RE: Cannot import graphics SOLVED
2015-01-26-01T14:40Z My thanks to Art Campbell for reminding me of the option to “Mifwash” the offending file, which resolved the problem. ¡Thanks, Art! Dave Stamm Information Engineer General Dynamics Mission Systems Integrated Logistics Engineering Services, Logistics Sec 1700 Magnavox Way, Suite 200 We'll hit your targets from here.™ Fort Wayne, Indiana 46804-1552; US tel: 260-434-9620 fax: 260.434.9501 / 9509 david.st...@gd-ms.commailto:dave.st...@gdc4s.com http://www.gd-ms.com/http://www.gdc4s.com/ This message and/or attachments may include information subject to GD Corporate Policies 07-103 and 07-105 and is intended to be accessed only by authorized recipients. Use, storage and transmission are governed by General Dynamics and its policies. Contractual restrictions apply to third parties. Recipients should refer to the policies or contract to determine proper handling. Unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the original message. From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] Sent: 2015-01-23-Fri 15:52 To: Stamm, David-P45904 Cc: FrameMaker user's list posting Subject: Re: Cannot import graphics What type of graphics? Have you checked your ownership / permissions of the graphics files? ___ Try saving the file to .mif to clean it up in case stray characters have corrupted it. Then open the .MIF and see what happens. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.commailto: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 I support www.TheGrotonLine.comhttp://www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA. On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Stamm, David david.st...@gd-ms.commailto:david.st...@gd-ms.com wrote: 2015-01-22-04T16:15Z Windows 7 Enterprise operating system Serviced pack 1 8.0 GB RAM 64-bit FrameMaker 12.0.3.424 Local administrator privileges Shortcut to FrameMaker encoded to run as administrator I cannot import graphics - by either reference or by copying - either into a table or not into a table - from either C:\ or from a network drive. The anchor for the imported file appears, but the graphic does not. I discovered this in a production file. The file is locked up so hard that I have to use Task Manager to force out. I have replicated this numerous times in both the production file and in new files freshly made from templates. I _can_ import files as text insets without problem, but _once_, I deleted the text inset, and the file locked up as it has with graphics. Conversely, if I use Windows Explorer to copy the graphic file or the text inset file and then paste it into the FrameMaker file, both the anchor and the graphic or the icon for the .fm file appear. A fellow employee running version 12.0.2.389 had no problem importing a graphic from a network drive via VPN. I've already reported this to the corporate service desk, but I've noticed no mentions on this list of such problems. ¿Any thoughts? Dave Stamm ___ 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: Scrolling pages issue
Au contraire. I don't believe the performance issues have anything to with either the JPEG image format or color rendering. I've been suffering with the same symptoms for eons and the only image formats I am linking to are either grayscale PDFs or grayscale TIFFs. If possible, we avoid using the JPEG format entirely for print production. I have tried LZW vs. non-LZW compression on TIFF images, but that does not appear to have an impact. One thing I have not done is to test whether embedding vs. linking improves the page-to-page rendering performance. Of course, embedding all images is NOT a viable solution. -Dan From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 3:53 AM To: d.d...@icpnewtech.com Cc: Framers; Vikram Verma Subject: Re: Scrolling pages issue Hi Dave, this is a 'well known' FrameMaker issue. It has to do with your image format (jpg?) and image color settings. We had similar issues with sRGB jpg images. Somehow FM has trouble translating the color information to screen presentation. You, and others experiencing the same, should report it to the FrameMaker development team (in cc) so they can do something about it for a next release. Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Wim Hooghwinkel Information Energyhttp://informationenergy.org, June 3 2015 Closing the loop with FontoXMLhttp://www.fontoxml.com DITA content management with DITAToohttp://www.ditatoo.com tel. +31652036811 Skype wimhooghwinkel Twitter @idtp @ien2013 i...@idtp.eumailto:i...@idtp.eu www.idtp.euhttp://www.idtp.eu ___ 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.
Acrobat X: Manually sending a Shared Review
Acrobat X doesn't support using a web-based email for sending Shared Review invitations. It does let you manually send invitations, but I've not been able to find actual instructions for how to do that. The situation is complicated by the fact that I am using WebDAV and a cloud storage service for collecting the review comments. I'm assuming that what you do is attach the review file to an email and send it on with whatever information is required, but you know what they say about assumptions. I'm also wondering what, if anything, will happen if a reviewer tried to open the folder Acrobat creates for storing comments on the cloud server. -- Lin Sims ___ 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: FrameMaker locks up SOLVED
2015-01-26-01T16:10Z My thanks to Art Campbell for reminding me of the option to Mifwash the offending file, which resolved the problem. ¡Thanks, Art! Dave Stamm -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stamm, David Sent: 2015-01-23-Fri 10:33 To: FrameMaker user's list posting Subject: FrameMaker locks up 2015-01-23-05T15:30Z Windows 7 Enterprise operating system Serviced pack 1 8.0 GB RAM 64-bit FrameMaker 12.0.3.424 unstructured Local administrator privileges Shortcut to FrameMaker encoded to run as administrator Yesterday, I posted about this problem under the subject, Cannot import graphics. Today, I experienced the lockup while using the Paragraph Designer pod (which I guess is the term) when the pod is part of a tab group (which I again guess is the term). In my layout of FrameMaker, I customarily have the tab group of the Character Catalog, Find/Change, Hypertext, Marker, and Paragraph Designer pods displayed in a tab group. Today, I had copied examples of two paragraph tags from a template and had pasted the examples into my production file. I had applied one of the newly-added paragraph tags where I wanted it. Then, in the tab group, on the Paragraph Designer pod, I chose the Apply button. It was then that I heard the ding that indicates that FrameMaker is locked up hard and that I'll have to use Task Manger to force it out of the system. My installation of FrameMaker was updated to the current version only a week or so ago. Because I have seen no other postings about this problem, I wonder whether there's a conflict between the latest update and my employer's security software that causes the problem. Although I've already reported this to the corporate service desk, I've had no response to that report. The contributors to this are my best source of help in such situations. ¿Any thoughts? Thanks, Dave Stamm ___ 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: Acrobat X: Manually sending a Shared Review
Hi Lin, if Acrobat does not recognize the email client (like when a web-based email is used), you cannot send the file specially prepared for the review, which means that you cannot use the email review process at all (as far as I understand it). You would not be able to store your PDF file in the specific format that is necessary for the workflow; e.g. to collect all comments in one final version at the end of one review cycle, Acrobat has to recognize the files as original or commented versions of one review process. (...I guess.) There are two other options for a workflow which is not email-based but server-based: 1) A server-path is available for all reviewers (could be WebDAV) 2) acrobat.com could be used as a server (Adobe ID required for setup) In both cases the reviewers would either work with the server copy, or work with local copies, where each comment is automatically transfered to the server copy. This way, all comments are visible immediately for all reviewers and can also be answered, which can be very useful (connection to server-path/internet must be available to publish the comments). This way, the comments do not have to be re-imported into the original version from all the different commented files. Best regards - Tino H. Haida. Berlin Lin Sims: Acrobat X doesn't support using a web-based email for sending Shared Review invitations. It does let you manually send invitations, but I've not been able to find actual instructions for how to do that. The situation is complicated by the fact that I am using WebDAV and a cloud storage service for collecting the review comments. I'm assuming that what you do is attach the review file to an email and send it on with whatever information is required, but you know what they say about assumptions. I'm also wondering what, if anything, will happen if a reviewer tried to open the folder Acrobat creates for storing comments on the cloud server. -- Lin Sims ___ 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: Acrobat X: Manually sending a Shared Review
I don't think that's entirely true, Tino. You can still do a email-based PDF review with an unsupported mail system, but it's not automatic and it probably won't be integrated back to the FrameMaker source (I don't know about this last because I've never tried it). The process involves exporting the comments from the PDF that each reviewer sends and then importing those comments into the master review PDF. Look in the Options menu for the Comments List section of the Comments tool palette (or whatevertheheck Adobe calls it...) for the Export All as Data File and Import Data File commands. Not ideal, but it works, particularly if you keep the master file up to date and in a shared location, and all the reviewers are good about grabbing the latest copy of the master file before starting to add their own comments. -Fred Ridder Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:50:17 +0100 From: i...@heiko-haida.de To: ljsims...@gmail.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Acrobat X: Manually sending a Shared Review Hi Lin, if Acrobat does not recognize the email client (like when a web-based email is used), you cannot send the file specially prepared for the review, which means that you cannot use the email review process at all (as far as I understand it). You would not be able to store your PDF file in the specific format that is necessary for the workflow; e.g. to collect all comments in one final version at the end of one review cycle, Acrobat has to recognize the files as original or commented versions of one review process. (...I guess.) There are two other options for a workflow which is not email-based but server-based: 1) A server-path is available for all reviewers (could be WebDAV) 2) acrobat.com could be used as a server (Adobe ID required for setup) In both cases the reviewers would either work with the server copy, or work with local copies, where each comment is automatically transfered to the server copy. This way, all comments are visible immediately for all reviewers and can also be answered, which can be very useful (connection to server-path/internet must be available to publish the comments). This way, the comments do not have to be re-imported into the original version from all the different commented files. Best regards - Tino H. Haida. Berlin Lin Sims: Acrobat X doesn't support using a web-based email for sending Shared Review invitations. It does let you manually send invitations, but I've not been able to find actual instructions for how to do that. The situation is complicated by the fact that I am using WebDAV and a cloud storage service for collecting the review comments. I'm assuming that what you do is attach the review file to an email and send it on with whatever information is required, but you know what they say about assumptions. I'm also wondering what, if anything, will happen if a reviewer tried to open the folder Acrobat creates for storing comments on the cloud server. -- Lin Sims ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as docu...@hotmail.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/docudoc%40hotmail.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.
FM Crashes after generating html
I am using FM10 10.0.2.419 fully patched, as part of TCS, on Windows 7, over a remote desktop connection to the PC where FM is loaded. The FM files are contained on a server which is possibly somewhere else again. I am doing a 'Save book as htm' operation, I have edited the BookHtml and BookHeading mapping tables in the first file in the book as per the manual, and got it all set up so it looks right. It is set to generate separate files at each chapter and Heading1. The operation goes right through the process, takes about 3 minutes, generates 170 html files. Then FM crashes with a message that is essentially 'FM crashed'. I've looked for the log files in AppData/Roaming in my user profile, and there is nothing for today's date - several log files for various previous hangs and crashes, but nothing relating to dates I've created html files and crashed. The html files all work well, I've been deleting the FM lock files en masse rather than opening FM and reset lock for each file. Any suggestions appreciated on how to stop FM crashing at end of html process. Cathy Giddens Quantity Surveyor [QV_logo] Phone: +64 21 268 5289 qvgroup.qv.co.nzhttp://www.qvgroup.qv.co.nz P Please consider the environment before printing this email This email message and any attachments contain information that is confidential and may be legally privileged. Quotable Value's consent to receive information electronically is not implied by the fact that you have received this email. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. The opinions expressed in this email are not necessarily those of Quotable Value. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ___ 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: FrameMaker becomes unresponsive while running the script for the 2nd time
Hi Bhavna, For this script I am not having any error while saving the book after first run or running the script for second time. Is this problem occurring for new book file also or just specific to a particular book file? If possible can you share the file with us? I am attaching a bit modified script to make it work on my side. Please see if this is correct. Thanks, Pawan Keshari FM Engineering I'm using Adobe Send. You can view Source1.jsx at: https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/5540cdda-71a3-40cc-b455-0b0cdde1eca3 From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bhavna Raghwani Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 1:51 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FrameMaker becomes unresponsive while running the script for the 2nd time Hi Framers,\ I am trying to run to traverse through the paragraph tags in the book files and check for a condition applied on them using the following script: var openedBook = app.ActiveBook //openBookFiles(openedBook) //savePdf(openedBook,bookFile + .pdf)\ var arr_ChapterIds=new Array(); var bookChapter=openedBook.FirstComponentInBook var chapterId = bookChapter.id var pgfText = null; var msg = null; var totalPgfs = 0; /* Calculating the number of chapters in the book */ while(chapterId) { var chapterId = bookChapter.id var chapterName = bookChapter.Name chapterId=openFile(chapterName) if(chapterId!=0 chapterId!=) { arr_ChapterIds.push(chapterId) } bookChapter = bookChapter.NextComponentInBook; chapterId = bookChapter.id; } // Err(arr_ChapterIds.length); /*Processing the tasks for each chapter*/ for(i=0; iarr_ChapterIds.length;i++) { var objcid=arr_ChapterIds[i]; cid=objcid.idhttp://objcid.id; cname=objcid.Name; /* Traversing through the paragraphs*/ var pgf = objcid.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf; while(pgf.ObjectValid() == true) { totalPgfs = totalPgfs + 1; var formatName = pgf.Name; var textRange = new TextRange(); textRange.beg.obj = pgf; textRange.beg.offset = 0; textRange.end.obj = pgf; textRange.end.offset = Constants.FV_OBJ_END_OFFSET; var textItems = objcid.GetTextForRange(textRange, Constants.FTI_String); if(textItems.length 0) { pgfText = textItems[0].sdata; if(pgfText.length 50) pgfText = pgfText.substring(0, 50); } else pgfText = (No text!); if(pgf.Name==Related_Topics textItems.length0) { Err (Related Topics tag is applied for:+pgfText+\n\n);} pgf = pgf.NextPgfInFlow; } var getChangeBarVal=objcid.AutoChangeBars; if (getChangeBarVal==1) Err(Change Bars are on for:+cname+\n\n); else Err(Change Bars are off for:+cname+\n\n); } function openFile(chapterName) { openProp = GetOpenDefaultParams() retParm = new PropVals() fileOpen=Open(chapterName,openProp,retParm) return fileOpen; } This script runs fine for the first time and displays the result on the FrameMaker console. However, here are the issues that I am facing: * After the execution is finished for the first time and as I try to save the book file, FrameMaker displays an error message * If I run the script the next time, FrameMaker becomes completely unresponsive needing a forced shutdown There are many paragraph tags that the script traverses through and probably stores in a variable. Therefore, I think it may be a memory issue. Can you please go through the script and help me in debugging the issue. Thanks. Regards, Bhavna ___ 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 becomes unresponsive while running the script for the 2nd time
Hi Framers,\ I am trying to run to traverse through the paragraph tags in the book files and check for a condition applied on them using the following script: var openedBook = app.ActiveBook //openBookFiles(openedBook) //savePdf(openedBook,bookFile + .pdf)\ var arr_ChapterIds=new Array(); var bookChapter=openedBook.FirstComponentInBook var chapterId = bookChapter.id var pgfText = null; var msg = null; var totalPgfs = 0; /* Calculating the number of chapters in the book */ while(chapterId) { var chapterId = bookChapter.id var chapterName = bookChapter.Name chapterId=openFile(chapterName) if(chapterId!=0 chapterId!=) { arr_ChapterIds.push(chapterId) } bookChapter = bookChapter.NextComponentInBook; chapterId = bookChapter.id; } // Err(arr_ChapterIds.length); /*Processing the tasks for each chapter*/ for(i=0; iarr_ChapterIds.length;i++) { var objcid=arr_ChapterIds[i]; cid=objcid.id; cname=objcid.Name; /* Traversing through the paragraphs*/ var pgf = objcid.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf; while(pgf.ObjectValid() == true) { totalPgfs = totalPgfs + 1; var formatName = pgf.Name; var textRange = new TextRange(); textRange.beg.obj = pgf; textRange.beg.offset = 0; textRange.end.obj = pgf; textRange.end.offset = Constants.FV_OBJ_END_OFFSET; var textItems = objcid.GetTextForRange(textRange, Constants.FTI_String); if(textItems.length 0) { pgfText = textItems[0].sdata; if(pgfText.length 50) pgfText = pgfText.substring(0, 50); } else pgfText = (No text!); if(pgf.Name==Related_Topics textItems.length0) { Err (Related Topics tag is applied for:+pgfText+\n\n);} pgf = pgf.NextPgfInFlow; } var getChangeBarVal=objcid.AutoChangeBars; if (getChangeBarVal==1) Err(Change Bars are on for:+cname+\n\n); else Err(Change Bars are off for:+cname+\n\n); } function openFile(chapterName) { openProp = GetOpenDefaultParams() retParm = new PropVals() fileOpen=Open(chapterName,openProp,retParm) return fileOpen; } This script runs fine for the first time and displays the result on the FrameMaker console. However, here are the issues that I am facing: - After the execution is finished for the first time and as I try to save the book file, FrameMaker displays an error message - If I run the script the next time, FrameMaker becomes completely unresponsive needing a forced shutdown There are many paragraph tags that the script traverses through and probably stores in a variable. Therefore, I think it may be a memory issue. Can you please go through the script and help me in debugging the issue. Thanks. Regards, Bhavna ___ 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: Acrobat X: Manually sending a Shared Review
Hi Fred, I was also thinking of the fact that Acrobat will use a PDF file with some modifications, like the comment function readied for Adobe Reader, not the original file. (This is a useful service and you would have to keep this in mind if your doing it without Acrobat.) But you are right, of course it is possible to share the file and start a review-cycle the old-fashioned way, only -- probably -- this will not be so effortless. To me, the server-based workflow seems to be better suited for a quick and efficient review than the email-based workflow. Best regards - Tino H. Haida, Berlin Fred Ridder: I don't think that's entirely true, Tino. You can still do a email-based PDF review with an unsupported mail system, but it's not automatic and it probably won't be integrated back to the FrameMaker source (I don't know about this last because I've never tried it). The process involves exporting the comments from the PDF that each reviewer sends and then importing those comments into the master review PDF. Look in the Options menu for the Comments List section of the Comments tool palette (or whatevertheheck Adobe calls it...) for the Export All as Data File and Import Data File commands. Not ideal, but it works, particularly if you keep the master file up to date and in a shared location, and all the reviewers are good about grabbing the latest copy of the master file before starting to add their own comments. -Fred Ridder - Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:50:17 +0100 From: i...@heiko-haida.de To: ljsims...@gmail.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Acrobat X: Manually sending a Shared Review Hi Lin, if Acrobat does not recognize the email client (like when a web-based email is used), you cannot send the file specially prepared for the review, which means that you cannot use the email review process at all (as far as I understand it). You would not be able to store your PDF file in the specific format that is necessary for the workflow; e.g. to collect all comments in one final version at the end of one review cycle, Acrobat has to recognize the files as original or commented versions of one review process. (...I guess.) There are two other options for a workflow which is not email-based but server-based: 1) A server-path is available for all reviewers (could be WebDAV) 2) acrobat.com could be used as a server (Adobe ID required for setup) In both cases the reviewers would either work with the server copy, or work with local copies, where each comment is automatically transfered to the server copy. This way, all comments are visible immediately for all reviewers and can also be answered, which can be very useful (connection to server-path/internet must be available to publish the comments). This way, the comments do not have to be re-imported into the original version from all the different commented files. Best regards - Tino H. Haida. Berlin Lin Sims: Acrobat X doesn't support using a web-based email for sending Shared Review invitations. It does let you manually send invitations, but I've not been able to find actual instructions for how to do that. The situation is complicated by the fact that I am using WebDAV and a cloud storage service for collecting the review comments. I'm assuming that what you do is attach the review file to an email and send it on with whatever information is required, but you know what they say about assumptions. I'm also wondering what, if anything, will happen if a reviewer tried to open the folder Acrobat creates for storing comments on the cloud server. -- Lin Sims ___ 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.
Acrobat Shared Review question (date extention)
Question, not really FM-related, but there does not seem to be an easily-Googled answer... Once a review has completed, is there any way to extend the review date, or do I have to reissue a new document? Grant Frustrated in CO. ___ 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: Acrobat X: Manually sending a Shared Review
When you do a server-based shared review, each reviewer's comments are actually stored separate from the review PDF, in separate XML files that are somehow linked to the PDF document. That’s why you can have multiple reviewers reviewing and marking up the document at the same time. If you use the option to save an archive copy of the file, the comments existing at the moment are all flattened into the PDF file that is saved, as regular PDF-based comments and markup. Not sure how that's handled with email-distributed review copies going to reviewers who don't have access to the server where all the XML files are stored. -- garyZ From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Heiko Haida Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: Fred Ridder Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Acrobat X: Manually sending a Shared Review Hi Fred, I was also thinking of the fact that Acrobat will use a PDF file with some modifications, like the comment function readied for Adobe Reader, not the original file. (This is a useful service and you would have to keep this in mind if your doing it without Acrobat.) But you are right, of course it is possible to share the file and start a review-cycle the old-fashioned way, only -- probably -- this will not be so effortless. To me, the server-based workflow seems to be better suited for a quick and efficient review than the email-based workflow. Best regards - Tino H. Haida, Berlin Fred Ridder: I don't think that's entirely true, Tino. You can still do a email-based PDF review with an unsupported mail system, but it's not automatic and it probably won't be integrated back to the FrameMaker source (I don't know about this last because I've never tried it). The process involves exporting the comments from the PDF that each reviewer sends and then importing those comments into the master review PDF. Look in the Options menu for the Comments List section of the Comments tool palette (or whatevertheheck Adobe calls it...) for the Export All as Data File and Import Data File commands. Not ideal, but it works, particularly if you keep the master file up to date and in a shared location, and all the reviewers are good about grabbing the latest copy of the master file before starting to add their own comments. -Fred Ridder Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:50:17 +0100 From: i...@heiko-haida.demailto:i...@heiko-haida.de To: ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com; framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Acrobat X: Manually sending a Shared Review Hi Lin, if Acrobat does not recognize the email client (like when a web-based email is used), you cannot send the file specially prepared for the review, which means that you cannot use the email review process at all (as far as I understand it). You would not be able to store your PDF file in the specific format that is necessary for the workflow; e.g. to collect all comments in one final version at the end of one review cycle, Acrobat has to recognize the files as original or commented versions of one review process. (...I guess.) There are two other options for a workflow which is not email-based but server-based: 1) A server-path is available for all reviewers (could be WebDAV) 2) acrobat.com could be used as a server (Adobe ID required for setup) In both cases the reviewers would either work with the server copy, or work with local copies, where each comment is automatically transfered to the server copy. This way, all comments are visible immediately for all reviewers and can also be answered, which can be very useful (connection to server-path/internet must be available to publish the comments). This way, the comments do not have to be re-imported into the original version from all the different commented files. Best regards - Tino H. Haida. Berlin Lin Sims: Acrobat X doesn't support using a web-based email for sending Shared Review invitations. It does let you manually send invitations, but I've not been able to find actual instructions for how to do that. The situation is complicated by the fact that I am using WebDAV and a cloud storage service for collecting the review comments. I'm assuming that what you do is attach the review file to an email and send it on with whatever information is required, but you know what they say about assumptions. I'm also wondering what, if anything, will happen if a reviewer tried to open the folder Acrobat creates for storing comments on the cloud server. -- Lin Sims ___ 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