RE: FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)

[Reng, Winfried]

Hi,

 One plus about FM9 -- the User Guide actually has a long chapter 
 devoted to keyboard shortcuts for navigation, menu choices, equation 
 editor, and so on.  Such documentation was woefully lacking 
 in previous 
 versions.

At least the comment regarding missing documentation
in previous versions is not true. In the FrameMaker 8
online help shortcuts are described at the very end in
Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts.

Best regards

Winfried
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FM 8 bugs, anyone?

[Menahem Rosen]

Hi Framers,
 
Most of the posts are about bugs in FM 9, but I've been slow in
migrating our documentation team to FM 8. I've installed the patches, so
now we're running Ver. 8.0p277.
 
The most serious problem we've encountered is with conditional text.
When a paragraph is conditionalized and you press enter, the next
paragraph continues to be conditionalized, but the current paragraph
mark changes to unconditional. This is with all files, even new files
created from scratch in FM8, and on three different computers (two with
TCS and one with a straight FM8 installation). When working in FM7 (and
previous versions), pressing enter causes the next paragraph to be
unconditional. 
 
I don't care whether or not the next paragraph is conditionalized or
unconditional by default, since I can see the color of the text. But if
the text of the current paragraph remains conditional, but the paragraph
mark changes to unconditional, it is difficult to notice -- and it
quickly screws up the document!
 
The other problem we have is with our arrowhead bullets. Someone
suggested that I delete the bullet from the Autonumber Format, then
insert it again with the ANSI code. I tried this, but the situation
remains the same: the wrong symbol is used. 
In fact, when I try to manually insert the symbol in a line of text,
both with the ANSI code (0216) and with the key sequence (Esc % y), the
same wrong symbol appears.
 
Thanks for any suggestions,
 

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FM9 - Format Change Liste and Paragraph Tags

[Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp]

Framers,
 
FM9, WindowsXP - 
 
for a docbook-XML based application I have to modify the EDD. In most cases
I use Paragraph Tags for formatting. Now I noticed that a Format Change List
doesn't work on elements that have been assigned a paragraph tag. (I want to
generally indent the contents of a container element without having to
define all new para tags). The Format Change lists works with elements that
don't have a special tag applied (i.e. Body). I've never encountered this
before, or didn't notice it, is it normal behaviour? (I didn't try to
reproduce in FM8 yet, I work on site and my client only has FM9 installed)
 

Kind regards, vriendelijke groet,

Wim Hooghwinkel

Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker

iDTP

International DTP and Documentation Consultancy
 
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Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated from Framemaker

[Andersen, Verner Engell VEA]

Hi
 
Can you set pdf file generation from Framemaker up so that pdf files are
protected from editing and copying? 
 
Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
Verner Andersen
Technical Writer

Radiometer Medical ApS
Phone +45 3827 3612
Fax +45 3827 2727
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Re: FM9 - Format Change Liste and Paragraph Tags

[Lynne A. Price]

Wim,
   I have just done a test in both FM8 and FM9 and confirmed that format 
change lists are correctly applied even in an element that assigns a 
paragraph format. The order of the format rules in such cases is important. 
Make sure that the rule that applies the paragraph format precedes the one 
that applies the format change list--otherwise the paragraph format will 
reset all properties specified in the format change list.
 --Lynne



At 01:04 AM 4/1/2009, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp wrote:
Framers,

FM9, WindowsXP -

for a docbook-XML based application I have to modify the EDD. In most cases
I use Paragraph Tags for formatting. Now I noticed that a Format Change List
doesn't work on elements that have been assigned a paragraph tag. (I want to
generally indent the contents of a container element without having to
define all new para tags). The Format Change lists works with elements that
don't have a special tag applied (i.e. Body). I've never encountered this
before, or didn't notice it, is it normal behaviour? (I didn't try to
reproduce in FM8 yet, I work on site and my client only has FM9 installed)


Kind regards, vriendelijke groet,

Wim Hooghwinkel

Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker

iDTP

International DTP and Documentation Consultancy

tel. +31652036811
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Re: Unknown FrameMaker commands

[Mike Wickham]

Oops! I forgot to mention that these are new commands in the FrameMaker 9 
wincmds.cfg file only.

Mike Wickham

- Original Message - 
From: Mike Wickham i...@mikewickham.com
To: Frame Users framers@lists.FrameUsers.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:10 PM
Subject: Unknown FrameMaker commands


 Does anyone know what these commands do? They are in the wincmds.cfg file:

 --OWL commands

 Command ThemeLoad
   Label LoadTheme...
 KeySequence \!LT
   Definition \x974
   Mode All

 Command ThemeSave
   Label SaveTheme...
 KeySequence \!ST
   Definition \x975
   Mode All

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Of Autonumbers, Symbols, and FM 9

[Pinkham, Jim]

I'm running into a seemingly strange phenomenon with FM 9. I'm working with a 
lot of legacy documents that have formatting issues, and part of my workflow 
involves importing and replacing formats using a template formatted the way I 
wish it to be -- typically, with the very useful CleanImport plug-in.
 
In FM 9, I'm finding that when I do this import, I now get the unexpected side 
effect that the symbol used in the Autonumber Format area of the Paragraph 
Designer changes. For example:
 
Original Format

Font

Unintentionally Modified Format

Font

ð\t 

Wingdings

š\t

Wingdings

à\t

Wingdings

‡\t

Wingdings

 
I'm not sure how or why this changes. I have developed a workaround. I go to my 
source document, do a Global Update, Numbering Properties, for each of the 
paragraph formats in question, applying this to all paragraphs in the source 
document that have the individual tags in question. I am not changing the 
formats in any way, simply re-applying them. Then I re-import the paragraph and 
character formats to all of the remaining files, and then the paragraphs with 
these various list bullets, for want of a better term, are all restored to 
normalcy.
 
So it's not the end of the world, just an unwelcome extra step. Any ideas?
 
Jim
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[Fwd: RE: FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)]

[Stuart Rogers]

FYI -- good news.

Stuart

 Original Message 
Subject: RE: FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 08:23:00 -0700
From: RJ Jacquez rjacq...@adobe.com


Hi Stuart, I'm looking into useful keyboard shortcuts and will report 
back asap.

BTW, I'm a huge keyboard shortcut kind of fm user since I've been using 
the product for a long time now, way before it became an Adobe product, 
and I can share with you that I'm liking the new UI a lot, mostly 
because of the new workspaces, which enable me to quickly save pods 
where I need them and then save these into various workspaces, which I 
can switch between them depending on what I'm doing.

What I like to see if the ability to assign keyboard shortcuts to each 
workspace so that I can switch between them quickly.  I have already 
submitted this request internally.

I'm also a big fan of Alt+ keyboard shortcuts, so when I need to put 
the focus on the Align Pod for example, I still use my old Alt+G+A and 
then select the proper alignment from the Pod by using my arrow keys, 
for example.  Another good one for Anchored Frames is Alt+S+A.  Once 
there, I can use my Tab key and arrow keys, etc.

I'll keep you posted about more Pod-related keyboard shortcuts.

Sincerely,

RJ Jácquez
Senior Product Evangelist
Adobe Technical Communication Suite
Adobe eLearning Solutions
http://blogs.adobe.com/rjacquez
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RE: Of Autonumbers, Symbols, and FM 9

[Karen Mann]

Thanks Jim, I had the same issue, legacy, importing etc but with the bullet and 
symbol. When I applied the bullet tag my text went to Greek and the bullet 
symbol was another symbol.
Ugh! I left out a step so when Megha tried to assist she could not.
Sorry Megha, I had so many deadlines and FM9 bugs were bouncing all over me. 

In Paragraph Designer autonumber I highlighted the bullet, went to Character 
map got the bullet, went to Character Designer sized the bullet and did Global 
update, then did a global apply. Have been doing this for all docs. I did not 
do a re-import. We do 99% legacy and they are very individual so most of the 
time a template import is not effective. 
I however do not have the CleanImport plug-in.

This Framers thing is the greatest!
Thanks all.

Karen M 
Not an expert...

-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:44 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Of Autonumbers, Symbols, and FM 9

I'm running into a seemingly strange phenomenon with FM 9. I'm working with a 
lot of legacy documents that have formatting issues, and part of my workflow 
involves importing and replacing formats using a template formatted the way I 
wish it to be -- typically, with the very useful CleanImport plug-in.
 
In FM 9, I'm finding that when I do this import, I now get the unexpected side 
effect that the symbol used in the Autonumber Format area of the Paragraph 
Designer changes. For example:
 
Original Format

Font

Unintentionally Modified Format

Font

ð\t 

Wingdings

š\t

Wingdings

à\t

Wingdings

‡\t

Wingdings

 
I'm not sure how or why this changes. I have developed a workaround. I go to my 
source document, do a Global Update, Numbering Properties, for each of the 
paragraph formats in question, applying this to all paragraphs in the source 
document that have the individual tags in question. I am not changing the 
formats in any way, simply re-applying them. Then I re-import the paragraph and 
character formats to all of the remaining files, and then the paragraphs with 
these various list bullets, for want of a better term, are all restored to 
normalcy.
 
So it's not the end of the world, just an unwelcome extra step. Any ideas?
 
Jim
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RE: Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated fromFramemaker

[Flato, Gillian]

I don't know if you can do it in Frame, but you can definitely do it in
Adobe Acrobat Pro. I do it for all of my PDF manuals. 

-Gillian


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Verner Engell VEA
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:16 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated
fromFramemaker

Hi
 
Can you set pdf file generation from Framemaker up so that pdf files are
protected from editing and copying? 
 
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: Of Autonumbers, Symbols, and FM 9 -- REPOST WITH TABLE FIX

[Pinkham, Jim]

Thank YOU, Karen, for reminding me I'm not alone with this problem...and of the 
joys of plain-text posts. On the former, perhaps Megha can help us still. On 
the latter, I should have remembered the pitfalls when I included the table. 
I'll try to tap some old typewriter tabulation skills and give this another 
shot:

I'm running into a seemingly strange phenomenon with FM 9. I'm working with a 
lot of legacy documents that have formatting issues, and part of my workflow 
involves importing and replacing formats using a template formatted the way I 
wish it to be -- typically, with the very useful CleanImport plug-in.

In FM 9, I'm finding that when I do this import, I now get the unexpected side 
effect that the symbol used in the Autonumber Format area of the Paragraph 
Designer changes. For example:

  Original   Unintentionally
  FormatFont Modified FormatFont
 
  ð\t   Wingdingsš\tWingdings
 
  à\t   Wingdings‡\tWingdings
 
I'm not sure how or why this changes. I have developed a workaround. I go to my 
source document, do a Global Update, Numbering Properties, for each of the 
paragraph formats in question, applying this to all paragraphs in the source 
document that have the individual tags in question. I am not changing the 
formats in any way, simply re-applying them. Then I re-import the paragraph and 
character formats to all of the remaining files, and then the paragraphs with 
these various list bullets, for want of a better term, are all restored to 
normalcy.

So it's not the end of the world, just an unwelcome extra step. Any ideas?

Jim 

-Original Message-
From: Karen Mann [mailto:km...@i-t-tech.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:26 AM
To: Pinkham, Jim; framers@lists.frameusers.com; Megha Chaitanya
Subject: RE: Of Autonumbers, Symbols, and FM 9

Thanks Jim, I had the same issue, legacy, importing etc but with the bullet and 
symbol. When I applied the bullet tag my text went to Greek and the bullet 
symbol was another symbol.
Ugh! I left out a step so when Megha tried to assist she could not.
Sorry Megha, I had so many deadlines and FM9 bugs were bouncing all over me. 

In Paragraph Designer autonumber I highlighted the bullet, went to Character 
map got the bullet, went to Character Designer sized the bullet and did Global 
update, then did a global apply. Have been doing this for all docs. I did not 
do a re-import. We do 99% legacy and they are very individual so most of the 
time a template import is not effective. 
I however do not have the CleanImport plug-in.

This Framers thing is the greatest!
Thanks all.

Karen M
Not an expert...

-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:44 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Of Autonumbers, Symbols, and FM 9

I'm running into a seemingly strange phenomenon with FM 9. I'm working with a 
lot of legacy documents that have formatting issues, and part of my workflow 
involves importing and replacing formats using a template formatted the way I 
wish it to be -- typically, with the very useful CleanImport plug-in.
 
In FM 9, I'm finding that when I do this import, I now get the unexpected side 
effect that the symbol used in the Autonumber Format area of the Paragraph 
Designer changes. For example:
 
Original Format

Font

Unintentionally Modified Format

Font

ð\t 

Wingdings

š\t

Wingdings

à\t

Wingdings

‡\t

Wingdings

 
I'm not sure how or why this changes. I have developed a workaround. I go to my 
source document, do a Global Update, Numbering Properties, for each of the 
paragraph formats in question, applying this to all paragraphs in the source 
document that have the individual tags in question. I am not changing the 
formats in any way, simply re-applying them. Then I re-import the paragraph and 
character formats to all of the remaining files, and then the paragraphs with 
these various list bullets, for want of a better term, are all restored to 
normalcy.
 
So it's not the end of the world, just an unwelcome extra step. Any ideas?
 
Jim
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Re: Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated fromFramemaker

[Peter Gold]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com wrote:
 I don't know if you can do it in Frame, but you can definitely do it in
 Adobe Acrobat Pro. I do it for all of my PDF manuals.

 -Gillian


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 [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andersen,
 Verner Engell VEA
 Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:16 AM
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Subject: Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated
 fromFramemaker

 Hi

 Can you set pdf file generation from Framemaker up so that pdf files are
 protected from editing and copying?

 Med venlig hilsen - Best regards

InDesign's PDF export offers security options. This suggests that it's
possible to create the appropriate security code when creating the
PDF. So, perhaps there's a FrameMaker add-on or plug-in that might
offer the same options.

HTH

Regards,

Peter
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RE: Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated fromFramemaker

[Combs, Richard]

Peter Gold wrote:
 
 InDesign's PDF export offers security options. This suggests that it's
 possible to create the appropriate security code when creating the
 PDF. So, perhaps there's a FrameMaker add-on or plug-in that might
 offer the same options.

I'm pretty certain the TimeSavers package does this. See microtype.com. 

Richard


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RE: Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated fromFramemaker

[Fred Ridder]

Responding to Gillian Flato, Peter Gold wrote:

 

 InDesign's PDF export offers security options. This suggests that it's
 possible to create the appropriate security code when creating the
 PDF. So, perhaps there's a FrameMaker add-on or plug-in that might
 offer the same options.


Sorry to say, that's not necessarily so. As Dov has pointed out a number of 
times, InDesign generates PDF internally, from its own PDF generation code, 
while FrameMaker uses the Adobe PDF printer driver and the Distiller. 

-Fred Ridder
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Re: FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)

[Mike Wickham]

At the very least, give us a list of keyboard commands for UI manipulation.

I found some commands in wincmds.cfg:

 (Toggle) Between open document tabs?

Ctrl-F6 (ShowNextKit) and Shift-Ctrl-F6 (ShowPrevKit)
There is still some bugginess, though. The commands worked always in with 
.FM files. Ctrl-F6 would cycle through the .FM files, then jump back to the 
first and cycle again. Shift-Ctrl-F6 did the same in reverse.

Book files, pods, and panels seem to want to work the same way, but as a 
conglomerate that is separate from the .FM files. That is, if one of them is 
the focus, Ctrl-F6 can cycle between them all, but skips the .FM files. This 
is where I found bugginess. The command would not jump to the Variables and 
locked up. This may be related to the bug that keeps one from using the 
Commands button in the Designer panels until the panel is first closed and 
reopened, or switched to another designer panel page. I noticed that closing 
and reopening the Variables pod made Ctrl-F6 work for it, too. When the 
command cycles to the Paragraph Designer, there is no flashing cursor to let 
you know.

 Between pages of the Designer dialogs?

I noticed that the tab key does that, but it includes all the fields in the 
currently displayed designer page as part of the cycle. So, depending on 
whether one of the panel page icons is active or a field in the dialogue, it 
may take quite a few tabs to move to a different designer panel page.

 (That new feature that toggles UI visibility is absolutely terrific!!  I
 would use it dozens of times a day!  ...but not if I have to use the
 wretched mouse.)

Esc S M s for standard screen mode.
Esc S M u for full screen with user interface.
Esc S M f for full screen.
Esc S M t to toggle screen mode.

Also these:

   Esc T S A (ToolBarShowAll)
   Esc T H A (ToolBarHideAll)

Mike Wickham



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Re: FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)

[Peter Gold]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Mike Wickham i...@mikewickham.com wrote:
At the very least, give us a list of keyboard commands for UI manipulation.

 I found some commands in wincmds.cfg:

 (Toggle) Between open document tabs?

 Ctrl-F6 (ShowNextKit) and Shift-Ctrl-F6 (ShowPrevKit)
 There is still some bugginess, though. The commands worked always in with
 .FM files. Ctrl-F6 would cycle through the .FM files, then jump back to the
 first and cycle again. Shift-Ctrl-F6 did the same in reverse.

 Book files, pods, and panels seem to want to work the same way, but as a
 conglomerate that is separate from the .FM files. That is, if one of them is
 the focus, Ctrl-F6 can cycle between them all, but skips the .FM files. This
 is where I found bugginess. The command would not jump to the Variables and
 locked up. This may be related to the bug that keeps one from using the
 Commands button in the Designer panels until the panel is first closed and
 reopened, or switched to another designer panel page. I noticed that closing
 and reopening the Variables pod made Ctrl-F6 work for it, too. When the
 command cycles to the Paragraph Designer, there is no flashing cursor to let
 you know.

 Between pages of the Designer dialogs?

I'm on my Mac now, so I can't check this out, but in FM 8 and earlier,
PgUp/PgDn would cycle through Paragraph, Character, and (I think)
Table designer property pages.

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Bullets in multiple columns

[Steve Pawlowskis]

How can I accomplish the following in Frame?

I am trying to vertically compress hundreds of entries that look something like 
the following:

Heading for this boring subject
* Bullet 1
* Bullet 2
* Bullet 3
* New
* Cheaper
* Safer
* Faster
* Greener
* etc.
A lengthy explanation of this subject.



I'd like to display the bullets something like this:

Heading for this boring subject
* Bullet 1  * Bullet 2
* Bullet 3  * New
* Cheaper   * Safer
* Faster* Greener
* etc.
A lengthy explanation of this subject.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Steve Pawlowskis
Technology Coordinator

Kaufman Company, Inc.
19 Walkhill Road
Norwood MA   02062

Phone:617.218.1765
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RE: Bullets in multiple columns

[Linda G. Gallagher]

I use a table using a table style that does not display the table borders. 


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Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:28 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Bullets in multiple columns

How can I accomplish the following in Frame?

I am trying to vertically compress hundreds of entries that look something
like the following:

Heading for this boring subject
* Bullet 1
* Bullet 2
* Bullet 3
* New
* Cheaper
* Safer
* Faster
* Greener
* etc.
A lengthy explanation of this subject.



I'd like to display the bullets something like this:

Heading for this boring subject
* Bullet 1  * Bullet 2
* Bullet 3  * New
* Cheaper   * Safer
* Faster* Greener
* etc.
A lengthy explanation of this subject.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Steve Pawlowskis
Technology Coordinator

Kaufman Company, Inc.
19 Walkhill Road
Norwood MA   02062

Phone:617.218.1765
Mobile:   774.437.1409
Toll Free:800.338.8023  ext. 165
Fax:   617.218.1746





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Re: Bullets in multiple columns

[Alan Litchfield]

Hi Steve,

Have you looked at creating multiple columns and then for the heading and
text that explains, define those as crossing-over all columns?

Done similar before, but it depends on how much is two column, one column,
etc. And if it is a lengthy section within an otherwise standard document, put
that into a separate file to simplify the administration of styles.

Sorry, working on the Mac at the moment and don't have FM available to me.

Cheers
Alan

Steve Pawlowskis wrote:
 How can I accomplish the following in Frame?

 I am trying to vertically compress hundreds of entries that look something
 like the following:

 Heading for this boring subject
 * Bullet 1
 * Bullet 2
 * Bullet 3
 * New
 * Cheaper
 * Safer
 * Faster
 * Greener
 * etc.
 A lengthy explanation of this subject.



 I'd like to display the bullets something like this:

 Heading for this boring subject
 * Bullet 1  * Bullet 2
 * Bullet 3  * New
 * Cheaper   * Safer
 * Faster* Greener
 * etc.
 A lengthy explanation of this subject.

 Thank you in advance for your assistance.

 Steve Pawlowskis
 Technology Coordinator

 Kaufman Company, Inc.
 19 Walkhill Road
 Norwood MA   02062

 Phone:617.218.1765
 Mobile:   774.437.1409
 Toll Free:800.338.8023  ext. 165
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Re: Bullets in multiple columns

[Jing Torralba]

I use the same technique that Linda uses, and I want to add that if the list 
changes, you need to make manual adjustments to the table to redistribute your 
bulleted list, ie, balance them out. 

Jing Torralba 

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From: Linda G. Gallagher lin...@techcomplus.com 
To: Steve Pawlowskis ste...@kaufmanco.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com 
Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 1:32:27 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: RE: Bullets in multiple columns 

I use a table using a table style that does not display the table borders. 


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-Original Message- 
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Pawlowskis 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:28 PM 
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com 
Subject: Bullets in multiple columns 

How can I accomplish the following in Frame? 

I am trying to vertically compress hundreds of entries that look something 
like the following: 

Heading for this boring subject 
* Bullet 1 
* Bullet 2 
* Bullet 3 
* New 
* Cheaper 
* Safer 
* Faster 
* Greener 
* etc. 
A lengthy explanation of this subject. 



I'd like to display the bullets something like this: 

Heading for this boring subject 
* Bullet 1              * Bullet 2 
* Bullet 3              * New 
* Cheaper               * Safer 
* Faster                * Greener 
* etc. 
A lengthy explanation of this subject. 

Thank you in advance for your assistance. 

Steve Pawlowskis 
Technology Coordinator 

Kaufman Company, Inc. 
19 Walkhill Road 
Norwood MA   02062 

Phone:        617.218.1765 
Mobile:       774.437.1409 
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Re: Bullets in multiple columns

[Alan Litchfield]

Also, if your table spreads across pages it will not necessarily sort
correctly if the split moves up or down.

Controlling line spacing between table and paragraph is made more difficult
when using tables (you have more metrics to deal with than with simple
paragraph line-spacing).

Alan

Jing Torralba wrote:
 I use the same technique that Linda uses, and I want to add that if the list
 changes, you need to make manual adjustments to the table to redistribute your
 bulleted list, ie, balance them out.



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Re: FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)

[Mike Wickham]

 I'm on my Mac now, so I can't check this out, but in FM 8 and earlier,
 PgUp/PgDn would cycle through Paragraph, Character, and (I think)
 Table designer property pages.

I just checked and PgUp/PgDn does the same in FM9. However, the highlight 
isn't changing to icon for the new property page.

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RE: Bullets in multiple columns

[Combs, Richard]

Jing Torralba wrote: 
 
 I use the same technique that Linda uses, and I want to add that if the
 list changes, you need to make manual adjustments to the table to
 redistribute your bulleted list, ie, balance them out.

I, too, think a borderless table is the way to go, especially if this need is 
one-time or quite infrequent. 

Yes, there are manual adjustments to make when the bullet list changes. One 
decision you need to consider is whether to put one bullet item per cell (many 
rows) or use a one-row table (however many columns you want across) with many 
bullets per cell. The latter won't span pages, of course, but requires less 
fiddling. 

Alan's idea of using multiple columns has a great deal of merit if this will be 
a quite long section, or if the need is frequent. But it really requires 
setting up a template with this in mind -- changing all your everyday tags 
(body, headings, numbered lists, ordinary bullets, etc., etc.) to span columns, 
and creating special tags for multi-column use. 

I've never done more than a short (less than half-page) multi-column list like 
this, and that only rarely, so the table solution was far quicker and simpler 
for me. YMMV, of course. 

Richard


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More than lipstick on a pig

[Hedley Finger]

Well, I installed the trial of FM9 beside FM8.  'Course double-clicking 
a *.fm file launches FM9 but soon fixed that.  Like the PODs for viewing 
various useful things.  Also ability to turn non-modal dialogues into 
floating/tiled palettes.  Support for DITA 1.1 double-plus good.  Funky 
grey styling to match other Adobe products: keeps marketing people off 
the streets, don't it.

Now that you can see a list of all markers, perhaps Index markers can 
also be toggled with a sorted display of all index entries in the book, 
with editing of Level1IX headings automatically modifying all the 
relevant markers, and other good indexing aids.  P.S. Do IXgen, emDex, 
GenDex, Index Tools Pro, etc. work with FM9?  (Hey, Adobe, doesn't the 
existence of all these indexing plug-ins, which each address only PART 
of the indexing functionality required,  tell you where your next 
development efforts should be directed?  Take a look at Cindex, Sky 
Index, and Macrex to get a bit of a hint. Oh, and MultiTes too for 
vocabulary control of team indexing.  Even InDesign indexing interface 
is better in some respects.  -- Disillusioned in Melbourne)

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Re: Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated from Framemaker

[Shlomo Perets]

Verner,

You wrote:

Can you set pdf file generation from Framemaker up so that pdf files are
protected from editing and copying?

It is not possible to control PDF security settings directly from FrameMaker.

You can, however, specify security settings in Distiller, that will apply 
to *all* PDFs distilled (whether you use Save as PDF from FrameMaker, or 
print to PS and distill).

In Distiller, choose Settings  Security.
The options you see vary depending on the Acrobat version compatibility set 
in in current Distiller settings.


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FM 8 bugs, anyone?

[Menahem Rosen]

Hi Framers,

Most of the posts are about bugs in FM 9, but I've been slow in
migrating our documentation team to FM 8. I've installed the patches, so
now we're running Ver. 8.0p277.

The most serious problem we've encountered is with conditional text.
When a paragraph is conditionalized and you press enter, the next
paragraph continues to be conditionalized, but the current paragraph
mark changes to unconditional. This is with all files, even new files
created from scratch in FM8, and on three different computers (two with
TCS and one with a straight FM8 installation). When working in FM7 (and
previous versions), pressing enter causes the next paragraph to be
unconditional. 

I don't care whether or not the next paragraph is conditionalized or
unconditional by default, since I can see the color of the text. But if
the text of the current paragraph remains conditional, but the paragraph
mark changes to unconditional, it is difficult to notice -- and it
quickly screws up the document!

The other problem we have is with our arrowhead bullets. Someone
suggested that I delete the bullet from the Autonumber Format, then
insert it again with the ANSI code. I tried this, but the situation
remains the same: the wrong symbol is used. 
In fact, when I try to manually insert the symbol in a line of text,
both with the ANSI code (0216) and with the key sequence (Esc % y), the
same wrong symbol appears.

Thanks for any suggestions,


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FM9 - Format Change Liste and Paragraph Tags

[Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp]

Framers,

FM9, WindowsXP - 

for a docbook-XML based application I have to modify the EDD. In most cases
I use Paragraph Tags for formatting. Now I noticed that a Format Change List
doesn't work on elements that have been assigned a paragraph tag. (I want to
generally indent the contents of a container element without having to
define all new para tags). The Format Change lists works with elements that
don't have a special tag applied (i.e. Body). I've never encountered this
before, or didn't notice it, is it normal behaviour? (I didn't try to
reproduce in FM8 yet, I work on site and my client only has FM9 installed)


Kind regards, vriendelijke groet,

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Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated from Framemaker

[Andersen, Verner Engell VEA]

Hi

Can you set pdf file generation from Framemaker up so that pdf files are
protected from editing and copying? 

Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
Verner Andersen
Technical Writer

Radiometer Medical ApS
Phone +45 3827 3612
Fax +45 3827 2727
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FM9 - Format Change Liste and Paragraph Tags

[Lynne A. Price]

Wim,
   I have just done a test in both FM8 and FM9 and confirmed that format 
change lists are correctly applied even in an element that assigns a 
paragraph format. The order of the format rules in such cases is important. 
Make sure that the rule that applies the paragraph format precedes the one 
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At 01:04 AM 4/1/2009, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp wrote:
>Framers,
>
>FM9, WindowsXP -
>
>for a docbook-XML based application I have to modify the EDD. In most cases
>I use Paragraph Tags for formatting. Now I noticed that a Format Change List
>doesn't work on elements that have been assigned a paragraph tag. (I want to
>generally indent the contents of a container element without having to
>define all new para tags). The Format Change lists works with elements that
>don't have a special tag applied (i.e. Body). I've never encountered this
>before, or didn't notice it, is it normal behaviour? (I didn't try to
>reproduce in FM8 yet, I work on site and my client only has FM9 installed)
>
>
>Kind regards, vriendelijke groet,
>
>Wim Hooghwinkel
>
>Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker
>
>iDTP
>
>International DTP and Documentation Consultancy
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>tel. +31652036811
>   info at idtp.eu
>www.idtp.eu
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Unknown FrameMaker commands

[Mike Wickham]

Oops! I forgot to mention that these are new commands in the FrameMaker 9 
wincmds.cfg file only.

Mike Wickham

- Original Message - 
From: "Mike Wickham" 
To: "Frame Users" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:10 PM
Subject: Unknown FrameMaker commands


> Does anyone know what these commands do? They are in the wincmds.cfg file:
>
> --OWL commands
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Of Autonumbers, "Symbols," and FM 9

[Pinkham, Jim]

I'm running into a seemingly strange phenomenon with FM 9. I'm working with a 
lot of legacy documents that have formatting issues, and part of my workflow 
involves importing and replacing formats using a template formatted the way I 
wish it to be -- typically, with the very useful CleanImport plug-in.

In FM 9, I'm finding that when I do this import, I now get the unexpected side 
effect that the symbol used in the Autonumber Format area of the Paragraph 
Designer changes. For example:

Original Format

Font

Unintentionally Modified Format

Font

?\t 

Wingdings

?\t

Wingdings

?\t

Wingdings

?\t

Wingdings


I'm not sure how or why this changes. I have developed a workaround. I go to my 
source document, do a Global Update, Numbering Properties, for each of the 
paragraph formats in question, applying this to all paragraphs in the source 
document that have the individual tags in question. I am not changing the 
formats in any way, simply re-applying them. Then I re-import the paragraph and 
character formats to all of the remaining files, and then the paragraphs with 
these various "list bullets," for want of a better term, are all restored to 
normalcy.

So it's not the end of the world, just an unwelcome extra step. Any ideas?

Jim

[Fwd: RE: FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)]

[Stuart Rogers]

FYI -- good news.

Stuart

 Original Message 
Subject: RE: FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 08:23:00 -0700
From: RJ Jacquez 


Hi Stuart, I'm looking into useful keyboard shortcuts and will report 
back asap.

BTW, I'm a huge keyboard shortcut kind of fm user since I've been using 
the product for a long time now, way before it became an Adobe product, 
and I can share with you that I'm liking the new UI a lot, mostly 
because of the new workspaces, which enable me to quickly save pods 
where I need them and then save these into various workspaces, which I 
can switch between them depending on what I'm doing.

What I like to see if the ability to assign keyboard shortcuts to each 
workspace so that I can switch between them quickly.  I have already 
submitted this request internally.

I'm also a big fan of "Alt+" keyboard shortcuts, so when I need to put 
the focus on the Align Pod for example, I still use my old Alt+G+A and 
then select the proper alignment from the Pod by using my arrow keys, 
for example.  Another good one for Anchored Frames is Alt+S+A.  Once 
there, I can use my Tab key and arrow keys, etc.

I'll keep you posted about more Pod-related keyboard shortcuts.

Sincerely,

RJ J?cquez
Senior Product Evangelist
Adobe Technical Communication Suite
Adobe eLearning Solutions
http://blogs.adobe.com/rjacquez
Twitter: @rjacquez

Of Autonumbers, "Symbols," and FM 9

[Karen Mann]

Thanks Jim, I had the same issue, legacy, importing etc but with the bullet and 
symbol. When I applied the bullet tag my text went to Greek and the bullet 
symbol was another symbol.
Ugh! I left out a step so when Megha tried to assist she could not.
Sorry Megha, I had so many deadlines and FM9 bugs were bouncing all over me. 

In Paragraph Designer autonumber I highlighted the bullet, went to Character 
map got the bullet, went to Character Designer sized the bullet and did Global 
update, then did a global apply. Have been doing this for all docs. I did not 
do a re-import. We do 99% legacy and they are very individual so most of the 
time a template import is not effective. 
I however do not have the CleanImport plug-in.

This "Framers" thing is the greatest!
Thanks all.

Karen M 
Not an expert...

-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:44 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Of Autonumbers, "Symbols," and FM 9

I'm running into a seemingly strange phenomenon with FM 9. I'm working with a 
lot of legacy documents that have formatting issues, and part of my workflow 
involves importing and replacing formats using a template formatted the way I 
wish it to be -- typically, with the very useful CleanImport plug-in.

In FM 9, I'm finding that when I do this import, I now get the unexpected side 
effect that the symbol used in the Autonumber Format area of the Paragraph 
Designer changes. For example:

Original Format

Font

Unintentionally Modified Format

Font

?\t 

Wingdings

?\t

Wingdings

?\t

Wingdings

?\t

Wingdings


I'm not sure how or why this changes. I have developed a workaround. I go to my 
source document, do a Global Update, Numbering Properties, for each of the 
paragraph formats in question, applying this to all paragraphs in the source 
document that have the individual tags in question. I am not changing the 
formats in any way, simply re-applying them. Then I re-import the paragraph and 
character formats to all of the remaining files, and then the paragraphs with 
these various "list bullets," for want of a better term, are all restored to 
normalcy.

So it's not the end of the world, just an unwelcome extra step. Any ideas?

Jim
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Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated fromFramemaker

[Flato, Gillian]

I don't know if you can do it in Frame, but you can definitely do it in
Adobe Acrobat Pro. I do it for all of my PDF manuals. 

-Gillian


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Subject: Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated
fromFramemaker

Hi

Can you set pdf file generation from Framemaker up so that pdf files are
protected from editing and copying? 

Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
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Of Autonumbers, "Symbols," and FM 9 -- REPOST WITH TABLE FIX

[Pinkham, Jim]

Thank YOU, Karen, for reminding me I'm not alone with this problem...and of the 
joys of plain-text posts. On the former, perhaps Megha can help us still. On 
the latter, I should have remembered the pitfalls when I included the table. 
I'll try to tap some old typewriter tabulation skills and give this another 
shot:

I'm running into a seemingly strange phenomenon with FM 9. I'm working with a 
lot of legacy documents that have formatting issues, and part of my workflow 
involves importing and replacing formats using a template formatted the way I 
wish it to be -- typically, with the very useful CleanImport plug-in.

In FM 9, I'm finding that when I do this import, I now get the unexpected side 
effect that the symbol used in the Autonumber Format area of the Paragraph 
Designer changes. For example:

  Original   Unintentionally
  FormatFont Modified FormatFont

  ?\t   Wingdings?\tWingdings

  ?\t   Wingdings?\tWingdings

I'm not sure how or why this changes. I have developed a workaround. I go to my 
source document, do a Global Update, Numbering Properties, for each of the 
paragraph formats in question, applying this to all paragraphs in the source 
document that have the individual tags in question. I am not changing the 
formats in any way, simply re-applying them. Then I re-import the paragraph and 
character formats to all of the remaining files, and then the paragraphs with 
these various "list bullets," for want of a better term, are all restored to 
normalcy.

So it's not the end of the world, just an unwelcome extra step. Any ideas?

Jim 

-Original Message-
From: Karen Mann [mailto:km...@i-t-tech.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:26 AM
To: Pinkham, Jim; framers at lists.frameusers.com; Megha Chaitanya
Subject: RE: Of Autonumbers, "Symbols," and FM 9

Thanks Jim, I had the same issue, legacy, importing etc but with the bullet and 
symbol. When I applied the bullet tag my text went to Greek and the bullet 
symbol was another symbol.
Ugh! I left out a step so when Megha tried to assist she could not.
Sorry Megha, I had so many deadlines and FM9 bugs were bouncing all over me. 

In Paragraph Designer autonumber I highlighted the bullet, went to Character 
map got the bullet, went to Character Designer sized the bullet and did Global 
update, then did a global apply. Have been doing this for all docs. I did not 
do a re-import. We do 99% legacy and they are very individual so most of the 
time a template import is not effective. 
I however do not have the CleanImport plug-in.

This "Framers" thing is the greatest!
Thanks all.

Karen M
Not an expert...

-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:44 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Of Autonumbers, "Symbols," and FM 9

I'm running into a seemingly strange phenomenon with FM 9. I'm working with a 
lot of legacy documents that have formatting issues, and part of my workflow 
involves importing and replacing formats using a template formatted the way I 
wish it to be -- typically, with the very useful CleanImport plug-in.

In FM 9, I'm finding that when I do this import, I now get the unexpected side 
effect that the symbol used in the Autonumber Format area of the Paragraph 
Designer changes. For example:

Original Format

Font

Unintentionally Modified Format

Font

?\t 

Wingdings

?\t

Wingdings

?\t

Wingdings

?\t

Wingdings


I'm not sure how or why this changes. I have developed a workaround. I go to my 
source document, do a Global Update, Numbering Properties, for each of the 
paragraph formats in question, applying this to all paragraphs in the source 
document that have the individual tags in question. I am not changing the 
formats in any way, simply re-applying them. Then I re-import the paragraph and 
character formats to all of the remaining files, and then the paragraphs with 
these various "list bullets," for want of a better term, are all restored to 
normalcy.

So it's not the end of the world, just an unwelcome extra step. Any ideas?

Jim
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Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated fromFramemaker

[Peter Gold]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Flato, Gillian  
wrote:
> I don't know if you can do it in Frame, but you can definitely do it in
> Adobe Acrobat Pro. I do it for all of my PDF manuals.
>
> -Gillian
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andersen,
> Verner Engell VEA
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:16 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated
> fromFramemaker
>
> Hi
>
> Can you set pdf file generation from Framemaker up so that pdf files are
> protected from editing and copying?
>
> Med venlig hilsen - Best regards

InDesign's PDF export offers security options. This suggests that it's
possible to create the appropriate security code when creating the
PDF. So, perhaps there's a FrameMaker add-on or plug-in that might
offer the same options.

HTH

Regards,

Peter
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Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated fromFramemaker

[Combs, Richard]

Peter Gold wrote:

> InDesign's PDF export offers security options. This suggests that it's
> possible to create the appropriate security code when creating the
> PDF. So, perhaps there's a FrameMaker add-on or plug-in that might
> offer the same options.

I'm pretty certain the TimeSavers package does this. See microtype.com. 

Richard


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Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated fromFramemaker

[Fred Ridder]

Responding to Gillian Flato, Peter Gold wrote:



> InDesign's PDF export offers security options. This suggests that it's
> possible to create the appropriate security code when creating the
> PDF. So, perhaps there's a FrameMaker add-on or plug-in that might
> offer the same options.


Sorry to say, that's not necessarily so. As Dov has pointed out a number of 
times, InDesign generates PDF internally, from its own PDF generation code, 
while FrameMaker uses the Adobe PDF printer driver and the Distiller. 

-Fred Ridder

FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)

[Mike Wickham]

>At the very least, give us a list of keyboard commands for UI manipulation.

I found some commands in wincmds.cfg:

> (Toggle) Between open document tabs?

Ctrl-F6 (ShowNextKit) and Shift-Ctrl-F6 (ShowPrevKit)
There is still some bugginess, though. The commands worked always in with 
.FM files. Ctrl-F6 would cycle through the .FM files, then jump back to the 
first and cycle again. Shift-Ctrl-F6 did the same in reverse.

Book files, pods, and panels seem to want to work the same way, but as a 
conglomerate that is separate from the .FM files. That is, if one of them is 
the focus, Ctrl-F6 can cycle between them all, but skips the .FM files. This 
is where I found bugginess. The command would not jump to the Variables and 
locked up. This may be related to the bug that keeps one from using the 
Commands button in the Designer panels until the panel is first closed and 
reopened, or switched to another designer panel page. I noticed that closing 
and reopening the Variables pod made Ctrl-F6 work for it, too. When the 
command cycles to the Paragraph Designer, there is no flashing cursor to let 
you know.

> Between pages of the Designer dialogs?

I noticed that the tab key does that, but it includes all the fields in the 
currently displayed designer page as part of the cycle. So, depending on 
whether one of the panel page icons is active or a field in the dialogue, it 
may take quite a few tabs to move to a different designer panel page.

> (That new feature that toggles UI visibility is absolutely terrific!!  I
> would use it dozens of times a day!  ...but not if I have to use the
> wretched mouse.)

Esc S M s for standard screen mode.
Esc S M u for full screen with user interface.
Esc S M f for full screen.
Esc S M t to toggle screen mode.

Also these:

   Esc T S A (ToolBarShowAll)
   Esc T H A (ToolBarHideAll)

Mike Wickham

FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)

[Peter Gold]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Mike Wickham  wrote:
>>At the very least, give us a list of keyboard commands for UI manipulation.
>
> I found some commands in wincmds.cfg:
>
>> (Toggle) Between open document tabs?
>
> Ctrl-F6 (ShowNextKit) and Shift-Ctrl-F6 (ShowPrevKit)
> There is still some bugginess, though. The commands worked always in with
> .FM files. Ctrl-F6 would cycle through the .FM files, then jump back to the
> first and cycle again. Shift-Ctrl-F6 did the same in reverse.
>
> Book files, pods, and panels seem to want to work the same way, but as a
> conglomerate that is separate from the .FM files. That is, if one of them is
> the focus, Ctrl-F6 can cycle between them all, but skips the .FM files. This
> is where I found bugginess. The command would not jump to the Variables and
> locked up. This may be related to the bug that keeps one from using the
> Commands button in the Designer panels until the panel is first closed and
> reopened, or switched to another designer panel page. I noticed that closing
> and reopening the Variables pod made Ctrl-F6 work for it, too. When the
> command cycles to the Paragraph Designer, there is no flashing cursor to let
> you know.
>
>> Between pages of the Designer dialogs?

I'm on my Mac now, so I can't check this out, but in FM 8 and earlier,
PgUp/PgDn would cycle through Paragraph, Character, and (I think)
Table designer property pages.

HTH


Regards,

Peter
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Bullets in multiple columns

[Steve Pawlowskis]

How can I accomplish the following in Frame?

I am trying to vertically compress hundreds of entries that look something like 
the following:

Heading for this boring subject
* Bullet 1
* Bullet 2
* Bullet 3
* New
* Cheaper
* Safer
* Faster
* Greener
* etc.
A lengthy explanation of this subject.



I'd like to display the bullets something like this:

Heading for this boring subject
* Bullet 1  * Bullet 2
* Bullet 3  * New
* Cheaper   * Safer
* Faster* Greener
* etc.
A lengthy explanation of this subject.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Steve Pawlowskis
Technology Coordinator

Kaufman Company, Inc.
19 Walkhill Road
Norwood MA   02062

Phone:617.218.1765
Mobile:   774.437.1409
Toll Free:800.338.8023  ext. 165
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Bullets in multiple columns

[Linda G. Gallagher]

I use a table using a table style that does not display the table borders. 


~
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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Pawlowskis
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:28 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Bullets in multiple columns

How can I accomplish the following in Frame?

I am trying to vertically compress hundreds of entries that look something
like the following:

Heading for this boring subject
* Bullet 1
* Bullet 2
* Bullet 3
* New
* Cheaper
* Safer
* Faster
* Greener
* etc.
A lengthy explanation of this subject.



I'd like to display the bullets something like this:

Heading for this boring subject
* Bullet 1  * Bullet 2
* Bullet 3  * New
* Cheaper   * Safer
* Faster* Greener
* etc.
A lengthy explanation of this subject.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Steve Pawlowskis
Technology Coordinator

Kaufman Company, Inc.
19 Walkhill Road
Norwood MA   02062

Phone:617.218.1765
Mobile:   774.437.1409
Toll Free:800.338.8023  ext. 165
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Bullets in multiple columns

[Jing Torralba]

I use the same technique that Linda uses, and I want to add that if the list 
changes, you need to make manual adjustments to the table to redistribute your 
bulleted list, ie, balance them out. 

Jing Torralba 

- Original Message - 
From: "Linda G. Gallagher"  
To: "Steve Pawlowskis" , framers at 
lists.frameusers.com 
Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 1:32:27 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: RE: Bullets in multiple columns 

I use a table using a table style that does not display the table borders. 


~ 
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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Pawlowskis 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:28 PM 
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com 
Subject: Bullets in multiple columns 

How can I accomplish the following in Frame? 

I am trying to vertically compress hundreds of entries that look something 
like the following: 

Heading for this boring subject 
* Bullet 1 
* Bullet 2 
* Bullet 3 
* New 
* Cheaper 
* Safer 
* Faster 
* Greener 
* etc. 
A lengthy explanation of this subject. 



I'd like to display the bullets something like this: 

Heading for this boring subject 
* Bullet 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* Bullet 2 
* Bullet 3 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* New 
* Cheaper ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * Safer 
* Faster ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* Greener 
* etc. 
A lengthy explanation of this subject. 

Thank you in advance for your assistance. 

Steve Pawlowskis 
Technology Coordinator 

Kaufman Company, Inc. 
19 Walkhill Road 
Norwood MA ? 02062 

Phone: ? ? ? ?617.218.1765 
Mobile: ? ? ? 774.437.1409 
Toll Free: ? ?800.338.8023 ?ext. 165 
Fax: ? ? ? ? ? 617.218.1746 





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FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)

[Mike Wickham]

> I'm on my Mac now, so I can't check this out, but in FM 8 and earlier,
> PgUp/PgDn would cycle through Paragraph, Character, and (I think)
> Table designer property pages.

I just checked and PgUp/PgDn does the same in FM9. However, the highlight 
isn't changing to icon for the new property page.

Mike Wickham

Bullets in multiple columns

[Combs, Richard]

Jing Torralba wrote: 

> I use the same technique that Linda uses, and I want to add that if the
> list changes, you need to make manual adjustments to the table to
> redistribute your bulleted list, ie, balance them out.

I, too, think a borderless table is the way to go, especially if this need is 
one-time or quite infrequent. 

Yes, there are manual adjustments to make when the bullet list changes. One 
decision you need to consider is whether to put one bullet item per cell (many 
rows) or use a one-row table (however many columns you want across) with many 
bullets per cell. The latter won't span pages, of course, but requires less 
fiddling. 

Alan's idea of using multiple columns has a great deal of merit if this will be 
a quite long section, or if the need is frequent. But it really requires 
setting up a template with this in mind -- changing all your "everyday" tags 
(body, headings, numbered lists, ordinary bullets, etc., etc.) to span columns, 
and creating special tags for multi-column use. 

I've never done more than a short (less than half-page) multi-column list like 
this, and that only rarely, so the table solution was far quicker and simpler 
for me. YMMV, of course. 

Richard


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PDF create with FMbatch fails --doh!

[Reid Gray]

Yikes, it is possible.  You are correct, Sir!

Looks like i have some Solaris admin to do.

Many thanks for your expert and perennial contributions to this list.

:-)

Reid 



From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com on behalf of Shlomo Perets
Sent: Tue 3/31/2009 10:46 AM
To: Reid Gray; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: PDF create with FMbatch fails --doh!



Reid,

You wrote:

>We build our books here with FMbatch on a --you guessed it-- Solaris machine.
>
>We check them out of source control and build them automagically, but as
>you can see from the noise below a book I just created from scratch on my
>Windows machine is not playing nice with FMbatch.
>
>Earlier I had an error on pg 18.  I saved the book as MIF (exported
>really).  Then opened the MIF and saved as Frame 8 to dispell the demons
>as it were.
>
>So, it looks like the bad behavior has moved to p 3, which is kind of a
>good thing.  --I guess Adobe must build its books in reverse.  Anyhow, if
>you have any ideas what might be plaguing me here please give a
>shout.  I'm going home.
>
>Reid
>
>CID support library initialization completed.
>%%[ Warning: Empty job. No PDF file produced. ] %%
>Normalizer 8.0.
>UsePrologue is false.
>%%[ Warning: Empty job. No PDF file produced. ] %%
>Done
>%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: pdfmark; ErrorInfo: Rect  ]%%
>Stack:
>/ANN
>/Link
>/Subtype
>/G3.998318
>/D
>/GoToR
>...

Is it possible that you are using the initial release of FM8.0?  The
initial FM8.0 release handled link information incorrectly (missing two
angle brackets in the definition of the link's action in the PS file).

Check whether you can update FM8 (applying available patches).

If not, as a workaround: turn Tagged PDF on (without selecting specific
tags) in FM's PDF Setup dialog box

[note: I don't generally recommend producing "Tagged PDFs" from FrameMaker]


Shlomo Perets

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FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)

[Reng, Winfried]

Hi,

> One "plus" about FM9 -- the User Guide actually has a long chapter 
> devoted to keyboard shortcuts for navigation, menu choices, equation 
> editor, and so on.  Such documentation was woefully lacking 
> in previous 
> versions.

At least the comment regarding missing documentation
in previous versions is not true. In the FrameMaker 8
online help shortcuts are described at the very end in
Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts.

Best regards

Winfried