I agree with Harro's plan, but suggest you chop the file in half, save to PDF,
and then iterate to more rapidly identify the problem area.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Feb 13, 2013, at 7:10 AM
.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Feb 13, 2013, at 8:55 AM, Ken Poshedly wrote:
> FWIW,
>
> I just learned from Adobe tech support (via phone call) that the permissions
> in FrameMaker 11
If the Pagination option for RH9 doesn't say Pagination (Split topic at this
level), or something close to that, you'll want to update to the latest patch
for RH. That patch helps many TCS linking issues
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter
The Esc, E X shortcut expands/collapses the current element and its siblings.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:35 AM, David Spreadbury wrote:
> Yves,
> You can expand all el
Yes, that was my gentle way of saying "You're out of luck on that one"
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Feb 20, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Yves Barbion wrote:
> id, but neither of
fwiw, I've gotten used to using the Ctrl-Scroll Wheel to change my zoom
settings. Pushing the scroll wheel away (up) makes things smaller, while
dragging toward me (down) increases the magnification.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter
;)
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Feb 21, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Craig Ede wrote:
> Now that is one of the handiest tips I've ever gotten from this list! (And
> I've been around a long time!)
&
Yep, and it's fully edited!!
Just have to get past PDF output shenanigans; it should be available in the
first week of March!
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Feb 21, 2013, at 1:16 PM, Jeff Coatsworth
The "solution" I used was to insert a series label that was unused anywhere
else. By using, for example, Q: as the a/n sequence, I got what I needed, even
if I didn't get what I wanted (that is, even if I didn't get a "working"
Paragraph Designer).
-Matt
Matt
Hmm, I see the search feature in my FM11 installation?
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Jan 1, 2013, at 9:23 AM, "Rob Shell" wrote:
> 1. I wonder if anyone has noticed that the onl
If you're working in structured docs, then attributes could let you see more
details of the copied graphics. If not, I imagine you'll need a scripted
solution to dig into the graphics' object properties.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter
Have you considered adding a Top of column paragraph tag to your template and
file?
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Jan 4, 2013, at 1:31 AM, "de Rouck, Tom (Gent)"
wrote:
&
roject Settings > Apply Conversion Template
Which are you using? Have you tried the other?
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Jan 15, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Keith Hansen
wrote:
> I'm using FrameMak
Save your ditamap as FM binary files, then save to PDF. Works every time for me.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Jan 23, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Craig Ede wrote:
> Over the last few days I'm runn
Hmm, sounds more like file corruption than DITA-related. Can you make a copy of
the doc and strip out the images? Perhaps a mifwash?
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Jan 24, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Craig Ede
I believe the Document Properties in custom.fm will control units. (setting
custom.fm to use a specific unit of measure should fix this)
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Jan 24, 2013, at 10:13 AM
it
to the team for the next release.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Tim Pann wrote:
> Frame 9, Win7 64 bit, latest SP
>
> Is there a way to make a paragraph format auto
ty to name the section
(uses the $chaptertitle variable), and to indicate the template file that
should be used to create the divider page within your book.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Jan 30, 2013, at 12:1
ter
> HYPACK, Inc.
> 860-635-1500
> On 1/30/2013 3:36 PM, Matt Sullivan wrote:
>> I see extreme page breaks (as on p177 of the PDF), but no empty pages. Are
>> you trying to get the pages to "concatenate"?
>>
>> If so, I recommend combining the fi
Rick Quatro has an excellent post-import FrameScript solution for this.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On Jul 1, 2013, at
Hi Gillian,
I'd be happy to help you with your conversion table and related DITA template
files. I'm currently working with 2 (quite happy) clients on exactly that
process.
As long as you don't want to do any DITA specialization, there isn't likely a
need for DTD or EDD customization.
-Matt
A list of what you'll save using DITA or DocBook rather than creating your own
schema:
Time
Money
(Hey, someone had to say it?)
-Matt
On Jul 8, 2013, at 12:06 AM, "rebecca officer" wrote:
> Does anyone know of a nice, clear list of what you save by using DITA/docbook
> instead of
Yes, specialization should be approached delicately.
One thing to keep in mind: DITA is (in my opinion) nearly as much philosophy as
it is content model.
Expect to spend some time understanding what the component pieces are, how
they're labeled, and get used to looking at things from a topic
Of course!
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On Jul 11, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Simon BUCH wrote:
> Dear Maxwell,
>
> I trust
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On Jul 16, 2013, at 7:22 AM, wrote:
>
> I believe that I need to set up \ maker.ini and
I'm definitely interested in a group like this, and also requested to join the
one Jack mentioned (Thx, Jack!)
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook
Hi Dave,
> Although you can customize some of your settings, there's no inherent need to
> modify the maker.ini to do what you describe.
>
> With Fm11, there are now 2 copies of the maker.ini (userdata directory and
> install directory) and 2 copies of the structapps file (local and global,
Hi Donald,
It sounds like you're looking for an Alphabetical List of Markers. Check that
out in the help, or see Ch 20, Creating Other Generated Files in my book.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at
Hi Val, thanks for the invitation.
Although I was unable to use the invitation link you posted, I was able to
search on the group name at groups.google.com and apply for membership directly.
I figured that info would be useful for anyone else who is interested in
joining the group!
-Matt
Yes, indeed it would be overkill. However, I was recommending Dave go to an
install that had yet to be mucked. (a fresh install, not a reinstall)
Attempting to remedy the existing mucked files could result in much wheel
spinning that might make reinstalling Fm seem like a modest proposal.
?and please stop taking up bandwidth about an issue that has not been announced
as an issue by the TCS team!
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook
Lisa, have you tried assigning a table format rather than explicitly formatting
the row?
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On
Bandwidth is measured also by the number of emails one can reasonably read (and
respond to) in a given length of time.
I can't be the only person who is tired of reading about reactions to the CS
licensing model on this FrameMaker forum?
I don't know anything about Adobe's plans.
Everyone's
Thx!
(and grateful for not starting a flame war on the topic!)
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On Jul 18, 2013, at 1:32 PM,
Holy cow,
After discount it's only USD74!!!
I'm IN!
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On Jul 19, 2013, at 2:40 PM, Scott
Yep, but like so many things (CSS, HTML5, EPUB, XML, DITA, Extend/FrameScript)
little doses over time can make a big difference.
I sat in on an XSLT session by Dave Gash at the STC conference this spring and
it helped turn on the lights in under an hour!
I'm hopeful this might take me to that
Ah, the MadCap approach to marketing?not sure I like it so much.
Scott makes great stuff, and if you want to help him make more great stuff, by
all means, check out what he's doing!
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C:
Robert, have you tried the Save as PDF route, with the Adobe PDF print driver
selected?
Same result?
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
> On 2013-Jul-22 1:12 PM, Robert CH Shell wrote:
>> Dear Framers:
>> I am stuck once more.
>> I am
Eek, what a headache.
Now you know why I maintained the jpegisbad.com website a few years ago?
The $8/year I paid for the domain was well-worth the therapy it provided!
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 |
David, define your color as Pantone 390C, specify spot color, and use the CMYK
representation as the definition.
Arnis may jump in to explain when Windows stopped bolloxing the colors, but
with Win7, you should have no problems with the file.
Doing a Save as PDF, using the Adobe PDF print
Begin forwarded message:
>
> I am working as FrameMaker Product Manager at Adobe. I am pleased to announce
> the availability of FrameMaker 11.0.2 patch, in which we have fixed several
> critical issues repor
>
-- next part --
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
IIRC, WinNT locked files upon writing them to CD, which may be why you found
that the files were locked on such "vintage" Fm files.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
I'll defer to any corrections Scott has on this topic, but I don't think Adobe
will consider this a bug.
One of the advantages of using Fm to edit structure is that many formatting
attributes can be controlled via Fm's interactive properties.
Attributes are typically mapped to Fm attributes
There are a number of things new to Fm11 that can help with this task, if you
are looking to work within the constraints of DITA.
The Fm 11 Reviewer's Guide (written in DITA) will explain a few of the
concepts, including Smart Paste, and XSLT from HTML to other content models.
You'll find the
You are on the right track with Object Styles. Look at the options that allow
for offset from top. When left blank, the other options will be ignored
("as-is" setting)
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 |
Hi Gillian,
Fm11 has built-in support for DITA 1.2?all under (not surprisingly) the DITA
menu item.
I did a substantial project from scratch without any customization, including
embedded video, cross-refs, 3D, SWF, and the like.
The only hitches were in output, and I'll be doing a series of
The easiest way to see the applied paragraph tag is to select some part of the
paragraph and look in the lowest left corner of your FM window.
Note: In structured Fm, you'll likely see an element name (E:), not a para name
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured
There's a specific FM to RH Google group,
TCS-Users at googlegroups.com
and there's the Adobe forums...
http://forums.adobe.com/community/robohelp/robohelp_framemaker
I have quite a bit of info at mattrsullivan.com as well.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training
Many of the best improvements in FM 11 are on the structured side. See the FM
Reviewer's Guide on the Adobe FrameMaker product page for details.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Mar 6, 2013, at 1:58 AM
Hmm,
Sounds like either a printer driver issue (are you using Adobe PDF?) or an
issue with the PDF. I would open the PDF into Illustrator, and resave as PDF
with Illustrator editing capabilities.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter
is that you find the issue is with something other than FM11 itself.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Mar 9, 2013, at 1:25 AM, "Peter Schorer" wrote:
> Needless to say, prior to my buying Frame
Peter, do these files still open into the previous version of FrameMaker? And
what version/platform is that?
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Mar 9, 2013, at 1:25 AM, "Peter Schorer" wrote:
Hi Steve,
Where were the drop shadows created?
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Mar 12, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
> I have a bizarre preflight problem. A (grayscale) book with a gr
(amazon.com) on page 457, Controlling Colors for Output
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Mar 12, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
> At 09:39 -0700 12/3/13, Matt Sullivan wrote:
>
>> Where w
First off, I'm glad you found a workaround.
EPS, AI, and PDF are all essentially the same file with different options, so I
still wonder what the main issue is.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Mar 13
If you can find someone willing to part with (sell) a retail FM 9 license,
Adobe allows transfer of licenses, details are at
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/transfer-product-license.html
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter
It sounds like you've chosen to avoid the <$chapnum> variable, in favor of the
system used prior to FM5.5.
If so, you'll want to use series labels and long numbering strings to do what
the book file lets you easily control.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online tr
To keep your figure and table numbering from restarting, select the files in
your book, right-click and go to Numbering. From the Paragraph tab, set to
Continue from Previous Chapter
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714
Ahh, I thought a bcc to Dov might elicit a response! Thx Dov, for clarifying!
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
technical communication | online training | eLearning
twitter: @mattrsullivan
phone: 714 960-6840
On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Dov Isaacs wrote:
> EPS, AI, and PDF are all essentia
Thx Jeff!
Hi Yvonne, feel free to call or email me to discuss options.
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.960.6840 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedInmattrsullivan.com facebook
On Mar 14
And when going to electronic formats, links are important, and topics may split
-Matt
Matt Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.960.6840 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:02 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
> At 09
So much judgement, so little time...
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.960.6840 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
> At 10:16 -0700 14/3/13, Robert Lauriston wrote:
>
>>
Per an ancient (circa FM5) set of training materials,
Control-Alt-Tab
Control-Alt-Shift-Tab
are what the keys used to be, but they're so bad I never use them. I just
checked, and FWIW, they don't work in FM11, Win7, structured mode.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals:
Here's the documentation link I referred to in my book:
http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/framemaker/
It has a few dozen manuals and reference PDF's, and appears to contain files
not in the other 2 links
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured
I've used Rick Quatro's excellent affordable plug-ins in producing my FM11
book, and for other clients.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.960.6840 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook
If your content must go to online formats, you should seriously consider
placing the titles above the figures. If not, your links will be to the
position below the graphic (the title) and may confuse your reader.
Here's content from p.272 of my book:
When figure titles can be placed above
Check out Object Styles in FrameMaker 11. I don't believe there's a k/b
shortcut in the current version, but by storing object styles (chapter 14 of
the book) you can rapidly apply a slew of properties across a wide range of FM
objects.
My video of this is posted at
Yep, thus the link to the video! ;)
-Matt
On Mar 21, 2013, at 9:10 AM, "Rick Quatro" wrote:
> Unfortunately, Dan is using FrameMaker 10, which doesn't have Object Styles.
>
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at
> lists.frameusers.
Hi Z,
Can you contact the vendor you used to purchase the contract?
I get notices from Adobe directly to update the contract?did you get the same?
Did you log into licensing.adobe.com?
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.960.6840 | C:
: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.960.6840 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On Mar 21, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Matt Sullivan wrote:
> Hi Z,
> Can you contact the vendor you used to purchase the contract?
> I get notices f
to pay and have the Javascript run properly
> needed to get there from IE!
>
> Z
>
> From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:07 AM
> To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)
> Cc: framers at lists.frameu
You need to provide context formatting within your EDD.
Not a huge project, but one that requires knowledge of EDD files.
Let me know if you need help with this offline.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.960.6840 | C: 714.585.2335 |
Eek!
My plan is for the TCS, so I don't know what they've done with the individual
plans.
I do know that they stopped selling new maintenance for FM as a point product.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.960.6840 | C: 714.585.2335 |
Hi Tim, check out the Running Header/Footer variables that pull content from
markers, without having to change the master pages each month. With a marker
change, you could change the value within the header, without being terribly
disruptive to the rest of the doc.
(I cover these on p.207 of
Perhaps the most elegant way to use the variables method is to save the
definitions as a MIF fragment and eliminate any chance of mucking anything else
in your files.
I refer to "Using MIF Fragments to Update Catalog Settings" on p. 581 of my
book whenever I need to do this.
-Matt
Matt R.
Tee hee!
Yes, the book may have the same variables, but the values are typically
different from those in the template.
For me, I like the MIF option so I don't have to think about where the var defs
came from, and experience the universal slap-hand-to-forehead moment!
Certainly, though, a
uccess with import from MIF
> fragment working with FM11. I haven't tried it with FM10. Can someone else
> confirm that this no longer works with FM11?
>
> Craig
>
> From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 4:20 PM
> To: craigede
Slight correction to Pat's suggestion: The vars update upon save, not upon
open. Current Date vars update upon open.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.960.6840 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn
Hi Steve,
I believe you'll want to use em as your font unit to more easily control
relative sizes for output.
Also, check out the Technical Communications Suite Users Google group
(tcs-users) for RH/FM integration info
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured
Also, SaaS and subscription are different concepts.
SaaS (like SalesForce, Jira, BaseCamp, Web(prettymuchanything) and many others)
are web portals where the computing occurs across a network.
Subscription means that you confirm your ability to run the software installed
on (and processed on)
I have always had the best luck with the Single range indicator...
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On May 9, 2013, at 2:43
MB Air, vmware Fusion, Win7, runs like a champ!
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On May 13, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Daniel Doornbos
ditto!
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On May 13, 2013, at 1:58 PM, Gillian Flato wrote:
> You cannot run Frame 11
You can consider xrefs and variables to get this done.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On May 23, 2013, at 3:11 PM, "Carol
Ian, of course, you should submit a suggestion to that effect at
adobe.com/go/wish. More "votes" = better chance of getting it fixed.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
Yes, a few of us received requests from Adobe marketing and management to
forward that invite and promote via other social outlets.
I'm happy to see that they're gathering opinions from the TC community at
large, as well as from the FM- and TCS-specific communities.
They ask some pointed
@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com
On May 31, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Alan Litchfield wrote:
> Then, why not post a link tot he survey here?
>
> Alan
> On 1/06/2013, at 2:45 AM, Matt Sullivan wrote:
>
>> Yes, a few of us received requests from Adobe marketing and mana
nks. Done
>
> Waiting for my prize now.
>
> Alan
>
> On 1/06/2013, at 8:30 AM, Matt Sullivan wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I'd seen it so much I didn't realize framers had not gotten it!
>>
>> Here you go:
>> h
I solve the dilemma you're facing using what I call a template-based workflow.
Realistically, the formats of your docs don't have to be updated until the next
time you edit or output content.
When you begin a revision cycle on a book, import formats across all child
Frame docs. (it's easy to
Converting ID for use in Fm is more about strategy than menu options, so you're
correct in thinking there's no effective way to directly open or import ID
files to Fm.
Handling of graphics and connected/disconnected text flows are among the
obvious problems.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
Sorry David, but it's your workflow that's tripping you up.
I'm sure there are other methods, but here's how I've consistently and
confidently defined/updated character tags for many years:
Click outside the text flow
Open the Character Designer
Choose your tag from the drop down menu
Define
Jo, have the SolidWorks file output as U3D and then sit back and enjoy!
See
http://mattrsullivan.com/2013/10/recordings/ (the DITA to PDF recording in
particular, the 3D section is only 5-10 minutes)
and
http://mattrsullivan.com/2013/10/fm11rg/
for details and examples.
-Matt
Matt R.
604-279-8559
>
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at
> lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sullivan
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:58 AM
> To: Jo Watkiss
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: 3dxml and Framemaker9
>
> Jo,
Standardization inevitably leads to structured authoring, DITA or another model.
Structure improves content management, accessibility, localization, and
consistency of content.
Once you're doing structured authoring, you can use any structured authoring
tool you like. Or use multiple tools, if
ser docs
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSB9594AD8-4282-4fbe-AE5A-3A3A4C9CC813.html
>
> David
>
>
> From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com]
> Sent: 20 November 2013 03:58
>
> Bottom line: Never update a character tag with
Rick Quatro wrote the ExtendScript chapter for my book, and also trains on
ExtendScript. He's also a great resource for paid development of FrameScript
and ExtendScript.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 |
Training engineers in tech comm tools is usually about as effective as training
tech comms in the software tools the engineers use--that is, it's not generally
effective.
I recommend the engineers use whatever tool they're most comfortable with
(Word) and you provide a template and train them
Hi Brenda,
Either your XML doesn't conform to your internally automated process, or you
don't have a working Structured Application for your XML model.
As Rick said, the line numbers referring to the XML file will give an
indication of what's gone awry. At that point, you need to either
. I'm guessing
> that this is the issue.
>
> From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 10:13 AM
> To: George, Brenda (CAI)
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Structured FrameMaker 11 Error Console
>
> Hi Brenda,
Anita, have you considered a subscription to FrameMaker 11 (which would also
get you automatically to Fm12 when released in 2014)?
Disclaimer 1: Yes, Adobe got hacked recently. We all know it, and of course we
should all do lots to protect our financial info online.
Disclaimer 2: Adobe publicly
401 - 500 of 509 matches
Mail list logo
