Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread David Spreadbury 
Tina,
I wonder why you are using Frame to create the? front end, what sounds like a 
Table of Contents. Not that Frame isn't fully capable of ding it. Me, I would 
have created an HTML file of links.

But that aside, I wonder if you have the complete path, including drive letter, 
in your FM links? Your CD is, obviously, a different drive address, so links to 
C:\ aren't valid anymore or is the Attachments folder in the same relative 
position (c:\PDF-file\Attachments on the CD is E:\PDF-file and E:\Attachments, 
or some variant) to the FM->PDF file as it was on your system?

--- On Wed, 12/22/10, Tina Ricks  wrote:

From: Tina Ricks 
Subject: Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 11:41 PM

Hi everyone,



Frame version: 8.0p277

Adobe Acrobat Pro version: 8.2.5



I'm creating a giant PDF file (in Frame) of conference papers for a
professional conference. It will be burned on a CD. I have my giant PDF, and
I have a folder called Attachments. Inside the Attachments folder are a
whole load of PowerPoint Show files (.pps)



GiantPDF.pdf

Attachments

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Filename.pps

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Filename_2.pps



(etc. etc.)



In Frame, I created hyperlinks with this setting:



Special > Hypertext

Command: Message Client

Syntax box:

Message openfile Attachments/Filename.pps



(this seemed like the correct syntax for a relative pathname, based on
several internet resources)



On my computer, this works great. I can create my PDF, I can move my folder
structure elsewhere on my computer and things work. 



When I create a CD and take it to a different computer, my giant PDF can't
find the PPS files. Why?



All internal links within the PDF work fine.



What am I doing wrong?



Would love any assistance.



Tina Ricks

Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread Stuart Rogers 
On 23/12/2010 12:41 AM, Tina Ricks wrote:
> Hi everyone,

> Frame version: 8.0p277
>
> Adobe Acrobat Pro version: 8.2.5

> I'm creating a giant PDF file (in Frame) of conference papers for a
> professional conference. It will be burned on a CD. I have my giant PDF, and
> I have a folder called Attachments. Inside the Attachments folder are a
> whole load of PowerPoint Show files (.pps)

> GiantPDF.pdf
>
> Attachments
>
>  Filename.pps
>
>  Filename_2.pps

> (etc. etc.)

> In Frame, I created hyperlinks with this setting:

> Special>  Hypertext
>
> Command: Message Client
>
> Syntax box:
>
> Message openfile Attachments/Filename.pps
>
> (this seemed like the correct syntax for a relative pathname, based on
> several internet resources)

> On my computer, this works great. I can create my PDF, I can move my folder
> structure elsewhere on my computer and things work.

> When I create a CD and take it to a different computer, my giant PDF can't
> find the PPS files. Why?

> All internal links within the PDF work fine.

> What am I doing wrong?
>


Are the .fm files from which you create the GiantPDF located in the 
folder that contains the Attachments folder?  If not, FM may be 
substituting absolute paths.

-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3
Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com

Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread Art Campbell 
My first guess would be that there's something wrong on the computer
you're using to test...
Are you getting an error message, and if so, what?

Does your test computer(s) have PPT installed and the file association
is set properly?
I believe that Microsoft stopped using the PPS extension as a default
with Office 2007, so if a newer version of PPT is installed on your
test machine, it may not be mapping to PPT properly (I think 2007 and
2010 use ppsx -- for XML). So if the file association on your test
computer doesn't map .pps to Powerpoint, it may not open the target
file properly.

***
How are you creating the PDF, with SaveAs PDF or printing to the
Acrobat printer?

Art Campbell
 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com
? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358



On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Tina Ricks  wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> Frame version: 8.0p277
>
> Adobe Acrobat Pro version: 8.2.5
>
>
>
> I'm creating a giant PDF file (in Frame) of conference papers for a
> professional conference. It will be burned on a CD. I have my giant PDF, and
> I have a folder called Attachments. Inside the Attachments folder are a
> whole load of PowerPoint Show files (.pps)
>
>
>
> GiantPDF.pdf
>
> Attachments
>
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Filename.pps
>
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Filename_2.pps
>
>
>
> (etc. etc.)
>
>
>
> In Frame, I created hyperlinks with this setting:
>
>
>
> Special > Hypertext
>
> Command: Message Client
>
> Syntax box:
>
> Message openfile Attachments/Filename.pps
>
>
>
> (this seemed like the correct syntax for a relative pathname, based on
> several internet resources)
>
>
>
> On my computer, this works great. I can create my PDF, I can move my folder
> structure elsewhere on my computer and things work.
>
>
>
> When I create a CD and take it to a different computer, my giant PDF can't
> find the PPS files. Why?
>
>
>
> All internal links within the PDF work fine.
>
>
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
>
>
> Would love any assistance.
>
>
>
> Tina Ricks
>
>
>
>
>
> Tina Ricks | Managing Editor | Trial Guides
>
> Tina at trialguides dot com
>
> office: 503.531.3233
>
> cell: 503.890.5536
>
> http://www.trialguides.com 
>
>
>
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Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread Tina Ricks 
Hi everyone, and thanks for all the help. I'll see if I can answer some
questions:



The front end, the giant Frame book, is 600 pages of academic papers. It's
way more than a TOC. A handful of those papers (about 10) have associated
PowerPoint slides that are also included on the CD.



I don't think I have a complete path in my FM links, although I might. I can
take this structure (Giant PDF plus attachments folder) and move it to other
locations on my machine (USB drive, etc.) and the links work.



When I move the files, they are in the same relative location on Computer
#2.



If I click the attachments separately on Computer #2, they open. The .pps
file extension seems to work on Computer #2.



The whole construction (giant PDF and Attachments folder) works on Computer
#3. The links work from the PDF to the attachments.



Maybe this is some kind of odd technical issue with Computer #2. However.
since this is going on a CD that will be replicated for several thousand
conference attendees (many of which are strikingly non-technical) I need to
figure out why this works on some machines and not others.



Thanks so much.



Tina



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Tina at trialguides dot com

office: 503.531.3233

cell: 503.890.5536

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Multiple Master Fonts stop working in recent Windows XP update

2010-12-23 Thread Brad Anderson 
Framers,

Just ran across an issue with a client that is using multiple master fonts in 
his document.   They've worked wonderfully for 10+ years.   However, the most 
recent sent of updates for WIndows XP ends up killing the fonts.   ATM and 
FrameMaker cannot use the fonts and FrameMaker reports the fonts as missing.   
Thankfully, he's working in a VM environment.  If I rollback to the state prior 
to the windows updates, everything works fine.

Is anyone else seeing this issue?   Does anyone know which of the recent 
updates causes this to happen?  Worst case scenario is that we'll have to 
quarantine the VM and work inside of that and do all online work elsewhere.

Thanks,

Brad

Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread Tina Ricks 
Yup... my Frame files are in the same folder with my Attachments folder.

I was trying to think of ways for Acrobat and Frame NOT to create absolute
paths.

This is so weird, it works on System #1 and #3, but not on #2.


Tina Ricks | Managing Editor | Trial Guides
tina at trialguides.com
office: 503.531.3233
cell: 503.890.5536
http://www.trialguides.com

Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread Tina Ricks 
Hi everyone,

 

Frame version: 8.0p277

Adobe Acrobat Pro version: 8.2.5

 

I'm creating a giant PDF file (in Frame) of conference papers for a
professional conference. It will be burned on a CD. I have my giant PDF, and
I have a folder called Attachments. Inside the Attachments folder are a
whole load of PowerPoint Show files (.pps)

 

GiantPDF.pdf

Attachments

Filename.pps

Filename_2.pps

 

(etc. etc.)

 

In Frame, I created hyperlinks with this setting:

 

Special > Hypertext

Command: Message Client

Syntax box:

Message openfile Attachments/Filename.pps

 

(this seemed like the correct syntax for a relative pathname, based on
several internet resources)

 

On my computer, this works great. I can create my PDF, I can move my folder
structure elsewhere on my computer and things work. 

 

When I create a CD and take it to a different computer, my giant PDF can't
find the PPS files. Why?

 

All internal links within the PDF work fine.

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

Would love any assistance.

 

Tina Ricks

 

 

Tina Ricks | Managing Editor | Trial Guides

Tina at trialguides dot com

office: 503.531.3233

cell: 503.890.5536

http://www.trialguides.com  

 

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Re: Last paragraph in FM file cannot be modified

2010-12-23 Thread Chris Despopoulos 
This is so wierd, because this JUST happened to me last night.  Indeed, it's a 
Word document opened in Maker.  For my situation, it happened to the PGF that 
follows a text inset...  once in a table cell, so it was the last pgf in the 
flow, and another time in the middle of the document.

I found that if I inserted a bunch of pgfs in front of the dodgy one (hit 
return 
a few times), I could then modify the format for those pgfs.  Then, if I 
deledet 
up from the bad one, it took the formatting of the previous pgfs.  So that 
fixed 
the problem for me.

Very odd, and scary.  The usual MIF washing didn't have any effect.  I was 
scared that maybe the file was corrupt, but I think I can trust it.  Time will 
tell...



This has happened to me a few times. I've deleted the paragraph in  
MIF and it worked fine.

Pat Christenson

On Dec 20, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Roy Lewis wrote:

> FM8 running on Win XP.
>
> On some files that were converted from MSWord by an intern last  
> summer, I have noticed that the last paragraph in the fm file  
> cannot have its properties modified nor can the paragraph be  
> deleted. By modifing properties I mean that I cannot change the tag  
> name or any properties. It is like the paragraph itself is locked.
> Unfornately the properties of the tag are causing other issues in  
> the document dealing with header and footers.
> All I really want to do is to delete the paragraph, that would  
> solve the problem, but it cannot be deleted. Other parts of the  
> document can be easily edited without issue, it is just the very  
> last paragraph. The other odd behavior I see is that being the last  
> paragraph it is not showing the section sign text symbol like I  
> have seen in every other Framemaker file.
> I have tried Wash via MIF with no success.
> Does anyone have suggestions as to how this might have happened or  
> how I can go about fixing it?
> Thanks,
> Roy



  
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Re: Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread David Spreadbury 
Tina,
I wonder why you are using Frame to create the  front end, what sounds like a 
Table of Contents. Not that Frame isn't fully capable of ding it. Me, I would 
have created an HTML file of links.

But that aside, I wonder if you have the complete path, including drive letter, 
in your FM links? Your CD is, obviously, a different drive address, so links to 
C:\ aren't valid anymore or is the Attachments folder in the same relative 
position (c:\PDF-file\Attachments on the CD is E:\PDF-file and E:\Attachments, 
or some variant) to the FM->PDF file as it was on your system?

--- On Wed, 12/22/10, Tina Ricks  wrote:

From: Tina Ricks 
Subject: Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 11:41 PM

Hi everyone,

 

Frame version: 8.0p277

Adobe Acrobat Pro version: 8.2.5

 

I'm creating a giant PDF file (in Frame) of conference papers for a
professional conference. It will be burned on a CD. I have my giant PDF, and
I have a folder called Attachments. Inside the Attachments folder are a
whole load of PowerPoint Show files (.pps)

 

GiantPDF.pdf

Attachments

                Filename.pps

                Filename_2.pps

 

(etc. etc.)

 

In Frame, I created hyperlinks with this setting:

 

Special > Hypertext

Command: Message Client

Syntax box:

Message openfile Attachments/Filename.pps

 

(this seemed like the correct syntax for a relative pathname, based on
several internet resources)

 

On my computer, this works great. I can create my PDF, I can move my folder
structure elsewhere on my computer and things work. 

 

When I create a CD and take it to a different computer, my giant PDF can't
find the PPS files. Why?

 

All internal links within the PDF work fine.

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

Would love any assistance.

 

Tina Ricks
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Re: Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread Stuart Rogers 

On 23/12/2010 12:41 AM, Tina Ricks wrote:

Hi everyone,



Frame version: 8.0p277

Adobe Acrobat Pro version: 8.2.5



I'm creating a giant PDF file (in Frame) of conference papers for a
professional conference. It will be burned on a CD. I have my giant PDF, and
I have a folder called Attachments. Inside the Attachments folder are a
whole load of PowerPoint Show files (.pps)



GiantPDF.pdf

Attachments

 Filename.pps

 Filename_2.pps



(etc. etc.)



In Frame, I created hyperlinks with this setting:



Special>  Hypertext

Command: Message Client

Syntax box:

Message openfile Attachments/Filename.pps

(this seemed like the correct syntax for a relative pathname, based on
several internet resources)



On my computer, this works great. I can create my PDF, I can move my folder
structure elsewhere on my computer and things work.



When I create a CD and take it to a different computer, my giant PDF can't
find the PPS files. Why?



All internal links within the PDF work fine.



What am I doing wrong?




Are the .fm files from which you create the GiantPDF located in the 
folder that contains the Attachments folder?  If not, FM may be 
substituting absolute paths.


--
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3
Toronto, ON, Canada  M1W 3K5
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
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Re: Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread Art Campbell 
My first guess would be that there's something wrong on the computer
you're using to test...
Are you getting an error message, and if so, what?

Does your test computer(s) have PPT installed and the file association
is set properly?
I believe that Microsoft stopped using the PPS extension as a default
with Office 2007, so if a newer version of PPT is installed on your
test machine, it may not be mapping to PPT properly (I think 2007 and
2010 use ppsx -- for XML). So if the file association on your test
computer doesn't map .pps to Powerpoint, it may not open the target
file properly.

***
How are you creating the PDF, with SaveAs PDF or printing to the
Acrobat printer?

Art Campbell
               art.campb...@gmail.com
  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                                                      No disclaimers apply.
                                                               DoD 358



On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Tina Ricks  wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> Frame version: 8.0p277
>
> Adobe Acrobat Pro version: 8.2.5
>
>
>
> I'm creating a giant PDF file (in Frame) of conference papers for a
> professional conference. It will be burned on a CD. I have my giant PDF, and
> I have a folder called Attachments. Inside the Attachments folder are a
> whole load of PowerPoint Show files (.pps)
>
>
>
> GiantPDF.pdf
>
> Attachments
>
>                Filename.pps
>
>                Filename_2.pps
>
>
>
> (etc. etc.)
>
>
>
> In Frame, I created hyperlinks with this setting:
>
>
>
> Special > Hypertext
>
> Command: Message Client
>
> Syntax box:
>
> Message openfile Attachments/Filename.pps
>
>
>
> (this seemed like the correct syntax for a relative pathname, based on
> several internet resources)
>
>
>
> On my computer, this works great. I can create my PDF, I can move my folder
> structure elsewhere on my computer and things work.
>
>
>
> When I create a CD and take it to a different computer, my giant PDF can't
> find the PPS files. Why?
>
>
>
> All internal links within the PDF work fine.
>
>
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
>
>
> Would love any assistance.
>
>
>
> Tina Ricks
>
>
>
>
>
> Tina Ricks | Managing Editor | Trial Guides
>
> Tina at trialguides dot com
>
> office: 503.531.3233
>
> cell: 503.890.5536
>
> http://www.trialguides.com 
>
>
>
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RE: Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread Tina Ricks 
Hi everyone, and thanks for all the help. I'll see if I can answer some
questions:

 

The front end, the giant Frame book, is 600 pages of academic papers. It's
way more than a TOC. A handful of those papers (about 10) have associated
PowerPoint slides that are also included on the CD.

 

I don't think I have a complete path in my FM links, although I might. I can
take this structure (Giant PDF plus attachments folder) and move it to other
locations on my machine (USB drive, etc.) and the links work.

 

When I move the files, they are in the same relative location on Computer
#2.

 

If I click the attachments separately on Computer #2, they open. The .pps
file extension seems to work on Computer #2.

 

The whole construction (giant PDF and Attachments folder) works on Computer
#3. The links work from the PDF to the attachments.

 

Maybe this is some kind of odd technical issue with Computer #2. However.
since this is going on a CD that will be replicated for several thousand
conference attendees (many of which are strikingly non-technical) I need to
figure out why this works on some machines and not others.

 

Thanks so much.

 

Tina

 

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Tina at trialguides dot com

office: 503.531.3233

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Multiple Master Fonts stop working in recent Windows XP update

2010-12-23 Thread Brad Anderson 
Framers,

Just ran across an issue with a client that is using multiple master fonts in 
his document.   They've worked wonderfully for 10+ years.   However, the most 
recent sent of updates for WIndows XP ends up killing the fonts.   ATM and 
FrameMaker cannot use the fonts and FrameMaker reports the fonts as missing.   
Thankfully, he's working in a VM environment.  If I rollback to the state prior 
to the windows updates, everything works fine.

Is anyone else seeing this issue?   Does anyone know which of the recent 
updates causes this to happen?  Worst case scenario is that we'll have to 
quarantine the VM and work inside of that and do all online work elsewhere.

Thanks,

Brad


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RE: Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

2010-12-23 Thread Tina Ricks 
Yup... my Frame files are in the same folder with my Attachments folder.

I was trying to think of ways for Acrobat and Frame NOT to create absolute
paths.

This is so weird, it works on System #1 and #3, but not on #2.


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