RE: Getting FM to recognize Distiller Joboptions files

2008-04-18 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Just checking: Was FM closed when you tried to copy the file? I'll assume that you have admin rights to the computer, too. Mike McCallister Technical Writer GE Healthcare, Milwaukee Research Park -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: Learning curve for FrameMaker

2008-05-01 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Of course, they should. But (tying this to another thread) if FrameUsers.com ever came back, perhaps we could start a list-members-only wiki. I mean, who better than us to start such a thing? Mike McCallister -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: site down

2008-05-05 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Although it would certainly be nice if our hosts would make it easier with the tools Art mentions, a regular Google site search seems to work nicely. This syntax generated 291 hits (though not our most recent discussion): text inset site:lists.frameusers.com HTH, Mike -Original

RE: Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Deirdre, ABEbooks.com is a great resource for used books, and they have 17 copies of the Beyond the Basics book (which I found very helpful after Classroom in a Book). Several of the books are practically free + shipping. Here's the link:

RE: Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Now that Rene mentions it ... When I wrote SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed, a couple years ago, my editors at Sams Publishing said they accepted FM and Word files, but since it was a Linux book, doing it in Frame wasn't practical (way too much rebooting involved). For the 2nd edition (openSUSE Linux

RE: question about open source DTP program

2008-06-12 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Deb, I'm planning to use Scribus to put together a project portfolio to post on my website and have in PDF form. I played with it quite a bit while writing openSUSE Linux Unleashed. It is much more stable than it was a couple years ago, and should work quite well for brochures and such. It

RE: Specifying HTML Colors in FM?

2008-10-09 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Ben, A friend of mine runs a site that covers a lot of ground in web colors, including this code chart: http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorcodes.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Hechter Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:37

RE: TOC

2008-10-13 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Deirdre, Rename/backup terrible-looking TOC (just in case). Close FM Copy the good-looking TOC file to the folder containing terrible-looking TOC. Rename good-looking TOC file so that the filename is IDENTICAL to the original terrible-looking TOC (not the backup). Regenerate. Look at

RE: Searching the Framers archives

2008-12-11 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Adriana, Welcome to the list! Art is right about generating hits from other FrameMaker forums, but doing a site-specific search is also useful for this list. After typing your search terms, add site:lists.framers.com (no quotes). Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Searching the Framers archives

2008-12-11 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Oops! That's site:lists.frameusers.com! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant) Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:50 AM To: Art Campbell; Adriana Harper Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject

Getting FM to recognize Distiller Joboptions files

2008-04-16 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Just checking: Was FM closed when you tried to copy the file? I'll assume that you have admin rights to the computer, too. Mike McCallister Technical Writer GE Healthcare, Milwaukee Research Park -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at

Learning curve for FrameMaker

2008-04-30 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Of course, they should. But (tying this to another thread) if FrameUsers.com ever came back, perhaps we could start a list-members-only wiki. I mean, who better than us to start such a thing? Mike McCallister -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

Searching the Framers archives

2008-12-11 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Adriana, Welcome to the list! Art is right about generating hits from other FrameMaker forums, but doing a site-specific search is also useful for this list. After typing your search terms, add "site:lists.framers.com" (no quotes). Mike -Original Message- From:

Searching the Framers archives

2008-12-11 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Oops! That's "site:lists.frameusers.com"! -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant) Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:50 AM To: Art Campbel

How to include font size indicator on formatting toolbar

2008-06-06 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
While Syed and Richard are certainly right about applying changes with the toolbar, there's certainly nothing wrong with having font size information located at the top of the screen. For me, at least, having a quick visual cue about this without having to open a Designer window is a small time

question about open source DTP program

2008-06-12 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Deb, I'm planning to use Scribus to put together a project portfolio to post on my website and have in PDF form. I played with it quite a bit while writing "openSUSE Linux Unleashed." It is much more stable than it was a couple years ago, and should work quite well for brochures and such. It

How FM use impacts purchasing decisions

2008-06-19 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
One other possible (untested) solution: Has anyone tried running FM under OpenSolaris? Conceivably that would work on an Intel/AMD box, and could also work virtualized under Linux or MacOS. FM 7.x apparently works reasonably well in Crossover Linux, the commercial development of Wine:

site down

2008-05-01 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
I just did this recently, and confirmed it works today: http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers It's a web interface to Mailman. The Archives are accessible from here as well. Mike -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at

Framemaker Books

2008-05-07 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Deirdre, ABEbooks.com is a great resource for used books, and they have 17 copies of the "Beyond the Basics" book (which I found very helpful after "Classroom in a Book"). Several of the books are practically free + shipping. Here's the link:

Framemaker Uses

2008-05-07 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Now that Rene mentions it ... When I wrote "SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed," a couple years ago, my editors at Sams Publishing said they accepted FM and Word files, but since it was a Linux book, doing it in Frame wasn't practical (way too much rebooting involved). For the 2nd edition ("openSUSE Linux

Specifying HTML Colors in FM?

2008-10-09 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Ben, A friend of mine runs a site that covers a lot of ground in web colors, including this code chart: http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorcodes.html -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ben

TOC

2008-10-13 Thread McCallister, Michael (GE Healthcare, consultant)
Deirdre, Rename/backup terrible-looking TOC (just in case). Close FM Copy the good-looking TOC file to the folder containing terrible-looking TOC. Rename good-looking TOC file so that the filename is IDENTICAL to the original terrible-looking TOC (not the backup). Regenerate. Look at