Paragraph Designer Shortcut Key

See "Adding key sequences" in Customizing_Frame_Products.pdf, which is located in your FM installation folder. Good luck! Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Callie Bertsche wrote: > Hello Framers! It's my first post to the list! I've been gleaning useful > knowledge from you all fo

FrameMaker overrides

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

table and figure captions

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

Arial being changed to ArialMT in PDF

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)

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 excellent de

Figure numbering problem

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

Sorting: Ignoring periods

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 paragraphs, you

Offtopic: Questionnaire about documentation

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 inter

Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

, 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 graphics to spe

Madcap and FrameMaker?

Madcap and FrameMaker?

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 Framemaker (Ad

File Comparison Tool

, 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 pages

FM, Renaming links to graphics

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

Cross-references in FM

Is there a way in FM to mark a term and cross-references to that term (without the entire paragraph)? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Cross-references in FM

Is there a way in FM to mark a term and cross-reference to that term (without the quoting the entire paragraph)? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Using the same chapters for several books

Could anyone give me a brief overview of how to use the same chapters for several books, or the right terminology to find this in the online help? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

One more question about sharing FM files

have. What do most people do for this? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Common FM Files

simple and stable to import only the variables from a separate file maybe called Template.fm, to all the file in the book (option 2). So I could have a variable called Footer and import the correct variable formats for each book before printing. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Shared files

for the cross-reference? Will I get unresolved cross-reference errors? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

FrameViewer

Is FrameViewer for Windows still available? I can't find anything on Adobe's site except for a patch for it. If yes, how much does it cost? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Table heading rows

repeated when the table breaks to a new page. Save. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Charles Beck wrote: > Gillian, > > This is the only way I've found that works as well. I just wanted to add > that, if you do have a number of tables to process, I can very highly > recommend Rick's Ta

Table heading rows

repeated when the table breaks to a new page. Save. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Charles Beck wrote: > Gillian, > > This is the only way I've found that works as well. I just wanted to add > that, if you do have a number of tables to process, I can very highly > recommend Rick's Ta

Double-clicking *.fm file in dir no longer opens file

Try right-clicking on the FM file, selecting Open With, selecting FM, and selecting the checkbox for always use this program to open this file type. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson pearlrosenberg at nc.rr.com wrote: > Hi Framers, > > FrameMaker 7.0p576 > Windows XP Professional &g

Copy into document graphics vs. Import by Reference

. Of course have to be inserted after you place them in the subfolder. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Searching in text insets

You could always make a PDF and search the PDF. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Whites wrote: > Today, from within the main document, I searched on a string in a text > inset and was surprised to find that the FM search function did not > find it. > Am I being obtuse (h

OT - Who should be responsible for proofing?

The writer should read it over, but IMHO someone else should also read it. It's hard for the same person to catch all the mistakes and ambiguities. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Steve Rickaby wrote: > An interesting discussion, and you all make very valid points. Here in the UK > some of the

MIf2Go problem

MIf2Go stopped creating graphics (i.e., create from anchored frames), and I'm not sure why. Has anyone had this problem? Any ideas of how to solve it? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

MIf2Go problem

Hi, I'm using Mif2Go to create MS HTML help. Instead of having Mif2Go create the graphics, I would like to switch to having Mif2Go use my existing graphic files. What steps do I need to take in the INI file make this change? Thanks -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

MIf2Go question

When using Mif2Go to create MS HTML help, where do I specify which conditional text tags to include in the online help?

Localization and switch to A4 paper

I would use a page size that is good for both sizes. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Joe Malin wrote: > Some really good answers from others here. I agree with you, though, > that making a separate set of templates for A4 would be a major time > commitment. It would also lead to

Missing Fonts

Here's a nice reply from someone else: -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 --- Missing fonts can lurk in lots of unexpected places that cannot be found with a simple Find operation. For example, Find only searches the current view--typically

MIF2GO context sensitive help problem

us writer's help, it worked. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong? I have a MAP file and an ALIAS file, so it should work. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

MIF2GO context sensitive help problem

us writer's help, it worked. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong? I have a MAP file and an ALIAS file, so it should work. Attached are my config files and the previous writer's config files. I can send more files if needed. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Dang Extra Pages!

t the top level of the book, only when you select one or more chapters in the book. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Trish Castin wrote: > I'm getting so frustrated now... I've tried every trick I know to get my > book to stop putting extra pages in at the end of each chapte

Mif2Go won't create graphics

I can't get Mif2Go to create graphics even though I selected "Write for Anchored Frames." So all the graphics are missing in the CHM file. (This is for MS HTML Help.) My mif2htm.ini file is below. If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 05

Can't send FM file.

Try ZipGenius. After installation, select the files in Windows Explorer, right-click, go to ZipGenius, then select the middle option. It zips all the files and leaves the zip in the current directory, so you know where it is. It's freeware. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Text Inset Problem

eature? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Find not finding

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-paste

FrameMaker - inadvertent change all

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

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

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 engi

resource for writers

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

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

FrameMaker Conditional Text Question

" etc. 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

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

paste special ...text option

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

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 als

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

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 commerci

Cond Text in a text inset

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

Importing images from a CAD system

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 > draw

2 blank pages

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

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

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 Missing Fonts,"

FrameMaker, Missing fonts

and not 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, under FM Preferences, t

better diff tool?

(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, underline it or

FM, paste special text option

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

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 there a way to do t

first impressions of FrameMaker 8

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

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

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 file ind

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

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+spoll

FM 7.1 Compatibility

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 Wolfson

FrameMaker in Hebrew

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

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 find in

Conditional Text Question

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 Sam Bear

FrameMaker graphics question

on the body page. Is that the right way to do this? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

FrameMaker graphics question

Thanks Mike. That was the problem. I inserted the graphic inside the text frame on the master page. When I inserted it outside the text frame it worked. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson On 8/11/2011 5:14 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: > Schmuel, you are on the right path, but it sounds like you clic

Shortcuts not working

close Frame and reopen it, it usually helps. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 8/11/2011 9:08 PM, Roger Shuttleworth wrote: > Hello All > > Over the past months I have posted a few messages to the list, asking > whether folks have noticed some user interface issues that I have &

linking to large unsorted para lists

hey appear in the document. For some reason they seem partially in order, but not completely. It would make things much faster if you had the option to sort alphabetically or by the order in the document. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 12/9/2011 12:20 AM, Robert Carel wr

Can a single footnote be used by more than one reference?

Yes. Add a cross-reference to the footnote with the crossreference format: <$paranumonly>. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 2/1/2011 10:30 PM, Brian Chan wrote: > I have a document, in which I have the same reference to a footnote in three > different

Shortcut for "Repeat last"?

You don't have to upgrade for that. Even 7.2 had these shortcuts. Repeat last pgf tag: Esc j j Repeat last char tag: Esc c c Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 2/2/2011 8:43 PM, Alison Craig wrote: > It's almost worth the upgrade cost just for that feature. > >

OT: PDF Compare

, even if the text matches. So if in one doc the line spaces is larger than the other, everything will be marked a s a change. The other option is based on text differences. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 2/14/2011 8:54 PM, Pat Christenson wrote: > I have a cli

Frame Light, what's the potential market?

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Flare vs Frame

is that the company you are working for would be stuck with getting writers that know that particular tool. Frame is a nice compromise of a relatively easy tool to learn, very popular and very powerful. Just my 2 cents. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer +972-52-763-7133 On 1/11/2011 3:18 PM

Historical FrameMaker upgrades

. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 1/23/2011 1:53 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote: > I've just discovered that with FrameMaker 10 Adobe are doing the same as with > the Creative suite apps: historical upgrade paths are closed off, so one > cannot upgrade directly from Fra

FrameMaker10 and FrameMaker Server10 released in the market!!

I see Adobe has really raised changed their upgrade policy. They used to let you upgrade for $399 from any of the last few versions. Now it's only from the last version, Frame 9. From Frame 8 it costs more to upgrade and from 7.2 you can't even upgrade! Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer

OT: Wireless headset

is that you have to keep that little piece plugged into your USB port, although they are stating to make the piece very small sometimes. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 1/29/2011 4:46 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: > Hello Framers, > > Please forgive the off-topic

So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

* version to get the $400 upgrade price. Essentially they raised their upgrade price 300%! You really have to wonder whether we should be looking a for a cheaper solution. FrameMaker is a good program, but is it really worth the price? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 3/1/2011

Fwd: FM, Finding unused paragraph tags

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How do I create a cross reference which uses more than one line of text?

I think you need two separate cross-references with two cross-reference formats, the second one including the page. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 3/10/2011 10:18 AM, Herbert Leusink wrote: > Hi Theresa, > > Assuming that your using unstructured frame, an

Generating a single FM document with conditional text from several documents

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Extracting art from Word docs

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How to replace curved apostrophe with straight apostrophe?

quotes you still get a curved apostrophe. I suspect that there is no separate character for a straight apostrophe. You might have to apply Courier New to get a straight apostrophe. If I'm wrong, hopefully someone will correct me :) Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer On 02-Apr-12 4:44 AM

Turning off tooltips?

If the setting isn't working, it sounds like a bug. Maybe Adobe support could help. There may be a place in the configuration files where you could edit the setting. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 17-Apr-12 4:26 PM, Johan Anglemark wrote: > Yes, same here. I've gi

FrameMaker Feature Requests

by the order of their appearance in the doc or in alphabetical order. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer

Verma on Educational pricing

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

? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

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

a Windows update took care of it. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 27-Aug-12 7:18 PM, Dave.Stamm at 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

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

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 characte

"Use Condition Indicators setting is inconsistent"

, but not 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 c

Rucksprung durch Technik: reverse hyperjump key?

. You might want to give it a try. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

snapshot of table in FM for use as image in EPUB ebooks

it in CorelDraw (10 or later) and save as SVG. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 2/2/2012 5:04 PM, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: > what about just doing a screen capture? > > > *From:* fra

FrameMaker 10 Crashes when I do a Find and Replace of a character format

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F9 Keyboard Shortcut not working (FM10, WinXP)

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Restore a corrupt file?

Try saving it as a MIF, then resaving it as a FM. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 2/25/2012 5:12 AM, Pat Christenson wrote: > Hi - > > I have corrupt FrameMaker 10 file. The backup is also corrupt, as is the > offsite backup. None will open. > > I've

Restore a corrupt file?

Maybe try opening it on a newer computer with more RAM etc. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 2/27/2012 3:06 AM, Pat Christenson wrote: > Doesn't work, but thanks. > > Pat > > > On Feb 26, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Writer wrote: > >> Can you

Frame 9 buggy - Frame 10 as bad? Frame 11 on horizon?

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Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to Robohelp?

Why is SVG better than WMF or EMF? I don't like embedding Visio files, so I save as WMF and insert the WMF. It seems to work fine and keeps the lines perfectly sharp (since WMF is partially a vector format.) Is there a good reason to switch to SVG? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052

Copying large data sets into tables

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