Re: [Framers] Giving away copies of the printed manual for FrameMaker 7.0

between the two. But alas, > w/ Framemaker no longer the in demand tool that it was, I couldn't give mine > away (shipping costs only as well) either! > -Original Message- > From: Framers bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf > Of Syed Zaee

[Framers] Giving away copies of the printed manual for FrameMaker 7.0

Hi, all. I have four copies of the old FrameMaker 7.0 printed manual from Adobe (one is still shrink-wrapped) that I am giving away ... only asking for the cost of shipping to you. Please let me know if you'd like one, your address (so I can calculate the box cost, postage), etc. First

Re: [Framers] San Serif Font?

I like Eurostile a lot​ (bought it from Adobe for myself decades ago and loved the squarish look, particularly Eurostile Wide for some uses). Google recommends Orbitron as "similar" to Eurostile. However, I have not used that one yet, so please check it out yourself. In my current company, we

Re: [Framers] Regarding "Converting a frame maker document to a word document"

Perfect!! A good outcome for all ... Z Update: So, I demonstrated to my client how/why I was using Framemaker versus Word and explained to them that they would be going down the same hellacious road that they hired me to rescue them from in the first place if they went back to

Re: [Framers] Converting a frame maker document to a word document

My experience with trying to read PDF documents into Word has always been way less than optimal. Lots of incorrect look and feel issues, footnote problems, font sizes, etc., etc., etc., creep in, and the document becomes tough to further edit in Word afterward. I usually end up biting the

Re: [Framers] Have not seen any emails in this list since ...

For price reasons, I stopped upgrading at FM 2012 ... don't use it much anymore except to update old docs. Z Scott Prentice said: > It doesn’t help things when the subscription price of FM goes up by 30% .. > and TCS up 40%! I did hear that Flare jumped 50% though, so apparently it’s > a

Re: [Framers] Have not seen any emails in this list since ...

Thanks, Tammy, and the others who have responded. Yes, I too am indeed at that age where I need to consider my retirement options ... eek! Happy New Year to everybody! Z From: Framers on behalf of Tammy Van Boening Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:47 AM

[Framers] Have not seen any emails in this list since ...

... November 1 of 2022. Am I off the list somehow? Z ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at

Re: [Framers] transitioning from Frame 7 to 2020

This may be an impossible task time- and resource-wise (depending on how many files, etc.) that I recommend below, but ... 1. You may want to also save the files from FM 7 in MIF format. This gives you the potential for fixing things, and also does a MIF-Wash when you read them into the latest

Re: [Framers] Frame vs InDesign

Thanks for the link, David! I know this is a bit of an older comparison, and I could not see if you mentioned this: ligatures. Not just for the obvious "ff" and "fl" types, but also unusual ones like "OE" and "ffi" ... In books and some fonts, using these adds [perhaps traditional]

Re: [Framers] activation dialog for old Adobe software

I now occasionally have Acrobat Pro (the latest version!) dropping into a constant "cannot check with server" (or some such message), when I start Acrobat Pro. Once it enters this state, I have to restart Windows multiple times, and then it starts working correctly after a few restarts ... I

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

Thanks! I couldn't agree with you more! :thumbsup And years ago, I think it was even less than $400 to upgrade - heck the cost of a license was around that much (although this may be wishful recollection on my part! ) Z Shmuel Wolfson said: > At one point it was $400 to upgrade up to two

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

Well ... I don't bash FrameMaker because of its capabilities, but I do bash them for the upgrade pricing changes over the years. For me to see the benefits of stability that Reng Winfried says is now available (since FM 7), would require paying for a full FM license - eek! Of course, I do not

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

Microsoft's utility not compatible. Not that there's any reason for me to upgrade. On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 11:16 AM Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: > > Hmmm ... apparently because Microsoft wants to "add better security". Thus > the need for the TPM (available in Intel cpu's from

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

Hmmm ... apparently because Microsoft wants to "add better security". Thus the need for the TPM (available in Intel cpu's from the past ten+ years). The other requirements of speed, ram, disk space, etc., don't see _that_ steep to me. Our IT guy says that everything we have (nearly 300 Windows

Re: [Framers] Importing InDesign IDML into two tools. Was RE: FM 10 on a new computer.

I just realized that I am wasting time for you all with an InDesign-related thread in a FrameMaker forum. Sorry about that! ☹ So ... moving on ... Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 6:49 PM To: An email list for people

Re: [Framers] Importing InDesign IDML into two tools. Was RE: FM 10 on a new computer.

ding IDM if they can't do everything that InDesign can. > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 2:12 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain > wrote: > > > > A last update. > > > > Reading the IDML back into InDesign worked fine - looked like the original! > > > > So, both these other

Re: [Framers] Importing InDesign IDML into two tools. Was RE: FM 10 on a new computer.

. It is short enough ... Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 6:02 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: [Framers] Importing InDesign IDML into two tools. Was RE: FM 10 on a new computer

[Framers] Importing InDesign IDML into two tools. Was RE: FM 10 on a new computer.

InDesign ... that is a BIG perhaps, of course! Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 1:46 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. ; Robert Lauriston Subject: RE: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer. I have not tried Affinity

Re: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer.

Oops, sorry - the name is Designer Pro X. Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 1:46 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. ; Robert Lauriston Subject: RE: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer. I have not tried Affinity [yet

Re: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer.

I have not tried Affinity [yet], but I recommend Design Pro X (the perpetual version is at www.magix.com) for page layout as an alternative to InDesign. I am not an InDesign user, so please take this recommendation with the appropriate grain of salt - try it for yourself please! Design Pro X

Re: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer.

> Affinity Publisher's certainly far cheaper than any other page layout program > I know of. Do they not have a free trial? They have a free trial available - a relatively short duration of 10 days, I think. But the price of admission is low! The one other thing that seems interesting is that

Re: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer.

He was referring to the recent two-revs-back upgrade price: essentially a full new license. I am old school perhaps, but I _absolutely_ do not like subscription license models for software. The phrase "death by a thousand cuts" comes to mind.  I never used FrameMaker _all_ the time. I

Re: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer.

I have no real clue about Affinity, but you may find this interesting: https://fixthephoto.com/adobe-framemaker-vs-affinity-publisher.html For me, I switched to LaTeX (for my technical documents) after FM12 when the pricing/upgrade costs went berserk (IMHO), and from InDesign (minimal use

Re: [Framers] Appearance of graphics in the generated PDF

For reference, PNG is _always_ a "raster" (a lossless, color bitmap), it is not a vector format at all. In general, for raster images, JPEG is decent to good for photographs only. If you want to keep lines and font "straight" (for example for business graphics and text, etc.) without any

[Framers] LaTeX equation support - was "Appearance of graphics in the generated PDF"

I find equation creation in LaTeX incredibly powerful, but does need some experience since it is not WYSIWYG as you note. But, once you use it for equations, other WYSIWYG tools appear very limited. I do not know LyX, but for me, the ability to see the output PDF from LaTeX source text (in

Re: [Framers] Appearance of graphics in the generated PDF

I have been reading this thread with some interest, but remain confused about one thing. As I understand (perhaps incorrectly?), since the equation "source" that is brought into FrameMaker is a PNG image (right?), _all_ knowledge of fonts, text, equation info, etc. is really not in there.

Re: [Framers] Welcome to the new FrameUsers List Mom

Most Excellent!  Thanks for volunteering, Bernard! Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Carol J. Elkins Sent: Friday, July 9, 2021 10:03 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] Welcome to the new FrameUsers List Mom Hi everyone, I wanted to introduce you

Re: [Framers] Can Someone Take the Reins?

Not sure if Reddit is the right place. It can be quite out of control with its tons of random posts on all kinds of topics. A _far_ better site is groups.io ... I use it for a few email discussion groups that I administer. And it would work for this mailing list perfectly! Z -Original

Re: [Framers] can someone take the reins?

I have the same gratitude to Carol and Rick! Although I rarely use FrameMaker now (stopped updating at FM12 and only fix old docs with that rev), I continue to subscribe to this list for old times sake.  Thanks again! Z ___ This message is from the

Re: [Framers] tiny menu/buttons/etc. on hi-res monitors

I will have to try that … thanks much! Z From: Monique Semp Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 1:36 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. ; Syed Zaeem Hosain Subject: tiny menu/buttons/etc. on hi-res monitors I have FrameMaker 2015 on a Windows-in-Parallels system, too

Re: [Framers] OT: Newest version of Windows 10

Hi, Tammy. I cannot tell you about FM 2019 specifically (I decided to never upgrade after FM 2012), but the install of 20H2 Windows went very smoothly for me, and *every* application on my system, including Acrobat Pro, works just fine. So, I would be surprised if Acrobat or FM 2019 breaks as

Re: [Framers] Using vector images in Frame

Interesting! Converting a raster image to vector format usually is fraught with problems, so I wonder how well these folks do it. They claim to do JPG -> SVG conversions too. (Of course, converting from vector to raster is normal - "on the fly" from vector to display or print during the

Re: [Framers] Using vector images in Frame

Hmmm ... PNG is not a vector format - it is a bitmap ("raster") too. So, I am not sure what format your illustrator actually provided! Z Sparky Anderson wrote: > I have another image my illustrator provided...apparently it's a vector PNG. > If I add it to the FM file and then Publish it to

Re: [Framers] Oh for the Good Old Days

: [Framers] Oh for the Good Old Days That's correct. The bizarre, broken UI was introduced in FM9. On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 4:21 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: > > I would also add that if you don't need the Unicode support for _some_ reason > (albeit doubtful in this day and age), then I liked t

Re: [Framers] Oh for the Good Old Days

I would also add that if you don't need the Unicode support for _some_ reason (albeit doubtful in this day and age), then I liked the old UI in FM 7.2 as being easier on my eyes! (Although I should ask: did FM 8 use that older UI? I.e., am I misremembering that it changed in FM 9?) Z

Re: [Framers] Basic question: hyperlinks to paragraphs

t brute-force search-and-replace. If you asked him to make the solution general enough, it could be something you could re-use easily in the future for this spec too. Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 1:04 PM To: An email l

Re: [Framers] Basic question: hyperlinks to paragraphs

-Original Message- I said: > As a completely separate BTW, if you put an underscore before and after the > word in emails (see -->), _some_ email systems will underline that word in > the email. The '*' makes it show in bold. Oops, I am wrong. The underscore _italizes_ the word in

Re: [Framers] Basic question: hyperlinks to paragraphs

nal Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 12:52 PM To: bertrand.me...@inf.ethz.ch; An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. ; 'Shmuel Wolfson' Cc: me...@inf.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [Framers] Basic question: hyperlinks to paragra

Re: [Framers] Basic question: hyperlinks to paragraphs

Hmmm, I seem to recall doing this in FrameMaker ... I will see if I can find that document and remember how I did it. Used it in a glossary doc, so I may be able to send it along since it is not proprietary information. Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Bertrand Meyer

Re: [Framers] Adobe TechComm Partners Portal access?

Seems to be working now ... I get a normal page. Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of ian.proudf...@itp-x.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 12:56 AM To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' ; 'Framers List' Subject: Re: [Framers] Adobe

Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

That is great, Lin. It would be good if they fix this issue! It is not clear where it is occurring. Although I suspect it is in Acrobat Pro, since I am not generating a new file from FrameMaker - just combining other PDF files containing Source Sans Pro with file size reduction - each of which

Re: [Framers] image background problem

If you are using JPEG format, these files do not have transparent backgrounds ... if so, use PNG format for the images. Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 3:30 PM To: FrameMaker Users List Subject: [Framers] image

Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

this version of Wonderland ... On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 7:10 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: > Okay ... after experimentation to see what I am experiencing. > > I recreated the large PDF original with 750 pages from the source > files ("combined" other PDF files in Acrobat Pro). I

Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

the "Reduce PDF size" option - particularly if I use Source Sans Pro, I guess! And live with the larger file size. I would love for somebody to duplicate my results ... argh! Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain Sent: Monday, September 14,

Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

- From: Framers On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 3:10 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output Hmmm ... I don't know if the attached screen-capture will come through on this list

Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

, but the tech docs department needs a lot of glyphs that aren't included in it. Source Sans was the closest we could come, and I do not want to have to go looking for another font. On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 9:42 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: > I wonder if this is related to the font Source Sans

[Framers] Spellcheck fun ... was RE: Weird spacing in PDF output

Peter Gold said: > AHA! It's a secret plot of some kind. I remember there was a time long ago, > when FM's auto-correct would replace "InterLeaf" or some other proprietary > competitor, with "FrameMaker." Yeah. :) Back in 1988 when I began using FrameMaker for our engineering team documents,

Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

I wonder if this is related to the font Source Sans Pro? Some of my PDF documents that have this font are giving errors in Acrobat Pro - something to do with "incorrect width". I can look again if this seems like a possibility. Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Lin

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 12 and Parallels on a Mac (running Windows 10)

orked well for FrameMaker and a few other Windows programs that otherwise had impossibly small menu bar/icons/etc. HTH, -Monique On 8/30/20 12:12 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: Hi, all. I am moving to another laptop - a Macbook Pro (older generation - not the last two hardware versions) that ha

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 12 and Parallels on a Mac (running Windows 10)

Thanks! I will give that a try … Z From: Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2020 1:55 PM To: Framers Cc: Syed Zaeem Hosain Subject: Re: FrameMaker 12 and Parallels on a Mac (running Windows 10) Hi Z, i think the solution is to run Parallels with Graphics setting ’scaled

Re: [Framers] Adobe licensing is migrating to subscription based

It was a lot less before version 12. About every two to three years, the upgrade cost about $199 was about what I recall paying to go from version 5.5 steadily through version 11 over the years. When I signed up for the licensing program, I think (but not sure now) that I paid about $149 every

[Framers] FrameMaker 12 and Parallels on a Mac (running Windows 10)

Hi, all. I am moving to another laptop - a Macbook Pro (older generation - not the last two hardware versions) that has a retina display and is much faster than this 2-core Lenovo I am migrating from. This is a quad-core Intel I-7 and quite faster than the Lenovo, even though it is old. My

Re: [Framers] Adobe licensing is migrating to subscription based

rticularly when most commercial software now comes attached with bells and whistles which the vast majority of users do not use. Z On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 5:07 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: > Lin, > > That link mentioned FM _server_ versions, not the FM applications ... > unless I over

Re: [Framers] Adobe licensing is migrating to subscription based

Lin, That link mentioned FM _server_ versions, not the FM applications ... unless I overlooked something? Thanks! Z Lin Sims said: > This is an authoritative list of all of Adobe's products and when they went > End of Life and when Extended Support was ended. I hope it helps. >

Re: [Framers] Using vector images in Frame

JPG will not work for vector output - it is a bitmapped format. Try SVG if your imaging tool will support that output format. Z Doug wrote: > I want to make an image with text in it that will retain its sharpness when > the webpage is zoom in. As I understand things, a vector image will work

Re: [Framers] Adobe licensing is migrating to subscription based

I used the TLP to update FM and Acrobat for a couple of years - was before FM 11 was released, I think. Had to stop because Adobe told me that I had to have a _minimum_ number of licenses to qualify for renewal - I think it was 10 copies, but not sure. Which we certainly did not have (no need

Re: [Framers] Adobe licensing is migrating to subscription based

Hi, Doug, et. al. As far as I am concerned, yes! For you, the cost to go from 2017 to 2020 is likely to be quite expensive, since you skipped FM 2019, once FM 2020 is released! For sure, If you are on FM 2015 (or older), you have to essentially get a new license to do an "upgrade". As some

Re: [Framers] Grammar question

Interesting to read the responses so far! To me, the instructions are ambiguous in one regard - and people are interpreting things differently from me. At first blush, I read it as "remove the covers from the supervisor" and "remove the covers from the nodes". And, NOT as "remove the covers

Re: [Framers] Framers Digest, Vol 171, Issue 8

Phillip Norman wrote: > I address this conversation with wish the simple nearly-free tools I use, > should be packaged for a large new set of users, for purchase at very small > cost. If Adobe isn't interested, look for other possibilities. Indeed! I still receive this list because I am (a)

Re: [Framers] Hallucinating Re: Script/ to sort files in a FrameMaker book file?

Yeah! My experience was that the "hover over the first file in the selection" before clicking and dragging, was essential to get it correct! Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Simon BUCH Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:31 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe

Re: [Framers] Please remove me from list

Stephen O'BRIEN wrote: > REMOVE Unfortunately, we as list members cannot do so ... Please look at the bottom of each list e-mail to see how you can subscribe and unsubscribe: "Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com;

Re: [Framers] Mif2Go

Mif2Go stopped working at FM12 (as I recall) ... I looked at the source code to see if I could fix what to change to make it work for later versions, but I also stopped using FM at version 12, so could not (and cannot) test changes anyway. Z -Original Message- From: Framers On

Re: [Framers] Book and Doc Templates.

When I did this in the past (Word --> FM), I also followed the same approach that Lin mentions - it is the one that prevents confusing issues later on within FM or generating PDF, etc. There is usually some crud hanging around that could cause problems otherwise. Of course, now that I am using

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2015

For me, it was 1988 (FM version 3, I think?) on a Sun 3/50 (the one where the B/W monitor was physically attached to the top of the computer chassis pizza box). Peter, the first Windows version was FM 4, I think ... I beta tested it for Frame Technology then. Came on floppy disks (I think I

Re: [Framers] ANN: ImportSelectedFormats 1.2

Yes, indeed!! Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of jackdel...@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 10:35 AM To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' Subject: Re: [Framers] ANN: ImportSelectedFormats 1.2 I say three cheers for Carol for making

Re: [Framers] a friendly list, for long-time Framer colleagues

: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 10:58 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. ; Syed Zaeem Hosain Subject: a friendly list, for long-time Framer colleagues Yes, what Z said! I haven't used FrameMaker for a goodly number of years now, having moved to jobs that use a docs

Re: [Framers] What is going on with Adobe Licensing for FrameMaker?

Unfortunately, this is essentially the kind of "licensing" and upgrade pricing policy changes that I expected some years ago when the subscription versions were released. I stopped using FM for _all new_ documents after version 12 and switched to writing all my new documents to TeX ... my

Re: [Framers] Monitors

If you are *very* serious about good image manipulation, a color-calibratable monitor is kinda essential ... but can be expensive! For Photoshop, my son uses a BenQ SW271, a 27", 4K IPS, wide-gamut, monitor, along with a calibrator (as I recall, an i1 Display Pro unit) to get excellent results

Re: [Framers] Does Mif2Go work in Windows 10?

Mif2Go will work through FM11 as provided in the standard distribution, and with FM12 with one file update - also available from the new location of the program. And it works just fine on Windows 10 too. Side notes: FWIW, (along with a few other people) I have access to the Mif2Go sources and

Re: [Framers] Revisiting graphic formats, png or something else?

For screen captures, using PNG is the best way to go, IMHO. In our modern web/storage era, the size of HTML files should not be a constraint here. JPG is for pictures (can create pixel artifacts with images like screen captures - random dots with colors not from the original, etc.). GIF (at

Re: [Framers] Retired

Congratulations, Keith! Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Keith Soltys Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 8:23 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] Retired As of last Wednesday, I am now retired, courtesy of a sudden but not entirely unexpected lay off

Re: [Framers] Save As PDF doesn't work first time

Hi, Art, et. al. I am not on the latest version of FrameMaker anymore (stopped upgrading at FM 12), but this historical experience, as has been mentioned here before, has been different for me each time a new version of FrameMaker was released. I had to go try _both_ Save as PDF and printing

Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing

Same here. Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Eichelberger, Mark (King of Prussia) Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 8:34 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing Jack, I just have not gotten

Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing

Hi, Alan. Like you, some time back, I also switched to LaTeX for all my new work. A modern LaTeX editor, combined with relativley instant PDF output viewing, is is well sufficient for my needs! Ye, I still have FrameMaker 12 for any old documents for which I need simple edits, but it is

Re: [Framers] Win 10 Build 1709 Breaks FrameMaker Ability to make PDF.

Hmmm. This looks like a recurrence of an old bug from years ago ... where the RGB option (or was it CMYK) would not work for Save as PDF. Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth Sent: Wednesday, May 9,

Re: [Framers] Transfer from FrameMaker into Word

A good point ... it is far superior to any other solution to output to RTF for Word! Mif2Go will work through FrameMaker 11 for sure - with one file that needs to be updated for FM 11, as I recall, but has not worked with later versions. For a while now, I have meaning to look at the code and

Re: [Framers] OFF TOPIC, Translation Need.

Others have recommended companies for German translations, so I will only add/ask a few things here. More than a decade ago, we searched for a company to whom we could send FrameMaker documents directly and have them provide translated docs in FrameMaker format back to us. This was not easy,

Re: [Framers] Correcting Master Pages in FM10

And that is why I would recommend BookVars from Leximation ... my most-oft used tool for FrameMaker. Z From: Framers on behalf of Robert Lauriston Sent: Wednesday, July 12,

Re: [Framers] [WTF ramemaker] Re: [Loners] How do you guys abbreviate foot pounds and Newton meters when writing about torque settings?

Yeah! I use these … a dash rather than a period for foot pounds is an old US/British convention, but still more common afaik. Lise Bible said: > ft-lb and N·m > -Lise On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Art Campbell > wrote: Or write them out?

Re: [Framers] [WTF ramemaker] Anyone using MIF-to-Go with FM '17?

f Syed Zaeem Hosain Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 6:10 PM To: Art Campbell; Framers List; writers--techies-on-framema...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Framers] [WTF ramemaker] Anyone using MIF-to-Go with FM '17? It did not work with FM 2015, and I was working on going the MIF2Go source to see if I

Re: [Framers] [WTF ramemaker] Anyone using MIF-to-Go with FM '17?

It did not work with FM 2015, and I was working on going the MIF2Go source to see if I could update it. Unfortunately, my temporary license for FM 2015 expired before I made any real progress, so the project stalled. Now that FM 2017 is out, I suspect it does not work. Although I have the

Re: [Framers] Frame/Distiller Question

then distill the PS file to PDF, either directly or via a watched folder), either installation order should be fine since you will be invoking Distiller explicitly. -FR From: Framers <framers-bounces+docudoc=hotmail@lists.frameusers.com> on behal

Re: [Framers] Frame/Distiller Question

Hmmm ... my experience: as long as you stop FrameMaker from installing its version of Distiller, it does not matter when you install Acrobat. So, I tend to do Acrobat last such that I have its latest files in place. Z -Original Message- From: Framers

Re: [Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

Lin Sims said: > ... and if you stop paying the subscription, you will not be able to open or > edit your files in Frame anymore. And right there is the reason for why subscription purchases simply cannot be a good idea! IMHO. Z ___ This message is

Re: [Framers] Whenever I post to this list, I get an interesting fraud detection message.

Hosain <syed.hos...@aeris.net>; Syed Zaeem Hosain <syed.hos...@aeris.net>; FrameUsers Admin <ca...@frameusers.com>; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Whenever I post to this list, I get an interesting fraud detection message. Syed, the message you are seeing does

[Framers] Whenever I post to this list, I get an interesting fraud detection message.

Below, you can see the one line of text message (and a link) that I see whenever I post to this list ... not sure why(?) Are others seeing this too? Z This is the line below: [This sender failed our fraud detection checks and may not be who they appear to be. Learn about spoofing at

Re: [Framers] Up for discussion: changing Framers' default Reply-To behavior

I am open to whatever cures the add-on text that says that I am not a verified user (or some such "alternative fact" words). :) (I have no clue whether I am the only one seeing this text ...) Z P.S. Thanks, Carol, for maintaining this list! -Original Message- From: Framers

Re: [Framers] Adobe Illustrator re-installation woes and final success with Belarc

I also endorse Belarc thoroughly ... it has given me information on a number of occasions on license information that was invaluable. Z -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+syed.hosain=aeris@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly Sent: Monday, January

Re: [Framers] FM 2015 toolbar options?

> I'll never understand why software GUI developers move stuff around like this. Usually because they don't actually _use_ the tools for the commercial purpose that they are designed for, unfortunately. To them, such changes may seem trivial, but for people who have "muscle memory" for the

Re: [Framers] Replace URLs

, of course). Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 08:02 PM To: 'john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com' <john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com>; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Replace URLs I have not done thousands of files, but what has worked easily

Re: [Framers] Replace URLs

I have not done thousands of files, but what has worked easily for me is a tool I wrote that (runs in a DOS command window, unfortunately) converts text from one string to another. Since you can wild-card the input for the filenames, it can operate on all the files in one go! Only operates on

Re: [Framers] Who's in charge?

ay, November 30, 2016 01:22 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain <syed.hos...@aeris.net>; FrameMaker Postings <framers@lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: [Framers] Who's in charge? Hello Z... Thanks for your warning about the Control-key functions. I assume though that it is still OK to ac

Re: [Framers] Who's in charge?

All of my replies seem to get tagged with this too. :) Z -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+syed.hosain=aeris@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 02:40 PM To: dennis.brunnenme...@gmail.com; FrameMaker Posting

Re: [Framers] Who's in charge?

Robert Lauriston said: > First rule of FrameMaker: use only paragraph and character tags to format > your text. > Second rule of FrameMaker: use only paragraph and character tags to format > your text. Heartily, HEARTILY agreed! In particular, the use of Control-key functions to add character

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 11:14 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question Xara may have issues with EPS. http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?66467-EPS-in-Designer-Pro-X9 On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

I highly recommend the Xara products. I use their image editing and video products with good results. I switched to their perpetual licensed tools when Adobe went cloud licensed based. Z Get Outlook for Android On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 9:05 AM -0700, "Shmuel Wolfson"

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

I don't know about Illustrator, but Photoshop CS 6 was the last one before Creative Cloud, as I recall. Z Get Outlook for Android On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 7:10 AM -0700, "Tammy Van Boening" > wrote:

Re: [Framers] ANN: CrossrefReporter update

Thanks! I will be taking a look then. Regards, Z > FrameMaker 10 and above. It uses ExtendScript which is built into FrameMaker > 10 and above. > > > Rick, > > > > Will this work in FM 12? > > > > Z > > > > FrameMaker makes it easy to generate lists of external cross-references > > > and

Re: [Framers] ANN: CrossrefReporter update

Rick, Will this work in FM 12? Z > -Original Message- > From: Framers [mailto:framers- > bounces+syed.hosain=aeris@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick > Quatro > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 09:48 AM > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: [Framers] ANN: CrossrefReporter

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