ANN: Job seeking

[Bodvar Bjorgvinsson]

Hi fellow framers,

As so many other people in Iceland, and around the world for that
matter, my company is struggling and has made many layoffs recently.
Friday last I was one of the unlucky (or maybe lucky?) to be laid off,
but in my case, I have 6 months notice rights (which is good if the
company survives that long, which is not all that certain). So I will
be up for any odd jobs that can be worked on overseas. I have a couple
of times done overseas jobs from home, so that should not be a
problem.

I will, of course, be applying for a job locally, but there are almost
no companies in Iceland that are using FrameMaker, so my FM knowledge
might not be such an advance here.

I hope you will forgive me if you find me misusing the list, sending
this message, but I think it is at least useful for us all to see how
the job market is from time to time.
(Please don't send any condolences -- this is not the end of the world -- yet!)

Best regards,
Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Iceland
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bodvarbjorgvinsson
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party invitation

[Deirdre Reagan]

Hi all:

FM 8.0 -- Windows XP.

I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to
use, or would word be better.  I don't have any good publishing
software.  Unless FM is good publishing software, of course!

LOL

Deirdre
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RE: party invitation

[Phil Heron]

Deirdre,

Have you explored the Frame Template Packs?

Template Pack 2 contains some Fun Stuff templates, including some for 
foldable cards.

Although designed for Frame 5.5, they can be used just as well with more 
up-to-date versions of FrameMaker.

You can get the template packs from:

http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/


Phil Heron

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Subject: party invitation

Hi all:

FM 8.0 -- Windows XP.

I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to
use, or would word be better.  I don't have any good publishing
software.  Unless FM is good publishing software, of course!

LOL

Deirdre
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Re: party invitation

[John Posada]

Have you ever used FM?

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Deirdre Reagan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi all:

 FM 8.0 -- Windows XP.

 I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to
 use, or would word be better.  I don't have any good publishing
 software.  Unless FM is good publishing software, of course!

John Posada
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NYMetro STC President

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Re: party invitation

[Peter Gold]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Deirdre Reagan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi all:

 FM 8.0 -- Windows XP.

 I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to
 use, or would word be better.  I don't have any good publishing
 software.  Unless FM is good publishing software, of course!

 LOL

It depends on the kind of party you're planning G.


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Default anchored frame settings

[Nancy Allison]

Hi, all.

Whenever I import a graphic, Frame creates a centered, floating anchored 
frame.

Naturally, this is not what I need; I need a right-justified, 
non-floating anchored frame.

Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins:

http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/ImpGraph.htm

This plugin seems to do the trick. Does anyone have experience with it? 
Or, do you recommend another plugin?

Thanks!

-Nancy
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Re: Default anchored frame settings

[Art Campbell]

If it works for you, that's the most important thing.
But it's stable and been around for years.

Art

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On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Nancy Allison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi, all.

 Whenever I import a graphic, Frame creates a centered, floating anchored
 frame.

 Naturally, this is not what I need; I need a right-justified,
 non-floating anchored frame.

 Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins:

 http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/ImpGraph.htm

 This plugin seems to do the trick. Does anyone have experience with it?
 Or, do you recommend another plugin?

 Thanks!

 -Nancy
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Re: Default anchored frame settings

[Nancy Allison]

  Ah, you misunderstand. The reason I ask for recommendations is that 
I'm CHEAP, and the license costs $25.00, which would come out of my 
impoverished, freelancer's shallow pockets.

Don't want to spend the dough if there is any question about the tool, 
or if there is some other tool out there that provides both that 
solution and, I dunno, makes my breakfast and sings the national anthem 
as well, for the same $25.00.


On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at  2:24 PM, Art Campbell wrote:

 If it works for you, that's the most important thing.
But it's stable and been around for years.

Art

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Re: Default anchored frame settings

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Nancy:

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Nancy Allison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Ah, you misunderstand. The reason I ask for recommendations is that
 I'm CHEAP, and the license costs $25.00, which would come out of my
 impoverished, freelancer's shallow pockets.

 Don't want to spend the dough if there is any question about the tool,
 or if there is some other tool out there that provides both that
 solution and, I dunno, makes my breakfast and sings the national anthem
 as well, for the same $25.00.

Consider that Bruce Foster, who created this plug-in, and others that
have been helpful mainstays to the FrameMaker user community for many
years, is also an individual creator, not a large company. Paying a
modest price for a useful tool rewards their creators and keeps them
motivated to maintain the existing tools and develop new ones.


Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
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Re: Default anchored frame settings

[Nancy Allison]

I in no way disagree with your sentiments, Peter. Despite my 
lighthearted tone, I hope it is clear that I am simply doing my homework 
before spending money.

--Nancy

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Re: Default anchored frame settings

[Mike Wickham]

 Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins:
 
 http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/ImpGraph.htm
 
 This plugin seems to do the trick. Does anyone have experience with it? 
 Or, do you recommend another plugin?

Nancy, the plugin works great and is well worth the money.

Mike Wickham

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Re: ANN: Job seeking

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:30:08 +, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

As so many other people in Iceland, and around the world for that
matter, my company is struggling and has made many layoffs recently.
Friday last I was one of the unlucky (or maybe lucky?) to be laid off,
but in my case, I have 6 months notice rights (which is good if the
company survives that long, which is not all that certain). So I will
be up for any odd jobs that can be worked on overseas. I have a couple
of times done overseas jobs from home, so that should not be a
problem.

Yes, the tech sector here has been hard hit too, with major layoffs
at Sun and at numerous other tech companies.  It doesn't look as bad
as the dot-bomb of 2000 yet, but we're nowhere near the bottom...

I will, of course, be applying for a job locally, but there are almost
no companies in Iceland that are using FrameMaker, so my FM knowledge
might not be such an advance here.

OTOH, you have something to offer the poor folks who don't use Frame
that they don't even know they need.  ;-)  It's a chance to show them
The Way.  bg

We'd like to remind you, and anyone else here in a similar position,
that Mif2Go is free for life to unemployed tech writers and underemployed
consultants (you know who you are), as well as all academics (students, 
faculty, and staff).  We've had this policy for many years, and a few
thousand people have taken us up on it.  We do not ask for any proof
of status; we trust our customers, whether free or paid.  Just send
an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with subject Mif2Go (no quotes), with
your name and email address, and we'll send you a password.  The only
email you'll ever get from us as a result is announcements of upgrades,
all of which are free to you.  And we'd like to thank our many paying 
customers, both individual and corporate, for making this possible!

I hope you will forgive me if you find me misusing the list, sending
this message, but I think it is at least useful for us all to see how
the job market is from time to time.

I think it's entirely appropriate, considering the current world 
economic situation.

(Please don't send any condolences -- this is not the end of the 
world -- yet!)

The end of one world may be the beginning of a better one.  The
caterpillar passes on, to become a butterfly.  We shall see...  ;-)

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://www.omsys.com/
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Re: ANN: Job seeking

[Bodvar Bjorgvinsson]

Thanks for the kind words and reminder, Jeremy.

Regards,

Bodvar

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
-- snipped --

 Yes, the tech sector here has been hard hit too, with major layoffs
 at Sun and at numerous other tech companies.  It doesn't look as bad
 as the dot-bomb of 2000 yet, but we're nowhere near the bottom...

-- snipped --

 OTOH, you have something to offer the poor folks who don't use Frame
 that they don't even know they need.  ;-)  It's a chance to show them
 The Way.  bg

 We'd like to remind you, and anyone else here in a similar position,
 that Mif2Go is free for life to unemployed tech writers and underemployed
 consultants (you know who you are), as well as all academics (students,
 faculty, and staff).  We've had this policy for many years, and a few
 thousand people have taken us up on it.  We do not ask for any proof
 of status; we trust our customers, whether free or paid.  Just send
 an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with subject Mif2Go (no quotes), with
 your name and email address, and we'll send you a password.  The only
 email you'll ever get from us as a result is announcements of upgrades,
 all of which are free to you.  And we'd like to thank our many paying
 customers, both individual and corporate, for making this possible!


-- snipped --

 I think it's entirely appropriate, considering the current world
 economic situation.

-- snipped --

 The end of one world may be the beginning of a better one.  The
 caterpillar passes on, to become a butterfly.  We shall see...  ;-)

 -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://www.omsys.com/

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ANN: InsetPlus 2.1 is now available

[russ]

Hi,

InsetPlus 2.1 for structured FrameMaker is now released, including some
important usability enhancements that have made it a much better tool.
If you are a current user of the software, I'd encourage you to take a
look at it. InsetPlus is free. For more information, visit:

http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/WSC_InsetPlus.htm

Best regards,
Russ Ward (Owner, West Street Consulting)



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Great Leap

[Dave Reynolds]

Hi Murray

We also upgraded from FM6 to FM8 (on Win XP and 2000).  I don't remember 
encountering any problems.  I tested FM8 for our Tech Pubs group, and I 
made the following notes about what I noticed was different: 

* The Page Up and Page Down keys move the file up or down by one
  screen, not by one page. If you don't like this you can use the
  customui.cfg file to change it.
* The Print > PDF Setup dialog has more options.
*  "Document Info" (for a PDF file) is no longer set from the Print
   > PDF Setup dialog. To enter Document Info in FM8:
  o from an open file select File > File Info
  o from a book select the file(s) and select File > File info,
or right click on the selected file(s) and select File Info.
* When selecting a font from the drop-down list in Paragraph
  Designer > Default Font > Family, you get a pop-up showing the
  font name in that font.
* The file names in the book window are in a smaller font, or else
  they just look smaller because they're not bold anymore.
* The page background in an open file now picks up the "Window"
  background colour from your Windows colour scheme.
* The tool bar icons are slightly different.
* If you get sick of the "Undo history will be lost" warning popping
  up every time you close and save a file, you can turn it off in
  File > Preferences > General.

I don't think you will have any problems, but you should probably do 
some testing first.

Cheers

Dave

Murray Moore wrote, on 2/12/2008 7:53 a.m.:
> I have an opportunity to leap several versions and upgrade from FM 6 to FM 8.
>
> My manager wants to know "Do you see any issues migrating to 8 - it is
> seamless? All our old files are compatible?"
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> Any gotchas about which to beware?
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party invitation

[John Posada]

Have you ever used FM?

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Deirdre Reagan
 wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> FM 8.0 -- Windows XP.
>
> I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to
> use, or would word be better.  I don't have any good publishing
> software.  Unless FM is good publishing software, of course!

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
NYMetro STC President

'Half this game is ninety percent mental.'
 -- Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies manager

party invitation

[Phil Heron]

Deirdre,

Have you explored the Frame Template Packs?

Template Pack 2 contains some "Fun Stuff" templates, including some for 
foldable cards.

Although designed for Frame 5.5, they can be used just as well with more 
up-to-date versions of FrameMaker.

You can get the template packs from:

http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/


Phil Heron

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Deirdre Reagan
Sent: 02 December 2008 17:20
To: Framer's List
Subject: party invitation

Hi all:

FM 8.0 -- Windows XP.

I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to
use, or would word be better.  I don't have any good publishing
software.  Unless FM is good publishing software, of course!

LOL

Deirdre
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party invitation

[Peter Gold]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Deirdre Reagan
 wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> FM 8.0 -- Windows XP.
>
> I am making our holiday party invitations -- is FM a good product to
> use, or would word be better.  I don't have any good publishing
> software.  Unless FM is good publishing software, of course!
>
> LOL

It depends on the kind of party you're planning .


Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices

Default anchored frame settings

[Nancy Allison]

Hi, all.

Whenever I import a graphic, Frame creates a centered, floating anchored 
frame.

Naturally, this is not what I need; I need a right-justified, 
non-floating anchored frame.

Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins:

http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/ImpGraph.htm

This plugin seems to do the trick. Does anyone have experience with it? 
Or, do you recommend another plugin?

Thanks!

-Nancy

Default anchored frame settings

[Nancy Allison]

  Ah, you misunderstand. The reason I ask for recommendations is that 
I'm CHEAP, and the license costs $25.00, which would come out of my 
impoverished, freelancer's shallow pockets.

Don't want to spend the dough if there is any question about the tool, 
or if there is some other tool out there that provides both that 
solution and, I dunno, makes my breakfast and sings the national anthem 
as well, for the same $25.00.


On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at  2:24 PM, Art Campbell wrote:

> If it works for you, that's the most important thing.
But it's stable and been around for years.

Art

Default anchored frame settings

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Nancy:

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Nancy Allison  wrote:
>
>  Ah, you misunderstand. The reason I ask for recommendations is that
> I'm CHEAP, and the license costs $25.00, which would come out of my
> impoverished, freelancer's shallow pockets.
>
> Don't want to spend the dough if there is any question about the tool,
> or if there is some other tool out there that provides both that
> solution and, I dunno, makes my breakfast and sings the national anthem
> as well, for the same $25.00.

Consider that Bruce Foster, who created this plug-in, and others that
have been helpful mainstays to the FrameMaker user community for many
years, is also an individual creator, not a large company. Paying a
modest price for a useful tool rewards their creators and keeps them
motivated to maintain the existing tools and develop new ones.


Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices

Default anchored frame settings

[Nancy Allison]

I in no way disagree with your sentiments, Peter. Despite my 
lighthearted tone, I hope it is clear that I am simply doing my homework 
before spending money.

--Nancy

Default anchored frame settings

[Mike Wickham]

> Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins:
> 
> http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/ImpGraph.htm
> 
> This plugin seems to do the trick. Does anyone have experience with it? 
> Or, do you recommend another plugin?

Nancy, the plugin works great and is well worth the money.

Mike Wickham

ANN: Job seeking

[Bodvar Bjorgvinsson]

Thanks for the kind words and reminder, Jeremy.

Regards,

Bodvar

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith  wrote:
-- snipped --
>
> Yes, the tech sector here has been hard hit too, with major layoffs
> at Sun and at numerous other tech companies.  It doesn't look as bad
> as the "dot-bomb" of 2000 yet, but we're nowhere near the bottom...
>
-- snipped --

> OTOH, you have something to offer the poor folks who don't use Frame
> that they don't even know they need.  ;-)  It's a chance to show them
> The Way.  
>
> We'd like to remind you, and anyone else here in a similar position,
> that Mif2Go is free for life to unemployed tech writers and underemployed
> consultants (you know who you are), as well as all academics (students,
> faculty, and staff).  We've had this policy for many years, and a few
> thousand people have taken us up on it.  We do not ask for any proof
> of status; we trust our customers, whether free or paid.  Just send
> an email to offer at omsys.com, with subject "Mif2Go" (no quotes), with
> your name and email address, and we'll send you a password.  The only
> email you'll ever get from us as a result is announcements of upgrades,
> all of which are free to you.  And we'd like to thank our many paying
> customers, both individual and corporate, for making this possible!
>

-- snipped --
>
> I think it's entirely appropriate, considering the current world
> economic situation.
>
-- snipped --
>
> The end of one world may be the beginning of a better one.  The
> caterpillar passes on, to become a butterfly.  We shall see...  ;-)
>
> -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
>http://www.omsys.com/
>

ANN: InsetPlus 2.1 is now available

[r...@weststreetconsulting.com]

Hi,

InsetPlus 2.1 for structured FrameMaker is now released, including some
important usability enhancements that have made it a much better tool.
If you are a current user of the software, I'd encourage you to take a
look at it. InsetPlus is free. For more information, visit:

http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/WSC_InsetPlus.htm

Best regards,
Russ Ward (Owner, West Street Consulting)

Great Leap

[Jeff Schweiner]

Murray,

We upgraded in April 08 and use unstructured FM only.  Had a few initial
problems with FM8 crashing (once a day).  New patches seems to have
taken care of that, I don't even remember my last crash.  Just make sure
you get all the patches.

The FM8 User Guide tells you to round trip to mif if opening files older
than FM7.  I did this as a precautionary.

Couple of additional changes/improvements:

* Vista and Office 2007 compatible (FM6 was Office 2000 I believe)  Much
better Word filter.
* Ability to lock master page usage to paragraph tags (great for locking
wide tables to landscape pages)
* Option to display a Tab bar (similar to a Tab bar in a web browser)
* Can embed 3D flash
* While the Undo History is an improvement over the single Undo in FM6,
I was a little disappointed that actions such as saving a file clear the
Undo history.  As Dave mentioned, you get a warning that can be turned
off.
* My mouse scroll wheel didn't work in FM6, but works in FM8.

Bottom line, we're very happy with the upgrade.

--
Jeff Schweiner
Hardware Engineering Writer
Cray Inc.
(715) 726-4801


From: Dave Reynolds 
Subject: Re: Great Leap
To: Murray Moore 
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Message-ID: <4934431E.1060203 at tait.co.nz>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1

Hi Murray

We also upgraded from FM6 to FM8 (on Win XP and 2000).  I don't remember

encountering any problems.  I tested FM8 for our Tech Pubs group, and I 
made the following notes about what I noticed was different: 

* The Page Up and Page Down keys move the file up or down by one
  screen, not by one page. If you don't like this you can use the
  customui.cfg file to change it.
* The Print > PDF Setup dialog has more options.
*  "Document Info" (for a PDF file) is no longer set from the Print
   > PDF Setup dialog. To enter Document Info in FM8:
  o from an open file select File > File Info
  o from a book select the file(s) and select File > File info,
or right click on the selected file(s) and select File Info.
* When selecting a font from the drop-down list in Paragraph
  Designer > Default Font > Family, you get a pop-up showing the
  font name in that font.
* The file names in the book window are in a smaller font, or else
  they just look smaller because they're not bold anymore.
* The page background in an open file now picks up the "Window"
  background colour from your Windows colour scheme.
* The tool bar icons are slightly different.
* If you get sick of the "Undo history will be lost" warning popping
  up every time you close and save a file, you can turn it off in
  File > Preferences > General.

I don't think you will have any problems, but you should probably do 
some testing first.

Cheers

Dave

Murray Moore wrote, on 2/12/2008 7:53 a.m.:
> I have an opportunity to leap several versions and upgrade from FM 6
to FM 8.
>
> My manager wants to know "Do you see any issues migrating to 8 - it is
> seamless? All our old files are compatible?"
>
> Any gotchas about which to beware?
>
> /\/\
> Murray