Re: FM and Distiller distort Visio drawing

2013-06-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
It's not a good idea to embedded Visio graphics in Frame. It's better to save the Visios as WMF, EMF or PDF, then import by reference. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 03-Jun-13 6:55 PM, Roman Banks wrote: Hi every

RE: The Problem with Long Titles in Generated Lists

2013-06-04 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, As suggested you need to add an additional tab before the page number on the reference page. Then the page number in the second line will appear right justified again. However, it might happen that the text in the first line extends into the page number area. Some weeks ago I got a solution t

Re: Generated list of variables

2013-06-04 Thread Georg Eck
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Re:Length of text flow names reduced

2013-06-04 Thread Klaus Daube
After check with FM-10 and FM-11 I have filed this as a bug: - Create a text frame and give it a long label, for example "Warnung-vor-fallenden-Objekten" - At the width of the entry field input is prohibited (error sound). The intended label can not be entered. - There is no such restriction in

Re: FM and Distiller distort Visio drawing

2013-06-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
What sequence of commands are you using to embed it? On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Roman Banks wrote: > when I > embedded the Visio drawing in Framemaker (without resizing), the icon became > fuzzy and distorted. ___ You are currently subscribed to

The Problem with Long Titles in Generated Lists

2013-06-04 Thread Jay Mahler
After sending my previous email, I found a solution. I simply added a variable with three em spaces (\sm\sm\sm) at the end of the long titles. For some reason, just adding the em spaces directly on the line didn't work. If anyone has a more elegant solution, I'd love to know about it.Jay MahlerSent

straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
Somebody wants Note and Caution icons to the left of paragraphs. For single-source motives I don't want multiple paragraph tags or a table. I want to define the Caution and Note paragraph tags so the icon appears at the left in PDF output. If it doesn't appear in FrameMaker that's fine. Is there

Re: straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
Hmmm ... I could do it with Autonumber Format if I could find a dingbat font with the right icons. On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Robert Lauriston wrote: > Somebody wants Note and Caution icons to the left of paragraphs. > > For single-source motives I don't want multiple paragraph tags or a >

Re: straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
OK, Autonumber Format works. Deja Vu Sans has the dingbat, if I set the character tag to 24 pt and Subscript, it looks about right. I used the Frame Above Pgf and Frame Below Pgf to add horizontal rules. On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Robert Lauriston wrote: > Hmmm ... I could do it with Autonu

Re: FM and Distiller distort Visio drawing

2013-06-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't know about transparency, but this is what works well for me: In Visio, use File > Page Setup > Page Size > "Size to fit drawing contents" to eliminate unused space around the drawing, then File > Save As > Enhanced Metafile (*.emf). In FrameMaker, import the .emf file by reference. __

Re: FM and Distiller distort Visio drawing

2013-06-04 Thread Roman Banks
Hi everybody,   First of all, thank you for your great answers! Much appreciated!   I know that embedding Visio drawings in FrameMaker is not the optimal way of working (although, very convenient), but it's currently not feasible for us to start "externalizing" the diagrams in books containing th

Re: BookMifWash

2013-06-04 Thread Roman Banks
I wonder if this FM client differs in what it does from the FM2Mif/Mif2FM framescripts. Theoretically, these framescripts do the same operation as the BookMifWash client. Am I wrong?   Thanks, Roman From: Stuart Rogers To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Monday, June 3, 2013 6:16 PM Subject

Search and replace with variables

2013-06-04 Thread Judy Bragg
I'm wondering if there's a tool out there that will do a search and replace where the replacement is a variable rather than alternate text. I have a 1500 page manual where no variables were used. I'd like to implement them, but it's painful to think about doing it by manually. Any ideas would

RE: The Problem with Long Titles in Generated Lists

2013-06-04 Thread Fred Ridder
But note that this approach has an unwanted (and probably unacceptable) side effect if your generated list uses leader dots. The problem is that the em-spaces produce a really noticeable gap between the end of the title string and the start of the leader dots. The approach that Jerilynne propos

Re: Search and replace with variables

2013-06-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Sure. Just insert the variable anywhere, copy the variable so that it's in the clipboard, then use By Pasting as the replace option. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 04-Jun-13 3:15 PM, Judy Bragg wrote: I'm wondering if there's a tool out there that will do a search and

RE: Automate resolution of broken x-refs after renaming target files?

2013-06-04 Thread Duncan, Gary
Thank you to everyone who responded. Mike's astute observation about renaming the files within the book file may do it for us. As always, knowing Rick is there ready to help ease and streamline the solution is a comforting feeling. Thank you to everyone. Gary Duncan | Principal Technical Writer

RE: Search and replace with variables

2013-06-04 Thread Fred Ridder
You've already got everything you need in the standard Find/Change. Here are the steps: 1) Define a new variable. 2) Manually insert it once into the document 3) Select the instance of the variable you just inserted, and then copy it 4) In the Find/Change dialog set up the find criteria, and in th

Re: Search and replace with variables

2013-06-04 Thread Judy Bragg
Thank you! That's perfect! Judy Bragg Technical Writer HYPACK, Inc. 860-635-1500 On 6/4/2013 8:39 AM, Fred Ridder wrote: You've already got everything you need in the standard Find/Change. Here are the steps: 1) Define a new variable. 2) Manually insert it once into the document 3) Select the

RE: straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I use side-head paragraphs for this purpose all the time. Then I can enter whatever I want in the side-head - whether it is a large icon like you asked about, or other text (in red for example). With autonumber, you end up having to use the same "autonumber" text. The process is to set the page

Rep: Roy Lewis

2013-06-04 Thread Roy Lewis
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Adobe Acrobat 7.1

2013-06-04 Thread Richard Doll
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Re: straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
That would be two tags. I want just one tag since that's more straightforward for single-sourcing to various outputs. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > I use side-head paragraphs for this purpose all the time. Then I can enter > whatever I want in

RE: straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
(I am not sure I _entirely_ understand what you mean.) If you mean "one paragraph format" and "one character format" (if you want to use an icon), then, yes, that is true. But my approach gives you more flexibility in one way. Using an autonumber requires a _separate_ paragraph format for each

FM and Distiller distort Visio drawing

2013-06-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
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The Problem with Long Titles in Generated Lists

2013-06-04 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
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Generated list of variables

2013-06-04 Thread Georg Eck
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Length of text flow names reduced

2013-06-04 Thread Klaus Daube
After check with FM-10 and FM-11 I have filed this as a bug: - Create a text frame and give it a long label, for example "Warnung-vor-fallenden-Objekten" - At the width of the entry field input is prohibited (error sound). The intended label can not be entered. - There is no such restriction in

FM and Distiller distort Visio drawing

2013-06-04 Thread Roman Banks
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BookMifWash

2013-06-04 Thread Roman Banks
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Search and replace with variables

2013-06-04 Thread Judy Bragg
I'm wondering if there's a tool out there that will do a search and replace where the replacement is a variable rather than alternate text. I have a 1500 page manual where no variables were used. I'd like to implement them, but it's painful to think about doing it by manually. Any ideas would

The Problem with Long Titles in Generated Lists

2013-06-04 Thread Fred Ridder
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Search and replace with variables

2013-06-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Sure. Just insert the variable anywhere, copy the variable so that it's in the clipboard, then use By Pasting as the replace option. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 04-Jun-13 3:15 PM, Judy Bragg wrote: > I'm wondering if there's a tool out there that will do a search and

Automate resolution of broken x-refs after renaming target files?

2013-06-04 Thread Duncan, Gary
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Search and replace with variables

2013-06-04 Thread Fred Ridder
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Search and replace with variables

2013-06-04 Thread Judy Bragg
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straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I use side-head paragraphs for this purpose all the time. Then I can enter whatever I want in the side-head - whether it is a large icon like you asked about, or other text (in red for example). With autonumber, you end up having to use the same "autonumber" text. The process is to set the page

Rep: Roy Lewis

2013-06-04 Thread Roy Lewis
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Adobe Acrobat 7.1

2013-06-04 Thread Richard Doll
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straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
That would be two tags. I want just one tag since that's more straightforward for single-sourcing to various outputs. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote: > I use side-head paragraphs for this purpose all the time. Then I can enter > whatever I want

straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
(I am not sure I _entirely_ understand what you mean.) If you mean "one paragraph format" and "one character format" (if you want to use an icon), then, yes, that is true. But my approach gives you more flexibility in one way. Using an autonumber requires a _separate_ paragraph format for each

straightforward approach for adding icons to paragraph tag? (no tables, macros, or multiple tags, please)

2013-06-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
I already have a Caution paragraph tag. My goal was to add an icon to it for PDF output by modifying the tag's format. Modifying each occurrence of the tag would be a lot more work. I don't need any flexibility. These are the only two tags that will ever need icons. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 5:40 P