Re: FrameMaker, PDFs, and accessibility
Requirement for document accessibility is that a document has a language specified as a property. Typically it is done at the document level (from File Properties>Advanced) or changed in a tag property (right-click>Properties>Language) if a specific tag language is different from the rest of the content. Acrobat PDF tags are limited, so "en-us" tag simply is not valid. Valid accessibility PDF tags are similar to HTML tags. If any other tags are used a Role Map needs to be updated in Acrobat, so that assistive software readers, such as JAWS can interpret tags resulting from conversion to PDF. Hope this helps, Urszula On September 12, 2013 at 6:51 PM Lynn Gold wrote: > I need to make accessible PDFs. I'm using FM 10. > > There are two things I need to do: > > 1. Have each heading be tagged "en-us". > 2. Have ALT tags for each graphics. > > The second item we've figured out (the Graphics->Options item), but how do > we do #1? > > Thanks, > > --Lynn Gold > Information Developer > IBM, San Jose, CA > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as urszulawither...@jetsetcom.net. > > Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/urszulawitherell%40jetsetcom.net > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Urszula Witherell | JetSet Communications, Inc. Adobe Certified Expert in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe FrameMaker Certified Technical Trainer (CompTIA) cell: 301.524.3165 www.jetsetcom.net | www.trainingonsite.com___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Inserting inline graphics
Have you actually done that? I tried a few years ago and the theory did not work in practice. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:35 PM, David Creamer wrote: > I could see where a custom font would be a problem if the job was not meant > for print or PDF. > However, one could use HTML font-includes for web-based help or embed the > font in an ePub. > Of course, that brings up other potential problems: such as having a > reasonably up-to-date browser or ePub reader > ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Version Control Suggestions
What was the advantage of doing that over using the .fm binaries? Or was it just that the system didn't support binaries? I've spent a lot of time poking around in MIF files troubleshooting problems, and I can't quite imagine doing a merge. It doesn't seem like a practical format for that kind of workflow. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Craig Ede wrote: > MIF is the Framemaker text format. RCS or any other revision control system > can be used to store revision histories of Framemaker documents stored in > MIF. I wouldn't expect it to be very efficient in terms of space. > > Companies I have worked with have routinely controlled FM documents in RCS > using scripts that utilized FM fmbatch to convert saved books to MIF check > them in and out of RCS. The time involved to run the scripts tiny, but the > storage use was large since MIFs are verbose and change many things beyond > the actual text in the document from save to save. > > Craig > > -Original Message- > From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:45 AM > To: Sonnenberg, Aryeh; framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Version Control Suggestions > > Not to my knowledge. To merge in a source-control system, the source files > must be in a text format, such as DocBook, DITA XML, or MadCap Flare's > proprietary XHTML. > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Sonnenberg, Aryeh > wrote: >> So, in the unstructured environment, there is no tool available for this? > > ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Inserting inline graphics
I don't think you quite understand. I'm documenting a complex plugin for Eclipse. I will only know which buttons I need in the text as I'm writing. To pull out the button icons from the entire product and convert them would be a huge job. What Frame needs is a way of defining frame 'tags'. These could be set up in the reference pages of a template, then applied to a frame. Also, pasting a bitmap into a selected frame should not result in the bitmap appearing outside the frame, in the centre of the display. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Creamer Sent: 12 September 2013 23:00 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Inserting inline graphics > As a workflow that would be simply impractical. You are right--manually inserting hundreds of graphics is better than setting up a character tag or table tag and changing a letter to show the desired button. I my mind, I see it easier to put all the buttons in one font (not one font per button). When typing, one could simply enter in a character for the button desired. David Creamer IDEAS Training http://www.ideastraining.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as alastair.d...@imgtec.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/alastair.dent%40imgtec.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Version Control Suggestions
MIF is the Framemaker text format. RCS or any other revision control system can be used to store revision histories of Framemaker documents stored in MIF. I wouldn't expect it to be very efficient in terms of space. Companies I have worked with have routinely controlled FM documents in RCS using scripts that utilized FM fmbatch to convert saved books to MIF check them in and out of RCS. The time involved to run the scripts tiny, but the storage use was large since MIFs are verbose and change many things beyond the actual text in the document from save to save. Craig -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:45 AM To: Sonnenberg, Aryeh; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Version Control Suggestions Not to my knowledge. To merge in a source-control system, the source files must be in a text format, such as DocBook, DITA XML, or MadCap Flare's proprietary XHTML. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Sonnenberg, Aryeh wrote: > So, in the unstructured environment, there is no tool available for this? ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FrameMaker, PDFs, and accessibility
Requirement for document accessibility is that a document has a language specified as a property. Typically it is done at the document level (from File Properties>Advanced) or changed in a tag property (right-click>Properties>Language) if a specific tag language is different from the rest of the content. Acrobat PDF tags are limited, so "en-us" tag simply is not valid. Valid accessibility PDF tags are similar to HTML tags. If any other tags are used a Role Map needs to be updated in Acrobat, so that assistive software readers, such as JAWS can interpret tags resulting from conversion to PDF. Hope this helps, Urszula On September 12, 2013 at 6:51 PM Lynn Gold wrote: > I need to make accessible PDFs. I'm using FM 10. > > There are two things I need to do: > > 1. Have each heading be tagged "en-us". > 2. Have ALT tags for each graphics. > > The second item we've figured out (the Graphics->Options item), but how do > we do #1? > > Thanks, > > --Lynn Gold > Information Developer > IBM, San Jose, CA > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as urszulawitherell at jetsetcom.net. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/urszulawitherell%40jetsetcom.net > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Urszula Witherell | JetSet Communications, Inc. Adobe Certified Expert in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe FrameMaker Certified Technical Trainer (CompTIA) cell: 301.524.3165 www.jetsetcom.net | www.trainingonsite.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130913/b2e86239/attachment.html>
JOB: Spirit is looking for Tech Writers
Spirit Airlines, headquartered in Miramar Florida (near Fort Lauderdale), is looking for Technical Writers. These are full time positions with benefits. Thanks in advance for anything you can do to help in identifying someone who may be interested in filling these positions. As a footnote, I believe the educational requirements are very flexible.they are primarily looking for someone with FrameMaker, and particularly XML, authoring experience. Please contact Sandy Saunders: sandy at lockedon.aero -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130913/bdc23c28/attachment.html>
Version Control Suggestions
MIF is the Framemaker text format. RCS or any other revision control system can be used to store revision histories of Framemaker documents stored in MIF. I wouldn't expect it to be very efficient in terms of space. Companies I have worked with have routinely controlled FM documents in RCS using scripts that utilized FM fmbatch to convert saved books to MIF check them in and out of RCS. The time involved to run the scripts tiny, but the storage use was large since MIFs are verbose and change many things beyond the actual text in the document from save to save. Craig -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:45 AM To: Sonnenberg, Aryeh; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Version Control Suggestions Not to my knowledge. To merge in a source-control system, the source files must be in a text format, such as DocBook, DITA XML, or MadCap Flare's proprietary XHTML. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Sonnenberg, Aryeh wrote: > So, in the unstructured environment, there is no tool available for this?
JOB: Spirit is looking for Tech Writers
Spirit Airlines, headquartered in Miramar Florida (near Fort Lauderdale), is looking for Technical Writers. These are full time positions with benefits. Thanks in advance for anything you can do to help in identifying someone who may be interested in filling these positions. As a footnote, I believe the educational requirements are very flexible.they are primarily looking for someone with FrameMaker, and particularly XML, authoring experience. Please contact Sandy Saunders: sa...@lockedon.aero ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Inserting inline graphics
Have you actually done that? I tried a few years ago and the theory did not work in practice. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:35 PM, David Creamer wrote: > I could see where a custom font would be a problem if the job was not meant > for print or PDF. > However, one could use HTML font-includes for web-based help or embed the > font in an ePub. > Of course, that brings up other potential problems: such as having a > reasonably up-to-date browser or ePub reader >
Re: Inserting inline graphics
I could see where a custom font would be a problem if the job was not meant for print or PDF. However, one could use HTML font-includes for web-based help or embed the font in an ePub. Of course, that brings up other potential problems: such as having a reasonably up-to-date browser or ePub reader Dave Creamer IDEAS Training Sent from my iPad ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Inserting inline graphics
I could see where a custom font would be a problem if the job was not meant for print or PDF. However, one could use HTML font-includes for web-based help or embed the font in an ePub. Of course, that brings up other potential problems: such as having a reasonably up-to-date browser or ePub reader Dave Creamer IDEAS Training Sent from my iPad
Version Control Suggestions
What was the advantage of doing that over using the .fm binaries? Or was it just that the system didn't support binaries? I've spent a lot of time poking around in MIF files troubleshooting problems, and I can't quite imagine doing a merge. It doesn't seem like a practical format for that kind of workflow. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Craig Ede wrote: > MIF is the Framemaker text format. RCS or any other revision control system > can be used to store revision histories of Framemaker documents stored in > MIF. I wouldn't expect it to be very efficient in terms of space. > > Companies I have worked with have routinely controlled FM documents in RCS > using scripts that utilized FM fmbatch to convert saved books to MIF check > them in and out of RCS. The time involved to run the scripts tiny, but the > storage use was large since MIFs are verbose and change many things beyond > the actual text in the document from save to save. > > Craig > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:45 AM > To: Sonnenberg, Aryeh; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Version Control Suggestions > > Not to my knowledge. To merge in a source-control system, the source files > must be in a text format, such as DocBook, DITA XML, or MadCap Flare's > proprietary XHTML. > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Sonnenberg, Aryeh > wrote: >> So, in the unstructured environment, there is no tool available for this? > >
Inserting inline graphics
I don't think you quite understand. I'm documenting a complex plugin for Eclipse. I will only know which buttons I need in the text as I'm writing. To pull out the button icons from the entire product and convert them would be a huge job. What Frame needs is a way of defining frame 'tags'. These could be set up in the reference pages of a template, then applied to a frame. Also, pasting a bitmap into a selected frame should not result in the bitmap appearing outside the frame, in the centre of the display. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Creamer Sent: 12 September 2013 23:00 To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Inserting inline graphics > As a workflow that would be simply impractical. You are right--manually inserting hundreds of graphics is better than setting up a character tag or table tag and changing a letter to show the desired button. I my mind, I see it easier to put all the buttons in one font (not one font per button). When typing, one could simply enter in a character for the button desired. David Creamer IDEAS Training http://www.ideastraining.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as alastair.dent at imgtec.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/alastair.dent%40imgtec.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
