Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-18 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 14:47 -0500 17/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: About five years later I worked on the first affordable dedicated word processor, the Artec Display 2000, with a 37-character LED display, only $9,995 I do sometimes worry about the average age of members of this group ;-) Hockey-puck disk

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-18 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 14:47 -0500 17/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: >About five years later I worked on the first "affordable" dedicated word >processor, the Artec Display 2000, with a 37-character LED display, only $9,995 I do sometimes worry about the average age of members of this group ;-) Hockey-puck disk

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-17 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 20:32 -0500 16/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: ...because it was invented by IBM for the MTST (Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter)... You mean there was an *automatic* Selectric? Why didn't I know about this?? Why didn't I have one??? ;-) -- Steve [Trim e-mails: use less disk, use less

Re: *****SPAM***** Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-17 Thread Frank Stearns
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012, Steve Rickaby wrote: At 20:32 -0500 16/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: ...because it was invented by IBM for the MTST (Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter)... You mean there was an *automatic* Selectric? Why didn't I know about this?? Why didn't I have one??? ;-)

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed? - a solution

2012-10-17 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Rebecca, you are brilliant! I had assumed that because the imported colors were overrides to the paratag, I wouldn't be able to do anything to them. It didn't even occur to me that I could search for them. I was looking for a much harder solution. Thanks so much for the push. Carol At 08:39

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-17 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:08:10 +0100, Steve Rickaby srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk wrote: At 20:32 -0500 16/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: ...because it was invented by IBM for the MTST (Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter)... You mean there was an *automatic* Selectric? Why didn't I know

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed? - a solution

2012-10-17 Thread rebecca officer
Hi Carol You can use FM's Find/Change for this. First, back up your document. Then, in your document: Define your new colour. Then click outside the text frame on any page, so you don't have a cursor in any text. Then open Find/Change dialog and select Find Character Format. The Find

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-17 Thread Harpreet Singh Seehra
2012 23:33 To: framers at omsys.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed? Does anyone know if it is possible to change the values of one of Framemaker's default color definitions? I'd like to make the Green less florescent by darkening

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-17 Thread Alan T Litchfield
: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed? > > Does anyone know if it is possible to change the values of one of > Framemaker's default color definitions? I'd like to make the Green less > florescent by darkening it a bit. But when I select Green in the Color > Definitions list an

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-17 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 20:32 -0500 16/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: >...because it was invented by IBM for the MTST (Magnetic Tape Selectric >Typewriter)... You mean there was an *automatic* Selectric? Why didn't I know about this?? Why didn't I have one??? ;-) -- Steve [Trim e-mails: use less disk, use less

*****SPAM***** Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-17 Thread Frank Stearns
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012, Steve Rickaby wrote: > At 20:32 -0500 16/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > >> ...because it was invented by IBM for the MTST (Magnetic Tape Selectric >> Typewriter)... > > You mean there was an *automatic* Selectric? Why didn't I know about > this?? Why didn't I have

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed? - a solution

2012-10-17 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Rebecca, you are brilliant! I had assumed that because the imported colors were overrides to the paratag, I wouldn't be able to do anything to them. It didn't even occur to me that I could search for them. I was looking for a much harder solution. Thanks so much for the "push." Carol At 08:39

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-17 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:08:10 +0100, Steve Rickaby wrote: >At 20:32 -0500 16/10/12, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > >>...because it was invented by IBM for the MTST >(Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter)... > >You mean there was an *automatic* Selectric? Why >didn't I know about this?? Why didn't I

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed? - a solution

2012-10-17 Thread rebecca officer
Hi Carol You can use FM's Find/Change for this. First, back up your document. Then, in your document: Define your new colour. Then click outside the text frame on any page, so you don't have a cursor in any text. Then open Find/Change dialog and select Find >Character Format. The Find

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Does anyone know if it is possible to change the values of one of Framemaker's default color definitions? I'd like to make the Green less florescent by darkening it a bit. But when I select Green in the Color Definitions list and select a darker color, the Change button is dimmed (this only

RE: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Rick Quatro
...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Carol J. Elkins Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 2:03 PM To: fram...@omsys.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed? Does anyone know if it is possible to change the values of one of Framemaker's default color definitions? I'd

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 12:03 -0600 16/10/12, Carol J. Elkins wrote: Does anyone know if it is possible to change the values of one of Framemaker's default color definitions? I'd like to make the Green less florescent by darkening it a bit. But when I select Green in the Color Definitions list and select a darker

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Nope, defining my own colors isn't an option in this case. Working in Frame9, I'm importing (not by reference but by creating a copy) an Excel file containing Excel's red strikeout and green colors to distinguish new and deleted text, so all resulting text is formatted as an override to

RE: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Harpreet Singh Seehra
2012 23:33 To: fram...@omsys.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed? Does anyone know if it is possible to change the values of one of Framemaker's default color definitions? I'd like to make the Green less florescent by darkening it a bit

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Alan T Litchfield
it. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Carol J. Elkins Sent: 16 October 2012 23:33 To: fram...@omsys.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed? Does

RE: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Combs, Richard
colors aren't defined as they are to suit someone's tastes; they're the standard colors of the RGB and CMYK color models. In the Color Definitions dialog, set Model to RGB. Now look at the definition of the color named Green -- it's 0% Red, 100% Green, 0% Blue. Wanting to redefine the default Green

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Matt Sullivan
color models. In the Color Definitions dialog, set Model to RGB. Now look at the definition of the color named Green -- it's 0% Red, 100% Green, 0% Blue. Wanting to redefine the default Green is like wanting to make picas a little smaller in your doc. :-) Richard G. Combs Senior

RE: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Fred Ridder
What's a pica? (kidding, kidding) …and for those that don't know, 12 points=1 pica, 6 picas=1 inch Umm, not exactly. (Or maybe not necessarily is more apt.) There are three definitions of the unit we know as a pica, and all of them are a little bit different. The original definition

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Matt Sullivan
Yes, but that's a bit too much for a unit that has fallen into disuse ;) In all seriousness, though, since it sounds like you'd know, what's a Cicero?? -Matt On Oct 16, 2012, at 4:50 PM, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote: What's a pica? (kidding, kidding) …and for those that

Re: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:50:24 -0400, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote: The American definition was as a fraction of a foot: 0.013837 (or 1/72.27) to be exact. That works out to 4.2175 mm. But the computer world likes rounder numbers, and the computer pica is 1/72 of a foot (specifically

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Does anyone know if it is possible to change the values of one of Framemaker's default color definitions? I'd like to make the Green less florescent by darkening it a bit. But when I select Green in the Color Definitions list and select a darker color, the Change button is dimmed (this only

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Rick Quatro
rs-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Carol J. Elkins Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 2:03 PM To: framers at omsys.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can Frame's default color definitions be changed? Does anyone know if it is possible to change the values of one of Framemaker's def

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Nope, defining my own colors isn't an option in this case. Working in Frame9, I'm importing (not by reference but by creating a copy) an Excel file containing Excel's red strikeout and green colors to distinguish new and deleted text, so all resulting text is formatted as an override to

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Combs, Richard
e. Exactly. Those colors aren't defined as they are to suit someone's tastes; they're the standard colors of the RGB and CMYK color models. In the Color Definitions dialog, set Model to RGB. Now look at the definition of the color named Green -- it's 0% Red, 100% Green, 0% Blue. Wanting to re

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Matt Sullivan
; > they're the standard colors of the RGB and CMYK color models. In the Color > Definitions dialog, set Model to RGB. Now look at the definition of the color > named Green -- it's 0% Red, 100% Green, 0% Blue. > > Wanting to redefine the default Green is like wanting to make p

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Fred Ridder
> What's a pica? > (kidding, kidding) > > ?and for those that don't know, 12 points=1 pica, 6 picas=1 inch Umm, not exactly. (Or maybe "not necessarily" is more apt.) There are three definitions of the unit we know as a pica, and all of them are a little bit different. The original

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Matt Sullivan
Yes, but that's a bit too much for a unit that has fallen into disuse ;) In all seriousness, though, since it sounds like you'd know, what's a Cicero?? -Matt On Oct 16, 2012, at 4:50 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: > > What's a pica? > > (kidding, kidding) > > > > ?and for those that don't know,

Can Frame's default color definitions be changed?

2012-10-16 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:50:24 -0400, Fred Ridder wrote: >The American definition was as a fraction of a foot: >0.013837 (or 1/72.27) to be exact. That works out >to 4.2175 mm. > >But the computer world likes rounder numbers, and the >computer pica is 1/72 of a foot (specifically the

RE: Cleaning up color definitions

2012-07-09 Thread Gillian Flato
George, It didn't work. I got an error message. -Gillian From: Georg Eck [mailto:e...@squidds.de] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 12:14 AM To: Gillian Flato; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Cleaning up color definitions Hi Gillian, please test the feature: 'Formats' of TOOLBOX

RE: Cleaning up color definitions

2012-07-09 Thread Combs, Richard
Gillian Flato wrote: George, It didn't work. I got an error message. You're much more likely to get a helpful response if you begin with: It didn't work. I got the following error message: ... :-) Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom

Cleaning up color definitions

2012-07-09 Thread Gillian Flato
George, It didn't work. I got an error message. -Gillian From: Georg Eck [mailto:e...@squidds.de] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 12:14 AM To: Gillian Flato; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Cleaning up color definitions Hi Gillian, please test the feature: 'Formats' of TOOLBOX

Cleaning up color definitions

2012-07-09 Thread Combs, Richard
Gillian Flato wrote: > George, > > It didn't work. I got an error message. You're much more likely to get a helpful response if you begin with: "It didn't work. I got the following error message: ..." :-) Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT

Re: Cleaning up color definitions

2012-07-06 Thread Georg Eck
.html - Georg Your questions: Anyone know of a tool that allows you to clean up color definitions like BookVars cleans up variables? Thank You, Gillian Flato ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail

Cleaning up color definitions

2012-07-06 Thread Georg Eck
- Georg Your questions: Anyone know of a tool that allows you to clean up color definitions like BookVars cleans up variables? Thank You, Gillian Flato -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/piperm

Cleaning up color definitions - killing fm_gen colors in the MIF files

2012-07-04 Thread rebecca officer
to the basic color set (red etc) but not to the fm_gen colors. This means you can use View>Color>Definitions to delete the fm_gen colors, though that's slow. Instead, you can just delete the fm_gen colors in the MIF by finding them in the ColorCatalog section and deleting them. You need to

Re: Cleaning up color definitions

2012-07-03 Thread Mike Wickham
On 7/2/2012 1:39 PM, Gillian Flato wrote: Anyone know of a tool that allows you to clean up color definitions like BookVars cleans up variables? Check out Color Tools ($10): http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/index.html Mike Wickham

RE: Cleaning up color definitions - killing fm_gen colors in the MIF files

2012-07-03 Thread rebecca officer
color definitions Hi Gillian I've just looked up what we did and it was more complicated than I'd remembered. We were trying to clean out FM10's self-generated colours that it assigned to overlapping conditional text, and it turns out that FM locks those so you can't delete them. We started

Cleaning up color definitions

2012-07-03 Thread Mike Wickham
On 7/2/2012 1:39 PM, Gillian Flato wrote: > > Anyone know of a tool that allows you to clean up color definitions > like BookVars cleans up variables? > > Check out Color Tools ($10): http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/index.html Mike Wickham -- next part ---

Cleaning up color definitions

2012-07-02 Thread Gillian Flato
Anyone know of a tool that allows you to clean up color definitions like BookVars cleans up variables? Thank You, Gillian Flato Senior Content Developer Skype: Gillian.B.Flato Gillian.Flato at nexenta.com [Description: os-oct] -- next part -- An HTML attachment

RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-11 Thread Pinkham, Jim
: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions Dang! I did a MIF Wash using mif2go, and the RGB colors are gone. I love it when software works. Thanks for the tip! = Mike B Original Message Subject: RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions From: Pinkham, Jim jim.pink...@voith.com

RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-11 Thread Mike Bradley
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions I've had problems with color definitions and this really worked: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/323/323771.html Joy On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:30 PM, mbrad...@techpubs.com wrote: Windows XP Service Pack 3 FrameMaker 8 Hi

RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-11 Thread Melanie Raney
Mike, If the bad colors are indeed from graphics with palette-based colors, the bad color definitions will likely reappear the next time you open the file. In that case, the real fix is to fix the graphics as Richard Combs suggested, and then do the mif wash. Regards, Melanie Raney

Re: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:07:02 -0800, Mike Bradley mbrad...@techpubs.com wrote: This works, for sure. Thanks. Mif2go's MIF Wash might do nothing more than automate the same process. No, MIF Wash does *not* do these two steps: 4. Choose View Color Definitions. 5. From the Name pop-up menu

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-11 Thread Pinkham, Jim
: RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions Dang! I did a MIF Wash using mif2go, and the RGB colors are gone. I love it when software works. Thanks for the tip! = Mike B > Original Message > Subject: RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions > From: "Pinkham

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-11 Thread Mike Bradley
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions I've had problems with color definitions and this really worked: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/323/323771.html Joy On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > Windows XP Service Pack 3 > FrameMaker 8 > > Hi

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-11 Thread Melanie Raney
Mike, If the bad colors are indeed from graphics with palette-based colors, the bad color definitions will likely reappear the next time you open the file. In that case, the real fix is to fix the graphics as Richard Combs suggested, and then do the mif wash. Regards, Melanie Raney

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:07:02 -0800, "Mike Bradley" wrote: >This works, for sure. Thanks. Mif2go's MIF Wash might >do nothing more than automate the same process. No, MIF Wash does *not* do these two steps: 4. Choose View > Color > Definitions. 5. From the Na

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread mbradley
Windows XP Service Pack 3 FrameMaker 8 Hi, I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then imported into FM more recently. In FM, we were able to remove all the artifacts from Word except for the color definitions. We are not using any of the Word colors in the FM files

RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Pinkham, Jim
, 2010 4:31 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions Windows XP Service Pack 3 FrameMaker 8 Hi, I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then imported into FM more recently. In FM, we were able to remove all the artifacts from Word

RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread mbradley
Oh, and I looked in the MIF file for the colors and they aren't there! = Mike Bradley I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then imported into FM more recently. In FM, we were able to remove all the artifacts from Word except for the color definitions. We

RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Combs, Richard
mbrad...@techpubs.com wrote: I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then imported into FM more recently. In FM, we were able to remove all the artifacts from Word except for the color definitions. We are not using any of the Word colors in the FM files, but we can't

RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread mbradley
Dang! I did a MIF Wash using mif2go, and the RGB colors are gone. I love it when software works. Thanks for the tip! = Mike B Original Message Subject: RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions From: Pinkham, Jim jim.pink...@voith.com Date: Wed, March 10, 2010 2:34 pm

RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Fred Ridder
Absolutely correct. Which is why a MIF wash works as an easy way to get rid of the color definitions. Now that you've got the MIF file(s), open *that* file from FrameMaker and then do a Save As to convert it back to FrameMaker binary format. -Fred Ridder From: mbrad...@techpubs.com

Re: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Joy Kocar
I've had problems with color definitions and this really worked: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/323/323771.html Joy On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:30 PM, mbrad...@techpubs.com wrote: Windows XP Service Pack 3 FrameMaker 8 Hi, I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread mbrad...@techpubs.com
Windows XP Service Pack 3 FrameMaker 8 Hi, I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then imported into FM more recently. In FM, we were able to remove all the artifacts from Word except for the color definitions. We are not using any of the Word colors in the FM files

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Pinkham, Jim
, March 10, 2010 4:31 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions Windows XP Service Pack 3 FrameMaker 8 Hi, I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then imported into FM more recently. In FM, we were able to remove all the artifacts

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread mbrad...@techpubs.com
Oh, and I looked in the MIF file for the colors and they aren't there! = Mike Bradley > I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then > imported into FM more recently. > > In FM, we were able to remove all the artifacts from Word except for the > color

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Combs, Richard
mbradley at techpubs.com wrote: > I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then > imported into FM more recently. > > In FM, we were able to remove all the artifacts from Word except for the > color definitions. We are not using any of the Word colors in

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread mbrad...@techpubs.com
Dang! I did a MIF Wash using mif2go, and the RGB colors are gone. I love it when software works. Thanks for the tip! = Mike B > Original Message > Subject: RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions > From: "Pinkham, Jim" > Date: Wed,

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Fred Ridder
Absolutely correct. Which is why a MIF wash works as an easy way to get rid of the color definitions. Now that you've got the MIF file(s), open *that* file from FrameMaker and then do a Save As to convert it back to FrameMaker binary format. -Fred Ridder > From: mbradley at techpubs.

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Joy Kocar
I've had problems with color definitions and this really worked: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/323/323771.html Joy On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > Windows XP Service Pack 3 > FrameMaker 8 > > Hi, > > I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Jack DeLand wrote: I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? If these are colors with names something like RGB256,256,256

Re: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
Jack, The most likely reason for this is that the files contain PNG files that are 24-bit. There's some kind of bug in Frame that inherits these color definitions, but it doesn't seem to be hurtful, just messy. If you do have PNGs in use, even if you clean up the definitions, they'll repopulate

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Feimster
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions? Fred Ridder wrote: Jack DeLand wrote: I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast

Re: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Jack DeLand
Thanks very much, Fred. I had no clue as to where all these things had come from. Fred Ridder wrote: use the MIF filters to wash the document. Use Save As -- Jack DeLand :: member, information architecture institute :: 734.629.7890 :: www.jackdeland.com

Re: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? If these are colors with names something like RGB256,256,256, they are likely

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Combs, Richard
Fred Ridder wrote: Jack DeLand wrote: I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? If these are colors with names

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Mike Feimster wrote: I did some testing once and created two documents, where the only difference was one doc had an 8-bit png inported by reference and the other had a 16-bit png imported by reference. When I generated PDFs, the PDF with the 8-bit png was actually bigger. I seem to

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Feimster
It was either 7.1 or 7.2. Mike From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:38 PM To: Mike Feimster; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Jack DeLand
I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? TIA -- Jack DeLand :: member, information architecture institute :: 734.629.7890

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Jack DeLand wrote: > I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color > definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 > entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? If these are colors with names somet

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
Jack, The most likely reason for this is that the files contain PNG files that are 24-bit. There's some kind of bug in Frame that inherits these color definitions, but it doesn't seem to be hurtful, just messy. If you do have PNGs in use, even if you clean up the definitions, they'll repopulate

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Combs, Richard
Fred Ridder wrote: > Jack DeLand wrote: > > I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color > > definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 > > entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? > > If

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Jack DeLand
Thanks very much, Fred. I had no clue as to where all these things had come from. Fred Ridder wrote: > use the MIF filters to "wash" the document. Use Save As -- Jack DeLand :: member, information architecture institute :: 734.629.7890 :: www.jackdeland.com

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Feimster
at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions? Fred Ridder wrote: > Jack DeLand wrote: > > I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color > > definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 > > entries

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
> > I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color > > > definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about > 10 > > > entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do > this? > > > > If these are col

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Mike Feimster wrote: > I did some testing once and created two documents, where the only > difference was one doc had an 8-bit png inported by reference and the > other had a 16-bit png imported by reference. When I generated PDFs, the > PDF with the 8-bit png was actually bigger. I seem to

Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Feimster
It was either 7.1 or 7.2. Mike From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:38 PM To: Mike Feimster; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions

RGB Color Definitions

2008-12-04 Thread Jacob Schäffer
> -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] P? vegne af Howard Rauch > Sendt: 3. december 2008 22:02 > Til: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Emne: RGB Color Definitions > > > The

RGB Color Definitions

2008-12-03 Thread Howard Rauch
The individual files in a book have a varying number of RGB color definitions. I want to delete those for several reasons, one being that the printer wants only CMYK colors. None of the RGB colors are used (that I know of), but every time I try to delete an RGB color, Frame restores it again

Re: RGB Color Definitions

2008-12-03 Thread Art Campbell
the color definitions from it. Then use the Clean Import plug-in to delete the existing definitions. Art Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson

RE: RGB Color Definitions

2008-12-03 Thread Jacob Schäffer
-Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Howard Rauch Sendt: 3. december 2008 22:02 Til: framers@lists.frameusers.com Emne: RGB Color Definitions The individual files in a book have a varying number of RGB color definitions. I want

RGB Color Definitions

2008-12-03 Thread Howard Rauch
The individual files in a book have a varying number of RGB color definitions. I want to delete those for several reasons, one being that the printer wants only CMYK colors. None of the RGB colors are used (that I know of), but every time I try to delete an RGB color, Frame restores it again

RGB Color Definitions

2008-12-03 Thread Art Campbell
the color definitions from it. Then use the Clean Import plug-in to delete the existing definitions. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richar

Deleting Color Definitions

2008-07-11 Thread Howard Rauch
and CMYK color definitions. Although these appear to be harmless and are, for the most part, labeled Don't Print, I would prefer to delete them, particularly since the catalog is commercially printed and the printing firm setup crew complains about the RGB color definitions. Besides, in my view

RE: Deleting Color Definitions

2008-07-11 Thread Lester C. Smalley
equivalents if at all possible. Or get true color versions of the images, which do not add items to Frame's color catalog. Once you have replaced the images, you either will not see the extra color definitions, or can readily deleted those not wanted in the production version of the template

RE: Deleting Color Definitions

2008-07-11 Thread Combs, Richard
and CMYK color definitions. Although these appear to be harmless and are, for the most part, labeled Don't Print, I would prefer to delete them, particularly since the catalog is commercially printed and the printing firm setup crew complains about the RGB color definitions. Besides, in my view

RE: Deleting Color Definitions

2008-07-11 Thread Combs, Richard
I said: We replaced the graphics with 24-bit (true color) PNGs, and then ran a script to delete the RGB colors, but they wouldn't go away. What got rid of them was a MIF wash (save FM file as MIF, open that, and save back to FM). I should have added that, IIRC, the deleting first wasn't even

Deleting Color Definitions

2008-07-11 Thread Howard Rauch
and CMYK color definitions. Although these?appear to be harmless and are, for the most part, labeled "Don't Print," I would prefer to delete them, particularly since the catalog is commercially printed and the printing firm setup crew?complains about the RGB color definitions. Besides,

Deleting Color Definitions

2008-07-11 Thread Lester C. Smalley
grayscale equivalents if at all possible. Or get true color versions of the images, which do not add items to Frame's color catalog. Once you have replaced the images, you either will not see the extra color definitions, or can readily deleted those not wanted in the production version of th

Deleting Color Definitions

2008-07-11 Thread Combs, Richard
r of useless RGB and CMYK color > definitions. Although these?appear to be harmless and are, for the most > part, labeled "Don't Print," I would prefer to delete them, particularly > since the catalog is commercially printed and the printing firm setup > crew?complains about

Deleting Color Definitions

2008-07-11 Thread Combs, Richard
I said: > We replaced the graphics with 24-bit ("true color") PNGs, and then ran a > script to delete the RGB colors, but they wouldn't go away. What got rid of > them was a "MIF wash" (save FM file as MIF, open that, and save back to > FM). I should have added that, IIRC, the deleting first

Re: Multiple RGB color definitions

2008-05-17 Thread Terry Smith
PNG is a great format for screen captures and other bitmap images. It's small, and it works well in both print and online output. However, if the wrong settings are used for saving the PNGs, the FrameMaker color catalog becomes bloated with RGB color definitions. (Okay, the settings aren't really

Multiple RGB color definitions

2008-05-17 Thread Terry Smith
PNG is a great format for screen captures and other bitmap images. It's small, and it works well in both print and online output. However, if the "wrong" settings are used for saving the PNGs, the FrameMaker color catalog becomes bloated with RGB color definitions. (Okay, the setti

Multiple RGB color definitions

2008-05-16 Thread Steve Rickaby
else. . Bernard Aschwanden: Create a new FrameMaker document, import everything except the color definitions, then copy/paste the contents. The first does not work for me with this file for some reason, and as for the second, there is no imported PNG file in the template, although the book from

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