Re: [Framers] FW: Cannot reset file from "View-Only"

[Robert Lauriston]

The doc says, "Press Esc Shift+f l (lowercase L) k."

This is standard style for FrameMaker shortcuts. The "(lowercase)" is
there because you can't tell l (lowercase L) from I (uppercase i) in
most or all of the fonts users might be reading that in.

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Stamm, David  wrote:
> 2016-04-18-01T20:15Z
>
> Ah, orthography . . .
>
> _HUGE_ thanks to both Rick Quattro and to Fred Ridder, who provided this 
> response:
>
> 1) Press and release Esc
> 2) Press and Release F (Shift+f)  _This_ capital "F" was what was not 
> evident from the way I found the shortcut written.
> 3) Press and release l (unshifted L)
> 4) Press and release k (unshifted K)
>
> The instructions focused on having a lower-case "L."
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[Framers] FW: Cannot reset file from "View-Only"

[Stamm, David]

2016-04-18-01T20:15Z

Ah, orthography . . .

_HUGE_ thanks to both Rick Quattro and to Fred Ridder, who provided this 
response:

1) Press and release Esc
2) Press and Release F (Shift+f) <<<< _This_ capital "F" was what was not 
evident from the way I found the shortcut written.
3) Press and release l (unshifted L)
4) Press and release k (unshifted K)

The instructions focused on having a lower-case "L."

Dave Stamm
Information Engineer

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Subject: [Framers] Cannot reset file from "View-Only"

2016-04-18-01T19:55Z

Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1
FrameMaker 2015 Release, 13.0.2.433

In the Hypertext window, I might have accidentally chosen the "Make View-Only" 
button.

Now, FrameMaker detects the file, which is on a server  as "View Only."  There 
is no .lck file for the offending file.  Help states that the keyboard shortcut 
to unlock a file is Esc Shift+flk (press and release Esc, press and hold Shift, 
and press flk (with lower-case "L"), which doesn't make sense to me.  This runs 
RoboScreenCapture, which is not wanted.

Esc+flk (press and hold Esc and press flk) runs RoboScreenCapture, 
which is still not wanted.

Esc flk (press and release Esc, and press flk) also runs 
RoboScreenCapture, which is still not wanted at all.

I have:

ensured that the file is not set to "Read-only" in Windows

closed the file and reopened it

restarted the workstation

tried to save the file as .mif, which is not allowed

Dave Stamm
Information Engineer
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Re: [Framers] Cannot reset file from "View-Only"

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Dave,

You press the keys in sequence, not all at once. Escape F l k

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2016-04-18-01T19:55Z

Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1
FrameMaker 2015 Release, 13.0.2.433

In the Hypertext window, I might have accidentally chosen the "Make
View-Only" button.

Now, FrameMaker detects the file, which is on a server  as "View Only." 
There is no .lck file for the offending file.  Help states that the keyboard
shortcut to unlock a file is Esc Shift+flk (press and release Esc, press and
hold Shift, and press flk (with lower-case "L"), which doesn't make sense to
me.  This runs RoboScreenCapture, which is not wanted.

Esc+flk (press and hold Esc and press flk) runs RoboScreenCapture,
which is still not wanted.

Esc flk (press and release Esc, and press flk) also runs
RoboScreenCapture, which is still not wanted at all.

I have:

ensured that the file is not set to "Read-only" in Windows

closed the file and reopened it

restarted the workstation

tried to save the file as .mif, which is not allowed

Dave Stamm
Information Engineer
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[Framers] Cannot reset file from "View-Only"

[Stamm, David]

2016-04-18-01T19:55Z

Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1
FrameMaker 2015 Release, 13.0.2.433

In the Hypertext window, I might have accidentally chosen the "Make View-Only" 
button.

Now, FrameMaker detects the file, which is on a server  as "View Only."  There 
is no .lck file for the offending file.  Help states that the keyboard shortcut 
to unlock a file is Esc Shift+flk (press and release Esc, press and hold Shift, 
and press flk (with lower-case "L"), which doesn't make sense to me.  This runs 
RoboScreenCapture, which is not wanted.

Esc+flk (press and hold Esc and press flk) runs RoboScreenCapture, 
which is still not wanted.

Esc flk (press and release Esc, and press flk) also runs 
RoboScreenCapture, which is still not wanted at all.

I have:

ensured that the file is not set to "Read-only" in Windows

closed the file and reopened it

restarted the workstation

tried to save the file as .mif, which is not allowed

Dave Stamm
Information Engineer
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Getting out of View-only state

[Thomas Scalise]

I am running Frame 10.0.1.402 on Windows 7. Somehow, I have put a number of the 
chapters in a book into View-only mode. I tried the Esc Shift+flk key sequence 
but it has no effect (surprise, surprise). Can anyone help me out? I am not 
sure how these files got into this state. I need to get them back into a normal 
Document state.

The book was a Frame 9 book that I brought into Frame 10 and saved as a Frame 
10 book and documents. The generated files are not View-only and one of the 
chapter files is not, The rest of the chapter files are View-only.

For the life of me I cannot figure out what I did.

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RE: Getting out of View-only state

[Combs, Richard]

Thomas Scalise wrote:
 
 I am running Frame 10.0.1.402 on Windows 7. Somehow, I have put a
 number of the chapters in a book into View-only mode. I tried the Esc
 Shift+flk key sequence but it has no effect (surprise, surprise). Can
 anyone help me out? I am not sure how these files got into this state.
 I need to get them back into a normal Document state.

It's Esc F l k -- or, if you prefer, Esc Shift+f l k. The point is, don't Shift 
the l or k. :-) 


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View Only

[Judy Bragg]

I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart.  Each step is a hotspot 
that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual.  I got it done just in 
time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech. support.
Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar program.  My 
problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only document.  I can 
select the text box from the master page and I can select the graphic frame in 
which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the component parts of the 
flowchart itself.  I've tried both methods of toggling the View Only property 
and the button in the Hypertext dialog changes back and forth.  Unfortunately, 
when (according to the status of the button) the document should be editable, I 
still can't edit my flow chart.
Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
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Re: View Only

[Art Campbell]

Try keying in:
   Esc F l k

the file lock command toggle, and see if anything changes. You should
see the menus change immediately and be able to work in the file.

If nothing at all happens, do it a second time to toggle it off.

Art Campbell
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On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Judy Braggj...@hypack.com wrote:
 I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
 Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart.  Each step is a 
 hotspot that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual.  I got it done 
 just in time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech. support.
 Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar program.  
 My problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only document.  I 
 can select the text box from the master page and I can select the graphic 
 frame in which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the component parts 
 of the flowchart itself.  I've tried both methods of toggling the View Only 
 property and the button in the Hypertext dialog changes back and forth.  
 Unfortunately, when (according to the status of the button) the document 
 should be editable, I still can't edit my flow chart.
 Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
 Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
 Judy Bragg
 Technical Writer
 Hypack, Inc.
 j...@hypack.com
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Re: View Only

[Peter Gold]

Is it possible that either you've imported the PDF of the chart into
the frame that held the drawn graphic chart, or you've inadvertently
copied a frame on top of the frame that contains the chart? I suspect
this happened when you dragged the frame on the master page, if, while
you held Ctrl to change the text pointer to the graphic pointer in
order to select the frame, you dragged the frame with Ctrl still
pressed.

HTH

Regards,

Peter
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Art Campbellart.campb...@gmail.com wrote:
 Try keying in:
   Esc F l k

 the file lock command toggle, and see if anything changes. You should
 see the menus change immediately and be able to work in the file.

 If nothing at all happens, do it a second time to toggle it off.

 Art Campbell
               art.campb...@gmail.com
  ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson
                                                      No disclaimers apply.
                                                               DoD 358



 On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Judy Braggj...@hypack.com wrote:
 I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
 Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart.  Each step is a 
 hotspot that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual.  I got it done 
 just in time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech. support.
 Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar program.  
 My problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only document.  I 
 can select the text box from the master page and I can select the graphic 
 frame in which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the component parts 
 of the flowchart itself.  I've tried both methods of toggling the View Only 
 property and the button in the Hypertext dialog changes back and forth.  
 Unfortunately, when (according to the status of the button) the document 
 should be editable, I still can't edit my flow chart.
 Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
 Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
 Judy Bragg
 Technical Writer
 Hypack, Inc.
 j...@hypack.com
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Re: View Only

[Judy]

Peter,
You win the prize!  I had a text frame covering the entire chart.  I 
often inadvertently copy by continuing to hold the Ctrl key while I 
attempt to move a frame.  I'm sure that must've happened and I didn't 
notice.

Thanks for solving the mystery and saving me a ton of time!
Judy

Peter Gold wrote:
 Is it possible that either you've imported the PDF of the chart into
 the frame that held the drawn graphic chart, or you've inadvertently
 copied a frame on top of the frame that contains the chart? I suspect
 this happened when you dragged the frame on the master page, if, while
 you held Ctrl to change the text pointer to the graphic pointer in
 order to select the frame, you dragged the frame with Ctrl still
 pressed.

 HTH

 Regards,

 Peter
 __
 Peter Gold
 KnowHow ProServices

 On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Art Campbellart.campb...@gmail.com wrote:
   
 Try keying in:
   Esc F l k

 the file lock command toggle, and see if anything changes. You should
 see the menus change immediately and be able to work in the file.

 If nothing at all happens, do it a second time to toggle it off.

 Art Campbell
   art.campb...@gmail.com
  ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson
  No disclaimers apply.
   DoD 358



 On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Judy Braggj...@hypack.com wrote:
 
 I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
 Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart.  Each step is a 
 hotspot that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual.  I got it done 
 just in time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech. 
 support.
 Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar program. 
  My problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only document.  I 
 can select the text box from the master page and I can select the graphic 
 frame in which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the component parts 
 of the flowchart itself.  I've tried both methods of toggling the View Only 
 property and the button in the Hypertext dialog changes back and forth.  
 Unfortunately, when (according to the status of the button) the document 
 should be editable, I still can't edit my flow chart.
 Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
 Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
 Judy Bragg
 Technical Writer
 Hypack, Inc.
 j...@hypack.com
   


   
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Re: View Only

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Judy:

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Judyj...@hypack.com wrote:
 Peter,
 You win the prize!  I had a text frame covering the entire chart.  I often
 inadvertently copy by continuing to hold the Ctrl key while I attempt to
 move a frame.  I'm sure that must've happened and I didn't notice.

Been there, done that, trained people not to do that. A good way to
learn how to fix mistakes is to make themG.

 Thanks for solving the mystery and saving me a ton of time!

You're welcome!

Regards,

Peter
__
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices


 Judy

 Peter Gold wrote:

 Is it possible that either you've imported the PDF of the chart into
 the frame that held the drawn graphic chart, or you've inadvertently
 copied a frame on top of the frame that contains the chart? I suspect
 this happened when you dragged the frame on the master page, if, while
 you held Ctrl to change the text pointer to the graphic pointer in
 order to select the frame, you dragged the frame with Ctrl still
 pressed.

 HTH

 Regards,

 Peter
 __
 Peter Gold
 KnowHow ProServices

 On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Art Campbellart.campb...@gmail.com
 wrote:


 Try keying in:
  Esc F l k

 the file lock command toggle, and see if anything changes. You should
 see the menus change immediately and be able to work in the file.

 If nothing at all happens, do it a second time to toggle it off.

 Art Campbell
              art.campb...@gmail.com
  ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson
                                                     No disclaimers apply.
                                                              DoD 358



 On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Judy Braggj...@hypack.com wrote:


 I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
 Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart.  Each step is a
 hotspot that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual.  I got it done
 just in time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech.
 support.
 Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar
 program.  My problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only
 document.  I can select the text box from the master page and I can select
 the graphic frame in which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the
 component parts of the flowchart itself.  I've tried both methods of
 toggling the View Only property and the button in the Hypertext dialog
 changes back and forth.  Unfortunately, when (according to the status of 
 the
 button) the document should be editable, I still can't edit my flow chart.
 Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
 Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
 Judy Bragg
 Technical Writer
 Hypack, Inc.
 j...@hypack.com





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View Only

[Art Campbell]

Try keying in:
   Esc F l k

the file lock command toggle, and see if anything changes. You should
see the menus change immediately and be able to work in the file.

If nothing at all happens, do it a second time to toggle it off.

Art Campbell
   art.campbell at gmail.com
  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
  No disclaimers apply.
   DoD 358



On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Judy Bragg wrote:
> I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
> Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart.? Each step is a 
> hotspot that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual.? I got it done 
> just in time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech. support.
> Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar program.? 
> My problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only document.? I 
> can select the text box from the master page and I can select the graphic 
> frame in which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the component parts 
> of the flowchart itself.? I've tried both methods of toggling the View Only 
> property and the button in the Hypertext dialog changes back and forth.? 
> Unfortunately, when (according to the status of the button) the document 
> should be editable, I still can't edit my flow chart.
> Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
> Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
> Judy Bragg
> Technical Writer
> Hypack, Inc.
> judy at hypack.com
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View Only

[Peter Gold]

Is it possible that either you've imported the PDF of the chart into
the frame that held the drawn graphic chart, or you've inadvertently
copied a frame on top of the frame that contains the chart? I suspect
this happened when you dragged the frame on the master page, if, while
you held Ctrl to change the text pointer to the graphic pointer in
order to select the frame, you dragged the frame with Ctrl still
pressed.

HTH

Regards,

Peter
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KnowHow ProServices

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Art Campbell wrote:
> Try keying in:
> ? Esc F l k
>
> the file lock command toggle, and see if anything changes. You should
> see the menus change immediately and be able to work in the file.
>
> If nothing at all happens, do it a second time to toggle it off.
>
> Art Campbell
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com
> ?"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
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> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? DoD 358
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Judy Bragg wrote:
>> I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
>> Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart.? Each step is a 
>> hotspot that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual.? I got it done 
>> just in time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech. support.
>> Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar program.? 
>> My problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only document.? I 
>> can select the text box from the master page and I can select the graphic 
>> frame in which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the component parts 
>> of the flowchart itself.? I've tried both methods of toggling the View Only 
>> property and the button in the Hypertext dialog changes back and forth.? 
>> Unfortunately, when (according to the status of the button) the document 
>> should be editable, I still can't edit my flow chart.
>> Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
>> Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
>> Judy Bragg
>> Technical Writer
>> Hypack, Inc.
>> judy at hypack.com

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[Judy]

Peter,
You win the prize!  I had a text frame covering the entire chart.  I 
often inadvertently copy by continuing to hold the Ctrl key while I 
attempt to move a frame.  I'm sure that must've happened and I didn't 
notice.

Thanks for solving the mystery and saving me a ton of time!
Judy

Peter Gold wrote:
> Is it possible that either you've imported the PDF of the chart into
> the frame that held the drawn graphic chart, or you've inadvertently
> copied a frame on top of the frame that contains the chart? I suspect
> this happened when you dragged the frame on the master page, if, while
> you held Ctrl to change the text pointer to the graphic pointer in
> order to select the frame, you dragged the frame with Ctrl still
> pressed.
>
> HTH
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
> __
> Peter Gold
> KnowHow ProServices
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Art Campbell 
> wrote:
>   
>> Try keying in:
>>   Esc F l k
>>
>> the file lock command toggle, and see if anything changes. You should
>> see the menus change immediately and be able to work in the file.
>>
>> If nothing at all happens, do it a second time to toggle it off.
>>
>> Art Campbell
>>   art.campbell at gmail.com
>>  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
>> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>>  No disclaimers apply.
>>   DoD 358
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Judy Bragg wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
>>> Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart.  Each step is a 
>>> hotspot that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual.  I got it done 
>>> just in time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech. 
>>> support.
>>> Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar program. 
>>>  My problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only document.  I 
>>> can select the text box from the master page and I can select the graphic 
>>> frame in which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the component parts 
>>> of the flowchart itself.  I've tried both methods of toggling the View Only 
>>> property and the button in the Hypertext dialog changes back and forth.  
>>> Unfortunately, when (according to the status of the button) the document 
>>> should be editable, I still can't edit my flow chart.
>>> Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
>>> Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
>>> Judy Bragg
>>> Technical Writer
>>> Hypack, Inc.
>>> judy at hypack.com
>>>   
>
>
>   

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[Peter Gold]

Hi, Judy:

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Judy wrote:
> Peter,
> You win the prize! ?I had a text frame covering the entire chart. ?I often
> inadvertently copy by continuing to hold the Ctrl key while I attempt to
> move a frame. ?I'm sure that must've happened and I didn't notice.

Been there, done that, trained people not to do that. A good way to
learn how to fix mistakes is to make them.

> Thanks for solving the mystery and saving me a ton of time!

You're welcome!

Regards,

Peter
__
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices


> Judy
>
> Peter Gold wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible that either you've imported the PDF of the chart into
>> the frame that held the drawn graphic chart, or you've inadvertently
>> copied a frame on top of the frame that contains the chart? I suspect
>> this happened when you dragged the frame on the master page, if, while
>> you held Ctrl to change the text pointer to the graphic pointer in
>> order to select the frame, you dragged the frame with Ctrl still
>> pressed.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Peter
>> __
>> Peter Gold
>> KnowHow ProServices
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Art Campbell
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Try keying in:
>>> ?Esc F l k
>>>
>>> the file lock command toggle, and see if anything changes. You should
>>> see the menus change immediately and be able to work in the file.
>>>
>>> If nothing at all happens, do it a second time to toggle it off.
>>>
>>> Art Campbell
>>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ?art.campbell at gmail.com
>>> ?"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
>>> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply.
>>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?DoD 358
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Judy Bragg wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
>>>> Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart. ?Each step is a
>>>> hotspot that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual. ?I got it done
>>>> just in time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech.
>>>> support.
>>>> Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar
>>>> program. ?My problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only
>>>> document. ?I can select the text box from the master page and I can select
>>>> the graphic frame in which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the
>>>> component parts of the flowchart itself. ?I've tried both methods of
>>>> toggling the View Only property and the button in the Hypertext dialog
>>>> changes back and forth. ?Unfortunately, when (according to the status of 
>>>> the
>>>> button) the document should be editable, I still can't edit my flow chart.
>>>> Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
>>>> Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
>>>> Judy Bragg
>>>> Technical Writer
>>>> Hypack, Inc.
>>>> judy at hypack.com
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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[Judy Bragg]

I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart.? Each step is a hotspot 
that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual.? I got it done just in 
time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech. support.
Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar program.? My 
problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only document.? I can 
select the text box from the master page and I can select the graphic frame in 
which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the component parts of the 
flowchart itself.? I've tried both methods of toggling the View Only property 
and the button in the Hypertext dialog changes back and forth.? Unfortunately, 
when (according to the status of the button) the document should be editable, I 
still can't edit my flow chart.
Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
Judy Bragg
Technical Writer
Hypack, Inc.
judy at hypack.com

Reset View Only (oops) RTFM

[J. Paul Kent]

Sorry about that panic.  3rd help topic in the search list produces:

 

Esc shift f l k

 

embarrassed

 

J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539
206-508-1144

 


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Reset View Only

[J. Paul Kent]

I had a power failure last night and my PC shut down (FM 7.1 Win XP). 

When I restarted, my book was locked as were all of the component files. I
chose to reset the lock on all of them, except for one, which I must have
fat fingered when presented the option.

 

Now every time I update my book, I see the message, 

The file XXX is View-Only. FrameMaker might change this file while
updating the book.

 

I've closed and opened the book several times and restarted Frame, but to no
avail. 

How can I reset it so that it's not view only and I can edit it again?

 

Of course it's d-day, so natch these things are inevitable.

J. Paul Kent
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206-508-1144

 


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Reset View Only

[J. Paul Kent]

I had a power failure last night and my PC shut down (FM 7.1 Win XP). 

When I restarted, my book was locked as were all of the component files. I
chose to reset the lock on all of them, except for one, which I must have
fat fingered when presented the option.



Now every time I update my book, I see the message, 

The file  is View-Only. FrameMaker might change this file while
updating the book.



I've closed and opened the book several times and restarted Frame, but to no
avail. 

How can I reset it so that it's not view only and I can edit it again?



Of course it's d-day, so natch these things are inevitable.

J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539
206-508-1144

Reset View Only (oops) RTFM

[J. Paul Kent]

Sorry about that panic.  3rd help topic in the search list produces:



Esc shift f l k







J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539
206-508-1144

Re: Accessing an archived FM file that shows as view only

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Rene,

Open the document and press (in sequence) Escape F l k (where the l is a 
lower-case L).


Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com



Hi All,

 We've got an odd problem with an FM file (v 7.2b128 Win). When the doc 
was released, the writer used the (timesaving and fabulously thorough) 
Archive plugin to archive the project files and then used WinZip to create 
a .zip archive (unencrypted) of the files. Shortly thereafter, the 
original files were purged and only the .zip of the archived files 
remains.


 Today, we had to access the FM files from that zipped archive, and 
everything restored in workable fashion, except for one chapter file, 
which is now opening as view only, no matter what we do. We checked attrib 
and it's not set to read-only. It's like it was locked for editing when 
the archive was created, but we don't know for sure; that's just the only 
explanation I can imagine for how we could find ourselves in this spot, 
based on my experience with having opened files while they're locked by 
another user. The Archive plugin didn't give an error or note as much in 
the log, though, so that may not be the reason at all.


 Regardless, we're in the rather untenable position of having to find a 
way to get an editable version of an FM file from the view-only version of 
it, with no record of a .lck file for it and no other version of the FM 
file available. The view-only version has conditional text hidden that we 
now need to show in the new version, so although I have been able to 
convert the view-only file to TXT, all the hidden text was omitted from 
the TXT version.


 I did try to dig through the archives, but...I'm coming up empty-handed. 
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.


 Thanks,
 Rene Stephenson


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Re: Accessing an archived FM file that shows as view only

[Rene Stephenson]

AH!!! THANK YOU!!  Here's an e-kiss on the cheek!!
  Rene

Rick Quatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hi Rene,

Open the document and press (in sequence) Escape F l k (where the l is a 
lower-case L).

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com


 Hi All,

 Regardless, we're in the rather untenable position of having to find a 
 way to get an editable version of an FM file from the view-only version of 
 it, with no record of a .lck file for it and no other version of the FM 
 file available. The view-only version has conditional text hidden that we 
 now need to show in the new version, so although I have been able to 
 convert the view-only file to TXT, all the hidden text was omitted from 
 the TXT version.

 I did try to dig through the archives, but...I'm coming up empty-handed. 
 Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.

 Thanks,
 Rene Stephenson




Rene L. Stephenson
eNovative Solutions, Inc.
Business Phone: 678-513-0051
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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Re: Accessing an archived FM file that shows as view only

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Rene,

Since you are giving out e-kisses, here is another way to do it in FrameMaker 
7.2. Choose View  Formatting Bar and click the icon that has the white page 
and blue ribbon.

Rick


  AH!!! THANK YOU!!  Here's an e-kiss on the cheek!!
  Rene

  Rick Quatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Rene,

Open the document and press (in sequence) Escape F l k (where the l is a 
lower-case L).

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com

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Re: Accessing an archived FM file that shows as view only

[Rene Stephenson]

...and one for the other cheek, too. :-)
  Rene

Rick Quatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hi Rene,
   
  Since you are giving out e-kisses, here is another way to do it in FrameMaker 
7.2. Choose View  Formatting Bar and click the icon that has the white page 
and blue ribbon.
   
  Rick


  AH!!! THANK YOU!!  Here's an e-kiss on the cheek!!
  Rene

Rick Quatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hi Rene,

Open the document and press (in sequence) Escape F l k (where the l is a 
lower-case L).

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com




Rene L. Stephenson
eNovative Solutions, Inc.
Business Phone: 678-513-0051
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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Accessing an archived FM file that shows as view only

[Rene Stephenson]

Hi All,

  We've got an odd problem with an FM file (v 7.2b128 Win). When the doc was 
released, the writer used the (timesaving and fabulously thorough) Archive 
plugin to archive the project files and then used WinZip to create a .zip 
archive (unencrypted) of the files. Shortly thereafter, the original files were 
purged and only the .zip of the archived files remains.

  Today, we had to access the FM files from that zipped archive, and everything 
restored in workable fashion, except for one chapter file, which is now opening 
as view only, no matter what we do. We checked attrib and it's not set to 
read-only. It's like it was locked for editing when the archive was created, 
but we don't know for sure; that's just the only explanation I can imagine for 
how we could find ourselves in this spot, based on my experience with having 
opened files while they're locked by another user. The Archive plugin didn't 
give an error or note as much in the log, though, so that may not be the reason 
at all.

  Regardless, we're in the rather untenable position of having to find a way to 
get an editable version of an FM file from the view-only version of it, with no 
record of a .lck file for it and no other version of the FM file available. The 
view-only version has conditional text hidden that we now need to show in the 
new version, so although I have been able to convert the view-only file to TXT, 
all the hidden text was omitted from the TXT version. 

  I did try to dig through the archives, but...I'm coming up empty-handed. Any 
suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.

  Thanks,
  Rene Stephenson

Accessing an archived FM file that shows as view only

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Rene,

Open the document and press (in sequence) Escape F l k (where the l is a 
lower-case L).

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com


> Hi All,
>
>  We've got an odd problem with an FM file (v 7.2b128 Win). When the doc 
> was released, the writer used the (timesaving and fabulously thorough) 
> Archive plugin to archive the project files and then used WinZip to create 
> a .zip archive (unencrypted) of the files. Shortly thereafter, the 
> original files were purged and only the .zip of the archived files 
> remains.
>
>  Today, we had to access the FM files from that zipped archive, and 
> everything restored in workable fashion, except for one chapter file, 
> which is now opening as view only, no matter what we do. We checked attrib 
> and it's not set to read-only. It's like it was locked for editing when 
> the archive was created, but we don't know for sure; that's just the only 
> explanation I can imagine for how we could find ourselves in this spot, 
> based on my experience with having opened files while they're locked by 
> another user. The Archive plugin didn't give an error or note as much in 
> the log, though, so that may not be the reason at all.
>
>  Regardless, we're in the rather untenable position of having to find a 
> way to get an editable version of an FM file from the view-only version of 
> it, with no record of a .lck file for it and no other version of the FM 
> file available. The view-only version has conditional text hidden that we 
> now need to show in the new version, so although I have been able to 
> convert the view-only file to TXT, all the hidden text was omitted from 
> the TXT version.
>
>  I did try to dig through the archives, but...I'm coming up empty-handed. 
> Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Rene Stephenson

Accessing an archived FM file that shows as view only

[Rene Stephenson]

AH!!! THANK YOU!!  Here's an e-kiss on the cheek!!
  Rene

Rick Quatro  wrote:
  Hi Rene,

Open the document and press (in sequence) Escape F l k (where the l is a 
lower-case L).

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com


> Hi All,
>
> Regardless, we're in the rather untenable position of having to find a 
> way to get an editable version of an FM file from the view-only version of 
> it, with no record of a .lck file for it and no other version of the FM 
> file available. The view-only version has conditional text hidden that we 
> now need to show in the new version, so although I have been able to 
> convert the view-only file to TXT, all the hidden text was omitted from 
> the TXT version.
>
> I did try to dig through the archives, but...I'm coming up empty-handed. 
> Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Rene Stephenson




Rene L. Stephenson
eNovative Solutions, Inc.
Business Phone: 678-513-0051
Email: rinnie1 at yahoo.com

Accessing an archived FM file that shows as view only

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Rene,

Since you are giving out e-kisses, here is another way to do it in FrameMaker 
7.2. Choose View > Formatting Bar and click the icon that has the white page 
and blue ribbon.

Rick


  AH!!! THANK YOU!!  Here's an e-kiss on the cheek!!
  Rene

  Rick Quatro  wrote:
Hi Rene,

Open the document and press (in sequence) Escape F l k (where the l is a 
lower-case L).

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com

Accessing an archived FM file that shows as view only

[Rene Stephenson]

...and one for the other cheek, too. :-)
  Rene

Rick Quatro  wrote:
  Hi Rene,

  Since you are giving out e-kisses, here is another way to do it in FrameMaker 
7.2. Choose View > Formatting Bar and click the icon that has the white page 
and blue ribbon.

  Rick


  AH!!! THANK YOU!!  Here's an e-kiss on the cheek!!
  Rene

Rick Quatro  wrote:
  Hi Rene,

Open the document and press (in sequence) Escape F l k (where the l is a 
lower-case L).

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com




Rene L. Stephenson
eNovative Solutions, Inc.
Business Phone: 678-513-0051
Email: rinnie1 at yahoo.com