Easiest way to update all paragraphs in a book

2007-09-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
a specific variable or conditional text. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: > Hi > We are goin to change all our Times New Roman 10 pt fonts to Verdana 9 > pt fonts. > What is the easiest way to update all styles in the paragraph designer? > > Rig

Easiest way to update all paragraphs in a book

2007-09-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
While we are on the subject, what's the difference between Global Update and Update All? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Yves Barbion wrote: > That's a good idea, Shmuel, and to "make the change" at once, I would > suggest this: > >1. In the Paragraph Design

Global update for par tags

2007-09-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ba Asselsstraat 65 9031 Gent Belgium T: +32 494 12 01 89 F: +32 9 366 50 23 BTW (VAT) BE 0886.192.394 skype: yves.barbion ? On 9/20/07, Shmuel Wolfson <[1]sbw at actcom.com> wrote: How about the following: Make a copy

Easiest way to update all paragraphs in a book

2007-09-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
iew. Go through each file and delete formats that do not appear in the template (optional). Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: > Shmuel > I am going to update all paragraph tags (60 or so) in the whole manua

3D Graphics

2007-09-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
enter/acrobat/articles/acr7sd3dcontent.html -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Are you sure it's still available. I can't find this on Adobe's site, and the link below is no longer available. "To learn more about the suite please visit www.adobe.com/technicalcommunicationsuite." Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Dov Isaacs wrote: > ( BW)(CA-ADOBE-

Adobe Acrobat 8

2007-09-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Don't expect the bugs to be fixed until 8.x, where x is greater than 0. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Danny G Green wrote: In June there was a posting about Acrobat 8 dropping pages, text, and words when produced from FrameMaker 7.2. Is anyone still having pro

Adobe Acrobat 8

2007-09-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Don't expect the bugs to be fixed until 8.x, where x is greater than 0. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Danny G Green wrote: > In June there was a posting about Acrobat 8 dropping pages, text, and > words when produced from FrameMaker 7.2. Is anyone still having > problems? > &

'message URL' hyperlinks

2008-04-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Speaking of hyperlinks, I have a: message URL http:// And when I click on it, it does not open a web browser. Basically, it's a dead link. Any ideas? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Steve Rickaby wrote: > I have the solution for my posting below, although I don't understand it. >

extract changed texts

2008-04-02 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there a way to search for text with a change bar, you could do the same thing with a simple AutoIt script. And AutoIt is free. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson martin.smith at golehtek.com wrote: > Hi Gunnar, > > This is rather easy to do if you have FrameScript. FrameScript is a >

Taking a screen shot with the cursor

2008-04-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
MWSnap is the best free screen capture utility I've seen yet. It has that option. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Flato, Gillian wrote: > Does anyone know how to take a screenshot so that the screenshot > includes the mouse and where it's pointing to? > > > Thank you, &g

Closing big book files

2008-04-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
First do a shift/save all, then a shift/close all. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Harold Winberg wrote: > Hello Framers > > > > I am working in a Book file with over 400 chapters. > > > > I am using IXgen and opening all files to perform updates. > > > >

finding Mif2Go macros to replace WWP functionality

2008-04-15 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I recommend Steve Wiseman. He's a Mif2Go expert. swiseman at context.co.il Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Jim Owens wrote: > We're currently using WWP 2003 to generate CHM from our Frame docs, but > since there's no support past FM 7.2, we're evaluating our

User Defined Hotkeys

2008-12-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You can edit the "cmds.cfg" file if you want to change the ESCAPE shortcut sequences. The file is very hard to read in Notepad, but when you open it in a good text editor (Crimson, SciTE, or Notepad++) it's much easier to read. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Klaus Da

Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why don't you try the Auto-text plug-in here: http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html It's only $10. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Mike Wickham wrote: >> Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins: >> >> http://ho

Can't open FrameMaker 7.2

2008-12-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
only have the disk for 7.0. If I install 7.0 will Frame download updates for 7.2? Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Can't open FrameMaker 7.2 - resolved

2008-12-08 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
reinstalling software. > > - Dov > > >> -Original Message- >> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at >> lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of >> Shmuel Wolfson >> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 2:08

Set file order in directory?

2008-12-24 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
This is a Windows Issue. FileBox eXtender is a free program that has this feature. It's on the File Boxes tab in the preferences. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson > Nancy Allison wrote: > >> Hi, everyone. >> >> I am working on a large manual with many graphics that

the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
things that were defined differently in one doc than the other. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to this group, and pretty new to FrameMaker (but I was a Word 2003 > guru, so that helps a bit...). > > My que

FrameMaker hyperlinks

2008-12-28 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
When I follow a link to another file in the FM book, it usually does not close the current file. Other times it does close the current file. Is this a bug or a feature, and how do I disable closing the current file? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

Which files are critical for backing up?

2008-12-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
export the book to Word or Help, there are all sorts of files types there. IMHO you can delete all of them except for the INI files. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi all, > > My client backs up it FM files to VSS. > > I nee

Fixing lots of X-refs

2008-12-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
In Annoyance 3, do you mean select the document or select the paragraph? I would love it if the list of paragraphs would be alphabetic. That's a very request from Adobe. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 John Sgammato wrote: > I am whiling away a snowy Bo

Fixing lots of X-refs

2008-12-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
This would be a nice item to place on a the Adobe wish list. They should be ordered alphabetically or by the way they are listed in the book. Anything is better than a random order. The same with the paragraphs in the list on the right. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

Internal Error

2008-02-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I occasionally have the dreaded "Internal Error" after a search in FM, then FM closes. Would extra RAM help? I have 1 GB of RAM now. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Internal Error

2008-02-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Error problem. Would extra RAM help with this? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: > In large documents, bigger RAM can speed up the work but usually 1GB is ample. > > Which version FM and in what instances does this happen? > > Bodvar > > On Wed, Feb 6, 200

Archive searching and moving text inset files

2008-02-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here are two good text editors. They are much more powerful than Notepad. SciTE Text Editor Crimson Editor Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > Thanks, Rick. > > Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other > than Notepad installe

Macro Express

2008-02-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
have a "record macro" feature like word does? Any info would be appreciated. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

FM abruptly closes with no save

2008-02-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I've had it close when scrolling a document that has embedded Corel graphics, when I scrolled too fast and did not wait for the embedded graphics to appear. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Pete Rourke wrote: > Christopher - We are on the same version. I've never experience

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why would they come out with the Adobe Technical Writing Suite and then just drop it? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Lin Surasky wrote: > Gosh, has it been 4 months ALREADY? I didn't think this would come up again > for oh, at least another week or so > Where do

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I wonder is these rumors are started by competitors. It's possible that Adobe puts less development time into FM as they do their other more profitable programs, but I think it's highly unlikely that they will stop developing it entirely. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Mi

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ftware companies like to perpetuate, in order to give people reasons to keep upgrading to new versions. I think it's mostly psychological. Do you buy a new car every time the next year's model comes out with a few new features? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Peter Gold wrote: > On Thu,

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You could also try Macro Express. Anyone have an idea of how AutoIT compares to Macro Express (besides the price). Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Michael O'Neill wrote: > You could probably do it with AutoIT, though it would take some practice > to get right. If you have an engineer t

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I was looking around and I see there are several Windows scripting tools out there. Here are three good ones: AutoHotkey - free, has a record macro feature like Word AutoIt v3 - free, good reviews Macro Express - $40 I like the record feature, so I'm trying AutoHotkey first. Regards, S

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
it easy to use? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Peter Ring wrote: > DZBatcher, > >http://www.datazone.com/dzbatcher2.html > > is your friend. > > kind regards > Peter Ring > > Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > >> Framers, >> >> A client would like to b

third-party or Frame tools for doc review/collaboration

2008-01-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson

third-party or Frame tools for doc review/collaboration

2008-01-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Well if you want to just get the PDF Standard, you can always send the PDF with a link to the PDF-XChange Viewer (free). With this tool you can add comments to any PDF, including encrypted ones. http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/users/ Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Shlomo Perets

Unavailable fonts issue

2008-01-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You can easily avoid this by using PureText. It removes all formatting from the original text. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Diane Schaefer wrote: > Hi Isabelle, > > I recently made an amazing discovery regarding elusive, unavailable > fonts: > > If you copy and pa

Converting Framemaker to Word

2008-01-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
7;s set up, it works very fast and does a good job. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Fred Staal wrote: > I am seeking assistance in the conversion of several Framemaker books, > varying from 150 to 500 pages in length (with many graphics, tables), to > reasonably cosmetic versions in Word.

The dreaded Internal Error error meets the dreaded Adobesupport, sigh

2008-01-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You could make a simple batch file to delete the two FNTCACHE.DAT files and put on the Quick Start section of the taskbar, or wherever it's convenient for you. This doesn't completely automate the process, but it's close. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Ken Stitzel wrote: >

Keyboard shortcut for copyright symbol

2008-01-24 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Does anyone know where I could get a list of Alt+ shortcuts? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Martinek, Carla wrote: > I use them all the time, since they're application-independent. > > Also good to know: > > ALT+0153 = (tm) > ALT+0174 = (r) > > -Carla > >

Using PDF Converter with Frame

2008-01-27 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a list I've compiled. This list was compiles mainly with Word in mind. You have to check the support on FM. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson --- Free: - PDF995 - CutePDF http://www.acrosoftware.com/Products/CutePDF/Printer.asp - Create PS file and use GSview (whic

question about overrides

2008-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
move the whole table to the next page? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Jim Owens wrote: > If you want a page layout that FrameMaker cannot deliver automatically, > then overriding the template for the printed output is your only option. > > The alternatives are to devise a templa

question about overrides

2008-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
would start with a clean book with no overrides (meaning if I wrote it from scratch), I can see the advantage to using no overrides, and a special paragraph to force new pages, since there is always that doubt about whether some overrides were added for non-pagination reasons. Regards, Shmuel

Paragraph Designer Shortcut Key

2008-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
See "Adding key sequences" in Customizing_Frame_Products.pdf, which is located in your FM installation folder. Good luck! Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Callie Bertsche wrote: > Hello Framers! It's my first post to the list! I've been gleaning useful > knowledge from

FrameMaker overrides

2008-07-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there any way to search for FrameMaker overrides? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

table and figure captions

2008-06-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
For figures, you can have a paragraph (style such as Figure style) with the next paragraph style defined as a Figure Caption style. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Shuttleworth, Roger wrote: > Hello Deirdre > > The presence of a table caption is determined by the table format as shown

Arial being changed to ArialMT in PDF

2008-06-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Speaking on fonts, does anyone have any info on any info on the various types of fonts such as TrueType? What are the most common types? Any info would be appreciated. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Paul Findon wrote: > On 19 Jun 2008, at 05:47, Dov Isaacs wrote: > > >> You are

MS Word Numbering (was RE: FrameMaker uses)

2008-05-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I highly recommended using Sequential fields for numbering in Word. Read the one page in Word's help on Sequential fields. Then use the Tech-Tav macros (free) to quickly insert them. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Chinell, David F (GE EntSol, Security) wrote: > Lester: > > An excelle

Figure numbering problem

2008-05-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is it possible to number figures across files within a book? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Sorting: Ignoring periods

2008-11-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why don't you just replace the period with a tiny graphic that looks like a period. You could put it on your reference page. Not the cleanest solution, but it's original :) -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Darren, > > Instead of a list of paragr

Offtopic: Questionnaire about documentation

2008-11-26 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
were insufficiently explained. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: > Hi > I am going to send out a questionnaire to our customers about > documentation. > > I am interested in good advice, maybe a template or a sample > questionnaire. > > I am

Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

2008-10-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
gards, Shmuel Wolfson - Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > Framers, > > I don't need convincing; I use specific tags to anchor all of my graphics > and tables, but sometimes I find it hard to explain why. What are some of > your reasons for always anchoring tables and graph

Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson

Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
what I've heard about them. I have not actually used Flare or structured Frame. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson >> Lately I read some postings on MadCap products. I'm not familiair with >> those, just wondering how MadCap compares to FrameMaker. Is it competive >> with

File Comparison Tool

2008-09-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
gards, Shmuel Wolfson Mollye Barrett wrote: >Hi All, > >My client has many unstructred Frame books (average page count 700 > pages) with text insets and referenced graphics. They want to be able > to do a couple of things that elude me... > >* Display change date on

FM, Renaming links to graphics

2008-09-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
How about saving the files as MIF and using a search and replace tool that works on text files to change the path? Notepad++ has a global search and replace for text files. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Robert Evans wrote: > The following will work if you have if you are working in, or h

FrameMaker Footnotes

2009-04-02 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
book this problem does not occur. Any ideas why this is happening or how to fix it? Also, how to you adjust the size of the (superscript) number that refers to a table footnote? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

pesky persistent unresolved cross-references

2009-04-27 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Sometimes this happens when you have conditional text which is hidden. If this is the case, AND you search for unresolved cross-references and there are none, you can safely ignore this warning. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Ben Hechter wrote: > Can't fig

Cross-ref formats

2009-08-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I use bold for referencing sections, instead of quotation marks. It makes things much simpler as far where to put the comma, and this style seems to be popular. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Nancy Allison wrote: > Once more, this time with content! > >

FrameMaker TOC Problem - resolved

2009-08-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
It seems that the problem with the page numbering in the TOC was that one paragraph was shifting to the next page when I updated the TOC, but it was not shifting to the next page in the PDF. I haven't quite figured out how that could have happened, but I solved the problem for now buy reducing

FrameMaker TOC Problem

2009-08-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I'm having two problems with a TOC (using Frame 9 p237). 1. The page numbers for a lot of the TOC entries are wrong. When I click on the links they go to the right pages, but not the pages listed in the TOC. It starts in the middle of one of the chapters - the page numbers in the TOC is one pag

Upgrading FM from 7.1 to 9

2009-12-02 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
micrograms of silver. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Lea Rush wrote: > Hi Jeremy, > > I did a comparison of RH vs. Mif2Go at the beginning of the year, and the > biggest difference I found was that RH supported Natural Language search. > Does Mif2Go support t

How To Delete Condition Tags in a Book

2009-12-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think the options that have been mentioned on the list are: 1. Use a FrameScript 2. Delete them from each file manually, then save the book as a MIF and search for and delete the tags. 3. Save all the files as MIFs and delete the tags. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
The Pagination settings in the book file override the ones in each chapter, so I recommend just setting them at the book level unless you have a specific reason why you can't. If you need more help, please let me know. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer Jakob Fix wrote: >

Frame 9 MAJOR BUG

2009-12-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
For this reason and other reasons, it's a good idea to zip up each days work, and save it with the date in the filename. This way you can always revert to the previous day's work. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Galanter, Lea wrote: > I'm not sure

PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
net/ -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

OT :: Frame & Voice to Text software

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson

PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
PDF XChange Viewer is a really easy-to-use (free) tool for commenting on PDFs. It's something that you do not have to teach the reviewers. It's self explanatory. And you do not have to "allow" users to comment on the PDF in order to use this tool. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolf

Replace a para tag throughout book?

2009-02-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Good point Fred. But you could take a dummy file which only has the new par tag (and no other par tags) and import the par tags from that file to all the files in the book. Then do the search and replace. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Fred Ridder wrote

FrameMaker index question

2009-02-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
When I make an index in FM, only the page number is hyperlinked. Someone asked me to make the text in the index also hyperlinked. Is this possible, and if so, how would I do this? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

FrameMaker index question

2009-02-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Good point. In general, you don't want this. But we have some manual that have an index consisting of a list of functions. In these cases, it would be preferable to have the function name hyperlinked as well. Is there any automatic way of doing this? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Tech

[Techshoret] Re: FrameMaker index question

2009-02-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
ng. I wish Adobe could figure out how to simplify their interfaces. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Shlomo Perets wrote: > Shmuel, > > You wrote: > > > When I make an index in FM, only the page number is hyperlinked. > > Someone asked me to ma

Placing icons in side heads

2009-01-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
(one for each of the icons). Define the par tags with a reference graphic above or below the par. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Leah wrote: > FM 7.0 ; Windows XP > > In one of our products, users can choose between 2 programming syntaxes. > Until now we h

Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

2009-01-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Notepad++ is free and you it has search and replace within entire folders and subfolders. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 David Spreadbury wrote: > Verner, > Probably the best way is through MIF. > > You could use a program like TextPad, sh

Find not finding

2006-05-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You can use PureText to paste the text in without formatting. It's faster than pasting into Notepad, and is the equivalent. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Beck, Charles wrote: Hi Guy, OK, I checked with the writer in question, and he reported that what he did was a copy-and-

FrameMaker - inadvertent change all

2006-11-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I've found an interesting solution to the inadvertent "Change All" problem in FM. You can shorten the Find dialog box on the right side, so that the "Change All" button is hidden. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Frame - Table Cell Alignment

2006-11-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there a way to align the contents within a table cell to be centered or to be aligned with the bottom of the table cell (as you can do in Word). -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Source Control and keyword search

2006-11-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I put a copy of each manual in a separate directory, and create an Acrobat index file. When searching the index file (.PDX), the searches are very fast. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Gillian Flato wrote: > Hey guys, > > Is anyone out there using source control with a search engine on to

resource for writers

2006-11-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I found a nice resource for writers that I wanted to share with the list: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Source Control and keyword search

2006-11-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I meant to say I put a copy of each PDF in a separate directory, and create an Acrobat index file of the PDFs. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Shmuel Wolfson wrote: > I put a copy of each manual in a separate directory, and create an > Acrobat index file. When searching the index file (.PDX

FrameMaker Conditional Text Question

2006-10-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
c. Is this correct? Is there an easier way to do this? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

FrameMaker Conditional Text Question

2006-10-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
to show only A text. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Original Message I have three manuals that are mostly identical, Manual A, Manual B and Manual C (for example). I have 3 conditional text tags named A,B and C. When I print, I will need to able to show only A

paste special ...text option

2006-10-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
PureText is free and works in all applications. [1]http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Combs, Richard wrote: Steve Cavanaugh wrote: There is an easier approach. HOVtext is a public domain system utility that automatically strips formatting from

The Page Left Intentionally Blank

2006-10-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I always felt that "This Page Intentionally Left Blank" sounds a bit weird. Why would you intentionally leave a page blank? I vote to change it to "This Page Left Blank for Double-sided Printing." Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Whites wrote: > Isn't there al

OT: MIL specs (was RE: general publication quiestion)

2006-10-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Maybe we should change it to "This page intentionally left almost completely blank," to be more technically accurate :) Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Combs, Richard wrote: Daniel Emory wrote: Certainly I don't advocate the use of MIL specs for preparing com

Cond Text in a text inset

2006-10-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there any problem using conditional text inside of a text inset? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Importing images from a CAD system

2006-09-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Ask them to save it as WMF or EMF. They retail the line quality. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) wrote: > I am in the process of educating the engineers I work with over this issue. > They are in the habit of giving me a JPEG image when I request a line > drawing.

2 blank pages

2006-09-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I have an Index with 2 blank pages at the end. I tried every possibility under Pagination, Delete Blank pages, etc. Any ideas? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

FrameMaker, Missing fonts

2007-04-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Roman" font and replaced it with another font. Unfortunately, I still get the same message. Any ideas? It won't let me update the book this way. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

FrameMaker, Missing fonts

2007-04-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
turn off "Remember Missing Fonts" temporarily. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Art Campbell wrote: > This should be all over the 'net, because it's a FAQ, but: > > If you don't care about the fonts, under FM Preferences, turn off > "Remember Missi

FrameMaker, Missing fonts

2007-04-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
finding it, I figured it couldn't hurt to turn off "Remember Missing Fonts" temporarily. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Art Campbell wrote: > This should be all over the 'net, because it's a FAQ, but: > > If you don't care about the fonts, und

better diff tool?

2007-04-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
or if you have a color printer). All of them can be spotted on a black and white printers by the underline. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Fred Wersan wrote: > I've been thinking about using Framescript to do something to all > edited text to make it stand out, for example, underli

FM, paste special text option

2007-04-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Check the setting in your maker.ini: ClipboardFormatsPriorities=TEXT, FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF Try putting FILE before TEXT. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Shmuel Wolfson wrote: > > Original Message > Subject: Re: paste special ...text opti

Heading with autonumber and square bullet

2007-08-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
forget but which has been documented here before. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Brenda Waltermeyer wrote: > Using Windows XP, FrameMaker 7.2 > > I am trying to add a graphic or a square bullet in front of all my headings. > > Example: > > ? 1.1 Heading 1 > > Is

first impressions of FrameMaker 8

2007-08-29 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think we should be happy that the new version has some significant improvements and shows that Frame is NOT a dead or dying product, instead of complaining about the lateness of the new features. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Alison Carrico wrote: > In my business (document/software translat

Paste Special

2007-02-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I use PureText (similar to HovText) and am very happy with it. http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Steve Cavanaugh wrote: > HovText is a System Tray tool that strips all formatting when you copy, > thus providing a clean text past. http://hovtext.com/ >

Using Conditional Text in Books

2007-01-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
n you import more than you need to, you can mess other things up. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Laura Larson wrote: > Is there a way to change the conditional text settings for all of the > chapters in book at one time, rather than having to go in and reset each > chapter fil

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-15 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Another option is a single wide-screen monitor. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Sean Pollock wrote: > ? I use dual monitors all the time. You just have to have a graphics card > that supports it (has two outputs). > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+spolloc1

FM 7.1 Compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Strange. I find importing Visio files as OLE objects (from Visio 2000 to FM 7.2) to work just fine. When I try to File>Insert>File (by reference) it doesn't recognize the Visio file format, and Visio is not in the list. Perhaps my version of Visio is too old. Regards, Shmuel Wol

FrameMaker in Hebrew

2007-07-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
If it doesn't support right to left, I saw a set of fonts advertised that claim that they add right to left functionality. Perhaps that will work for Frame. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Reng, Winfried Dr. wrote: > Hi Dov, > > I don't know whether it is allowed to tell that.

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