I wondered the same thing. From what it looks like to me, RoboHelp
supports Framemaker in that it imports .fm and .mif files. Since they
don't list Frame as a supported authoring environment, it doesn't look
like it is heavily integrated (/assumption).
Here's what I gleaned off the website:
Yes. Once you import your VHS tapes as files, your DVD editing/burning
software should allow you to make your own DVD menu.
I used one of the programs that came with Nero Ultimate Edition to do
just this with my wedding footage. There are better programs out there,
but I was working with what
Vivek Jain @ Adobe discusses single-sourcing with RoboHelp and
FrameMaker on the Adobe Technical Communication blog:
http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/
At the same time, you manage the content from FrameMaker files in a set
of special folders, providing you the flexibility of continuously
updating
I can confirm excellent results running a Windows VM in Ubuntu (6.X)
using the VMWare Server installed through Synaptic.
I can't say if Wine is better or worse than VMWare.
With a Virtual Machine, you have higher system overhead to run the guest
OS...but a much greater likelihood that
I don't know why it is happening, but I can say we have the same
problem. For us, FrameMaker has always behaved this way, and I just
assumed that it was set in stone and couldn't be improved upon. For
that reason, we don't work off the server. I don't remember if I ever
researched it or not. I
Is it only the .exe files that are missing, or are all the dll's missing
to?
If it's only the .exe files, you might try creating your own empty text
files with the same file names as the missing .exe files. Maybe the
uninstaller just wants to remove a file with that name, and doesn't
actually
in question.
Wow. What a powerful tool!
Thanks again for all your help and suggestions.
-Michael
-Original Message-
From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:08 PM
To: Michael O'Neill
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Annoying
Hi Folks,
I am using FrameMaker 6.x and am very annoyed with the size of the
Show/Hide Conditional Text window. It isn't wide enough to show the
full names of my conditions, and doesn't appear to allow resizing.
Does anyone know if:
1) There is a way to scroll the conditions in
Yes LOF and LOT are both examples of front matter, but so is a ToC.
IMHO, the only things (standard elements) that should come before the
ToC are the Cover and the Legal page (if not at the end). Anything else
will likely just be contrary to user expectations.
With that said, there ARE
You could probably do it with AutoIT, though it would take some practice
to get right. If you have an engineer to work with, they could probably
make quick work out of it (after complaining about how AutoIT is too
much like Visual Basic) with your help.
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/
I
One additional point: If you can't seem to move the dialog or window
into a viewable area using the arrow keys, you can follow Stuart's
instructions except when it comes to using the arrow keys, you can press
the Up arrow key ONCE (any arrow key will probably work) and then move
your mouse around
Here's what I would do:
1) Back up a copy of both the original and the recovered versions to
someplace safe.
2) Open the recovered version in FrameMaker.
3) Open the original version in FrameMaker (might have to force it).
4) Compare the differences between the two versions using FrameMaker's
You do need Acrobat Professional in order to save the PDF with
commenting enabled for Adobe Reader.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tina Ricks
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:01 PM
To: 'Frame Users'
Subject: Export a FM book to single
At the risk of confusing the issue, there seems to be a little bit of
conflicting information out there as to what exactly is required to
allow reviews with Adobe Reader. From
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrfaq.html:
Q. Can I mark up and review files in Adobe Reader?
A. Yes, if this
Sweet. Just wanted to make sure I didn’t get yelled at for suggesting the most
expensive option if cheaper alternatives existed.
-Michael
From: Fred Ridder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:23 PM
To: Michael O'Neill; Tina Ricks
Here's my 2 cents:
1) Are their rules, laws, or regulations governing this in each country it will
be sold in (note: type of product might have an impact here)
For example, in the USA there _may_ be FDA regulations about documentation
localization for medical devices...FCC regulations about
If Jim Owens is right, and there are desirable help features that
can't
be implemented via FM, then these are shortcomings in the tools that
ought to be put on the enhancement request list. But, IMHO, make the
HTML roundtrippable should not be one of those requests.
Every tool has it's
Passing this on from HR in case anyone is interested.
PART-TIME TECHNICAL BOOK WRITER
MetaCommunications is seeking out a part-time candidate to write
conceptual and technical reference books for print publication.
Responsibilities include developing and writing printed books covering
I use Index Tools Professional from Silicon Prairie Software. By and
large, I am happy with it. It has sped up indexing tremendously...and
makes it pretty darn easy to see what index tags are currently in place.
I haven't tried other tools. This was the first we tried and it was
such a clear
OK Folks,
Here's a basic question for the gurus/experts. I've been using FM for a
number of years now, but recently I'm trying to do something that I
haven't done before so I'm not sure of the best way to achieve my
objective.
Context:
The document I am authoring from scratch is an entry-level
Thanks everyone, for the suggestions!
I went with the single-column, multiple rows table approach.
Now I get to beat WWP into submission!
-Michael
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 1:34 PM
To: Michael O'Neill
Cc
One additional note, MoinMoin wiki can be configured to allow users to
output content as/via/through (not sure of the right terminology)
DocBook. I haven't explored this yet to see whether that's HTML output
or PDF output (or both).
This is something I'd like to know more about, as to me it
I just watched someone here at the office run Parallels and switch between
OS X and Windows. It looked pretty slick, especially with the copy and
paste support between the two Operating Systems.
He said setup was pretty painless and unbelievably fast. He was running
Win2003 and OS X on a
Based on what you wrote, and assuming that the graphics you have to edit are
not Vectors, I would say Photoshop is the tool for you. You are describing
editing pixels, and Photoshop would likely be more appropriate than
Illustrator for these tasks.
If budget is a concern, you can also try:
For what it's worth:
I'm running 10.4.8 and still using some classic applications. When
setting up the Mac, I had to install the Classic environment as well.
-Michael
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Sam Beard
Sent: Monday, October 09,
, 2006 4:49 PM
To: Michael O'Neill; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: OS 9 Applications on Tiger
Michael and Scott,
This is intriguing to me. My understanding was that Classic, and
therefore OS 9, wouldn't run on any of the later machines, particularly
any Intel-based
I'd open Python and:
1) Type "47**349" [quotes excluded]
2) Press Enter.
-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+moneill=meta-comm@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+moneill=meta-comm.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Bill Briggs
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 12:16 PM
I don't know why it is happening, but I can say we have the same
problem. For us, FrameMaker has always behaved this way, and I just
assumed that it was set in stone and couldn't be improved upon. For
that reason, we don't work off the server. I don't remember if I ever
researched it or not. I
Vivek Jain @ Adobe discusses single-sourcing with RoboHelp and
FrameMaker on the Adobe Technical Communication blog:
http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/
"At the same time, you manage the content from FrameMaker files in a set
of special folders, providing you the flexibility of continuously
I can confirm excellent results running a Windows VM in Ubuntu (6.X)
using the VMWare Server installed through Synaptic.
I can't say if Wine is better or worse than VMWare.
With a Virtual Machine, you have higher system overhead to run the guest
OS...but a much greater likelihood that
I wondered the same thing. From what it looks like to me, RoboHelp
supports Framemaker in that it imports .fm and .mif files. Since they
don't list Frame as a supported "authoring environment", it doesn't look
like it is heavily integrated (/assumption).
Here's what I gleaned off the website:
Yes. Once you import your VHS tapes as files, your DVD editing/burning
software should allow you to make your own DVD menu.
I used one of the programs that came with Nero Ultimate Edition to do
just this with my wedding footage. There are better programs out there,
but I was working with what
Passing this on from HR in case anyone is interested.
PART-TIME TECHNICAL BOOK WRITER
MetaCommunications is seeking out a part-time candidate to write
conceptual and technical reference books for print publication.
Responsibilities include developing and writing printed books covering
our
Hi Folks,
I am using FrameMaker 6.x and am very annoyed with the size of the
Show/Hide Conditional Text window. It isn't wide enough to show the
full names of my conditions, and doesn't appear to allow resizing.
Does anyone know if:
1) There is a way to scroll the conditions in
in question.
Wow. What a powerful tool!
Thanks again for all your help and suggestions.
-Michael
-Original Message-
From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:08 PM
To: Michael O'Neill
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re
Yes LOF and LOT are both examples of front matter, but so is a ToC.
IMHO, the only things (standard elements) that should come before the
ToC are the Cover and the Legal page (if not at the end). Anything else
will likely just be contrary to user expectations.
With that said, there ARE
You could probably do it with AutoIT, though it would take some practice
to get right. If you have an engineer to work with, they could probably
make quick work out of it (after complaining about how AutoIT is too
much like Visual Basic) with your help.
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/
I
One additional point: If you can't seem to move the dialog or window
into a viewable area using the arrow keys, you can follow Stuart's
instructions except when it comes to using the arrow keys, you can press
the Up arrow key ONCE (any arrow key will probably work) and then move
your mouse around
Here's what I would do:
1) Back up a copy of both the original and the recovered versions to
someplace safe.
2) Open the recovered version in FrameMaker.
3) Open the original version in FrameMaker (might have to force it).
4) Compare the differences between the two versions using FrameMaker's
You do need Acrobat Professional in order to save the PDF with
commenting enabled for Adobe Reader.
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tina Ricks
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:01 PM
To: 'Frame
At the risk of confusing the issue, there seems to be a little bit of
conflicting information out there as to what exactly is required to
allow reviews with Adobe Reader. From
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrfaq.html:
Q. Can I mark up and review files in Adobe Reader?
A. Yes, if this
Sweet. Just wanted to make sure I didn?t get yelled at for suggesting the most
expensive option if cheaper alternatives existed.
-Michael
From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:23 PM
To: Michael O'Neill; Tina Ricks
Here's my 2 cents:
1) Are their rules, laws, or regulations governing this in each country it will
be sold in (note: type of product might have an impact here)
For example, in the USA there _may_ be FDA regulations about documentation
localization for medical devices...FCC regulations about
>
> If Jim Owens is right, and there are desirable help features that
can't
> be implemented via FM, then these are shortcomings in the tools that
> ought to be put on the enhancement request list. But, IMHO, "make the
> HTML roundtrippable" should not be one of those requests.
>
Every tool has
One possible workflow would be:
FrameMaker-> ePublisher-> Wiki (MoinMoin, MediaWiki, something else?).
Wiki would allow users to add comments, enhance topics as they see fit.
However, I don't think there is a workflow for round-tripping.
-Original Message-
From:
One additional note, MoinMoin wiki can be configured to allow users to
output content as/via/through (not sure of the right terminology)
DocBook. I haven't explored this yet to see whether that's HTML output
or PDF output (or both).
This is something I'd like to know more about, as to me it
I use Index Tools Professional from Silicon Prairie Software. By and
large, I am happy with it. It has sped up indexing tremendously...and
makes it pretty darn easy to see what index tags are currently in place.
I haven't tried other tools. This was the first we tried and it was
such a clear
OK Folks,
Here's a basic question for the gurus/experts. I've been using FM for a
number of years now, but recently I'm trying to do something that I
haven't done before so I'm not sure of the best way to achieve my
objective.
Context:
The document I am authoring from scratch is an entry-level
Thanks everyone, for the suggestions!
I went with the single-column, multiple rows table approach.
Now I get to beat WWP into submission!
-Michael
-Original Message-
From: quills at airmail.net [mailto:qui...@airmail.net]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 1:34 PM
To: Michael O'Neill
I just watched someone here at the office run Parallels and switch between
OS X and Windows. It looked pretty slick, especially with the copy and
paste support between the two Operating Systems.
He said setup was pretty painless and unbelievably fast. He was running
Win2003 and OS X on a
Based on what you wrote, and assuming that the graphics you have to edit are
not Vectors, I would say Photoshop is the tool for you. You are describing
editing pixels, and Photoshop would likely be more appropriate than
Illustrator for these tasks.
If budget is a concern, you can also try:
For what it's worth:
I'm running 10.4.8 and still using some classic applications. When
setting up the Mac, I had to install the Classic environment as well.
-Michael
-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+moneill=meta-comm@lists.frameusers.com
.be...@ctes.com]
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:49 PM
To: Michael O'Neill; swhite at alamark.com
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: OS 9 Applications on Tiger
Michael and Scott,
This is intriguing to me. My understanding was that Classic, and
therefore OS 9, wouldn't run on any of th
Is it only the .exe files that are missing, or are all the dll's missing
to?
If it's only the .exe files, you might try creating your own empty text
files with the same file names as the missing .exe files. Maybe the
uninstaller just wants to remove a file with that name, and doesn't
actually
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