The History Window: An Unlucky Discovery

2011-04-15 Thread Dr. Rick Smith
In the wee hours of the morning, I was putting the finishing touches on a 30-page report that was slightly past due. I was literally on the final page, when the History window unexpectedly popped up. Honestly, I didn't know that Frame 9 had a history window. I was vaguely aware that it probably

The History Window: An Unlucky Discovery

2011-04-15 Thread Dr. Rick Smith
In the wee hours of the morning, I was putting the finishing touches on a 30-page report that was slightly past due. I was literally on the final page, when the "History" window unexpectedly popped up. Honestly, I didn't know that Frame 9 had a history window. I was vaguely aware that it

Re: FrameMaker's 25th Anniversary

2011-04-07 Thread Dr. Rick Smith
OK, so I had to dash off my own Happy Anniversary posting: http://cys.me/node/286 Rick. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email

FrameMaker's 25th Anniversary

2011-04-07 Thread Dr. Rick Smith
OK, so I had to dash off my own Happy Anniversary posting: http://cys.me/node/286 Rick.

MIFs, Frame 7 and Frame 9

2011-03-01 Thread Dr Rick Smith
Here's an example: I did both the writing and compositing on my previous book, published with a different publisher. My current publisher insists on using their own compositor. The one they hired uses Frame 7. So I've taken my Frame 9 files, saved them all as Frame 7 MIFs, including the book

MIFs, Frame 7 and Frame 9

2011-03-01 Thread Dr Rick Smith
Here's an example: I did both the writing and compositing on my previous book, published with a different publisher. My current publisher insists on using their own compositor. The one they hired uses Frame 7. So I've taken my Frame 9 files, saved them all as Frame 7 MIFs, including the book

Re: Frame Light, what's the potential market?

2011-02-22 Thread Dr Rick Smith
I admit I'm astonished that any software product manager could ask about the market for a Light version of their product. I thought the industry had already proven - time and again - that such things never thrive. If they want to expand the market for Frame, why not bring back the Mac/Unix

Frame Light, what's the potential market?

2011-02-22 Thread Dr Rick Smith
I admit I'm astonished that any software product manager could ask about the market for a "Light" version of their product. I thought the industry had already proven - time and again - that such things never thrive. If they want to expand the market for Frame, why not bring back the Mac/Unix

Re: Question

2011-01-08 Thread Dr Rick Smith
First of all, good for you for asking such a basic question - I wonder how many other people get emails from this list and don't understand how the process works. This discussion list runs entirely through email. When you send a question to framers@lists.frameusers.com, it goes through email

Question

2011-01-08 Thread Dr Rick Smith
First of all, good for you for asking such a basic question - I wonder how many other people get emails from this list and don't understand how the process works. This discussion list runs entirely through email. When you send a question to "framers at lists.frameusers.com," it goes through

Re: Convert table to text?

2010-12-01 Thread Dr Rick Smith
I've been doing that a lot recently - I have tables of terms that I need to de-table to put into sorted list. I simply select all the cells I want, and paste them into a text editor. My usual choice is TextPad, though it may also work with NotePad. The cells turn into text with tabs between

Convert table to text?

2010-12-01 Thread Dr Rick Smith
I've been doing that a lot recently - I have tables of terms that I need to de-table to put into sorted list. I simply select all the cells I want, and paste them into a text editor. My usual choice is TextPad, though it may also work with NotePad. The cells turn into text with tabs between

Frame on the Mac

2010-07-24 Thread Dr Rick Smith
On Jul 23, 2010, at 9:31 AM, boe...@gedok.com wrote: Hi, there, we here were working as long as possible with our old Framemaker 7 on the mac. Adobe got us on the wrong foot with discontinuing Framemaker on the mac... :-( Brag: I'm using Frame 9 on an Intel Mac Pro Admission: It's

Re: Frame on the Mac

2010-07-24 Thread Dr Rick Smith
On Jul 24, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Steve Johnson wrote: VMWare ... what? Player? Workstation? Server, etc? VMWare Fusion. It's a 'player' that runs on the Mac. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages

Frame on the Mac

2010-07-24 Thread Dr Rick Smith
On Jul 23, 2010, at 9:31 AM, boenat at gedok.com wrote: > Hi, there, > > we here were working as long as possible with our old Framemaker 7 on the > mac. Adobe got us on the wrong foot with discontinuing Framemaker on the > mac... :-( Brag: I'm using Frame 9 on an Intel Mac Pro Admission:

Frame on the Mac

2010-07-24 Thread Dr Rick Smith
On Jul 24, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Steve Johnson wrote: > VMWare ... what? Player? Workstation? Server, etc? VMWare Fusion. It's a 'player' that runs on the Mac.

Re: Flakey cross references

2010-07-21 Thread Dr Rick Smith
Keep in mind that there are two parts to every cross reference: the text that refers, and the text referred to. You need both files open to create a cross reference and you must save BOTH files to preserve the cross reference. As far a I know, you can't create a cross reference to a read-only

Flakey cross references

2010-07-21 Thread Dr Rick Smith
Keep in mind that there are two parts to every cross reference: the text that refers, and the text referred to. You need both files open to create a cross reference and you must save BOTH files to preserve the cross reference. As far a I know, you can't create a cross reference to a read-only

Re: Framemaker 9 vs Microsoft Word

2010-06-02 Thread Dr Rick Smith
Regarding Frame vs Word, let me explain how I use it: I'm a consultant whose vice is book writing. I've been writing books with unstructured Frame since version 4. I'm also obliged to use MS Word when writing reports for clients. Rather than list strong points of each, let me list weak

Framemaker 9 vs Microsoft Word

2010-06-02 Thread Dr Rick Smith
Regarding Frame vs Word, let me explain how I use it: I'm a consultant whose vice is book writing. I've been writing books with unstructured Frame since version 4. I'm also obliged to use MS Word when writing reports for clients. Rather than list strong points of each, let me list weak

Content Structuring on a desktop

2010-01-26 Thread Dr Rick Smith
I wrote my first two books by creating huge outlines in ThinkTank or MORE, and importing them into Framemaker. The last book was published in 2001 using Frame 5 or a Mac (grumble grumble). The MORE-to-Frame conversion created five levels of headings which became chapters, sections,

Content Structuring on a desktop

2010-01-26 Thread Dr Rick Smith
I wrote my first two books by creating huge outlines in ThinkTank or MORE, and importing them into Framemaker. The last book was published in 2001 using Frame 5 or a Mac (grumble grumble). The MORE-to-Frame conversion created five levels of headings which became chapters, sections,