Re: High quality images

[T.W. Smith]

Hi,

CAVEAT: Dov does not like this content, and I respect his judgement.
Nonetheless, I believe there's good information here on the whole. two
points:

1) Take a look at Screen Captures 102 here:
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/magazine/technical/screencapgraphicshomepage.html
.

2) Drawing software tells me you're using vectors and want to use EPS
instead of rasters like PNG, GIF, TIFF, etc.

Cheers,

Sean


On 1/29/07, Jon Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Dov,

I tried this. FrameMake imports the tif as an empty graphic frame with
the image file name in it. The image can be activated but only in a
graphics program. And, what you see in FM is the same as you get in the
PDF. Unless there is something I can't get FM 7.2 on Windows to display
the TIF with LZW compression.

BTW, high quality imaging is an important subject to me since my company
creates drawing software. Our images HAVE to look good. What am I
missing here?

Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation

CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:01 AM
To: Stuart Rogers; Clara Hall
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: High quality images



 -Original Message-
 From: Stuart Rogers
 Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:28 AM
 To: Clara Hall
 Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Subject: Re: High quality images

 Clara Hall wrote:
  Hello everyone,

  We have recently adopted a procedure to yield the highest quality
  images which includes the following steps:

  1.  Alt-PrintScrn the image into Photoshop
  2.  Save the image as a Photoshop EPS.  Make sure Image
  Interpolation is set.

  This sets a image dictionary key that Adobe PostScript Level 2,
Adobe
  PostScript 3, Acrobat, and Acrobat Reader use to do very high

  quality image interpolation and/or downsampling appropriate to the
  device's actual resolution and technology at the time the image is
  viewed or printed. (Distiller passes this key along from PostScript
or
  EPS in a PostScript stream into the equivalent PDF image key!)

  3.  Import the resultant EPS file into FM.



  This procedure is a bit time consuming and I was wondering if anyone

  has another way, or knows of a script which might be able to do a
  comparable task.

 The procedure you describe is advocated by Dov Isaacs of
 Adobe, and his instructions also include selecting Binary
 encoding and TIFF 8-bit preview. I don't know if the current
 version of Snag-It, suggested by Art, includes those options.
  In my somewhat geriatric version of Snag-It, the only
 setting for EPS is colour-depth.

 But I'm not sure there's a great deal of benefit if you're
 starting out with screenshots, which are low-res to begin
 with. Photos and other types of graphics may benefit more
 from the treatment you describe.

 (If you're 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,

 --
 Stuart Rogers


FWIW,

Yes, in the past I did recommend the EPS route with the image
interpolation flag from Photoshop.

In the meantime, Acrobat and Reader, beginning with versions 6
or 7, do a much better job of displaying and enhancing low
resolution images (such as those from screen shots) on screen,
making that interpolation flag (available in the workflow
available now only when saving EPS from Photoshop) somewhat
unnecessary. I do not use this anymore. For printing, virtually
every PostScript or PDF RIP / printer that I know of will
adequately handle the images without the interpolation bit on.

As such, my current recommendation for screen shots in FrameMaker
or for that matter, almost any other page layout program, is to
capture the image and save without any resampling as a TIFF file
using the LZW compression option.

- Dov
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Re: FM 7.1 Compatibility

[T.W. Smith]

No.

I wouldn't move a production machine to Vista for at least another 9 months.
I'd run SnagIt on the test box and document on XP.

However, FM has always had issues with OLE, I recommend avoiding it on any
and all OSes.


On 1/30/07, William Gaffga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi all.

Now that it is out, I am looking at moving (at least some of) our Doc
Group to Vista. I don't particularly want to but we always do the
screenshots on the latest OS. So, that will of course require some
software upgrades.

One person on the Adobe Forums has with mostly success ... he had
some OLE issues but that is not surprising. Has anyone here tried FM
7.1 running on Vista? I'd be interested in the results. If I can
avoid an upgrade to 7.2 to save a few bucks that'd be nice.

TIA.

Will.

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Re: FM 7.1 Compatibility

[T.W. Smith]

Agreed. I did not mean to blame FM. Rather, I meant to recommend against
OLE.

Import graphics by reference. From Visio, this means PDF or EPS created from
PDF. Works for me like a charm. (Actually, I usually go furhter and import
that into illustrator, edit from there, and use the AI--PDF as Dov
rightfully notes--in FM.)

On 1/30/07, Dov Isaacs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


PS: I would strongly concur about any migrations from
Windows 2000 or especially Windows XP to Vista. Unless
you have a brand new system with tons of memory, dual
cores, high speed graphics card, and plenty of extra
disk space, use of Vista to support typical FrameMaker
and associated support programs (including Photoshop,
Illustrator, and Acrobat) buys you precious little other
than a sluggish system. Best idea is to wait until you
need to replace your current computers.

- Dov


 -Original Message-
 From: T.W. Smith
 Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:37 PM
 To: William Gaffga
 Cc: Framers List
 Subject: Re: FM 7.1 Compatibility

 No.

 I wouldn't move a production machine to Vista for at least
 another 9 months.
 I'd run SnagIt on the test box and document on XP.

 However, FM has always had issues with OLE, I recommend
 avoiding it on any and all OSes.





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High quality images

[T.W. Smith]

Hi,

CAVEAT: Dov does not like this content, and I respect his judgement.
Nonetheless, I believe there's good information here on the whole. two
points:

1) Take a look at Screen Captures 102 here:
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/magazine/technical/screencapgraphicshomepage.html
. 

2) Drawing software tells me you're using vectors and want to use EPS
instead of rasters like PNG, GIF, TIFF, etc.

Cheers,

Sean


On 1/29/07, Jon Harvey  wrote:
>
> Dov,
>
> I tried this. FrameMake imports the tif as an empty graphic frame with
> the image file name in it. The image can be activated but only in a
> graphics program. And, what you see in FM is the same as you get in the
> PDF. Unless there is something I can't get FM 7.2 on Windows to display
> the TIF with LZW compression.
>
> BTW, high quality imaging is an important subject to me since my company
> creates drawing software. Our images HAVE to look good. What am I
> missing here?
>
> Jon Harvey
> Manager, Desktop Documentation
>
> CambridgeSoft Corporation
> 100 CambridgePark Drive
> Cambridge, MA 02140
>
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces+jharvey=cambridgesoft.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+jharvey=cambridgesoft.com at lists.frameusers.com]
> On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:01 AM
> To: Stuart Rogers; Clara Hall
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: High quality images
>
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Stuart Rogers
> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:28 AM
> > To: Clara Hall
> > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Subject: Re: High quality images
>
> > Clara Hall wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
>
> > > We have recently adopted a procedure to yield the highest quality
> > > images which includes the following steps:
>
> > > 1.  Alt-PrintScrn the image into Photoshop
> > > 2.  Save the image as a "Photoshop EPS".  Make sure "Image
> > > Interpolation" is set.
>
> > > This sets a image dictionary key that Adobe PostScript Level 2,
> Adobe
> > > PostScript 3, Acrobat, and Acrobat Reader use to do very high
>
> > > quality image interpolation and/or downsampling appropriate to the
> > > device's actual resolution and technology at the time the image is
> > > viewed or printed. (Distiller passes this key along from PostScript
> or
> > > EPS in a PostScript stream into the equivalent PDF image key!)
>
> > > 3.  Import the resultant EPS file into FM.
>
>
>
> > > This procedure is a bit time consuming and I was wondering if anyone
>
> > > has another way, or knows of a script which might be able to do a
> > > comparable task.
>
> > The procedure you describe is advocated by Dov Isaacs of
> > Adobe, and his instructions also include selecting Binary
> > encoding and TIFF 8-bit preview. I don't know if the current
> > version of Snag-It, suggested by Art, includes those options.
> >  In my somewhat geriatric version of Snag-It, the only
> > setting for EPS is colour-depth.
>
> > But I'm not sure there's a great deal of benefit if you're
> > starting out with screenshots, which are low-res to begin
> > with. Photos and other types of graphics may benefit more
> > from the treatment you describe.
>
> > (If you're 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,
>
> > --
> > Stuart Rogers
>
>
> FWIW,
>
> Yes, in the past I did recommend the EPS route with the image
> interpolation flag from Photoshop.
>
> In the meantime, Acrobat and Reader, beginning with versions 6
> or 7, do a much better job of displaying and enhancing low
> resolution images (such as those from screen shots) on screen,
> making that "interpolation flag" (available in the workflow
> available now only when saving EPS from Photoshop) somewhat
> unnecessary. I do not use this anymore. For printing, virtually
> every PostScript or PDF RIP / printer that I know of will
> adequately handle the images without the interpolation bit on.
>
> As such, my current recommendation for screen shots in FrameMaker
> or for that matter, almost any other page layout program, is to
> capture the image and save without any resampling as a TIFF file
> using the LZW compression option.
>
> - Dov
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FM 7.1 Compatibility

[T.W. Smith]

No.

I wouldn't move a production machine to Vista for at least another 9 months.
I'd run SnagIt on the test box and document on XP.

However, FM has always had issues with OLE, I recommend avoiding it on any
and all OSes.


On 1/30/07, William Gaffga  wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> Now that it is out, I am looking at moving (at least some of) our Doc
> Group to Vista. I don't particularly want to but we always do the
> screenshots on the latest OS. So, that will of course require some
> software upgrades.
>
> One person on the Adobe Forums has with mostly success ... he had
> some OLE issues but that is not surprising. Has anyone here tried FM
> 7.1 running on Vista? I'd be interested in the results. If I can
> avoid an upgrade to 7.2 to save a few bucks that'd be nice.
>
> TIA.
>
> Will.
>
> --
> Will Gaffga
> In Charge of All Things Documentation
> Gibbs and Associates
> Not Far Enough From L.A.
>
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FM 7.1 Compatibility

[T.W. Smith]

Agreed. I did not mean to blame FM. Rather, I meant to recommend against
OLE.

Import graphics by reference. From Visio, this means PDF or EPS created from
PDF. Works for me like a charm. (Actually, I usually go furhter and import
that into illustrator, edit from there, and use the AI--PDF as Dov
rightfully notes--in FM.)

On 1/30/07, Dov Isaacs  wrote:
>
> PS: I would strongly concur about any migrations from
> Windows 2000 or especially Windows XP to Vista. Unless
> you have a brand new system with tons of memory, dual
> cores, high speed graphics card, and plenty of extra
> disk space, use of Vista to support typical FrameMaker
> and associated support programs (including Photoshop,
> Illustrator, and Acrobat) buys you precious little other
> than a sluggish system. Best idea is to wait until you
> need to replace your current computers.
>
> - Dov
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: T.W. Smith
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:37 PM
> > To: William Gaffga
> > Cc: Framers List
> > Subject: Re: FM 7.1 Compatibility
> >
> > No.
> >
> > I wouldn't move a production machine to Vista for at least
> > another 9 months.
> > I'd run SnagIt on the test box and document on XP.
> >
> > However, FM has always had issues with OLE, I recommend
> > avoiding it on any and all OSes.
>



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Re: Upgrading to 7.2 will Webworks Standard still work?

[T.W. Smith]

I don't have FM 7.2, only 7.1. However, based on what I've heard, here's my
thoughts:

The good news is, 7.2 includes WWP 8 SE, not WWP 7 SE. That's also the bad
news. WWP 8 is better than 7 in a host of ways that you mostly cannot
realise with the standard edition, and to add insult to injury the WWP 8 SE
documentation is, I am told, not accurate. You'll have to migrate your WWP 7
SE projects to use them with WWP 8.

OR, you could forego the WWP 8 SE installation and just reinstall WWP 7 SE,
which I recommend.

Does that help?

On 1/17/07, Sheedy, Jane  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Looking into upgrading from FM 7, will the Webworks Publisher Std. that
was bundled with Frame continue to work to output from Frame?

Can anyone summerize a few other options?



T.
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[ANN] Adobe Announces RoboHelp 6

[T.W. Smith]

Does it run on the new version of Windows?


On 1/16/07, Scott Abel  wrote:
>
> Received this in my inbox. It certainly ends the "RoboHelp is dead"
> discussion and will cause competitors to find a new sales strategy as
> they can no longer rely on the "RoboHelp replacement" message.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Scott Abel
> TheContentWrangler.com
>
>
> Adobe Releases Major Upgrade to RoboHelp
>
> Adobe RoboHelp 6 Eases Creation, Management and Publishing of
> Intuitive Software Help Systems and Knowledge Bases




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Upgrading to 7.2 will Webworks Standard still work?

[T.W. Smith]

I don't have FM 7.2, only 7.1. However, based on what I've heard, here's my
thoughts:

The good news is, 7.2 includes WWP 8 SE, not WWP 7 SE. That's also the bad
news. WWP 8 is better than 7 in a host of ways that you mostly cannot
realise with the standard edition, and to add insult to injury the WWP 8 SE
documentation is, I am told, not accurate. You'll have to migrate your WWP 7
SE projects to use them with WWP 8.

OR, you could forego the WWP 8 SE installation and just reinstall WWP 7 SE,
which I recommend.

Does that help?

On 1/17/07, Sheedy, Jane < Jane.Sheedy at gmacrfc.com> wrote:
>
> Looking into upgrading from FM 7, will the Webworks Publisher Std. that
> was bundled with Frame continue to work to output from Frame?
>
> Can anyone summerize a few other options?


T.

Re: [ANN] Adobe Announces RoboHelp 6

[T.W. Smith]

Does it run on the new version of Windows?


On 1/16/07, Scott Abel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Received this in my inbox. It certainly ends the RoboHelp is dead
discussion and will cause competitors to find a new sales strategy as
they can no longer rely on the RoboHelp replacement message.

Cheers,

Scott Abel
TheContentWrangler.com


Adobe Releases Major Upgrade to RoboHelp

Adobe RoboHelp 6 Eases Creation, Management and Publishing of
Intuitive Software Help Systems and Knowledge Bases





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Re: TOC wrap

[T.W. Smith]

I know you answered this already, and others have offered advice on handling
this, but I think it reasonable to set a limit to the length of headings.
Long headings lose readability, anyway, so suggesting a rule that improves
readability and accommodates the TOC seems fair. After all, you don't want a
paragraph for a heading grin.

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snip

I have a TOC for a 6 x 9 book with some very long chapter titles. I'm not
the author, so I can't just shorten the titles. I've already made the font
a
little smaller, but the really long titles just won't fit on one line.

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TOC wrap

[T.W. Smith]

I know you answered this already, and others have offered advice on handling
this, but I think it reasonable to set a limit to the length of headings.
Long headings lose readability, anyway, so suggesting a rule that improves
readability and accommodates the TOC seems fair. After all, you don't want a
paragraph for a heading .

On 9/11/06, Linda G. Gallagher  wrote:
>
> 
>
> I have a TOC for a 6 x 9 book with some very long chapter titles. I'm not
> the author, so I can't just shorten the titles. I've already made the font
> a
> little smaller, but the really long titles just won't fit on one line.
>
> 



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Acrobat PDX question

[T.W. Smith]

Hi,

I thought one of us might know the answer to this Acrobat question. (I know
this is not an Acrobat forum, so please forgive me the off-topic post.)

I have Acrobat 7 Pro all patched up, Windows XP all patched up (and FM 7.1,
though it has nout to do with the question.)

I have a PDX catalog that works on 10 PDFs. The PDX and its dependent files
sit on a hard drive somewhere else.

If one PDF changes, I can overwrite one PDF with the new one. Then, I can
rebuild the catalog PDX. All of that I can do on my local HDD.

What do I need to distribute to the remote PDX and dependent files that
reside elsewhere? Do I send just the new PDX file and one new PDF file that
changed, or do I need to send everything, including the PDFs that did not
change?

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Acrobat PDX question

[T.W. Smith]

Hi,

I thought one of us might know the answer to this Acrobat question. (I know
this is not an Acrobat forum, so please forgive me the off-topic post.)

I have Acrobat 7 Pro all patched up, Windows XP all patched up (and FM 7.1,
though it has nout to do with the question.)

I have a PDX catalog that works on 10 PDFs. The PDX and its dependent files
sit on a hard drive somewhere else.

If one PDF changes, I can overwrite one PDF with the new one. Then, I can
rebuild the catalog PDX. All of that I can do on my local HDD.

What do I need to distribute to the remote PDX and dependent files that
reside elsewhere? Do I send just the new PDX file and one new PDF file that
changed, or do I need to send everything, including the PDFs that did not
change?

Thanks!

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Re: Eps problem

[T.W. Smith]

Rebecca,

I'm not sure what you are trying to say.

The quality with which the image displays in FrameMaker only matters if
FrameMaker is the deliverable.

FrameMaker does not display the EPS vector but displays a low-res preview
image, a TIFF. The person who creates the EPS decides what the preview image
is (8-bit TIFF, for example).

EPS vectors cannot be printed from a non-PostScript printer. If you try to
do so, only the preview image prints.

A PDF is created using a bonafide PostScript printer (if you use Adobe
software and unless you use some cheap PDF creation utility). So, any EPS
printed to PDF will print fine from anywhere, including a print vendor,
non-PostScript printer, etc. Such a PDF also displays well, even in
FrameMaker.

On 8/10/06, Downey@matrox.com Rebecca wrote:


Martin Aronsson suggested the following:
 ..(to) distill the EPS-graphics to PDFs before you use them in
Framemaker
(to improve the display within FrameMaker).
 Then you get a much better quality on screen in Frame. The
 output PDF should be the same.

Has anyone tried this and then had their manuals professionally printed?

We've had the same problem as Mark for quite some time. Our current setup
(FrameMaker 6.0p405 with Adobe Acrobat 7.0.0) displays EPS quite poorly.
Admittedly we're using CorelDraw 10.427 to generate the EPS from a native
CorelDraw vector image; and we've always blamed CorelDraw's rendering for
the poor display.

With more manuals going out as PDF-only, the display quality has become
more
of a concern than ever before. But if the print quality suffers because of
improvements to the display quality - we gain nothing by changing the way
we
do things.





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Matrox Imaging  -- Technical Writer

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Eps problem

[T.W. Smith]

Rebecca,

I'm not sure what you are trying to say.

The quality with which the image displays in FrameMaker only matters if
FrameMaker is the deliverable.

FrameMaker does not display the EPS vector but displays a low-res preview
image, a TIFF. The person who creates the EPS decides what the preview image
is (8-bit TIFF, for example).

EPS vectors cannot be printed from a non-PostScript printer. If you try to
do so, only the preview image prints.

A PDF is created using a bonafide PostScript printer (if you use Adobe
software and unless you use some cheap PDF creation utility). So, any EPS
printed to PDF will print fine from anywhere, including a print vendor,
non-PostScript printer, etc. Such a PDF also displays well, even in
FrameMaker.

On 8/10/06, Downey"@matrox.com <"Rebecca> wrote:
>
> Martin Aronsson suggested the following:
> > ..(to) distill the EPS-graphics to PDFs before you use them in
> Framemaker
> (to improve the display within FrameMaker).
> > Then you get a much better quality on screen in Frame. The
> > output PDF should be the same.
>
> Has anyone tried this and then had their manuals professionally printed?
>
> We've had the same problem as Mark for quite some time. Our current setup
> (FrameMaker 6.0p405 with Adobe Acrobat 7.0.0) displays EPS quite poorly.
> Admittedly we're using CorelDraw 10.427 to generate the EPS from a native
> CorelDraw vector image; and we've always blamed CorelDraw's rendering for
> the poor display.
>
> With more manuals going out as PDF-only, the display quality has become
> more
> of a concern than ever before. But if the print quality suffers because of
> improvements to the display quality - we gain nothing by changing the way
> we
> do things.




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Re: wmf files across platforms

[T.W. Smith]

Hi,

Agreed: use EPS as it is cross platform. WMF and EMF are really for Windows.


On 8/7/06, Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have a problem transferring wmf files from a PC to a Mac.

WMF stands for Windows Metafile Format. I'm not a Mac user, but I
believe WMF files are about as Mac-compatible as PIC files are
Windows-compatible -- which is to say, not. :-)

On the Windows machine, save them in a format that's not
Windows-specific. I'd try AI, EPS, and PDF.




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wmf files across platforms

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Hi,

Agreed: use EPS as it is cross platform. WMF and EMF are really for Windows.


On 8/7/06, Combs, Richard  wrote:
>
> elizfee at abacom.com wrote:
>
> > I have a problem transferring wmf files from a PC to a Mac.
>
> WMF stands for Windows Metafile Format. I'm not a Mac user, but I
> believe WMF files are about as Mac-compatible as PIC files are
> Windows-compatible -- which is to say, not. :-)
>
> On the Windows machine, save them in a format that's not
> Windows-specific. I'd try AI, EPS, and PDF.



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Re: Upgrading to Frame 7.2

[T.W. Smith]

Hi,

If you had WWP, you would have to install it *after* FrameMaker.

I believe Acrobat can be installed before FM 7.x, just make sure to skip
FrameMaker's installation of the PDF printer and Adobe Distiller.

You'll have to install FrameMaker before FrameScript and IXGen, for they
need to know where your FrameMaker installation is.

HTH.

On 7/12/06, Gerry Letteney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Our department is upgrading from Frame 6.0 to Frame 7.2.  Everyone already
has Acrobat Distiller 7.0 and the latest Acrobat Reader.  We are also
installing the newest versions of FrameScript and IXGen.
In previous versions of Frame, there were sometimes issues related to
installation that were prevented if the software was installed in a
particular order. Do you know if there any similar issues with Frame 7.2?  Or
any other
installation issues to be aware of?





Thanks in advance!




Gerry



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Upgrading to Frame 7.2

[T.W. Smith]

Hi,

If you had WWP, you would have to install it *after* FrameMaker.

I believe Acrobat can be installed before FM 7.x, just make sure to skip
FrameMaker's installation of the PDF printer and Adobe Distiller.

You'll have to install FrameMaker before FrameScript and IXGen, for they
need to know where your FrameMaker installation is.

HTH.

On 7/12/06, Gerry Letteney  wrote:
>
> Our department is upgrading from Frame 6.0 to Frame 7.2.  Everyone already
> has Acrobat Distiller 7.0 and the latest Acrobat Reader.  We are also
> installing the newest versions of FrameScript and IXGen.
> In previous versions of Frame, there were sometimes issues related to
> installation that were prevented if the software was installed in a
> particular order. Do you know if there any similar issues with Frame 7.2?  Or
> any other
> installation issues to be aware of?




Thanks in advance!
>
>
>
> Gerry
>
>
>
> Gerry Letteney
>
> Technical Writer, IC Doc Group
>
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>
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Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF

[T.W. Smith]

I thought having Adobe Acrobat was pretty much a necessity for technical
writers?

Still, Visio 2003 does, I think, save as SVG. Perhaps FrameMaker 7.1+ can
use that?

As for PDF or EPS, I think PDF is more processing and overhead for
FrameMaker; you might care if you use a ton of PDFs.

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OT: Syntax for if/then statement

[T.W. Smith]

I think there's two things going on here. But, the editor should be open to
discussion because she's a member of the team.

Anyway:

1) If X then Y is fine. The conditional clause can be introduced that way.

However, where I think the editor is going is the need for coordinating
conjunctions to avoid comma splices.

2) Click File, click New. That comma splice becomes, "Click File, then click
New." which is technically incorrect and ought be "Click File, and then
click New."

However, "Click File, then click New." works for me (though I use Click File
> New." or a semi-colon, depending on context.)

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Custom PDF page sizes in XP

[T.W. Smith]

This is OT because am asking about creating PDFs using Acrobat 7 Pro from MS
Word 2002 in Windows XP, but this is the best place I can think to ask after
getting no response from the U2U forums.

I ahve an 8x6 page size in Word and it's a pain to create an 8x6 PDF from
that. Does anyone have the definitive steps needed?

I got it done, but I changed all of the following. What a pain. Am looking
to see if anyone knows the true path.

1) Create a joboption for the 8x6 size. By itself, this step doesn't work.
2) Edit Adobe PDF printer properties General  Printing Prefs  Layout 
Advanced AND Advanced  Printing Defaults  Layout  Advanced  to use the
8x6 size. This requires the step 4.
3) Set the Device settings to use the 8x6 size. This requires step 4.
4) In select Adobe PDF printer, then File  Server Properties to add an 8x6
form, but this is hit or miss and usually doesn't take. So I go round with
2-4.

Eventually, it worked. Not sure how.

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Custom PDF page sizes in XP

[T.W. Smith]

This is OT because am asking about creating PDFs using Acrobat 7 Pro from MS
Word 2002 in Windows XP, but this is the best place I can think to ask after
getting no response from the U2U forums.

I ahve an 8x6 page size in Word and it's a pain to create an 8x6 PDF from
that. Does anyone have the definitive steps needed?

I got it done, but I changed all of the following. What a pain. Am looking
to see if anyone knows the true path.

1) Create a joboption for the 8x6 size. By itself, this step doesn't work.
2) Edit Adobe PDF printer properties General > Printing Prefs > Layout >
Advanced AND Advanced > Printing Defaults > Layout > Advanced  to use the
8x6 size. This requires the step 4.
3) Set the Device settings to use the 8x6 size. This requires step 4.
4) In select Adobe PDF printer, then File > Server Properties to add an 8x6
form, but this is hit or miss and usually doesn't take. So I go round with
2-4.

Eventually, it worked. Not sure how.

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My Graphics are Resizing Themselves

[T.W. Smith]

Nope. Never happened to me.

You running some FrameScript or other, maybe pulling graphics from a
different directory than you think you are, etc?

On 3/25/06, Bill Swallow  wrote:
>
> I'm not sure why this is happening but I've been using PNGs for years
> and have never come across this problem before.
>
> On 3/24/06, Nancy Kaminski  wrote:
> > I am using PNG format screen captures in my FM 7.2 books, inserted by
> > reference. These graphics are resized to 150 dpi when inserted. I've
> > found that when I reopen the book, a number of the graphics (but not
> > all) have resized themselves to 96 dpi. Also, when I look at the object
> > properties dialog  box, the dpi setting control is disabled---the only
> > way I can resize the graphic is by changing the percent size.
> >
> > What's going on? How can I make my graphics behave? I've never had this
> > trouble before. I suspect one reason for the behavior is the use of PNG
> > instead of TIF---I changed over a couple of months ago and this started
> > happening.

Re: Paragraph tag with Frame below

[T.W. Smith]

A better trick that was told to me on the Adobe U2U forums, by I believe
Sheila Carlisle or maybe Peter Gold, several years ago was this:

Use master page mappings.

Create a new left master page. Call it LeftAllTheTime or something. Set it
up so that it is always used by pages that contain text, such as map it to
headings, body text, graphics anchors, etc.

Redefine the Left master page to contain only the Page Left Blank text.

Thus, when you update your document master page mappings, any page with real
text or graphics (etc.) uses the LeftAllTheTime master page. If there is
no such text, and the page count is made even, the Left master page will be
used by FrameMaker by default and will contain the correct text. If you
later add text, and the make-even page goes away, so too your Page Left
Blank text goes away.

This process is pretty automatic and error free.

On 3/22/06, Stuart Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Anne Robotti wrote:
  Why not put your Blank Page text in its own frame on a special master
  page and then use Apply Master Pages to apply it whenever a Blank Page
  tag is used?


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Paragraph tag with Frame below

[T.W. Smith]

A better trick that was told to me on the Adobe U2U forums, by I believe
Sheila Carlisle or maybe Peter Gold, several years ago was this:

Use master page mappings.

Create a new left master page. Call it "LeftAllTheTime" or something. Set it
up so that it is always used by pages that contain text, such as map it to
headings, body text, graphics anchors, etc.

Redefine the Left master page to contain only the "Page Left Blank" text.

Thus, when you update your document master page mappings, any page with real
text or graphics (etc.) uses the "LeftAllTheTime" master page. If there is
no such text, and the page count is made even, the Left master page will be
used by FrameMaker by default and will contain the correct text. If you
later add text, and the make-even page goes away, so too your "Page Left
Blank" text goes away.

This process is pretty automatic and error free.

On 3/22/06, Stuart Rogers  wrote:
>
> Anne Robotti wrote:
> >> Why not put your Blank Page text in its own frame on a special master
> >> page and then use Apply Master Pages to apply it whenever a Blank Page
> >> tag is used?


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