RE: Frame's future

[Shlomo Perets]

You wrote:


Please update to a current version of the FrameMaker Application Pack
for DITA.

> FrameMaker 7.2 DITA support is "Based on a core plugin developed and
> maintained by Leximation" (quoted from the DITA > About window).

Is this a problem? Adobe picked a great starting point for the app pack,
in my opinion.

> In fact, my FrameMaker console tells me that the beta period for this
> component has expired, and that I should contact Leximation for an
> update (even though it was downloaded from Adobe).

Then you are using an old version. The second beta should not have this
issue.



Licensing and integrating existing plug-ins is an excellent way to extend 
functionality of a core product. In response to Hedley's suggestion, I 
mentioned the DITA and Apply Master Pages plug-ins as examples for plug-ins 
that are already incorporated into FrameMaker.


There are many high-quality plug-ins out there that could significantly 
improve the end user experience -- handling tables, indexing, markers, 
conversion, manage formats, archiving, and many more. The FrameScript 
runtime is also a great idea.


Even though some of the existing 3rd party add-ons are low cost (or even 
free), my impression is that the vast majority of FrameMaker users use 
FrameMaker as it comes out of the box (this is probably true with respect 
to other products).



Shlomo Perets

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RE: Frame's future

[Max Dunn]

Hi Shlomo,

Please update to a current version of the FrameMaker Application Pack
for DITA.

> FrameMaker 7.2 DITA support is "Based on a core plugin developed and 
> maintained by Leximation" (quoted from the DITA > About window).

Is this a problem? Adobe picked a great starting point for the app pack,
in my opinion.

> In fact, my FrameMaker console tells me that the beta period for this 
> component has expired, and that I should contact Leximation for an 
> update (even though it was downloaded from Adobe).

Then you are using an old version. The second beta should not have this
issue. 

Thanks,

Max

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Frame's future

[Max Dunn]

Hi Shlomo,

Please update to a current version of the FrameMaker Application Pack
for DITA.

> FrameMaker 7.2 DITA support is "Based on a core plugin developed and 
> maintained by Leximation" (quoted from the DITA > About window).

Is this a problem? Adobe picked a great starting point for the app pack,
in my opinion.

> In fact, my FrameMaker console tells me that the beta period for this 
> component has expired, and that I should contact Leximation for an 
> update (even though it was downloaded from Adobe).

Then you are using an old version. The second beta should not have this
issue. 

Thanks,

Max

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re: Frame's future

[Shlomo Perets]

Hedley Finger wrote:

> Another thing Adobe could do is look at all the plug-ins and mods that
> various people have come up with to scratch an itch -- or stem a raging
> haemorrhage.  For example, there are a whole bunch of indexing tools --
> IXgen, emDex, Index Tools Pro, IndexRef, etc. -- suggesting that there is
> a crying need for a decent indexing interface on  a par with Cindex or Sky
> Index.

FrameMaker 7.2 DITA support is "Based on a core plugin developed and 
maintained by Leximation" (quoted from the DITA > About window). In fact, 
my FrameMaker console tells me that the beta period for this component has 
expired, and that I should contact Leximation for an update (even though it 
was downloaded from Adobe).


FrameMaker 7.x "Apply Master Pages" is also based on a plug-in.


David Eason wrote: (in response to Hedley)

> You named several indexing tools. I have been very comfortable with
> Index Tools Pro. How do you rate (and rank) the tools you named for
> usability, flexibility, user-friendliness, adaptability to Stuctured
> Frame, and other characteristics?

See http://www.microtype.com/links.html for links to in-depth reviews of 
the various indexing add-ons.



Shlomo Perets

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Frame's future

[Rick Quatro]

FrameScript's developer will not do this because it removes an incentive for 
people to purchase FrameScript. Hundreds of scripts would be distributed 
with no renumeration for FrameScript's developer. FrameScript is a bargain 
at $149. Even the simplest scripts provide a quick payback in time savings. 
Any FrameMaker environment can benefit from some form of automation.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com


> One of my suggestions in a blog post a while back is that they do 
> something similar with FrameScript to what they did with WWP Standard. 
> Include a run-time version of Framescript that would let people run 
> scripts but not edit or write them.
>
> It'd give the Framescript developers a bigger market to shoot at and add a 
> lot of value to Frame.
>
> Keith

Frame's future

[Bill Briggs]

At 6:29 PM -0500 2/20/07, Keith Soltys wrote:
>hedley.finger at myob.com wrote:
>>Another thing Adobe could do is look at all the plug-ins and mods that 
>>various people have come up with to scratch an itch -- or stem a raging 
>>haemorrhage.  For example, there are a whole bunch of indexing tools -- 
>>IXgen, emDex, Index Tools Pro, IndexRef, etc. -- suggesting that there is a 
>>crying need for a decent indexing interface on  a par with Cindex or Sky 
>>Index.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Hedley
>>
>>--
>
>One of my suggestions in a blog post a while back is that they do something 
>similar with FrameScript to what they did with WWP Standard. Include a 
>run-time version of Framescript that would let people run scripts but not edit 
>or write them.
>
>It'd give the Framescript developers a bigger market to shoot at and add a lot 
>of value to Frame.

 And if they brought back the Mac version you could do the same things with 
AppleScript, and even integrate FrameMaker into an automated workflow. It's a 
pity that the FrameMaker user community (on the Mac) didn't get into the 
AppleScript swing of things. I only know a hand full of Mac framers who use 
AppleScript, but those who do have speeded productivity in dozens of ways. Some 
of us here on this list have used AppleScript and FrameMaker to do some amazing 
time saving tasks. Even with the few annoying bugs in FrameMaker's AppleScript 
it was possible to do stuff that was, in a word, stunning. Watching 6 hours of 
manual effort for a VERY experienced FrameMaker user who knows the shortcuts 
reduced to a double click is a powerful motivator. In 15 minutes the script 
would finish. And it didn't make errors. The one major drag on this is that 
FrameMaker 7 has a nasty habit of throwing errors at random times when there 
are none. Requires a restart of FrameMaker. So that bug will never get fixed. 
Sigh.

 - web

Query on Tables Numbering and List of Tables

[Radha Padmanabhan]

Hi Stuart, MIFMuncher did as you have said. It is so nice to see a list of all 
paragraph tags with their properties. 

  Thanks all for your help.

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  An easy way to learn which of your tags has autonumbering is to use 
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Frame's future

[Keith Soltys]

hedley.finger at myob.com wrote:
> Another thing Adobe could do is look at all the plug-ins and mods that 
> various people have come up with to scratch an itch -- or stem a raging 
> haemorrhage.  For example, there are a whole bunch of indexing tools -- 
> IXgen, emDex, Index Tools Pro, IndexRef, etc. -- suggesting that there is 
> a crying need for a decent indexing interface on  a par with Cindex or Sky 
> Index.
> 
> Regards,
> Hedley
> 
> --

One of my suggestions in a blog post a while back is that they do 
something similar with FrameScript to what they did with WWP Standard. 
Include a run-time version of Framescript that would let people run 
scripts but not edit or write them.

It'd give the Framescript developers a bigger market to shoot at and add 
a lot of value to Frame.

Keith

Re: Frame's future

[Syed Zaeem Hosain]

Hi, Rick.

Rick Quatro wrote:
FrameScript's developer will not do this because it removes an incentive 
for people to purchase FrameScript. Hundreds of scripts would be 
distributed with no renumeration for FrameScript's developer. 


Unless Adobe paid some them small royalty portion of the sales cost
for each run-time shipped with FrameMaker.

This *could* add up in a hurry, :) even when compared to the $149
per license copy for the "developer" version.

> FrameScript is a bargain at $149. Even the simplest scripts provide a
> quick payback in time savings. Any FrameMaker environment can benefit
> from some form of automation.

I don't know how many FrameScript licenses have been sold vs. the
number of FrameMaker licenses, of course ...

But, surely, it might be interesting for them to consider this! :)

Z
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Frame's future

[Syed Zaeem Hosain]

Hi, Rick.

Rick Quatro wrote:
> FrameScript's developer will not do this because it removes an incentive 
> for people to purchase FrameScript. Hundreds of scripts would be 
> distributed with no renumeration for FrameScript's developer. 

Unless Adobe paid some them small royalty portion of the sales cost
for each run-time shipped with FrameMaker.

This *could* add up in a hurry, :) even when compared to the $149
per license copy for the "developer" version.

 > FrameScript is a bargain at $149. Even the simplest scripts provide a
 > quick payback in time savings. Any FrameMaker environment can benefit
 > from some form of automation.

I don't know how many FrameScript licenses have been sold vs. the
number of FrameMaker licenses, of course ...

But, surely, it might be interesting for them to consider this! :)

Z

Re: Frame's future

[Rick Quatro]

FrameScript's developer will not do this because it removes an incentive for 
people to purchase FrameScript. Hundreds of scripts would be distributed 
with no renumeration for FrameScript's developer. FrameScript is a bargain 
at $149. Even the simplest scripts provide a quick payback in time savings. 
Any FrameMaker environment can benefit from some form of automation.


Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com


One of my suggestions in a blog post a while back is that they do 
something similar with FrameScript to what they did with WWP Standard. 
Include a run-time version of Framescript that would let people run 
scripts but not edit or write them.


It'd give the Framescript developers a bigger market to shoot at and add a 
lot of value to Frame.


Keith


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[ecidade]

   Hello Fellow Framers and Acrobats alike


   Back into= technical writing once more after a hiatus of almost 3 years and
   am pos= ed with a question I know has been answered once but for the life of
   me= cannot locate the answer:


   Scenario:


   1. I create a document in FrameMaker which is rendered to a PDF and= 
posted
   on a website.
2. When viewing the PDF online, it look= s okay, nothing remarkablepage
   after page of outstanding content.
3. When printing the PDF, either at the bottom or top or "somewh= ere"
   appears a statement such as "Pursuant to company policy,= this is an
   Uncontrolled Copy of the XYZ Manual"

   Questi= on:


   Using only the available tools I have:  Fram= eMaker 7.1 and Acrobat 5.5,
   how can I make this happen?


   
   I know I've seen this somewhere but as I said, after 3 years away= , I can't
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Re: Frame's future

[Bill Briggs]

At 6:29 PM -0500 2/20/07, Keith Soltys wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>Another thing Adobe could do is look at all the plug-ins and mods that 
>>various people have come up with to scratch an itch -- or stem a raging 
>>haemorrhage.  For example, there are a whole bunch of indexing tools -- 
>>IXgen, emDex, Index Tools Pro, IndexRef, etc. -- suggesting that there is a 
>>crying need for a decent indexing interface on  a par with Cindex or Sky 
>>Index.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Hedley
>>
>>--
>
>One of my suggestions in a blog post a while back is that they do something 
>similar with FrameScript to what they did with WWP Standard. Include a 
>run-time version of Framescript that would let people run scripts but not edit 
>or write them.
>
>It'd give the Framescript developers a bigger market to shoot at and add a lot 
>of value to Frame.

 And if they brought back the Mac version you could do the same things with 
AppleScript, and even integrate FrameMaker into an automated workflow. It's a 
pity that the FrameMaker user community (on the Mac) didn't get into the 
AppleScript swing of things. I only know a hand full of Mac framers who use 
AppleScript, but those who do have speeded productivity in dozens of ways. Some 
of us here on this list have used AppleScript and FrameMaker to do some amazing 
time saving tasks. Even with the few annoying bugs in FrameMaker's AppleScript 
it was possible to do stuff that was, in a word, stunning. Watching 6 hours of 
manual effort for a VERY experienced FrameMaker user who knows the shortcuts 
reduced to a double click is a powerful motivator. In 15 minutes the script 
would finish. And it didn't make errors. The one major drag on this is that 
FrameMaker 7 has a nasty habit of throwing errors at random times when there 
are none. Requires a restart of FrameMaker. So that bug will never get fixed. 
Sigh.

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Oops! Look ma, no fonts!

[Steve Rickaby]

At 07:41 -0800 20/2/07, Steve Cavanaugh wrote:

>Wingdings 3 apparently comes with Windows XP and is almost exclusively
>arrows.

Windings of one sort or another have come with Windows for a long time, I 
think, but none of them are the same as, comparable with, or versions of, Zapf 
Dingbats, which is a completely different symbol font, work of Hermann Zapf, 
one of the 20th C's more eminent font designers.



Wingdings was probably designed in a closet at Redmond.

-- 
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Frame's future

[Eason, David]

Headley,

You named several indexing tools. I have been very comfortable with
Index Tools Pro. How do you rate (and rank) the tools you named for
usability, flexibility, user-friendliness, adaptability to Stuctured
Frame, and other characteristics?

Regards,

David Eason
LSI Logic
Contract Technical Writer
David.eason at lsi.com
Phone: 303-544-5433
Cell: 303-941-3512

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Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 3:18 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; framers at omsys.com
Cc: Shlomo Perets
Subject: Re: Frame's future

Another thing Adobe could do is look at all the plug-ins and mods that 
various people have come up with to scratch an itch -- or stem a raging 
haemorrhage.  For example, there are a whole bunch of indexing tools -- 
IXgen, emDex, Index Tools Pro, IndexRef, etc. -- suggesting that there
is 
a crying need for a decent indexing interface on  a par with Cindex or
Sky 
Index.

Regards,
Hedley

--
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Training Content Developer and Tools Specialist
MYOB Australia Pty Ltd 
P.O. box 371   Blackburn VIC 3130   Australia
12 Wesley Court   Tally Ho Business Park   East Burwood VIC 3151
Australia

Tel. +61 3 9222 9992 x 7421,   Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558

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Re: Frame's future

[Keith Soltys]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another thing Adobe could do is look at all the plug-ins and mods that 
various people have come up with to scratch an itch -- or stem a raging 
haemorrhage.  For example, there are a whole bunch of indexing tools -- 
IXgen, emDex, Index Tools Pro, IndexRef, etc. -- suggesting that there is 
a crying need for a decent indexing interface on  a par with Cindex or Sky 
Index.


Regards,
Hedley

--


One of my suggestions in a blog post a while back is that they do 
something similar with FrameScript to what they did with WWP Standard. 
Include a run-time version of Framescript that would let people run 
scripts but not edit or write them.


It'd give the Framescript developers a bigger market to shoot at and add 
a lot of value to Frame.


Keith
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RE: Frame's future

[White, William]

As I see it, I am happier with a solid core FM program where the field
is left open for 3rd party types to develop plugins. I'm sure there is
much more collective creativity outside Adobe then could be assembled
inside it. I've already experienced the collapse of one overlarded large
document app (Ventura/Corel/whatever Publisher) and must deal daily with
the grotesque bloat of MS Word with its endless array poorly implemented
'features'. 
I'll happily pay for the plugins rather than fight the bloatware battle.
Regards
Will White 
One Lambda Inc

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Subject: Re: Frame's future

Another thing Adobe could do is look at all the plug-ins and mods that
various people have come up with to scratch an itch -- or stem a raging
haemorrhage.  For example, there are a whole bunch of indexing tools --
IXgen, emDex, Index Tools Pro, IndexRef, etc. -- suggesting that there
is a crying need for a decent indexing interface on  a par with Cindex
or Sky Index.

Regards,
Hedley

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Training Content Developer and Tools Specialist MYOB Australia Pty Ltd

P.O. box 371   Blackburn VIC 3130   Australia
12 Wesley Court   Tally Ho Business Park   East Burwood VIC 3151
Australia

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RE: Frame's future

[Eason, David]

Headley,

You named several indexing tools. I have been very comfortable with
Index Tools Pro. How do you rate (and rank) the tools you named for
usability, flexibility, user-friendliness, adaptability to Stuctured
Frame, and other characteristics?

Regards,

David Eason
LSI Logic
Contract Technical Writer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 303-544-5433
Cell: 303-941-3512
 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 3:18 PM
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Cc: Shlomo Perets
Subject: Re: Frame's future

Another thing Adobe could do is look at all the plug-ins and mods that 
various people have come up with to scratch an itch -- or stem a raging 
haemorrhage.  For example, there are a whole bunch of indexing tools -- 
IXgen, emDex, Index Tools Pro, IndexRef, etc. -- suggesting that there
is 
a crying need for a decent indexing interface on  a par with Cindex or
Sky 
Index.

Regards,
Hedley

--
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Training Content Developer and Tools Specialist
MYOB Australia Pty Ltd 
P.O. box 371   Blackburn VIC 3130   Australia
12 Wesley Court   Tally Ho Business Park   East Burwood VIC 3151
Australia

Tel. +61 3 9222 9992 x 7421,   Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558

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Frame's future

[White, William]

As I see it, I am happier with a solid core FM program where the field
is left open for 3rd party types to develop plugins. I'm sure there is
much more collective creativity outside Adobe then could be assembled
inside it. I've already experienced the collapse of one overlarded large
document app (Ventura/Corel/whatever Publisher) and must deal daily with
the grotesque bloat of MS Word with its endless array poorly implemented
'features'. 
I'll happily pay for the plugins rather than fight the bloatware battle.
Regards
Will White 
One Lambda Inc

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Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:18 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; framers at omsys.com
Cc: Shlomo Perets
Subject: Re: Frame's future

Another thing Adobe could do is look at all the plug-ins and mods that
various people have come up with to scratch an itch -- or stem a raging
haemorrhage.  For example, there are a whole bunch of indexing tools --
IXgen, emDex, Index Tools Pro, IndexRef, etc. -- suggesting that there
is a crying need for a decent indexing interface on  a par with Cindex
or Sky Index.

Regards,
Hedley

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Need help building a para Warning tag

[Ed Lightle]

I tried Richard Comb's method for putting graphics for warning symbols
on a reference page and creating 2-column tables.  Everything worked
great for printed output but the graphics don't show up in my HTML Help
output.  I found that graphics not bounded by an anchored frame (on a
body page, I suppose) will not appear in the HTML output.  Is there any
way around this?

Thanks!
Ed Lightle
Sr. Technical Writer
Command Alkon Inc.

Re: Frame's future

[hedley . finger]

Another thing Adobe could do is look at all the plug-ins and mods that 
various people have come up with to scratch an itch -- or stem a raging 
haemorrhage.  For example, there are a whole bunch of indexing tools -- 
IXgen, emDex, Index Tools Pro, IndexRef, etc. -- suggesting that there is 
a crying need for a decent indexing interface on  a par with Cindex or Sky 
Index.

Regards,
Hedley

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MYOB Australia Pty Ltd 
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Re: Need help building a para Warning tag

[Ed Lightle]

I tried Richard Comb's method for putting graphics for warning symbols
on a reference page and creating 2-column tables.  Everything worked
great for printed output but the graphics don't show up in my HTML Help
output.  I found that graphics not bounded by an anchored frame (on a
body page, I suppose) will not appear in the HTML output.  Is there any
way around this?

Thanks!
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RE: milstd 40051 template doc query

[Dodd, Frank J]

Did you try the DOD document repository.

http://www.assistdocs.com/search/search_basic.cfm 

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Subject: milstd 40051 template doc query

Inquiry to see if anyone knows of any sites (libraries, repositories,
etc.) that have any basic template docs (unstructured or structured) for
simple army tech manuals from (work package format).

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RE: Checkbox

[Matt Sullivan]

I believe you can save a custom setting with the checkbox checked...

 

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:07 AM
To: Frame Users; Doug
Subject: Re: Checkbox

> For the life of my I can't get a template to keep the View Generated
> PDF in Acrobat checkbox populated (on the Format > Document > PDF
> Setup window).  I'm running Frame 7.2p158 under XP.

I have FrameMaker 7.1, and the checkbox is not sticky there, either. 
However, it doesn't seem to matter. The PDF displays after generation 
regardless of whether it's checked or not. In File> Print Setup> Adobe PDF 
printer on the Adobe PDF Settings tab is a checkbox: "View Adobe PDF 
results." Probably you just need to adjust that setting. (I have Acrobat 7, 
BTW.)

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milstd 40051 template doc query

[Dodd, Frank J]

Did you try the DOD document repository.

http://www.assistdocs.com/search/search_basic.cfm 

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From: Bob Williams [mailto:bob.williams.bristol...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:51 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: milstd 40051 template doc query

Inquiry to see if anyone knows of any sites (libraries, repositories,
etc.) that have any basic template docs (unstructured or structured) for
simple army tech manuals from (work package format).

If so, feel free to contact me off list (
bobDOTwilliamsDOTbristolDOTri at gmail.com

Thanks,

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Checkbox

[Matt Sullivan]

I believe you can save a custom setting with the checkbox checked...



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[mailto:framers-bounces+matt=grafixtraining.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Mike Wickham
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:07 AM
To: Frame Users; Doug
Subject: Re: Checkbox

> For the life of my I can't get a template to keep the View Generated
> PDF in Acrobat checkbox populated (on the Format > Document > PDF
> Setup window).  I'm running Frame 7.2p158 under XP.

I have FrameMaker 7.1, and the checkbox is not sticky there, either. 
However, it doesn't seem to matter. The PDF displays after generation 
regardless of whether it's checked or not. In File> Print Setup> Adobe PDF 
printer on the Adobe PDF Settings tab is a checkbox: "View Adobe PDF 
results." Probably you just need to adjust that setting. (I have Acrobat 7, 
BTW.)

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Checkbox

[Mike Wickham]

> For the life of my I can't get a template to keep the View Generated
> PDF in Acrobat checkbox populated (on the Format > Document > PDF
> Setup window).  I'm running Frame 7.2p158 under XP.

I have FrameMaker 7.1, and the checkbox is not sticky there, either. 
However, it doesn't seem to matter. The PDF displays after generation 
regardless of whether it's checked or not. In File> Print Setup> Adobe PDF 
printer on the Adobe PDF Settings tab is a checkbox: "View Adobe PDF 
results." Probably you just need to adjust that setting. (I have Acrobat 7, 
BTW.)

Mike Wickham

milstd 40051 template doc query

[Bob Williams]

Inquiry to see if anyone knows of any sites (libraries, repositories,
etc.) that have any basic template docs (unstructured or structured) for
simple army tech manuals from (work package format).

If so, feel free to contact me off list (
bobDOTwilliamsDOTbristolDOTri at gmail.com

Thanks,

Bob Williams
Bristol RI

Changing to initial-cap first-word-only format on headings on global basis

[cadel_jan...@emc.com]

I am going to look into Framescript, and I have sent an email to Rick
Quatro (who had also responded to my request for help) to see what he
can do for us.

Thanks for your help,
Janice 


Janice Cadel
Principal Technical Writer
EMC
2600 Tower Oaks Blvd.
Rockville, MD  20852
240.747.6407
cadel_janice at emc.com

-Original Message-
From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:24 AM
To: Cadel, Janice
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Labarta, Brian; Conlan, Stephanie
Subject: Re: Changing to initial-cap first-word-only format on headings
on global basis

I think this would be pretty easy in FrameScript, but I haven't heard
of an existing one.
I've commisioned custom scripts from Rick Quatro in the past and can
recommend his work. This would require a copy of FrameScript to run
against too

www.frameexpert.com

Art

On 2/16/07, Cadel_Janice at emc.com  wrote:
> There's been a change in the style format for headings, and we need to
> change all headings so that they are only first-word initial-cap only.
> Currently, the headings are initial cap for all words in the heading.
> Does anyone know of a tool or a script that can make the change on a
> global basis?
>
> Thanks,
> Janice
>
> Janice Cadel
> Principal Technical Writer
> EMC
> 2600 Tower Oaks Blvd.
> Rockville, MD  20852
> 240.747.6407
> cadel_janice at emc.com


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rant moan fm to word rant moan

[Caroline Tabach]

" as ever, I'm
sure someone out there has some top tips?"

I would just like to  clarify something, MIF2Go is the only technical writing 
product I work with that has real customer support, that is why you see so few 
MIF2GO questions on the lists, and you can write directly to them to get the 
quick tip you need.
You just need the patience to sit down and read the help/User guide.

Caroline?Tabach
Technical/Marcom Writer


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-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+caroline=radcom.com at lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-bounces+caroline=radcom@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of 
Gordon McLean
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 2:32 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: rant moan fm to word rant moan

I've been playing with the Mif2Go product this morning as I have a
requirement to produce "editable" versions of part of the product docs set.
Having laughed off FMs "Save As" feature (which generated a 51MB .RTF
file!!), I've tried converting a PDF to Word, which places all the text
within frames in the Word doc, and then recalled discussions here about
Mif2Go.

It's far better than the other options but it's still not all that great,
the bulk of the text is fine but any images which have callouts just get
borked. 

So, I guess I'm asking for any suggestions or tips in improving the Mif2Go
output. I'm trawling through their help file at the moment but, as ever, I'm
sure someone out there has some top tips?

Gordon

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Checkbox

[Joanne Curme]

It always reverts to unchecked for me. Annoying.

Joanne 

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> ] On Behalf Of Doug
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:28 AM
> To: framers at frameusers.com
> Subject: Checkbox
> 
> For the life of my I can't get a template to keep the View 
> Generated PDF in Acrobat checkbox populated (on the Format > 
> Document > PDF Setup window).  I'm running Frame 7.2p158 under XP.
> 
> Is this a common problem?
> 
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RE: Checkbox

[Joanne Curme]

It always reverts to unchecked for me. Annoying.

Joanne 

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> For the life of my I can't get a template to keep the View 
> Generated PDF in Acrobat checkbox populated (on the Format > 
> Document > PDF Setup window).  I'm running Frame 7.2p158 under XP.
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> Is this a common problem?
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Checkbox

[Doug]

For the life of my I can't get a template to keep the View Generated
PDF in Acrobat checkbox populated (on the Format > Document > PDF
Setup window).  I'm running Frame 7.2p158 under XP.

Is this a common problem?

--Doug

milstd 40051 template doc query

[Bob Williams]

Inquiry to see if anyone knows of any sites (libraries, repositories,
etc.) that have any basic template docs (unstructured or structured) for
simple army tech manuals from (work package format).

If so, feel free to contact me off list (
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RE: Changing to initial-cap first-word-only format on headings on global basis

[Cadel_Janice]

I am going to look into Framescript, and I have sent an email to Rick
Quatro (who had also responded to my request for help) to see what he
can do for us.

Thanks for your help,
Janice 


Janice Cadel
Principal Technical Writer
EMC
2600 Tower Oaks Blvd.
Rockville, MD  20852
240.747.6407
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

-Original Message-
From: Art Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:24 AM
To: Cadel, Janice
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Labarta, Brian; Conlan, Stephanie
Subject: Re: Changing to initial-cap first-word-only format on headings
on global basis

I think this would be pretty easy in FrameScript, but I haven't heard
of an existing one.
I've commisioned custom scripts from Rick Quatro in the past and can
recommend his work. This would require a copy of FrameScript to run
against too

www.frameexpert.com

Art

On 2/16/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There's been a change in the style format for headings, and we need to
> change all headings so that they are only first-word initial-cap only.
> Currently, the headings are initial cap for all words in the heading.
> Does anyone know of a tool or a script that can make the change on a
> global basis?
>
> Thanks,
> Janice
>
> Janice Cadel
> Principal Technical Writer
> EMC
> 2600 Tower Oaks Blvd.
> Rockville, MD  20852
> 240.747.6407
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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Re: Checkbox

[Mike Wickham]

For the life of my I can't get a template to keep the View Generated
PDF in Acrobat checkbox populated (on the Format > Document > PDF
Setup window).  I'm running Frame 7.2p158 under XP.


I have FrameMaker 7.1, and the checkbox is not sticky there, either. 
However, it doesn't seem to matter. The PDF displays after generation 
regardless of whether it's checked or not. In File> Print Setup> Adobe PDF 
printer on the Adobe PDF Settings tab is a checkbox: "View Adobe PDF 
results." Probably you just need to adjust that setting. (I have Acrobat 7, 
BTW.)


Mike Wickham


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Frame's future

[Shlomo Perets]

Art Campbell wrote:

>A little rich, but interesting reading:
>http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2007/02/framemaker_is_and_will_remain.html


Twelve years after the first release of Adobe-branded FrameMaker (5.0), and 
six years after Adobe's "FrameMaker is alive and well" statement, I would 
like to second the suggestion made by Keith Soltys (Core Dump, 
http://www.soltys.ca/coredump/labels/FrameMaker.html ):

"Start with the easy fixes -- take a look at the 'My Frame Wish and Bug 
List' on the FrameMaker QuickHelp site  and fix the issues raised there. 
That'd be a really good way of showing us that Adobe is committed to 
FrameMaker, and its users, who have put up with a lot over the last decade."

In my opinion, this equally applies to [FM+SGML>]Structured FrameMaker.

Tim Murray's "My Frame Wish and Bug List" is at 
http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/help/wishlist.html

My "FrameMaker Annoyances: Bugs & Issues" (partial) is at 
http://www.microtype.com/FM_bugs.html


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker
FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat 
TimeSavers/Assistants

rant moan fm to word rant moan

[Gordon McLean]

Funny.

No not your response, but the way I reached out here before even considering
heading to the Tech Support for the product.

And yes, I do need to sit down and read the help, alas the consultants who
are sitting on my desk don't really have the time for me to do that,
especially as I'm still "evaluating" MIF2GO (although I'm tempted to publish
the output spackled with Jabberwocky... Just to see if anyone reads it!

Thanks to all, will have another play today,

Gordon 

-Original Message-
From: Caroline Tabach [mailto:carol...@radcom.com] 
Sent: 20 February 2007 09:02
To: Gordon McLean; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: rant moan fm to word rant moan

" as ever, I'm
sure someone out there has some top tips?"

I would just like to  clarify something, MIF2Go is the only technical
writing product I work with that has real customer support, that is why you
see so few MIF2GO questions on the lists, and you can write directly to them
to get the quick tip you need.
You just need the patience to sit down and read the help/User guide.

Caroline?Tabach
Technical/Marcom Writer


??? 
Fax: +972 3 6474681
Email:?? caroline at radcom.com
www.radcom.com
www.protocols.com


-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+caroline=radcom@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+caroline=radcom.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf
Of Gordon McLean
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 2:32 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: rant moan fm to word rant moan

I've been playing with the Mif2Go product this morning as I have a
requirement to produce "editable" versions of part of the product docs set.
Having laughed off FMs "Save As" feature (which generated a 51MB .RTF
file!!), I've tried converting a PDF to Word, which places all the text
within frames in the Word doc, and then recalled discussions here about
Mif2Go.

It's far better than the other options but it's still not all that great,
the bulk of the text is fine but any images which have callouts just get
borked. 

So, I guess I'm asking for any suggestions or tips in improving the Mif2Go
output. I'm trawling through their help file at the moment but, as ever, I'm
sure someone out there has some top tips?

Gordon

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Checkbox

[Doug]

For the life of my I can't get a template to keep the View Generated
PDF in Acrobat checkbox populated (on the Format > Document > PDF
Setup window).  I'm running Frame 7.2p158 under XP.

Is this a common problem?

--Doug
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RE: Oops! Look ma, no fonts!

[Steve Rickaby]

At 07:41 -0800 20/2/07, Steve Cavanaugh wrote:

>Wingdings 3 apparently comes with Windows XP and is almost exclusively
>arrows.

Windings of one sort or another have come with Windows for a long time, I 
think, but none of them are the same as, comparable with, or versions of, Zapf 
Dingbats, which is a completely different symbol font, work of Hermann Zapf, 
one of the 20th C's more eminent font designers.



Wingdings was probably designed in a closet at Redmond.

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RE: Oops! Look ma, no fonts!

[Steve Cavanaugh]

Wingdings 3 apparently comes with Windows XP and is almost exclusively
arrows. 


Steve Cavanaugh
Sr. Technical Writer
NAT Seattle Inc.

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On Behalf Of J. Paul Kent
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:29 AM
To: Framers
Subject: Oops! Look ma, no fonts!

I just noticed that my new PC doesn't have the Zapf Dingbats font I've
been using to show arrows in my documents. These guides use an arrow in
the text to show nested menu selections like "Tools->Language->Set
Language." I guess I'm not committed for life to the arrows, but they've
worked nicely to date, the client seems to like them, and I like them. 

I can think of any number of potential work-arounds, but I'll bet
someone has thought of this before. 

My first thought was to look at my Microtype Shortcuts document for
which key strokes to use to get a slightly different arrow in a font
that IS installed, but that revealed two new problems. First, I haven't
installed the MicroType (is it a plug-in, I forget) Shortcuts on this
new machine.
Second (looking at my old machine that does have it installed), it looks
like the Shortcuts document assumes a "Dingbats" font that also isn't
installed on this new machine.

So, new machine is running XP Media Center Edition, whereas old machine
is running XP Pro. Is this where the font issue stems from?
This machine is new enough that I can get the Vista upgrade for free,
and it has the horsepower to run it well, so I need to take an eventual
upgrade into account when I consider the optimum solution. That is, if
I'm going to be installing new fonts that work on XP and then installing
new fonts again that work on Vista, maybe I should upgrade first (not
really ready to do that yet unless I have to).

Thanks in advance,

J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539
206-508-1144

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Oops! Look ma, no fonts!

[Steve Cavanaugh]

Wingdings 3 apparently comes with Windows XP and is almost exclusively
arrows. 


Steve Cavanaugh
Sr. Technical Writer
NAT Seattle Inc.

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From: framers-bounces+scavanaugh=nat-seattle@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+scavanaugh=nat-seattle.com at lists.frameusers.com]
On Behalf Of J. Paul Kent
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:29 AM
To: Framers
Subject: Oops! Look ma, no fonts!

I just noticed that my new PC doesn't have the Zapf Dingbats font I've
been using to show arrows in my documents. These guides use an arrow in
the text to show nested menu selections like "Tools->Language->Set
Language." I guess I'm not committed for life to the arrows, but they've
worked nicely to date, the client seems to like them, and I like them. 

I can think of any number of potential work-arounds, but I'll bet
someone has thought of this before. 

My first thought was to look at my Microtype Shortcuts document for
which key strokes to use to get a slightly different arrow in a font
that IS installed, but that revealed two new problems. First, I haven't
installed the MicroType (is it a plug-in, I forget) Shortcuts on this
new machine.
Second (looking at my old machine that does have it installed), it looks
like the Shortcuts document assumes a "Dingbats" font that also isn't
installed on this new machine.

So, new machine is running XP Media Center Edition, whereas old machine
is running XP Pro. Is this where the font issue stems from?
This machine is new enough that I can get the Vista upgrade for free,
and it has the horsepower to run it well, so I need to take an eventual
upgrade into account when I consider the optimum solution. That is, if
I'm going to be installing new fonts that work on XP and then installing
new fonts again that work on Vista, maybe I should upgrade first (not
really ready to do that yet unless I have to).

Thanks in advance,

J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539
206-508-1144

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Structured Frame s-l-o-w-l-y opening a document

[Trevor Nicholls]

Hi

I was interested to read the recent discussions about (why/why not) use
structured Framemaker. I started with Framemaker at version 7.2, have never
known anything but structured authoring, and adopting unstructured authoring
doesn't appeal to me as a positive move in any way. However, that's by the
by.

I have an application which uses structured Frame as its document editor.
The documents themselves are stored as XML files and, apart from one
bottleneck, the application works satisfactorily. That bottleneck is the
time taken by Frame to open an XML document.

Illustrative timings:
On a 1.7GHz/1Gb machine: 85 seconds from 'File > Open > myfile.xml' to being
presented with the document in Framemaker.
On a 3.5GHz/2Gb machine: 60 seconds.

Framemaker runs an XSL step which tweaks the XML for Frame (wrapping graphic
elements inside , adjusting table contents, pulling included
subfiles inline, etc.). Xalan runs this stylesheet outside of Frame in less
than 4 seconds. (Just in case this isn't widely known, Frame uses a version
of Xalan as its XSL engine.)

If I load the file, clear the structured application, and save the full
document as a .FM file, then re-start Frame, I can start editing the
document within 5 seconds of entering 'File > Open > myfile.fm'.

So the document load time breaks down into:
 4 seconds to run the initial XSL
 76 seconds for Frame to put the temporary XML file into native FM form
 5 seconds to load the FM document

Although "myfile.xml" is small, pulling in all the included subdocuments
produces a document of some 500 pages or so. I'm not expecting the file load
process to be instantaneous, but a minute and a half is unacceptable. 

What options do I have, if any, for reducing the 76 second overhead?

Cheers
Trevor


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RE: rant moan fm to word rant moan

[Gordon McLean]

Funny.

No not your response, but the way I reached out here before even considering
heading to the Tech Support for the product.

And yes, I do need to sit down and read the help, alas the consultants who
are sitting on my desk don't really have the time for me to do that,
especially as I'm still "evaluating" MIF2GO (although I'm tempted to publish
the output spackled with Jabberwocky... Just to see if anyone reads it!

Thanks to all, will have another play today,

Gordon 

-Original Message-
From: Caroline Tabach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 20 February 2007 09:02
To: Gordon McLean; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: rant moan fm to word rant moan

" as ever, I'm
sure someone out there has some top tips?"

I would just like to  clarify something, MIF2Go is the only technical
writing product I work with that has real customer support, that is why you
see so few MIF2GO questions on the lists, and you can write directly to them
to get the quick tip you need.
You just need the patience to sit down and read the help/User guide.

Caroline Tabach
Technical/Marcom Writer


    
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Email:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.radcom.com
www.protocols.com


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Of Gordon McLean
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 2:32 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: rant moan fm to word rant moan

I've been playing with the Mif2Go product this morning as I have a
requirement to produce "editable" versions of part of the product docs set.
Having laughed off FMs "Save As" feature (which generated a 51MB .RTF
file!!), I've tried converting a PDF to Word, which places all the text
within frames in the Word doc, and then recalled discussions here about
Mif2Go.
 
It's far better than the other options but it's still not all that great,
the bulk of the text is fine but any images which have callouts just get
borked. 
 
So, I guess I'm asking for any suggestions or tips in improving the Mif2Go
output. I'm trawling through their help file at the moment but, as ever, I'm
sure someone out there has some top tips?
 
Gordon
 
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RE: rant moan fm to word rant moan

[Caroline Tabach]

" as ever, I'm
sure someone out there has some top tips?"

I would just like to  clarify something, MIF2Go is the only technical writing 
product I work with that has real customer support, that is why you see so few 
MIF2GO questions on the lists, and you can write directly to them to get the 
quick tip you need.
You just need the patience to sit down and read the help/User guide.

Caroline Tabach
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Email:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.radcom.com
www.protocols.com


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon McLean
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 2:32 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: rant moan fm to word rant moan

I've been playing with the Mif2Go product this morning as I have a
requirement to produce "editable" versions of part of the product docs set.
Having laughed off FMs "Save As" feature (which generated a 51MB .RTF
file!!), I've tried converting a PDF to Word, which places all the text
within frames in the Word doc, and then recalled discussions here about
Mif2Go.
 
It's far better than the other options but it's still not all that great,
the bulk of the text is fine but any images which have callouts just get
borked. 
 
So, I guess I'm asking for any suggestions or tips in improving the Mif2Go
output. I'm trawling through their help file at the moment but, as ever, I'm
sure someone out there has some top tips?
 
Gordon
 
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Tel: 01415334164
 


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