-----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of framers-request at lists.frameusers.com Sent: 13 July 2012 18:00 To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: framers Digest, Vol 81, Issue 13
Send framers mailing list submissions to framers at lists.frameusers.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to framers-request at lists.frameusers.com You can reach the person managing the list at framers-owner at lists.frameusers.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of framers digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Finding broken links in a PDF (Jeremy H. Griffith) 2. Re: Advanced FrameMaker online Training (David Creamer) 3. Re: Finding broken links in a PDF (An Update!) (Lin Sims) 4. Re: Finding broken links in a PDF (An Update!) (Lin Sims) 5. Re: Finding broken links in a PDF (An Update!) (Scott Prentice) 6. Re: Support needed! (Doris Pavlichek) 7. Re: Finding broken links in a PDF (Robert Lauriston) 8. about the paragraph object Pgf (Amy Zhao) 9. RE: about the paragraph object Pgf (Combs, Richard) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:47:39 -0500 From: "Jeremy H. Griffith" <jer...@omsys.com> To: Frame Users <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: Finding broken links in a PDF Message-ID: <ds2uv7hcck65lunpphs3mmbf726v141po9 at 4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:50:41 -0400, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote: >Has Adobe added a tool for finding broken links in a PDF yet? If so, >where is it? One of my coworkers is looking at a document that is >umpty-pages long with even umptier numbers of links. It just isn't >possible to find and click all of them to see if they all work, and >work as intended. As I recall, the lack of a tool like this has been a >long-standing issue with Acrobat, and I was kinda hoping they'd fixed >it by now. > >(For reference, the files are structured FrameMaker being saved as PDF >from a book file created using Leximation's DITA-FMx plugin, and it's >Adobe Acrobat X.) Hi Lin! Link checking is built in to Mif2Go for HTML conversions; it produces an error report in Frame that links to every error it finds. See the User's Guide, par. 5.1.5, "Checking for broken links in HTML or XML output". It doesn't matter that the output in this case is PDF; just run an HTML project using default settings, which takes a minute or two, and check the report. Since you don't need usable HTML output for this to work, you can just use the free unlimited demo version. Just one of the many free perks (like runfm and Wash via MIF) we've built in to Mif2Go. On the new Web site, <http://mif2go.com>, you need to register first, then after activation you can download. Be sure and put something related to Frame or Mif2Go in the bio field; that's how we sort out real signups from the frequent spammer attempts. We've had to exclude gmail and hotmail addresses for the same reason... HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. <jeremy at omsys.com> http://mif2go.com/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:06:21 -0700 From: "David Creamer" <ideasli...@ideastraining.com> To: <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: Advanced FrameMaker online Training Message-ID: <023201cd6061$6d52ce90$47f86bb0$@IDEAStraining.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello Trischa, I provide online training for all levels of FrameMaker. Please contact me for additional info. David Creamer IDEAS Training http://www.ideastraining.com Adobe Authorized Instructor & Certified Expert since 1995 Offering training for Acrobat, InDesign, InCopy, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, FrameMaker, Captivate, Fireworks, & PageMaker. Authorized FrameMaker Consultant with Frame Technologies since 1991. Authorized QuarkXPress Instructor and Certified Expert since 1988 Microsoft Office training, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and more Authorized FileMaker Instructor Authorized PitStop Pro Instructor Authorized FlightCheck Instructor ************************ Hi All, I am looking for Framemaker training ( online). Looking for training for intermediate to advanced level. Appreciate if anyone could let me know of such a training. Thanks, Trischa ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:14:09 -0400 From: Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> To: Frame Users <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: Finding broken links in a PDF (An Update!) Message-ID: <CA+MomCiikamATFX6GqyoZ+P5kroZCn-iKACiAHr4cDRnzJrR=A at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I think I've discovered (at least part of) the issue. The links are actually there. What's happening is that instead of the PDF hotspot covering the entirety of the text being wrapped in the xref or fm-xref tag, it's forming as a little tiny spot to the left of the visible text. I suspect this is the same thing that happens with xrefs to table footnotes, although at the moment I'm not remembering the why. Tomorrow I'm going to take a look at the files this is happening in to see if my coworkers are using the same elements in cases where it works versus where it doesn't work, whether the attributes are different, etc. I'm pretty new to structured Frame/DITA in general, so digging into this ought to be fun. :) HOWEVER!!! If anyone has already seen this issue and knows the cause and a fix, feel free to let me know. I love to figure things out, but I hate reinventing the wheel! (Meantime, off to Google!) On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote: > Has Adobe added a tool for finding broken links in a PDF yet? If so, > where is it? One of my coworkers is looking at a document that is > umpty-pages long with even umptier numbers of links. It just isn't > possible to find and click all of them to see if they all work, and > work as intended. As I recall, the lack of a tool like this has been a > long-standing issue with Acrobat, and I was kinda hoping they'd fixed > it by now. > > (For reference, the files are structured FrameMaker being saved as PDF > from a book file created using Leximation's DITA-FMx plugin, and it's > Adobe Acrobat X.) > > Thanks, > > -- > Lin Sims -- Lin Sims ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:21:52 -0400 From: Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> To: Frame Users <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: Finding broken links in a PDF (An Update!) Message-ID: <CA+MomCj5U-KKqUaevZOwhpjvpkVS+uRy3NT7OsnwbWZV7Wa-rQ at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 And, of course, as soon as I sent this I remembered: the hotspot works up until the point in the text where you've added a character tag or something that changes the format. Now, that's in unstructured, but I'm wondering if they've wrapped the part where the link breaks in another element or something. I shall be investigating more tomorrow.... On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote: > I think I've discovered (at least part of) the issue. > > The links are actually there. What's happening is that instead of the > PDF hotspot covering the entirety of the text being wrapped in the > xref or fm-xref tag, it's forming as a little tiny spot to the left of > the visible text. I suspect this is the same thing that happens with > xrefs to table footnotes, although at the moment I'm not remembering > the why. > > Tomorrow I'm going to take a look at the files this is happening in to > see if my coworkers are using the same elements in cases where it > works versus where it doesn't work, whether the attributes are > different, etc. I'm pretty new to structured Frame/DITA in general, so > digging into this ought to be fun. :) > > HOWEVER!!! If anyone has already seen this issue and knows the cause > and a fix, feel free to let me know. I love to figure things out, but > I hate reinventing the wheel! (Meantime, off to Google!) > > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote: >> Has Adobe added a tool for finding broken links in a PDF yet? If so, >> where is it? One of my coworkers is looking at a document that is >> umpty-pages long with even umptier numbers of links. It just isn't >> possible to find and click all of them to see if they all work, and >> work as intended. As I recall, the lack of a tool like this has been a >> long-standing issue with Acrobat, and I was kinda hoping they'd fixed >> it by now. >> >> (For reference, the files are structured FrameMaker being saved as PDF >> from a book file created using Leximation's DITA-FMx plugin, and it's >> Adobe Acrobat X.) >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Lin Sims > > > > -- > Lin Sims -- Lin Sims ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:49:21 -0700 From: Scott Prentice <s...@leximation.com> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Finding broken links in a PDF (An Update!) Message-ID: <4FFF4661.3030604 at leximation.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" Hi Lin... Note that there are a few settings in DITA-FMx that enable hypertext in a PDF. First, in the main DITA Options dialog, there's an "Add Hypertext Markers to External Xrefs" option. This is for xref/@scope="external" xrefs .. links to URLs or content outside of the scope of the DITA files. You probably want this to be enabled. Then, in the Book Build Settings dialog (button in the Options dialog), there's the "Convert Xrefs/Links into Hyperlinks" option. Also probably want this enabled. There's a difference between xrefs and fm-xrefs. Xrefs are "DITA" cross-refs that are just plain text links .. no formatting. If you want these to be clickable in a PDF, you must enable the option. Fm-xrefs are "FrameMaker" cross-refs which make use of FrameMaker's formatted references .. these will become clickable links in PDFs by default. Both are stored as xref elements in the underlying DITA file, but the fm-xrefs convert when open in FM. You may want to use the dita-fmx-users Yahoo group for DITA-FMx related questions. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 On 7/12/12 2:21 PM, Lin Sims wrote: > And, of course, as soon as I sent this I remembered: the hotspot works > up until the point in the text where you've added a character tag or > something that changes the format. Now, that's in unstructured, but > I'm wondering if they've wrapped the part where the link breaks in > another element or something. I shall be investigating more > tomorrow.... > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Lin Sims<ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote: >> I think I've discovered (at least part of) the issue. >> >> The links are actually there. What's happening is that instead of the >> PDF hotspot covering the entirety of the text being wrapped in the >> xref or fm-xref tag, it's forming as a little tiny spot to the left of >> the visible text. I suspect this is the same thing that happens with >> xrefs to table footnotes, although at the moment I'm not remembering >> the why. >> >> Tomorrow I'm going to take a look at the files this is happening in to >> see if my coworkers are using the same elements in cases where it >> works versus where it doesn't work, whether the attributes are >> different, etc. I'm pretty new to structured Frame/DITA in general, so >> digging into this ought to be fun. :) >> >> HOWEVER!!! If anyone has already seen this issue and knows the cause >> and a fix, feel free to let me know. I love to figure things out, but >> I hate reinventing the wheel! (Meantime, off to Google!) >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Lin Sims<ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote: >>> Has Adobe added a tool for finding broken links in a PDF yet? If so, >>> where is it? One of my coworkers is looking at a document that is >>> umpty-pages long with even umptier numbers of links. It just isn't >>> possible to find and click all of them to see if they all work, and >>> work as intended. As I recall, the lack of a tool like this has been a >>> long-standing issue with Acrobat, and I was kinda hoping they'd fixed >>> it by now. >>> >>> (For reference, the files are structured FrameMaker being saved as PDF >>> from a book file created using Leximation's DITA-FMx plugin, and it's >>> Adobe Acrobat X.) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> Lin Sims >> >> >> -- >> Lin Sims > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120712/deb5c7ef /attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:14:43 -0400 From: Doris Pavlichek <dpavlic...@opnet.com> To: "<laura at lavadome.net>" <laura at lavadome.net> Cc: "<framers at lists.frameusers.com>" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: Support needed! Message-ID: <696BA50E-493E-422F-BFB7-68BA90D91D80 at opnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Laura, I wrote to you privately, but I wanted to add something that, while anecdotal, is relevant. For a very large (100+ pages) document for my capstone course, I am running into many issues of Word 2011 on a MacBook Pro running Lion crashing. It gives me an error saying that my disk isn't inserted properly (a really ludicrous error). The document has a few graphics, a ToC, and a low-overhead template. There is no reason for it to crash, but it does. The only way I have found to avoid the error is to force quit the app and work on sections of the doc in smaller chunks, which we will knit together at the end. I can't fathom trying to use Word for product doc unless you did so in very small files. Even then... Doris E. Pavlichek Dpavlichek62 at gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Jul 10, 2012, at 3:57 AM, <laura at lavadome.net> wrote: > Dear all > > Please tell me I'm not going mad or being unreasonable. > > Have just come into work to find that the company which acquired us a few months ago wants me to use Powerpoint for creating datasheets instead of InDesign (definite) and "a more flexible tool" (Word) instead of our beloved Framemaker (proposed). > > I could cry. I am the only tech author in the company of about 100 people and the marketing department used PP for datasheets which they say is "adequate" for the job. This all arose on Friday when someone else needed to edit a version of my ID files when I was on holiday. Now I come in to find: > > "...For more technical documentation (e.g. product manuals) then I understand the argument for use of a more specialist tool - but even here we can use more flexible tools." > > Such as????? I have long user guides with masses of conditional text. Just let Word have a shot at that. In fact, they were trying to do just that before I started this job 4 years ago - and it wasn't working. > > Sorry to clog up the forum with this but I think of you all as friends who feel the same way about FM as I do. > > How do I persuade them otherwise? In fact, it's just one person really I think I need to convince - not in my office. > > I can just about cope with datasheets in PP but using anything other than Frame for long user guides is unthinkable. > > L > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as dpavlichek at opnet.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/dpavlichek%40opnet.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:07:01 -0700 From: Robert Lauriston <rob...@lauriston.com> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Finding broken links in a PDF Message-ID: <CAN3Yy4D1mxTEajTnafodLdnquTEAW=PF8A9Xc2YfJ99A13uHxQ at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 A free option might be to set up DITA to generate Web help and use one of the many free HTML link checkers. On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote: > Has Adobe added a tool for finding broken links in a PDF yet? If so, > where is it? One of my coworkers is looking at a document that is > umpty-pages long with even umptier numbers of links. It just isn't > possible to find and click all of them to see if they all work, and > work as intended. As I recall, the lack of a tool like this has been a > long-standing issue with Acrobat, and I was kinda hoping they'd fixed > it by now. > > (For reference, the files are structured FrameMaker being saved as PDF > from a book file created using Leximation's DITA-FMx plugin, and it's > Adobe Acrobat X.) ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:02:07 -0700 From: Amy Zhao <amyz...@marvell.com> To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: about the paragraph object Pgf Message-ID: <88E1C38078F2B945B53193E5993D6374489A0D1D4C at SC-VEXCH4.marvell.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, A very basic question. Does this object (Pgf) indicate just regular paragraph, paragraph made up of texts, or it has broader meaning, like sections including paragraphs and tables? Thanks for any help. Amy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120712/44905ce2 /attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:03:27 -0700 From: "Combs, Richard" <richard.co...@polycom.com> To: Amy Zhao <amyzhao at marvell.com>, "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: RE: about the paragraph object Pgf Message-ID: <C5D089C86687BC4DBBABE1CC5B3E45FC01760E2176 at CRPMBOXPRD01.polycom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Amy Zhao wrote: > A very basic question. > Does this object (Pgf) indicate just regular paragraph, paragraph made > up of texts, or it has broader meaning, like sections including > paragraphs and tables? > Thanks for any help. Umm, I think you're going to have to provide a lot more context. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 ------ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers. To unsubscribe send a blank email to http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. End of framers Digest, Vol 81, Issue 13 ***************************************