Reply to: disagreement on overrides

Reply to: Message: 15 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:26:10 -0400 From: Milan Davidovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: disagreement on overrides To: Framer's List framers@lists.frameusers.com The way I've been brought up as a Frame user was to avoid overrides wherever possible. Hi Milan, In my

RE: Sort order of entries in an index

Reply to: Message: 20 Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:34:38 -0600 From: Linda G. Gallagher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Sort order of entries in an index What do you mean by a complete index entry? It doesn't seem to have to match the complete second level portion of the index entry, so I'm not

RE: Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

Hi Linda In a previous company, I used a special anchor tag with graphics to facilitate conversion of FrameMaker files to HTML, in order to match the company style guide. In my current company, I am doing the same thing for the same reason, although the anchor tag has different design

Framers Digest

Hi Deirdre, Being let go just never feels good. I'm sorry that you are experiencing that. My first paid job as a technical writer was in 1972. Since then, I have held many different jobs (not all as a writer), some as a contractor and some as an in-house employee. The longest writing job was

Text Insert Function -- Automatic Updates

Hello Framers, We have text inserts within FrameMaker documents (files within a book). We also use ePublisher for HTML help sets (generated from the FrameMaker source files). Our desire: 1. Update a text source (the source file that is the text insert). 2. Trigger ePublisher to automatically

RE: Text Insert Function -- Automatic Updates -- Problem Solved

Thank you to all who responded. I have used the suggestions from Rick Quatro, and we are happy campers now. This list has been helping me for 14 years...thanks again. Ed DeRosier -Original Message- From: Rick Quatro [mailto:r...@rickquatro.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:03 AM

RE: Graphic Elements in Frame 9 Template

Hi Pete, Regarding your long printing times and large PDF file sizes: In addition to the suggestions of other list members, I suggest that you seek additional methods to reduce your Illustrator file sizes. For example, if your AI file uses multiple layers, keep those layers for convenient image

Re: A Graphics Library...Why?

Hi Eduardo, Seems like the answering messages got hijacked with wistful desires for features and specifications... To get back to your request, I intuit that you are documenting standard work policies, either already existing or possibly needed. To support the creation of your library, you can

FrameMaker9 Character Set - GTE

Hi Framers, I am haing a problem with the character set in FrameMaker 9 (TCS2). The character set document lists the same keystrokes as in previous FM sets for Greater Than or Equal To (GTE). The GTE character is created in standard font, and is then changed to Symbol font. [Ctrl][q] [3] =

RE: Indexing front matter

Hi Nancy, This suggestion is sent only because you solicited all suggestions in your appeal. You might consider assigning a Text format to your preface file so that the page numbers appear as something similar to: Preface - 1, Preface - 2, Preface - 3 P - 1, P - 2, P - 3 Or something

Text Insert Function -- Automatic Updates

Hello Framers, We have text inserts within FrameMaker documents (files within a book). We also use ePublisher for HTML help sets (generated from the FrameMaker source files). Our desire: 1. Update a text source (the source file that is the text insert). 2. Trigger ePublisher to automatically

Text Insert Function -- Automatic Updates -- Problem Solved

Thank you to all who responded. I have used the suggestions from Rick Quatro, and we are happy campers now. This list has been helping me for 14 years...thanks again. Ed DeRosier -Original Message- From: Rick Quatro [mailto:r...@rickquatro.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:03 AM

Framers Digest

Hi Deirdre, Being let go just never feels good. I'm sorry that you are experiencing that. My first paid job as a technical writer was in 1972. Since then, I have held many different jobs (not all as a writer), some as a contractor and some as an in-house employee. The longest writing job was

Graphic Elements in Frame 9 Template

Hi Pete, Regarding your long printing times and large PDF file sizes: In addition to the suggestions of other list members, I suggest that you seek additional methods to reduce your Illustrator file sizes. For example, if your AI file uses multiple layers, keep those layers for convenient image

A Graphics Library...Why?

Hi Eduardo, Seems like the answering messages got hijacked with wistful desires for features and specifications... To get back to your request, I intuit that you are documenting standard work policies, either already existing or possibly needed. To support the creation of your library, you can

Conditional Text - RE: Wrong conditional text displaying when using FM Track

Hello Heidi, In addition to the cautious approach suggested by Fred Ridder, I would like to suggest that you forego the supposed convenience of using conditional text on characters, words, or even sentences. You may think that you are in control, but you also may get hit hard at a bad time if

Sort order of entries in an index

Reply to: Message: 20 Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:34:38 -0600 From: "Linda G. Gallagher" Subject: RE: Sort order of entries in an index What do you mean by a complete index entry? It doesn't seem to have to match the complete second level portion of the index entry, so I'm

Reply to: disagreement on overrides

Reply to: > Message: 15 > Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:26:10 -0400 > From: "Milan Davidovic" > Subject: disagreement on overrides > To: "Framer's List" > > > The way I've been "brought up" as a Frame user was to avoid overrides wherever possible. Hi Milan, In my opinion, overrides are

Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

Hi Linda In a previous company, I used a special "anchor" tag with graphics to facilitate conversion of FrameMaker files to HTML, in order to match the company style guide. In my current company, I am doing the same thing for the same reason, although the anchor tag has different design

FrameMaker9 Character Set - GTE

Hi Framers, I am haing a problem with the character set in FrameMaker 9 (TCS2). The character set document lists the same keystrokes as in previous FM sets for Greater Than or Equal To (GTE). The GTE character is created in standard font, and is then changed to "Symbol" font. [Ctrl][q] [3] =>

Indexing front matter

Hi Nancy, This suggestion is sent only because you solicited "all suggestions" in your appeal. You might consider assigning a Text format to your preface file so that the page numbers appear as something similar to: Preface - 1, Preface - 2, Preface - 3 P - 1, P - 2, P - 3 Or something