Re: Visually Identifying Marker Tags

2009-03-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You could take this idea further and create a few character styles for markers, each one with a diffeent color. Then run a few search search and replaces replacing marker of type XX and pasting the character format. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Stuart Rogers wrote:

Re: List of Effective Sections

2009-03-10 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Hi Kristy, I would need some more information about how the LEP is built. Is it built on markers or does it read some hard text or variables from the pages? I have several versions, both structured and unstructured, which I could send you a sample of, if you like (confidential, of course). Mainly

RE: List of Effective Sections

2009-03-10 Thread Kristy Nolan
Hi, Bodvar! Right now it appears that the LEP was all hard-coded, but I am not tied to it, since I am breaking it into sections smaller than a page. My first guess was that it would work well with markers, but I can't figure out how this is accomplished. I have tried the methods that Clint and Ric

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Shuttleworth, Roger
Please forgive the OT post, but I'm hoping some of the PDF gurus on the list may be able to help. I have a PDF that was created using Mac OSX 10.3.9. It displays fine on my Windows XP SP3 machine, but I cannot extract the text and create a Word doc. When I try Save As, I get nothing produced

RE: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Flato, Gillian
Look in the security properties. What security features are enabled? -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shuttleworth, Roger Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:20 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.

Re: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Art Campbell
It sounds as if the file may be corrupted, or was created by a tool that produced a slightly non-standard format. What version of Acrobat are you using? Can you download another copy of the document? Maybe check the document's metadata to see if there are any unusual entries? Art Campbell

Re: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Gold
>> I have a PDF that was created using Mac OSX 10.3.9. It displays fine on my >> Windows XP SP3 machine, but I cannot extract the text and create a Word >> doc. When I try Save As, I get nothing produced except an error: >> >> >> >> Bad PDF; could not read page structure. > cannot find CMAP resou

RE: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Shuttleworth, Roger
Thanks for your help. I can save other PDFs without a problem. My Acrobat version is Acrobat Pro 7.1.0. The Application was AppleWorks. The PDF Producer is Mac OSX 10.3.9 Quartz PdfContext according to the Document Properties window. There seems to be nothing else interesting in the metadata, and

Re: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Gold
Have you tried: * Copy/Paste * Printing to PDF from Acrobat Pro, then trying to extract text by Save As? HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Shuttleworth, Roger wrote: > Thanks for your help. > > I can save other PDFs without a problem. > My Acrobat v

RE: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Shuttleworth, Roger
Wow, that was worth a try! However... I reprinted the PDF to the Adobe PDF printer. No problems. The file displays OK. I tried Save As RTF from the redistilled version and got an informative message: "Acrobat was able to make this document accessible but found the following oddities: Some font

Re: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Art Campbell
Well, at least you've got it down to a font problem. If you don't have access to a Mac that may have the missing fonts, you may want to try a third-party tool, such as: http://www.pdftodocconverterpro.com/ which at least gives you a free trial. But if you can't find a Mac and the converters don't

Re: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Lise Bible
I'm not an Acrobat expert by any means, but have you tried OCR Text Recognition? I'm on Acrobat 8, and for me, that's Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR... I think it's available in Acrobat 7, but I'm not sure. Have used it occasionally to varying degrees of success. Figure

RE: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Any possibility of printing, scanning, and OCRing (with Adobe Paper Capture or another tool) the document? Not an elegant solution, perhaps, but quite possibly faster than retyping, if this approach is feasible for you. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mail

RE: OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Syed.Hosain
Jim Pinkham wrote: > Any possibility of printing, scanning, and OCRing (with Adobe Paper Capture or another tool) the document? Not an elegant solution, perhaps, but quite possibly faster than retyping, if this approach is feasible for you. Other similar possibilities: 1. Print/save the file as a

Small caps within PDF bookmarks

2009-03-10 Thread Jerilynne Knight
Hi all I'm using Frame 7. p492 and Acrobat 8.1.3 and have a question. I created a user variable for a specific client-related 3 character abbreviation (acronym?) which the client prefers to have as Small Caps. I created a character tag called SC Small Caps and embedded that in the variable prior

Is it possible to install the trial Tech Comm Suite 2 beside TCS 1?

2009-03-10 Thread Hedley Finger
I have quite a customised FrameMaker 8 set-up in my Technical Communication Suite 1.0. The CDs of the trial TCS 2 arrived today but there was a warning that the previous version needs to be uninstalled before installing the trial. I started the trial installer, which wants to install into a

Postscript printing problems

2009-03-10 Thread Dave Reynolds
Hi Folks Some of my colleagues are having problems printing from FrameMaker to their local printer. First, some technical details: FrameMaker 8 Windows 2000 or XP (SP2) Toshiba eStudio 2820c printer/copier PostScript Driver: estudio 4520C series printer driver, version 5.11.68.0 The problem is

Bookmarks in structured Frame-7.2

2009-03-10 Thread Shlomo Perets
Richard, You wrote: >... FrameMaker 7.2 all patches ... >trying to >Save As "pdf", defining Bookmarks as/from ? styles ... >... >%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%% >%%[Page: 1]%% >%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: pdfmark; ErrorInfo: StRetrieve >P303179 ]%% >Stack: >/StRetrieve >/P303179 >/Sto

Visually Identifying Marker Tags

2009-03-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You could take this idea further and create a few character styles for markers, each one with a diffeent color. Then run a few search search and replaces replacing marker of type XX and pasting the character format. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Stuart Rogers wrote:

List of Effective Sections

2009-03-10 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Hi Kristy, I would need some more information about how the LEP is built. Is it built on markers or does it read some hard text or variables from the pages? I have several versions, both structured and unstructured, which I could send you a sample of, if you like (confidential, of course). Mainly

List of Effective Sections

2009-03-10 Thread Kristy Nolan
Hi, Bodvar! Right now it appears that the LEP was all hard-coded, but I am not tied to it, since I am breaking it into sections smaller than a page. My first guess was that it would work well with markers, but I can't figure out how this is accomplished. I have tried the methods that Clint and Ric

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Shuttleworth, Roger
Please forgive the OT post, but I'm hoping some of the PDF gurus on the list may be able to help. I have a PDF that was created using Mac OSX 10.3.9. It displays fine on my Windows XP SP3 machine, but I cannot extract the text and create a Word doc. When I try Save As, I get nothing produced

Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Flato, Gillian
Look in the security properties. What security features are enabled? -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shuttleworth, Roger Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:20 AM To: framers at lists.frame

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Art Campbell
It sounds as if the file may be corrupted, or was created by a tool that produced a slightly non-standard format. What version of Acrobat are you using? Can you download another copy of the document? Maybe check the document's metadata to see if there are any unusual entries? Art Campbell

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Gold
>> I have a PDF that was created using Mac OSX 10.3.9. It displays fine on my >> Windows XP SP3 machine, but I cannot extract the text and create a Word >> doc. When I try Save As, I get nothing produced except an error: >> >> >> >> Bad PDF; could not read page structure. > cannot find CMAP resou

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Shuttleworth, Roger
Thanks for your help. I can save other PDFs without a problem. My Acrobat version is Acrobat Pro 7.1.0. The Application was AppleWorks. The PDF Producer is Mac OSX 10.3.9 Quartz PdfContext according to the Document Properties window. There seems to be nothing else interesting in the metadata, and

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Gold
Have you tried: * Copy/Paste * Printing to PDF from Acrobat Pro, then trying to extract text by Save As? HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Shuttleworth, Roger wrote: > Thanks for your help. > > I can save other PDFs without a problem. > My Acrobat v

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Shuttleworth, Roger
Wow, that was worth a try! However... I reprinted the PDF to the Adobe PDF printer. No problems. The file displays OK. I tried Save As RTF from the redistilled version and got an informative message: "Acrobat was able to make this document accessible but found the following oddities: Some font

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Art Campbell
Well, at least you've got it down to a font problem. If you don't have access to a Mac that may have the missing fonts, you may want to try a third-party tool, such as: http://www.pdftodocconverterpro.com/ which at least gives you a free trial. But if you can't find a Mac and the converters don't

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Lise Bible
I'm not an Acrobat expert by any means, but have you tried OCR Text Recognition? I'm on Acrobat 8, and for me, that's Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR... I think it's available in Acrobat 7, but I'm not sure. Have used it occasionally to varying degrees of success. Figure

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Any possibility of printing, scanning, and OCRing (with Adobe Paper Capture or another tool) the document? Not an elegant solution, perhaps, but quite possibly faster than retyping, if this approach is feasible for you. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [m

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Jim Pinkham wrote: > Any possibility of printing, scanning, and OCRing (with Adobe Paper Capture or another tool) the document? Not an elegant solution, perhaps, but quite possibly faster than retyping, if this approach is feasible for you. Other similar possibilities: 1. Print/save the file as a

Small caps within PDF bookmarks

2009-03-10 Thread Jerilynne Knight
Hi all I'm using Frame 7. p492 and Acrobat 8.1.3 and have a question. I created a user variable for a specific client-related 3 character abbreviation (acronym?) which the client prefers to have as Small Caps. I created a character tag called SC Small Caps and embedded that in the variable prior

Drooping registered trademarks in cross references

2009-03-10 Thread Reid Gray
Hi Framers, I have a cross referenced heading. The heading includes a variable that includes a registered trademark. The problem is that the trademark in the crossreference droops after I perform a book update. I suspect Frame converts the character from subscript to normal after I update th