Ann: Generating a list of paragraph tags with properties?

Take TOOLBOX for FrameMaker: Modul Format List of a document or book http://www.toolboxforme.com + Go to Downloads + Install the 30-day trial version with full functionality Purchase TOOLBOX ...: http://www.systec-gmbh.com/os/index.php?cat=c14_7-6-x.html ... with Online Licensing. Georg Eck

OT: An interesting article about Microsoft vs. Adobe

Obviously, take with a grain of salt, but some interesting points, nonetheless. TVB http://www.9news.com/money/article.aspx?storyid=68237 Tammy L. Van Boening Senior Technical Writer Fiserv Insurance Solutions Property and Casualty Division 303-729-7733 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: An interesting article about Microsoft vs. Adobe

At 09:32 -0600 18/4/07, Van Boening, Tammy wrote: Obviously, take with a grain of salt, but some interesting points, nonetheless. This is all we need: yet another set of web 'standards'. The NYT site that the article refers to was a mess. 'While Microsoft's hybrid applications can only be

Better diff tool that change bars?

Hi All, I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books. I am the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them regularly. Those engineers who have been doing reviews on

switched printers -- now HelvObl prints with extra slant

Hi, I'm using FM 6.5, Mac, in Classic. I was printing to a Laserwriter Select 360, through an AsanteTalk bridge, and everything looked as it should. I've just switched to a Lexmark E120n laser printer. Now it prints Helvetica bold oblique and Helvetica oblique with an additional slant. (I

Re: OT: An interesting article about Microsoft vs. Adobe

Gosh, you said it, and I agree wholeheartedly. The field is cluttered enough already, and I'm not sure of the demonstrable need for either one of these. Users will watch television when they want television, but on the web they want function, even if that function is chat rooms, forums,

Re: Better diff tool that change bars?

At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote: I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books. I am the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them regularly. Those engineers

Re: Better diff tool that change bars?

I generally do what Steve suggests. I run the compare utility on the old book versus the new book. Then I collect all of the newly created files (file1cmp.fm, file2cmp.fm, etc.) and create a new book with them. I use the existing graphics, TOC, and index files and then PDF the whole mess for

Re: Better diff tool that change bars?

Hi, Molly: If you're circulating your documents as PDFs, take a look at Acrobat's review-cycle feature, and also the document comparison feature that has several levels of granularity. Acrobat 8 can enable PDF documents for comments by users who view the documents with Reader 8 or Reader 7,

Table title alignment oddity

Framers, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this. My client and I are both seeing this odd and inconsistent behavior and neither of us can explain or fix it. :o Our template has side heads set up and several table styles. When we insert one style of table, both the table and the table

Re: Table title alignment oddity

At 11:13 -0600 18/4/07, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this. My client and I are both seeing this odd and inconsistent behavior and neither of us can explain or fix it. :o Our template has side heads set up and several table styles. Wasn't something like

RE: Table title alignment oddity

Steve, Thanks for the steer. I did just find that thread in the Oct archive, but it doesn't deal with side heads. I *think* what I'm seeing is a little different. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or

RE: Table title alignment oddity

The table title is set to In Column. Forgot to mention that. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 User guides, online help, FrameMaker and WebWorks ePublisher templates

Another missing fonts question

I inherited some documentation, and I get an error message The Frutiger-Black Font is not available. Does anyone know where I can download that font for free or does anyone know anything about that font. I am using FM 7.2 unstructured. Thanks, Janice Janice Cadel Principal Technical

RE: Table title alignment oddity

As crazy it sounds, do you have a special tag for the table anchor - if so, what is its pagination properties? Tammy L. Van Boening Senior Technical Writer Fiserv Insurance Solutions Property and Casualty Division 303-729-7733 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Another missing fonts question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I inherited some documentation, and I get an error message The Frutiger-Black Font is not available. Does anyone know where I can download that font for free or does anyone know anything about that font. I am using FM 7.2 unstructured. The original Frutiger

Re: Table title alignment oddity

Linda G. Gallagher wrote: Framers, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this. My client and I are both seeing this odd and inconsistent behavior and neither of us can explain or fix it. :o Our template has side heads set up and several table styles. When we insert one style of table, both

Doc Architecture Challenge: Linking Between Books

Hi! I have an architecture challenge. I have two FrameMaker 7.2 (Unstructured) books: - User's Guide - Concepts Guide The User's Guide refers to the Concepts Guide and vice versa. Currently, this reference is simply a variable with the book's title. However, I'm thinking about creating

RE: Table title alignment oddity

Linda G. Gallagher wrote: The tables are all anchored to paragraphs that are in the main text area, not in the side head area. Are you sure? Really? Double-check this in Paragraph Designer's Pagination tab. Are the anchor pgfs all set to In Column? It's not enough that they _be_ in the

Looking for a documentation portal example

Folks, we all know the benefits of creating and publishing books using FrameMaker, especially since PDF creation is mostly harmless. Also, FrameMaker documents are a good source for HTML conversion processes, if one follows the structure or template. A company with a lot of modules (software or

Re: Looking for a documentation portal example

You're right, but people like PDFs because they're portable. Most that I know have at least one directory stuffed with PDFs for fast reference, or catching up on that international plane flight when net access is not possible. I favor having both if possible, if for no other reason that Google

RE: Looking for a documentation portal example

Michael Müller-Hillebrand A company with a lot of modules (software or hardware) nowadays usually has a website where all the latest PDF files are available for download. But, wouldn't it be desirable to have all that information in HTML format: better navigation options, more efficient

RE: Looking for a documentation portal example

IMO The US Internal Revenue Service has excellent online documentation portal: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html Also interesting - the NY Times has a cool feature that I would love to be able to replicate in my documentation: doubleclick any word in any article and it opens a

missing UI font

After installing CS2, I get an Adobe UI font missing error when I start Illustrator, and the fonts in my dialog boxes in Frame all look dark and bold now. Does anyone know how I can solve this? Thanks. Paul ___ You are currently subscribed to

Re: Better diff tool that change bars?

Acrobat 8 can enable PDF documents Acrobat 7 also John Posada Senior Technical Writer They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever. So far, so good. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to

Re: Looking for a documentation portal example

The company I recently started working for, Color Kinetics, has a not bad delivery portal. Disclaimer: Only a couple items here are mine. All typos, weird wording, etc., originated elsewhere. ;- ) And on format: PDF is still classed as a terminal format in that it's relatively hard to modify.

RE: Looking for a documentation portal example

How much of that can be controlled by providing a good print.css file and a button for it? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Posada Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:58 PM To: Michael Müller-Hillebrand; Framers Subject: Re: Looking

Resize anchored frame to fit graphic

Drat - What's the short cut key sequence for this on FM 7.x and Win XP? I'm sure I seen it recently. Also, where can I find a comprehensive list of short cuts? There seem to be a fair number missing from the Quick Reference Card. Any help greatly appreciated Will White One Lambda, Inc

Adjusting dialog box sizes in Framemaker?

Argh, I know that this topic has been covered before, but the archives keep timing out on my right now and my google search has resulted in zilch. Isn't there a plugin available from someone/somewhere that allows you to adjust the sizes of dialog boxes in Framemaker? Like, right now, when my books

RE: Conditional Text Question - Resolved

All, Thanks VERY much to Tammy Van Boening, Gillian Flato, and William Abernathy who helped me to resolve this problem! I mostly lurk here, only chiming in when I feel I have something useful to add. But, it's people like these three, as well as many others on both this list and Techwr-l that

RE: Table title alignment oddity

Not crazy. We don't currently have a dedicated anchor tag (lots of legacy content), but the para tag the tables are anchored to, in all instances, are also set to In Column. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com

Re: Resize anchored frame to fit graphic

Escape m p Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Drat - What's the short cut key sequence for this on FM 7.x and Win XP? I'm sure I seen it recently. Also, where can I find a comprehensive list of short cuts? There seem to be a fair number missing from the Quick

Re: Resize anchored frame to fit graphic

White, William wrote: Drat - What's the short cut key sequence for this on FM 7.x and Win XP? Esc m p (Escape fraMe wraP) I'm sure I seen it recently. I'm sure you done too ;-) Also, where can I find a comprehensive list of short cuts? There seem to be a fair number missing from the

Re: Adjusting dialog box sizes in Framemaker?

Van Boening, Tammy wrote: Argh, I know that this topic has been covered before, but the archives keep timing out on my right now and my google search has resulted in zilch. Isn't there a plugin available from someone/somewhere that allows you to adjust the sizes of dialog boxes in Framemaker?

RE: Table title alignment oddity

Well, maybe I've found a bug. I assure you the para tag the tables are anchored to is set to In Column, but the frame for the table title goes to the left side of the side head area when I insert a new table. Some existing tables of this same style, anchored to the same para tag, have the title

Ann: Generating a list of paragraph tags with properties?

Take TOOLBOX for FrameMaker: Modul "Format List" of a document or book http://www.toolboxforme.com + Go to Downloads + Install the 30-day trial version with full functionality Purchase TOOLBOX ...: http://www.systec-gmbh.com/os/index.php?cat=c14_7-6-x.html ... with Online Licensing. Georg Eck

OT: An interesting article about Microsoft vs. Adobe

Obviously, take with a grain of salt, but some interesting points, nonetheless. TVB http://www.9news.com/money/article.aspx?storyid=68237 Tammy L. Van Boening Senior Technical Writer Fiserv Insurance Solutions Property and Casualty Division 303-729-7733 tammy.vanboening at fiserv.com

OT: An interesting article about Microsoft vs. Adobe

At 09:32 -0600 18/4/07, Van Boening, Tammy wrote: >Obviously, take with a grain of salt, but some interesting points, >nonetheless. This is all we need: yet another set of web 'standards'. The NYT site that the article refers to was a mess. 'While Microsoft's hybrid applications can only be

Better diff tool that change bars?

Hi All, I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books. I am the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them regularly. Those engineers who have been doing reviews on

switched printers -- now HelvObl prints with extra slant

Hi, I'm using FM 6.5, Mac, in Classic. I was printing to a Laserwriter Select 360, through an AsanteTalk bridge, and everything looked as it should. I've just switched to a Lexmark E120n laser printer. Now it prints Helvetica bold oblique and Helvetica oblique with an additional slant. (I have

OT: An interesting article about Microsoft vs. Adobe

Gosh, you said it, and I agree wholeheartedly. The field is cluttered enough already, and I'm not sure of the demonstrable need for either one of these. Users will watch television when they want television, but on the web they want function, even if that function is chat rooms, forums,

Better diff tool that change bars?

At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote: > >I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books. I am >the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of >reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them >regularly. Those

Better diff tool that change bars?

I generally do what Steve suggests. I run the compare utility on the old book versus the new book. Then I collect all of the newly created files (file1cmp.fm, file2cmp.fm, etc.) and create a new book with them. I use the existing graphics, TOC, and index files and then PDF the whole mess for

Better diff tool that change bars?

Hi, Molly: If you're circulating your documents as PDFs, take a look at Acrobat's review-cycle feature, and also the document comparison feature that has several levels of granularity. Acrobat 8 can enable PDF documents for comments by users who view the documents with Reader 8 or Reader 7, so

Table title alignment oddity

Framers, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this. My client and I are both seeing this odd and inconsistent behavior and neither of us can explain or fix it. :o Our template has side heads set up and several table styles. When we insert one style of table, both the table and the table

Table title alignment oddity

At 11:13 -0600 18/4/07, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: >I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this. My client and I are both >seeing this odd and inconsistent behavior and neither of us can explain or >fix it. :o > >Our template has side heads set up and several table styles. Wasn't something

Table title alignment oddity

Steve, Thanks for the steer. I did just find that thread in the Oct archive, but it doesn't deal with side heads. I *think* what I'm seeing is a little different. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or

Table title alignment oddity

At 11:39 -0600 18/4/07, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: >Thanks for the steer. I did just find that thread in the Oct archive, but it >doesn't deal with side heads. I *think* what I'm seeing is a little >different. Ah.. right. Sorry. -- Steve

Table title alignment oddity

The table title is set to In Column. Forgot to mention that. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 User guides, online help, FrameMaker and WebWorks ePublisher templates

Another missing fonts question

I inherited some documentation, and I get an error message "The "Frutiger-Black" Font is not available." Does anyone know where I can download that font for free or does anyone know anything about that font. I am using FM 7.2 unstructured. Thanks, Janice Janice Cadel Principal Technical

Conditional Text Question

Hello All, I'm using Frame 7.2b144 on Windows XP. I have a question concerning conditional text. I'm cross-referencing a chapter that uses conditional text in it, as such: 2240AB, where there are two models of the equipment, 2240A and 2240B. I've marked the A and B as conditional text

Table title alignment oddity

As crazy it sounds, do you have a special tag for the table anchor - if so, what is its pagination properties? Tammy L. Van Boening Senior Technical Writer Fiserv Insurance Solutions Property and Casualty Division 303-729-7733 tammy.vanboening at fiserv.com

Another missing fonts question

Cadel_Janice at emc.com wrote: > I inherited some documentation, and I get an error message > "The "Frutiger-Black" Font is not available." Does anyone > know where I can download that font for free or does anyone > know anything about that font. I am using FM 7.2 unstructured. The original

Table title alignment oddity

Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > Framers, > > I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this. My client and I are both > seeing this odd and inconsistent behavior and neither of us can explain or > fix it. :o > > Our template has side heads set up and several table styles. When we insert > one style

Doc Architecture Challenge: Linking Between Books

Hi! I have an architecture challenge. I have two FrameMaker 7.2 (Unstructured) books: - User's Guide - Concepts Guide The User's Guide refers to the Concepts Guide and vice versa. Currently, this reference is simply a variable with the book's title. However, I'm thinking about creating

Table title alignment oddity

Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > The tables are all anchored to paragraphs that are in the > main text area, not in the side head area. Are you sure? Really? Double-check this in Paragraph Designer's Pagination tab. Are the anchor pgfs all set to In Column? It's not enough that they _be_ in the

Looking for a documentation portal example

Folks, we all know the benefits of creating and publishing books using FrameMaker, especially since PDF creation is "mostly harmless". Also, FrameMaker documents are a good source for HTML conversion processes, if one follows the structure or template. A company with a lot of modules (software

Looking for a documentation portal example

You're right, but people like PDFs because they're portable. Most that I know have at least one directory stuffed with PDFs for fast reference, or catching up on that international plane flight when net access is not possible. I favor having both if possible, if for no other reason that Google

Looking for a documentation portal example

Michael M?ller-Hillebrand > A company with a lot of modules (software or hardware) > nowadays usually has a website where all the latest PDF files > are available for download. > > But, wouldn't it be desirable to have all that information in HTML > format: better navigation options, more

Looking for a documentation portal example

IMO The US Internal Revenue Service has excellent online documentation portal: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html Also interesting - the NY Times has a cool feature that I would love to be able to replicate in my documentation: doubleclick any word in any article and it opens a

missing UI font

After installing CS2, I get an "Adobe UI font missing" error when I start Illustrator, and the fonts in my dialog boxes in Frame all look dark and bold now. Does anyone know how I can solve this? Thanks. Paul

Looking for a documentation portal example

> A company with a lot of modules (software or hardware) nowadays > usually > has a website where all the latest PDF files are available for > download. we do. > But, wouldn't it be desirable to have all that information in HTML > format: better navigation options, more efficient search, search

Better diff tool that change bars?

>Acrobat 8 can enable PDF documents Acrobat 7 also John Posada Senior Technical Writer "They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever. So far, so good."

Looking for a documentation portal example

The company I recently started working for, Color Kinetics, has a "not bad" delivery portal. Disclaimer: Only a couple items here are mine. All typos, weird wording, etc., originated elsewhere. ;- ) And on format: PDF is still classed as a "terminal format" in that it's relatively hard to

Looking for a documentation portal example

How much of that can be controlled by providing a good print.css file and a button for it? -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John Posada Sent:

Resize anchored frame to fit graphic

Drat - What's the short cut key sequence for this on FM 7.x and Win XP? I'm sure I seen it recently. Also, where can I find a comprehensive list of short cuts? There seem to be a fair number missing from the Quick Reference Card. Any help greatly appreciated Will White One Lambda, Inc

Adjusting dialog box sizes in Framemaker?

Argh, I know that this topic has been covered before, but the archives keep timing out on my right now and my google search has resulted in zilch. Isn't there a plugin available from someone/somewhere that allows you to adjust the sizes of dialog boxes in Framemaker? Like, right now, when my books

Conditional Text Question - Resolved

All, Thanks VERY much to Tammy Van Boening, Gillian Flato, and William Abernathy who helped me to resolve this problem! I mostly lurk here, only chiming in when I feel I have something useful to add. But, it's people like these three, as well as many others on both this list and Techwr-l that

Table title alignment oddity

Not crazy. We don't currently have a dedicated anchor tag (lots of legacy content), but the para tag the tables are anchored to, in all instances, are also set to In Column. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com

Resize anchored frame to fit graphic

Escape m p Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Drat - What's the short cut key sequence for this on FM 7.x and Win XP? I'm sure I seen it recently. Also, where can I find a comprehensive list of short cuts? There seem to be a fair number missing from the Quick

Resize anchored frame to fit graphic

White, William wrote: > Drat - What's the short cut key sequence for this on FM 7.x and Win XP? Esc m p (Escape fraMe wraP) > > I'm sure I seen it recently. I'm sure you done too ;-) > > Also, where can I find a comprehensive list of short cuts? There seem to > be a fair number missing from

Adjusting dialog box sizes in Framemaker?

Van Boening, Tammy wrote: > Argh, I know that this topic has been covered before, but the archives > keep timing out on my right now and my google search has resulted in > zilch. Isn't there a plugin available from someone/somewhere that allows > you to adjust the sizes of dialog boxes in

Resize anchored frame to fit graphic

The mnemonic actually stands for "mathematics package", since the feature was originally designed to package graphics that were in-line equations. And it's probably worthwhile pointing out that the standard command changes the position attribute of the anchored frame to be "at insertion point"

Table title alignment oddity

Well, maybe I've found a bug. I assure you the para tag the tables are anchored to is set to In Column, but the frame for the table title goes to the left side of the side head area when I insert a new table. Some existing tables of this same style, anchored to the same para tag, have the title

Resize anchored frame to fit graphic

We have a free plugin that generates a list of all shortcuts available on your Frame install .. this ends up being a 30-40 page FM file, and is generated based on the commands and plugins currently installed. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/listshortcuts.php Cheers! ...scott Scott