I too am in that same boat, spending more time than I'd like on Word
documents. You may find this blog post helpful - it points ot a
comprehensive set of macros by Paul Beverley. I don't remember if there
are any specifically for managing styles, but I'm sure you'll find
something useful
> Hi everyone
>
> We've got multi-chapter documents where the source files are
unstructured
> FM10 book files. We'd like to publish as epub files too.
>
> What software are people using for that?
>
> We've just played with Elmsoft's new EPubFm but it doesn't work on book
> files, just
> I suspect I???m out of luck on these, but it doesn???t hurt to ask:
>
> FrameMaker 10.0.1.1402
> Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
>
> 1. When I am reconciling index entries, I keep all the individual
> 2. I need the i-frame text position indicator (cursor) within the
> document (not
I posted a review of FM10 on my blog this morning.
http://www.soltys.ca/blog/2011/06/framemaker-10-first-impressions.html
I noted that I was having a serious performance issue with real-time
spell-checking turned on, and that there was no "do not spellcheck" option
in the character and
> Keith Soltys wrote:
>
> > It never even occurred to me that Frame had a "none" option for
> > languages.
>
> This isn't new to FM10 or relevant only to real-time spell checking. The
> option has been there forever. I've worked mainly on software over the
> years and have often used a Code
Thanks, Scott, but it's probably easier just to do it through the GUI
(File > Preferences > General). Presumably it should be possible to write
an ExtendScript to toggle it on and off and link it to a toolbar button,
and perhaps someday I'll try that just to save a few mouse clicks.
Regards
I was looking at the FM10 help and decided that I'd like to have the PDF
as it's easier to skim through. And the online help has a (mostly useless)
search function and no index.
Much to my surprise, I found that the PDF had no index (unlike the FM9
user's guide (essentially the same document)
> I did a Google search on "Adobe Garamond Pro Bold Bold" (include the
> quotes) and got 840 results.
>
> > Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 20:17:07 +0100
> > To: karendesign at gmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > From: srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk
> > Subject: Re: Wondering about Ghost
> If I recall correctly, the PDF version of help (with index) is usually
> on the installation CD. But you can also find it on the online help page
> itself:
>
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/index.html
>
> Just look for the "View Help PDF" link in the upper right-hand corner
I'm starting to use the Track Text Edits feature in FrameMaker 10.
It's nice to have, but there's one thing that I find annoying. In Word, I
have my revision tracking set to use hidden text for deletions. I've
deleted the text from the document - I really don't want to see it
anymore.
> Hi Keith,
>
> FrameMaker uses conditions with the Track Text Edits feature; however,
while
> you can access the properties of these conditions, it doesn't look like
you
> can change them. For example,
>
> Set oDoc = ActiveDoc;
> Get Object Type(CondFmt) Name('FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_DELETED')
>
FrameMaker 10.0.1.402, Windows XP SP3 32-bit, structured
I am experiencing frequent crashes when I save a book after updating it.
This happens pretty much every time I try to save a book. The books and
files I am working with were originally written in FrameMaker 8.
I thought that re-creating
I've run into a very odd bug after installing the ChangeStyles
ExtendScript script mentioned in the latest Technical Communication blog
post.
With the script installed, I cannot type a lowercase letter u in
FrameMaker. I can type an uppercase U, but not lowercase. I don't think
it's my
If the problem is hard-drive related, I strongly recommend getting GRC's
SpinRite. It's a low-level disk repair utility and has saved my bacon on
more than one occasion.
http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
I'm not sure if it would work on an external drive (if it's though a USB
interface). If the
> I???ve a 75,000 word story (fiction) which I???m trying to turn into an
> ebook. I use Calibre (www.calibre-ebook.com) for my ebook library
> management which will also convert files to epub. The problem I???m having
> is figuring out how to get the file in the right format before I give it
I've just noticed something annoying with FrameMaker 10. It's not saving
my bookmark settings when I created a PDF with Save as PDF.
Has anyone else seen this?
Thanks
Keith
--
Keith Soltys
Senior Technical Writer
Architecture
TMX Group
(416) 947-4397
http://www.tmx.com/
> I???ve a 75,000 word story (fiction) which I???m trying to turn into an
> ebook. I use Calibre (www.calibre-ebook.com) for my ebook library
> management which will also convert files to epub. The problem I???m having
> is figuring out how to get the file in the right format before I give it
The behaviour of FrameMaker 10 when I page or scroll down is driving me
crazy. I open a file, start to page down, get two or three pages into the
file, and I'm back where I started. The only way I can keep this from
happening is to click in the file each time I page down.
The same thing happens
In looking at some of my files, the problem seems to be in the ones with
graphics, so I guess I'm going to have to try Rick's plugin.
Regards
Keith
--
Keith Soltys
Senior Technical Writer
Architecture
TMX Group
(416) 947-4397
http://www.tmx.com/
"Rick Quatro" wrote on 09/08/2011 07:45:05 AM:
I'll have to take a closer look at my files. I have only one set of
manuals that use graphics extensively, and they're all screen shoots. When
I need to do captions, I embed the captions in a tool like SnagIt or
Visio. I rarely use Frame's graphic tools - about the only use I make of
them is
I'm planning to do a major revamp of some of our documentation. As part of
that process, I want to work with smaller, more topic-oriented files. I
want to split my current documents up into files at the heading 2 and
possibly heading 3 level.
Does anyone have a script or add-in that would do
The Scale Graphics Proportionately framescript from Klaus Muller may be
what you are looking for.
http://www.i-frame.itl.info/en/feature-description/i-frame-modules/base-pack/scale-graphics-proportionally.html
It used to be free and available from the files area of the
framescript-users Yahoo
I'm starting to use SmartDocs and will be rolling it out to an initial
group of about a dozne users, none of whom are technical writers.
It gives Word users a lot of the capabilities that Frame users have had
for a while: conditional text, reusable variables, and snippets, all of
which can be
> I used this plugin to import and cleanup for a large number of tables in
> a legacy Word document, and it worked like a charm even w/ all the
> garbage that a legacy Word document can have (and it was a ton - - more
> like a landfill's worth). And, if you are lucky enough to have styles in
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