ANN: Job seeking

2008-12-02 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Hi fellow framers, As so many other people in Iceland, and around the world for that matter, my company is struggling and has made many layoffs recently. Friday last I was one of the unlucky (or maybe lucky?) to be laid off, but in my case, I have 6 months notice rights (which is good if the

party invitation

2008-12-02 Thread Deirdre Reagan
Hi all: FM 8.0 -- Windows XP. I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to use, or would word be better. I don't have any good publishing software. Unless FM is good publishing software, of course! LOL Deirdre ___ You are

RE: party invitation

2008-12-02 Thread Phil Heron
Deirdre, Have you explored the Frame Template Packs? Template Pack 2 contains some Fun Stuff templates, including some for foldable cards. Although designed for Frame 5.5, they can be used just as well with more up-to-date versions of FrameMaker. You can get the template packs from:

Re: party invitation

2008-12-02 Thread John Posada
Have you ever used FM? On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Deirdre Reagan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all: FM 8.0 -- Windows XP. I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to use, or would word be better. I don't have any good publishing software. Unless FM is good

Re: party invitation

2008-12-02 Thread Peter Gold
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Deirdre Reagan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all: FM 8.0 -- Windows XP. I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to use, or would word be better. I don't have any good publishing software. Unless FM is good publishing software, of

Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, all. Whenever I import a graphic, Frame creates a centered, floating anchored frame. Naturally, this is not what I need; I need a right-justified, non-floating anchored frame. Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins:

Re: Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Art Campbell
If it works for you, that's the most important thing. But it's stable and been around for years. Art Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson

Re: Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Nancy Allison
Ah, you misunderstand. The reason I ask for recommendations is that I'm CHEAP, and the license costs $25.00, which would come out of my impoverished, freelancer's shallow pockets. Don't want to spend the dough if there is any question about the tool, or if there is some other tool out there

Re: Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Nancy: On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Nancy Allison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, you misunderstand. The reason I ask for recommendations is that I'm CHEAP, and the license costs $25.00, which would come out of my impoverished, freelancer's shallow pockets. Don't want to spend the

Re: Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Nancy Allison
I in no way disagree with your sentiments, Peter. Despite my lighthearted tone, I hope it is clear that I am simply doing my homework before spending money. --Nancy ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list

Re: Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Mike Wickham
Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/ImpGraph.htm This plugin seems to do the trick. Does anyone have experience with it? Or, do you recommend another plugin? Nancy, the plugin works great and is well worth the money.

Re: ANN: Job seeking

2008-12-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:30:08 +, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As so many other people in Iceland, and around the world for that matter, my company is struggling and has made many layoffs recently. Friday last I was one of the unlucky (or maybe lucky?) to be laid off, but in my

Re: ANN: Job seeking

2008-12-02 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Thanks for the kind words and reminder, Jeremy. Regards, Bodvar On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- snipped -- Yes, the tech sector here has been hard hit too, with major layoffs at Sun and at numerous other tech companies. It doesn't look as bad

ANN: InsetPlus 2.1 is now available

2008-12-02 Thread russ
Hi, InsetPlus 2.1 for structured FrameMaker is now released, including some important usability enhancements that have made it a much better tool. If you are a current user of the software, I'd encourage you to take a look at it. InsetPlus is free. For more information, visit:

Great Leap

2008-12-02 Thread Dave Reynolds
Hi Murray We also upgraded from FM6 to FM8 (on Win XP and 2000). I don't remember encountering any problems. I tested FM8 for our Tech Pubs group, and I made the following notes about what I noticed was different: * The Page Up and Page Down keys move the file up or down by one

party invitation

2008-12-02 Thread John Posada
Have you ever used FM? On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Deirdre Reagan wrote: > Hi all: > > FM 8.0 -- Windows XP. > > I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to > use, or would word be better. I don't have any good publishing > software. Unless FM is good publishing

party invitation

2008-12-02 Thread Phil Heron
Deirdre, Have you explored the Frame Template Packs? Template Pack 2 contains some "Fun Stuff" templates, including some for foldable cards. Although designed for Frame 5.5, they can be used just as well with more up-to-date versions of FrameMaker. You can get the template packs from:

party invitation

2008-12-02 Thread Peter Gold
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Deirdre Reagan wrote: > Hi all: > > FM 8.0 -- Windows XP. > > I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to > use, or would word be better. I don't have any good publishing > software. Unless FM is good publishing software, of course! > >

Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, all. Whenever I import a graphic, Frame creates a centered, floating anchored frame. Naturally, this is not what I need; I need a right-justified, non-floating anchored frame. Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins:

Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Nancy Allison
Ah, you misunderstand. The reason I ask for recommendations is that I'm CHEAP, and the license costs $25.00, which would come out of my impoverished, freelancer's shallow pockets. Don't want to spend the dough if there is any question about the tool, or if there is some other tool out there

Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Nancy: On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Nancy Allison wrote: > > Ah, you misunderstand. The reason I ask for recommendations is that > I'm CHEAP, and the license costs $25.00, which would come out of my > impoverished, freelancer's shallow pockets. > > Don't want to spend the dough if there

Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Nancy Allison
I in no way disagree with your sentiments, Peter. Despite my lighthearted tone, I hope it is clear that I am simply doing my homework before spending money. --Nancy

Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-02 Thread Mike Wickham
> Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins: > > http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/ImpGraph.htm > > This plugin seems to do the trick. Does anyone have experience with it? > Or, do you recommend another plugin? Nancy, the plugin works great and is well worth the

ANN: Job seeking

2008-12-02 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Thanks for the kind words and reminder, Jeremy. Regards, Bodvar On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: -- snipped -- > > Yes, the tech sector here has been hard hit too, with major layoffs > at Sun and at numerous other tech companies. It doesn't look as bad > as the

ANN: InsetPlus 2.1 is now available

2008-12-02 Thread r...@weststreetconsulting.com
Hi, InsetPlus 2.1 for structured FrameMaker is now released, including some important usability enhancements that have made it a much better tool. If you are a current user of the software, I'd encourage you to take a look at it. InsetPlus is free. For more information, visit:

Great Leap

2008-12-02 Thread Jeff Schweiner
Murray, We upgraded in April 08 and use unstructured FM only. Had a few initial problems with FM8 crashing (once a day). New patches seems to have taken care of that, I don't even remember my last crash. Just make sure you get all the patches. The FM8 User Guide tells you to round trip to mif