RE: FrameScript/ script to convert miffm

2010-03-08 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
If all you are doing is renaming the file, then just open a Command Prompt window, go to the directory and do a rename *.mif *.fm and that will handle them all. Of course, make a backup of the files into another directory first! :) Z -Original Message- From:

Font Metrics damaged?

2010-04-09 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hmmm ... I just upgraded to FrameMaker 9, downloaded all the patches and opened a file that was fine in FrameMaker 8 just yesterday. Version:9.0p250. OS: Windows Vista Business SP2 - all patches installed. I get this on the console window when opening the file:

RE: Font Metrics damaged?

2010-04-09 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
are correct, as far as I am concerned. These font files came from Microsoft ... on both OS's. Any thoughts, folks? Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 11:30 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Font Metrics damaged

How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a number?

2010-04-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. I am using FM 9 (9.0p250) on a Vista system. This document is written in English (specifically, Palatino Linotype for general text and Consolas fonts in certain places) and have a need to add the recurring decimal dot above a number. (There isn't any current need to change this

RE: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a number?

2010-04-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Ah! I had not thought about using the equation editor ... I will look into that. Thanks! Z -Original Message- From: bern...@publishingsmarter.com [mailto:bern...@publishingsmarter.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:34 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: framers

RE: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a number?

2010-04-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
, April 13, 2010 7:15 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a number? On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: This document is written in English (specifically

RE: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a number?

2010-04-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:10 PM To: bern...@publishingsmarter.com Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a number? Ah! I had not thought about using the equation editor

RE: recurring decimals (1 FM8 file attached)

2010-04-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
below ... is that a correct link to your example? Thanks for the assistance! Z -Original Message- From: Klaus Daube [mailto:kl...@daube.ch] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:57 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: recurring decimals (1

RE: recurring decimals (1 FM8 file attached)

2010-04-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
...@transversant.ca] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 11:21 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Subject: Re: recurring decimals (1 FM8 file attached) Syed, you wrote That method actually worked very well in certain places in my document, but I have a problem

RE: recurring decimals (1 FM8 file attached)

2010-04-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Subject: Re: recurring decimals (1 FM8 file attached) Syed, you wrote That method actually worked very well in certain places in my document, but I have a problem with it in a few others. In some cases, the dot needs

RE: recurring decimals (1 FM8 file attached)

2010-04-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
-Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 11:04 PM To: mkopen; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: recurring decimals (1 FM8 file attached) Hi

RE: Frame 8 bug

2010-05-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
The .lck file is created *every* time any file - book or .fm - is opened by FrameMaker. This is to prevent multiple simultaneous opens of the same file from different sessions of FrameMaker (local or on the network) by you or others. They should not *normally* cause FrameMaker to crash ...

RE: Frame 8 bug

2010-05-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
(to see if one of them has a problem) before an update of the book. Z -Original Message- From: Flato, Gillian [mailto:gfl...@nanometrics.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:25 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Frame 8 bug I

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
And ... offering to give someone a ride in your car in the UK has quite a different connotation from the use in the US. :) Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 9:54

RE: ARE: Framemaker 9 vs Microsoft Word

2010-06-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Alan Litchfield wrote: On 4/06/2010, at 5:35 AM, Tim J. Slager wrote: I worked for 10 years at a company where we used Word to create professional documentation with page counts reaching into the thousands with very consistent template styles and rare file corruption. We had the

RE: Thought for the day

2010-06-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I just got this e-mail from my sister and ... I am sorry ... I _cannot_ resist sending this one more completely off-topic response to this older thread. Please forgive me in advance! :) Z Subject: English will become official European Language. The European Commission has just announced an

RE: [framescript-users] OT: File Permissions

2010-06-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Rick. One other possibility ... I use Beyond Compare 3 from http://www.scootersoftware.com/ for disk-to-disk transfers and compares, etc. I _really_ like this tool a lot and use it quite often for manual backups - I bought three licenses for my two personal and one work computer. As I

Spell checking with em dashes in text ...

2010-06-25 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. Something that has been bugging me for a while ... time to ask the experts here! This issue is making spell checking more tedious for some larger documents ... In my documents, I use the Chicago Manual of Style requirement for spaces next to em dashes in body text. Specifically, to

RE: Spell checking with em dashes in text ...

2010-06-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Jim Pinkham write: The ALT+0151 sequence is also handy for the em-dash in Frame. We do use and prefer the spaces on each side - and have never run into issues with the spell-checker. I also use the ALT+0151 sequence to insert the eM-dashes - very quick and convenient in Windows. However, I

RE: Batch Conversion of Frame Referenced Graphic Calls

2010-07-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Save a file as MIF, globally replace .tif with .gif, and save. Then open the MIF file with FM and save as FM. If you have large numbers of FM files to process, you can script this. I also wrote/have a simple DOS command window program to change occurrences of text (no wildcards) in large

RE: Circular text flow?

2010-07-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. I am not sure I understand the reason for the hoopla yet - at least with regard to N-up booklet output. :) I have done these kind of booklets in FrameMaker (or Word for that matter) without difficulty ... just by setting the page size correctly so that the pages do not have to shrink

RE: Circular text flow?

2010-07-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Interesting! I did not know that usage of the term ... Thanks, Z -Original Message- From: Writer [mailto:generic...@yahoo.ca] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:48 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Subject: RE: Circular text flow? Hey, Z

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
For that matter, I always exclude .ps files and my gut instinct is to exclude .pdfs as well, though I can see the advantage to include them. Once a document/book is released, I am a firm believer in keeping the PDF as well. In case there are any questions about the content ... for example, of

RE: Can't produce PDF from FM 9 + Acr 9 on Windows 7

2010-08-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Emmy. The consensus here in this list is that Save as PDF has problems with proper PDF creation and printing to the PDF device is better. However, I am one of the hold-outs against this general consensus. From FM 6 on through FM 8, I have found that Save as PDF gives me more correct PDF

RE: [OT] Adobe's pricing policy

2010-10-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
On 29/10/2010, at 8:08 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: My only [usual] gripe is with the upgrade pricing (like all Adobe upgrades!). It is $199 regardless of whether you have Acrobat 9 Pro *or* Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to go to Acrobat X Pro (there is only one X

RE: [OT] Adobe's pricing policy

2010-10-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:08 PM To: Mike Wickham; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: [OT] Adobe's pricing policy But why

RE: [OT] Adobe's pricing policy

2010-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
If Adobe offered version 20 for really old operating systems would it be Acrobat DOS XX ? Steve Pawlowskis Technology Coordinator ROFL! Maybe that is what they were drinking when they came up with Acrobat X. :) :) Z ___ You are currently

RE: out of memory error

2010-11-08 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Karen. I am running FrameMaker 9 on Windows 7 64-bit. It is a 64-bit, 8GB memory Lenovo laptop with a dual-core Intel 3.0G Core Duo processor. Not entirely identical to your system, but similar enough. I can say that I do not have any problems of running out of memory on my system - even

RE: Disclaimers....

2010-12-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Yes, a Good Thing to do! Separately, my take is that they are generally pretty clear careful about this anyway ... at least from what I can see. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art Campbell

RE: Space at beginning of title

2010-12-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I am pretty sure that Stephen means that the white-space was used as part of the actual title text to begin with (since it was not part of the number format) ... prior to the numbering format change. Then, when he added the space/tab (white-space) into the numbering properties (which, btw, is

RE: Space at beginning of title

2010-12-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Better yet - search for a space at the beginning of lines and remove it. I have seen the other replies addressing how to do this. Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:05 AM To: 'David Spreadbury'; framers

RE: Space at beginning of title

2010-12-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Good StuffT! :) By the way, if you now turn Smart Spaces on (assuming it is off), then FM will prevent inserting a space in the beginning of the paragraphs in the first place (along with the other don't allow two spaces in a row feature). To enable Smart Spaces, look at the menu item

RE: Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I am not knowledgeable of the specific question you asked - about whether FM 9 will work in XP Pro 64 on a new computer (with today's hardware). But: Have you considered that the new computer may not work (from a _hardware_ perspective) with XP Pro 64? You may find that it has new

RE: Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
However, the driver issue in XP 64 bit seems a bigger stumbling block to me. Yes ... agreed! Many hardware mftr's never implemented 64-bit drivers for XP Pro 64, because that OS was not a big seller ... at the time, most of the Intel and AMD processors on the market were 32-bit anyway. And

RE: Font Fiasco with FM 9 Book and Distiller

2011-01-10 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I think (but not sure) you are seeing that Font Cache XP Pro problem that is resolved with a particular Microsoft hotfix. The specific hotfix number has been posted to this news list before - maybe you can search the archives for it. Z -Original Message- From:

RE: Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
On 1/11/2011 3:09 PM, Alison Craig wrote: Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can tell me the protocol for installing a trial of Frame 10 on the same machine as Frame 9 - without wiping out or affecting the Frame 9 installation? In one of the publicity pages I read for FM10, I

RE: FrameMaker 8 in Windows 7

2011-01-26 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Works just fine! I have used FM 8 and 9 on a Windows 7 (64-bit) system and I would expect them to work with Windows 7 (32-bit) too. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of VLM TechSubs Sent: Wednesday,

RE: FM grey GUI [WAS: Windows 7 - Snap]

2011-02-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Totally, TOTALLY agreed! I live with it, but detest it. :( Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 7:57 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com;

RE: Customer-friendly word for landline

2011-02-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
We mostly use wireless and wireline to distinguish the two (my company is in the wireless data business for cellular). On fewer occasions, simply landline and POTS. Depends on the audience. :) Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

RE: Customer-friendly word for landline

2011-02-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
refer to a dead language. How much time, effort and ink do you think is spent on explaining English words to the English-speaking? Let's use the simple words when we can. KISS Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 2011/2/4 Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net: We mostly use

RE: Customer-friendly word for landline

2011-02-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
There is also a Federal Standard on the topic, by the way: http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037/ Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:00 AM To: 'Scott Prentice'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Customer

RE: Customer-friendly word for landline

2011-02-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:21 AM To: Scott Prentice; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Customer-friendly word for landline There is also a Federal Standard on the topic, by the way: http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov

RE: Customer-friendly word for landline

2011-02-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
or to a public switched network. It also denotes any wireline circuit from a control station to remote transmitters or receivers. Z -Original Message- From: Laura Lemay [mailto:le...@lauralemay.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:52 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc

RE: Customer-friendly word for landline

2011-02-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Clearly, context matters! In the business I am in, wireless is cellular services (but not necessarily other radios), and landline is equivalent to POTS (which includes VOIP service to the house - from Vonage and others). :) Z -Original Message- From:

RE: Adobe Pro 7 and Windows 7

2011-02-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
A SWAG: You probably have to run the program as an Administrator, or disable user access checking. I find this is needed for some Adobe programs in Windows 7 ... for example, I have to run FrameMaker as the Administrator just so some plug-ins can update a file in the installation tree folder.

RE: Revision marks (bars)

2011-02-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Similar to what I do, except for one important (to me, a critical) difference. After selecting the text, in character designer, the first thing I do is set Commands-Set Window to As Is, *before* selecting/deselecting the Change Bar button and applying the character format. Else I might clobber

RE: Windows 64-bit

2011-02-23 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Assuming you mean Windows 7, yes, I have used FrameMaker 8 on Windows 7 64-bit without any problems (did not try it on Vista 64-bit or XP 64-bit). Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Flato, Gillian Sent: Wednesday, February

RE: Translation cost comparison

2011-02-24 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Roy. We used a translator in Mexico to convert our technical specification docs from English to Spanish for release to our customers in Mexico. As I recall, their rates were identical for Word or FrameMaker files - these were all technical documents, with very limited graphics or drawing

RE: FM-MIF conversion (Was: RE: framers Digest, Vol 64, Issue 24)

2011-03-01 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Jeremy. Hmmm ... does the demo version of MIF2GO not jabberwocky the text a bit? :) Or is MIF washing considered a freebie that you are willing to let people do indefinitely? Thanks much, if so! (ala the FrameMaker LITE discussion), have you ever considered a low-cost (or freebie - I

RE: FM-MIF conversion (Was: RE: framers Digest, Vol 64, Issue 24)

2011-03-01 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FM-MIF conversion (Was: RE: framers Digest, Vol 64, Issue 24) On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 12:17:26 -0800, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Hmmm ... does the demo version of MIF2GO not jabberwocky the text a bit? :) Not for MIF wash

RE: FM-MIF conversion (Was: RE: framers Digest, Vol 64, Issue 24)

2011-03-01 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Digest, Vol 64, Issue 24) On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 16:48:12 -0800, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: And, your option for this wash makes it far more simple to do (I assume I can do it to the entire book - all files contained in it - just as simply?) Yes, just do

RE: Slightly OT: Frame 10 landscape pages not recognised in Acrobat X

2011-03-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, I am outside the proposed »collective wisdom on this list is that Save as PDF should not be used«. There are quite a few people using this and in automated processes it is one of the best options. Those people just don't speak up. I try to speak up about this occasionally ... :) For

RE: FrameMaker's 25th Anniversary

2011-04-07 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Very cool article! I started using FrameMaker on a monochrome Sun 3/50 back in 1988 and loved it! Our engineering team chose it over Interleaf (which is what the tech pubs folks were using), because of the slightly lower cost and the fact that it was a cleaner fit with Sun's windowing

RE: FrameMaker's 25th Anniversary

2011-04-07 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:26 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); FrameUsers List Subject: RE: FrameMaker's 25th Anniversary Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: I started using FrameMaker on a monochrome Sun 3/50 back in 1988 and loved

RE: FrameMaker's 25th Anniversary

2011-04-07 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Neeraj Jain wrote: I really enjoy working in Framemaker although things are much faster in Microsoft Word. What i particularly like is its consistent behavior and Books feature. That consistent behavior, combined with far fewer problems when writing large documents (anything over 50 to 60

RE: OFF-TOPIC: PC BIOS Screen Capture Software

2011-04-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hmmm ... I did not know that Snagit worked on BIOS screens ... (i.e., not when running inside Windows or MacOS for example). Do you know for sure if it does that? If so, it would be quite awesome! Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On

RE: OFF-TOPIC: PC BIOS Screen Capture Software

2011-04-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Okay. But I am still a bit unsure of how this is done. I don't know of any way to use the BIOS setup screens from a command prompt from inside Windows ... certainly not on the same machine! Basically, when the BIOS is being changed/updated (upon a fresh boot up generally) the Windows OS is not

RE: FM10 does not output Adobe PDF

2011-05-08 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
FrameMaker comes with a lighter version of Acrobat that *will* allow you to create PDF’s from the program – you do not need the full stand-alone version of Acrobat for this purpose. Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

RE: FM 10 and Win 7 -- any gotchas/problems?

2011-05-10 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I am running FrameMaker 9 on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on a Lenovo laptop without any difficulties ... Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of M Clark Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:28 PM To:

RE: FrameMaker 9

2011-05-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I believe it's fixed in FM10 But users should NOT have to pay $400 (FM) or $700 (TCS) in upgrade fees in order to have a functional product. If the problem doesn't occur in FM10, then Adobe obviously knows how to fix it. Karen is right; Adobe should patch their broken software. Exactly

RE: Adobe ExtendScript eSeminar Today

2011-05-26 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Rick. Unfortunately, I will not be free at that time ... do you know if it will be taped recorded for later viewing in any way? Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro Sent: Thursday,

RE: Adobe ExtendScript eSeminar Today

2011-05-26 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Fantastic ... thanks much! Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:35 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Adobe ExtendScript eSeminar Today Hi

RE: FrameMaker9 Character Set - Dixieland problems

2011-06-13 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
This is probably the wrong day to tell you this, so you're welcome to lay it aside for another day, BUT if you have many overriders in your paragraphs, you have yet to fully discover and appreciate what FrameMaker is meant to do. Let your overrides be few. FrameMaker is all about

RE: Sad news

2011-06-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
My condolences to the family. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Doug Cuff Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 5:40 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Sad news Bruce Foster, creator of many fine

RE: Archive book plugin for FrameMaker 10

2011-06-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I was wondering if anyone knew of another archive book utility compatible with FM 10.0. Bruce Foster's plugin is compatible only up to FM 9.0. I tried to contact him a couple of days ago and his wife let me know that he passed a couple of days ago, unfortunately. thanks Hi, Clara In

RE: Archive book plugin for FrameMaker 10

2011-06-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
When I try, I occasionally get an IE9 crash, but sometimes, it works fine ... weird. Seems to depend on how I cut and paste the hyperlink from this e-mail ... Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham Sent: Thursday,

RE: Archive book plugin for FrameMaker 10

2011-06-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks, Rick! Yes, it seems to be working fine now. Z From: Rick Quatro [mailto:r...@rickquatro.com] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 7:07 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); 'Frame Users' Subject: RE: Archive book plugin for FrameMaker 10 Hi Syed, It should be fixed now. Thanks

This may not be a completely appropriate post for this list ...

2011-06-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
... so please forgive me in advance. I figured I would give people here a shot at this first - before putting it on eBay. I have three licenses of FrameMaker 7.2 now - one is mine that I have upgraded over time, but two belong to machines that were for ex-employees who left some years ago.

Last call ... This may not be a completely appropriate post for this list ...

2011-06-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Folks, last call (I promise ... I will not bug you all anymore about this) on these before I put them on eBay ... Anybody want to buy these? Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:59 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com

Trying to output to HTML 5 ...

2011-07-07 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. I was wondering what (if anything) people are doing to output books (words and significant amount of graphical images too) in HTML 5 format. Either from FrameMaker (usual FM books) or from Acrobat Pro X (from PDF files). I believe that I will not get the special features in HTML 5

RE: Bookmarks and zoom level in PDF

2011-08-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
The initial page and zoom level can be set in the properties for the PDF in Adobe Pro for any given document. Then, after saving, it will always open at that page and at that same zoom level whenever the document is opened - even by other people. Look at File-Properties and then the tab

RE: deleting a variable across an entire book

2011-09-02 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Yes! I highly endorse BookVars ... thanks for providing it, Scott. To John and others: I will make the following prediction. If you use a lot of variables (whether in FM books that contain multiple files or not), you will end up buying it (i.e., not give it up after 30 days) once you try it!

RE: deleting a variable across an entire book

2011-09-02 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
it go away completely? If so, I will need to be more careful with my replies, I guess! Z From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:58 AM To: 'John Sgammato'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: deleting a variable across an entire book I am huge fan

RE: Receiving your own posts to the list (was RE: deleting a variable across an entire book)

2011-09-02 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Richard Combs wrote: Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: Interesting ... when I use a Cc: to include the FrameUsers list, I get copied back through the list eventually. But, if I put the address in the To: field, it apparently does NOT come back (to me anyway) in a subsequent e-mail. On your

RE: FrameMaker message client

2011-10-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I use message URL mailto:n...@address.com; where I do the usual changes to name and address.com. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 5:57 AM To:

RE: Links to a specific page in a manual

2011-10-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Assuming that this is what you are asking about: whenever a particular PDF file is opened, it always opens on a particular page. I usually set this in Acrobat Pro in the PDF file ... one of the properties controls which page for the file to open on. I don't know if there is a hypertext marker

RE: hotkey bug in FrameMaker 10

2011-11-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
It also works for me by simply clicking back in the document (anywhere ... including at the place the cursor was to begin with!). To me, this behavior is pretty normal ... meaning that once the paragraph (or character) designer pod comes up, the focus has changed and needs to be brought back

RE: Deleting backup files

2011-11-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
1. Open a DOS command prompt window. 2. Navigate to the directory of choice. If the directory name is long, or has spaces in it, enclose it in double quotes (like this cd \tree name\folder name\ for example). 4. Make a copy of everything before deleting the backups (in case something goes

RE: Deleting backup files

2011-11-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
, in this case, please consider making a backup of the full tree below the current directory first (i.e., not just like what I did with the BACKFILES subdirectory example I show below) to avoid potential mishaps! Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent

RE: Deleting backup files

2011-11-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Cool! I had not thought of using Windows Explorer to do what Theresa asked about, since I did not realize it would search through subdirectories for wildcards like that. :) I guess I am an old school DOS and UNIX user and sometimes just find it easy (habit?) to use a command window and didn't

RE: FM 10 books

2011-12-01 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I would say: 1. If you are trying to learn FrameMaker, then I strongly recommend the Scriptorium book on Unstructured FrameMaker 8 ... it also applies to version 10 (although the look and feel GUI described is different). 2. If you are familiar with FrameMaker and simply trying to learn the

RE: Is it possible to export a FM file without including all of the conditional text?

2011-12-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Unfortunately, after some testing some months ago, I came to the conclusion that the Acrobat X PDF to Word (RTF) conversion is not good for anything for documents with things like tables, even in the latest versions of Acrobat. I would recommend that it is *far* better to use some other tool.

RE: insert Greek symbols

2011-12-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Ann. An old message from you came up from my search and I have a question for you. 1. Have you made PopChar work with FrameMaker version 10 at all (on w Windows system)? For some reason, the evaluation copy that I downloaded will not work with FM 10 (have not tried earlier

RE: Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to Robohelp?

2012-01-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Agreed (inre using *any* solid color region with high contrast - like one color text on a different color background) with JPG format. Use it for photographs only. I would also not use GIF if there was a potential for more than 256 colors in the image - it is not supported as far as I recall.

RE: Follow up to Adding File Name Variable to Template question

2012-03-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
To manage book level variables, I highly, *highly* recommend BookVars from Leximation (www.leximation.com). It is by far my most used add-on to FrameMaker! Z [cid:image001.png@01CCFAF2.DB5D5BA0] From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On

RE: Follow up to Adding File Name Variable to Template question

2012-03-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I forgot to mention that it is not free, but the $35 is well worth the money it saves in time. Thanks to Scott Prentice (he is active here in this list) for it. Z [cid:image001.png@01CCFAF3.39471B20] From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 5:10 PM

RE: Keyboard method to edit variables in FM9/10 ?

2012-03-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Mary. You *need* BookVars from Leximation (www.leximation.comhttp://www.leximation.com) - Scott Prentice has done a great job on this. It is my most heavily used add-on to FrameMaker and I recommend it highly. You can download a trial from the site above ... basically, you edit an

RE: best use of graphics in FM

2012-03-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
In Windows 7, I find that the standard Snipping Tool (part of the OS) works very well for me. In some ways, even better than SnagIt (which I have also tried). You can save as PNG, JPG, etc. Z [cid:image001.png@01CD07A3.3A5CB3F0] From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

RE: Hypertext?

2012-03-27 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Highlight the text in FrameMaker, and put in a hypertext marker as message URL mailto:t...@bstw.com; ... this comes out in the PDF as a clickable link that will invoke the default e-mail client compose window to that address. Z [cid:image001.png@01CD0C40.CB123220] From:

RE: Running page header/footer spacin question

2012-05-10 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Andrew Warren wrote: Ken Poshedly [poshe...@bellsouth.net] wrote: So what I need are websites that back me up. No, what you need is a new job. Yes, indeed! Z ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list

RE: Running page header/footer spacin question

2012-05-10 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Ø I told him the page formatting elements must be the same across all book chapters (we call them sections), or else the book (manual) comes across looking like a kludge of different stuff from different sources. He disagrees. I am amazed that he can disagree! In my experience, the quality of a

RE: Running page header/footer spacin question

2012-05-10 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Ø And, as I said before, he claims your (and my) logic are -- his words -- apple pie and motherhood stuff and don't mean anything. If and when he ever looks for a job, maybe he will have spelling errors in his resume … and learn the hard way to care more about “apple pie and motherhood stuff”!

RE: utility to check that all heading names are unique?

2012-05-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
] On Behalf Of Craig Ede Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:04 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: utility to check that all heading names are unique? Thank you. I miss UNIX. Craig -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) [mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net] Sent

RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

2012-05-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Nadine, Scott, et. al. A question for users of FrameMaker 10 ... is the DITA support built-in to this version, or is there a separate plug-in for it (like was released by Adobe for FrameMaker 9)? If it is a plug-in still, does anyone have a link for it? I searched the Adobe web site and

RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

2012-05-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
[mailto:generic...@yahoo.ca] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:05 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); Scott Prentice; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10 It's built into FM 10 as it was built in to FM 9. You have

Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

2012-05-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks, Nadine and Scott. As I mentioned in my other e-mail, DITA is just a learning curiosity for me at this point. It *seems* overly compex for what I need, but looking to learn nevertheless ... Now to real reason for this thread! My *current* flow is simple: 1. Write the documents

RE: Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

2012-05-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10) On Fri, 18 May 2012 11:07:03 -0700, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: So, I need to change my flow to output clean HTML that can be far more easily put into Confluence and am trying to figure out

RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

2012-05-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
at this time. ☺ Thanks for the added information, and the endorsement, though. Z From: Yves Barbion [mailto:yves.barb...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 1:47 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Resources to help a newbie create DITA

RE: Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

2012-05-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Thanks, Jeremy. I will take a look at his efforts to do this. I already have a login on mif2go.com and recently download the demo version of MIF2go 4.0. Just need to install and try it to see if it is what

RE: Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

2012-05-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Okay, it looks like it is Confluence 4.X ... we use their hosted site for Jira by Atlassian (www.atlassian.com), so it is there latest hosted version of Confluence. Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 11:44 PM To: 'Robert

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