Networking in the NYMetro area.
Hi, guys...hope this isn't out of line for this list, but at times like these when everyone says network, network, netwiork, I'd like to reach out to the writers in the NY metro area. Some of us are out of work and looking, and some of you are working and trying to stay that way. I'd like to start a club that will meet in person for the purpose of finding/keeping/referring jobs. Maybe we can compare notes, maybe help each other critique each other's resumes and portfolios, pasing along opportunities for freelance work that may not be a fit for you but good for someone esle, yada yada. It's gotta be better than just sitting home, responding to Dice, and otherwise, contemplating our navels. What do you think? If there is enough interest, I can start up a Yahoo group just for this purpose and figure out scheduling for getting together maybe every 2 weeks? This is open to both those who are in positions and those who are not. Besides...what better way to meet socially and since it is job-search related, mostly tax deductable (but that's between you and your accountant) Respond off-list please and for the purpose I'm describing, please be in the NY metro area.. -- John Posada Senior Technical Writer NYMetro STC President Looking for the next gig. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Hyperlinking in Frame
Good afternoon, I am working on a manual and have to create hyperlinks to other chapters. Could someone tell me how to do this . Thanks ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Hyperlinking in Frame
You can use cross-references, which is the easiest means. The option for cross references and other forms of hyperlinking are available on the Special menu. FrameMaker's online Help has detailed info on how to use these features. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:58 PM, charlene_glo...@emainc.com wrote: Good afternoon, I am working on a manual and have to create hyperlinks to other chapters. Could someone tell me how to do this . -- Bill Swallow http://techcommdood.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/techcommdood Avid homebrewer and proud beer snob. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Hyperlinking in Frame
charlene_glo...@emainc.com wrote: Good afternoon, I am working on a manual and have to create hyperlinks to other chapters. Could someone tell me how to do this . Do you understand the difference in FM between hypertext and cross-references, and are you sure you need the former? If you're not certain, look up cross-references and hypertext in the manual or online help. I'm guessing you're new to FM, and what you really need is cross-references. That means you may also need to read about cross-reference formats (unless the manual already contains the ones you're supposed to use). The actual procedure for creating a cross-reference is simple: Select Special Cross-Reference. In the dialog, select the Document (must be open). Set Source Type to Paragraph Tags, and in the Paragraph Tags list, select the pgf type. In the Paragraphs list, find and select the paragraph to link to. Set Format to the xref format you want, and click Insert. It doesn't make a lot of difference for this issue, but generally when you post a question to the list, it helps to provide a bit more context about what you're trying to do and the environment in which you're doing it -- what version of FM, OS, etc. Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
VISIO, WMF, and PNG
Joseph, Hi, seems Visio graphics are the flavour of the month :) Just to summarise what has been said on the list over the last couple of weeks. 1. Visio uses an internal file format and is not a graphics format, as such 2. Visio native files are best not used in FM 3. The Visio files then need to be exported in some suitable format. Now, relating to your specific enquiry: 4. The standard output formats that Visio uses are problematic for a number of reasons: 4a. PNG is a raster image format, meaning that it uses pixels to create an image and is therefore going to print as a pixellated image. It was only ever intended that this image format was to be used onscreen, not for print purposes. So onscreen it will probably look ok but printed, pretty bad (and sure, someone will chime in and say "hey mine are ok" which won't help you); 4b. WMF supports both raster and vector based art but the format is not well documented and specific files, for example from Visio, may have inclusions that create problems when the file is printed. For example, stray lines appearing between vectors, or fonts that are not correctly specified in the WMF file and display incorrectly when printed. In general, and depending on your situation, WMF is ok. However it is not guaranteable that WMF will always work. 5. So, what has been suggested on this list, and is an approach I use, is to print your Visio file to PDF and import that into FM. Therefore, I would say not to use PNG. Instead use PDF. Alan -- Alan Litchfield MBus (Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
non-Adobe *.pdf
You mean in general or from Frame? What specifically do you want to know? I use pdfLaTeX pretty much daily, from time to time ps2pdf. No issues in using them. pdfLaTeX is run from a text editor and ps2pdf is normally run from a command line. I use them with files generated from metafont, LaTeX, etc. Alan Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC wrote: > Hello FrameManiacs, > > Would anyone who is generating *.pdf files outside of the Adobe Acrobat > world please share what application you use and and pros-n-cons > -- Alan Litchfield MBus (Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
VISIO, WMF, and PNG
Yeah. I took a double take on what Art said too. So does that mean that Adobe have buggered up the pdf output engine? Or is it that the nested pdfs already contain RGB colour definitions and those are carried through to the final output, in the same way that eps acts as a wrapper for the postscript colour definitions in images? Perhaps Art could flight check the pdf images he used and confirm whether they only contain spot, cmyk, or rgb, or some combination. Then say if those are transformed when output from FM. Alan Lea Rush wrote: > Please see below: > >> -Original Message- >> >> Alan Litchfield wrote: >> > > > >> > 5. So, what has been suggested on this list, and is an approach I use, > is >> > to print your Visio file to PDF and import that into FM. >> > >> > Therefore, I would say not to use PNG. Instead use PDF. >> >> What he said! > > > >> Assuming you have an Adobe PDF printer instance (i.e., you have >> Distiller or the full version of Acrobat) installed on your system, it's >> always avoidable by printing the vector graphic to PDF, which imports >> nicely into FM. WRT Visio, this a much better solution than using its >> less-than-optimal export filters to save as WMF or EPS. >> >> Richard > > Is there a way to reconcile this advice with what Art just posted? > >> In 9, using SaveAs to create a PDF with CMYK works, EXCEPT when the FM > file >> contains embedded PDFs -- in effect, nesting the PDFs. >> >> So it's partially whacked, but if you don't nest PDFs as imported graphics > in FM, it >> works. > > Hoping for a solution, > Lea > -- Alan Litchfield MBus (Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
hypertext marker location in generated index
Suzanne, You wrote: >I'm editing a manual in unstructured FM 7.2 and until recently I was >under the impression that someone forgot to set up the index to make >its entries clickable. > >however I came to realize that, in the generated TOC, the hypertext >markers are located at the start of each line, and you can click >anywhere on the line to access the related content, whereas, in the >generated index, the markers appear *after* the associated entry, and >the clickable area does exist but it is very small (it is limited to >the exact location of the marker). ... When FrameMaker creates hypertext markers in indexes, it places the markers in front of each page number. Active areas expand on both sides of the marker, until there is (a) a change in character properties, or (b) beginning or end of paragraph are met, or (c) another hypertext marker is found -- whatever comes first. If there is no special formatting of page numbers, the active area includes the entire page number, as a minimum. First page number in each entry will also make the index term itself clickable. If you want the index page number to look different (eg blue), modify the paragraph properties of the IndexIX pgf (<$pagenum> in the Index specification in the reference page) using the paragraph designer. You may also add a character format in front of the <$pagenum> building block. If the active area matches the width of the hypertext marker itself (very small), this indicates that there are some additional character properties applied. Other than removing the additional character properties, a FrameScript can be used to duplicate the unique hypertext marker in each area with distinct formatting. While this is typically useful in TOC (where entries may retrieve formatting from source paragraphs, such as superscript or font changes), it should not be needed in indexes. Shlomo Perets MicroType * http://www.microtype.com FrameMaker training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers "Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" live web-based training sessions (Including an "Indexing Essentials" session, February 12)
Changing indentation of a graphic within an anchored frame
Is there a shortcut for changing the indentation of a graphic within an anchored frame? Our FM template is being modified to change the indentation of lots of paragraph tags, and we will all have to manually modify the indentation of almost all of our graphics - unless you happen to know of a framescript, macro, shortcut, or anything that can save us from this colossal task... Thanks Marta Marta Berman API and Database Information Engineer Work: 03-539-9267 Hewlett-Packard Software Cell: 052-833-7723 Building M3, Floor 3, Cube 369 Fax:03-533-1617 5 Altlafe Street Yehud, Israel
FW: Changing indentation of a graphic within an anchored frame
Just to clarify, we like our graphics aligned with the text in the paragraph above (not centered on the page). "Is there a shortcut for changing the indentation of a graphic within an anchored frame? Our FM template is being modified to change the indentation of lots of paragraph tags, and we will all have to manually modify the indentation of almost all of our graphics - unless you happen to know of a framescript, macro, shortcut, or anything that can save us from this colossal task..." Thanks Marta
Changing indentation of a graphic within an anchored frame
Hi Marta I guess the anchoring position of these anchored frames is "Below Current Line"? In that case, I think the only option you have is a Framescript which changes the width of the frame and the "offset from left" setting of the graphic within the frame. An other (and better) option is to put the anchored frames in an empty paragraph (you can also do this with a framescript), which you give a dedicated paragraph tag, for example z_anchor. You set the line spacing of this paragraph to "variable": Paragraph Designer > Basic tab > Line Spacing > clear the Fixed check box. The line spacing will then automatically adjust itself to the height of the anchored frame. Now, if you need to change the positioning of the graphics, all you have to do is simply change the setting in the Paragraph Designer for z_anchor, for example indent, but also space above or below, alignment... Cheers -- Yves Barbion ? Managing Director ? Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor www.scripto.nu ? skype: yves.barbion ? T: +32 494 12 01 89 On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Berman, Marta wrote: > Is there a shortcut for changing the indentation of a graphic within an > anchored frame? Our FM template is being modified to change the indentation > of lots of paragraph tags, and we will all have to manually modify the > indentation of almost all of our graphics - unless you happen to know of a > framescript, macro, shortcut, or anything that can save us from this > colossal task... > Thanks > Marta > > Marta Berman > API and Database Information Engineer Work: 03-539-9267 > Hewlett-Packard Software Cell: > 052-833-7723 > Building M3, Floor 3, Cube 369 Fax: > 03-533-1617 > 5 Altlafe Street > Yehud, Israel > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as yves.barbion at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/yves.barbion%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Networking in the NYMetro area.
Hi, guys...hope this isn't out of line for this list, but at times like these when everyone says network, network, netwiork, I'd like to reach out to the writers in the NY metro area. Some of us are out of work and looking, and some of you are working and trying to stay that way. I'd like to start a "club" that will meet in person for the purpose of finding/keeping/referring jobs. Maybe we can compare notes, maybe help each other critique each other's resumes and portfolios, pasing along opportunities for freelance work that may not be a fit for you but good for someone esle, yada yada. It's gotta be better than just sitting home, responding to Dice, and otherwise, contemplating our navels. What do you think? If there is enough interest, I can start up a Yahoo group just for this purpose and figure out scheduling for getting together maybe every 2 weeks? This is open to both those who are in positions and those who are not. Besides...what better way to meet socially and since it is job-search related, mostly tax deductable (but that's between you and your accountant) Respond off-list please and for the purpose I'm describing, please be in the NY metro area.. -- John Posada Senior Technical Writer NYMetro STC President Looking for the next gig.
Hyperlinking in Frame
Good afternoon, I am working on a manual and have to create hyperlinks to other chapters. Could someone tell me how to do this . Thanks
Hyperlinking in Frame
You can use cross-references, which is the easiest means. The option for cross references and other forms of hyperlinking are available on the Special menu. FrameMaker's online Help has detailed info on how to use these features. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:58 PM, wrote: > Good afternoon, I am working on a manual and have to create hyperlinks > to other chapters. Could someone tell me how to do this . -- Bill Swallow http://techcommdood.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/techcommdood Avid homebrewer and proud beer snob.
Hyperlinking in Frame
Charlene_Glover at emainc.com wrote: > Good afternoon, I am working on a manual and have to create hyperlinks > to other chapters. Could someone tell me how to do this . Do you understand the difference in FM between hypertext and cross-references, and are you sure you need the former? If you're not certain, look up "cross-references" and "hypertext" in the manual or online help. I'm guessing you're new to FM, and what you really need is cross-references. That means you may also need to read about cross-reference formats (unless the manual already contains the ones you're supposed to use). The actual procedure for creating a cross-reference is simple: Select Special > Cross-Reference. In the dialog, select the Document (must be open). Set Source Type to Paragraph Tags, and in the Paragraph Tags list, select the pgf type. In the Paragraphs list, find and select the paragraph to link to. Set Format to the xref format you want, and click Insert. It doesn't make a lot of difference for this issue, but generally when you post a question to the list, it helps to provide a bit more context about what you're trying to do and the environment in which you're doing it -- what version of FM, OS, etc. Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
VISIO, WMF, and PNG
Lea, The bug that I passed along the info on is a result of using SaveAs PDF from FM 9, which is intended to generate clean CMYK. As reported, IF the Frame file contains PDFs already, it doesn't work well. The work-around, until a patch is released to fix it, is to embed another file format such as EPS, which apparently works fine. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Lea Rush wrote: > Please see below: > > > -Original Message- > > > > Alan Litchfield wrote: > > > > > > > > 5. So, what has been suggested on this list, and is an approach I use, > is > > > to print your Visio file to PDF and import that into FM. > > > > > > Therefore, I would say not to use PNG. Instead use PDF. > > > > What he said! > > > > > Assuming you have an Adobe PDF printer instance (i.e., you have > > Distiller or the full version of Acrobat) installed on your system, it's > > always avoidable by printing the vector graphic to PDF, which imports > > nicely into FM. WRT Visio, this a much better solution than using its > > less-than-optimal export filters to save as WMF or EPS. > > > > Richard > > Is there a way to reconcile this advice with what Art just posted? > > > In 9, using SaveAs to create a PDF with CMYK works, EXCEPT when the FM > file > > contains embedded PDFs -- in effect, nesting the PDFs. > > > > So it's partially whacked, but if you don't nest PDFs as imported > graphics > in FM, it > > works. > > Hoping for a solution, > Lea > > _ > > Lea Rush > Software and Documentation Specialist > Astoria-Pacific International > PO Box 830 Clackamas OR 97015 > PH: 800-657-3010 > FAX: 503-655-7367 > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Mark a graphic as non-printable in pdf
Hi all, We want to be able to include a color image logo on the first page of each chapter. We do not want the image to be printable from the pdf file. Is there any way in which this can be done? We're using FrameMaker 7.x, Acrobat 5, 6, and 7 (but we mostly print directly from FrameMaker using Distiller 3.0). Many thanks, Mark O'C
hypertext marker location in generated index
Hello Shlomo, That's what it was! There was a character format in front of the <$pagenum> building block on the reference page, and it served no purpose (applying a font that should have been specified in the IndexIX paragraph format to start with). Now my page numbers and the line of dots leading to the first one are clickable at last. This feels much better, thank you very much. However I notice that the index terms themselves are still not clickable, which seems to indicate that the active area only expands to the right of the hypertext marker after all -- unless I missed something else. Thank you again. :) Suzanne On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Shlomo Perets wrote: > Active areas expand on both sides of the marker, until there is > (a) a change in character properties, or (b) beginning or end of > paragraph are met, or (c) another hypertext marker is found -- > whatever comes first. > > If there is no special formatting of page numbers, the active > area includes the entire page number, as a minimum. First page > number in each entry will also make the index term itself > clickable. [...] > If the active area matches the width of the hypertext marker > itself (very small), this indicates that there are some > additional character properties applied.
Networking in the NYMetro area.
John, If I may suggest, you may want to join Linkedin and start a local NY metro group. It's a great way to network and the individual groups can include calendars and such to help facilitate more focused, in person, networking. Doubt I'd be of much help to you, as I'm in Ohio, but i'd be happy to include you in my network. ( http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryankjohnson ) http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryankjohnsonBryan >>> John Posada 1/29/2009 3:04 PM >>> Hi, guys...hope this isn't out of line for this list, but at times like these when everyone says network, network, netwiork, I'd like to reach out to the writers in the NY metro area. Some of us are out of work and looking, and some of you are working and trying to stay that way. I'd like to start a "club" that will meet in person for the purpose of finding/keeping/referring jobs. Maybe we can compare notes, maybe help each other critique each other's resumes and portfolios, pasing along opportunities for freelance work that may not be a fit for you but good for someone esle, yada yada. It's gotta be better than just sitting home, responding to Dice, and otherwise, contemplating our navels. What do you think? If there is enough interest, I can start up a Yahoo group just for this purpose and figure out scheduling for getting together maybe every 2 weeks? This is open to both those who are in positions and those who are not. Besides...what better way to meet socially and since it is job-search related, mostly tax deductable (but that's between you and your accountant) Respond off-list please and for the purpose I'm describing, please be in the NY metro area.. -- John Posada Senior Technical Writer NYMetro STC President Looking for the next gig. ^ ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. http://www.doctohelp.com ( http://www.doctohelp.com/ ) Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as Bryan.johnson at motoman.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to techwr-l-unsubscribe at lists.techwr-l.com or visit http://lists.techwr ( http://lists.techwr/ )-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/bryan.johnson%40motoman.com To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join at lists.techwr-l.com Send administrative questions to admin at techwr-l.com. Visit http://www.techwr ( http://www.techwr/ )-l.com/ for more resources and info. Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at: http://lists.techwr ( http://lists.techwr/ )-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat
Disappearing text using Save As to PDF
All, Jessica Nealon made this post in 2006: "When I use Save As to PDF my books, whole chunks of text disappear in the PDF file. It appears to be totally random. For instance, one table will have several blank rows blank followed by competed rows." http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2006-October/004916.html I am also using Frame 7.2, and I wonder if anyone else knows about this problem and about any bugfixes. My experience is that FrameMaker apparently puts the text in table cells behind the table when saving as a PDF. When the table has shading, this makes the text disappear entirely. Printing straight to the printer works fine. I have not found anything helpful on the Internet in general, which strikes me as strange. Also, I'm sure this is unrelated to the previous problem, but it does exacerbate the situation: Printing to my Acrobat PDF "printer" fails for an unspecified reason and printing to a PostScript file produces this cryptic error, which means I have absolutely no way of making a pdf out of my document. Start Time: Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 16:18 PM Source: blahblahblah.ps Destination: blahblahblah.pdf Adobe PDF Settings: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Adobe PDF 6.0\Settings\Standard.joboptions %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: !R!SEM6;EXIT;_ ]%% %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%% %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %% Distill Time: 0 seconds (00:00:00) End of Job Thoughts? Thanks, John Roesler Technical Writer
