Re: Framers Digest, Vol 29, Issue 3

2008-03-04 Thread meg miranda
Mollye, Check your character styles. And triple check the x-ref styles in both docs. Not exactly the same issue but i did have some character style mismatch one time which caused my x-refs to format badly. Outside of that I'd be happy to look at the files to help you fix it. ([EMAIL

re: Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-13 Thread meg miranda
I ran into a bug recently where I saw no blank pages, but they appeared in a PDF generated using automated scripts. Here was what happened: template 1 ws converted to template 2 and then template 3 using Framescript.  Somehow the framescript introduced a bug in one of the tables whereby content

Re: ANN: Case Study: Moving from Unstructured FrameMaker to XML and Back Again

2008-10-14 Thread meg miranda
Yes, Jack, thanks for the plug. I've been working on making my presentation flow better and would be happy to hear what kinds of questions people have that I may be able to answer. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I'm really looking forward to LavaCon and hope to see many of you there. cheers, meg miranda

Single sourcing 2 manuals and one help

2008-11-28 Thread meg miranda
Verner, I think your issue may be easy to solve.  But I'd try a couple of things: 1) (optimal if it works)  You can exclude chapters from your webWorks project so that your online help works. And theory is that you can use WebWorks to define what variables are showing and which are not. 

Re: Replace a para tag throughout book?

2009-02-23 Thread meg miranda
Another way to replace a para tag throughout a book involves using mif files and maybe some scripting. 1. Make mif versions of all your book files. 2. Identify the para tag string text that you want to replace. For ex. 'Heading2'. 3. Identify the para tag string you want to replace it with. For

Re: pure XML

2010-02-16 Thread meg miranda
Just to add to the mix.  I'm noticing also that companies, irregardless of tool, customize their XML in some way that makes it become 'unpure'.  The files that I authored in Epic, that I thought should have been very close to the open source version of XML, where unreadable by the open source

frame10 with Robohelp training

2011-03-11 Thread meg miranda
We are looking for training on the best way to use Robohelp with frame 10. Does anyone have suggestions? thanks, meg miranda ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers

integration with Robohelp - graphics question

2011-04-13 Thread meg miranda
We have a graphic that we would like to have resize with the size of the web page. (think corporate logo type graphic) Is it possible to have that happen with settings in the robohelp project? or do we have to hand edit the output files after they are completed? Notes on our environment:

hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

2012-02-16 Thread meg miranda
Hi all, We're using Frame 10 and doing unstructured books. We have source files out on a network drive, but we do often copy the files to our local machines so that we can work remotely and offline on them. So now I have a book out on the network drive that somehow is referencing images on

Re: hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

2012-02-17 Thread meg miranda
Number 2 is what I did. Yup that was it.  Thanks Rick.  Much appreciated.  -meg From: Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com To: 'meg miranda' megmira...@yahoo.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:51 AM Subject: RE: hard coded

Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests

2012-05-03 Thread meg miranda
My appologies, I didn't take the time to find the original poster of this request.   I would have a few feature requests, but first some info on how we use Frame:   We've got Frame set up with unstructured templates (even though we all have had DITA experience) and we use RoboHelp to convert 8

Imported text

2013-04-22 Thread meg miranda
Hi all, I just wanted to see how common it is to use imported text files in Frame books. Do you use this Frame feature? If so, do you use it to reuse or share text? Example---this tends to be my go to solution for copyright text in doc sets.  So we can have one file with the text from legal

Replace a para tag throughout book?

2009-02-20 Thread meg miranda
Another way to replace a para tag throughout a book involves using mif files and maybe some scripting. 1. Make mif versions of all your book files. 2. Identify the para tag string text that you want to replace. For ex. 'Heading2'. 3. Identify the para tag string you want to replace it with. For

pure XML

2010-02-16 Thread meg miranda
Just to add to the mix.? I'm noticing also that companies, irregardless of tool, customize their XML in some way that makes it become 'unpure'.? The files that I authored in Epic, that I thought should have been very close to the open source version of XML, where unreadable by the open source

Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-13 Thread meg miranda
I ran into a bug recently where I saw no blank pages, but they appeared in a PDF generated using automated scripts. Here was what happened: template 1 ws converted to template 2 and then template 3 using Framescript.? Somehow the framescript introduced a bug in one of the tables whereby content

Framers Digest, Vol 29, Issue 3

2008-03-04 Thread meg miranda
Mollye, Check your character styles. And triple check the x-ref styles in both docs. Not exactly the same issue but i did have some character style mismatch one time which caused my x-refs to format badly. Outside of that I'd be happy to look at the files to help you fix it. (megmiranda at

Single sourcing 2 manuals and one help

2008-11-21 Thread meg miranda
Verner, I think your issue may be easy to solve.? But I'd try a couple of things: 1) (optimal if it works)? You can exclude chapters from your webWorks project so that your online help works. And theory is that you can use WebWorks to define what variables are showing and which are not.?

ANN: Case Study: Moving from Unstructured FrameMaker to XML and Back Again

2008-10-14 Thread meg miranda
Yes, Jack, thanks for the plug. I've been working on making my presentation flow better and would be happy to hear what kinds of questions people have that I may be able to answer. (megmiranda at yahoo.com) I'm really looking forward to LavaCon and hope to see many of you there. cheers, meg

Webworks Publisher tables

2007-12-06 Thread meg miranda
though. Depending on your output type you may want to go smaller than that. And it could be something that would be easier to fix in your Frame template. If you want specific help on how to find that in your version of WebWorks, let me know what version you are working on. cheers, meg m

integration with Robohelp - graphics question

2011-04-13 Thread meg miranda
We have a graphic that we would like to have resize with the size of the web page. (think corporate logo type graphic) Is it possible to have that happen with settings in the robohelp project? or do we have to hand edit the output files after they are completed? Notes on our environment:

frame10 with Robohelp training

2011-03-11 Thread meg miranda
We are looking for training on the best way to use Robohelp with frame 10. Does anyone have suggestions? thanks, meg miranda -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110311/67ba6

hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

2012-02-16 Thread meg miranda
Hi all, We're using Frame 10 and doing unstructured books. We have source files out on a network drive, but we do often copy the files to our local machines so that we can work remotely and offline on them. So now I have a book out on the network drive that somehow is referencing images on

hard coded path names for imported graphics and x-refs

2012-02-17 Thread meg miranda
Number 2 is what I did. Yup that was it.? Thanks Rick.? Much appreciated.? -meg From: Rick Quatro To: 'meg miranda' ; framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:51 AM Subject: RE: hard coded path names for imported graphics and x

FrameMaker Feature Requests

2012-05-03 Thread meg miranda
My appologies, I didn't take the time to find the original poster of this request. ? I would have a few feature requests, but first some info on how we use Frame: ? We've got Frame set up with unstructured templates (even though we all have had DITA experience) and we use RoboHelp to convert 8

[Framers] speaking about my love of unstructured FrameMaker

2016-03-07 Thread meg miranda
I still love unstructured Frame and I have some decent reasons for doing so. I am speaking about it at a conference in Mountain View and would love to see you there. http://west.writersua.com http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8ef6137aa49e3297bfa14a054=b027163637=424f79f15c cheers,meg miranda