Remote Desktop and FrameMaker

2009-09-08 Thread David Spreadbury
Michelle, I have successfully launched and worked with FrameMaker 7.2 over a Remote Desktop. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Brabson, Michelle Sent: Wednesday

RE: Remote Desktop and FrameMaker

2009-09-08 Thread David Spreadbury
Michelle, I have successfully launched and worked with FrameMaker 7.2 over a Remote Desktop. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Brabson, Michelle Sent: Wednesday

Why do British Tech Writers pontificate

2009-08-27 Thread David Spreadbury
Gillian, Maybe investing $10 for a copy and mailing it to your British writers might be in order, or just passing them this link to an online copy (http://www.bartleby.com/141/). David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: Flato, Gillian [mailto:gfl...@nanometrics.com

Why do British Tech Writers pontificate

2009-08-27 Thread David Spreadbury
Did I hear someone say "Willie Strunk?" David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Flato, Gillian Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:18 PM To: John Sgammato;

RE: Why do British Tech Writers pontificate

2009-08-27 Thread David Spreadbury
Gillian, Maybe investing $10 for a copy and mailing it to your British writers might be in order, or just passing them this link to an online copy (http://www.bartleby.com/141/). David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: Flato, Gillian [mailto:gfl...@nanometrics.com

RE: Why do British Tech Writers pontificate

2009-08-27 Thread David Spreadbury
Did I hear someone say "Willie Strunk?" David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Flato, Gillian Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:18 PM To: John Sgam

Variables established at book level?

2009-08-18 Thread David Spreadbury
Nancy, At my last full-time position we developed our documents to a telecommunications spec. In the spec there is defined a DocID (Document Identifier) file. In this file, which is not published with the book, we had place holders for all of the book-wide variables; title, doc no., doc date, et

RE: Variables established at book level?

2009-08-18 Thread David Spreadbury
Nancy, At my last full-time position we developed our documents to a telecommunications spec. In the spec there is defined a DocID (Document Identifier) file. In this file, which is not published with the book, we had place holders for all of the book-wide variables; title, doc no., doc date, et

Import by Reference Question/Bug ?

2009-08-18 Thread David Spreadbury
x27;t fix it, then I would re0install Frame8 and then, of course, all updates. -Original Message- From: Richard Melanson [mailto:rmelan...@spirecorp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:04 AM To: David Spreadbury; Combs, Richard; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Impo

Import by Reference Question/Bug ?

2009-08-18 Thread David Spreadbury
identical. -Original Message- From: Richard Melanson [mailto:rmelan...@spirecorp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:34 AM To: David Spreadbury; Combs, Richard; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Import by Reference Question/Bug ? Hi Framers, I have Frame 8 with all the updates/patches ru

Problem with list?

2009-08-18 Thread David Spreadbury
Somebody rebooted the mail server. Things are good, again!! -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:34 AM To: David Spreadbury; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Problem with list? Yay! The list is working

RE: Import by Reference Question/Bug ?

2009-08-18 Thread David Spreadbury
x27;t fix it, then I would re0install Frame8 and then, of course, all updates. -Original Message- From: Richard Melanson [mailto:rmelan...@spirecorp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:04 AM To: David Spreadbury; Combs, Richard; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Import by Refe

Problem with list?

2009-08-18 Thread David Spreadbury
>From the originating address of the responses I would venture a guess that the mail server is down. All of the responses are coming from framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com. David Spreadbury Sr, Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.

RE: Import by Reference Question/Bug ?

2009-08-18 Thread David Spreadbury
identical. -Original Message- From: Richard Melanson [mailto:rmelan...@spirecorp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:34 AM To: David Spreadbury; Combs, Richard; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Import by Reference Question/Bug ? Hi Framers, I have Frame 8 with all the updates/patches ru

RE: Problem with list?

2009-08-18 Thread David Spreadbury
Somebody rebooted the mail server. Things are good, again!! -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:34 AM To: David Spreadbury; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Problem with list? Yay! The list is working again

RE: Problem with list?

2009-08-18 Thread David Spreadbury
>From the originating address of the responses I would venture a guess that the mail server is down. All of the responses are coming from framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com. David Spreadbury Sr, Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.

Cross-ref formats

2009-08-04 Thread David Spreadbury
The Microsoft Manual of Style has this as a couple of the ways to define cross-references: Correct see "Formatting an Outline," p. 226. see Chapter 17, "Outlining and Organizing a Document." For information about using the Outlining toolbar, see "Starting an Outline," page 221. For inf

RE: Cross-ref formats

2009-08-04 Thread David Spreadbury
The Microsoft Manual of Style has this as a couple of the ways to define cross-references: Correct see "Formatting an Outline," p. 226. see Chapter 17, "Outlining and Organizing a Document." For information about using the Outlining toolbar, see "Starting an Outline," page 221. For inf

Cross-Reference Building Blocks

2009-06-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Windows XP w/SP2 FrameMaker 8.0p277 Structured   Is there a way to build a cross-reference building block that, when linking to a Figure caption that is positioned below the anchored frame that, when viewed in a PDF, the link result displays the figure and not just the caption?   I realize that t

Cross-Reference Building Blocks

2009-06-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Windows XP w/SP2 FrameMaker 8.0p277 Structured ? Is there a way to build a cross-reference building block that, when linking to a Figure caption that is positioned below the anchored frame that, when viewed in a PDF, the link result displays the figure and not just the caption? ? I realize that t

Mysterious files from FM

2009-06-01 Thread David Spreadbury
Jon, I have seen files named similar to this. They were the result of a crash, usually relating to a full system crash rather than a Frame crash. Did you have this particular document open when your system lost power, or a similar problem? Typically the original file is no longer available. I hav

RE: Mysterious files from FM

2009-06-01 Thread David Spreadbury
Jon, I have seen files named similar to this. They were the result of a crash, usually relating to a full system crash rather than a Frame crash. Did you have this particular document open when your system lost power, or a similar problem? Typically the original file is no longer available. I hav

Keyboard Shortcut Problem

2009-05-25 Thread David Spreadbury
In Frame 7.2, you can also accomplish the same thing with Alt+e,l, or with the mouse select Edit > Spelling Checker, or select the abc icon on the tool bar. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quat

Keyboard Shortcut Problem

2009-05-25 Thread David Spreadbury
Joseph, As Rick mentions below you must have a book or document open. What you want to press are: Esc Shift+F I (lower case eye) S (lower case ess) Those are four separate sets of keystrokes done sequentially. Normally written as Esc, Shift+f, I, s -Original Message- From: framers-bo

RE: Keyboard Shortcut Problem

2009-05-25 Thread David Spreadbury
In Frame 7.2, you can also accomplish the same thing with Alt+e,l, or with the mouse select Edit > Spelling Checker, or select the abc icon on the tool bar. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro

RE: Keyboard Shortcut Problem

2009-05-25 Thread David Spreadbury
Joseph, As Rick mentions below you must have a book or document open. What you want to press are: Esc Shift+F I (lower case eye) S (lower case ess) Those are four separate sets of keystrokes done sequentially. Normally written as Esc, Shift+f, I, s -Original Message- From: framers-bo

Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references?

2009-05-14 Thread David Spreadbury
Avraham, Without exporting the graphics, which you can do by saving the Frame file as a Word file, I believe you are out of luck. Since you have the original graphics your best bet is to delete and re-import by reference. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mail

RE: Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references?

2009-05-14 Thread David Spreadbury
Avraham, Without exporting the graphics, which you can do by saving the Frame file as a Word file, I believe you are out of luck. Since you have the original graphics your best bet is to delete and re-import by reference. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mail

OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread David Spreadbury
To: generic668 at yahoo.ca; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing Responding to Nadine, David Spreadbury wrote: > Since you said that you have Illustrator available. Open the SolidWorks PDF > in Illustrator. Illustrator should rec

OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Since you said that you have Illustrator available. Open the SolidWorks PDF in Illustrator. Illustrator should recognize it as a vector image. In Illustrator, select the objects you want and increase the line width to the desired thickness. Export it as JPEG and you should have what you are looki

RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread David Spreadbury
: generic...@yahoo.ca; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing Responding to Nadine, David Spreadbury wrote: > Since you said that you have Illustrator available. Open the SolidWorks PDF > in Illustrator. Illustrator should recognize i

RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Since you said that you have Illustrator available. Open the SolidWorks PDF in Illustrator. Illustrator should recognize it as a vector image. In Illustrator, select the objects you want and increase the line width to the desired thickness. Export it as JPEG and you should have what you are looki

Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Because you are posting this question to frameusers, I assume you are using Framemaker as your authoring tool.   You can do this in several ways: If the graphics don't require additional editting, in Frame you can open the Graphics tools, select the anchored frame, select the Pen Pattern in the

OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Because you are posting this question to frameusers, I assume you are using Framemaker as your authoring tool. ? You can do this in several ways: If the graphics don't require additional editting, in Frame you can open the Graphics tools, select the anchored frame, select the Pen Pattern in the

Mif2go - suddenly some graphics files won't import when creating HTML

2009-05-04 Thread David Spreadbury
Susan, You need to check three things: 1. Open one of the HTML files in a text editor and see where the graphics are supposed to be. Search for an img tag. The path of the expected graphics location will be there. 2. Check the GraphPath=../graphics entry in your mif2htm file. 3. If you are using t

RE: Mif2go - suddenly some graphics files won't import when creating HTML

2009-05-04 Thread David Spreadbury
Susan, You need to check three things: 1. Open one of the HTML files in a text editor and see where the graphics are supposed to be. Search for an img tag. The path of the expected graphics location will be there. 2. Check the GraphPath=../graphics entry in your mif2htm file. 3. If you are using t

The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts

2009-04-26 Thread David Spreadbury
e the wording in the Adobe description but that is how it is worded. From: Avraham Makeler [mailto:amake...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 7:51 AM To: David Spreadbury Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts >> Tw

RE: The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts

2009-04-26 Thread David Spreadbury
like the wording in the Adobe description but that is how it is worded. From: Avraham Makeler [mailto:amake...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 7:51 AM To: David Spreadbury Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts >> Tw

The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts

2009-04-26 Thread David Spreadbury
Avraham, Two questions: Will Ctrl+M, followed by Ctrl+F, give the proper results? Will Ctrl+M+F give the proper results? If the second is true, I would document it by teling the user; "Press and hold the Control key then press M followed by F (Ctrl+M+F)." The Microsoft Manual of Style, version

RE: The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts

2009-04-26 Thread David Spreadbury
Avraham, Two questions: Will Ctrl+M, followed by Ctrl+F, give the proper results? Will Ctrl+M+F give the proper results? If the second is true, I would document it by teling the user; "Press and hold the Control key then press M followed by F (Ctrl+M+F)." The Microsoft Manual of Style, version

Usage of WebWorks (ePublisher)

2009-04-17 Thread David Spreadbury
Patrick, My opinion, and experience, with Mif2Go is just the opposite. I have been using Mif2Go for several years and have learned how to use the User's Guide. Yes, it takes a while to find things, sometimes, but this is because Mif2Go can do a lot. If you install Mif2Go and just take the default

RE: Usage of WebWorks (ePublisher)

2009-04-17 Thread David Spreadbury
Patrick, My opinion, and experience, with Mif2Go is just the opposite. I have been using Mif2Go for several years and have learned how to use the User's Guide. Yes, it takes a while to find things, sometimes, but this is because Mif2Go can do a lot. If you install Mif2Go and just take the default

Globally changing the path to referenced files

2009-03-25 Thread David Spreadbury
Menahem, Opening the file and pointing to the first missing graphic should have fixed all other graphics in the file, if the graphics are all in the same location. If not, each graphic with a different location would prompt for a re-import. A suggestion; instead of using NotePad try TextPad ($30)

RE: Globally changing the path to referenced files

2009-03-25 Thread David Spreadbury
Menahem, Opening the file and pointing to the first missing graphic should have fixed all other graphics in the file, if the graphics are all in the same location. If not, each graphic with a different location would prompt for a re-import. A suggestion; instead of using NotePad try TextPad ($30)

Structured docs or conditional text

2009-03-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Carl, The answer is both flavors of Frame will handle Conditional Text with ease, and from what you say below, conditional text is the way to go, whether it be structured or unstructured. A few things to consider: 1) Decide on an input scheme, always put the differences in the document in the sa

RE: Structured docs or conditional text

2009-03-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Carl, The answer is both flavors of Frame will handle Conditional Text with ease, and from what you say below, conditional text is the way to go, whether it be structured or unstructured. A few things to consider: 1) Decide on an input scheme, always put the differences in the document in the sa

Omega symbol becomes W in pdf

2009-03-17 Thread David Spreadbury
Nancy, And if what Art suspects is true, you can get another very handy FrameMaker plugin, SetPrint, which can be configured to set the default printer, when in Frame, to the Adobe logical printer, while your system default printer can be whatever physical printer you have. You can download SetPrin

Re-referencing Frame Maker Graphics

2009-03-17 Thread David Spreadbury
Another call for Bruce Foster's Archive. Best little FrameMaker add-on out there, at least one of the best, and only $20. Install Archive. Open your book, Select File > Utilities > Archive. Archive spiders your network for all referenced files, whether they be graphics or text insets. If Frame ca

RE: Omega symbol becomes W in pdf

2009-03-17 Thread David Spreadbury
Nancy, And if what Art suspects is true, you can get another very handy FrameMaker plugin, SetPrint, which can be configured to set the default printer, when in Frame, to the Adobe logical printer, while your system default printer can be whatever physical printer you have. You can download SetPrin

RE: Re-referencing Frame Maker Graphics

2009-03-17 Thread David Spreadbury
Another call for Bruce Foster's Archive. Best little FrameMaker add-on out there, at least one of the best, and only $20. Install Archive. Open your book, Select File > Utilities > Archive. Archive spiders your network for all referenced files, whether they be graphics or text insets. If Frame ca

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2009-03-11 Thread David Spreadbury
Chris, Apply a different tag to the selected text and then retag it with Para, this will remove the errant footnote ref Character Tag. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of cseal at sympatico.ca Sent: Wed

RE:

2009-03-11 Thread David Spreadbury
Chris, Apply a different tag to the selected text and then retag it with Para, this will remove the errant footnote ref Character Tag. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of cs...@sympatico.ca Sent: Wednesday

FrameMaker to CHM

2009-03-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Jennifer, I am surprised that Jeremy hasn't jumped on this one already. Mif2Go (www.omsys.com) will give you very good chm. They have a fully functional free demo version. I might even have a configuration file that could be modified to spit out a chm straight from Frame. -Original Message--

Structured Frame Help

2009-03-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Rose, Try Googling for framemaker tutorials. One of the hits will take you to http://www.io.com/~tcm/etwr2472/guides/frame/frame_basics.html. A fairly decent online tutorial. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On

RE: FrameMaker to CHM

2009-03-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Jennifer, I am surprised that Jeremy hasn't jumped on this one already. Mif2Go (www.omsys.com) will give you very good chm. They have a fully functional free demo version. I might even have a configuration file that could be modified to spit out a chm straight from Frame. -Original Message--

RE: Structured Frame Help

2009-03-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Rose, Try Googling for framemaker tutorials. One of the hits will take you to http://www.io.com/~tcm/etwr2472/guides/frame/frame_basics.html. A fairly decent online tutorial. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Be

searching for a section symbol

2009-03-04 Thread David Spreadbury
Carol, In the Find\Change dialog, enter ' \p', without the single quotes. That is 'space backslash lowercase p'. This will find all occurrences of a space preceding an end of paragraph. In the Find/Change dialog, enter ' \r', without the single quotes. That is 'space backslash lowercase r'. This w

RE: searching for a section symbol

2009-03-04 Thread David Spreadbury
Carol, In the Find\Change dialog, enter ' \p', without the single quotes. That is 'space backslash lowercase p'. This will find all occurrences of a space preceding an end of paragraph. In the Find/Change dialog, enter ' \r', without the single quotes. That is 'space backslash lowercase r'. This w

Changing Paper size in template

2009-02-08 Thread David Spreadbury
mpac2.pdf, etc. There is also a primer on the use of the templates. The document name is /primer.pdf, at the same base URL. -Original Message- From: David Spreadbury [mailto:dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 9:00 AM To: 'Art Campbell'; 'Caroline Tab

Changing Paper size in template

2009-02-08 Thread David Spreadbury
Did you look through the FrameMaker templates at http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/index.html? I believe there is an A4 template in there somewhere. These were all done in Unstructured Frame 5.5, I think, but should give you the basic page layout. -Original Message- Fro

RE: Changing Paper size in template

2009-02-08 Thread David Spreadbury
mpac2.pdf, etc. There is also a primer on the use of the templates. The document name is /primer.pdf, at the same base URL. -Original Message- From: David Spreadbury [mailto:dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 9:00 AM To: 'Art Campbell'; 'Caroline

RE: Changing Paper size in template

2009-02-08 Thread David Spreadbury
Did you look through the FrameMaker templates at http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/index.html? I believe there is an A4 template in there somewhere. These were all done in Unstructured Frame 5.5, I think, but should give you the basic page layout. -Original Message- Fro

Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

2009-02-01 Thread David Spreadbury
John, This is a known issue, actually you have two issues. One - Save As PDF has never really worked reliably. Two - delete fntcache.dat, check in windows\system2 and i386 folders. Delete both, if you have two, and then reboot. There is a fix from Microsoft that is supposed to fix this issue. Yu

RE: Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

2009-02-01 Thread David Spreadbury
John, This is a known issue, actually you have two issues. One - Save As PDF has never really worked reliably. Two - delete fntcache.dat, check in windows\system2 and i386 folders. Delete both, if you have two, and then reboot. There is a fix from Microsoft that is supposed to fix this issue. Yu

wrestling with referenced graphics pointers

2009-01-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Ben, If you change the directory name you have changed the relative path to the graphics. The path must stay the same, relative to the source files. One solution would be to store the graphics in the same tree as the source files, i.e., BookFolder --|SourceFiles --|Graphics Then when the source

RE: wrestling with referenced graphics pointers

2009-01-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Ben, If you change the directory name you have changed the relative path to the graphics. The path must stay the same, relative to the source files. One solution would be to store the graphics in the same tree as the source files, i.e., BookFolder --|SourceFiles --|Graphics Then when the source

Hypertext Links to Excel Worksheets?

2009-01-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Ted, I don't know if this will help, but the Excel2007 Help provides the following information on linking to a specific sheet within a workbook: Note You may find it more convenient to create an external reference link without opening the workbook on the Web. For each cell in the destination wor

RE: Hypertext Links to Excel Worksheets?

2009-01-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Ted, I don't know if this will help, but the Excel2007 Help provides the following information on linking to a specific sheet within a workbook: Note You may find it more convenient to create an external reference link without opening the workbook on the Web. For each cell in the destination wor

Outline

2009-01-27 Thread David Spreadbury
Don, Sandybrooke software (http://www.sandybrook.com/) has an Outline tool add-on that works within Framemaker. Dave Spreadbury -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Donlad W. Spencer Sent: Monday, Janua

RE: Outline

2009-01-27 Thread David Spreadbury
Don, Sandybrooke software (http://www.sandybrook.com/) has an Outline tool add-on that works within Framemaker. Dave Spreadbury -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Donlad W. Spencer Sent: Monday, January

Screen Capture

2009-01-26 Thread David Spreadbury
o.com; syed.hosain at aeris.net; blamborn at comcast.net; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Screen Capture Responding to Brian Lamborn, David Spreadbury wrote (in part): > All of the posted options will work, but if you want better control over > your captures, SnagIt (www.textsm

Screen Capture

2009-01-26 Thread David Spreadbury
All of the posted options will work, but if you want better control over your captures, SnagIt (www.textsmith.com) is probably in the Cadillac class. For less than $50, it is a steal. Another inexpensive, and good, option is Gadwin Print Screen Pro (www.gadwin.com). You can buy the latest version

RE: Screen Capture

2009-01-26 Thread David Spreadbury
o.com; syed.hos...@aeris.net; blamb...@comcast.net; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Screen Capture Responding to Brian Lamborn, David Spreadbury wrote (in part): > All of the posted options will work, but if you want better control over > your captures, SnagIt (www.textsmith.com) is

RE: Screen Capture

2009-01-26 Thread David Spreadbury
All of the posted options will work, but if you want better control over your captures, SnagIt (www.textsmith.com) is probably in the Cadillac class. For less than $50, it is a steal. Another inexpensive, and good, option is Gadwin Print Screen Pro (www.gadwin.com). You can buy the latest version

Imported Graphics

2009-01-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Howard, You could also create a PDF, then export the PDF to HTML. The export will create GIFs of all of the graphics. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Howard Rauch Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:5

RE: Imported Graphics

2009-01-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Howard, You could also create a PDF, then export the PDF to HTML. The export will create GIFs of all of the graphics. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Howard Rauch Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:51 P

RE: How do you create a new paragraph after a table?

2009-01-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Looking at Sharon's, Caroline's, and my earlier post on this subject:   Setting the Heading1 para format to start at top of page is a smart idea. In the Heading1 format, set Keep with Next. The following item, typically a Para, should have the Widow/Orphan value set to a minimum of 3 which should

How do you create a new paragraph after a table?

2009-01-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Looking at Sharon's, Caroline's, and my earlier post on this subject: ? Setting the Heading1 para format to start at top of page is a smart idea. In the Heading1 format, set Keep with Next. The following item, typically a Para, should have the Widow/Orphan value set to a minimum of 3?which should

Re: How do you create a new paragraph after a table?

2009-01-18 Thread David Spreadbury
Avraham, Don't concentrate on the Table, concentrate on the Heading.   With your cursor in the heading, press Ctrl+M (Paragraph Designer).   Space Above Under the Basic tab, set the Space Above Pgf: anter the amount of space, in points you want. Click Apply. If the space you selected is not enough

How do you create a new paragraph after a table?

2009-01-18 Thread David Spreadbury
Avraham, Don't concentrate on the Table, concentrate on the Heading. ? With your cursor in the heading, press Ctrl+M (Paragraph Designer). ? Space Above Under the Basic tab, set the?Space Above Pgf: anter the amount of space, in points?you want. Click Apply. If the space you selected is not enough

Re: Unstructured FM to DITA XML

2009-01-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Yves, Yes, yes, yes, please post it, or a link where it could be downloaded. I would think that this would be very beneficial for a lot of the watchers on here, or the TCS site. --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Art Campbell wrote: From: Art Campbell Subject: Re: Unstructured FM to DITA XML To: "Yves Barb

Unstructured FM to DITA XML

2009-01-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Yves, Yes, yes, yes, please post it, or a link where it could be downloaded. I would think that this would be very beneficial for a lot of the watchers on here, or the TCS site. --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Art Campbell wrote: From: Art Campbell Subject: Re: Unstructured FM to DITA XML To: "Yves Barb

Re: Unstructured FM to DITA XML

2009-01-12 Thread David Spreadbury
Robyn, I have done unstrctured-Structured conversions but not DITA.   I a previous email you mentioned you were looking at Mif2Go. Checkout Chapter 14 in the Mif2Go User Guide. It discusses just this situation. --- On Mon, 1/12/09, robynwrig...@aol.com wrote: From: robynwrig...@aol.com Subject

Unstructured FM to DITA XML

2009-01-12 Thread David Spreadbury
Robyn, I have done unstrctured-Structured conversions but not DITA. ? I a previous email you mentioned you were looking at Mif2Go. Checkout Chapter 14 in the Mif2Go User Guide. It discusses just this situation. --- On Mon, 1/12/09, RobynWright7 at aol.com wrote: From: RobynWright7 at aol.com S

Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)

2009-01-12 Thread David Spreadbury
Verner, You should be able to do a File > Save Book As, renaming the book file. This should rename your generated files to match the book filename. --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a templa

Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)

2009-01-12 Thread David Spreadbury
Verner, You should be able to do a File > Save Book As, renaming the book file. This should rename your generated files to match the book filename. --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a templat

Re: OT: question about paragraph reference and section symbols

2009-01-07 Thread David Spreadbury
Deirdre, Don't know if it applies, but Mil-Std-37874 uses (see 2.2).   I prefer (see 2.2 Introduction). This gives the reader an idea of the subject matter at the referenced paragraph.   I would not use the work 'paragraph', 'section', or the paragraph/section symbols. I believe that the use of t

OT: question about paragraph reference and section symbols

2009-01-07 Thread David Spreadbury
Deirdre, Don't know if it applies, but Mil-Std-37874 uses (see 2.2). ? I prefer (see 2.2 Introduction). This gives the reader an idea of the subject matter at the referenced paragraph. ? I would not use the work 'paragraph', 'section', or the paragraph/section symbols. I believe that the use of t

RE: Converting FrameMaker Marker tags with Acrobat

2009-01-07 Thread David Spreadbury
Denise, Have you tried adding mailto:?   message url support-ameri...@varian.com   to   message url mailto:support-ameri...@varian.com --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Denise L. Moss-Fritch wrote: From: Denise L. Moss-Fritch Subject: RE: Converting FrameMaker Marker tags with Acrobat To: "'Art Campbell'" C

Converting FrameMaker Marker tags with Acrobat

2009-01-07 Thread David Spreadbury
Denise, Have you tried adding mailto:? ? message url support-americas at varian.com ? to ? message url mailto:support-americas at varian.com --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Denise L. Moss-Fritch wrote: From: Denise L. Moss-Fritch Subject: RE: Converting FrameMaker Marker tags with Acrobat To: "'Art Campbel

Re: Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

2009-01-07 Thread David Spreadbury
ire folders and subfolders. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 David Spreadbury wrote: > Verner, > Probably the best way is through MIF. > You could use a program like TextPad, shareware from www.textpad.com (or $35US if you like it), and open all of your MIF files at

Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

2009-01-07 Thread David Spreadbury
entire folders and subfolders. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 David Spreadbury wrote: > Verner, > Probably the best way is through MIF. > You could use a program like TextPad, shareware from www.textpad.com (or $35US if you like it), and open all of your MIF f

RE: Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

2009-01-07 Thread David Spreadbury
Verner, Probably the best way is through MIF.   You could use a program like TextPad, shareware from www.textpad.com (or $35US if you like it), and open all of your MIF files at one time, versus opening and closing each MIF in something like Notepad. --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Andersen, Verner Engell V

Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

2009-01-07 Thread David Spreadbury
Verner, Probably the best way is through MIF. ? You could use a program like TextPad, shareware from www.textpad.com?(or $35US if you like it), and open all of your MIF files at one time, versus opening and closing each MIF in something like Notepad. --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Andersen, Verner Engell V

Re: FrameMaker/ePublisher issue

2009-01-05 Thread David Spreadbury
Mark, My .02 cents.   I am assuming that you are outputting to HTML. If this is the case, it is an HTML issue.   Unless the basic font you are using contains the special character symbols, the HTML will interpret the character code for the symbol in the base font. We ran into this when using a S

FrameMaker/ePublisher issue

2009-01-05 Thread David Spreadbury
Mark, My .02 cents. ? I am assuming that you are outputting to HTML. If this is the case, it is an HTML issue. ? Unless the basic font you are using contains the special character symbols, the HTML will interpret the character code for the symbol in the base font. We ran into this when using a S

Re: trademark symbol in text

2009-01-05 Thread David Spreadbury
Deirdre, If the trademark symbol is for your product, check with your corporate marketing folks or legal counsel.   If the trademark is for someone else's product, i.e., Microsoft, go to that companies website and search for something like "Trademark Usage"; i.e., http://www.microsoft.com/about/

trademark symbol in text

2009-01-05 Thread David Spreadbury
Deirdre, If the trademark symbol is for your product, check with your corporate marketing folks or legal counsel. ? If the trademark is for someone else's product, i.e., Microsoft, go to that companies website and search for something like "Trademark Usage"; i.e., http://www.microsoft.com/about/

Re: Jumping to Figure Captions

2009-01-01 Thread David Spreadbury
Jack, You don't say whether you are using Structured or Unstructured.   If using Structured, try changing your cross-reference format to point to the Figure and not the Caption. This will cause the jump to stop at the anchored frame which is immediately above the figure.   If using Unstructured,

Jumping to Figure Captions

2009-01-01 Thread David Spreadbury
Jack, You don't say whether you are using Structured or Unstructured. ? If using Structured, try changing your cross-reference format to point to the Figure and not the Caption. This will cause the jump to stop at the anchored frame which is immediately above the figure. ? If using Unstructured,

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