PageLabeler Plugin

Yes, we all do in this group. --- Lin Surasky wrote: > Anyone use Rick Quatro's PageLabeler Plugin with Frame 7.2? Is it > compatible? John Posada Senior Technical Writer EMC Corporation "where information lives"

PageLabeler Plugin

My group at EMC > > Not to pick nits, but no, we don't all use it. In > the office, I can't use plugins at all, so I don't use any. > > > Yes, we all do in this group. > > John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

re two or three > paragraphs. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Importing text insets

ever been up to speed in drag and drop capabilities. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Where to find instructions for creating a watermark

d frame centered on each master page, put an image with the word Draft, and apply a Draft conditional to the frame. Just before release, we turn off the Draft conditional, which hides the Draft image John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Plugin to map styles

let ->Bulleted) or the names must be completely swapped (Body Indented -> Indented). Somewhere in my toolbox on my other laptop, I beleieve I have some plugins that allow styles to be mapped. However, I'm interested in the current state of the art plugins for this purpose. Anyone have a favori

big space

to change a color. Also, we use smart spaces, so putting two spaces together is not an option. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

big space

? One > way I > > know I don't want to do it is to change a color. Also, we use > smart > > spaces, so putting two spaces together is not an option. > > > > John Posada > > Senior Technical Writer > > > > "So long and thanks for all the fish." > > ___ > > John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

FM to HTML Conversion

Can you map the attibutes in the HTML Mapping table on the Reference page? > and tags to all the lists (and there are A LOT of them), is > there > any way to have the lists numbered or bulleted as they are in the > FM file? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long a

Using Acrobat's Online Review Feature

full Acrobat version)? > We're > trying to get it work here, and even though Adobe's documentation John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Using Acrobat's Online Review Feature

res its own dedicated > machine to boot. Can anyone dispute this? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Tri-XML in July

Hi, guys...just wondering who else on the list is heading down to this conference the end of July? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Table Rows Don't Break

ows. > FrameMaker does not seem to want to break a long row. Does anybody > know a > trick to make long rows break across pages rather than push content > into> the footer? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

FM 7.0 Question

u define the style for figure or table numbering, make sure you include, in the syntax, something similar to the following: F:Figure <n+>:\ where F: identifies the unique series so that the numbering stays within that style definition. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

My exboss is looking for a contract tech writer in Jersey City NJ

that I know would not meet his requirements, and forward him the good ones. Send any resumes or questions to my offlist address. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Mif2Go HTML setting

the heading text as the file name. I tried finding it in the help, but couldn't. Anyone give me a pointer? BTW...so far, the results are superb. I love the new batch file for installation, and it can only get better from here. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks fo

Mif2Go HTML setting

would be all the H2s until the next occurance of an H1, and at the bottom of H2 would be all the H3s that occur until the next occurance of the next H2. Am I asking for too much? --- "Jeremy H. Griffith" wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:58:24 -0700 (PDT), John Posada > wrote

Converting many directories using Mif2Go

this in the help. Can someone point me to the topics or give me the steps that implement this? Thanks. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Converting many directories using Mif2Go

tings\John Posada\My Documents\Documentation\RTM.book and [GraphFiles] gif=bmp can I just use gif=bmp or must I include the [GraphFiles] part also do I need to include the header portion with the ; --- "Jeremy H. Griffith" wrote: > On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 08:56:43 -0800 (PST), John Posada

Converting many directories using Mif2Go

the callouts, but the image behind the callouts is not incorporated. I get callouts floating in an empty frame. Is this a setting I should be making? --- "Jeremy H. Griffith" wrote: > On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 08:56:43 -0800 (PST), John Posada > > wrote: > > >I'm trying to co

Creating hyperlinks

Create your first one manually, copy it to clipboard, then do a search/replace and for replace, select "By Pasting". --- Sanjana wrote: > Hi > > What is the easiest way to hyperlink words that repeatedly ocuur > in a FM document. > John Posada Senior T

Creating hyperlinks

> Method 2: > Create a new text flow on a reference page, and paste the > link there. On the Body page, import the flow (File> Import> > File... I like this...never would have thought of it. Thanks John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Unbelievable On-Line Help Stupidity

> Personally, I find the whole idea of clicking "Start" to shutdown > somewhat > counter-intuitive, and could somebody tell me why I have to use the My mother (73), after having a computer for six years, still asks me about this one. What do she know?...she's not in the I

images for mif2go

her confirm what I say (and say it better), or tell me why what I'm doing is not the best way. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

A bug & note on using .png graphics....

16 million colors vs 256 for GIF --- Jim Light wrote: > So someone refresh my memory please, the advantage of using png > files is what? > John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

How do YOU format page alignment in FM TOCs

<$paranum>\t<$paratext>\t\t<$pagenum> which now does what I want. If the TOC entry is one line, no impact. If the TOC entry is two lines, the page number still right aligns. This is what I want. However...I'm interested in other ways of doing this. If anyone has a more gracefull way

How do YOU format page alignment in FM TOCs

is you are trying > to edit your TOC, then I can maybe help you a bit more. > > > John Posada wrote: > > Hi, guys...I need to make a recomendation to my writing team next > > week on the best way to address some TOC rough edges. > > > > Let me explain. Right no

How do YOU format page alignment in FM TOCs

I'm with you on that. However, sometimes, when ya got over 140 books (between all of us, not just me), it just cannot be avoided. John Posada Senior Technical Writer EMC/SMARTS where information lives --- Anne Robotti wrote: > > However...I'm interested in other ways of

How do YOU format page alignment in FM TOCs

ly way I can figue out how to do that is to have the TOC in a three column table, and that's too much of a restructure at this point. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Career advice--which application to focus on: FM or Word?

Position, work, and subject matter. Tools are a snap. > Hello everyone, > > I would like some advice from anyone who has worked in > the technical writing field for more than 3 years. My > question is this: 15 years John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

I Object to sites which demand registration before exposing pricing

tration because of experiences in the past with > competitors. That seems pretty lame to me because, > obviously, any competitor could easily disguise a > pricing probe. So could you. Wanna know the number of companies that think I live at 123 Main St and with a phone number of 212-555-1

Release Date for FrameMaker 8?

be. Adobe has not communicated anything, so there is no communication problem. Right now, all the two of you have is rumors, and there is ALWAYS a communication problm with rumors. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Release Date for FrameMaker 8?

> Don't expect Adobe to bring back any jobs. Once the outsourcing bug > hits, those jobs are lost forever. On one hand, I understand I know of multiple specific instances of where outsourced projects were brought back and domestic developers were added back. John Posada Senior Technical

Outsourcing: Was Release Date for FrameMaker 8?

hat didn't work, the concept is flawed, is the wrong conclusion. The minority are the ones you hear about with problems. The majority you don't hear about are the ones that go as they should and it just becomes a normal part of the business model. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So lon

Outsourcing

e > consumer benefits that much either. Not me...right? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Outsourcing: Was Release Date for FrameMaker 8?

on should go to the best value, which is a balance between cost and quality. Then get whatever training you need to tip the balance in favor of quality; if not for your current employer, one that allows you to make the transition as quick as possible. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long a

Plugin to let you move specific Paragraph styles

unifying out styles and vriables. So...is there a plugin that will let me select the paragraph styles from a list and move only those styles to other documents? Thanks John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

MIF question

ave > followed this list off and on during that time. I've seen > references to MIF files but I have no understanding as to their > purpose or use. If someone would care to > enlighten me, who knows, maybe I've been missing out on a very > useful tool or resource. John Posada Senio

printing garbage from FrameMaker file

Clear your print queue, then reboot your printer > > Some FrameMaker files look good but print a single line of > garbage > > letters per page (for reams of paper) to a Xerox printer but are John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

List of unused User Variables?

or definitions in batch mode. We have a couple of hundred variables. Managing them is now a push of a button. If anyone has questions, feel free to contact me off-list. > ToolBox from Systec will delete unused variables. > > http://www.systec-gmbh.com/en/sites/toolbox.php > John P

Formula for Tech Writing Lead Time?

Besides...would my formula determine how quickly you work? If just because my formula said you should be producing 20% more...would it make it so? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Conferences

wouldn't go over well. Thanks John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

OT: Question about Rational SODA tool

going > bye-bye at her organization because the powers that be > insist Rational Soda will do the same thing - not > Framemaker overall going bye-bye. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Adobe Release: DITA and S1000D **Direct Link**

Hi, Bernard...I downloaded it. However, it's a zip with no instructions on what to do with it. > wrote: > >In case you want to jump right in: > >http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/framemaker_ap John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be q

Adobe Release: DITA and S1000D **Direct Link**

gt; From: > framers-bounces+mark.southee=surfcontrol.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+mark.southee=surfcontrol.com at lists.frameusers.co > m] On Behalf Of John Posada > Sent: 08 September 2006 14:55 > To: bernard at publishingsmarter.com > Cc: framers at Fram

TOC wrap

the pagenum block Appendix <$chapnum> /t <$paratext> /t/t <$pagenum> John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Document Management System needed for FM

Does it work for anyone? --- Art Campbell wrote: > Before I looked at external solutions, I think you should establish > that the built-in WebDAV solution won't work for you... > > Art John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with yo

2 blank pages

: > I have an Index with 2 blank pages at the end. I > tried every possibility under Pagination, Delete > Blank pages, etc. Any ideas? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Pubsnet "out of office reply" bounces

> > I have never subscribed to a Pubsnet list either and I'm getting > tons of junk from them! John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Recommended Laptop Hardware Requirements help please

; Hi: > > My department is considering replacing our Windows desktop PCs with > laptops. Our IT department buys all of our hardware from Dell. > This is something we can't change. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you

Recommended Laptop Hardware Requirements help please

using a Dell Inspiron 8600 that I've had for a > couple of years now. No problems running Frame, Corel Draw, Vision > Dream Weaver Distiller, and My Database Doc Control system. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've ne

Recommended Laptop Hardware Requirements help please

he scale toward "workstation" rather than "business > laptop." John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

2003?

Hi, guys...is FM 7.2 supported on Windows 2003 AS? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Looking for a documentation portal example

ng of a term. However, where presenatation matters, it stays PDF. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever. So far, so good."

Better diff tool that change bars?

>Acrobat 8 can enable PDF documents Acrobat 7 also John Posada Senior Technical Writer "They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever. So far, so good."

Missing leader lines in TOC

>What works for you may work just fine. But you have two hiring managers here >who've told you "um, nope, >don't read 'em if they are that long." Then don't. I just hope someone like me isn't the person you are looking for.

Missing leader lines in TOC

Sorry, guys...don't have the faintest idea how this response got on this list. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever. So far, so good." - Original Message ---- From: John Posada <jposad...@yahoo.com> To: Zoe Law

How do I turn off the link

Then you have to remember to do this each time you generate a new PDF. I'm looking for a way of encoding the string so it never becomes an email address. One of my suggestions to the person was to create a tiny graphic just containing the @ sign and put the image in place of typing the character.

Reasons to Structure

he later description in the above paragraph is not bad...it's just different than the former. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Trouble with cross-references

; Pearl You probably didn't. However, you might have brought in other content that did. You might be using EPS and they include their own fonts. Change your setting for: File -> Prefernces -> General -> Remember Missing Font Names John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the p

Frame's future

> >'The most important question is; how can we make sure that > FrameMaker continues to be the tool of choice for you?' > > Put it back on the @??!@!$ Macintosh.

Frame's future

distributed > with no renumeration for FrameScript's developer. FrameScript is a > bargain > at $149. Even the simplest scripts provide a quick payback in time > savings. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Frame's future

has never acknowledged us for an untested product "that looks promising", simply because we're pissed at the other guy. And this is the justification upon which you spend your company's money? Shame on you. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with y

Some Pointers for IXgen

. This sound reasonable? I'm going to be studying the manual. However, in the mean time, can someone give me a very highlevel description of how I'll approach this? Thanks John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known

Some Pointers for IXgen

> > Hope that helps, > Very much. Thanks John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Looking for an editable output from Frame 7.2

have them look the same way they looked > when I created them in Frame. > > I am an experienced Frame user but not a guru and I doubt that > what they want is possible. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

First Time Indexer

, I get: ISC Adapter Definition, 3 Compatability, 7 Uninstalation, 45 Only by addressing them individual do you have the opportunity to eter the appropriate subheading. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

ly one monitor, when you reboot, each application will (usually) reopen on the monitor where you left it before you shut down. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

I am > just not used to having this much screen space, so I do things in > an > old-fashioned style. I often find myself switching between app > windows > rather than moving one off to the second display. > > Joe > > John Posada wrote: > > --- Richard Doll wrote:

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

> You guys mention apps and which monitor etc.? Our proprietary > software always comes up in the center of my two monitors, split > in half. But you can grab and drag it, right? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is tha

I want the crossreference to show the whole image

is clicked. This means that the image is off the top of the display and I need to scroll up to see the image. Assuming the placement of the image caption isn't going to change from bottom to top, anyone have a tip on how to have the image display when the crossreferenced caption is displayed? John Posada

I want the crossreference to show the whole image

Don't I loose the ability to include the figure caption content in the cros-reference? > How about creating an invisible target above the image and > cross-referencing to that instead? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that y

I want the crossreference to show the whole image

> Where and to what is the image anchored? An anchored frame is inserted with the attribute of "Below current line", then the first line below the anchored frame has the style "FigureCaption", which includes "C:Figure\ <n+>< >\t" for numbring.

I want the crossreference to show the whole image

> We had this problem on the Mac version and the way we > fixed it is to set your document properties in Acrobat > to say show Single Page layout. > > I hope this helps... This just might do it. Now I have to see how many corporate style and template rules it violates. Joh

I want the crossreference to show the whole image

e the ability to include the figure caption > > content in the cros-reference? > > > > > How about creating an invisible target above the image and > > > cross-referencing to that instead? John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite

DITA CMS recommendations?

are geared more for unstructured > documents... > > Thoughts, anyone? -- John Posada http://jposada.zenfolio.com/

Customer-friendly word for "landline"

om > [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+darren.butler.ctr=robins.af.mil at techwr-l.com] On > Behalf Of John Posada > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 4:24 PM > To: List,? Techwriter > Subject: Customer-friendly word for "landline" > > I'm putting together a "se-Instead

Customer-friendly word for "landline"

Maybe nothing, just exploring alternative...look like there really aren't any...thanks anyway On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Alan T Litchfield wrote: > Telephone? > > What's wrong with landline? > > Alan -- John Posada http://jposada.zenfolio.com/

Customer-friendly word for "landline"

mobile/non-cellular phone as a landline, even if it is Internet connection through satelite transmission. -- John Posada http://jposada.zenfolio.com/

Customer-friendly word for "landline"

OTS system, but technically, isn't (is VOIP considered a >> "landline" .. I dunno). > > No, VoIP is not considerd landline because the Internet connection can be > provided to the home (the "customer premises" in the jargon) via twisted pair > (ISDN), coaxial c

PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

a few > documents. I would like to be able to incorporate that latest version of > their documents when I generate my sets. Is there anyway to incorporate this > "foreign document" into my workflow? -- John Posada http://jposada.zenfolio.com/

PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

> get the full document to show up/print? > -- John Posada http://jposada.zenfolio.com/

Sharepoint links in a Frame doc

strategy will work or if there is a better way to do it? -- John Posada http://jposada.zenfolio.com/

Sharepoint links in a Frame doc

gt; > document. I don't have any experience with Sharepoint. Do you know if my >> > linking strategy will work or if there is a better way to do it? >> -- >> John Posada >> http://jposada.zenfolio.com/ > > -- John Posada http://jposada.zenfolio.com/

Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!

Ive been on FM11 and Win7 since maybe Feb and have not crashed once. On Aug 9, 2013 12:50 AM, "Ken Poshedly" wrote: > Due to the addition of 2 new contract writers and the replacement of the > hard drive in an existing terminal in my department, we're now stuck with > Windows 7 and FrameMaker 11

What is the current fm version...

What is the current fm11 version...i currently have 11.0.0.380 Thanks -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Fm templates in public domain?

to sponge off you guys, but if I can shorten this process by customizing an existing template, it would be appreciated. Im doing books using the 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1 numbering pattern. Thanks guys much appreciated. John Posada -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed

Crash when i print from book

FM11 on win7. When i attempt to print a book i crash. The internal error is 11004 22540623 22540906 25284309 Anybody have a clue based on these numbers? -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Crash when i print from book

Actualy it was a known issue at my version. I was contacted by Adobe because of my post and they sent me a link to update my version. On Feb 19, 2013 1:23 PM, "Chris Despopoulos" wrote: > No clue based on numbers, but check for font problems... > > What are you printing to? PS, PDF, Other??? I

One of my FM11 files has become Read-only

Hi, guys...one of the files inmy book (it has about 400 files) has become read only. I don't know how it happened. When I open the file and try to select content, the frame gets selected. As far as I know, it kis (or was) Flow A. Anyone know how to change it back to a write state? -- John

Converting from PDF to Word (or Frame, or anything)

. In fact, when I copy a piece of text to clipboard and paste into Notepad, I still get the squares. So...is there a way during conversion to map a particular font to another font? This is confidential stuff, so I can't let it out of my system. Thanks -- John Posada Rock portfolio: http

One of my FM11 files has become Read-only

Thanks...it worked. On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Harro de Jong wrote: > John Posada wrote: > > > > Hi, guys...one of the files inmy book (it has about 400 files) has > become read > > only. I don't know how it happened. > > > > When I open the file and t

Converting from PDF to Word (or Frame, or anything)

om, hyperlocal news for Groton MA. > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Stuart Rogers > wrote: > > On 2013-Jul-02 1:53 PM, John Posada wrote: > > > > Hi, guys... > > > > I was given three PDF files that I need to edit and put into Frame. Two > of > > t

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

Off list. Aside from it is interesting to a small subset, its just plain boring now. On Jul 18, 2013 4:18 PM, "Writer" wrote: > And on the other side of the fence... > > I find it an interesting discussion. And I prefer to have it on this list > since I don't participate in many other lists. > >

Distill multipage embedded PDFs when you distill a FM doc

so pagination could be retained. I now can't find the process that I used. Anyone know what I'm talking about? BTW...if it matters, I'm now on FM11, though this was done at a much earlier version. Thanks. -- John Posada Rock portfolio: http://jposada.zenfolio.com/musicportfolio Twitter

Distill multipage embedded PDFs when you distill a FM doc

AM, John Posada wrote: > Hi, guys...about 6-7 years ago, I discovered a techique where I could > place a 2-3 line command on a FM page, then when the book was distiled to > PDF, the multi-page PDF would be merged into the book PDF and printed as > part of the book. The incorporated

Incorporating external documents containing tables, into a book

un down > off the bottom of the first imported page. > > > Any ideas? I also have the issue of working in a locked down environment, > so installing other software is not an option. BTW...I'm on FM11. > > > John Posada > > - > *

Need to get my FM11 styles under control

then import > to all other docs in book. What this won't do is remove styles from all the > files that aren't in the control document. > > How do you go about doing this? > > John Posada > > - > ***

OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

Look at your license agreement...you dont own them now. On May 9, 2013 12:42 PM, "Steve Rickaby" wrote: > I have just heard a rumor that the CS Suite is going to available in > future only on an SaaS basis, by subscription. TCS/FrameMaker could follow? > > I do wonder whether the accountants

OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

Actualy, i think they would jump on it. They can spread out the cost evenly over a period of time and if the employee leaves, they can stop the charges...they arent out the full cost. It also changes from capital purchase to operating expense that is treated differently on the books. On May 9,

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