Re: 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

Re: User Defined Hotkeys

2008-12-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You can edit the "cmds.cfg" file if you want to change the ESCAPE shortcut sequences. The file is very hard to read in Notepad, but when you open it in a good text editor (Crimson, SciTE, or Notepad++) it's much easier to read. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Klaus Da

Re: Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why don't you try the Auto-text plug-in here: http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html It's only $10. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Mike Wickham wrote: >> Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins: >> >> http://ho

Can't open FrameMaker 7.2

2008-12-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
only have the disk for 7.0. If I install 7.0 will Frame download updates for 7.2? Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list mes

Re: Can't open FrameMaker 7.2 - resolved

2008-12-08 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
reinstalling I still have my cudspan tools. There was one file with ESC shortcut keys that I had customized and it got overwritten, but I have a backup. The only problem I noticed (so far) is that I can't scroll. I've seen solutions for that on the list. I'll work on that later. --

Re: Unexpected event

2012-06-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Have a speedy recovery. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 20-Jun-12 3:07 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: Hi Framers, I hesitate to put this on the list, but I have been around the FrameMaker community for a long time, and this is the only contact I have with some of you. Also, in light of Bruce

Re: Variables pod problems

2012-07-08 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I may never upgrade. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 06-Jul-12 8:26 PM, Tim Pann wrote: Windows 7 64 bit, Frame 9, just updated to latest version today. My Variables pod is fouled up. There is a white rectangle across all but the Insert and Create New buttons. Some of

Re: Support needed!

2012-07-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
. I don't think it's so hard to find someone who knows FrameMaker to replace you while you are on vacation, but to find someone who knows both FrameMaker and Indesign is a bit more difficult. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 10-Jul-12 10:24 PM, Keith Soltys wrote: If you can&

Re: Adding a column to multiple tables

2012-07-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
(200) ; pause 100 milliseconds Send("^+f") ; find next (CTRL+SHIFT+f) Sleep(200) ; pause 100 milliseconds Send("{ESC}tme") ; move insertion point to rightmost cell Sleep(200) ; pause 100 milliseconds Send("{ESC}tcr") ; add column to the right Sleep(200

Re: Adding a column to multiple tables

2012-07-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
00) ; pause 100 milliseconds Send("^+f") ; find next (CTRL+SHIFT+f) Sleep(200) ; pause 100 milliseconds Send("{ESC}tme") ; move insertion point to rightmost cell Sleep(200) ; pause 100 milliseconds Send("{ESC}tcr") ; add column to the right Sle

Re: Adding a column to multiple tables - corrected

2012-07-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ause 200 milliseconds Send("{ESC}tcr") ; add column to the right Sleep(200) ; pause 200 milliseconds Send("^v") ; paste (CTRL+v) $x = $x + 1 WEnd Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 20-Jul-12 9:21 PM, Tammy Van Boening wrote: Adding a column to multiple table

Re: Verma on Educational pricing

2012-08-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
FrameMaker pricing has been going way up since version 10, when they started charging $400 to upgrade only ONE version. At one point there was a rumor that FrameMaker was being put out to pasture. Now it seems they are just pricing themselves out of the market. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

FNTCACHE.DAT missing

2012-08-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Any ideas? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framer

Re: OT: Windows 7 operating systems, Windows Explorer failing to display files

2012-08-27 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
o maybe a Windows update took care of it. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 27-Aug-12 7:18 PM, dave.st...@gdc4s.com wrote: 2012-08-27-01T16:20Z Framers using Windows 7 operating systems: My setups: At work: Windows 7 Enterprise SP 1; at home: Windows 7 Home Premium SP 1 NOT

Re: Reviews of FM 11

2012-09-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
full license. Adobe is really overreaching, and I hope they figure that out. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 04-Sep-12 9:39 PM, Gay Alson wrote: OMG, Arnis, STOP!! I'm having way too much fun at work this afternoon because of you! Anyone who hasn't read Arnis' review, do yourse

Re: Reviews of FM 11

2012-09-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
isplayTab2.html Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 06-Sep-12 6:31 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: What does Adobe charge for upgrading from FM10 to FM8? I could use the extra stability and better UI. ___ You are currently subscribed to framer

Re: Is there a video demonstrating Word vs Framemaker?

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
more stable in FrameMaker should do. You could add a slide or two to the video for that. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 17-Sep-12 8:52 PM, Carol J. Elkins wrote: Has anyone run across a video that compares Framemaker features to MSWord? It would be a great way to qu

Re: Frame 7.1/Acrobat 9: unable to generate PS or save as PDF

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why can't you just print to any postscript printer (that you can install via Windows) and double-click on the PS file to create the PDF? I have Frame 9 and Acrobat 7.x and that works for me. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 20-Sep-12 4:04 PM, Eric-Oluf Svee

Re: Frame vs Word - the decision

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
hint Adobe.) Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 20-Sep-12 10:48 AM, la...@lavadome.net wrote: Hi all You may remember a while back I asked for help regarding arguments I could use to persuade my company to use Framemaker for its docs. I'm sorry to report I have lost the argument. "Eve

FrameMaker Find/Change Behavior

2012-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ee yet. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lis

Re: FrameMaker Find/Change Behavior

2012-11-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
hange dialog box as is it in my version? Can someone who has FM11 (or someone from Adobe) please let me know? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 30-Oct-12 2:08 PM, Reng, Dr. Winfried wrote: Hi Shmuel, it seems that this is fixed. http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/20

Re: menu-command macro recorder utility for FM?

2012-11-28 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Sorry, I meant you can't use ALT keys on the pods. You should install AutoIt if you want to try it. It's free. http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/ Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 27-Nov-12 8:59 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: Is there an old-fashioned menu-com

Re: menu-command macro recorder utility for FM?

2012-11-29 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
AutiIt comes with a few utilities. One of them does record macros. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 28-Nov-12 11:14 PM, Pat Christenson wrote: I can second this. I used AutoIT to automate tasks and it is very easy to learn! Not quite as simple as a macro recorder but not a nightmare

Re: Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a good free Hex editor: http://frhed.sourceforge.net/en/ Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 10-Dec-12 6:10 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote: At 11:01 -0500 10/12/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: Sounds like you might be able to identify the mystery character by opening the

Re: "Use Condition Indicators setting is inconsistent"

2012-12-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
all, files. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 12-Dec-12 7:10 PM, Rob Shell wrote: Dear Framers: I would love to know what this message means. Has it something to do with conditional text? The capitalized noun would indicate no. (I do not use conditional text). Or does

Re: Rucksprung durch Technik: reverse hyperjump key?

2012-12-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
rd to edit. You might want to give it a try. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe se

Sorting paragraphs

2013-01-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there a way to sort paragraphs in Frame without changing the text to a table? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com

Re: converting giant tables to running text

2013-01-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Apply the heading style(s) to the paragraphs in the left column, leave the right column as is, then convert it to text "row by row." This is Stuart's suggestion without the part about applying the Body style to all the cells in the left column. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Techn

Re: Clicking hyperlink closes source file?

2013-01-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Shlomo Perets sent me the answer below to that questions. Rick: Does your solution work when the hyperlink is the "goto" type? Original Message Subject:Re: FrameMaker hyperlinks Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:58:13 +0200 From: Shlomo Perets To: Shmu

Re: Pagination FM 11

2013-01-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
age break in paragraph format or as paragraph override, or start: top of page setting Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 30-Jan-13 9:38 PM, Judy Bragg wrote: I'm trying to generate a PDF of my document. The book includes several fm documents distributed through several folders. Each folder

Re: Frame > Word > Frame -- is there a way to do this w/o going nuts?

2013-01-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
To avoid crashing when importing, remove some or all of the pictures before importing the file. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 30-Jan-13 9:32 PM, Tori Muir wrote: Thanks to all who replied, it's genuinely good to know there isn't a magically simple way to do this that I w

Re: best web help add-on for FrameMaker 10?

2013-02-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
999-7816). Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 05-Feb-13 2:45 PM, Writer wrote: I'll give WebWorks ePublisher a try. http://www.indoition.com/online-help-authoring-tools-survey.htm says it costs $795 a year, does the license actually expire? The subscription expires, but you can still u

Re: "FrameMaker has detected a problem and must quit" Really?!

2013-02-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
echnicians only."   Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 13-Feb-13 4:48 PM, Ken Poshedly wrote: To all, My coworker is running FrameMaker 11.0 and is frustrated because twice this morning, FrameMaker crashed on his te

Emailing: text_format.xml

2013-02-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
to do anything. Klaus Daube mentions !RulerCharMenuIn in his toolbar documentation for FM 7.2 and 8 (http://www.daube.ch/docu/files/fm8-etb-en.pdf), so it looks like it's possible. Any ideas? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical

Re: FM8 u/s: Conditional cross-refs

2013-02-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 20-Feb-13 10:01 AM, Helen Borrie wrote: Hello list, I'm struggling a bit here with conditionals, specifically text containing cross-references. The original unstructured book is 40 chapters and 14 appendices with all the other usual front and

Re: FM8 u/s: Conditional cross-refs

2013-02-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Are you sure it's not generating the TOC and index? It thought Frame updated whatever it could, even if some things were unresolved. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 20-Feb-13 10:01 AM, Helen Borrie wrote: Hello list, I'm struggling a bit here with co

Re: Emailing: text_format.xml

2013-02-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Thanks Klause and Rick for your help. I got it to work with the two drop-down lists. Here's the toolbar: So far it's stable. It could be it's stable because of the limited amount of things that I need on it. Regards,

Re: Frame 11 Appearance

2013-02-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Under Edit > Preferences you can select the monitor size. That might sharpen the text on the tabs.   Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 20-Feb-13 3:50 PM, Joel wrote: I am on Windows 7, using Frame 11. Ever since moving to Win 7 and Frame

Re: Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

2013-02-24 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think it's a bug in Frame 11 that several items are missing from the zoom levels. The online help still says you can set the zoom levels via the GUI. I wish they would fix this already! Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Tech

Re: why is FM's UI so weird and buggy?

2013-02-27 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
; ahead of functionality. When someone is using a program for several hours a day, they want it to work well. I don't think they give a darn as to whether it looks like other Adobe products. Please get your act together Adobe; trash the "pods" and go back to standard Windows

Re: Copy/paste of in-book xrefs

2013-02-28 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
not be able to copy the cross-reference to File A. I'm not 100% sure about all this. I've just noticed certain combinations don't work and certain do. If anyone has more definitive information, please let us know. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 28

Re: FrameMaker 10 to FrameMaker 11

2013-03-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think most of the things people are complaining about are do to the changes in FM9. I don't think they are specific to FM11. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 05-Mar-13 5:41 PM, Craig Ede

Re: a complex Find & Replace?

2013-03-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Then replace with the conditional format "By Pasting." Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 15-Mar-13 12:28 AM, John Sgammato wrote: I need to conditionalize (best) or delete (acceptable) a complex snippet of text that occurs 140 times in a book: RESTful Ex

Re: Cursor key navigation in tables - and another thing (graphic frame placement)

2013-03-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Good idea. What are the symbols for the ALT, CTRL, SHIFT and Windows Key? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 18-Mar-13 4:39 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: One solution to this is to define the

Re: migrating from FrameMaker to a wiki

2013-03-24 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ge is where you can request small programs. If you like it, you can make a donation to the author. The other option is to write something yourself using the AutoIt (www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/). It's easy to learn. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 22-Mar-

Re: Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

2013-04-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
. My only gripe is the cost of an upgrade. I don't mind paying $400 every few versions to upgrade, but $400 to upgrade a single version is too much. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 04-Apr-13 9:05 AM, VLM TechSubs wrote: Maxwell, First, I wish to express appreciatio

Re: Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

2013-04-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Agreed. This is a major blunder. We paid good money for the upgrade and they should fix it in a free patch. I'm not planning on paying another $400 for version 12 just to have a bug fixed. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 04-A

Re: Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

2013-04-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
atch. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.fr

Re: PDF and Alternatives to Acrobat {WAS Re: Where on Adobe is the info/link to renew my maintenance contract for FrameMaker?]

2013-04-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
. - Nitro Pro ($119.99) www.nitropdf.com Creates bookmarks and links from Word. - Nuance PDF Converter Pro ($99.99) - Jaws PDF Creator ($64) www.jawspdf.com/products.html Creates bookmarks and links from Word, but does not support Windows 7; probably not Windows 8 either. Regards, Shmuel

Re: Find/Change Dialog Box Inconsistency (was: Zoom Level Settings in FM 11)

2013-04-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
to be random, so I can't. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 05-Apr-13 8:21 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann wrote: Robert, Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback. I will ensure that this is sent to the a

Re: Interacting with a database

2013-04-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Another option is to create a PDF with Form fields. There is a $20 tool for automatically filling the fields from a database. https://www.pdfill.com/pdf_form_filler.html Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 12-Apr-13 3:49 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote: Hello Framers, I

Re: mass update of system variable

2013-04-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ant to update. 5. Save and close the file. 6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF snippet. Lin: please correct me if I'm understanding incorrectly. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 22-Apr-13 4:01 AM, Craig Ede wrote: If I remember, you h

Re: Imported text

2013-04-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I use text insets for several items that are reused in more than one book. I keep all the text insets in a central location in a folder called Shared. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 22-Apr-13 9:04 PM, meg miranda wrote: Hi all, I just wanted to see how common it is

Re: Skip to Next Table Command?

2013-04-28 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Attached is an AutoIt script to find the next table and go to the first cell. You have to find the "Any Table" before running it. You also have to install AutoIt (free) from http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/    Regards, Shmu

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Another option is to save the webpage to your computer, open it with Word, save it as a DOC or DOCX file, then open the DOC/DOCX file with Frame. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 04-May-13 1:24 AM, Robert Lauriston wrote: I occasionally need to take content from a

Re: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Another option is to expand OpenOffice, which is also pretty good, but need more single-sourcing capabilities. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 13-May-13 1:38 AM, rebecca officer wrote: Hi Jeremy

Re: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Yes, please sign and pass it on: http://www.change.org/petitions/adobe-systems-incorporated-eliminate-the-mandatory-creative-cloud-subscription-model Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 21-May-13 3:30 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote: At 14:54 -0700 20/5/13, Karen Robbins wrote

Re: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
that guarantee. So the price of the subscription should be lower than the price of constant upgrades. I'm under the impression that the subscription is about the same price as constant upgrades. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 21-May-13 7:35 PM, Shlomo Perets wro

Feature Request - Print to File Warning

2013-05-28 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
d a warning in this case. Thanks! -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank

Re: Feature Request - Print to File Warning

2013-05-29 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
It's much faster to print straight from FM then to make a PDF every time I want to print a page or two. Before I finish the doc, I change the printer to PDF, review the pagination and update the book. I could try the Save as PDF option. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 28-May-13

Re: FM and Distiller distort Visio drawing

2013-06-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
It's not a good idea to embedded Visio graphics in Frame. It's better to save the Visios as WMF, EMF or PDF, then import by reference. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 03-Jun-13 6:55 PM, Roman Banks wrote:

Re: Search and replace with variables

2013-06-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Sure. Just insert the variable anywhere, copy the variable so that it's in the clipboard, then use By Pasting as the replace option. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 04-Jun-13 3:15 PM, Judy Bragg wrote: I'm wondering if there's a tool out there that will

Re: Converting images with searchable text

2013-06-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I save my visio graphics as WMF (using Save As), then import them into Frame. I just tested it, and the text is searchable. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 21-Jun-13 8:36 AM, Timothy DeWees wrote: I’m working in a large, complex book (3000+ pages). One of my co

Re: Convert text to variables

2013-07-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think this plug-in does what you want: http://leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php   Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 01-Jul-13 6:46 PM, Christenson, Pat wrote: Hi Craig

Re: Special character: punctuation space

2013-07-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
2008 hex is 8200 decimal. Instead of changing your keypad to hex, can you use 8200? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 01-Jul-13 11:48 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: First, if you haven't already, you need to turn on the un

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

2013-07-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
If it's highly classified they probably did something on purpose to make it hard to copy. Your best bet might be OCR. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 03-Jul-13 3:26 PM, John Posada wrote: Art..i tried Word, RTF, xml, notepad. I

Re: DITA/docbook vs your own schema

2013-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
would probably cost you around $20-$25 including their handling fee. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 10-Jul-13 6:31 AM, Alan T Litchfield wrote: Unfortunately, that book cannot be sold internationally by Amazon. :( Alan On 10/07/13 2:19 PM, Writer wrote: Agreed. Tha

Re: FM 8: Lost my footnote separator line

2013-07-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
If you have several chapters in the same book, copy the header or footer from another chapter. If that doesn't help, then copy the reference graphic from another chapter to this chapter. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

Re: TCS subscription model: Illustrator version, and can you go back to buying TCS outright as an upgrade later?

2013-07-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
parable to Unstructured FrameMaker. If they switch to subscription only, I may try to switch to Help & Manual, which is supposedly easy to use. But I don't think it will be as easy to create PDFs with Help & Manual since it's topic based and probably not as WYSIWYG as Frame. Regar

Re: Take the Adobe Tech Comm Survey

2013-08-08 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
It worked fine for me with Firefox under Windows 7. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 08-Aug-13 5:21 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote: At 07:07 -0700 8/8/13, Karen Robbins wrote: I had tried to take this survey in the past but it failed. This survey still generates errors

Re: Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!

2013-08-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
better off. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 13-Aug-13 5:26 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: You seem to have missed my point completely. The purpose of my posting was to refute the categorical statement made by anot

Re: OT: Font suggestions for book?

2013-08-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
. It's very comfortable for onscreen reading and when printed. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 19-Aug-13 2:04 AM, Scott Turner wrote: I have a fondness for Minion or Garamond. I think you can find a free font that is simil

Re: Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a nice solution for that: http://www.elharo.com/blog/word/2005/12/28/word-tip-1-reapplying-styles/ On 17-Sep-13 6:04 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote: Hi, this is possibly not the right place to ask this question, but ... I have a lot of experience with Frame and very little experience with

Re: FrameMaker: Is any version URL-aware?

2013-10-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You can turn off the undesired automatic changes on the Autoformat as You Type tab. Here's instructions for Word 2007. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/use-automatic-formatting-as-you-type-HP010082297.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA010174646#BM1   On 30-Sep

Re: script for batch PDF generation

2013-10-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
DZbatcher is a free command line tool you can use to automate PDF generation. http://www.miramo.com/english/overview/download.html Here's the documentation for it: www.miramo.com/download/dzbatcher/documentation.pdf‎ On 30-Sep-13 4:35 PM, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for

FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
> # end of Condition Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 21-Oct-13 4:37 PM, Ed Lightle wrote: Hi, everybody. Is there an easy way to delete unused conditional text markers from a FrameMaker book? I’m still using version 7.0. Thanks, Ed Lightle */Sr

Re: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Right. You are supposed to delete them from the individual files first. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 22-Oct-13 6:00 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: Note that if any of the unused conditions are still defined in any of the chapter files

Re: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Thanks for the tip on LaTex. It's nice to know there is a free alternative to FrameMaker, which has become very overpriced lately. They went from $400 for an upgrade every 2 or 3 versions to $400 to upgrade only one version. Regards, Shmuel Wo

Re: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Are you saying that TeXLive is sort of a flavor of LaTex, not an editor like TeXstudio? Is it compatible with TeXstudio? Do you use an authoring tool with TeXLive other that a simple text editor? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 29-Oct-13 8:15 PM, Alan Litchfield wrote

Re: Character Tag "As Is" setting--isn't

2013-11-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
This is a very old FrameMaker bug. When you set everything to As Is, the text size doesn't show As Is, but it does function as As Is. It's just a display problem. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 14-Nov-13 12:05 AM, Beverly Robinson wrote: FrameMaker 10.

Re: Script to convert tables to paragraphs

2013-11-26 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
is so much easier and more pleasant to use that it's worth considering.  Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 ; this script converts tables to text ; find the desired table once, before running

Re: Script to convert tables to paragraphs

2013-11-26 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
And the free editor that comes with it provides autocompletion and context-sensitive help. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 26-Nov-13 4:27 PM, Jim Owens wrote: AutoIT is a powerful scripting language, and it comes with good

Re: Script to convert tables to paragraphs

2013-11-26 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
, makes it worth learning. AutoIt is not an object-oriented language, which reduces the complexity tremendously.   Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 26-Nov-13 6:10 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: I

Re: Script to convert tables to paragraphs

2013-11-27 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
documented is pretty close to unusable. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 27-Nov-13 4:26 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: "Unusable" is a bit of an exaggeration. I have developed several hundred scripts, which are being successfully used by my clients. I agree that it is po

Re: Frame 11 (UNstructured Features)

2013-12-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
a long time ago. If I would be working freelance, I think I would learn LaTex instead of paying the high price of these upgrades. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 06-Dec-13 9:16 PM, Crai

Re: FrameMaker 9: Table Alighment

2013-12-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think what you need to do is have the text in the frame aligned with the bottom of the frame instead of the top as it usually is. I'm not sure how to do that, but I'm sure there is a way. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On

Re: FrameMaker 9: Table Alighment

2013-12-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
t you could do is add an extra paragraph mark before the table with space below the paragraph mark, and conventionalize the paragraph mark to only appear when the able row is hidden. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 17-Dec-13 4:48 PM, Waltermeyer, Bre

Re: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

2014-01-16 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
graphics in Visio and save them as WMF, then import the WMFs. Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 14-Jan-14 4:13 PM, Chris Coggins wrote: Attached are two graphics in pdf format: the clean

Re: Need a good introductory tutorial for FrameMaker 12

2014-01-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
html Lynda.com costs $25 a month for basic access. The others are free. They are all for older versions of FrameMaker, but the GUI hasn't changed much since version 9, so anything from 9 and above should be fine. Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

FrameMaker Chapter TOC problem

2014-02-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I have local TOCs at the beginning of several chapters in a book. They are inserted as text insets. For some reason, in one of the chapters the TOC is not hyperlinked at all. All of the other ones are hyperlinked. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Is it a bug? -- Shmuel Wolfson Technical W

RE: FrameMaker Chapter TOC problem - solution

2014-02-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Shlomo Perets gave the solution for this. I did not have "Create Hypertext Links" turned ON (in the Set Up Table of Contents dialog box) when creating the TOC for the chapter. Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Shmuel Original Message Subject:

Re: Compatibility of old(ish) Software with Windows 7

2014-02-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
RAM is very cheap now-a-days, and your computers runs much faster with more RAM. It's a much more pleasant experience. Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 18-Feb-14 3:52 PM, Harro de Jong wrote: Robert Lauriston wrote: I think buying more than 4GB of RAM would be a was

Re: need referrals for localization companies

2014-03-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I recommend Net-translators. www.net-translators.com Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 11-Mar-14 7:31 PM, Carol J. Elkins wrote: I need to compile a list of recommended localization companies for a client who is now ready to translate their Framemaker books. I'd like

Re: Blank pages

2014-03-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
List of reasons for unwanted blank pages (from Harro de Jong): Blank pages at the start or end of a chapter: - rightclick chapter in book->Pagination->Make page count odd/even (can add an empty page at end of chapter) - rightclick chapter in book->Pag

Re: search fo end of line

2014-04-02 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Title: Shmuel Sounds like a bug. Does it find them if they are not at the end of the line, without using $ ? I just tried searching for a hyphen in a file that had two hyphens and it only found one of the two. It most be some sort of font

Re: FM 12 Interface: at least one major step backwards!

2014-04-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
focus to the main document.    Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 04-Apr-14 5:02 PM, Harding, Dan wrote: I just started using FM12 this week, coming from FM10, and just ran full tilt into a major

Re: adjusting an underline (underscore)

2014-04-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
h when you add or remove text before the paragraph. Another option is to put the text in a table and add a bottom border to the table. Neither option is very elegant. Hope this was clear enough. If not, let me know. Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

Re: adjusting an underline (underscore)

2014-05-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
As Les Smalley mentioned on the list, use Numeric Underline instead of Underline. It's an option in the Character Designer. That brings the underline down slightly. Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 02-May-14 3:34 PM, Ken Poshedly

Keyboard shortcut for closing pods

2014-05-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
be second best, but far better than the current situation which requires clicking on a small icon to minimize or close a pod. -- Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to frame

Keyboard shortcut for closing pods

2014-05-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
be second best, but far better than the current situation which requires clicking on a small icon to minimize or close a pod. -- Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to frame

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