HI Nadine, I was having the problem you note and when I stopped setting tabs using the ruler (a feature I loved, by the way), my crashes almost stopped. Frame 9 is still finicky, but at least I'm not crashing several times a day any longer.
Cheers, Deb On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca> wrote: > There was a discussion quite a while back about the Paragraph Designer > freezing if you adjusted the tabs on the ruler, rather than within the > Paragraph Designer. Could that be a part of your problem? > > Nadine > > --- On *Fri, 5/20/11, Karen Mann <kmann at i-t-tech.com>* wrote: > > > From: Karen Mann <kmann at i-t-tech.com> > Subject: RE: FrameMaker 9 > To: "Pinkham, Jim" <Jim.Pinkham at voith.com>, "Fred Ridder" < > docudoc at hotmail.com>, "framers at lists.frameusers.com" < > framers at lists.frameusers.com> > Date: Friday, May 20, 2011, 9:44 AM > > Thank you, for your attention. It appears others have this same issue > with the paragraph designer etc. > > > > I have had my T5500, 64 bit, Win7 for about 6 mo. The first T5500 I > purchased was crashing all the time so Dell replaced it and upgraded from a > dual to a quad and added 4 g of ram to make the 12 g and upgraded the > graphics card... trying to keep their customer happy. > > > > I have more RAM than our old server did. Too bad Adobe is non-responsive; > they should post a fix. > > If anyone at any time finds a solution to this ?Adobe? bug I would > appreciate an e-mail. > > > > Thank you again for your time and response, I really appreciate this forum. > > > > Karen Mann > > kmann at i-t-tech.com > > *From:* Pinkham, Jim [mailto:Jim.Pinkham at voith.com] > *Sent:* Friday, May 20, 2011 6:49 AM > *To:* Fred Ridder; Karen Mann; framers at lists.frameusers.com > *Subject:* RE: FrameMaker 9 > > > > And I didn't mean to overstate my response, Fred. I do appreciate what you > bring to us here. I'm usually keeping a close eye on the list and try to > pitch in if I suspect I can say something useful. Of course, I've been known > to miscalculate now and then :) > > > > Jim > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:50 PM > *To:* Pinkham, Jim; kmann at i-t-tech.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com > *Subject:* RE: FrameMaker 9 > > I didn't mean to chase you back to lurkdom, Jim. Really! I was just trying > to keep things reasonably on-point. > > -Fred > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: FrameMaker 9 > Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 21:19:37 -0500 > From: Jim.Pinkham at voith.com <http://mc/compose?to=Jim.Pinkham at voith.com> > To: docudoc at hotmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=docudoc at hotmail.com>; > kmann at i-t-tech.com <http://mc/compose?to=kmann at i-t-tech.com>; > framers at lists.frameusers.com<http://mc/compose?to=framers at > lists.frameusers.com> > > Astute, as usual, Fred. I'll return to lurkdom, for the time being, duly > corrected. I sympathize with Karen: It's unfortunate that anyone with a > setup as robust as hers appears to be has to struggle with the functionality > problems she outlines. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:13 PM > *To:* Pinkham, Jim; kmann at i-t-tech.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com > *Subject:* RE: FrameMaker 9 > > I'm afraid it may not be worth very much as a data point, because there is > a world of difference between Windows XP and any 64-bit version of Windows > Vista or (more likely in Karen's case because she does refer to a "new > Dell") Windows 7. When the issue is the stability (or lack thereof) of an > application, the specific version of the OS is likely to be at least as much > a factor as any of the hardware details with the possible exception of the > amount of RAM. And the migration from 32-bit to 64-bit addressing was a > major change that seems to have caused compatibilty and/or stability issues > with a lot of apps. > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: FrameMaker 9 > Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 19:53:02 -0500 > From: Jim.Pinkham at voith.com <http://mc/compose?to=Jim.Pinkham at voith.com> > To: kmann at i-t-tech.com <http://mc/compose?to=kmann at i-t-tech.com>; > framers at lists.frameusers.com<http://mc/compose?to=framers at > lists.frameusers.com> > > FWIW, I've been using FM 9 with these specs at work since December, and > I've never run into the bug you're experiencing: > > > > Dell Precision T3400 > > Win XP SP 3 > > 80GB HD > > 2.67 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo > 64 kilobyte primary memory cache > 4096 kilobyte secondary memory cache (3.3 GB usable installed memory) > 64-bit ready > Multi-core (2 total) > Not hyper-threaded > > > > I'm habitually running Office 2003, Acrobat X, and Illustrator CS 5 and > half a dozen other things. My FM 9 books incorporate AutoCad and Inventor > graphics, often run twice as large as yours. I sometimes don't reboot for a > week at a time. > > > > I'm skeptical of Dell's allegation in your case. > > > > HTH, > > Jim > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto: > framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Karen Mann > *Sent:* Thursday, May 19, 2011 5:00 PM > *To:* framers at lists.frameusers.com > *Subject:* FrameMaker 9 > > Has anyone else had this issue? > > > > I have a new Dell, 64 bit, 12G RAM, 500 hd ? 1g video on card, graphics > card Navidia Quatro 2000 card, > > > > Office 2010, Acrobat 9 ? InDesign CS4 > > > > I usually run with 1 small doc open in Word and one explorer window open. > > > > FrameMaker 9 (all updates) files are line art and text, 30 to 60 pages. > > After a couple of hours of work the panels stop working. I can click on any > icon and nothing works. So have to close out files and log back in > FrameMaker. It will work for a while longer and then I have to reboot and > start the cycle over. > > > > Dell has tried everything and nothing works. They say it?s a FrameMaker > bug? > > > > Would appreciate any assistance, and thank you in advance. > > Karen M > > > > > _______________________________________________ You are currently > subscribed to framers as DocuDoc at hotmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=DocuDoc > at hotmail.com>. > Send list messages to framers at > lists.frameusers.com<http://mc/compose?to=framers at lists.frameusers.com>. > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at > lists.frameusers.com<http://mc/compose?to=framers-unsubscribe at > lists.frameusers.com>or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.comSend > administrative questions to > listadmin at frameusers.com <http://mc/compose?to=listadmin at > frameusers.com>. > Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at > yahoo.ca<http://mc/compose?to=generic668 at yahoo.ca> > . > > Send list messages to framers at > lists.frameusers.com<http://mc/compose?to=framers at lists.frameusers.com> > . > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at > lists.frameusers.com<http://mc/compose?to=framers-unsubscribe at > lists.frameusers.com> > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at > frameusers.com<http://mc/compose?to=listadmin at frameusers.com>. > Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as debra.laroche at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/debra.laroche%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. 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