Printing Chapters to Separate files; Was: Links not working in Adobe

At 08:39 -0500 22/11/06, Art Campbell wrote: >Carol, I haven't played with this, but in pre-7 versions, the file >name field could contain an asterisc, which FM interpreted by printing >each chapter_file.fm to a chapter_file.pdf. Might see if it still >works that way instead of typing in a file na

Printing Chapters to Separate files; Was: Links not working in Adobe

At 12:45 -0500 23/11/06, Fred Ridder wrote: >The asterisk didn't go in the filename. What you needed to do was >use a single asterisk as a placeholder in the "Print to File" box so >that you're only specifying the path to the directory where the >PostScript files will be placed. Duh! ;-) >But th

Imported graphics not exporting to XML

What can cause the message: 'Cannot export graphics or equation contents. Check the element mapping and description' and failure to export graphics with XML export? I am exporting to XML without a structured application in place, as this is one-way only. (Maybe not a great idea?) The documen

Grayscale PDFs

At 12:22 -0800 27/11/06, Dov Isaacs wrote: >A more inclusive "fix" would be to not use the driver option but to use the >color conversion features of Acrobat 7 Pro or Acrobat 8 Pro. This is topical, as I've just trialled 8 Pro for a very similar reason. It is my understanding that some 'advance

Grayscale PDFs

At 06:18 -0800 28/11/06, Dov Isaacs wrote: >Steve, > >I think that you are confusing two separate facilities, the "Ink Manager" and >the "Convert Colors" facility. That is quite possible: I only had a short time to try out Acrobat 8 Pro. Another FrameUsers contributor had pointed me at the ink

Imported graphics not exporting to XML: update

At 19:22 + 27/11/06, someone called Steve Rickaby wrote: >What can cause the message: > >'Cannot export graphics or equation contents. Check the element mapping and >description' > >and failure to export graphics with XML export? > >I am exporting to XML w

DTD parse errors

Struggling with a structured app here... I have tried to pare everything down to the minimum. The element definition; Element (Container): TableofContents General rule: ChapterNumber, Valid as the highest-level element. Automatic insertions Automatically insert child: ChapterNumber in the

Master pages and round tripping

I have a question regarding the handling of master pages when FrameMaker book components are round-tripped. If a book contains several document types (Preface, Chapter and so on), the master pages can be applied as appropriate using master page mapping tables. Thus different document types can

Clarification of table title problem.

At 13:32 -0400 2/10/06, Rick Quatro wrote: >2) Set the table title to be left-aligned. Type text in the table title and >you will see that if it is longer than the table width, it will extend beyond >the right edge of the table. This does not happen if the title is >center-aligned. How interes

Graphics conundrum: SOLVED (sort of)

It turns out that the Distiller options had gotten snarfed. Duh! I still cannot achieve the PDF quality that the designer has achieved from Quark, but I'm now a whole lot closer. -- Steve

Graphics conundrum

Adobe Illustrator CS2, FrameMaker 7.0, Acrobat Pro 6, Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 I am inserting the same raster graphic into a FrameMaker document in two sizes, one scaled down slightly, the other scaled down a lot. The graphic is supplied as an EPS. The problem I'm seeing is that the highly scaled v

Formula for Tech Writing Lead Time?

At 09:04 -0700 4/10/06, Courtney Collins wrote: > Is anyone aware of a formula for how many words/pages a Tech Writer can > produce in a given period of time? I am being asked to take on additional > manuals and upper management wants some numbers to justify additional head > count that will b

Frame2000 still available?

At 17:04 -0600 6/10/06, Combs, Richard wrote: >Charles Grinnell wrote: > >> Anyone knows whether Frame2000 is still available for >> purchase? Thanks in advance! > >Huh? What's a Frame2000? > >It's not a FrameMaker version -- those are (going back to mid-90s) >5.5.6, 6, 7, 7.1, and 7.2. It is, or

FrameMaker 7.0 for Mac?

At 11:12 -0400 6/10/06, Neil Tubb wrote: >I use Frame 7.1 for Windows at work, but use a PowerPC Mac at home. I >would really like to be able to work a bit from home, so was wondering >if it would be worth picking up Frame 7.0 for Mac. So: > >1. Did they actually make Frame 7.0 for Mac...I keep re

Docbook versus Home-Grown

At 11:22 -0700 7/10/06, Joe Malin wrote: >Well, I *finally* finished the new book for our next software release, so I >can justifiably turn my attention to getting myself into structured docs. > >I am not going to go with DITA just yet. My plan is to convert my existing >unstructured docs to str

OS 9 Applications on Tiger

At 14:48 -0700 9/10/06, Sam Beard wrote: > This is intriguing to me. My understanding was that Classic, and >therefore OS 9, wouldn't run on any of the later machines, particularly >any Intel-based machines. Are either of you running one of these? What >machines are you running? Are you running

OS 9 Applications on Tiger

At 07:35 -0700 10/10/06, Sam Beard wrote: > Thanks for the input. Yes, I was mistakenly thinking that the issue >was with the OS itself. No sweat - easy mistake to make. > I knew that the last round, I believe, of G4s as well as the G5s didn't > support dual-booting. They still ran Classic, I

Tables not accepting "Ruling" settings

Karyn > I have a bunch of tables in an administrators guide and am trying to > convert them all to one consistent style that uses a thin line to separate > all columns and rows. > > To achieve this look, I've used the Table Designer > Ruling tab and have > set every single field to "thin".

Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

At 08:46 -0400 13/10/06, Jessica.Nealon at handheld.com wrote: >When I use Save As to PDF my books, whole chunks of text disappear in the >PDF file. It appears to be totally random. For instance, one table will >have several blank rows blank followed by competed rows. I can't ascertain >a pattern

Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

At 14:27 +0100 13/10/06, Steve Rickaby wrote: >Not an answer to Jessica's problem, exactly, but I'm seeing something similar >with graphics, also never seen before. > >I have a book that contains a lot of FrameMaker graphics. Without exception, >everything within the i

Framers Digest, Vol 12, Issue 10

At 11:08 +0100 17/10/06, Paul Findon wrote: >>Correct. There was a campaign, thanks to Paul Findon, but it got us nowhere: >>http://www.fm4osx.org > >Don't write it off just yet, Steve, the campaign is still very much alive. >Just last week I resubmitted over 400 pages of petition with 3,673 sig

Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

At 21:26 -0700 17/10/06, Joe Malin wrote: >For this, I recommend to you two very useful FM add-ons by Silicon >Prairie: Character Tools and Paragraph Tools. You can find a useful >description of them, and many other add-ins, at this wonderful site: >http://leximation.com/toolsearch/?type=P&baseapp

Master pages refuse to be applied

Structured FrameMaker 7.0, Mac, OS X 10.4.8. I am going nuts here. I made a change to the height of the text frame on left/right master pages. I reapplied the master pages: the body pages did not change. Now get this: if I draw a small measuring line on a master page that is the length of the

Framers Digest, Vol 12, Issue 20: OFFLIST

At 09:36 +1000 23/10/06, Marcus Carr wrote: >I find this deeply offensive and totally inappropriate for this list. I don't >want to hear that it was tongue in cheek or that I don't understand British >humour - I just don't want to see any comments of this ilk on a technical >list. Very poor tas

Phantom RGB objects in 2-color PDF

I originally posted this to the FrameMaker for OS X group, but I have now refined the problem description after a few hours frustrating work... FrameMaker 7.0 for Mac, AdobePS driver 8.8.0(301), PDF PPD, Acrobat 6 Pro Distiller settings, custom, Press default plus leave color unchanged, no image

Applying para format to top-left cell in table

I'm struggling with context rules here. I need to apply a specific para format in the top-left cell of a table. The tables structure is: TableType | TableHeading | TableRow | TableCell

Master pages refuse to be applied: RESOLVED

I previously posted about some really weird things to do with master pages that apparently 'refused' to be applied. I thought folks might be interested in the reasons for what turned out to be, not one illusion, but two. I was suffering from two 'problems': 1. In one part of the book, the body

Can't Save a 7.0 Book file in 7.2

At 15:40 -0400 25/10/06, Gillespie, Terilyn wrote: >I recently upgraded to 7.2, running XP. I opened a book file I had >(originally created in FM 7.0), made some changes and then tried to save >it but receive the message: The document was saved to a temporary file, >but Framemaker can't rename i

Remove Change Bars

At 07:39 -0800 30/10/06, Paul Kent wrote: >I've discovered that I can search for the condition tags, delete the >"inserted" instance, remove the "deleted" condition and the phantom >change is almost removed. However, I've not yet figured out how to >remove the change bars. In FrameMaker change ba

change bars

At 16:04 + 1/9/06, obair81 at comcast.net wrote: >Is there a way to search for change bars? > >I do not see that as a choice in the Find/Change dialog. Use the search for character format feature, set everything to 'As is' except change bars, and set those to 'on'. Hint: if you bring up the

More...Error message: can't save FM files-FM adding odd suffix to file

At 08:40 -0700 5/9/06, The red fox wrote: >FYI, it turns out this problem had to do with a new version of the antivirus >SW we use combined with OS on our file servers. Note, not all files servers >had this problem (Windows OS did NOT). > >Thanks to everyone who had suggestions. One person (ca

OT: Question about Rational SODA tool

At 08:46 -0600 5/9/06, Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com wrote: >I have a colleague who is being told that Framemaker is to go bye-bye very >soon and that she will be needing to use Rational SODA to develop her >documentation. And could we have some informed comment on this, please? I know folks l

Getting the Euro Symbol in Frame

At 13:15 -0500 8/9/06, Scott White wrote: >When we import the raw tab file into frame it is converting the euro symbol >in the file to the A with the two dots over it. If we import the dollar >symbol it displays just fine in Frame. Scott - you are seeing a classic font mapping problem. First off,

Options for cross-grading, Mac to PC

I've just had an interesting discussion with Adobe European Support on the issue of cross-grading from FrameMaker on Mac to FrameMaker on PC. It seems to come down to this: . Produce an invoice for the original purchase of FrameMaker (in my case, from Frame Corp in 1991) . Sign a 'letter of d

Options for cross-grading, Mac to PC

At 08:45 -0400 14/9/06, Ridder, Fred wrote: >It's really not any different from Adobe's standard upgrade policy. >If you buy an upgrade license for most (if not all) of their products, >it only entitles you to keep both versions installed for a transition >period (90 days, as I recall). After that

2 blank pages

At 17:26 +0300 14/9/06, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >I have an Index with 2 blank pages at the end. I tried every possibility under >Pagination, Delete Blank pages, etc. Any ideas? Special -> Delete Pages? Also, are they really blank? Is there actually something there that you aren't currently displ

2 blank pages

At 11:18 -0400 14/9/06, Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) wrote: >The tell tale sing is a lonely "End of flow"... How does that one go, then? ;-) Maybe to the tune of 'O sole mio'? -- Steve

FYI: Pubsnet posts

At 15:15 -0400 14/9/06, Rick Quatro wrote: >I just talked to someone at Pubsnet about the rogue posts and they are aware >of the problem. Apparently, someone hacked their server and reeked havoc. Yup, it surely reeks ;-) (I've been getting them too.) -- Steve

Recommended Laptop Hardware Requirements help please

All Macs can now run Windows ;-) -- Steve

InDesign to FrameMaker

At 08:55 +0200 26/9/06, Nanna P. Vig wrote: >Most manuals in my company are done in FrameMaker. However, a few have been >created in InDesign, and we have decided to change one of them to >FrameMaker. > >Is there a way to to this apart from redoing the manual from scratch in >Frame using copy-past

Experience Running FrameMaker on the new MacIntel

At 06:11 -0700 26/9/06, Dov Isaacs wrote: >Unless you are running "Bootcamp" and Windows, forget totally about running >FrameMaker on a Mactel system. The OS for Mactel does NOT support classic mode >under which FrameMaker runs with MacOS X. I expect Scott was intending to use PC FrameMaker and

PDF 'rangecheck' error, FrameMaker 7.0

Can anyone shed any light on the following, which occurs after Distiller has almost completed: >Distilling: Chapter2.fm.ps >Start Time: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 21:12 >Source: [...] >Destination: [...] >Adobe PDF Settings: /Users/Shared/Adobe PDF 6.0/Settings/Press Quality >A4.joboptions >

Experience Running FrameMaker on the new MacIntel - and InDesign??

At 09:55 +0200 27/9/06, JBlom at ricoh-europe.com wrote: >What about InDesign on Mac? I'm planning on purchasing a new mac laptop >and am interested in people using InDesign on a Mac. Are you noticing any >problems? Why should there be any problems in running InDesign on a Mac? I don't follow t

FrameMaker converting quotes in text import

I am using text imports of ASCII files in a book. These are source code examples, and contain straight quotes. When imported in FrameMaker on PC, the quotes remain straight. When I import the same files on Mac, the quotes become 'curly' typographer-style quotes, which is unacceptable. I have no

Two-column index

At 13:55 +0200 27/9/06, Niels Fan?e wrote: >I have a book consisting of quite a number of documents. Some of these >documents have an index of their own (for historical reasons... And because >making a book-wide index wouldn't make any sense). > >The text flow in each document is single-column,

SOLVED: Two-column index

At 16:03 +0200 27/9/06, Niels Fan?e wrote: >Steve Rickaby's answer did it for me - his comment: "Text inserts do have >paragraph tags..." made me go Duh! and add "GroupTitlesIX" to the reference >page for IndexLeft, IndexRight master page application. Now it works fine - >thanks Steve (and the

FrameMaker converting quotes in text import: SOLVED

At 12:18 +0100 27/9/06, Steve Rickaby wrote: >I am using text imports of ASCII files in a book. These are source code >examples, and contain straight quotes. When imported in FrameMaker on PC, the >quotes remain straight. When I import the same files on Mac, the quotes become

FrameMaker converting quotes in text import: SOLVED

At 09:00 -0700 27/9/06, Paula Presley wrote: > In "Import Text Flow by Copy" dialog box, there's the option to "reformat as > plain text" or "retain source's formatting." Would either of these choices > help retain the ASCII inserts' formatting? I don't know, because I never use > either of the

PDF 'rangecheck' error, FrameMaker 7.0: GONE AWAY

At 21:16 +0100 26/9/06, Steve Rickaby wrote: >Can anyone shed any light on the following, which occurs after Distiller has >almost completed: > >>Distilling: Chapter2.fm.ps >>Start Time: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 21:12 >>Source: [...] >>Destination: [...] &g

PDF 'rangecheck' error, FrameMaker 7.0: GONE AWAY

Hi Bodvar >If you were using Structured FM, it is a memory hog, and you can get >all sorts of anomalies, usually starting with graphical unstability >(on screen). Restarting FM or rebooting (Windoze) remedies that. I am using structured FM, but I'm on Mac ;-) Mac OS X is basically BSD Unix, and

Ipsum Lorem? Thanks!

At 11:51 -0400 28/9/06, Robert Kern wrote: >OK, more useful suggestions than I can thank individually :) Here's one more. For anyone on a Mac, there's a nice little freeware stand-alone program called MacLorem, which can generate text in just about any simulated language except Klingon.

Persistent issues with text insets

This general topic has come up on this list recently, so I though I might as well pose the problems I've been encountering, even though I don't think there is a simple solution. Text insets of *FrameMaker* documents allow you a lot of control over how the tagging of the inset and the parent doc

'Missing' imported files mystery, and Tuesdays

Large book, many imported graphics, all imported by reference. Today FrameMaker 7.0 (Mac) reported on saving a file that graphics information had been lost and asked me to report the problem to Adobe (Mac FrameMaker problem - Adobe - ha-ha!). On checking the document, it turned out that three [

'Missing' imported files mystery, and Tuesdays

Further... lightning fast responses from Art, Fred and Paul: Art: might have been a 'Save FrameImage with imported graphics' option issue. However, this is unlikely, as I don't think I've ever enabled this option, either in FrameMaker 6 or 7. Fred, Paul: this is normal for graphics imported by

Bleed off the page

At 08:04 -0700 5/4/07, Drew Little wrote: >I got that part fine, but the tabs stop at the edge of the page. is there a >way to make the tabs larger than the page size for bleed purposes? I am sure >it is something rather simple, but for the life of me, I can't figure it out. Hi Drew... yes, it'

Importing MathType equations to FM 7.2

At 15:45 -0400 6/4/07, Art Campbell wrote: >Once you have a good EPS or PDF, in FM, put your cursor where you want >the anchor, like at the end of a paragraph. Then try importing the EPS >graphic using File > Import > File (importing by reference is the >preferred method). It'll pop into an anchor

Registration Marks and PDF generation

At 16:42 -0400 9/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote: >Thanks for the tips. They did work on a paper I authored in Frame that was >a single document. They did not work for the multi-document book I'm >working on. Is there perhaps a difference when adding registration marks to >a book instead of a single f

Importing Mathtype equations to FM 7.2 - summary

At 15:19 -0700 9/4/07, Gabrielle Burns wrote: >Mike Wickham's suggestion below helped me to determine that the equation >files created in Math Type 5 should be saved as file type Encapsulated >Postscript/TIFF (*.eps). It's the "TIFF" that made the difference. I can understand your confusion: this

Can't print from Frame

At 08:36 +1000 10/4/07, Tina Poole wrote: >OK Dove, what does bubbamisa mean??? I'm guessin' something like crap! :) I >did add sort of a disclaimer that the reason I gave was questionable! Let me save you the time of waiting for Dov to reply. It is - and I am sure he will correct me if wrong -

Maddening problem with frame below

-L, and I had to reapply the para format to correct it. > >On 3/30/07, Steve Rickaby wrote: >>I wonder if anyone can help me with an inexplicable irritation. >> >>I have a para format with an under-rule graphic taken off the reference page >>and applied with the Fram

Maddening problem with frame below

At 11:50 -0400 10/4/07, Art Campbell wrote: >There isn't a lot of white space in the container around the rule on >the Ref Page, is there? >No chance there's any other container there, maybe an empty/invisible one? I've just pulled it apart, and, sadly, no. 'Sadly' because it would have been a g

Maddening problem with frame below

At 11:50 -0500 10/4/07, Mike Wickham wrote: >Grasping at straws, here, but I vaguely recall a problem I had with similar >reference line. After testing it, I had decided that I wanted to move the line >up closer to the text it followed. So I went to the reference page to tweak >it. I can't abso

Can't print from Frame

At 22:07 -0700 10/4/07, Dov Isaacs wrote: >Grandmother's tale is best and most literal >translation from the Yiddish. > > - Dov > >PS:"Dove" is a bird; "Dov" is a bear. And 'typo' is a contraction of 'typographical error' ;-) -- Steve

Maddening problem with frame below

At 08:42 +0200 11/4/07, Reng, Winfried Dr. wrote: >I have a similar problem. I have an infoicon paragraph in the sidehead area >with a Frame below which holds the info icon. The paragraph font size is 2 pt, >the space above is 22 pt. Now and then the font size and the space above >change to "no

Maddening problem with frame below

At 10:16 -0700 11/4/07, Rene Stephenson wrote: >We have the same problem with 2 similar BlockLine paragraph tags that use 2 pt >font w/ 6 pt space above and paragraph below pointing to a line on the >reference page. Both are aligned across all columns and sideheads. >Incientally, it doesn't hap

Maddening problem with frame below

At 12:16 -0700 11/4/07, Rene Stephenson wrote: >I just did a test and found it happening when condition-tagged text is not >adjacent to the BlockLine para tag, too. But, I can't trigger it without >changing the show/hide conditions. I wonder if it could be something triggered >by show/hide cond

Maddening problem with frame below

At 05:37 -0700 12/4/07, Rene Stephenson wrote: >We're moving toward automating the PDF creation process from our FM files, >though, and I don't know if we'll be able to get it fully automated if we're >having to run a plugin between importing from the settings file to switch >conditions and var

Maddening problem with frame below

At 13:43 +0100 12/4/07, Steve Rickaby wrote: > I think the original idea came from Hedley Finger, for which, thanks. Grovel: it was Hayden Jones. Thanks anyway: Hedley's a hero too ;-) -- Steve

Error message: Resulting columns would be too short

At 09:36 +0200 13/4/07, Reng, Winfried Dr. wrote: >I want to change the height of a text frame in an anchored frame. When I try >to change it from 0.661 cm to 0.265 cm with the Object properties window, I >get an error message: Resulting columns would be too short. > >The error message starts wi

document window size

At 13:24 -0500 16/4/07, Natalie Bircher wrote: >Ah,yes. It is not a new window, it is a saved doc. Strange that FM saves the >zoom level, I think. Not at all: thank goodness that it does. What would you want it to do? For any specific template and any specific monitor, there is always an optimal

Generating a list of paragraph tags with properties?

At 11:23 -0600 17/4/07, Van Boening, Tammy wrote: >I am sure that this is a job for Framescript, but darn it, you can do it >in Word without doing anything special (Print and under Print What, >select Styles), so I am hoping that you can do it on Framemaker. I want >to generate on a per file basi

OT: An interesting article about Microsoft vs. Adobe

At 09:32 -0600 18/4/07, Van Boening, Tammy wrote: >Obviously, take with a grain of salt, but some interesting points, >nonetheless. This is all we need: yet another set of web 'standards'. The NYT site that the article refers to was a mess. 'While Microsoft's hybrid applications can only be bui

Better diff tool that change bars?

At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote: > >I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books. I am >the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of >reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them >regularly. Those engin

Table title alignment oddity

At 11:13 -0600 18/4/07, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: >I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this. My client and I are both >seeing this odd and inconsistent behavior and neither of us can explain or >fix it. :o > >Our template has side heads set up and several table styles. Wasn't something like

Table title alignment oddity

At 11:39 -0600 18/4/07, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: >Thanks for the steer. I did just find that thread in the Oct archive, but it >doesn't deal with side heads. I *think* what I'm seeing is a little >different. Ah.. right. Sorry. -- Steve

Another missing fonts question

At 13:44 -0600 18/4/07, Combs, Richard wrote: >Cadel_Janice at emc.com wrote: > >> I inherited some documentation, and I get an error message >> "The "Frutiger-Black" Font is not available." Does anyone >> know where I can download that font for free or does anyone >> know anything about that fo

Doc Architecture Challenge: Linking Between Books

At 09:16 +0200 19/4/07, Yves Barbion wrote: >Indeed, if a user downloads a pdf of one book, and not the other, the links >will not work, but I guess the user will be smart enough to download the >other guide and then use the navigational aids (TOC, IX, bookmarks, ...) of >the other guide. Are you

Doc Architecture Challenge: Linking Between Books

At 05:51 -0700 19/4/07, Angela Akridge wrote: >That's a good point, but I'm not delivering via CD-ROM. The user downloads >the PDF from the company's website. If you're responding to my point, then it should make no difference as long as the recipient stored the cross-linked PDFs in the same fol

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

At 10:15 -0700 20/4/07, Pat Christenson wrote: >I have a client who wants to import HTML docs into FrameMaker. My guess is >that this will be a copy-and-paste with a lot of manual cleanup. Anybody have >any ideas on how to make this less painful? HTML, or XHTML? If the latter, structured FrameM

and bibliographies

At 08:16 +0200 22/4/07, Rob Shell wrote: >I am 6 months into the legendary Framemaker, I love it. You are clearly a man of taste and fine discrimination. >I need a better manual. Is there such an animal? Yes...

Frame vs Arbortext

At 20:17 -0400 25/4/07, Diane Gaskill wrote: >Hello Frameratti, I like that... but shouldn't it be 'Framerati'? You might be thinking of 'Frameretti', i.e. little Framers ;-) >Remember the old days when we had debates and comparisons between the dreaded >Word and Frame? Well, now it seems tha

need help with x-ref format that is causing conditional text to "break"

At 16:50 -0700 26/4/07, Melissa Clark wrote: >When the x-ref is split into two separate x-refs (one referencing the table >and one referencing the field), conditional text operates normally and as >expected; however, this then means twice as many x-refs. I seem to remember hitting this problem a

Frame vs Arbortext

At 11:46 -0700 26/4/07, Matt Sullivan wrote: >These days, Frame can work directly with the XML, and storing as .fm is >strictly optional. IMO, this undercuts much of AT's sales pitch. If the [fairly imminent?] upcoming version of FrameMaker actually turns out to be FrameMaker 8 and not FrameMake

Why have List AND Step paragraph tags?

At 17:20 +0200 30/4/07, Eli Har-Even wrote: > I'm considering simplifying the template by eliminating one >of the sets of tags. Does anyone have a use-case where having two sets of >numbered lists has been useful? Is there any reason for having both sets? There's always a general case for semanti

Vertical spacing inconsistencies

Anyone following this thread may remember that I was suffering from inconsistent vertical spacing between headings and following paras when no overrides were active, and that I found that creating a new document and copying selected contents to it removed the problem. I did not find the cause o

Vertical spacing inconsistencies

At 08:36 -0600 2/8/07, Combs, Richard wrote: >Are you sure you don't have Baseline Synchronization or Feather turned >on (in Format > Page Layout > Line Layout)? I've never used those >features (or Balance Columns in Column Layout), so I'm guessing -- but >they're my primary suspects (actually, my

How Do I Conditionalize an Entire File

At 11:29 -0700 2/8/07, Angela Akridge wrote: >I have two covers for branding purposes. How do I exclude/include an >entire file using conditional text? I'm able to do this with Epic, but >don't know how to in Frame. Is it an entire file you want to conditionalize, or just the covers? If the latt

Book-To-Book Xrefs & File Not Found

At 12:10 -0700 4/8/07, Angela Akridge wrote: >I use book-to-book xrefs. The xref formats look good. When I update my >books, Frame doesn't complain about broken links. However, after I >generate the pdf and test the book-to-book links, I get an error that >says the file can't be found. When I go t

border around a word?

At 18:29 +0200 6/8/07, Gunnar Carlsson wrote: >Does anyone know if there is an easy way to put a border around 1-2 words in a >sentence, for example to mark a button. >Example:"Please press ABORT to leave this funcion." Here I would like to >have a thin border around ABORT. It is very s

border around a word?

At 17:24 -0500 6/8/07, Peter Gold wrote: >It is perhaps a little easier to size and position a text line inside >an "inline" anchored frame, than a text frame. You can create the text >with the text line tool (the "A" tool on the Graphics tool panel), and >drag or paste it inside an anchored fram

border around a word?

At 17:11 -0700 6/8/07, Courtney Collins wrote: >I haven't ever tried this, but what about creating a box on the reference page >and using that instead of the lines that usually appear there? I'm home now, >but I will try ot tomorrow at work if I get time. Not sure if this would work. The purpos

Foxy stuff on master pages

Hi Framers In off-group discussions with Angela and others, it's become only too clear that it's possible to create clever stuff on master pages that is obvious to its designer but to no-one else ;-) For example, the auto thumbtabs stuff which came up recently on the group, or anything that inv

Foxy stuff on master pages

At 10:06 +0100 7/8/07, Steve Rickaby wrote: >When massing with multiple frames on master pages, it's a lot easier to see >what's going on if you give the various frames a temporary - and different - >fill pattern and/or colored border. When you've finished dickering with

Foxy stuff on master pages

Hi Peter At 06:27 -0500 7/8/07, Peter Gold wrote: >On 8/7/07, Steve Rickaby wrote: > >> A way to ensure that the description travels around with the template is to >> add one or more extra reference pages called 'Notes' or somesuch, and put a >> brief pott

border around a word?

At 06:04 -0500 7/8/07, Peter Gold wrote: >Text lines accept character tags, but not paragraph tags. I did not know that. Thanks ;-) -- Steve

For Unstructured Framemaker users: FM8 migration plans

At 08:41 -0500 7/8/07, Pinkham, Jim wrote: >(Yes, I know the chorus, "Undo is for wimps!" but I've been spoiled by all >those years in Word... Yeah, Wurd tends to have that effect - but not in the sense you mean ;-) -- Steve

For Unstructured Framemaker users: FM8 migration plans

At 09:55 -0500 7/8/07, Pinkham, Jim wrote: >LOL. Thanks, Steve :) I'll not restart the tool wars by rising to the >bait on that one. Wise man, wise man ;-) -- Steve

Framers Template repository? Was: Re: Foxy stuff on master pages

At 09:25 -0700 7/8/07, Valerie Lipow wrote: >If anyone has one or more templates demonstrating the type of Master >pages/Reference pages discussed in the parent subject, if they're not >copyrighted, and if you're authorized and willing to disseminate them to the >group, would you please store a co

Heading with autonumber and square bullet

At 17:14 +0200 9/8/07, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >If you don't want to mess with character codes, set your desired bullet >font as a character tag (for example, Dingbats, Wingdings) and use the >character tag in the Automnumber field. This way you can merely use the >letter that corresponds with the c

Heading with autonumber and square bullet

At 10:48 -0400 9/8/07, Brenda Waltermeyer wrote: >That is exactly what it does (rubbish). I need it to be included in the >numbering string not as a character style. I already have a character style >called ZHeadNum in the Character Format under Numbering tab in the Paragraph >designer. I need to

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