RE: Unavailable Fonts Error: Save to .ps, but...

2013-01-24 Thread Karen Robbins
Saving to Postscript and distilling does work, but I did see a "can't open [thisfilename].fm" message at the bottom of the book window beneath the list of pages. The file did open, .ps file was created correctly, distilled correctly. I thought the "save as PDF" function in FM11 (my current v

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Steve Rickaby
For anyone still using FrameMaker 7 on Mac, the 'custom' file that sets the defaults for new blank documents seems to be /Adobe FrameMaker 7.0/Modules/Custom New Document, in whatever root folder you have located your Classic apps. -- Steve ___ You

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Combs, Richard
I wrote: > Oops, sorry. I misremembered some information from many years ago. You're > right, it's custom that's used when you create new blank paper documents in FM > (shellnew.fm is used when you create a new FM doc outside of FM; don't ask me > why). Eating lunch seems to have slightly revi

Re: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Matt Sullivan
I believe the Document Properties in custom.fm will control units. (setting custom.fm to use a specific unit of measure should fix this) -Matt Matt Sullivan technical communication | online training | eLearning twitter: @mattrsullivan phone: 714 960-6840 On Jan 24, 2013, at 10:13 AM, "Combs

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Combs, Richard
Stuart Rogers wrote: > I just modified shellnew.fm with your suggested changes, and there is no > effect on a new document. The table formats still use Times New Roman, > the ruler is still in cm. > > There is another file, "custom" with no extension, also in the fminit > directory. I am able

Re: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 24/01/2013 11:05 AM, Combs, Richard wrote: Or for a comprehensive, permanent solution, you can modify any and all format definitions to suit you (as well as which formats exist) in the behind-the-scenes template that FM uses when you create a new document without selecting a template ("Use B

Re: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 24/01/2013 11:18 AM, Karen Robbins wrote: I sure do learn something new every day! :-) I could also define those formats in a "stock" document and always import them to the working document. I do something similar for indexes--a format master imported each time a new one is generated. I like

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Karen Robbins
I sure do learn something new every day! :-) I could also define those formats in a "stock" document and always import them to the working document. I do something similar for indexes--a format master imported each time a new one is generated. I like the idea of using SP's Table Tools to just

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Combs, Richard
Karen Robbins wrote: > You are correct, that's just what it was--Times instances in the default > tables. (I did the mif to find this out; there are no tables in the document > itself.) That's why I said to insert an instance of each table format. > I already thought I'd have to do what you sa

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 17:21 -0800 23/1/13, Karen Robbins wrote: >You are correct, that's just what it was--Times instances in the default >tables. (I did the mif to find this out; there are no tables in the document >itself.) I already thought I'd have to do what you say... How annoying that I >have to do this ex

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread rebecca officer
Hi Karen The other option is to save the file as MIF, open it in a text editor and look for fonts. MIFs are pretty human-readable. Cheers Rebecca >>> "Combs, Richard" 24/01/13 13:54 >>> Karen Robbins wrote: > A file (generated file from a plain text source) keeps displaying the > "unavailab

Re: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-24 Thread Robert Lauriston
Have you tried saving as .mif and searching for that font? On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > A file (generated file from a plain text source) keeps displaying the > "unavailable fonts" error each time it opens. > > I've run Silicoin Prairie's Paragraph Tools on this file, an

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-23 Thread Karen Robbins
You are correct, that's just what it was--Times instances in the default tables. (I did the mif to find this out; there are no tables in the document itself.) I already thought I'd have to do what you say... How annoying that I have to do this extra work to undo a presumptuous default. Forgiv

RE: Unavailable Fonts error

2013-01-23 Thread Combs, Richard
Karen Robbins wrote: > A file (generated file from a plain text source) keeps displaying the > "unavailable fonts" error each time it opens. > > I've run Silicoin Prairie's Paragraph Tools on this file, and the > only font it finds in the file is HelveticaNeueLT Std--exactly as it > should be. I