Re: Paragraph Designer Sticks in FM9

2009-05-09 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
I've seen that one too. I've also had repeated crashes when trying to delete variables from a Frame 7 template. It's done it several times. Prior to that, I can click on a variable name, but the confirmation dialog references a different one. I save a lot. Jenny On May 7, 2009, at 1:44

Re: finding copied graphics, another way of doing it

2009-05-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Then I got the idea of separating the file from its linked graphics. I simply renamed the graphics folder and reopened the file. Now only the graphics that were copied into the file were displayed. At a former company, we used this method to clean up files after a release. Our

Re: finding copied graphics, another way of doing it

2009-05-29 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Greenleaf Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 4:46 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: finding copied graphics, another way of doing it Then I got the idea of separating the file from its linked graphics. I simply renamed the graphics folder and reopened the file

Re: transparent background graphics

2009-06-02 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
I built the same sort of cover recently. It took some doing to figure it out. Frame Help was less than helpful. I am using Frame 9 (Virtual Windows XP on a Mac), so I don't know if this is supported in earlier versions, but my EPS graphic with transparency floats quite nicely over my cover

PDF headaches

2009-07-07 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
and High-Quality print options, as well as a set of options that embeds the corporate font. If I have to, I can PDF the cover separately, but I would rather not. Any clues? Thanks in advance. Jenny Greenleaf Agency, LLC Portland, OR ___ You

Re: PDF headaches

2009-07-07 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
be no difference whatsoever between creating PDF via save as or via printing to the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance since in both cases, the EPS content is sent through into the output PostScript stream unmodified. - Dov -Original Message- From: Jenny Greenleaf

Re: PDF headaches

2009-07-08 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
, but not Print to PDF. Jenny On Jul 7, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Writer wrote: Couldn't you merge the eps graphic and png graphic into one graphic, and then use that instead? Nadine Jenny Greenleaf wrote: Thanks, Dov, Let me clarify: I have an EPS file that has content without a background. It's

Re: Soliciting hardware recommendations

2009-07-14 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
I am running TCS in VMWare Fusion on a 2.8 GHz Mac. It works great. Rock solid. Crashes less than most pure Windows machines I've used. In fact, I don't think Windows has ever crashed. Frame has a few times, but the patches fixed that. You can try most of this before making a commitment.

Re: FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Updater happily updated RAW camera file stuff, whatever that is. FrameMaker patch--nada. Did the updater work for anyone? And, if anyone has installed it successfully the manual way, have you had any issues? I'm glad to see the delete variables and crash bug has been fixed. Did this

Key combo for Keep with Next?

2009-10-27 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
One of the things I do frequently is set paragraphs to keep with next. Is there a key combination to perform this task? I have looked through the Frame User Guide, which lists a lot of key combinations, but didn't see this one. I'm using Frame 9. Thanks! Jenny

Re: 6 CDs remaining for 30 day trial of Adobe TCS2 - all gone!

2009-10-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
These are readily available from Adobe. I got one and gave it to my client in case I get hit by a truck. Since they don't have Frame 9 anywhere in the office (it comes in with me and my laptop), they'd be in a jam if they needed to get something done quickly and I was incapacitated. With

Adobe update number vs patch number

2009-11-12 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
. Thanks. As always--the members of this list are incredibly helpful. Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank

Re: Adobe update number vs patch number

2009-11-13 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Thank you! That makes perfect sense. Not. Sometimes I wonder how much Adobe cares about FrameMaker. Are they as sloppy with the rest of their products? Jenny On Nov 12, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Shlomo Perets wrote: Jenny, You wrote: Can someone decode the Adobe update numbers for me? I wanted

Re: Frame 9 Scroll Bar Lockup

2009-11-24 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
I see the scrollbar lockup all the time. Drives me crazy, but at least the scroll wheel on my mouse works when the scroll bar stops working. I have found that if I select another document tab, then re-select the one I was working in, the scroll bar will start working again. Sometimes. I

Small caps in the middle of a cross reference

2010-01-26 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
it's only two and it's very important to my employer. Ideas? Thanks in advance. Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe

Re: Small caps in the middle of a cross reference

2010-01-26 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
the character tag to should display as small caps in the cross reference. You shouldn't have to make any changes to your cross-reference formats themselves. This worked for me in my testing. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: Jenny Greenleaf

Cross-reference formatting, Part 2

2010-01-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
OK, maybe I'm not crazy. I'm completely missing something, or maybe this is a Frame 9 bug. I have several cross-references in my document that reference paragraphs (e.g., chapter titles, headings). These paragraphs contain variables that are set in small caps. When I apply the

Re: Cross-reference formatting, Part 2

2010-01-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
angle brackets (#8194;). Cheers Alan Jenny Greenleaf wrote: OK, maybe I'm not crazy. I'm completely missing something, or maybe this is a Frame 9 bug. I have several cross-references in my document that reference paragraphs (e.g., chapter titles, headings). These paragraphs contain

Re: Cross-reference formatting, Part 2

2010-01-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
...@spectrumwritingllc.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Greenleaf Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:45 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Cross-reference formatting, Part 2 OK, maybe

Re: Cross-reference formatting, Part 2

2010-01-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
-Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Spectrum Writing Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 3:22 PM To: 'Jenny Greenleaf'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Cross-reference formatting, Part 2 As Alan

Re: Cross-reference formatting, Part 2

2010-01-29 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
format (small caps) is removed. Baruch Brodersen On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:24 AM, Jenny Greenleaf aliceme...@comcast.net wrote: Interesting idea, Matt, I set up a simple test, and the answer is no, it doesn't hold the format. I changed one of the link formats to have no character

Can you put a fillable PDF in a Frame document?

2010-03-23 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Helpful beings, I am documenting a product that requires some planning before implementing. I developed some nifty forms using Adobe LiveCycle Designer. I am making the forms available as a separate package on the documentation CD as well as the company support site. Customers can fill in the

Re: Can you put a fillable PDF in a Frame document?

2010-03-23 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Greenleaf Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:50 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can you put a fillable PDF in a Frame document? Helpful beings, I am documenting a product that requires some planning before

Rely on system fonts only

2010-05-11 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
of the smart people on this list have figured out how to make it stay off. Hoping... Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR On May 11, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Callie Bertsche wrote: Thanks to the people who sent me great sample scripts and links to framescript forum! I figured out my problem - I had Adobe PDF

Re: Rely on system fonts only

2010-05-11 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Rick Quatro told me how to set it at the system level using the Printers and Faxes control panel, but I missed the AdvancedPrinting Defaults one. I have now gone in and found the Advanced and General settings and gotten both of them (they were different, sure enough). Frame even remembers.

Re: Rely on system fonts only

2010-05-12 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
-Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Greenleaf Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:29 PM To: Mike Wickham Cc: Frame Users Subject: Re: Rely on system fonts only Rick Quatro told me how to set it at the system

Can the spelling checker be trusted?

2010-05-24 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
rapidly. I am not thrilled about checking every page in a book. Any ideas what would cause this? The word in question is in the first line of a page and the paragraph has an anchored frame. Other than that, it's just a word in a sentence. Jenny Greenleaf Portland

Re: Can the spelling checker be trusted?

2010-05-24 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
for Rechecking option, but it didn't make any difference. Closing Frame and restarting it didn't help either, though it does make my scroll bars work again for a time. Frame seems rather unbelievably buggy sometimes considering what I paid for it. Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR On May 24, 2010

Re: Can the spelling checker be trusted?

2010-05-24 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Great ideas, thank you. Sadly I did do the option to reset all paragraphs. I even made sure to tear the pod away from the side so the sub-pod dialog might work. The paragraph is set to US English. There are no overrides on it. The word can't be in a dictionary since the spelling checker

Re: Can the spelling checker be trusted?

2010-05-25 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
to create this case in a blank file. I don't know if any override causes it to miss, or if it's something special about Franklin Gothic Demi. At least I know now that I should scrutinize paragraphs that start with bold words extra, extra carefully. Not that I don't proofread every page. Jenny

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Nor should you get offended if an Australian man offers to nurse your baby. That one really caught me off-guard the first time I heard it! Jenny On May 27, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Writer wrote: ...or trousers as pants. Nadine --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Lea Rush l...@astoria-pacific.com wrote:

Can the spelling checker be trusted? Yes!

2010-05-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
a while since I've seen this problem). Jenny Greenleaf wrote: Great ideas, thank you. Sadly I did do the option to reset all paragraphs. I even made sure to tear the pod away from the side so the sub-pod dialog might work. The paragraph is set to US English. There are no overrides

Re: Can the spelling checker be trusted? Yes!

2010-05-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
to respond. J On May 28, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Frank Stearns wrote: On Fri, 28 May 2010, Jenny Greenleaf wrote: -snips - In my file, I had a character tag used for run-in heads that was not set to US English. I had never really noticed that you can apply language to a character tag. I know now

Re: Can the spelling checker be trusted? Yes!

2010-05-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
. That was the file Amit was working with. Darn! I thought I had it. FM9p250 on Windows XP SP3, running under VMWare Fusion on a Mac Jenny Greenleaf On May 28, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: THE STEPS I DID TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM: • Click in the document • Find panel → Select find

Troubleshooting cross references

2010-06-23 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Running in an XP VM under VMWare Fusion on a Mac Clues? Thanks in advance, because I know someone knows the answer to this! Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram

Re: Troubleshooting cross references

2010-06-23 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
743 8113 -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Greenleaf Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:50 PM To: Frame Users Subject: Troubleshooting cross references Frame Listas, OK, I fully know

Re: Frame on the Mac

2010-07-26 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
day. I use one of their monitors, and I keep an extra power supply and HDMI dongle onsite. Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR On Jul 25, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Tori Muir wrote: Brag #2: my team use Frame 9 on Windoze XP on Intel Macs running Parallels (another virtual machine program like VMWare

PDF headaches

2009-07-07 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
and High-Quality print options, as well as a set of options that embeds the corporate font. If I have to, I can PDF the cover separately, but I would rather not. Any clues? Thanks in advance. Jenny Greenleaf Agency, LLC Portland, OR

PDF headaches

2009-07-07 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
ipt printer > driver instance > since in both cases, the EPS content is sent through into the output > PostScript > stream unmodified. > > - Dov > > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Jenny Greenleaf [mailto:jgreenleaf at mac.com] >> Sent: Tuesd

PDF headaches

2009-07-07 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
it though. I would be fine if I could fix the cross-reference issue. Jenny On Jul 7, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Writer wrote: > Couldn't you merge the eps graphic and png graphic into one graphic, > and then use that instead? > > Nadine > > Jenny Greenleaf wrote: >> Thanks, D

PDF headaches

2009-07-08 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
to PDF. Jenny On Jul 7, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Writer wrote: > Couldn't you merge the eps graphic and png graphic into one graphic, > and then use that instead? > > Nadine > > Jenny Greenleaf wrote: >> Thanks, Dov, >> >> Let me clarify: >> >

Soliciting hardware recommendations

2009-07-14 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
I am running TCS in VMWare Fusion on a 2.8 GHz Mac. It works great. Rock solid. Crashes less than most pure Windows machines I've used. In fact, I don't think Windows has ever crashed. Frame has a few times, but the patches fixed that. You can try most of this before making a commitment.

transparent background graphics

2009-06-02 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
I built the same sort of cover recently. It took some doing to figure it out. Frame Help was less than helpful. I am using Frame 9 (Virtual Windows XP on a Mac), so I don't know if this is supported in earlier versions, but my EPS graphic with transparency floats quite nicely over my cover

Paragraph Designer Sticks in FM9

2009-05-07 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
I've seen that one too. I've also had repeated crashes when trying to delete variables from a Frame 7 template. It's done it several times. Prior to that, I can click on a variable name, but the confirmation dialog references a different one. I save a lot. Jenny On May 7, 2009, at 1:44

finding copied graphics, another way of doing it

2009-05-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
> >> Then I got the idea of separating the file from its linked >> graphics. I >> simply renamed the graphics folder and reopened the file. Now only >> the >> graphics that were copied into the file were displayed. > At a former company, we used this method to clean up files after a

finding copied graphics, another way of doing it

2009-05-29 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
eusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny > Greenleaf > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 4:46 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: finding copied graphics, another way of doing it > >> >>> Then I got the idea

Adobe update number vs patch number

2009-11-12 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
. Thanks. As always--the members of this list are incredibly helpful. Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR

Adobe update number vs patch number

2009-11-13 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Thank you! That makes perfect sense. Not. Sometimes I wonder how much Adobe cares about FrameMaker. Are they as sloppy with the rest of their products? Jenny On Nov 12, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Shlomo Perets wrote: > Jenny, > > You wrote: > >> Can someone decode the Adobe update numbers for me? I

Frame 9 Scroll Bar Lockup

2009-11-24 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
I see the scrollbar lockup all the time. Drives me crazy, but at least the scroll wheel on my mouse works when the scroll bar stops working. I have found that if I select another document tab, then re-select the one I was working in, the scroll bar will start working again. Sometimes. I

Key combo for Keep with Next?

2009-10-27 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
One of the things I do frequently is set paragraphs to keep with next. Is there a key combination to perform this task? I have looked through the Frame User Guide, which lists a lot of key combinations, but didn't see this one. I'm using Frame 9. Thanks! Jenny

6 CDs remaining for 30 day trial of Adobe TCS2 - all gone!

2009-10-27 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
These are readily available from Adobe. I got one and gave it to my client in case I get hit by a truck. Since they don't have Frame 9 anywhere in the office (it comes in with me and my laptop), they'd be in a jam if they needed to get something done quickly and I was incapacitated. With

FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Updater happily updated RAW camera file stuff, whatever that is. FrameMaker patch--nada. Did the updater work for anyone? And, if anyone has installed it successfully the manual way, have you had any issues? I'm glad to see the "delete variables and crash" bug has been fixed. Did this

Small caps in the middle of a cross reference

2010-01-26 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
of workaround, since it's only two and it's very important to my employer. Ideas? Thanks in advance. Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR

Small caps in the middle of a cross reference

2010-01-26 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
ould have the word or words you applied the character tag to > should display as small caps in the cross reference. > > You shouldn't have to make any changes to your cross-reference formats > themselves. > This worked for me in my testing. > > > David Spreadbury >

Cross-reference formatting, Part 2

2010-01-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
OK, maybe I'm not crazy. I'm completely missing something, or maybe this is a Frame 9 bug. I have several cross-references in my document that reference paragraphs (e.g., chapter titles, headings). These paragraphs contain variables that are set in small caps. When I apply the

Cross-reference formatting, Part 2

2010-01-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
h. > > "Don?t use a character tag that includes angle brackets (<>)." > > Cheers > Alan > > > Jenny Greenleaf wrote: >> OK, maybe I'm not crazy. I'm completely missing something, or maybe this is >> a >> Frame 9 bug. >> >> I

Cross-reference formatting, Part 2

2010-01-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
> Tammy Van Boening > Owner/Principal > Spectrum Writing, LLC > www.spectrumwritingllc.com > info at spectrumwritingllc.com > > > -Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Greenleaf

Cross-reference formatting, Part 2

2010-01-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
; mattrsullivan.wordpress.com > linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan > twitter.com/mattrsullivan > > > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Spectrum Writing > Sent: Thursda

Cross-reference formatting, Part 2

2010-01-29 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
cross-reference format. When you update, the first character > format (small caps) is removed. > Baruch Brodersen > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:24 AM, Jenny Greenleaf > wrote: > Interesting idea, Matt, > > I set up a simple test, and the answer is no, it doesn't hold the form

Frame on the Mac

2010-07-26 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
day. I use one of their monitors, and I keep an extra power supply and HDMI dongle onsite. Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR On Jul 25, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Tori Muir wrote: > Brag #2: my team use Frame 9 on Windoze XP on Intel Macs running Parallels > (another virtual machine program like

Troubleshooting cross references

2010-06-23 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
ly patched Running in an XP VM under VMWare Fusion on a Mac Clues? Thanks in advance, because I know someone knows the answer to this! Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR

Troubleshooting cross references

2010-06-23 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
nical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1 > 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113 > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny > Greenleaf > Sent: Wednesday,

Can you put a fillable PDF in a Frame document?

2010-03-23 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Helpful beings, I am documenting a product that requires some planning before implementing. I developed some nifty forms using Adobe LiveCycle Designer. I am making the forms available as a separate package on the documentation CD as well as the company support site. Customers can fill in the

Can you put a fillable PDF in a Frame document?

2010-03-23 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
rick at frameexpert.com > > *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com > > > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Greenleaf > Sent: Tuesda

Rely on system fonts only

2010-05-11 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
of the smart people on this list have figured out how to make it stay off. Hoping... Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR On May 11, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Callie Bertsche wrote: > Thanks to the people who sent me great sample scripts and links to > framescript forum! I figured out my problem - I had Ado

Rely on system fonts only

2010-05-12 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Writing, LLC > www.spectrumwritingllc.com > info at spectrumwritingllc.com > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Greenleaf > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:29 PM > To: Mike Wickham

Can the spelling checker be trusted?

2010-05-24 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
declining rapidly. I am not thrilled about checking every page in a book. Any ideas what would cause this? The word in question is in the first line of a page and the paragraph has an anchored frame. Other than that, it's just a word in a sentence. Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR

Can the spelling checker be trusted?

2010-05-24 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
"Mark All Paragraphs for Rechecking" option, but it didn't make any difference. Closing Frame and restarting it didn't help either, though it does make my scroll bars work again for a time. Frame seems rather unbelievably buggy sometimes considering what I paid for it. Jenny Gree

Can the spelling checker be trusted?

2010-05-24 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Great ideas, thank you. Sadly I did do the option to reset all paragraphs. I even made sure to tear the pod away from the side so the sub-pod dialog might work. The paragraph is set to US English. There are no overrides on it. The word can't be in a dictionary since the spelling checker

Can the spelling checker be trusted?

2010-05-25 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
to create this case in a blank file. I don't know if any override causes it to miss, or if it's something special about Franklin Gothic Demi. At least I know now that I should scrutinize paragraphs that start with bold words extra, extra carefully. Not that I don't proofread every page. Jenny

Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
Nor should you get offended if an Australian man offers to nurse your baby. That one really caught me off-guard the first time I heard it! Jenny On May 27, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Writer wrote: > ...or trousers as pants. > > Nadine > > --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Lea Rush wrote: > >> From: Lea Rush

Can the spelling checker be trusted? Yes!

2010-05-28 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
> language back to None, or US English (sorry I can't be more specific -- it's > been a while since I've seen this problem). > > > Jenny Greenleaf wrote: >> Great ideas, thank you. Sadly >> >> I did do the option to reset all paragraphs. I even made sure