi On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com wrote: First, if I were you, I'd resist this. I think it's unnecessary and could become a potential maintenance nightmare. The SME seems to be under the impression that if a reader, probably another coder, will forget what a basic programming object is in less than 90 seconds... If the SME forgets, there may be a reason to do it, but if he or she can hold on to the concept for an hour or so, your readers probably can. If I had to do this, I'd probably use a glossary entry for these because they are, in fact, definitions and glossary entries are lighter weight. With all that said, if you must do this, you _should_ be able to define one of the cross-refs and embed it with its text string hotspot. Then copy the word, including the cross-ref marker (you have text objects turned on, right?) and do a search-and-replace for the text string, pasting from the clipboard. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Avraham Makeler amake...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, RE: FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs? I just a received some whole new sections for updating an FM book. The book is a large reference guide for an API. Every other word in the new material is in fact the name of some
Re: FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs?
The last FM 7.x projects I worked on were perennially losing cross-refs, just in day-to-day book building operations. Not to mention changes in chapters themselves. If it could be truly automated, maybe... but sitting down to a list of hundreds of unresolved cross-refs isn't a great way to start your day. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.comwrote: Avraham Makeler wrote: Hi Art. Thanks for the response. First, if I were you, I'd resist this. I think it's unnecessary and could become a potential maintenance nightmare. I think it's unnecessary I think this is standard fare in programmer's and API reference guides. So they want what they see elsewhere. Agreed. In online programmer/API documentation, users expect references to other classes, methods, functions, etc., to be links to them. Although I suspect/hope every other word is something of an exaggeration. :-) could become a potential maintenance nightmare. That is definitely a point. It never occurred to me before; maybe because none such document that I ever worked on ever actually realized that horrifying potential in practice. If you use FM cross-references, I don't see why it would ever become a maintenance problem. Presumably, all these cross-references would use the $paratext building block to retrieve the text of a heading pgf that contains the name of the software object being referenced. If a function's name changes from getAnotherFoo to getNextFoo, you change the name in the heading, and FM updates all the xrefs to that heading automagically. As for automating your task, it could be done with FrameScript ( www.framescript.com) or FrameAC ( www.mekon.com/index.php/pages/knowledge_zone/frameac/products/technologies/manage). Since you have VB experience, the latter makes more sense for you if you want to roll your own. Alternatively, you might want to get a quote from Rick Quatro (www.frameexpert.com) for a custom FrameScript solution. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs?
Not disagreeing, Richard, but I suffered through months of this on a contract job where the files were shared among several writers. And it's recurred occasionally in other 7.x environments. Ain't saying it couldn't have been resolved, but it occurred far too often to be hapinstance. Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.comwrote: Art Campbell wrote: The last FM 7.x projects I worked on were perennially losing cross-refs, just in day-to-day book building operations. Not to mention changes in chapters themselves. If it could be truly automated, maybe... but sitting down to a list of hundreds of unresolved cross-refs isn't a great way to start your day. Barring operator error, FM xrefs are pretty nearly bullet-proof. I'm not sure what you mean by day-to-day book building operations, but there are basically only two ways that an FM xref becomes unresolved: 1) FM can't open the destination file (because it's been moved, deleted, renamed, or can't be opened silently due to missing fonts, etc.) to find the marker that the xref points to. 2) FM can't find the marker itself (because it's been deleted, the marker text that identifies it was changed, or it's tagged with a condition that's currently hidden). If one of these things was happening routinely to hundreds of xrefs, there was something seriously wrong with the process/workflow being used, probably because the person who created it didn't understand how FM xrefs work. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: Exporting text from ID for use in MS Word?
It's been a while since I used ID, but I believe the InCopy add-in can handle this kind of export -- worst case, it'd arrange it better. If that doesn't work, I'd try going ID PDF RTF (via Acrobat). Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Gary scary...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi all, I'm an occasional users of ID and I've inherited a file with many different unlinked text boxes (2 or 3) on each page. I want to get the text out of ID and into something that others with basic office software can edit. Is there any way to export this text into RTF - or even raw text? I can live with it being in an odd order, or a table or anything really! At present, the only thing I can think of is to cut and paste the text from every box.and it's a big document. TIA. Gary ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs?
First, if I were you, I'd resist this. I think it's unnecessary and could become a potential maintenance nightmare. The SME seems to be under the impression that if a reader, probably another coder, will forget what a basic programming object is in less than 90 seconds... If the SME forgets, there may be a reason to do it, but if he or she can hold on to the concept for an hour or so, your readers probably can. If I had to do this, I'd probably use a glossary entry for these because they are, in fact, definitions and glossary entries are lighter weight. With all that said, if you must do this, you _should_ be able to define one of the cross-refs and embed it with its text string hotspot. Then copy the word, including the cross-ref marker (you have text objects turned on, right?) and do a search-and-replace for the text string, pasting from the clipboard. Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi all, > > RE: FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs? > > I just a received some whole new sections for updating an FM book. The book > is a large reference guide for an API. Every other word in the new material > is in fact the name of some software object (function, structure, or type) > that's defined somewhere else as its own section. The new material talks > about those already defined software objects and how to use them. So the > SME > wants every mentioning of those already defined software objects to be > converted to a cross-reference. (Anyone who has documented APIs knows what > I > am talking about.) Is there some sort of tool that allows you to > type+select > the name of the section (function) or even just its legal number and then > click, and hey presto, the cross-reference appears? > > Once, during a slow period, I programmed exactly that tool for Word using > VBA. Took me about a week. Works great. > > TIA > > - avi > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
FM9 getting started
The user interface is likely to be the biggest thing you'll need to learn/re-learn, but nothing has gone away -- just several new tools added. So your 7 skills should transfer pretty easily. Things to be aware of: - FM adopted unicode character support in v 8, so you may have to redo some special characters. Note that full unicode support may require fonts that include unicode characters. Usually not a big deal, but something to watch. - If I were you, I'd make an archive copy of my 7 books as they are before converting any of them. I've also found that after converting them to the 9 file format, it's a good idea to save the files as MIF and then open and save those as .FM files. Cleans up any odd characters or anomalies. You can do this by the book with a free utility from Omsys.com that's included with their MIF2GO free eval. Stays on the system even if you don't buy. - Don't trust SaveAs PDF any further than you can throw it. - If you haven't already installed the Microsoft PS printer hotfix on your SP systems, do so: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 -- it applies to all PS printers, including the logical PDF. Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Lynn Durell wrote: > Hi, > > My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). > > Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or > other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? > > Thanks very much, > Lynn > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
FM9 getting started
And a P.S.: As long as your company is spending some bucks to upgrade to 9, GET THEM TO SPRING FOR A SECOND MONITOR if you don't have one already. Big productivity boost, especially with the new FM 9 UI because you can put all the damn pallets in the second window... Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Art Campbell wrote: > The user interface is likely to be the biggest thing you'll need to > learn/re-learn, but nothing has gone away -- just several new tools added. > So your 7 skills should transfer pretty easily. > > Things to be aware of: > >- FM adopted unicode character support in v 8, so you may have to redo >some special characters. Note that full unicode support may require fonts >that include unicode characters. Usually not a big deal, but something to >watch. >- If I were you, I'd make an archive copy of my 7 books as they are >before converting any of them. I've also found that after converting them > to >the 9 file format, it's a good idea to save the files as MIF and then open >and save those as .FM files. Cleans up any odd characters or anomalies. > You >can do this by the book with a free utility from Omsys.com that's included >with their MIF2GO free eval. Stays on the system even if you don't buy. >- Don't trust SaveAs PDF any further than you can throw it. >- If you haven't already installed the Microsoft PS printer hotfix on >your SP systems, do so: >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909 >-- it applies to all PS printers, including the logical PDF. > > > Art Campbell >art.campbell at gmail.com > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and > a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 > > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Lynn Durell wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP). >> >> Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or >> other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0? >> >> Thanks very much, >> Lynn >> ___ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. >> >> Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >> or visit >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> > >
FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs?
I misunderstood what you were saying -- you're asking about each unique object reference, but I read what you wrote to mean the global definitions of the type of object. And, as far as: "Another idea I use is to define one of the cross-refs and copy+paste it into an FM utility document I keep open on the side in a small window and copy+paste from there every time I need it again as and when I meet a repeat instance." Download a copy of ClipMate, Great utility and it'll let you do other stuff too. Quicker than cutting and pasting between FM docs. Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi Art. Thanks for the response. > > >> First, if I were you, I'd resist this. I think it's unnecessary and > could > become a potential maintenance nightmare. > > >> I think it's unnecessary > I think this is standard fare in programmer's and API reference guides. So > they want what they see elsewhere. > > >> could become a potential maintenance nightmare. > That is definitely a point. It never occurred to me before; maybe because > none such document that I ever worked on ever actually realized that > horrifying potential in practice. > > I think it could be more likely to be a maintenance nightmare if this API > had a reputation for its objects' names being changed every now and again, > as well as their positions in the document being changed. However, in the > year and half I have known this API document it has only ever grown---it is > now over 700 pages long---it has never *changed*. But you know what - I > could them about this. > > >> The SME seems to be under the impression that if a reader, probably > another coder, will forget what a basic programming object is in less than > 90 seconds... If the SME forgets, there may be a reason to do it, but if he > or she can hold on to the concept for an hour or so, your readers probably > can. > > As I mentioned, I think this is standard fare in programmer's and API > reference guides, and at 720 pages there is plenty to forget... > > >> If I had to do this, I'd probably use a glossary entry for these because > they are, in fact, definitions and glossary entries are lighter weight. > > I will have to check that out. Thanks. > > >> With all that said, if you must do this, you _should_ be able to define > one of the cross-refs and embed it with its text string hotspot. Then copy > the word, including the cross-ref marker (you have text objects turned on, > right?) and do a search-and-replace for the text string, pasting from the > clipboard. > > Thanks for the idea. That's useful in cases where the same text is repeated > many times. In the updates to this document, all the cross-refs are > different. (At 720 pages, there are so many link targets to choose from, > why > repeat the same ones...?! ha ha.) > > Another idea I use is to define one of the cross-refs and copy+paste it > into > an FM utility document I keep open on the side in a small window > and copy+paste from there every time I need it again as and when I meet a > repeat instance. > > Great thanks, > > - avi > > > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Art Campbell >wrote: > > > First, if I were you, I'd resist this. I think it's unnecessary and could > > become a potential maintenance nightmare. The SME seems to be under the > > impression that if a reader, probably another coder, will forget what a > > basic programming object is in less than 90 seconds... If the SME > forgets, > > there may be a reason to do it, but if he or she can hold on to the > concept > > for an hour or so, your readers probably can. > > > > If I had to do this, I'd probably use a glossary entry for these because > > they are, in fact, definitions and glossary entries are lighter weight. > > > > With all that said, if you must do this, you _should_ be able to define > one > > of the cross-refs and embed it with its text string hotspot. Then copy > the > > word, including the cross-ref marker (you have text objects turned on, > > right?) and do a search-and-replace for the text string, pasting from the > > clipboard. > > > > Art Campbell > >art.campbell at gmail.com > > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent > and > > a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson >
FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs?
The last FM 7.x projects I worked on were perennially losing cross-refs, just in day-to-day book building operations. Not to mention changes in chapters themselves. If it could be truly automated, maybe... but sitting down to a list of hundreds of unresolved cross-refs isn't a great way to start your day. Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Combs, Richard wrote: > Avraham Makeler wrote: > > > Hi Art. Thanks for the response. > > > > >> First, if I were you, I'd resist this. I think it's unnecessary and > > could > > become a potential maintenance nightmare. > > > > >> I think it's unnecessary > > I think this is standard fare in programmer's and API reference guides. > So > > they want what they see elsewhere. > > Agreed. In online programmer/API documentation, users expect references to > other classes, methods, functions, etc., to be links to them. Although I > suspect/hope "every other word" is something of an exaggeration. :-) > > > >> could become a potential maintenance nightmare. > > That is definitely a point. It never occurred to me before; maybe because > > none such document that I ever worked on ever actually realized that > > horrifying potential in practice. > > If you use FM cross-references, I don't see why it would ever become a > maintenance problem. Presumably, all these cross-references would use the > <$paratext> building block to retrieve the text of a heading pgf that > contains the name of the software object being referenced. If a function's > name changes from getAnotherFoo to getNextFoo, you change the name in the > heading, and FM updates all the xrefs to that heading automagically. > > As for automating your task, it could be done with FrameScript ( > www.framescript.com) or FrameAC ( > www.mekon.com/index.php/pages/knowledge_zone/frameac/products/technologies/manage). > Since you have VB experience, the latter makes more sense for you if you > want to "roll your own." Alternatively, you might want to get a quote from > Rick Quatro (www.frameexpert.com) for a custom FrameScript solution. > > > Richard G. Combs > Senior Technical Writer > Polycom, Inc. > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom > 303-223-5111 > -- > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom > 303-903-6372 > -- > > > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs?
Not disagreeing, Richard, but I suffered through months of this on a contract job where the files were shared among several writers. And it's recurred occasionally in other 7.x environments. Ain't saying it couldn't have been resolved, but it occurred far too often to be hapinstance. Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Combs, Richard wrote: > Art Campbell wrote: > > > The last FM 7.x projects I worked on were perennially losing cross-refs, > > just in day-to-day book building operations. > > > > Not to mention changes in chapters themselves. > > > > If it could be truly automated, maybe... but sitting down to a list of > > hundreds of unresolved cross-refs isn't a great way to start your day. > > Barring operator error, FM xrefs are pretty nearly bullet-proof. > > I'm not sure what you mean by "day-to-day book building operations," but > there are basically only two ways that an FM xref becomes unresolved: > > 1) FM can't open the destination file (because it's been moved, deleted, > renamed, or can't be opened silently due to missing fonts, etc.) to find the > marker that the xref points to. > > 2) FM can't find the marker itself (because it's been deleted, the marker > text that identifies it was changed, or it's tagged with a condition that's > currently hidden). > > If one of these things was happening routinely to hundreds of xrefs, there > was something seriously wrong with the process/workflow being used, probably > because the person who created it didn't understand how FM xrefs work. > > > Richard G. Combs > Senior Technical Writer > Polycom, Inc. > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom > 303-223-5111 > -- > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom > 303-903-6372 > -- > > > > > > >
Exporting text from ID for use in MS Word?
It's been a while since I used ID, but I believe the InCopy add-in can handle this kind of export -- worst case, it'd arrange it better. If that doesn't work, I'd try going ID > PDF > RTF (via Acrobat). Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Gary wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm an occasional users of ID and I've inherited a file with many different > unlinked text boxes (2 or 3) on each page. I want to get the text out of ID > and into something that others with basic office software can edit. > > Is there any way to export this text into RTF - or even raw text? I can > live > with it being in an odd order, or a table or anything really! At present, > the only thing I can think of is to cut and paste the text from every > box.and it's a big document. > > TIA. > > Gary > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Adobe Flash, PDF vulnerability
Do you download a lot of suspicious files or visit potentially contaminated web sites? If so, you may want to RENAME .dll. But unless you think you're particularly at risk I wouldn't break things. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Mary Sheahan mhs...@yahoo.com wrote: On Friday Adobe issued a security advisory for a critical vulnerability in Acrobat (URLs below for details). The recommended pre-patch fix is to delete authplay.dll which ships with Acrobat Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows. I have at one time or another had both installed so I did a search across my hard drive -- and learned that this file is also in my FrameMaker 9 program folder. Does anyone know if I should delete it from there as well? Or will it cause FM9 problems if it's not there? Thanks, Mary http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/adobe-warns-of-flash-pdf-zero-day-attacks/6606?tag=nl.e539 Adobe warns of Flash, PDF zero-day attacks ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: Adobe Flash, PDF vulnerability
As a follow up, Adobe says the vulnerability is in Flash Player and Reader. No mention of FM. Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.comwrote: Do you download a lot of suspicious files or visit potentially contaminated web sites? If so, you may want to RENAME .dll. But unless you think you're particularly at risk I wouldn't break things. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Mary Sheahan mhs...@yahoo.com wrote: On Friday Adobe issued a security advisory for a critical vulnerability in Acrobat (URLs below for details). The recommended pre-patch fix is to delete authplay.dll which ships with Acrobat Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows. I have at one time or another had both installed so I did a search across my hard drive -- and learned that this file is also in my FrameMaker 9 program folder. Does anyone know if I should delete it from there as well? Or will it cause FM9 problems if it's not there? Thanks, Mary http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/adobe-warns-of-flash-pdf-zero-day-attacks/6606?tag=nl.e539 Adobe warns of Flash, PDF zero-day attacks ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Adobe Flash, PDF vulnerability
Do you download a lot of suspicious files or visit potentially contaminated web sites? If so, you may want to RENAME .dll. But unless you think you're particularly at risk I wouldn't break things. Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Mary Sheahan wrote: > On Friday Adobe issued a security advisory for a critical vulnerability in > Acrobat (URLs below for details). > > The recommended pre-patch fix is to delete authplay.dll which ships with > Acrobat Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows. I have at one time or another > had both installed so I did a search across my hard drive -- and learned > that this file is also in my FrameMaker 9 program folder. > > Does anyone know if I should delete it from there as well? Or will it > cause FM9 problems if it's not there? > > Thanks, > Mary > > > > http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html > > > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/adobe-warns-of-flash-pdf-zero-day-attacks/6606?tag=nl.e539 > > Adobe warns of Flash, PDF zero-day attacks > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
