Hi, Steve:
Have you tried applying Fill None to the number graphic in FM? This may
work when the graphics are not grouped, and may fail when they are grouped.
It's worth a try.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
On 9/12/07, Steve Rickaby [EMAIL
Am working against the clock with a book that is undergoing last-minute design
changes on press day, so I have to use up two question tokens today...
I am forced to mix 1-column and 2-column layouts. I cannot use tables, as the
existing 1-c material that must go into 2-c already contains
Fred Ridder wrote:
There *are* some real benefits, but
they tend to be less quantifiable tangible and harder to proove
to managers or business analysts who have to sign off on the
budget and implementation plan. The gains in collaboration and
writing a topic only once, which are generally
Hi, Steve:
Have you looked into:
* Text insets for the two-column pieces - number streams increment
* Two-column layout everywhere, with across-all column paragraph formats for
one-column layout
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
On 9/12/07,
Did you try exporting to PDF? Sometimes the Fill None doesn't appear on
screen in FM, but does work in PDF.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
___
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
On 9/12/07, Steve Rickaby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Peter
Have you tried applying Fill None to
Steve Rickaby wrote:
I am forced to mix 1-column and 2-column layouts. I cannot
use tables, as the existing 1-c material that must go into
2-c already contains tables.
As we know from previous discussions here, the column layout
is a flow property rather than a page property, so I
Thanks to everyone for your great responses.
FYI, I might add that an advantage of my working for a very small
company (and having been there many years) is that I don't need to
make a formal proposal for this. (Of course, at the same time, there
will be no consultants, etc., just me in the
Framers,
I have just received a new PC - it's running Windows Vista.
I installed Frame 7.2 (build 144) successfully but found I was unable to
install the patch to update it to build 158.
I know Frame 7.2 is not officially supported on Vista but I am not
currently in a position to upgrade to
Phil,
I have not tried the following with the FM 7.2 patches, however the
following did work with another application.
Right-click on the patch file and select Properties.
From the Compatibility tab of the Properties dialog, select Run this program
in the compatibility mode for check box and
Marcus, Marcus, Marcus.
In the abstract, I completely agree with what you say. My
postings in this thread, though, have been written to address
the specific context of the original poster, who is a sole writer
at a company which has a significant body of unstructured
documentation, and who is
Hi, Steve:
On 9/12/07, Steve Rickaby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Peter
Have you looked into:
* Text insets for the two-column pieces - number streams increment
No. Neat idea - I will. Let me understand what you are suggesting - set
2-c material as 2-c in FrameMaker docs and then
Steve Rickaby wrote:
I am forced to mix 1-column and 2-column layouts. I cannot use
tables, as the existing 1-c material that must go into 2-c already
contains tables.
As we know from previous discussions here, the column layout is a
flow property rather than a page property, so I must use a B
I installed Frame 7.2 (build 144) successfully but found I was unable to
install the patch to update it to build 158.
I know Frame 7.2 is not officially supported on Vista but I am not
currently in a position to upgrade to Frame 8.
There's often a good reason why a company refuses to support
The fundamental issue is Return on Investment (ROI),
whether the staff is one writer or 100. Here are the
major cost factors that must be evaluated:
A Realizable positive values of a structured solution.
1. A breakdown of the identifiable costs of the
current unstructured methodology which can
Hi all-
Is there a known issue with vertical alignment in table cells (FM 7.2 on
Windows XP, unstructured)?
I don't use tables very often, but I have a small one that has a few
narrow columns that contain asterisks to indicate whether a condition is
met, and one column of text that describes
Hi, Stuart-
You know, I realized this after I sent the message off. But I
substituted Xs for the asterisks and it doesn't change things. The
Xs/asterisks are literally touching the top rule of the table cell.
The anchored frame idea is a good way to work around it, although if
there's a setting
Well, unless Adobe broke something in FM7.2, I think there is
something peculiar going on with your document.
I have FM7.1 on my Windows XP laptop, and constructed a
test table similar to what you have described. It works perfectly.
All asterisks are (almost) centered both horizontally and
Nope, no Word weirdness. I created the table from scratch in Frame.
There must be a setting someplace that I'm missing
-Original Message-
From: Fred Ridder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:21 PM
To: Lin Surasky
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Lin Surasky wrote:
You know, I realized this after I sent the message off. But I
substituted Xs for the asterisks and it doesn't change
things. The Xs/asterisks are literally touching the top rule
of the table cell.
Touching the top rule? Something's wrong there! You said earlier that
You're right. It's not touching, but it's close. Even if it's 4 pt from
the border, it's still not centered. And I did double-check the table
definition, and no negative numbers are used. The mis-alignment lessens
as the rows get taller; the worst offender is with the row that's a
single line
Kelly McDaniel wrote:
Folks,
I'm running FrameMaker 7.0p579 on a Dell Dimension 8200 with a Pentium 4
2.53ghz chip and a gig of RAM. FrameMaker just crashed with its famous
got to quit message.
Will adding more memory help at all?
Are there other hardware admin fixes you can suggest to keep
Miriam Boral wrote:
> I'm the sole tech writer for a very small company, but we have a
> large suite of documentation. I'm beginning to teach myself
> structured Frame both because I feel it's the way of the future (and
> therefore worth learning) and also to explore how it might (or might
>
Hello there...I am trying to work with a translator to localize an
English language manual into Standard Mandarin. The manual is in
FrameMaker 7.0. I sent my translator my FrameMaker files in MIF format.
My translator did a partial translation of a sample file in MIF format,
using Trados, and sent
FrameMaker 7.0, Mac, Illustrator CS2
I have a chapter opener decorative EPS which is about a 4.5 MB Illustrator file
and is imported onto the chapter opener master page. Because of FrameMaker's
paucity of text effects, the simplest way to implement the required design [a
180 point reversed-out
Hi, Steve:
Have you tried applying Fill > None to the number graphic in FM? This may
work when the graphics are not grouped, and may fail when they are grouped.
It's worth a try.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
___
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
On 9/12/07, Steve Rickaby
Am working against the clock with a book that is undergoing last-minute design
changes on press day, so I have to use up two question tokens today...
I am forced to mix 1-column and 2-column layouts. I cannot use tables, as the
existing 1-c material that must go into 2-c already contains
Fred Ridder wrote:
> There *are* some real benefits, but
> they tend to be less quantifiable tangible and harder to proove
> to managers or business analysts who have to sign off on the
> budget and implementation plan. The gains in collaboration and
> writing a topic only once, which are
Did you try exporting to PDF? Sometimes the Fill > None doesn't appear on
screen in FM, but does work in PDF.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
___
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
On 9/12/07, Steve Rickaby wrote:
>
> Hi Peter
>
> >Have you tried applying Fill > None to the number
Steve Rickaby wrote:
> I am forced to mix 1-column and 2-column layouts. I cannot
> use tables, as the existing 1-c material that must go into
> 2-c already contains tables.
>
> As we know from previous discussions here, the column layout
> is a flow property rather than a page property, so
Thanks to everyone for your great responses.
FYI, I might add that an advantage of my working for a very small
company (and having been there many years) is that I don't need to
make a formal proposal for this. (Of course, at the same time, there
will be no consultants, etc., just me in the
Framers,
I have just received a new PC - it's running Windows Vista.
I installed Frame 7.2 (build 144) successfully but found I was unable to
install the patch to update it to build 158.
I know Frame 7.2 is not officially supported on Vista but I am not
currently in a position to upgrade to
Phil,
I have not tried the following with the FM 7.2 patches, however the
following did work with another application.
Right-click on the patch file and select Properties.
Marcus, Marcus, Marcus.
In the abstract, I completely agree with what you say. My
postings in this thread, though, have been written to address
the specific context of the original poster, who is a sole writer
at a company which has a significant body of unstructured
documentation, and who is
Hi, Steve:
On 9/12/07, Steve Rickaby wrote:
>
> Hello Peter
>
> >Have you looked into:
> >
> >* Text insets for the two-column pieces - number streams increment
>
> No. Neat idea - I will. Let me understand what you are suggesting - set
> 2-c material as 2-c in FrameMaker docs and then inset
Steve Rickaby wrote:
> I am forced to mix 1-column and 2-column layouts. I cannot use
> tables, as the existing 1-c material that must go into 2-c already
> contains tables.
>
> As we know from previous discussions here, the column layout is a
> flow property rather than a page property, so I
> I installed Frame 7.2 (build 144) successfully but found I was unable to
> install the patch to update it to build 158.
> I know Frame 7.2 is not officially supported on Vista but I am not
> currently in a position to upgrade to Frame 8.
There's often a good reason why a company refuses to
The fundamental issue is Return on Investment (ROI),
whether the staff is one writer or 100. Here are the
major cost factors that must be evaluated:
A Realizable positive values of a structured solution.
1. A breakdown of the identifiable costs of the
current unstructured methodology which can
Hi all-
Is there a known issue with vertical alignment in table cells (FM 7.2 on
Windows XP, unstructured)?
I don't use tables very often, but I have a small one that has a few
narrow columns that contain asterisks to indicate whether a condition is
met, and one column of text that describes the
Folks,
I'm running FrameMaker 7.0p579 on a Dell Dimension 8200 with a Pentium 4
2.53ghz chip and a gig of RAM. FrameMaker just crashed with its famous
"got to quit" message.
Will adding more memory help at all?
Are there other hardware admin fixes you can suggest to keep the memory
leaks
Lin Surasky wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> Is there a known issue with vertical alignment in table cells (FM 7.2 on
> Windows XP, unstructured)?
>
> I don't use tables very often, but I have a small one that has a few
> narrow columns that contain asterisks to indicate whether a condition is
> met, and
Hi, Stuart-
You know, I realized this after I sent the message off. But I
substituted Xs for the asterisks and it doesn't change things. The
Xs/asterisks are literally touching the top rule of the table cell.
The anchored frame idea is a good way to work around it, although if
there's a setting
Well, unless Adobe broke something in FM7.2, I think there is
something peculiar going on with your document.
I have FM7.1 on my Windows XP laptop, and constructed a
test table similar to what you have described. It works perfectly.
All asterisks are (almost) centered both horizontally and
Nope, no Word weirdness. I created the table from scratch in Frame.
There must be a setting someplace that I'm missing
> -Original Message-
> From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:21 PM
> To: Lin Surasky
> Cc: framers at
Lin Surasky wrote:
> You know, I realized this after I sent the message off. But I
> substituted Xs for the asterisks and it doesn't change
> things. The Xs/asterisks are literally touching the top rule
> of the table cell.
Touching the top rule? Something's wrong there! You said earlier that
You're right. It's not touching, but it's close. Even if it's 4 pt from
the border, it's still not centered. And I did double-check the table
definition, and no negative numbers are used. The mis-alignment lessens
as the rows get taller; the worst offender is with the row that's a
single line
Kelly McDaniel wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'm running FrameMaker 7.0p579 on a Dell Dimension 8200 with a Pentium 4
> 2.53ghz chip and a gig of RAM. FrameMaker just crashed with its famous
> "got to quit" message.
>
> Will adding more memory help at all?
>
> Are there other hardware admin fixes you can
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