link to HTML doc from PDF

2007-06-27 Thread Carol Wade
Is it possible to add a link to an HTML document from a FrameMaker document? My employer wants me to provide a link to the readme file from the generated PDF. (I'm on FrameMaker 7.2 and have Acrobat 8.) Thanks y'all! - Carol NOTICE BY HEALTH LANGUAGE, INC. This message, as well as

RE: link to HTML doc from PDF

2007-06-27 Thread Carol Wade
, that page was not found. Did I miss something? -Original Message- From: Mike Feimster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:03 AM To: Carol Wade; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: link to HTML doc from PDF Yes. Insert a hypertext marker with the Command Go to URL where you

FW: link to HTML doc from PDF

2007-07-19 Thread Carol Wade
: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:23 PM To: Carol Wade Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: link to HTML doc from PDF Hmmm ... What was the exact entry in the message URL readme.html in the Syntax box? Did you use/try a relative path (i.e., message URL ./readme4.5.html) to make sure that it looked

RE: deleting backup files

2007-07-24 Thread Carol Wade
Interesting, Fred, that your bacon has never been saved by a .backup. I tend to work quickly - perhaps a bit too hastily at times. When I realize that I have made a stoopid global change or have edited the meaning out of some text, I am glad to have the .backup. Its good to know that we are

RE: deleting backup files

2007-07-25 Thread Carol Wade
Wow. Thanks for the clarification. ...going to the back of the class now... -Original Message- From: Fred Ridder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:26 PM To: Carol Wade; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: deleting backup files You don't need the .backup

document numbering in a book

2007-08-27 Thread Carol Wade
I have a book that contains two types of documents - one type to start a new topic, (I call them new topic docs) and other that contains information about that topic (I call them detail documents). All documents that discuss a given topic have the same volume number (and this is working). However,

RE: document numbering in a book

2007-08-27 Thread Carol Wade
] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 1:28 PM To: Carol Wade Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: document numbering in a book From your description, Carol, no, it isn't as designed... or at least may not be. As designed means that you set the numbering of the component files in the Book, and from

Word to Frame Conversions - again

2007-10-26 Thread Carol Wade
I have reviewed the posts in the archives and am studying Tim Murray's paper, Converting Between Word and Frame. It is really nice to have this detailed info, but just reading it makes me tired. I'm looking for a more automated approach, as my client needs to have quite a few files

Formatting XML and other computer code

2007-11-14 Thread Carol Wade
I'm wondering how other FrameMaker users handle formatting XML and other computer code samples in text. I have tried a couple of approaches and am not satisfied with either. One approach I've taken is to create a paragraph tag that contains regularly spaced tabs. This requires that I

RE: Formatting XML and other computer code

2007-11-15 Thread Carol Wade
. If it has too many tabs, you can do a find-and-replace to clean them out or convert to multiple spaces. Then convert it to a single column table, one line per cell. The para tag for each cell is a 6 or 7 point monospace font, such as Courier. Art On Nov 14, 2007 4:24 PM, Carol Wade [EMAIL

Designing a PDF hierarchy of documents

2006-10-06 Thread Carol Wade
Our client services department wants me to design a hierarchy of PDFs to replace our five user guides. They claim that the size of the guides (100-250 pg. each) are intimidating, and users have trouble finding what they want. (Hint: The product is REALLY complex and can be daunting.) What

RE: Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer does not make links

2006-10-12 Thread Carol Wade
Are the links not working in Frame, the PDF, or both? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] om] On Behalf Of Roopa Belur Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:39 AM To: Framers Subject: Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer does not make links Folks, running into a PDF

FW: Master Pages - landscape and portrait pages

2006-10-12 Thread Carol Wade
I have a book that has a rotated landscape master page and uses system variables that are on other pages, but headers footers are not rotated. I have rotated only the main text flow frame by selecting it on the master page and then selecting Graphics Rotate (Rotate by 90 deg clockwise). Carol

FW: Printing Chapters to Separate files; Was: Links not working in Adobe

2006-11-27 Thread Carol Wade
: Art Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 11/22/2006 6:39 AM To: Carol Wade Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Printing Chapters to Separate files; Was: Links not working in Adobe Carol, I haven't played with this, but in pre-7 versions, the file name field could contain

FW: link to HTML doc from PDF

2007-07-19 Thread Carol Wade
] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:23 PM To: Carol Wade Cc: framers at frameusers.com Subject: Re: link to HTML doc from PDF Hmmm ... What was the exact entry in the "message URL readme.html" in the Syntax box? Did you use/try a relative path (i.e., "message URL ./readme4.5.html

deleting backup files

2007-07-24 Thread Carol Wade
Interesting, Fred, that your bacon has never been saved by a .backup. I tend to work quickly - perhaps a bit too hastily at times. When I realize that I have made a stoopid global change or have edited the meaning out of some text, I am glad to have the .backup. Its good to know that we are

deleting backup files

2007-07-24 Thread Carol Wade
Wow. Thanks for the clarification. ...going to the back of the class now... -Original Message- From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:26 PM To: Carol Wade; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: deleting backup files You don't need

link to HTML doc from PDF

2007-06-26 Thread Carol Wade
Is it possible to add a link to an HTML document from a FrameMaker document? My employer wants me to provide a link to the readme file from the generated PDF. (I'm on FrameMaker 7.2 and have Acrobat 8.) Thanks y'all! - Carol NOTICE BY HEALTH LANGUAGE, INC. This message, as well as any

link to HTML doc from PDF

2007-06-27 Thread Carol Wade
usly, that page was not found. Did I miss something? -Original Message- From: Mike Feimster [mailto:mike.feims...@acstechnologies.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:03 AM To: Carol Wade; framers at frameusers.com Subject: RE: link to HTML doc from PDF Yes. Insert a hypertext ma

Formatting XML and other computer code

2007-11-14 Thread Carol Wade
I'm wondering how other FrameMaker users handle formatting XML and other computer code samples in text. I have tried a couple of approaches and am not satisfied with either. One approach I've taken is to create a paragraph tag that contains regularly spaced tabs. This requires that I

Formatting XML and other computer code

2007-11-15 Thread Carol Wade
font, such as Courier.> > Art> > On Nov 14, 2007 4:24 PM, Carol Wade wrote:> >> > I'm wondering how other FrameMaker users handle formatting XML and other computer code samples in text. I have tried a couple of approaches and am not satisfied with either.> >> >

Word to Frame Conversions - again

2007-10-26 Thread Carol Wade
I have reviewed the posts in the archives and am studying Tim Murray's paper, "Converting Between Word and Frame." It is really nice to have this detailed info, but just reading it makes me tired. I'm looking for a more automated approach, as my client needs to have quite a few files

replacing paragraph styles in a book

2006-11-10 Thread Carol Wade
Carmen Publishing's Find/Change special plugin, which works on the document or book level, is a great tool for this: http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/index.htm I'm sending this to you directly, and only copying FrameUsers, because I've been having trouble getting through to the list. Maybe

Designing a PDF hierarchy of documents

2006-10-06 Thread Carol Wade
Our client services department wants me to design a hierarchy of PDFs to replace our five user guides. They claim that the size of the guides (100-250 pg. each) are intimidating, and users have trouble finding what they want. (Hint: The product is REALLY complex and can be daunting.) What they

Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer does not make links

2006-10-12 Thread Carol Wade
Are the links not working in Frame, the PDF, or both? -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+carol.wade=healthlanguage@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+carol.wade=healthlanguage.com at lists.frameusers.c om] On Behalf Of Roopa Belur Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:39

FW: Master Pages - landscape and portrait pages

2006-10-12 Thread Carol Wade
ockwise). Carol Wade Health Language, Inc. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+carol.wade=healthlanguage@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+carol.wade=healthlanguage.com at lists.frameusers.c om] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:45 PM To: Texan Scr

FW: Word to FrameMaker

2006-10-13 Thread Carol Wade
I have been investigating this topic recently and not for the first time. I searched the archives of this list, and found some (intimidating to me) advice from some very experienced Frame users on this list (If I tried to name them, I'd get it wrong). Some of this advice invoved writing Word

Links not working in Adobe

2006-10-31 Thread Carol Wade
I have created separate FrameMaker documents that cross-reference each other. At a point, the links were working in the generated PDFs (Named Destinations and Generate Actobat Data are selected). Now, none of them work. (I have now added crossreferences to the master pages, but don't think this

Links not working in Adobe

2006-10-31 Thread Carol Wade
I should clarify that the crossreferences referred to in my earlier email have nothing to do with index entries. Thanks, Carol From: Carol Wade Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:26 AM To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com.' Subject: Links not working

Printing Chapters to Separate files; Was: Links not working in Adobe

2006-10-31 Thread Carol Wade
e separate PDFs, the links all reference the filename entered in the box "Print to File." Obviously then the links are then broken. Can anyone explain to me what I am misunderstanding or tell me how to make this work? ____ From: Carol Wade Sent: Tuesday,

document numbering in a book

2007-08-27 Thread Carol Wade
I have a book that contains two types of documents - one type to start a new topic, (I call them "new topic" docs) and other that contains information about that topic (I call them "detail documents"). All documents that discuss a given topic have the same volume number (and this is working).

document numbering in a book

2007-08-27 Thread Carol Wade
ilto:art.campb...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 1:28 PM To: Carol Wade Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: document numbering in a book