Re: Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

2009-02-01 Thread Art Campbell 
David's font cache deletion is actually the work-around that had to be used
before Microsoft fixed the problem.
Assuming you're on a Windows platform, use this to MS hotfix the missing
your problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909  (Gives details on the Hotfix)

http://support.microsoft.com/Hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=952909kbln=en-ushttp://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=952909kbln=en-us
(Direct Download Link)
This was released and documented in an Adobe blog:
http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html

Note that this seems to be separate from the tagged table bug that Shlomo
mentioned, but it's still a required fix if you're on Windows.

Another main point is that from the information you posted, it's impossible
to tell whether both your FM version and your Acrobat program are fully
patched. Make sure they are  And as long as you're on 7.2, don't use
SaveAs PDF.

Art

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On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Shlomo Perets shlo...@microtype.com wrote:


 You wrote:

  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.

 In FM7.x, Save as PDF + Tagged PDF results in text missing from
 shaded table cells in the resulting PDF



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Re: Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

2009-02-01 Thread Shlomo Perets 

You wrote:

 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.

In FM7.x, Save as PDF + Tagged PDF results in text missing from
shaded table cells in the resulting PDF



Shlomo Perets

MicroType * FrameMaker training  consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat 
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http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html



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Re: Mark a graphic as non-printable in pdf

2009-02-01 Thread Shlomo Perets 
Mark,

You wrote:

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).

The display but don't print behavior can be specified in Acrobat (through 
the Watermark feature or through a form field).


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Re: redirecting all cross-ref'ed fm fm files to the home folder

2009-02-01 Thread Suzanne Bolduc 
hello Wei Jiang,

if you can ask your client, and if the flat structure is ok for him, he could 
use Bruce Foster's Archive plug-in and send you the file set again:

http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/Archive.htm
Archive is a shareware plugin for FrameMaker that copies a book to an archive 
directory and gathers all documents, referenced graphics, and text insets for 
that book into the archive directory. All references in the archived book are 
relative and point to documents, graphics, and text insets under the archive 
directory.

FWIW
s.
ps. your anti-spam system appears to be somewhat oversensitive (got this 
auto-reply after attempting to send you the above directly: The message you 
sent requires that you verify that you are a real live human being and not a 
spam source.)

Wei Jiang (PT_ORG) wrote:
 I am now translating a book comprised of cross-referenced FM files which
 were originally scattered in different locations of the client's hard disk.
 He had sent me the package in a flat zip file, ie, without the original
 tree structure. My question is, is there a quick way to update all the
 broken cross-ref links with all the files in one single folder?

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Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

2009-02-01 Thread Shlomo Perets 

You wrote:

> 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.

In FM7.x, "Save as PDF" + Tagged PDF results in text missing from
shaded table cells in the resulting PDF



Shlomo Perets

MicroType * FrameMaker training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat 
TimeSavers

30 Easy Ways to Improve PDFs with TimeSavers/Assistants: 
http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html

Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

2009-02-01 Thread Art Campbell 
David's font cache deletion is actually the work-around that had to be used
before Microsoft fixed the problem.
Assuming you're on a Windows platform, use this to MS hotfix the missing
your problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909  (Gives details on the Hotfix)

http://support.microsoft.com/Hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=952909=en-us
(Direct Download Link)
This was released and documented in an Adobe blog:
http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html

Note that this seems to be separate from the tagged table bug that Shlomo
mentioned, but it's still a required fix if you're on Windows.

Another main point is that from the information you posted, it's impossible
to tell whether both your FM version and your Acrobat program are fully
patched. Make sure they are  And as long as you're on 7.2, don't use
SaveAs PDF.

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 Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Shlomo Perets  wrote:

>
> You wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> In FM7.x, "Save as PDF" + Tagged PDF results in text missing from
> shaded table cells in the resulting PDF
>
>
>
> Shlomo Perets
>
> MicroType * FrameMaker training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat
> TimeSavers
>
> 30 Easy Ways to Improve PDFs with TimeSavers/Assistants:
> http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html
>
>
>
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Mark a graphic as non-printable in pdf

2009-02-01 Thread Shlomo Perets 
Mark,

You wrote:

>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).

The "display but don't print" behavior can be specified in Acrobat (through 
the Watermark feature or through a form field).


Shlomo Perets

MicroType * FrameMaker training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat 
TimeSavers

30 Easy Ways to Improve PDFs with TimeSavers/Assistants: 
http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html

redirecting all cross-ref'ed fm fm files to the "home" folder

2009-02-01 Thread Suzanne Bolduc 
hello Wei Jiang,

if you can ask your client, and if the flat structure is ok for him, he could 
use Bruce Foster's Archive plug-in and send you the file set again:

http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/Archive.htm
"Archive is a shareware plugin for FrameMaker that copies a book to an archive 
directory and gathers all documents, referenced graphics, and text insets for 
that book into the archive directory. All references in the archived book are 
relative and point to documents, graphics, and text insets under the archive 
directory."

FWIW
s.
ps. your anti-spam system appears to be somewhat oversensitive (got this 
auto-reply after attempting to send you the above directly: "The message you 
sent requires that you verify that you are a real live human being and not a 
spam source.")

Wei Jiang (PT_ORG) wrote:
> I am now translating a book comprised of cross-referenced FM files which
> were originally scattered in different locations of the client's hard disk.
> He had sent me the package in a "flat" zip file, ie, without the original
> tree structure. My question is, is there a quick way to update all the
> "broken" cross-ref links with all the files in one single folder?

Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

2009-02-01 Thread David Spreadbury 
John,
This is a known issue, actually you have two issues.

One - Save As PDF has never really worked reliably.

Two - delete fntcache.dat, check in windows\system2 and i386 folders. Delete
both, if you have two, and then reboot. There is a fix from Microsoft that
is supposed to fix this issue. Yu should also be able to increase your
virtual memory to prevent it from happening again.

-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John Roesler
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 4:21 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: 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



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