Problem with the links in pdf

2006-04-25 Thread Sindhu tw
Hi, When i convert a fm file to pdf some links in the pdf file are not opening sometimes. I have taken all the steps and even imported the formats from the other files and tried with that, its working fine for Generated files but I am facing this problem for the chapter files. Is this the

Re: Problem with the links in pdf

2006-04-25 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Sindu, In the PDF Setup dialog box, click the Links tab. Make sure the checkbox is checked and click Set. Make a new PDF and see if this solves the problem. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Hi, When i convert a fm file to pdf some links in the pdf file are

Blank left page and master pages

2006-04-25 Thread Anne Weiner
Not long ago someone posted a message about how to use Apply Master Pages and the default Left master page to automatically apply a customized master page to a final blank left page. I thought the technique was terribly elegant and managed to create such a master page scheme. Now I have a

mif2go

2006-04-25 Thread obair81
I am told that mif2go can really duplicate the look of a frame doc, but I am missing some details. I am told that in the mif2go setup there is somewhere where one can pick a frame file that acts as a template for the frame to word conversion. I cannot find where this option is. Also, he said

Re: mif2go

2006-04-25 Thread Art Campbell
Well, Jeremy may respond too because he's on the list, but here's my take: * When you set up your project, you can enter the name of a FM template file to apply to the source files before conversion if you want to change the appearance of the end document. This path and file name can also be

Re: mif2go

2006-04-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:01:44 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am told that mif2go can really duplicate the look of a frame doc, Yes, it can. but I am missing some details. I am told that in the mif2go setup there is somewhere where one can pick a frame file that acts as a template for

Re: mif2go

2006-04-25 Thread obair81
Thanks. How do you see the Set up print rtf project dialog after the first setup? It seems to show once, and then disappear. I have looked through the manual enough to get my frame to go to word, but the word version is still 30 percent bigger than the frame, so it does not look like the

Re: mif2go

2006-04-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:13:15 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. Quite welcome! How do you see the Set up print rtf project dialog after the first setup? It seems to show once, and then disappear. Right, if there is already a mif2rtf.ini, it doesn't overwrite it, as that could zap

Index Formatting Question

2006-04-25 Thread Tammy . VanBoening
I have a three-column index with three entry levels. (I cannot use only two levels - I have gone over this with an indexing guru - sigh!) Anyway, The first level is not indented, the second level is only slightly indented beneath the first and the third level is slightly indented beneath the

Re: Index Formatting Question

2006-04-25 Thread Sarah O'Keefe
Hi Tammy, Change the separator to use a nonbreaking hyphen instead of a regular hyphen. This is in your IX reference page. You'll find something like this: $chapnum-$pagenum in the IndexIX line. Change the hyphen to a nonbreaking hyphen. Regards, Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a

Re: Intrenal Error

2006-04-25 Thread rebecca officer
Hi Ranvijay I don't know if anyone's replied to you off list, but I can't see any replies to the list so I thought I would reply. You need to give us different information. The image you attached got dropped by the list - the list won't accept any attachments. Also, FM gives internal errors

RE: Technical Writing Suite From Adobe

2006-04-25 Thread hedley . finger
Bill: sell into the Academic publishing market And into the commercial publishing non-fiction market! Then publishers can stop using dumb Cindex and Sky Index to produce indexes that don't embed in the source text and have to be done all over again when they (a) publish the illustrated

Missing Zapf Dingbats - can't reformat?

2006-04-25 Thread Rosemary Tinsley
Hello, Does anyone know how to override missing fonts? Here is my issue: When opening a file, FM gives me the missing font/will be reformatted message. I click OK. The document is automatically reformatted. I save and close. When I open the doc again, I get the missing font message. The

Intrenal Error

2006-04-25 Thread Ranvijay Chandel
Hi All, This is a critical error that I am getting when I save one particular framemaker file in my book. It does not give this error for other framemaker files. Please see the attached image for details about the error. Please provide a solution or workaround to this problem. Thanks and

Problem with the links in pdf

2006-04-25 Thread Sindhu tw
Hi, When i convert a fm file to pdf some links in the pdf file are not opening sometimes. I have taken all the steps and even imported the formats from the other files and tried with that, its working fine for Generated files but I am facing this problem for the chapter files. Is this the

Problem with the links in pdf

2006-04-25 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Sindu, In the PDF Setup dialog box, click the Links tab. Make sure the checkbox is checked and click Set. Make a new PDF and see if this solves the problem. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Hi, When i convert a fm file to pdf some links in the pdf file are

A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?

2006-04-25 Thread Scott Abel
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2006-04-25 Thread Scott Abel
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Creating a custom date variable

2006-04-25 Thread Eli Har-Even
This should be easy but I can't get it to work. I need a variable that shows the month and year, for example April 2006. I created a custom variable based on the definition of the system variable "Current Date (long)", which is defined as <$monthname> <$daynum>, <$year>. My new custom variable

A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?

2006-04-25 Thread Rick Quatro
But what would be *new* about it, except for existing products being bundled together? This may be beneficial for someone just starting out, but for those of us that already have a couple of the products, buying the bundle will likely be more expensive than buying the missing pieces. And

A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?

2006-04-25 Thread Bill Swallow
A few flaws in this "vision"... One, RoboHelp for FrameMaker was discontinued long ago and even though the source code is now in Adobe's hands, they have a significant chunk of it to either fix or toss and rewrite. RHFM was clunky, a resource hog, slow as molasses, and buggy, and had very little

A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?

2006-04-25 Thread Dov Isaacs
Total and utter speculation by "The Content Wrangler" without any announcements, leaks (credible or otherwise), or other evidence to back it up ... > -Original Message- > From: lists.frameusers.com > On Behalf Of Bill Swallow > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:14 AM > To: framers at

A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?

2006-04-25 Thread Bill Swallow
That's what I thought. GIGO. On 4/25/06, Dov Isaacs wrote: > Total and utter speculation by "The Content Wrangler" > without any announcements, leaks (credible or otherwise), > or other evidence to back it up ... -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC,

Creating a custom date variable

2006-04-25 Thread Fred Ridder
The building blocks you are trying to use can only be used in the definitions of System Variables. User Variables only support static values. You cannot add new System Variables, but you *can* redefine the existing System Variables with different building blocks to suit your needs; you just can't

Blank left page and master pages

2006-04-25 Thread Anne Weiner
Not long ago someone posted a message about how to use Apply Master Pages and the default Left master page to automatically apply a customized master page to a final blank left page. I thought the technique was terribly elegant and managed to create such a master page scheme. Now I have a

Frame Keyboard Shortcuts

2006-04-25 Thread acti...@aol.com
Hi Framers, I seem to recall that someone on this list put together a comprehensive list of Frame keyboard shortcuts. If anyone has this list, would you mind sending it to me? Thanks, Nancy Adams

mif2go

2006-04-25 Thread obai...@comcast.net
I am told that mif2go can really duplicate the look of a frame doc, but I am missing some details. I am told that in the mif2go setup there is somewhere where one can pick a frame file that acts as a template for the frame to word conversion. I cannot find where this option is. Also, he said

mif2go

2006-04-25 Thread Art Campbell
Well, Jeremy may respond too because he's on the list, but here's my take: * When you set up your project, you can enter the name of a FM template file to apply to the source files before conversion if you want to change the appearance of the end document. This path and file name can also be

mif2go

2006-04-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:01:44 +, obair81 at comcast.net wrote: >I am told that mif2go can really duplicate the look of >a frame doc, Yes, it can. >but I am missing some details. > >I am told that in the mif2go setup there is somewhere >where one can pick a frame file that acts as a

Technical Writing Suite From Adobe

2006-04-25 Thread Daniel Emory
The "Content Wrangler's" "vision" of FrameMaker?s future is fatally flawed. It would do little to improve the quality of on-line help, or increase the penetration of FrameMaker into the on-line help market. Some years back, I wrote an article entitled "Thoughts About On-Line Help", which is still

mif2go

2006-04-25 Thread obai...@comcast.net
Thanks. How do you see the "Set up print rtf project" dialog after the first setup? It seems to show once, and then disappear. I have looked through the manual enough to get my frame to go to word, but the word version is still 30 percent bigger than the frame, so it does not look like the

mif2go

2006-04-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:13:15 +, obair81 at comcast.net wrote: >Thanks. Quite welcome! >How do you see the "Set up print rtf project" >dialog after the first setup? >It seems to show once, and then disappear. Right, if there is already a mif2rtf.ini, it doesn't overwrite it, as that could

Index Formatting Question

2006-04-25 Thread tammy.vanboen...@jeppesen.com
I have a three-column index with three entry levels. (I cannot use only two levels - I have gone over this with an indexing guru - sigh!) Anyway, The first level is not indented, the second level is only slightly indented beneath the first and the third level is slightly indented beneath the

Index Formatting Question

2006-04-25 Thread Sarah O'Keefe
Hi Tammy, Change the separator to use a nonbreaking hyphen instead of a regular hyphen. This is in your IX reference page. You'll find something like this: <$chapnum>-<$pagenum> in the IndexIX line. Change the hyphen to a nonbreaking hyphen. Regards, Sarah Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com

Index Formatting Question

2006-04-25 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Tammy, Use a non-breaking hyphen as the separator in your page numbers. Then the whole page number will break together. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com >I have a three-column index with three entry levels. (I cannot use only > two levels - I have gone over

Index Formatting Question

2006-04-25 Thread Ridder, Fred
Well, you can keep the 2-part page number from breaking in the middle by using a non-breaking hyphen as the separator character. The entry would still break across lines, but at least the break would be more logical. And you might also decrease the space between the entry text and the page

Index Formatting Question

2006-04-25 Thread tammy.vanboen...@jeppesen.com
Rick and Sarah and Fred, Thanks! I made the hyphen a nonbreaking one (had to get the search term right though in Framemaker to figure out how - nonbreaking, not non-breaking! :-) And yep, Fred, as per comment, And you might also decrease the space between the entry text and the page number;

Index Formatting Question

2006-04-25 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Tammy: At 2:42 PM -0600 4/25/06, Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com wrote: >I have a three-column index with three entry levels. (I cannot use only >two levels - I have gone over this with an indexing guru - sigh!) Anyway, >The first level is not indented, the second level is only slightly

Technical Writing Suite From Adobe

2006-04-25 Thread Bill Briggs
At 11:41 AM -0700 4/25/06, Daniel Emory wrote: >WHAT I PROPOSE INSTEAD is that Adobe provide a new >version of FrameMaker that includes (in addition to >all the existing link types) the new types specified >in the XLink standard, and also provide an upgraded >version of Acrobat that can, when a

Missing Zapf Dingbats - can't reformat?

2006-04-25 Thread Rosemary Tinsley
Hello, Does anyone know how to override missing fonts? Here is my issue: When opening a file, FM gives me the missing font/will be reformatted message. I click OK. The document is automatically reformatted. I save and close. When I open the doc again, I get the missing font message. The