ANN: Adobe FrameMaker 8 UK Roadshow - Sept 5, 6 or 7

2007-09-03 Thread Mark Poston
FrameMaker(r) 8 UK Roadshow
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Learn how you can Engage your customers in a totally new way.

We are providing four opportunities around the UK to meet product
experts, network, and see the latest features of FrameMaker 8 in action
live!

You'll also see how you can leverage content management (CMS), DITA,
process automation to save effort and money.

Choose a roadshow session near you:

* London - Sept 5 (afternoon or morning sessions available)
* Coventry - Sept 6  (morning only)
OR,
* Manchester - Sept 7 (morning only)

Register here: http://adobe.mekon.com/adobe/register_roadshow/

Up to 15% off FrameMaker training courses
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Attend the Roadshow and save

Get 5% off FrameMaker related training courses including:

* Version 8 Upgrade
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* SGML/XML

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ANN: Adobe FrameMaker 8 UK Roadshow - Sept 5, 6 or 7

2007-09-03 Thread Mark Poston
FrameMaker(r) 8 UK Roadshow
-

Learn how you can Engage your customers in a totally new way.

We are providing four opportunities around the UK to meet product
experts, network, and see the latest features of FrameMaker 8 in action
live!

You'll also see how you can leverage content management (CMS), DITA,
process automation to save effort and money.

Choose a roadshow session near you:

* London - Sept 5 (afternoon or morning sessions available)
* Coventry - Sept 6  (morning only)
OR,
* Manchester - Sept 7 (morning only)

Register here: http://adobe.mekon.com/adobe/register_roadshow/

Up to 15% off FrameMaker training courses
-

Attend the Roadshow and save

Get 5% off FrameMaker related training courses including:

* Version 8 Upgrade
* Template Design  
* Unstructured Documents
* Structured Documents
* EDDs and Conversion Tables
* SGML/XML

For more see: http://www.mekon-creatives.com/courses.cfm?type=adobe

Upgrade through Mekon Ltd and save

If you upgrade to FrameMaker 8 through Mekon Ltd, you can get an
additional 10% off as FrameMaker training as well.

Courses provided by Adobe in association with Mekon Ltd, certified Adobe
Product Trainers 

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Re: FM 8 and Acrobat 3D files

2007-08-29 Thread Mark Poston
Art,

We have been experimenting with the use of 3D objects within FrameMaker 8.0.
This has been pretty successful and it will hopefully form a part of an
interactive procedural and audit trail publication I am soon to work on.

The 3D objects would be used instead of the many 2D CAD drawings that are
currently used. These 2D drawings being created from the original 3D
objects.

Not being a CAD expert myself it took a while to familiarise myself with the
3D Toolkit but I soon managed to create some interesting results, including
some animation in the 3D objects.

The results in PDF were good.

What I'd like to see in the future is some means of adding controls within
FrameMaker that extend the existing hypertext marker functionality.

This may be possible with the SP TimeSavers (once they work with FM8) if
there is some way of knowing which object in FM to control.


Cheers

Mark



On 29/8/07 13:22, Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Has anyone put together FM 8 files that include Acrobat 3D PDFs  yet?
 
 I've played with the individual pieces, and am on the edge of building
 up a lab machine with 8 and Acrobat 3D to play a bit with data sheets
 and install guides that include 3D PDFs from CAD drawings
 
 Any impressions or problems?
 
 Thanks,
 Art

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FM 8 and Acrobat 3D files

2007-08-29 Thread Mark Poston
Art,

We have been experimenting with the use of 3D objects within FrameMaker 8.0.
This has been pretty successful and it will hopefully form a part of an
interactive procedural and audit trail publication I am soon to work on.

The 3D objects would be used instead of the many 2D CAD drawings that are
currently used. These 2D drawings being created from the original 3D
objects.

Not being a CAD expert myself it took a while to familiarise myself with the
3D Toolkit but I soon managed to create some interesting results, including
some animation in the 3D objects.

The results in PDF were good.

What I'd like to see in the future is some means of adding controls within
FrameMaker that extend the existing hypertext marker functionality.

This may be possible with the SP TimeSavers (once they work with FM8) if
there is some way of knowing which object in FM to control.


Cheers

Mark



On 29/8/07 13:22, "Art Campbell"  wrote:

> Has anyone put together FM 8 files that include Acrobat 3D PDFs  yet?
> 
> I've played with the individual pieces, and am on the edge of building
> up a lab machine with 8 and Acrobat 3D to play a bit with data sheets
> and install guides that include 3D PDFs from CAD drawings
> 
> Any impressions or problems?
> 
> Thanks,
> Art




Re: Learning FrameMaker 7.0 on Mactel (10.4.10) with Parallels/XP Home

2007-08-28 Thread Mark Poston
Noel,

I use FM7.2  8 on a daily basis on Windows XP Pro under Parallels. It has
been a very stable environment for me. Using Parallels in Coherent mode
means that FM sits nicely with my other Mac apps.

I had one instance where the virtual hard disk got corrupt after an upgrade
of Parallels and lost a small amount of work. Since then I share my Mac's
user documents folder and store my work in there. This allows me to backup
up my Windows files along with my Mac work at the same time.

Being able to double click on an FM file from Mac's Finder and open it up in
FrameMaker within Parallels makes life nice and easy. You can even drag a
file from Finder into FrameMaker in Parallels.

Regards

Mark Poston
Senior Consultant  Technical Architect
Mekon Ltd.


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 I am curious to know if anyone out there has a similar configuration
 that is already running FrameMaker 7.0 successfully. I will be
 starting a course this fall to learn the basics of FrameMaker 7.0.
 
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Learning FrameMaker 7.0 on Mactel (10.4.10) with Parallels/XP Home

2007-08-28 Thread Mark Poston
Noel,

I use FM7.2 & 8 on a daily basis on Windows XP Pro under Parallels. It has
been a very stable environment for me. Using Parallels in Coherent mode
means that FM sits nicely with my other Mac apps.

I had one instance where the virtual hard disk got corrupt after an upgrade
of Parallels and lost a small amount of work. Since then I share my Mac's
user documents folder and store my work in there. This allows me to backup
up my Windows files along with my Mac work at the same time.

Being able to double click on an FM file from Mac's Finder and open it up in
FrameMaker within Parallels makes life nice and easy. You can even drag a
file from Finder into FrameMaker in Parallels.

Regards

Mark Poston
Senior Consultant & Technical Architect
Mekon Ltd.


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> I am curious to know if anyone out there has a similar configuration
> that is already running FrameMaker 7.0 successfully. I will be
> starting a course this fall to learn the basics of FrameMaker 7.0.
> 
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Re: OT: Acrobat 8 and prologue.ps and epilogue.ps

2007-08-13 Thread Mark Poston
Hi,

The TimeSavers documentation gives the following path:
\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe PDF\Distiller\Data

Where User is your user name.

Regards

Mark

On 13/8/07 17:13, Rick Quatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Mark,
 
 Thanks for the reply. I don't have this path on my Windows XP machine. I
 installed Acrobat 8 Pro as part of CS3, so maybe this is the difference. The
 closest path I have is the old Acrobat 7 path:
 
 C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Adobe PDF\Data
 
 Rick
 
 Hi,
 
 These files can still be used in Distiller 8. The documentation for A8
 states:
 Sample Prologue.ps and Epilogue.ps files are located in (Windows)
 /Documents and Settings/All Users/Shared Documents/Adobe PDF/Data or (Mac
 OS)/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Data.
 
 Although the path on the Mac is actually different to that stated above,
 the
 files are there on my system.
 
 Regards
 
 Mark Poston
 

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OT: Acrobat 8 and prologue.ps and epilogue.ps

2007-08-13 Thread Mark Poston
Hi,

These files can still be used in Distiller 8. The documentation for A8
states:
"Sample Prologue.ps and Epilogue.ps files are located in (Windows)
/Documents and Settings/All Users/Shared Documents/Adobe PDF/Data or (Mac
OS)/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Data."

Although the path on the Mac is actually different to that stated above, the
files are there on my system.

Regards

Mark Poston


On 13/8/07 16:00, "Rick Quatro"  wrote:

> Hi Framers,
> 
> Older versions of Acrobat Distiller used a prologue.ps and epilogue.ps file
> to insert code before and after Distiller processes a PS file. Microtype's
> SP TimerSavers are essentially custom prologue.ps and epilogue.ps files.
> With my Acrobat 8 installation, I don't see either of these files. Have they
> been replaced by another mechanism? Thanks in advance.
> 
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OT: Acrobat 8 and prologue.ps and epilogue.ps

2007-08-13 Thread Mark Poston
Hi,

The TimeSavers documentation gives the following path:
\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe PDF\Distiller\Data

Where User is your user name.

Regards

Mark

On 13/8/07 17:13, "Rick Quatro"  wrote:

> Hi Mark,
> 
> Thanks for the reply. I don't have this path on my Windows XP machine. I
> installed Acrobat 8 Pro as part of CS3, so maybe this is the difference. The
> closest path I have is the old Acrobat 7 path:
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Adobe PDF\Data
> 
> Rick
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> These files can still be used in Distiller 8. The documentation for A8
>> states:
>> "Sample Prologue.ps and Epilogue.ps files are located in (Windows)
>> /Documents and Settings/All Users/Shared Documents/Adobe PDF/Data or (Mac
>> OS)/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Data."
>> 
>> Although the path on the Mac is actually different to that stated above,
>> the
>> files are there on my system.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Mark Poston
> 




Documentum and FrameMaker advice

2007-08-09 Thread Mark Poston
Hi,

If you are refering to FrameLink from Datalogics, my understanding is that
this no longer exists.

It's been a few years since I looked at FrameMaker and DCTM but I believe
there used to be an ODMA client supplied with FrameMaker that could be
installed to provide basic integration with DCTM. I can't remember seeing it
after FrameMaker 6 though.

FrameLink was very good because it supported references and links between
documents/images and supported FM books too. It's just a shame it no longer
is available :(

This probably won't help you much now but gives a little more detail about
what used to be available :)

Regards

Mark Poston
Mekon Ltd.

On 9/8/07 09:18, "Gordon McLean"  wrote:

> The Documentum documentation is pretty good, and I think they offer an end
> user guide that covers all the fundamentals as well as the basics of
> document management.
> 
> Working with FrameMaker and DCTM is another thing altogether. There was an
> add-on application that helped but not sure if it's still in production (and
> can't recall the name at the moment either).
> 
> HTH
> 
> Gordon
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Structured Frame Question

2007-08-09 Thread Mark Poston
Yes! That's how you would add generated lists into a structured book
HTH
Mark Poston


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>  
> Is it possible to mix unstructured Frame files with structured Frame files
> in the same book?
>  
> Thanks,
> Nancy Adams
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Re: Thumbtabs issue

2007-06-26 Thread Mark Poston
Hi,
Just a few questions ...
Do you have master pages for each of the thumbtab positions or just a single
one?
Are the styles of each chapter heading unique?
Are the Master Page Maps configured in the Reference Pages?
Are you working with structured FrameMaker?
Have you used any FrameMaker plugins in the past that may no longer be
installed?

Cheers

Mark


On 25/6/07 09:21, Radha Padmanabhan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Helping Hands,

   Ok. now I have to ask.

   I have a huge FM7.0 (Windows XP) manual with 5 guides. Every guide has
 Thumtabs for each chapter out of which only one guide's thumbtabs are working
 properly. I have tried  to figure out the mess, for so long. After a long long
 search I could unfold the treasure-secret of markers Header/Footer $1 and
 Header/Footer $2. Ok.

   Now the problem is this. Each thumbtab is an image of a globe in which
 appear the chapter number. The marker contains only the chapter number but I
 am not at all able to figure out how the globe is moving up and down as the
 chapter number progresses.

   Some points that I could figure out:
 * Each chapter start has $header_footer1 set to the chapter no. (hard coded)
 * the thumbtab image in the master pages remain in the same position for every
 chapter
 (Still the tabs move when seen in body pages )
 * the thumbtab image also holds a place (text frame?) for Runnung H/F4.

   Do I have to provide any more details?
   Please help.


   Thanks
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Thumbtabs issue

2007-06-26 Thread Mark Poston
Hi,
Just a few questions ...
Do you have master pages for each of the thumbtab positions or just a single
one?
Are the styles of each chapter heading unique?
Are the Master Page Maps configured in the Reference Pages?
Are you working with structured FrameMaker?
Have you used any FrameMaker plugins in the past that may no longer be
installed?

Cheers

Mark


On 25/6/07 09:21, "Radha Padmanabhan"  wrote:

> Hi Helping Hands,
>
>   Ok. now I have to ask.
>
>   I have a huge FM7.0 (Windows XP) manual with 5 guides. Every guide has
> Thumtabs for each chapter out of which only one guide's thumbtabs are working
> properly. I have tried  to figure out the mess, for so long. After a long long
> search I could unfold the treasure-secret of markers Header/Footer $1 and
> Header/Footer $2. Ok.
>
>   Now the problem is this. Each thumbtab is an image of a globe in which
> appear the chapter number. The marker contains only the chapter number but I
> am not at all able to figure out how the globe is moving up and down as the
> chapter number progresses.
>
>   Some points that I could figure out:
> * Each chapter start has $header_footer1 set to the chapter no. (hard coded)
> * the thumbtab image in the master pages remain in the same position for every
> chapter
> (Still the tabs move when seen in body pages )
> * the thumbtab image also holds a place (text frame?) for Runnung H/F4.
>
>   Do I have to provide any more details?
>   Please help.
>
>
>   Thanks
> Radha
> 
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Frame to pdf bookmark problem

2007-06-14 Thread Mark Poston
I agree with Fred. This issue is almost certainly due to an issue with
either differently named text frames on master pages (for example Flow C for
chapter headings and Flow A for the main content flow), or text frames with
the same name that are disconnected.

If Special>Add disconnected page is used, this will results in this type of
issue.

Kind regards

Mark Poston


On 13/6/07 15:24, "Ridder, Fred"  wrote:

> A similar question was asked and answered on-list last week.
> 
> The most common cause of the behavior you describe is when
> the chapter title is in a separate frame that is not properly
> connected to the frame(s) for the main text flow. Check your
> master pages.
> 
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> From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
> Behalf Of Mark Southee
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:06 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Frame to pdf bookmark problem
> 
> I've started to get a strange problem when printing to pdf from some
> newly created files.
> 
> I've got a Chapter Title paragraph style - Chapter:TitleBook, and a
> Heading one style - Head:1Book
> I have the pdf settings so the Head:1Book tags are indented once from
> the Chapter:TitleBook.
> 
> However the pdf bookmarks always come out with the Head:1Book headings
> above the Chapter:TitleBook heading.
> 
> Am on Frame 7.2p158 on WinXP Pro and Acrobat 7 (it's also the same for
> Acrobat 8)
> 
> When I create a Frame TOC, this has everything in the right order.
> 
> I've got other books/files which convert fine with the identical set up.
> Any ideas what I could have done wrong?
> 
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Re: Arbortext

2007-05-10 Thread Mark Poston
Hi,

I would recommend that you look specifically at the XML support in
FrameMaker if XML is an option to you.

There are many other considerations in using FrameMaker ... here's just a
few

1. If you plan to migrate your Interleaf documents into structured XML, you
can make you of the conversion tables in FrameMaker. These can help to
convert your unstructured content into XML. Of course, a successful
conversion will only be as good as the source documents you use!!
2. FrameMaker has it's own built-in PDF creation that includes the ability
to create hyperlinks, bookmarks etc. out of the box.
3. Maintenance of templates in FrameMaker is a lot easier than using other
XML to PDF technologies. This means that template maintenance can remain an
in-house process rather than having to possibly use external expertise to
make changes.
4. FrameMaker is a WYSIWYG system that may be preferable to your authors
whilst still working within the rules defined for your structured
publications.
5. Coming from an Interleaf background you should find that switching to
FrameMaker will have a much lower training requirement.
6. Making use of existing structured applications in FrameMaker (e.g. DITA)
you should be able to get up and running relatively quickly.

Kind regards

Mark


On 9/5/07 22:22, Isabelle lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello Framers,
  
 Our initial plan was to convert our legal publications from Interleaf
 to Frame. We met with a company that suggested that we go the PDF to XML
 route instead, using Arbortext Editor from PTC. We're curious to see
 what you Framers think of this idea. Also, does anyone have experience
 with PTC generally or Arbortext specifically to give us a rundown of
 pros and cons? 
  
 Thank you very much.
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Arbortext

2007-05-10 Thread Mark Poston
Hi,

I would recommend that you look specifically at the XML support in
FrameMaker if XML is an option to you.

There are many other considerations in using FrameMaker ... here's just a
few

1. If you plan to migrate your Interleaf documents into structured XML, you
can make you of the conversion tables in FrameMaker. These can help to
convert your unstructured content into XML. Of course, a successful
conversion will only be as good as the source documents you use!!
2. FrameMaker has it's own built-in PDF creation that includes the ability
to create hyperlinks, bookmarks etc. out of the box.
3. Maintenance of templates in FrameMaker is a lot easier than using other
XML to PDF technologies. This means that template maintenance can remain an
in-house process rather than having to possibly use external expertise to
make changes.
4. FrameMaker is a WYSIWYG system that may be preferable to your authors
whilst still working within the rules defined for your structured
publications.
5. Coming from an Interleaf background you should find that switching to
FrameMaker will have a much lower training requirement.
6. Making use of existing structured applications in FrameMaker (e.g. DITA)
you should be able to get up and running relatively quickly.

Kind regards

Mark


On 9/5/07 22:22, "Isabelle lopez"  wrote:

> Hello Framers,
>  
> Our initial plan was to convert our legal publications from Interleaf
> to Frame. We met with a company that suggested that we go the PDF to XML
> route instead, using Arbortext Editor from PTC. We're curious to see
> what you Framers think of this idea. Also, does anyone have experience
> with PTC generally or Arbortext specifically to give us a rundown of
> pros and cons? 
>  
> Thank you very much.
> Isabelle Lopez
> SBOT - TexasBarBooks
> ilopez at texasbar.com
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