Re: [Framers] Printing Tag Properties

2023-12-14 Thread Craig Ede
cents worth. Craig Ede From: Framers on behalf of acr...@shaw.ca Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 6:17 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] Printing Tag Properties Is there a way to print Character, Paragraph and Table tag properties directly

Re: [Framers] Autonumber/autoincrement independent of paragraph style?

2023-07-17 Thread Craig Ede
number method that could work if this happens again. Thanks, -Dan -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Craig Ede Sent: Monday, July 17, 2023 2:33 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Autonumber/autoincrement independent

Re: [Framers] Autonumber/autoincrement independent of paragraph style?

2023-07-17 Thread Craig Ede
It would be fascinating to hear the use case, as you imply. Probably the simplest way to do it would be to insert the same marker at each point and then parse the whole thing after the fact, replacing each marker with an incremented number. Craig From: Framers

Re: [Framers] Have not seen any emails in this list since ...

2023-01-13 Thread Craig Ede
Klaus, We very much appreciate your expertise and presence on this list, so don’t consider yourself retired yet!  Craig From: Framers on behalf of Klaus Daube Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 2:12 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers]

Re: [Framers] Have not seen any emails in this list since ...

2023-01-12 Thread Craig Ede
. It has been a nice run! Craig Ede —-snipped—- ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker crashes

2022-10-03 Thread Craig Ede
The Windows memory leak problem has been longstanding. We used to have to restart FrameMaker at least once a day (and reboot once a day, too) while the SUN workstations would run without rebooting for months. I don’t think it trusting Windows beyond a day is sensible. Shut down at night and

Re: [Framers] Playing chin music WAS: Updating Para Tag Language in a Translated FM Book

2022-08-11 Thread Craig Ede
Many thanks to the ipad for changing “xref” to “creo” below. Sheesh! Apple needs to totally revamp the iPad autocorrect. I could go on for hours on that. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Craig Ede Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2022 12:32 PM To: An email list

[Framers] Playing chin music WAS: Updating Para Tag Language in a Translated FM Book

2022-08-11 Thread Craig Ede
aying BACH nightly for hours at a time. Craig Ede ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.c

Re: [Framers] Updating Para Tag Language in a Translated FM Book

2022-08-10 Thread Craig Ede
Isn’t the language setting part of the paragraph tag definition? I’ll go look, but that’s what I recall. Where is the language setting you are seeing defined? Craig Ede From: Framers on behalf of Craig, Alison GLI/CA Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 4:52 PM

Re: [Framers] Updating Para Tag Language in a Translated FM Book

2022-08-10 Thread Craig Ede
ready for this sort of contingency. Craig Ede From: Framers on behalf of Craig, Alison GLI/CA Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 4:23 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: [Framers] Updating Para Tag Language in a Translated

Re: [Framers] Including a non-breaking hyphen in a variable

2022-05-13 Thread Craig Ede
Thanks, Lin. That's a handy complilation. Craig Ede From: Framers on behalf of Lin Sims ...snipped... https://www.frameusers.com/uploads/2016/08/ShortcutInfo.zip ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list

Re: [Framers] OT: Product Marketing Lingo

2022-05-11 Thread Craig Ede
It would seem that in a product name you want to have the fundamental descriptive stuff first (i.e. what is it, including adjectives). In that way you are pointing out the valuable part of the product (it is an Audio Analyzer). The MX100, while critically defining the product, can follow that,

Re: [Framers] Working on external USB drives Re: FM2019 and gremlins

2022-02-24 Thread Craig Ede
To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Working on external USB drives Re: FM2019 and gremlins There's no difference so far as an application is concerned. On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:18 AM Craig Ede wrote: > > Are we talking about working on USB hard dr

[Framers] Working on external USB drives Re: FM2019 and gremlins

2022-02-24 Thread Craig Ede
Are we talking about working on USB hard drives or USB thumb drives? Craig ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at

Re: [Framers] TOC issue

2021-12-17 Thread Craig Ede
Is there any kind of character formatting at the beginning of these 5 lines being used for the TOC? Craig Ed From: Framers on behalf of tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com Sent: Friday, December 17, 2021 8:48 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers]

Re: [Framers] activation dialog for old Adobe software

2021-11-13 Thread Craig Ede
. After all, their installation package is the gold standard for what constitutes an installation. Craig Ede From: Framers on behalf of Robert Lauriston That doesn't mean they can disable software I paid for. On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 2:17 PM Fred Ridder wrote

Re: [Framers] activation dialog for old Adobe software

2021-11-11 Thread Craig Ede
will have whatever security problems that have been fixed in the newer versions. Craig Ede From: Framers on behalf of Lin Sims Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2021 4:05 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers

[Framers] Jpg import failure WAS Error Message Explanation

2021-10-27 Thread Craig Ede
There must be an editor that writes out a generic jpg, no matter what kind of jpg is read into it. Thus my suggesting to use a variety of editors to open the file and saveAs jpg again. I would start with photoshop, an older version if you have one. Craig Ede

Re: [Framers] Error Message Explanation (Robert Lauriston); Framers Digest, Vol 187, Issue 16

2021-10-25 Thread Craig Ede
long time). If it's failing with all jpgs, it's possible that something in your installation has been corrupted, so you might try a re-install. Craig Ede ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Craig Ede
I can only echo my agreement with Dennis on this. . Craig Ede …snip… I am not happy with the subscription model as I believe it's an egregious affront to hold the software hostage when missing a subscription payment. From a business point of view, it's a cash flow solution, reducing the seasonal

Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question

2021-09-29 Thread Craig Ede
Tammy, Is there some way you can turn off the appending the earlier messages when you reply. I expect you are probably replying from a phone and it just produces a long string where everything is mashed up together making it difficult to read your brief responses. Thanks Craig

Re: [Framers] New Adobe Profiles - Business, Personal

2021-09-27 Thread Craig Ede
If you had to only piss off one of the groups, you'd likely pick the one that is smaller. But pissing off nobody would be better. C Ede snip... Adobe treats its Creative Cloud customers (InDesign / Photoshop / Illustrator / Type / etc.) much better than its

Re: [Framers] Table Conversion with Formats

2021-09-04 Thread Craig Ede
Karen, The short answer to your question is no. However, when doing the convert to table process you are able to choose a table format to use as the target format for the new table. Be aware that the table format only allows you to choose one para format to apply to all the non-heading table

Re: [Framers] Superscript and Subscript

2021-08-12 Thread Craig Ede
Bodvar, I (Craig Ede) was referring to you. You had named the option that I had referred to in a much less specific fashion in an earlier email. Thanks. Craig Ede From: Framers on behalf of Böðvar Björgvinsson Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2021 3:25 PM

Re: [Framers] Superscript and Subscript

2021-08-12 Thread Craig Ede
Alison, I was attempting to refer to the "fixed" option the Bodvar pointed out. Craig ...snip... The only thing I remember is that you can lock the line spacing so that these elements that stick up or down don't affect the leading at all, but that usually makes

Re: [Framers] Superscript and Subscript

2021-08-11 Thread Craig Ede
Alison, I can’t quite tell if you have too much space or not enough space (see red text in your message). The only thing I remember is that you can lock the line spacing so that these elements that stick up or down don’t affect the leading at all, but that usually makes things cramped. That

Re: [Framers] FM10 templates

2021-08-04 Thread Craig Ede
Or, better, MIF. Craig ….snip…. Whoever maintains the newsletter going forward will need an FM version that can open existing newsletter versions. Consider exporting your work as RTF. ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages

Re: [Framers] Is IXgen available for 64-bit FrameMaker?

2021-07-17 Thread Craig Ede
Rick, You are an inspiration to us all, working at 7 pm on a Saturday (my time, not necessarily yours). Best, Craig From: Framers on behalf of r...@rickquatro.com Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2021 7:03 PM To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker

Re: [Framers] Regular Expressions

2021-07-16 Thread Craig Ede
Wouldn’t you know it! And then there is the Python version… Craig …snipped… there are very subtle differences between "egrep", "grep", "Perl" (FM internal) and "JavaScript" (in ExtendScript)... Klaus ___ This message

Re: [Framers] Does new FrameMaker actually split footnotes across pages?

2021-06-09 Thread Craig Ede
So which does it do? The first (like Word) or the second option Wendy describes? Craig Wendy McGovern wrote: > I'm still a little skeptical, though, whether the new version actually > "splits" > the footnote like Word does and puts part of the note on the

Re: [Framers] Appallingly slow linked graphics: UPDATE

2021-06-07 Thread Craig Ede
There are some oddball network issues that can cause this. Someone out there in framers may have the incantation needed to leave them out on the network and yet get them to load at an acceptable speed. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Steve Rickaby Sent:

Re: [Framers] A bizarre cross-reference issue

2021-04-23 Thread Craig Ede
Yes, the structured documents have the ability to put one tag inside another tag. Much more systematic and—dare I say it—better structured. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Lynne A. Price Won't help with the definition of cross-reference formats, but in

Re: [Framers] A bizarre cross-reference issue

2021-04-23 Thread Craig Ede
Rick’s suggestion highlights one of the pitfalls of FrameMaker’s tagging system. If you overlay a character tag with another character tag, you may get a mix of characteristics in the text depending on the settings for each of the character tags. Anything left “As Is” in the second applied tag

Re: [Framers] Hidden Text

2021-04-17 Thread Craig Ede
Alison, Use the Conditional Text feature to define a format and then hide that conditional text format when you don’t want to see it.If you text is already tagged with a char format you can you that to find that text and then paste the Conditional Text format. Craig Ede

Re: [Framers] Extraneous appended text Re: link for Feature Request

2021-02-25 Thread Craig Ede
I thought maybe it was a problem of replying via telephone. C- ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at

Re: [Framers] Extraneous appended text Re: link for Feature Request

2021-02-25 Thread Craig Ede
I thought maybe it was a problem of replying via telephone. C- ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at

[Framers] Extraneous appended text Re: link for Feature Request

2021-02-25 Thread Craig Ede
What’s going was going on with all the appended text to this message? C- From: Framers on behalf of Sue Thomson Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 1:50 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] link for Feature Request That’s the one! Thank

[Framers] Spam messages in the subject WAS: Table of Contents issue in FM-generated PDF

2021-02-04 Thread Craig Ede
Maybe they are a result of all the embedded messages. Best to trim everything else out and just post an answer. Craig ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at

Re: [Framers] [SPAM-heur][SPAM-dkim] Re: Table of Contents issue in FM-generated PDF

2021-02-02 Thread Craig Ede
I seem to remember that if there is a character format applied to the text in the source (i.e. at the beginning of your paragraph headings in the text of your book), that affects the size of the active area of the link in the TOC. (That’s an unlikely scenario, but maybe it applies here.) Craig

Re: [Framers] Adobe Flash Player EOL - How can I still embed video in FM documents saved as PDFs?

2021-01-14 Thread Craig Ede
Adobe used to explicitly state that software could be transferred to another party. They even had a form on their website for that. I don’t know what their current stance on that is. Obviously not in the case of subscription. Craig From: Framers on behalf of

Re: [Framers] AFrames Below and Left

2020-12-21 Thread Craig Ede
Jeff is referring to the fact that there is a local copy that us accessed by the individual user and a general copy of maker.ini that is part of the general machine installation. I forget how the hierarchy works, but the settings of one will override the other. Yadda, yadda, yadda Craig

Re: [Framers] Using vector images in Frame

2020-11-30 Thread Craig Ede
These guys do a free online PNG to SVG translation. I haven't used them, but if you give them a try, you can let us all know if they do a good job or not. https://www.pngtosvg.com/ Thanks. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Sparky Anderson Sent: Monday,

Re: [Framers] Adobe Job Options

2020-09-11 Thread Craig Ede
I believe that is true based on my experience with various versions of FM. I can't remember and can't check right now, but this may be one of the settings you can import to multiple file in the book, too. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Doug Sent: Friday,

[Framers] multiple versions subscription Re: Adobe licensing is migrating to subscription based

2020-08-26 Thread Craig Ede
? At least with FrameMaker, 2020 installed into a separate folder and left the 2019 installation alone. On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 2:39 PM Craig Ede wrote: > This brings up and interesting question. When the subscription pushes out > a new version, can you leave an earlier FrameMaker version on a m

Re: [Framers] Adobe licensing is migrating to subscription based

2020-08-26 Thread Craig Ede
This brings up and interesting question. When the subscription pushes out a new version, can you leave an earlier FrameMaker version on a machine and use that for files that you want to stay in that version? The medical device industry can be quite hidebound about using newer versions of

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Adobe licensing is migrating to subscription based

2020-08-26 Thread Craig Ede
And if you are worried that a machine is about to die on you, you can always deactivate the license and install it on another machine. OS advancements are another can o' worms but usually Win users can get things to run on the newer OS versions. Craig From:

Re: [Framers] Framemaker v7.0 Quick Reference card (FREE)

2020-08-26 Thread Craig Ede
Klaus, That link just went into my bookmarks in the FrameMaker folder. Thanks. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Klaus Daube Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:50 AM To: Theresa de Valence ; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Framemaker

Re: [Framers] FM on Next - question from a nostalgic person

2020-06-15 Thread Craig Ede
There is a copy of FM4 Windows (sealed in the box) on ebay for $15.99 (or best offer); I'd offer them $5. Also, there is a copy of The Frame Handbook by Linda Branagan (circa 1994) for less than $11 w/free shipping. I have seen the Branagan book in some college libraries. My recollection is

Re: [Framers] FM on Next - question from a nostalgic person

2020-06-15 Thread Craig Ede
Since NeXTSTEP OS was based on UNIX, I think the Unix FM manual instructions probably cover most of the functioning of the FM program. One thing to watch out for in such an old version of FrameMaker is the 'grey box' problem that used to crop up where graphics would suddenly become grey boxes.

[Framers] Hallucinating Re: Script/ to sort files in a FrameMaker book file?

2020-05-21 Thread Craig Ede
-fm, Test3.fm, Test2.fm, Test1.fm no matter the order of selection. That seems really arbitrary to me. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Craig Ede Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 10:56 AM To: stu...@smalbro.dk ; An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker

Re: [Framers] Script/ to sort files in a FrameMaker book file?

2020-05-21 Thread Craig Ede
My (recalled) experience is that the order in which you select the files to add them to the book affects the order in which they appear. (I think this is a Windows thing). The one anomaly is (again, as I recall) that the first file selected ends up being the last added to the book, whereas the

Re: [Framers] Acrobat DC & Frame etc

2020-04-27 Thread Craig Ede
Your company may find it is less inexpensive to purchase the Technical Communication Suite than to purchase FrameMaker and Acrobat separately. That may be true for both subscription and permanent license costs. Craig snip For some reason, IT have

Re: [Framers] Grammar question

2020-04-21 Thread Craig Ede
My wife the linguist says that makes sense because the sound of the phoneme drives the choice of the article preceding it. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Robert Lauriston I follow the Chicago Manual of Style guidelines, which say go by how it's

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] FrameMaker 11 - blank pages appearing at the end of imported file

2020-04-17 Thread Craig Ede
Very true, Dan. So the quick way to delete all extra elements (like empty graphic tool text boxes) AND altered master pages is to click in the margin of the page, select all on the blank body page and then delete everything. Then View>Master page, then back to the body page via View>Body Page,

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] FrameMaker 11 - blank pages appearing at the end of imported file

2020-04-16 Thread Craig Ede
More often than not I have found that page deletion is prevented by an empty text box (not a text flow) that was accidentally created on the page that won't delete. Usually this is a result of someone using the graphic text tool and clicking on the page, not entering text and then clicking off

Re: [Framers] Book and Doc Templates.

2020-04-15 Thread Craig Ede
The nice thing is that once you get it into FrameMaker you will know what everything is. A silver lining of sorts. Craig ...snipped.. The Word file I inherited does not use any formatting standard, it's just a 193 pages of mish mash of whatever any given editor

Re: [Framers] Table Alignment Issues

2020-04-14 Thread Craig Ede
What exactly are you trying to align between the two tables? Craig ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at

[Framers] FrameMaker User Groups WAS: Framers Digest, Vol 169, Issue 8

2020-04-09 Thread Craig Ede
I remember giving a presentation on auto-numbering paragraphs (including different head levels, figures, tables, etc. in a single numbering system) to one of these User Groups at Medtronic in Minneapolis back in the 90s. That group had folks from the airline as well as medical device industries

Re: [Framers] cartoon

2020-04-09 Thread Craig Ede
Tarlochan Nahal, The cartoon didn't attach to the post. Can you send it to me directly. Thanks. Craig Ede ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http

Re: [Framers] Nostalgia - was Re: FrameMaker 2015

2020-04-02 Thread Craig Ede
Tags may exist as nouns in the manual, but for him it seemed the verb 'tagging' was XML related only. Did I say manual? I meant help pages. Another slip. Craig Robert Lauriston said: I'm not sure how nostalgia figures into that. What most programs call

Re: [Framers] Nostalgia - was Re: FrameMaker 2015

2020-04-02 Thread Craig Ede
Nostalgia can cause trouble. I recently was in an interview with a multinational Health Care company in the Milwaukee/Waukesha area and referred to 'tagging' paragraphs in unstructured FrameMaker. The interviewer was nonplussed and corrected me, saying unstructured FrameMaker was not like XML.

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2015

2020-04-02 Thread Craig Ede
I had a Windows copy of Frame 3 tossed to me by my company's Tech Pubs manager back in 1991 or 1992. "They say this is better than PageMaker. Check it out!" I was immediately sold on it and I didn't even work for his department. They shifted over after they saw what I was doing with it. My

Re: [Framers] Best way to import/add select paragraph formats?

2020-03-26 Thread Craig Ede
I use a clean template approach for doing such imports, making sure there is no chance that I am importing something else even if I select the wrong options. Note: A truly 'clean' template would removed all formatting definitions in the template and not just char, para, table, master page and

Re: [Framers] MadCap Flare

2020-02-29 Thread Craig Ede
I would agree with Rick on this. Content design is very different from presentation design. It's rare to find someone who can do both. Craig Ede From: Framers on behalf of Rick Quatro Sent: Friday, February 28, 2020 9:15 PM To: 'An email list for people using

Re: [Framers] OT: Word to XML

2019-07-23 Thread Craig Ede
Lynne, Very true! Craig .. ... There are at least a couple of advantages of Create and Apply Formats in some cases: 1) When there are lots of untagged overrides, C F gives you a starting point for distinguishing formats that have overrides from those that

Re: [Framers] OT: Word to XML

2019-07-22 Thread Craig Ede
Rather than using the 'create and apply formats' feature, I'd use the 'find paragraph override'; and 'find character overrides' search functions to find anywhere where the tags are overridden with some other formatting. Mostly these will be nothing meaningful, and then you can set these ranges

Re: [Framers] OT: 100 @ 60 (Ride for Roswell)

2019-06-24 Thread Craig Ede
I had visions of a ride in New Mexico when I read your post, so I took a quick look at their website to see the routes. Obviously, I must not have been paying attention, as I found out your route was NE of Buffalo and east of Niagara Falls. Looks like a great ride. Congratulations, Rick. That

Re: [Framers] Replying to digest messages

2019-06-24 Thread Craig Ede
Thanks for the reminder. I noticed the subject line just as I hit the Reply button. Too late! Craig ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at

Re: [Framers] Framers Digest, Vol 159, Issue 11

2019-06-20 Thread Craig Ede
, Thanks for the tips. I'll give them a try. Karen On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 2:21 PM wrote: > > Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 22:51:47 + > From: Craig Ede > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > > Subject: Re: [Framers] Mystery Tags in HTML Mapping

Re: [Framers] Mystery Tags in HTML Mapping Table

2019-06-18 Thread Craig Ede
These are two places I know formats can hide: Check for them in the default table formats by putting inserting a table of each type. If it shows up in one of those, redefine the para where it is used to one of your defined formats and resave the new table as the default table format of that

Re: [Framers] Resources for getting up and running in Frame

2019-05-28 Thread Craig Ede
I have to agree with this. It is still possible to print out the entire manual from the pdf. I remember the FrameMaker 5.5 manual (which came with the product as a hardcopy) as being exceptionally good, but with all the changes since then, the new PDF is the better place to go. There has been a

Re: [Framers] Create a separate ToC for each text flow?

2019-05-17 Thread Craig Ede
Yves, I was thinking of something similar to what Lin describes, but I don't have time to check it and didn't want to lead you down a wrong path. However, once you create the TOC file as an autogenerated file, it might be possible to create the two text flows in that file, one for each

Re: [Framers] Hypertext Named Destinations in HTML5

2018-12-19 Thread Craig Ede
No doubt those notes will go into the 'style guide' that you maintain for those who come to your position in the future. Experience tells me that such 'style guides' (I call them Template User Guides) will be ignored by those who follow you, but one must be hopeful (and professional) about

Re: [Framers] FM 11 / FM 14 compatibility property names for the various binary doc types that start with

2018-11-30 Thread Craig Ede
At $24 Rick's ConvertDocs script is a steal and saves you having to worry about parameter values, error checking the script, etc. etc. etc. Long live Rick! http://www.frameexpert.com/store/ Carmen Publishing Inc. Store - frameexpert.com Carmen Publishing Inc.

Re: [Framers] FM 11 / FM 14 compatibility property names for the various binary doc types that start with

2018-11-30 Thread Craig Ede
I agree. But the values to pair those properties with are an open question (though trial and error might suss it out). The value use for v6-11 changes in this fashion: 11,12,13,16,21,23 At a guess I'd start with 25 for FM12 and 27 for FM13 and see if that works. Craig

Re: [Framers] FM 11 / FM 14 compatibility property names for the various binary doc types that start with

2018-11-30 Thread Craig Ede
From: Framers on behalf of Craig Ede Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 9:17 AM To: Jayaprakash Gnanamurthy; An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] FM 11 / FM 14 compatibility Not true, as Rick and Lin's postings indicate. Extendscript allows saving

Re: [Framers] FM 11 / FM 14 compatibility

2018-11-30 Thread Craig Ede
Not true, as Rick and Lin's postings indicate. Extendscript allows saving to a number of previous formats. Extendscript only functions in versions FM10 and up, but, if memory serves (a big caveat), you can save back to at least v7.1. Of course, the use of any new features will be lost when

Re: [Framers] Retired

2018-11-26 Thread Craig Ede
Good luck in your future endearvors, Keith. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Keith Soltys Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 10:23 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] Retired As of last Wednesday, I am now retired, courtesy of a sudden but

Re: [Framers] ANN: Where is my PDF?

2018-10-24 Thread Craig Ede
Thanks for the script, Rick. Happy birthday and many more! Craig Ede ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http

Re: [Framers] Hmm, so do I renew???

2018-10-05 Thread Craig Ede
Probably a 7 day grace period. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Jay Maechtlen Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 12:30 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Hmm, so do I renew??? On 10/3/2018 7:55 PM, Alan Litchfield wrote: > Yesterday (3rd

Re: [Framers] Turn OFF smart text selection in PDF

2018-08-31 Thread Craig Ede
I'm with you on that! What a pain! Craig From: Framers on behalf of Lin Sims Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 10:28 AM To: TECHWR-L; Frame Users Subject: [Framers] Turn OFF smart text selection in PDF I really hate smart text selection. It always grabs stuff I

Re: [Framers] Print settings for colors is inconsistent

2018-08-30 Thread Craig Ede
2018 at 10:36 AM Craig Ede wrote: > If the color is not used you can delete the offending color(s) without a > warning message. That will remove the error. > > > My dim recollection is that FM seems to use one file (maybe the book > file) as the source for known colors.

Re: [Framers] Print settings for colors is inconsistent

2018-08-30 Thread Craig Ede
If the color is not used you can delete the offending color(s) without a warning message. That will remove the error. My dim recollection is that FM seems to use one file (maybe the book file) as the source for known colors. Additional colors that occur in the other files can cause this

Re: [Framers] Line spacing

2018-08-21 Thread Craig Ede
: Framers on behalf of Craig Ede Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 12:52 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Line spacing >From a typographical perspective, number two is the best approach. Default >line spacing (and auto-spacing) is often s

Re: [Framers] Line spacing

2018-08-21 Thread Craig Ede
>From a typographical perspective, number two is the best approach. Default >line spacing (and auto-spacing) is often set too close anyway. I don't have FM on this machine so I can look, but here is a setting that sets the spacing to a fixed value. This precludes lines with the super and subs

Re: [Framers] Angle Brackets in Structured XML

2018-07-10 Thread Craig Ede
I think you define that in the read-write rules. (Not at an FM computer now, so) Craig From: Framers on behalf of cuc tu Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 2:19 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] Angle Brackets in Structured XML Hi All,

Re: [Framers] EDD Formatting not Applied (SOLVED)

2018-06-29 Thread Craig Ede
After making adjusts to the EDD, I've forgotten that step of re-importing into the template file WAY too many times. And yet I still forget sometimes!! Craig From: Framers on behalf of cuc tu Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 12:23 PM To:

Re: [Framers] My Structured App Not Showing

2018-06-29 Thread Craig Ede
cuctu, That difference in the number of structured apps you are seeing may be due to the fact that there are two locations that store the stuctured app information. One is the for the local user. The path depends on the version of FM. On one of my installations (an FM13 installation) that

Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing

2018-06-27 Thread Craig Ede
It used to be that you could have more than one version of a program available in the Creative Cloud subscription. I would expect that to be the same with FrameMaker? Can someone confirm that? Craig ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list

Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing

2018-06-27 Thread Craig Ede
Upgrades that occur during your subscription period are given to you. Of course, if you stop the subscription at the end of the year you have nothing at that point. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Robert Lauriston Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 2:15 PM

Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing

2018-06-27 Thread Craig Ede
Two good points made in the last couple of emails on this topic: Adobe charges too much for FM upgrades. July would be the logical time to expect a new release. Adobe could surprise us all with an upgrade price that is reasonable for a change. Craig BTW: If I had to pick and old version of

Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing

2018-06-26 Thread Craig Ede
Forced to use FM8 for a year and a half for a recent job, I'd have to disagree that it was "the last solid version". More recent versions of FM are at least as equally solid and have a lot of nice features lacking in FM8. Craig From: Framers on behalf of

Re: [Framers] Pull imported graphics into one folder

2018-06-22 Thread Craig Ede
You have it if you have FM10 or above. It's part of the package. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Pat Christenson Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 5:07 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Pull imported graphics

[Framers] GIMP Re: Follow up to Adobe "support"

2018-06-08 Thread Craig Ede
I like GIMP, but it takes forever to start up the first time every day. Craig From: Framers on behalf of Alan Litchfield Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2018 3:12 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Follow up to

Re: [Framers] OT: Word document formatted with Normal

2018-04-09 Thread Craig Ede
It's seems really odd to say this, but that is a great tip, Shmuel! Craig From: Framers on behalf of Shmuel Wolfson Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2018 8:57 AM To: Rick Quatro; Framers -

Re: [Framers] ANN: I owe taxes sale!

2018-04-04 Thread Craig Ede
And "contaminated" templates, which is a real problem with FrameMaker made by sloppy users. I should buy ten of them, but I'm not really in a position to do that right now. I'd love to see the Extendscript source too, but then I'm not in a position for that expense right now either. Rick's

[Framers] feature comparison list that includes FM2017?

2018-03-29 Thread Craig Ede
Is there a feature comparison list for the various FM versions that includes FM2017? This link ( https://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2016/01/framemaker-9-to-2015-compare.html ) only covers up to FM2015. Thanks. Craig Ede ___ This message is from

Re: [Framers] PDF Images are Pixelated when imported into FM11

2018-03-15 Thread Craig Ede
Maybe I missed this as I haven't been monitoring this thread that closely: What is the source of your PDF (i.e. What program is being used to generate the PDF)? It maybe be that your settings there are determining the preview quality PDF upon import into FM. Craig Ede

Re: [Framers] Setting up coloured text in Structure

2018-02-23 Thread Craig Ede
Hear! Hear! Craig From: Framers on behalf of Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 3:24 AM To: feimin.lore...@onsemi.com Cc: Framers Subject: Re: [Framers] Setting up

Re: [Framers] Getting rid of missing fonts

2018-01-24 Thread Craig Ede
You can use the Fonts pod to replace particular missing fonts with a font you select. That way you don't have relics of an earlier era hanging around hidden in a table format definition of para formats to use when creating a new table. I think this is a cleaner way that simply relying on

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