Re: The case of dancing drop-downs

2008-09-25 Thread Gyanesh Talwar
Hi Framers, This is my second mail on this subject. See for yourself what my dancing drop-downs look like: http://www.screencast.com/users/Gyanesh_Talwar/folders/Jing/media/53131363-8f83-408e-ac20-6d0a334ba7af I suspect this is a mouse issue more than a Frame issue. But I want to check if

FW: INFO: Adobe CS4 help posted

2008-09-25 Thread Dov Isaacs
As a followup to a recent thread about FrameMaker versus InDesign, per the message posted below on an InDesign list, Adobe just published the files (including PDF) for InDesign 6 and InCopy 6 Help. Guess what was used to produce these? (Hint: Download and open the PDF file and hit Ctrl-D)

RE: FW: Russian Frame-ePublisher problem

2008-09-25 Thread Alison Carrico
We do plenty of Russian unsupported Central/Eastern Euro in Frame 7, too. But this doc was translated in Frame 8, so even assuming I could have made WebWorks 9.2 convert any Frame 7 Russian doc properly, I couldn't down-save this project without corrupting the text. This whole project was

InDesign and FrameMaker Text Entry Comparison (WAS: FrameMaker vs. InDesign, round CS4)

2008-09-25 Thread Peter Gold
This is really a new topic. On 23 Sep 2008, at 21:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time I try the demo of InDesign I can't get past the part where I make a page and look for where the text entry starts. As in, where is the cursor for text? and On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Paul

Re: ePublisher Pro vs. other generated online help

2008-09-25 Thread Andrew VanConas
Greetings Framers, We/WebWorks (Quadralay) very rarely weigh in on this list or any other list. We believe in nice open discussions with as little vendor interference as possible. In the 8 years I have worked at WebWorks this is my first posting to Framers. In light of the recent discussion

Can FM6 and FM8 coexist on the same computer?

2008-09-25 Thread rinch
FM6.0p405 on WIndows XP v2002 Service Pack 3 (Xeon CPU 2.4GHz, 3GB RAM) Can I install FM8 on this computer, having both FM6 and FM8 coexist? Are there any issues that I should be aware of? Thanks! Richard ___ You are currently subscribed to

missing fonts after changing computers;customize maker.ini file?

2008-09-25 Thread Scott Penney
I need to reset my fonts for a new computer; this is especially important for bullets and some symbols. How can I configure Frame so that it uses the fonts that it used on the old machine? I'm using FM 7.1 on Windows XP Professional (Version 2002, Service Pack 3), and I need to restore my font

Re: Can FM6 and FM8 coexist on the same computer?

2008-09-25 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Richard, Can I install FM8 on this computer, having both FM6 and FM8 coexist? Yes. Are there any issues that I should be aware of? The last one that you install will launch when you double-click on a .fm or .book file in Explorer, unless FrameMaker is already running. If FrameMaker is

print color setting is inconsistent

2008-09-25 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hi all: FM 8.0, Windows platform. I'm getting the following error message when I run my book: Print setting for color Black is inconsistent. Print setting for color Cyan is inconsistent. Print setting for etc etc for nine more colors. I've run a help and I've gone through my printer settings.

RE: ePublisher Pro vs. other generated online help

2008-09-25 Thread Matt Sullivan
Hello Andrew, Thank you stating your case clearly and so free of personal comment/politics. Such clarity furthers my interest in your product. For others the opposite is true as well. -Matt Sullivan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: ePublisher Pro vs. other generated online help

2008-09-25 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Andrew, I respectfully disagree with the idea of vendor interference. Since third-party products related to FrameMaker are part of many workflows, I don't think it is inappropriate at all to talk about them on the list. To put the shoe on the other foot, if someone posts a difficulty with

Re: print color setting is inconsistent

2008-09-25 Thread Art Campbell
It doesn't have anything to do with your actual printer, it has to do with your color definitions in one or more Frame files. Pick a file that doesn't generate that error, then select all other files in the book. Do File Import Formats and import only the Color definitions to all the other

RE: missing fonts after changing computers;customize maker.ini file?

2008-09-25 Thread Combs, Richard
Scott Penney wrote: I need to reset my fonts for a new computer; this is especially important for bullets and some symbols. How can I configure Frame so that it uses the fonts that it used on the old machine? Wrong verb. Not reset -- install. And note that connecting to a PostScript printer

RE: print color setting is inconsistent

2008-09-25 Thread Combs, Richard
Deirdre Reagan wrote: I'm getting the following error message when I run my book: Print setting for color Black is inconsistent. Print setting for color Cyan is inconsistent. Print setting for etc etc for nine more colors. I've run a help and I've gone through my printer settings. I

Re: missing fonts after changing computers;customize maker.ini file?

2008-09-25 Thread Art Campbell
The easiest way to fix things up would be to either network to your old PC or pull the C drive from it and install it as an additional (a slave, not the master) drive in your new machine. Then perform whatever font installs you need to do to get all the fonts from the old machine installed

Re: print color setting is inconsistent

2008-09-25 Thread Deirdre Reagan
I see now what I did. On the title page of the book, I had some variables that I didn't fill in, so I CNTL-D'ed them red to remind myself to change them later. Then I ran the book. Next time, I'll highlight! Thanks all. Deirdre On 9/25/08, Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deirdre

Re: Mif2Go Content Models

2008-09-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:52:54 -0400, Denise Kadilak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a very new user of Mif2Go - trying to test it a bit and see if this is a direction we should consider. My current goal is to produce DITA XML from structured FrameMaker files, and following the Mif2Go User's Guide,

Re: ePublisher Pro vs. other generated online help

2008-09-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:01:44 -0400, Rick Quatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I respectfully disagree with the idea of vendor interference. Since third-party products related to FrameMaker are part of many workflows, I don't think it is inappropriate at all to talk about them on the list.

RE: missing fonts after changing computers;customize maker.ini file?

2008-09-25 Thread Combs, Richard
Art Campbell wrote: I agree almost all of Richard's post, except his antipathy to ATM Lite. It works fine on XP systems, and it still my PS font manager of choice, although both Adobe and Microsoft agree that it isn't required. But it works for me, has worked for years, and continues to

Re: FrameMaker vs. InDesign, round CS4

2008-09-25 Thread quills
I'm sorry to report that after doing the procedure you listed below, I still couldn't enter text without drawing a text box within the margins. This is exactly why it isn't more than a page layout program. It fails to provide me with a default page that can be used to write upon without having

[wwp-users] ePP is ignoring filename markers

2008-09-25 Thread John Pitt
Callie, Are any of your missing filename changes in the same topic? When eP scans each Frame/Word source page, it uses the filename marker to rename the page. But, if further down the same Topic page it finds another filename marker, it renames the html file to use that marker. The net result

The case of dancing drop-downs

2008-09-25 Thread Gyanesh Talwar
Hi Framers, This is my second mail on this subject. See for yourself what my dancing drop-downs look like: http://www.screencast.com/users/Gyanesh_Talwar/folders/Jing/media/53131363-8f83-408e-ac20-6d0a334ba7af I suspect this is a mouse issue more than a Frame issue. But I want to check if

FW: INFO: Adobe CS4 help posted

2008-09-25 Thread Dov Isaacs
As a followup to a recent thread about FrameMaker versus InDesign, per the message posted below on an InDesign list, Adobe just published the files (including PDF) for InDesign 6 and InCopy 6 Help. Guess what was used to produce these? (Hint: Download and open the PDF file and hit Ctrl-D)

Mif2Go Content Models

2008-09-25 Thread Denise Kadilak
Hi, I'm a very new user of Mif2Go - trying to test it a bit and see if this is a direction we should consider. My current goal is to produce DITA XML from structured FrameMaker files, and following the Mif2Go User's Guide, I'm trying to generate a content model from our DTD. The User's

FW: Russian Frame->ePublisher problem

2008-09-25 Thread Alison Carrico
We do plenty of Russian & unsupported Central/Eastern Euro in Frame 7, too. But this doc was translated in Frame 8, so even assuming I could have made WebWorks 9.2 convert any Frame 7 Russian doc properly, I couldn't down-save this project without corrupting the text. This whole project was

FrameMaker vs. InDesign, round CS4

2008-09-25 Thread Paul Findon
On 23 Sep 2008, at 21:05, quills at airmail.net wrote: > Every time I try the demo of InDesign I can't get past the part where > I make a page and look for where the text entry starts. As in, where > is the cursor for text? On the New Document dialog box, select Master Text Frame, then click

InDesign and FrameMaker Text Entry Comparison (WAS: FrameMaker vs. InDesign, round CS4)

2008-09-25 Thread Peter Gold
This is really a new topic. >> On 23 Sep 2008, at 21:05, quills at airmail.net wrote: > >> Every time I try the demo of InDesign I can't get past the part where >> I make a page and look for where the text entry starts. As in, where >> is the cursor for text? and > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:38

ePublisher Pro vs. other generated online help

2008-09-25 Thread Andrew VanConas
Greetings Framers, We/WebWorks (Quadralay) very rarely weigh in on this list or any other list. We believe in nice open discussions with as little vendor interference as possible. In the 8 years I have worked at WebWorks this is my first posting to Framers. In light of the recent discussion

Can FM6 and FM8 coexist on the same computer?

2008-09-25 Thread ri...@inficon.com
FM6.0p405 on WIndows XP v2002 Service Pack 3 (Xeon CPU 2.4GHz, 3GB RAM) Can I install FM8 on this computer, having both FM6 and FM8 coexist? Are there any issues that I should be aware of? Thanks! Richard

missing fonts after changing computers;customize maker.ini file?

2008-09-25 Thread Scott Penney
I need to reset my fonts for a new computer; this is especially important for bullets and some symbols. How can I configure Frame so that it uses the fonts that it used on the old machine? I'm using FM 7.1 on Windows XP Professional (Version 2002, Service Pack 3), and I need to restore my font

Can FM6 and FM8 coexist on the same computer?

2008-09-25 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Richard, > Can I install FM8 on this computer, having both FM6 and FM8 coexist? Yes. > Are there any issues that I should be aware of? The last one that you install will launch when you double-click on a .fm or .book file in Explorer, unless FrameMaker is already running. If FrameMaker is

print color setting is inconsistent

2008-09-25 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hi all: FM 8.0, Windows platform. I'm getting the following error message when I run my book: Print setting for color Black is inconsistent. Print setting for color Cyan is inconsistent. Print setting for etc etc for nine more colors. I've run a help and I've gone through my printer settings.

ePublisher Pro vs. other generated online help

2008-09-25 Thread Matt Sullivan
Hello Andrew, Thank you stating your case clearly and so free of personal comment/politics. Such clarity furthers my interest in your product. For others the opposite is true as well. -Matt Sullivan -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces

ePublisher Pro vs. other generated online help

2008-09-25 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Andrew, I respectfully disagree with the idea of "vendor interference". Since third-party products related to FrameMaker are part of many workflows, I don't think it is inappropriate at all to talk about them on the list. To put the shoe on the other foot, if someone posts a difficulty with

print color setting is inconsistent

2008-09-25 Thread Art Campbell
It doesn't have anything to do with your actual printer, it has to do with your color definitions in one or more Frame files. Pick a file that doesn't generate that error, then select all other files in the book. Do File > Import > Formats and import only the Color definitions to all the other

missing fonts after changing computers;customize maker.ini file?

2008-09-25 Thread Combs, Richard
Scott Penney wrote: > I need to reset my fonts for a new computer; this is especially important > for bullets and some symbols. How can I configure Frame so that it uses the > fonts that it used on the old machine? Wrong verb. Not "reset" -- "install." And note that connecting to a PostScript

print color setting is inconsistent

2008-09-25 Thread Combs, Richard
Deirdre Reagan wrote: > I'm getting the following error message when I run my book: > > Print setting for color Black is inconsistent. > Print setting for color Cyan is inconsistent. > Print setting for etc etc for nine more colors. > > I've run a help and I've gone through my printer settings.

missing fonts after changing computers;customize maker.ini file?

2008-09-25 Thread Art Campbell
The easiest way to fix things up would be to either network to your old PC or pull the C drive from it and install it as an additional (a slave, not the master) drive in your new machine. Then perform whatever font installs you need to do to get all the fonts from the old machine installed

print color setting is inconsistent

2008-09-25 Thread Deirdre Reagan
I see now what I did. On the title page of the book, I had some variables that I didn't fill in, so I CNTL-D'ed them red to remind myself to change them later. Then I ran the book. Next time, I'll highlight! Thanks all. Deirdre On 9/25/08, Combs, Richard wrote: > Deirdre Reagan wrote: > > >

Mif2Go Content Models

2008-09-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:52:54 -0400, "Denise Kadilak" wrote: >I'm a very new user of Mif2Go - trying to test it a bit and see if this >is a direction we should consider. My current goal is to produce DITA >XML from structured FrameMaker files, and following the Mif2Go User's >Guide, I'm trying to

ePublisher Pro vs. other generated online help

2008-09-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:01:44 -0400, "Rick Quatro" wrote: >I respectfully disagree with the idea of "vendor interference". Since >third-party products related to FrameMaker are part of many workflows, I >don't think it is inappropriate at all to talk about them on the list. Obviously, I

missing fonts after changing computers;customize maker.ini file?

2008-09-25 Thread Combs, Richard
Art Campbell wrote: > I agree almost all of Richard's post, except his antipathy to ATM > Lite. It works fine on XP systems, and it still my PS font manager of > choice, although both Adobe and Microsoft agree that it "isn't > required." But it works for me, has worked for years, and continues

missing fonts after changing computers;customize maker.ini file?

2008-09-25 Thread Mike Wickham
> I could have sworn the warning about that -- complete with link to KB > article that I remember reading -- appeared a few years ago on this > list. But now I can't find it, either in my FrameUsers archive or in the > Adobe KB. Sorry for the scare. Richard, you did remember right that there was

FrameMaker vs. InDesign, round CS4

2008-09-25 Thread qui...@airmail.net
I'm sorry to report that after doing the procedure you listed below, I still couldn't enter text without drawing a text box within the margins. This is exactly why it isn't more than a page layout program. It fails to provide me with a default page that can be used to write upon without having