RE: Special Marker dialog box has disappeared
Richard, Thanks for the suggestion. My system must have some other problem, because the change made no difference: the Marker dialog box still does not appear. For what it's worth, here are the values in my DialogLayout section of maker.ini: [DialogLayout] ;--Dialog Window layout -- MakerWin=3, -1, -1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 640, 400 PCatalog=500, 40, 130, 180 CCatalog=500, 220, 130, 180 Tools=600, 20 Equation=0, 20 Spell=0, 20 PFormat=7, 43 CFormat=0, 20 Search=0, 20 Table=7, 63 Ruling=0, 20 Markers=200, 200 Hypertext=0, 20 CondText=0, 20 Numbering=0, 20 Help=0, 20 Thesaurus=0, 20 TemplateBrowser=0, 20 VQuickAccessBar=0, 20 ECatalog=500, 50, 130, 350 dennis --- Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dennis Davideit wrote: A couple week ago, my Marker dialog box suddenly disappeared. That is, when I click Special Marker, the Marker dialog box does not appear. The other dialogs in the Special menu display correctly (Anchored Frame, Cross Reference, etc). You probably inadvertently moved it off-screen. Or maybe changed your display resolution to the same effect. To fix it, open maker.ini in a text editor. In the [DialogLayout] section, there is a line like this: Markers=997, 400 Your numbers are probably different (bigger). They specify the location on screen of the upper left corner of the dialog. I don't recall if it's horizontal, then vertical, or the other way around. Change them to something reasonable, like: Markers=200, 200 Save and close maker.ini, and start (or restart) FM. That should fix it. HTH! Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Special Marker dialog box has disappeared
Here is another possible solution that doesn't require editing maker.ini. Open the marker dialog. Even though you can't see it, it's probably there. Press Alt+Space. This is a Windows shortcut that gives you keyboard control of windows and dialogs. Press m (for move). Either use the arrow keys to move the dialog or immediately click and drag. Don't move the mouse before clicking. By default, when you press m, the mouse pointer is placed on the title bar of the active window, so you can drag even though you can't see the title bar. You can experiment with some of the dialog boxes that are visible, just to see how the procedure works. Good luck! Ian Mike Wickham wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. My system must have some other problem, because the change made no difference: the Marker dialog box still does not appear. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Converted Word file grows enormously
Art, Thanks for replying. There is merit in what you say but I have converted quite a number of documents with embedded graphics without encountering this problem. There is sonething unique about this document but I have not been able to figure it out. Regards, Micheal O'Laoghaire KBS Documentation Comverse Inc. Cambridge, MA. Tel: (617) 273-5414 -Original Message- From: Art Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:30 PM To: O'Laoghaire Micheal Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Converted Word file grows enormously My first guess would be that there were graphics embedded in the Word file that are now embedded in the FM file and are being converted to FM vector graphics. The better way to do this is to separate the graphics from Word before importing (by saving as an HTML file to spin the graphics files off), save the Word file as RTF (many people prefer text) and open that in FM. Them importing the graphics by reference. Art On 7/26/07, O'Laoghaire Micheal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I converted a pretty large Word document by opening it in Frame, first saving it as a MIF, then saving it as FM The FM file initially appeared pretty OK. However after I scrolled throug the file (without making ANY changes), then saved it, the file grew enormously in size. Some specs: Initial Word document had about 256 pages, a TOC, lots of tables and embedded graphics Almost everything seemed to make it through the conversion OK. Perhaps a handful of graphics were dropped. FILESIZE (MB) Original Word file 5.0 MIF File after Conversion 11 FM file from MIF File (initial) 3.1 FM file after a litle scrolling 13 FM file after a little more scrolling38 Final FM file size~ 68 I also tried copying/pasting the contents of newly-converted file into a 'clean' new file. The size of that FM File 72 MB I also tried cnverting the initial Word file to RTF, then converting the RTF to MIF and FM. However, the results were the same. The behavior is also very consistent and repeatable. I have also converted quite a number of other Word docs to Frame lately without eny evidence of similar problems. Question: Has anyone seen this behavior before? Do you have any ideas of what the possible cause is (other than something in the Word file is corrupted), as well as possible fixes and/orworkarounds? Micheal O'Laoghaire KBS Documentation Comverse Inc. Cambridge, MA. Tel: (617) 273-5414 -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Converted Word file grows enormously
Has anyone seen this behavior before? Do you have any ideas of what the possible cause is (other than something in the Word file is corrupted), as well as possible fixes and/orworkarounds? Hey, Micheal I've seen similar behavior in Word docs that had TONS of tables. The only solution I could find was to break the file up, either in Word before import or in FrameMaker after. -- Rick Henkel Lead Systems Developer CSG Systems, Inc. http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Converted Word file grows enormously
O'Laoghaire Micheal wrote: Art, Thanks for replying. There is merit in what you say but I have converted quite a number of documents with embedded graphics without encountering this problem. There is sonething unique about this document but I have not been able to figure it out. If it's not the type of graphics (WMF/EMF, maybe, instead of bitmaps?), here's a wild guess: Did the Word doc contain any OLE objects from another Office application? Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
right to left languages
Peter Courlis asked Is there a S/W application or DTP S/W that is used for Arabic, Farsi (left to right) languages in popular use, today? Dov replied: Yes, Microsoft Word (Windows only) provides this support. InDesign ME offers this support (both platforms); maybe future versions of InDesign might also natively support right-to-left I think it used to be the case on the Mac that right to left language docs were mainly created in Nisus (http://nisus.com/). The OSX upgrade of Nisus still does it, but you might want to enter Hebrew in the user forums search and read some of the posts. The new kid on the block is a word processor called Mellel (http://www.redlers.com/index.html) which looks like it would be well worth investigating. In fact, it may even be a plausible replacement for FrameMaker for (English) technical writing on the Mac. Graeme Forbes ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
WWP Graphics Problem
Hello Everyone, I'm having trouble with graphics in a WebWorks publication. We've used Quadralay's WebWorks Publisher Import Utility v1.0 to convert a legacy RoboHelp WinHelp file to FrameMaker (v7.2). All of our graphics appear fine in the FrameMaker file, but not all of them appear in the CHM file that we generate from it using WebWorks ePublisher Pro v9.2. Since this file was originally a RoboHelp project, the graphics that originated from it are imported by reference and stored in a folder located on our network with the original RoboHelp files. These files are GIFs. Other graphics have been added from another network folder location, imported by reference, and these files are PNGs. Here's my problem: not all of the graphics from either folder location appear in the CHM file. Is there something I need to do in the Graphic Styles Default properties? I tried making additional Graphic Styles (PNG and GIF) and selecting those formats for the Format Value field, thinking that would help, but it didn't make any difference in the output. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Karen J. Gross Sr. Technical Writer Hurco Companies, Inc. 317-298-2637 ext. 2102 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Special Marker dialog box has disappeared
One caution: if FrameMaker is running when you edit the .INI file your changes will be lost when you exit Frame. FM loads the ini settings into memory on startup and rewrites the file on exit so that things like the last files opened list, customizable zoom percentages, locations of windows, etc., accurately reflect the last choices you made. On Wednesday, July 25, 2007 06:07 PM, Dennis Davideit wrote: | Richard, | | Thanks for the suggestion. My system must have some | other problem, because the change made no difference: | the Marker dialog box still does not appear. | | ... | | dennis - Lester --- Lester C. Smalley Email: lsmalley AT infocon DOT com Information Consultants, Inc. Phone: 302-239-2942 FAX: 302-239-1712 Yorklyn, DE 19736 Web: www.infocon.com --- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker to HTML
Hi, Richard: Perhaps I missed it, but I don't believe you described what, if any, work you did with customizing the output of FM's HTML export, nor what specifically you found unacceptable in the conversion. There is some information in the Help system and documentation. If you haven't tried customizing the HTML, it's worth a bit of experimentation to see if it could serve your needs. Many users find it easy to ignore this free tool, because the free WWP SE did do things somewhat better from the beginning with little special attention. However, all the HTML conversion tools require that you invest some learning effort, to control the output. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: right to left languages
FrameMaker 8 does NOT support right-to-left languages (Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew) other than display and entry of their Unicode characters. This is not true support. And Hebrew is not a Cyrillic language. :-) - Dov -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flato, Gillian Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 3:49 PM To: Ann Zdunczyk; Graeme R Forbes; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: right to left languages We just saw a presentation today by Adobe introducing Frame 8. It will have support for Unicode and Cyrillic languages like Greek, Hebrew and Russian. -Gillian ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: missing Marker dialog
Am I the only one who fights this On the Screen battle two dozen times a day?? I seems that XP squirrels dialogs and windows off screen at an alarming rate. Maybe some clever person can come up with a script that pulls EVERYTHING to the center of the screen. It would make me a happy camper. will white On Jul 26, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Dennis Davideit wrote: Thank you Ian. The Alt-space, m, arrow-key maneuver worked, pulling the errant dialog back onto the visible screen. I have never been so glad to see a Marker dialog box. ++ There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. - Twain ++ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: WWP Graphics Problem
You should join the Webworks group and send this question to them: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gillian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gross, Karen Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:52 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Arle, Heather Subject: WWP Graphics Problem Hello Everyone, I'm having trouble with graphics in a WebWorks publication. We've used Quadralay's WebWorks Publisher Import Utility v1.0 to convert a legacy RoboHelp WinHelp file to FrameMaker (v7.2). All of our graphics appear fine in the FrameMaker file, but not all of them appear in the CHM file that we generate from it using WebWorks ePublisher Pro v9.2. Since this file was originally a RoboHelp project, the graphics that originated from it are imported by reference and stored in a folder located on our network with the original RoboHelp files. These files are GIFs. Other graphics have been added from another network folder location, imported by reference, and these files are PNGs. Here's my problem: not all of the graphics from either folder location appear in the CHM file. Is there something I need to do in the Graphic Styles Default properties? I tried making additional Graphic Styles (PNG and GIF) and selecting those formats for the Format Value field, thinking that would help, but it didn't make any difference in the output. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Karen J. Gross Sr. Technical Writer Hurco Companies, Inc. 317-298-2637 ext. 2102 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/gflato%40nanometrics .com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: ePublisher question
Look for the wwp-users yahoo group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users/?yguid=70338513). It's taken me a bit to comprehend the ePP Formats, Targets and sundry directories. Format = changes to whatever the base help is you're using (i.e. CHM vs WWH) Targets = changes to your specific output. e.g. I have a help and a knowledgebase both based off of WebWorks Help 5.0. However, I want the look and feel for each to be different. Therefore I have two directories in my Target directory, one for each type of output. If I am making a change to BOTH my outputs, I do it in the Format/WebWorks Help 5.0 directory. Changes to specific to output, I put in the Target/Help or Target/Knowledgebase directories as appropriate. I started playing with a skin with my knowledgebase, and have had success making my changes in the Target directory. (Im not on my work computer so I can't give you a directory structure right now. What specifically are you trying to do? HTH, Zoë Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: right to left languages
It would be great if the future FM versions support the Arabic / Persian languages. Presently, we are forcing the FM to create Arabic language by using a Mirrored method, together with customised fonts. It's difficult but still workable as compared to Indesign ME. :) - Ric - Original Message - From: Dov Isaacs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flato, Gillian [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ann Zdunczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Graeme R Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]; framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 7:00 AM Subject: RE: right to left languages FrameMaker 8 does NOT support right-to-left languages (Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew) other than display and entry of their Unicode characters. This is not true support. And Hebrew is not a Cyrillic language. :-) - Dov -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flato, Gillian Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 3:49 PM To: Ann Zdunczyk; Graeme R Forbes; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: right to left languages We just saw a presentation today by Adobe introducing Frame 8. It will have support for Unicode and Cyrillic languages like Greek, Hebrew and Russian. -Gillian ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ric%40ssds.com.sg Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: ePublisher question - Looking for German-speaking PM in Boston or Madrid
Hi All, We have an urgent need for German-speaking Project Managers to work with our Swiss and German life science clients. Would you know anybody who would be interested in such a position in ForeignExchange's Boston or Madrid offices? The primary job functions will be: * work closely with assigned clients to maximize their experience with ForeignExchange * proactively manage project quality, costs and schedule * interface and coordinate with sales, clients, linguistic, engineering and DTP team members * provide input to presales planning, resourcing and estimating of projects ForeignExchange offers a competitive compensation package, including health benefits, an anything-goes dress code, training, and the opportunity to make a real difference. More career messages can be found at http://www.fxtrans.com/careers/. Good Luck! Sangdy Zoe Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look for the wwp-users yahoo group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users/?yguid=70338513). It's taken me a bit to comprehend the ePP Formats, Targets and sundry directories. Format = changes to whatever the base help is you're using (i.e. CHM vs WWH) Targets = changes to your specific output. e.g. I have a help and a knowledgebase both based off of WebWorks Help 5.0. However, I want the look and feel for each to be different. Therefore I have two directories in my Target directory, one for each type of output. If I am making a change to BOTH my outputs, I do it in the Format/WebWorks Help 5.0 directory. Changes to specific to output, I put in the Target/Help or Target/Knowledgebase directories as appropriate. I started playing with a skin with my knowledgebase, and have had success making my changes in the Target directory. (Im not on my work computer so I can't give you a directory structure right now. What specifically are you trying to do? HTH, Zo?lt;br Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sangdyyh%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. - Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
automation of widow/orphan
Hi, guys, I met a problem on widow/orphan by importing sgml to Framemaker. The phenomena is: a. Just one word with punctuation in the last line of a paragraph. OR b. Two lines on the previous page but the last one line on next when there're only 3 lines make up of a paragraph. I know there's a widow/orphan Line setting in paragraph designer. However, what I said above cannot be avoided by this function enabled. The software Adobe Indesign CS does have such check box to avoid these. Therefore...is there any other functions or settings can be set to settle this problem except for using FDK coding? Or is it be implemented in new version Framemaker, such as 8.0? What I'm using is FrameMaker+SGML 6.0. Anyway, plugin is also ok for me if can settle this problem. I'm looking forward to the feedback. Thank you all! -Meg ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FrameMaker to HTML
Hi, Richard: Perhaps I missed it, but I don't believe you described what, if any, work you did with customizing the output of FM's HTML export, nor what specifically you found unacceptable in the conversion. There is some information in the Help system and documentation. If you haven't tried customizing the HTML, it's worth a bit of experimentation to see if it could serve your needs. Many users find it easy to ignore this free tool, because the free WWP SE did do things somewhat better from the beginning with little special attention. However, all the HTML conversion tools require that you invest some learning effort, to control the output. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices
automation of widow/orphan
Hi, guys, I met a problem on widow/orphan by importing sgml to Framemaker. The phenomena is: a. Just one word with punctuation in the last line of a paragraph. OR b. Two lines on the previous page but the last one line on next when there're only 3 lines make up of a paragraph. I know there's a "widow/orphan Line" setting in paragraph designer. However, what I said above cannot be avoided by this function enabled. The software "Adobe Indesign CS" does have such check box to avoid these. Therefore...is there any other functions or settings can be set to settle this problem except for using FDK coding? Or is it be implemented in new version Framemaker, such as 8.0? What I'm using is FrameMaker+SGML 6.0. Anyway, plugin is also ok for me if can settle this problem. I'm looking forward to the feedback. Thank you all! -Meg
Special > Marker dialog box has disappeared
Dennis Davideit wrote: > the change made no difference: > the Marker dialog box still does not appear. > Markers=200, 200 What were the numbers before you changed them? What screen resolution are you running? Kenneth Benson Pegasus Type, Inc. www.pegtype.com
Special > Marker dialog box has disappeared
> Thanks for the suggestion. My system must have some > other problem, because the change made no difference: > the Marker dialog box still does not appear. Dennis, Windows has two versions of maker.ini: 1. There's a system-wide version in \Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker 7.x. 2. There is also a version in \Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\7.x. The first file contains default settings for all users. The second file (one for each user) stores defaults for each user, to allow custom settings. If you change settings from the defaults, such as moving a palette, the new setting is stored here, where it won't affect other users. User settings take precedence over system default settings. So you probably just made the Markers= change in the wrong file. For what it's worth, my original maker.ini (file #1) shows "Markers=0, 20" while the version in my user settings (file #2) shows "Markers=85, 177". The latter position is what I see on screen. Mike Wickham
Special > Marker dialog box has disappeared
One caution: if FrameMaker is running when you edit the .INI file your changes will be lost when you exit Frame. FM loads the ini settings into memory on startup and rewrites the file on exit so that things like the last files opened list, customizable zoom percentages, locations of windows, etc., accurately reflect the last choices you made. On Wednesday, July 25, 2007 06:07 PM, Dennis Davideit wrote: | Richard, | | Thanks for the suggestion. My system must have some | other problem, because the change made no difference: | the Marker dialog box still does not appear. | | ... | | dennis - Lester --- Lester C. Smalley Email: lsmalley AT infocon DOT com Information Consultants, Inc. Phone: 302-239-2942 FAX: 302-239-1712 Yorklyn, DE 19736 Web: www.infocon.com ---
Special > Marker dialog box has disappeared
Here is another possible solution that doesn't require editing maker.ini. Open the marker dialog. Even though you can't see it, it's probably there. Press Alt+Space. This is a Windows shortcut that gives you keyboard control of windows and dialogs. Press "m" (for move). Either use the arrow keys to move the dialog or immediately click and drag. Don't move the mouse before clicking. By default, when you press "m", the mouse pointer is placed on the title bar of the active window, so you can drag even though you can't see the title bar. You can experiment with some of the dialog boxes that are visible, just to see how the procedure works. Good luck! Ian Mike Wickham wrote: >> Thanks for the suggestion. My system must have some >> other problem, because the change made no difference: >> the Marker dialog box still does not appear. >
WWP Graphics Problem
Hello Everyone, I'm having trouble with graphics in a WebWorks publication. We've used Quadralay's WebWorks Publisher Import Utility v1.0 to convert a legacy RoboHelp WinHelp file to FrameMaker (v7.2). All of our graphics appear fine in the FrameMaker file, but not all of them appear in the CHM file that we generate from it using WebWorks ePublisher Pro v9.2. Since this file was originally a RoboHelp project, the graphics that originated from it are imported by reference and stored in a folder located on our network with the original RoboHelp files. These files are GIFs. Other graphics have been added from another network folder location, imported by reference, and these files are PNGs. Here's my problem: not all of the graphics from either folder location appear in the CHM file. Is there something I need to do in the Graphic Styles Default properties? I tried making additional Graphic Styles (PNG and GIF) and selecting those formats for the Format Value field, thinking that would help, but it didn't make any difference in the output. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Karen J. Gross Sr. Technical Writer Hurco Companies, Inc. 317-298-2637 ext. 2102
WWP Graphics Problem
You should join the Webworks group and send this question to them: wwp-users at yahoogroups.com Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Gross, Karen Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:52 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Cc: Arle, Heather Subject: WWP Graphics Problem Hello Everyone, I'm having trouble with graphics in a WebWorks publication. We've used Quadralay's WebWorks Publisher Import Utility v1.0 to convert a legacy RoboHelp WinHelp file to FrameMaker (v7.2). All of our graphics appear fine in the FrameMaker file, but not all of them appear in the CHM file that we generate from it using WebWorks ePublisher Pro v9.2. Since this file was originally a RoboHelp project, the graphics that originated from it are imported by reference and stored in a folder located on our network with the original RoboHelp files. These files are GIFs. Other graphics have been added from another network folder location, imported by reference, and these files are PNGs. Here's my problem: not all of the graphics from either folder location appear in the CHM file. Is there something I need to do in the Graphic Styles Default properties? I tried making additional Graphic Styles (PNG and GIF) and selecting those formats for the Format Value field, thinking that would help, but it didn't make any difference in the output. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Karen J. Gross Sr. Technical Writer Hurco Companies, Inc. 317-298-2637 ext. 2102 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as gflato at nanometrics.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/gflato%40nanometrics .com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
right to left languages
Peter Courlis asked "Is there a S/W application or DTP S/W that is used for Arabic, Farsi (left to right) languages in popular use, today?" Dov replied: "Yes, Microsoft Word (Windows only) provides this support. InDesign ME offers this support (both platforms); maybe future versions of InDesign might also natively support right-to-left" I think it used to be the case on the Mac that right to left language docs were mainly created in Nisus (http://nisus.com/). The OSX upgrade of Nisus still does it, but you might want to enter "Hebrew" in the user forums search and read some of the posts. The new kid on the block is a word processor called Mellel (http://www.redlers.com/index.html) which looks like it would be well worth investigating. In fact, it may even be a plausible replacement for FrameMaker for (English) technical writing on the Mac. Graeme Forbes
right to left languages
Hi Graeme, I use InDesign ME on both the Mac and the PC to create my Right to Left languages. So far I am very pleased using this application for this process. Z ** Ann Zdunczyk President a2z Publishing, Inc. Language Layout & Translation Consulting Phone: (336)922-1271 Fax: (336)922-4980 Cell: (336)456-4493 http://www.a2z-pub.com ** -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+azdunczyk=triad.rr@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+azdunczyk=triad.rr.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Graeme R Forbes Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:01 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: right to left languages Peter Courlis asked "Is there a S/W application or DTP S/W that is used for Arabic, Farsi (left to right) languages in popular use, today?" Dov replied: "Yes, Microsoft Word (Windows only) provides this support. InDesign ME offers this support (both platforms); maybe future versions of InDesign might also natively support right-to-left" I think it used to be the case on the Mac that right to left language docs were mainly created in Nisus (http://nisus.com/). The OSX upgrade of Nisus still does it, but you might want to enter "Hebrew" in the user forums search and read some of the posts. The new kid on the block is a word processor called Mellel (http://www.redlers.com/index.html) which looks like it would be well worth investigating. In fact, it may even be a plausible replacement for FrameMaker for (English) technical writing on the Mac. Graeme Forbes ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as azdunczyk at triad.rr.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/azdunczyk%40triad.rr.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Converted Word file grows enormously
I converted a pretty large Word document by opening it in Frame, first saving it as a MIF, then saving it as FM The FM file initially appeared pretty OK. However after I scrolled throug the file (without making ANY changes), then saved it, the file grew enormously in size. Some specs: Initial Word document had about 256 pages, a TOC, lots of tables and embedded graphics Almost everything seemed to make it through the conversion OK. Perhaps a handful of graphics were dropped. FILESIZE (MB) Original Word file 5.0 MIF File after Conversion 11 FM file from MIF File (initial) 3.1 FM file after a litle scrolling 13 FM file after a little more scrolling38 Final FM file size~ 68 I also tried copying/pasting the contents of newly-converted file into a 'clean' new file. The size of that FM File 72 MB I also tried cnverting the initial Word file to RTF, then converting the RTF to MIF and FM. However, the results were the same. The behavior is also very consistent and repeatable. I have also converted quite a number of other Word docs to Frame lately without eny evidence of similar problems. Question: Has anyone seen this behavior before? Do you have any ideas of what the possible cause is (other than "something in the Word file is corrupted"), as well as possible fixes and/orworkarounds? Micheal O'Laoghaire KBS Documentation Comverse Inc. Cambridge, MA. Tel: (617) 273-5414
Converted Word file grows enormously
My first guess would be that there were graphics embedded in the Word file that are now embedded in the FM file and are being converted to FM vector graphics. The better way to do this is to separate the graphics from Word before importing (by saving as an HTML file to spin the graphics files off), save the Word file as RTF (many people prefer text) and open that in FM. Them importing the graphics by reference. Art On 7/26/07, O'Laoghaire Micheal wrote: > I converted a pretty large Word document by opening it in Frame, first > saving it as a MIF, then saving it as FM > The FM file initially appeared pretty OK. However after I scrolled > throug the file (without making ANY changes), then saved it, the file > grew enormously in size. > > Some specs: > > Initial Word document had about 256 pages, a TOC, lots of tables and > embedded graphics > Almost everything seemed to make it through the conversion OK. Perhaps a > handful of graphics were dropped. > > FILESIZE (MB) > > Original Word file 5.0 > > MIF File after Conversion 11 > > FM file from MIF File (initial) 3.1 > > FM file after a litle scrolling 13 > > FM file after a little more scrolling38 > > Final FM file size~ 68 > > I also tried copying/pasting the contents of newly-converted file into a > 'clean' new file. > > The size of that FM File 72 MB > > I also tried cnverting the initial Word file to RTF, then converting the > RTF to MIF and FM. However, the results were the same. > > The behavior is also very consistent and repeatable. > > I have also converted quite a number of other Word docs to Frame lately > without eny evidence of similar problems. > > > > Question: > Has anyone seen this behavior before? > Do you have any ideas of what the possible cause is (other than > "something in the Word file is corrupted"), as well as possible fixes > and/orworkarounds? > > Micheal O'Laoghaire > KBS Documentation > Comverse Inc. > Cambridge, MA. > > Tel: (617) 273-5414 -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
missing Marker dialog
Thank you Ian. The Alt-space, m, arrow-key maneuver worked, pulling the errant dialog back onto the visible screen. I have never been so glad to see a Marker dialog box. In answer to other questions: - The maker.ini setting (in the Program Files location) when the Marker dialog went missing was "Markers=0, 20", like many of the other settings. Not knowing then about the second version of maker.ini in \Documents and Settings, I don't know what values it contained. The horizontal value must have been large, because my screen resolution is 1600 by 1200. - Oddly, a search of my C drive turns up only one maker.ini, in Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker 7.1. However, the second version of the file is indeed present, as Mike Wickham indicated. After pulling the Marker dialog box into the visible area, closing and rebooting, that version of maker.ini shows the following: Markers=964, 357 It is good to know about this version of maker.ini in \Documents and Settings. - I must give a hearty thank you to everyone for their kind and detailed assistance. I am very impressed by this group. Dennis Davideit Tech writer Symantec Corp Roseville, MN 651-746-7202 Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail=summer+activities+for+kids=bz
Converted Word file grows enormously
Art, Thanks for replying. There is merit in what you say but I have converted quite a number of documents with embedded graphics without encountering this problem. There is sonething unique about this document but I have not been able to figure it out. Regards, Micheal O'Laoghaire KBS Documentation Comverse Inc. Cambridge, MA. Tel: (617) 273-5414 -Original Message- From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:30 PM To: O'Laoghaire Micheal Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Converted Word file grows enormously My first guess would be that there were graphics embedded in the Word file that are now embedded in the FM file and are being converted to FM vector graphics. The better way to do this is to separate the graphics from Word before importing (by saving as an HTML file to spin the graphics files off), save the Word file as RTF (many people prefer text) and open that in FM. Them importing the graphics by reference. Art On 7/26/07, O'Laoghaire Micheal wrote: > I converted a pretty large Word document by opening it in Frame, first > saving it as a MIF, then saving it as FM The FM file initially > appeared pretty OK. However after I scrolled throug the file (without > making ANY changes), then saved it, the file grew enormously in size. > > Some specs: > > Initial Word document had about 256 pages, a TOC, lots of tables and > embedded graphics Almost everything seemed to make it through the > conversion OK. Perhaps a handful of graphics were dropped. > > FILESIZE (MB) > > Original Word file 5.0 > > MIF File after Conversion 11 > > FM file from MIF File (initial) 3.1 > > FM file after a litle scrolling 13 > > FM file after a little more scrolling38 > > Final FM file size~ 68 > > I also tried copying/pasting the contents of newly-converted file into > a 'clean' new file. > > The size of that FM File 72 MB > > I also tried cnverting the initial Word file to RTF, then converting > the RTF to MIF and FM. However, the results were the same. > > The behavior is also very consistent and repeatable. > > I have also converted quite a number of other Word docs to Frame > lately without eny evidence of similar problems. > > > > Question: > Has anyone seen this behavior before? > Do you have any ideas of what the possible cause is (other than > "something in the Word file is corrupted"), as well as possible fixes > and/orworkarounds? > > Micheal O'Laoghaire > KBS Documentation > Comverse Inc. > Cambridge, MA. > > Tel: (617) 273-5414 -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
Converted Word file grows enormously
O'Laoghaire Micheal wrote: > Art, > Thanks for replying. > There is merit in what you say but I have converted quite a > number of documents with embedded graphics without > encountering this problem. > There is sonething unique about this document but I have not > been able to figure it out. If it's not the type of graphics (WMF/EMF, maybe, instead of bitmaps?), here's a wild guess: Did the Word doc contain any OLE objects from another Office application? Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
Converted Word file grows enormously
Has anyone seen this behavior before? Do you have any ideas of what the possible cause is (other than "something in the Word file is corrupted"), as well as possible fixes and/orworkarounds? Hey, Micheal I've seen similar behavior in Word docs that had TONS of tables. The only solution I could find was to break the file up, either in Word before import or in FrameMaker after. -- Rick Henkel Lead Systems Developer CSG Systems, Inc. http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
right to left languages
We just saw a presentation today by Adobe introducing Frame 8. It will have support for Unicode and Cyrillic languages like Greek, Hebrew and Russian. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ann Zdunczyk Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:07 AM To: 'Graeme R Forbes'; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: right to left languages Hi Graeme, I use InDesign ME on both the Mac and the PC to create my Right to Left languages. So far I am very pleased using this application for this process. Z ** Ann Zdunczyk President a2z Publishing, Inc. Language Layout & Translation Consulting Phone: (336)922-1271 Fax: (336)922-4980 Cell: (336)456-4493 http://www.a2z-pub.com ** -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+azdunczyk=triad.rr@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+azdunczyk=triad.rr.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Graeme R Forbes Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:01 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: right to left languages Peter Courlis asked "Is there a S/W application or DTP S/W that is used for Arabic, Farsi (left to right) languages in popular use, today?" Dov replied: "Yes, Microsoft Word (Windows only) provides this support. InDesign ME offers this support (both platforms); maybe future versions of InDesign might also natively support right-to-left" I think it used to be the case on the Mac that right to left language docs were mainly created in Nisus (http://nisus.com/). The OSX upgrade of Nisus still does it, but you might want to enter "Hebrew" in the user forums search and read some of the posts. The new kid on the block is a word processor called Mellel (http://www.redlers.com/index.html) which looks like it would be well worth investigating. In fact, it may even be a plausible replacement for FrameMaker for (English) technical writing on the Mac. Graeme Forbes ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as azdunczyk at triad.rr.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/azdunczyk%40triad.rr .com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as gflato at nanometrics.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/gflato%40nanometrics .com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
right to left languages
FrameMaker 8 does NOT support right-to-left languages (Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew) other than display and entry of their Unicode characters. This is not true "support." And Hebrew is not a "Cyrillic language." :-) - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Flato, Gillian > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 3:49 PM > To: Ann Zdunczyk; Graeme R Forbes; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: right to left languages > > We just saw a presentation today by Adobe introducing Frame 8. It will > have support for Unicode and Cyrillic languages like Greek, Hebrew and > Russian. > > > -Gillian
missing Marker dialog
Am I the only one who fights this "On the Screen" battle two dozen times a day?? I seems that XP squirrels dialogs and windows off screen at an alarming rate. Maybe some clever person can come up with a script that pulls EVERYTHING to the center of the screen. It would make me a happy camper. will white On Jul 26, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Dennis Davideit wrote: > Thank you Ian. The Alt-space, m, arrow-key maneuver > worked, pulling the errant dialog back onto the > visible screen. I have never been so glad to see a > Marker dialog box. ++ There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. - Twain ++
ePublisher question
Look for the wwp-users yahoo group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users/?yguid=70338513). It's taken me a bit to comprehend the ePP Formats, Targets and sundry directories. Format = changes to whatever the base help is you're using (i.e. CHM vs WWH) Targets = changes to your specific output. e.g. I have a help and a knowledgebase both based off of WebWorks Help 5.0. However, I want the look and feel for each to be different. Therefore I have two directories in my Target directory, one for each type of output. If I am making a change to BOTH my outputs, I do it in the Format/WebWorks Help 5.0 directory. Changes to specific to output, I put in the Target/Help or Target/Knowledgebase directories as appropriate. I started playing with a skin with my knowledgebase, and have had success making my changes in the Target directory. (I"m not on my work computer so I can't give you a directory structure right now. What specifically are you trying to do? HTH, Zo? Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail=summer+activities+for+kids=bz
ePublisher question - Looking for German-speaking PM in Boston or Madrid
Hi All, We have an urgent need for German-speaking Project Managers to work with our Swiss and German life science clients. Would you know anybody who would be interested in such a position in ForeignExchange's Boston or Madrid offices? The primary job functions will be: * work closely with assigned clients to maximize their experience with ForeignExchange * proactively manage project quality, costs and schedule * interface and coordinate with sales, clients, linguistic, engineering and DTP team members * provide input to presales planning, resourcing and estimating of projects ForeignExchange offers a competitive compensation package, including health benefits, an anything-goes dress code, training, and the opportunity to make a real difference. More career messages can be found at http://www.fxtrans.com/careers/. Good Luck! Sangdy Zoe Lawson wrote: Look for the wwp-users yahoo group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users/?yguid=70338513). It's taken me a bit to comprehend the ePP Formats, Targets and sundry directories. Format = changes to whatever the base help is you're using (i.e. CHM vs WWH) Targets = changes to your specific output. e.g. I have a help and a knowledgebase both based off of WebWorks Help 5.0. However, I want the look and feel for each to be different. Therefore I have two directories in my Target directory, one for each type of output. If I am making a change to BOTH my outputs, I do it in the Format/WebWorks Help 5.0 directory. Changes to specific to output, I put in the Target/Help or Target/Knowledgebase directories as appropriate. I started playing with a skin with my knowledgebase, and have had success making my changes in the Target directory. (I"m not on my work computer so I can't give you a directory structure right now. What specifically are you trying to do? HTH, Zo?lt;br> Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail=summer+activities+for+kids=bz ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as sangdyyh at yahoo.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/sangdyyh%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. - Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection.
