Re: MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Bill Swallow
Sharon Burton, from MadCap, did a presentation at our last STC meeting. She said that Blaze was for people who only did print publishing and Flare was for print and help files etc. This was one of the disconnects I had. Why only print? Who does only print these days? Even FrameMaker out of

Re: More like a flicker than a Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Bill Swallow
You'd be better off using Flare for that than Blaze. On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Hedley Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Blaze the FrameMaker killer? Don't make me laugh. P.S. But if I want an advanced XHTML editor for my web site, this baby will do. -- Bill Swallow HATT List

RE: MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Sharon Burton
Vendor Post I've been at WritersUA and away from my personal email since Sunday. I got back late last night. I'm the product manager for Blaze. (BTW - great conference!) Some clarifications: Blaze is the younger sister of Flare 4. If you need complex print and online docs, then you want

Re: MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Bill Swallow
Some clarifications: Blaze is the younger sister of Flare 4. If you need complex print and online docs, then you want Flare 4. If you only need printed output, then you want Blaze. Everything that's in Blaze will be in Flare 4. I really don't understand this, I'm not trying to be

RE: MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Sharon Burton
Because some people don't want or need online docs. For example, one of my former clients was a cash register manufacturer. You can buy their products for about $100. There is no concept of online help for these products, as they don't come with a computer. I delivered a PDF of the manual and they

Hypertext can't find target doc

2008-03-20 Thread Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC
FM.8.0, Windows XP When using the Hypertext Command Open Document and adding the target file name to the syntax, I get a file does not exist error message and the target filename gets truncated. Is there a limit to the filename length? ___ You

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Tina Ricks
I'd like to export my Frame book (easily) to one giant Word file, and I haven't figured out how to do it other than one file at a time, then put them back together by hand in Word. I have many outside reviewers who need to review and add comments electronically, and like it or not, Word is the

RE: CGM import to Frame

2008-03-20 Thread Owen, Clint
Mike, The CGM import filter comes from another company (Itedo, I think). If you search the Adobe website for CGM Graphics you should find a couple of articles that will have a link to another site where you can download the latest version, which might solve your problem. Clint Clint Owen

CGM import to Frame

2008-03-20 Thread Mike Derryberry
I am attempting to import CGM graphics from Unigraphics to Framemaker v 7.2. Upon import, the graphics are scaled to about 10% of their original size and changing the Framemaker import scale settings seems to have little effect. Any suggestions? Mike

RE: Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Michael O'Neill
You do need Acrobat Professional in order to save the PDF with commenting enabled for Adobe Reader. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tina Ricks Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:01 PM To: 'Frame Users' Subject: Export a FM book to single

delivering XML on the web

2008-03-20 Thread Mollye Barrett
Dear Framers, I'm working on a fun project (for an equipment manufacturer) using Frame to author structured files that may (for a time) be published to PDF as well as to XML. The XML files will be checked into a CMS and delivered to the web for dynamic publication based on metadata and/or search.

Re: Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:00:38 -0700, Tina Ricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to export my Frame book (easily) to one giant Word file, and I haven't figured out how to do it other than one file at a time, then put them back together by hand in Word. That's possible, but not a good idea.

Re: Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Art Campbell
You may want to see if MIF2Go will write a FM book file out as a single .RTF file. I know it'll process books, but I don't know what the output options are. At the same time, you may want to make sure that your reviewers can handle the file in Word, because it's large file / long doc handling is

Re: question about modification date variable

2008-03-20 Thread Alan Litchfield
Hi Deirdre, It seems odd that there is only one date no the Revisions Page. If only one date is used I would have thought that it would appear on the title page only and there would be no need for a Revisions Page. From what I have seen you only have a Revisions Page to list revision dates,

RE: Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Tina Ricks
Thanks for input everyone. It seems that buying Acrobat Pro for the comments feature is the most stable and the cheapest answer, and my Word-loving reviewers will have to live with it. If I give them the choice of reviewing one PDF file with comments vs. 32 separate Word files, they'll choose the

RE: Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Michael O'Neill
At the risk of confusing the issue, there seems to be a little bit of conflicting information out there as to what exactly is required to allow reviews with Adobe Reader. From http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrfaq.html: Q. Can I mark up and review files in Adobe Reader? A. Yes, if this

RE: Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Fred Ridder
Michale O'Neill write (in part): At the risk of confusing the issue, there seems to be a little bit of conflicting information out there as to what exactly is required to allow reviews with Adobe Reader. From http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrfaq.html: No real confusion except for

RE: Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Michael O'Neill
Sweet. Just wanted to make sure I didn’t get yelled at for suggesting the most expensive option if cheaper alternatives existed. -Michael From: Fred Ridder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:23 PM To: Michael O'Neill; Tina Ricks;

Re: Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Art Campbell
If you want to create stand-alone PDFs that people can mark up with Reader 8, yes, you do need Pro or 3D. However, to make things a little less expensive, Standard delivers and performs the shared review functionality that includes the ability for reviewers to edit and comment with Reader, as

Re: MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread quills
For a product that is supposedly Print oriented, HTML is a lousy media to produce it in. There is no reason to use HTML. Even XHTML is not the best route, nor is XML. While HTML and XHTML are presentation based, they don't allow the same type of easy manipulation that FrameMaker or even Word

Re: MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Sharon Burton
Vendor post Forgive me - these are straight questions. I really don't quite understand. What's convoluted about getting printed output out of XML, HTML, or XHTML topics in Blaze? You create topics, you define and assign style sheets to topics (you can also have multiple style sheets in

Re: MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread William Gaffga
leading ... kerning ... tracking ... ligatures ... this kinda stuff (and more) is something you expect from print. HTML, even with the aid of CSS, is not going to be able to give you the control of these that you would get from an app designed for print. Sharon Burton wrote: Can you help me

Re: MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Sharon Burton
In fact, we have these features and in fact you have the sort of control - and in some cases, more control - you expect from an app designed for print. For example, you also have short line control, missing from FrameMaker. Really. Quoting William Gaffga [EMAIL PROTECTED]: leading ... kerning

RE: Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Fred Ridder
Art Campbell wrote: If you want to create stand-alone PDFs that people can mark up with Reader 8, yes, you do need Pro or 3D. However, to make things a little less expensive, Standard delivers and performs the shared review functionality that includes the ability for reviewers to edit

Re: Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Art Campbell
I think you're right, Fred. I looked at a copy of Standard and saw that it had the entry and assumed it worked the same way that Pro does. But I leaped to the wrong conclusion. Thanks, Art On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Fred Ridder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Art Campbell wrote: If you

Re: MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Hedley Finger
Sharon: I concur with Bill. What I cannot understand is that this was trumpeted as a FrameMaker killer yet its functionality falls far below. FM is very powerful but still needs a lot of work. For one, the presence of so many indexing add-ons indicates that better indexing and index

Re: MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Hedley Finger
Sharon: At Friday, 21/03/2008, 11:07 AM;, you wrote: you also have short line control, missing from FrameMaker. Is that the same as widows and orphans? Or is it when a small word, say all, turns over onto a new line at the end of a paragraph? If the latter, in FM most people just put a

More like a flicker than a Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Hedley Finger
Blaze the FrameMaker killer? Don't make me laugh. What about a named style for everything? What about smart cross-references? What about variables? What about advanced search and replace for anything? What about diagnostic reports? XHTML, not even XML. No DITA. Adobe will be able to

More like a flicker than a Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Bill Swallow
You'd be better off using Flare for that than Blaze. On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Hedley Finger wrote: > > Blaze the FrameMaker killer? Don't make me laugh. > > P.S. But if I want an advanced XHTML editor for my web site, this > baby will do. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users

MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Sharon Burton
Vendor Post I've been at WritersUA and away from my personal email since Sunday. I got back late last night. I'm the product manager for Blaze. (BTW - great conference!) Some clarifications: Blaze is the younger sister of Flare 4. If you need complex print and online docs, then you want

MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Bill Swallow
> Some clarifications: Blaze is the younger sister of Flare 4. If you need > complex print and online docs, then you want Flare 4. If you only need > printed output, then you want Blaze. Everything that's in Blaze will be in > Flare 4. I really don't understand this, I'm not trying to be

MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Sharon Burton
Because some people don't want or need online docs. For example, one of my former clients was a cash register manufacturer. You can buy their products for about $100. There is no concept of online help for these products, as they don't come with a computer. I delivered a PDF of the manual and they

Hypertext can't find target doc

2008-03-20 Thread Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC
FM.8.0, Windows XP When using the Hypertext Command "Open Document" and adding the target file name to the syntax, I get a "file does not exist error message" and the target filename gets truncated. Is there a limit to the filename length?

Hypertext can't find target doc

2008-03-20 Thread Rick Quatro
Are you using forward slashes in the file path? You need to use forward slashes instead of back slashes. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > FM.8.0, Windows XP > > > > When using the Hypertext Command "Open Document" and adding the target > file name to the

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Tina Ricks
I'd like to export my Frame book (easily) to one giant Word file, and I haven't figured out how to do it other than one file at a time, then put them back together by hand in Word. I have many outside reviewers who need to review and add comments electronically, and like it or not, Word is the

CGM import to Frame

2008-03-20 Thread Mike Derryberry
I am attempting to import CGM graphics from Unigraphics to Framemaker v 7.2. Upon import, the graphics are scaled to about 10% of their original size and changing the Framemaker import scale settings seems to have little effect. Any suggestions? Mike

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Michael O'Neill
You do need Acrobat Professional in order to save the PDF with commenting enabled for Adobe Reader. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tina Ricks Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:01 PM To: 'Frame

CGM import to Frame

2008-03-20 Thread Owen, Clint
Mike, The CGM import filter comes from another company (Itedo, I think). If you search the Adobe website for "CGM Graphics" you should find a couple of articles that will have a link to another site where you can download the latest version, which might solve your problem. Clint Clint Owen

delivering XML on the web

2008-03-20 Thread Mollye Barrett
Dear Framers, I'm working on a fun project (for an equipment manufacturer) using Frame to author structured files that may (for a time) be published to PDF as well as to XML. The XML files will be checked into a CMS and delivered to the web for dynamic publication based on metadata and/or search.

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:00:38 -0700, "Tina Ricks" wrote: >I'd like to export my Frame book (easily) to one giant Word file, and I >haven't figured out how to do it other than one file at a time, then put >them back together by hand in Word. That's possible, but not a good idea. Word has

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Art Campbell
You may want to see if MIF2Go will write a FM book file out as a single .RTF file. I know it'll process books, but I don't know what the output options are. At the same time, you may want to make sure that your reviewers can handle the file in Word, because it's large file / long doc handling is

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Tina Ricks
Thanks for input everyone. It seems that buying Acrobat Pro for the comments feature is the most stable and the cheapest answer, and my Word-loving reviewers will have to live with it. If I give them the choice of reviewing one PDF file with comments vs. 32 separate Word files, they'll choose the

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Michael O'Neill
At the risk of confusing the issue, there seems to be a little bit of conflicting information out there as to what exactly is required to allow reviews with Adobe Reader. From http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrfaq.html: Q. Can I mark up and review files in Adobe Reader? A. Yes, if this

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Fred Ridder
Michale O'Neill write (in part): > At the risk of confusing the issue, there seems to be a little bit of > conflicting information out there as to what exactly is required to > allow reviews with Adobe Reader. From > http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrfaq.html: No real confusion except

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Michael O'Neill
Sweet. Just wanted to make sure I didn?t get yelled at for suggesting the most expensive option if cheaper alternatives existed. -Michael From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:23 PM To: Michael O'Neill; Tina

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Art Campbell
If you want to create stand-alone PDFs that people can mark up with Reader 8, yes, you do need Pro or 3D. However, to make things a little less expensive, Standard delivers and performs the shared review functionality that includes the ability for reviewers to edit and comment with Reader, as

MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread qui...@airmail.net
For a product that is supposedly Print oriented, HTML is a lousy media to produce it in. There is no reason to use HTML. Even XHTML is not the best route, nor is XML. While HTML and XHTML are presentation based, they don't allow the same type of easy manipulation that FrameMaker or even Word

MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Sharon Burton
Vendor post Forgive me - these are straight questions. I really don't quite understand. What's convoluted about getting printed output out of XML, HTML, or XHTML topics in Blaze? You create topics, you define and assign style sheets to topics (you can also have multiple style sheets in

MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread William Gaffga
leading ... kerning ... tracking ... ligatures ... this kinda stuff (and more) is something you expect from "print". HTML, even with the aid of CSS, is not going to be able to give you the control of these that you would get from an app designed for "print". Sharon Burton wrote: > Can you help

MadCap Blaze

2008-03-20 Thread Sharon Burton
In fact, we have these features and in fact you have the sort of control - and in some cases, more control - you expect from an app designed for "print". For example, you also have short line control, missing from FrameMaker. Really. Quoting William Gaffga : > leading ... kerning ... tracking

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Fred Ridder
Art Campbell wrote: > If you want to create stand-alone PDFs that people can mark up with > Reader 8, yes, you do need Pro or 3D. > > However, to make things a little less expensive, Standard delivers and > performs the shared review functionality that includes the ability for > reviewers to

Export a FM book to single Word file?

2008-03-20 Thread Art Campbell
I think you're right, Fred. I looked at a copy of Standard and saw that it had the entry and assumed it worked the same way that Pro does. But I leaped to the wrong conclusion. Thanks, Art On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: > > Art Campbell wrote: > > > > > If you want to