Thanks to everyone who responded on- and off-list.
I tried the open as zip solution and yes, there was a file with the content but
I don't know enough xml to do anything with it.
Re: backups. I use Time Machine (Mac). Unfortunately, the client held onto the
file for several months, so those bac
Create a text frame within the anchored frame and use it for the figure
caption. You'll be able to use auto-numbering and auto-referencing.
Pat Christenson
On Mar 19, 2013, at 6:25 PM, William W. Saylor, PE wrote:
> I suspect this is another dumb question:
> I am using FM10 on Win
The problem I foresee with this method is that the variable will automatically
update when the document is opened on or after the 1st of each month, even if
the content of the document hasn't been modified. If you want the new date only
when modifications are made, create a user variable that yo
ord processing equivalent of iPhoto.
(Actually I'd put it lower on the scale than that but you get my
drift.) If you want to work on a professional level, you need a
professional-level tool.
Pat Christenson
S X or Windows which makes it more cumbersome than Classic. But
Classic isn't an option on the new computers so once again, it's like
it or lump it for Mac users.
Pat Christenson
k" them to share files. The free download is available at
http://www.parallels.com/.
This sounds like the most acceptable solution for the "I don't wanna
buy a PC just to run FrameMaker" folks (of which I am one, although I
already have both a Mac and a PC).
Pat Christenson
I'm pretty sure it was 4 in earlier versions.
Pat Christenson
On Aug 24, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Art Campbell wrote:
> It bumped to 12 in 7.0. I don't hae doc for 5 or 6 handy to check
> those versions
>
> Art
>
run across something about this but I
don't se anything listed on the FrameUsers site.
They're using FrameMaker 7 (unstructured) on Windows.
Thanks.
Pat Christenson
Hi -
Does anyone know how to create the Apple Command character (?)
(Option-8 on a Mac) in FrameMaker Windows?
Thanks.
Pat
ed up in your email.)
>
> To make a bullet, it's alt 0149.
>
>
> Seraphim
>
>
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> Behalf Of Pat C
Thanks, everyone! I'm using Wingdings. Had to get the PostScript
version. The client wouldn't accept TrueType.
Pat
Hi John -
I have no explanation but I do have a possible solution. When crerating
the PDF, turn on Create Named Destinations. You shouldn't have to do
this for internal xrefs but it solved the problem for a client of mine.
Pat Christenson
On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:52 PM, John Posada
Hi all -
I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 with Acrobat 7 on Windows. When I use Save as
PDF, FrameMaker lists only the standard job options (Press Quality,
Smallest Size, etc.), not any of the custom job options I've loaded in
Distiller. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks.
Pat
Never mind, I figured it out.
Pat
On Jul 25, 2006, at 11:30 AM, Pat Christenson wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 with Acrobat 7 on Windows. When I use Save
> as PDF, FrameMaker lists only the standard job options (Press Quality,
> Smallest Size, etc.), n
I've found that turning on Create Named Destinations works.
Pat Christenson
On Jul 26, 2006, at 5:08 AM, Beck, Charles wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> One other thing I have discovered (the hard way): If you want links to
> work, you must select the 'Generate Acrobat Data' che
On Jun 13, 2006, at 4:20 PM, Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
>
> Then I have a FrameScript from Rick Quatro that does all
> the actually mapping and conversion. The script can map paragraph,
> character, table and xref styles. along with conditions, reference
> pages,
> master pages, variables, marker t
I went to CudSpan's website and couldn't find anything named Template
Mapper. Help?
Pat
On Jun 14, 2006, at 12:00 AM, Harro de Jong wrote:
> Karen L. Zorn wrote :
>
>> CudSpan Tools, Template Mapper
>
> I'll second that. It's the most capable tool I've found, allowing to
> map
> not only paragr
Does anyone know which driver to use when running under Mac OS
X/Classic?
Thanks.
Pat
On Mar 9, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Doug wrote:
> MS Intellimouse driver version 4.1 works great, though Freewheel is
> just as good, and isn't Microsoft.
>
> Doug
>
> On 3/9/06, Art Campbell wrote:
>> I gave up on
- There was a utility or command that you would run to generate a
list of all the FrameMaker keyboard shortcuts, including those for
plugins installed on your system.
I hope someone knows what I'm talking about and can help out.
Thanks in advanc
Thanks in advance.
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I open the Word file in Frame.
Is there a way to extract graphics from Word without losing quality?
Or a utility that converts embedded graphics in Frame into imported-
by-reference?
Thanks for any help.
Pat Christenson
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Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:22 PM
To: Frame Users
Cc: Pat Christenson
Subject: RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word
Pat,
Hi -
I'm using FM9 and I'm wondering if there's a utility that will list
all the formats, not just their names but also their definitions?
Thanks in advance.
Pat Christenson
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the tools are good. You can download a 30-day trial of the entire
Toolbox. After 30 days, a few of the tools are free and continue to
work. The others, including Format List, will stop working until
you license them.
Mike
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e very hard to navigate, but
> > the tools are good. You can download a 30-day trial of the entire
> > Toolbox. After 30 days, a few of the tools are free and
continue to
> > work. The others, including Format List, will stop working until
> > you license them.
> >
olbox. After 30 days, a few of the tools are free and continue to
work. The others, including Format List, will stop working until
you license them.
Mike
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Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:26 PM
Hi -
Is there a way to automatically apply a color to a footnote number,
both in text and in the footnote?
Thanks.
Pat
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hack, but does get you a colored
number and black text in your footnotes.
-Lief
From: Roger Shuttleworth [mailto:rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:01 AM
To: Lief Erickson; Pat Christenson; Frame Users
Subject: RE: Footnote color
Hello Lief
The issue is, though,
Hi -
One of my clients is moving to a model where they will provide a
printed manual if the buyer requests it. The manual will be free to
the buyer. Otherwise, everything will be distributed online. I don't
know that they want to go public with this so can't provide the
company name.
Pa
set up a map for every
special character. I can't find anything about using MIF2Go to save
as MIF 7.0.
Any help?
Thanks.
Pat Christenson
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I found the answer on Omni Systems page.
Add
UseFrame9MIF=No
Under FDK in the Mif2Go .ini file.
I should've looked there first. /embarrassed/
Pat
On Oct 13, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Pat Christenson wrote:
Hi -
I have to save a number of FrameMaker 9 files into 7.2. I'm having
a pr
This has happened to me a few times. I've deleted the paragraph in
MIF and it worked fine.
Pat Christenson
On Dec 20, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Roy Lewis wrote:
FM8 running on Win XP.
On some files that were converted from MSWord by an intern last
summer, I have noticed that the last para
work fine.
This has worked for me before in previous versions. Is this bug in 9
or am I just missing something?
Thanks.
Pat Christenson
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at 8:30 PM, Richard Doll wrote:
pat,
in Table Designer . . . look (near the bottom, in the Cell Spacing
Block) for where even negative values (up/down to
the also function.
best,
dick doll
sgmli...@tds.net
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To: "
any I can research for this client?
Because this is off-topic, you may want to respond to me and not the
list.
Thanks.
Pat Christenson
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I never knew about this! Thanks for posting it.
Pat Christenson
On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Rene Stephenson wrote:
> However, I’d like to add a bit about the graphics… Due to the way that
> Microsoft Office products handle graphics, it is best to attempt to get the
> graphics back
Hi -
In the past, I've used the SQUIDDS Basic Toolbox, which was free. Is there a
free version of Finalyzer or do I have to buy the full package?
Thanks in advance.
Pat Christenson
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> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Dezember 2011 22:30
> An: Framers Users
> Betreff: Question about Finalyzer
>
> Hi -
>
> In the past
Hi!
Is there any way to keep Finalyser from creating a log file when I open a file
that contains unresolved xrefs or text insets? FrameMaker already does that.
Thanks in advance.
Pat Christenson
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I've found that if you turn off Toolbars (View > Toolbars > All), the keyboard
shortcuts work again.
Pat Christenson
On Feb 21, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Levander, Deanne wrote:
> In our department, a few of us have experienced temporary loss of the
> keyboard shortcut F9 (apply
anks in advance -
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I can't get it to open so I can't save it as MIF. Can I?
Pat
On Feb 26, 2012, at 6:49 AM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote:
> Try saving it as a MIF, then resaving it as a FM.
>
> Regards,
> Shmuel Wolfson
> Technical Writer
> 052-763-7133
>
>
> On 2/25/2012
Doesn't work, but thanks.
Pat
On Feb 26, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Writer wrote:
> Can you change the extension to mif, and then open it as a mif?
>
> Nadine
>
> On 26/02/2012 6:31 PM, Pat Christenson wrote:
>> I can't get it to open so I can't save it as MIF. Ca
anks again!
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Ditto what Alison said.
Pat Christenson
On Jun 13, 2012, at 12:41 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
> I have to say I agree with Alan.
>
> If you are truly interested in what users have to say, then go to them. Don't
> skew the results before you even start the study.
On Jun 13, 2006, at 4:20 PM, Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
Then I have a FrameScript from Rick Quatro that does all
the actually mapping and conversion. The script can map paragraph,
character, table and xref styles. along with conditions, reference
pages,
master pages, variables, marker types, and
I went to CudSpan's website and couldn't find anything named Template
Mapper. Help?
Pat
On Jun 14, 2006, at 12:00 AM, Harro de Jong wrote:
Karen L. Zorn wrote :
CudSpan Tools, Template Mapper
I'll second that. It's the most capable tool I've found, allowing to
map
not only paragraph styl
Hi John -
I have no explanation but I do have a possible solution. When crerating
the PDF, turn on Create Named Destinations. You shouldn't have to do
this for internal xrefs but it solved the problem for a client of mine.
Pat Christenson
On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:52 PM, John Posada
Hi all -
I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 with Acrobat 7 on Windows. When I use Save as
PDF, FrameMaker lists only the standard job options (Press Quality,
Smallest Size, etc.), not any of the custom job options I've loaded in
Distiller. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks.
Pat
_
Never mind, I figured it out.
Pat
On Jul 25, 2006, at 11:30 AM, Pat Christenson wrote:
Hi all -
I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 with Acrobat 7 on Windows. When I use Save
as PDF, FrameMaker lists only the standard job options (Press Quality,
Smallest Size, etc.), not any of the custo
I've found that turning on Create Named Destinations works.
Pat Christenson
On Jul 26, 2006, at 5:08 AM, Beck, Charles wrote:
Hi all,
One other thing I have discovered (the hard way): If you want links to
work, you must select the 'Generate Acrobat Data' check box in the
I'm pretty sure it was 4 in earlier versions.
Pat Christenson
On Aug 24, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Art Campbell wrote:
It bumped to 12 in 7.0. I don't hae doc for 5 or 6 handy to check
those versions
Art
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don't se anything listed on the FrameUsers site.
They're using FrameMaker 7 (unstructured) on Windows.
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I need to create a few random Chinese characters in an otherwise
English document. The person I'm working with has this to say:
Frame supports all language fonts, so you'll need to install Eastern
language support. If you're using windows, the fonts are installed
automatically.
When I go to
I was recently told by an editor that the plural of appendix (a book
appendix) is appendixes. Appendices is the plural of appendix, the
organ in your body.
I've never heard that before and wonder how true it is.
Pat
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I can keep both fonts on my system but only have one available at a
time? I know this can be done on Mac but...
I'm on Windows 2000 Professional.
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Pat Christenson
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My client wants to link from an HTML webpage to a specific page in a
PDF doc. The PDF is created from FrameMaker. Anyone know how to do
this? Thanks.
Pat Christenson
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I have a large project coming up that involves converting unstructured
FrameMaker docs to structured FrameMaker (7.1 on Windows). Does anyone
know of any helpful websites or documentation to get through this as
quickly and efficiently as possible?
Thanks.
Pat Christenson
Hi Richard -
The route you suggest is probably what we'll end up going with but we
wanted to explore this other alternative because it's less work when
upgrading existing docs to the new templates.
Thanks -
Pat
On Nov 17, 2006, at 7:16 AM, Combs, Richard wrote:
You're right, when you st
, this is used in
lots of places, not just in Caution tables so it looks like we're going
to have to create a new tag "CautionText" with the word "Caution" in
the autonumbering field and apply that on a case-by-case basis when
converting to the new templates. Very tediou
When you use Ctrl-Alt-click to jump from a cross-reference to its
source, I've always thought there was no way to jump back to the
xref. But some time back, someone on this list posted a keyboard
shortcut that does just that. I can't remember it and can't find it.
Any help
Thank you! That's just what I needed.
Pat
On Feb 2, 2007, at 1:48 PM, Stuart Rogers wrote:
Pat Christenson wrote:
When you use Ctrl-Alt-click to jump from a cross-reference to its
source, I've always thought there was no way to jump back to the
xref. But some time back, someo
r Interleaf had this (years ago) and when mixing body and
code fonts, it was very useful.
Pat Christenson
On Feb 28, 2007, at 7:12 AM, Combs, Richard wrote:
mathieu jacquet wrote:
I'm hoping against hope that FM8 will have a char format enhancement
I've asked for several years: I
Years ago, I said something about reading the manual to an Adobe
employee and was told that "only weenies read the manual."
I like to believe she was joking since I do read manuals and make my
living producing them.
Pat
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Hi all -
I have a client who wants to import HTML docs into FrameMaker. My
guess is that this will be a copy-and-paste with a lot of manual
cleanup. Anybody have any ideas on how to make this less painful?
Thanks.
Pat Christenson
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It's HTML.
Pat
On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
At 10:15 -0700 20/4/07, Pat Christenson wrote:
I have a client who wants to import HTML docs into FrameMaker. My
guess is that this will be a copy-and-paste with a lot of manual
cleanup. Anybody have any ideas on h
es of find-and-replaces based on your tags
(=Heading1) for both paragraphs and characters, and then finish
cleaning up with wildcard based deletions.
Art
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I have a client who wants to import HTML docs into FrameMaker. My
guess i
Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. This is a one-off so I don't
think I'll use XHTML/Tidy but it's good to know about!
Pat
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mage. When clients require
insurance, I end up working through an agency but I'd prefer to be an
IC.
Anyway, if anyone here is carrying it, I'd be interested to hear
about your experience. Feel free to contact me offlist.
Thanks.
Pat Christen
That's a great idea, Matt. I've contacted my insurance agent to see
if this is a possibility. I'm also contacting Fireman's as Kelley
suggested and I've gotten some offlist replies for which I'm grateful.
FYI, I'm located in California so that may affect the whole experience.
Thanks everyone
Good news! I have a personal liability umbrella policy that my client
is willing to accept in place of a business policy.
But I appreciate all the ideas and info.
Pat Christenson
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I have a client who wants to move from Word to FrameMaker for their
training materials. Someone else told them they should go to
Structured FrameMaker/DITA. The training group has only one output
for their materials - print. They don't reuse the materials except to
revise them with softwar
Does anyone know of a FrameMaker plug-in that will convert tables to
paragraphs throughout a book or directory?
Thanks.
Pat
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You can only do a single table at a time with Table>Convert to
Paragraphs. I'm looking for something to work throughout a book or
directory.
Pat
On May 21, 2007, at 9:51 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:
Hi, Pat.
Pat Christenson wrote:
Does anyone know of a FrameMaker plug-in t
The tutorial and lots of other useful stuff is listed on http://
www.frameusers.com/?q=taxonomy/term/66 but I can't get any of them to
open or download. I wanted to compare to the process I'm using. Help?
Pat Christenson
On Jun 26, 2007, at 9:44 AM, Peter Gold wrote:
If you sea
I've been using Windows keyboard commands on Parallels/Mac with no
problem. Use the Option key for Alt and the Apple Key for the Windows
key.
Pat Christenson
On Jun 26, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Gagne, Bernard ((Bolton)) wrote:
I thought I would point out that, since Ron is working
Any opinions? Thanks.
Pat Christenson
Bugginess? Fantastic new features?
Pat
On Mar 25, 2009, at 12:33 PM, John Posada wrote:
> About?
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Pat Christenson
> wrote:
> Any opinions? Thanks.
>
> Pat Christenson
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>
No teasing intended. I was just surprised not to have seen any
discussion and was hoping to get the low-down from those who've been
working with it.
Pat
I haven't had an email from this group in ages! I wonder why I missed
so many.
Pat
On Mar 25, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Alan Litchfield wrote:
> Really Pat?
>
> You might like to do a search on the forum archive to how far back the
> discussion has gone 8^|
>
> Alan
>
>
Hi -
I've been looking around the web and don't see any training materials
for Structured FrameMaker 9. Any help?
Thanks.
Pat
Hi -
Is there a way to automatically apply a color to a footnote number,
both in text and in the footnote?
Thanks.
Pat
> Character tag though.
>
> Like I said, it?s a bit of a hack, but does get you a colored
> number and black text in your footnotes.
>
> -Lief
>
> From: Roger Shuttleworth [mailto:rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:01 AM
> To: Li
This has happened to me a few times. I've deleted the paragraph in
MIF and it worked fine.
Pat Christenson
On Dec 20, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Roy Lewis wrote:
> FM8 running on Win XP.
>
> On some files that were converted from MSWord by an intern last
> summer, I have noti
Hi all -
I've recommended this plug-in to a friend however it appears that
Systec no longer has an English language version of their website.
Any help?
Thanks in advance.
Pat Christenson
Thanks, Mike.
Pat
On Feb 24, 2010, at 10:17 PM, Mike Wickham wrote:
> They are no longer Systec. The new site is http://www.squidds.de/en/
>
> Mike Wickham
>
> - Original Message ----- From: "Pat Christenson"
>
> To: "FrameUsers List"
>
Hi -
I'm using FM9 and I'm wondering if there's a utility that will list
all the formats, not just their names but also their definitions?
Thanks in advance.
Pat Christenson
the site very hard to navigate, but
> the tools are good. You can download a 30-day trial of the entire
> Toolbox. After 30 days, a few of the tools are free and continue to
> work. The others, including Format List, will stop working until
> you license them.
>
> Mike
&
ial of the entire
> > > Toolbox. After 30 days, a few of the tools are free and
> continue to
> > > work. The others, including Format List, will stop working until
> > > you license them.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > - Original Me
n download a 30-day trial of the entire
> Toolbox. After 30 days, a few of the tools are free and continue to
> work. The others, including Format List, will stop working until
> you license them.
>
> Mike
>
> - Original Message - From: "Pat Christenson"
>
- There was a utility or command that you would run to generate a
list of all the FrameMaker keyboard shortcuts, including those for
plugins installed on your system.
I hope someone knows what I'm talking about and can help out.
Thanks in advance.
Pat Christenson
.
Thanks in advance.
Pat Christenson
I open the Word file in Frame.
Is there a way to extract graphics from Word without losing quality?
Or a utility that converts embedded graphics in Frame into imported-
by-reference?
Thanks for any help.
Pat Christenson
in
> compromised image quality.
>
> -Original Message-
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:22 PM
> To: Frame Users
> Cc: Pat Christenson
> Sub
a map for every
special character. I can't find anything about using MIF2Go to save
as MIF 7.0.
Any help?
Thanks.
Pat Christenson
I found the answer on Omni Systems page.
Add
UseFrame9MIF=No
Under FDK in the Mif2Go .ini file.
I should've looked there first. /embarrassed/
Pat
On Oct 13, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Pat Christenson wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I have to save a number of FrameMaker 9 files into 7.2. I'm h
Hi -
One of my clients is moving to a model where they will provide a
printed manual if the buyer requests it. The manual will be free to
the buyer. Otherwise, everything will be distributed online. I don't
know that they want to go public with this so can't provide the
company name.
Pat
Hi -
In the past, I've used the SQUIDDS Basic Toolbox, which was free. Is there a
free version of Finalyzer or do I have to buy the full package?
Thanks in advance.
Pat Christenson
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> Von: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at
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> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Dezember 2011 22:30
> An: Framers Users
> Betreff: Question about Finalyzer
>
> Hi -
>
> In the
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