Your interest in participating in a FrameMaker related study (Location: Bangalore, India)

At 14:01 +1200 13/6/12, Alan Litchfield wrote: >But seriously, where do you think most of your users are? I thought 90% of them were in Seattle ;-) -- Steve

Re: Your interest in participating in a FrameMaker related study (Location: Bangalore, India)

At 14:01 +1200 13/6/12, Alan Litchfield wrote: >But seriously, where do you think most of your users are? I thought 90% of them were in Seattle ;-) -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages

Positioning Caption Under Run-in Figure

Nancy Not nodded off at all. Out of sequence figure numbers aren't that unusual in FrameMaker, but missing figure numbers in an xref list are definitely pathological. As to the former, I've never really researched what causes it, but it's certainly linked to two figures falling on the same pag

Positioning Caption Under Run-in Figure

At 08:48 -0500 24/5/12, Nancy Allison wrote: >I therefore created a text frame inside the anchored frame and put the caption >there, which works physically but breaks the hyperlinks to the cross-reference >in the text "(See Figure X.") For the time being, I've deleted the x-refs, >since they ar

Re: Re: Positioning Caption Under Run-in Figure

Nancy Not nodded off at all. Out of sequence figure numbers aren't that unusual in FrameMaker, but missing figure numbers in an xref list are definitely pathological. As to the former, I've never really researched what causes it, but it's certainly linked to two figures falling on the same pag

Re: Positioning Caption Under Run-in Figure

At 08:48 -0500 24/5/12, Nancy Allison wrote: >I therefore created a text frame inside the anchored frame and put the caption >there, which works physically but breaks the hyperlinks to the cross-reference >in the text "(See Figure X.") For the time being, I've deleted the x-refs, >since they ar

utility to check that all heading names are unique?

At 13:06 -0500 17/5/12, Craig Ede wrote: >One can pretty easily write a little script (perl, python, etc.) that ticks >through a text dump of this list and flags you for dupes. If you haven't >tried to do this sort of thing, it is worth the effort and will spur you on >to inventing more such tools

RE: utility to check that all heading names are unique?

At 13:06 -0500 17/5/12, Craig Ede wrote: >One can pretty easily write a little script (perl, python, etc.) that ticks >through a text dump of this list and flags you for dupes. If you haven't >tried to do this sort of thing, it is worth the effort and will spur you on >to inventing more such tools

Tables on spreads

At 16:35 -0400 16/5/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >OK, here goes. . so as not to disrupt the numbering of other tables in the >book. Stuart, that is just so awesomely and devilishly cunning ;-) Thanks. (No problem with numbering here, as table not numbered and document really consists only of the o

Re: Tables on spreads

At 16:35 -0400 16/5/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >OK, here goes. . so as not to disrupt the numbering of other tables in the >book. Stuart, that is just so awesomely and devilishly cunning ;-) Thanks. (No problem with numbering here, as table not numbered and document really consists only of the o

Tables on spreads

At 15:35 -0400 16/5/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >I have another workaround, involving cross-referencing and cropping; if yours >doesn't work, let me know and I'll provide more details. Stuart, thanks. Mine sort of doesn't work, in that I get ok PDF but cannot find a (Mac) printer option that does

Re: Tables on spreads

At 15:35 -0400 16/5/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >I have another workaround, involving cross-referencing and cropping; if yours >doesn't work, let me know and I'll provide more details. Stuart, thanks. Mine sort of doesn't work, in that I get ok PDF but cannot find a (Mac) printer option that does

Tables on spreads

At 14:08 +0100 15/5/12, Steve Rickaby wrote: >To save me a load of thrashing around, can I just check that I'm correct in >assuming that FrameMaker doesn't understand the concept of a 'spread', as in >for example InDesign, i.e. two facing pages . I need to straddle

Tables on spreads

To save me a load of thrashing around, can I just check that I'm correct in assuming that FrameMaker doesn't understand the concept of a 'spread', as in for example InDesign, i.e. two facing pages . I need to straddle tables across facing pages somehow. -- Steve

Re: Tables on spreads

At 14:08 +0100 15/5/12, Steve Rickaby wrote: >To save me a load of thrashing around, can I just check that I'm correct in >assuming that FrameMaker doesn't understand the concept of a 'spread', as in >for example InDesign, i.e. two facing pages . I need to straddle

Tables on spreads

To save me a load of thrashing around, can I just check that I'm correct in assuming that FrameMaker doesn't understand the concept of a 'spread', as in for example InDesign, i.e. two facing pages . I need to straddle tables across facing pages somehow. -- Steve

FrameMaker Feature Requests

At 10:32 -0700 3/5/12, meg miranda wrote: >Some of the larger issues I run into all the time: > >Big irritation that I have, is that the variables are and have been a struggle >to work with. ... Interleaf used to do such a stand up job with variables. There speaks a true... >Other features tha

Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests

At 10:32 -0700 3/5/12, meg miranda wrote: >Some of the larger issues I run into all the time: > >Big irritation that I have, is that the variables are and have been a struggle >to work with. ... Interleaf used to do such a stand up job with variables. There speaks a true... >Other features tha

Articles on FrameMaker from ISTC 'Communicator'

nt in structured FrameMaker. Anyone not on LinkedIn who wants a copy of any of these, mail me. -- Steve Rickaby <http://www.linkedin.com/in/steverickaby> WordMongers Ltd<http://www.wordmongers.com> Registered office Larks Cottage

Articles on FrameMaker from ISTC 'Communicator'

nt in structured FrameMaker. Anyone not on LinkedIn who wants a copy of any of these, mail me. -- Steve Rickaby <http://www.linkedin.com/in/steverickaby> WordMongers Ltd<http://www.wordmongers.com> Registered office Larks Cottage

Restore a corrupt file?

At 12:35 -0700 27/2/12, Tammy Van Boening wrote: >Can you try the heroic open approach? In FM, create new empty file (you have >to file a blank file open to use this command), then press, one after >another Esc o H. In the File Open dialog box, select the bad file. If it >opens, immediately save i

RE: Restore a corrupt file?

At 12:35 -0700 27/2/12, Tammy Van Boening wrote: >Can you try the heroic open approach? In FM, create new empty file (you have >to file a blank file open to use this command), then press, one after >another Esc o H. In the File Open dialog box, select the bad file. If it >opens, immediately save i

FrameMaker to Apple Pages (then to iBooks Author)

Scott >I'm now seeing that IBA does properly maintain style names when importing a >Word DOC. Not sure what I was seeing (or not seeing) before. You do need to >make sure to select the "Preserve paragraph styles on import" option, but when >you do it does seem to preserve style names (for chara

FrameMaker to Apple Pages (then to iBooks Author)

At 17:52 -0800 28/1/12, Scott Prentice wrote: >The reason you may want to save from FM to Pages is so you can get your >content into the Apple iBooks Author application (it only imports a Pages >file). I thought it also imports Word? See for example under

Re: FrameMaker to Apple Pages (then to iBooks Author)

Scott >I'm now seeing that IBA does properly maintain style names when importing a >Word DOC. Not sure what I was seeing (or not seeing) before. You do need to >make sure to select the "Preserve paragraph styles on import" option, but when >you do it does seem to preserve style names (for chara

Re: FrameMaker to Apple Pages (then to iBooks Author)

At 17:52 -0800 28/1/12, Scott Prentice wrote: >The reason you may want to save from FM to Pages is so you can get your >content into the Apple iBooks Author application (it only imports a Pages >file). I thought it also imports Word? See for example under

Utilities for format management within FrameMaker

At 15:07 + 18/1/12, Andy Smith \(WFL\) wrote: >About a year ago, when I was registered on this list under a different >account, someone told me about a guy who creates add-ons and utilities to help >with format management and other tasks within FrameMaker. You might be thinking about

Re: Utilities for format management within FrameMaker

At 15:07 + 18/1/12, Andy Smith \(WFL\) wrote: >About a year ago, when I was registered on this list under a different >account, someone told me about a guy who creates add-ons and utilities to help >with format management and other tasks within FrameMaker. You might be thinking about

Removing extraneous color channel information

David, thanks for thinking about this. At 08:39 -0800 15/12/11, David Creamer wrote: >OmniGraffle is the problem (as far as your issue is concerned). Like most >business-related programs, it works in RGB. Its drop shadows are RGB and >pixel-based, so Illustrator can convert the RGB to CMYK, but

icons on new Macs

At 11:31 -0700 14/12/11, Graeme R Forbes wrote: >Does anyone know how to get FM7 (and earlier) document icons to appear on the >desktop on Macs without Classic? On my new intel iMac running Snow Leopard I >see that the icons for some OS9 apps like PageMill appear correctly, but all I >get for F

Removing extraneous color channel information

At 15:24 -0800 14/12/11, David Creamer wrote: >Where did you create the drop shadows? In AI? Author's graphics, done in OmniGraffle on Mac. >What format did you save the AI files as? PDF. >What were your PDF settings? If you mean from Illustrator, as in PDFX/1 etc, none. If you mean Distiller

RE: Removing extraneous color channel information

David, thanks for thinking about this. At 08:39 -0800 15/12/11, David Creamer wrote: >OmniGraffle is the problem (as far as your issue is concerned). Like most >business-related programs, it works in RGB. Its drop shadows are RGB and >pixel-based, so Illustrator can convert the RGB to CMYK, but

Re: icons on new Macs

At 11:31 -0700 14/12/11, Graeme R Forbes wrote: >Does anyone know how to get FM7 (and earlier) document icons to appear on the >desktop on Macs without Classic? On my new intel iMac running Snow Leopard I >see that the icons for some OS9 apps like PageMill appear correctly, but all I >get for F

RE: Removing extraneous color channel information

At 15:24 -0800 14/12/11, David Creamer wrote: >Where did you create the drop shadows? In AI? Author's graphics, done in OmniGraffle on Mac. >What format did you save the AI files as? PDF. >What were your PDF settings? If you mean from Illustrator, as in PDFX/1 etc, none. If you mean Distiller

Removing extraneous color channel information

No-one have any ideas on this? -- Steve

Re: Removing extraneous color channel information

No-one have any ideas on this? -- Steve ___ 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.frameusers.com or visi

Removing extraneous color channel information

FrameMaker 7 for Mac, print to .ps, Distiller 6. I am currently packaging a book to be printed in b&w using the same workflow that I've used successfully on lots of other books in the past, either b&w or spot color. Although I have applied all the processes used for previous books (reducing p

Removing extraneous color channel information

FrameMaker 7 for Mac, print to .ps, Distiller 6. I am currently packaging a book to be printed in b&w using the same workflow that I've used successfully on lots of other books in the past, either b&w or spot color. Although I have applied all the processes used for previous books (reducing p

documentation best practices

At 02:56 -0800 5/12/11, hessiansx4 wrote: >I could use some insight into a situation I haven't encountered before today: >how does one best respond to a request (read: order) to include something in >their product's documentation about a functionality that will not be released >with the upcomin

Is it possible to export a FM file without including all of the conditional text?

At 16:17 -0700 5/12/11, Laura Larson wrote: >My customer asked to have a word copy of one of the manuals. My researches here indicate that this can be achieved by concealing the conditional text you don't want in the output, then saving as 'text only'. The bummer here though is that you will lo

Re: documentation best practices

At 02:56 -0800 5/12/11, hessiansx4 wrote: >I could use some insight into a situation I haven't encountered before today: >how does one best respond to a request (read: order) to include something in >their product's documentation about a functionality that will not be released >with the upcomin

Re: Is it possible to export a FM file without including all of the conditional text?

At 16:17 -0700 5/12/11, Laura Larson wrote: >My customer asked to have a word copy of one of the manuals. My researches here indicate that this can be achieved by concealing the conditional text you don't want in the output, then saving as 'text only'. The bummer here though is that you will lo

Horizontal scrolling

I have searched for, but cannot find, any keyboard command that activates horizontal scrolling of a document window. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thank you in anticipation. -- Steve

Horizontal scrolling

I have searched for, but cannot find, any keyboard command that activates horizontal scrolling of a document window. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thank you in anticipation. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail

Lurking colors

>MIF is the easiest way to find them. And the easiest way to delete them. >But note that some "unused" colors that you delete from the MIF may reappear >in Frame if they are actually used in figures. The Frame UI does not provide >any way to look inside imported graphics, so it's possible you may

Lurking colors

I know it's an old chestnut, but this is maybe a new twist. I am working with a template that's had a bit of history, and has some color definitions that I *know* aren't used, such as Pantone shades. However, when I ask FrameMaker to delete such a color, it tells me it's used in the document. A

RE: Lurking colors

>MIF is the easiest way to find them. And the easiest way to delete them. >But note that some "unused" colors that you delete from the MIF may reappear >in Frame if they are actually used in figures. The Frame UI does not provide >any way to look inside imported graphics, so it's possible you may

Lurking colors

I know it's an old chestnut, but this is maybe a new twist. I am working with a template that's had a bit of history, and has some color definitions that I *know* aren't used, such as Pantone shades. However, when I ask FrameMaker to delete such a color, it tells me it's used in the document. A

Line-wrap weirdness

At 10:41 -0500 8/11/11, Stuart Rogers wrote: >The only explanation I can think of is that perhaps the figure did not have >Runaround properties set to None, and the text box was positioned just close >enough that Runaround was being invoked. When you pasted it back in, its >position may have be

Line-wrap weirdness

I have no explanation for what I've just experienced in (unstructured) FrameMaker (v 7, yes I know it's old). Figure titles are autonumbered paras, left aligned, set in text frames within anchored frames that contain the figure also. Nothing weird there. Every figure title in the book behaved a

Re: Line-wrap weirdness

At 10:41 -0500 8/11/11, Stuart Rogers wrote: >The only explanation I can think of is that perhaps the figure did not have >Runaround properties set to None, and the text box was positioned just close >enough that Runaround was being invoked. When you pasted it back in, its >position may have be

Line-wrap weirdness

I have no explanation for what I've just experienced in (unstructured) FrameMaker (v 7, yes I know it's old). Figure titles are autonumbered paras, left aligned, set in text frames within anchored frames that contain the figure also. Nothing weird there. Every figure title in the book behaved a

I can PDF individual files in book, but NOT the whole book

At 12:31 -0400 1/11/11, Art Campbell wrote: >Well, perhaps on your systems. > >Ain't working in 8, 9, or 10 on mine, but YMMV. I'm on v 7 and never use 'Save as PDF'. For one thing, I need direct and absolute control over Distiller. I have no personal experience beyond v 7, but creating book .p

I can PDF individual files in book, but NOT the whole book

At 09:25 + 1/11/11, Steve Rickaby wrote: >Is the implication of this that 'Save as PDF' is fixed in FrameMaker 10? Thanks to those who responded to my question. Clearly I have not been paying sufficient attention: I was dimly aware of the fact that issues seemed to be posted a

Re: I can PDF individual files in book, but NOT the whole book

At 12:31 -0400 1/11/11, Art Campbell wrote: >Well, perhaps on your systems. > >Ain't working in 8, 9, or 10 on mine, but YMMV. I'm on v 7 and never use 'Save as PDF'. For one thing, I need direct and absolute control over Distiller. I have no personal experience beyond v 7, but creating book .p

I can PDF individual files in book, but NOT the whole book

At 18:54 -0400 31/10/11, Alan Houser wrote: >Selecting a book by clicking the book window is unreliable in FrameMaker 10. > >Try selecting the book via Window > Composite Documents. Then you should have >better luck saving the book to PDF. Is the implication of this that 'Save as PDF' is fixed i

Re: I can PDF individual files in book, but NOT the whole book

At 09:25 + 1/11/11, Steve Rickaby wrote: >Is the implication of this that 'Save as PDF' is fixed in FrameMaker 10? Thanks to those who responded to my question. Clearly I have not been paying sufficient attention: I was dimly aware of the fact that issues seemed to be posted a

Re: I can PDF individual files in book, but NOT the whole book

At 18:54 -0400 31/10/11, Alan Houser wrote: >Selecting a book by clicking the book window is unreliable in FrameMaker 10. > >Try selecting the book via Window > Composite Documents. Then you should have >better luck saving the book to PDF. Is the implication of this that 'Save as PDF' is fixed i

Framemaker 7.1 embed fonts when saving as pdf

On behalf of a colleague... At 10:49 + 26/10/11, White Brian wrote: >Do any of the Framemaker users know how, or even if it is possible, to embed >fonts when saving a FM7.1 document to pdf? > >I have a 12 chapter book that reads perfectly in FM but when the book is saved >as a pdf it comes

Framemaker 7.1 embed fonts when saving as pdf

On behalf of a colleague... At 10:49 + 26/10/11, White Brian wrote: >Do any of the Framemaker users know how, or even if it is possible, to embed >fonts when saving a FM7.1 document to pdf? > >I have a 12 chapter book that reads perfectly in FM but when the book is saved >as a pdf it comes

OT: Scary responsibility in job ad

More depressing even that that are the contract posts where they say 'You write the manuals and then our engineers will maintain them.' -- Steve [an ex-engineer who's seen both sides of the fence]

Table templates (FrameMaker 10)

Posted for a colleague... >To maintain consistency with documents created using RoboHelp 7, we need to >create a table template (in FrameMaker 10, as part of TCS3.5) which contains >images of step numbers (copied into anchored frames) in each row. The Table >Designer isn't any help for this req

Re: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad

More depressing even that that are the contract posts where they say 'You write the manuals and then our engineers will maintain them.' -- Steve [an ex-engineer who's seen both sides of the fence] ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch..

Table templates (FrameMaker 10)

Posted for a colleague... >To maintain consistency with documents created using RoboHelp 7, we need to >create a table template (in FrameMaker 10, as part of TCS3.5) which contains >images of step numbers (copied into anchored frames) in each row. The Table >Designer isn't any help for this req

Long shot: browsers invoked by 'message URL'

Following on from previous discussion of FrameMaker's message client, I have another small issue that's bothering me. I'd better prefix this with an apology: I *know* that this problem is due to my using an ancient and obsolete version of FrameMaker (v 7 for Mac), but if I upgrade it will be ver

Long shot: browsers invoked by 'message URL'

Following on from previous discussion of FrameMaker's message client, I have another small issue that's bothering me. I'd better prefix this with an apology: I *know* that this problem is due to my using an ancient and obsolete version of FrameMaker (v 7 for Mac), but if I upgrade it will be ver

FrameMaker message client

I can find no reference to an e-mail equivalent of 'message URL' in FrameMaker (v 7 here). Is there a way of initiating an e-mail from a hypertext command, and if there is, is it platform-dependent? -- Steve

FrameMaker message client

I can find no reference to an e-mail equivalent of 'message URL' in FrameMaker (v 7 here). Is there a way of initiating an e-mail from a hypertext command, and if there is, is it platform-dependent? -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to fram

master index of multiple book

At 11:10 -0400 22/9/11, Bill Swallow wrote: >It's been years since I've done this, but I think I got around this by >creating one large master book using all content from all other books, >not messing with page numbering, using a variable in each consumed >book's chapters to indicate which book it

Re: master index of multiple book

At 11:10 -0400 22/9/11, Bill Swallow wrote: >It's been years since I've done this, but I think I got around this by >creating one large master book using all content from all other books, >not messing with page numbering, using a variable in each consumed >book's chapters to indicate which book it

Link a colored background to a section of text so it moves as the doc flow changes?

At 14:32 -0500 24/8/11, Terri Schultz wrote: >Is there a way that I can link a colored graphic to this section of text? >Design requires a colored graphic behind this section. Pagination can change >as content changes, but this section is always the last section in the >document. Content of thi

Re: Link a colored background to a section of text so it moves as the doc flow changes?

At 14:32 -0500 24/8/11, Terri Schultz wrote: >Is there a way that I can link a colored graphic to this section of text? >Design requires a colored graphic behind this section. Pagination can change >as content changes, but this section is always the last section in the >document. Content of thi

Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

At 14:41 + 19/8/11, Harding, Daniel B wrote: >FM10 (Win7 64-bit) > >I'm lost on this one: I want to import/copy a single paragraph style >definition from one FM file to another. Just that one style, no others, and no >content. > >How do I do this? Not a stupid question at all. In addition t

Re: Stupid question #843: Importing a SINGLE paragraph style from another FM file?

At 14:41 + 19/8/11, Harding, Daniel B wrote: >FM10 (Win7 64-bit) > >I'm lost on this one: I want to import/copy a single paragraph style >definition from one FM file to another. Just that one style, no others, and no >content. > >How do I do this? Not a stupid question at all. In addition t

Which FMaker version?

At 02:04 + 12/8/11, visualbistro at comcast.net wrote: >What are the general thoughts from this "community?" What are the PROs and >CONs? What should I recommend? We are a small startup business (check out >www.agilyx.com), and have to keep an eye on the budget, >but

Re: Which FMaker version?

At 02:04 + 12/8/11, visualbis...@comcast.net wrote: >What are the general thoughts from this "community?" What are the PROs and >CONs? What should I recommend? We are a small startup business (check out >www.agilyx.com), and have to keep an eye on the budget, >but we

OT: Batch Convert EPS to TIF

At 09:05 -0400 12/8/11, Rick Quatro wrote: >I have a need to convert 19,000 or so from EPS to TIF. I would like to do >this unattended. Software suggestions would be appreciated. There's a competent graphics utility on the Mac, GraphicConverter, which can manually or batch convert between almost

Re: OT: Batch Convert EPS to TIF

At 09:05 -0400 12/8/11, Rick Quatro wrote: >I have a need to convert 19,000 or so from EPS to TIF. I would like to do >this unattended. Software suggestions would be appreciated. There's a competent graphics utility on the Mac, GraphicConverter, which can manually or batch convert between almost

FrameMaker graphics question

At 16:41 +0300 11/8/11, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >I'd like to insert a graphic on the cover page that covers the entire page, >then write text on top of it. > >I inserted the graphic on the master page, but I don't see it on the body page. > >Any ideas? Should work ok. Obvious question: is the body

Re: FrameMaker graphics question

At 16:41 +0300 11/8/11, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >I'd like to insert a graphic on the cover page that covers the entire page, >then write text on top of it. > >I inserted the graphic on the master page, but I don't see it on the body page. > >Any ideas? Should work ok. Obvious question: is the body

combining different FM documents into one file

At 09:36 -0700 10/8/11, Linda Rose wrote: >Does anyone know of an easy way to combine different FM documents into one >file? ...or, if David's suggestion about books/versions is not quite what you mean, look at creating a 'container' document and bringing in the multiple documents as inserts.

Re: combining different FM documents into one file

At 09:36 -0700 10/8/11, Linda Rose wrote: >Does anyone know of an easy way to combine different FM documents into one >file? ...or, if David's suggestion about books/versions is not quite what you mean, look at creating a 'container' document and bringing in the multiple documents as inserts.

FrameMaker 10 Interface/Accessibility questions

At 13:16 + 8/7/11, Harding, Daniel B wrote: >2. I need the i-frame text position indicator (cursor) within the >document (not the hovering cursor that moves as you move your mouse) to be >more prominent on the screen. I frequently lose track of where I am, and have >to either hit up a

Re: FrameMaker 10 Interface/Accessibility questions

At 13:16 + 8/7/11, Harding, Daniel B wrote: >2. I need the i-frame text position indicator (cursor) within the >document (not the hovering cursor that moves as you move your mouse) to be >more prominent on the screen. I frequently lose track of where I am, and have >to either hit up a

Bullet size and bold text

At 20:37 -0700 19/6/11, Combs, Richard wrote: > Why would you train yourself to not hit the spacebar after a period in some > circumstances? What possible benefit does it provide? As Fred noted, this > "errant" (??) space doesn't affect line spacing or anything else. Why does it > bother you?

RE: Bullet size and bold text

At 20:37 -0700 19/6/11, Combs, Richard wrote: > Why would you train yourself to not hit the spacebar after a period in some > circumstances? What possible benefit does it provide? As Fred noted, this > "errant" (??) space doesn't affect line spacing or anything else. Why does it > bother you?

Wondering about Ghost Fonts & Odd Replacements

At 11:32 -0700 7/6/11, Karen Robbins wrote: >Why does FrameMaker believe that fonts are missing when neither Frame's own >search nor Paragraph Tools can find any instance of those fonts? They aren't >in the master or reference pages (that I can find). I know these ghost fonts >should not be the

Re: Wondering about Ghost Fonts & Odd Replacements

At 11:32 -0700 7/6/11, Karen Robbins wrote: >Why does FrameMaker believe that fonts are missing when neither Frame's own >search nor Paragraph Tools can find any instance of those fonts? They aren't >in the master or reference pages (that I can find). I know these ghost fonts >should not be the

Converting Word doc to Frame.

At 10:25 -0500 11/5/11, Pinkham, Jim wrote: > BTW, Jack Lyon, over on the Editorium, has a Delete Unused Styles macro > that's very helpful for getting rid of the detritus in a Word doc or template > so that the Word doc you're importing into Frame with your File-Import > command only has the l

RE: Converting Word doc to Frame.

At 10:25 -0500 11/5/11, Pinkham, Jim wrote: > BTW, Jack Lyon, over on the Editorium, has a Delete Unused Styles macro > that's very helpful for getting rid of the detritus in a Word doc or template > so that the Word doc you're importing into Frame with your File-Import > command only has the l

Splitting tables across a page break: FM 8

At 20:16 +1300 17/3/11, Helen Borrie wrote: >That is what I wanted but it seems there's not a way to do it. My table >template doesn't have a "title row". It has a table caption and then goes >right into the table, 2 cols with a column heading for each. It is breaking >correctly, insofar as

Re: Splitting tables across a page break: FM 8

At 20:16 +1300 17/3/11, Helen Borrie wrote: >That is what I wanted but it seems there's not a way to do it. My table >template doesn't have a "title row". It has a table caption and then goes >right into the table, 2 cols with a column heading for each. It is breaking >correctly, insofar as

I suspect the answer is 'no', but...

At 09:48 -0400 15/3/11, Bill Swallow wrote: >Avoid human error and make the company name a variable. Plus, when they decide >to rebrand down the road (likely when and not if) you only need to make the >change in one place. :) And while you're at it, make all the product names variables too ;-)

Re: I suspect the answer is 'no', but...

At 09:48 -0400 15/3/11, Bill Swallow wrote: >Avoid human error and make the company name a variable. Plus, when they decide >to rebrand down the road (likely when and not if) you only need to make the >change in one place. :) And while you're at it, make all the product names variables too ;-)

Methods to redo book

At 19:37 -0700 13/3/11, Les Smalley wrote: >aside: FM understands more of the path data than just the current ('dot') or >parent ('dot-dot') directory... it stores references as relative paths using a >unix-like dotted notation unless it crosses a root folder of a drive, then FM >switches to an

Re: Methods to redo book

At 19:37 -0700 13/3/11, Les Smalley wrote: >aside: FM understands more of the path data than just the current ('dot') or >parent ('dot-dot') directory... it stores references as relative paths using a >unix-like dotted notation unless it crosses a root folder of a drive, then FM >switches to an

Methods to redo book

At 08:31 +1300 13/3/11, Alan T Litchfield wrote: >It may make it easier if the directory structure is the same as previous and >with the same file names. Absolutely. Best to always keep a book under the same root folder; just clone that and work on the clone. Always worked for us. I think this

Re: Methods to redo book

At 08:31 +1300 13/3/11, Alan T Litchfield wrote: >It may make it easier if the directory structure is the same as previous and >with the same file names. Absolutely. Best to always keep a book under the same root folder; just clone that and work on the clone. Always worked for us. I think this

So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

At 17:44 + 2/3/11, Steve Rickaby wrote: > They have $6 million to play with. Sorry: that should have read 'They have $6 *billion* to play with.' Duh. Yes, I was kidding about Apple buying Adobe. And Steve J is right, there's no point in ranting about Mac FrameMaker here

RE: So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

At 17:44 + 2/3/11, Steve Rickaby wrote: > They have $6 million to play with. Sorry: that should have read 'They have $6 *billion* to play with.' Duh. Yes, I was kidding about Apple buying Adobe. And Steve J is right, there's no point in ranting about Mac FrameMaker here

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