Which template is used for composite FM file

2012-10-25 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello Framers, In FrameMaker 10, you can create a composite FM file from a ditamap. Which template does it use to create this file? Thanks. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-283-5045 r...@frameexpert.com ___ You are currently

Re: Which template is used for composite FM file

2012-10-25 Thread Paul Wilbraham
Hi Rick I customised the ditabase.template.fm in the technicalContent folder and it worked successfully. --Paul Wilbraham On 25 October 2012 at 15:20 Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com wrote: Hello Framers, In FrameMaker 10, you can create a composite FM file from a ditamap. Which template

Index Page Numerals - Wrong Font Again!

2012-10-25 Thread Karen Robbins
Some time ago I ran into trouble with the commas between index entry page numerals rendering in the wrong font. Rick kindly pointed me to the index reference page where I could format the style of index elements. It solved the problem at the time. Now index entry page numerals render in

RE: Index Page Numerals - Wrong Font Again!

2012-10-25 Thread Combs, Richard
Karen Robbins wrote: Some time ago I ran into trouble with the commas between index entry page numerals rendering in the wrong font. Rick kindly pointed me to the index reference page where I could format the style of index elements. It solved the problem at the time. Now index entry page

Re: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread De Rosier, Edward
from framers Digest, Vol 84, Issue 23 ... was message: 4 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:28:47 -0700 From: Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ? Microsoft Manual of Style says drag. IMHO, style manuals are important

Re: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Wei JIANG [PT-CN]
Out of the multilingual Microsoft corpus which covers all their major products, I do see quite a few instances of click and drag. They are: Click to select a row, or click and drag to select multiple rows. Drag selected row(s) to move them to desired tab order. To CREATE a break line, click at

Re: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Robert Lauriston
The benefit of a style guide is that you don't waste time pondering arbitrary usage choices. If you know a phrase will confuse your audience, you override the style guide, or (if you're required to follow it) propose an exception. On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:12 PM, De Rosier, Edward

Re: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Bill Swallow
If Click and Drag will result in less questioning by the reading audience, then that is the better choice. Audience indeed comes first, but do also consider intent. Is it your company's intent to teach computing 101? If management refuses to allow such variations, then the job is probably

Re: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Bill Swallow
Ah, but what's the publish date? It'd be interesting to see if they ignore their own style guidelines or if these examples predate their v.4 MoS. On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Wei JIANG [PT-CN] jia...@polytrans.com.cn wrote: Out of the multilingual Microsoft corpus which covers all their

RE: Index Page Numerals - Wrong Font Again!

2012-10-25 Thread Karen Robbins
Hi Richard, That doesn't work. If I select the paragraph format for that level of IX entry, apply, then choose update all, nothing happens. The errant format doesn't change to the correct one. If I try the character format palette, selecting the proper font and size, when I choose apply

RE: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Alison Craig
Is it your company's intent to teach computing 101? In my case, the answer to this is YES. I have to write to the lowest common denominator - meaning that within the medical device community there are people who are barely computer literate, all the way up to those who know way more than

RE: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Fred Ridder
Alison Craig wrote: I have to write to the lowest common denominator - meaning that within the medical device community there are people who are barely computer literate, all the way up to those who know way more than I do. I can never assume and therefore would have to go with click and

Which template is used for composite FM file

2012-10-25 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello Framers, In FrameMaker 10, you can create a composite FM file from a ditamap. Which template does it use to create this file? Thanks. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-283-5045 rick at frameexpert.com

Which template is used for composite FM file

2012-10-25 Thread Paul Wilbraham
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Index Page Numerals - Wrong Font Again!

2012-10-25 Thread Karen Robbins
Some time ago I ran into trouble with the commas between index entry page numerals rendering in the wrong font. Rick kindly pointed me to the index reference page where I could format the style of index elements. It solved the problem at the time. Now index entry page numerals render in

Index Page Numerals - Wrong Font Again!

2012-10-25 Thread Combs, Richard
Karen Robbins wrote: > Some time ago I ran into trouble with the commas between index entry > page numerals rendering in the wrong font. Rick kindly pointed me to > the index reference page where I could format the style of index > elements. It solved the problem at the time. > > Now index entry

"Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread De Rosier, Edward
from framers Digest, Vol 84, Issue 23 ... was message: 4 > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:28:47 -0700 > From: Robert Lauriston > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: "Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ? > Microsoft Manual of Style says drag. IMHO, style manuals are important and

"Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Wei JIANG [PT-CN]
Out of the multilingual Microsoft corpus which covers all their major products, I do see quite a few instances of "click and drag". They are: Click to select a row, or click and drag to select multiple rows. Drag selected row(s) to move them to desired tab order. To CREATE a break line, click

"Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Robert Lauriston
The benefit of a style guide is that you don't waste time pondering arbitrary usage choices. If you know a phrase will confuse your audience, you override the style guide, or (if you're required to follow it) propose an exception. On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:12 PM, De Rosier, Edward wrote: >

"Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Bill Swallow
> If "Click and Drag" will result in less questioning by the reading audience, > then that is the better choice. Audience indeed comes first, but do also consider intent. Is it your company's intent to teach computing 101? > If "management" refuses to allow such variations, then the job is

"Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Bill Swallow
Ah, but what's the publish date? It'd be interesting to see if they ignore their own style guidelines or if these examples predate their v.4 MoS. On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Wei JIANG [PT-CN] wrote: > Out of the multilingual Microsoft corpus which covers all their major > products, I do see

Index Page Numerals - Wrong Font Again!

2012-10-25 Thread Karen Robbins
Hi Richard, That doesn't work. If I select the paragraph format for that level of IX entry, apply, then choose update all, nothing happens. The errant format doesn't change to the correct one. If I try the character format palette, selecting the proper font and size, when I choose apply the

"Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Alison Craig
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Index Page Numerals - Wrong Font Again!

2012-10-25 Thread Combs, Richard
Karen Robbins wrote: > Hi Richard, > > That doesn't work. > > If I select the paragraph format for that level of IX entry, apply, > then choose update all, nothing happens. The errant format doesn't > change to the correct one. Did you regenerate the index? Richard G. Combs Senior Technical

Index Page Numerals - Wrong Font Again!

2012-10-25 Thread Karen Robbins
Sure, creating a new index works--once--and that was what I was trying to avoid. It means re-applying master pages, re-breaking lines/columns to suit house style by hand, etc. And if I update the book after creating a new index, the same behavior happens to the new index! >Karen Robbins

"Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ?

2012-10-25 Thread Fred Ridder
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making external links open in a new browser window in RoboHelp WebHelp output

2012-10-25 Thread Robert Lauriston
I just noticed that external links in the WebHelp generated by RoboHelp 9 from my FrameMaker 10 source open in the help topic frame instead of a new window. I found this topic in the RoboHelp > FrameMaker integration forum: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4567603 The solution there, to avoid