RE: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Chris,

 

It looks like the .ai file is getting rasterized in FrameMaker, and thus the
stair-stepping. Try saving the Illustrator version as PDF and import the PDF
into FrameMaker and see if you get better results. You could also try EPS.

 

Rick

 

Rick Quatro

Carmen Publishing Inc.

585-366-4017

r...@frameexpert.com

 

 

 

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Subject: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

 

Attached are two graphics in pdf format: the clean source graphic (via
Illustrator CS5) and the resulting pdf output from framemaker (ver 10). 

Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in graphic
in the pdf output?

I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the save as pdf
(high quality) and print to pdf (standard) methods of output, but the
distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame file in case
there was something hidden in the original file I was using.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Chris

 

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Re: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Shmuel Wolfson]

  
  
As Rick said, the embedded graphic was
  changed from a vector graphic (line drawing) to a raster graphic
  (AKA bitmap). Vector graphics stay sharp when enlarging PDF.
  Raster graphics don't.
  
  In general, embedding files is risky. Every one in a while, you
  get some bad result. Sometimes it prevents you from creating the
  PDF at all. It's safer to save the source file as something Frame
  can import (which is not the same as embed). Frame can import lots
  of vector formats such as WMF, EMF, PDF, EPS. Personally, I do my
  graphics in Visio and save them as WMF, then import the WMFs.
  
  Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133

  On 14-Jan-14 4:13 PM, Chris Coggins wrote:


  

  

  Attached are two graphics in pdf format: the clean
source graphic (via Illustrator CS5) and the resulting
pdf output from framemaker (ver 10). 

  
  Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is
  occurring in graphic in the pdf output?
  

I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the
"save as pdf" (high quality) and "print to pdf" (standard)
methods of output, but the distortion occurs on both. I even
tried creating a new frame file in case there was something
hidden in the original file I was using.

  
  Any ideas would be appreciated.
  

Chris

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
  
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Re: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Mike Wickham]

I would recommend that you save your graphics as .EPS instead of .AI. 
Unless I've overlooked a recent change, FrameMaker doesn't directly 
support embedding of .AI files. They do sometimes work, though. Here's 
an _old_ explanation from Dov Isaacs of Adobe:


First of all, FrameMaker never really officially and fully supported 
import of Adobe Illustrator .AI files. Officially, FrameMaker only fully 
supports import of .EPS and .PDF files saved from Adobe Illustrator.


Secondly, until several years ago, the .AI file format used by 
Illustrator was almost identical to the .EPS format. In those cases, if 
one attempted to import on of those .AI files, it often worked because 
internally, despite not having a .EPS suffix, it looked like an EPS 
file. The current (i.e., Illustrator 9 or 10) .AI format likewise can be 
imported into FrameMaker if and only if the .AI file was saved with the 
option to make the file PDF-compatible. (Contrary to an unfortunate 
public perception, Illustrator's native file format is NOT PDF. 
Illustrator stores its formatting information in a private data area 
within what looks like a PDF file which can optionally have all of 
Illustrator's private data repeated as genuine PDF data for display and 
print in Acrobat.) In this case, FrameMaker is successful in importing 
an Illustrator file because it has PDF information as well.


The safest and most highly recommended method of Illustrator content 
import into FrameMaker continues to be EPS.


Read Dov's full message text here: 
http://www.freeframers.org/archive/02/msg01600.html


Mike Wickham

On 1/14/2014 8:13 AM, Chris Coggins wrote:


Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in 
graphic in the pdf output?


I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the save as 
pdf (high quality) and print to pdf (standard) methods of output, 
but the distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame 
file in case there was something hidden in the original file I was using.



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RE: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Fred Ridder]

Note that Dov's comments were from 2002, when FM 7.0 was the brand new version. 

Versions of FrameMaker prior to 7.0 did have some problems with PDF as an 
import format, which made EPS the safest graphic import format despite the fact 
that FrameMaker could not render the EPS for on-screen display. This meant that 
we had to suffer with either an ugly low-res raster preview image onscreen or 
else a gray rectangle if the EPS had not been created to contain a TIFF preview 
image.

But as of FM 8.0 (and maybe earlier), PDF import has worked reliably and for 
most of the last 10 years I have been happy to use PDF as my primary graphics 
import format. It has been at least 95% reliable (a few PDFs have had font 
issues) and the onscreen image in FrameMaker is basically as good as in 
Acrobat. 

-Fred Ridder

 Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:05:04 -0600
 From: i...@mikewickham.com
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Subject: Re: Graphic distortion in frame pdf
 
 I would recommend that you save your graphics as .EPS instead of .AI. 
 Unless I've overlooked a recent change, FrameMaker doesn't directly 
 support embedding of .AI files. They do sometimes work, though. Here's 
 an _old_ explanation from Dov Isaacs of Adobe:
 
 First of all, FrameMaker never really officially and fully supported 
 import of Adobe Illustrator .AI files. Officially, FrameMaker only fully 
 supports import of .EPS and .PDF files saved from Adobe Illustrator.
 
 Secondly, until several years ago, the .AI file format used by 
 Illustrator was almost identical to the .EPS format. In those cases, if 
 one attempted to import on of those .AI files, it often worked because 
 internally, despite not having a .EPS suffix, it looked like an EPS 
 file. The current (i.e., Illustrator 9 or 10) .AI format likewise can be 
 imported into FrameMaker if and only if the .AI file was saved with the 
 option to make the file PDF-compatible. (Contrary to an unfortunate 
 public perception, Illustrator's native file format is NOT PDF. 
 Illustrator stores its formatting information in a private data area 
 within what looks like a PDF file which can optionally have all of 
 Illustrator's private data repeated as genuine PDF data for display and 
 print in Acrobat.) In this case, FrameMaker is successful in importing 
 an Illustrator file because it has PDF information as well.
 
 The safest and most highly recommended method of Illustrator content 
 import into FrameMaker continues to be EPS.
 
 Read Dov's full message text here: 
 http://www.freeframers.org/archive/02/msg01600.html
 
 Mike Wickham
 
 On 1/14/2014 8:13 AM, Chris Coggins wrote:
 
  Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in 
  graphic in the pdf output?
 
  I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the save as 
  pdf (high quality) and print to pdf (standard) methods of output, 
  but the distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame 
  file in case there was something hidden in the original file I was using.
 
 
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Re: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Mike Wickham]

I noticed that the comments were old, but I'd swear I heard Dov say 
something similar a year or so ago. I just couldn't find a link. As far 
as I know, .AI import is still not officially supported-- though it does 
often work. .EPS and .PDF import are definitely preferable.


Mike

On 1/16/2014 11:21 AM, Fred Ridder wrote:
Note that Dov's comments were from 2002, when FM 7.0 was the brand new 
version.




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Re: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Chris Coggins]

Turns out it was an issue with the graphic having some bad entities
embedded in the intricate details. Our illustrator redrew the whole thing
and that fixed the problem.

Chris


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Shmuel Wolfson shmue...@gmail.com wrote:

  As Rick said, the embedded graphic was changed from a vector graphic
 (line drawing) to a raster graphic (AKA bitmap). Vector graphics stay sharp
 when enlarging PDF. Raster graphics don't.

 In general, embedding files is risky. Every one in a while, you get some
 bad result. Sometimes it prevents you from creating the PDF at all. It's
 safer to save the source file as something Frame can import (which is not
 the same as embed). Frame can import lots of vector formats such as WMF,
 EMF, PDF, EPS. Personally, I do my graphics in Visio and save them as WMF,
 then import the WMFs.

 Shmuel Wolfson
 Technical Writer
 052-763-7133

 On 14-Jan-14 4:13 PM, Chris Coggins wrote:

   Attached are two graphics in pdf format: the clean source graphic (via
 Illustrator CS5) and the resulting pdf output from framemaker (ver 10).

  Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in
 graphic in the pdf output?

  I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the save as pdf
 (high quality) and print to pdf (standard) methods of output, but the
 distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame file in case
 there was something hidden in the original file I was using.

  Any ideas would be appreciated.

  Chris




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Re: Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Chris Coggins]

I had replied to the list earlier that the problem was a couple bad
entities within the graphic itself, that was tripping up the graphics
conversion to PDF and causing rasterization in blocks where those entities
were found. We've since redrawn the graphic and the distortion no longer
occurs.

Not sure why my reply did not post to the list.

But yes, I was using Adobe PDF in the print method of pdf creation, and the
ai file was indeed vector, but like I said it originally contained some
errant bad blocks deep in the details.

Chris


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Matt Sullivan sullivanma...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hi Chris, are you using the Adobe PDF print driver in your Print Setup?

 Have you confirmed that the AI file is vector, not bitmap?


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 I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the save as pdf
 (high quality) and print to pdf (standard) methods of output, but the
 distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame file in case
 there was something hidden in the original file I was using.

 Any ideas would be appreciated.

 Chris



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Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Chris,



It looks like the .ai file is getting rasterized in FrameMaker, and thus the
stair-stepping. Try saving the Illustrator version as PDF and import the PDF
into FrameMaker and see if you get better results. You could also try EPS.



Rick



Rick Quatro

Carmen Publishing Inc.

585-366-4017

rick at frameexpert.com







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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Chris Coggins
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:13 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Graphic distortion in frame pdf



Attached are two graphics in pdf format: the clean source graphic (via
Illustrator CS5) and the resulting pdf output from framemaker (ver 10). 

Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in graphic
in the pdf output?

I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the "save as pdf"
(high quality) and "print to pdf" (standard) methods of output, but the
distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame file in case
there was something hidden in the original file I was using.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Chris



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Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Mike Wickham]

I would recommend that you save your graphics as .EPS instead of .AI. 
Unless I've overlooked a recent change, FrameMaker doesn't directly 
support embedding of .AI files. They do sometimes work, though. Here's 
an _old_ explanation from Dov Isaacs of Adobe:

"First of all, FrameMaker never really officially and fully supported 
import of Adobe Illustrator .AI files. Officially, FrameMaker only fully 
supports import of .EPS and .PDF files saved from Adobe Illustrator.

"Secondly, until several years ago, the .AI file format used by 
Illustrator was almost identical to the .EPS format. In those cases, if 
one attempted to import on of those .AI files, it often "worked" because 
internally, despite not having a .EPS suffix, it looked like an EPS 
file. The current (i.e., Illustrator 9 or 10) .AI format likewise can be 
imported into FrameMaker if and only if the .AI file was saved with the 
option to make the file PDF-compatible. (Contrary to an unfortunate 
public perception, Illustrator's native file format is NOT PDF. 
Illustrator stores its formatting information in a private data area 
within what looks like a PDF file which can optionally have all of 
Illustrator's private data repeated as genuine PDF data for display and 
print in Acrobat.) In this case, FrameMaker is successful in importing 
an Illustrator file because it has PDF information as well.

"The safest and most highly recommended method of Illustrator content 
import into FrameMaker continues to be EPS."

Read Dov's full message text here: 
http://www.freeframers.org/archive/02/msg01600.html

Mike Wickham

On 1/14/2014 8:13 AM, Chris Coggins wrote:
>
> Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in 
> graphic in the pdf output?
>
> I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the "save as 
> pdf" (high quality) and "print to pdf" (standard) methods of output, 
> but the distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame 
> file in case there was something hidden in the original file I was using.

Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Fred Ridder]

Note that Dov's comments were from 2002, when FM 7.0 was the brand new version. 

Versions of FrameMaker prior to 7.0 did have some problems with PDF as an 
import format, which made EPS the safest graphic import format despite the fact 
that FrameMaker could not render the EPS for on-screen display. This meant that 
we had to suffer with either an ugly low-res raster preview image onscreen or 
else a gray rectangle if the EPS had not been created to contain a TIFF preview 
image.

But as of FM 8.0 (and maybe earlier), PDF import has worked reliably and for 
most of the last 10 years I have been happy to use PDF as my primary graphics 
import format. It has been at least 95% reliable (a few PDFs have had font 
issues) and the onscreen image in FrameMaker is basically as good as in 
Acrobat. 

-Fred Ridder

> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:05:04 -0600
> From: info at mikewickham.com
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Graphic distortion in frame pdf
> 
> I would recommend that you save your graphics as .EPS instead of .AI. 
> Unless I've overlooked a recent change, FrameMaker doesn't directly 
> support embedding of .AI files. They do sometimes work, though. Here's 
> an _old_ explanation from Dov Isaacs of Adobe:
> 
> "First of all, FrameMaker never really officially and fully supported 
> import of Adobe Illustrator .AI files. Officially, FrameMaker only fully 
> supports import of .EPS and .PDF files saved from Adobe Illustrator.
> 
> "Secondly, until several years ago, the .AI file format used by 
> Illustrator was almost identical to the .EPS format. In those cases, if 
> one attempted to import on of those .AI files, it often "worked" because 
> internally, despite not having a .EPS suffix, it looked like an EPS 
> file. The current (i.e., Illustrator 9 or 10) .AI format likewise can be 
> imported into FrameMaker if and only if the .AI file was saved with the 
> option to make the file PDF-compatible. (Contrary to an unfortunate 
> public perception, Illustrator's native file format is NOT PDF. 
> Illustrator stores its formatting information in a private data area 
> within what looks like a PDF file which can optionally have all of 
> Illustrator's private data repeated as genuine PDF data for display and 
> print in Acrobat.) In this case, FrameMaker is successful in importing 
> an Illustrator file because it has PDF information as well.
> 
> "The safest and most highly recommended method of Illustrator content 
> import into FrameMaker continues to be EPS."
> 
> Read Dov's full message text here: 
> http://www.freeframers.org/archive/02/msg01600.html
> 
> Mike Wickham
> 
> On 1/14/2014 8:13 AM, Chris Coggins wrote:
> >
> > Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in 
> > graphic in the pdf output?
> >
> > I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the "save as 
> > pdf" (high quality) and "print to pdf" (standard) methods of output, 
> > but the distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame 
> > file in case there was something hidden in the original file I was using.
> 
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[Mike Wickham]

I noticed that the comments were old, but I'd swear I heard Dov say 
something similar a year or so ago. I just couldn't find a link. As far 
as I know, .AI import is still not officially supported-- though it does 
often work. .EPS and .PDF import are definitely preferable.

Mike

On 1/16/2014 11:21 AM, Fred Ridder wrote:
> Note that Dov's comments were from 2002, when FM 7.0 was the brand new 
> version.
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Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Chris Coggins]

Turns out it was an issue with the graphic having some bad entities
embedded in the intricate details. Our illustrator redrew the whole thing
and that fixed the problem.

Chris


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Shmuel Wolfson  wrote:

>  As Rick said, the embedded graphic was changed from a vector graphic
> (line drawing) to a raster graphic (AKA bitmap). Vector graphics stay sharp
> when enlarging PDF. Raster graphics don't.
>
> In general, embedding files is risky. Every one in a while, you get some
> bad result. Sometimes it prevents you from creating the PDF at all. It's
> safer to save the source file as something Frame can import (which is not
> the same as embed). Frame can import lots of vector formats such as WMF,
> EMF, PDF, EPS. Personally, I do my graphics in Visio and save them as WMF,
> then import the WMFs.
>
> Shmuel Wolfson
> Technical Writer
> 052-763-7133
>
> On 14-Jan-14 4:13 PM, Chris Coggins wrote:
>
>   Attached are two graphics in pdf format: the clean source graphic (via
> Illustrator CS5) and the resulting pdf output from framemaker (ver 10).
>
>  Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in
> graphic in the pdf output?
>
>  I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the "save as pdf"
> (high quality) and "print to pdf" (standard) methods of output, but the
> distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame file in case
> there was something hidden in the original file I was using.
>
>  Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
>  Chris
>
>
>
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Graphic distortion in frame pdf

[Chris Coggins]

I had replied to the list earlier that the problem was a couple bad
entities within the graphic itself, that was tripping up the graphics
conversion to PDF and causing rasterization in blocks where those entities
were found. We've since redrawn the graphic and the distortion no longer
occurs.

Not sure why my reply did not post to the list.

But yes, I was using Adobe PDF in the print method of pdf creation, and the
ai file was indeed vector, but like I said it originally contained some
errant bad blocks deep in the details.

Chris


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Matt Sullivan wrote:

> Hi Chris, are you using the Adobe PDF print driver in your Print Setup?
>
> Have you confirmed that the AI file is vector, not bitmap?
>
>
> -Matt
> Matt R. Sullivan
> *co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
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> On Jan 14, 2014, at 6:13 AM, Chris Coggins  wrote:
>
> I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the "save as pdf"
> (high quality) and "print to pdf" (standard) methods of output, but the
> distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame file in case
> there was something hidden in the original file I was using.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Chris
>
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[Chris Coggins]

Attached are two graphics in pdf format: the clean source graphic (via
Illustrator CS5) and the resulting pdf output from framemaker (ver 10).

Can someone explain how to fix the distortion that is occurring in graphic
in the pdf output?

I embedded the .ai file into the frame page and tried the "save as pdf"
(high quality) and "print to pdf" (standard) methods of output, but the
distortion occurs on both. I even tried creating a new frame file in case
there was something hidden in the original file I was using.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Chris
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[Shlomo Perets]

With respect to PDF bookmarks: using TimeSavers, you can define custom
bookmarks (or multiple sets of custom bookmarks) that appear every time the
PDF is created. You can control all aspects of these bookmarks as part of
the specification (text/appearance/targets etc.). 

The custom bookmarks can be defined through a configuration file (in which
case, nothing is changed in the source FM file) and/or through custom
markers in the specific FM file. 

Standard bookmarks as generated by FM (pointing to paragraphs in the same
PDF) are handled as usual, through the PDF Setup dialog box in FrameMaker.


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http:// microtype.com 
FrameMaker/Acrobat/Captivate training  consulting * FM-to-Acrobat
TimeSavers/Assistants

Enable and encourage user input in PDFs (viewed with Adobe Reader) 
Half-hour webinar (free; no fluff, no hype, no nonsense), June 5, starting
9am PDT
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-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Theresa de
Valence
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 7:22 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Access - Frame - pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?

Hi Framers,

I have an Access database which holds records for a crime fiction story,
collaboratively written by a number of authors. On a repeating basis, I need
to publish this story in a form which I can then attach to a website so
that readers (and the collaborating authors) can see how the story is doing.
Originally I posted each author as webpage using basic html, unremarkably
named Chapter X, but now I'm moving the story around, so I would like to
maintain the story in only one place, i.e. in the Access database.

I am unable to use any of Access' tools for exporting to XML or Text or
Excel and import into either Word or Frame. (They all fail). I am able to
export directly from an Access report to a pdf but this has the disadvantage
that I manually have to add Bookmarks, etc., so I am thinking of getting the
data into Frame and then using MicroType's Frame-to-Acrobat tools.

The story itself is in BookComponent.StoryText. The order of the
BookComponents is goverened by BookComponent.Sortnum.

Any advice?

Thanks,
Theresa

P.S. In case you happen to like crime fiction, we've got some great (and
famous) authors, so please visit our story:
http://www.reviewsbytdev.com/content/Whos-Murdering-Crime-Fiction


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Access -> Frame -> pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?

[Shlomo Perets]

With respect to PDF bookmarks: using TimeSavers, you can define custom
bookmarks (or multiple sets of custom bookmarks) that appear every time the
PDF is created. You can control all aspects of these bookmarks as part of
the specification (text/appearance/targets etc.). 

The custom bookmarks can be defined through a configuration file (in which
case, nothing is changed in the source FM file) and/or through custom
markers in the specific FM file. 

Standard bookmarks as generated by FM (pointing to paragraphs in the same
PDF) are handled as usual, through the PDF Setup dialog box in FrameMaker.


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http:// microtype.com 
FrameMaker/Acrobat/Captivate training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat
TimeSavers/Assistants

Enable and encourage user input in PDFs (viewed with Adobe Reader) 
Half-hour webinar (free; no fluff, no hype, no nonsense), June 5, starting
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-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Theresa de
Valence
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 7:22 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Access -> Frame -> pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?

Hi Framers,

I have an Access database which holds records for a crime fiction story,
collaboratively written by a number of authors. On a repeating basis, I need
to "publish" this story in a form which I can then attach to a website so
that readers (and the collaborating authors) can see how the story is doing.
Originally I posted each author as webpage using basic html, unremarkably
named "Chapter X", but now I'm moving the story around, so I would like to
maintain the story in only one place, i.e. in the Access database.

I am unable to use any of Access' tools for exporting to XML or Text or
Excel and import into either Word or Frame. (They all fail). I am able to
export directly from an Access report to a pdf but this has the disadvantage
that I manually have to add Bookmarks, etc., so I am thinking of getting the
data into Frame and then using MicroType's Frame-to-Acrobat tools.

The story itself is in BookComponent.StoryText. The order of the
BookComponents is goverened by BookComponent.Sortnum.

Any advice?

Thanks,
Theresa

P.S. In case you happen to like crime fiction, we've got some great (and
famous) authors, so please visit our story:
http://www.reviewsbytdev.com/content/Whos-Murdering-Crime-Fiction

Re: Access - Frame - pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?

[Theresa de Valence]

We seem to have succeeded, er, partly.

Is it possible for Frame to import a HTML document? (The import function 
doesn't give that choice). If I drag and drop the document onto Firefox, 
the html opens. Then I can copy and paste into Frame. Seems a bit 
cumbersome.


Thanks.
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Re: Access - Frame - pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?

[Writer]

I'm surprised that you can't get your data to export to Word. According to this 
article, it should work: 
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/export-access-data-to-a-word-document-HA010341683.aspx

Alternatively, if you can get HTML out of Access, what about opening it up in 
Word? I expect you'd have to have Acrobat to manage the bookmarks.

Nadine


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Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:04:40 PM
Subject: Re: Access - Frame - pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?
 

We seem to have succeeded, er, partly.

Is it possible for Frame to import a HTML document? (The import function 
doesn't give that choice). If I drag and drop the document onto Firefox, 
the html opens. Then I can copy and paste into Frame. Seems a bit 
cumbersome.

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Access -> Frame -> pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?

[Writer]

I'm surprised that you can't get your data to export to Word. According to this 
article, it should 
work:?http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/export-access-data-to-a-word-document-HA010341683.aspx

Alternatively, if you can get HTML out of Access, what about opening it up in 
Word? I expect you'd have to have Acrobat to manage the bookmarks.

Nadine

>
> From: Theresa de Valence 
>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com 
>Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:04:40 PM
>Subject: Re: Access -> Frame -> pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?
> 
>
>We seem to have succeeded, er, partly.
>
>Is it possible for Frame to import a HTML document? (The import function 
>doesn't give that choice). If I drag and drop the document onto Firefox, 
>the html opens. Then I can copy and paste into Frame. Seems a bit 
>cumbersome.
>
>Thanks.

Access - Frame - pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?

[Theresa de Valence]

Hi Framers,

I have an Access database which holds records for a crime fiction story, 
collaboratively written by a number of authors. On a repeating basis, I 
need to publish this story in a form which I can then attach to a 
website so that readers (and the collaborating authors) can see how the 
story is doing. Originally I posted each author as webpage using basic 
html, unremarkably named Chapter X, but now I’m moving the story 
around, so I would like to maintain the story in only one place, i.e. in 
the Access database.


I am unable to use any of Access’ tools for exporting to XML or Text or 
Excel and import into either Word or Frame. (They all fail). I am able 
to export directly from an Access report to a pdf but this has the 
disadvantage that I manually have to add Bookmarks, etc., so I am 
thinking of getting the data into Frame and then using MicroType’s 
Frame-to-Acrobat tools.


The story itself is in BookComponent.StoryText. The order of the 
BookComponents is goverened by BookComponent.Sortnum.


Any advice?

Thanks,
Theresa

P.S. In case you happen to like crime fiction, we’ve got some great (and 
famous) authors, so please visit our story:

http://www.reviewsbytdev.com/content/Whos-Murdering-Crime-Fiction
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Access -> Frame -> pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?

[Theresa de Valence]

We seem to have succeeded, er, partly.

Is it possible for Frame to import a HTML document? (The import function 
doesn't give that choice). If I drag and drop the document onto Firefox, 
the html opens. Then I can copy and paste into Frame. Seems a bit 
cumbersome.

Thanks.

Access -> Frame -> pdf. Help with a (fun) project, maybe?

[Theresa de Valence]

Hi Framers,

I have an Access database which holds records for a crime fiction story, 
collaboratively written by a number of authors. On a repeating basis, I 
need to "publish" this story in a form which I can then attach to a 
website so that readers (and the collaborating authors) can see how the 
story is doing. Originally I posted each author as webpage using basic 
html, unremarkably named "Chapter X", but now I?m moving the story 
around, so I would like to maintain the story in only one place, i.e. in 
the Access database.

I am unable to use any of Access? tools for exporting to XML or Text or 
Excel and import into either Word or Frame. (They all fail). I am able 
to export directly from an Access report to a pdf but this has the 
disadvantage that I manually have to add Bookmarks, etc., so I am 
thinking of getting the data into Frame and then using MicroType?s 
Frame-to-Acrobat tools.

The story itself is in BookComponent.StoryText. The order of the 
BookComponents is goverened by BookComponent.Sortnum.

Any advice?

Thanks,
Theresa

P.S. In case you happen to like crime fiction, we?ve got some great (and 
famous) authors, so please visit our story:
http://www.reviewsbytdev.com/content/Whos-Murdering-Crime-Fiction

Re: Frame PDF

[Dave Houle]

Hello Bob,

If you go to the Print Production tab, Distiller can be launched from there.

Good Luck,
Dave


On May 17, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Robert Leif wrote:

 I upgraded to FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat X. It seems that Distiller has been 
 lost. How do I download and install distiller?
 Thank you.
 Bob Leif
  
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 office: 619 582-0437
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Re: Frame PDF

[Grant Hogarth]

If you find out, let me know, as I had to go to a 3rd-party RIP to get
PDF. :(

Robert Leif wrote:

  
  
  
  
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seems that Distiller has been lost. How do I download and install
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I upgraded to FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat X. It seems that Distiller has been
lost. How do I download and install distiller?

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RE: Frame PDF

[Dov Isaacs]

What do you mean that Distiller has been lost? In your Start Menu you 
cannot find Adobe Acrobat Distiller X or if you do have it you cannot make it 
run?

You cannot download Distiller! FrameMaker 10 offers installation of a 
headless version of Distiller if you don't have Acrobat installed on you 
system. If you have Acrobat already installed on your system, don't let 
FrameMaker install that headless Distiller.

If you installed Acrobat X after installing FrameMaker 10, there is a 
possibility that you somehow have the remains of two or more versions of 
Distiller on your system including the headless one from FrameMaker 10. I would 
suggest that you totally uninstall both FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat X and then 
reboot. Install Acrobat X and then install FrameMaker 10, again making sure 
that it doesn't enter the phase that tries to install the headless Distiller 
(it shouldn't, but if it does, cancel out of that part of the installation).

- Dov

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Subject: Frame PDF

I upgraded to FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat X. It seems that Distiller has been 
lost. How do I download and install distiller?
Thank you.
Bob Leif

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Frame PDF

[Dov Isaacs]

What do you mean that "Distiller has been lost?" In your "Start Menu" you 
cannot find "Adobe Acrobat Distiller X" or if you do have it you cannot make it 
run?

You cannot "download" Distiller! FrameMaker 10 offers installation of a 
"headless" version of Distiller if you don't have Acrobat installed on you 
system. If you have Acrobat already installed on your system, don't let 
FrameMaker install that headless Distiller.

If you installed Acrobat X after installing FrameMaker 10, there is a 
possibility that you somehow have the remains of two or more versions of 
Distiller on your system including the headless one from FrameMaker 10. I would 
suggest that you totally uninstall both FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat X and then 
reboot. Install Acrobat X and then install FrameMaker 10, again making sure 
that it doesn't enter the phase that tries to install the headless Distiller 
(it shouldn't, but if it does, cancel out of that part of the installation).

- Dov

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Subject: Frame PDF

I upgraded to FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat X. It seems that Distiller has been 
lost. How do I download and install distiller?
Thank you.
Bob Leif

rleif at rleif.com<mailto:rleif at rleif.com>
office: 619 582-0437
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[Dave Houle]

Hello Bob,

If you go to the Print Production tab, Distiller can be launched from there.

Good Luck,
Dave


On May 17, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Robert Leif wrote:

> I upgraded to FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat X. It seems that Distiller has been 
> lost. How do I download and install distiller?
> Thank you.
> Bob Leif
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Frame/PDF crashing again after Acrobat update - reapply hotfix

[Martin Ley]

Hi Framers,

A while ago I had weeks of woes with mega-crashes while trying to print to PDF 
from Frame books. Eventually, the cure was to apply the hotfix that lots of 
people mentioned (I say eventually, because I couldn't download it for ages, 
and assumed it would never work for me).

Well, everything's been fine for a couple of months, then Adobe updated 
Acrobat, which I assume stiffed the Distiller or something, because I started 
getting crashes again while building PDFs from FM book files. 

For example:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[Page: 1]%%
%%[Page: 2]%%
%%[Page: 3]%%
%%[Page: 4]%%
%%[Page: 5]%%
%%[Page: 6]%%
%%[Page: 7]%%
%%[Page: 8]%%
%%[Page: 9]%%
%%[Page: 10]%%
%%[Page: 11]%%
%%[Page: 12]%%
%%[Page: 13]%%
%%[ Error: ioerror; OffendingCommand: imageDistiller ]%%

Stack:
-dict-
-mark-
-save-


%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%


Naturally, this happened while I was up against a deadline, but I thought 
Hmmm, I wonder if I apply the hotfix again, it will cure things...

Yes. Joy!

The page to look at for info on the hotfix is:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909

Read the bumf then click the View and request hotfix downloads link near the 
top of the page (you need to do this, as you eventually get an email with the 
right link and a password).

It took me ages to get the correct link/hotfix for some reason.

Hope this helps someone.

Martin 




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RE: Frame/PDF crashing again after Acrobat update - reapply hotfix

[Catherine Woods]

Thank you very much Martin. I was beginning to think I was going to have to
recreate a 185 page container file from scratch.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martin Ley
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:00 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Frame/PDF crashing again after Acrobat update - reapply hotfix

Hi Framers,

A while ago I had weeks of woes with mega-crashes while trying to print to
PDF from Frame books. Eventually, the cure was to apply the hotfix that lots
of people mentioned (I say eventually, because I couldn't download it for
ages, and assumed it would never work for me).

Well, everything's been fine for a couple of months, then Adobe updated
Acrobat, which I assume stiffed the Distiller or something, because I
started getting crashes again while building PDFs from FM book files. 

For example:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[Page: 1]%%
%%[Page: 2]%%
%%[Page: 3]%%
%%[Page: 4]%%
%%[Page: 5]%%
%%[Page: 6]%%
%%[Page: 7]%%
%%[Page: 8]%%
%%[Page: 9]%%
%%[Page: 10]%%
%%[Page: 11]%%
%%[Page: 12]%%
%%[Page: 13]%%
%%[ Error: ioerror; OffendingCommand: imageDistiller ]%%

Stack:
-dict-
-mark-
-save-


%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%


Naturally, this happened while I was up against a deadline, but I thought
Hmmm, I wonder if I apply the hotfix again, it will cure things...

Yes. Joy!

The page to look at for info on the hotfix is:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909

Read the bumf then click the View and request hotfix downloads link near the
top of the page (you need to do this, as you eventually get an email with
the right link and a password).

It took me ages to get the correct link/hotfix for some reason.

Hope this helps someone.

Martin 




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84 High Street, Burwell, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 0HD

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Frame/PDF crashing again after Acrobat update - reapply hotfix

[Martin Ley]

Hi Framers,

A while ago I had weeks of woes with mega-crashes while trying to print to PDF 
from Frame books. Eventually, the cure was to apply the hotfix that lots of 
people mentioned (I say eventually, because I couldn't download it for ages, 
and assumed it would never work for me).

Well, everything's been fine for a couple of months, then Adobe updated 
Acrobat, which I assume stiffed the Distiller or something, because I started 
getting crashes again while building PDFs from FM book files. 

For example:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[Page: 1]%%
%%[Page: 2]%%
%%[Page: 3]%%
%%[Page: 4]%%
%%[Page: 5]%%
%%[Page: 6]%%
%%[Page: 7]%%
%%[Page: 8]%%
%%[Page: 9]%%
%%[Page: 10]%%
%%[Page: 11]%%
%%[Page: 12]%%
%%[Page: 13]%%
%%[ Error: ioerror; OffendingCommand: imageDistiller ]%%

Stack:
-dict-
-mark-
-save-


%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%


Naturally, this happened while I was up against a deadline, but I thought 
"Hmmm, I wonder if I apply the hotfix again, it will cure things"...

Yes. Joy!

The page to look at for info on the hotfix is:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909

Read the bumf then click the View and request hotfix downloads link near the 
top of the page (you need to do this, as you eventually get an email with the 
right link and a password).

It took me ages to get the correct link/hotfix for some reason.

Hope this helps someone.

Martin 




Martin Ley, Em-Dash Publications
84 High Street, Burwell, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 0HD

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Frame/PDF crashing again after Acrobat update - reapply hotfix

[Catherine Woods]

Thank you very much Martin. I was beginning to think I was going to have to
recreate a 185 page container file from scratch.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martin Ley
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:00 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Frame/PDF crashing again after Acrobat update - reapply hotfix

Hi Framers,

A while ago I had weeks of woes with mega-crashes while trying to print to
PDF from Frame books. Eventually, the cure was to apply the hotfix that lots
of people mentioned (I say eventually, because I couldn't download it for
ages, and assumed it would never work for me).

Well, everything's been fine for a couple of months, then Adobe updated
Acrobat, which I assume stiffed the Distiller or something, because I
started getting crashes again while building PDFs from FM book files. 

For example:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[Page: 1]%%
%%[Page: 2]%%
%%[Page: 3]%%
%%[Page: 4]%%
%%[Page: 5]%%
%%[Page: 6]%%
%%[Page: 7]%%
%%[Page: 8]%%
%%[Page: 9]%%
%%[Page: 10]%%
%%[Page: 11]%%
%%[Page: 12]%%
%%[Page: 13]%%
%%[ Error: ioerror; OffendingCommand: imageDistiller ]%%

Stack:
-dict-
-mark-
-save-


%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%


Naturally, this happened while I was up against a deadline, but I thought
"Hmmm, I wonder if I apply the hotfix again, it will cure things"...

Yes. Joy!

The page to look at for info on the hotfix is:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909

Read the bumf then click the View and request hotfix downloads link near the
top of the page (you need to do this, as you eventually get an email with
the right link and a password).

It took me ages to get the correct link/hotfix for some reason.

Hope this helps someone.

Martin 




Martin Ley, Em-Dash Publications
84 High Street, Burwell, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 0HD

T   +44 1638 744173   M  +44 7803 297354
W  em-dash.com E  martin at em-dash.com
VAT 823339730






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Re: frame pdf - opening links in new window

[Shlomo Perets]

Jo,

You wrote:

I'm converting a Frame file to PDF.  The file includes numerous links to
other files, which I need to open in new windows.  In the past, I've
used a document-level javascript (openinplace) in the pdf file to make
all links open in new windows.  However this no longer works in Acrobat
8, so I want to set this action in the Framemaker file.  (The
alternative is to use an application-level javascript in the pdf - but I
have no idea how to do that.)

The hyperlink I'm currently using is openpage 
Is there a way to force this to open in a new window?


The openInPlace JavaScript indeed does not affect user preferences when run 
from a document-level script, starting in Acrobat 8.

To use an application-level JavaScript, you need to place a .js file in a 
custom Acrobat folder (in the end-user computer).
In the case of Acrobat 8, the folder to use is:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8\Acrobat\Javascripts
(the .js file is loaded when Acrobat is started; folder location is 
different depending on the Acrobat version. It is probably easier to 
provide end users with instructions on how to change the cross-file links 
in new window preference)

Another option is to apply the JavaScript code (in Acrobat) as a page 
action (eg a page action of page 1).
If the PDF may open at different pages through cross-file links, the page 
action should be assigned to all pages (so that the new window behavior 
is consistent).

When it comes to FM-PDF conversion, FrameMaker's openpage/openlink 
hypertext markers are both identical to gotopage/gotolink.

[ My FrameMaker-to-Acrobat add-on has a function that controls the new 
window property globally or individually, so that no additional actions / 
JavaScripts are necessary after the PDF is created.
The new window property of cross-file links can also be set to apply to 
web-based PDF files. See http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF10.html for 
additional information and sample files. ]


Shlomo Perets

MicroType * http://www.microtype.com
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frame > pdf - opening links in new window

[Shlomo Perets]

Jo,

You wrote:

>I'm converting a Frame file to PDF.  The file includes numerous links to
>other files, which I need to open in new windows.  In the past, I've
>used a document-level javascript (openinplace) in the pdf file to make
>all links open in new windows.  However this no longer works in Acrobat
>8, so I want to set this action in the Framemaker file.  (The
>alternative is to use an application-level javascript in the pdf - but I
>have no idea how to do that.)
>
>The hyperlink I'm currently using is "openpage "
>Is there a way to force this to open in a new window?


The openInPlace JavaScript indeed does not affect user preferences when run 
from a document-level script, starting in Acrobat 8.

To use an application-level JavaScript, you need to place a .js file in a 
custom Acrobat folder (in the end-user computer).
In the case of Acrobat 8, the folder to use is:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8\Acrobat\Javascripts
(the .js file is loaded when Acrobat is started; folder location is 
different depending on the Acrobat version. It is probably easier to 
provide end users with instructions on how to change the cross-file links 
in new window preference)

Another option is to apply the JavaScript code (in Acrobat) as a page 
action (eg a page action of page 1).
If the PDF may open at different pages through cross-file links, the page 
action should be assigned to all pages (so that the "new window" behavior 
is consistent).

When it comes to FM->PDF conversion, FrameMaker's openpage/openlink 
hypertext markers are both identical to gotopage/gotolink.

[ My FrameMaker-to-Acrobat add-on has a function that controls the "new 
window" property globally or individually, so that no additional actions / 
JavaScripts are necessary after the PDF is created.
The "new window" property of cross-file links can also be set to apply to 
web-based PDF files. See http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF10.html for 
additional information and sample files. ]


Shlomo Perets

MicroType * http://www.microtype.com
FrameMaker training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers

"Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" live web-based training sessions

frame pdf - opening links in new window

[Jo Watkiss]

I'm converting a Frame file to PDF.  The file includes numerous links to
other files, which I need to open in new windows.  In the past, I've
used a document-level javascript (openinplace) in the pdf file to make
all links open in new windows.  However this no longer works in Acrobat
8, so I want to set this action in the Framemaker file.  (The
alternative is to use an application-level javascript in the pdf - but I
have no idea how to do that.)
 
The hyperlink I'm currently using is openpage 
Is there a way to force this to open in a new window?
 
Thanks,
Jo Watkiss
FrameMaker 6, Acrobat Pro 8, Win XP
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frame > pdf - opening links in new window

[Jo Watkiss]

I'm converting a Frame file to PDF.  The file includes numerous links to
other files, which I need to open in new windows.  In the past, I've
used a document-level javascript (openinplace) in the pdf file to make
all links open in new windows.  However this no longer works in Acrobat
8, so I want to set this action in the Framemaker file.  (The
alternative is to use an application-level javascript in the pdf - but I
have no idea how to do that.)

The hyperlink I'm currently using is "openpage "
Is there a way to force this to open in a new window?

Thanks,
Jo Watkiss
FrameMaker 6, Acrobat Pro 8, Win XP
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