OT: Frame & Voice to Text software
Technology, such as ergonomic keyboards and voice software is great, but the root of these injuries are inefficient movement organization and that is something that can be improved. Improving the quality of your movement can keep you healthy. In my practice, I see many injured high tech workers. Carpal tunnel syndrome, frozen shoulder, throracic outlet syndrome, and many other injuries that are rampant among hi-tech workers are all subsets of the same injury - RSI (Repetitive Stress Injuries). It is generally believed that these injuries are caused by overuse of the body parts involved (digits, muscles, tendons, ligaments, etc). Yes, we push ourselves to meet deadlines and ignore our bodies that are screaming out in protest. However, our bodies would scream a lot less with improved movement organization. Prophylactic measures are much better than trying to rehabilitate injuries. The Feldenkrais Method is a method of somatic re-education that opens the door to deeper understanding of your personal movement patterns and how they support you or lead you to injury. Participating in Feldenkrais Method lessons boosts your self awareness, by expanding the movement options available to the central nervous system. You learn to recognize signs of discomfort (long before any serious damage is done) and how to re-organize the way you use your body at the computer. So, those of you who want to avoid work related injury or, if you are already injured, alleviate pains and improve your condition, I recommend that you join a Feldenkrais Method class in your area or arrange private lessons with a qualified practitioner. To find a Feldenkrais Method practitioner and classes try this link: http://feldenkrais-method.org/node/580. This web page has links to Feldenkrais Guilds listed by countries. "Nothing is permanent about our behavior patterns except our belief that they are so." (Moshe Feldenkrais) "Focus on your difficulties and you have difficulties for life." (Moshe Feldenkrais) I wish you all a safe, healthy, and productive day, Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com
Placing icons in side heads
FM 7.0 ; Windows XP In one of our products, users can choose between 2 programming syntaxes. Until now we have produced 2 different versions of the Reference Guide (using conditional text). We now want to produce 1 book that includes both syntaxes. The files use side heads. I want to construct soemthing like this: Syntax A icon (in sidehead)To tie shoelaces 1. 2. To untie shoelaces 1. 2. Syntax B icon (in sidehead)To tie shoelaces 1. 2. To untie shoelaces 1. 2. Questions: 1. How do I get those icons into the sideheads? 2. How do I make sure that they automatically line up with the procedure title pgf? TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com
Not receiving the digest
Hello good people, My hard disk dropped dead this week and I now have a new computer. I lost all my archived e-mail stuff and, also, I am no longer receiving the Frame Users digest. How do I get re-instated? TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com
new computer woes
Good morning all you mavens, I just got a new computer a work. this is a good thing. However, the usual niggly frustrations have reared their ugly little heads. So I need some guidance. I am using FrameMaker 7.0 After last computer changer and much hard work, I got the scroll wheel to scroll in FM, now it doesn't. Before I get lots of e-mails sending me to a very old logitech driver, I tried that last time and the driver does not support all the buttons on my mouse. I honestly do not remember how I solved the problem last time. Help! Every time I try to open a document (and I am a lone writer with no file sharing with anyone and in fact I open docs from my local hard disk) I get a dialog Cannot Lock File - that informs me that FM cannot lock the file for my use. If I continue and open the file, it is impossible to simply save it, have to do Save As. I unchecked the box for Enable workgroup functionality (File>Preferences>Workgroup). Help! I have not seen the annoying Missing Fonts message for years. Now it is back. I unchecked the Remember Missing Fonts box , but to no avail. Help! TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What I'm after isn't flexible bodies, but flexible brains. What I'm after is to restore each person to their human dignity." Moshe Feldenkrais
New computer woes cont'd
Sorry guys, didn't include vital information I am on Windows XP. Actually the Can't Lock File For Your Use problem is huger than appeared. FM won't even let me do Save As. I tried the Save As strategy and get the same Cannot Lock File dialog again. Help! Help! Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What I'm after isn't flexible bodies, but flexible brains. What I'm after is to restore each person to their human dignity." Moshe Feldenkrais
Can't open files - FM crashes!
FM 7.0 Windows XP Everything worked fine yesterday. Suddenly I cannot open any of my FM files. I get an Internal Error message and FM creates an error log. Sometime this error message appears after opening a few files in a book and sometimes when I open just one file. What to do? Actually IT did fool around with my computer last night. What to do? HELP! TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com
Cross reference formats
Good week to all! I want to have an xref format that looks like this: (see, Figure #) this is the xref format that I wrote: (see, \'<$paranum>?)\ This is what I get in the doc: (see, "Figure 55:') - although you cannot really see it here, the first quotation marks are double & curly and the second one is single and curly - Why? If I do not use the quotation marks I only see (). And where did the colon after the fig # come from? Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com
Cross reference formats
Thanks Rick, Fred, and Shlomo! Leah -Original Message- From: Shlomo Perets [mailto:shlo...@microtype.com] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 20:52 To: leah at compulite.com Cc: framers at frameusers.com Subject: Re: Cross reference formats Adding to Rick Quatro's reply: Also consider using instead of , as this makes the cross-reference format definitions shorter and easier to see (eg minimize horizontal scrolling). [this also applies to variables] Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
new computer woes
Good morning all you mavens, I just got a new computer a work. this is a good thing. However, the usual niggly frustrations have reared their ugly little heads. So I need some guidance. I am using FrameMaker 7.0 After last computer changer and much hard work, I got the scroll wheel to scroll in FM, now it doesn't. Before I get lots of e-mails sending me to a very old logitech driver, I tried that last time and the driver does not support all the buttons on my mouse. I honestly do not remember how I solved the problem last time. Help! Every time I try to open a document (and I am a lone writer with no file sharing with anyone and in fact I open docs from my local hard disk) I get a dialog Cannot Lock File - that informs me that FM cannot lock the file for my use. If I continue and open the file, it is impossible to simply save it, have to do Save As. I unchecked the box for Enable workgroup functionality (File>Preferences>Workgroup). Help! I have not seen the annoying Missing Fonts message for years. Now it is back. I unchecked the Remember Missing Fonts box , but to no avail. Help! TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What I'm after isn't flexible bodies, but flexible brains. What I'm after is to restore each person to their human dignity." Moshe Feldenkrais ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
New computer woes cont'd
Sorry guys, didn't include vital information I am on Windows XP. Actually the Can't Lock File For Your Use problem is huger than appeared. FM won't even let me do Save As. I tried the Save As strategy and get the same Cannot Lock File dialog again. Help! Help! Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What I'm after isn't flexible bodies, but flexible brains. What I'm after is to restore each person to their human dignity." Moshe Feldenkrais ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Cross reference formats
Good week to all! I want to have an xref format that looks like this: (see, Figure #) this is the xref format that I wrote: (see, \'<$paranum>)\ This is what I get in the doc: (see, "Figure 55:') - although you cannot really see it here, the first quotation marks are double & curly and the second one is single and curly - Why? If I do not use the quotation marks I only see (). And where did the colon after the fig # come from? Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Cross reference formats
Thanks Rick, Fred, and Shlomo! Leah -Original Message- From: Shlomo Perets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 20:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cross reference formats Adding to Rick Quatro's reply: Also consider using instead of , as this makes the cross-reference format definitions shorter and easier to see (eg minimize horizontal scrolling). [this also applies to variables] Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Can't open files - FM crashes!
FM 7.0 Windows XP Everything worked fine yesterday. Suddenly I cannot open any of my FM files. I get an Internal Error message and FM creates an error log. Sometime this error message appears after opening a few files in a book and sometimes when I open just one file. What to do? Actually IT did fool around with my computer last night. What to do? HELP! TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Placing icons in side heads
FM 7.0 ; Windows XP In one of our products, users can choose between 2 programming syntaxes. Until now we have produced 2 different versions of the Reference Guide (using conditional text). We now want to produce 1 book that includes both syntaxes. The files use side heads. I want to construct soemthing like this: Syntax A icon (in sidehead)To tie shoelaces 1. 2. To untie shoelaces 1. 2. Syntax B icon (in sidehead)To tie shoelaces 1. 2. To untie shoelaces 1. 2. Questions: 1. How do I get those icons into the sideheads? 2. How do I make sure that they automatically line up with the procedure title pgf? TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner l...@compulite.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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: OT: Frame & Voice to Text software
Technology, such as ergonomic keyboards and voice software is great, but the root of these injuries are inefficient movement organization and that is something that can be improved. Improving the quality of your movement can keep you healthy. In my practice, I see many injured high tech workers. Carpal tunnel syndrome, frozen shoulder, throracic outlet syndrome, and many other injuries that are rampant among hi-tech workers are all subsets of the same injury - RSI (Repetitive Stress Injuries). It is generally believed that these injuries are caused by overuse of the body parts involved (digits, muscles, tendons, ligaments, etc). Yes, we push ourselves to meet deadlines and ignore our bodies that are screaming out in protest. However, our bodies would scream a lot less with improved movement organization. Prophylactic measures are much better than trying to rehabilitate injuries. The Feldenkrais Method is a method of somatic re-education that opens the door to deeper understanding of your personal movement patterns and how they support you or lead you to injury. Participating in Feldenkrais Method lessons boosts your self awareness, by expanding the movement options available to the central nervous system. You learn to recognize signs of discomfort (long before any serious damage is done) and how to re-organize the way you use your body at the computer. So, those of you who want to avoid work related injury or, if you are already injured, alleviate pains and improve your condition, I recommend that you join a Feldenkrais Method class in your area or arrange private lessons with a qualified practitioner. To find a Feldenkrais Method practitioner and classes try this link: http://feldenkrais-method.org/node/580. This web page has links to Feldenkrais Guilds listed by countries. "Nothing is permanent about our behavior patterns except our belief that they are so." (Moshe Feldenkrais) "Focus on your difficulties and you have difficulties for life." (Moshe Feldenkrais) I wish you all a safe, healthy, and productive day, Leah Smaller Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner l...@compulite.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Easy on the eyes
Kevin, You wrote: "Most of the time I spend actually staring at the screen (with no breaks) is in Frame..." Well, there is nothing that will help you here, not color schemes, not lighting, not anything. Although using a small fan to encourage blinking is a clever idea. The only thing that will prevent discomfort and avoid potential injury (yes, injury!) is taking a break! possible injuries: reduced vision acuity, neck injuries, migraines, chronic tiredness, TMJ, and more. If it is difficult for you to tear yourself away from the screen, install a break timer on your computer ( I have used Ergotimer by Tropical Software for years). It doesn't have to be a long break - just a break. Some break suggestions: 1. Look away from your screen and focus on a pont as far away as possible (if you have a window look towards the horizon). 2. Cover your eyes with your hands so no light penetrates - do this in a way so your hands and shoulders avn elbows can be soft and relaxed. Close your eyes and gently move them right and center. After doing that a few times, gently move them left and back to center. Then alternate taking your eyes gently right and left. 3. Sit centered on your chair with your feet on the floor. Gently turn your head right as far as it will go comfortably and take your eyes along with your head. Do this a few times. Then when you turn your head gently and slowly right, take your eyes opposite - to the left. This will be a much smaller movement of the head. Be careful not to strain your eyes or neck. Do only what is in your comfort range. ATTENTION: Range of comfort does NOT mean as far as you can go!!! It means only as far as is completely comfortable. Repeat this to the left, taking your head and eyes left a few times and then your head left and eyes right. Gently turn your head right and left taking your eyes to the same direction. YOU are responsible for your own health. Take breaks, so you can work injury free. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com ?Focus on your difficulties and you have difficulties for life.? - Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais
creating a rotated master page
This question is for Framemaker 7.0 I want to create a rotated page (to accomodate a large table) in a document that uses side heads. I also want the header and footers to appear in their usual position, so only the text frame is rotated. I do not want the roated page to have side heads. so, first i tried this: Format > Page Layout > New Master Page. Here I can only create a new master page based on the current page's layout (which of course has side heads). I tried this and then I could not find a way to get rid of the side heads. Then I looked in FM help. It told me that to create an empty master page, go to Special > Add Master Page. Well, Add Master Page does not appear in the Special menu! How do I do what I want: a rotated page, no side heads, using the headers and footers of the unroated pages? TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
rotated page - success!
Between being a good autodidact and the generous advice from list members. I now have exactly the look I wanted. Thanks to all who replied. Have a good week, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
This document uses unavailable languages
A conundrum: I copied a document that has been in use for some time, changed the page layout in the usual ways and saved the document, intending to use it as a template. When I try to create a new document, based on this template (File>New>Document> select template file), I get this warning: This document uses unavailable languages. OK to proceed? FM will assig;n the default language to text that uses unavailable languages. I am using FM 7.0 on Windows XP. I work in English only. My machine is Hebrew enabled, but never use Hebrew - my keyboard doesn't even have Hebrew keycaps. Why is this message appearing? What do I do about it? TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
unavailable languages messages - cont'd
In reply to Ann Zdunczyk - Ann, I tried to reply directly to you, but the mail bounces back. So, here is my answer to your question: I created this file by open an old file that I have used many many times on this machine. The original file was a 2-sided cover page, where page 1 contains the name of the product (I use a variable), a graphic in an anchored frame, and company contact info, page 2 is boilerplate text - in short nothing complicated. I then deleted deleted the grahpic (but left the anchored frame as a place holder and put a text box in the anchored frame and typed "place pic of product here") , changed the variable text, and saved in FM's templates folder. > > Now, each time I open this file, I get that "unknown languages" message Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Generating List of Tables
Good morning list members, FM 7.0. The generated list of tables shows the table title and the page # where the table can be found. The table title pgf uses autonumbering (Table 1, Table 2, etc). I want the table # to also appear in the LOT. How can this be done. TIA & have a good week, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Strange behavior when opening frop down lists in dialog boxes
Good morning all, FM 7.0 Windows XP This strange thing is happening in dialog boxes. I wonder if it has always been this way (not logical) and I never noticed or this is some new. weird, skewed behavior. When first opening a dialog (for instance, the Character Designer) it takes more than one click on an arrow to open a drop down list (the font list, for instance). In fact, in fact it takes about 3 clicks: Click 1 - nothing happens Click 2 - the field is now in focus Click 3 - drop down list, well...drops down. After this intial 3 click process, any other drop down menu in the dialog box opens with the normal one click. As long as the dialog box stays open the 3 click operation does not return. However, after closing the dialog box and opening it again, 3 clicks to open a drop down list are necessary. This, of course, slows down the work pace and it is a pity to add extraneous mouse clicks to over worked hands. Any guesses as how to take care of this annoying problem? Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Solved! Strange behavior when open drop down lists
Solved! Using the 'Windows Classic' theme display in Windows XP causes this behavior. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Strange behavior...Solved
It is interesting that I received many replies that lead to the solution - do not use the Windows Classic display scheme . Most replies contained the caveat - "The XP display scheme is ugly, annoying, childish.." and some people even said that they prefer to click more and not have to endure the aesthetically offensive XP display. I would like to post my reply to this caveat to the list: Each to his/her own... Although it is worthwhile considering that extra clicks mean extra wear and tear on our hands - the muscles, tendons, and nerves. Our work places us at high risk for RSI and we should do everything to minimize this risk - even compromise our aesthetics. I wish you happy, healthy, and productive computing. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
unresolved xref and making master pages stick
Good morning all, 1. I get an unresolved x-ref message for 1 file when opening the 35 files in the book. I can't find this unresolved xref and I have tested every xref in the chapter. Unresolved xref error does not appear in the Error log when updating the book. When generating chm files in WWPro for FM the same error message appears. What gives? Why can't I find this elusive xref? 2. I have applied a left and right, 2 column master page to two consecutive pages in the middle of a document. (thank you Richard Coombs for all your help in making it look right). I want only these 2 pages (with special information) to use these master pages. However, if the pagination changes the 2 col layout gets applied to the wrong page. How do I attach the 2 col layout to only the designated pages? Have a good week, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
different page numbering for the same files
Good day mavins, I have 2 books where book 1 uses files 1 - 10 and book 2 uses some of the same files (let's say files 5 - 7). I want to set up the books (files) so that in book 1 all the pages are numbered consecutively, starting from page 1 in file 1. Thus the first page in file 5 will be, for instance, page 35. I also want the pages in book 2 to start from 1; here file 5 needs to start at page 1. How can I set up the numbering so this happens automatically and the page number in files 5 - 7 are appropriate in each book without requiring human intervention. TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
including automatic numbering in cross references and TOC entries
Good day to all, The procedure titles in our doucmentation all being with"To" (example: To build a new device"), "To" being a pgf autonumber. When I try to use the titles in an xref or an index entry, they appear without the "To". How can I tell FM to include the autonumber "To"? TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Overrides
Being compulsive and also having had an excellent trainer (Sholom Peretz), I never use manual overrides for formatting. But I have noticed that when the last word (right before the pilcrow) has a special character format, the pgf name is shown with an asterisk . This asterisk, of course, signifies a format override for that specific paragraph. If I leave a blank space between the last word and the pilcrow, the asterisk does not appear. Why does this issue bother me ? 1) I don't like a perfectly good pgf, with no overrides, displayed as if there are overrides. 2) Leaving a blank space between the character formatted word and the pilcrow is not a good workaround because spell checker picks it up as "extra space" and that adds many more mouse clicks to the workday. Comments? Solutions? Have a good week, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Overrides
As always, this list is great. Thanks to all who responded with interesting explanations and suggestions. I also found that extraneous spaces before pilcrows caused mischief in the generated TOC and other paging issues. But now I actually have a way to easily get rid of those faux override asterisks: when the document is finished, import formats from current (doc). All those misleading little asterisks disappear. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Framemaker crashing when printing to ps file
Good morning list people, FM 7.0 Acrobat 5.0 I usually print our Users Guides to ps file and then distill with Acrobat Distiller to get a pdf file. Always works - except today... Framemaker froze after I clicked Print in the print dialog. No error message was generated; nothing indicated that FM was stuck. This happened with a book file that I have pdf-ed may times in the past. I had only added a little bit of text to this book and updated to regenerate the ToC & Index. SoI restarted my computer, tried again, same thing happened. I did find a work around: Save as pdf! (it worked fine) Can there be something in this particular file that is causing FM to crash? Just before this happened, I printed to a ps file & distilled and it worked fine. TIA Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Framemaker uses
I use Framemaker to write my Feldenkrais ATM (Awareness Through Movement) lessons. I actually tried to write the lessons in MSWord, but the numbering always got loused up. The numbering is actually complicated. The lessons generally consist of 8 main steps and each step has sub-steps. I number them 1, a, b, c, 2 , a, betc. This probably sounds simple - easy peasy, use autonumbering, but many times a step can be repeated (once on the left and once on the right). So, I used pgfs for the numbering the main steps and it is wonderful. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Burning eyes (was look and feel)
Frank wrote: "Now I know why my eyes burn at the end of the day..its those damned rays!" Do not blame the rays. To avoid burning eye syndrome, it is very important to follow a few basic rules. 1. Remember to blink. This sounds like a no-brainer, but studies have shown that we tend not to blink when looking at the monitor (this includes kids who play computer games). 2. Build micro breaks into your work day. Use your micro breaks to look away from your screen and focus on some point in the distance. If you are lucky enough to have a windw and a horizon, look at the horizon for a few minutes or do some other task like WC break, making coffee, filing, neatening up your workspace. 3. Perform some simple eye exercises. Remember - you are responsible for your own health. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
MS Word numbering
Deirdre, Doens't renaming Word's default Heading# styles just to accomodate hinky numbering kind of defeat the purpose of using the default headings to easily generate TOCs and using outline view (well, that is one thing that is missing in FM!)? Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Table Continuation variable in table title
Good day all, I want to update a table format to include the Table continuation variable in the table title, so it is always there when I insert this type of table. I cannot seem to discover how to do this. I know that someone out there has the answer TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
another table question
Is it possible to include text for heading rows in the table format? TIA again, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
another table question or automatic text in a heading row
I was hoping to avoid this solution, but if ya gotta, ya gotta. And guess what - there is a gotcha. One of the columns is narrow, so the 2 word text wraps around. When these 2 words are the autonumber value, they do not wrap around. They are squeezed onto one line and the second work overlays the first word! Any suggestions? FYI, I tried putting \t between the words in the autonumber field - no go. - Original Message - From: "Art Campbell" To: "Leah Smaller" Cc: "Frame Users" Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 13:26 Subject: Re: another table question > Not automatically generated words controlled directly by the table format, > no. > > However, you can set up a series of paragraph tags, one for each > column, and add text to each one's Autonumbering field. If the tag is > in the correct Heading Cell, the text will be too. > > In most cases, if you create a table, set it up with the correct tags > in the correct columns, and then open and save the settings in Table > Designer, the next time you create a table, the tags should show up as > the default setup. I haven't tested this with multiple different tags, > though, just with one tag in each column. But that's the way I'd try > to automate it. Worst case is that you'd have to change a couple tags > after you create the table. > > And, if you have FrameScript, you could also do the automatic words > with a script. > > Art > > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Leah Smaller wrote: >> Is it possible to include text for heading rows in the table format? >> >> TIA again, >> Leah Smaller >> Technical Communicator >> Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner >> leah at compulite.com >> >> "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own >> discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) >> ___ >> > > > -- > 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
booklets
We also use the printer capabilites to produce booklets. We have run into one snag. The original FM files were produced for printing on A4 size paper and body text font size is TNR 10 pt. (of course, all other font sizes - headings, etc. - are extrapolated from the body text). The printer scales the content for booklet printing, so the text comes out pretty small. Our workaround was to modify the document using larger fonts (TNR 14 pt for Body pgf). Would adjusting the printers Enlarge setting solve the problem and obviate modifying all the docs destined for booklet printing? Or is there some other way around this? Good day to all, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) > > This is *much* easier done at the printer than in software of any kind. > Modern professional printer drivers know how to paginate booklets (or > "signatures"), thus there isn't much sense in doing it in software > unless you are printing at home. > > If you ARE printing at home, other respondents have suggested > inexpensive software. I used BlueSquirrel's software in a production > environment at one point---once you get the template down it is rock > solid. > > Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: >> Hey >> >> Is there a plugin which enables to create a booklet with Framemaker. I >> am thinking of a function where for example page 1 and page 62 is >> printed on one side of the paper and page 2 and page 61 on the other >> side of the paper. >> > > >
booklets
Thaks for you answer Fred. I share your opinion and that is how I organized things is the past. However, one of the parameters has changed. Previously we printed on B5 size paper that was then bound in a spiral binder. I used my usual template, which is suitable for printing on all paper sizes, to crate a template with a page layout and table formats suitable for the smaller size page. Our standard paper is A4. The problem arose when it was decided (and the decider was not me) that instead of printing on special size paper, the short documents would printed on A4 in booklet format held together by staples in the fold. This is when the font size bcame an issue. Leah - Original Message - From: Fred Ridder To: Leah Smaller ; framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 14:32 Subject: RE: booklets Leah Smaller wrote: > We also use the printer capabilites to produce booklets. We have run into > one snag. > The original FM files were produced for printing on A4 size paper and body > text font size is TNR 10 pt. (of course, all other font sizes - headings, > etc. - are extrapolated from the body text). > The printer scales the content for booklet printing, so the text comes out > pretty small. Our workaround was to modify the document using larger fonts > (TNR 14 pt for Body pgf). > > Would adjusting the printers Enlarge setting solve the problem and obviate > modifying all the docs destined for booklet printing? Or is there some other > way around this? The most direct approach is to take advantage of the way FrameMaker separates content from the formatting. Create a template that uses the actual page size of the booklet. Define the necessary paragraph formats with the same names as your existing document but sizing and spacing that is appropriate for the actual page size. Then either import the content from the existing docs into the new template using the "Reformat Using Current Document's Formatting" or import all the formats from the new template into the existing docs. Either way, you're combining just the content from the existing docs with just the formatting from the new template. The bottom line is I can see no good reason why the page size in FrameMaker should ever be different from the physical size of the deliverable. That seems to defeat the whole point of a WYSIWIG tool. -FR -- Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the i?m Initiative from Microsoft.
OT: RSI Carpal tunnel solution
It is great that you could alleviate your problem by finding hardware that is more suitable for you. However, do not be complacent. You experienced theseproblems because of the way you use yourself when working at the computer: keyboarding, mousing, scrolling, looking at the screen, sitting, using your hands, arms, shoulders, eyes, and even elbows. To ensure that you do not suffer a reoccurence of incipient RSI, I recommend finding Feldenkrais Method classes in your area. The Feldenkrais Method is an advanced method of somatic learning that leads to more efficient and satisfactory movement. And as Dr. M. Feldenkrais said: "When you imporve one function, everything improves". Good luck and healthy computing, Leah Smaller Technical Writer and Feldenkrais Method coach
checking capitalization and end stops
Is it possible to have FM check capitals at the beginning of sentences and lack of punctuation at the end of a sentence? If so, how? A good week to all, Leah Smaller leah at compulite.com
checking capitalization and end stops
Is it possible to have FM check capitals at the beginning of sentences and lack of punctuation at the end of a sentence? If so, how? A good week to all, Leah Smaller leah at compulite.com
importing jpegs
We have always imported jpeg files by reference into our doucmentation. These files are edited in and exported from CorelDraw . This has worked beautifully for years. This past week something broke and the the import always fails. We get an error message: The filter encountered an error and could not complete the translation. This happens with new and old files. Any idea about what is going on and how to fix it? TIA, Leah Smaller leah at compulite.com Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner "When you know what you do then you can do what you want." Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais
Importing jpegs again
Sorry, I haven't used the list in a long time and forgot to include necessary info. We are using FM 7.0. We have always imported jpeg files by reference into our doucmentation. These files are edited in and exported from CorelDraw . This has worked beautifully for years. This past week something broke and the the import always fails. We get an error message: The filter encountered an error and could not complete the translation. This happens with new and old files. Any idea about what is going on and how to fix it? TIA, Leah Smaller leah at compulite.com Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner "When you know what you do then you can do what you want." Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais
pasting text from FM to FM
When I have 2 instances of FM open and I copy text in one FM and paste the text in the second instance of FM, the formatting disappears even though the same pgfs are used in both places. Even tables lose their tableness. What is happening here and how can I fix it? TIA Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
Side heads and master pages
Good morning to all, The document I am working on uses Right/Left pages with side heads. I have been using this template successfully for many years. I needed to create a table that has 2 columns and sorted alphabetically by the first column. This turned out to be a very long (150 rows), skinny table over a number of pages. To acheive something more compact, I applied my IndexRight and IndexLeft master pages (no side heads, 2 columns, 1 text flow). Now this looks really great, gives me exactly what I want, and fits exactly onto 2 pages. The problem is these that 2 pages have side heads (which is puzzling, since IndexRight and IndexLeft master page do not have side heads). I want to acquire more real estate on the page by getting rid of these side heads. As I do not understand why these 2 pages have side heads, I have not succeeded in finding a way to get rid of them. Any suggestions? Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
How to delete trailing spaces in one go?
>Nowadays, bytes are pretty cheap, and your thumbs can use the exercise. Bytes are cheap, thumbs are not and actually, your thumbs do not need the exercise. Each extra space is an extra push with your thumb. Unfortunately most of us use less than efficient movement when we are keyboarding away and we tend to suffer from (pick your ailment): sore wrists sore elbows fatigue sore fingers trigger fingers sore neck blurred vision lower back discomfort TMJ So, don't be so cavalier about your thumbs, find your nearest Feldenkrais practitioner and sign up for lessons. You will be amazed at how the process helps you to work more comfortably at your computer . Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner leah at compulite.com "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
pasting text from FM to FM
When I have 2 instances of FM open and I copy text in one FM and paste the text in the second instance of FM, the formatting disappears even though the same pgfs are used in both places. Even tables lose their tableness. What is happening here and how can I fix it? TIA Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
creating a rotated master page
This question is for Framemaker 7.0 I want to create a rotated page (to accomodate a large table) in a document that uses side heads. I also want the header and footers to appear in their usual position, so only the text frame is rotated. I do not want the roated page to have side heads. so, first i tried this: Format > Page Layout > New Master Page. Here I can only create a new master page based on the current page's layout (which of course has side heads). I tried this and then I could not find a way to get rid of the side heads. Then I looked in FM help. It told me that to create an empty master page, go to Special > Add Master Page. Well, Add Master Page does not appear in the Special menu! How do I do what I want: a rotated page, no side heads, using the headers and footers of the unroated pages? TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
rotated page - success!
Between being a good autodidact and the generous advice from list members. I now have exactly the look I wanted. Thanks to all who replied. Have a good week, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
This document uses unavailable languages
A conundrum: I copied a document that has been in use for some time, changed the page layout in the usual ways and saved the document, intending to use it as a template. When I try to create a new document, based on this template (File>New>Document> select template file), I get this warning: This document uses unavailable languages. OK to proceed? FM will assig;n the default language to text that uses unavailable languages. I am using FM 7.0 on Windows XP. I work in English only. My machine is Hebrew enabled, but never use Hebrew - my keyboard doesn't even have Hebrew keycaps. Why is this message appearing? What do I do about it? TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
unavailable languages messages - cont'd
In reply to Ann Zdunczyk - Ann, I tried to reply directly to you, but the mail bounces back. So, here is my answer to your question: I created this file by open an old file that I have used many many times on this machine. The original file was a 2-sided cover page, where page 1 contains the name of the product (I use a variable), a graphic in an anchored frame, and company contact info, page 2 is boilerplate text - in short nothing complicated. I then deleted deleted the grahpic (but left the anchored frame as a place holder and put a text box in the anchored frame and typed "place pic of product here") , changed the variable text, and saved in FM's templates folder. > > Now, each time I open this file, I get that "unknown languages" message Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Side heads and master pages
Good morning to all, The document I am working on uses Right/Left pages with side heads. I have been using this template successfully for many years. I needed to create a table that has 2 columns and sorted alphabetically by the first column. This turned out to be a very long (150 rows), skinny table over a number of pages. To acheive something more compact, I applied my IndexRight and IndexLeft master pages (no side heads, 2 columns, 1 text flow). Now this looks really great, gives me exactly what I want, and fits exactly onto 2 pages. The problem is these that 2 pages have side heads (which is puzzling, since IndexRight and IndexLeft master page do not have side heads). I want to acquire more real estate on the page by getting rid of these side heads. As I do not understand why these 2 pages have side heads, I have not succeeded in finding a way to get rid of them. Any suggestions? Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: How to delete trailing spaces in one go?
>Nowadays, bytes are pretty cheap, and your thumbs can use the exercise. Bytes are cheap, thumbs are not and actually, your thumbs do not need the exercise. Each extra space is an extra push with your thumb. Unfortunately most of us use less than efficient movement when we are keyboarding away and we tend to suffer from (pick your ailment): sore wrists sore elbows fatigue sore fingers trigger fingers sore neck blurred vision lower back discomfort TMJ So, don't be so cavalier about your thumbs, find your nearest Feldenkrais practitioner and sign up for lessons. You will be amazed at how the process helps you to work more comfortably at your computer . Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
unresolved xref and making master pages stick
Good morning all, 1. I get an unresolved x-ref message for 1 file when opening the 35 files in the book. I can't find this unresolved xref and I have tested every xref in the chapter. Unresolved xref error does not appear in the Error log when updating the book. When generating chm files in WWPro for FM the same error message appears. What gives? Why can't I find this elusive xref? 2. I have applied a left and right, 2 column master page to two consecutive pages in the middle of a document. (thank you Richard Coombs for all your help in making it look right). I want only these 2 pages (with special information) to use these master pages. However, if the pagination changes the 2 col layout gets applied to the wrong page. How do I attach the 2 col layout to only the designated pages? Have a good week, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Generating List of Tables
Good morning list members, FM 7.0. The generated list of tables shows the table title and the page # where the table can be found. The table title pgf uses autonumbering (Table 1, Table 2, etc). I want the table # to also appear in the LOT. How can this be done. TIA & have a good week, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Strange behavior when opening frop down lists in dialog boxes
Good morning all, FM 7.0 Windows XP This strange thing is happening in dialog boxes. I wonder if it has always been this way (not logical) and I never noticed or this is some new. weird, skewed behavior. When first opening a dialog (for instance, the Character Designer) it takes more than one click on an arrow to open a drop down list (the font list, for instance). In fact, in fact it takes about 3 clicks: Click 1 - nothing happens Click 2 - the field is now in focus Click 3 - drop down list, well...drops down. After this intial 3 click process, any other drop down menu in the dialog box opens with the normal one click. As long as the dialog box stays open the 3 click operation does not return. However, after closing the dialog box and opening it again, 3 clicks to open a drop down list are necessary. This, of course, slows down the work pace and it is a pity to add extraneous mouse clicks to over worked hands. Any guesses as how to take care of this annoying problem? Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Solved! Strange behavior when open drop down lists
Solved! Using the 'Windows Classic' theme display in Windows XP causes this behavior. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Strange behavior...Solved
It is interesting that I received many replies that lead to the solution - do not use the Windows Classic display scheme . Most replies contained the caveat - "The XP display scheme is ugly, annoying, childish.." and some people even said that they prefer to click more and not have to endure the aesthetically offensive XP display. I would like to post my reply to this caveat to the list: Each to his/her own... Although it is worthwhile considering that extra clicks mean extra wear and tear on our hands - the muscles, tendons, and nerves. Our work places us at high risk for RSI and we should do everything to minimize this risk - even compromise our aesthetics. I wish you happy, healthy, and productive computing. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
different page numbering for the same files
Good day mavins, I have 2 books where book 1 uses files 1 - 10 and book 2 uses some of the same files (let's say files 5 - 7). I want to set up the books (files) so that in book 1 all the pages are numbered consecutively, starting from page 1 in file 1. Thus the first page in file 5 will be, for instance, page 35. I also want the pages in book 2 to start from 1; here file 5 needs to start at page 1. How can I set up the numbering so this happens automatically and the page number in files 5 - 7 are appropriate in each book without requiring human intervention. TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
including automatic numbering in cross references and TOC entries
Good day to all, The procedure titles in our doucmentation all being with"To" (example: To build a new device"), "To" being a pgf autonumber. When I try to use the titles in an xref or an index entry, they appear without the "To". How can I tell FM to include the autonumber "To"? TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Framemaker crashing when printing to ps file
Good morning list people, FM 7.0 Acrobat 5.0 I usually print our Users Guides to ps file and then distill with Acrobat Distiller to get a pdf file. Always works - except today... Framemaker froze after I clicked Print in the print dialog. No error message was generated; nothing indicated that FM was stuck. This happened with a book file that I have pdf-ed may times in the past. I had only added a little bit of text to this book and updated to regenerate the ToC & Index. SoI restarted my computer, tried again, same thing happened. I did find a work around: Save as pdf! (it worked fine) Can there be something in this particular file that is causing FM to crash? Just before this happened, I printed to a ps file & distilled and it worked fine. TIA Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Framemaker uses
I use Framemaker to write my Feldenkrais ATM (Awareness Through Movement) lessons. I actually tried to write the lessons in MSWord, but the numbering always got loused up. The numbering is actually complicated. The lessons generally consist of 8 main steps and each step has sub-steps. I number them 1, a, b, c, 2 , a, betc. This probably sounds simple - easy peasy, use autonumbering, but many times a step can be repeated (once on the left and once on the right). So, I used pgfs for the numbering the main steps and it is wonderful. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Burning eyes (was look and feel)
Frank wrote: "Now I know why my eyes burn at the end of the day..its those damned rays!" Do not blame the rays. To avoid burning eye syndrome, it is very important to follow a few basic rules. 1. Remember to blink. This sounds like a no-brainer, but studies have shown that we tend not to blink when looking at the monitor (this includes kids who play computer games). 2. Build micro breaks into your work day. Use your micro breaks to look away from your screen and focus on some point in the distance. If you are lucky enough to have a windw and a horizon, look at the horizon for a few minutes or do some other task like WC break, making coffee, filing, neatening up your workspace. 3. Perform some simple eye exercises. Remember - you are responsible for your own health. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: MS Word numbering
Deirdre, Doens't renaming Word's default Heading# styles just to accomodate hinky numbering kind of defeat the purpose of using the default headings to easily generate TOCs and using outline view (well, that is one thing that is missing in FM!)? Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Table Continuation variable in table title
Good day all, I want to update a table format to include the Table continuation variable in the table title, so it is always there when I insert this type of table. I cannot seem to discover how to do this. I know that someone out there has the answer TIA, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
another table question
Is it possible to include text for heading rows in the table format? TIA again, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: another table question or automatic text in a heading row
I was hoping to avoid this solution, but if ya gotta, ya gotta. And guess what - there is a gotcha. One of the columns is narrow, so the 2 word text wraps around. When these 2 words are the autonumber value, they do not wrap around. They are squeezed onto one line and the second work overlays the first word! Any suggestions? FYI, I tried putting \t between the words in the autonumber field - no go. - Original Message - From: "Art Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Leah Smaller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Frame Users" Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 13:26 Subject: Re: another table question > Not automatically generated words controlled directly by the table format, > no. > > However, you can set up a series of paragraph tags, one for each > column, and add text to each one's Autonumbering field. If the tag is > in the correct Heading Cell, the text will be too. > > In most cases, if you create a table, set it up with the correct tags > in the correct columns, and then open and save the settings in Table > Designer, the next time you create a table, the tags should show up as > the default setup. I haven't tested this with multiple different tags, > though, just with one tag in each column. But that's the way I'd try > to automate it. Worst case is that you'd have to change a couple tags > after you create the table. > > And, if you have FrameScript, you could also do the automatic words > with a script. > > Art > > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Leah Smaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is it possible to include text for heading rows in the table format? >> >> TIA again, >> Leah Smaller >> Technical Communicator >> Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own >> discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) >> ___ >> > > > -- > Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent > and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re:booklets
We also use the printer capabilites to produce booklets. We have run into one snag. The original FM files were produced for printing on A4 size paper and body text font size is TNR 10 pt. (of course, all other font sizes - headings, etc. - are extrapolated from the body text). The printer scales the content for booklet printing, so the text comes out pretty small. Our workaround was to modify the document using larger fonts (TNR 14 pt for Body pgf). Would adjusting the printers Enlarge setting solve the problem and obviate modifying all the docs destined for booklet printing? Or is there some other way around this? Good day to all, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) > > This is *much* easier done at the printer than in software of any kind. > Modern professional printer drivers know how to paginate booklets (or > "signatures"), thus there isn't much sense in doing it in software > unless you are printing at home. > > If you ARE printing at home, other respondents have suggested > inexpensive software. I used BlueSquirrel's software in a production > environment at one point---once you get the template down it is rock > solid. > > Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: >> Hey >> >> Is there a plugin which enables to create a booklet with Framemaker. I >> am thinking of a function where for example page 1 and page 62 is >> printed on one side of the paper and page 2 and page 61 on the other >> side of the paper. >> > > > ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: booklets
Thaks for you answer Fred. I share your opinion and that is how I organized things is the past. However, one of the parameters has changed. Previously we printed on B5 size paper that was then bound in a spiral binder. I used my usual template, which is suitable for printing on all paper sizes, to crate a template with a page layout and table formats suitable for the smaller size page. Our standard paper is A4. The problem arose when it was decided (and the decider was not me) that instead of printing on special size paper, the short documents would printed on A4 in booklet format held together by staples in the fold. This is when the font size bcame an issue. Leah - Original Message - From: Fred Ridder To: Leah Smaller ; framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 14:32 Subject: RE: booklets Leah Smaller wrote: > We also use the printer capabilites to produce booklets. We have run into > one snag. > The original FM files were produced for printing on A4 size paper and body > text font size is TNR 10 pt. (of course, all other font sizes - headings, > etc. - are extrapolated from the body text). > The printer scales the content for booklet printing, so the text comes out > pretty small. Our workaround was to modify the document using larger fonts > (TNR 14 pt for Body pgf). > > Would adjusting the printers Enlarge setting solve the problem and obviate > modifying all the docs destined for booklet printing? Or is there some other > way around this? The most direct approach is to take advantage of the way FrameMaker separates content from the formatting. Create a template that uses the actual page size of the booklet. Define the necessary paragraph formats with the same names as your existing document but sizing and spacing that is appropriate for the actual page size. Then either import the content from the existing docs into the new template using the "Reformat Using Current Document's Formatting" or import all the formats from the new template into the existing docs. Either way, you're combining just the content from the existing docs with just the formatting from the new template. The bottom line is I can see no good reason why the page size in FrameMaker should ever be different from the physical size of the deliverable. That seems to defeat the whole point of a WYSIWIG tool. -FR -- Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Overrides
Being compulsive and also having had an excellent trainer (Sholom Peretz), I never use manual overrides for formatting. But I have noticed that when the last word (right before the pilcrow) has a special character format, the pgf name is shown with an asterisk . This asterisk, of course, signifies a format override for that specific paragraph. If I leave a blank space between the last word and the pilcrow, the asterisk does not appear. Why does this issue bother me ? 1) I don't like a perfectly good pgf, with no overrides, displayed as if there are overrides. 2) Leaving a blank space between the character formatted word and the pilcrow is not a good workaround because spell checker picks it up as "extra space" and that adds many more mouse clicks to the workday. Comments? Solutions? Have a good week, Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Overrides
As always, this list is great. Thanks to all who responded with interesting explanations and suggestions. I also found that extraneous spaces before pilcrows caused mischief in the generated TOC and other paging issues. But now I actually have a way to easily get rid of those faux override asterisks: when the document is finished, import formats from current (doc). All those misleading little asterisks disappear. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT: RSI Carpal tunnel solution
It is great that you could alleviate your problem by finding hardware that is more suitable for you. However, do not be complacent. You experienced theseproblems because of the way you use yourself when working at the computer: keyboarding, mousing, scrolling, looking at the screen, sitting, using your hands, arms, shoulders, eyes, and even elbows. To ensure that you do not suffer a reoccurence of incipient RSI, I recommend finding Feldenkrais Method classes in your area. The Feldenkrais Method is an advanced method of somatic learning that leads to more efficient and satisfactory movement. And as Dr. M. Feldenkrais said: "When you imporve one function, everything improves". Good luck and healthy computing, Leah Smaller Technical Writer and Feldenkrais Method coach ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
checking capitalization and end stops
Is it possible to have FM check capitals at the beginning of sentences and lack of punctuation at the end of a sentence? If so, how? A good week to all, Leah Smaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
checking capitalization and end stops
Is it possible to have FM check capitals at the beginning of sentences and lack of punctuation at the end of a sentence? If so, how? A good week to all, Leah Smaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
importing jpegs
We have always imported jpeg files by reference into our doucmentation. These files are edited in and exported from CorelDraw . This has worked beautifully for years. This past week something broke and the the import always fails. We get an error message: The filter encountered an error and could not complete the translation. This happens with new and old files. Any idea about what is going on and how to fix it? TIA, Leah Smaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner "When you know what you do then you can do what you want." Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Importing jpegs again
Sorry, I haven't used the list in a long time and forgot to include necessary info. We are using FM 7.0. We have always imported jpeg files by reference into our doucmentation. These files are edited in and exported from CorelDraw . This has worked beautifully for years. This past week something broke and the the import always fails. We get an error message: The filter encountered an error and could not complete the translation. This happens with new and old files. Any idea about what is going on and how to fix it? TIA, Leah Smaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Writer Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner "When you know what you do then you can do what you want." Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Easy on the eyes
Kevin, You wrote: "Most of the time I spend actually staring at the screen (with no breaks) is in Frame..." Well, there is nothing that will help you here, not color schemes, not lighting, not anything. Although using a small fan to encourage blinking is a clever idea. The only thing that will prevent discomfort and avoid potential injury (yes, injury!) is taking a break! possible injuries: reduced vision acuity, neck injuries, migraines, chronic tiredness, TMJ, and more. If it is difficult for you to tear yourself away from the screen, install a break timer on your computer ( I have used Ergotimer by Tropical Software for years). It doesn't have to be a long break - just a break. Some break suggestions: 1. Look away from your screen and focus on a pont as far away as possible (if you have a window look towards the horizon). 2. Cover your eyes with your hands so no light penetrates - do this in a way so your hands and shoulders avn elbows can be soft and relaxed. Close your eyes and gently move them right and center. After doing that a few times, gently move them left and back to center. Then alternate taking your eyes gently right and left. 3. Sit centered on your chair with your feet on the floor. Gently turn your head right as far as it will go comfortably and take your eyes along with your head. Do this a few times. Then when you turn your head gently and slowly right, take your eyes opposite - to the left. This will be a much smaller movement of the head. Be careful not to strain your eyes or neck. Do only what is in your comfort range. ATTENTION: Range of comfort does NOT mean as far as you can go!!! It means only as far as is completely comfortable. Repeat this to the left, taking your head and eyes left a few times and then your head left and eyes right. Gently turn your head right and left taking your eyes to the same direction. YOU are responsible for your own health. Take breaks, so you can work injury free. Leah Smaller Technical Communicator Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner [EMAIL PROTECTED] “Focus on your difficulties and you have difficulties for life.” - Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
