Subject: Challenge with Trados

[Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp]

Hi Marc,

Indeed, best practice is to save as MIF and use that to work with Trados.
The Trados S-Tagger filters the MIF to either tagged RTF or STF - where STF
is the most reliable. This file wil be used by the translators and after
translation filtered back to MIF. STF is translated using the Trados Tag
Editor.
The loss of accented characters is a known issue and indicates that your
client (or his translation agency) is not using the correct version of
Trados in combination with the right filters (i.e. compatible with FM 8.0);
The translated files (in RTF) are probably ok, but the filtering back to FM
causes the error. Using RTF for translation indicates thet probably an older
version of Trados is used. They should consult the Trados helpdesk (actually
SDL) to solve the problem.

HTH,

Best wishes for 2009!

Wim Hooghwinkel

Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker

iDTP

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

[Andersen, Verner Engell VEA]

My FM template contains all formats in the book. When I create a new
book I take a chapter file at set it all up from there:
 
Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear page. All set up
by using specific headings to call the correct master pages. I set up
the page and chapter numbering from the book and set up the Table of
Contents from the Set up Table of Contents menu.
 
Now a Documentation group is going to use my template. They are all new
to Framemaker. Can I set up a dummy book that they just copy to their
working directory? I see that I can rename files from within the book
and get links working but I cannot rename the book file itself.
 
Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get the generated
files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having to set them up
from scratch again?

Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a template for group
usage.
 
 
 
 
Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
Verner Andersen
Technical Writer

Radiometer Medical ApS
Phone +45 3827 3612
Fax +45 3827 2727
verner.ander...@radiometer.dk




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How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[Andersen, Verner Engell VEA]

All my screen shots in Framemaker are linked .png. When I write a new
version of the manual I simply replace all the changed screen shots with
with new ones with the same name and voila all screen shots in the
manual are updated.
 
Alas, when I open Framemaker they often lloks distorted and I have to
reimport or at least rescale them again. Is there a way to avoid this?

I know that I from the menu Graphics, Object properties can set the
scaling to 100% and restart scaling but I hope that there is an easier
way to handle linked graphics.

 
Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
Verner Andersen
Technical Writer

Radiometer Medical ApS
Phone +45 3827 3612
Fax +45 3827 2727
verner.ander...@radiometer.dk




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

[David Spreadbury]

Verner,
You should be able to do a File  Save Book As, renaming the book file. This 
should rename your generated files to match the book filename.

--- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA 
verner.ander...@radiometer.dk wrote:

From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA verner.ander...@radiometer.dk
Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:42 AM

My FM template contains all formats in the book. When I create a new
book I take a chapter file at set it all up from there:
 
Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear page. All set up
by using specific headings to call the correct master pages. I set up
the page and chapter numbering from the book and set up the Table of
Contents from the Set up Table of Contents menu.
 
Now a Documentation group is going to use my template. They are all new
to Framemaker. Can I set up a dummy book that they just copy to
their
working directory? I see that I can rename files from within the book
and get links working but I cannot rename the book file itself.
 
Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get the generated
files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having to set them up
from scratch again?

Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a template for group
usage.
 
 
 
 
Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
Verner Andersen
Technical Writer

Radiometer Medical ApS
Phone +45 3827 3612
Fax +45 3827 2727
verner.ander...@radiometer.dk




Radiometer Medical ApS 
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2700 Bronshoj 
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Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)

[Peter Courlis]

Good Morning,

Does anyone know of a source of Book templates (free)
that a newbie might have access to, for study?

TIA

-peter


--- On Mon, 1/12/09, David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com wrote:

 From: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured 
 FM8)
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA 
 verner.ander...@radiometer.dk
 Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 6:49 AM
 Verner,
 You should be able to do a File  Save Book As, renaming
 the book file. This should rename your generated files to
 match the book filename.
 
 --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
 verner.ander...@radiometer.dk wrote:
 
 From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
 verner.ander...@radiometer.dk
 Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a template
 (unstructured FM8)
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:42 AM
 
 My FM template contains all formats in the book. When I
 create a new
 book I take a chapter file at set it all up from there:
  
 Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear
 page. All set up
 by using specific headings to call the correct master
 pages. I set up
 the page and chapter numbering from the book and set up the
 Table of
 Contents from the Set up Table of Contents
 menu.
  
 Now a Documentation group is going to use my template. They
 are all new
 to Framemaker. Can I set up a dummy book that
 they just copy to
 their
 working directory? I see that I can rename files from
 within the book
 and get links working but I cannot rename the book file
 itself.
  
 Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get
 the generated
 files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having
 to set them up
 from scratch again?
 
 Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a
 template for group
 usage.
  
  
  
  
 Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
 Verner Andersen
 Technical Writer
 
 Radiometer Medical ApS
 Phone +45 3827 3612
 Fax +45 3827 2727
 verner.ander...@radiometer.dk
 
 
 
 
 Radiometer Medical ApS 
 Akandevej 21 
 2700 Bronshoj 
 Denmark 
 Phone: +45 38 27 38 27 
 CVR: 27 50 91 85 
  
 
 
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RE: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructuredFM8)

[Phil Heron]

Peter,

Try the Frame Template Packs.

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


-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Peter Courlis
Sent: 12 January 2009 12:29
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Andersen, Verner Engell VEA; 
dspre...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)

Good Morning,

Does anyone know of a source of Book templates (free)
that a newbie might have access to, for study?

TIA

-peter


--- On Mon, 1/12/09, David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com wrote:

 From: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured 
 FM8)
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA 
 verner.ander...@radiometer.dk
 Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 6:49 AM
 Verner,
 You should be able to do a File  Save Book As, renaming
 the book file. This should rename your generated files to
 match the book filename.

 --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
 verner.ander...@radiometer.dk wrote:

 From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
 verner.ander...@radiometer.dk
 Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a template
 (unstructured FM8)
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:42 AM

 My FM template contains all formats in the book. When I
 create a new
 book I take a chapter file at set it all up from there:

 Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear
 page. All set up
 by using specific headings to call the correct master
 pages. I set up
 the page and chapter numbering from the book and set up the
 Table of
 Contents from the Set up Table of Contents
 menu.

 Now a Documentation group is going to use my template. They
 are all new
 to Framemaker. Can I set up a dummy book that
 they just copy to
 their
 working directory? I see that I can rename files from
 within the book
 and get links working but I cannot rename the book file
 itself.

 Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get
 the generated
 files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having
 to set them up
 from scratch again?

 Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a
 template for group
 usage.




 Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
 Verner Andersen
 Technical Writer

 Radiometer Medical ApS
 Phone +45 3827 3612
 Fax +45 3827 2727
 verner.ander...@radiometer.dk
 



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RE: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructuredFM8)

[Peter Courlis]

Thank you for the quick response.
(I have learned so much, as a result of
monitoring this List.)

- Peter


--- On Mon, 1/12/09, Phil Heron phil.he...@coda.com wrote:

 From: Phil Heron phil.he...@coda.com
 Subject: RE: Easiest way to create a new book from a template 
 (unstructuredFM8)
 To: framers fram...@frameusers.com
 Cc: neat_g...@yahoo.com
 Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 7:31 AM
 Peter,
 
 Try the Frame Template Packs.
 
 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
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
 [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
 Peter Courlis
 Sent: 12 January 2009 12:29
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Andersen, Verner Engell
 VEA; dspre...@yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a
 template (unstructured FM8)
 
 Good Morning,
 
 Does anyone know of a source of Book templates (free)
 that a newbie might have access to, for study?
 
 TIA
 
 -peter
 
 
 --- On Mon, 1/12/09, David Spreadbury
 dspre...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
  From: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com
  Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a
 template (unstructured FM8)
  To: framers@lists.frameusers.com, Andersen,
 Verner Engell VEA
 verner.ander...@radiometer.dk
  Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 6:49 AM
  Verner,
  You should be able to do a File  Save Book As,
 renaming
  the book file. This should rename your generated files
 to
  match the book filename.
 
  --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
  verner.ander...@radiometer.dk wrote:
 
  From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
  verner.ander...@radiometer.dk
  Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a
 template
  (unstructured FM8)
  To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
  Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:42 AM
 
  My FM template contains all formats in the book. When
 I
  create a new
  book I take a chapter file at set it all up from
 there:
 
  Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear
  page. All set up
  by using specific headings to call the correct master
  pages. I set up
  the page and chapter numbering from the book and set
 up the
  Table of
  Contents from the Set up Table of Contents
  menu.
 
  Now a Documentation group is going to use my template.
 They
  are all new
  to Framemaker. Can I set up a dummy book
 that
  they just copy to
  their
  working directory? I see that I can rename files from
  within the book
  and get links working but I cannot rename the book
 file
  itself.
 
  Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and
 get
  the generated
  files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without
 having
  to set them up
  from scratch again?
 
  Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a
  template for group
  usage.
 
 
 
 
  Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
  Verner Andersen
  Technical Writer
 
  Radiometer Medical ApS
  Phone +45 3827 3612
  Fax +45 3827 2727
  verner.ander...@radiometer.dk
 
 
 
 
 
  Radiometer Medical ApS
  Akandevej 21
  2700 Bronshoj
  Denmark
  Phone: +45 38 27 38 27
  CVR: 27 50 91 85
 
 
 
 
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Re: How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[John Posada]

 Alas, when I open Framemaker they often lloks distorted and I have to
 reimport or at least rescale them again. Is there a way to avoid this?

Don't rescale the images in FM. Create the screen shot and rescale it
to the proper size when you capture it, then import it into FM.

In other words, if your images in FM are always 5.25 wide, create the
screen capture with this dimension already

Then, when you import the next version of the image at the same
dimension, it should be a 1:1 replacement.

-- 
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Senior Technical Writer
NYMetro STC President

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

[John Posada]

Why not open the book, select File-Save Book As, and give it a new name?

When you do, the TOC and all other generated files (TOC, IX, etc) will
rename automatically.


 Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get the generated
 files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having to set them up
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 Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a template for group
 usage.


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Framescript - Exist Directory?

[Stephen O'Brien]

To FrameScript users:

Is there a way to determine that a directory 
exists (like the command FileExist).

Thanks to all.



Stephen O'Brien
Rédacteur technique senior / Senior Technical Writer
InnovMetric Logiciels inc. / InnovMetric Software Inc.
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Re: How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[Stuart Rogers]

Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote:
 All my screen shots in Framemaker are linked .png. When I write a new
 version of the manual I simply replace all the changed screen shots with
 with new ones with the same name and voila all screen shots in the
 manual are updated.
  
 Alas, when I open Framemaker they often lloks distorted and I have to
 reimport or at least rescale them again. Is there a way to avoid this?
 
 I know that I from the menu Graphics, Object properties can set the
 scaling to 100% and restart scaling but I hope that there is an easier
 way to handle linked graphics.

I find that I get better results by specifying a larger dpi value rather 
than decreasing the percentage.  For some reason, whenever the 
percentage is changed, FM reports the dpi as unknown.  Don't know if 
this will solve your problem, but you could give it a try.

s.

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Re: Framescript - Exist Directory?

[Frank Elmore]

Hello Stephen,

You can use the same command (eSys.FileExist) for files or directories. Just 
use a directory name in place of a file name.

Frank Elmore
Project leader for FrameScript

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Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 10:07 AM
Subject: Framescript - Exist Directory?


To FrameScript users:

Is there a way to determine that a directory
exists (like the command FileExist).

Thanks to all.



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Re: Framescript - Exist Directory?

[Stephen O'Brien]

Thanks to all who answered. My script now runs. Great.


At 10:57 AM 12/01/2009, Frank Elmore wrote:
Hello Stephen,

You can use the same command (eSys.FileExist) 
for files or directories. Just use a directory name in place of a file name.

Frank Elmore
Project leader for FrameScript

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Subject: Framescript - Exist Directory?


To FrameScript users:

Is there a way to determine that a directory
exists (like the command FileExist).

Thanks to all.



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Rédacteur technique senior / Senior Technical Writer
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2014, Cyrille-Duquet, suite 310
Québec (Québec) Canada G1N 4N6

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RE: How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[Combs, Richard]

Andersen, Verner wrote:
 
 All my screen shots in Framemaker are linked .png. When I write a new
 version of the manual I simply replace all the changed screen shots
with
 with new ones with the same name and voila all screen shots in the
 manual are updated.
 
 Alas, when I open Framemaker they often lloks distorted and I have to
 reimport or at least rescale them again. Is there a way to avoid this?
 
 I know that I from the menu Graphics, Object properties can set the
 scaling to 100% and restart scaling but I hope that there is an easier
 way to handle linked graphics.

When you replace a screen shot with a new one of the same name, are you
making sure that the dimensions of the new one are the same as the
original (e.g., the window you're capturing is 600 x 400 in both cases)?
I believe FM will bring in the replacement at the same dpi setting you
specified when you imported the original, but only if the anchored frame
is big enough to hold it. If your replacement screen shot is wider than
the original and doesn't fit the frame, I think FM scales it to fit.

John is correct: don't rescale images after import. His suggestion of
sizing them before import is one solution. 

Stuart's advice is also important. After import into FM, never change
the size of a graphic by changing its scaling percentage. And never,
ever change its size with the mouse. Always specify a dpi setting. 

FM lets you select one of several standard dpi settings or enter a
custom dpi. It shows you the resulting image dimensions for each
standard dpi, so a little calculating in your head will permit you to
pick a custom dpi setting to achieve the on-page size you desire. (For
printing purposes, it's best to choose settings that are evenly
divisible into your intended printer resolution -- for a 600 dpi
printer, 300, 200, and 150 dpi are better choices than 250, 137, etc.)

So, (1) specify the dpi setting that sizes your screen shots properly
when you import them, (2) don't resize them after import, and (3) make
sure your new screen shots have the (or nearly the same) pixel
dimensions as the ones they're replacing.

HTH!
Richard


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Re: How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[Milan Davidovic]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Combs, Richard
richard.co...@polycom.com wrote:
 Stuart's advice is also important. After import into FM, never change
 the size of a graphic by changing its scaling percentage.

Are there hazards (other than the problem described at the start of
this thread) that this advice is intended to avoid?

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RE: Cannot apply master page!

[Eichelberger, Mark]

I should let Art reply as he choose to end his emails with this line from 
Richard Thompson's song 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, but this is a 
motorcycle.  See the link below for a pic.  (BTW, it is a great song!)

http://www.whiskyfun.com/Materialforlog9/Vincent-Black-Lightning.jpg

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:34 PM
To: Art Campbell
Cc: Framer's List
Subject: Re: Cannot apply master page!



On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at  3:26 PM, Art Campbell wrote:

 It sounds as if you have (another) corrupted file

That did it! Yr a genius! mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com
  mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com
On another note . . .  mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com

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What's a Vincent?

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Nancy Allison ma...@verizon.net 
mailto:ma...@verizon.net   mailto:ma...@verizon.net  wrote:

 Hi, all. I have a new problem. When I generate an index, as usual the
 result is unformatted; however, it doesn't look like a regular
 freshly-generated index. It looks as if it's using a master page from 
 my
 TOC file.

 But I've checked; only the correct IOM master pages are in the IOM 
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Re: Alignment of graphic and text elements in a table format

[Klaus Daube]

On 10 Jan 2009 at 9:51, Shell, Robert wrote:

 However, the anchored frame in col. 2 of the table inserts an extra line
 above itself while the embedded text in column one does not. My clunky
 workaround is to insert a carriage return or HRT above the text which
 lines up the graphic and text OK, but the result is far too much space
 above the resulting output, i.e. page AND table. I have tried adjusting
 the above PGF, but this does not seem to be respected in FM table
 format. Cell margins does not seem to work either since they apply to
 the whole table. Is there a baseline solution here?

Robert, If you set the anchored frame containing the graphic to run 
into Paragraph and alignment left, then the frame will align with the 
top of the text in the left column, because it pushes the anchor point 
to the right.
See http://www.daube.ch/docu/fm-kurs/handout.pdf (page 323) for 
examples.

HTH
Klaus Daube
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Creating Booklets in Framemaker

[Angela Provan]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a booklet in Framemaker and thus far can't find
any tutorials or help references on how to do this.
Has anyone tried this before and if so, how did they do it?

Regards
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Distinguishing between Paragraphs and Insets in a Framemaker Doc

[Charles Monck]

Hello ...

 

Complete FrameScript newbie here!

I wonder if there is a way of using FrameScript to go through a document
taking one course of action if the next object in the document is a
paragraph (Here I wish to add a text inset - and that is all working
fine)) and another course of action if the next object is a text inset
(when I find a particular text inset I want to edit the last previous
paragraph which is Heading1 format. Pseudo-code for the main path
of the script would be something like:-

 

Local lvObject(pvDocVar.FirstObjectInDoc);

 

Loop While(lvObject)

 

If (Object = Paragraph) then

... do something here ...

Else if (Object = TextInset) then

... do something else here ...

Endif

 

Set lvObject = lvTextInset.NextObjectInDoc;

EndLoop;

 

Hoping that someone can help !

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Unstructured FM to DITA XML

[RobynWright7]

Hi everyone,
 
Has anyone ever done a conversion from unstructured FM to DITA XML (using  
FM's paragraph tags, etc.)? If so, do you have a conversion table that I could  
use. (I figured it would be a few steps ahead of beginning the conversion 
table  from scratch.)
 
Thanks!
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Re: Unstructured FM to DITA XML

[David Spreadbury]

Robyn,
I have done unstrctured-Structured conversions but not DITA.
 
I a previous email you mentioned you were looking at Mif2Go. Checkout Chapter 
14 in the Mif2Go User Guide. It discusses just this situation.

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Subject: Unstructured FM to DITA XML
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 7:56 AM

Hi everyone,
 
Has anyone ever done a conversion from unstructured FM to DITA XML (using  
FM's paragraph tags, etc.)? If so, do you have a conversion table that I
could  
use. (I figured it would be a few steps ahead of beginning the conversion 
table  from scratch.)
 
Thanks!
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RE: Creating Booklets in Framemaker

[Dov Isaacs]

Unless you are producing something very simple like a four page booklet,
i.e., a single sheet of paper folded in half, your best bet is to create
your document in FrameMaker in terms of logical pages, 1 through n. Then,
create PDF of the FrameMaker document, again in logical page order.

Once you are in Acrobat, there are a two approaches you can take:

(1) Acrobat 9 provides a simple booklet printing capability that you
can invoke from the print menu. This should work fine as long as you
don't need to do particularly sophisticated things such as supporting
multiple signatures.

(2) There are several commercially available imposition plug-ins
available for Acrobat that provide the ability to take a PDF file in
logical page order and generate a new PDF file setup for direct printing
of booklets, books, etc. One such set of plug-in packages, available for
both Windows and Macintosh, is Quite Imposing and Quite Imposing Plus
by Quite Software. I have personally used these packages and most strongly
recommend them (Quite Imposing Plus has a number of advanced imposition
controls beyond those of Quite Imposing). See http://www.quite.com.

Also, be aware that most reliable printing companies will perform page
imposition as part of their standard service when printing, either offset
of digital. In many cases, the printer has to imposition anyway to take
proper and best advantage of their print process.

- Dov


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 Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:40 PM
 
 Hi,
 
 I'm trying to create a booklet in Framemaker and thus far can't find
 any tutorials or help references on how to do this.
 Has anyone tried this before and if so, how did they do it?
 
 Regards
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Re: Distinguishing between Paragraphs and Insets in a Framemaker Doc

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Charles,

You can do something like this, assuming the oDoc is your document object.

Get TextList InObject(oDoc.MainFlowInDoc) NewVar(tTextList)
  PgfBegin TextInsetBegin;
Loop While(i = tTextList.Count) LoopVar(i) Init(1) Incr(1)
  If tTextList[i].TextType = 'PgfBegin'
Set oPgf = tTextList[i].TextData;
  ElseIf tTextList[i].TextType = 'TextInsetBegin'
Set oTi = tTextList[i].TextData;
  EndIf
EndLoop

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


 Hello ...

 Complete FrameScript newbie here!

 I wonder if there is a way of using FrameScript to go through a document
 taking one course of action if the next object in the document is a
 paragraph (Here I wish to add a text inset - and that is all working
 fine)) and another course of action if the next object is a text inset
 (when I find a particular text inset I want to edit the last previous
 paragraph which is Heading1 format. Pseudo-code for the main path
 of the script would be something like:-

 Local lvObject(pvDocVar.FirstObjectInDoc);

 Loop While(lvObject)

 If (Object = Paragraph) then

 ... do something here ...

 Else if (Object = TextInset) then

 ... do something else here ...

 Endif

 Set lvObject = lvTextInset.NextObjectInDoc;

 EndLoop;

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 Thanks.

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Re: Creating Booklets in Framemaker

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Angela,

The technical term for this is imposition; the best way to do this is to 
create a PDF from your FrameMaker file and use imposition sofware with the 
PDF file. General, your printer will do this at the pre-press stage.

Rick Quatro
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To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:39 PM
Subject: Creating Booklets in Framemaker


 Hi,

 I'm trying to create a booklet in Framemaker and thus far can't find
 any tutorials or help references on how to do this.
 Has anyone tried this before and if so, how did they do it?

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Re: Creating Booklets in Framemaker

[Art Campbell]

And just as a postscript to Dov's and Rick's posts:

Unless you're doing something that you alone have total control over,
don't bother.

* If you think a customer will print the booklet, remember that
customer's printers are more likely than not to use one of the
thousands of possible paper handling mechanisms in use that will mess
up an imposition scheme that you think up.

* No commercial printer will thank you for trying to force an
imposition scheme on them. They all have their own equipment and a
workflow that they've developed to give them the best results in the
shortest time. Having to correct an imposition dreamed up by a
customer doesn't make life easier and is likely to increase the cost
of your job.

Cheers,
Art

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 Hi Angela,

 The technical term for this is imposition; the best way to do this is to
 create a PDF from your FrameMaker file and use imposition sofware with the
 PDF file. General, your printer will do this at the pre-press stage.

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



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 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:39 PM
 Subject: Creating Booklets in Framemaker


 Hi,

 I'm trying to create a booklet in Framemaker and thus far can't find
 any tutorials or help references on how to do this.
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RE: How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[Combs, Richard]

Milan Davidovic wrote:
 
 On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Combs, Richard
 richard.co...@polycom.com wrote:
  Stuart's advice is also important. After import into FM, never
change
  the size of a graphic by changing its scaling percentage.
 
 Are there hazards (other than the problem described at the start of
 this thread) that this advice is intended to avoid?

In my experience (limited, I admit), resizing a bitmap can have a
negative effect on quality ranging from slight to very great indeed. I
suspect the former comes from an even numeric rescaling (e.g., 80% or
120%), while the latter is the consequence of repeated arbitrary
resizings with the mouse. 

I don't know if resizing/rescaling causes pixels to be added/discarded,
but it sure seems that way. When you specify a dpi setting, the pixels
in the bitmap remain unchanged, only their spacing changes. 

Richard


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Table won't roll to next page

[Deirdre Reagan]

Hi All!

FM 8.0, Windows 3.1.

Just kidding -- Windows XP.

I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file.  I
add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
force a new page.  I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's a
simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!

I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from Make Page
Count Even to Make Page Count Odd, but that hasn't done anything.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Deirdre
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Re: Table won't roll to next page

[Art Campbell]

It could be either a bad page pagination setting that breaks the
autoconnection of the flow or the table containing too few good break
points. It's more likely to be the table. Try a couple of these:

* Select some of the problem rows, right-click and check the row
format properties to see if you have keep with set. Also make sure
that Start Anywhere is selected. You can also select a single row and
force a Top Of Page start point, but that may become a problem later
if you add or delete text.
* If the rows contain a lot of text, break the cells up to create more
break points by adding rows and cutting-and-pasting text so that the
text is in smaller chunks. Turn off the ruling so the multiple cells
appear to be a continuous block.
* Do the same thing as the previous step, but add a blank row where
you think a break should occur.

Art

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Deirdre Reagan
deirdre.rea...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi All!

 FM 8.0, Windows 3.1.

 Just kidding -- Windows XP.

 I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file.  I
 add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
 force a new page.  I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's a
 simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!

 I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from Make Page
 Count Even to Make Page Count Odd, but that hasn't done anything.

 Any thoughts?

 Thanks!

 Deirdre
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RE: Table won't roll to next page

[Fred Ridder]

Deirdre Reagan asked:
 
 I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file. I
 add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
 force a new page. I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's a
 simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!
 
 I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from Make Page
 Count Even to Make Page Count Odd, but that hasn't done anything.
 
I can think of three possible causes of this kind of behavior right off 
the top of my head:
1) One or more columns straddled across rows.
2) Keep With Next Row and/or Keep With Previous Row set
in TableRow Format
3) A very large value set for Orphan Rows in the Table Designer.
 
Does the existing last page use the default master page? Or does it
use some special master page? There are probably some circumstances 
where that might also play a role.
 
-FR
 
 
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Re: Table won't roll to next page

[Deirdre Reagan]

Thanks everyone for your help.  I copied the table to a new blank
document and the table rolled over just fine, so it appears that my
problem is with the master pages.

My document starts on page 10004. I have three pages of figures, then
three pages of table, then three pages of figures and two more pages
of table.  It's the last page of the last table that is causing me
grief.

The table in the middle of the document is working just fine. The
table at the end of the document won't roll to a new page, so 10 or so
rows are disappearing.

I've doubled checked the master page usage.  For the first table, the
page are Custom Right, Custom Left, Custom Right.  For the second
table, the pages are Custom Right, Custom Left.  So as far as the
table will go, it is using the same master pages as the previous
table.

When I try to change the pagination from Make Page Count Even to Make
Page Count Odd, I get this message:

The new column layout in DOCNAME.fm seems to overlap other objects on
some body pages.

Are you sure you want to do this?

Number of pages affected: 5.  First page: 10008.

(***end of message***)

Page 10008 is the first page of the first table.

Any idea what that might mean?

Deirdre



On 1/12/09, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote:
 Deirdre Reagan asked:

  I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file. I
  add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
  force a new page. I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's a
  simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!
 
  I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from Make Page
  Count Even to Make Page Count Odd, but that hasn't done anything.

 I can think of three possible causes of this kind of behavior right off
 the top of my head:
 1) One or more columns straddled across rows.
 2) Keep With Next Row and/or Keep With Previous Row set
 in TableRow Format
 3) A very large value set for Orphan Rows in the Table Designer.

 Does the existing last page use the default master page? Or does it
 use some special master page? There are probably some circumstances
 where that might also play a role.

 -FR




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Re: Table won't roll to next page

[Art Campbell]

I'd make a guess that you have another text frame on that page,
probably one that's not auto-connected to anything.

Try poking around with the pointer tool, or maybe do a Select All on
the page. Either one would let you select or unselect objects, or move
them around so you can see if anything is there but hidden.

Art

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Deirdre Reagan
deirdre.rea...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thanks everyone for your help.  I copied the table to a new blank
 document and the table rolled over just fine, so it appears that my
 problem is with the master pages.

 My document starts on page 10004. I have three pages of figures, then
 three pages of table, then three pages of figures and two more pages
 of table.  It's the last page of the last table that is causing me
 grief.

 The table in the middle of the document is working just fine. The
 table at the end of the document won't roll to a new page, so 10 or so
 rows are disappearing.

 I've doubled checked the master page usage.  For the first table, the
 page are Custom Right, Custom Left, Custom Right.  For the second
 table, the pages are Custom Right, Custom Left.  So as far as the
 table will go, it is using the same master pages as the previous
 table.

 When I try to change the pagination from Make Page Count Even to Make
 Page Count Odd, I get this message:

 The new column layout in DOCNAME.fm seems to overlap other objects on
 some body pages.

 Are you sure you want to do this?

 Number of pages affected: 5.  First page: 10008.

 (***end of message***)

 Page 10008 is the first page of the first table.

 Any idea what that might mean?

 Deirdre



 On 1/12/09, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote:
 Deirdre Reagan asked:

  I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file. I
  add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
  force a new page. I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's a
  simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!
 
  I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from Make Page
  Count Even to Make Page Count Odd, but that hasn't done anything.

 I can think of three possible causes of this kind of behavior right off
 the top of my head:
 1) One or more columns straddled across rows.
 2) Keep With Next Row and/or Keep With Previous Row set
 in TableRow Format
 3) A very large value set for Orphan Rows in the Table Designer.

 Does the existing last page use the default master page? Or does it
 use some special master page? There are probably some circumstances
 where that might also play a role.

 -FR




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See all open markers?

[Nancy Allison]

It galls me to admit this, but I really appreciate the ability to see 
all the hidden markers in a Word file. It enables me to see all the 
Index markers, for example, and quickly correct inconsistencies.

Is there any clever way of doing this in Frame? Or in a MIF file?

For example, I think a chapter of my book is skimpy on markers. I can 
generate a List of Markers and look at the page numbers; then I can go 
to the document and look at the pages that don't have any markers to see 
if they should.

How delightful it would be to simply page through the document, noting 
the absence of markers once all markers (or, better yet, just Index 
markers) had been displayed?

Has anyone made my daydream a reality?
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Re: See all open markers?

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Nancy,

Google the IXGen plug in for FrameMaker.

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


 
 It galls me to admit this, but I really appreciate the ability to see 
 all the hidden markers in a Word file. It enables me to see all the 
 Index markers, for example, and quickly correct inconsistencies.
 
 Is there any clever way of doing this in Frame? Or in a MIF file?
 
 For example, I think a chapter of my book is skimpy on markers. I can 
 generate a List of Markers and look at the page numbers; then I can go 
 to the document and look at the pages that don't have any markers to see 
 if they should.
 
 How delightful it would be to simply page through the document, noting 
 the absence of markers once all markers (or, better yet, just Index 
 markers) had been displayed?
 
 Has anyone made my daydream a reality?
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Re: See all open markers?

[Nancy Allison]

  Thanks, Rick. I've investigated -- it looks wonderful; but at $249 
it's too expensive for my freelancer's budget. Is there anything else 
out there?

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Re: See all open markers?

[Frank Stearns]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Nancy Allison wrote:


 It galls me to admit this, but I really appreciate the ability to see
 all the hidden markers in a Word file. It enables me to see all the
 Index markers, for example, and quickly correct inconsistencies.

 Is there any clever way of doing this in Frame? Or in a MIF file?

Check out the expand markers function of our IXgen plug-in for 
FrameMaker. See www.fsatools.com, the IXgen Central page, for a 
fully-functional demo.

IXgen also has a number of other functions useful for index marker 
creation and maintenance.

 Has anyone made my daydream a reality?

Hopefully IXgen has some of the things on your wish list, plus many 
more you might not have considered.

Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
fra...@fsatools.com mailto:fra...@fsatools.com
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Re: See all open markers?

[Scott Prentice]

MarkerTools also provides this feature.

http://leximation.com/tools/info/markertools.php

Cheers,

...scott

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Re: See all open markers?

[Frank Stearns]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Nancy Allison wrote:


  Thanks, Rick. I've investigated -- it looks wonderful; but at $249
 it's too expensive for my freelancer's budget. Is there anything else
 out there?

Take a look at our cost analysis -- it's a little dusty but the basic 
numbers still work reasonably well.

The tool can pay for itself rather quickly - a matter of a few days 
(or less) in many situations. This can be particularly useful if 
you're billing on a project basis rather than hourly basis.

Best of luck with your freelancing. In another life I found that 
things got busier in down times -- not so many companies wanted to 
commit to staff, but still needed work done and liked the on/off 
ability they got with freelancers.

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RE: See all open markers?

[Combs, Richard]

Nancy Allison wrote:
 
 It galls me to admit this, but I really appreciate the ability to see
 all the hidden markers in a Word file. It enables me to see all the
 Index markers, for example, and quickly correct inconsistencies.
 
 Is there any clever way of doing this in Frame? Or in a MIF file?

My preferred indexing tool is IXGen, which -- as Frank Stearns noted --
has lots of other useful functions for indexing and for working with
other kinds of markers as well. 

But for a much cheaper approach that may suit your needs, check out
Index Tools Pro from SiliconPrairieSoftware.com. 

Richard


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Polycom, Inc.
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Re: Table won't roll to next page

[Stuart Rogers]

Art Campbell wrote:
 I'd make a guess that you have another text frame on that page,
 probably one that's not auto-connected to anything.
 
 Try poking around with the pointer tool, or maybe do a Select All on
 the page. Either one would let you select or unselect objects, or move
 them around so you can see if anything is there but hidden.
 

I second Art's diagnosis.  Ctrl-click near the border of the text frame 
on the troublesome page, and then use Alt with an arrow key to move it a 
small distance.  If you see another text frame at the original position, 
then the one you moved was likely created accidentally at some point and 
is not part of your flow.  Cut your table out of it and paste into the 
real text frame, then delete the errant frame.

HTH,

-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Re: Table won't roll to next page

[Deirdre Reagan]

I fixed it!

I autoconnected the first page to the second page and the table on the
last page miraculously rolled over to a new page.

I don't know why that worked, but I'm glad it did!

Thanks everyone for your help.

Deirdre

On 1/12/09, Stuart Rogers srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com wrote:
 Art Campbell wrote:
  I'd make a guess that you have another text frame on that page,
  probably one that's not auto-connected to anything.
 
  Try poking around with the pointer tool, or maybe do a Select All on
  the page. Either one would let you select or unselect objects, or move
  them around so you can see if anything is there but hidden.
 
 

 I second Art's diagnosis.  Ctrl-click near the border of the text frame on
 the troublesome page, and then use Alt with an arrow key to move it a small
 distance.  If you see another text frame at the original position, then the
 one you moved was likely created accidentally at some point and is not part
 of your flow.  Cut your table out of it and paste into the real text
 frame, then delete the errant frame.

 HTH,

 --
 Stuart Rogers
 Technical Communicator
 Phoenix Geophysics Limited
 Toronto, ON, Canada
 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

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Subject: Challenge with Trados

[Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp]

Hi Marc,

Indeed, best practice is to save as MIF and use that to work with Trados.
The Trados S-Tagger filters the MIF to either tagged RTF or STF - where STF
is the most reliable. This file wil be used by the translators and after
translation filtered back to MIF. STF is translated using the Trados Tag
Editor.
The loss of accented characters is a known issue and indicates that your
client (or his translation agency) is not using the correct version of
Trados in combination with the right filters (i.e. compatible with FM 8.0);
The translated files (in RTF) are probably ok, but the filtering back to FM
causes the error. Using RTF for translation indicates thet probably an older
version of Trados is used. They should consult the Trados helpdesk (actually
SDL) to solve the problem.

HTH,

Best wishes for 2009!

Wim Hooghwinkel

Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker

iDTP

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

[Andersen, Verner Engell VEA]

My FM template contains all formats in the book. When I create a new
book I take a chapter file at set it all up from there:

Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear page. All set up
by using specific headings to call the correct master pages. I set up
the page and chapter numbering from the book and set up the Table of
Contents from the "Set up Table of Contents menu".

Now a Documentation group is going to use my template. They are all new
to Framemaker. Can I set up a "dummy book" that they just copy to their
working directory? I see that I can rename files from within the book
and get links working but I cannot rename the book file itself.

Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get the generated
files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having to set them up
from scratch again?

Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a template for group
usage.




Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
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How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

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All my screen shots in Framemaker are linked .png. When I write a new
version of the manual I simply replace all the changed screen shots with
with new ones with the same name and voila all screen shots in the
manual are updated.

Alas, when I open Framemaker they often lloks distorted and I have to
reimport or at least rescale them again. Is there a way to avoid this?

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

[David Spreadbury]

Verner,
You should be able to do a File > Save Book As, renaming the book file. This 
should rename your generated files to match the book filename.

--- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA  wrote:

From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA 
Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:42 AM

My FM template contains all formats in the book. When I create a new
book I take a chapter file at set it all up from there:

Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear page. All set up
by using specific headings to call the correct master pages. I set up
the page and chapter numbering from the book and set up the Table of
Contents from the "Set up Table of Contents menu".

Now a Documentation group is going to use my template. They are all new
to Framemaker. Can I set up a "dummy book" that they just copy to
their
working directory? I see that I can rename files from within the book
and get links working but I cannot rename the book file itself.

Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get the generated
files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having to set them up
from scratch again?

Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a template for group
usage.




Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
Verner Andersen
Technical Writer

Radiometer Medical ApS
Phone +45 3827 3612
Fax +45 3827 2727
verner.andersen at radiometer.dk




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

[Peter Courlis]

Good Morning,

Does anyone know of a source of Book templates (free)
that a newbie might have access to, for study?

TIA

-peter


--- On Mon, 1/12/09, David Spreadbury  wrote:

> From: David Spreadbury 
> Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured 
> FM8)
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com, "Andersen, Verner Engell VEA" 
> 
> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 6:49 AM
> Verner,
> You should be able to do a File > Save Book As, renaming
> the book file. This should rename your generated files to
> match the book filename.
> 
> --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
>  wrote:
> 
> From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
> 
> Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a template
> (unstructured FM8)
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:42 AM
> 
> My FM template contains all formats in the book. When I
> create a new
> book I take a chapter file at set it all up from there:
>  
> Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear
> page. All set up
> by using specific headings to call the correct master
> pages. I set up
> the page and chapter numbering from the book and set up the
> Table of
> Contents from the "Set up Table of Contents
> menu".
>  
> Now a Documentation group is going to use my template. They
> are all new
> to Framemaker. Can I set up a "dummy book" that
> they just copy to
> their
> working directory? I see that I can rename files from
> within the book
> and get links working but I cannot rename the book file
> itself.
>  
> Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get
> the generated
> files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having
> to set them up
> from scratch again?
> 
> Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a
> template for group
> usage.
>  
>  
>  
>  
> Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
> Verner Andersen
> Technical Writer
> 
> Radiometer Medical ApS
> Phone +45 3827 3612
> Fax +45 3827 2727
> verner.andersen at radiometer.dk
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Radiometer Medical ApS 
> Akandevej 21 
> 2700 Bronshoj 
> Denmark 
> Phone: +45 38 27 38 27 
> CVR: 27 50 91 85 
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Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructuredFM8)

[Phil Heron]

Peter,

Try the Frame Template Packs.

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


-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Peter Courlis
Sent: 12 January 2009 12:29
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Andersen, Verner Engell VEA; dspreadb at 
yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)

Good Morning,

Does anyone know of a source of Book templates (free)
that a newbie might have access to, for study?

TIA

-peter


--- On Mon, 1/12/09, David Spreadbury  wrote:

> From: David Spreadbury 
> Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured 
> FM8)
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com, "Andersen, Verner Engell VEA" 
> 
> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 6:49 AM
> Verner,
> You should be able to do a File > Save Book As, renaming
> the book file. This should rename your generated files to
> match the book filename.
>
> --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
>  wrote:
>
> From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
> 
> Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a template
> (unstructured FM8)
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:42 AM
>
> My FM template contains all formats in the book. When I
> create a new
> book I take a chapter file at set it all up from there:
>
> Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear
> page. All set up
> by using specific headings to call the correct master
> pages. I set up
> the page and chapter numbering from the book and set up the
> Table of
> Contents from the "Set up Table of Contents
> menu".
>
> Now a Documentation group is going to use my template. They
> are all new
> to Framemaker. Can I set up a "dummy book" that
> they just copy to
> their
> working directory? I see that I can rename files from
> within the book
> and get links working but I cannot rename the book file
> itself.
>
> Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get
> the generated
> files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having
> to set them up
> from scratch again?
>
> Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a
> template for group
> usage.
>
>
>
>
> Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
> Verner Andersen
> Technical Writer
>
> Radiometer Medical ApS
> Phone +45 3827 3612
> Fax +45 3827 2727
> verner.andersen at radiometer.dk
> 
>
>
>
> Radiometer Medical ApS
> Akandevej 21
> 2700 Bronshoj
> Denmark
> Phone: +45 38 27 38 27
> CVR: 27 50 91 85
>
> 
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Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructuredFM8)

[Peter Courlis]

Thank you for the quick response.
(I have learned so much, as a result of
monitoring this List.)

- Peter


--- On Mon, 1/12/09, Phil Heron  wrote:

> From: Phil Heron 
> Subject: RE: Easiest way to create a new book from a template 
> (unstructuredFM8)
> To: "framers" 
> Cc: neat_gent at yahoo.com
> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 7:31 AM
> Peter,
> 
> Try the Frame Template Packs.
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Peter Courlis
> Sent: 12 January 2009 12:29
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Andersen, Verner Engell
> VEA; dspreadb at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a
> template (unstructured FM8)
> 
> Good Morning,
> 
> Does anyone know of a source of Book templates (free)
> that a newbie might have access to, for study?
> 
> TIA
> 
> -peter
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 1/12/09, David Spreadbury
>  wrote:
> 
> > From: David Spreadbury 
> > Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a
> template (unstructured FM8)
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com, "Andersen,
> Verner Engell VEA"
> 
> > Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 6:49 AM
> > Verner,
> > You should be able to do a File > Save Book As,
> renaming
> > the book file. This should rename your generated files
> to
> > match the book filename.
> >
> > --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
> >  wrote:
> >
> > From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
> > 
> > Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a
> template
> > (unstructured FM8)
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:42 AM
> >
> > My FM template contains all formats in the book. When
> I
> > create a new
> > book I take a chapter file at set it all up from
> there:
> >
> > Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear
> > page. All set up
> > by using specific headings to call the correct master
> > pages. I set up
> > the page and chapter numbering from the book and set
> up the
> > Table of
> > Contents from the "Set up Table of Contents
> > menu".
> >
> > Now a Documentation group is going to use my template.
> They
> > are all new
> > to Framemaker. Can I set up a "dummy book"
> that
> > they just copy to
> > their
> > working directory? I see that I can rename files from
> > within the book
> > and get links working but I cannot rename the book
> file
> > itself.
> >
> > Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and
> get
> > the generated
> > files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without
> having
> > to set them up
> > from scratch again?
> >
> > Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a
> > template for group
> > usage.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
> > Verner Andersen
> > Technical Writer
> >
> > Radiometer Medical ApS
> > Phone +45 3827 3612
> > Fax +45 3827 2727
> > verner.andersen at radiometer.dk
> >
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > Radiometer Medical ApS
> > Akandevej 21
> > 2700 Bronshoj
> > Denmark
> > Phone: +45 38 27 38 27
> > CVR: 27 50 91 85
> >
> >
> 
> >
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How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[John Posada]

> Alas, when I open Framemaker they often lloks distorted and I have to
> reimport or at least rescale them again. Is there a way to avoid this?

Don't rescale the images in FM. Create the screen shot and rescale it
to the proper size when you capture it, then import it into FM.

In other words, if your images in FM are always 5.25" wide, create the
screen capture with this dimension already

Then, when you import the next version of the image at the same
dimension, it should be a 1:1 replacement.

-- 
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
NYMetro STC President

Looking for the next gig.

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

[John Posada]

Why not open the book, select File->Save Book As, and give it a new name?

When you do, the TOC and all other generated files (TOC, IX, etc) will
rename automatically.

>
> Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get the generated
> files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having to set them up
> from scratch again?
>
> Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a template for group
> usage.


-- 
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
NYMetro STC President

Looking for the next gig.

Framescript - Exist Directory?

[Stephen O'Brien]

To FrameScript users:

Is there a way to determine that a directory 
exists (like the command FileExist).

Thanks to all.



Stephen O'Brien
R?dacteur technique senior / Senior Technical Writer
InnovMetric Logiciels inc. / InnovMetric Software Inc.
2014, Cyrille-Duquet, suite 310
Qu?bec (Qu?bec) Canada G1N 4N6

Tel.: (418) 688-2061
Fax: (418) 688-3001
E-mail: sobrien at innovmetric.com
www.innovmetric.com
PolyWorks, the Universal 3D Metrology Software Platform for Manufacturing (TM)

How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[Stuart Rogers]

Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote:
> All my screen shots in Framemaker are linked .png. When I write a new
> version of the manual I simply replace all the changed screen shots with
> with new ones with the same name and voila all screen shots in the
> manual are updated.
>  
> Alas, when I open Framemaker they often lloks distorted and I have to
> reimport or at least rescale them again. Is there a way to avoid this?
> 
> I know that I from the menu Graphics, Object properties can set the
> scaling to 100% and restart scaling but I hope that there is an easier
> way to handle linked graphics.

I find that I get better results by specifying a larger dpi value rather 
than decreasing the percentage.  For some reason, whenever the 
percentage is changed, FM reports the dpi as "unknown."  Don't know if 
this will solve your problem, but you could give it a try.

s.

-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

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--another Rogers Original

Framescript - Exist Directory?

[Frank Elmore]

Hello Stephen,

You can use the same command (eSys.FileExist) for files or directories. Just 
use a directory name in place of a file name.

Frank Elmore
Project leader for FrameScript

- Original Message - 
From: "Stephen O'Brien" 
To: ; 
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 10:07 AM
Subject: Framescript - Exist Directory?


To FrameScript users:

Is there a way to determine that a directory
exists (like the command FileExist).

Thanks to all.



Stephen O'Brien
R?dacteur technique senior / Senior Technical Writer
InnovMetric Logiciels inc. / InnovMetric Software Inc.
2014, Cyrille-Duquet, suite 310
Qu?bec (Qu?bec) Canada G1N 4N6

Tel.: (418) 688-2061
Fax: (418) 688-3001
E-mail: sobrien at innovmetric.com
www.innovmetric.com
PolyWorks, the Universal 3D Metrology Software Platform for Manufacturing 
(TM)

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[Stephen O'Brien]

Thanks to all who answered. My script now runs. Great.


At 10:57 AM 12/01/2009, Frank Elmore wrote:
>Hello Stephen,
>
>You can use the same command (eSys.FileExist) 
>for files or directories. Just use a directory name in place of a file name.
>
>Frank Elmore
>Project leader for FrameScript
>
>- Original Message - From: "Stephen O'Brien" innovmetric.com>
>To: ; 
>Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 10:07 AM
>Subject: Framescript - Exist Directory?
>
>
>To FrameScript users:
>
>Is there a way to determine that a directory
>exists (like the command FileExist).
>
>Thanks to all.
>
>
>
>Stephen O'Brien
>R?dacteur technique senior / Senior Technical Writer
>InnovMetric Logiciels inc. / InnovMetric Software Inc.
>2014, Cyrille-Duquet, suite 310
>Qu?bec (Qu?bec) Canada G1N 4N6
>
>Tel.: (418) 688-2061
>Fax: (418) 688-3001
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How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[Combs, Richard]

Andersen, Verner wrote:

> All my screen shots in Framemaker are linked .png. When I write a new
> version of the manual I simply replace all the changed screen shots
with
> with new ones with the same name and voila all screen shots in the
> manual are updated.
> 
> Alas, when I open Framemaker they often lloks distorted and I have to
> reimport or at least rescale them again. Is there a way to avoid this?
> 
> I know that I from the menu Graphics, Object properties can set the
> scaling to 100% and restart scaling but I hope that there is an easier
> way to handle linked graphics.

When you replace a screen shot with a new one of the same name, are you
making sure that the dimensions of the new one are the same as the
original (e.g., the window you're capturing is 600 x 400 in both cases)?
I believe FM will bring in the replacement at the same dpi setting you
specified when you imported the original, but only if the anchored frame
is big enough to hold it. If your replacement screen shot is wider than
the original and doesn't fit the frame, I think FM scales it to fit.

John is correct: don't rescale images after import. His suggestion of
sizing them before import is one solution. 

Stuart's advice is also important. After import into FM, never change
the size of a graphic by changing its scaling percentage. And never,
ever change its size with the mouse. Always specify a dpi setting. 

FM lets you select one of several standard dpi settings or enter a
custom dpi. It shows you the resulting image dimensions for each
standard dpi, so a little calculating in your head will permit you to
pick a custom dpi setting to achieve the on-page size you desire. (For
printing purposes, it's best to choose settings that are evenly
divisible into your intended printer resolution -- for a 600 dpi
printer, 300, 200, and 150 dpi are better choices than 250, 137, etc.)

So, (1) specify the dpi setting that sizes your screen shots properly
when you import them, (2) don't resize them after import, and (3) make
sure your new screen shots have the (or nearly the same) pixel
dimensions as the ones they're replacing.

HTH!
Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[Milan Davidovic]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Combs, Richard
 wrote:
> Stuart's advice is also important. After import into FM, never change
> the size of a graphic by changing its scaling percentage.

Are there hazards (other than the problem described at the start of
this thread) that this advice is intended to avoid?

-- 
Milan Davidovic
http://altmilan.blogspot.com

Creating Booklets in Framemaker

[Angela Provan]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a booklet in Framemaker and thus far can't find
any tutorials or help references on how to do this.
Has anyone tried this before and if so, how did they do it?

Regards
Angela

Distinguishing between Paragraphs and Insets in a Framemaker Doc

[Charles Monck]

Hello ...



Complete FrameScript newbie here!

I wonder if there is a way of using FrameScript to go through a document
taking one course of action if the next "object" in the document is a
paragraph (Here I wish to add a text inset - and that is all working
fine)) and another course of action if the next "object" is a text inset
(when I find a particular text inset I want to edit the last previous
paragraph which is "Heading1" format. "Pseudo-code" for the main "path"
of the script would be something like:-



Local lvObject(pvDocVar.FirstObjectInDoc);



Loop While(lvObject)



If (Object = Paragraph) then

... do something here ...

Else if (Object = TextInset) then

... do something else here ...

Endif



Set lvObject = lvTextInset.NextObjectInDoc;

EndLoop;



Hoping that someone can help !

Thanks.

Unstructured FM to DITA XML

[robynwrig...@aol.com]

Hi everyone,

Has anyone ever done a conversion from unstructured FM to DITA XML (using  
FM's paragraph tags, etc.)? If so, do you have a conversion table that I could  
use. (I figured it would be a few steps ahead of beginning the conversion 
table  from scratch.)

Thanks!
Robyn
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Unstructured FM to DITA XML

[David Spreadbury]

Robyn,
I have done unstrctured-Structured conversions but not DITA.
?
I a previous email you mentioned you were looking at Mif2Go. Checkout Chapter 
14 in the Mif2Go User Guide. It discusses just this situation.

--- On Mon, 1/12/09, RobynWright7 at aol.com  wrote:

From: RobynWright7 at aol.com 
Subject: Unstructured FM to DITA XML
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 7:56 AM

Hi everyone,

Has anyone ever done a conversion from unstructured FM to DITA XML (using  
FM's paragraph tags, etc.)? If so, do you have a conversion table that I
could  
use. (I figured it would be a few steps ahead of beginning the conversion 
table  from scratch.)

Thanks!
Robyn
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Creating Booklets in Framemaker

[Dov Isaacs]

Unless you are producing something very simple like a four page booklet,
i.e., a single sheet of paper folded in half, your best bet is to create
your document in FrameMaker in terms of logical pages, 1 through n. Then,
create PDF of the FrameMaker document, again in logical page order.

Once you are in Acrobat, there are a two approaches you can take:

(1) Acrobat 9 provides a simple booklet printing capability that you
can invoke from the print menu. This should work fine as long as you
don't need to do particularly sophisticated things such as supporting
multiple signatures.

(2) There are several commercially available "imposition" plug-ins
available for Acrobat that provide the ability to take a PDF file in
logical page order and generate a new PDF file setup for direct printing
of booklets, books, etc. One such set of plug-in packages, available for
both Windows and Macintosh, is "Quite Imposing" and "Quite Imposing Plus"
by Quite Software. I have personally used these packages and most strongly
recommend them (Quite Imposing Plus has a number of advanced imposition
controls beyond those of Quite Imposing). See .

Also, be aware that most reliable printing companies will perform page
imposition as part of their standard service when printing, either offset
of digital. In many cases, the printer has to imposition anyway to take
proper and best advantage of their print process.

- Dov


> -Original Message-
> From: Angela Provan
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:40 PM
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to create a booklet in Framemaker and thus far can't find
> any tutorials or help references on how to do this.
> Has anyone tried this before and if so, how did they do it?
> 
> Regards
> Angela

Distinguishing between Paragraphs and Insets in a Framemaker Doc

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Charles,

You can do something like this, assuming the oDoc is your document object.

Get TextList InObject(oDoc.MainFlowInDoc) NewVar(tTextList)
  PgfBegin TextInsetBegin;
Loop While(i <= tTextList.Count) LoopVar(i) Init(1) Incr(1)
  If tTextList[i].TextType = 'PgfBegin'
Set oPgf = tTextList[i].TextData;
  ElseIf tTextList[i].TextType = 'TextInsetBegin'
Set oTi = tTextList[i].TextData;
  EndIf
EndLoop

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


> Hello ...
>
> Complete FrameScript newbie here!
>
> I wonder if there is a way of using FrameScript to go through a document
> taking one course of action if the next "object" in the document is a
> paragraph (Here I wish to add a text inset - and that is all working
> fine)) and another course of action if the next "object" is a text inset
> (when I find a particular text inset I want to edit the last previous
> paragraph which is "Heading1" format. "Pseudo-code" for the main "path"
> of the script would be something like:-
>
> Local lvObject(pvDocVar.FirstObjectInDoc);
>
> Loop While(lvObject)
>
> If (Object = Paragraph) then
>
> ... do something here ...
>
> Else if (Object = TextInset) then
>
> ... do something else here ...
>
> Endif
>
> Set lvObject = lvTextInset.NextObjectInDoc;
>
> EndLoop;
>
> Hoping that someone can help !
>
> Thanks.
>
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Creating Booklets in Framemaker

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Angela,

The technical term for this is "imposition"; the best way to do this is to 
create a PDF from your FrameMaker file and use imposition sofware with the 
PDF file. General, your printer will do this at the pre-press stage.

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



- Original Message - 
From: "Angela Provan" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:39 PM
Subject: Creating Booklets in Framemaker


> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to create a booklet in Framemaker and thus far can't find
> any tutorials or help references on how to do this.
> Has anyone tried this before and if so, how did they do it?
>
> Regards
> Angela
> ___

Creating Booklets in Framemaker

[Art Campbell]

And just as a postscript to Dov's and Rick's posts:

Unless you're doing something that you alone have total control over,
don't bother.

* If you think a customer will print the booklet, remember that
customer's printers are more likely than not to use one of the
thousands of possible paper handling mechanisms in use that will mess
up an imposition scheme that you think up.

* No commercial printer will thank you for trying to force an
imposition scheme on them. They all have their own equipment and a
workflow that they've developed to give them the best results in the
shortest time. Having to correct an imposition dreamed up by a
customer doesn't make life easier and is likely to increase the cost
of your job.

Cheers,
Art

Art Campbell
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Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
  No disclaimers apply.
   DoD 358



On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Rick Quatro  
wrote:
> Hi Angela,
>
> The technical term for this is "imposition"; the best way to do this is to
> create a PDF from your FrameMaker file and use imposition sofware with the
> PDF file. General, your printer will do this at the pre-press stage.
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing Inc
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Angela Provan" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:39 PM
> Subject: Creating Booklets in Framemaker
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to create a booklet in Framemaker and thus far can't find
>> any tutorials or help references on how to do this.
>> Has anyone tried this before and if so, how did they do it?
>>
>> Regards
>> Angela
>> ___
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How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

[Combs, Richard]

Milan Davidovic wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Combs, Richard
>  wrote:
> > Stuart's advice is also important. After import into FM, never
change
> > the size of a graphic by changing its scaling percentage.
> 
> Are there hazards (other than the problem described at the start of
> this thread) that this advice is intended to avoid?

In my experience (limited, I admit), resizing a bitmap can have a
negative effect on quality ranging from slight to very great indeed. I
suspect the former comes from an even numeric rescaling (e.g., 80% or
120%), while the latter is the consequence of repeated arbitrary
resizings with the mouse. 

I don't know if resizing/rescaling causes pixels to be added/discarded,
but it sure seems that way. When you specify a dpi setting, the pixels
in the bitmap remain unchanged, only their spacing changes. 

Richard


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Table won't roll to next page

[Deirdre Reagan]

Hi All!

FM 8.0, Windows 3.1.

Just kidding -- Windows XP.

I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file.  I
add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
force a new page.  I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's a
simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!

I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from "Make Page
Count Even" to "Make Page Count Odd," but that hasn't done anything.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Deirdre

Table won't roll to next page

[Art Campbell]

It could be either a bad page pagination setting that breaks the
autoconnection of the flow or the table containing too few good break
points. It's more likely to be the table. Try a couple of these:

* Select some of the problem rows, right-click and check the row
format properties to see if you have "keep with" set. Also make sure
that Start Anywhere is selected. You can also select a single row and
force a Top Of Page start point, but that may become a problem later
if you add or delete text.
* If the rows contain a lot of text, break the cells up to create more
break points by adding rows and cutting-and-pasting text so that the
text is in smaller chunks. Turn off the ruling so the multiple cells
appear to be a continuous block.
* Do the same thing as the previous step, but add a blank row where
you think a break should occur.

Art

Art Campbell
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Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
  No disclaimers apply.
   DoD 358



On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Deirdre Reagan
 wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> FM 8.0, Windows 3.1.
>
> Just kidding -- Windows XP.
>
> I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file.  I
> add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
> force a new page.  I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's a
> simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!
>
> I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from "Make Page
> Count Even" to "Make Page Count Odd," but that hasn't done anything.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Deirdre
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Table won't roll to next page

[Fred Ridder]

Deirdre Reagan asked:

> I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file. I
> add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
> force a new page. I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's a
> simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!
> 
> I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from "Make Page
> Count Even" to "Make Page Count Odd," but that hasn't done anything.

I can think of three possible causes of this kind of behavior right off 
the top of my head:
1) One or more columns straddled across rows.
2) Keep With Next Row and/or Keep With Previous Row set
in Table>Row Format
3) A very large value set for Orphan Rows in the Table Designer.

Does the existing last page use the default master page? Or does it
use some special master page? There are probably some circumstances 
where that might also play a role.

-FR

Table won't roll to next page

[Deirdre Reagan]

Thanks everyone for your help.  I copied the table to a new blank
document and the table rolled over just fine, so it appears that my
problem is with the master pages.

My document starts on page 10004. I have three pages of figures, then
three pages of table, then three pages of figures and two more pages
of table.  It's the last page of the last table that is causing me
grief.

The table in the middle of the document is working just fine. The
table at the end of the document won't roll to a new page, so 10 or so
rows are disappearing.

I've doubled checked the master page usage.  For the first table, the
page are Custom Right, Custom Left, Custom Right.  For the second
table, the pages are Custom Right, Custom Left.  So as far as the
table will go, it is using the same master pages as the previous
table.

When I try to change the pagination from Make Page Count Even to Make
Page Count Odd, I get this message:

The new column layout in DOCNAME.fm seems to overlap other objects on
some body pages.

Are you sure you want to do this?

Number of pages affected: 5.  First page: 10008.

(***end of message***)

Page 10008 is the first page of the first table.

Any idea what that might mean?

Deirdre



On 1/12/09, Fred Ridder  wrote:
> Deirdre Reagan asked:
>
> > I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file. I
> > add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
> > force a new page. I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's a
> > simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!
> >
> > I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from "Make Page
> > Count Even" to "Make Page Count Odd," but that hasn't done anything.
>
> I can think of three possible causes of this kind of behavior right off
> the top of my head:
> 1) One or more columns straddled across rows.
> 2) Keep With Next Row and/or Keep With Previous Row set
> in Table>Row Format
> 3) A very large value set for Orphan Rows in the Table Designer.
>
> Does the existing last page use the default master page? Or does it
> use some special master page? There are probably some circumstances
> where that might also play a role.
>
> -FR
>
>
>
>

Table won't roll to next page

[Art Campbell]

I'd make a guess that you have another text frame on that page,
probably one that's not auto-connected to anything.

Try poking around with the pointer tool, or maybe do a Select All on
the page. Either one would let you select or unselect objects, or move
them around so you can see if anything is there but hidden.

Art

Art Campbell
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  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
  No disclaimers apply.
   DoD 358



On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Deirdre Reagan
 wrote:
> Thanks everyone for your help.  I copied the table to a new blank
> document and the table rolled over just fine, so it appears that my
> problem is with the master pages.
>
> My document starts on page 10004. I have three pages of figures, then
> three pages of table, then three pages of figures and two more pages
> of table.  It's the last page of the last table that is causing me
> grief.
>
> The table in the middle of the document is working just fine. The
> table at the end of the document won't roll to a new page, so 10 or so
> rows are disappearing.
>
> I've doubled checked the master page usage.  For the first table, the
> page are Custom Right, Custom Left, Custom Right.  For the second
> table, the pages are Custom Right, Custom Left.  So as far as the
> table will go, it is using the same master pages as the previous
> table.
>
> When I try to change the pagination from Make Page Count Even to Make
> Page Count Odd, I get this message:
>
> The new column layout in DOCNAME.fm seems to overlap other objects on
> some body pages.
>
> Are you sure you want to do this?
>
> Number of pages affected: 5.  First page: 10008.
>
> (***end of message***)
>
> Page 10008 is the first page of the first table.
>
> Any idea what that might mean?
>
> Deirdre
>
>
>
> On 1/12/09, Fred Ridder  wrote:
>> Deirdre Reagan asked:
>>
>> > I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file. I
>> > add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
>> > force a new page. I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's a
>> > simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!
>> >
>> > I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from "Make Page
>> > Count Even" to "Make Page Count Odd," but that hasn't done anything.
>>
>> I can think of three possible causes of this kind of behavior right off
>> the top of my head:
>> 1) One or more columns straddled across rows.
>> 2) Keep With Next Row and/or Keep With Previous Row set
>> in Table>Row Format
>> 3) A very large value set for Orphan Rows in the Table Designer.
>>
>> Does the existing last page use the default master page? Or does it
>> use some special master page? There are probably some circumstances
>> where that might also play a role.
>>
>> -FR
>>
>>
>>
>>
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See all open markers?

[Nancy Allison]

It galls me to admit this, but I really appreciate the ability to see 
all the hidden markers in a Word file. It enables me to see all the 
Index markers, for example, and quickly correct inconsistencies.

Is there any clever way of doing this in Frame? Or in a MIF file?

For example, I think a chapter of my book is skimpy on markers. I can 
generate a List of Markers and look at the page numbers; then I can go 
to the document and look at the pages that don't have any markers to see 
if they should.

How delightful it would be to simply page through the document, noting 
the absence of markers once all markers (or, better yet, just Index 
markers) had been displayed?

Has anyone made my daydream a reality?

See all open markers?

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Nancy,

Google the IXGen plug in for FrameMaker.

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


> 
> It galls me to admit this, but I really appreciate the ability to see 
> all the hidden markers in a Word file. It enables me to see all the 
> Index markers, for example, and quickly correct inconsistencies.
> 
> Is there any clever way of doing this in Frame? Or in a MIF file?
> 
> For example, I think a chapter of my book is skimpy on markers. I can 
> generate a List of Markers and look at the page numbers; then I can go 
> to the document and look at the pages that don't have any markers to see 
> if they should.
> 
> How delightful it would be to simply page through the document, noting 
> the absence of markers once all markers (or, better yet, just Index 
> markers) had been displayed?
> 
> Has anyone made my daydream a reality?
> ___

See all open markers?

[Nancy Allison]

  Thanks, Rick. I've investigated -- it looks wonderful; but at $249 
it's too expensive for my freelancer's budget. Is there anything else 
out there?

See all open markers?

[Frank Stearns]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Nancy Allison wrote:

>
> It galls me to admit this, but I really appreciate the ability to see
> all the hidden markers in a Word file. It enables me to see all the
> Index markers, for example, and quickly correct inconsistencies.
>
> Is there any clever way of doing this in Frame? Or in a MIF file?

Check out the "expand markers" function of our IXgen plug-in for 
FrameMaker. See www.fsatools.com, the "IXgen Central" page, for a 
fully-functional demo.

IXgen also has a number of other functions useful for index marker 
creation and maintenance.

> Has anyone made my daydream a reality?

Hopefully IXgen has some of the things on your wish list, plus many 
more you might not have considered.

Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
franks at fsatools.com 
TOLL FREE Voice (USA and Canada):  800-567-6421
USA Voice: 360-892-3970  USA FAX: 360-253-1498
http://www.fsatools.com

See all open markers?

[Scott Prentice]

MarkerTools also provides this feature.

http://leximation.com/tools/info/markertools.php

Cheers,

...scott

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Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892



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>   Thanks, Rick. I've investigated -- it looks wonderful; but at $249 
> it's too expensive for my freelancer's budget. Is there anything else 
> out there?
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See all open markers?

[Frank Stearns]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Nancy Allison wrote:

>
>  Thanks, Rick. I've investigated -- it looks wonderful; but at $249
> it's too expensive for my freelancer's budget. Is there anything else
> out there?

Take a look at our cost analysis -- it's a little dusty but the basic 
numbers still work reasonably well.

The tool can pay for itself rather quickly - a matter of a few days 
(or less) in many situations. This can be particularly useful if 
you're billing on a project basis rather than hourly basis.

Best of luck with your freelancing. In another life I found that 
things got busier in down times -- not so many companies wanted to 
commit to staff, but still needed work done and liked the "on/off" 
ability they got with freelancers.

Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
franks at fsatools.com 
TOLL FREE Voice (USA and Canada):  800-567-6421
USA Voice: 360-892-3970  USA FAX: 360-253-1498
http://www.fsatools.com

See all open markers?

[Combs, Richard]

Nancy Allison wrote:

> It galls me to admit this, but I really appreciate the ability to see
> all the hidden markers in a Word file. It enables me to see all the
> Index markers, for example, and quickly correct inconsistencies.
> 
> Is there any clever way of doing this in Frame? Or in a MIF file?

My preferred indexing tool is IXGen, which -- as Frank Stearns noted --
has lots of other useful functions for indexing and for working with
other kinds of markers as well. 

But for a much cheaper approach that may suit your needs, check out
Index Tools Pro from SiliconPrairieSoftware.com. 

Richard


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Table won't roll to next page

[Stuart Rogers]

Art Campbell wrote:
> I'd make a guess that you have another text frame on that page,
> probably one that's not auto-connected to anything.
> 
> Try poking around with the pointer tool, or maybe do a Select All on
> the page. Either one would let you select or unselect objects, or move
> them around so you can see if anything is there but hidden.
> 

I second Art's diagnosis.  Ctrl-click near the border of the text frame 
on the troublesome page, and then use Alt with an arrow key to move it a 
small distance.  If you see another text frame at the original position, 
then the one you moved was likely created accidentally at some point and 
is not part of your flow.  Cut your table out of it and paste into the 
"real" text frame, then delete the errant frame.

HTH,

-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

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Table won't roll to next page

[Deirdre Reagan]

I fixed it!

I autoconnected the first page to the second page and the table on the
last page miraculously rolled over to a new page.

I don't know why that worked, but I'm glad it did!

Thanks everyone for your help.

Deirdre

On 1/12/09, Stuart Rogers  wrote:
> Art Campbell wrote:
> > I'd make a guess that you have another text frame on that page,
> > probably one that's not auto-connected to anything.
> >
> > Try poking around with the pointer tool, or maybe do a Select All on
> > the page. Either one would let you select or unselect objects, or move
> > them around so you can see if anything is there but hidden.
> >
> >
>
> I second Art's diagnosis.  Ctrl-click near the border of the text frame on
> the troublesome page, and then use Alt with an arrow key to move it a small
> distance.  If you see another text frame at the original position, then the
> one you moved was likely created accidentally at some point and is not part
> of your flow.  Cut your table out of it and paste into the "real" text
> frame, then delete the errant frame.
>
> HTH,
>
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