RE: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

[Ulrike Forsberg (UFO)]

My objection to building two books is the risk of producing a wrong
manual because I forgot that I had an extra book for one of the manuals
(you all know that things can get rather hectic close to a deadline).
What I have done until now for the 3 products is that I changed the
variables and the conditional text settings to produce the specific
manual. The cover pages are added to the pdf file, they are done in a
different program, so no advantage here for working with three books.
Two books for 3 manuals will be the solution, and I have to note down in
my procedure that there is a separate book for one of the three manuals.


 

Thanks for all the feedback, have a nice day everybody,

Ulrike

 

 

From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:37 PM
To: Ulrike Forsberg (UFO); framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

 

What is your objection to building two books? That's the way FrameMaker
is designed to work. If it weren't for the ability to build different
books from differing collections of chapters is the primary reason for
the extra comlication of the chapter/book paradigm.

-Fred Ridder

 
 Subject: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?
 Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:54:16 +0200
 From: u...@thrane.com
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 
 Hi Framers,
 I have a book file with a number of chapters and appendices. I use the
 same book file for 3 manuals, which I control with 3 conditional text
 tags.
 One of the appendices is only used in 2 of the manuals. Can I make
this
 appendix conditional? 
 My fallback solution is to make a separate book for this manual. I'd
 prefer though to have a single book. 
 
 Thanks for your time,
 
 Ulrike Forsberg
 Technical writer
 
 E u...@thrane.com
 T +45 39 55 8213
 
 Thrane  Thrane A/S - Lundtoftegaardsvej 93 D
 DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark - www.thrane.com
 T +45 39 55 88 00 - F +45 39 55 88 88

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RE: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

[Combs, Richard]

Ulrike Forsberg wrote:
 
 My objection to building two books is the risk of producing a wrong
 manual because I forgot that I had an extra book for one of the
manuals
 (you all know that things can get rather hectic close to a deadline).
 What I have done until now for the 3 products is that I changed the
 variables and the conditional text settings to produce the specific
 manual. The cover pages are added to the pdf file, they are done in a
 different program, so no advantage here for working with three books.
 Two books for 3 manuals will be the solution, and I have to note down
in
 my procedure that there is a separate book for one of the three
manuals.

You're less likely to make a mistake if the process for producing each
book is the same. That's why I suggested a separate book for each
manual. 

Name each book appropriately for the manual version it produces. As Fred
noted, each book should have its own generated files (TOC, etc.), so
store the variables and condition settings in one of those. When you
want to produce the Widget 1000 User Guide, open widget_1000.book,
import variables and conditions from its TOC to the other files in the
book, and you're all. 

It's having one process for book A and another for book B that's likely
to cause trouble. 

IMHO, YMMV.

Richard


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Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
--
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
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RE: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

[russ]

Hi Ulrike,

You might consider using structured FrameMaker in conjunction with our
AXCM plugin. With that, you can conditionalize whole chapters and much
more. I do it regularly. I agree with the sentiment that multiple books
is cumbersome and error prone. 

AXCM is completely free... you can read more at
www.weststreetconsulting.com.

Thanks,
Russ
Owner, WSC




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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:54:16 +0200
From: Ulrike Forsberg (UFO) u...@thrane.com
Subject: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
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d6595a169076fa4088f93124c6e9764570c...@ly-ex-01.thrane.tt.ad
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hi Framers,
I have a book file with a number of chapters and appendices. I use the
same book file for 3 manuals, which I control with 3 conditional text
tags.
One of the appendices is only used in 2 of the manuals. Can I make this
appendix conditional?
My fallback solution is to make a separate book for this manual. I'd
prefer though to have a single book.

Thanks for your time,

Ulrike Forsberg
Technical writer





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RE: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

[Combs, Richard]

 store the variables and condition settings in one of those. When you
 want to produce the Widget 1000 User Guide, open widget_1000.book,
 import variables and conditions from its TOC to the other files in the
 book, and you're all.

... set. You're all set. 

I hate it when I do that.

Richard


Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
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Mif2Go graphics question

[Martha Lee]

Hi All,

I'm using Mif2Go to generate OmniHelp. I'm trying to copy my referenced
graphics into the distribution directory. My mif2htm.ini has these settings:

[FDK]
WriteEquations=Yes
WriteAllGraphics=No

[Automation]
WrapAndShip=Yes
WrapPath=.\MEMSplus
ShipPath=.\MEMSplus
CopyGraphicsFrom=C:\rep\documentation\trunk\MEMSplus
GraphCopyFiles= *.gif *.png

[Graphics]
UseGraphicPreviews=No
StripGraphPath=No
UseOriginalGraphicNames=Yes


The graphics are not written to the wrap directory so all the graphics are
missing from the final htm output. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Martha Lee
Documentation Department
Coventor, Inc.
919-854-7500 ext. 120
martha@coventor.com

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RE: Help wth hyperlinks_Please

[Susan Curtzwiler]

Hi Shlomo,
 
Reminder:  FM7  and Acrobat Distiller 5.0  on Vista Enterprise
 
 
   Option 2 worked great.  But I have a question. 
In that setup page there is this note  (partial excerpt):
 
If you always regenerate PDF after adding new links, turn this setting OFF. 
This is the recommended setting.
 
 
I regenerate the FM file to do updates and to get ready to make a new PDF,,, 
but I'm not regenerating a PDF file. 
 
Could you please explain this for me?
 
Thanks,
Sue
 
 



From: Shlomo Perets [mailto:shlo...@microtype.com]
Sent: Tue 9/8/2009 10:59 PM
To: Susan Curtzwiler
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Help wth hyperlinks_Please



Two additional points:

-- There are cases where the hypertext markers are all valid, yet the
resulting link is very small due to the character format affecting the
marker only (eg when copying a gotolink marker from one paragraph to
another, with the two paragraphs having different character properties).
You can fix this by first applying default paragraph font to the entire
area, then apply the required character format to the link text.
The link location/size can be inspected in Acrobat (when the Link tool is
active).

-- If the link works in FrameMaker (view only document, or regular document
with Ctrl-Alt-click), but not in Acrobat: in FrameMaker's PDF Setup dialog
box, turn on Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs (Links tab).
A sample FM7 files which demonstrates a valid hypertext marker resulting in
a non-functional link is available at:
http://www.microtype.com/resources/bugs/dests_hypertext.zip ; the PDF link
is fine when turning on Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs.


Shlomo Perets

MicroType * http://www.microtype.com http://www.microtype.com/ 
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Liven up your PDFs with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
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[Flato, Gillian]

I am looking to purchase a USB Digital Voice Recorder for interviewing
SME's. So I just need good voice quality for mono voice, long battery
life, long recording time and ease of transfer to my computer. What have
been your experiences with them? Any recommendations? TIA 

 

Thank you,

 

 

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Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

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RE: Mif2Go graphics question

[David Spreadbury]

Martha,
Try changing the [FDK[ WriteAllGraphics option to Yes.

You can also set the WriteAllEquations to No, unless of course you actually
have equations in your source.

David Spreadbury
Sr. Technical Writer


-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martha Lee
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:37 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Mif2Go graphics question

Hi All,

I'm using Mif2Go to generate OmniHelp. I'm trying to copy my referenced
graphics into the distribution directory. My mif2htm.ini has these settings:

[FDK]
WriteEquations=Yes
WriteAllGraphics=No

[Automation]
WrapAndShip=Yes
WrapPath=.\MEMSplus
ShipPath=.\MEMSplus
CopyGraphicsFrom=C:\rep\documentation\trunk\MEMSplus
GraphCopyFiles= *.gif *.png

[Graphics]
UseGraphicPreviews=No
StripGraphPath=No
UseOriginalGraphicNames=Yes


The graphics are not written to the wrap directory so all the graphics are
missing from the final htm output. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Martha Lee
Documentation Department
Coventor, Inc.
919-854-7500 ext. 120
martha@coventor.com


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Re: Mif2Go graphics question

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:36:49 -0400, Martha Lee 
martha@coventor.com wrote:

I'm using Mif2Go to generate OmniHelp. I'm trying to copy my referenced
graphics into the distribution directory. My mif2htm.ini has these settings:

[FDK]
WriteEquations=Yes
WriteAllGraphics=No

[Automation]
WrapAndShip=Yes
WrapPath=.\MEMSplus
ShipPath=.\MEMSplus
CopyGraphicsFrom=C:\rep\documentation\trunk\MEMSplus
GraphCopyFiles= *.gif *.png

[Graphics]
UseGraphicPreviews=No
StripGraphPath=No
UseOriginalGraphicNames=Yes


The graphics are not written to the wrap directory so all the graphics are
missing from the final htm output. Any suggestions?

This setup says that you really have the .gif and .png graphics already in
existence, and they are located at C:\rep\documentation\trunk\MEMSplus.
Is that correct?  That's not the *same* MEMSplus dir you are referencing
as the wrap and ship dirs, is it?  I can't tell because you didn't say
where you were running this from.  It shouldn't be, or you'd be saying
to copy them to themselves, which does nothing (and is in fact ignored,
we check for that).

Also, it's better to have the wrap and ship dirs separate.  For
OmniHelp, you typically run an ArchiveCommand to .zip the results
in wrap, and then we move that zip to ship.  Many projects can
share the same ship; it makes distribution much easier if they do.

If you actually want graphics generated (which is poorer quality, if
you already have them available), as David thinks, you'd need to set
[Graphics]UseGraphicPreviews=Yes.

Also, if you use StripGraphPath=No, and don't set a GraphPath, you
are saying to preserve the original paths from the Frame files.
Those are unlikely to work.  If you are putting the graphics in
the same dir as the HTML, you definitely want StripGraphPath=Yes.

HTH!

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  jer...@omsys.com  http://www.omsys.com/
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Help wth hyperlinks_Please

[Shlomo Perets]

Two additional points:

-- There are cases where the hypertext markers are all valid, yet the 
resulting link is very small due to the character format affecting the 
marker only (eg when copying a gotolink marker from one paragraph to 
another, with the two paragraphs having different character properties). 
You can fix this by first applying "default paragraph font" to the entire 
area, then apply the required character format to the link text.
The link location/size can be inspected in Acrobat (when the Link tool is 
active).

-- If the link works in FrameMaker (view only document, or regular document 
with Ctrl-Alt-click), but not in Acrobat: in FrameMaker's PDF Setup dialog 
box, turn on "Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs" (Links tab).
A sample FM7 files which demonstrates a valid hypertext marker resulting in 
a non-functional link is available at: 
http://www.microtype.com/resources/bugs/dests_hypertext.zip ; the PDF link 
is fine when turning on "Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs".


Shlomo Perets

MicroType * http://www.microtype.com
FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants


"Liven up your PDFs with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants"
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can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

[Ulrike Forsberg (UFO)]

My objection to building two books is the risk of producing a wrong
manual because I forgot that I had an extra book for one of the manuals
(you all know that things can get rather hectic close to a deadline).
What I have done until now for the 3 products is that I changed the
variables and the conditional text settings to produce the specific
manual. The cover pages are added to the pdf file, they are done in a
different program, so no advantage here for working with three books.
Two books for 3 manuals will be the solution, and I have to note down in
my procedure that there is a separate book for one of the three manuals.




Thanks for all the feedback, have a nice day everybody,

Ulrike





From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:37 PM
To: Ulrike Forsberg (UFO); framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?



What is your objection to building two books? That's the way FrameMaker
is designed to work. If it weren't for the ability to build different
books from differing collections of chapters is the primary reason for
the extra comlication of the chapter/book paradigm.

-Fred Ridder


> Subject: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?
> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:54:16 +0200
> From: ufo at thrane.com
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> 
> Hi Framers,
> I have a book file with a number of chapters and appendices. I use the
> same book file for 3 manuals, which I control with 3 conditional text
> tags.
> One of the appendices is only used in 2 of the manuals. Can I make
this
> appendix conditional? 
> My fallback solution is to make a separate book for this manual. I'd
> prefer though to have a single book. 
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Ulrike Forsberg
> Technical writer
> 
> E ufo at thrane.com
> T +45 39 55 8213
> 
> Thrane & Thrane A/S - Lundtoftegaardsvej 93 D
> DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark - www.thrane.com
> T +45 39 55 88 00 - F +45 39 55 88 88

can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

[Combs, Richard]

Ulrike Forsberg wrote:

> My objection to building two books is the risk of producing a wrong
> manual because I forgot that I had an extra book for one of the
manuals
> (you all know that things can get rather hectic close to a deadline).
> What I have done until now for the 3 products is that I changed the
> variables and the conditional text settings to produce the specific
> manual. The cover pages are added to the pdf file, they are done in a
> different program, so no advantage here for working with three books.
> Two books for 3 manuals will be the solution, and I have to note down
in
> my procedure that there is a separate book for one of the three
manuals.

You're less likely to make a mistake if the process for producing each
book is the same. That's why I suggested a separate book for each
manual. 

Name each book appropriately for the manual version it produces. As Fred
noted, each book should have its own generated files (TOC, etc.), so
store the variables and condition settings in one of those. When you
want to produce the Widget 1000 User Guide, open widget_1000.book,
import variables and conditions from its TOC to the other files in the
book, and you're all. 

It's having one process for book A and another for book B that's likely
to cause trouble. 

IMHO, YMMV.

Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
--
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
--

can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

[r...@weststreetconsulting.com]

Hi Ulrike,

You might consider using structured FrameMaker in conjunction with our
AXCM plugin. With that, you can conditionalize whole chapters and much
more. I do it regularly. I agree with the sentiment that multiple books
is cumbersome and error prone. 

AXCM is completely free... you can read more at
www.weststreetconsulting.com.

Thanks,
Russ
Owner, WSC


>
>
Message: 4
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:54:16 +0200
From: "Ulrike Forsberg (UFO)" 
Subject: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?
To: 
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi Framers,
I have a book file with a number of chapters and appendices. I use the
same book file for 3 manuals, which I control with 3 conditional text
tags.
One of the appendices is only used in 2 of the manuals. Can I make this
appendix conditional?
My fallback solution is to make a separate book for this manual. I'd
prefer though to have a single book.

Thanks for your time,

Ulrike Forsberg
Technical writer

>
>

can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

[Combs, Richard]

> store the variables and condition settings in one of those. When you
> want to produce the Widget 1000 User Guide, open widget_1000.book,
> import variables and conditions from its TOC to the other files in the
> book, and you're all.

... set. You're all set. 

I hate it when I do that.

Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
--
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
--

Mif2Go graphics question

[Martha Lee]

Hi All,

I'm using Mif2Go to generate OmniHelp. I'm trying to copy my referenced
graphics into the distribution directory. My mif2htm.ini has these settings:

[FDK]
WriteEquations=Yes
WriteAllGraphics=No

[Automation]
WrapAndShip=Yes
WrapPath=.\MEMSplus
ShipPath=.\MEMSplus
CopyGraphicsFrom=C:\rep\documentation\trunk\MEMSplus
GraphCopyFiles= *.gif *.png

[Graphics]
UseGraphicPreviews=No
StripGraphPath=No
UseOriginalGraphicNames=Yes


The graphics are not written to the wrap directory so all the graphics are
missing from the final htm output. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Martha Lee
Documentation Department
Coventor, Inc.
919-854-7500 ext. 120
martha.lee at coventor.com

Help wth hyperlinks_Please

[Susan Curtzwiler]

Hi Shlomo,

Reminder:  FM7  and Acrobat Distiller 5.0  on Vista Enterprise


   Option 2 worked great.  But I have a question. 
In that setup page there is this note  (partial excerpt):

If you always regenerate PDF after adding new links, turn this setting OFF. 
This is the recommended setting.


I regenerate the FM file to do updates and to get ready to make a new PDF,,, 
but I'm not regenerating a PDF file. 

Could you please explain this for me?

Thanks,
Sue





From: Shlomo Perets [mailto:shlo...@microtype.com]
Sent: Tue 9/8/2009 10:59 PM
To: Susan Curtzwiler
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Help wth hyperlinks_Please



Two additional points:

-- There are cases where the hypertext markers are all valid, yet the
resulting link is very small due to the character format affecting the
marker only (eg when copying a gotolink marker from one paragraph to
another, with the two paragraphs having different character properties).
You can fix this by first applying "default paragraph font" to the entire
area, then apply the required character format to the link text.
The link location/size can be inspected in Acrobat (when the Link tool is
active).

-- If the link works in FrameMaker (view only document, or regular document
with Ctrl-Alt-click), but not in Acrobat: in FrameMaker's PDF Setup dialog
box, turn on "Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs" (Links tab).
A sample FM7 files which demonstrates a valid hypertext marker resulting in
a non-functional link is available at:
http://www.microtype.com/resources/bugs/dests_hypertext.zip ; the PDF link
is fine when turning on "Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs".


Shlomo Perets

MicroType * http://www.microtype.com  
FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants


"Liven up your PDFs with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants"
1-hour webinar (free)
Thursday, Sept. 10, starting 10am PDT | 1pm EDT | 5pm UTC/GMT:
https://student.gototraining.com/register/8019702938678710980
. 

OFF-TOPIC POST Digital Voice Recorders

[Flato, Gillian]

I am looking to purchase a USB Digital Voice Recorder for interviewing
SME's. So I just need good voice quality for mono voice, long battery
life, long recording time and ease of transfer to my computer. What have
been your experiences with them? Any recommendations? TIA 



Thank you,





Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr. 

Milpitas, CA. 95035

*408.545.6316

7  408.232.5911

* gflato at nanometrics.com  

Mif2Go graphics question

[David Spreadbury]

Martha,
Try changing the [FDK[ WriteAllGraphics option to Yes.

You can also set the WriteAllEquations to No, unless of course you actually
have equations in your source.

David Spreadbury
Sr. Technical Writer


-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martha Lee
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:37 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Mif2Go graphics question

Hi All,

I'm using Mif2Go to generate OmniHelp. I'm trying to copy my referenced
graphics into the distribution directory. My mif2htm.ini has these settings:

[FDK]
WriteEquations=Yes
WriteAllGraphics=No

[Automation]
WrapAndShip=Yes
WrapPath=.\MEMSplus
ShipPath=.\MEMSplus
CopyGraphicsFrom=C:\rep\documentation\trunk\MEMSplus
GraphCopyFiles= *.gif *.png

[Graphics]
UseGraphicPreviews=No
StripGraphPath=No
UseOriginalGraphicNames=Yes


The graphics are not written to the wrap directory so all the graphics are
missing from the final htm output. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Martha Lee
Documentation Department
Coventor, Inc.
919-854-7500 ext. 120
martha.lee at coventor.com

Mif2Go graphics question

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:36:49 -0400, "Martha Lee" 
 wrote:

>I'm using Mif2Go to generate OmniHelp. I'm trying to copy my referenced
>graphics into the distribution directory. My mif2htm.ini has these settings:
>
>[FDK]
>WriteEquations=Yes
>WriteAllGraphics=No
>
>[Automation]
>WrapAndShip=Yes
>WrapPath=.\MEMSplus
>ShipPath=.\MEMSplus
>CopyGraphicsFrom=C:\rep\documentation\trunk\MEMSplus
>GraphCopyFiles= *.gif *.png
>
>[Graphics]
>UseGraphicPreviews=No
>StripGraphPath=No
>UseOriginalGraphicNames=Yes
>
>
>The graphics are not written to the wrap directory so all the graphics are
>missing from the final htm output. Any suggestions?

This setup says that you really have the .gif and .png graphics already in
existence, and they are located at C:\rep\documentation\trunk\MEMSplus.
Is that correct?  That's not the *same* MEMSplus dir you are referencing
as the wrap and ship dirs, is it?  I can't tell because you didn't say
where you were running this from.  It shouldn't be, or you'd be saying
to copy them to themselves, which does nothing (and is in fact ignored,
we check for that).

Also, it's better to have the wrap and ship dirs separate.  For
OmniHelp, you typically run an ArchiveCommand to .zip the results
in wrap, and then we move that zip to ship.  Many projects can
share the same ship; it makes distribution much easier if they do.

If you actually want graphics generated (which is poorer quality, if
you already have them available), as David thinks, you'd need to set
[Graphics]UseGraphicPreviews=Yes.

Also, if you use StripGraphPath=No, and don't set a GraphPath, you
are saying to preserve the original paths from the Frame files.
Those are unlikely to work.  If you are putting the graphics in
the same dir as the HTML, you definitely want StripGraphPath=Yes.

HTH!

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

Changing Spelling Checker (Dictionary)

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PS vs Save as PDF

[karyn.sm...@aero.bombardier.com]

What are the advantages/disadvantages of making a PS file and distilling it
to a PDF vs the "Save as PDF" option? Thanks.

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Help: File gone berserk

[Lea Galanter]

I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I attempted to create a PDF
yesterday of a book that I've created numerous times before. For some
unknown reason I received an error message in the log indicating that a
certain font was not available. I occasionally get this message but I
ignore it, because I have no idea why Frame thinks I'm using a font it
doesn't have. It's never stopped a PDF from being created, until
yesterday. Frame simply refused to create the PDF. I have no idea what's
wrong with the file (it's the cover). The only font used is Arial. There
are no other fonts in the file. I even did a Select All and reapplied
Arial just in case, but to no avail.

Has anyone ever had this problem before? Is there some way to search
Frame files for a specific font in order to change it?

Thanks for any help!

Lea Galanter

OFF-TOPIC POST Digital Voice Recorders

[Will Husa]

I've been using the Olympus DS-40 Digital Voice Recorder for about 4 months
now to interview SME's and record conference calls. It was the best
investment that I ever made for this type of product. 

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Will Husa 
Technical Writer
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Subject: OFF-TOPIC POST Digital Voice Recorders

I am looking to purchase a USB Digital Voice Recorder for interviewing
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been your experiences with them? Any recommendations? TIA 



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