Printing Large-Scale Doc on Letter Paper

suggested by several people, this was the solution: > > > On 12/20/11, Writer wrote: > > Can you print it to a PDF and then print the PDF using the Print Scaling > option > "Tile Large Pages"? > > Nadine > ___

Where to find documentation

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/StructuredDev/Structure_Dev_Guide.pdf Nadine On 20/12/2011 1:29 PM, Pattie Alsop wrote: > > Developer > > Guide, Chapter 18, Read/Write Rules and Their Syntax > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Customer-friendly word for "landline"

5:13 PM > That was my reaction. > > Like it or not, landline is pretty much the standard term. > > Alison > > Alison Craig, Technical Writer > Ultrasonix Medical Corporation > Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 > E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com >

Customer-friendly word for "landline"

rsday, February 3, 2011, 6:42 PM > Now this is why we all belong to this > list. We all learned something new > today. > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Writer > wrote: > > > I looked up "landline" in Wikipedia (s...don't > nag). One alternative > &g

Customer-friendly word for "landline"

eld" , "Butler, Darren J CTR USAF > AFMC WR-ALC/ENGLTB" > Cc: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" > Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 5:06 PM > Hmm...we use POTS (plain old > telephone service) but that probably won't work for 6th > graders! :) > >

Hyperlinking Between Frame and MS Word Source

Angela already asked this question on the WebWorks forum, but I suggested that she ask the question here, too, since it's not strictly an ePublisher question. Forget the ePublisher side of things for now. I'd like to know if you can link/xref/whatever from a point INSIDE an FM file to a point

Hyperlinking Between Frame and MS Word Source

That's pretty cool. Does that work for Word to Frame, too? Xref to a marker in Frame? Nadine --- On Tue, 2/8/11, Ben Allums wrote: > From: Ben Allums > Subject: Re: Hyperlinking Between Frame and MS Word Source > To: dr_gonzo at pobox.com > Cc: "Steve Johnson" , "Angela Akridge" > , framers

OT: PDF Compare

Not completely OT. I'd like to see the responses, too. Nadine --- On Mon, 2/14/11, Pat Christenson wrote: > From: Pat Christenson > Subject: OT: PDF Compare > To: "Framers Users" > Date: Monday, February 14, 2011, 1:54 PM > I have a client who's not happy with > the reports they're getting

OT: Add PDF links in Word

Rick, I think you are asking how to create a link to a URL in Word that will still point to that URL when the Word file is made into a PDF? Type the URL into the Word file, and then press Enter. The link should become hypertext at that point. Alternatively... Enter the URL. Select the text,

Frame Light, what's the potential market?

On 22/02/2011 7:19 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: > >> I think it was a mistake for FrameMaker 10 not to include ePub output directly from FrameMaker. I can output an ePub straight from InDesign or straight from Apple Pages, but I need the full TCS3 to output ePub through RoboHelp. >> > When I

PDF incorporation into Documentation Set

You can import a PDF into a FrameMaker file in the same way that you import a graphic. Nadine --- On Thu, 1/6/11, kgrace4715 at aol.com wrote: > From: kgrace4715 at aol.com > Subject: PDF incorporation into Documentation Set > To: framers at lists.FrameUsers.com > Date: Thursday, January 6,

Ann: FrameMaker 10, TechSuite3, FMS10 + FINALYSER are available

In addition, I just noticed that info about FM 10 is now on the Adobe site. http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker.html Nadine --- On Tue, 1/11/11, Georg Eck wrote: > From: Georg Eck > Subject: Ann: FrameMaker 10, TechSuite3, FMS10 + FINALYSER are available > To: framers at

Flare vs Frame

> >I believe that I can go from Frame to .chm. > > No, you can't.? You could use Mif2Go (our product, > for $295), or ePublisher (for way more) WebWorks ePublisher can also process Word files, if you decide to stick with Word. It can also process a mix of Word, FM, and XML files. Nadine

Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

Some version of (Quadralay) WebWorks Publisher or ePublisher (www.webworks.com). Nadine --- On Wed, 1/12/11, Anton David wrote: > From: Anton David > Subject: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 12:41 PM > >

FM9 and Windows 7 64 bit - Help!

ram Files (x86)" and not "Program Files". > > Before we completed the specs for my new system I checked that you could run > FM9 on Windows 7 and the answer was yes - but of course those specs have now > disappeared as FM10 is now available. > > I really hate new

Structured FM and DITA

You'll probably get a tonne of advice, so I'll keep mine brief. I found this book really useful when I was getting started: Introduction to DITA: A User Guide to the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (http://www.comtech-serv.com/dita2.shtml#book). FrameMaker 9 handles DITA better than

Numbering question

We got around that by using Volume numbering instead. Nadine --- On Fri, 1/28/11, Spectrum Writing wrote: > From: Spectrum Writing > Subject: Numbering question > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 10:35 AM > All, > > > > I have an unstructured Frame

Keeping document window fit to page

Susan, are you working in structured or unstructured FM? According to Scott Prentice in this post, the magnification is saved in the file, but not in XML files: http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2010-April/020048.html Scott also mentions some plug-ins that might be of use to you.

PDFs having a mixture of A4 and A3 page sizes

Claire, there was another thread recently that had a similar theme. Maybe your answer is in there: http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2011-June/023385.html Nadine On 07/07/2011 10:32 AM, Wood, Claire (GE Oil & Gas) wrote: > > Dear all > > I was recently asked to test whether we

How to delete a blank page

Are you creating a double-sided document? Is it the back side of the title page? Nadine On 11/07/2011 4:42 PM, Brian Chan wrote: > I use Format > Page Layout > Pagination and set the Before Saving & > Printing drop-down to delete an empty page in the Title page of a > book. But when I

RoboHelp List?

and I am having some issues. > > *Thank you,* > > *Gillian Flato* > > Senior Technical Writer (Software) > > nanometrics > > *1550Buckeye Dr**.* > > *Milpitas,CA.95035* > > (408.545.6316 > > 7408.232.5911 > &g

PDF back into Frame?

Bob: Here are some links/threads that you might find useful: http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2010-June/020599.html http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/aboutgraphics/ss/extractword.htm http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2010-July/020616.html Nadine --- On Wed, 7/13/11,

PDF back into Frame?

Oh, so it does (go to Advanced > Document Processing > Export All Images). Neat, Stuart! Nadine --- On Wed, 7/13/11, Stuart Rogers wrote: From: Stuart Rogers Subject: Re: PDF back into Frame? To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011,

PDF back into Frame?

Amen to that, brothah. Nadine On 13/07/2011 6:32 PM, Gary Bankston wrote: > Why is it that Adobe supports more Microsoft products than their own > documentation tool Framemaker? For that matter Microsoft doesn't even > have a documentation program (Word isn't) for much more than writing >

No index in FM10 Help

> user's guide (essentially the same document) which is indexed. > > I'm boggled, and disappointed. > > Keith > -- > Keith Soltys > Senior Technical Writer > Architecture > TMX Group > (416) 947-4397 > http://www.tmx.com/ > > --

Automatically highlighting PDFs from DITA sources?

Facts: DITA source files authored in FM9 Draft PDFs are created using WebWorks ePublisher 2011.1 PDF XSL FO output (fast, but lacking a certain amount of control) Production PDFs are created by going DITA > FM > PDF (slow, but we have complete control over the output) Challenge: Currently, we

Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

RGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;} #yiv2045253778 TABLE.yiv20452537789822e27b-5d79-4dc8-8b04-76e9fc5fc6f3Table { MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;} #yiv2045253778 DIV.yiv2045253778Section1 { } This is a question for a fellow tech writer who can be reached at "karlmeinert at hotmail dot com" if you wa

Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

Meh. It's a good way to learn something new. I do it all the time. Having no pride helps. ;-) Nadine --- On Thu, 6/23/11, Tim Pann wrote: From: Tim Pann Subject: RE: Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book To: "David Spreadbury" , framers at lists.frameusers.com

So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

Maybe it's time for someone to build a whole new mousetrap. Nadine --- On Tue, 3/1/11, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > From: Jeremy H. Griffith > Subject: Re: So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2? > To: "'Framers'" > Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 5:24 PM > On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 14:23:06

Generating a single FM document with conditional text from several documents

Are you saying that you want to keep the FM files separate, but pull their content into one FM file? If so, you can try to use the text inset feature in FM. Nadine --- On Fri, 3/25/11, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: From: Jeff Coatsworth Subject: RE: Generating a

Adobe ExportPDF

I'm not familiar with Adobe ExportPDF, but we use Mif2Go to convert FM to Word, and it works wonderfully well. If you can't find the solution that you want with Adobe ExportPDF, check out Mif2Go. Nadine --- On Fri, 5/6/11, Susan Modlin wrote: From: Susan Modlin Subject:

FrameMaker 9

There was a discussion quite a while back about the Paragraph Designer freezing if you adjusted the tabs on the ruler, rather than within the Paragraph Designer. Could that be a part of your problem? Nadine --- On Fri, 5/20/11, Karen Mann wrote: From: Karen Mann Subject:

Structured FM, DITA, and DOCX

r >online (via RH) or printed materials (PDF preferred by their print company). >So, the marketing writer and I have been using Adobe TCS (RH, unstructured FM, >PDF review cycles) to meet the needs. However, the challenge that I now have >is finding a way to create system-level docume

Xref page numbering not correct

>No. The conversion from map to book should repoint the references to the new >generated FM files. You should be able to author in DITA XML files, then >create a book from that which can be made into a proper PDF. If that's not the >case, it's a bug. Not if Steve created a book with XML

Separating data in a Single FrameMaker File

Sounds like a job for Rick Quatro and FrameScript. *shines the Quatro signal into the sky* Nadine > >From: "George, Brenda (CAI)" >To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" >Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:02:17 AM >Subject: Separating data in a Single

Post Script error on conversion to pdf - related to table

Very nice catch, Dave. Nadine > >From: Timothy DeWees >To: 'David A Starr' >Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:40:16 AM >Subject: RE: Post Script error on conversion to pdf - related to table > > >David, >? >Thanks, that

Vertical line at right edge of graphics frame

Another user had a very similar problem (http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2010-April/019885.html), but she resolved it by applying the (then) latest patch. According to your post, you are all patched up. Maybe it's worth checking to see if all of your patches were properly

Master Pages in Multiple Sizes?

t;the larger pages. And some of the new files may start in the middle of a >chapter/section, so you'll have to remember to adjust numbering settings >appropriately. > > >Richard G. Combs >Senior Technical Writer >Polycom, Inc. >richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom >303-223-

Copying in table columns in 9

I can't test this idea completely at the moment, but... In Excel, save the file as HTM. Open the HTM file in Word, and then save as DOC. Copy or convert from DOC file. Just a thought. Nadine > > From: Sharon Burton >To: 'FrameMaker Users List' >Sent:

Template for four-page brochure?

I did something similar with a combination of FM and Adobe Acrobat 8. I don't have the current version of Acrobat, so I'm not sure if the settings are the same, but it will give you an idea. In FM, create your content on 8.5 x 11 pages. The pagination will look linear. Create a PDF of the FM

Big batch of old messages arrived this morning

ages arrived this morning > >T his morning, my FrameUsers folder contained 50 "new" messages, some > dating back to Aug. 1. I'm wondering if others have had the same experience, > or if it's something done to me by the mail system here. > > Richard G. Co

Spurious unresolved cross references

Keith, are you using conditional text? Way back, I used to get that message for xrefs that were "hidden" in conditional text. Nadine ? >I have a FrameMaker 10 book that is reporting several unresolved cross >references when I update the book. I?ve tried deleting them and replacing them

Big batch of old messages arrived this morning

Greg, I've told you a million times, don't exaggerate. ;-) N > Nothing like following the delivery of 50 old messages with 50 new messages > confirming that we received 50 old messages. >

FM10 paragraph / character tag display disappearing

> BTW, it looks like about 50 or 60 messages were > hung up from the list for the last three weeks, > including many of Robert's posts like this one; > anybody know why? Jeremy, see this thread: http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2012-August/026449.html Nadine

Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

I haven't watched them, but Tom Aldous has e-seminars about conversion here: http://tmaldous.com/2012/03/05/7-part-e-seminar-series-unstructured-to-xml-framemaker-10-instructional-series/ Nadine > I'm about to start a unstructured-to-structuredconversion project in either > Frame 9 or 10.

Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

If you can, consider Yves' suggestion about using Mif2Go. If I recall correctly, it's easier/faster than using conversion tables in FM. Nadine > Hi all - > > Thanks for the suggestions. Luckily, I don't have to build the template, EDD > and DTD. I just have to convert some unstructured files

Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

Mif2Go user documentation can be found in various formats here: http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm#Mif2Go_UG At a place where I used to work, I assigned a junior writer the task of using Mif2Go to convert some of our smaller documents to DITA. She figured it out fairly quickly. For some

greenfield and new structure

>But surely somehow the para tags get mapped to elements for PDF output?? Forget about formatting while you author. Learn to separate creating content from formatting. >When I publish a procedure to PDF, suppose I want the steps to have 0pt above, >6pt after, etc - the stuff I usually set up

greenfield and new structure

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TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

>Ready, shoot, aim! > >Scriptorium's updating their book for FM11 but they're not done yet. > >http://www.scriptorium.com/books/unstructured-framemaker-11/ The picture made me laugh. Nadine

Index not generating as expected

I have had a similar problem in the past where the first page of the index wouldn't format into columns, but anything past the first page would. In that case, this is what I did: On the body page of the first page of the index, hold the CTRL key down and select the frame. Right-click on the

Madcap Flare vs Framemaker

Bill said: >Well, you say you have FM experience already, and that you do only a little >bit of help authoring. But, you'd need the Adobe Technical Communication suite >to get an interconnected seat of both FM and RH for any single-sourced help >authoring.? Only if you want to stick with a

Is FrameMaker 11 going down or is it a keeper?

> Please let us not get sentimental about FrameMaker. I fervently hope a > better mousetrap will soon be here. I will be very glad to be rid of 2012, > ruined for me by TCS4 FrameMaker and its "scammy" advertorials. Agreed, Rob. At there very least, there needs to be a contender. Nadine

Madcap Flare vs Framemaker

>I'm a big advocate for WWeP but since they indicated they already use RH, the >TCS option was a best fit. It's A fit. Not sure I'd say "best". Nadine

PDF comparison tool?

Good question. I'd like to know, too. Nadine > > From: jburgdor >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 4:14:41 PM >Subject: PDF comparison tool? > > >PDF comparison tool? >Colleaguesare looking for a tool for comparing PDF

hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

>From my experiences, Meg, and from what other people have told me, FrameMaker >will create absolute paths when you work on a remote drive. Is using source control software an option for you for sharing files with other writers instead of posting files to your network? Nadine

Find/Change - Non-Breaking Space and Thin Space

the past. And yes, I know my LSP >should do this for me, but they only do what they get paid for, and my >employer prefers to save money. >? >As for the Thin Space, \u2009, is bigger than the Thin Space generated by >Frame?s ?esc space t? ? which is my preferred size. >? >

Restore a corrupt file?

>Sorry, but changing the extension does *not* convert the file format.?The .fm >file format is?binary, while the .mif format contains only ASCII text. Merely >changing the filename extension will not covert binary to?ASCII. >? >-Fred Ridder Apology accepted. Nadine

Framemaker table line issue

I asked a similar question on the Yahoo FrameMaker-Dita group a few years ago in this thread: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framemaker-dita/message/2849 Michael Muller-Hillebrand replied (and I include my original question): > I'm using FrameMaker 9. > > I want to remove inside and outside

Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to Robohelp?

n is very much appreciated. Thank you, and I am happy to be back to this forum! >? >Virginia Morgan | Technical Writer >TAKE Solutions, Inc. >O 512.735.4316 | M 512.426.8323 >virginia.morgan at takesolutions.com >? >___ > > >You a

Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to Robohelp?

Or don't put text in your images. ;-) We don't include text in our images for translation purposes. Further to Mike's comment: http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/internet/2002/jpg_gif_png.asp Nadine > > From: Mike Wickham >To: framers at

Straight Apostrophe in Framemaker 9

Prime: alt + 0162 Double prime: alt + 0178 Is that what you mean? Nadine > > From: Linda Rose >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 4:29:27 PM >Subject: Straight Apostrophe in Framemaker 9 > > >Hi, > > >I am using

Straight Apostrophe in Framemaker 9

prime) and inches (double prime). Perhaps you need a different character? Nadine > > From: Linda Rose >To: Writer >Cc: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" >Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:03:13 PM >Subject: Re: Straight Apostro

Fw: FM + CMS + SMEs w/o $$$?

I don't really know anything about this product, but Jeff's comment made me think of it: http://www.thirtysix.net/smartdocs/default.aspx >Nadine >> >> From: Jeff Coatsworth >>To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" >>Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:11:21

Lists of Effective Pages and Sections

Kristy, by structured, do you mean DITA? If so (and assuming your goal is to make a book PDF or something similar), save your ditamap as a FrameMaker book with FrameMaker components, and then add your front matter, TOC, formatting, etc. Don't try to do your formatting or fancy work in the DITA

Copying large data sets into tables

Something I've done if the tables are not too complex in structure is: In Word, convert the table to text. Copy the data, and then paste it into FrameMaker. In FrameMaker, select all of the data, and convert text to table. Nadine > > From: Andy Smith (WFL)

comparing variables in .fm files in FM10

Create a third, blank FM file with the correct variables set. Import the variables from that template into each of the two other FM files so that they are using the same variables. Nadine Robert Lauriston 7/07/12 09:06 >>> >I inherited this book so I don't know what kind of messes are

Hello (Frame 11 documentation)

> At http://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker.html, you can also get an ePub version > and > other documents. Cool! Nadine

Adobe Community Forums and Obtuse website

> Now was that so hard? ;-) Maybe not hard, but somewhat obscure. Personally, I think the link label should be Support, not Help. Especially since it links to the Support page. Scott, I get your frustration. Not necessarily with the Adobe site because I don't really use it, but certainly with

OT: Unexpected event

Oh, Rick! That must have come as a stunning revelation. I'm glad you didn't ignore it and that you're getting it sorted out. I have no doubt that you will be as right as rain in no time. I look forward to your return when you're ready. I'm sure we all do. Hugs to you. The very best thoughts

How to prepare Frame files for English to Korean translation

> Let me know if I can help answer any other questions. I'm happy to help. > > Bill Well, Bill, for starters you could write a Managing Translation for Dummies book... =D Nadine

How to prepare Frame files for English to Korean translation

n 21/06/2012 12:18 PM, Writer wrote: > >> Well, Bill, for starters you could write a Managing Translation for Dummies > book... >> >> =D >> >> Nadine >> > > Not as comprehensive as a Dummies book, but very helpful nonetheless: > http://www.ll

How to prepare Frame files for English to Korean translation

Awesome! You should have it done in no time, then. *grin* Nadine - Original Message - > From: Bill Swallow > To: Writer > Cc: Kelly Lawetz ; Yvonne Mills jdsu.com>; "framers at lists.frameusers.com" > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 1:02:31 PM > Subje

Single sourcing from Frame and a wiki ... or something ...

>You may want to look at the Confluence wiki. I know that there is a DITA > >Confluence tool (Dita2Wiki?) and WebWorks ePublisher will also convert FM to >Confluence. However, I don?t know if it?s possible to go the other way, or to >round-trip content between FM DITA and Confluence. ?According

Text reflows when converting to PDF

Does this help? http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2010-May/020148.html Nadine > > From: Karen Robbins >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 7:30:26 PM >Subject: Text reflows when converting to PDF > >Hi Framers, > >In

Follow up to "Adding File Name Variable to Template" question

able, >and have it appear in the footer of all of my body pages? >Thanks again. >Stephen Nelson >Technical Writer >Ambrell an Ameritherm Company >39 Main St. >Scottsville, NY 14546 >snelson at ambrell.com >585.889.0288 (office) > > >- >No virus found

FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat X ... Training Books

>Case in point: >I was extremely disappointed with Adobe FrameMaker 9 Classroom in a Book.? I >don't recommend >using this as a training resource as it just doesn't cut for both content >and/or process. Well, if it's just straight up FM unstructured, I always recommend, even though it was

OT: Documentation Lead position open in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Documentation Lead position open in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. See: http://www.workopolis.com/EN/job/13693448?=Y Nadine xposted FrameUsers Yahoo HATT group Yahoo FrameMaker-Dita Users group Yahoo wwp-users group -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

best use of graphics in FM

ustomers >view the company and its products, and likely reduces calls for support. >And... the quick and dirty method only works for the current writer. It'd be >really hard for any other writer to maintain or change. I agree with Art. I also add: Run, Ken, run! Before they completely su

Unstructured to structured FM?

On top of Art's comments, make sure that you understand what outputs you need to create and how to create them from structured sources. In terms of DITA, authoring is easy once you get the hang of it; however, you need to figure out which tools allow you to create PDFs, online help, mobile

Hypertext?

If you only need to output to PDF, I don't think you need to do anything. I ran a quick test with FM 9/Acrobat Pro 8, and Acrobat Pro automatically recognized the text in the FM file as an email address (although, I can't find how to prevent it from doing this). You might want to give the

Hypertext?

Thanks, Shlomo. I was actually concerned about how to turn it off. The help provided no help in the matter, and poking around Acrobat made me none the wiser. Cheers, Nadine > > From: Shlomo Perets >To: Writer >Cc: Theresa de Valen

Framemaker 10 and DITA

I have used FM 9 to author and create PDFs and WebWorks ePublisher to create Web Help, draft PDFs, and chm files. I'm pretty sure you can make context-sensitive JavaHelp with ePublisher, too. Nadine > > From: Katrina Owens >To: framers at

FM9: Cross refs lost when building a PDF

Try this: When you go to File > Print Book > PDF Setup > Links tab > Make sure Create Named Destinations for... is selected. Nadine > > From: Terri Schultz >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:16:21 AM >Subject: FM9: Cross

Help with conversion to webworks

Deidre: I can't answer fully right now, but you can check out the ePublisher help on the WebWorks Web site: www.webworks.com You might also want to post ePublisher questions here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users/ Nadine > > From: Deirdre Clancy

Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

>The problem is that "creating a DITA project" in FrameMaker is ??really no different than doing that in any other XML authoring ??tool. You do need to understand the structured FrameMaker UI, but ??DITA is DITA regardless of the tool. Agreed. What might be particular to FM is how

Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

://www.publishingsmarter.com/resources/books-and-articles/framemaker Bernard did a good job with the course; I'm sure the book would be very handy for someone learning DITA. Nadine - Original Message - > From: Writer > To: Scott Prentice ; "framers at > lists.frameusers.com" > Cc: &g

Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

e more knowledgeable than I am about FM 10 might have more to say about that. Nadine - Original Message - > From: "Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)" aeris.net> > To: Writer ; Scott Prentice ; > "framers at lists.frameusers.com" > Cc:

Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

eris.net)" aeris.net> > To: Writer ; Scott Prentice ; > "framers at lists.frameusers.com" > Cc: > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:48:35 PM > Subject: RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10 > > Hmmm ... I may have been quite uncl

Reinstalling FM9 (WAS: Problems with PDF creation since Windows update)

Maybe that function is controlled by your IT department. Nadine > > From: Alison Craig >To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" >Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 2:32:07 PM >Subject: Reinstalling FM9 (WAS: Problems with PDF creation since Windows >update) > >

Webworks ePublisher price

Carol, I'm not sure what the price is, but it's definitely worth checking into. WebWorks will release version 2012.3 on 27 November and it is the first version that supports FM 11, so your timing is very good. If you have any other questions about ePublisher and want to chat about it off

ANN: List of FrameMaker Utilities and Plugins, v4.0, now available

That's awesome, Lin. I don't see the link to the PDF on the mif2go site. Do you have to log in to see it? Thanks, Nadine - Original Message - > From: Lin Sims > To: Frame Users > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 8:23:07 PM > Subject: ANN: List of FrameMaker Utilities and

[Bulk] Re: ANN: List of FrameMaker Utilities and Plugins, v4.0, now available

ies and Plugins, v4.0, now > available > > On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:40:27 -0800 (PST), Writer >> wrote: > >> That's awesome, Lin. I don't see the link to the PDF >> on the mif2go site. Do you have to log in to see it? > > Soory about that!? I had set it to "

FM 9 Blinking linked images

?a va, Stephen: Even though you say you've worked for several years this way, I'm strongly inclined to agree with Jeremy. From what I've heard over the years, users who try to use FM over a network have run into trouble at some point. Nadine - Original Message - > From: Jeremy H.

Replaced images not saved to XML?

> 6. Select the image inside the anchored frame, and delete it. > 7. Select the anchored frame and do File > Import > File. Select > image2.png and shrinkwrap the frame. Roger, I can have a look at it later with FM10, but what happens if you delete the image element and reinsert and image

FrameMaker -> online help solution

I highly recommend getting the newest version of WebWorks ePublisher. You would have to rebuild your stationery. Are you not breaking pages at headings? Do you have some other approach to page breaks? Nadine >I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks 2003 to get

greenfield and new structure

Congrats on the new job, John. Being the master of your own documentation is pretty awesome, eh? >I would love to find some EDDs for basic DITA-compliant user manuals, and I'd >love some war stories about getting Structured, tales of heroism and tragedy, >etc. Please feel free to reply to me

greenfield and new structure

>T hanks Nadine! > Yes, the existing product documentation was authored in oxygen in India. I > don't have good access to those resources, but I have the DITA files. I have > to make them look presentable, and then improve the quality of the writing, > fill > in gaps, etc. > So I have no

What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

> [By way of some background: We're in an odd spot where we're between > budgets AND about to shift to 'native' DITA using oXygen; so they're > trying hard not to invest further in Frame-specific products. But this > requirement for Help (in am month!) is gonna mean one last tool goes in > that

What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

>> Can't you output to CHM using oXygen? > > Sure, in the same sense that you can create > a large Web site using only Notepad.? ;-) So...um...like...are you saying that I'm doin' it rong? > I'd say if someone has a looming deadline, > that is **not** the time to start learning > how to

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