Re: Format A Auto-numbering

2006-08-14 Thread Stuart Rogers
the answers are 'yes', then Frame is doing what you've told it to. Change the Book Numbering for paragraphs to Restart, and you should be ok. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysic

Re: Sorting Indexes

2006-08-16 Thread Stuart Rogers
online help. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." --Popular Mechanics, 1949 Get Firefox! http://tinyurl

Re: Changing FM7.2 default parameters

2006-08-17 Thread Stuart Rogers
ils in the PDF referenced above. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." --Popular Mechanics, 1949 Get Firefox! http

Re: Deleting color definitions

2006-08-24 Thread Stuart Rogers
open in FM. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." --Popular Mechanics, 1949 Get Firefox! http

Re: Plugin or Script for printing out paragraph format properties

2006-08-30 Thread Stuart Rogers
Rick Quatro wrote: Hello All, Does anyone know of a plugin or script that will print out paragraph format properties from a FrameMaker document? Thanks. Rick Quatro MIF Muncher: http://www.stc-carolina.org/oldSite/sigs/frame/tools/mifmunch.html -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator

Re: WWP support group

2006-09-12 Thread Stuart Rogers
Gillian Flato wrote: Do you guys know of any support groups like this one for WWP besides the [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's devoted to help authoring tools, not wwp, but might be useful: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hatt -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited To

Re: Ipsum Lorem?

2006-09-28 Thread Stuart Rogers
ot; (pardon spelling). Spelling is fine. Word order is sub-optimal ;-) I don't know if it does in fact come with Frame, but you can get all you want from http://www.lipsum.com/ HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-73

Re: Ipsum Lorem? & MS Word

2006-09-28 Thread Stuart Rogers
cting as lorem ipsum, but possibly useful too. In a new Word doc, type =rand(p,s) where p is the number of paragraphs and s is the number of sentences per paragraph. Press Enter to see the result. sr -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (41

Re: Creating a Folded Booklet

2006-10-04 Thread Stuart Rogers
, and stapling automatically.) If you're printing to a physical printer in-house that does not impose, buy some imposition software such as Quite Imposing ($$$, professional-level tool) or Clickbook ($, some caveats such as no EPS support, but it works fine for me). HTH, -- Stuart Rogers T

Re: Internal FM error 7104, 7256027,4752735-Any fixes?

2006-10-06 Thread Stuart Rogers
t the software). Sometimes just saving everything to MIF and reopening in FM does the trick, and Mif2Go automates that. Good luck. (And Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians on the list! See you Tuesday...) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON,

Re: Capturing Paragraph Tag change with a Variables

2006-10-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
for is File > Utilities > Compare Documents. Have a look at the user guide or Help files on that topic. (I'm thinking that if your document updates from a database, you might have to turn off automatic updates and save a stable "previous" version to compare with the update

Re: Corrupted PDFs

2006-10-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
o users from changing the same document simultaneously, but if they don't get erased properly when you close the file, you won't be able to delete or move it. (And you *are* closing the file before attempting to move or delete, right? You can't delete an open file...) HTH, --

Re: Fw: RE: paste special ...text option

2006-10-11 Thread Stuart Rogers
er, and your copied material is pasted as text in less time than it would take just to open the Edit menu by mousing. The sequence is easy to remember, too -- (e)dit, (s)pecial, (t)ext. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x

Re: Master Pages - landscape and portrait pages

2006-10-11 Thread Stuart Rogers
ht master page. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product." Get Fi

Re: Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

2006-10-13 Thread Stuart Rogers
;text" is callouts in text lines or frames within the graphics frame, but that the viewing of the graphics themselves has been turned off. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com &quo

Re: Word to FrameMaker

2006-10-14 Thread Stuart Rogers
the Files section of http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/ HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Wor

Re: Muliple Volume Documentation Set for Multiple Site Locations

2006-10-16 Thread Stuart Rogers
ontent, or many instances where info is common to several but not all sites, then using insets might be the better strategy. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers exp

Re: Continuous Numbering in framemaker

2006-10-17 Thread Stuart Rogers
, by typing backslash-s-t. When you create the x-ref, you can then see and select "\st" in the pgf list. This avoids the risk of having your TotalPageCount autotext show up inadvertently, either in print or when selected or in search results. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Comm

Re: general publication quiestion

2006-10-18 Thread Stuart Rogers
Then it's obvious that the content has ended, whether there's an extra blank page following or not, and there's no maintenance issue during future revisions. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 sroge

Re: Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-19 Thread Stuart Rogers
N_DE.PDF Lastly, if you're an STC member, you might consider joining the Lone Writer SIG, http://www.stcsig.org/lw/ Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers

Re: Generierte Verzeichnisse bei Suche ignorieren

2006-10-20 Thread Stuart Rogers
. back to your book. (Translated by Babelfish.) Perhaps someone else has better ideas for Wolfgang? Möglicherweise hat jemand anderes bessere Ideen für Wolfgang? http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x

Re: Link from HTML to PDF

2006-10-21 Thread Stuart Rogers
destinations. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product." Get Firefox! h

Re: Disabling ad hoc formatting controls in FM

2006-11-01 Thread Stuart Rogers
Combs, Richard wrote: ;12=SEPERATOR, 5 ...because he was cutting and pasting. Yep, that's how Adobe spelled it. Sheesh. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers expla

Re: FONT CONUNDRUM

2006-11-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
sensible. Help me out of this misery please You may find a solution with WGL Assistant: http://wgl.typ.pl/ HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Pr

Re: bookmarks

2006-11-28 Thread Stuart Rogers
with a left tab set just inside the right margin and an indent for all but the first line. Type a tab character instead of a soft returen after each code mnemonic. Format the corresponding TOC pgf tag with a left tab a few spaces in from the left margin. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Comm

Re: MIf2Go problem

2006-12-19 Thread Stuart Rogers
llent technical support by e-mail. You'll probably get the best answer fastest by contacting Jeremy directly. See your Mif2Go documentation for support instructions. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-

Re: Why I need to import WordPerfect and not RTF or Word

2007-01-12 Thread Stuart Rogers
ld allow you to eliminate the whole WordPerfect end of your workflow. (I have no commercial interest in the product, but am just a very satisfied user.) HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com

Re: Keyboard shortcut to select an anchored frame

2007-01-12 Thread Stuart Rogers
, alas. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product." Get Firefox! http://tinyurl

Re: techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame

2007-01-15 Thread Stuart Rogers
/getready/editions/home_basic.mspx). If you use Firefox as your browser, add the TinyURL Creator extension, and you can right-click on a Web page to have a TinyURL created and copied to your clipboard. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada

Re: Expanding fonts...

2007-01-16 Thread Stuart Rogers
r the response. Frank Yes, don't forget that in later versions of FM, there are two locations for maker.ini files. (Can't remember the pathnames, but it's documented in the Online Manual on customizing frame; it's probably in Docs & Settings\USER\Application Data.)

Re: Font Issues on Windows XP in FrameMaker 7.2

2007-01-18 Thread Stuart Rogers
ndows applications. That guarantees true Postscript and correct font sources when you create your PDF files. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Produc

Re: Place graphics frame in anchored frame?

2007-01-24 Thread Stuart Rogers
the selection. 6. Resize as above. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product." Get

OT: For the Mac Users

2007-01-25 Thread Stuart Rogers
Couldn't resist posting this for the orphaned FM/Mac users... http://tinyurl.com/crxp4 -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technic

Re: High quality images

2007-01-26 Thread Stuart Rogers
monitoring this thread, Dov, can you comment?) As far as scripting your current process goes, you can automate at least part of it by using the built-in macro-recording feature in Photoshop (Window > Actions) to open a new RGB window, paste, flatten, save as in folder... etc. HTH, -- St

Re: Reply vs. Reply All (Was TOUGH ONE)

2007-01-29 Thread Stuart Rogers
ou. I have developed the habit of ALWAYS checking who is going to get a message before I even start composing it. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Prod

Re: Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumbered paragraph format

2007-01-31 Thread Stuart Rogers
(cfCaptionFlush, ci1, ci2, etc.). I always put my graphics in a pgf of their own At Insertion Point, with the correct tag applied. The graphic pgf tags specify the corresponding caption tag as the Next Pgf. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Cana

Re: Replacing Framemaker

2007-02-01 Thread Stuart Rogers
wouldn't use it for anything more than memos and very short reports (which is what I use Word for). regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product

Re: Replacing Framemaker

2007-02-01 Thread Stuart Rogers
the progress of each individual), see http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/demo.html cheers, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writer

Re: Tip for loading remote imported graphics quicker

2007-02-02 Thread Stuart Rogers
You'll see the anchored frames' borders (if view borders is enabled), but there's no loading of remote files at all. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers expl

Re: Asking a favor

2007-02-02 Thread Stuart Rogers
Grant Hogarth wrote: CMS = "Content Management System" (Not always equal to "Contentment management system" ) Unless the topic is style guides, in which case it's the Chicago Manual of Style... -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited To

Re: Jump back shortcut?

2007-02-02 Thread Stuart Rogers
o map it to , add the following to the end of wincmds.cfg: > However, in my quick testing, the jumps back only seem to work when the destination is in the same file. If you want to return to a location in a different file use to cycle through the open files. Ian -- Stuart Rogers Technica

Re: urgent help needed!

2007-02-08 Thread Stuart Rogers
files open fine. I know i'm doing something stupid, but just don't have the time to figure it out on my own. So, tossing ego aside, I'm begging for your speedy assistance! anyone seen this or know how to "unlock" the doc? Try Esc F l k (l = lower case L

Re: Doc Switching?

2007-02-12 Thread Stuart Rogers
that use tabbed browsing; and in the general Windows OS interface: Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab cycle forwards/backwards among the tabs of a multi-tab dialog box--although not in FM :-( Keyboard shortcuts rule!! -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON

Long URLs

2007-02-14 Thread Stuart Rogers
, "Please choose from one of the options below." Blech. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the

Re: Query on Tables Numbering and List of Tables

2007-02-15 Thread Stuart Rogers
shouldn't be all that difficult to determine if there are autonumbered pgfs that need to restart with each chapter. An easy way to learn which of your tags has autonumbering is to use MifMuncher: http://www.stc-carolina.org/MIF+Muncher HTH -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Ph

Re: Figure Numbering Problem

2007-02-15 Thread Stuart Rogers
flow tag. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product." Get Firefox! http://ti

Re: Installing Frame5.5 - virtual memory issue

2007-02-27 Thread Stuart Rogers
after rebooting, before running any other apps? HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product."

Re: Pesky annotation problem

2007-02-28 Thread Stuart Rogers
new content. This method avoids the how-many-columns irritation and saves the step of applying the pgf tag and other attributes like border or fill. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics c

Re: Arrow navigation in FM tables

2007-03-08 Thread Stuart Rogers
, > > > > HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product." Get Firefox! ht

Re: Eliminate blank line?

2007-03-09 Thread Stuart Rogers
the Table Cell tab of the pgf designer until you get the result you want. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain

Re: Eliminate blank line?

2007-03-09 Thread Stuart Rogers
Table Cell tab of the pgf designer, set the Bottom margin to From Table Format plus 0.0. For your other cell pgfs, on the Table Cell tab of the pgf designer, set the Bottom margin to From Table Format plus 2pt. That should even everything out. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Ph

Re: Strange PDF Problem

2007-03-20 Thread Stuart Rogers
eate Named Destinations for All Paragraphs on the Links tab of the PDF setup dialog box? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com Cat's haiku: My brain: walnut-sized. Yours: largest amon

Re: Table anchors and extra spaces in sideheads ...

2007-03-30 Thread Stuart Rogers
Space Below -12pt Table tag: Space Above -12pt You may also find it useful to set a unique colour for the TableAnchor pgf tag, so that the pilcrow is easy to identify when text symbols are visible. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada

Re: hyperlink text in online help

2007-04-03 Thread Stuart Rogers
text. I would like to solve the problem in FM rather than Flare so that I don't have to fix the problem in Flare each time I import the document. I don't know Flare, but you could try some of these: openlink openlink firstpage openlinkfitwin opennew openpage HTH, -- Stuart R

Re: Page break paragraph style

2007-04-03 Thread Stuart Rogers
ide of its tag. Override = Bad. Hard to maintain. Having a dedicated page break tag for empty pgfs means you have no overrides; you can also colour the empty tag differently so it's easier to recognize. You can search for the tags without needing a plug-in to find overrides. HTH, -- S

Re: Page break paragraph style

2007-04-04 Thread Stuart Rogers
ee them all the time, as that makes them easier to learn. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Othe

Re: Page break paragraph style

2007-04-04 Thread Stuart Rogers
;t think that would work in a multi-column layout, when you want to bump a heading over to the next column on the same page? Or do you have a method that works for that situation, too? thx, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 3

Re: FW: Graphics and Reference Pages

2007-04-16 Thread Stuart Rogers
ramers.org/freeware/cud/ HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Others must fail." -- Oscar Wilde ___ Yo

Re: Generating a list of paragraph tags with properties?

2007-04-17 Thread Stuart Rogers
tags used in the file - I want the name of the tag, and all the properties of the tag (Basic, Pagination, Advanced, etc.). Is this possible? MifMuncher. Free. http://tinyurl.com/2vh5un -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340

Re: Table title alignment oddity

2007-04-18 Thread Stuart Rogers
nd with the .25 indent? (I don't know why your problem is occurring, but one of these might at least work around it. If you use the negative space above/below trick, you don't end up with any unwanted white space.) best, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limit

Re: Resize anchored frame to fit graphic

2007-04-18 Thread Stuart Rogers
issing from the Quick Reference Card. I'll send you a treasure trove off-list. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Others mu

Re: Adjusting dialog box sizes in Framemaker?

2007-04-18 Thread Stuart Rogers
e my indentation levels set up correctly before generating the .pdf. You can use ResHacker (cautiously! backup your files before messing with 'em) http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ Use it on the fmdlg.dll file in your fminit folder. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysi

Re: Two problems

2007-04-25 Thread Stuart Rogers
...may provide some help. Also try planetpdf.com for tips. Good luck, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Others mu

Re: Deleted empty pages still reappear after updating the book

2007-05-07 Thread Stuart Rogers
Is there a problem with the template, or is FrameMaker notorious for generating blank pages after updating? FrameMaker is famous for doing exactly what it's told ;-) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers

Re: Entry Level Technical Writer - Contract - Moorpark, CA

2007-05-15 Thread Stuart Rogers
dicine." The doctor fell silent for a time until the red in his face diminished somewhat... sr -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Others must

surreptitious mountains

2007-05-17 Thread Stuart Rogers
OK, this is really getting to be fingernails on a chalkboard -- at least 5 occurrences from at least 3 contributors, of "sneak peaks". Unless we're talking stealthy hilltops here, it's peeks, not peaks, please!! -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics

Re: Aligning Imported Graphics and Callouts Against the Grid

2007-05-18 Thread Stuart Rogers
uts will snap-align to the grid even though you can't see the grid lines behind the white background. (In fact, you can just use the snap feature and turn off the visible grid lines, for a much less cluttered view.) HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited

Re: OT: Adobe Designer

2007-05-22 Thread Stuart Rogers
m, separate the items with commas. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com I'll stop saying Microsoft is arrogant when Windows stops saying "Welcome

Re: Creating a Checkbox (Forms) in Frame 7.2

2007-05-23 Thread Stuart Rogers
You could set up a run-in pgf tag for each situation with an autonumber for the symbol. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com I'll stop saying Microsoft is arrogant when Windo

Re: Getting something ignored during spell checking

2007-05-31 Thread Stuart Rogers
activates the menu commands as if you were clicking them, so you can verify your choice in the variables dialog box before hitting Enter, if need be. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics

Re: Skewed graphic boxes

2007-06-01 Thread Stuart Rogers
the text frame and set its fill to the background colour. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com I'll stop saying Microsoft is arrogant when Windows stops saying "Welcome

Re: Delta symbol

2007-06-14 Thread Stuart Rogers
he shortcut you are using only works inside an equation frame, not in body text frames. You need to create a char tag for the symbol font (all else As Is), then apply it to a typed capital D. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416

Re: Graphics that are too large

2007-06-19 Thread Stuart Rogers
graphics and sidebar texts to be flush with the bottom of the page, an anchored frame can be set to Bottom of Column and will stay there even if your 2-column text is shortened. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

Re: Need some FM tips

2007-06-19 Thread Stuart Rogers
t-formats throughout a documentation set. However, I must be careful not to inadvertently change the page and chapter numbering or corrupt any XRefs while doing this. Others have answered this one for you. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON,

Re: BookName Variable Doesn't Appear in Xrefs

2007-06-19 Thread Stuart Rogers
les of cross-reference formats -- the last row in the table and the explanations below should help. Frame is looking for [pgftag], not [variable]. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com

Re: I need a Frame crash course!

2007-06-20 Thread Stuart Rogers
download some of the template samples): http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/ Dan Emory's tome on templates is good, too: http://www.microtype.com/resources/articles/TMPDESIN_DE.PDF best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toront

Re: FM v. RoboHelp

2007-06-20 Thread Stuart Rogers
still they want everyone to follow the same process...) Ideas? Feedback? I promised I would get opinions from the experts over here, as I apparently don't qualify as one myself... So what would you do, wise ones? Lin ___ -- Stuart Rogers Techn

Re: Does anyones have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Stuart Rogers
ormat) has been abandoned, as it turned out to be surprisingly fragile -- the first deliverables were damaged by the carrier and had to be replaced. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com &quo

Re: Mac Keyboard Commands

2007-06-26 Thread Stuart Rogers
ck Reference (Mac OS), Working with Tables." regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers e

Re: Slightly OT: Quick way to import files?

2007-06-28 Thread Stuart Rogers
on/off. Rebooting should fix that, too. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product." _

Re: Under-documented features... What fun!

2007-06-28 Thread Stuart Rogers
se if the definitions change, you only need to change your Title file; however, it will become a hypertext link if you make a PDF with Generate Acrobat Data enabled. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON

Re: Under-documented features... [-STOP THE DISCUSSION-]

2007-06-29 Thread Stuart Rogers
think it's fabulous (and it's not limited to just index markers). There are others that a little googling will turn up for you. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysi

Table won't roll to next page

2009-01-12 Thread Stuart Rogers
al position, then the one you moved was likely created accidentally at some point and is not part of your flow. Cut your table out of it and paste into the "real" text frame, then delete the errant frame. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toront

Table won't roll to next page

2009-01-13 Thread Stuart Rogers
g) directly on top of the original. If content happens to end on that page, you will see the end-of-flow marker on the connected frame, while also seeing such a marker on the disconnected (disconcerting!) frame on top of it. But if your content doesn't end on the connected page, it can be

[Fwd: RE: PDF import issue]

2009-01-16 Thread Stuart Rogers
On Adrianne's behalf -- if this makes it to the list! (Glad to have helped, Adrianne.) sr Original Message Subject: RE: PDF import issue Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:19:51 -0500 From: Adrianne Mora To: Stuart Rogers References: Hi Stuart, You are absolutely right abou

TOOL: Very inexpensive alternative to Illustrator etc.

2009-01-20 Thread Stuart Rogers
ffer above is for the previous version, for only $19, available till the end of the month. You won't believe what this product can do. (No commercial interest in the company, just a very satisfied user.) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Cana

TOOL: Very inexpensive alternative to Illustrator etc.

2009-01-22 Thread Stuart Rogers
is apparently almost finished. I'll copy the list on this message, since there may be others interested in those versions. best, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com Suggested headl

There's still time to sign up for the free webinar next week

2009-01-22 Thread Stuart Rogers
ained in a Reply message can still cause the message to be sorted into its original thread topic in e-mail clients or archives. Starting a fresh topic with a New message command guarantees a new thread. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON

Vaguely OT: Graphics Editor Recommendations?

2009-01-22 Thread Stuart Rogers
a fantastic value (even having paid full price). The offer above is for the previous version, for only $19, available till the end of the month. You won't believe what this product can do. (No commercial interest in the company, just a very satisfied user.) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Commu

Vaguely OT: Graphics Editor Recommendations?

2009-01-22 Thread Stuart Rogers
agIt lets you point to a window and it can capture only the window. ... or a region of the window, or a menu and submenus, or a scrolling window, etc. (As you said, very powerful.) It also comes with the Studio program that let's you edit, crop, add shadows, callouts, torn-edge effect

Why does Frame cycle 2x ?

2009-01-23 Thread Stuart Rogers
ves as described in the Help. The way to get it to stop is to buy IXGen and edit your index markers with that fabulous tool. ;-) (No commercial interest, just a satisfied customer.) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com

Vaguely OT: Graphics Editor Recommendations?

2009-01-23 Thread Stuart Rogers
identical to what's pictured in a 5.5.6 For Dummies book I inherited, so there has been no change. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com Suggested headline for theonio

Extra space after text insets

2009-01-26 Thread Stuart Rogers
, put a space (or better, a ctrl-space, so you'll see the text symbol) in the container pgf. Then move your cursor in front of the ctrl-space and import the inset. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoe

Numbering

2009-07-03 Thread Stuart Rogers
1. In the book window, select the first chapter and set Format > Document > Numbering to start at 1. 2. Select all the following chapters and set them to Continue Numbering from Previous Page in Book. 3. Save the book file and then update the book, generating your TOC. HTH, -- S

Save As not working with Acrobat Pro 9.0- issue still not resolved

2009-07-06 Thread Stuart Rogers
27;t know of a program called "Acrobat Editor") and do NOT install Reader. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Others must fail." -- Oscar Wilde

Save As not working with Acrobat Pro 9.0- issue still not resolved

2009-07-07 Thread Stuart Rogers
re incompatible, Garnier. Look for other solutions, not a fix for the unfixable. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Others must fail." -- Oscar Wilde

Default Anchored frame positioning

2009-06-03 Thread Stuart Rogers
vokes File > Import > File) [ choose and insert graphic file ] Esc m p (invokes shrinkwrap command) HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Ah, but a man's screech should

How to create a custom alert

2009-06-08 Thread Stuart Rogers
; kind of alert messages? I'm using Frame 7 on Win2K. > I'll bet you could fudge it with a 1-cell table with side-ruling only, and frames above/below the cell pgf containing graphics of the rounded rectangle top/bottom. (I haven't tried it, but that's how I'd go about it.

Text insets and TOCs

2009-06-11 Thread Stuart Rogers
ly in the inset flow will not appear in the list of tags available for inclusion in the TOC. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Others must fail." -- Oscar Wilde

[f2a] A Frame Problem for the Record Books

2009-06-16 Thread Stuart Rogers
ng the page 80 frame and use Alt+Arrow to move it some distance. Is another frame still visible at the original location? One of them is FM's frame, the other is the accidental frame. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Others must fail." -- Oscar Wilde

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