Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

2017-02-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
Your friend could get a free trial and see if it has been fixed. I think I first encountered the bug that made cross-references in text insets not work in FM6. It was definitely in FM7 since I covered the workaround in an in-house tech writers' guide I wrote at an old job: The workaround is to us

Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

2017-02-04 Thread David Spreadbury
Tested with FrameMaker 2015 Importing, by reference, a text inset into a FrameMaker file.Text inset had a cross reference to a paragraph in another chapter.Created a PDFCross references in the PDF worked just fine.The only gotcha would be that the cross-reference target must always be present an

Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

2017-02-03 Thread Carol J. Elkins
At 05:13 PM 2/3/2017, Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: Lin Sims said: > ... and if you stop paying the subscription, you will not be able to open or edit your files in Frame anymore. And right there is the reason for why subscription purchases simply cannot be a good idea! IMHO. Agreed. I was badly c

Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

2017-02-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Lin Sims said: > ... and if you stop paying the subscription, you will not be able to open or > edit your files in Frame anymore. And right there is the reason for why subscription purchases simply cannot be a good idea! IMHO. Z ___ This message is f

Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

2017-02-03 Thread LGLists
!! ~ Linda G. Gallagher From: David Spreadbury [mailto:dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 1:57 PM To: LGLists; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates

Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

2017-02-03 Thread David Spreadbury
Can't answer your first question right now, but i have a few insets i could try and see if it works. On the other issue, I have purchased version of Framemaker 2015 and you need to go to the help menu and select Updates. Frame will go out and see check. If there are, Frame will let you know. S

Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

2017-02-03 Thread Lin Sims
I can't speak to the text insets, but as far as the subscription versus outright license is concerned, I believe the differences are that the updates/bug fixes are automatically pushed for the subscription, but you have to download and install for the license; and if you stop paying the subscriptio

[Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

2017-02-03 Thread LGLists
Hi All! I'm posting on behalf of someone else who is contemplating taking on some of my projects. She's getting info from FM support that I'm a little skeptical about. Sorry to repeat the one item, but I've not heard back. . I got this a bit wrong the first time, too. According to