FM 8 Unstructured Converting to PDF: Lose some text, headings, bullets in PDF only
I'm using FM 8 in Windows XP and having a problem with one book (and not other books on which I worked recently). When I open the book and chapters/files, I get error messages indicating that some of the files are missing fonts and/or have unresolved cross-references. (The unresolved CRs don't show-up when I update the book.) When I try to create a PDF of the book, some of the text, headings, and bullets are missing in the PDF version, but not in the FM files. Our FM tech person isn't available. Help! ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FM 8 Unstructured Converting to PDF: Lose some text, headings, bullets in PDF only
First, you should also make sure that your system default printer is set to be the Acrobat printer -- if it isn't, you could be working with fonts that aren't available to you when you make the PDF -- if, for instance, they're resident on a physical printer down the hall, but not on your computer. And ince you mentioned that you're on XP, an important starting point would be to apply the PostScript Hotfix from Microsoft. The write-up is at http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html and the fix itself is at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us Cheers, Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:32 AM, patricia.s.micha...@aphis.usda.gov wrote: I'm using FM 8 in Windows XP and having a problem with one book (and not other books on which I worked recently). When I open the book and chapters/files, I get error messages indicating that some of the files are missing fonts and/or have unresolved cross-references. (The unresolved CRs don't show-up when I update the book.) When I try to create a PDF of the book, some of the text, headings, and bullets are missing in the PDF version, but not in the FM files. Our FM tech person isn't available. Help! ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FM 8 Unstructured Converting to PDF: Lose some text, headings, bullets in PDF only
patricia.s.micha...@aphis.usda.gov wrote: I'm using FM 8 in Windows XP and having a problem with one book (and not other books on which I worked recently). When I open the book and chapters/files, I get error messages indicating that some of the files are missing fonts and/or have unresolved cross-references. (The unresolved CRs don't show-up when I update the book.) The unresolved cross-references are a temporary phenomenon caused by the missing fonts. When you open File A, if it contains xrefs to File B, FM tries to open File B silently in the background just to check (resolve) the xrefs. If File B has missing fonts, FM can't open it silently -- it needs to alert you and find out what you want to do -- so the xrefs are (for the time being) unresolved. Find and fix your font problem, and the xref problem will probably disappear. Art suggested one possible cause, but there could be others (especially since you have other books without that problem). After you tell FM to open a file with unavailable fonts, temporarily substituting an available font, look in the Console window to see what fonts are missing. If they're really supposed to be used, then you'll need to install those fonts. But if it's just some obsolete cruft that came from an old version of a file or something, you might want to turn off Remember Missing Font Names and make the temporary replacement permanent. Search the archives for unavailable fonts to find detailed instructions for that and a host of other ways to deal with missing fonts. You can search the archives using Google: search string site:lists.frameusers.com HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FM 8 Unstructured Converting to PDF: Lose some text, headings, bullets in PDF only
First, you should also make sure that your system default printer is set to be the Acrobat printer -- if it isn't, you could be working with fonts that aren't available to you when you make the PDF -- if, for instance, they're resident on a physical printer down the hall, but not on your computer. And ince you mentioned that you're on XP, an important starting point would be to apply the PostScript Hotfix from Microsoft. The write-up is at http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html and the fix itself is at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us Cheers, 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." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:32 AM, wrote: > I'm using FM 8 in Windows XP and having a problem with one book (and not > other books on which I worked recently). > > When I open the book and chapters/files, I get error messages indicating > that some of the files are missing fonts and/or have unresolved > cross-references. (The unresolved CRs don't show-up when I update the > book.) > > When I try to create a PDF of the book, some of the text, headings, and > bullets are missing in the PDF version, but not in the FM files. > > Our FM tech person isn't available. Help! > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
FM 8 Unstructured Converting to PDF: Lose some text, headings, bullets in PDF only
Patricia.S.Michalak at aphis.usda.gov wrote:
> I'm using FM 8 in Windows XP and having a problem with one book (and not
> other books on which I worked recently).
>
> When I open the book and chapters/files, I get error messages indicating
> that some of the files are missing fonts and/or have unresolved
> cross-references. (The unresolved CRs don't show-up when I update the
> book.)
The unresolved cross-references are a temporary phenomenon caused by the
missing fonts. When you open File A, if it contains xrefs to File B, FM tries
to open File B silently in the background just to check ("resolve") the xrefs.
If File B has missing fonts, FM can't open it silently -- it needs to alert you
and find out what you want to do -- so the xrefs are (for the time being)
unresolved.
Find and fix your font problem, and the xref problem will probably disappear.
Art suggested one possible cause, but there could be others (especially since
you have other books without that problem). After you tell FM to open a file
with unavailable fonts, temporarily substituting an available font, look in the
Console window to see what fonts are missing. If they're really supposed to be
used, then you'll need to install those fonts.
But if it's just some obsolete cruft that came from an old version of a file or
something, you might want to turn off Remember Missing Font Names and make the
temporary replacement permanent. Search the archives for "unavailable fonts" to
find detailed instructions for that and a host of other ways to deal with
missing fonts.
You can search the archives using Google:
site:lists.frameusers.com
HTH!
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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