Hi all,
First, let me apologize if I am just being ignorant on my first request:
I would have searched the archives for this list, but I couldn't figure
out how to find them, or even *if* such archives exist. And I don't seem
to have any subscription info that would point me in that direction.
80+ conditional tags?!?!? WOW
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Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:48 PM
To: Bill Swallow
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FrameMaker.next
As previously stated, these are just
Hi Elisa,
I think I can help with the first question. It's been awhile since I did
this, but I *think* I remember how to do it.
What you need to do first is create a new marker type in Framemaker
called Filename. (This is the part I'm not 100% sure about, but the
WebWorks documentation, I
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On 5/22/07, Charles Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Elisa,
I think I can help with the first question. It's been awhile since I
did this, but I *think* I remember how to do it.
What you need to do first is create a new marker type in Framemaker
called
*I* wonder if any of the technical material we write today will be
remember 2 *decades* from now...
;o)
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
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Hi Richard,
The only two reasonable ways I know to accomplish this are with the use of
third-party tools:
* Mif2Go by Omni Systems (http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm) - Less
expensive but more challenging to master.
* WebWorks ePublisher by Quadralay (http://www.quadralay.com/) -
Hi Brad,
OK, in answer to your first question: Before you go to print it, you
must change the Show/Hide settings. From the Conditional Text dialog
box, click Show/Hide (in the lower right corner). In the Show/Hide
Conditional Text dialog box that opens, select only the conditional text
you want
Hi Doug,
The easiest way to do this is to move the overlapping markers so that
there is space between them. Cut and paste one marker at a time to a
different location, even if it is only one letter away from the other
existing markers. To do this, you must be displaying text symbols (View
menu
You can also use the Copernic Desktop Search tool, which is free. This
thing is incredible! I use it all the time for many, many different
types of searches, including content in Frame files. You can customize
what types of files are indexed/searched, and it is incredibly fast. For
most file types
Hi Jon,
Yes. Quadralay makes (made) a utility called WebWorks Publisher Import
Utility that allows you to import from HTML files into Frame (or Word)
files. Works very nicely and it *does* do batch imports. You can select
any number of HTML files to import into a single Frame file. Well, maybe
Hi Pat,
The tool you are looking for is called Mif2Go, and you can find it at
http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm.
The company is very much still in business, and its owner (?) Jeremy
Griffiths is very active on this list. It is much more reasonably priced
than WebWorks but a bit more challenging
Hi Carol,
I do it the way you do it. If there is a better way, I'd also like to know
about it, because I sure can't seem to come up with one.
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This actually came up just a few days ago, from another list member.
There *is* such a utility, but I don't know (and can't seem to find out)
whether it is still available. Quadralay used to provide a utility
called the WebWorks Publisher Import Utility, which I have used for a
couple years now,
Hey everyone,
I just now got a reply from someone at Quadralay. Unfortunately, all she
said was that the WebWorks Publisher Import Utility didn't survive in
our development goals for ePublisher and acknowledged that that was a
very short and probably not very satisfactory answer.
I replied
I question whether this list is the source of these spams, though. I am
not getting anything at all like this.
FWIW,
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
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Esteemed Framers,
I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now,
and I can find nothing in the Frame documentation: Is there any way to
import a single or a selected subset of variable values from one
document to another? I tend to think there is not, that it is
To: Charles Beck; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Importing single variable values?
Hi Charles
If all your system variables have the same value in all files in the
book, you can make an import-from FM file and delete the variables you
don't want, then import variable definitions from that file
Hi Pete,
I would strongly concur and reiterate what others have said about NOT
using JPG for screen captures. It is considered a lossy format and
introduces all kinds of artifacts into the image.
GIF is a good choice if you have a limited color palette, that is, fewer
than 256 colors. It
Hi Deirdre, from beautiful sunny-but-frosty-and-snowy-cold Ohio (where
we're never quite sure who to blame--er, THANK for sharing their weather
with us),
I'm not quite I understand why or how you want to use the cross
references, but I think maybe you're headed up the wrong alley. If I
understand
Hi Doug,
This might be in the category of Oops, silly me, what was I thinkin'?
BUT--
Is it safe to assume that, in the Print dialog box, you have selected
the Generate Acrobat Data option? If not, no links are generated.
HTH,
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
OK, I'll bite: What's an automatic bleeding thumb tab? This is a new one
for me!!
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valerie Lipow
Sent: Friday, April
Esteemed Framers,
I have a problem I am hoping someone can help me solve. I have searched
the Frame documentation to no avail. I do not have time to search
through all the archives for this list; so please forgive if the info is
there (which I rather doubt).
I have a set of templates that I
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From: Michael Müller-Hillebrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 12:47
To: Charles Beck; framers List
Subject: Re: Commas in paragraph tags
Have you tried putting a backslash in front of the comma to 'escape'
the special function fo the entry separator?
- Michael
FWIW, this isn't just a 7.2 problem. I've been experiencing the same
thing since 5.something. Annoying, yes, but I just do the same thing as
Rebecca. If anybody knows a way to stop this behavior on Frame's part
permanently, I would be grateful.
Chuck Beck
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Subject: Re:
I dunno. I'll give it a try and let you know. Thanks.
Chuck
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From: Art Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:17 AM
To: Charles Beck
Cc: rebecca officer; FrameUsers. Com; Mary Holder
Subject: Re: FM 7.2, Tables, and Find
Is there any
Joe Malin wrote:
Hijack: I have a book that excludes some chapters if it goes out
to customers (external version). The drawback to this is that I have to
re-set some chapter numbering settings when I re-generate the internal
version. Does anyone have a better way?
Joe
Hi A.J. (et al.),
We have not *used* Flare, but we *have* recently been engaged in an
indepth exercise to analyze and evaluate a wide variety of help
authoring tools. We found Flare to be deficient in a number of areas
(which I will spell out briefly).
But in summary (for those of you ready to
Gillian,
This is the only way I've found that works as well. I just wanted to add
that, if you do have a number of tables to process, I can very highly
recommend Rick's TableCleaner plug-in. WELL worth the money in the time
you will save!
(Rick, you can send my endorsement fee to my home
Fellow Framers,
I am trying to create a new character format, called Subscript. This
format should only make the selected text appear in a subscript, same
(relative) size, font, weight, color, etc. with respect to the default
paragraph font. However, Frame (7.0) does not allow me to use the As
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Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:43 PM
To: Charles Beck
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Character formatting problem
Hi, Charles:
Charles Beck wrote:
Fellow Framers,
I am trying to create a new character format, called Subscript. This
format should only make
Hi all,
I am putting out this question on behalf of a colleague here, but it is
something I have also long wondered about. Amazing how we end up just
accepting the status quo all too often... But I digress.
OK, so, you know how you can do a Ctrl+Alt click on a link or
cross-reference in Frame
when the
destination is in the same file. If you want to return to a location in
a different file use CtrlTab to cycle through the open files.
Ian
Charles Beck wrote:
OK, so, you know how you can do a Ctrl+Alt click on a link or
cross-reference in Frame to go to the linked topic? Well
Hi Karen,
At the end of the URL, add the following code snippet: target=_blank
Take special note of the double qoutes and their placement. It makes a
difference.
HTH,
Chuck
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Sent:
Visio? I can't remember, because it's been awhile since I used it, but I
seem to remember that it worked very well...
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Subject: good flowchart software to use with Frame
Hi, all,
I need to make up some flowcharts to import into frame. I used
SmartDraw, but when I
Hi Ron,
I think maybe we'd need a bit more info. But the short answer is yes,
you can do this.
Now, for the basic how:
1. Format the text for the link using an appropriate character
format. (We use a Hypertext character format that displays the link
text as underlined blue.)
2. Place
Not very. The dictionaries I have consulted (Webster's, American
Heritage, and MS Encarta) all show appendixes as the preferred
spelling, with appendices as an acceptable alternate spelling. The
same applies to indexes and indices. There is no differentiation
offered in meaning between the two
Richard,
Try leaving out the double quotation marks (). You don't need them in
this type of marker.
Also, to be on the safe side, I would replace the spaces in the intended
subject line with: %20 This is because some email clients still have
trouble with programmed spaces.
HTH,
Chuck
Very nice solution, Dan! A bit of work to set up, but sounds like the
results would be very impressive.
Just out of curiosity, do you know if doing this with tables would be a
viable option?
Chuck
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Hi JG,
I do not have a totally definitive answer for your questions (I think),
and I wonder if anyone else does either, which may be why you have not
heard anything.
The short answer is that I do not think it is possible to do the things
you want to do in Frame. Certainly not easily, in any
Hi Kevin,
Seems to me you have two options, given the parameters you have
described. Both of the following options assume that you are working on
the final version of the index, touching it up prior to final
publication:
* If you want the majority of your Index Level 2 paragraphs to remain
with
Hi Tammy,
OK, here's my working definitions for all these plus a few other related
ones (not necessarily those of my employer, but in common use in my
experience):
* Screen - The display portion of a monitor or other visual
display device (such as a PDA). I think this agrees with the MS
FWIW, what you say should work for Acrobat does work for me now. I have
been using this approach for a number of years without any apparent
problem. I keep hearing that others have problems, but I have no idea
specifically what they are--and in any case, I apparently do not.
Is it possible that
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From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 3:19 PM
To: Charles Beck; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Acrobatlateral thinking : Implement simultaneous
multiplereleases [was RE: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0]
Your insinuation that I
Hi Mathieu,
I don't know how you have your images folder set up, but if you have it
set up as a subfolder to your book, I would think it would then be easy
to just copy the images folder to each target folder. Then you can
replace the images that involve translations, keeping the same filename
Hi Roger,
We, too, are using a similar setup. As Mark points out, only one writer
can have a file checked out at a time. However, we (sort of) get around
this limitation by using VSS to keep a local copy of files on our own
machines. That way, we can set up our import references with the
You can also use the following key combination, which I find a little
easier: ALT+s c
HTH,
Chuck
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Subject: Re: Cross reference keyboard shortcut
Tap and release these keys in sequence: Esc s c (lowercase matters), for
Special Cross Reference. Navigate the dialog
Hi Jennifer,
Try Flywheel. Best thing I've found. In fact, it's the only thing I've
found that will work on my system (Windows XP, SP2). Fantastic little
piece of freeware!
You can find it at:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23737-order,1-page,1-c,alldown
for the exact instructions.
HTH,
Chuck
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From: Diane Gaskill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:13 AM
To: Charles Beck; Jennifer Randel; Framers@lists.frameusers.com
Cc: Framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: New mouse issue (again)
Just what I
]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:34 AM
To: 'Diane Gaskill'; Charles Beck; 'Jennifer Randel';
Framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: New mouse issue (again)
Try freewheel:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2060/freewheel.html
Paul
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I second this endorsement, although I offer one caveat: Some Microsoft
products do not play nice with this tool. For example, if you have
HovText on, and you try to copy the contents of a cell in Excel, it does
not copy and the cell does not even stay selected. Quite threw me the
first few times I
Sorry to be so delinquent in responding to this; I have my excuses.
Some of us actually LIKE the left-brain right-brain gear shifting and are quite
efficient at it. Mind you, I am a great proponent of structured authoring in
theory and a miserable practitioner. Maybe it is because I am blessed
That makes sense. Thanks.
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From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Reasons to Structure
The point is that you tag a UI element as a UI element because it is a UI
element. You make it bold (or whatever) at a later point in the process based
on how
I've heard about this and can't help but wonder why MS can't develop and
issue a patch that would fix the calendar/date functionality in Windows.
Anyone care to offer a non-cynical speculation? (I'm cynical enough to
handle that requirement by myself...)
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor |
Hi Mathieu,
Actually, despite what one other list member said, JPEG does support
transparency if you set it. However, I would not use JPG format in any
case. It supports a high number of colors, but it is considered a
lossy format, meaning it does not render solid-colored spaces
accurately;
FWIW, I would still recommend using a third-party format-stripper, such as
HovText (which is a free utility) when copying and pasting from Word into
Frame, especially.
The reason? The Paste as Text option in Frame does not necessarily strip out
all hidden Word formatting relics, so you can
FlyWheel. Freeware, though you have to mock *register* it. Make sure you
read the directions on the website. This is the only thing I've found
that works for me. It also does a lot of other very nifty things.
URL:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23737-order,1-page,1-c,alldown
FWIW, I was never able to get that to work. FlyWheel is the only thing
that has enabled me to use a scroll wheel with FM.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mike Wickham
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 12:32 PM
To: John Pilla; Frame Users
Hi Richard,
The only two reasonable ways I know to accomplish this are with the use of
third-party tools:
* Mif2Go by Omni Systems (http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm) - Less
expensive but more challenging to master.
* WebWorks ePublisher by Quadralay (http://www.quadralay.com/) -
Wow! All this good fun, and it's not even Friday! (Sorta like "Christmas
in July", it's "Friday on Tuesday"...?)
Chuck
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From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf
Like the Subject line says...
-Original Message-
From: peter at galley.ie [mailto:pe...@galley.ie]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:45 PM
To: Charles Beck; rentagoodbook at gmail.com; richard.combs at polycom.com
Cc: framers at frameusers.com; peter at galley.ie
Subject: RE: Proofread
*I* wonder if any of the technical material we write today will be
remember 2 *decades* from now...
;o)
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
Charles.Beck at infor.com
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From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com
FWIW, I would still recommend using a third-party format-stripper, such as
HovText (which is a free utility) when copying and pasting from Word into
Frame, especially.
The reason? The "Paste as Text" option in Frame does not necessarily strip out
all hidden Word formatting relics, so you can
FlyWheel. Freeware, though you have to mock *register* it. Make sure you
read the directions on the website. This is the only thing I've found
that works for me. It also does a lot of other very nifty things.
URL:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23737-order,1-page,1-c,alldown
FWIW, I was never able to get that to work. FlyWheel is the only thing
that has enabled me to use a scroll wheel with FM.
-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf
Just out of curiosity, what *does* Adobe call a watermark?
-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Eason, David
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:09 PM
To:
80+ conditional tags?!?!? WOW
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From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Martinek, Carla
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:48 PM
To: Bill Swallow
Cc: framers
Hi Elisa,
I think I can help with the first question. It's been awhile since I did
this, but I *think* I remember how to do it.
What you need to do first is create a new marker type in Framemaker
called "Filename". (This is the part I'm not 100% sure about, but the
WebWorks documentation, I
we use a different marker name where I work). Check in the Style
> Designer.
>
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> David Schor
> Senior Technical Writer
> RADLAN, a Marvell Company
> Tel: (+972) 3 7662823
> Cellular: (+972) 54 4788253
> E-mail: dschor at marvell.com
> Web: www.marvell.com
>
>
Hi Doug,
The easiest way to do this is to move the overlapping markers so that
there is space between them. Cut and paste one marker at a time to a
different location, even if it is only one letter away from the other
existing markers. To do this, you must be displaying text symbols (View
menu >
You can also use the Copernic Desktop Search tool, which is free. This
thing is incredible! I use it all the time for many, many different
types of searches, including content in Frame files. You can customize
what types of files are indexed/searched, and it is incredibly fast. For
most file types
Hi Jon,
Yes. Quadralay makes (made) a utility called WebWorks Publisher Import
Utility that allows you to import from HTML files into Frame (or Word)
files. Works very nicely and it *does* do batch imports. You can select
any number of HTML files to import into a single Frame file. Well, maybe
Hi Pat,
The tool you are looking for is called Mif2Go, and you can find it at
http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm.
The company is very much still in business, and its owner (?) Jeremy
Griffiths is very active on this list. It is much more reasonably priced
than WebWorks but a bit more challenging
Hi Carol,
I do it the way you do it. If there is a better way, I'd also like to know
about it, because I sure can't seem to come up with one.
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | Charles.Beck at infor.com
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From: framers-bounces at
This actually came up just a few days ago, from another list member.
There *is* such a utility, but I don't know (and can't seem to find out)
whether it is still available. Quadralay used to provide a utility
called the "WebWorks Publisher Import Utility", which I have used for a
couple years now,
Hey everyone,
I just now got a reply from someone at Quadralay. Unfortunately, all she
said was that the WebWorks Publisher Import Utility "didn't survive in
our development goals for ePublisher" and acknowledged that that was a
very short and probably not very satisfactory answer.
I replied
I question whether this list is the source of these spams, though. I am
not getting anything at all like this.
FWIW,
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
Charles.Beck at infor.com
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
Hi Brad,
OK, in answer to your first question: Before you go to print it, you
must change the Show/Hide settings. From the Conditional Text dialog
box, click Show/Hide (in the lower right corner). In the Show/Hide
Conditional Text dialog box that opens, select only the conditional text
you want
OK, I'll bite: What's an automatic bleeding thumb tab? This is a new one
for me!!
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
Charles.Beck at infor.com
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]
Hi Gillian,
Paint Shop Pro (through version 7 at least) can also do this.
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
Charles.Beck at infor.com
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On
Hi Pete,
I would strongly concur and reiterate what others have said about NOT
using JPG for screen captures. It is considered a "lossy" format and
introduces all kinds of artifacts into the image.
GIF is a good choice if you have a limited color palette, that is, fewer
than 256 colors. It
What things is your boss looking for? I would start by asking your boss.
Otherwise, you're just taking a poke in the dark.
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
Charles.Beck at infor.com
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
Hi Deirdre, from beautiful sunny-but-frosty-and-snowy-cold Ohio (where
we're never quite sure who to blame--er, THANK for sharing their weather
with us),
I'm not quite I understand why or how you want to use the cross
references, but I think maybe you're headed up the wrong alley. If I
understand
Hi Doug,
This might be in the category of Oops, silly me, what was I thinkin'?
BUT--
Is it safe to assume that, in the Print dialog box, you have selected
the Generate Acrobat Data option? If not, no links are generated.
HTH,
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
Esteemed Framers,
I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now,
and I can find nothing in the Frame documentation: Is there any way to
import a single or a selected subset of variable values from one
document to another? I tend to think there is not, that it is
, 2008 22:22
To: Charles Beck; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Importing single variable values?
Hi Charles
If all your system variables have the same value in all files in the
book, you can make an import-from FM file and delete the variables you
don't want, then import variable
I don't know about a list, but they are easily obtainable by opening the
Character Map utility that comes with all versions of Windows. After
awhile, you just tend to remember the ones you use often.
Chuck Beck
Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
Charles.Beck at infor.com
Esteemed Framers,
I have a problem I am hoping someone can help me solve. I have searched
the Frame documentation to no avail. I do not have time to search
through all the archives for this list; so please forgive if the info is
there (which I rather doubt).
I have a set of templates that I
-
From: Michael M?ller-Hillebrand [mailto:m...@cap-studio.de]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 12:47
To: Charles Beck; framers List
Subject: Re: Commas in paragraph tags
Have you tried putting a backslash in front of the comma to 'escape'
the special function fo the entry separator?
- Michael
FWIW, this isn't just a 7.2 problem. I've been experiencing the same
thing since 5.something. Annoying, yes, but I just do the same thing as
Rebecca. If anybody knows a way to stop this behavior on Frame's part
permanently, I would be grateful.
Chuck Beck
-Original Message-
Subject: Re:
I dunno. I'll give it a try and let you know. Thanks.
Chuck
-Original Message-
From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:17 AM
To: Charles Beck
Cc: rebecca officer; FrameUsers. Com; Mary Holder
Subject: Re: FM 7.2, Tables, and Find
Hi Shmuel,
This is actually very easy and is one of the primary strengths of
FrameMaker.
Once you have the chapter files created, it is as easy as adding them to
whatever books you want to include them in. For example, you might have
Chapters 1 through 5 created. In one book you want to use the
I've done it both ways, but much more commonly with variables. I think
that is also easier.
Chuck
-Original Message-
Subject: One more question about sharing FM files
In the footer, is it better to use a variable for the book name or
hidden conditional text.
Conditional text seems
Joe Malin wrote:
Hijack: I have a book that excludes some chapters if it goes out
to customers (external version). The drawback to this is that I have to
re-set some chapter numbering settings when I re-generate the internal
version. Does anyone have a better way?
Joe
Are you
Hi A.J. (et al.),
We have not *used* Flare, but we *have* recently been engaged in an
indepth exercise to analyze and evaluate a wide variety of help
authoring tools. We found Flare to be deficient in a number of areas
(which I will spell out briefly).
But in summary (for those of you ready to
Gillian,
This is the only way I've found that works as well. I just wanted to add
that, if you do have a number of tables to process, I can very highly
recommend Rick's TableCleaner plug-in. WELL worth the money in the time
you will save!
(Rick, you can send my endorsement fee to my home
Fellow Framers,
I am trying to create a new character format, called Subscript. This
format should only make the selected text appear in a subscript, same
(relative) size, font, weight, color, etc. with respect to the default
paragraph font. However, Frame (7.0) does not allow me to use the "As
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Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:43 PM
To: Charles Beck
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Character formatting problem
Hi, Charles:
Charles Beck wrote:
> Fellow Framers,
>
> I am trying to create a new character format, called Subscript. This
> format shou
Hi all,
I am putting out this question on behalf of a colleague here, but it is
something I have also long wondered about. Amazing how we end up just
accepting the status quo all too often... But I digress.
OK, so, you know how you can do a Ctrl+Alt click on a link or
cross-reference in Frame to
Hi Roger,
We, too, are using a similar setup. As Mark points out, only one writer
can have a file checked out at a time. However, we (sort of) get around
this limitation by using VSS to keep a local copy of files on our own
machines. That way, we can set up our import references with the
You can also use the following key combination, which I find a little
easier: ALT+s c
HTH,
Chuck
-Original Message-
Subject: Re: Cross reference keyboard shortcut
Tap and release these keys in sequence: Esc s c (lowercase matters), for
Special > Cross Reference. Navigate the dialog
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