Help with Running Headers

ppear at all. David Kuhn Technical Writer 09-776-1956 (desk) 054-3078987 (mobile) This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp

OT: Acrobat Displays Banner Off-Screen

Running into a wierd problem which seems to only appear on one or four systems. All four systems running Acrobat 8.1.1 on Windows XP SP2. PDFs are being created from FrameMaker 7.2 with Distiller 8. If I open a PDF on my system, the PDF displays fine. Banner page displays within the viewabl

Quark versus FrameMaker

free to contact me if you have any other questions about the three programs. David Creamer I.D.E.A.S. - Results-Oriented Training http://www.IDEAStraining.com Adobe Certified Trainer & Expert in FrameMaker and InDesign Authorized Quark Training Provider (since 1988)

Quark versus FrameMaker

e you could automate text, a table, or a graphic being imported into an anchored frame/object, the type would not flow the same as it does in Frame. (ID flows top-to-bottom, left-to-right; Frame will split the flow above-and-below the straddled element.) David Creamer I.D.E.A.S. - Results-Oriente

Quark versus FrameMaker

On Linda Lecomte at lecomte at comcast.net wrote on 11/30/07 8:36 AM: > Thanks David. This was helpful and I probably will have more questions. I do > have two right now: > What do you mean by Quark does not do numbered lists or footnotes natively. > Also, is outsourcing this proje

Quark versus FrameMaker

iables. Shared Content is useful, but not the same way as Frame/ID variables. Text content is for an entire Item (a.k.a. Frame or Object), not for in-line text. If XML, the same general process can also work with Frame and InDesign. Can you clarify your usage of Quark Tags as variables? David Cr

FrameMaker XML inDesign XML imports

s: InData and InCatalog. (InCatalog can even maintain a "live" link to your database.) David Creamer I.D.E.A.S. - Results-Oriented Training http://www.IDEAStraining.com Adobe Certified Trainer & Expert (since 1995) Authorized Quark Training Provider (since 1988) Markzware, Enfocus, FileMaker Certified

looking for conditional text scenarios

Greetings, Here at Adobe we're looking for real-world uses of conditional text. We'd be very interested in a summary of some of the interesting uses out there, including the condition tags you've defined and the output desired. We'd also like to hear of any limitations you've encountered in either

batch processing of large numbers of text files?

One such option, for Windows users, is TextPad (www.textpad.com). Very useful when editing multiple ASCII files. I ue it to perform operations across a complete folder of HTML files on a regular basis. - Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in y

Conditional Text problem on Frame 7.1 on Win XP Professional

shouldn't. According to this pattern, would I have to change this to ABC__224D for FM to recognize the difference? And what if I need to add additional variations to a name like ABC2024G and ABC2024F? Does Frame not recognize the difference? Hope you can help me, Thanks, David -- David Schor S

Conditional Text problem on Frame 7.1 on Win XP Professional

Silly me. Turned out the Visible/Hidden settings in the Conditions dialog box were the culprit. Now I know, and I generated the help versions successfully. Thanks a million, Yves! David David Schor Senior Technical Writer MSSI - Marvell Software Solutions Israel Tel: (+972) 3 7662823 Cellular

RE: Fixing lots of X-refs

John, Unless you have a backup of the book and associated files that are unchanged, then the MIF method may be the easiest way to go.   If you had renamed the chapters from the book the cross-references would have been automatically recreated and it would have saved you all of this work.   In the

RE: Fixing lots of X-refs

rom within Frame. This would have saved you all of this cleanup work. --- On Wed, 12/31/08, David Spreadbury wrote: From: David Spreadbury Subject: RE: Fixing lots of X-refs To: pe...@knowhowpro.com, "John Sgammato" Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 1

RE: converting email addresses to hyperlink

The complete procedure, from start to finish, with an alternate method.   == 1. Type email address; i.e., n...@email.com 2. Copy email address to clipboard (highlight email address, press Ctrl+C) 3. Select Special > Hypertext 4. In Hypertext dialog, select pulldown and select Go to URL 5. In Hypert

Re: Jumping to Figure Captions

Jack, You don't say whether you are using Structured or Unstructured.   If using Structured, try changing your cross-reference format to point to the Figure and not the Caption. This will cause the jump to stop at the anchored frame which is immediately above the figure.   If using Unstructured,

Re: trademark symbol in text

Deirdre, If the trademark symbol is for your product, check with your corporate marketing folks or legal counsel.   If the trademark is for someone else's product, i.e., Microsoft, go to that companies website and search for something like "Trademark Usage"; i.e., http://www.microsoft.com/about/

Re: FrameMaker/ePublisher issue

Mark, My .02 cents.   I am assuming that you are outputting to HTML. If this is the case, it is an HTML issue.   Unless the basic font you are using contains the special character symbols, the HTML will interpret the character code for the symbol in the base font. We ran into this when using a S

RE: Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

Verner, Probably the best way is through MIF.   You could use a program like TextPad, shareware from www.textpad.com (or $35US if you like it), and open all of your MIF files at one time, versus opening and closing each MIF in something like Notepad. --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Andersen, Verner Engell V

Re: Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

ire folders and subfolders. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 David Spreadbury wrote: > Verner, > Probably the best way is through MIF. > You could use a program like TextPad, shareware from www.textpad.com (or $35US if you like it), and open all of your MIF files at

RE: Converting FrameMaker Marker tags with Acrobat

Denise, Have you tried adding mailto:?   message url support-ameri...@varian.com   to   message url mailto:support-ameri...@varian.com --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Denise L. Moss-Fritch wrote: From: Denise L. Moss-Fritch Subject: RE: Converting FrameMaker Marker tags with Acrobat To: "'Art Campbell'" C

Re: OT: question about paragraph reference and section symbols

Deirdre, Don't know if it applies, but Mil-Std-37874 uses (see 2.2).   I prefer (see 2.2 Introduction). This gives the reader an idea of the subject matter at the referenced paragraph.   I would not use the work 'paragraph', 'section', or the paragraph/section symbols. I believe that the use of t

Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)

Verner, You should be able to do a File > Save Book As, renaming the book file. This should rename your generated files to match the book filename. --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a templa

Re: Unstructured FM to DITA XML

Robyn, I have done unstrctured-Structured conversions but not DITA.   I a previous email you mentioned you were looking at Mif2Go. Checkout Chapter 14 in the Mif2Go User Guide. It discusses just this situation. --- On Mon, 1/12/09, robynwrig...@aol.com wrote: From: robynwrig...@aol.com Subject

Re: Unstructured FM to DITA XML

Yves, Yes, yes, yes, please post it, or a link where it could be downloaded. I would think that this would be very beneficial for a lot of the watchers on here, or the TCS site. --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Art Campbell wrote: From: Art Campbell Subject: Re: Unstructured FM to DITA XML To: "Yves Barb

Re: How do you create a new paragraph after a table?

Avraham, Don't concentrate on the Table, concentrate on the Heading.   With your cursor in the heading, press Ctrl+M (Paragraph Designer).   Space Above Under the Basic tab, set the Space Above Pgf: anter the amount of space, in points you want. Click Apply. If the space you selected is not enough

RE: How do you create a new paragraph after a table?

Looking at Sharon's, Caroline's, and my earlier post on this subject:   Setting the Heading1 para format to start at top of page is a smart idea. In the Heading1 format, set Keep with Next. The following item, typically a Para, should have the Widow/Orphan value set to a minimum of 3 which should

RE: Imported Graphics

Howard, You could also create a PDF, then export the PDF to HTML. The export will create GIFs of all of the graphics. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Howard Rauch Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:51 P

RE: Screen Capture

All of the posted options will work, but if you want better control over your captures, SnagIt (www.textsmith.com) is probably in the Cadillac class. For less than $50, it is a steal. Another inexpensive, and good, option is Gadwin Print Screen Pro (www.gadwin.com). You can buy the latest version

RE: Screen Capture

o.com; syed.hos...@aeris.net; blamb...@comcast.net; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Screen Capture Responding to Brian Lamborn, David Spreadbury wrote (in part): > All of the posted options will work, but if you want better control over > your captures, SnagIt (www.textsmith.com) is

RE: Outline

Don, Sandybrooke software (http://www.sandybrook.com/) has an Outline tool add-on that works within Framemaker. Dave Spreadbury -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Donlad W. Spencer Sent: Monday, January

RE: Hypertext Links to Excel Worksheets?

Ted, I don't know if this will help, but the Excel2007 Help provides the following information on linking to a specific sheet within a workbook: Note You may find it more convenient to create an external reference link without opening the workbook on the Web. For each cell in the destination wor

RE: wrestling with referenced graphics pointers

Ben, If you change the directory name you have changed the relative path to the graphics. The path must stay the same, relative to the source files. One solution would be to store the graphics in the same tree as the source files, i.e., BookFolder --|SourceFiles --|Graphics Then when the source

RE: Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

John, This is a known issue, actually you have two issues. One - Save As PDF has never really worked reliably. Two - delete fntcache.dat, check in windows\system2 and i386 folders. Delete both, if you have two, and then reboot. There is a fix from Microsoft that is supposed to fix this issue. Yu

RE: Changing Paper size in template

Did you look through the FrameMaker templates at http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/index.html? I believe there is an A4 template in there somewhere. These were all done in Unstructured Frame 5.5, I think, but should give you the basic page layout. -Original Message- Fro

RE: Changing Paper size in template

mpac2.pdf, etc. There is also a primer on the use of the templates. The document name is /primer.pdf, at the same base URL. -Original Message- From: David Spreadbury [mailto:dspre...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 9:00 AM To: 'Art Campbell'; 'Caroline

Re: adding a graphic to a TOC

Hi Mulholland, Try adding the graphic to the Header1 Toc entry on the TOC page of the TOC file's Reference pages. All the best, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 dav...@afcon-inc.com dsch...@gmail.com On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 6:

Importing FM content to Flare - Changing image import location

his. Does anyone know how to do this? For me, this is a black eye against Madcap if I have to clean this folder every time I update the content. TIA, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 dav...@afcon-

Re: Printing Error

ps they're draining too much memory. HTH, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 dav...@afcon-inc.com dsch...@gmail.com On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Angela Provan wrote: > I am trying to print an A5 letter doco with FM8 (off a

Re: Importing FM content to Flare - Changing image import location

admits that "it's messy" (LOL) so perhaps this is something that Madcap will fix in a future release (I'm working in v4.2). I would like to be able to choose the location for importing the graphics. Thanks very much! All the best, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Soft

RE: searching for a section symbol

Carol, In the Find\Change dialog, enter ' \p', without the single quotes. That is 'space backslash lowercase p'. This will find all occurrences of a space preceding an end of paragraph. In the Find/Change dialog, enter ' \r', without the single quotes. That is 'space backslash lowercase r'. This w

Error generating WebHelp/WebHelpPlus output in Flare v4.2

n order to work with Flare? Or is there a way to fix this problem in the configuration? System parameters: Windows XP Professional SP3, FM 7.2, Flare 4.2, Acrobat 7.1 Professional, Acrobat Distiller 7.1 TIA, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 4

Re: Error generating WebHelp/WebHelpPlus output in Flare v4.2

generation. Still, I don't like that error message. David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 dav...@afcon-inc.com dsch...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:33 AM, David Schor wrote: > Hi everyone, > I'm trying to make a trial ru

Re: Error generating WebHelp/WebHelpPlus output in Flare v4.2

this forum are doing also, occasionally. It's perfectly reasonable to believe and hope that there are FM users on this list that can answer my question. David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 dav...@afcon-inc.com dsch...@gmail.com On Thu,

Re: Error generating WebHelp/WebHelpPlus output in Flare v4.2

than yours. It's not 1994 anymore, but 2009. David On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Flato, Gillian wrote: > In General, most of us are Frame users. We don't know anything about > Flare. Why would you ask people unfamiliar with the software for > software help? That's ineff

RE: Structured Frame Help

Rose, Try Googling for framemaker tutorials. One of the hits will take you to http://www.io.com/~tcm/etwr2472/guides/frame/frame_basics.html. A fairly decent online tutorial. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Be

RE: FrameMaker to CHM

Jennifer, I am surprised that Jeremy hasn't jumped on this one already. Mif2Go (www.omsys.com) will give you very good chm. They have a fully functional free demo version. I might even have a configuration file that could be modified to spit out a chm straight from Frame. -Original Message--

RE:

Chris, Apply a different tag to the selected text and then retag it with Para, this will remove the errant footnote ref Character Tag. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of cs...@sympatico.ca Sent: Wednesday

RE: Re-referencing Frame Maker Graphics

Another call for Bruce Foster's Archive. Best little FrameMaker add-on out there, at least one of the best, and only $20. Install Archive. Open your book, Select File > Utilities > Archive. Archive spiders your network for all referenced files, whether they be graphics or text insets. If Frame ca

RE: Omega symbol becomes W in pdf

Nancy, And if what Art suspects is true, you can get another very handy FrameMaker plugin, SetPrint, which can be configured to set the default printer, when in Frame, to the Adobe logical printer, while your system default printer can be whatever physical printer you have. You can download SetPrin

RE: Structured docs or conditional text

Carl, The answer is both flavors of Frame will handle Conditional Text with ease, and from what you say below, conditional text is the way to go, whether it be structured or unstructured. A few things to consider: 1) Decide on an input scheme, always put the differences in the document in the sa

Re: Globally changing the path to referenced files

Hi Menahem, I would emphasize to your outsourcers that it's important that they do all modifications within the full directory structure of the project. It's obvious that in the case you described, the outsourcer edited the file in a different location. All the best, David -- D

RE: Globally changing the path to referenced files

Menahem, Opening the file and pointing to the first missing graphic should have fixed all other graphics in the file, if the graphics are all in the same location. If not, each graphic with a different location would prompt for a re-import. A suggestion; instead of using NotePad try TextPad ($30)

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RE: Usage of WebWorks (ePublisher)

Patrick, My opinion, and experience, with Mif2Go is just the opposite. I have been using Mif2Go for several years and have learned how to use the User's Guide. Yes, it takes a while to find things, sometimes, but this is because Mif2Go can do a lot. If you install Mif2Go and just take the default

Re: Installing Acrobat 9.0 taking FOREVER??!?

forever. All the best, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478 8253 dav...@afcon-inc.com dsch...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidschortw On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 5:20 PM, John Hedtke wrote: > I just re-installed Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended

RE: The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts

Avraham, Two questions: Will Ctrl+M, followed by Ctrl+F, give the proper results? Will Ctrl+M+F give the proper results? If the second is true, I would document it by teling the user; "Press and hold the Control key then press M followed by F (Ctrl+M+F)." The Microsoft Manual of Style, version

RE: The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts

like the wording in the Adobe description but that is how it is worded. From: Avraham Makeler [mailto:amake...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 7:51 AM To: David Spreadbury Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: The correct shorthand for writing keyboard shortcuts >> Tw

RE: Mif2go - suddenly some graphics files won't import when creating HTML

Susan, You need to check three things: 1. Open one of the HTML files in a text editor and see where the graphics are supposed to be. Search for an img tag. The path of the expected graphics location will be there. 2. Check the GraphPath=../graphics entry in your mif2htm file. 3. If you are using t

Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

Because you are posting this question to frameusers, I assume you are using Framemaker as your authoring tool.   You can do this in several ways: If the graphics don't require additional editting, in Frame you can open the Graphics tools, select the anchored frame, select the Pen Pattern in the

RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

Since you said that you have Illustrator available. Open the SolidWorks PDF in Illustrator. Illustrator should recognize it as a vector image. In Illustrator, select the objects you want and increase the line width to the desired thickness. Export it as JPEG and you should have what you are looki

RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

: generic...@yahoo.ca; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing Responding to Nadine, David Spreadbury wrote: > Since you said that you have Illustrator available. Open the SolidWorks PDF > in Illustrator. Illustrator should recognize i

RE: Is there a way to convert all embedded pictures to be references?

Avraham, Without exporting the graphics, which you can do by saving the Frame file as a Word file, I believe you are out of luck. Since you have the original graphics your best bet is to delete and re-import by reference. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mail

FM to Acrobat conversion disaster

e. When I click set, I get a message stating "The selected PDF job option does not exist in the current installation. Either create this job option or select an available job option. Continue?" AARGH! Please help. Deadline has passed and it's not funny. TIA very much, David

Re: FM to Acrobat conversion disaster

Yes, this was it. Thanks very much to Baruch Broderson and Yves for pointing this out. I can't believe I missed this, but it happened. Thanks to all, David On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Yves Barbion wrote: > Hi David > > Choose Format > Document > PDF Setup and check

Re: Frame vs InDesign vs. alternatives??

ong as the client has a reasonably fast computer with 4-8 GB RAM, they should be fine. If I didn't address any specific issue, please let me know. David Creamer IDEAS Training & Consultation http://www.IDEAStraining.com Adobe Certified Trainer for Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign

Re: Frame vs. InDesign vs. alternatives??

possible, put all the unconditional content in a separate table, then the conditional content is their own tables directly following the unconditional. Then adjust the style settings to butt the tables together. David Creamer IDEAS Training & Consultation http://www.IDEAStraining.com Adobe Certif

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RE: Keyboard Shortcut Problem

Joseph, As Rick mentions below you must have a book or document open. What you want to press are: Esc Shift+F I (lower case eye) S (lower case ess) Those are four separate sets of keystrokes done sequentially. Normally written as Esc, Shift+f, I, s -Original Message- From: framers-bo

RE: Keyboard Shortcut Problem

In Frame 7.2, you can also accomplish the same thing with Alt+e,l, or with the mouse select Edit > Spelling Checker, or select the abc icon on the tool bar. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro

Fwd: not able to convert .pdf

Ajay, I believe that Save As PDF was still buggy in FM8. Try to make your PDF by printing to a PS file in the Adobe PDF printer instance and then generating the PDF through Acrobat Distiller. All the best, David -- David Schor Technical Writer Afcon Software and Electronics Mobile: 054 478

RE: Mysterious files from FM

Jon, I have seen files named similar to this. They were the result of a crash, usually relating to a full system crash rather than a Frame crash. Did you have this particular document open when your system lost power, or a similar problem? Typically the original file is no longer available. I hav

Cross-Reference Building Blocks

Windows XP w/SP2 FrameMaker 8.0p277 Structured   Is there a way to build a cross-reference building block that, when linking to a Figure caption that is positioned below the anchored frame that, when viewed in a PDF, the link result displays the figure and not just the caption?   I realize that t

RE: Cross-ref formats

The Microsoft Manual of Style has this as a couple of the ways to define cross-references: Correct see "Formatting an Outline," p. 226. see Chapter 17, "Outlining and Organizing a Document." For information about using the Outlining toolbar, see "Starting an Outline," page 221. For inf

RE: Problem with list?

>From the originating address of the responses I would venture a guess that the mail server is down. All of the responses are coming from framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com. David Spreadbury Sr, Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.

RE: Problem with list?

Somebody rebooted the mail server. Things are good, again!! -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:34 AM To: David Spreadbury; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Problem with list? Yay! The list is working again

best price on Adobe Tech Comm Suite 2?

Hi all. I'm an independent contractor and consequently I pay for my own software out of pocket. I've been cruising along with FrameMaker 6 for a very long time, as well as an old version of RoboHelp, and I'm now thinking of biting the bullet and buying the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 (w/

RE: Import by Reference Question/Bug ?

identical. -Original Message- From: Richard Melanson [mailto:rmelan...@spirecorp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:34 AM To: David Spreadbury; Combs, Richard; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Import by Reference Question/Bug ? Hi Framers, I have Frame 8 with all the updates/patches ru

RE: Import by Reference Question/Bug ?

x27;t fix it, then I would re0install Frame8 and then, of course, all updates. -Original Message- From: Richard Melanson [mailto:rmelan...@spirecorp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:04 AM To: David Spreadbury; Combs, Richard; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Import by Refe

RE: Variables established at book level?

Nancy, At my last full-time position we developed our documents to a telecommunications spec. In the spec there is defined a DocID (Document Identifier) file. In this file, which is not published with the book, we had place holders for all of the book-wide variables; title, doc no., doc date, et

RE: Why do British Tech Writers pontificate

Did I hear someone say "Willie Strunk?" David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Flato, Gillian Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:18 PM To: John Sgam

RE: Why do British Tech Writers pontificate

Gillian, Maybe investing $10 for a copy and mailing it to your British writers might be in order, or just passing them this link to an online copy (http://www.bartleby.com/141/). David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: Flato, Gillian [mailto:gfl...@nanometrics.com

RE: Remote Desktop and FrameMaker

Michelle, I have successfully launched and worked with FrameMaker 7.2 over a Remote Desktop. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Brabson, Michelle Sent: Wednesday

RE: Mif2Go graphics question

Martha, Try changing the [FDK[ WriteAllGraphics option to Yes. You can also set the WriteAllEquations to No, unless of course you actually have equations in your source. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers

RE: Help: File gone berserk

nique fonts in their graphics, which should get rid of that problem. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lea Galanter Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 9:54 AM To: Scott

RE: [framescript-users] OT: Backup software

Rick, Take a look at Norton Ghost (http://www.symantec.com/norton/ghost). The IT group at my last employer used it and I have used it with complete success. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer From: framescript-us...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:framescript-us...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf

Disappearing commenting function

n though someone else with Reader 9 still had the problem. Help! David Kuhn Technical Writer, PBG +1.972.9.776.1956 (desk) +1.972.54.307.8987 (mobile) AMDOCS > CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SYSTEMS INNOVATION This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to

RE: Epub Format -- pdf to epub conversion

Kay, I did a search for "creating epub from pdf" and got a bunch of hits. One of them seems to be just what you may be looking for: http://www.lexcycle.com/faq/how_to_create_epub. HTH David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.fram

RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search

ustralia, would provide the answers. HTH David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gold Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:32 PM To: Les Smalley Cc: framers@lists.frameus

RE: Wild Card Searches

a alphabetic string with a specific pattern and replace it by pasting in a variable. Scott>> David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of qui...@airmail.net Sent: Tuesd

RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search

, which probably goes into even more depth. Need to do some more digging. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:m...@grafixtraining.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:53 PM To: 'David Spreadbury'; pe...@knowhowpro.com; 'Les Small

RE: Wild Card Searches

Richard, Thank you. I will squirrel this away for the next time I need it. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 3:57 PM To: David Spreadbury; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject

RE: [TCS Users] Hyperlinks in FrameMaker 9

As a first step I would not include the end of paragraph marker. It may be adding something to the actual URL that is misdirecting the link. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer From: tcs-us...@googlegroups.com [mailto:tcs-us...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Lorenzini Sent

RE: [TCS Users] Re: Hyperlinks in FrameMaker 9

the same content placed adjacent to each other. If, during the search, the cursor doesn't appear to move AND the content in the marker dialog remains the same, delete the second, or successive, marker(s). David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer From: tcs-us...@googlegroups.com [mailt

Beware the Inadvertent Global Search and Replace

Argh. Before I had Frame 9, I had Frame 7, and I used to would Find things thusly: 1. Press Ctrl-f 2. Start typing the text to find. 3. Press Enter. Now in Frame 9, when I press ctrl-f, the Find/Change pod displays, but the cursor is rarely waiting there in the text box. In fact, the "focus" see

Re: Beware the Inadvertent Global Search and Replace

te change of behavior from FM > 7! > > > > It's nice to know that someone else out there has shared my frustration. :) > > Cheers, Callie > > > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:02:52 -0400 > > From

Re: Beware the Inadvertent Global Search and Replace

354 > -Original Message- > From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Dorbin > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:03 PM > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Beware the Inadvertent Global Search and

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