Re: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help
I'm not sure that there is anything to be gained by structuring a generated file in a FM book. Of course, bookmarks and Search eliminate the need for these links in an electronic PDF, and hyperlinks of any kind are irrelevant in a printed document. However, when I generated a PDF of the original book, with structured chapters and generated TOC and Index, the PDF links were broken from the TOC and Index. (In addition, the inter-chapter cross-references were broken, while the intra-chapter links were intact. But that's a different message.) My client was unhappy, and I was surprised, that when FM generated the PDF (with bookmarks and tagging), the TOC links didn't work. So, I'm looking to see if there is a way to impose structure easily on generated files. Valerie Lipow [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Fred Ridder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:43 am Subject: RE: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help I am under the impression that most FrameMaker books built from structured components have unstructured generated files. What is there to be gained by making the generated files structured? > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help > > I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC and > Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure the > TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to > impose structure on the generated TOC. > > As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in > the Structure View that FM imposes a element in the TOC that > captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the > TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the structure; > i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the > structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker was > absent in the EDD. > > I understood that because no marker was in the EDD, the > pointer ID in file.fm was not recognized when I > imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called > . > > When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as > follows: > > > the link to the source in the .fm document > .the text of the Heading in the .fm document > > > What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer? > > Thanks in advance, > -- > Valerie Lipow > [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/docudoc%40hotmail.com > > Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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 working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help
I'm not sure that there is anything to be gained by structuring a generated file in a FM book. Of course, bookmarks and Search eliminate the need for these links in an electronic PDF, and hyperlinks of any kind are irrelevant in a printed document. However, when I generated a PDF of the original book, with structured chapters and generated TOC and Index, the PDF links were broken from the TOC and Index. (In addition, the inter-chapter cross-references were broken, while the intra-chapter links were intact. But that's a different message.) My client was unhappy, and I was surprised, that when FM generated the PDF (with bookmarks and tagging), the TOC links didn't work. So, I'm looking to see if there is a way to impose structure easily on generated files. Valerie Lipow vallipow at gmail.com -Original Message- From: Fred Ridder To: vallipow at aol.com Sent: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:43 am Subject: RE: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help I am under the impression that most FrameMaker books built from structured components have unstructured generated files. What is there to be gained by making the generated files structured? > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800 > From: vallipow at gmail.com > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help > > I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC and > Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure the > TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to > impose structure on the generated TOC. > > As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in > the Structure View that FM imposes a element in the TOC that > captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the > TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the structure; > i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the > structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker was > absent in the EDD. > > I understood that because no marker was in the EDD, the > pointer ID in file.fm was not recognized when I > imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called > . > > When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as > follows: > > > the link to the source in the .fm document > .the text of the Heading in the .fm document > > > What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer? > > Thanks in advance, > -- > Valerie Lipow > vallipow at gmail.com > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as DocuDoc at hotmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help
I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC and Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure the TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to impose structure on the generated TOC. As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in the Structure View that FM imposes a element in the TOC that captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the structure; i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker was absent in the EDD. I understood that because no marker was in the EDD, the pointer ID in file.fm was not recognized when I imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called . When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as follows: the link to the source in the .fm document .the text of the Heading in the .fm document What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer? Thanks in advance, -- Valerie Lipow [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.
Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help
I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC and Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure the TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to impose structure on the generated TOC. As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in the Structure View that FM imposes a element in the TOC that captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the structure; i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker was absent in the EDD. I understood that because no marker was in the EDD, the pointer ID in file.fm was not recognized when I imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called . When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as follows: the link to the source in the .fm document .the text of the Heading in the .fm document What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer? Thanks in advance, -- Valerie Lipow vallipow at gmail.com
