FrameMaker overrides

2008-07-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there any way to search for FrameMaker overrides? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

table and figure captions

2008-06-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
For figures, you can have a paragraph (style such as Figure style) with the next paragraph style defined as a Figure Caption style. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Shuttleworth, Roger wrote: > Hello Deirdre > > The presence of a table caption is determined by the table format as shown

Arial being changed to ArialMT in PDF

2008-06-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Speaking on fonts, does anyone have any info on any info on the various types of fonts such as TrueType? What are the most common types? Any info would be appreciated. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Paul Findon wrote: > On 19 Jun 2008, at 05:47, Dov Isaacs wrote: > > >> You are

MS Word Numbering (was RE: FrameMaker uses)

2008-05-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I highly recommended using Sequential fields for numbering in Word. Read the one page in Word's help on Sequential fields. Then use the Tech-Tav macros (free) to quickly insert them. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Chinell, David F (GE EntSol, Security) wrote: > Lester: > > An excelle

Figure numbering problem

2008-05-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is it possible to number figures across files within a book? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Sorting: Ignoring periods

2008-11-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why don't you just replace the period with a tiny graphic that looks like a period. You could put it on your reference page. Not the cleanest solution, but it's original :) -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Darren, > > Instead of a list of paragr

Offtopic: Questionnaire about documentation

2008-11-26 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
were insufficiently explained. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: > Hi > I am going to send out a questionnaire to our customers about > documentation. > > I am interested in good advice, maybe a template or a sample > questionnaire. > > I am

Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

2008-10-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
gards, Shmuel Wolfson - Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > Framers, > > I don't need convincing; I use specific tags to anchor all of my graphics > and tables, but sometimes I find it hard to explain why. What are some of > your reasons for always anchoring tables and graph

Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson

Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
what I've heard about them. I have not actually used Flare or structured Frame. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson >> Lately I read some postings on MadCap products. I'm not familiair with >> those, just wondering how MadCap compares to FrameMaker. Is it competive >> with

File Comparison Tool

2008-09-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
gards, Shmuel Wolfson Mollye Barrett wrote: >Hi All, > >My client has many unstructred Frame books (average page count 700 > pages) with text insets and referenced graphics. They want to be able > to do a couple of things that elude me... > >* Display change date on

FM, Renaming links to graphics

2008-09-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
How about saving the files as MIF and using a search and replace tool that works on text files to change the path? Notepad++ has a global search and replace for text files. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Robert Evans wrote: > The following will work if you have if you are working in, or h

FrameMaker Footnotes

2009-04-02 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
book this problem does not occur. Any ideas why this is happening or how to fix it? Also, how to you adjust the size of the (superscript) number that refers to a table footnote? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

pesky persistent unresolved cross-references

2009-04-27 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Sometimes this happens when you have conditional text which is hidden. If this is the case, AND you search for unresolved cross-references and there are none, you can safely ignore this warning. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Ben Hechter wrote: > Can't fig

Cross-ref formats

2009-08-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I use bold for referencing sections, instead of quotation marks. It makes things much simpler as far where to put the comma, and this style seems to be popular. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Nancy Allison wrote: > Once more, this time with content! > >

FrameMaker TOC Problem - resolved

2009-08-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
It seems that the problem with the page numbering in the TOC was that one paragraph was shifting to the next page when I updated the TOC, but it was not shifting to the next page in the PDF. I haven't quite figured out how that could have happened, but I solved the problem for now buy reducing

FrameMaker TOC Problem

2009-08-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I'm having two problems with a TOC (using Frame 9 p237). 1. The page numbers for a lot of the TOC entries are wrong. When I click on the links they go to the right pages, but not the pages listed in the TOC. It starts in the middle of one of the chapters - the page numbers in the TOC is one pag

Upgrading FM from 7.1 to 9

2009-12-02 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
micrograms of silver. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Lea Rush wrote: > Hi Jeremy, > > I did a comparison of RH vs. Mif2Go at the beginning of the year, and the > biggest difference I found was that RH supported Natural Language search. > Does Mif2Go support t

How To Delete Condition Tags in a Book

2009-12-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think the options that have been mentioned on the list are: 1. Use a FrameScript 2. Delete them from each file manually, then save the book as a MIF and search for and delete the tags. 3. Save all the files as MIFs and delete the tags. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
The Pagination settings in the book file override the ones in each chapter, so I recommend just setting them at the book level unless you have a specific reason why you can't. If you need more help, please let me know. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer Jakob Fix wrote: >

Frame 9 MAJOR BUG

2009-12-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
For this reason and other reasons, it's a good idea to zip up each days work, and save it with the date in the filename. This way you can always revert to the previous day's work. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Galanter, Lea wrote: > I'm not sure

PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
net/ -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

OT :: Frame & Voice to Text software

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson

PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
PDF XChange Viewer is a really easy-to-use (free) tool for commenting on PDFs. It's something that you do not have to teach the reviewers. It's self explanatory. And you do not have to "allow" users to comment on the PDF in order to use this tool. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolf

Replace a para tag throughout book?

2009-02-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Good point Fred. But you could take a dummy file which only has the new par tag (and no other par tags) and import the par tags from that file to all the files in the book. Then do the search and replace. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Fred Ridder wrote

FrameMaker index question

2009-02-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
When I make an index in FM, only the page number is hyperlinked. Someone asked me to make the text in the index also hyperlinked. Is this possible, and if so, how would I do this? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

FrameMaker index question

2009-02-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Good point. In general, you don't want this. But we have some manual that have an index consisting of a list of functions. In these cases, it would be preferable to have the function name hyperlinked as well. Is there any automatic way of doing this? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Tech

[Techshoret] Re: FrameMaker index question

2009-02-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ng. I wish Adobe could figure out how to simplify their interfaces. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Shlomo Perets wrote: > Shmuel, > > You wrote: > > > When I make an index in FM, only the page number is hyperlinked. > > Someone asked me to ma

Placing icons in side heads

2009-01-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
(one for each of the icons). Define the par tags with a reference graphic above or below the par. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Leah wrote: > FM 7.0 ; Windows XP > > In one of our products, users can choose between 2 programming syntaxes. > Until now we h

Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

2009-01-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Notepad++ is free and you it has search and replace within entire folders and subfolders. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 David Spreadbury wrote: > Verner, > Probably the best way is through MIF. > > You could use a program like TextPad, sh

Find not finding

2006-05-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You can use PureText to paste the text in without formatting. It's faster than pasting into Notepad, and is the equivalent. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Beck, Charles wrote: Hi Guy, OK, I checked with the writer in question, and he reported that what he did was a copy-and-

FrameMaker - inadvertent change all

2006-11-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I've found an interesting solution to the inadvertent "Change All" problem in FM. You can shorten the Find dialog box on the right side, so that the "Change All" button is hidden. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Frame - Table Cell Alignment

2006-11-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there a way to align the contents within a table cell to be centered or to be aligned with the bottom of the table cell (as you can do in Word). -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Source Control and keyword search

2006-11-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I put a copy of each manual in a separate directory, and create an Acrobat index file. When searching the index file (.PDX), the searches are very fast. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Gillian Flato wrote: > Hey guys, > > Is anyone out there using source control with a search engine on to

resource for writers

2006-11-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I found a nice resource for writers that I wanted to share with the list: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Source Control and keyword search

2006-11-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I meant to say I put a copy of each PDF in a separate directory, and create an Acrobat index file of the PDFs. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Shmuel Wolfson wrote: > I put a copy of each manual in a separate directory, and create an > Acrobat index file. When searching the index file (.PDX

FrameMaker Conditional Text Question

2006-10-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
c. Is this correct? Is there an easier way to do this? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

FrameMaker Conditional Text Question

2006-10-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
to show only A text. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Original Message I have three manuals that are mostly identical, Manual A, Manual B and Manual C (for example). I have 3 conditional text tags named A,B and C. When I print, I will need to able to show only A

paste special ...text option

2006-10-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
PureText is free and works in all applications. [1]http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Combs, Richard wrote: Steve Cavanaugh wrote: There is an easier approach. HOVtext is a public domain system utility that automatically strips formatting from

The Page Left Intentionally Blank

2006-10-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I always felt that "This Page Intentionally Left Blank" sounds a bit weird. Why would you intentionally leave a page blank? I vote to change it to "This Page Left Blank for Double-sided Printing." Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Whites wrote: > Isn't there al

OT: MIL specs (was RE: general publication quiestion)

2006-10-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Maybe we should change it to "This page intentionally left almost completely blank," to be more technically accurate :) Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Combs, Richard wrote: Daniel Emory wrote: Certainly I don't advocate the use of MIL specs for preparing com

Cond Text in a text inset

2006-10-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there any problem using conditional text inside of a text inset? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Importing images from a CAD system

2006-09-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Ask them to save it as WMF or EMF. They retail the line quality. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) wrote: > I am in the process of educating the engineers I work with over this issue. > They are in the habit of giving me a JPEG image when I request a line > drawing.

2 blank pages

2006-09-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I have an Index with 2 blank pages at the end. I tried every possibility under Pagination, Delete Blank pages, etc. Any ideas? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

FrameMaker, Missing fonts

2007-04-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Roman" font and replaced it with another font. Unfortunately, I still get the same message. Any ideas? It won't let me update the book this way. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

FrameMaker, Missing fonts

2007-04-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
turn off "Remember Missing Fonts" temporarily. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Art Campbell wrote: > This should be all over the 'net, because it's a FAQ, but: > > If you don't care about the fonts, under FM Preferences, turn off > "Remember Missi

FrameMaker, Missing fonts

2007-04-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
finding it, I figured it couldn't hurt to turn off "Remember Missing Fonts" temporarily. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Art Campbell wrote: > This should be all over the 'net, because it's a FAQ, but: > > If you don't care about the fonts, und

better diff tool?

2007-04-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
or if you have a color printer). All of them can be spotted on a black and white printers by the underline. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Fred Wersan wrote: > I've been thinking about using Framescript to do something to all > edited text to make it stand out, for example, underli

FM, paste special text option

2007-04-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Check the setting in your maker.ini: ClipboardFormatsPriorities=TEXT, FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF Try putting FILE before TEXT. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Shmuel Wolfson wrote: > > Original Message > Subject: Re: paste special ...text opti

Heading with autonumber and square bullet

2007-08-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
forget but which has been documented here before. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Brenda Waltermeyer wrote: > Using Windows XP, FrameMaker 7.2 > > I am trying to add a graphic or a square bullet in front of all my headings. > > Example: > > ? 1.1 Heading 1 > > Is

first impressions of FrameMaker 8

2007-08-29 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think we should be happy that the new version has some significant improvements and shows that Frame is NOT a dead or dying product, instead of complaining about the lateness of the new features. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Alison Carrico wrote: > In my business (document/software translat

Paste Special

2007-02-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I use PureText (similar to HovText) and am very happy with it. http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Steve Cavanaugh wrote: > HovText is a System Tray tool that strips all formatting when you copy, > thus providing a clean text past. http://hovtext.com/ >

Using Conditional Text in Books

2007-01-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
n you import more than you need to, you can mess other things up. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Laura Larson wrote: > Is there a way to change the conditional text settings for all of the > chapters in book at one time, rather than having to go in and reset each > chapter fil

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-15 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Another option is a single wide-screen monitor. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Sean Pollock wrote: > ? I use dual monitors all the time. You just have to have a graphics card > that supports it (has two outputs). > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+spolloc1

FM 7.1 Compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Strange. I find importing Visio files as OLE objects (from Visio 2000 to FM 7.2) to work just fine. When I try to File>Insert>File (by reference) it doesn't recognize the Visio file format, and Visio is not in the list. Perhaps my version of Visio is too old. Regards, Shmuel Wol

FrameMaker in Hebrew

2007-07-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
If it doesn't support right to left, I saw a set of fonts advertised that claim that they add right to left functionality. Perhaps that will work for Frame. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Reng, Winfried Dr. wrote: > Hi Dov, > > I don't know whether it is allowed to tell that.

FrameMaker in Hebrew

2007-07-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here the link to the fonts: http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/Hebrew_Graphic_Fonts_661.asp Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Reng, Winfried Dr. wrote: > Hi Shmuel, > > Thanks for the info. When I did a quick search on the web > for font and "right to left" I couldn't fi

Conditional Text Question

2007-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
e text should not be marked as conditionalized. You can mark an entire table or a table row. You can select which conditional text to view (which also affects printing), and whether to show the conditional indicators (the color or style you used for the conditional text). Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Any way to key out of a selected table?

2007-07-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Alt t p Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Kenneth C. Benson wrote: > I'm converting text to table a few thousand times and I want to stop > having to use the mouse. I can Find the beginning of the text, shift > arrow down to the bottom of the text, use ALT t v Enter to convert > t

Any way to key out of a selected table?

2007-07-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
On my system it pulls down the Table menu, then selects Place Cursor After Table Anchor. Check which letter is underlined on your system for this option. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Kenneth C. Benson wrote: > Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >> Alt t p > This pulls down the Table menu, but th

Any way to key out of a selected table?

2007-07-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
It could be. I have Shlomo Peretz's customization kit installed. If you have 1000 tables, it may be worth it just for this feature. It's pretty cheap. But check with Shlomo first if this indeed a feature of his customization kit. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Sh

Conditional Text Question

2007-07-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Sorry for the typos in that last email. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Conditional Text Question

2007-07-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ional text for the footer also, but I use a variable for that. I have a separate file with only one custom variable, "Footer." When I'm working on Book A, I open my Footer file, redefine the Footer variable, and then import only the variables from that file to the book I'm

deleting backup files

2007-07-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
quire external power.) Regards, Shmuel Wolfson B Hechter wrote: > Thanks to everyone for suggestions on post-production deletion of > unnecessary backup files. I overlooked the obvious Windows command line > interface, so thanks for the reality check. > > My 2c on backups: > -

Text insets: to be or not to be?

2007-06-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
n I try to cross-reference to it or to add an index entry to the heading. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Martinek, Carla wrote: > -Original Message- > > The first couple of pages of the Preface contain the doc info (audience, > scope, purpose, structure, etc.), and t

Global Footer Change

2007-06-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Hi Howard, From the FM book, you can select all the files and import the formats from a file that has the corrected footers. When importing the formats, deselect everything except for Page Layouts. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Howard Rauch wrote: > My client is asking me to update a cata

Need some FM tips

2007-06-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
See answers below. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson David Shaked (Wernick) wrote: > Can I ask the list members for some tips on various FM techniques? I am > using FM 7.2. Most of these questions (except #6) are about techniques that > are easy to use in Word, and I haven't yet found an

Need some FM tips

2007-06-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Hi David, Esc vP (uppercase p) is the shortcut for going back to the source of a cross-reference. By the way, if you don't like FM's shortcut keys, you can change them. See "Customizing_Frame_Products.pdf" located in: C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.0\OnlineManuals Reg

Need some FM tips

2007-06-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
u add the new sequence directly after the old one (with a space in between), by searching for the old key sequence. In this case, it is . This way both the new and old shortcuts work. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson rebecca officer wrote: >> b. After following a cross reference (Alt+Ctrl+Click),

FrameMaker/MSWord workflow

2007-03-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
The conversion precess does not always work with Frame's built in save as feature. MIF2GO is highly recommended if you ant to do this on a constant basis. The other option is save a PDF and allow commenting. It's not such a bad option. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Studio Smalbro wrot

Frame Improvements

2007-03-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
seems to be a bug that when in the middle of the search you fix something in the document, it does not continue the search throughout the book correctly. Please fix it. - Table ruling does not work correctly. Please fix it. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Frame Improvements

2007-03-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Top, and then select go into the top cell and select Bottom. FrameMaker is still better than Word, but for the price you pay I think they should fix these bugs. The ruling bugs are particularly annoying. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Rick Quatro wrote: > Shmuel, > > What do you mean t

PDF bookmarks

2007-03-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there any way to have a PDF show you where you are in the bookmark pane when you page down or click a cross-reference. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Frame's future

2007-03-08 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
As new tools come out, companies will not expect you to know more than the most common ones. There is a lot more to technical writing than the authoring tool. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson quills at airmail.net wrote: > At 8:29 PM -0500 3/4/07, Sean Pollock wrote: >> Why be afraid o

Frame Improvements - table ruling

2007-03-08 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Yes, apparently most people have not experienced the table ruling issues that I have. So I take back what I said. I should have said, table ruling does not work correctly on my system, which is a much harder problem for Adobe to respond to. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson William Gaffga wrote

Frame Improvements

2007-03-08 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Thanks. That may be the problem. The company I worked for used to use Word, and switched to Frame before I came. It's possible that the tables were imported. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Yves Barbion wrote: > Indeed, FrameMaker's Table features are one of the most powerful and >

Frame Enhancements

2007-03-15 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I found a link in Adobe's site for reporting bugs and asking for new features. (This is for all those who are not registered to the Frame forum.) http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

First Time Framer!

2007-05-27 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Out of all the reasons to switch to FM, the layout was never an issue by me. All you have to do is select the correct print driver in the Print dialog box, and view the doc in Print Preview, not Page Layout view. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Mark Lawrence wrote: > Hi, > > I hope you d

First Time Framer!

2007-05-27 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Out of all the reasons to switch to FM, the layout was never an issue by me. All you have to do is select the correct print driver in the Print dialog box, and view the doc in Print Preview, not Page Layout view. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Mark Lawrence wrote: > Hi, > > I hope you d

CorelDraw Embedded Graphics

2007-05-29 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
why this happens, or how to avoid it. Thanks -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

First Time Framer!

2007-05-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
that option in Word 2003. There's another option called "Set the width of a space like WordPerfect 5.x." Perhaps that does the same thing. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson The 'rivers' (rivers = gaps between the words in paragraphs) are never as well adjusted i

Fixing Numbers in PDF Bookmarks

2007-11-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think the soft return is the simplest and most elegant solution. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson William Abernathy wrote: > Here's an annoyance I'm stumped on. I've been working on updating my > group's template, which is a unification of two work groups' templates.

FM Search Tools

2007-11-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or cheap search tools that does a good job searching FM files? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Scott Prentice wrote: > Hi Jim... > > A quick test shows me that the name of the referenced inset is visible > as plain text within the binary FM fil

Upgrade Anger to Tech Comm Suite.

2007-11-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Yes, but it comes with the top of the line version of Adobe Acrobat, so that's a consideration. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Kenneth C. Benson wrote: > richard.melanson at us.tel.com wrote: > >> I just got off the phone with Adobe and I don't feel good about the >>

Putting line drawings in a frame doc

2007-11-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
the resize handles. With this method, the anchored frame stays in the same relative location to the point of insertion. And any drawing lines that you drag into the anchored frame move together with the anchored frame. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Theresa de Valence wrote: > Hello Framers, >

looking for conditional text scenarios

2007-10-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ten end up conditionalizing the text in the row instead of the table row, which is more time consuming. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 David Valiulis wrote: > Greetings, > > Here at Adobe we're looking for real-world uses of conditional text. > We'd be very intere

PDF contradiction?

2007-10-24 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
What's this "shared review thing"? Is it anything more than enabling the reader to add comments? I still recommend using PDF-XChange PDF Viewer for adding comments. I've found it to work on all PDFs including encrypted and PDFs that did not have commenting allowed. Reg

PDF contradiction?

2007-10-24 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
It's not PDF security. It's only for comments. All of the option of the Security tab are not affected. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Art Campbell wrote: > Always good to know about a program that totally trashes PDF security, Shmuel. > Thanks for sharing... > > Art > >

PDF contradiction?

2007-10-24 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is shared review different than commenting? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Flato, Gillian wrote: > Shared review is a feature of Acrobat 8 Professional. > > -Gillian > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com >

looking for FrameMaker install location in the registry

2007-10-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Wouldn't it be faster (and safer) just to search the computer for FrameMaker.exe? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Jakob Fix wrote: > Hello, > > I am preparing an update installer to be deployed by authors in my > organisation. The update contains mainly updated EDDs and other >

Sequential page numbers on alternate pages

2007-09-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
If you could create a custom variable which calculates ((current page number + 1) / 2), that would do the trick. Does anyone know if this is possible? If you create Flow A on the left pages and Flow B on the right pages, can they have separate numbering? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Text Editor

2007-09-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ditor as well for this feature alone. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Re: Set file order in directory?

2008-12-24 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
This is a Windows Issue. FileBox eXtender is a free program that has this feature. It's on the File Boxes tab in the preferences. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson > Nancy Allison wrote: > >> Hi, everyone. >> >> I am working on a large manual with many graphics that

Re: the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
things that were defined differently in one doc than the other. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to this group, and pretty new to FrameMaker (but I was a Word 2003 > guru, so that helps a bit...). > > My que

FrameMaker hyperlinks

2008-12-28 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
When I follow a link to another file in the FM book, it usually does not close the current file. Other times it does close the current file. Is this a bug or a feature, and how do I disable closing the current file? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

Re: Which files are critical for backing up?

2008-12-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
export the book to Word or Help, there are all sorts of files types there. IMHO you can delete all of them except for the INI files. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi all, > > My client backs up it FM files to VSS. > > I nee

Re: Fixing lots of X-refs

2008-12-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
In Annoyance 3, do you mean select the document or select the paragraph? I would love it if the list of paragraphs would be alphabetic. That's a very request from Adobe. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 John Sgammato wrote: > I am whiling away a snowy Bo

Re: Fixing lots of X-refs

2008-12-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
This would be a nice item to place on a the Adobe wish list. They should be ordered alphabetically or by the way they are listed in the book. Anything is better than a random order. The same with the paragraphs in the list on the right. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

Re: Placing icons in side heads

2009-01-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
(one for each of the icons). Define the par tags with a reference graphic above or below the par. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Leah wrote: > FM 7.0 ; Windows XP > > In one of our products, users can choose between 2 programming syntaxes. > Until now we h

Re: Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

2009-01-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Notepad++ is free and you it has search and replace within entire folders and subfolders. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 David Spreadbury wrote: > Verner, > Probably the best way is through MIF. > > You could use a program like TextPad, sh

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