Unavailable Fonts error

For anyone still using FrameMaker 7 on Mac, the 'custom' file that sets the defaults for new blank documents seems to be /Adobe FrameMaker 7.0/Modules/Custom New Document, in whatever root folder you have located your Classic apps. -- Steve

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

For anyone still using FrameMaker 7 on Mac, the 'custom' file that sets the defaults for new blank documents seems to be /Adobe FrameMaker 7.0/Modules/Custom New Document, in whatever root folder you have located your Classic apps. -- Steve ___ You

Unavailable Fonts error

At 17:21 -0800 23/1/13, Karen Robbins wrote: >You are correct, that's just what it was--Times instances in the default >tables. (I did the mif to find this out; there are no tables in the document >itself.) I already thought I'd have to do what you say... How annoying that I >have to do this ex

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

At 17:21 -0800 23/1/13, Karen Robbins wrote: >You are correct, that's just what it was--Times instances in the default >tables. (I did the mif to find this out; there are no tables in the document >itself.) I already thought I'd have to do what you say... How annoying that I >have to do this ex

Finding overrides in Framemaker files

At 12:48 -0800 22/1/13, Combs, Richard wrote: >In addition to Stuart's suggestion, I can recommend Silicon Prarie's very >reasonable Paragraph Tools and Character Tools plugins for this and many other >tasks (siliconprairiesoftware.com). I know it's bad form to post 'me too' messages, but I'm g

OT: Adobe Illustrator group?

I've been searching Yahoo groups to find an active and/or moderated Illustrator group, but there are too many hits. Can anyone recommend one to me? I seem to have to relearn the thing every time I have to do heavy work in it. -- Steve

RE: Finding overrides in Framemaker files

At 12:48 -0800 22/1/13, Combs, Richard wrote: >In addition to Stuart's suggestion, I can recommend Silicon Prarie's very >reasonable Paragraph Tools and Character Tools plugins for this and many other >tasks (siliconprairiesoftware.com). I know it's bad form to post 'me too' messages, but I'm g

OT: Adobe Illustrator group?

I've been searching Yahoo groups to find an active and/or moderated Illustrator group, but there are too many hits. Can anyone recommend one to me? I seem to have to relearn the thing every time I have to do heavy work in it. -- Steve ___ You are cur

LaTeX to MIF/MML

Thanks to Baruch and Fei Min for pointing me at the Horsepool translator. I will trial this tomorrow. I've never used MML, so it will be interesting. I'm kinda' hoping the authors can be persuaded to use something other than LaTeX; the publishers are ringing me tomorrow to discuss. I've got the

LaTeX to MIF/MML

At 07:30 +1300 15/1/13, Alan T Litchfield wrote: >The way for me was to use the pdf output (very little LaTeX would be output to >dvi anymore) to convert to rtf. Then I brought that into FM. Yes of course; that would work. Aside from figures, as you say. -- Steve

LaTeX to MIF/MML

Frank... thanks for your helpful thoughts. I suppose I was just hoping there was some sort of magic out there. I'll wait until I hear back from the publisher as to just *why* the authors are insisting on using LaTeX. The OCR route sounds interesting. The intern would be me :-( -- Steve

LaTeX to MIF/MML

I quizzed the group about this back on '07, but the issue has come up again, so it seemed worth fishing for fresh information. Has anyone been involved in this type of conversion recently? Previous discussions seems to center around needing deep TeX and programming ability, neither of which I w

RE: LaTeX to MIF/MML

Thanks to Baruch and Fei Min for pointing me at the Horsepool translator. I will trial this tomorrow. I've never used MML, so it will be interesting. I'm kinda' hoping the authors can be persuaded to use something other than LaTeX; the publishers are ringing me tomorrow to discuss. I've got the

Re: LaTeX to MIF/MML

At 07:30 +1300 15/1/13, Alan T Litchfield wrote: >The way for me was to use the pdf output (very little LaTeX would be output to >dvi anymore) to convert to rtf. Then I brought that into FM. Yes of course; that would work. Aside from figures, as you say. -- Steve __

Re: LaTeX to MIF/MML

Frank... thanks for your helpful thoughts. I suppose I was just hoping there was some sort of magic out there. I'll wait until I hear back from the publisher as to just *why* the authors are insisting on using LaTeX. The OCR route sounds interesting. The intern would be me :-( -- Steve _

LaTeX to MIF/MML

I quizzed the group about this back on '07, but the issue has come up again, so it seemed worth fishing for fresh information. Has anyone been involved in this type of conversion recently? Previous discussions seems to center around needing deep TeX and programming ability, neither of which I w

Sorting paragraphs

At 16:53 +0200 3/1/13, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >Is there a way to sort paragraphs in Frame without changing the text to a >table? Stuart and Fred are right (of course), but what I often do in this case is convert to a table, sort and then convert back. Of course, Frame ensures that your xref mar

Re: Sorting paragraphs

At 16:53 +0200 3/1/13, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >Is there a way to sort paragraphs in Frame without changing the text to a >table? Stuart and Fred are right (of course), but what I often do in this case is convert to a table, sort and then convert back. Of course, Frame ensures that your xref mar

Is FrameMaker 11 going down or is it a keeper?

As a user of FrameMaker to produce several dozen published textbooks, I might perhaps be qualified to comment. Although I have bought a FrameMaker 10 license to keep on the upgrade path, I am still using FrameMaker 7 on Mac simply because it does everything I need it to, predictably and well, i

Re: Is FrameMaker 11 going down or is it a keeper?

As a user of FrameMaker to produce several dozen published textbooks, I might perhaps be qualified to comment. Although I have bought a FrameMaker 10 license to keep on the upgrade path, I am still using FrameMaker 7 on Mac simply because it does everything I need it to, predictably and well, i

Rucksprung durch Technik: reverse hyperjump key?

At 09:45 +1300 14/12/12, rebecca officer wrote: >For old versions like v7, Shlomo's ToolbarPlusExpress adds a back button to >the toolbar, among many, many useful buttons. >http://www.microtype.com/resources.html But sadly (and inevitably) not for Mac.

Rucksprung durch Technik: reverse hyperjump key?

At 16:09 +0100 13/12/12, Yves Barbion wrote: >Try the following: > >1. Hold down CTRL+ALT and click a cross-reference to jump to the target, >which is in a different file in the book. >2. Hold down CTRL and press the TAB key to jump back to the source of the >cross-reference. > >Does thi

Rucksprung durch Technik: reverse hyperjump key?

With apologies to Audi, who have just charged me a lot of money. Can someone remind me whether there is a shortcut keystroke, or any way, of traversing a hyperlink in the reverse direction? For example, in Mac FrameMaker, I can use -click to jump a cross-reference link, but is there a way of j

Re: Rucksprung durch Technik: reverse hyperjump key?

At 09:45 +1300 14/12/12, rebecca officer wrote: >For old versions like v7, Shlomo's ToolbarPlusExpress adds a back button to >the toolbar, among many, many useful buttons. >http://www.microtype.com/resources.html But sadly (and inevitably) not for Mac.

Re: Rucksprung durch Technik: reverse hyperjump key?

At 16:09 +0100 13/12/12, Yves Barbion wrote: >Try the following: > >1. Hold down CTRL+ALT and click a cross-reference to jump to the target, >which is in a different file in the book. >2. Hold down CTRL and press the TAB key to jump back to the source of the >cross-reference. > >Does thi

Rucksprung durch Technik: reverse hyperjump key?

With apologies to Audi, who have just charged me a lot of money. Can someone remind me whether there is a shortcut keystroke, or any way, of traversing a hyperlink in the reverse direction? For example, in Mac FrameMaker, I can use -click to jump a cross-reference link, but is there a way of j

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

Thanks guys but I'm on a Mac. Ok, ok, I do *have* a Windoze box, I just hate using it Will report back on mystery character when I get time. -- Steve

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

At 11:01 -0500 10/12/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >Sounds like you might be able to identify the mystery character by opening the >Word/RTF source file in a hex editor. It would satisfy curiosity, if nothing >else! Great idea if I *had* a hex editor ;-) -- Steve

Running FrameMaker on Mac workstations

At 10:03 -0500 10/12/12, Alan Houser wrote: >An interesting tidbit...if you check the properties of Apple's PDF-format user >manuals, you will still see FrameMaker 6 and 7 with surprising frequency. I am still using it here, as it does all that I need. Trouble is, it's locking me into OS X 10.4

Running FrameMaker on Mac workstations

At 05:57 -0700 10/12/12, wrote: >Please help dispel my ignorance or refresh my memory. I use FrameMaker on a >"PC," but I've read that some die-hard users of FrameMaker who have Mac >workstations are still using it. So, as they might say in the City of New >York, "Not for nothin', but . . ."

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

Thanks guys but I'm on a Mac. Ok, ok, I do *have* a Windoze box, I just hate using it Will report back on mystery character when I get time. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to

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

At 00:44 -0800 10/12/12, Chris Despopoulos wrote: >Second, this problem apparently occurred by opening Word in Maker??? >Something like that. There are many problems with Word to Maker. You should >not copy directly from Word into Maker... Especially tables. If you copy a >table, I did no

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

At 11:01 -0500 10/12/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >Sounds like you might be able to identify the mystery character by opening the >Word/RTF source file in a hex editor. It would satisfy curiosity, if nothing >else! Great idea if I *had* a hex editor ;-) -- Steve _

Re: Running FrameMaker on Mac workstations

At 10:03 -0500 10/12/12, Alan Houser wrote: >An interesting tidbit...if you check the properties of Apple's PDF-format user >manuals, you will still see FrameMaker 6 and 7 with surprising frequency. I am still using it here, as it does all that I need. Trouble is, it's locking me into OS X 10.4

Re: Running FrameMaker on Mac workstations

At 05:57 -0700 10/12/12, wrote: >Please help dispel my ignorance or refresh my memory. I use FrameMaker on a >"PC," but I've read that some die-hard users of FrameMaker who have Mac >workstations are still using it. So, as they might say in the City of New >York, "Not for nothin', but . . ."

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

At 00:44 -0800 10/12/12, Chris Despopoulos wrote: >Second, this problem apparently occurred by opening Word in Maker??? >Something like that. There are many problems with Word to Maker. You should >not copy directly from Word into Maker... Especially tables. If you copy a >table, I did no

Frame 11 Stability - Upgrade or Downgrade the new copy to Frame 9? HELP

At 15:26 -0500 7/12/12, Rick Quatro wrote: >I would avoid the downgrade to 9. FM 11 is much better than 9, which was a dog >in my opinion. I see no mention of FM 10 in this discussion. Was that a dog too? -- Steve [who has just bought 10 but has nothing to run it on yet]

Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up

At 09:24 + 8/12/12, Steve Rickaby wrote: >Plain old MIF-ing fixes it. This is interesting, as it provided a specific example of an invisible (to the eye) problem that MIF-washing fixes. To recap, I had a large table whose first column contained entries of the form '[]'

RE: Frame 11 Stability - Upgrade or Downgrade the new copy to Frame 9? HELP

At 15:26 -0500 7/12/12, Rick Quatro wrote: >I would avoid the downgrade to 9. FM 11 is much better than 9, which was a dog >in my opinion. I see no mention of FM 10 in this discussion. Was that a dog too? -- Steve [who has just bought 10 but has nothing to run it on yet] __

Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up

At 09:24 + 8/12/12, Steve Rickaby wrote: >Plain old MIF-ing fixes it. This is interesting, as it provided a specific example of an invisible (to the eye) problem that MIF-washing fixes. To recap, I had a large table whose first column contained entries of the form '[]'

Table that won't sort correctly

At 08:56 + 8/12/12, Steve Rickaby wrote: >I will try both methods and report back. Meanwhile, I'm pretty well advanced >in manually massaging the MIF (he wrote alliteratively), using a macro in a >text editor. The fact that the problem is signalled by the line '

Table that won't sort correctly

Thanks Art, Stuart, for good ideas. Why didn't I think of just MIF-ing it? I will try both methods and report back. Meanwhile, I'm pretty well advanced in manually massaging the MIF (he wrote alliteratively), using a macro in a text editor. The fact that the problem is signalled by the line '' m

Re: Table that won't sort correctly

At 08:56 + 8/12/12, Steve Rickaby wrote: >I will try both methods and report back. Meanwhile, I'm pretty well advanced >in manually massaging the MIF (he wrote alliteratively), using a macro in a >text editor. The fact that the problem is signalled by the line '

Re: Table that won't sort correctly

Thanks Art, Stuart, for good ideas. Why didn't I think of just MIF-ing it? I will try both methods and report back. Meanwhile, I'm pretty well advanced in manually massaging the MIF (he wrote alliteratively), using a macro in a text editor. The fact that the problem is signalled by the line '' m

Table that won't sort correctly

At 09:05 -0500 7/12/12, John Sgammato wrote: >Before "fixing" it - are you certain that the invisible character does not >contain information that you will need someday? Yes, absolutely sure. But you make a good point. > For example, maybe those rows belong together? Somehow the gremlin charact

Table that won't sort correctly

At 06:15 -0800 7/12/12, Sharon Burton wrote: >Sounds like you have hidden tabs at the start of the lines that won't sort >properly. Hidden tabs are common when importing from word. By 'hidden tab', do you mean a tab that wouldn't show up as a tab in Frame? -- Steve

Table that won't sort correctly

Title says it all. Material sourced from Word (groan): I suspect gremlin characters are messing up sort. I need to alpha-sort some 60 pp. Each entry starts with '[ref]' in left column, where 'ref' is the reference marker. When sorted on col 1, the results aren't alpha. Some sorting has taken p

Re: Table that won't sort correctly

At 06:15 -0800 7/12/12, Sharon Burton wrote: >Sounds like you have hidden tabs at the start of the lines that won't sort >properly. Hidden tabs are common when importing from word. By 'hidden tab', do you mean a tab that wouldn't show up as a tab in Frame? -- Steve

Re: Table that won't sort correctly

At 09:05 -0500 7/12/12, John Sgammato wrote: >Before "fixing" it - are you certain that the invisible character does not >contain information that you will need someday? Yes, absolutely sure. But you make a good point. > For example, maybe those rows belong together? Somehow the gremlin charact

Table that won't sort correctly

Title says it all. Material sourced from Word (groan): I suspect gremlin characters are messing up sort. I need to alpha-sort some 60 pp. Each entry starts with '[ref]' in left column, where 'ref' is the reference marker. When sorted on col 1, the results aren't alpha. Some sorting has taken p

Conditional columns in tables

At 17:41 + 6/12/12, Lief Erickson wrote: >Sadly, it's true. Bummer. Still, Cunning Plan still possible: move column that was to be conditional to far right of table, run it into margin and set text to a non-printing colour. (I needed invisible markers in a huge table of references.) -- S

Conditional columns in tables

to my surprise, it seems that it is not possible to make columns conditional, only rows. Is this correct? it's stymied a Cunning Plan I had. Partially. FrameMaker 7.0p577 on Mac. -- Steve

RE: Conditional columns in tables

At 17:41 + 6/12/12, Lief Erickson wrote: >Sadly, it's true. Bummer. Still, Cunning Plan still possible: move column that was to be conditional to far right of table, run it into margin and set text to a non-printing colour. (I needed invisible markers in a huge table of references.) -- S

Conditional columns in tables

to my surprise, it seems that it is not possible to make columns conditional, only rows. Is this correct? it's stymied a Cunning Plan I had. Partially. FrameMaker 7.0p577 on Mac. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-a

greenfield and new structure

At 19:24 -0500 29/11/12, John Sgammato wrote: >* I want to get rid of many, many paragraph formats that I won't need, but I >don't know if it is safe to do that, or if it will break something. I'm pretty green on structured as well (one project to date, but it was quite a biggie). While buildin

RE: greenfield and new structure

At 19:24 -0500 29/11/12, John Sgammato wrote: >* I want to get rid of many, many paragraph formats that I won't need, but I >don't know if it is safe to do that, or if it will break something. I'm pretty green on structured as well (one project to date, but it was quite a biggie). While buildin

How to generate an index of names without markers (or by automated insertion of markers)

At 20:19 +0100 24/11/12, Bj?rn Mattsson wrote: >What I am looking for is a way to locate a name in the document, find out >the page number and then create an index looking like this: > >Adams, Douglas 42 >Bradbury, Ray 451 >Dumas, Alexandre 20, 45 The way I've tackled this in the past is to use A

Re: How to generate an index of names without markers (or by automated insertion of markers)

At 20:19 +0100 24/11/12, Björn Mattsson wrote: >What I am looking for is a way to locate a name in the document, find out >the page number and then create an index looking like this: > >Adams, Douglas 42 >Bradbury, Ray 451 >Dumas, Alexandre 20, 45 The way I've tackled this in the past is to use A

Wildcards not working as expected: detect empty paras

At 11:27 -0500 15/11/12, Rick Quatro wrote: >Try \P\p > >Be careful, though, as it will find paragraphs that have table anchors, >marker anchors, etc. Thanks Rick. For some reason that doesn't work reliably for me, but I've removed all the blank lines manually now. -- Steve

Wildcards not working as expected: detect empty paras

I would have expected the wildcard expression '^$' to detect empty lines/paras, but it does not seem to. Does anyone have a wildcard expression that *will* find blank lines/empty paras? -- Steve

RE: Wildcards not working as expected: detect empty paras

At 11:27 -0500 15/11/12, Rick Quatro wrote: >Try \P\p > >Be careful, though, as it will find paragraphs that have table anchors, >marker anchors, etc. Thanks Rick. For some reason that doesn't work reliably for me, but I've removed all the blank lines manually now. -- Steve ___

Wildcards not working as expected: detect empty paras

I would have expected the wildcard expression '^$' to detect empty lines/paras, but it does not seem to. Does anyone have a wildcard expression that *will* find blank lines/empty paras? -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@

Book-Vars type program for Conditions?

At 17:31 + 1/11/12, Gillian Flato wrote: > >I inherited some legacy docs that are filled with old, obsolete conditions. I >want to clean them out from a book level and have a clean template with only >relevant conditions. Although he doesn't currently seem to offer something specific for thi

RE: Book-Vars type program for Conditions?

At 17:31 + 1/11/12, Gillian Flato wrote: > >I inherited some legacy docs that are filled with old, obsolete conditions. I >want to clean them out from a book level and have a clean template with only >relevant conditions. Although he doesn't currently seem to offer something specific for thi

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

At 14:47 -0500 17/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: >About five years later I worked on the first "affordable" dedicated word >processor, the Artec Display 2000, with a 37-character LED display, only $9,995 I do sometimes worry about the average age of members of this group ;-) Hockey-puck disk

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

At 14:47 -0500 17/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: >About five years later I worked on the first "affordable" dedicated word >processor, the Artec Display 2000, with a 37-character LED display, only $9,995 I do sometimes worry about the average age of members of this group ;-) Hockey-puck disk

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

At 20:32 -0500 16/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: >...because it was invented by IBM for the MTST (Magnetic Tape Selectric >Typewriter)... You mean there was an *automatic* Selectric? Why didn't I know about this?? Why didn't I have one??? ;-) -- Steve [Trim e-mails: use less disk, use less

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

At 20:32 -0500 16/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: >...because it was invented by IBM for the MTST (Magnetic Tape Selectric >Typewriter)... You mean there was an *automatic* Selectric? Why didn't I know about this?? Why didn't I have one??? ;-) -- Steve [Trim e-mails: use less disk, use less

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

At 12:03 -0600 16/10/12, Carol J. Elkins wrote: >Does anyone know if it is possible to change the values of one of Framemaker's >default color definitions? I'd like to make the Green less florescent by >darkening it a bit. But when I select Green in the Color Definitions list and >select a dark

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

At 12:03 -0600 16/10/12, Carol J. Elkins wrote: >Does anyone know if it is possible to change the values of one of Framemaker's >default color definitions? I'd like to make the Green less florescent by >darkening it a bit. But when I select Green in the Color Definitions list and >select a dark

Upgrade from FM8 to 11?

At 14:35 -0500 11/10/12, LTC Writer wrote: >Do you recommend I stick with my trusty version 8 or should I add version 11 >to my tool set now? Tim: a general point - unless the new version (of anything) contains something you *must have*, IMHO it's always best to stick to what you know works. T

Re: Upgrade from FM8 to 11?

At 14:35 -0500 11/10/12, LTC Writer wrote: >Do you recommend I stick with my trusty version 8 or should I add version 11 >to my tool set now? Tim: a general point - unless the new version (of anything) contains something you *must have*, IMHO it's always best to stick to what you know works. T

More bad news on TCS4: no longer includes Photoshop

At 13:59 +0200 26/9/12, Gust, Dieter wrote: >Most technical documentation use cases don't deal with CMYK so I think cheap >software or freeware (Photoshop Elements, IrfanView...) should fulfill the >demands. For screenshots RoboScreenCapture (which is good) is included in >TCS4. A lot of custo

RE: More bad news on TCS4: no longer includes Photoshop

At 13:59 +0200 26/9/12, Gust, Dieter wrote: >Most technical documentation use cases don't deal with CMYK so I think cheap >software or freeware (Photoshop Elements, IrfanView...) should fulfill the >demands. For screenshots RoboScreenCapture (which is good) is included in >TCS4. A lot of custo

FrameMaker vs InDesign

At 11:44 -0600 31/8/12, Graeme R Forbes wrote: >On the minus side, it's 99e on top of what you pay for ID; on the plus side, >it's really good and DTP Tools has excellent customer support. I also use both. Slight lack of structure support in InD, though ;-) -- Steve

Re: FrameMaker vs InDesign

At 11:44 -0600 31/8/12, Graeme R Forbes wrote: >On the minus side, it's 99e on top of what you pay for ID; on the plus side, >it's really good and DTP Tools has excellent customer support. I also use both. Slight lack of structure support in InD, though ;-) -- Steve ___

how to italicize every instance of certain words

At 14:13 -0600 25/6/12, Carol J. Elkins wrote: >Framers, I'm looking for ideas on how to ensure that certain words and phrases >in a document are always italicized whenever they are used. Perhaps someone >knows of a script that will do this. FramScript or structured FrameMaker would be my guess

Re: how to italicize every instance of certain words

At 14:13 -0600 25/6/12, Carol J. Elkins wrote: >Framers, I'm looking for ideas on how to ensure that certain words and phrases >in a document are always italicized whenever they are used. Perhaps someone >knows of a script that will do this. FramScript or structured FrameMaker would be my guess

Transitioning FrameMaker from Mac to Windows: fonts

At 15:13 -0700 23/6/12, David Creamer wrote: >I prefer Parallels, but you should check out both. Yes, true. I think there are some comparative reviews on line. I'd be interested in knowing the reasons for your preference, but maybe offline as it's not directly relevant to FrameMaker. I just go

RE: Transitioning FrameMaker from Mac to Windows: fonts

At 15:13 -0700 23/6/12, David Creamer wrote: >I prefer Parallels, but you should check out both. Yes, true. I think there are some comparative reviews on line. I'd be interested in knowing the reasons for your preference, but maybe offline as it's not directly relevant to FrameMaker. I just go

Transitioning FrameMaker from Mac to Windows: fonts

Sometime later this year I'll be moving from FrameMaker 7.2 on Mac (in Classic) to FrameMaker 10 for Windows running under emulation on a new Mac in either Parallels or VMWare Fusion. Clearly this will lose FrameMaker's access to my font library in Classic, but I am constrained to work with des

color display, help needed [now very long]

At 11:51 -0400 22/6/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >Isn't it more complicated than that? (I'm no colour expert; I've just had >some confusing and *bad* experiences trying to deal with colour through >FM/Acrobat/Windows.) > >Pantone does specify printing inks -- but isn't it the case that results also

Transitioning FrameMaker from Mac to Windows: fonts

Sometime later this year I'll be moving from FrameMaker 7.2 on Mac (in Classic) to FrameMaker 10 for Windows running under emulation on a new Mac in either Parallels or VMWare Fusion. Clearly this will lose FrameMaker's access to my font library in Classic, but I am constrained to work with des

Re: color display, help needed [now very long]

At 11:51 -0400 22/6/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >Isn't it more complicated than that? (I'm no colour expert; I've just had >some confusing and *bad* experiences trying to deal with colour through >FM/Acrobat/Windows.) > >Pantone does specify printing inks -- but isn't it the case that results also

color display, help needed

At 12:49 -0700 21/6/12, Susan Anderson wrote: >I use unstructured Frame, version 9 (9.0p230), Windows 7 Professional. The >marketing department at my company has asked me to modify the colors that >display in the documentation. I've been given RGB values for half a dozen >colors but some of th

Re: color display, help needed

At 12:49 -0700 21/6/12, Susan Anderson wrote: >I use unstructured Frame, version 9 (9.0p230), Windows 7 Professional. The >marketing department at my company has asked me to modify the colors that >display in the documentation. I've been given RGB values for half a dozen >colors but some of th

FM 7.2: Is there a way to Find a cross-ref and Replace it with another cross-ref?

At 11:14 -0400 21/6/12, Fred Ridder wrote: >If you create one instance of the correct cross-reference, you can copy that >to the clipboard, and then do a Find/Change that uses the "By Pasting" option >in the Change box. You'll still have to look at each cross-reference you find >to see if it is

RE: FM 7.2: Is there a way to Find a cross-ref and Replace it with another cross-ref?

At 11:14 -0400 21/6/12, Fred Ridder wrote: >If you create one instance of the correct cross-reference, you can copy that >to the clipboard, and then do a Find/Change that uses the "By Pasting" option >in the Change box. You'll still have to look at each cross-reference you find >to see if it is

Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

At 16:10 +0200 20/6/12, Yves Barbion wrote: >10.0.2.419 is the latest patch, so that's OK. Meanwhile, I have done some >tests with Fm 10 and earlier versions: 9, 8 and 7.2. Thanks so much for going to all this trouble. >It is a weird problem indeed: I got the same result as your colleague when

Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

At 15:51 +0200 19/6/12, Yves Barbion wrote: >Hi Steve > >I have (or had) exactly the same problem with a table on a master page which >had the page number in a shaded cell. The PDF which I generate from FrameMaker >8 is perfectly OK, but the page number is done when I generate the PDF from >Fram

Re: Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

At 16:10 +0200 20/6/12, Yves Barbion wrote: >10.0.2.419 is the latest patch, so that's OK. Meanwhile, I have done some >tests with Fm 10 and earlier versions: 9, 8 and 7.2. Thanks so much for going to all this trouble. >It is a weird problem indeed: I got the same result as your colleague when

Re: Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

At 15:51 +0200 19/6/12, Yves Barbion wrote: >Hi Steve > >I have (or had) exactly the same problem with a table on a master page which >had the page number in a shaded cell. The PDF which I generate from FrameMaker >8 is perfectly OK, but the page number is done when I generate the PDF from >Fram

Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

At 15:51 +0200 19/6/12, Yves Barbion wrote: >Hi Steve > >I have (or had) exactly the same problem with a table on a master page which >had the page number in a shaded cell. The PDF which I generate from FrameMaker >8 is perfectly OK, but the page number is done when I generate the PDF from >Fram

Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

At 08:01 -0500 19/6/12, Mike Wickham wrote: >Are they running Windows XP? There was a Microsoft bug that caused dropped >characters in PDFs. Microsoft issued a hotfix. In Windows XP days, most of us >installed and recommended it. Information can be found here: > >http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/

Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

To clarify, colleague's CellBody in the level 2 table only takes on the color of the table cell background in the PDF: in FrameMaker all looks normal. -- Steve

Re: Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

At 15:51 +0200 19/6/12, Yves Barbion wrote: >Hi Steve > >I have (or had) exactly the same problem with a table on a master page which >had the page number in a shaded cell. The PDF which I generate from FrameMaker >8 is perfectly OK, but the page number is done when I generate the PDF from >Fram

Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

A [remote] colleague has a problem in FrameMaker 10 that I cannot replicate when she saves the file to MIF and I try it in FrameMaker 7 (and without her fonts). (I am still stuck in FrameMaker 7 on Mac, but not for much longer.) In brief, she has a series of three-cell tables that have tinted ba

Re: Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

At 08:01 -0500 19/6/12, Mike Wickham wrote: >Are they running Windows XP? There was a Microsoft bug that caused dropped >characters in PDFs. Microsoft issued a hotfix. In Windows XP days, most of us >installed and recommended it. Information can be found here: > >http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/

Re: Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

To clarify, colleague's CellBody in the level 2 table only takes on the color of the table cell background in the PDF: in FrameMaker all looks normal. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list message

Disappearing text in PDF: a weird issue

A [remote] colleague has a problem in FrameMaker 10 that I cannot replicate when she saves the file to MIF and I try it in FrameMaker 7 (and without her fonts). (I am still stuck in FrameMaker 7 on Mac, but not for much longer.) In brief, she has a series of three-cell tables that have tinted ba

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