Mif2Go Question -- No .hhp file produced

2008-04-07 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm posting for a remote colleage who is trying to generate HTML Help from FrameMaker 7.2 (unstructured). He says there is no .hhp file created when he runs Mif2Go, but doesn't get any errors. Since I can't see what he's doing, where should I tell him to look (other than the User

Mif2Go Question -- No .hhp file produced

2008-04-07 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm posting for a remote colleage who is trying to generate HTML Help from FrameMaker 7.2 (unstructured). He says there is no .hhp file created when he runs Mif2Go, but doesn't get any errors. Since I can't see what he's doing, where should I tell him to look (other than the User Guide!)

Read/Write Rules Questions

2008-03-31 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- 1.Is there a way to write a r/w rule so that an element in the incoming XML markup can become an attribute AND marker text in the FrameMaker document? I'm trying to use the internal name of a field as both an attribute of the field name and as the marker text of a custom marker

Read/Write Rules Questions

2008-03-31 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- 1.Is there a way to write a r/w rule so that an element in the incoming XML markup can become an attribute AND marker text in the FrameMaker document? I'm trying to use the internal name of a field as both an attribute of the field name and as the marker text of a custom marker

Field-specific Help

2008-03-25 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm looking for the most efficient way to create and maintain FM-sourced field help for one of our applications. Here's what they want: A list of field names and their definitions that will be accessible from the application so that if a user presses F1 from a particular field, the

Field-specific Help

2008-03-25 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm looking for the most efficient way to create and maintain FM-sourced field help for one of our applications. Here's what "they" want: A list of field names and their definitions that will be accessible from the application so that if a user presses F1 from a particular field, the

RE: future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Lin Surasky
Gosh, has it been 4 months ALREADY? I didn't think this would come up again for oh, at least another week or so Where does the time go? ;-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jakob Fix Sent: Thu 2/14/2008 5:46 AM To: Framers List Subject: future of FrameMaker

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Lin Surasky
Gosh, has it been 4 months ALREADY? I didn't think this would come up again for oh, at least another week or so Where does the time go? ;-) -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com on behalf of Jakob Fix Sent: Thu 2/14/2008 5:46 AM To: Framers List Subject:

Language Translation Estimates

2008-02-14 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- With the Chatauqua going on, I'm having trouble hunting people down, and of course my boss needs an answer to this yesterday (even though he only asked me today) We're considering translating our docs library from English into French. Everything is in FrameMaker, the templates are

Language Translation Estimates

2008-02-14 Thread Lin Surasky
it will take! > -Original Message- > From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:49 PM > To: Lin Surasky > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Language Translation Estimates > > I just received estimates from v

OT (maybe): Saving Watermark Settings in Acrobat 8

2008-01-04 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I use the watermark tool in Acrobat for indicating draft and other temporary statuses during docs review, since it's faster than doing it in FrameMaker. However, Acrobat can't seem to save the font family as part of the watermark settings. It saves everything else (size, color, opacity,

OT (maybe): Saving Watermark Settings in Acrobat 8

2008-01-04 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I use the watermark tool in Acrobat for indicating "draft" and other temporary statuses during docs review, since it's faster than doing it in FrameMaker. However, Acrobat can't seem to save the font family as part of the watermark settings. It saves everything else (size, color, opacity,

RE: Can't See the Structure View Window

2007-11-12 Thread Lin Surasky
: Monday, November 12, 2007 2:26 PM To: Lin Surasky Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Can't See the Structure View Window Hi Lin... Are you changing the StructureView/Postiion values in this INI file .. C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\7.2

Can't See the Structure View Window

2007-11-12 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- We moved offices over the weekend, and I reconfigured my dual monitor display a little bit. (Not sure if this is what's causing the problem, but I just thought I'd mention it in case it's important) Anyhoo, I can't see the Structure View window anymore. When I click the icon, the

Can't See the Structure View Window

2007-11-12 Thread Lin Surasky
t leximation.com] > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 2:26 PM > To: Lin Surasky > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Can't See the Structure View Window > > Hi Lin... > > Are you changing the StructureView/Postiion values in this INI file .. > > C:\Doc

Generated List of References is Incomplete

2007-11-06 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- How/why would a graphic imported by reference not show up in the LOR? I've found at least 4 graphics in two of my books that aren't listed in the generated LOR (All are imported by reference.) I'm using Frame 7.2 unstructured on Windows XP Pro 2002 SP-2, if that matters. Thanks!

Generated List of References is Incomplete

2007-11-06 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- How/why would a graphic imported by reference not show up in the LOR? I've found at least 4 graphics in two of my books that aren't listed in the generated LOR (All are imported by reference.) I'm using Frame 7.2 unstructured on Windows XP Pro 2002 SP-2, if that matters. Thanks! Lin

Missing some bookmarks in PDF

2007-10-05 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- We're using FM 7.2p158 unstructured, on Windows XP Pro 2002 SP-2. One of my colleagues is producing several books for an upcoming release. Last week, he came to me for help with one of them -- seems that not all the bookmarks generated properly. The books (and therefore the bookmarks)

Missing some bookmarks in PDF

2007-10-05 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- We're using FM 7.2p158 unstructured, on Windows XP Pro 2002 SP-2. One of my colleagues is producing several books for an upcoming release. Last week, he came to me for help with one of them -- seems that not all the bookmarks generated properly. The books (and therefore the bookmarks)

RE: Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-25 Thread Lin Surasky
According to Adobe's web site, RH 7 integration is one-way .fm or .mif file import. If this is true, it is not integration in my book. Nor is it any sort of improvement on the pre-Adobe versions, which imported MIF files at least since X5, if not before then

Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-25 Thread Lin Surasky
> According to Adobe's web site, RH 7 "integration" is one-way > .fm or .mif file import. If this is true, it is not > integration in my book. > Nor is it any sort of improvement on the pre-Adobe versions, which imported MIF files at least since X5, if not before then

Table Cell Alignment

2007-09-12 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- Is there a known issue with vertical alignment in table cells (FM 7.2 on Windows XP, unstructured)? I don't use tables very often, but I have a small one that has a few narrow columns that contain asterisks to indicate whether a condition is met, and one column of text that describes

RE: Table Cell Alignment

2007-09-12 Thread Lin Surasky
I'm missing, I'd prefer to fix it... Thanks! Lin -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:00 PM To: Lin Surasky Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Table Cell Alignment Lin Surasky wrote: Hi all

RE: Table Cell Alignment

2007-09-12 Thread Lin Surasky
Nope, no Word weirdness. I created the table from scratch in Frame. There must be a setting someplace that I'm missing -Original Message- From: Fred Ridder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:21 PM To: Lin Surasky Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com

RE: Table Cell Alignment

2007-09-12 Thread Lin Surasky
. (Thanks for keeping me honest...) -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:45 PM To: Lin Surasky Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Table Cell Alignment Lin Surasky wrote: You know, I realized

Table Cell Alignment

2007-09-12 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- Is there a known issue with vertical alignment in table cells (FM 7.2 on Windows XP, unstructured)? I don't use tables very often, but I have a small one that has a few narrow columns that contain asterisks to indicate whether a condition is met, and one column of text that describes the

Table Cell Alignment

2007-09-12 Thread Lin Surasky
I'm missing, I'd prefer to fix it... Thanks! Lin > -Original Message- > From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:00 PM > To: Lin Surasky > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Table Cell

Table Cell Alignment

2007-09-12 Thread Lin Surasky
Nope, no Word weirdness. I created the table from scratch in Frame. There must be a setting someplace that I'm missing > -Original Message- > From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:21 PM > To: Lin Surasky &

Table Cell Alignment

2007-09-12 Thread Lin Surasky
. (Thanks for keeping me honest...) > -Original Message- > From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.combs at Polycom.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:45 PM > To: Lin Surasky > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Table Cell Alignment >

Print-out of Structured View window?

2007-08-31 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- Is there a way (other than a screen shot, as they're long files) to print out the contents of the Structure View window? I have some long, system-generated XML files that I need to sift through and use pieces of elsewhere. It'd help greatly to have a hard copy of the files, but with

RE: Print-out of Structured View window?

2007-08-31 Thread Lin Surasky
it is distributed any more. Kay On 8/31/07, Lin Surasky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all- Is there a way (other than

Print-out of Structured View window?

2007-08-31 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- Is there a way (other than a screen shot, as they're long files) to print out the contents of the Structure View window? I have some long, system-generated XML files that I need to sift through and use pieces of elsewhere. It'd help greatly to have a hard copy of the files, but with

Print-out of Structured View window?

2007-08-31 Thread Lin Surasky
Cc: Lin Surasky; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Print-out of Structured View window? Google search shows http://www.freeframers.org/freeware/cud/ However, the CUDSPAN site has been down for months and I don't think

Pop-ups in Generated PDF

2007-08-14 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I have to publish a HUGE flowchart for a customer that has several levels of data within each square. In order to fit the entire chart on one page (and have the text larger than 6 pt), I want to only display one or two levels of data and then use hypertext commands (probably popup menus,

FW: Pop-ups in Generated PDF

2007-08-14 Thread Lin Surasky
if the solution works in BOTH PDF and HTML. Really, is this asking too much? Thankee! Lin From: Lin Surasky Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:27 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Pop-ups in Generated PDF Hi all- I have to publish a HUGE flowchart

Pop-ups in Generated PDF

2007-08-14 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I have to publish a HUGE flowchart for a customer that has several levels of data within each square. In order to fit the entire chart on one page (and have the text larger than 6 pt), I want to only display one or two levels of data and then use hypertext commands (probably popup menus,

FW: Pop-ups in Generated PDF

2007-08-14 Thread Lin Surasky
if the solution works in BOTH PDF and HTML. Really, is this asking too much? Thankee! Lin From: Lin Surasky Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:27 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Pop-ups in Generated PDF Hi all- I have to publish a HUGE flowchart

RE: More than one element in a paragraph?

2007-07-18 Thread Lin Surasky
why you're recommending TextRange formatting instead? (I'm going to try this out...) Thanks muchly! Lin -Original Message- From: Mike Feimster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:28 AM To: Lin Surasky; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: More than one element

RE: More than one element in a paragraph?

2007-07-18 Thread Lin Surasky
of our team will be moving to FrameMaker. Thanks for the input :) Lin -Original Message- From: Bernard Aschwanden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:17 PM To: 'Mike Feimster'; Lin Surasky; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: More than one element

More than one element in a paragraph?

2007-07-18 Thread Lin Surasky
why you're recommending TextRange formatting instead? (I'm going to try this out...) Thanks muchly! Lin > -Original Message- > From: Mike Feimster [mailto:mike.feimster at acstechnologies.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:28 AM > To: Lin Surasky; framers at lists.fr

More than one element in a paragraph?

2007-07-18 Thread Lin Surasky
of our team will be moving to FrameMaker. Thanks for the input :) Lin > -Original Message- > From: Bernard Aschwanden [mailto:bernard at publishingsmarter.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:17 PM > To: 'Mike Feimster'; Lin Surasky; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject

More than one element in a paragraph?

2007-07-16 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm still plodding along in my downtime, setting up a structured application so that eventually I'll be able to import XML data from our development (bug-tracking) database. I have the basics working, but I'm not sure how to break up the bug (er, feature) information. Right now I just

FM v. RoboHelp

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
No, it's not a typo. No, we're not being asked to use Word The person in charge of quality for our company does not seem to understand why we don't use RoboHelp to create content for our software manuals. After all, every office has RoboHelp (not the Adobe version), so what's the big deal?

RE: FM v. RoboHelp

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
! :) -Original Message- From: John Sgammato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:30 AM To: Lin Surasky; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM v. RoboHelp I think you're right on, Lin. You know the tools you need to produce your deliverables. I don't tell

RE: Does anyones have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
To: Lin Surasky Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Does anyones have an EDD for the Bible? Lin Surasky wrote: I'm sorry. We're having a tool discussion on another thread, and I'm afraid that this stone/chisel suggestion is going to end up as the top choice

RE: Does anyone have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
I knew you were in there, somewhere! Thanks for not disappointing me! ;-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rs.com] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:04 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Does anyone have an

RE: Does anyone have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
ugh ;-) I apologize to every last one of you (except you, Peter) for having started this. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Peter Gold Sent: Wed 6/20/2007 3:37 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Does anyone have an EDD for the Bible? I tried to

FM v. RoboHelp

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
! :) > -Original Message- > From: John Sgammato [mailto:jsgammato at IMPRIVATA.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:30 AM > To: Lin Surasky; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: FM v. RoboHelp > > I think you're right on, Lin. > You know the tools

FM v. RoboHelp

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
To: John Sgammato; Lin Surasky; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM v. RoboHelp Agreed, John. Let the expert decide the appropriate tool. However, it may be helpful to provide a quick synopsis of the strengths and weaknesses of each program, followed

FM v. RoboHelp

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
Injection Molding Systems Ltd. > Bolton, Ontario, Canada > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com] > On Behalf Of Rene Stephenson >

Does anyones have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
I'm sorry. We're having a tool discussion on another thread, and I'm afraid that this stone/chisel suggestion is going to end up as the top choice! (Would it be better than RoboHelp for creating documentation?) ;-) > -Original Message- > From: > framers-bounces+lin.surasky=retalix.com

FM v. RoboHelp

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
See, these are the kinds of numbers I needed. I know there's a time difference between the two, but how much is the question. Thanks for helping with that. I never would have guessed 3-5 days! For how big a guide? 60 pages? 200 pages? (Once it's PDFed, of course.) > -Original Message- >

Does anyones have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 1:06 PM > To: Lin Surasky > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Does anyones have an EDD for the Bible? > > Lin Surasky wrote: > > > > I'm sorry. We're having a tool discussion on another > thread, and I'm > > afraid that

Does anyone have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
I knew you were in there, somewhere! Thanks for not disappointing me! ;-) > -Original Message- > From: > framers-bounces+lin.surasky=retalix.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+lin.surasky=retalix.com at lists.frameuse rs.com] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs > Sent:

Does anyone have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Lin Surasky
ugh ;-) I apologize to every last one of you (except you, Peter) for having started this. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+lin.surasky=retalix@lists.frameusers.com on behalf of Peter Gold Sent: Wed 6/20/2007 3:37 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Does

RE: Save EDD As DTD Not Working

2007-05-31 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi, Steve- Stick to the base character set, alphanumerics, no spaces, for your element names. Are hyphens okay? All my element names are alpha only, no spaces, but two have hyphens in them... I'm also going to try your suggestion of conditionalizing element defs for use in the DTD. However,

RE: Save EDD As DTD Not Working

2007-05-31 Thread Lin Surasky
Well, what did you expect? This looks to me like a valid DTD, although neither your EDD nor your DTD are exactly exciting. So sorry to bore you! ;-) That was my test to see if FrameMaker was having an issue or if it was ALL me. It's mostly me, but this bare-bones test proves there's

Save EDD As DTD Not Working

2007-05-31 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi, Steve- > Stick to the base > character set, alphanumerics, no spaces, for your element names. Are hyphens okay? All my element names are alpha only, no spaces, but two have hyphens in them... I'm also going to try your suggestion of conditionalizing element defs for use in the DTD.

Save EDD As DTD Not Working

2007-05-31 Thread Lin Surasky
> Well, what did you expect? This looks to me like a valid DTD, > although neither your EDD nor your DTD are exactly exciting. > So sorry to bore you! ;-) That was my test to see if FrameMaker was having an issue or if it was ALL me. It's mostly me, but this bare-bones test proves there's

Save EDD As DTD Not Working

2007-05-30 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- Being so new to structured applications (I'm fighting my way through my first one in my spare time), I assumed I was making a rookie mistake. I probably still am, but now I'm not so sure it's all me. I started by creating an EDD in FrameMaker. It's not particularly fancy, but it meets

Save EDD As DTD Not Working

2007-05-30 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- Being so new to structured applications (I'm fighting my way through my first one in my "spare" time), I assumed I was making a rookie mistake. I probably still am, but now I'm not so sure it's all me. I started by creating an EDD in FrameMaker. It's not particularly fancy, but it meets

Structured FM: Conversion Table Question

2007-05-23 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I've decided to dive into Structured FM and see if I can make these Release Notes easier to manage. Since we don't yet have a need for markup, I'm starting with just the EDD so at least we'll have some of the benefits of a structured environment in place before we get other departments

RE: Structured FM: Conversion Table Question

2007-05-23 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi, Lester- Do you have different tags for the paragraphs of a introduction, CR description? This would allow you to specify these in the conversion table separately (e.g. P:Intro maps to Para[Intro] and P:Body maps to Para[CR]) and then you can include the specific qualified para

Structured FM: Conversion Table Question

2007-05-23 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I've decided to dive into Structured FM and see if I can make these Release Notes easier to manage. Since we don't yet have a need for markup, I'm starting with just the EDD so at least we'll have some of the benefits of a structured environment in place before we get other departments

Structured FM: Conversion Table Question

2007-05-23 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi, Lester- > Do you have different tags for the paragraphs of a > introduction, CR description? This would allow you to > specify these in the conversion table separately (e.g. > P:Intro maps to Para[Intro] and P:Body maps to > Para[CR]) and then you can include the specific qualified >

Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Lin Surasky
Or can I keep my inflatable ducky hiked firmly around my middle and paddle around in unstructured FM? Over the past year or so, I've been poking around at structured FM with no real goal in mind except to see if it might benefit us down the road. For the most part, our process is pretty linear,

RE: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Lin Surasky
is on overload right now! Thanks! -Original Message- From: Gillian Flato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 10:55 AM To: Lin Surasky; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool? I create similar release notes. I just use

Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Lin Surasky
Or can I keep my inflatable ducky hiked firmly around my middle and paddle around in unstructured FM? Over the past year or so, I've been poking around at structured FM with no real goal in mind except to see if it might benefit us down the road. For the most part, our process is pretty linear,

Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Lin Surasky
is on overload right now! Thanks! > -Original Message- > From: Gillian Flato [mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com] > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 10:55 AM > To: Lin Surasky; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool? > > I create sim

Table Sorting -- Cross-Reference Markers Disappear

2007-04-25 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm told this is a long-standing problem, but I'm hoping there's a workaround. A coworker has two tables in a document. One table contains text that cross-references the content in the other table. When the target table is sorted, all the x-ref markers disappear and the cross-references

Table Sorting -- Cross-Reference Markers Disappear

2007-04-25 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm told this is a long-standing problem, but I'm hoping there's a workaround. A coworker has two tables in a document. One table contains text that cross-references the content in the other table. When the target table is sorted, all the x-ref markers disappear and the cross-references

RE: Geeky Friday Humor

2007-04-20 Thread Lin Surasky
Okay, since we're on the subject... I once parked next to a VERY old, VERY well-maintained Dodge Dart. Obviously someone's baby. License plate: OBJET -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rs.com] On Behalf Of Sarah O'Keefe Sent: Friday, April 20,

Geeky Friday Humor

2007-04-20 Thread Lin Surasky
Okay, since we're on the subject... I once parked next to a VERY old, VERY well-maintained Dodge Dart. Obviously someone's baby. License plate: OBJET > -Original Message- > From: > framers-bounces+lin.surasky=retalix.com at lists.frameusers.com >

Conditional Text in Variables? (Or, how would you do this...?)

2007-04-10 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm reasonably certain you can't set conditional text within a variable, which in essence is what I want to do so How would you do this? I'm on Windows XP, Unstructured FM 7.2, no FrameScript :( I need to generate release notes for a suite of applications; each application gets its

Conditional Text in Variables? (Or, how would you do this...?)

2007-04-10 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm reasonably certain you can't set conditional text within a variable, which in essence is what I want to do so How would you do this? I'm on Windows XP, Unstructured FM 7.2, no FrameScript :( I need to generate release notes for a suite of applications; each application gets its

OT: Acrobat 8 Email-based Reviews

2007-03-01 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- This is a tad off-topic but if anyone can answer this, it's you all. Does anyone use the email-based review feature in Acrobat? If so, how do you send an updated draft once the first round of comments has been incorporated and the PDF regenerated? I've R'edTFOH, and of course it's not as

OT: Acrobat 8 Email-based Reviews

2007-03-01 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- This is a tad off-topic but if anyone can answer this, it's you all. Does anyone use the email-based review feature in Acrobat? If so, how do you send an updated draft once the first round of comments has been incorporated and the PDF regenerated? I've R'edTFOH, and of course it's not as

RE: rant moan fm to word rant moan

2007-02-19 Thread Lin Surasky
Ummm I'm really new to Mif2Go (so NOT an expert by any means), but my screenshots with callouts come through just fine. See section 26.2.1.2 Converting bitmap graphics for print RTF for a brief explanation of how it works. Also, I'm not positive, but I think you need to make sure the

rant moan fm to word rant moan

2007-02-19 Thread Lin Surasky
Ummm I'm really new to Mif2Go (so NOT an expert by any means), but my screenshots with callouts come through just fine. See section 26.2.1.2 Converting bitmap graphics for print RTF for a brief explanation of how it works. Also, I'm not positive, but I think you need to make sure the

Adobe Reader 8 and FM 7.2 on Windows?

2006-12-18 Thread Lin Surasky
to try next? Thanks muchly -Lin Lin Surasky Technical Writer Retalix USA 520-298-7757 x3109 www.retalix.com http://www.retalix.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe

Adobe Reader 8 and FM 7.2 on Windows?

2006-12-18 Thread Lin Surasky
next? Thanks muchly -Lin Lin Surasky Technical Writer Retalix USA 520-298-7757 x3109 www.retalix.com <http://www.retalix.com/>

Newbie Question re: Translation Work Process

2006-10-26 Thread Lin Surasky
I'm posting this for a colleague who is not on the list. Both public and private replies are fine... I'll pass everything along to her. We have 30 FrameMaker docs and several Word documents. The docs have to be translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Cyrillic. Our current solution is to convert

Unavailable Fonts Message - Cross-Platform Issue?

2006-10-24 Thread Lin Surasky
Okay, folks What am I missing here?? I primarily work on Windows XP. However, last week I had occasion to work temporarily on a Mac. The Mac was not set up with all the same fonts we use in our template, and that wasn't an issue since we weren't doing any output from the Mac. The Remember

FW: Unavailable Fonts Message - Cross-Platform Issue?

2006-10-24 Thread Lin Surasky
. ARGH! -Lin From: Lin Surasky Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 4:25 PM To: Framers (E-mail) Subject: Unavailable Fonts Message - Cross-Platform Issue? Okay, folks What am I missing here?? I primarily work on Windows XP. However, last week I had occasion

Unavailable Fonts Message - Cross-Platform Issue?

2006-10-23 Thread Lin Surasky
Okay, folks What am I missing here?? I primarily work on Windows XP. However, last week I had occasion to work temporarily on a Mac. The Mac was not set up with all the same fonts we use in our template, and that wasn't an issue since we weren't doing any output from the Mac. The Remember

FW: Unavailable Fonts Message - Cross-Platform Issue?

2006-10-23 Thread Lin Surasky
ve machine. ARGH! -Lin ____ From: Lin Surasky Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 4:25 PM To: Framers (E-mail) Subject: Unavailable Fonts Message - Cross-Platform Issue? Okay, folks What am I missing here?? I primarily work on Windows XP. However, last week I ha

RE: Frame 7.2 p158 (Windows) Crashing (Resolved, or at least Worked Around)

2006-09-26 Thread Lin Surasky
issue while performing other tasks, like printing books, closing files, and importing graphics. Anyone have any idea as to whether these memory issues are avoidable, or does each have its own work-around? -Original Message- From: Lin Surasky Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 12:02 PM

Frame 7.2 p158 (Windows) Crashing (Resolved, or at least Worked Around)

2006-09-26 Thread Lin Surasky
issue while performing other tasks, like printing books, closing files, and importing graphics. Anyone have any idea as to whether these memory issues are avoidable, or does each have its own work-around? -Original Message- From: Lin Surasky Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 12:02 PM

Frame 7.2 p158 (Windows) Crashing

2006-09-25 Thread Lin Surasky
appreciated at this point! Lin Lin Surasky Technical Writer Retalix USA 520-298-7757 x3109 www.retalix.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email

Frame 7.2 p158 (Windows) Crashing

2006-09-25 Thread Lin Surasky
appreciated at this point! Lin Lin Surasky Technical Writer Retalix USA 520-298-7757 x3109 www.retalix.com

Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

2006-08-15 Thread Lin Surasky
the circles and callouts over the screenshots as I do them. I can't find anything in the .ini file that handles this, beyond changing the pen width options so that the value I want is the smallest size in the list. Anyone? Thanks! -Lin Lin Surasky Technical Writer Retalix USA 520-298-7757 x3109

RE: Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

2006-08-15 Thread Lin Surasky
custom color EVERY time I want to add a callout or a circle to highlight something in the screenshot for the user to see. Regards Lin -Original Message- From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 11:58 AM To: Lin Surasky; Framers (E-mail) Subject: RE

Changing Defaults on Tools Palette

2006-08-15 Thread Lin Surasky
custom color EVERY time I want to add a callout or a circle to highlight something in the screenshot for the user to see. Regards Lin > -Original Message- > From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:fred.ridder at intel.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 11:58 AM > To: Lin Surasky; Fra

FW: PDF Page Size Issues (Resolved? Sorta)

2006-08-01 Thread Lin Surasky
-distilled the PS files (AGAIN) and now it's fine. Just one of those things that has to happen when you're under pressure? Is Windows really that smart? ;-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lin Surasky Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:44 PM

RE: PDF Page Size Issues

2006-08-01 Thread Lin Surasky
research this further if I can ever reproduce the error. Thanks muchly! -Lin -Original Message- From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:09 PM To: Lin Surasky; Framers (E-mail) Subject: RE: PDF Page Size Issues Lin, (1) Try creating PDF from some

PDF Page Size Issues

2006-08-01 Thread Lin Surasky
Okay, this is a new one (at least for me...) I had a deadline to submit a draft last Wednesday, which was my last day before vacation. Wednesday afternoon, I finished the draft, created a PDF, and sent it off for review. Today is my first day back in the office, and I have revisions to make that

FW: PDF Page Size Issues (Resolved? Sorta)

2006-08-01 Thread Lin Surasky
at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lin Surasky Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:44 PM To: Framers (E-mail) Subject: PDF Page Size Issues Okay, this is a new one (at least for me...) I had a deadline to submit a draft last Wednesday, which was my last day before vacation. Wednesday afternoon, I

PageLabeler Plugin

2006-06-08 Thread Lin Surasky
Anyone use Rick Quatro's PageLabeler Plugin with Frame 7.2? Is it compatible? I'm trying to get page number prefixes on my Cover and Copyright pages (a text prefix), but I can't seem to get it to work. Yes, I did RTM, but either I'm not following directions properly or something else is wrong.

PageLabeler Plugin

2006-06-08 Thread Lin Surasky
Anyone use Rick Quatro's PageLabeler Plugin with Frame 7.2? Is it compatible? I'm trying to get page number prefixes on my Cover and Copyright pages (a text prefix), but I can't seem to get it to work. Yes, I did RTM, but either I'm not following directions properly or something else is wrong.

RE: Unbreaking dash

2006-04-28 Thread Lin Surasky
Esc - h (Escape key, hyphen, h) is what I've always used. Works for me! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rs.com] On Behalf Of John Posada Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 1:50 PM To: Art Campbell Cc: List, Framers Subject: Re: Unbreaking dash

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