Adding a shadow to text in Framemaker 7.1

2009-04-03 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
If you do end up creating a graphic, then the best tool for this is from Xara Corporation. Check out www.xara.com for more information ... their Xara3D 6 will do this and much more for text stuff - including outstanding and easy shadow generation (for text and graphical objects). The price ($29

Technical Writing Certificate

2009-04-08 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
In addition to courses, I would highly recommend buying and reading this book: http://www.scriptorium.com/books/techwrite101.html Plus, Scriptorium also has on-line courses on FrameMaker and technical writing: http://www.scriptorium.com/training/class_techwrite101.html. It is not a

FM9 Buggy UI Behavior

2009-04-13 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Are you using the DVI connector or the VGA connector on the laptop (to connect to the external monitor - which I assume is an LCD monitor)? If not DVI, can you try that and see if the problem persists? Also, have you tried switching from dual-screen mode (where the output is on both screens) to

FM9 Buggy UI Behavior

2009-04-13 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I use a similar, albeit older, laptop - it is a Dell 820 with a nVidia Quadro 120 graphics card and an external Dell 24" LCD (at 1920 x 1200) and do not remember seeing these screen artifacts when I trialed FM 9. Since my trial license has expired, I cannot test again ... L One other thought

Any experience Alfresco and/or other document management systems ...

2009-04-28 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Sorry for the off-topic, but sorta-related question. Does anyone have experience with the Alfresco system (www.alfresco.com) for use with distribution of documents? If so, can you comment on that (or other competitive products, etc.)? Here is the the context: We do most of our Technical

Any experience Alfresco and/or other document management systems ...

2009-04-29 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Thanks, Troy! I appreciate the information. I am kicking off this project in the next few days to weeks. Yesterday, I went ahead and signed up for the Community Network access to see how it works ... Regards, Z -Original Message- From: Troy Fey [mailto:troy@opinicus.com] Sent:

Thank you all so much

2009-04-30 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Sorry to hear this, Deirdre! Hope you find some other opportunity very soon. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Deirdre Reagan Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 1:28 PM To: framers at

Frame Maker 9 and some questions about its indexing and page limits

2009-08-05 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Wow! That would drive me totally bonkers if it had happened to me ...!! Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art Campbell Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:12 AM To: davec2468 at aim.com Cc: framers

Variables established at book level?

2009-08-18 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I have looked before but not found any Frame built-in capability that did this. BookVars is the best way to go here! I could not do without it. My most-oft-used add-on! :) Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com]

log out, logout or log off logoff

2009-08-18 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
If it is a web site or something like that, I would use either "log out" or "log off" as the instruction. However, if it is a local program, then a simple "exit the program" or "exit" is better. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at

best price on Adobe Tech Comm Suite 2?

2009-08-18 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Amazon has it for $1699. Only 2 left in stock ... http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Technical-Communication-Suite-2/dp/B001OBGLZ W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8=1250609744=8-1 Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

Windows 7 and FrameMaker - RTM list

2009-08-27 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Ummm ... I am running Windows 7 (both 64 bit and 32 bit) on 2GB and 3GB machines without any difficulty - but have not yet tried 1GB systems. Faster and less of a load than Vista actually! :) And, yes, Windows 7 is likely to be an XP killer ... finally! I find it quicker and cleaner than XP. Z

global header change?

2009-12-01 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Too late to help now, but it is for this *exact* reason that I use a variable for the "product name" and other similar "likely-to-change' information inside the document. Then, using the BookVars tool from Leximation, life is greatly automated to make these kinds of changes! :) As a temporary

Cannot import a .jpg

2009-12-07 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, Nancy. Re-saving a JPEG original as another JPEG can be "further" lossy (compounding the initial drop in quality) ... you might want to make sure that the image quality has not degraded too far. Assuming you did not go back to the original image source material, of course! You can introduce

FM indicates the file has been changed when opened ... (was from the thread on how to prevent empty pages in a book)

2009-12-16 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> Text insets and cross-references that are updated automatically (upon opening > the file), even if no changes result, will also cause Frame to think the file > is modified. Took me a while to figure that out, as it is very confusing to > simply open a file and have FM indicate that it's been

markups

2009-02-05 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> I have an OT questions -- when you mark up someone's document, or when > they mark up your document, how do you determine between "must change" > markups and "strongly recommend" markups? We require the reviewers to be clear in what they want! :) Separate, but related, all our technical

Frame reference book

2009-02-05 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> I am fairly new to Frame. I'm looking for a good book that will help me sharpen my Frame skills and also be a good reference guide. I have Frame 7.1. Any suggestions? I recommend "Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 8", by Sarah S. O'Keefe and Sheila A. Loring. You can get the

OT :: Frame & Voice to Text software

2009-02-09 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> I'd highly recommend the Microsoft Natural Keyboard and a Logitech trackball as alternative controllers. I've used both for a long time and love 'em both, but you do need to adjust to them. I also *highly* recommend the Microsoft Natural keyboard. I have the classic fore-arm repetitive motion

PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
As you noted, the built-in support in Adobe Acrobat has, to write the PDF in Word format, is pretty darn limited for any serious documents. I have used PDF Convertor Professional (from www.nuance.com) to read PDF files into Word with much better results. However, the results STILL require a LOT

Mouse-scrolling solutions

2009-02-23 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
The Microsoft mouse drivers (built into the Intellipoint stuff) from version 6.0 onwards - currently at version 6.3 - worked very well for me for the scroll wheel support inside FrameMaker. With FrameMaker 7.2 and 8.0. on Windows XP SP2, SP3 and I am now on Windows Vista. I was going to test

Numbering question

2009-02-24 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
ROFL. If any document needs *that* many independent counters, then it is probably too complicated for the audience to follow the numbering anyway! :) I think that KISS should be applied. I know that I have paragraph numbering up the wazoo in my tech specs, but 12 counters have been more than

Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having torescale?

2009-01-07 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Years ago, I wrote a little DOS command utility that changes one string to another on a large set of files, without having to open each one in an editor. It is a very limited program (in that you have to be careful to NOT have an overlap in the "from" and "to" strings" and you have to be

Greater Than Or Equal To symbol in Frame 8 on XP pro

2009-01-08 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Another possibility. I have been thinking of buying this font (link below) rather than use "Symbol", but have held off since I would not have a major need for most of this stuff yet. But they do *seem* to look reasonable ... anyone want to spring for it and let us know how good this font is (at

How do you create a new paragraph after a table?

2009-01-19 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Sharon Burton wrote: > Inserting page breaks for copy-fitting while you are crating content results > in a large amount of rework in the future, as added content will move page > breaks around and must manually be managed. Very, very true! I am an old school writer and was taught to get the

TOOL: Very inexpensive alternative to Illustrator etc.

2009-01-20 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I agree completely! Last December, I bought their suite of three tools (Xara Extreme 4, Webstyle 4, and Xara 3D 6) for $119 as I recall (special for the holidays) and it was money well spent, IMHO. I liked it to the point where I decided not expense it to my company and just license it myself (so

FM8 seems to be sluggish on my PC

2009-01-20 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> I often have lots of dialog boxes open (e.g. paragraph/character designer, marker window), and I do not notice anything special. Specifically jumping around with the insertion mark or selecting text is fast. > I have FM 8.0p277, 1 GB RAM, Windows 2000 Professional. > Therefore I do not think

FM8 seems to be sluggish on my PC

2009-01-20 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
This pretty much sums up what I saw with some testing too, but I did not go to the level of detail that you have done here! I think that the constant "refresh" of information inside the Para and Char Designer boxes is what causes the slowdown. Thanks for the detailed information, Mike! Z

FM8 seems to be sluggish on my PC

2009-01-20 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Richard Combs wrote: > Your explanation makes sense, and suggests that the degree of slowdown will depend on how many different pgf and char tags the cursor moves through. There's a lot of information displayed in the Designer dialogs, and if it changes every few characters or lines... I *think*

FM8 seems to be sluggish on my PC

2009-01-21 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, Rick. In the recent past, after I upgraded to Vista, I examined the actual physical (i.e., not paged to disk) memory being used while I have had some large FM documents open, and that was not an issue, as far as I could tell. However, I was thinking of bumping the memory up anyway, so I will

FM8 seems to be sluggish on my PC

2009-01-21 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Fred Ridder said: ? The 32-bit versions of Vista can only address 3 GB of memory, so more than that amount doesn't improve performance unless you're running the 64-bit (Ultimate) version of Vista. Yup! But you don't have to go all the way to Ultimate 64. Just as an FYI, there is a Vista

Adobe announces FM9 and Tech Comm Suite 2

2009-01-21 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Acrobat 9 Pro Extended is indeed available a separate product. Note: I don't know whether it has the PDF workflow capability in it or not, or how well it integrates with FrameMaker 9 - when purchased without TCS 2.0 that is. Z Clint Owen wrote: > Does anyone know if the PDF review feature will

Screen Capture

2009-01-26 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Brian Lamborn wrote: > I am creating some manuals and I need to include some screen shots of our configuration software. Any recommendations on which screen capture software works best? I just use the built-in Windows capabilities (works well for me) ... some others here like Snag-It. Z

PDF Documentation

2009-01-27 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Both the Agilent examples are good demonstrations of how to do a screen-readable PDF. Very nice! The funniest part of this, though, is that I have the original printed version (of the AN-91-1 document only, not the second one) before the concept of PDF formats even existed! :) It was *totally*

Save As not working with Acrobat Pro 9.0- issue still not resolved

2009-07-06 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> To be as clear as possible, the "save as PDF" feature of FrameMaker 7 is not at all compatible with Acrobat 7, 8, or 9! > > - Dov Folks, I have to ask if this is categorically true for everybody ... because, my experience with "Save as PDF" to Acrobat has been just fine over the years. I

Converting PDF to Word

2009-07-06 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I use PDF Convertor Pro for PDF->Word conversions ... works reasonably well, but still needs a lot of cleaning up after the work is done. Might be easier to use Mif2Go to wrote the RTF for Word, from FrameMaker directly. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

Converting PDF to Word

2009-07-06 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> Might be easier to use Mif2Go to wrote the RTF for Word, from FrameMaker directly. Argh ... "wrote" should be "write". Z

WEBINAR: Using FrameMaker and DITA with XDocs Content ManagementSystem

2009-07-09 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Art Campbell wrote: > Uh, Scott, this seems to be taking place at 10 a.m. PST, which means 7 a.m. EST... > Is that correct? Ummm ... 1pm Eastern. Z

Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
This is my practice as well, although I don't go to a complete text file. What I do is read the RTF into Frame and then "copy/paste-special" paragraphs and text into a new document, applying proper paragraph formats as I go. Using my approach minimizes (but does not eliminate) overlooking

Soliciting hardware recommendations

2009-07-14 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Keep in mind that it is not necessarily obvious that the home-brew system is at fault. It may simply be a matter of re-installing the OS and applications if it is not too old a machine. What is the system motherboard, how much memory does it have, what are the drives, how old is it, what OS ...

Soliciting hardware recommendations

2009-07-15 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
>> If you get an Intel Core 2 Duo (or Core 2 Quad) system, running at >> 2.6GHz or higher, with 4GB of DDR2 RAM and 7200rpm drives >> (RAID 0 might >> be a bit of overkill but easy enough to do), Windows Vista Business >> 64-bit, and something like an nVidia 9600GT card or better, you will >>

Heading levels in a UG

2009-07-15 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I use a maximum of 4 ... anything more, and the heading numbering scheme gets quite clumsy and distracts from the content. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Evanth, Henrik Sent: Wednesday, July

Heading levels in a UG

2009-07-15 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Ah! 72 levels of headings are quite possible then. . . . I kid, I kid! :) Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:24 PM To: Frame Users Subject: Re:

Standard font for technical documentation

2009-07-21 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> For standard typefaces embedded in print PDF documents, I use Palatino Linotype for serifs, the new (free) Inconsolata-dk for monospaced, and any of a number of sans-serif typefaces--usually Arial, Verdana, Calibri., etc. Hi, Gary. Did you mean Inconsolata-dk or Incolsolata-dz? I have not seen

List of files w/i a directory

2009-06-09 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
In a dos window: Dir /s > file.txt will do what you want. The "/s" means list subdirectories. BTW, in a dos window, doing: "Command /?" Lists all the options for that "command". Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces

No subject

2009-06-15 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, all. I am using FrameMaker 8 on a Windows Vista system. How can I insert a "horizontal range brace" character or graphic like the ones used in figure 3-4 on page 23 of this paper: "h t t p : / / w w w . c d g . o r g / resources / white_papers / MEID_EUIMID_Migration . p d f" (All

Horizontal Range Braces

2009-06-16 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Thanks! I will give this a try today. Z -Original Message- From: Baruch Brodersen [mailto:baruch.broder...@bigbandnet.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:15 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Horizontal Range Braces Z, You

[OT]: RE:

2009-06-16 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Ah! I got "Mail undeliverable" messages (but didn't keep them to look further), so I presumed that it was the link. Thanks! Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lea Rush Sent: Tuesday, June 16,

Horizontal Range Braces

2009-06-16 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, Baruch. Okay, I tried your response and this worked well enough that I think I can make do for what I am trying. Thanks! But ... a comment and questions that might help me do yet better: 1. I used the Color > Definition > ... to make a new color - it is not under the Special > ... (you did

Horizontal Range Braces

2009-06-16 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, Baruch, I was aware of the character format capability (I use them in numbering for headings and text in the sidehead), but not the ability to select them in equations. My experience with the equations editor is extremely low - no reasons to use them till now! :) I will try all this out as

Getting Rid of Font Change Warning

2009-06-19 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> >Before I go installing the SetPrint utility, I have a couple of >questions: > > > >- Can I imitate this utility by going to File > Print Setup and > >choosing Adobe PDF as the printer? > If you are there to make the change, you can. But a build > system can't. And personally, I find it way

Use of "please" in technical documentation and messages on screen

2009-06-26 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Mike Wickham wrote: > Actually, the way I would write the message avoids passive voice and omits > needless words. I would write, "Updating result list. Please wait..." This is how I'd do it too ... :) Z

FM 8 no longer generating PDFs with bookmarks for the AcrobatBookmarks pane

2009-03-04 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, Dov. Please pardon my rant below ... not your personal fault at all! But, Adobe does seriously need to fix PDF generation from FrameMaker, IMHO. Dov wrote: > FrameMaker (exceptionally unfortunately) unlike InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop does NOT have the ability to directly export PDF

FM 8 no longer generating PDFs with bookmarks fortheAcrobatBookmarks pane

2009-03-04 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Thanks! I decided to submit my comments to that site ... just finished getting it written ... wonder if anything will come of it! Z Matt wrote (in response to my rant): > I think I may actually put this link into my email sig... (found by a "googling" Adobe Wish List) Adobe Wishlist:

FM 8 no longer generating PDFs with bookmarks fortheAcrobatBookmarks pane

2009-03-04 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Okay! :) BTW, my e-mail to the list bounced ... did yours do the same? I wonder if this one will come through ... Z -Original Message- From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:m...@grafixtraining.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:32 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); framers

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Jim Pinkham wrote: > Any possibility of printing, scanning, and OCRing (with Adobe Paper Capture or another tool) the document? Not an elegant solution, perhaps, but quite possibly faster than retyping, if this approach is feasible for you. Other similar possibilities: 1. Print/save the file as

[semi-OT] Anyone having problems with this morning's Acrobat andReader patches?

2009-03-12 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Lea Rush wrote: > Thank you for posting this, Art. Once I checked, I found that all my Start > Menu shortcuts were invalidated. They still exist, but they have no icon and > point to nothing. Quite fixable, but very strange. I had this happen too ... indeed strange. I did not bother to check to

Elementary Autonumber Question

2009-03-17 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Lea saidRush : > I can't count the frustrations I have with autonumbering in Word. Indeed!! It's worst when it tries to read your mind. Z

Font and Graphic problems after installing Acrobat 9.0

2009-03-18 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I would start by removing Adobe Type Manager from her system. It is an old, essentially unsupported Adobe product and was not *really* intended to be used after Windows NT or Windows 2000 (I forget which). ATM may be interacting improperly with the built-in font support inside Windows XP.

Procedure How to Write a Manual!

2009-05-22 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Ah ... the old NUXI problem. :) > I also ran into "endian" while documenting a UNIX application. A > subject-matter expert (SME) patiently explained it to me, though my > impression at the time was that he was a little uncertain. Perhaps the > uncertainty was about the explanation itself, not

FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs

2009-11-12 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Agreed with the comments so far. *Most* laptops that are more than a year or two old cannot even have more than 4GB physically installed - the hardware does not allow it, and a 32-bit OS reduces this to somewhere between 2.8GB and 3.7GB - depending on the graphics card in there, the add-on

Frame 9 trial

2009-11-28 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Perhaps it is on your Windows desktop? That is another [common] download file location ... Z > Hi Framers, > I am trying to install a trial of Framemaker to see if it suitable for a big directory publishing job which my client is trying to do (without much success) in InDesign. I downloaded a

Frame Postscript Output Problem

2009-10-05 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, Janice. There are lots of people here who have, over the years, experienced problems with the "Save As PDF ..." method. So, it has become the "normal" recommendation over time to avoid that. However, there are some of us who have *not* had problems. In fact, I am one of those who believes

Merging books: Need FM mechanisms and methodologies for merging books with large fraction of identical material

2009-10-13 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> In addition, there is also the "possibility of migrating everything from FM to Word" floating around at this particular client. So there is never much point in making a big investment in FM book restructuring. Argh ... they should re-think this "possibility". While I had been an early

Framemaker installed under Administrator

2009-10-16 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Overzealousness at its height, I suspect. Or a novice Administrator. Installing an application with "allow running for all users" can be done only as an Administrator if that is what he wants to control. It has *nothing* to do with giving away Administrator rights or passwords, and will not cause

Find Apply

2009-10-22 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
>> As for applying italics without a character format, I think most would agree that this is a Bad Thing. >I agree that this is not professional, but if I do it this way then at least I don't get the problem I get when I use a character style (Emphasis) above. Not a question of professional use

Find Apply

2009-10-22 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> Just one small problem though... I used the Emphasis character style. I tried to apply "As is" to all the formatting of Emphasis, and then to set it to italics, but it didn't "stick". So when I then applied the Emphasis style to a title, for example, it changed the font of the word Acme to

Find Apply

2009-10-22 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Richard, you are absolutely correct! I just tested EZVars as well, and the method works perfectly. Using EZVars, combined with Sharon's "add the character tag" to a variable recommendation: (a) creates the new variable with the required minimum set of font changes like italic and spread

Frame on Vista and Win7

2009-10-22 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
The usual Windows 7 User Account Control (UAC) "feature" asking for permission to do something. It is less obtrusive in Windows 7 compared to Vista, but ... still a pain sometimes. If you are sure that Adobe is not messing with your computer when installing FrameMaker, then the answer to this

PDF to FM9

2009-10-23 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, Kelly I use a commercial "PDF-to-Word" tool and bring it into RTF, because the Adobe PDF Professional "output as a RTF" is pretty darn useless, IMHO. Yes, there is still some residual overhead in getting the FrameMaker doc right, but much better than any other approach that I have found.

Maximum number of variables in FM?

2009-10-28 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, Diane. I have over 700 variables in one of my documents ... no problem at all! In case anyone wonders why I have so many: has to do with a set of numeric values in one of my specs that are refered to in multiple places - fwiw, it is better to be consistent everywhere, than wrong in even one

Running FM9 (and TCS2) on 64-bit systems

2009-09-11 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> FrameMaker automatically runs properly in 32-bit mode in Vista 64-bit and Windows 7 > 64-bit versions. There is nothing that you need to do to cause this to happen. > - Dov My experience is the same as well - (FrameMaker 8 and the trial version only of FrameMaker 9) - on a Windows 7

FrameMaker 8 installation files downloadable anywhere?

2009-09-11 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, all. My old laptop is not functioning and I need to migrate to a new one that is now on my desk. Unfortunately, I cannot find my FrameMaker 8 disks anywhere (although I have the license info printed and saved away luckily) ... is there any place on the Adobe web site that I can use to

FrameMaker 8 installation files downloadable anywhere?

2009-09-12 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Thanks, Michael. I also got an off-list message to that link. I have downloaded it from there. Now, I just need to get past the next problem now: the activation did not work since I could not de-activate it from the previous system. I had already activated it twice due to a faulty drive some

Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker "document control"?

2009-09-26 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
(Trying this again since my first two did not going through ... more than a few days now.) Hi, all. I often update specifications and documents (all get a new version number, etc.). Currently, I maintain these in separate folders for each version of a given spec. Basically, one folder

Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker "document control"?

2009-09-28 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Thanks, guys! Sounds like I will investigate it and see how it goes. I am hoping to piggy-back on the efforts of the software folks who are looking at it too. However ... any other recommendations too for what I am trying to do? Regards, Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at

[framescript-users] OT: Backup software

2009-09-28 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, Rick. I use "Shadow Protect" from www.storagecraft.com ... works very, very well for me! Check out their 30 day trial version and you may be hooked. Automatically, I do a weekly drive image on Monday mornings, hourly backups during the day on every day of the rest of the week onto an

OT: Is there software for burning cross-platform CDs from PC?

2010-02-04 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I use ImgBurn for making CD's and DVD's ... and I believe it can make ISO9660 and Joliet format, both of which should be readable on Mac systems (AFAIK). Best of all, the program is free! Check out http://www.imgburn.com/ for more info. Z -Original Message- From:

FM 9 books

2010-02-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I like the Scriptorium book a lot too. My only regret is that they decided not to publish the "Structured FrameMaker" version of it ... I hope that this happens sometime. I would gladly buy it! Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at

Converting Rows to Headers

2010-02-12 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> I am genuinely curious what tool you have found to be superior at handling tables and why. Same here ... I have not looked much, but, like you, I use FrameMaker 8 and Word 2007 (different purposes) and I definitely prefer FM to Word for the table handling. Is there some other product that

pure XML

2010-02-17 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> I think you're confusing "pure" with valid and "impure" with proprietary. A file can adhere to the XML standard without being valid against any particular DTD or schema, and being invalid against any content model doesn't mean it's not adhering to the XML standard. Exactly right! Some of us

How to find "Unavailable Fonts"

2010-01-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, all. I am getting stumped with something I thought would be simple (has been so in the past). A contact sent me a book (in FM 7 format) that I am attempting to read into FM 8 ... to fix a page numbering and contents/index problem. Whenever I open two of the files in the book, I get an

How to find "Unavailable Fonts"

2010-01-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I forgot to mention that I already have the fonts in the families listed below - all of them are on my computer! Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)

How to find "Unavailable Fonts"

2010-01-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
ite confusing to me now. A MIF wash did not solve anything, turning off the 'missing font ...' in the Preferences is not allowing me to come back and re-edit the file without the error. What am I doing wrong? Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent:

How to find "Unavailable Fonts"

2010-01-11 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> I assume you have investigated Reference and Master Pages through the document? Also, fonts can hide in character and paragraph formats, in spaces, non-breaking spaces, automated number formats, cross reference formats where styles have been defined, etc. Agreed. In the past, this is where I

How to find "Unavailable Fonts"

2010-01-11 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> Syed, are you saying the book update fails even after you open all the files, acknowledging the prompts about font substitution? Exactly! Yes, this is what has me stumped. I opened *all* the .FM files (only four .FM files - two are the contents and index files that I want to fix, only one has

How to find "Unavailable Fonts"

2010-01-11 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Jim Owens wrote: > Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote: > > I saved those two files in MIF format and searched for "FFamily" and > > only see the following unique entries for font familes: > > > That search may not have been definitive. According to the MIF Reference (MIF Document Statements >

How to find "Unavailable Fonts"

2010-01-12 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> OK, the fonts aren't the problem. And FM appears to be updating the generated list files. With help from a respondee on this list, I found and fixed the missing font problem. Sent out an e-mail about that! :) > Just to confirm that the content is being regenerated, go to one of the headings

Keyboard shortcut control for inserting a variable?

2010-01-21 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I also endorse EZVars ... its ability to allow me search for and convert existing text to a variable throughout a document makes it great! It is my second most used FM add-on ... just after BookVars to manage all the variables in the first place. :) Z -Original Message- From:

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-10-29 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, Chris and Ben, I like it too ... I am going to copy people inside our company on this concept. Z Chris Borokowski Chris Borokowski wrote: > > I like this idea, a lot. > > Instead of writing instructions out in a dry abstraction and passive > voice, explain how the application should work

Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-04-02 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I see the same problem ... quite repeatable. Characters get "eliminated" from the text line following a carriage return (even later entries!). 1. Doing a control-L before the save does NOT show any problems. 2. Starting, saving a file, closing it, and then re-opening the file (no control-L)

Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-04-02 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
One additional observation: The previous line where you do the carriage return, has to be shorter than the next line to see the problem. I.e., "12345", , "1234567890" shows the problem, but "1234567890", , "12345" does NOT. Z

Stretching a table footnote to the column width ...

2008-04-02 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, all. In tables that do not "stretch" over the entire page width, table footnotes do not stretch to the page width either. They wrap --- pretty much at the right edge of the rightmost table column. Is there a way to change this? I.e., have the table be relatively narrow and yet have the table

Stretching a table footnote to the column width ...

2008-04-02 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Thanks! I will give this a shot. Z > -Original Message- > From: knowhowpro at gmail.com [mailto:knowhowpro at gmail.com] On Behalf Of > Peter Gold > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:26 PM > To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); framers at > lists.frameusers.com > Subject:

Stretching a table footnote to the column width ...

2008-04-02 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, all. I decided not to try this one from Peter, because I received another suggestion off-line that did exactly what I wanted. Since it was a private communication, I will not identify who it came from, but the idea was very easy to do (in my own words here): Just add another

We are looking for a contract Technical Writer ... short-term ...

2008-04-09 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, all. We have a need at my company for a contract Technical Writer for a bunch of small projects over a 3 month period. WORK: 1. Original authoring (for some short documents - between 5 to 15 pages typically). 2. Document cleanup/update (i.e., take written work from our engineering

Cordless headset

2008-04-21 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hello Direct (www.hellodirect.com) sells many excellent long-range headset add-on units, and headset/phone combinations. A bit pricey, but we have a many here because of their excellent quality and range. Z > Hello Framers, > > I am moving soon and looking to upgrade my home office. I would

In Praise of Framers and QuickBooks Pro 2008

2008-04-25 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
One other possibility to think about (it is not Intuit) ... Microsoft has a freebie available that may fit the need: Microsoft Accounting Express 2008. Check out the info here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accountingexpress/FX101729681033.aspx. This is designed for small businesses.

Microsoft XP support

2008-04-28 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
This may also be relevant :) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24293129/ Z > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Rick Quatro > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:26 PM > To: framers at

Test ...

2008-08-04 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I am not seeing any e-mails from this list for a week now! Is it still operational? Thanks! Z

Anchored frame internal gap

2008-08-05 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, all. I am not receiving any e-mail from the Framers list - including the test I tried yesterday. Is the list operational, or is it me? Can someone please send me e-mail to let me know ... thanks!! Z

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