More on indexing in Framemaker

2007-01-13 Thread Rob Shell
Thank you for all the suggestions, the IXgen seems the way to go; I will certainly buy it when I can afford the exchange rate. It looks terrific. I do not want to start a debate about concordances and low usability indexes, but there are certain types of documents where concordances are very

Re: More on indexing in Framemaker

2007-01-13 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:10 +0200 13/1/07, Rob Shell wrote: I look forward to the time when indexing can be automated to the point where an 8 point font could say, indicate mention only; italics could indicate, ref in footnote, bold main reference, etc.. I do realise this is a long way away. Rob, I don't know

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Richard Doll
As many of you have touted the advantages of dual monitors . . . My ??s follow: Replacing 4-yr. old (now too slow) Dell 360 Precision WrkStation with: NewSys: WinXP Pro - Dell 490 PrecisionWorkStation - 2G Mem - 80Gig Hard Drv - Dual Monitor IntFace/Contrlr Apps: FMkr 7.2 - PShop - Illustrtr -

RE: Keyboard shortcut to select an anchored frame

2007-01-13 Thread Diane Gaskill
The problem here is that if there is more than one anchored frame on the page, how do you use the keyboard to select the one you want? I suppose you could use a macro that allowed the use of the arrow keys, but that is more than just a keyboard shortcut. And if you are using Windows, you would

RE: PDF to framemaker

2007-01-13 Thread Diane Gaskill
It always puzzles me how companies make decisions. Adobe has included a function within Acrobat to convert PDF to RTF, the file format of their competitor, but not to FM which is one of their own file formats. Perhaps there is not enough demand for PDF-FM? Diane snip True... although

Re: Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread John Posada
--- Richard Doll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As many of you have touted the advantages of dual monitors . . . My ??s follow: Richard...you're thinking too much. :-) As a long-time user of multiple monitors, consider it one big desktop. Simply drag whatever application window you want to whatever

Re: Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Joe Malin
A slight hijack: for people who are using dual monitors, what configuration do you use? Here at work, we have people using dual LCD displays. I see the following configurations in use: * Horizontal side-by-side, most often tilted back (top back, bottom up) but sometimes also straight

Re: PDF to framemaker

2007-01-13 Thread Rick Quatro
I am sure there are a lot of people within Adobe that don't know what FrameMaker is. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com It always puzzles me how companies make decisions. Adobe has included a function within Acrobat to convert PDF to RTF, the file format of their

Re: Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Peter Courlis
When using dual Monitors, what video card do you use? -pc Joe Malin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A slight hijack: for people who are using dual monitors, what configuration do you use? Here at work, we have people using dual LCD displays. I see the following configurations in use: *

Re: Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread John Posada
I have a laptop. Laptops have an external video port. The laptop is the left monitior and the 17 LCD is the right monitor. --- Peter Courlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When using dual Monitors, what video card do you use? -pc Joe Malin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A slight hijack: for

Re: Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Joe Malin
I use an IBM/Lenovo T43P in a docking station. The docking station has a VGA port and a DVI port. This particular laptop has the ATI Mobility FireGL V3200. Most video cards these days support dual monitors. Peter Courlis wrote: When using dual Monitors, what video card do you use? -pc */Joe

Re: Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Joe Malin
This is another configuration that's often used here. John Posada wrote: I have a laptop. Laptops have an external video port. The laptop is the left monitior and the 17 LCD is the right monitor. --- Peter Courlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When using dual Monitors, what video card do you

Re: Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Bill Briggs
Not that anyone here cares, but on the Mac you don't need anything special. Add a graphics card and you're good to go. The OS just looks after it. If you have a PowerBook you just plug in the second monitor. Macs have natively supported up to six monitors (yes, you read that right, 6) out of

More on indexing in Framemaker

2007-01-13 Thread Rob Shell
Thank you for all the suggestions, the IXgen seems the way to go; I will certainly buy it when I can afford the exchange rate. It looks terrific. I do not want to start a debate about concordances and low usability indexes, but there are certain types of documents where concordances are very

More on indexing in Framemaker

2007-01-13 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:10 +0200 13/1/07, Rob Shell wrote: >I look forward to the time when indexing can be automated to the point where >an 8 point font could say, indicate "mention only"; italics could indicate, >"ref in footnote", bold main reference, etc.. I do realise this is a long way >away. Rob, I

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Richard Doll
As many of you have touted the advantages of dual monitors . . . My ??s follow: Replacing 4-yr. old (now too slow) Dell 360 Precision WrkStation with: NewSys: WinXP Pro - Dell 490 PrecisionWorkStation - 2G Mem - 80Gig Hard Drv - Dual Monitor IntFace/Contrlr Apps: FMkr 7.2 - PShop - Illustrtr -

Keyboard shortcut to select an anchored frame

2007-01-13 Thread Diane Gaskill
The problem here is that if there is more than one anchored frame on the page, how do you use the keyboard to select the one you want? I suppose you could use a macro that allowed the use of the arrow keys, but that is more than just a keyboard shortcut. And if you are using Windows, you would

PDF to framemaker

2007-01-13 Thread Diane Gaskill
It always puzzles me how companies make decisions. Adobe has included a function within Acrobat to convert PDF to RTF, the file format of their competitor, but not to FM which is one of their own file formats. Perhaps there is not enough demand for PDF->FM? Diane True... although Recosoft

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread John Posada
--- Richard Doll wrote: > As many of you have touted the advantages of dual monitors . . . My > ??s follow: Richard...you're thinking too much. :-) As a long-time user of multiple monitors, consider it one big desktop. Simply drag whatever application window you want to whatever screen you

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Joe Malin
A slight hijack: for people who are using dual monitors, what configuration do you use? Here at work, we have people using dual LCD displays. I see the following configurations in use: * Horizontal side-by-side, most often "tilted back" (top back, bottom up) but sometimes also

PDF to framemaker

2007-01-13 Thread Rick Quatro
I am sure there are a lot of people within Adobe that don't know what FrameMaker is. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > It always puzzles me how companies make decisions. Adobe has included a > function within Acrobat to convert PDF to RTF, the file format of

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Peter Courlis
When using dual Monitors, what video card do you use? -pc Joe Malin wrote: A slight hijack: for people who are using dual monitors, what configuration do you use? Here at work, we have people using dual LCD displays. I see the following configurations in use: * Horizontal

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread John Posada
I have a laptop. Laptops have an external video port. The laptop is the left monitior and the 17" LCD is the right monitor. --- Peter Courlis wrote: > When using dual Monitors, what video card do you use? > > -pc > > Joe Malin wrote: A slight hijack: for people > who are using dual

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Joe Malin
I use an IBM/Lenovo T43P in a docking station. The docking station has a VGA port and a DVI port. This particular laptop has the ATI Mobility FireGL V3200. Most video cards these days support dual monitors. Peter Courlis wrote: > When using dual Monitors, what video card do you use? > > -pc > >

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Joe Malin
This is another configuration that's often used here. John Posada wrote: > I have a laptop. Laptops have an external video port. The laptop is > the left monitior and the 17" LCD is the right monitor. > > > --- Peter Courlis wrote: > > >> When using dual Monitors, what video card do you use?

Dual Monitor(s) ??s

2007-01-13 Thread Bill Briggs
Not that anyone here cares, but on the Mac you don't need anything special. Add a graphics card and you're good to go. The OS just looks after it. If you have a PowerBook you just plug in the second monitor. Macs have natively supported up to six monitors (yes, you read that right, 6) out of