R: FrameScript/ script to convert miffm - Solved

2010-03-17 Thread Anton David
Dear Framers, Many thanks for all people who kindly asnwered to my query. I followed the advise of David Spreadbury : just renamed the file from .mif to .fm and opened them in FrameMaker, then used the command Save all open files and saved them as .fm. The rest is just clicking OK and Overwrite

Re: Semi-OT: Tool for modular doc, multiple import/export

2010-03-19 Thread David Farbey
, however. The most difficult decision you and your colleagues need to make is defining what you consider a component or module to be. regards, David Farbey On 18 March 2010 14:47, Oppenheimer, Dale L dale.oppenhei...@ingenix.comwrote: Hi readers, I'm posting on behalf of my documentation

RE: Landscape Tables in a Portrait Style Book

2010-03-22 Thread David Spreadbury
Alison, I ran into this very problem back a while ago. Put your tables in a separate chapter/appendix file and rotate the table. You can find the instructions if you search the help for Rotating cells and tables. HTH David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From

RE: Odd Numbering Scenario

2010-03-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Joseph, And you only have two chapters in this book, correct? At the book level, set the first appendix to start at 1, alphabetically A, and then regen. HTH, David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun

Re: Changing font when translating to Japanese

2010-03-26 Thread David Farbey
particualr situation. Hope this helps, David Regards, David On 25 March 2010 07:24, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA verner.ander...@radiometer.dk wrote: Hi I am going to send an English manual to translation in Japanese. The translators use Trados tageditor. My manual uses the Verdana font. I

RE: Mif2Go exclude page numbers from x-refs?

2010-04-01 Thread David Spreadbury
John, You are looking for what is covered in para 4.6.1 Specifying conversion-template settings in the Mif2Go User's Guide. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John

RE: Special character as bullet

2010-04-02 Thread David Spreadbury
. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nina Rogers Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:11 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Special character as bullet I want

Re: variable date incorrect -- how to fix

2010-04-02 Thread David A Starr
Quoting from the Frame 5.5 manual (seems I heard those same words recently) page 12-12 - Default values for System Variables Most of the system variables can be inserted in any text frame on a body, reference or master page. The Current Page # and Running H/F 1, Running H/F 2, Running H/F 3,

RE: Adobe information on conditional text enhancements in 8.x / 9.x, feedback, compatibility issues

2010-04-09 Thread David Spreadbury
version, a 9 document back to 8, back to 7.2. The big issue there is that any 9=specific features will be dropped when going to 8, and 8=specific features are dropped when going to 7.2, which should be expected. HTH, David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun

RE: Strategy for Handling Conditional Text

2010-04-12 Thread David Spreadbury
advantage of doing it this way is production of one document instead of two, which made follow-on maintenance was much easier; only one book to muck with. Just a second opinion. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

RE: Best online source for Adobe Technical Communication Suite Training

2010-04-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Jan, Have you tried Adobe's online test drive site (http://www.runaware.com/clients/adobe/techsuite/)? David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jan Whitacre Sent: Monday

Request for DTP services

2010-04-20 Thread Anton David
, so this might become an interesting opportunity for an ongoing collaboration. If interested, please send a brief description of previous experience, tools used, references and your best rates in USD per page/hour considering also high volume discounts to i...@xlated.com. Thank you Anton David

Re: Best online source for Adobe Technical Communication Suite Training

2010-04-21 Thread David Creamer
, but the basic concepts are there. I cannot vouch for the quality. David Creamer IDEAS Training Consultation http://www.IDEAStraining.com Adobe Certified Trainer for Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, InCopy, FrameMaker, Dreamweaver, Premiere, GoLive, and PageMaker Authorized Quark Training Provider

Re: TCS install; missing fonts

2010-04-22 Thread David Spreadbury
Stuart, I would wager that your maker.ini, of your previous install, was modified to recognize these missing fonts. If you still have the old installation on your system check the [WindowsToFrameFontAliases] section of the maker.ini file. Copy the section and paste it into your current version.

RE: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread David Spreadbury
Nithin, Probably the most popular tools being used with FrameMaker are: Flare RoboHelp Mif2Go Webworks David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stalwarts Sent

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread David Spreadbury
It can be, depending on Complexity of your structure EDD Complexity of your unstructured documents Cleanliness of your unstructured documents Your ability in creating a conversion table Your patience This list is not all inclusive. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message

Re: folder structure

2010-05-18 Thread David Spreadbury
Tim, I would expect that the concensus will be to create the folder structure that fits your way of thinking and what will work for your documents.   Initially I would gather all of the relevant pieces into a clean structure and Bruce Foster's Archive is the tool to collect and assemble all of

Re: Page Numbering Problems

2010-05-31 Thread David Spreadbury
Allison, Did you make the pagination change in the Appendix itself, or at the Book level? --- On Mon, 5/31/10, Alison Craig alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com wrote: From: Alison Craig alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com Subject: Page Numbering Problems To: framers@lists.frameusers.com

RE: Page Numbering Problems

2010-05-31 Thread David Spreadbury
: Alison Craig alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com Subject: RE: Page Numbering Problems To: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 4:18 PM I tried both (using Format Document Numbering Page).   First I changed

Re: Active Areas from Frame-Generated Index(es)

2010-06-01 Thread David Spreadbury
Eduardo, Are you trying to create an Index or an Index (IX) of Markers (IOM)?   With your book open, select Add Standard Index. This will create an Index (.ix) file of the Index entries you have embedded in your doc.   From what you are saying you appear to be attempting to create an Index of

Re: Change Tracking in FM 7.1 for doc review?

2010-06-05 Thread David Spreadbury
If you are delivering documents as PDF, using Adobe Acrobat, then you have a tool.   Just enable commenting in your review PDFs. Your reviewers, using Acrobat Reader, can insert comments, redline, mar out, etc. You can then combine all of the comments received into one file, with the comments

Re: Change Tracking in FM 7.1 for doc review?

2010-06-05 Thread David Creamer
know if they still sell it, but you could ask. If I recall, it cost about two hundred dollars--about the same as the upgrade to Frame 8 at the time, which had track changes as one of the new features. David Creamer IDEAS Training Consultation http://www.IDEAStraining.com Adobe Certified Trainer

RE: Change Tracking in FM 7.1 for doc review?

2010-06-07 Thread David Spreadbury
Then, if you aren't using Frame 8, or greater, about the only way you can get what you want is by using conditional text, which is what Frame 8 really uses.   Just set up a condition code for new/replaced and old/changed, or whatever names you want to call them. Then distribute with the

RE: ARE: Framemaker 9 vs Microsoft Word

2010-06-08 Thread David Creamer
-and-paste. Unfortunately, Word does not make it as easy to link/reference the graphic as other programs do. David Creamer IDEAS Training Consultation http://www.IDEAStraining.com Adobe Certified Trainer for Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, InCopy, FrameMaker, Dreamweaver, Premiere, GoLive

Re: Page Numbering Format (# of ##) in an FM Book

2010-06-08 Thread David Spreadbury
Jazz, If memory serves me, Rick Quartro has a script that will do this.   If he doesn't, and you are delivering PDFs, you can do this in Acrobat. I just tested it and it works with Acrobat 8.   In Acrobat, open you PDF and select Document Add Header and Footer. Then select Setup Page Number and

FM8 8 error message when importing *.png file

2010-06-16 Thread David Farbey
.” I can import files in other formats such as *.jpg. I had a quick look on the Adobe support forum, but the only references to this error message appear to be related to importing PDF documents into FrameMaker 7. Any ideas for resolving this issue would be gratefully received. Thanks David

Re: FM8 8 error message when importing *.png file

2010-06-17 Thread David Farbey
Thanks to everyone for these suggestions, I'll check it out tomorrow and report back. David (PS I'm in the UK, so I'm home now) On 16 June 2010 20:31, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote: I think Art is on the right track for a solution. I seem to recall some previous discussions of some

Re: Client Needs FrameMaker -- Eclipse Help provider

2010-06-17 Thread David Spreadbury
Tori, HAT (Help Authoring Tool). --- On Thu, 6/17/10, Tori Muir tm...@spot-on-creative.com wrote: From: Tori Muir tm...@spot-on-creative.com Subject: Re: Client Needs FrameMaker -- Eclipse Help provider To: Bill Swallow techcommd...@gmail.com Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Thursday,

Re: FrameMaker PDF Bookmarks

2010-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
I think you out of luck doing this in FrameMaker. It has to do with bookmark placement, which normally is at the destination of the bookmark.   In Acrobat it is a different story, and I verified this on a PDF.   On the Properties page (File Properties), under the Initial View tab: set Page

Re: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread David Creamer
folder. (This works for PowerPoint 2007 too.) I have not tried taking a Word 2003 file and saving it as 2007 to process this way, so I don't know if it will work or not. David Creamer IDEAS Training Consultation http://www.IDEAStraining.com Adobe Certified Trainer for Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat

Re: type vs enter

2010-07-20 Thread David Spreadbury
Clara, The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, Version 3.0 states:   type vs. enter Use type, not type in or enter, if information the user types appears on the screen. An exception to this rule is that you can tell users to enter a file name, for example, in a combo box when

Re: Frame X-REFs in Text Inset not Active in Book PDF

2010-07-21 Thread David Spreadbury
Jasmine, Probably not the desired option, but you could try importing the text insets into the document instead of by reference.   There has been other activity here on this subject. You might want to search the archives and see what developed from those earlier queries. --- On Wed, 7/21/10,

Changing templates - converting paragraph tags

2010-08-31 Thread David Millis
for the help in advance. David ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http

Re: Changing templates - converting paragraph tags

2010-08-31 Thread David Spreadbury
David, Paragraph Tools from Silicon Prairie (http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html) should do the trick. HTH Dave --- On Tue, 8/31/10, David Millis david.mil...@drakesoftware.com wrote: From: David Millis david.mil...@drakesoftware.com Subject: Changing templates - converting

Re: Frame 7 documentation

2010-09-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Cynthia, Scriptorium has a downloadable PDF of the FrameMaker 7 User's Manual. I don't know how complete, but it is worth a shot (http://store.scriptorium.com/items/books/publishing-fundamentals-framemaker-7-formerly-framemaker-7-the-complete-reference-bkfm7_pdf-detail.htm). HTH --- On Mon,

Re: Patches for Frame 7.2 on XP?

2010-09-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Caroline, The latest, probably the last, patch for FrameMaker 7.2 is p158. It can be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3332. HTH --- On Mon, 9/13/10, Caroline Tabach carol...@radcom.com wrote: From: Caroline Tabach carol...@radcom.com Subject: Patches for

Re: Will FM 7.2 and Office 2010 Play Nicely?

2010-09-15 Thread David A Starr
I installed both on a Win7 system. They run concurrently without a problem. Dave S. Bill Swallow techcommd...@gmail.com Sent by: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 09/15/2010 07:24 AM To Jennifer Randel jennifer_ran...@khsd.k12.ca.us cc Framers List \(fram...@lists.frameusers.com\)

Re: Linking to folder on network

2010-09-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Jessica, If your paths have spaces, try enclosing the path in double-quotes (c:\program{space}files\adobe). --- On Wed, 9/22/10, Davis, Jessica D. jdda...@federalapd.com wrote: From: Davis, Jessica D. jdda...@federalapd.com Subject: Linking to folder on network To: framers@lists.frameusers.com

Re: To remove local formatting from a paragraph

2010-09-26 Thread David Spreadbury
Avraham, In Framemaker this is done by importing the paragraph and Character formats of the document(s) into the document(s). With the mis-tagged document open, select File Import Formats. Click Select All, to uncheck all options (default) Check the Paragraph and Character Format options.

Re: To remove local formatting from a paragraph

2010-09-26 Thread David Spreadbury
the modified option(s) to match the unmodified paragraph. --- On Sun, 9/26/10, Avraham Makeler amake...@gmail.com wrote: From: Avraham Makeler amake...@gmail.com Subject: Re: To remove local formatting from a paragraph To: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Sunday

Re: Pgf numbering strangeness

2010-09-30 Thread David Spreadbury
Cynthia, Is the book numbering set the same for all chapters, except chapter 1? Chapter 1 should have the chapter numbering set to start at 1. All other it should be Continue Numbering from Previous File in Book. --- On Thu, 9/30/10, Milton, Cynthia cynthia.mil...@serco.com wrote: From: Milton,

TOC Master Page won't apply to TOC

2010-10-08 Thread David Millis
. Thanks in advance for your help. This is driving me crazy (and that's not a far trip). David ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send

Re: Toc cross-ref markers

2010-10-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Rosen, Sounds like you may have copied cross-references from an original location to a new location. This brings along with it the original source ID marker. You can't have more than one unique ID marker, else you get wierd cross-reference issues. There is a tool from West Street Consulting

Re: Help Tools

2010-10-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Pam, Mif2Go (www.omsys.com). They have a free demo that you can try before you buy. It works as a Frame plugin and works with just about any version of Frame. Features and all that info on what it can convert too is available on their website. Costs less than $300, plus a yearly

ANN: FrameMaker class in Phoenix, AZ

2010-10-15 Thread David Creamer
permitting: working with multi-media formats About the instructor: David Creamer of IDEAS Training Consultation Over 30 years Publishing, 16 years Web, and 12 years Video experience Authorized FrameMaker Trainer/Consultant since 1992 Adobe Certified Trainer and Expert (since 1995) Adobe

Is there an easier way?

2010-10-19 Thread David Millis
Help files? Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier and less labor intensive? Thank you, David Millis ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram

RE: Graphics Average Weight

2010-10-23 Thread David Boss
if you uncheck all items and click Remove it still shrinks the file substantially. David Boss Communications ̶ Technical writing/communications/photography mailto:da...@bosscommunications.com www.bosscommunications.com ___ You are currently

R: FM9/ Framemaker cannot initialize its dictionaries

2010-11-04 Thread Anton David
Hello Jeff, I tried to rename Linguistics folder. FM9 has created a new one but was unable to open the application: I get the same error. Anton -Messaggio originale- Da: Jeff Coatsworth [mailto:jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.com] Inviato: giovedì 4 novembre 2010 14.05 A: Anton David

Re: Importing Flare files into Frame 7.2 or 8

2010-11-05 Thread David Schor
Hi Joanne, Flare claims to allow users to output to FrameMaker. If you don't have FM, perhaps it will be worth the while or cost to have someone create the FrameMaker files for you. HTH, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Mobile:  054 478 8253 dave...@smile.net.il dsch...@gmail.com http

ANN: FrameMaker class in Phoenix, AZ

2010-11-08 Thread David Creamer
and Illustrator Time permitting: working with multi-media formats About the instructor: David Creamer of IDEAS Training Consultation Over 30 years Publishing, 16 years Web, and 12 years Video experience Authorized FrameMaker Trainer/Consultant since 1992 Adobe Certified Trainer and Expert (since 1995

RE: Annoying FM quirk

2010-11-10 Thread David Spreadbury
I see the same, or very similar, behavior running 7.2. Sometimes the pilcrow for a tag changes from 10pt to about 14pt Bold. Reapplying the tag fixes the problem. This doesn't appear to have any affect on generated PDFs. It seems to be a display issue within Frame. I am using Structured Frame,

R: FM9/ Framemaker cannot initialize its dictionaries/ solved

2010-11-10 Thread Anton David
the installer on a local disk, and launched it to install FM9 on that same disk. This was the solution, i.e. don't launch installer from a DVD but from the local disk itself. Wish you a nice day Anton David -Messaggio originale- Da: Anton David [mailto:an...@xlated.com] Inviato: giovedì 4

FM7 to PDF / Gibberish in bookmark instead of cyrillic font

2010-11-11 Thread Anton David
? Is there a solution instead of manually copy/pasting bookmarks? Thank you Anton David Xlated ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank

Re: Best Adobe tool for creating context-based help?

2010-11-15 Thread David Creamer
Have you looked at the Technical Communications Suite, with the Frame and RoboHelp connections? David Creamer IDEAS Training Consultation http://www.IDEAStraining.com Adobe Certified Trainer for Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, InCopy, FrameMaker, Dreamweaver, Premiere, Captivate

Re: Mif2go mystifying failure

2010-11-16 Thread David Spreadbury
Nancy, Jeremy's suggestion is a good one. Create a separate directory tree with no spaces in any folder or file names, source files or graphics. All of my help files are create in that fashion and I have only found one small issue, happens to be with CHMs, but it has a very easy workaround. I

R: FM7 to PDF / Gibberish in bookmark instead of cyrillic font /Solved

2010-12-02 Thread Anton David
2010 19.25 A: Anton David Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Oggetto: Re: FM7 to PDF / Gibberish in bookmark instead of cyrillic font Anton, You wrote: I am using FM7+Distiller5 and I must print a book into a PDF. All Cyrillic characters look fine on FM7. When I print the book into PDF, everything

Figure cross references not working in PDF

2010-12-07 Thread David Millis
with the same result. My Figure Title paratag is included on the Tags tab. Does anyone have a suggestion? Frame 7.2, Adobe Reader 7, and Acrobat 9 Thanks in advance. David M ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail

FM / how to identify new images

2010-12-15 Thread Anton David
Hello all, I have a user guide. All images (screenshots) are in a specific folder. Some of those images will be updated. I need to go through all the pages to check whether those images fit properly in the frames. Is there a way to list which images filenames are in which files in a book in FM7

Re: FM / how to identify new images

2010-12-15 Thread David Spreadbury
they be graphics or text insets. You might want to check out Lin Sims list of FrameMaekr plugins at http://www.microtype.com/resources/FM_utilities_all_v3.1.pdf. There could be something as good, or even better. --- On Wed, 12/15/10, Anton David an...@xlated.com wrote: From: Anton David

R: FM / how to identify new images/

2010-12-15 Thread Anton David
Hello all, I am not an advanced user of FM, so your answers deserve a WOW! Thanks to Art, Jerilynne, David and Michael. I tried to generate a List of References. It works. Is it possible to make each item of the list a Xreference pointing to the image file and/or to have the page number

R: R: FM / how to identify new images/Solved

2010-12-15 Thread Anton David
Got it now!! I must Ctrl-Alt-Click on the item. Thanks very much Anton -Messaggio originale- Da: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Inviato: mercoledì 15 dicembre 2010 19.22 A: Anton David; framers@lists.frameusers.com Oggetto: RE: R: FM / how to identify new images

Re: Space at beginning of title

2010-12-16 Thread David Spreadbury
Stephen, Could you have inadvertently added a space to the Numbering Properties? I would look there first. I don't believe Search/Replace can look into the numbering properties. --- On Thu, 12/16/10, Stephen O'Brien sobr...@innovmetric.com wrote: From: Stephen O'Brien sobr...@innovmetric.com

RE: Auto-Numbering Problem

2010-12-21 Thread David Creamer
://www.ideastraining.com/PDFs/FrameNumberExamples.zip David Creamer of IDEAS Training Consultation http://www.IDEAStraining.com Over 20 years Publishing, 16 years Web, and 12 years Video experience Adobe Certified Trainer and Expert (since 1995) Adobe Certified Master; Print Web Specialist

Re: Last paragraph in FM file cannot be modified

2010-12-22 Thread David Schor
Roy, Have you tried isolating the last paragraph on the last page of the file and then deleting the last page? HTH, David -- David Schor Technical Writer and Documentation Developer Mobile: 054 478 8253 d dav...@emblaze-vcon.comave...@smile.net.il dsch...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com

Re: Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Tina, I wonder why you are using Frame to create the  front end, what sounds like a Table of Contents. Not that Frame isn't fully capable of ding it. Me, I would have created an HTML file of links. But that aside, I wonder if you have the complete path, including drive letter, in your FM

RE: Tracking edits functionality

2011-01-03 Thread David Warren
. It was so intuitive that it was a piece of cake to implement. Hope this Helps, -David Warren Technical Publications Manager - Telegent Systems -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of framers-requ

Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Anton David
which tool has been used and which version? Thank you Anton David Localisation Project Manager Xlated ltd ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe

Looking for WWP 2003 for sale

2011-01-13 Thread Anton David
Hello all, It looks like I need a WWP 2003 to open a .wfp project file. Is there anyone willing to sell it? Thank you Anton David Localisation Project Manager Xlated ltd ___ You are currently subscribed to framers

Re: decrementing number tags

2011-01-24 Thread David Spreadbury
If you don't have any cross-references in the table you could sort the table in reverse order. Keep in mind, most search algorithms work on the ASCII code of the character. After the sort the numbering will come out as 1, 10,11,2,21,3, etc. If you make the numbers all the same length, 01, 02,

Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

2011-02-07 Thread David Millis
you, David ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http

[ANN] Upcoming FrameMaker Classes

2011-02-20 Thread David Creamer
discounts available. Flat-rate, on-site or on-line training available too. Please email for more info. David Creamer IDEAS Training Consultation DCreamer @ IDEAStraining.com http://www.IDEAStraining.com http://www.IDEAStraining.com/ Results-Oriented Training Consulting for Print Web since 1990 Over 30

Subject: RE: Extracting art from Word docs

2011-03-28 Thread David Boss
Save as Web page and you get a folder with all the graphics. David Boss Communications ̶ Technical writing/communications/photography mailto:da...@bosscommunications.com www.bosscommunications.com Phone 416-704-1839 / Fax 416-946-1330 / Mississauga

ANN: Captivate Class in San Diego on Apr. 28-29

2011-04-16 Thread David Creamer
Adobe Captivate is part of the Technical Communications Suite. If you are interested in learning this software to make more interactive presentations as stand-alone files or as part of FrameMaker, please contact me at dcreamer @ ideastraining .com (without spaces) for more information. David

R: Word count in CMP files (FM8)

2011-05-13 Thread Anton David
Hello Frederik, I don't know whether you can do this in FM8, but usually the workflow for translating FM documents (and updated FM documents) in the localization world has a totally different workflow. We usually convert FM into MIF then into some format editable under a translation memory

Re: half-size pages

2011-06-04 Thread David Spreadbury
You don't mention which version of Frame you are using, but that shouldn't really matter. If you download Frames template packages, take a look at Template pack 3. There is a booklet template there that should fit you needs. You may have to modify it to get exactly what you are looking for,

Re: PowerPoint to Frame

2011-06-13 Thread David Spreadbury
Gilian, One way would involve saving your powerpoint as html and then converting the html to text. There is a freeware utility called htmlastext (www.nirsoft.net/utils/htmlastext.html) that I have used to strip the html code, resulting in a text file. The saveas html should create a separate

Re: Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Alison, Probably the easiest way would be to make a new 11x17 template page, not as part of the main book master pages, and just insert the 11x17 page as a component of the book, in the appropriate page relation to the main book. As long as you don't try and copy page layouts from a normal

Re: FW: Scientific names in roman not italics in running headers

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
Create, if you don't have one, a Character format for the italics. Insert the char format in the H/F variable where you want the italics to appear. Add the Default font object at point where you go back to normal font characteristics. For example: Field Screening Aid for EmphasisBug OneDefault

RE: Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
There is a very nice discussion on this very topic at http://objectmix.com/adobe-framemaker/218597-mixed-page-size-framemaker.html Mixing page sizes in one template is not the way to go. As Richard points out. --- On Thu, 6/23/11, Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.com wrote: From: Combs,

Re: FW: LOF order is Figure 3-2, Figure 3-1, Figure 3-3, Figure 3-4...

2011-06-23 Thread David Spreadbury
I have seen this happen when there are two anchored frames at the same location, adjacent to each other. The problem is that the anchor for Fig 2 is physically before the anchor for Fig 1. Move the anchors so that they are in the correct logical order. If using unstructured, put a character or

Re: Looking for the best way to highlight text to the reader

2011-06-28 Thread David Spreadbury
If you are delivering PDF and HTML, I don't understand the reluctance to use color. The Acrobat PDF device driver supports full color, and a minor change to your CSS can give you similar color selections in the HTML. On the change bars, I don't believe you can change the character, but you can

Re: OT: Automatic URL links in Acrobat 10

2011-07-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Rick, In Acrobat 8, if you look in Advanced Document Processing, you will find an option to Create Links from URLs. I would not expect that Acrobat 10 threw this out. --- On Tue, 7/19/11, Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com wrote: From: Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com Subject: OT: Automatic URL

RE: warnings, cautions, notes in sw documentation

2011-08-01 Thread David Spreadbury
The use of Warnings, Cautions, and Notes, specifically Warnings and Cautions, are used differently in different technologies. Here are some links that may hep you to decide which use best fits your needs: http://www.techcommunicators.com/dkmanual/chap5015.html

Re: Linking Problem

2011-08-02 Thread David Spreadbury
If your are linking to locations on Windows-based systems, enclose the entire link in double-quotes if you have spaces anywhere in filenames or path. Windows truncates the string at the first space but accepts the complete string if enclosed in double quotes (), for example:

Re: warnings, cautions, notes in sw documentation

2011-08-03 Thread David Farbey
information. Many companies don't see the need to apply any external standards to their software documentation so, in the real world, that's the way we do it here trumps all other standards, ISO or otherwise. David On 1 August 2011 04:42, hessiansx4 hessian...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello all! I've

Will FrameMaker 8 and Acrobat Pro 8.2 run on Windows 7?

2011-08-06 Thread David Creamer
I'm running Frame 8, 9, and 10 on Windows 7 64-bit. I am running Acrobat 9 and X on the same system, but I can't speak for version 8. David Creamer IDEAS Training http://www.ideastraining.com Adobe Authorized Instructor Certified Expert since 1995

Re: combining different FM documents into one file

2011-08-10 Thread David Spreadbury
I think a little more information would be helpful in trying to assist in solving your problem. Are you just trying to add Frame files from different versions to a new book of another version? If that is the case, I would open each of the files in the target, hopefully the newest, version and

Re: combining different FM documents into one file

2011-08-10 Thread David Spreadbury
nadinemur...@yahoo.ca wrote: From: Nadine Murray nadinemur...@yahoo.ca Subject: Re: combining different FM documents into one file To: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com, Linda Rose l...@qad.com Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 12:05 PM

Re: Can parts of a pdf be merged into an existing frame file using automation?

2011-08-28 Thread David Spreadbury
Julie, You can by using text insets. You would need to create individual pieces of text, whether Frame or PDF. The first time around you would have to manually insert each into the respective position in the host Frame file using File Import File with Import by Reference. I would recommend

Re: Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a document?

2011-08-31 Thread David Spreadbury
In Frame 7.2 you select File Structure Tools Export Element Catalog as EDD. I believe in Frame 8 they moved this to a separate Structure menu off the main menu bar. In my EDD, I have an element that has an attribute with a text string that contains information on the EDD version. I apply a

Re: Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a document?

2011-08-31 Thread David Spreadbury
don't make it. As an element/attribute, it is always there. --- On Wed, 8/31/11, Böðvar Björgvinsson bod...@gmail.com wrote: From: Böðvar Björgvinsson bod...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a document? To: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com Cc

RE: Is FM 7.2 compatible with Windows 7?

2011-09-09 Thread David Spreadbury
I have Frame 7.2 running on a new Windows 7 desktop system and haven't run into any problems, so far. No special steps to install. --- On Fri, 9/9/11, Jeff Coatsworth jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.com wrote: From: Jeff Coatsworth jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.com Subject: RE: Is FM 7.2

Re: Pulling cover information for Running H/F

2011-10-02 Thread David Spreadbury
You need to copy the variables from the chapter to all other chapters in the book.Open the chapter containing the desired variables.In the book, select all other chapters.Select File Import Formats.Click Deselect AllSelect Variables.Click Import.If the Running H/F is present in the Header/Footer

How to search archive

2011-10-06 Thread Anton David
Dears framers, I would like to know how you do to search the archive. As far as I see, you have to open each single month thread to do a search. Is there a way you can do a search on all archive contents? I have the feeling we are not leveraging the information the best way and many times same

R: How to search archive

2011-10-06 Thread Anton David
Dear Shmuel, Great and very useful tip. Regards Anton Da: Shmuel Wolfson [mailto:shmue...@gmail.com] Inviato: giovedì 6 ottobre 2011 10.58 A: Anton David Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Oggetto: Re: How to search archive You could do a site search using

Re: Links to a specific page in a manual

2011-10-19 Thread David Spreadbury
Rebecca, I have seen this discussed here in the past. This link will show you how to do this. http://www.ehow.com/how_6975556_open-pdf-file-specific.html --- On Wed, 10/19/11, Frasure, Rebecca - APHIS rebecca.l.fras...@aphis.usda.gov wrote: From: Frasure, Rebecca - APHIS

Re: installing PDF printer driver

2011-10-24 Thread David Creamer
the Help menu. It is for situations where the print driver was deleted. If that doesn't work, reinstall. If that doesn't work, uninstall and then reinstall.* *If you have older versions of Acrobat or Reader installed, uninstall all (deactivate if necessary) and reinstall. David Creamer IDEAS Training

RE: Re: FM 8 to ePub?

2011-11-05 Thread David Creamer
import options when placing the RTF file, you can include graphics. By the way, InDesign 5.5 is a must-have upgrade for ePubs. David Creamer IDEAS Training Can anyone point me to a good reference on the path from Frame 8.0 to ePub? I work for a small publisher, and about half of our (print) books

RE: FM 8 to ePub?

2011-11-06 Thread David Creamer
What is the cost of ePublisher? (It's not listed on the site.) The OP was looking for a low-cost solution. David Creamer IDEAS Training I would take WebWorks ePublisher: www.webworks.com http://www.webworks.com It works with FM 7, 8, 9, 10 with Word and DITA. After this conversion, we won't

RE: FM 8 to ePub?

2011-11-06 Thread David Creamer
with the USER option to upgrade or not. David Creamer IDEAS Training David, Ben quoted a price in this post: http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2011-November/024296.html As an ePublisher user, I have to agree that the time it saves makes it worth the cost overall

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