third-party or Frame tools for doc review/collaboration

2008-01-02 Thread Dov Isaacs
Adobe discontinued the Frame viewing product not too long after acquiring Frame Development, Inc. FrameMaker came with an ability to produce PDF files and the ability to "read" PDF files was distributed for free. Of course, that didn't solve the collaboration issue. However, Acrobat 8 (both

third-party or Frame tools for doc review/collaboration

2008-01-03 Thread Dov Isaacs
Yes, Shlomo is correct! Sorry! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Shlomo Perets [mailto:shlomo2 at microtype.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:38 AM > > Dov, > > You wrote: > > >... However, Acrobat 8 (both "Standard" and "Pro") allows a user to > >enable a PDF file

The dreaded Internal Error error meets the dreaded Adobe support, sigh

2008-01-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
Emily, On behalf of Adobe, let me apologize for the runaround that you got from Adobe's Tech Support. As soon as I am done with this response, I will be forwarding your post on to our customer support escalation team. I don't know whether we do or don't still "officially" support FrameMaker 7.1

The dreaded Internal Error error meets the dreaded Adobe support, sigh

2008-01-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
Delete file C:\Windows\FNTCACHE.DAT with all applications closed and no printing going. Then immediately reboot! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Emily Berk [mailto:emily at armadillosoft.com] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:22 PM > To: Dov Isa

The dreaded Internal Error error meets the dreaded Adobe support, sigh

2008-01-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:20 PM > To: Dov Isaacs > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: The dreaded Internal Error error meets the dreaded Adobe support, sigh > > I deleted this file from the Windows/system32 directory, downed the laptop, and then rebo

corrupted paragraph format from 7.2 to 8

2008-01-14 Thread Dov Isaacs
I would strongly concur with Art on this one. This problem of the "changing bullet" is only one of a number of anomalies that one will likely encounter migrating to FrameMaker 8 from any earlier release. FrameMaker 8 uses Unicode. There is one and only one "code point" for any specific character.

How does one parse a syntax error?

2008-01-26 Thread Dov Isaacs
Rob, Unfortunately, I don't think that there is any way of really "parsing" this PostScript error. It would have been helpful if you gave us a bit more information as to exactly what version of FrameMaker you were using, what platform you are on (Windows, Unix, Mac) and how you were generating

Frame & Acrobat upgrades

2008-07-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat 9 are fully compatible! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Jo Watkiss > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 7:04 AM > > I'm currently using Frame 6 and Acrobat 5 on Windows XP. > I'm about to upgrade to Acrobat 9, and will (in time) upgrade to Frame > 8. > > Can

Frame & Acrobat upgrades

2008-07-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
Friday, July 18, 2008 2:16 PM > To: Dov Isaacs; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Frame & Acrobat upgrades > > But how about the interim stage when I'm still on Frame 6 with Acrobat > 9. Is that asking for trouble? > Thanks, > Jo > > -Original Message

Save As PDF problem

2008-06-03 Thread Dov Isaacs
Based strictly on the information you have provided, you are doing nothing wrong. FrameMaker 8 is compatible with Acrobat 8.x. I would try simply rebooting and seeing whether the problem persists. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Chuck Heinrichs > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Printing Error with FM

2008-06-03 Thread Dov Isaacs
What is not clear from your description is exactly WHAT you are referencing in your FrameMaker documents. If you are referencing a .AI file, you are in effect referencing a PDF 1.3 file; FrameMaker really knows nothing about the Illustrator document format but rather is able to convert the PDF

Printing Error with FM

2008-06-04 Thread Dov Isaacs
d callouts or edited in Illustrator. Frankly, > I do not know the difference between .AI and .EPS. The online Help does not > give me enough information. So, what is the difference and what should I be > using in my FrameMaker documents? > > Tim Lewis > Lewis Technical Communicati

Printing Error with FM

2008-06-04 Thread Dov Isaacs
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:16 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Cc: Tim Lewis; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Printing Error with FM > > Hi Dov, > > This is new to me, as it has been stressed on many occations that the > EPS should be saved as PS language level 3

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Dov Isaacs
Acrobat 9 was just announced and has NOT been released. The projected release date is sometime shortly before July. For the record, in terms of interoperability with FrameMaker, Acrobat 9 provides no new Distiller features, but should be fully compatible with all versions of FrameMaker that were

Printing Error with FM

2008-06-05 Thread Dov Isaacs
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 9:41 AM > To: FrameUsers List > Subject: Re: Printing Error with FM > > On 5 Jun 2008, at 17:25, Dov Isaacs wrote: > > > Let's try this again. FrameMaker does NOT, repeat does NOT, repeat > > one more time does NOT support the native Adobe

Illustrator EPS compatibility

2008-06-05 Thread Dov Isaacs
Bubbemeissa - Grandmother's Tale! In other words, a total myth! FrameMaker does absolutely NOTHING with the internals of placed EPS files; it is simply passed through and around the PostScript driver during "print" operations. As long as it is valid PostScript conforming to the EPS specification

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
Although Adobe's installers do not prevent Reader and Acrobat from being installed in parallel, I MOST STRONGLY RECOMMEND AGAINST such installations. Unless you are very technically sophisticated, you are likely not to get the "desired results" when trying to maintain such an installation.

Adobe Garamond font in bold doesn't distill properly

2008-06-17 Thread Dov Isaacs
Exactly which fonts were you using? The Type 1 version of Adobe Garamond or the OpenType version of Adobe Garamond (Adobe Garamond Pro)? And do you actually have these fonts installed on your system (as opposed to some of them being "printer resident fonts")? - Dov > -Original

Arial being changed to ArialMT in PDF

2008-06-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
You are getting exactly what you ask for (and deserve? :-) ) The font name is "Arial" but the "PostScript name" inside the font (i.e., what displays inside of Acrobat or Reader) of that particular font is "ArialMT" where the "MT" is for Monotype, the font foundry from which it originates. Thus,

Arial being changed to ArialMT in PDF

2008-06-19 Thread Dov Isaacs
08 2:33 AM > > On 19 Jun 2008, at 05:47, Dov Isaacs wrote: > > > You are getting exactly what you ask for (and deserve? :-) ) > > Spoken like a true survivor of the Type 1 Resistance :-) > > Paul > > > > The font name is "Arial" but th

Arial being changed to ArialMT in PDF

2008-06-19 Thread Dov Isaacs
Shmuel, One can write a book about this topic! :-) Today's significant font formats for Windows and Macintosh include: Type 1 fonts - Bezier curve-based fonts originally used in Adobe PostScript printers. The "host computer" versions of these fonts may be in Mac format (in which case the font

FrameMaker on Windows - Issues Discussed Today

2008-06-19 Thread Dov Isaacs
A number of issues associated with Windows have been discussed on this forum today with relationship to FrameMaker on Windows, Windows itself, running Windows on MacTel systems with either Bootcamp or Parallels, Vista, and Vista 64. I was somewhat otherwise occupied when those messages came in

How FM use impacts purchasing decisions

2008-06-20 Thread Dov Isaacs
The 8710w is a fantastic system. Omit the BlueRay drive and the cost isn't particularly bad. And if you take care of it and can get four years of service out of it (typically what I get out of my notebook systems), the extra cost per day compared to el'cheapo configurations is really minimum. Oh,

How FM use impacts purchasing decisions

2008-06-20 Thread Dov Isaacs
-bit versions of Intel and AMD processors that removes that restriction. In other words, Vista 32 won't help you on this. - Dov From: Rene Stephenson [mailto:rinn...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:16 PM To: Dov Isaacs; Dennis Brunnenmeyer; FrameUsers List Subject: Re: How FM

FrameMaker on Windows - Issues Discussed Today

2008-06-20 Thread Dov Isaacs
There is no big secret as to how I justify my configurations. It is fairly simple. (1) I buy systems that I plan to use as primary systems for approximately four years although Adobe's corporate policy allows engineers to replace systems on a two or three year basis. I would rather have a

FrameMaker Internal Error -- Visio and "...lost image data"

2008-06-20 Thread Dov Isaacs
For better or worse, if you simply mailed in the report to Adobe, don't expect a personal if any response. That mechanism is not Adobe Tech Support. For future reference, regardless of what program you publish with copy-and-paste is about the worst way to set yourself up for disaster in case your

PDF Creation Add-on

2008-06-26 Thread Dov Isaacs
Absolutely YES! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at > lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Paul Findon > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:33 AM > To: FrameUsers List > Subject: PDF Creation Add-on > > FM8 installs

PDF Creation Add-on

2008-06-27 Thread Dov Isaacs
he "PDF Creation Add-on" or was it an option? You certainly don't need it if you have full Acrobat!! - Dov From: Hedley Finger [mailto:hfin...@handholding.com.au] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:28 AM To: Dov Isaacs Cc: Paul Findon; FrameUsers List Subject: Re: PDF Creation Add-on Do

FrameMaker on Windows - Issues Discussed Today

2008-06-30 Thread Dov Isaacs
Paul, My HP 8710w notebook does NOT have a glossy screen! I believe that the glossy screen is only available with the low resolution model, i.e., 1680x1050 as opposed to 1920x1200. I have the high resolution model. You cannot directly connect a digital monitor to the 8710w. You must use a

Installation issues: Acrobat Pro 8 on top of FM 8

2008-03-22 Thread Dov Isaacs
Tina, It is NOT FrameMaker 8 which is the problem or that has to be installed, it is that separate headless version of Distiller 8 that you let the FrameMaker 8 installer put on your system. Uninstall that and/or any other previous versions of Acrobat or Reader on your system, make sure to

Acrobat Options...

2008-03-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
Acrobat 8 / PDF 1.7 does indeed have a facility by which you may "pre-populate" the fields of the print dialog (you can't get to this via Distiller joboptions - sorry!). However, that facility does NOT prevent the end user from choosing any one of a number of printing options within Acrobat which

Adobe PS3 drivers

2008-05-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
Bodvar, You are NOT being given very accurate information from your so-called agent. First of all, Adobe has not provided its own PostScript driver since Windows NT 4 and Windows'98 days. Since then (i.e., for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, and Windows 2008

FrameMaker 8.0.3 Update Now Available via Adobe Updater

2008-05-13 Thread Dov Isaacs
The FrameMaker 8.0.3 update is now available via the Adobe Updater. It will be available via Adobe's website in the very near future. - Dov Per the "readme"... List of major issues resolved in this update. * Extended characters have extra preceding space when using Arial Unicode MS *

What version of Frame to Get Started ?

2008-05-15 Thread Dov Isaacs
Please be careful wrt/ EBay software "purchases" - a large percentage of what is hawked on EBay is either pirated or stolen goods. Pirated includes simply copying disks and giving you the serial number as well as massive CD duplication efforts. In some cases what is being "sold" is a copy of a

Booklet function with Framemaker

2008-05-20 Thread Dov Isaacs
I would most strongly endorse the Quite Imposing and Quite Imposing Plus plug-ins from Quite Software. I've been using them for a number of years as my imposition tool of choice when not having the luxury of going out for professional printing. The software is highly reliable and efficient with a

Optimize preview of EPS files?

2008-05-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
No there is not. The preview is a low-resolution image. The only way to make it look better would be if FrameMaker would in fact actually process the PostScript inside the EPS file (something that InDesign does). This is not likely to be added to FrameMaker. Note that when you import PDF, it in

Help with Distiller

2008-10-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
.notdef is part of a font definition. The fact that this is showing up as an undefined PostScript operator would lead me to believe that your PostScript file is either incomplete or corrupted. I've seen a similar problem occur if one runs out of disk space while the PostScript file is being

Font issue after upgrading to Framemaker 8

2008-10-15 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker 8 certainly does handle fonts differently from earlier versions. It is a Unicode application and such changes in character mappings is a major area to watch out for when migrating any document to FrameMaker 8 that uses characters in fonts that are not mapped correctly. All the Wingding,

Text is RGB

2008-10-29 Thread Dov Isaacs
There is an exceptionally simple solution to this. Go the settings for the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance. Under "Properties" go to the "Device Settings" tab and change "Convert Gray Text to PostScript Gray" and "Convert Gray Graphics to PostScript Gray" BOTH to "Yes." As a result

fonts in Frame

2008-10-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
Joel, I've tried to create a new document in FrameMaker 8 (with all updates applied) using Myriad Pro, Myriad Pro Bold, Myriad Pro Semicondensed, and Myriad Pro Semicondensed Bold. I am running under Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit although that should not make a difference here. For better or

fonts in Frame

2008-10-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
problems with certain fonts when certain video card drivers are used. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Joel [mailto:eleysium at gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 10:25 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: fonts in Fr

fonts in Frame

2008-10-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
blem. One thing they could have done is disabled is overall support for Type 1 and OpenType CFF fonts. Check for that in the appropriate XP Control Panel. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Joel [mailto:eleysium at gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 11:08 AM &g

Missing font when printing

2008-09-04 Thread Dov Isaacs
I've seen this problem before and it generally has nothing to do with either FrameMaker or Acrobat, but rather, secret sauce in the operating system and its interface with the PostScript driver with regards to the "Symbol" font. The symptoms you report usually would indicate that somehow the

ACTIVATING FONTS

2008-09-06 Thread Dov Isaacs
Michael, Contrary to what you may believe, FrameMaker has no "autoactivation" option it it. Like other Windows applications, when a font is added to the system, via Windows' standard "Add Fonts" control panel option or via ATM (or for that matter any font manager that properly interfaces with

ACTIVATING FONTS

2008-09-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Michael Zaichenko [mailto:biozaichenko at hotmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 8:45 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Subject: RE: ACTIVATING FONTS > > Dear Dov, > thanks for such an extensive answer. I had no idea. What handles it so

Smart quotes

2008-09-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
OK, I tried this myself with FrameMaker 8.0p277 (the latest update). I typed the same text with quotes (using the standard US keyboard straight double quote - i.e., the inch character - as my double quote character) in Times New Roman, Arial, Minion Pro, and Myriad Pro. For all four lines of text

Times, Times Roman, Times New Roman, and changing printers, etc.

2008-09-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
The original problem reported by Paul stems from the Windows "phantom phont phenomena!" Windows font enumeration, used by standard Windows applications (such as FrameMaker), allows printer drivers to insert font information to be passed back to the application even if such fonts are not actually

Times, Times Roman, Times New Roman, and changing printers, etc.

2008-09-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
ich version, actually) your current > license agreement may not cover > use of the old version fonts. > > Dov, what is correct here ??? > > Best regards > Jacob Sch?ffer > Grafikhuset > Denmark > > > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > > Fra: framers-bo

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
To be very clear, although designed as a replacement for PageMaker, InDesign was certainly not designed by Adobe to be a "replacement for FrameMaker." Yes, over time a number of FrameMaker features have been incorporated into InDesign, but unless you are using none of FrameMaker's structured

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-11 Thread Dov Isaacs
t; > Hi, Dov: > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Dov Isaacs wrote: > > To be very clear, although designed as a replacement for PageMaker, InDesign > > was certainly not designed by Adobe to be a "replacement for FrameMaker." > > > > Yes, over time

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

2008-09-12 Thread Dov Isaacs
Graeme, Don't count on getting that extra activation. The EULA is quite clear in terms of how many systems - two - you may simultaneously install and activate simultaneously and that you may legally only execute on one of those at any time. I hardly see how your request is related to "natural

Acrobat displays only B/W

2008-09-15 Thread Dov Isaacs
Stuart, Ironically, Acrobat has never had any "black and white display mode." Congratulations, you've invented a new feature for an old product. However, Acrobat does have an "accessibility" display feature (although I don't recall how many versions back that went - Acrobat 6 is over 5 years old

FW: INFO: Adobe CS4 help posted

2008-09-25 Thread Dov Isaacs
As a followup to a recent thread about FrameMaker versus InDesign, per the message posted below on an InDesign list, Adobe just published the files (including PDF) for InDesign 6 and InCopy 6 Help. Guess what was used to produce these? (Hint: Download and open the PDF file and hit Ctrl-D)

FM bloat (NO PDF)

2005-12-06 Thread Dov Isaacs
To clear up some misconceptions: (1) EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) is a file format developed by Adobe, not by Aldus or Altsys. It may contain almost any combination of PostScript graphic objects including text, vector, and raster. (2) PostScript Level 2 fully supports JPEG compression. An EPS

Minor annoyance saving as PDF under FrameMaker 7.2b144

2005-12-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
Confirming that the "annoying behaviour" is real. I'll submit as bug to FrameMaker team. > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] > On Behalf Of beverly_robinson at

UPDATE: Minor annoyance saving as PDF under FrameMaker 7.2b144

2005-12-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
Since responding, per below, I have discussed this with our FrameMaker support organization and can update you as to what is really going on. The following is their response: This is by design. Five minutes after FrameMaker 7.1-7.2 has performed the last PDF conversion, it closes

printing to Docutek issue ... rasters looking 300dpi (pixelly)

2005-12-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
Repeat after me ... "Write White is Never Quite Right!" Most likely the problem is that the Docutech is not properly adjusted. Many of the Xerox Docutech high speed monochrome digital presses are direct descendents of high speed analog copy machines. As such, unlike most laser printers

FrameMaker on Win XP Pro 64-bit?

2005-11-23 Thread Dov Isaacs
FWIW, Adobe does not officially support any applications on the 64-bit editions of Windows. I have heard no reports, good or bad, so far of any use of FrameMaker in such an environment. On the other hand, I do know that the automatic mechanisms for creation of PDF -- use of AdobePDF PostScript

A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?

2006-04-25 Thread Dov Isaacs
Total and utter speculation by "The Content Wrangler" without any announcements, leaks (credible or otherwise), or other evidence to back it up ... > -Original Message- > From: lists.frameusers.com > On Behalf Of Bill Swallow > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:14 AM > To: framers at

Visio (2003) drawings into FrameMaker (7.2, unstructured)?

2006-04-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker doesn't "RIP" anything ... In fact, PDF is converted to EPS when imported into FrameMaker. Other "image" formats or for that matter, other graphic formats are NOT turned into EPS. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at

Wow, if this came to pass?!?!?!

2006-04-29 Thread Dov Isaacs
That piece is total and ridiculous speculation on his part. And it just won't happen! A very large number of Adobe employees would refuse to work in tyrannical, cultish environment encouraged by Apple's management. Nor would they work for Microsoft (stated to stave off the usual crew of paranoids

PDF Page Size Issues

2006-08-02 Thread Dov Isaacs
Please advise as to exactly how YOU create the PDF, save as PDF, printing to the AdobePDF PostScript printer driver instance, or manually creating and then distilling PostScript? - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com >

Eps problem

2006-08-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
It was only on certain UNIX versions of FrameMaker that EPS would be so-rendered. That was never a feature of FrameMaker either on Macintosh or Windows. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com >

FrameViewer

2006-08-17 Thread Dov Isaacs
The concept of FrameViewer was effectively replaced by Acrobat. FrameViewer has not been available for many years! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] >

FM Installation

2006-08-24 Thread Dov Isaacs
A few things ... If you have doggie-droppings on your system from Acrobat 4 (i.e., you didn't COMPLETELY uninstall Acrobat 4 prior to installing Acrobat 7), you definitely will have problems with FrameMaker 7's "save as PDF" feature as well as other integration of Acrobat with other system

Greyscale

2006-12-01 Thread Dov Isaacs
Please repeat after me ... Adobe Illustrator is NOT, repeat NOT, repeat yet again NOT a general purpose PDF editor. Adobe Illustrator only "understands" a subset of PDF, the subset that corresponds to the objects, modes, and options of Illustrator. The only PDF file that is

Recommended version of Acrobat for FM 7.1

2006-12-05 Thread Dov Isaacs
In theory, there should be no reason why Acrobat 5 (hopefully updated to Acrobat 5.0.5 - get the update on Adobe's web site at ) should not work directly with Acrobat 5 unless you are using the "save as PDF" feature. I know

Acrobat Pro 8.0 and FM 7.2

2006-12-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
In reality, it should not make any difference what order you install Acrobat and FrameMaker with one caveat. If you are installing the full Acrobat product (which you are), you must NOT install the copy of Distiller bundled with FrameMaker. If you have already installed that bundled Distiller, you

RE(~): Acrobat Pro 8.0 and FM 7.2

2006-12-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
om] > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 6:37 PM > To: Dov Isaacs; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Acrobat Pro 8.0 and FM 7.2 > > Thanks to all who responded. Turns out the FILE: port was the > culprit. Interestingly enough, I'm having some problems with > write-p

FM cannot find PDF joboptions

2006-12-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
What your IT guy says is unfortunately irrelevant here. What really happened was that the Acrobat 8 development team changed the location for storage of joboptions without considering its impact on the existing FrameMaker product's "save as PDF" feature. The next major version of FrameMaker will

Opentype/special characters

2006-02-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
Donna, FrameMaker does not directly support the extended character sets available in many OpenType fonts. There are some registry hacks that can be performed to provide a "window" over other parts of the font, but such techniques are not supported or endorsed by Adobe AND can leave you with

Installing Acrobat 7

2006-01-06 Thread Dov Isaacs
Actually, the only kosher way to uninstall Acrobat under Windows is to use the Windows Add/Remove Control Panel. That invokes the "uninstaller" that is installed by the Acrobat Installer! (Isn't that as clear as mud?) To be very clear about this, you are looking for big time problems if you

Installing Acrobat 7

2006-01-06 Thread Dov Isaacs
Read my response from a few minutes ago ... > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] > On Behalf Of Martha J Davidson > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 12:56 PM > To: framers

font of text above crop marks

2006-01-18 Thread Dov Isaacs
No, there is no way of controlling the font that FrameMaker uses for the text in what is called the bleed and slug areas (the area outside the logical page). In the current version of FrameMaker Windows, it is Times New Roman. (In earlier versions, I think that Times Roman was used). No the

Can't print to Adobe PDF printer

2006-07-31 Thread Dov Isaacs
Confirming Fred's analysis of and recommended "cure" for problem. - Someone who still does monitor this forum > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] > On Behalf

Identifying the type of imported by copy files

2006-06-06 Thread Dov Isaacs
Unfortunately, apparently the figures weren't put into the FrameMaker document via simple copy/paste (bad idea anyway), but via OLE, "Object Linking and Embedding," which effectively requires that the FrameMaker document be edited on a system of the same platform with the application and the

Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
Lester is right! And also be aware that NO, repeat NO, repeat yet again NO Windows driver, whether PostScript or otherwise, can accept CMYK from applications, except for EPS passthrough with the PostScript driver, since the Windows imaging model is totally RGB. Drivers can output CMYK (as the

Speeding up FM 7.2 Startup

2006-06-21 Thread Dov Isaacs
Symbol font but it's the Microsoft TrueType one > shipped with Windows. > > Consulting my archive, I see that Dov Isaacs sent a message > to the list on 25/10/04 stating: > > "(3) Yes. Some peculiar interaction between the PostScript > driver and Windows 2000 / XP / Se

Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF

2006-06-28 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. -

Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF

2006-06-30 Thread Dov Isaacs
Yes, the advice (I gave it) still holds. No reason why it shouldn't! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Jon Harvey [mailto:JHarvey at cambridgesoft.com] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:32 AM > To: Dov Isaacs; Steve Rickaby; framers at FrameUsers.com > Su

Opentype/special characters

2006-03-01 Thread Dov Isaacs
> > > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:04:58 -0800 > > From: "Dov Isaacs" > > Subject: RE: Opentype/special characters > > FrameMaker does not directly support the extended character sets > > available in many OpenType fonts. There are some registry hacks &g

Line width in inported graphics slightly diminishing in FMgenerated PDFs

2006-03-08 Thread Dov Isaacs
I assume that the EPS files are being imported as EPS into FrameMaker, correct? FrameMaker does not modify the content of EPS imported into documents. It is passed directly to PostScript printers, which the Distiller acts as for purpose of creating PDF files. HOWEVER, when generating

Save as PDF in Frame 7.2

2006-03-08 Thread Dov Isaacs
dobe PDF printer driver > instance) works fine. When I try this in Frame 7.1 or 7.2, I get the > known message saying "To execute the Save as PDF command, you must > have Acrobat Distiller version 5.05 or higher installed". > > Any ideas how I can make "Save as PDF

Line width in inported graphics slightly diminishing in FM generated PDFs

2006-03-08 Thread Dov Isaacs
... Or you could change the preflight rules to allow a certain amount of tolerance. Allow 0.19 point as the lower limit instead of 0.20 point for linewidth. > -Original Message- > From: frameusers.com On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 3:34 AM > To: framers at

Line width in inported graphics slightly diminishing in FMgenerated PDFs

2006-03-08 Thread Dov Isaacs
> -Original Message- > From: frameusers.com On Behalf Of Reng, Winfried > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 4:19 AM > To: framers at FrameUsers.com > Subject: AW: Line width in inported graphics slightly > diminishing in FMgenerated PDFs > ... > > When I check the font size in my PDF

Line width in imported graphics slightly diminishing in FMgenerated PDFs

2006-03-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker does not officially or fully support import of Adobe Illustrator files directly into FrameMaker documents. It only "works" when Illustrator files are saved with the "create PDF compatible file" option. In that case, FrameMaker "sees" the .AI file as a .PDF file and CONVERTS the PDF

Funny

2006-03-30 Thread Dov Isaacs
Au contraire ... The IF THEN ELSE and DO WHILE structures did exist at that timeframe in a language called COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language). As an undergrad at MIT and an MBA student at Cornell, writing applications in COBOL and System/360 Assembler language more than paid for my tuition

Release Date for FrameMaker 8?

2006-05-15 Thread Dov Isaacs
Diane Gaskill obviously does NOT have a "reliable source" inside Adobe. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: flists.frameusers.com > On Behalf Of Alan Houser > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:51 AM > To: Diane Gaskill > Cc: framers at frameusers.com; Neil Tubb > Subject: Re:

Release Date for FrameMaker 8?

2006-05-16 Thread Dov Isaacs
I will reply on behalf of Adobe. (1) Diane Gaskill has no reliable source in Adobe that provided any release information. (2) Adobe has not and has no plans to move FrameMaker development "back" from India where in fact it is under active development. - Dov > -Original

Need Help Mac to PC

2006-05-22 Thread Dov Isaacs
> -Original Message- > From: frameusers.com > On Behalf Of Harro de Jong > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 3:16 AM > To: Mary Haas; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Need Help Mac to PC > > Mary Haas wrote : > ... > > > > Fonts: On the Mac I use only Adobe Postscript fonts

Printing CE character tcaron to PDF

2006-05-22 Thread Dov Isaacs
The Adobe Knowledgebase article you refer to has nothing to do with any problems associated with inability to print CE characters. And it does not suggest that you can solve anything by "downloading the current version of PostScript from Adobe and installing it on your computer." The article in

Printing CE character tcaron to PDF

2006-05-23 Thread Dov Isaacs
t driver instance reports "no fonts" to the operating system and that may be why the CE characters specifically do not print. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Laura_J_Kirk at bd.com [mailto:Laura_J_Kirk at bd.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:52 AM > To: Dov Is

Printing CE character tcaron to PDF

2006-05-23 Thread Dov Isaacs
font, e.g., Times New Roman CYR. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: frameusers.com On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:53 AM > To: Laura_J_Kirk at bd.com; Framers at FrameUsers.com > Subject: RE: Printing CE character tcaron to PDF > Importa

What do you use for PDF Generation?

2006-05-23 Thread Dov Isaacs
A word of advice. Before you go loading up on el'cheapo $9.95 PDF creation software, make sure that what it generates is really kosher. We quite often see problems when these PDF files "escape" the environment in which they were created and attempts are made to either combine them with other PDF

What do you use for PDF Generation?

2006-05-23 Thread Dov Isaacs
of Acrobat some of that information in the Wurd document does make its way into the "Description" part of "Document Properties" ! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Syed Zaeem Hosain [mailto:Syed.Hosain at aeris.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 23,

Hollow bullets?

2006-05-23 Thread Dov Isaacs
3, 2006 3:42 PM > To: framers at frameusers.com > Cc: Dov Isaacs > Subject: Hollow bullets? > > Does anybody out there, including the "dumb engineer," have > any advice on how to get FrameMaker 7.2 to have the same > three levels of bullets that "Wurd" produces na

Adobe "User Experience Recruiter"

2006-05-24 Thread Dov Isaacs
Marisa Lenhardt is indeed an Adobe employee and has the title "User Experience Recruiter." - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] > On Behalf Of Denise L.

Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0

2006-11-03 Thread Dov Isaacs
Expect it very soon. This is a good time, though, to repeat my warning that you should not attempt to have either multiple versions of Acrobat, multiple versions of Reader, and/or mixtures of Acrobat and Reader installed on a given system. Although it is possible to coerce the installers to do

Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0

2006-11-03 Thread Dov Isaacs
ed to sign the documents (not that Reader 8 is a problem or doesn't have some new features - but it isn't needed for signatures if they already have Reader 7). - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Gillian Flato [mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com] > Sent: Friday, November 03, 200

Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0

2006-11-03 Thread Dov Isaacs
itors, etc. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Steve Rickaby [mailto:srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:54 AM > To: Dov Isaacs; Gillian Flato; framers at FrameUsers.com > Subject: RE: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 > > At 09:37

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