RE: post-processing a PDF with FM markers

references in the FM files. But if it's your company's system to setup and install, it should be trivial just to make a docs folder on it somewhere and plop all your PDFs in that (and a shortcut to the 'master' document, perhaps, on the All Users Desktop). Done deal. David Original Message

RE: post-processing a PDF with FM markers

generate a set for delivery. But that is an issue that's totally orthogonal to the method you choose--nothing about how you make FM cross links is going to help you if you do not have a coordinated publishing workflow. Bon chance... David Original Message Subject: Re: post-processing

FrameMaker locks up

2015-01-23-05T15:30Z Windows 7 Enterprise operating system Serviced pack 1 8.0 GB RAM 64-bit FrameMaker 12.0.3.424 unstructured Local administrator privileges Shortcut to FrameMaker encoded to run as administrator Yesterday, I posted about this problem under the subject, Cannot import graphics. 

Re: FrameMaker locks up

, David david.st...@gd-ms.com wrote: 2015-01-23-05T15:30Z Windows 7 Enterprise operating system Serviced pack 1 8.0 GB RAM 64-bit FrameMaker 12.0.3.424 unstructured Local administrator privileges Shortcut to FrameMaker encoded to run as administrator Yesterday, I posted about this problem

Re: What FM plugin suite give the most bang?

Not to disparage Framescript or Rick but File Package does what Bruce Fosters Archive did and EZTools Clean Import can clean up a document, or all chapters in a book very nicely/ On Thursday, April 23, 2015 1:59 PM, Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com wrote: Hi John, As you know,

Re: HELP

Linda, Just go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ and log in. You will see a list of all the groups you are a member of using that email address. Since frameusers is not a Yahoo group, you shouldgo to http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers, log in and change your mail delivery.

RE: What FM plugin suite give the most bang?

am not affiliatedf with them, other than as a fanboy who wants MY compnay to adopt it! :) David Original Message Subject: What FM plugin suite give the most bang?From: john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.comDate: Thu, April 23, 2015 1:35 pmTo: framers framers@lists.frameusers.comHi, guys...I'm

Re: Comparing paragraph and character formats inside files of a book?

You can always save the files, or the suspect files, out as MIF and then compare them using a text editor; i.e., Notepad++ or TextPad. That will display any differences. Dave Spreadbury On Friday, April 24, 2015 2:00 PM, Stuart Rogers srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com wrote: On

Re: How can I display Para Formats list

John,The same menu options will open the Paragraph Catalog all the way back to FM7.2. The catalog will remain open until you manually close it or Frame.Dave Spreadbury On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 10:18 AM, Abungu, Salome sabu...@tycoint.com wrote: If you're using FrameMaker 12,

Re: FrameMaker and SharePoint

Has anyone looked at or tried Microsoft Visual Studio - Source Control Explorer.The company I am with has adopted Visual Studio as a CMS and it seems to work fine with FrameMaker 12. On Thursday, April 9, 2015 12:58 PM, Scott Turner qui...@airmail.net wrote: SharePoint also has

Re: Table Continuation Variable issue

Tammy,Don't know if this will work, or not, but have you tried placing a return (\n) between the title and the Continued variable?You might need two backslashes (\\n).Example: Table 1 This and That\\n(variable)Or create a second variable, Table Continued Long, and include the \\n there.Worth a

Re: Table Continuation Variable issue

Personally I would go for the new variable option, if the \n, or \\n, works. That way you can use either variable as the situation warrants. On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 3:11 PM, Alan Litchfield a...@alphabyte.co.nz wrote: Hi Tammy I think David had it right with the \n. Does

RE: Book Save-As PDF w/ multiple page sizes

"Things that make me go 'hmmm'" = That's one! :)I did not know that, having never embedded multimedia in PDF.David Original Message Subject: RE: Book Save-As PDF w/ multiple page sizes From: tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com Date: Mon, June 08, 2015 2:32 pm The only time that I

RE: Book Save-As PDF w/ multiple page sizes

for workflow, if you can avail yourself of watched folders and scripted file transfer tasks (cron/Task Manager).David Original Message Subject: Book Save-As PDF w/ multiple page sizes From: "Charles Richardson" c...@matrixpress.com Date: Mon, June 08, 2015 10:36 am T

Re: Adobe announces FrameMaker (2015 Release)

Packaging is in FrameMaker 12. Some of the other new features will be very welcome. Dave On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 12:46 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: #yiv6664431034 #yiv6664431034 -- _filtered #yiv6664431034 {font-family:Helv;panose-1:2

Re: FrameMaker 12 XSLT Version

Rick,According to the Using FrameMaker 12, page 481:FrameMaker includes an XSLT processor that allows you to associate an XSLT file with an XML structure application or XML document, and apply the transformations defined in that document when importing from or exporting to XML. FrameMaker

Re: FM12 questions

Ken,I have used the Packaging option in FM 12 and find it to function exactly as Bruce Fosters Archive.As far as pricing goes, you best bet to to query the Adobe website.Dave Spreadbury On Monday, June 22, 2015 10:24 AM, Ken Poshedly poshe...@bellsouth.net wrote: Questions for

Re: Importing clear, sharp images

And why even bring photoshop into the picture? SnagIt will capture and save as PNG directly. That will give you the same quality of captures as what the reader would see on the screen.No additional work required except possible resizing of screens that are larger than the image area of the

Re: Importing clear, sharp images

save. Imported graphic updates automatically, I don't have to re-save in another format, etc. From: David Spreadbury [dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 4:27 PM To: John Sgammato; Tim Pann Cc: framers Subject: Re: Importing clear, sharp images And why even bring photoshop

Re: FrameMaker 12 XSLT Version

and SAXON are JAXP compliant. Since Saxon is included, it just might be possible to use XSLT 1.0 and/or 2,0. YMMV On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 9:58 AM, David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com wrote: Rick,According to the Using FrameMaker 12, page 481:FrameMaker includes an XSLT processor

RE: Adobe Customer Care-less - Yet another round

in all templates I use or create, etc.). I'm basically on the list for the laughs, occasional "thing that makes me go 'hmmm'," and the very-rare help I offer on super-weird solutions (what I preferred to do in the past decade: kill the Goliaths of format/processing woes).David Origin

Re: Text insets : if in same FM document more than once internal x-refs do not update

Stephen.The xref is pointing to a specific ID assigned to it, so each time it is called it will always link to that xref.To accomplish what you are attempting I believe you would need three unique insets, each referring to the respective illustration.If all three are in the same chapter why not

Re: Text insets : if in same FM document more than once internal x-refs do not update

{}#yiv1053685084 Thx Dave – the cloud has lifted!   Have a good day!   Stephen O'BRIEN Coordonnateur de la qualité documentaire et rédacteur technique senior | Quality Coordinator for Documentation and Senior Technical Writer InnovMetric Logiciels | Software T (1) 418.688.2061   De : David Spreadbury

Re: PDF problems

or in Acrobat. - Split the file in half. - Identify the half-file that produces the error. - Split the error-prone half-file again. - Repeat until you've identified the page/object that is causing the error. As David Spreadbury suggests, if the printer can tell you the page that invokes

Re: PDF problems

Alan,I would ask them if they could be a little more specific on when the problem occurs.I would expect that the print job is stopping on a specific page.Knowing that you can zero in on the page that is actually causing the problem. On Thursday, May 21, 2015 8:21 AM, Alan Salo (Ariens

RE: remapping Frame formats

I won't do any clean-up work without my Silicon Prairie http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com plugins installed! David Creamer IDEAS Training http://www.IDEAStraining.com Adobe Certified Instructor for FrameMaker Frame Technologies Consultant, 1991-1995 *** I'm looking

Re: [Framers] Mif2Go conversion to Word

t some have successfully been able to get it to work. Check the mif2go Yahoo group for details. If you want to help with the future development of Mif2Go, you can download the source from GitHub .. https://github.com/omsys-dev Cheers, ...scott On 1/5/16 1:32 PM, Stamm, David wrote: 2016-01-

Re: [Framers] Mif2Go conversion to Word

And, as Dan Harding indicated in his email while I was developing this email, .fm to .rtf or .doc or .docx is a bad deal. Regards, Dave Stamm Information Engineer From: Etzel, Gary [mailto:gary.et...@dnvgl.com] Sent: 2016-01-06-Wed 10:20 To: Stamm, David-P45904; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject:

[Framers] FrameMaker .fm, .mif, or Acrobat .pdf conversion to Word .docx or .doc

2016-01-06-03T17:05Z Windows 7 Enterprise Service pack 1 FrameMaker 12.0.4.445 Structured interface with unstructured files Is there an addon, plugin, program, or utility that converts from a FrameMaker .book file into only one .doc or .docx file that has the features and functions (such as

Re: [Framers] Mif2Go conversion to Word

stroy all copies of the original message. From: Denis Daly [mailto:d.d...@icpnewtech.com] Sent: 2016-01-06-Wed 11:28 To: Stamm, David-P45904; Etzel, Gary; FrameMaker user's list posting Subject: RE: [Framers] Mif2Go conversion to Word I have been following this particular thread with interest.

[Framers] Mif2Go conversion to Word

2016-01-05-02T21:30Z Please refresh my memory or dispel my ignorance about how and where I may obtain Mif2Go for use with FrameMaker 12 and FrameMaker 2015 Release.  This, to convert into Word files. As I recall, Mif2Go and its close relatives were to have become open source after Jeremy

Re: [Framers] condition indicator for table rows - suppress from PDF ?

Unless you script something, that's Working As Intended (e.g., reviewers might need to see condition indicators to be able to follow the intent). Original Message Subject: [Framers] condition indicator for table rows - suppress from PDF ? From: "Monique

[Framers] Frame on UHD monitors

A while ago I posted a link to a solution to running older programs, such as FrameMaker on UHD monitors. http://www.danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix/ It was working fine for most and not for some. After I ran an update for 2015, the technique stopped working on my

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Usage of WebWorks (ePublisher)

Patrick, My opinion, and experience, with Mif2Go is just the opposite. I have been using Mif2Go for several years and have learned how to use the User's Guide. Yes, it takes a while to find things, sometimes, but this is because Mif2Go can do a lot. If you install Mif2Go and just take the

Installing Acrobat 9.0 taking FOREVER??!?

forever. All the best, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 davids at afcon-inc.com dsch.tw at gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidschortw On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 5:20 PM, John Hedtke wrote: > I just re-installed Acrobat 9.0

The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts

Avraham, Two questions: Will Ctrl+M, followed by Ctrl+F, give the proper results? Will Ctrl+M+F give the proper results? If the second is true, I would document it by teling the user; "Press and hold the Control key then press M followed by F (Ctrl+M+F)." The Microsoft Manual of Style,

The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts

the wording in the Adobe description but that is how it is worded. From: Avraham Makeler [mailto:amake...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 7:51 AM To: David Spreadbury Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts >> Two que

Cross-ref formats

The Microsoft Manual of Style has this as a couple of the ways to define cross-references: Correct see "Formatting an Outline," p. 226. see Chapter 17, "Outlining and Organizing a Document." For information about using the Outlining toolbar, see "Starting an Outline," page 221. For

Problem with list?

>From the originating address of the responses I would venture a guess that the mail server is down. All of the responses are coming from framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com. David Spreadbury Sr, Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.

Problem with list?

Somebody rebooted the mail server. Things are good, again!! -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:34 AM To: David Spreadbury; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Problem with list? Yay! The list is working

best price on Adobe Tech Comm Suite 2?

Hi all. I'm an independent contractor and consequently I pay for my own software out of pocket. I've been cruising along with FrameMaker 6 for a very long time, as well as an old version of RoboHelp, and I'm now thinking of biting the bullet and buying the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 (w/

Import by Reference Question/Bug ?

. -Original Message- From: Richard Melanson [mailto:rmelan...@spirecorp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:34 AM To: David Spreadbury; Combs, Richard; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Import by Reference Question/Bug ? Hi Framers, I have Frame 8 with all the updates/patches running

Variables established at book level?

Nancy, At my last full-time position we developed our documents to a telecommunications spec. In the spec there is defined a DocID (Document Identifier) file. In this file, which is not published with the book, we had place holders for all of the book-wide variables; title, doc no., doc date,

Why do British Tech Writers pontificate

Did I hear someone say "Willie Strunk?" David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Flato, Gillian Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:18 PM To: John Sgammat

Why do British Tech Writers pontificate

Gillian, Maybe investing $10 for a copy and mailing it to your British writers might be in order, or just passing them this link to an online copy (http://www.bartleby.com/141/). David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: Flato, Gillian [mailto:gfl...@nanometrics.com

autonumbering in framemaker tables

Surbhi, Try creating your pin list in Excel and then importing, not by reference, the Excel spreadsheet into Frame. I just created a small spreadsheet and it imported into Frame .2 without any issues. HTH David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun

Import external file by reference

in an HTML Help format, you can't guarantee this relationship will be maintained. Once the relationship is broken the link no longer works. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com

Switching to RoboHelp for large-scale Frame-to-HTML Help Project

functional demo version from www.omsys.com. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tony Marek Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:41 PM To: framers

"Anchoring" Callout Text to a Figure

You select the graphic frame, then press Ctrl+A (Select All), then Graphics > Group from the FrameMaker menu bar. Now everything is one piece. If you need to change a callout, you will need to ungroup, edit, then regroup the entities in the graphic frame. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Wri

"Anchoring" Callout Text to a Figure

place the callouts inside the graphic frame containing the illustration I can then bind them together as one object, after grouping. Then I don't care what happens outside the graphic frame, everything in the frame stays together. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message

Changing Paper size in template

Did you look through the FrameMaker templates at http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/index.html? I believe there is an A4 template in there somewhere. These were all done in Unstructured Frame 5.5, I think, but should give you the basic page layout. -Original Message-

Changing Paper size in template

.pdf, etc. There is also a primer on the use of the templates. The document name is /primer.pdf, at the same base URL. -Original Message- From: David Spreadbury [mailto:dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 9:00 AM To: 'Art Campbell'; 'Caroline Tabach' Cc: 'framers

adding a graphic to a TOC

Hi Mulholland, Try adding the graphic to the Header1 Toc entry on the TOC page of the TOC file's Reference pages. All the best, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 davids at afcon-inc.com dsch.tw at gmail.com On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 6:36

Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

John, This is a known issue, actually you have two issues. One - Save As PDF has never really worked reliably. Two - delete fntcache.dat, check in windows\system2 and i386 folders. Delete both, if you have two, and then reboot. There is a fix from Microsoft that is supposed to fix this issue. Yu

converting email addresses to hyperlink

The complete procedure, from start to finish, with an alternate method. ? == 1. Type email address; i.e., name at email.com 2. Copy email address to clipboard (highlight email address, press Ctrl+C) 3. Select Special > Hypertext 4. In Hypertext dialog, select pulldown and select Go to URL 5. In

Jumping to Figure Captions

Jack, You don't say whether you are using Structured or Unstructured. ? If using Structured, try changing your cross-reference format to point to the Figure and not the Caption. This will cause the jump to stop at the anchored frame which is immediately above the figure. ? If using Unstructured,

trademark symbol in text

Deirdre, If the trademark symbol is for your product, check with your corporate marketing folks or legal counsel. ? If the trademark is for someone else's product, i.e., Microsoft, go to that companies website and search for something like "Trademark Usage"; i.e.,

FrameMaker/ePublisher issue

Mark, My .02 cents. ? I am assuming that you are outputting to HTML. If this is the case, it is an HTML issue. ? Unless the basic font you are using contains the special character symbols, the HTML will interpret the character code for the symbol in the base font. We ran into this when using a

Looking for Freelance jobs (project)

Hi Swaminathan, I am also a technical writer. Checkout Getafreelancer.com Regards, David -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of swaminathan lakshmanan Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 8:05 PM

Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

Verner, Probably the best way is through MIF. ? You could use a program like TextPad, shareware from www.textpad.com?(or $35US if you like it), and open all of your MIF files at one time, versus opening and closing each MIF in something like Notepad. --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Andersen, Verner Engell

Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

arch and replace within entire folders and subfolders. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 David Spreadbury wrote: > Verner, > Probably the best way is through MIF. > You could use a program like TextPad, shareware from www.textpad.com (or $35US if you like it), and o

Converting FrameMaker Marker tags with Acrobat

Denise, Have you tried adding mailto:? ? message url support-americas at varian.com ? to ? message url mailto:support-americas at varian.com --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Denise L. Moss-Fritch wrote: From: Denise L. Moss-Fritch Subject: RE: Converting FrameMaker Marker tags

OT: question about paragraph reference and section symbols

Deirdre, Don't know if it applies, but Mil-Std-37874 uses (see 2.2). ? I prefer (see 2.2 Introduction). This gives the reader an idea of the subject matter at the referenced paragraph. ? I would not use the work 'paragraph', 'section', or the paragraph/section symbols. I believe that the use of

Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)

Verner, You should be able to do a File > Save Book As, renaming the book file. This should rename your generated files to match the book filename. --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA Subject: Easiest way to

Unstructured FM to DITA XML

Robyn, I have done unstrctured-Structured conversions but not DITA. ? I a previous email you mentioned you were looking at Mif2Go. Checkout Chapter 14 in the Mif2Go User Guide. It discusses just this situation. --- On Mon, 1/12/09, RobynWright7 at aol.com wrote: From: RobynWright7 at aol.com

Unstructured FM to DITA XML

Yves, Yes, yes, yes, please post it, or a link where it could be downloaded. I would think that this would be very beneficial for a lot of the watchers on here, or the TCS site. --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Art Campbell wrote: From: Art Campbell Subject: Re: Unstructured FM

How do you create a new paragraph after a table?

Avraham, Don't concentrate on the Table, concentrate on the Heading. ? With your cursor in the heading, press Ctrl+M (Paragraph Designer). ? Space Above Under the Basic tab, set the?Space Above Pgf: anter the amount of space, in points?you want. Click Apply. If the space you selected is not

How do you create a new paragraph after a table?

Looking at Sharon's, Caroline's, and my earlier post on this subject: ? Setting the Heading1 para format to start at top of page is a smart idea. In the Heading1 format, set Keep with Next. The following item, typically a Para, should have the Widow/Orphan value set to a minimum of 3?which

Imported Graphics

Howard, You could also create a PDF, then export the PDF to HTML. The export will create GIFs of all of the graphics. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Howard Rauch Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009

Screen Capture

All of the posted options will work, but if you want better control over your captures, SnagIt (www.textsmith.com) is probably in the Cadillac class. For less than $50, it is a steal. Another inexpensive, and good, option is Gadwin Print Screen Pro (www.gadwin.com). You can buy the latest version

Screen Capture

; syed.hosain at aeris.net; blamborn at comcast.net; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Screen Capture Responding to Brian Lamborn, David Spreadbury wrote (in part): > All of the posted options will work, but if you want better control over > your captures, SnagIt (www.textsmi

Outline

Don, Sandybrooke software (http://www.sandybrook.com/) has an Outline tool add-on that works within Framemaker. Dave Spreadbury -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Donlad W. Spencer Sent: Monday,

Hypertext Links to Excel Worksheets?

Ted, I don't know if this will help, but the Excel2007 Help provides the following information on linking to a specific sheet within a workbook: Note You may find it more convenient to create an external reference link without opening the workbook on the Web. For each cell in the destination

wrestling with referenced graphics pointers

Ben, If you change the directory name you have changed the relative path to the graphics. The path must stay the same, relative to the source files. One solution would be to store the graphics in the same tree as the source files, i.e., BookFolder --|SourceFiles --|Graphics Then when the

Mysterious files from FM

Jon, I have seen files named similar to this. They were the result of a crash, usually relating to a full system crash rather than a Frame crash. Did you have this particular document open when your system lost power, or a similar problem? Typically the original file is no longer available. I

Cross-Reference Building Blocks

Windows XP w/SP2 FrameMaker 8.0p277 Structured ? Is there a way to build a cross-reference building block that, when linking to a Figure caption that is positioned below the anchored frame that, when viewed in a PDF, the link result displays the figure and not just the caption? ? I realize that

Printing Error

draining too much memory. HTH, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 davids at afcon-inc.com dsch.tw at gmail.com On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Angela Provan wrote: > I am trying to print an A5 letter doco with FM8 (off a server) and I k

Importing FM content to Flare - Changing image import location

admits that "it's messy" (LOL) so perhaps this is something that Madcap will fix in a future release (I'm working in v4.2). I would like to be able to choose the location for importing the graphics. Thanks very much! All the best, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and E

searching for a section symbol

Carol, In the Find\Change dialog, enter ' \p', without the single quotes. That is 'space backslash lowercase p'. This will find all occurrences of a space preceding an end of paragraph. In the Find/Change dialog, enter ' \r', without the single quotes. That is 'space backslash lowercase r'. This

Error generating WebHelp/WebHelpPlus output in Flare v4.2

er to work with Flare? Or is there a way to fix this problem in the configuration? System parameters: Windows XP Professional SP3, FM 7.2, Flare 4.2, Acrobat 7.1 Professional, Acrobat Distiller 7.1 TIA, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 david

Error generating WebHelp/WebHelpPlus output in Flare v4.2

. Still, I don't like that error message. David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 davids at afcon-inc.com dsch.tw at gmail.com On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:33 AM, David Schor wrote: > Hi everyone, > I'm trying to make a trial run during my

Error generating WebHelp/WebHelpPlus output in Flare v4.2

this forum are doing also, occasionally. It's perfectly reasonable to believe and hope that there are FM users on this list that can answer my question. David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 davids at afcon-inc.com dsch.tw at gmail.com On

Error generating WebHelp/WebHelpPlus output in Flare v4.2

anymore, but 2009. David On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Flato, Gillian wrote: > In General, most of us are Frame users. We don't know anything about > Flare. Why would you ask people unfamiliar with the software for > software help? That's inefficient and a waste of your time as well

Structured Frame Help

Rose, Try Googling for framemaker tutorials. One of the hits will take you to http://www.io.com/~tcm/etwr2472/guides/frame/frame_basics.html. A fairly decent online tutorial. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]

FrameMaker to CHM

Jennifer, I am surprised that Jeremy hasn't jumped on this one already. Mif2Go (www.omsys.com) will give you very good chm. They have a fully functional free demo version. I might even have a configuration file that could be modified to spit out a chm straight from Frame. -Original

[no subject]

Chris, Apply a different tag to the selected text and then retag it with Para, this will remove the errant footnote ref Character Tag. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of cseal at sympatico.ca Sent:

Estimating hrs for docs

Hi Kirshna, I notice one item that is lacking - graphics. Graphics can range from simply importing an existing file to creating a complex 3D drawing from scratch. Thus the estimate for each graphic can range from minutes to days. Best regards, Dave Starr Sr. Technical Information

Re-referencing Frame Maker Graphics

Another call for Bruce Foster's Archive. Best little FrameMaker add-on out there, at least one of the best, and only $20. Install Archive. Open your book, Select File > Utilities > Archive. Archive spiders your network for all referenced files, whether they be graphics or text insets. If Frame

Omega symbol becomes W in pdf

Nancy, And if what Art suspects is true, you can get another very handy FrameMaker plugin, SetPrint, which can be configured to set the default printer, when in Frame, to the Adobe logical printer, while your system default printer can be whatever physical printer you have. You can download

Structured docs or conditional text

Carl, The answer is both flavors of Frame will handle Conditional Text with ease, and from what you say below, conditional text is the way to go, whether it be structured or unstructured. A few things to consider: 1) Decide on an input scheme, always put the differences in the document in the

Globally changing the path to referenced files

Hi Menahem, I would emphasize to your outsourcers that it's important that they do all modifications within the full directory structure of the project. It's obvious that in the case you described, the outsourcer edited the file in a different location. All the best, David -- David Schor

Globally changing the path to referenced files

Menahem, Opening the file and pointing to the first missing graphic should have fixed all other graphics in the file, if the graphics are all in the same location. If not, each graphic with a different location would prompt for a re-import. A suggestion; instead of using NotePad try TextPad ($30)

Importing FM content to Flare - Changing image import location

to do this? For me, this is a black eye against Madcap if I have to clean this folder every time I update the content. TIA, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 davids at afcon-inc.com dsch.tw at gmail.com

Mif2go - suddenly some graphics files won't import when creating HTML

Susan, You need to check three things: 1. Open one of the HTML files in a text editor and see where the graphics are supposed to be. Search for an img tag. The path of the expected graphics location will be there. 2. Check the GraphPath=../graphics entry in your mif2htm file. 3. If you are using

OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

Because you are posting this question to frameusers, I assume you are using Framemaker as your authoring tool. ? You can do this in several ways: If the graphics don't require additional editting, in Frame you can open the Graphics tools, select the anchored frame, select the Pen Pattern in the

OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

Since you said that you have Illustrator available. Open the SolidWorks PDF in Illustrator. Illustrator should recognize it as a vector image. In Illustrator, select the objects you want and increase the line width to the desired thickness. Export it as JPEG and you should have what you are

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