Numbering steams and flows

Am working against the clock with a book that is undergoing last-minute design changes on press day, so I have to use up two question tokens today... I am forced to mix 1-column and 2-column layouts. I cannot use tables, as the existing 1-c material that must go into 2-c already contains

Numbering steams and flows: solved

At 13:13 +0100 12/9/07, Steve Rickaby wrote: >As we know from previous discussions here, the column layout is a flow >property rather than a page property, so I must use a B flow for the 2-c >material. > >My question is, is there any way of preventing numbering streams from &

FrameMaker and Illustrator EPS files

At 08:34 -0500 12/9/07, Peter Gold wrote: >Did you try exporting to PDF? Sometimes the Fill > None doesn't appear on >screen in FM, but does work in PDF. Yes, I did, Peter. All attempts to get this frame to disappear in both FrameMaker and the resulting PDF have so far failed, including: .

Numbering steams and flows: solved

At 10:14 -0400 13/9/07, Stuart Rogers wrote: >> I am still, however, surprised that number streams reset >>at the start of a flow within the same document, although I suppose >>it makes some sort of sense. >> > >It makes a lot of sense if you suppose that the original purpose of multiple >flows

Table Cell Alignment

At 10:01 -0400 13/9/07, Stuart Rogers wrote: >Just to ensure absolute clarity: Richard said to double-check the Table Cell >tab of the *Paragraph* designer; you say you checked the "table definition," >which implies the Table designer. You have checked both places, right? Just to underline

Numbering steams and flows

At 11:20 -0400 12/9/07, Stuart Rogers wrote: >Steve Rickaby wrote: > >>I am forced to mix 1-column and 2-column layouts. I cannot use >>tables, as the existing 1-c material that must go into 2-c already >>contains tables. >> >>As we know from previous

Tables sorts

I am wrestling with tables sorting. I have 2-c tables sorted like this: a e b f c f d h but I have been asked to sort them as... a b c d e f g h None of the sort options I try works. Can anyone advise me? Or do I have to sort the tables by hand?

Framers Digest, Vol 23, Issue 13

Hi Ron Just noticed this, due to digest title. I will certainly look at it, as it will be useful to know for the future. However, the guts of the size problem has now gone away, as I describe below. At 10:23 -0400 13/9/07, rradcliffe at invacare.com wrote: >Check the Illustrator help under

Tables sorts

Rick! Brilliant! You've just saved me hours of copying and pasting. *Many* thanks. At 07:50 -0400 14/9/07, Rick Quatro wrote: >Hi Steve, > >Follow these general steps: > >1) Convert the table to paragraphs. > >2) Convert the table back to a single column table. Do this by selecting the

Copying with multiple spot color definitions

I think I may have accidentally come across a simple fix to the following problem, which tripped me up on a previous job in FrameMaker: . You are working on a document or book that uses a spot color for both text and graphics . The final job must print on no more than two plates . The book

Easiest way to update all paragraphs in a book

At 12:12 +0200 20/9/07, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >Make a copy of the file, and delete all par tags except for the one you want >to change. Make the change, then import the par tags from that file (which >should only include one style), to all the files in the book. > >I never tried this for par

Searching for paragraph tags

I am working with a document design that uses lead-in (non-indented) and run-on (indented) paragraph types. The design calls for lead-in paragraphs after figures, tables and so on: run-one paragraphs should only occur after a lead-in or another run-on paragraph. The documents are not

Color Output Problems

At 08:51 -0700 26/9/07, Howard Rauch wrote: >That one spot color is the problem. Commercial printers seem to dislike >FrameMaker output for offset printing because, in the printers' view at least, >Frame does a lousy job of handling color output. For the four catalogs, we >have used three

'message URL' hyperlinks

At 16:25 +0300 1/4/08, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >Speaking of hyperlinks, I have a: > >message URL http:// > >And when I click on it, it does not open a web browser. Basically, it's >a dead link. > >Any ideas? Sure it's a hypertext link? ;-) FrameMaker has a foxy way of changing this link type as

OS X 10.4.11 -- can't import files from Word

At 19:30 -0400 17/4/08, Louise Moritsugu wrote: >I can open FrameMaker alright, but it won't import the French Word >files. The error message reads: > >"Mastersoft Error: From -Side Converter returned error 3" If it helps at all (which it probably doesn't), my archives say that error 3 is

OS X 10.4.11 -- can't import files from Word

At 10:12 -0400 18/4/08, Louise Moritsugu wrote: >You raise a useful point about upgrading to FM 7, and I'll set up a search on >eBay for one. > >After I sent the initial message, I Googled "Mastersoft" in the dead of night >and found a 2002 response from Jeremy Griffiths on another list that

Fine tuning pagination

At 15:41 -0600 21/4/08, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: >I'm working on a book for a commercial publishing house that prints in >16-page signatures. I've not done anything quite like this before. > >I need to get the book to fit into an exact multiple of 16 pages. I've done >basic pagination control

OS X 10.4.11 -- can't import files from Word

At 14:20 -0600 21/4/08, Graeme R Forbes wrote: >In FM7 I find that the Japanese filter is still the best one, at >least for export to Word. Ok: good to know. But the key difference in the filter pack in FrameMaker 7 for Mac would seem to be the improvement in quality of the native Word import.

Fine tuning pagination

At 08:55 -0600 22/4/08, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: >OK, I'm going to show my ignorance, but maybe I'm not the only one. Dumb >questions follow. Not at all dumb... > > >Do you mean to make the main text frame on a body page larger? Hmm, seems >like that will look odd if pages have different size

Fine tuning pagination

At 10:41 -0500 22/4/08, Peter Gold wrote: >I strongly suggest that you either engage a typesetting-savvy designer, and >dig into good typography and book design books, online forums, and similar >resources before committing to an overall solution. Good advice indeed. I had assumed that Linda

Fine tuning pagination

At 13:32 -0600 22/4/08, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: >Continuing with my ignorance showing, the book is the third edition, all >created with the same templates I designed a year or so ago. I just learned >about the 16-page signatures last week. Previous editions were printed with >a different

List of... or Index of... as a text inset?

At 09:57 -0700 23/4/08, Rene Stephenson wrote: >It seems that at some point in time someone had mentioned setting up a TOC at >the first of a chapter as a text inset so that it would auto-update when you >generate the FM book file. (Maybe I'm dreaming...) It might have been me. But it doesn't

Learning curve for FrameMaker

At 08:25 -0500 29/4/08, Deirdre Reagan wrote: >So, for me, the curve is fairly steep. For what it's worth, I'm now >(four months into it) considered the office expert, even though three >other people have been using it longer than I have. Sarah O'Keefe and Sheila Loring's book 'FrameMaker 7:

Deeply weird font kerning issue

FrameMaker 7 for Mac, Illustrator CS2, OS X 10.4.11. I appreciate that this is not specifically a FrameMaker issue, although FrameMaker is involved. It relates to a truly strange last-minute 'gotcha' on a production run for a book. The book contained diagrams that were created in Illustrator,

Learning curve for FrameMaker

At 11:00 -0400 29/4/08, Lester C. Smalley wrote: >If you can find a copy of FrameMaker 5 (e-bay, Craig's List, etc.) buy >it for the manual; I still have the book (approx 700 pages) and it >clearly explains a great deal of how Frame works: lots of info about >master pages; reference pages;

Default browser for 'message URL' hyperlinks: SOLVED

', it opens any version of Netscape that it can find. Huh? At 10:59 + 28/3/08, Steve Rickaby wrote: >This is a *Mac-specific* question which we've bandied about on the FmforOSX >group for a bit, with some interesting insights but as yet no solution. > >For some reason, my

Soliciting articles for the ISTC journal

import of material from Microsoft Word in FrameMaker 8 . Use of markers in association with Robohelp of Webworks I can provide example articles and supporting material to anyone who is interested. The next available slot is the spring issue, which has a closing date for copy of 31st January. --

future of FrameMaker

At 15:09 -0600 14/2/08, Peter Gold wrote: >Paul's raised an interesting issue here. With the release of the Technical >Communication Suite, which includes Captivate 3, RoboHelp, and Acrobat 8 3D, >the outlook for FM on Mac OS X looks bleaker because Captivate and RoboHelp >are Windows-only

Font and color in xrefs: strange problem

FrameMaker 7.0, structured, Mac OS X 10.4.11 I am seeing a strange problem that I cannot recall having encountered before. Xrefs are picking up font and/or color information from the xref target - or somewhere - rather than from the underlying text. If I manually zap them with 'default para

Default browser for 'message URL' hyperlinks

This is a *Mac-specific* question which we've bandied about on the FmforOSX group for a bit, with some interesting insights but as yet no solution. For some reason, my FrameMaker 7 installation has become obsessed with using Netscape when web hyperlinks are control-option-clicked in a

Deeply weird font kerning issue

At 12:07 +0930 1/5/08, Daniel Frankham wrote: >We've experienced something similar (using Structured FrameMaker 7.0p578 >for Windows, and Acrobat 6) -- but only in text, not diagrams. We use >FrameMaker 7.2 and Acrobat 7 now, and we haven't experienced the problem >with those -- but then we

Learning curve for FrameMaker

At 18:31 -0400 30/4/08, wrote: >One of the best books for FrameMaker that I have in my collection is: The >Masters Series: FrameMaker 6 by Thomas Neuburger. You can order this from >Amazon or http://www.twelfthnight.com/. Even though it does not cover 7 or 8 >you will get a LOT of use out of

FrameMaker 8.0.3 Update Now Available (POSSIBLE WORKAROUND)

At 09:16 -0600 15/5/08, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: >Thanks for this, but it still won't work for me. I did exactly what Hedley >outlined, but still no luck. I'm late on this thread but it seems to be mainly about Adobe Updater. Forgive me if I've misunderstood. I am sorry for Linda, but sort of

FrameMaker 8.0.3 Update Now Available (POSSIBLE WORKAROUND)

Further to my previous mail, I have just 'permitted' yet another installation of Adobe Bridge 1.0.3, then checked what version of Bridge actually is installed. It's 1.0.4.6. Automatic updaters are great when they work. Apple's is first-rate. -- Steve

Multiple RGB color definitions

I have these in a template I am trying to purify, due no doubt to PNG graphics 'pollution'. In the past the following solutions have been offered: . Shlomo Perets: save as .mif, re-open and re-save as .fm . Richard Combs: Find the PNG graphic lurking in your file and convert it to something

Of Templates and Legacy Docs

At 21:14 -0400 23/5/08, Rene S. wrote: >I do have SPS Paragraph Tools and Character Tools, and they're extremely >useful and easy to use. Echo this: these plug-ins will do tag name mapping for you and cost pocket-money. A huge vote of thanks to Steve Kubis for providing them at such reasonable

Basic question- Visio to Frame

At 05:07 -0700 30/5/08, Rene Stephenson wrote: >Of course, I solicit "best practice" information from all parties on this >list, so please don't hesitate to tell me where we're screwing up. ;-) I don't think you are, Rene, you've found what works for you and gone with it. Folks are correct in

Time accounting PDA application

At 10:07 am -0800 3/12/05, John Posada wrote: >Hi, guys...yesterday, I went searching for an application that would assist me >in keeping track of the hours that I'm working. Lately, I've been able to work >at home, on the bus, in the office, wherever I want to, thanks to the >aquisition of a

Keeping track of graphics

At 11:39 am -0600 8/12/05, Peter Gold wrote: >Has anyone successfully employed operating system links, aliases, or shortcuts >in project-specific graphics folders for this purpose? The idea is that you >can have project-specific directory structures that only contain links to the >source

Keeping track of graphics

At 11:49 am -0600 8/12/05, Peter Gold wrote: >Hi, Steve: > >Thanks for the feedback. Do you think there was a problem with Classic's >ability to handle the length of the filename or pathname? No, I don't think so, as the folder concerned was just called 'Graphics' ;-) I expected it to work, but

FrameMaker's irritating habit of jumping pages

Framers... FrameMaker 6 has recently developed an irritating habit. When a page that contains an imported graphic is displayed, FrameMaker jumps backwards for several pages immediately after the imported graphic is first displayed. Does anyone know why this should happen, and how I can prevent

IOR Buggy?

At 2:18 pm +0200 11/12/05, Sivia Atar wrote: >I have been getting complaints from our internationalization team that the IOR >feature is buggy. They are using the IOR to make a list of imported graphics. >They claim that sometimes the links to graphics are incorrect and sometime >graphics that

Framemaker to Apple's Pages

At 1:58 pm +0100 14/12/05, david wrote: >I guess this has been asked before but searching for Pages in the Frame >archive is, well, not a useful search term in this context... > >How can I migrate Framemaker documents to Apple's word processor Pages? Of >course I want to keep as much structure

Framemaker to Apple's Pages

>Thanks, Steve. By the way, the FrameMaker for Mac OS X petition is almost at >3,300 signatories. That's good to know - if I could sign again, I would. After fourteen years of FrameMaker, I'm currently going into new areas (complex designs, structure), and even now learning new stuff and new

Adobe Layoffs

At 3:57 pm + 15/12/05, Paul Findon wrote: >Adobe vice president for Europe, Pierre Van Beneden, has said: "Other workers >in Europe, for example, some in the UK, may be offered jobs in Nordic regions >or Eastern Europe..." Yeah, or Siberia... Heh. You're nice and settled in the UK with

Bleeds

Dear Experts Is there any way of controlling crop bleeds in FrameMaker other than deliberately oversizing graphics and overhanging them from page edges? And if the answer is 'no', how big should the bleeds be? Or should I be ignoring bleeds in FrameMaker altogether and setting them up using

Those old book numbering blues

I am using one autonumber thread to control stuff that needs to flow through a book. I just wanted to check that in this case, i.e. paragraph number threads not reset between chapters, there is no alternative to creating a separate

Those old book numbering blues

I said... >I am using one autonumber thread to control stuff that needs to flow through a >book. I just wanted to check that in this case, i.e. paragraph number threads >not reset between chapters, there is no alternative to creating a separate

Those old book numbering blues

At 8:57 am +1100 16/12/05, hedley.finger at myob.com wrote: >Then set your chapter title numbering as follows: > >Chapter\ <$chapnum>< >< =0>< =0>< =0>< =0>< =0> > >The < > placeholder after <$chapnum> is the one you want to continue >through the book. The < =0> resetters are for the

Migrating EDDs

Group: my apologies for hitting the list so hard just recently. I'm under pressure to complete some work before the holiday break and it's taking me into unknown territory. I know that FrameMaker supports conversion rules tables for converting unstructured documents into structured. But what

Migrating EDDs

At 8:32 am -0500 16/12/05, Rick Quatro wrote: >No apologies necessary: that is what the list is for. Well, it's actually for >complaints, gripes, etc., but FrameMaker questions are acceptable once in >awhile. Many thanks. And much appreciated it is too. >The best method depends on how

Numbering question on short books that are single files

At 12:55 pm -0500 16/12/05, Robert Kern wrote: >I have a very short book (about 180 pages) that is multiple chapters but is >currently a single Frame file. I'd like to keep it as a single file, but am >uncertain how to apply chapter-like chapter/figure/table numbering and page >numbering if

Bleeds

Thanks to Rick, Robert, Paul and Bodvar for advice on bleeds. I am now well-advised, with three different values ;-) However, as all are greater than I was currently using, I now know that the answer to my question is 'more'. -- Steve

Those old book numbering blues

At 9:17 am +1100 19/12/05, hedley.finger at myob.com wrote: >With this scheme, you don't need numbering flows, e.g. > Chaps Whatever Sects Figs Tables Eqns Steps >Substeps > Chapter\ <$chapnum>< > < =0> < =0> < =0> < =0> < =0> < >=0> > >See the section

Copying master page layouts and graphics

At 3:59 pm -0500 16/12/05, Lester C. Smalley wrote: >If I read your message correctly, you have copied the updated master >pages from one file to the rest by selecting the other chapters in the >book window and then using the File > Import > Formats dialog to copy >the "Page Layouts" to all the

Text with colored background

At 4:31 pm +0100 22/12/05, David ARNOULT - Marketing Operations wrote: >Is there a possibility in FM to define a character style with a background >color? Objective would be to define a character style with a grey background >to mean a button in a software to click, for instance... Like in Word

printing to Docutek issue ... rasters looking 300dpi (pixelly)

At 1:17 pm -0800 28/12/05, Sean wrote: > Printing to a Xerox Docutek from a PDF (version 1.4 compatibility created > created in Acrobat 7) from FrameMaker 7, the screen captures look low-res, > 300-dpi-ish (a bit pixelly). There are some good white papers around that deal with optimizing

Bleed tabs - automation?

Sarah O'Keefe and Sheila Loring's excellent FrameMaker 7 'complete reference' book gives a method for setting up bleed tabs (thumbtabs) that requires manual deletion of unnecessary tabs (i.e. all but the current chapter) in production edit. Within structured FrameMaker, is there a way of

Bleed tabs - automation?

>There is also a white paper called Atomatic Bleeding Thumb Tabs by >Bradley W. Anderson, Falcon Interactive. It comes with instructions on >how to make the template and it also has the FrameScript script for >automation. I have only used it to set up the template without the >automation (works

Synchronizing documents in a book

At 5:53 pm +0100 29/11/05, David ARNOULT - Marketing Operations wrote: >I have a book with several documents in it: how can I say to the different >documents that for instance one of my paragraph style has changed and make it >synchronized in all the documents at once? Is master pages

Can I use same files on both Mac and Windows platforms?

At 4:14 pm -0500 29/11/05, Beth Dickinson wrote: >If I have a client who has FrameMaker 7.0 files on the Mac, can I work on >those same files on the PC in a Windows version of FrameMaker 7.0? Will the >client be able to open them back up on the Mac? If not, what kind of >conversion process

Funny

At 10:27 -0500 31/3/06, Ridder, Fred wrote: >It's interesting to ponder how fast some of today's applications might run if >developers still had the skills, tools, and inclination to write efficient >code. Ever-increasing processor power and clock speeds have allowed many >programmers to write

FrameMaker on Mac

At 20:28 -0700 6/4/06, Pat Christenson wrote: >Very mixed feelings here. As I understand it, you have to boot into either OS >X or Windows which makes it more cumbersome than Classic. But Classic isn't an >option on the new computers so once again, it's like it or lump it for Mac >users. Yes,

Problem with the master pages

At 16:56 +0530 7/4/06, Sindhu tw wrote: >We are using Unstructured frame maker in our company. I want to display a >message at the center of the last page. I created a master page and >included a text frame with the message inside it along with the headers and >footers..and applied that master

Complex context rules

I am in the situation in which I want an element to be able to check whether its *parent* is the first element of *its* parent. Put another way, element A needs to be able to check whether A's parent is the first element of A's grandparent. The on-line struct dev guide (page 135 in FrameMaker

Complex context rules [Cancel]

At 16:54 +0100 7/4/06, Steve Rickaby wrote: >I am in the situation in which I want an element to be able to check whether >its *parent* is the first element of *its* parent. > >Put another way, element A needs to be able to check whether A's parent is the >first element of

(Newbie) Structured FM Question: Notes, Tips, etc.

At 17:00 -0700 19/4/06, Lin Surasky wrote: >Okay... So here's my structured question, in case anyone's still >reading. Lin - welcome to the wonderful world of structured authoring ;-) >What's the best way to implement this and still get the same end result? >Should I not be using tables? The

Alignment of list numbers

On seeing some FrameMaker output, an experienced proofreader has commented on the fact that for numbered lists that run into two digits, the numbers are left-aligned, rather than right-aligned - the implication is that, for example, '9' should be aligned above the '0' of '10'. I must admit

Alignment of list numbers

Wow list! Thanks to Zoe, Bill, Yves, Art and Robert for a plethora of lightning-fast answers, all more or less advocating the same thing. And thanks also for my first mental 'Duh!' moment of the week ;-) (My experiments with right-aligned run-in numbering paragraphs produced results that were,

Odd Page-down behavior

At 10:49 -0700 24/4/06, Jim Light wrote: >Sometimes when I open and start paging through a FrameMaker file, I'll >get several pages in, press Page Down and instead of getting the next >page, I'm taken back to the first page. > >This isn't a huge problem, and I have never noticed any serious

Alignment of list numbers

At 11:12 -0700 24/4/06, Joanne Curme wrote: >Is it better that the numbers are right-aligned? This seems more of an >accounting requirement than a design one. With left alignment, the numerals >for either the single-digit steps or the double-digit steps do not line up >with the left margin

Variable length rule below paragraph

At 09:17 +0200 27/4/06, Yves Barbion wrote: >I have done this by including the paragraph in a one-cell table. You can >make a dedicated table format (with bottom ruling only) and resize it to the >width of the cell's contents. I have faced the same problem, and can confirm that Yves' suggestion

Visio (2003) drawings into FrameMaker (7.2, unstructured)?

At 08:31 -0700 27/4/06, Guy K. Haas wrote: >But Visio 2003 does not offer .eps among its save-as options. The most >desirable of the offerings (for line drawings) seem to be .gif, .png, and >.svg[z]. My guess would be .svg because it's vector. > >Any guidance on >1. whether FrameMaker can

Need Help Automating FrameMaker Processes

At 11:20 -0600 28/4/06, Richard 'Curmudgeons 'r Us' Combs wrote: >Jeez. Apple has a _tiny_percentage_ of the personal computer market, Currently about 2.3 percent, but we're getting there ;-) >and only a _miniscule_sliver_ of that small number of Mac owners are also FM >users. Not sure 'bout

Unavailable font

At 13:57 -0400 28/4/06, Ridder, Fred wrote: >It occurs to me that if Christine is getting the unavailable fonts message >only when she's attempting to create a PDF, the font problem may not be in the >text of the document because if it were she'd be getting the unavailable >fonts message when

Unavailable font

At 19:18 +0100 28/4/06, Steve Rickaby wrote: >My eventual conclusion was that FrameMaker can quirrel... Dang: 'squirrel...'. Whatever. -- Steve

Indexing

At 12:18 +0200 30/4/06, Patricia Carmel wrote: >How do I add a See also to a generated index? I could add it >manually but I'd prefer to automate as much as possible. Is it possible? Perfectly possible, Patricia... <$nopage>Thing:See OtherThing[Thing:zzz] The [Thing:zzz], er..., thing

Wow, if this came to pass?!?!?!

At 20:12 -0700 29/4/06, Dov Isaacs wrote: >That piece is total and ridiculous speculation on his part. Of course it is - Cringley is paid to do just that. It's load of fun, too. >And it just won't happen! A very large number of Adobe employees would refuse >to work in tyrannical, cultish

Indexing Multiple Books?

At 10:52 -0700 1/8/06, Patrick Nolan wrote: >Has anyone ever done this? Would I make multiple books inside one big >book and generate an index? We're talking a few thousand pages here. I can second what Art's posted: I've done this too, and it works. Be careful not the change the pagination of

FM 7.2, Tables, and Find

At 10:31 +1200 4/8/06, rebecca officer wrote: >I recently upgraded to FM 7.2b144 (I'm running Windows XP). Yesterday I was >working in a document that is a single table. In using the Find feature to >locate various text strings, sometimes FM would highlight the exact text, >and sometimes it would

wmf files across platforms

method by which you transfer the files shouldn't make any difference, it's just an issue of different file systems. OS X now uses the file name extension as well, but of course FrameMaker knows nothing about OS X :-( -- Steve Rickaby WordMongers Ltd http://www.wordmongers.com

wmf files across platforms

At 12:39 -0400 7/8/06, elizfee at abacom.com wrote: >I have a problem transferring wmf files from a PC to a Mac. The files are >imported by reference into a book of several chapters plus front matter and >generated files. I am using a USB memory stick to transfer a folder containing >the book

how to change the papercolor in FM

At 08:27 -0700 8/8/06, Lynne A. Price wrote: > It's actually not necessary to create such a rectangle. You can set the fill > pattern and color for the text frame. Ah yes, but... the text frame doesn't cover the entire printed page. To emulate colored paper, which I think is what the original

Hide text in Framemaker?

At 10:42 +0200 10/8/06, JBlom at ricoh-europe.com wrote: >I'M wondering if there is a way to hide text inside a Framemaker file (I have >7.1). I want to put some notes (hidden) into a particular part of one chapter >for bug info. > >Does anyone know if FrameMaker supports this? Many thanks!

OT: Writing/editing style

At 11:31 -0600 10/8/06, Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com wrote: >My editor has removed the "if necessary" phrase saying that they are extra >words and that the user will eventually figure out that sometimes they >don't need to open the tab - that it is already open. This seems >counter-productive

Table heading rows

At 14:18 -0700 22/8/06, Gillian Flato wrote: >How do you convert a table row into a table heading row? In the top row >of my table, when I highlight the row, it says Body cells, instead of >Heading cells like the top rows in other tables. How do I convert the >row, or how do I add a heading row

Table heading rows

Steve Kubis' new Table Tools plug-in also has a command for table heading rows. Here's what the documentation says: 'Table Tools provides the Fix Table Headings routine that examines the tables in the document. If a table doesn't have any heading rows defined, it will ask the user whether

Table heading rows

At 08:50 -0400 23/8/06, Ridder, Fred wrote: >Oof, that really is the hard way to do this, particularly if you've >done any work tweaking the table format (e.g. adjusting column >widths) because all table formatting is lost. > >The conventional way to do this is to use the Add Row or Column

CMYK Images in Frame

At 16:35 -0400 23/8/06, eric.dunn at ca.transport.bombardier.com wrote: >Welcome to the (hellish) world of colourmatching. Fussing with the colour >on screen is virtually meaningless. If the two are supposed to be the >same, they SHOULD be the same. If they are displaying differently, they

Logitech NuLOOQ?

Has anyone tried to configure one of these things for use with FrameMaker? If so, was it useful? -- Steve

A Plugin for scrubbing files before localization

At 15:29 -0700 23/8/06, John Posada wrote: >My question has to do with seeming to remember a plugin that did >this. Does anything about this sound familiar? John: Steve Kubis' (SiliconPrairie) paragraph and character tools plug-ins both have a 'remove unused tags' command. His new table tools

CMYK Images in Frame

At 11:04 -0400 24/8/06, eric.dunn at ca.transport.bombardier.com wrote: >Another tangent: Were either the Illustrator or FrameMaker displayed colours >IDENTICAL to the printed output? No, but the Illustrator color was a lot more identical than the FrameMaker color, which was way, way off. >I

OT - Word Template for White Papers from a Frame team

essary expertise. Here are some good Word resources: <http://www.mvps.org/word> <http://www.shaunakelly.com> And if that fails, an MVP colleague of mine would be happy to quote you for production of Word templates: <http://www.syntagma.co.uk/WordClinic.htm> -- Steve

Plugin or Script for printing out paragraph format properties

At 13:54 -0500 30/8/06, Mike Wickham wrote: >Unlike the Silicone Prairie plugin... It's 'Silicon Prairie'. Steve's involved in software, not body part augmentation ;-) A quick plug from a happy user: Silicon Prairie's plug-ins are all *very* reasonably priced, come for FrameMaker 6 and 7, and

Plugin or Script for printing out paragraph format properties

At 07:15 -0400 31/8/06, Rick Quatro wrote: >When she said "deluxe" she was describing the quality, not the price. I guess some words don't cross the Atlantic that well ;-) At 13:42 +0200 31/8/06, Karen Mardahl wrote: >Ah, but it made me such a happy bunny that it was deluxe for me! :-) Me

Grayscale PDFs

At 06:18 -0800 28/11/06, Dov Isaacs wrote: >I think that you are confusing two separate facilities, the "Ink Manager" and >the "Convert Colors" facility. You're right, I was. I appreciate that this has become an Acrobat discussion, but the source came from FrameMaker. Here's an interesting

Spanned figures in multi-column layouts

I am struggling to find a way to make an anchored frame span more than one column of a multi-column layout. If I set the frame uncropped, it messes with the text flow (the text threads to adjacent columns above the figure, which is not what I want), and if I set it cropped, half of it

Spanned figures in multi-column layouts: SOLVED

At 18:01 + 7/12/06, Steve Rickaby wrote: >I am struggling to find a way to make an anchored frame span more than one >column of a multi-column layout. If I set the frame uncropped, it messes with >the text flow (the text threads to adjacent columns above the figure, which is &g

Copy into document graphics vs. Import by Reference

At 10:17 -0800 8/12/06, Gillian Flato wrote: >We're having a debate in my TW team about whether to use Import by Ref >for graphics or Copy into Document. I always Import by reference. The >hardware writers copy into document. Their books take much longer to >build than mine, and I am convinced

Copy into document graphics vs. Import by Reference

As a side-issue to this discussion, is it true that a graphic imported by copy retains no accessible path information to the original imported file? If this is the case, I'd see it as a major demerit of import by copy. In the work that I do, graphics change pretty much as often as text, and the

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