Re: [Framers] Running FM from external device?

2022-07-08 Thread Ken Poshedly
ail me off this list. -- Ken in Atlanta * On Friday, July 1, 2022 at 10:27:07 AM EDT, Ken Poshedly wrote: Gang, A little help requested here regarding my non-subscription installation of FrameMaker. Basically, can FM10 be run from an ext

Re: [Framers] Running FM from external device?

2022-07-01 Thread Ken Poshedly
ow and I'll put > you in touch directly with my husband.) > > Sue T > > > -Original Message- > From: Ken Poshedly > Sent: 01 July 2022 15:27 > To: FrameMaker Users List > Subject: [Framers] Running FM from external device? > > Gang, > > A

[Framers] Running FM from external device?

2022-07-01 Thread Ken Poshedly
Gang, A little help requested here regarding my non-subscription installation of FrameMaker. Basically, can FM10 be run from an external hard drive? Also, can it be installed from a thumb-drive. I legally own FrameMaker 10 and have no desire or need to upgrade (for financial and other

[Framers] elusive transparent background

2022-01-30 Thread Ken Poshedly
Hey Gang, Here's my predicament. I'm using FM 10.0 (which I own), Adobe Acrobat Pro Version 9.0 (which I also own) and Adobe PhotoShop CS4 Version 11.0 (again, which I also own). I'm trying to paste a png file (it's the logo for an organization) with transparent background into a frame (front

Re: [Framers] Automated index or list of keywords in Frame or Word?

2021-12-31 Thread Ken Poshedly
Let's see . . . so they want it done but nobody above you has time to support you. And there is a time crunch and other restrictions. Yep, heard that before. I recall in the early 2000s using a FrameMaker-friendly program called Ixgen that seems to me to do what you require. It worked great.

Re: [Framers] New Adobe Profiles - Business, Personal

2021-09-23 Thread Ken Poshedly
For better or worse, and until it completely fails (which it hasn't), I'm still with FM 10.0, having started with version 5.5 back in 1998. -- Ken in Atlanta ** On Thursday, September 23, 2021, 12:41:15 PM EDT, Harding, Dan wrote: YIKES! This reinforces my

Re: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer.

2021-08-10 Thread Ken Poshedly
tever)" for a FrameMaker subscription? Sure, that's pretty steep if you're only working on a single contract, but it's less than half the single-license purchase price in the pre-subscription days. -FR From: Framers on behalf of Ken Poshedly Sent: Tuesday, August 10,

Re: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer.

2021-08-10 Thread Ken Poshedly
My turn. And I know that I'm not alone with what I describe below. So now that I am doing occasional contract work with FM10, I fear that at some time, I also will need to upgrade my desktop hardware and attempt an FM10 reinstall and may encounter the same thing Bodvar did. With a giant

[Framers] FM10 templates

2021-08-04 Thread Ken Poshedly
Hey gang, I'm now doing a company newsletter (contract job) and could use some help in locating a few FrameMaker 10 (yes, "10") newsletter templates. (I'm retired and on SS, so upgrading to subscription-only FM is out of the question. Plus, I own what I have and it works just fine for my

Re: [Framers] can someone take the reins?

2021-06-26 Thread Ken Poshedly
FWIW, try Facebook. Even if there is/are more than one Brad with the same last name, you can private message them one at a time to find out who’s who. — Ken in Atlanta Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 26, 2021, at 3:49 PM, Carol J. Elkins wrote: > > At 01:10 PM 6/26/2021, Peter Gold wrote: >> I

Re: [Framers] ALERT: MESSAGES FROM poshe...@bellsouth.net ARE HACKED

2020-10-05 Thread Ken Poshedly
Carol, My email system was hacked so no, I have sent nothing to anybody via Dropbox. I've just now changed my password to hopefully stop more occurrences of this. Thanks for your understanding. -- Ken in Atlanta ** On Monday, October 5, 2020,

Re: [Framers] ALERT: MESSAGES FROM poshe...@bellsouth.net ARE HACKED

2020-10-05 Thread Ken Poshedly
Tammy, My email system was hacked so no, I have sent nothing to anybody via Dropbox. I've just now changed my password to hopefully stop more occurrences of this. Thanks for your understanding. -- Ken in Atlanta ** On Monday, October 5, 2020,

[Framers] my mailbox was hacked

2020-10-05 Thread Ken Poshedly
To all, My email system was hacked so no, I have sent nothing to anybody via Dropbox. I've just now changed my password to hopefully stop more occurrences of this. Thanks for your understanding. -- Ken in Atlanta ___ This message is from the Framers

[Framers] Hacked email account

2020-10-05 Thread Ken Poshedly
To all, My email system was hacked so no, I have sent nothing to anybody via Dropbox. I've just now changed my password to hopefully stop more occurrences of this. Thanks for your understanding. -- Ken in Atlanta ___ This message is from the Framers

Re: [Framers] (Re)install Frame 12 and Acrobat Pro 10

2020-09-28 Thread Ken Poshedly
Note that "deactivating" is different from "deleting". If you delete FrameMaker from your existing platform before actually "deactivating" it, you may be SOL regarding "activating" a new installation on your new box. Or maybe not. *** On Monday, September 28, 2020,

[Framers] image background problem

2020-09-16 Thread Ken Poshedly
A question about an image technique that I've never been able to master but it seems everybody else has -- dropping out a white background. I've been assigned with producing a company newsletter formerly done in Word. And though I do use Word when I have to, I'm 22 years into FrameMaker and --

[Framers] FrameMaker and transparency

2020-05-16 Thread Ken Poshedly
Ladies & Gents, Short question: Does FrameMaker 10 support transparency (i.e., no background) in imported graphics or not? Details: I've created a "Text Frame" (not a Graphic Frame) on a page in a new document which has, of course, the usual frame for text flow. So that's a newly created Text

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2015

2020-04-02 Thread Ken Poshedly
Images / attachments not allowed on this list. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 2, 2020, at 8:23 AM, Richard Melanson wrote: > > Where did my picture go?? > > > Richard Melanson > Technical Writer|HighRes Biosolutions > T:781.932.1912x1160|rmelan...@highresbio.com > www.highresbio.com??? > >

Re: [Framers] Acrobat glitches

2020-03-12 Thread Ken Poshedly
Mine is a Windows 10 system and I use Firefox as my browser. And no, I did not change any browser or other settings. After seeing replies by Messrs. Coatsworth and Lauriston, I checked the Firefox "Options" settings. And sure enough, pdf files were set to be handled by something other than

[Framers] Acrobat glitches

2020-03-12 Thread Ken Poshedly
OK Gang, While not directly a FrameMaker problem, it IS Adobe-related and I don't know how to fix it. Up until Tuesday of this week, all pdf files that I accessed -- whether they are on my on terminal or online -- automatically opened in Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional (which I legitimately

Re: [Framers] MadCap Flare

2020-03-03 Thread Ken Poshedly
and learn as you go. There are online tutorials. Lynda.com has courses in Flare. Good luck. -- Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 058-763-7133 On 28-Feb-20 7:20 PM, Ken Poshedly wrote: > Group, > > At a job interview yesterday (February 27), one of the folks I met with > stat

Re: [Framers] OT: Re: Free is good

2020-03-02 Thread Ken Poshedly
and taking free stuff. I use it a lot. Carol At 09:12 AM 3/2/2020, Ken Poshedly wrote: >Gang, > >While not strictly FrameMaker-related, please indulge me this one >time. About 6 years ago, we purchased a Pandigital Novel e-reader >for my son who was in college at the time. Now, it j

[Framers] Free is good

2020-03-02 Thread Ken Poshedly
Gang, While not strictly FrameMaker-related, please indulge me this one time. About 6 years ago, we purchased a Pandigital Novel e-reader for my son who was in college at the time. Now, it just sits unused and I'd like to find a new home for it. I'm willing to send it to whoever (whomever?)

[Framers] Kudos to Adobe

2020-02-28 Thread Ken Poshedly
Gang, Because at least one Adobe staffer that I know of frequents this list, I'd like to offer my own shout-out to Adobe for helping me with a nasty problem a few weeks ago. It was only after trying to access the Windows 10 program called "Moviemaker" on my home-based terminal, not finding it

[Framers] MadCap Flare

2020-02-28 Thread Ken Poshedly
Group, At a job interview yesterday (February 27), one of the folks I met with stated her hopes that besides the usual technical writing duties, she plans for a modernization of one of the company's web pages. Her comment was that "It's so 1980s." While I've done online content here and

[Framers] Windows 10 woes affecting Adobe installs

2020-02-06 Thread Ken Poshedly
Folks, Due to a corrupted file (or files) somewhere in my Windows 10 installation, I may be faced with having to do a "custom reinstallation" of that operating system. I learned of this problem (the corrupted files) only after trying to run two different supposedly "built-in" Windows 10

Re: [Framers] Acrobat question

2019-08-12 Thread Ken Poshedly
irl." -- Richard Thompson                                                       No disclaimers apply.                                                               DoD 358 On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 7:23 PM Ken Poshedly wrote: > Gang, > > I don't know how, but somehow my Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.0 got > corrupted. This became e

[Framers] Acrobat question

2019-08-11 Thread Ken Poshedly
Gang, I don't know how, but somehow my Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.0 got corrupted. This became evident on Saturday while I tried to create a postscript file from FrameMaker (version 10). My procedure: 1. Click on Print, then get the Print Document window. 2. Click on Setup and get the Print

[Framers] FrameMaker project (science journal follow-up)

2019-06-05 Thread Ken Poshedly
To all who have contacted me off-list, I'm glad to say that I'm currently in touch with one of the list-members about taking on the science journal project, but I will be back here if things change. It is good to know that there are so many of you out there willing to help out. Thanks to all,

[Framers] Help Wanted -- FrameMaker Project

2019-06-02 Thread Ken Poshedly
To all, After 18 years of serving as editor and publisher of a quarterly astronomy journal as a hobby ("pro bono"), I've decided to pass it on to others within the parent organization to produce. The organization consists of just under 400 professional and serious other astronomers worldwide

Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing

2018-06-26 Thread Ken Poshedly
Hey Pete, I can only wish that my company was open-minded enough to allow us to upgrade what we have and even use different tools if so required. Great explanation from you. -- Ken in Atlanta From: Peter Gold To: Ken Poshedly ; An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software

Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing

2018-06-26 Thread Ken Poshedly
I may be a little off-topic, but here goes anyway . . . I've been using FrameMaker since 1998 when my company got version 5.5.6 and, as the saying goes, "I never looked back". We had been using WordPerfect for Windows (version 7?) and I personally found it "clunky" to work with, especially in

[Framers] booklet remplate question

2018-06-14 Thread Ken Poshedly
I know this is pretty straightforward and can be done in Word, but I'd rather do it in Frame. So are there any templates out there for high school reunion booklets? -- Ken in Atlanta ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to

Re: [Framers] Update on printing issue with Windows 10 1803 Build

2018-06-14 Thread Ken Poshedly
Gang, I suspect that the latest Windows 10 updates were installed on my system once more because while I _did_ get a prompt to restart on Tuesday and then directed it to "wait" (or whatever the screen choice was), I didn't get that prompt last night after getting home to work on some projects.

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 updates disables FM printing

2018-05-29 Thread Ken Poshedly
lf-installation and if this printer problem recurs, I hopefully should be able to locate the particular update to uninstall. From: Art Campbell To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Cc: Ken Poshedly Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Fram

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 updates disables FM printing

2018-05-28 Thread Ken Poshedly
a class action suite for monopolistic actions. > On May 27, 2018, at 12:27, Robert Lauriston wrote: > > Upgrade to Windows 7 or 8.1. > >> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Ken Poshedly wrote: >> >> Here's something I didn't need to have happen on a Saturday night.

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 updates disables FM printing

2018-05-28 Thread Ken Poshedly
ter > 058-763-7133 > > >> On 27-May-18 7:53 PM, Ken Poshedly wrote: >> Here's something I didn't need to have happen on a Saturday night. And I >> suspect the cause seems to be Windows 10 updates. >> >> Worked on some FM 10.0 files Saturday morning an

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 updates disables FM printing

2018-05-27 Thread Ken Poshedly
indows 7 or 8.1. > >> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Ken Poshedly <poshe...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> >> Here's something I didn't need to have happen on a Saturday night. And I >> suspect the cause seems to be Windows 10 updates. >> >> Worked on some

[Framers] Windows 10 updates disables FM printing

2018-05-27 Thread Ken Poshedly
Here's something I didn't need to have happen on a Saturday night. And I suspect the cause seems to be Windows 10 updates. Worked on some FM 10.0 files Saturday morning and all was well and was able to print to my Samsung C1810W color laserjet printer. I knew Windows had downloaded updates

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 backwards compatibility?

2018-01-09 Thread Ken Poshedly
Been using FM10 at home Windows 10 with no problems for pert near a year or longer (so far). Still also using Adobe Acrobat Pro (an older one, I forgot which). -- Ken in Atlanta From: Tammy Van Boening To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Monday,

Re: [Framers] Static image to video feature

2017-11-15 Thread Ken Poshedly
Many thanks, Wim! -- Ken From: Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp To: fram...@frameusers.com; poshe...@bellsouth.net Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 4:57 PM Subject: Re: Static image to video feature Hi Ken, first import the video file (check what formats are supported, MP4,

[Framers] Static image to video feature

2017-11-14 Thread Ken Poshedly
While I've been using FrameMaker since version 5.5 back in 1998, I've not used this feature -- if it even exists. What I want to do is insert an image in my FM file that, when clicked in the pdf file, starts a video -- just like on practically all the online news sites out there. So . . .

Re: [Framers] Table default setting change?

2017-08-04 Thread Ken Poshedly
Many thanks, Rick.  We'll give it a try. -- Ken From: Rick Quatro <r...@rickquatro.com> To: 'Ken Poshedly' <poshe...@bellsouth.net>; 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' <framers@lists.frameusers.com> Sent: Friday, August 4, 2017 11:52 AM Sub

[Framers] Table default setting change?

2017-08-04 Thread Ken Poshedly
FrameMaker 11.0 We routinely use "column-first" numbering when we insert a multi-column table beneath an exploded view graphic. The default, however, is "row-first" numbering. Can this default be changed and, if so, exactly where and how? (An ini file of some kind?) -- Ken in Atlanta

Re: [Framers] How do you guys abbreviate foot pounds and Newton meters when writing about torque settings?

2017-06-01 Thread Ken Poshedly
ft•lb N•m -- Ken in Atlanta On Thursday, June 1, 2017 10:24 AM, Art Campbell wrote: Or write them out? TIA, Art Art Campbell           art.campb...@gmail.com   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." --

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker keyboard shortcuts just stop

2017-05-03 Thread Ken Poshedly
to have all my stuff -- program and data files -- right on my own hard drive.) -- Ken in Atlanta On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 4:20 AM, Klaus Daube <fr...@daube.ch> wrote: On 2 May 2017 at 14:36, Ken Poshedly wrote: > Folks, > At least every other day, and for no reason obviou

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker keyboard shortcuts just stop

2017-05-02 Thread Ken Poshedly
So all-in-all, it's just Adobe emulating Microsoft. (What does he mean by that?) Back in 2006 while I was contracting for an engineering firm and ordered to use only Word "so the engineers could correct my work." (Ptooey!) I remember an incident where I used Word's paragraph tag-method to tag

[Framers] FrameMaker keyboard shortcuts just stop

2017-05-02 Thread Ken Poshedly
Folks, At least every other day, and for no reason obvious to me, all keyboard shortcuts in FrameMaker will stop working after awhile and all tasks must be done via menus-and-mouse. For me, this such a PITA. And it happened again this morning. This has been going on forever. (Well, you know

Re: [Framers] Why do my ohm symbols keep turning into capital O?

2017-04-28 Thread Ken Poshedly
FWIW (and I should have said so), unstructured FM 11.0 in my own test. -- Ken in Atlanta On Friday, April 28, 2017 4:11 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: Structured or unstructured mode? On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Lin Sims wrote: > I use

Re: [Framers] Why do my ohm symbols keep turning into capital O?

2017-04-28 Thread Ken Poshedly
It works just fine here. - FrameMaker 11.0 on a Windows 7 Professional platform - Heading fonts = Arial - Body text = New Times Roman Alt 234 = the ohm symbol both visually and on printed page, even after closing the file and reopening it. Maybe we're just not sophisticated

Re: [Framers] OT: General writing question

2017-01-26 Thread Ken Poshedly
My personal experience agrees with the previously stated findings from so long ago. That is, san serif body text is a PITA -- especially when there are huge blocks of it.And the confusion between certain characters is MAJOR when you are presenting alpha-numeric data. So, going back to the

[Framers] Adobe Illustrator re-installation woes and final success with Belarc

2017-01-23 Thread Ken Poshedly
For what it's worth, here's my personal endorsement of Belarc Advisor, the free program that tells you just about everything on your computer. In my case, I continued running a Windows XP platform as ordered by my superiors because, for whatever reason, some FrameMaker files created by my

Re: [Framers] Windows XP versus Windows Explorer (Ding!)

2016-11-16 Thread Ken Poshedly
; -Carla > > -Original Message- > From: Framers > [mailto:framers-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf > Of Ken Poshedly > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 1:27 PM > To: Framers List <framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: [Framers] Wi

[Framers] Windows XP versus Windows Explorer (Ding!)

2016-11-16 Thread Ken Poshedly
Here's an annoyance where two "things" on my computer simply can't get along and I wonder if anyone here has any suggestions on how to stop this from happening. While my two coworkers use Windows 7, my own office platform is still chugging along nicely with Windows XP. This is because in the

Re: [Framers] Pros/Cons: Separate file per chapter, or one REALLY BIG FILE for an entire book

2016-11-07 Thread Ken Poshedly
Lin, We also use unstructured FM11.0 to produce files that are distilled down to pdf files for hard copy printing (and maybe distribution on CD, but not so much). As such, we compile separate chapter files then assemble them into a final book in FM. Much more manageable that way (at least for

Re: [Framers] ANN: ArchiveES Released

2016-09-22 Thread Ken Poshedly
nyone else knows different, please let us know. Thanks.  Rick  From: Ken Poshedly [mailto:poshe...@bellsouth.net] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 11:08 AM To: Rick Quatro; 'Framers List' Subject: Re: [Framers] ANN: ArchiveES Released  Rick, After mixed results with the archive script releas

Re: [Framers] ANN: ArchiveES Released

2016-09-22 Thread Ken Poshedly
Rick, After mixed results with the archive script released after the sad passing of Bruce Foster a few years ago, I'm sure that many of us are gratified to see what is sure to be a good-and-proper archive plug-in because it is being released by you, who seems to be right on top of these

Re: [Framers] Print .fms continuously on page?

2016-09-20 Thread Ken Poshedly
As someone who is nowhere near the level of competency as most of the folks here and unless I misunderstand the situation, may I suggest that you reset this via: Format --> Paragraph Designer --> then "Start: Anywhere" at the Pagination submenu, then "OK" (using "Update All" only if you're

Re: [Framers] Weird FM problem

2016-09-15 Thread Ken Poshedly
Occasionally had this problem, too. 1. Try clicking on the graphic itself, then "Send to back" and see if that allows you to move those text boxes. If so, move them to an outer margin, and set them to "Bring to front" and place them you want them once more. 2. Pay VERY close attention to the

Re: [Framers] Is the Framers list still working?

2016-09-07 Thread Ken Poshedly
Steve, I've posted several messages since Tuesday and gotten replies. -- Ken in Atlanta On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 5:33 AM, Steve Waldenga-王安祖 wrote: The last mail I received was 8/15. Regards, Steve Waldenga

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2015 compatability with earlier versions

2016-09-07 Thread Ken Poshedly
o open them with 11. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-366-4017 r...@frameexpert.com -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 11:25 AM To: Framers List S

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2015 compatability with earlier versions

2016-09-06 Thread Ken Poshedly
ishing Inc. 585-366-4017 r...@frameexpert.com -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 11:25 AM To: Framers List Subject: [Framers] FrameMaker 2015 compatability with e

[Framers] FrameMaker 2015 compatability with earlier versions

2016-09-06 Thread Ken Poshedly
The translation department at my company's home office in China is considering to obtain FrameMaker 2015. That's the best wording I can use for this because I'm sure all of us are aware of the hacking in that country, so I can't speak for how they'll get the software. (My company is absolutely

Re: [Framers] middle (vertical) alignment in table cell ?

2016-06-14 Thread Ken Poshedly
Maybe I'm missing something, but what works for me (in FrameMaker 10 and FM11) is to highlight the text inside the table cell, then: Paragraph Designer -->  Table Cell icon (at far right) -->  at Cell Vertical Alignment, choose "Middle" in the drop-down list --> then select Apply (or "Update

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 "hijacked" my computer

2016-04-30 Thread Ken Poshedly
. . . And now back our regularly scheduled techie questions. -- Ken in Atlanta On Saturday, April 30, 2016 3:16 PM, Ken Poshedly <poshe...@bellsouth.net> wrote: Hi Carol, I assume that you are also on that list but perhaps my name (Ken in Atlanta) got by you. I've been using Eudora s

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 "hijacked" my computer

2016-04-29 Thread Ken Poshedly
f you do the "revert" you will find that many applications (Firefox, iTunes,others) will not be able to update, and if you delete them, you cannot reinstall them.I'm giving serious thought to shifting fulltime to Linux Mint, and only run Windows 7 (Ultimate), in a VM space. On April 29, 201

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 "hijacked" my computer

2016-04-29 Thread Ken Poshedly
California -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+penelope.perkins=synergex@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 12:03 PM To: Framers - frameusers.com <framers@lists.frameusers.com> Subject: [Framers] Windows 10 &quo

[Framers] Fw: Windows 10 "hijacked" my computer

2016-04-29 Thread Ken Poshedly
(Missed "Reply-all" and forgot to send this to the list as well.) -- Ken On Friday, April 29, 2016 3:42 PM, Ken Poshedly <poshe...@bellsouth.net> wrote: Thanks Rob, Like I said, I'm running FM10, and NOT FM2015. And I don't have the bucks to spring for that ei

[Framers] Windows 10 "hijacked" my computer

2016-04-29 Thread Ken Poshedly
Well, Gang, Windows 10 wants me and it wants me NOW! Some months ago, I signed up for the free offer of Windows 10 for installation at MY convenience. Early this morning when I check the home desktop, Windows 10 had apparently self-installed overnight. (I usually leave the platform on all

Re: [Framers] adding pages

2016-04-15 Thread Ken Poshedly
Bill, Um, not sure if this helps but I just ran a test here and if I add one disconnected page (in my case, right after the last page of the document I'm in right now) and then add text until the cursor is at the bottom and then keep on adding more text, no new pages are automatically added for

archive follow-up and more

2015-06-24 Thread Ken Poshedly
First, thanks to _all_ for your great advice on the archiving / book packaging feature in FrameMaker. I know now full-well that there's NO chance that we'll upgrade to FM12 or FM2015. There IS the possibility of Squidds Finaliser, but even the links to English-language screens for it come up as

FM12 questions

2015-06-22 Thread Ken Poshedly
Questions for all you FrameMaker 12 users out there. 1. Is it true that Adobe has officially built (incorporated) into FM 12 a stable, accurate book archiving feature (so well-done by the late Bruce Foster through FM 8)? 2. If so, how well does it function? We at my company use FM 11 along with

Re: secured PDFs

2015-03-03 Thread Ken Poshedly
In addition to hard-copies of our manuals included in the operator cab of the heavy construction equipment my company manufactures and markets worldwide, we also make available pdf files of our manuals with passwords to prevent changes, copying text images, etc. So far, we're not aware of any

Re: secured PDFs

2015-03-03 Thread Ken Poshedly
to! From:Ken Poshedly poshe...@bellsouth.net To:tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com, Johnson, Joyce jjohn...@abtg.com Cc

Re: FM 12 and Acrobat on same machine

2015-02-20 Thread Ken Poshedly
Jeff is right-on, as far as I'm concerned. Definitely install Acrobat before installing FM (making sure to not install the FM PDF creation thingy on top of your existing Acrobat installation). My own question is if my company should bump up to FM 12 from FM 11 if our deliverables are only pdf

Broken x-refs after archiving

2015-01-30 Thread Ken Poshedly
Conditions: ·FrameMaker 11.0 on Windows 7 platforms with Archive script downloaded and installed. ·FrameMaker source files located, completed and archived on network drive. ·FrameMaker book opened and member files highlighted but not opened (according to the

Re: FM10 - Changing licensed machines

2015-01-12 Thread Ken Poshedly
As stated in a hugely long e-mail thread started by me, my frustrating personal experience the week after Christmas was to install Adobe Acrobat first, THEN install FM -- avoiding the PDF Creator thing (as stated above in this e-mail thread). -- Ken in Atlanta On Monday, January 12, 2015

Re: Setup has detected . . .

2015-01-09 Thread Ken Poshedly
You got it, David. You got it. As said earlier and after much frustration, I finally uninstalled ALL the Adobe things and THEN successfully installed Acrobat Pro 9. Afterwards, I re-installed FrameMaker 10, but WITHOUT the PDF Creation fiendish-thingy (a la Yellow Submarine). I mistakenly

Re: Setup has detected . . .

2015-01-03 Thread Ken Poshedly
From:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 8:41 PM To: Fred Ridder Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Setup has detected . . . Nope (to your first paragraph questions). Sent from my iPhone

Re: Setup has detected . . .

2015-01-03 Thread Ken Poshedly
Group, Well, it took the help of the high-tech friend previously mentioned to get it done, but we finally got Acrobat Pro Version 9 installed. The culprit that kept preventing it (and causing the Setup has detected a more functional product popup) turned out to be the Adobe pdf creator thing

Re: Setup has detected . . .

2015-01-02 Thread Ken Poshedly
Beiswenger Manager, technical training documentation Bucher Emhart Glass Sent from my iPhone On Jan 2, 2015, at 10:08 PM, Ken Poshedly poshe...@bellsouth.net wrote: I recently (earlier this week) upgraded my home platform with a new motherboard (MSI A88X-G43), 64-bit Windows 7 and 16 GB of RAM

Setup has detected . . .

2015-01-02 Thread Ken Poshedly
I recently (earlier this week) upgraded my home platform with a new motherboard (MSI A88X-G43), 64-bit Windows 7 and 16 GB of RAM on the recommendation of a friend who's en electrical engineer and services control systems at various industrial plants across the southeastern U.S. His house is

Re: Setup has detected . . .

2015-01-02 Thread Ken Poshedly
was to make sure you uninstall Acrobat 9 and restart. The when you load FM make sure not to enable pdf printing. Load acrobat next. Tom Beiswenger Manager, technical training documentation Bucher Emhart Glass Sent from my iPhone On Jan 2, 2015, at 10:08 PM, Ken Poshedly poshe

Re: Moderating framers WAS: FrameMaker graphics question

2014-06-05 Thread Ken Poshedly
as email allows).   -Dan   From:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Craig Ede Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM To: 'Ken Poshedly'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Moderating framers WAS: FrameMaker graphics question   Statements

FrameMaker graphics question

2014-05-30 Thread Ken Poshedly
I did cross-post this elsewhere because -- for whatever reason -- I don't see my infrequent posts on this list until one or two days after posting and that just doesn't work for me, We produce operator and other manuals for a heavy equipment manufacturing company using FrameMaker 11.0 on a

Re: Keeping both versions

2014-05-14 Thread Ken Poshedly
My exact question a month or two ago. I simply did the install and very carefully made sure no menus or questions came up to ask about replacing anything already there. The result is both (in my case) Frame 8 and Frame 10 available as I need them and no problems after doing multiple tests on

Re: adjusting an underline (underscore)

2014-05-05 Thread Ken Poshedly
I say Yes. -- Ken in Atlanta From: Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com To: Ken Poshedly poshe...@bellsouth.net; FrameMaker Users List framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2014 5:00 PM Subject: Re: adjusting an underline (underscore

adjusting an underline (underscore)

2014-04-29 Thread Ken Poshedly
FrameMaker 11 Can an underline be adjusted to increase the space between the underline and the text directly above the underline ? Next obvious question: If the answer is yes, then how to do it? -- Ken in Atlanta ___ You are currently subscribed

Re: Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
It's been my own experience that requests (actually directives) for using only Word came from the Marketing Dept and/or others who didn't believe that Tech Pubs could do the job and demanded the ability to go in and correct things as they saw fit. And because everybody knows Word, well, that

Re: Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
Company From: Ken Poshedly poshe...@bellsouth.net To: Alastair Dent alastair.d...@imgtec.com; Maxwell Hoffmann mhoff...@adobe.com; Shmuel Wolfson shmue...@gmail.com; Theresa de Valence t...@bstw.com Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, September 25

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
It's been my own experience that "requests" (actually "directives") for using only Word came from the Marketing Dept and/or others who didn't believe that Tech Pubs could do the job and demanded the ability to go in and "correct things" as they saw fit. And because "everybody knows Word", well,

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
>Corinne Kenney >Sr. Technical Editor/Writer >Raytheon Company > > >From: Ken Poshedly >To: Alastair Dent ; Maxwell Hoffmann adobe.com>; Shmuel Wolfson ; Theresa de Valence at bstw.com> >Cc: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" >Sent: Wednesday, September 25,

problems creating pdf files from FM11

2013-08-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
The subject line says just what it is. Background: * I'm on a Windows XP terminal with FM8 and Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional. * The other three writers are on Windows 7 terminals with FM11 and Adobe Acrobat 10 Professional. * We create pdf files by printing to the Adobe

Re: problems creating pdf files from FM11

2013-08-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
.                                                                DoD 358 I support www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA. On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Ken Poshedly poshe...@bellsouth.net wrote: The subject line says just what it is. Background: * I'm on a Windows XP terminal with FM8

problems creating pdf files from FM11

2013-08-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
lts. As for Tim, he does great FM and other software contract tech writing and has been a wealth of support to me. His website is just great as well; it's at http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/ Give him a try, you won't be sorry. -- Ken in Atlanta >________ &g

problems creating pdf files from FM11

2013-08-21 Thread Ken Poshedly
The subject line says just what it is. Background: * I'm on a Windows XP terminal with FM8 and Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional. * The other three writers are on Windows 7 terminals with FM11 and Adobe Acrobat 10 Professional. * We create pdf files by printing to the Adobe

Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!

2013-08-08 Thread Ken Poshedly
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 on those three platforms for the past month or so. And it's been nothing but problems ever since, with unpredictable

Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!

2013-08-08 Thread Ken Poshedly
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 on those three platforms for the past month or so. And it's been nothing but problems ever since, with unpredictable

Re: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-14 Thread Ken Poshedly
I was contacted by the reseller that my company uses earlier today and it turns out that only it will be either all or nothing, no picking-and-choosing. We here use FM, Acrobat Professional and may be getting into InDesign in the future, but we have no need -- and do not see a need in the

Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-13 Thread Ken Poshedly
I was contacted by the reseller that my company uses earlier today and it turns out that only it will be either all or nothing, no picking-and-choosing. We here use FM, Acrobat Professional and may be getting into InDesign in the future, but we have no need -- and do not see a need in the

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