or documentation POD, the samples weren't good.
Any recent feedback from anyone?
Thanks,
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
or documentation POD, the samples weren't good.
Any recent feedback from anyone?
Thanks,
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
r newer and say FM 11, you'd have the best
chance of making it work well. And if you have Thor level permissions,
that'll increase the chances.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent an
r newer and say FM 11, you'd have the best
chance of making it work well. And if you have Thor level permissions,
that'll increase the chances.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent an
lated to FM, or FM reacting to less-than-good network conditions.
Testing with FM11 should be easy -- download the eval and have at it for 30
days...
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
lated to FM, or FM reacting to less-than-good network conditions.
Testing with FM11 should be easy -- download the eval and have at it for 30
days...
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redhead
e
the 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
e
the 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
necessary.
We tried a few manually, then opted for the script solution. Saved so much
time it didn't require thinking about.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redhea
necessary.
We tried a few manually, then opted for the script solution. Saved so much
time it didn't require thinking about.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redhea
Rick actually wrote a FS for me to do this several years ago -- works
great.
I believe the use case was that conversion to either a single HTML or Word
file was required by the customer. :- )
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in
Rick actually wrote a FS for me to do this several years ago -- works
great.
I believe the use case was that conversion to either a single HTML or Word
file was required by the customer. :- )
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this wor
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
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
2.9 Million accounts compromised. http://zd.net/19asITJ
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
2.9 Million accounts compromised. http://zd.net/19asITJ
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
Easier would be to download the full Acrobat eval and install that.
Reinstalling Frame is probably overkill and might modify your setup, which
you probably don't want to do at this point.
Remember that the new Acrobat install may need to have job options setup to
match what you had..
Art Cam
Easier would be to download the full Acrobat eval and install that.
Reinstalling Frame is probably overkill and might modify your setup, which
you probably don't want to do at this point.
Remember that the new Acrobat install may need to have job options setup to
match what you had..
Art Cam
than what you've got. Subversion
(SVN) probably with a Tortoise front end, is free and reliable. Don't let
network costs and complexity hold you back...
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vince
than what you've got. Subversion
(SVN) probably with a Tortoise front end, is free and reliable. Don't let
network costs and complexity hold you back...
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vince
t least same-day) results.
>
> As for Tim, he does great FM and other software contract tech writing and
> has been a wealth of support to me. His website is just great as well; it's
> at http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/
>
> Give him a try, you won't be sorry.
>
>
as Word, using the Acrobat printer instance? Are you
getting any error messages during PDF creation?
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redhea
t least same-day) results.
>
> As for Tim, he does great FM and other software contract tech writing and
> has been a wealth of support to me. His website is just great as well; it's
> at http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/
>
> Give him a try, you won't be sorry.
>
>
as Word, using the Acrobat printer instance? Are you
getting any error messages during PDF creation?
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redhea
I don't think you're missing anything Greg, but the lesson learned, if
anything, is that you need to look at your corrections.
I'm going to assume this guy was learning the ropes... until it happens
again. ;- )
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opin
I don't think you're missing anything Greg, but the lesson learned, if
anything, is that you need to look at your corrections.
I'm going to assume this guy was learning the ropes... until it happens
again. ;- )
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion
Wait until you drop off the one-year discount Creative Cloud and opt for a
single application -- Photoshop.
Dark licensing frontiers where no one at Adobe has apparently gone
before... ;- )
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this w
Wait until you drop off the one-year discount Creative Cloud and opt for a
single application -- Photoshop.
Dark licensing frontiers where no one at Adobe has apparently gone
before... ;- )
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this wor
He typed "^you" and hit the transfer key at the same time.
I did eventually get the link, which is well-hidden.
Second support person was efficient, polite, and got the info promptly.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in th
He typed "^you" and hit the transfer key at the same time.
I did eventually get the link, which is well-hidden.
Second support person was efficient, polite, and got the info promptly.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in th
te: You need to contact our technical team for the download, alright.
Pete: Let me transfer this chat, alright.
Pete: I am sorry, did I lose you?
You: No,
Pete: Thank yo for responding.
You: I'm waiting to be transferred -- I can't do it
Pete: *you.
You: and * you too,
Cheers,
Art
Ar
te: You need to contact our technical team for the download, alright.
Pete: Let me transfer this chat, alright.
Pete: I am sorry, did I lose you?
You: No,
Pete: Thank yo for responding.
You: I'm waiting to be transferred -- I can't do it
Pete: *you.
You: and * you too,
Cheers,
Art
Art Cam
n whatever para tags you're using
to format the text -- that also may have been changed in the updare.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent an
ash.
It's a problem that's easy to test though -- just disable it for a while.
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
n whatever para tags you're using
to format the text -- that also may have been changed in the updare.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent an
ash.
It's a problem that's easy to test though -- just disable it for a while.
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
One more thing... .are the files you're working on in the FM11 format?
And if they were converted from an earlier version, have you
MIF-washed them to ensure they're clean?
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in th
members of the group have local (workstation) admin
privileges?
Also, if the workstations are connecting via wireless or VPN, that
adds another layer of potential hiccups.
And finally, if your network is, perhaps, not a fairly modern setup
with good throughput, it may be slowing things down.
Did you set numbering properties in the new book? If you didn't, the
variable won't contain the correct info.
On Aug 9, 2013 12:45 AM, "Alastair Dent" wrote:
> I have a template (taken from a book) that has a master page with a
> chapter number style defined - it's used on the header.
>
> This
One more thing... .are the files you're working on in the FM11 format?
And if they were converted from an earlier version, have you
MIF-washed them to ensure they're clean?
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world
members of the group have local (workstation) admin
privileges?
Also, if the workstations are connecting via wireless or VPN, that
adds another layer of potential hiccups.
And finally, if your network is, perhaps, not a fairly modern setup
with good throughput, it may be slowing things down.
Did you set numbering properties in the new book? If you didn't, the
variable won't contain the correct info.
On Aug 9, 2013 12:45 AM, "Alastair Dent" wrote:
> I have a template (taken from a book) that has a master page with a
> chapter number style defined - it's used on the header.
>
> This
Have you tried a different Acrobat level? Compatibility with version 5
would be 6 generations old -- pre XP, I think.
I think you'd be safe with v 8 or 9, and it may make a difference just
because so many features have been added since v 5 that the inserted code
may be obtuse.
Art Cam
Have you tried a different Acrobat level? Compatibility with version 5
would be 6 generations old -- pre XP, I think.
I think you'd be safe with v 8 or 9, and it may make a difference just
because so many features have been added since v 5 that the inserted code
may be obtuse.
Art Cam
t fonts are embedded, the type of system the file was
built on and other info about how it was created. That should help you
track down what's actually happening.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
t fonts are embedded, the type of system the file was
built on and other info about how it was created. That should help you
track down what's actually happening.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Jeremy is correct -- MIF2GO is pretty much the easiest and least
painful way to do this.
Once everything is set up for the Eclipse project, it's automatic / one-click.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this wo
Might also want to look at this:
http://ig5authoringtools.com/ditatoo-dita-cms-is-now-tightly-integrated-with-framemaker-11/
Don't know more about it than the info on the web site, but it looks
interesting.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinio
Jeremy is correct -- MIF2GO is pretty much the easiest and least
painful way to do this.
Once everything is set up for the Eclipse project, it's automatic / one-click.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beat
Might also want to look at this:
http://ig5authoringtools.com/ditatoo-dita-cms-is-now-tightly-integrated-with-framemaker-11/
Don't know more about it than the info on the web site, but it looks
interesting.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there
y add it.
When you convert, you're doing a SaveAs from Acrobat? Have you tried
saving as text to see if you can capture the missing characters as
something useful instead of trying to capture both text and
formatting?
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my o
y add it.
When you convert, you're doing a SaveAs from Acrobat? Have you tried
saving as text to see if you can capture the missing characters as
something useful instead of trying to capture both text and
formatting?
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my o
ithin the graphic and reimport
if there's an edit and also removes a roadblock if you ever have to
translate. And of course it makes all the text searchable without
having to do any extra steps.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing
ithin the graphic and reimport
if there's an edit and also removes a roadblock if you ever have to
translate. And of course it makes all the text searchable without
having to do any extra steps.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing i
Also, make sure there aren't any .lck files in the folders.
To work around this problem, which may be residual file and folder
permissions pointing to long gone users... this utility is awesome:
recommended
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html
Art
Art Cam
Also, make sure there aren't any .lck files in the folders.
To work around this problem, which may be residual file and folder
permissions pointing to long gone users... this utility is awesome:
recommended
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html
Art
Art Cam
I think so.
The development team, and much of the marketing team for FrameMaker are
based at Adobe India.
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."
I think so.
The development team, and much of the marketing team for FrameMaker are
based at Adobe India.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redheaded girl."
x27;s
been fine.
The software is always up to date and if I need a package that I don't
have installed, it's just point and click without an additional
charge.
So far, the model's working well for me.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opi
x27;s
been fine.
The software is always up to date and if I need a package that I don't
have installed, it's just point and click without an additional
charge.
So far, the model's working well for me.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion,
Seconding all of Rick's comments, with the bonus that if I was looking for
a job or a writer who was better than average with FM, this would be a
pretty obvious place to browse or recruit. Just the fact that someone would
post on this list semi-qualifies them...
Art Cam
Seconding all of Rick's comments, with the bonus that if I was looking for
a job or a writer who was better than average with FM, this would be a
pretty obvious place to browse or recruit. Just the fact that someone would
post on this list semi-qualifies them...
Art Campbell
art.
If you haven't heard from Rick Quatro about a script, I would ping him
directly.
Related to this, I'd also branch my source control now so you have a
snapshot of the current rev that you can revert back to or merge for your
next release
Art Campbell
art.campbell at
If you haven't heard from Rick Quatro about a script, I would ping him
directly.
Related to this, I'd also branch my source control now so you have a
snapshot of the current rev that you can revert back to or merge for your
next release
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
Could you provide an update, please, Peter?
Just in passing, for long-term storage, MIF wold be a slightly safer choice
than a binary format... .but I've never had any trouble opening FM files
that are 3-4 vintage.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinio
Could you provide an update, please, Peter?
Just in passing, for long-term storage, MIF wold be a slightly safer choice
than a binary format... .but I've never had any trouble opening FM files
that are 3-4 vintage.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinio
en and manually break the tables to get the pagination correct. I
suspect it'll mean one short table segment per page, but you can fudge the
numbering if necessary.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a &#
en and manually break the tables to get the pagination correct. I
suspect it'll mean one short table segment per page, but you can fudge the
numbering if necessary.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a &#
Glad you got it fixed!
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
Glad you got it fixed!
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
name, to force a rewrite of the file.
Then import them again.
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
name, to force a rewrite of the file.
Then import them again.
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
output generation or in the files.
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
output generation or in the files.
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
recommend).
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
recommend).
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
I'd go with MIF2GO (first choice) or
Flare... Flare links to FM files nicely for single sourcing. I think it's
kind of clunky as a primary authoring tool, but as a downstream Help
generator, not many complaints.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my o
I'd go with MIF2GO (first choice) or
Flare... Flare links to FM files nicely for single sourcing. I think it's
kind of clunky as a primary authoring tool, but as a downstream Help
generator, not many complaints.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion,
another option... Output from Word to PDF, and then save
that out from Acrobat to RTF. Not saying it'll make much difference or what
the formatting will look like, but it's an option to look at.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there'
another option... Output from Word to PDF, and then save
that out from Acrobat to RTF. Not saying it'll make much difference or what
the formatting will look like, but it's an option to look at.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there'
Assuming W7: Control Panel > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Scroll down to .fm and/or .book, click Change Program, and remap the
program path from FM9 to FM 11.
Cheers,
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this w
Assuming W7: Control Panel > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Scroll down to .fm and/or .book, click Change Program, and remap the
program path from FM9 to FM 11.
Cheers,
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this w
other online
deliverables, Flare's workable, but in larger departments or for a wider
variety of media, it's more borderline.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
other online
deliverables, Flare's workable, but in larger departments or for a wider
variety of media, it's more borderline.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
11 would be the way to go.
Much more stable than 9 (and, I think, 10), and it feels faster to me.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redheaded girl."
11 would be the way to go.
Much more stable than 9 (and, I think, 10), and it feels faster to me.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redheaded girl."
The first thing you should do with any imported or copied Word content is
MIFwash it -- save the Frame file out as MIF, open that, and save as a ,FM
in order to clean all the weird Word characters out.
Try that and see if it helps.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"...
The first thing you should do with any imported or copied Word content is
MIFwash it -- save the Frame file out as MIF, open that, and save as a ,FM
in order to clean all the weird Word characters out.
Try that and see if it helps.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"...
r get it reimbursed by your employer.
Either way, it'll save you hours of manual work figure you're worth $50
an hour either to your company or at a contract rate and it pays itself
back pretty quickly.
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, the
r get it reimbursed by your employer.
Either way, it'll save you hours of manual work figure you're worth $50
an hour either to your company or at a contract rate and it pays itself
back pretty quickly.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, the
That would work... but doing it manually for 4-500 headings sounds like
kinda harsh punishment. ;- )
Let the computer do the work...
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redheaded girl."
I've used for
several years.
Does all you want, it's configurable, and should be painless to implement.
Note that it does require FrameScript, but if you're serious about FM, you
should have that in your toolbox.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In
That would work... but doing it manually for 4-500 headings sounds like
kinda harsh punishment. ;- )
Let the computer do the work...
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redheaded girl."
I've used for
several years.
Does all you want, it's configurable, and should be painless to implement.
Note that it does require FrameScript, but if you're serious about FM, you
should have that in your toolbox.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my op
p -- FM to Acrobat to FM.
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
p -- FM to Acrobat to FM.
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
You can't, or don't need to.
Just:
Edit > Preferences > Interface > Structured...
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a re
You can't, or don't need to.
Just:
Edit > Preferences > Interface > Structured...
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a re
Illustrator is a better choice as a component? Really? Ever try editing
hundreds of screen snaps for software documentation in Illustrator?
Either it's a significant mistake by the marketing team, or a significant
win by the marketing team as it greatly increases Photoshop licenses....
Illustrator is a better choice as a component? Really? Ever try editing
hundreds of screen snaps for software documentation in Illustrator?
Either it's a significant mistake by the marketing team, or a significant
win by the marketing team as it greatly increases Photoshop licenses....
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