Alan,
I don't know about anyone else, but to me 11 years is more in the expert
class than newbie. :-)
Diane
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan
Litchfield
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 12:23 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject:
I thought I should add OT to the topic so that those who are not interested
can delete without reading.
It seems that there are a few of us left. The Wizards Club, maybe?
Including two who actually worked at FrameTech.
Susan, do you remember the LAW? ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lori Winfree) in
A FrameMaker 8.0 patch has just been downloaded onto my computer and
I am now at Version 8.0p273. This is the patch that is supposed to
fix the PDF hyperlinks in web documents. I have not yet checked to
make sure that my FM8 now generates hyperlinks properly, but you need
to be aware that
Pete:
A few questions:
Is the Adobe PDF printer set as the system default?
Have you applied the FM8 patch?
Are you printing to the Adobe printer, or doing a SaveAs, or something else?
Are all the component files of the book open on your desktop?
In the PDF settings for the book, do you have
Thanks you so much Art for your response!
BINGO! - I forgot to apply the patch after I rebuilt my system!
The PDF printer is the default printer
Tagged PDF is off
It printed perfectly after the patch.
Thanks again.
Pete Rourke
Chandler, AZ
-Original Message-
From: Art Campbell
Thanks Fred for your response.
I do rebuilds on my system when performance degrades (my cobwebs).
I actually use Ghost which I update 1/year for a total system rebuild. Then
I have a shell script that runs all of the updates, but in this case, I had
not put the Framemaker 8 patch 266 in.
Been using Frame since FM 3.0 on Mac back in 1990/91. Don't remember
when I found/first posted to the framers list, but it was a looong
time ago, probably under my maiden name.
Used it on Mac, Win, and Unix at various locations over the years. (Hey,
Adobe -- WE WANT MAC FRAME AGAIN!!!)
Was
Bug as I reported it originally:
In FM8 Format Document Text Options, I have Allow Line Breaks After
set to forward slash, hyphen, en dash, and em dash. I believe these are
the default values. Lines break after a slash or hyphen, but not after
either em or en dashes.
The new 8.0p273
How can SnagIt capture an image at a higher resolution than what the screen
is set to? A 20 screen at 1280 x 1024, for example, is 96 DPI. How do you
get 200 DPI out of that?
Screen size (20) is meaningless, only the monitor resolution counts.
Again, referring to my last post, monitor
I started using FrameMaker on a Sun 3/50 (black and white screen!) in
Sun OpenLook back in 1988. The company tech writers used Interleaf, but
that was too expensive for us developers who were writing the internal
documentation.
I did not interact with any Frame users group or Usenet group that I
I have FM 8 but am working with people who use FM 7. When I open their
documents, my software wants to convert to FM 8. I assume these other
people would be unable to use the converted document, plus we need to
print about 25 documents as a group. It seems that my software won't
work with the
Hi all
I'm looking for standards on the proper use of terms like Notes,
Cautions, Warnings, Tips, etc. in software documentation. When I
search, I'm finding ANSI and IEEE standards that are available for purchase.
At this point, I don't really want to purchase the entire standard. I simply
want
ANSI 2007 says:
DANGER: Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will
result in death or serious injury. This signal word is to be limited
to the most extreme situations.
WARNING: Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could
result in death or serious
You can't use FM 8 to edit in FM 7 format, but if you look under File
SaveAs, you'll see options to save in FM 7 and FM 7 MIF format.
Art
On Feb 5, 2008 12:41 PM, Brewster, Christopher C
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have FM 8 but am working with people who use FM 7. When I open their
Please, where did you find the p273 download. The Adobe site only goes
up to 8.0p266...thanks, Kelly.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Austin Meredith
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:11 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Please, where did you find the p273 download. The Adobe site only goes
up to 8.0p266...thanks, Kelly.
In FM8, choose Help Updates. It will find the update.
Mike Wickham
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For me, this downloaded automatically ... FrameMaker checked for an
update and downloaded and installed it.
Z
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Kelly McDaniel
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 10:51 AM
To: Austin Meredith;
On Dennis Brunnenmeyer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 2/5/08 11:36
AM:
Rant begins...
snip
First of all, display devices, whether printers or monitors, have an upper
limit on their ability to resolve (print or display) image detail, which by
the way is what resolution is a measure
Hi Framers,
One of our translators wants to manually convert autonumber characters
in an alphanumeric list (a, b, c, etc.) from English to Greek for every
alphanumeric list in our document. Does anyone know how to change the
characters to Greek through the EDD?
We're currently using
In milspec writing for mechanical repair information there is a
hierarchy to the warnings cautions and notes. I believe with that order
its like may cause bodily harm = warnings, may cause harm to the
machine = cautions, and notes are just additional information or
clarification. There are no tips
I have a PDF file that I produced from FameMaker that will not allow me
to delete any pages. This is the first time I've had this problem. The
error message I get is There was a problem reading this document
(16). Has anyone encountered this before and what is the problem if
you know?
Rant begins...
Well, I've had enough of this nonsensical babble. None of you seem to
understand what you are talking about when it comes to dealing with
screenshots and raster images, (a.k.a. bitmapped images) as opposed
to vector or llne art.
First of all, display devices, whether printers
Rebecca,
I'm a little confused. WWP 20003 is version 8, but you mentioned WWP 7.0 as
well. WWP 2003 (8.x) works with FM 7.1. I'm not quite sure what version of
WWP you have.
If what you need to change is in the footer of every help topic, it's likely
that the content is not in the FM files (as
I'm learning FM as I go, out of necessity. I need to make an alternative
version of a procedure, so I need a copy of the original appearing just
after it, which I'll modify. The procedure contains a linked graphic.
Simply copying a page didn't work because its contents were inserted
into another
On Dennis Brunnenmeyer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 2/5/08 3:18 PM:
This was not an attack on you. Please see my remarks embedded below.
Hmmm... You quote my email and refer to me by name in your self-described
rant. OK...
I was referring to true image resolution. By resampling to a higher
At Tuesday, 5/02/2008, 07:05 AM;, you wrote:
> I've been on it since it was hosted on uunet;
>I forget what year. After that I recall three volunteer admins
>at different universities before Brad came along... ;-)
>
>Who else?
Me, me, me! I've used FM from v. 3.0 on every platform except
... take TOOLBOX for FrameMaker: Module: Booktransfer
First step: Book transfer creates a list of all referenced files, Graphics
and Textinsets saved in a txt file.
Download and Trial:
www.toolboxforme.com
Georg Eck
(CEO and ACE)
Alan,
I don't know about anyone else, but to me 11 years is more in the expert
class than newbie. :-)
Diane
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of Alan
Litchfield
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 12:23 PM
I thought I should add OT to the topic so that those who are not interested
can delete without reading.
It seems that there are a few of us left. The Wizards Club, maybe?
Including two who actually worked at FrameTech.
Susan, do you remember the LAW? (law at frame.com (Lori Winfree) in support?)
A FrameMaker 8.0 patch has just been downloaded onto my computer and
I am now at Version 8.0p273. This is the patch that is supposed to
fix the PDF hyperlinks in web documents. I have not yet checked to
make sure that my FM8 now generates hyperlinks properly, but you need
to be aware that
Pete:
A few questions:
Is the Adobe PDF printer set as the system default?
Have you applied the FM8 patch?
Are you printing to the Adobe printer, or doing a SaveAs, or something else?
Are all the component files of the book open on your desktop?
In the PDF settings for the book, do you have
Thanks you so much Art for your response!
BINGO! - I forgot to apply the patch after I rebuilt my system!
The PDF printer is the default printer
Tagged PDF is off
It printed perfectly after the patch.
Thanks again.
Pete Rourke
Chandler, AZ
-Original Message-
From: Art Campbell
Thanks Fred for your response.
I do rebuilds on my system when performance degrades (my cobwebs).
I actually use Ghost which I update 1/year for a total system rebuild. Then
I have a shell script that runs all of the updates, but in this case, I had
not put the Framemaker 8 patch 266 in.
Bug as I reported it originally:
>> In FM8 Format> Document> Text Options, I have "Allow Line Breaks After"
>> set to forward slash, hyphen, en dash, and em dash. I believe these are
>> the default values. Lines break after a slash or hyphen, but not after
>> either em or en dashes. <<
The
Been using Frame since FM 3.0 on Mac back in 1990/91. Don't remember
when I found/first posted to the framers list, but it was a looong
time ago, probably under my maiden name.
Used it on Mac, Win, and Unix at various locations over the years. (Hey,
Adobe -- WE WANT MAC FRAME AGAIN!!!)
Was
> How can SnagIt capture an image at a higher resolution than what the screen
> is set to? A 20" screen at 1280 x 1024, for example, is 96 DPI. How do you
> get 200 DPI out of that?
Screen size (20") is meaningless, only the monitor resolution counts.
Again, referring to my last post, monitor
I started using FrameMaker on a Sun 3/50 (black and white screen!) in
Sun OpenLook back in 1988. The company tech writers used Interleaf, but
that was too expensive for us developers who were writing the internal
documentation.
I did not interact with any Frame users group or Usenet group that I
I have FM 8 but am working with people who use FM 7. When I open their
documents, my software wants to convert to FM 8. I assume these other
people would be unable to use the converted document, plus we need to
print about 25 documents as a group. It seems that my software won't
work with the
Hi all
I'm looking for standards on the proper use of terms like "Notes",
"Cautions", "Warnings", "Tips", etc. in software documentation. When I
search, I'm finding ANSI and IEEE standards that are available for purchase.
At this point, I don't really want to purchase the entire standard. I
ANSI 2007 says:
DANGER: Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will
result in death or serious injury. This signal word is to be limited
to the most extreme situations.
WARNING: Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could
result in death or serious
You can't use FM 8 to edit in FM 7 format, but if you look under File
> SaveAs, you'll see options to save in FM 7 and FM 7 MIF format.
Art
On Feb 5, 2008 12:41 PM, Brewster, Christopher C
wrote:
> I have FM 8 but am working with people who use FM 7. When I open their
> documents, my software
Please, where did you find the p273 download. The Adobe site only goes
up to 8.0p266...thanks, Kelly.
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
> bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Austin Meredith
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008
> Please, where did you find the p273 download. The Adobe site only goes
> up to 8.0p266...thanks, Kelly.
>
In FM8, choose Help> Updates. It will find the update.
Mike Wickham
For me, this downloaded automatically ... FrameMaker checked for an
update and downloaded and installed it.
Z
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Kelly McDaniel
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05,
On Dennis Brunnenmeyer at dennisb at chronometrics.com wrote on 2/5/08 11:36
AM:
> Rant begins...
>
>
> First of all, display devices, whether printers or monitors, have an upper
> limit on their ability to resolve (print or display) image detail, which by
> the way is what "resolution" is a
Hi Framers,
One of our translators wants to manually convert autonumber characters
in an alphanumeric list (a, b, c, etc.) from English to Greek for every
alphanumeric list in our document. Does anyone know how to change the
characters to Greek through the EDD?
We're currently using FrameMaker
In milspec writing for mechanical repair information there is a
hierarchy to the warnings cautions and notes. I believe with that order
its like "may cause bodily harm" = warnings, "may cause harm to the
machine" = cautions, and notes are just additional information or
clarification. There are no
I have a PDF file that I produced from FameMaker that will not allow me
to delete any pages. This is the first time I've had this problem. The
error message I get is "There was a problem reading this document
(16)." Has anyone encountered this before and what is the problem if
you know?
I have a legacy Help project that was created in Frame7.1 and published via
Webworks Publisher 2003 for FrameMaker. We need to make changes to the
footer in every topic, but have been unable to find the project file for
editing. I was told we should make the changes in Frame and republish the
help
Rant begins...
Well, I've had enough of this nonsensical babble. None of you seem to
understand what you are talking about when it comes to dealing with
screenshots and raster images, (a.k.a. bitmapped images) as opposed
to vector or llne art.
First of all, display devices, whether printers
Rebecca,
I'm a little confused. WWP 20003 is version 8, but you mentioned WWP 7.0 as
well. WWP 2003 (8.x) works with FM 7.1. I'm not quite sure what version of
WWP you have.
If what you need to change is in the footer of every help topic, it's likely
that the content is not in the FM files (as
I'm learning FM as I go, out of necessity. I need to make an alternative
version of a procedure, so I need a copy of the original appearing just
after it, which I'll modify. The procedure contains a linked graphic.
Simply copying a page didn't work because its contents were inserted
into another
On Dennis Brunnenmeyer at dennisb at chronometrics.com wrote on 2/5/08 3:18 PM:
>
> This was not an attack on you. Please see my remarks embedded below.
Hmmm... You quote my email and refer to me by name in your self-described
rant. OK...
>
> I was referring to true image resolution. By
David...
This was not an attack on you. Please see my remarks embedded below.
Dennis...
At 02:07 PM 2/5/2008, you wrote:
>On Dennis Brunnenmeyer at dennisb at chronometrics.com wrote on 2/5/08 11:36
>AM:
>
> > Rant
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