I am very happy with BookVars. When I go to create a new folder for a
book/part of a book, the first thing I do is create the book file. The
*second* thing I do is create the BookVars file.
Joe
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, and therefore gave up on ResHacker.
If you just change fonts, you should be OK; just don't change the size
of anything.
I have no idea why FM engineers haven't changed the index marker dialog
or the font size. I think it has to be no more than a 10-minute job.
Joe
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Hi Ealasaid!
Have you tried deleting the TOC and re-generating it?
If you need additional help off-list, write me an e-mail directly.
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ave a book that excludes some chapters if it goes out to
customers (external version). The drawback to this is that I have to
re-set some chapter numbering settings when I re-generate the internal
version. Does anyone have a better way?
Joe
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my variables.
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Yes, in fact I do this all the time with Tip/Note/Warning text that I
put in a table.
If you want, I can send you an unstructured FM 7.1 file with the
paragraph, character, and table formats I use.
Joe
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I have two separate books, but they share chapters. The numbering
properties seem to persist for a chapter file, even if I set the
numbering properties at the book level.
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Developers generate dynamic controls as the
program is running, by issuing Windows API calls. If you modify the
static controls or the dialog box containing them, you may end up
putting a static control at the same place a dynamic control is supposed
to appear.
Joe Malin
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(40
rting, I sure
did! In fairness to both Adobe and FM, it is confusing because it is not
what we expect.
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her good key sequence is ALT+S+V+letters+ENTER where "letters" are
the first few letters of a variable name. I use that one constantly!
I hope to write some sort of FDK thingie to handle this and others;
first I have to find time to go to the bathroom...
Joe Malin
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ot the *page* number.
This also happens if I surround <$pagenum> with a tag, for
example
<$paranum><$paratext><$pagenum>
This also happens in index entries.
Anyone seen this before?
Joe
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I don't particularly care one way or another. I see that it's not a bug
by Adobe's definition, and I can live with that.
Joe
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matter
in a book. The document page number appears in the page display at the
bottom, followed by the PDF number in parentheses.
Does anyone know if I can set this automatically from FrameMaker? I'm
using FM 7.1, unstructured, to print .PS files which I then pass through
Distiller.
Joe
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Everyone pointed me to Rick Quatro. Thanks!
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es us re-examine our typographical
conventions.
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of a character or paragraph
format. Alas, I'm starting a department from scratch, so I have to
design as I go. As much as I can, I change the template as soon as I'm
sure my override is what I want. Quality also involves feedback.
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are? Would someone else be upset?
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Sent: Monday, Januar
Note that using roman numerals does not preclude consecutive numbering.
The only change is that the text part of the book no longer starts on
page 1.
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*introduction
*part (ie Part I)
*chapter
*appendix
*glossary
*index
When I'm doing this, I start out by defining formats in the title
template, and then use File > Import > Formats to copy to other
templates.
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t; file. I wonder if FM is simply not smart
enough to generate an extra page when it regenerates the list of tables.
Anyone know?
Joe
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Yes, I've tried that. It works, but the next time I generate files, the setting
goes back.
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Uh, no, I'm not saving them. Didn't think of it. The list file is set to
double-sided in the Pagination dialog.
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I'm not sure if *this* was the suggestion that started things working,
but now they work. Thanks to everyone who replied! As a lone writer, I
absolutely depend on you for help, and you always come through...
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Oh yeah I save them. In fact, when I'm initially creating a generated
file, I do the trick of generating, saving, overwriting the file with my
own template file, and then regenerating.
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, and decent
way to share information online.
I hope that you will consider it in this light and do the right thing.
Joe
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worry.
Someone needs to teach the moderator the basics of e-mail, IMHO.
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, or am I doing something wrong?
Joe
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From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday
can make with Tweak UI. Word 2003 seems to
stick to the Office 2003 standard instead.
If none of this makes any sense to you, then the bottom line is that you
can't do it.
Joe
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Well, once again I have neutrino-sized particles of bandwidth with which
to investigate structured Frame.
I have chosen to start with DocBook rather than DITA, just because I've
worked in structured Frame with a DTD that was based on full DocBook.
Question is, which version of DocBook should I
Right, I know about that. I'm not willing to go down the route towards
DITA until I understand more about structured FM and Docbook, though.
DocBook fits more closely with what I have.
Joe
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I stand corrected. I will go look at the documentation (what a
concept!). I bought the dang tools and yet I don't know all their
features! I have to say that they are great tools, well worth the price.
Joe
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Dunno, but I have been using the Adobe PDF driver + write to file +
distilling for nearly five years now without any problems on both
unstructured and structured FM versions 6.0 - 7.1. I haven't yet run
into a need for "save as PDF".
Joe Malin
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. This may not
be what Linux or HP-UX people want to hear, but I think it's a useful
distinction.
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entry between columns using the shuttle
buttons.) Hold down the shift key, and then click the arrow key. This
will move *everything*. The best place to use this is in the Generate
Acrobat Data dialog box, to clear out the paragraph tags FM puts into
your PDF before you add what you wan
there from before.
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either be groaning or snickering.
I have not had a situation in which I could use sparklines, but I think
they're a great idea.
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text I want (in my
case, it's "CONFIDENTIAL").
I use Leximation's BookVars FM plug-in, with which I can set the
variables for all the files in a book from one text file.
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No offense to Kate, and I hope someone takes this job; it sounds like a
good one, but...
if you take it, watch where you put your hand (with apologies to
"Fantastic Voyage")
Joe
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hope this helps. If the OP has questions or clarifications he or she
can contact me directly.
Joe
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Some really good answers from others here. I agree with you, though,
that making a separate set of templates for A4 would be a major time
commitment. It would also lead to all sorts of management problems.
Trust me on this, I *know*.
Joe
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really need their *definitions*, just the words
themselves.
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, you
just need to search for blah.
Very handy!
I have to caution you that since it's XML, it is *not* line-oriented.
You can't use a typical search and replace tool (like "sed") that is
line-oriented. Fortunately, I know how to handle this.
Joe
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Yeah, but I haven't saved up enough yet to buy FrameScript. We'll see
how things go this week; I may be able to get my company to buy it.
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mmatically incorrect. You have have *both* a *subordinate*
conjunction (if) and a *coordinate* conjunction (and) connecting the
same two phrases!
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n
at Oracle. Not that I'm saying Karen (or anyone else)
should have known; my guess is that Oracle found out the hard way!
I don't know a way to find the duplicate ids offhand. sorry!
Joe
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Hi!
I am looking for experiences and advice about using DITA from tech
writers who are familiar with real success stories.
I'm the only tech writer here at TuVox, a 70-person startup. I am
seriously considering using DITA as the basis of a single-source
structured documentation environment. The
.
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Excellent points, Katie. Translation into other languages is not yet an
issue for us, but I am aware that it's one of XML documentation's big
selling points. Thanks for your advice!
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n, I think the
standard has no useful purpose.
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that FM
ought to provide the ability to separate page sequences from page
sequence formatting.
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ll startup relies on more hours
from each employee than on any productivity enhancement that is "an
expense."
Joe
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. The reader uses the command to go to page 58, but the
software is not aware that the first 10 pages of the file are numbered
i-x. The jump to page 58 actually yields page 48!
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e operative word here, I ain't perfect!
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set, ensure that Format > Document > Numbering
Paragraph tab is set to restart paragraph numbering with each chapter.
Joe
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GB USB flash
drive, which are now less than $100. Use it to transfer files. Even CDs
are obsolete with flash drives, and of course floppy drives are way
passe.
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interface was set up
to show one window at a time! I use multiple windows. Yikes! :^O.
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I agree that two monitors is very useful for structured FM.
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ith future books you write. Best of all, if you
already have FM and a way to generate PDF, the solution is *free*.
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trates *me* is that a modern CS student gets to have an
ultra-powerful computer *plus* the Internet, and do so many *fun
things*!!! :( Boo-hoo. I wanna be a student again! Boy, if Doom 2 had
been around when I was a college student, I'd still be in school.
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. Grammar and rhetoric skills don't do much if you can't put the
information in a place where the reader can find it, and produce an
overall group of topics that make the product clear.
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ink-wrapped products, unofficial stuff floats around all the time.
Most companies don't care; any publicity is good!
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g *editing* bookmarks? I'd
like to drop a bookmark in one doc, go someplace else, and then come
back to that bookmark. It's OK if it stays in the doc, as long as it
doesn't affect PDF or XML (HTML) output.
Joe
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, too.
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Ren: See, now if this user had only *read the PowerPoint manual*, he'd
know about this and...
Stimpy: But Ren, Powerpoint doesn't *have* a manual!
Ren: Shut up, you eeediot!
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can elaborate if necessary.
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gone the same route, would
be much appreciated.
As you probably know, I have many years experience in software
development, so developing my own EDD is not an issue.
Joe
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.
Though I want to have single-source and people here like the idea, I
don't think anyone here needs it urgently enough to spend money on it,
yet.
Joe
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Hey!
Uh, I've been laid off, again. Bummer! On the other hand, I had already
been thinking it was time for me to move on. The company has changed
directions, and just doesn't need a tech writer, especially now that
I've finished the last round of documentation!
If you're in the SF Bay Area and
This a bit tricky. I haven't done it before, but I found instructions
for it in the Adobe FrameMaker help. The topic title is
"Including the total page count of a book in a header or footer"
The Page Count (<$lastpagenum>) variable ordinarily resets on a
file-by-file basis, but you can make it
Hi!
Interesting question regarding Shlomo's excellent ToolbarPlus Express
tool. The tool originally had a "bug" where the Paragraph Tag dropdown
box was nearly invisible. I know there's a fix for this, but I can't
remember what it is. Can anyone help?
Joe
> applied to the current paragraph, making the display unreliable.
> What Shlomo chose to do was hide the unreliable display while
> still allowing you to pull down the list and select a different tag
> to apply.
>
>
>> From: Joe Malin
>> Reply-To: jmalin at jmalin.com
Hi!
I have used FrameMaker and ClearCase before. I don't particularly see a
need to link together all the files in a book within ClearCase, unless
you're going directly from ClearCase to FM or invoking ClearCase from FM
itself. Of course, you have to treat FM files as binary; you can't
compare
Two excellent questions.
The first one I have run into before; I just finished working as a lone
writer who had to do exactly what you are doing.
FM does not have an "external" formats doc. What you can do, though, is
apply the formats in a document to all the files in a book. To do this,
you
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What he's saying is that FM files are "binary", which means they're not
composed entirely of printable characters (that's a simplified
explanation). You can't do the "normal" type of ClearCase operation on
them. That probably freaks him out. It shouldn't; I have used ClearCase
and other SCM
there to comment. I'm sure that IBM itself is *not* using Rational
SoDA for this, at least around here (Silicon Valley). That ought to be
an indication.
Can your colleague join the list and elaborate what's going on? Maybe
she's misinterpreted what they're asking her to do?
Joe Malin
Technical
, 2006 11:47 AM
To: Steve Rickaby
Cc: framers at FrameUsers.com; Joe Malin
Subject: Re: OT: Question about Rational SODA tool
My bad - as a technical writer, I should have been much more clear - she
is being told that Framemaker is going bye-bye at her organization
because the powers that be insist
by a number, followed by the resource's definition.
Since numbers would be hard to keep track of, you can use a C-style
header file to define symbols for each number.
Joe
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Hi!
ring if you plan on going structured.
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A slight hijack: for people who are using dual monitors, what
configuration do you use? Here at work, we have people using dual LCD
displays. I see the following configurations in use:
* Horizontal side-by-side, most often "tilted back" (top back,
bottom up) but sometimes also
> -pc
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> A slight hijack: for people who are using dual monitors, what
> configuration do you use? Here at work, we have people using dual LCD
> displays. I see the following configurations in use:
>
> * Horizontal side-by-side, m
tors, what video card do you use?
>>
>> -pc
>>
>> Joe Malin wrote: A slight hijack: for people
>> who are using dual monitors, what
>> configuration do you use? Here at work, we have people using dual
>> LCD
>> displays. I see the following con
I think that you chose well by having a digital version and a print version.
That immediately solves one of the major problems.
I use the rubric "save big and shrink down", that is, make relatively big
images and then scale them down. Scaling algorithms do reasonably well at
throwing away
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