Word to FrameMaker: automate?

Hi Framers, I convert Word files to DITA topics as follows: 1. Open the Word files in FrameMaker and add them to a FrameMaker book. 2. Set up mif2go. 3. Clean up the files. 4. Using mif2go, save the FrameMaker book as DITA topics (and ditamap). I was wondering what the options

Re: Framers Digest, Vol 23, Issue 6

Sorry if this is a repeat, but for a great Text Editor: Crimson is very powerful and easy to use for any task. It's also free: http://www.crimsoneditor.com/ Kanti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/06/2007 02:00 AM Please respond to framers@lists.frameusers.com To

FM8 backward compatibility

Everyone, I have one person on my team who plans to upgrade to FM8. The rest of us have either 7.0, 7.1, or 7.2. Is there an issue with compatibility if she saves files as FM8? Can FM8 save files in version 7.x? If she saves her files in 8.0 and we find we can open them, are there still

Re: FM8 backward compatibility

FrameMaker 7.x cannot open FrameMaker 8 binary files. However, FrameMaker 8 can save files in FrameMaker 7 binary or MIF format for backwards compatibility. From a practical perspective, in mixed-version environments (e.g. FM7.x and FM8), I've found that it's Really Easy to Forget to Save As

Re: Word to FrameMaker: automate?

Step 1 is easy to do in FrameScript. You can have FrameScript throw up a Windows Explorer dialog to support selecting the Word files. You can do things like open all .doc files in a folder. Clean up the files is also possible using FrameScript, if you can express the Clean up tasks

Keyboard shortcuts stop working

Hi all, a fellow Framer is using FrameMaker 7.2b144. Sometimes (and we don't know how it's triggered) the keyboard shortcuts (CTRL+X, CTRL+Z and others) stop working. When he quits and restarts FrameMaker, everything is fine again. Is this a known bug? Has anyone had the same problem before? In

Re: Keyboard shortcuts stop working

I have seen something similar recently with FrameMaker 7.2p158. My keyboard will suddenly become remapped. I have to quit and restart FrameMaker and all is well. I am still not sure what is triggering it. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com - Original Message

RE: Keyboard shortcuts stop working

I occasionally get this with 7.1p116 Peter Original Message Hi all, a fellow Framer is using FrameMaker 7.2b144. Sometimes (and we don't know how it's triggered) the keyboard shortcuts (CTRL+X, CTRL+Z and others) stop working. When he quits and

Re: Importing PPT slideshows

PP does not seem to behave well when it comes to printing. My solution would be to print to file full width (Letter/A4 - sadly printing will not (Office 2003) print landscape) and then crop top and bottom all pages. After that FM should be able to import by ref. Any other ideas would be

RE: Importing PPT slideshows

Unless the PP slides contain active elements, I would think printing the PP slides to PDF and importing those by reference would be considerably better. Perhaps there is a reason not to do this, but it sure works great here. Steve Cavanaugh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Importing PPT slideshows

Of course I had to forget to mention distilling before cropping! So I am in agreement with Steve. Except, don't you need to crop the pdfs? Bodvar On 9/6/07, Steve Cavanaugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless the PP slides contain active elements, I would think printing the PP slides to PDF and

RE: Using $autorange with $paranum in an index

When Rob Shell asked this same question on the list last week, I answered that the best solution I could see was to manually add $startrange and $endrange switches into the index markers. But this is an imperfect solution because FrameMaker will only display a range if the start and end switches

Re: Using $autorange with $paranum in an index

Yves Barbion wrote: Hi (expert) Framers, This is a nice one: a fellow Framers needs to create an index with references to paranums instead of pagenums. Each paragraph is numbered (law book). He wants to use $autorange but this does not seem to work, Yves, You're right; it doesn't work.

Problems with ePub 9.2

Is anyone else having problems with ePub 9.2 and Frame 8. I am having the following problems. While it's trying to compile my *.chm file, first I a list of the following: [Warning] Unable to create postscript file. C:\... Then I get a list of: [Warning] Image file not found c:\.

RE: FM8 backward compatibility

As a rule, I would be certain that my team is operating with the same version at each seat. The unexpected incompatibilities will only surface at the most inconvenient time. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Thursday,

Word to FrameMaker: automate?

Hi Framers, I "convert" Word files to DITA topics as follows: 1. Open the Word files in FrameMaker and add them to a FrameMaker book. 2. Set up mif2go. 3. Clean up the files. 4. Using mif2go, save the FrameMaker book as DITA topics (and ditamap). I was wondering what the

Framers Digest, Vol 23, Issue 6

Sorry if this is a repeat, but for a great Text Editor: Crimson is very powerful and easy to use for any task. It's also free: http://www.crimsoneditor.com/ Kanti framers-request at lists.frameusers.com Sent by: framers-bounces+kanti.mann=schange.com at lists.frameusers.com 09/06/2007

FM8 backward compatibility

Everyone, I have one person on my team who plans to upgrade to FM8. The rest of us have either 7.0, 7.1, or 7.2. Is there an issue with compatibility if she saves files as FM8? Can FM8 save files in version 7.x? If she saves her files in 8.0 and we find we can open them, are there still

Word to FrameMaker: automate?

Step 1 is easy to do in FrameScript. You can have FrameScript throw up a Windows Explorer dialog to support selecting the Word files. You can do things like open all ".doc" files in a folder. "Clean up the files" is also possible using FrameScript, if you can express the "Clean up" tasks

Keyboard shortcuts stop working

Hi all, a fellow Framer is using FrameMaker 7.2b144. Sometimes (and we don't know how it's triggered) the keyboard shortcuts (CTRL+X, CTRL+Z and others) stop working. When he quits and restarts FrameMaker, everything is fine again. Is this a known bug? Has anyone had the same problem before? In

Keyboard shortcuts stop working

I occasionally get this with 7.1p116 Peter Original Message Hi all, a fellow Framer is using FrameMaker 7.2b144. Sometimes (and we don't know how it's triggered) the keyboard shortcuts (CTRL+X, CTRL+Z and others) stop working. When he quits and

Importing PPT slideshows

PP does not seem to behave well when it comes to printing. My solution would be to print to file full width (Letter/A4 - sadly printing will not (Office 2003) print landscape) and then crop top and bottom all pages. After that FM should be able to import by ref. Any other ideas would be

Importing PPT slideshows

Unless the PP slides contain active elements, I would think printing the PP slides to PDF and importing those by reference would be considerably better. Perhaps there is a reason not to do this, but it sure works great here. Steve Cavanaugh -Original Message- From:

Importing PPT slideshows

Of course I had to forget to mention distilling before cropping! So I am in agreement with Steve. Except, don't you need to crop the pdfs? Bodvar On 9/6/07, Steve Cavanaugh wrote: > Unless the PP slides contain active elements, I would think printing the > PP slides to PDF and importing those

Using <$autorange> with <$paranum> in an index

Hi (expert) Framers, This is a nice one: a fellow Framers needs to create an index with references to paranums instead of pagenums. Each paragraph is numbered (law book). He wants to use <$autorange> but this does not seem to work, for example: Page 11 has the following paragraphs: 31. Text

Using <$autorange> with <$paranum> in an index

When Rob Shell asked this same question on the list last week, I answered that the best solution I could see was to manually add <$startrange> and <$endrange> switches into the index markers. But this is an imperfect solution because FrameMaker will only display a range if the start and end

Using <$autorange> with <$paranum> in an index

Yves Barbion wrote: > Hi (expert) Framers, > > This is a nice one: a fellow Framers needs to create an index with > references to paranums instead of pagenums. Each paragraph is numbered > (law book). He wants to use <$autorange> but this does not seem to work, Yves, You're right; it doesn't

Problems with ePub 9.2

Is anyone else having problems with ePub 9.2 and Frame 8. I am having the following problems. While it's trying to compile my *.chm file, first I a list of the following: [Warning] Unable to create postscript file. C:\... Then I get a list of: [Warning] Image file not found c:\. Then I

FM8 backward compatibility

As a rule, I would be certain that my team is operating with the same version at each seat. The unexpected incompatibilities will only surface at the most inconvenient time. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+kmcdaniel=pavtech@lists.frameusers.com

Keyboard shortcuts stop working

And it happens to me from time to time in 7.0p578. Bob > -Original Message- > From: > framers-bounces+rshelton=opentext.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+rshelton=opentext.com at lists.frameusers .com] On Behalf Of peter at galley.ie > Sent: Thursday, September 06,