Re: Is there an easier way?

[Roger Shuttleworth]

Hi David

Further to what Nadine has said:

1. You can use conditional text in FrameMaker to "condition out" your 
screenshots before converting to Help. We use conditions such as BookOnly or 
HelpOnly, along with different coloured condition indicators. Display only the 
appropriate conditions before creating the Help.

2. To handle your cross-reference formats, you can use a dummy template. In 
that template you define the cross-ref format with the same name as in your 
regular template, but edit the format to contain only the Heading. Then when 
you are ready to create your help, import cross-ref formats from the dummy 
template into your documents. You can do that on a book-wide basis in a single 
operation.

I'm afraid I don't understand your second question...

Hope this helps.

Roger  

Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Documentation
AV-BASE Systems Inc.
1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
London, Ontario
N5V 3S4
Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330
  _  

From: David Millis [mailto:david.mil...@drakesoftware.com]
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:16:29 -0400
Subject: Is there an easier way?

Hi everyone,
  
   
  
  This may be a procedural question. I write my manual (approx. 400 pages)
  using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross references.
  To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a copy of the
  entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and have to
  change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to just Heading.
  
  
   
  
  I have 2 questions:
  
  1)Is there an easier way to change the cross reference format
  (perhaps globally), and
  
  2)Is there a way I can change the files the cross references
  reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?
  
   
  
  Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier and less
  labor intensive?
  
   
  
  Thank you,
  
  David Millis
  
   
  
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Installing TCS 2.0 in Windows 7, 64-bit

[Joseph Lorenzini]

Hi all,

I thought this question had been answered but I didn't see anything in the
framemaker archives. Beginning of next year, my company is going to force me
to upgrade from Win XP Professional, SP3, 32-bit to Win 7, 64-bit. Has
anyone installed the Technical Communication Suite 2.0 (including FrameMaker
and Robohelp) into win 7, 64-bit system? If so, did you experience any
problems? I know FrameMaker 7 and Robohelp 8 are both individually supported
on Win 7 but I am concerned about the integration features. I generate help
systems by link FrameMaker books into Robohelp. I am wondering if that will
be affected.

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Is there an easier way?

[Baruch Brodersen]

1. Redefine the cross reference formats in one file and import them across
all the book files. ImportFormatsSpecial is a great utlity to make short
work of this.
2. Use conditional text to include or exclude screenshots.

Baruch Brodersen


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Writer  wrote:

> Hi, David:
>
> I recommend that you post this to the Yahoo WebWorks user group, too:
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users/messages?o=1
>
> Which version of ePub are you using?
>
> I recommend that you set the cross-reference format in ePublisher.
>
> If you don't want most images, but you want some, set up a marker in your
> FM files for the images you don't want, and then set up ePublisher not to
> generate them. How to do that should be in your ePublisher online help.
>
> You shouldn't have to copy your FM files to create the online help. If you
> want, you can create a different book for your online help that uses the
> same chapter files. For instance, you might want your chapters to appear in
> a different order, or you want to create additional FM files for your chm.
>
> Hope that helps to get you started,
>
> Nadine
>
> --- On Tue, 10/19/10, David Millis  wrote:
>
> > From: David Millis 
> > Subject: Is there an easier way?
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 10:16 AM
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > This may be a procedural question. I write my manual
> > (approx. 400 pages)
> > using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross
> > references.
> > To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a
> > copy of the
> > entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and
> > have to
> > change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to
> > just Heading.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I have 2 questions:
> >
> > 1)Is there an easier way to change the cross
> > reference format
> > (perhaps globally), and
> >
> > 2)Is there a way I can change the files the
> > cross references
> > reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier
> > and less
> > labor intensive?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > David Millis
> >
> >
> >
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Re: Is there an easier way?

[Baruch Brodersen]

1. Redefine the cross reference formats in one file and import them across
all the book files. ImportFormatsSpecial is a great utlity to make short
work of this.
2. Use conditional text to include or exclude screenshots.

Baruch Brodersen


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Writer  wrote:

> Hi, David:
>
> I recommend that you post this to the Yahoo WebWorks user group, too:
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users/messages?o=1
>
> Which version of ePub are you using?
>
> I recommend that you set the cross-reference format in ePublisher.
>
> If you don't want most images, but you want some, set up a marker in your
> FM files for the images you don't want, and then set up ePublisher not to
> generate them. How to do that should be in your ePublisher online help.
>
> You shouldn't have to copy your FM files to create the online help. If you
> want, you can create a different book for your online help that uses the
> same chapter files. For instance, you might want your chapters to appear in
> a different order, or you want to create additional FM files for your chm.
>
> Hope that helps to get you started,
>
> Nadine
>
> --- On Tue, 10/19/10, David Millis  wrote:
>
> > From: David Millis 
> > Subject: Is there an easier way?
> > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
> > Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 10:16 AM
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > This may be a procedural question. I write my manual
> > (approx. 400 pages)
> > using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross
> > references.
> > To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a
> > copy of the
> > entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and
> > have to
> > change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to
> > just Heading.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I have 2 questions:
> >
> > 1)Is there an easier way to change the cross
> > reference format
> > (perhaps globally), and
> >
> > 2)Is there a way I can change the files the
> > cross references
> > reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier
> > and less
> > labor intensive?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > David Millis
> >
> >
> >
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Solved: urgent : Framemaker 8 reg error after installing updates ...

[Wim Hooghwinkel - iDTP]

After removing and reinstalling for the 3rd time it worked. 



Finally.J



Regards,



Wim Hooghwinkel - iDTP

off topic: e-drawings, eps files, frame and pdf

[Tim Lewis]

I like using the SolidWorks eDrawings and often prefer it because too many
times the engineers are either too busy to give me the drawings or the views
I need. It has been far easier to ask for .easm files that have been saved
for eDrawings. Then I open the file, rotate it to show what I need and hide
those elements that I do not need. Then I print the result to a PDF, which I
can import into Illustrator if needed. 

Tim Lewis
Lewis Technical Communications, Inc.
ltc.writer at comcast.net

> -Original Message-
Jo:

According to my mechanical designer (Alex has been great - teaching me about
what I can do via AI with his SolidWorks stuff) there is pretty much *zero*
work involved for the engineers to Save As an AI file (or a DWG file if your
SoildWorks is older than the 2009 version) when they Save As to an EASM
file. 

Is there a company protocol that forbids saving as an AI or DWG? 

If not, I highly suggest you try to get the engineer to spend an extra few
seconds getting you what the user/customer needs - maybe bribe him with some
doughnuts or muffins ;-)). 

In the past, I've had to use non-vector SolidWorks images and *no one* has
been happy with the results.

Alison

From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jo Watkiss
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 2:28 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: off topic: e-drawings, eps files, frame and pdf

Thanks everybody for lots of advice and suggestions.

We don't have access to Solidworks itself, only the 3D e-drawing (.easm)
that is supplied by the project engineer. We use the Solidworks eDrawings
Viewer to manipulate the model to get the illustration that we need.
Unfortunately, if we want to export a vector, its 'all or nothing'
- which is probably why the resulting image renders so slowly on screen.


I agree that in a perfect world the engineer would create all the
illustrations we need as 2D PDFs directly from Solidworks; or we would have
another Solidworks licence so that we could do it ourselves.  In our
imperfect world, we have to make do with the eDrawing.

I've concluded its best to use a bitmap wherever possible, and a vector only
when absolutely necessary.

Cheers,
Jo

urgent : Framemaker 8 reg error after installing updates ...

[Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp]

Hi,



I have a class tomorrow on Framemaker 8.  On my laptop (Win Vista) I
installed FM8 and added all the updates - but then FM won't start and gives
the error: 'registry information is invalid or missing'. After re-installing
the same. 



Anyone knows what's going on and how to solve this?



Thanks..





Kind regards, vriendelijke groet,

Wim Hooghwinkel

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Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker

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FrameMaker support: framemaker at idtp.eu

Re: Is there an easier way?

[Roger Shuttleworth]

Hi David

Further to what Nadine has said:

1. You can use conditional text in FrameMaker to "condition out" your 
screenshots before converting to Help. We use conditions such as BookOnly or 
HelpOnly, along with different coloured condition indicators. Display only the 
appropriate conditions before creating the Help.

2. To handle your cross-reference formats, you can use a dummy template. In 
that template you define the cross-ref format with the same name as in your 
regular template, but edit the format to contain only the Heading. Then when 
you are ready to create your help, import cross-ref formats from the dummy 
template into your documents. You can do that on a book-wide basis in a single 
operation.

I'm afraid I don't understand your second question...

Hope this helps.

Roger  

Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Documentation
AV-BASE Systems Inc.
1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
London, Ontario
N5V 3S4
Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330
  _  

From: David Millis [mailto:david.mil...@drakesoftware.com]
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:16:29 -0400
Subject: Is there an easier way?

Hi everyone,



  This may be a procedural question. I write my manual (approx. 400 pages)
  using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross references.
  To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a copy of the
  entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and have to
  change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to just Heading.




  I have 2 questions:

  1)Is there an easier way to change the cross reference format
  (perhaps globally), and

  2)Is there a way I can change the files the cross references
  reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?



  Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier and less
  labor intensive?



  Thank you,

  David Millis



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Installing TCS 2.0 in Windows 7, 64-bit

[Joseph Lorenzini]

Hi all,

I thought this question had been answered but I didn't see anything in the
framemaker archives. Beginning of next year, my company is going to force me
to upgrade from Win XP Professional, SP3, 32-bit to Win 7, 64-bit. Has
anyone installed the Technical Communication Suite 2.0 (including FrameMaker
and Robohelp) into win 7, 64-bit system? If so, did you experience any
problems? I know FrameMaker 7 and Robohelp 8 are both individually supported
on Win 7 but I am concerned about the integration features. I generate help
systems by link FrameMaker books into Robohelp. I am wondering if that will
be affected.

Sincerely,
Joseph Lorenzini

RE: off topic: e-drawings, eps files, frame and pdf

[Tim Lewis]

I like using the SolidWorks eDrawings and often prefer it because too many
times the engineers are either too busy to give me the drawings or the views
I need. It has been far easier to ask for .easm files that have been saved
for eDrawings. Then I open the file, rotate it to show what I need and hide
those elements that I do not need. Then I print the result to a PDF, which I
can import into Illustrator if needed. 

Tim Lewis
Lewis Technical Communications, Inc.
ltc.wri...@comcast.net

> -Original Message-
Jo:

According to my mechanical designer (Alex has been great - teaching me about
what I can do via AI with his SolidWorks stuff) there is pretty much *zero*
work involved for the engineers to Save As an AI file (or a DWG file if your
SoildWorks is older than the 2009 version) when they Save As to an EASM
file. 

Is there a company protocol that forbids saving as an AI or DWG? 

If not, I highly suggest you try to get the engineer to spend an extra few
seconds getting you what the user/customer needs - maybe bribe him with some
doughnuts or muffins ;-)). 

In the past, I've had to use non-vector SolidWorks images and *no one* has
been happy with the results.

Alison

From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jo Watkiss
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 2:28 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: off topic: e-drawings, eps files, frame and pdf

Thanks everybody for lots of advice and suggestions.

We don't have access to Solidworks itself, only the 3D e-drawing (.easm)
that is supplied by the project engineer. We use the Solidworks eDrawings
Viewer to manipulate the model to get the illustration that we need.
Unfortunately, if we want to export a vector, its 'all or nothing'
- which is probably why the resulting image renders so slowly on screen.


I agree that in a perfect world the engineer would create all the
illustrations we need as 2D PDFs directly from Solidworks; or we would have
another Solidworks licence so that we could do it ourselves.  In our
imperfect world, we have to make do with the eDrawing.

I've concluded its best to use a bitmap wherever possible, and a vector only
when absolutely necessary.

Cheers,
Jo

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Re: Is there an easier way?

[Linda Rose]

Hi David,

Are you changing the format of your xrefs in Framemaker? You shouldn't be.
You map the xref format in ePublisher in the Target > Cross-Reference Rules.

Linda


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QAD, Inc


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:16 AM, David Millis <
david.mil...@drakesoftware.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> This may be a procedural question. I write my manual (approx. 400 pages)
> using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross references.
> To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a copy of the
> entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and have to
> change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to just Heading.
>
>
>
>
> I have 2 questions:
>
> 1)Is there an easier way to change the cross reference format
> (perhaps globally), and
>
> 2)Is there a way I can change the files the cross references
> reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?
>
>
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier and less
> labor intensive?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> David Millis
>
>
>
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Is there an easier way?

[Linda Rose]

Hi David,

Are you changing the format of your xrefs in Framemaker? You shouldn't be.
You map the xref format in ePublisher in the Target > Cross-Reference Rules.

Linda


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CTD Online Development
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:16 AM, David Millis <
David.Millis at drakesoftware.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> This may be a procedural question. I write my manual (approx. 400 pages)
> using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross references.
> To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a copy of the
> entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and have to
> change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to just Heading.
>
>
>
>
> I have 2 questions:
>
> 1)Is there an easier way to change the cross reference format
> (perhaps globally), and
>
> 2)Is there a way I can change the files the cross references
> reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?
>
>
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier and less
> labor intensive?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> David Millis
>
>
>
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Is there an easier way?

[David Millis]

Hi everyone,



This may be a procedural question. I write my manual (approx. 400 pages)
using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross references.
To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a copy of the
entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and have to
change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to just Heading.




I have 2 questions:

1)Is there an easier way to change the cross reference format
(perhaps globally), and

2)Is there a way I can change the files the cross references
reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?



Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier and less
labor intensive?



Thank you,

David Millis

Is there an easier way?

[Spectrum Writing]

You can change the cross-reference globally in eP. You don't have to do it
in Framemaker. It changes just the x-ref format in the .chm output, not in
the FM source. Also, you don't have to manually strip out your screenshots
either. You can either conditionalize them the FM source, or you can set a
paragraph tag such as FigureAnchor for the anchored frame that they are
contained in and set the output for the tag to no output in eP. All this is
available from the Styles interface in eP.  What version of eP are using and
yes, I would join the wwp-users group on Yahoo as recommended as well.

TVB

Tammy Van Boening
Owner/Principal
Spectrum Writing, LLC
www.spectrumwritingllc.com
info at spectrumwritingllc.com

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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Millis
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:16 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Is there an easier way?

Hi everyone,



This may be a procedural question. I write my manual (approx. 400 pages)
using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross references.
To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a copy of the
entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and have to
change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to just Heading.




I have 2 questions:

1)Is there an easier way to change the cross reference format
(perhaps globally), and

2)Is there a way I can change the files the cross references
reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?



Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier and less
labor intensive?



Thank you,

David Millis



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RE: Is there an easier way?

[Spectrum Writing]

You can change the cross-reference globally in eP. You don't have to do it
in Framemaker. It changes just the x-ref format in the .chm output, not in
the FM source. Also, you don't have to manually strip out your screenshots
either. You can either conditionalize them the FM source, or you can set a
paragraph tag such as FigureAnchor for the anchored frame that they are
contained in and set the output for the tag to no output in eP. All this is
available from the Styles interface in eP.  What version of eP are using and
yes, I would join the wwp-users group on Yahoo as recommended as well.

TVB

Tammy Van Boening
Owner/Principal
Spectrum Writing, LLC
www.spectrumwritingllc.com
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Subject: Is there an easier way?

Hi everyone,

 

This may be a procedural question. I write my manual (approx. 400 pages)
using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross references.
To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a copy of the
entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and have to
change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to just Heading.


 

I have 2 questions:

1)Is there an easier way to change the cross reference format
(perhaps globally), and

2)Is there a way I can change the files the cross references
reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?

 

Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier and less
labor intensive?

 

Thank you,

David Millis

 

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Re: Is there an easier way?

[Writer]

Hi, David:

I recommend that you post this to the Yahoo WebWorks user group, too: 
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users/messages?o=1

Which version of ePub are you using?

I recommend that you set the cross-reference format in ePublisher. 

If you don't want most images, but you want some, set up a marker in your FM 
files for the images you don't want, and then set up ePublisher not to generate 
them. How to do that should be in your ePublisher online help.

You shouldn't have to copy your FM files to create the online help. If you 
want, you can create a different book for your online help that uses the same 
chapter files. For instance, you might want your chapters to appear in a 
different order, or you want to create additional FM files for your chm.

Hope that helps to get you started,

Nadine

--- On Tue, 10/19/10, David Millis  wrote:

> From: David Millis 
> Subject: Is there an easier way?
> To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 10:16 AM
> Hi everyone,
> 
>  
> 
> This may be a procedural question. I write my manual
> (approx. 400 pages)
> using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross
> references.
> To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a
> copy of the
> entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and
> have to
> change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to
> just Heading.
> 
> 
>  
> 
> I have 2 questions:
> 
> 1)    Is there an easier way to change the cross
> reference format
> (perhaps globally), and
> 
> 2)    Is there a way I can change the files the
> cross references
> reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?
> 
>  
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier
> and less
> labor intensive?
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> David Millis
> 
>  
> 
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Is there an easier way?

[Writer]

Hi, David:

I recommend that you post this to the Yahoo WebWorks user group, too: 
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users/messages?o=1

Which version of ePub are you using?

I recommend that you set the cross-reference format in ePublisher. 

If you don't want most images, but you want some, set up a marker in your FM 
files for the images you don't want, and then set up ePublisher not to generate 
them. How to do that should be in your ePublisher online help.

You shouldn't have to copy your FM files to create the online help. If you 
want, you can create a different book for your online help that uses the same 
chapter files. For instance, you might want your chapters to appear in a 
different order, or you want to create additional FM files for your chm.

Hope that helps to get you started,

Nadine

--- On Tue, 10/19/10, David Millis  wrote:

> From: David Millis 
> Subject: Is there an easier way?
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 10:16 AM
> Hi everyone,
> 
>  
> 
> This may be a procedural question. I write my manual
> (approx. 400 pages)
> using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross
> references.
> To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a
> copy of the
> entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and
> have to
> change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to
> just Heading.
> 
> 
>  
> 
> I have 2 questions:
> 
> 1)? ? Is there an easier way to change the cross
> reference format
> (perhaps globally), and
> 
> 2)? ? Is there a way I can change the files the
> cross references
> reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?
> 
>  
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier
> and less
> labor intensive?
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> David Millis
> 
>  
> 
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Is there an easier way?

[David Millis]

Hi everyone,

 

This may be a procedural question. I write my manual (approx. 400 pages)
using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross references.
To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a copy of the
entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and have to
change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to just Heading.


 

I have 2 questions:

1)Is there an easier way to change the cross reference format
(perhaps globally), and

2)Is there a way I can change the files the cross references
reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?

 

Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier and less
labor intensive?

 

Thank you,

David Millis

 

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Solved: urgent : Framemaker 8 reg error after installing updates ...

[Wim Hooghwinkel - iDTP]

After removing and reinstalling for the 3rd time it worked. 

 

Finally.J

 

Regards,

 

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urgent : Framemaker 8 reg error after installing updates ...

[Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp]

Hi,

 

I have a class tomorrow on Framemaker 8.  On my laptop (Win Vista) I
installed FM8 and added all the updates - but then FM won't start and gives
the error: 'registry information is invalid or missing'. After re-installing
the same. 

 

Anyone knows what's going on and how to solve this?

 

Thanks..

 

 

Kind regards, vriendelijke groet,

Wim Hooghwinkel

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