Re: Use Blank Paper ruler units (Was: Unavailable Fonts error)
On 24 Jan 2013 at 16:11, Stuart Rogers wrote: Here's a thought: In the [Preferences] section of maker.ini, there's a UseDisplayUnitInTemplate setting, followed by various (English and metric) defaults. UseDisplayUnitInTemplate is set to Off in both my maker.ini and the saved original version. You might check yours. Try it both ways (maybe just toggling it will unstick something in FM). Bullseye! Changing that setting to ON gives me a ruler in inches for all three Use-Blank-Paper choices. (Toggling it back to OFF reverts to the metric ruler.) Somewhere (probably in very old fm-docs) I have found Adobes description of this setting and put into my compilation of maker.ini entries: www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker68.html#note14 . Just for Your information Klaus Daube ~~ Docu + Design Daube; Schäracher 11; CH-8053 Zürich Technical documentation consultancy; On-line and paper F: +41-44-422 86 25 E: d...@daube.ch W: www.daube.ch ___ 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: Use Blank Paper ruler units (Was: Unavailable Fonts error)
On 24/01/2013 3:07 PM, Combs, Richard wrote: Stuart Rogers wrote: Thanks for the link, Richard. I tried following the instructions and overwrote the custom. file; no joy. Sure sounds like a bug. But IIRC, you're on FM 10, right? It worked in FM 10 for me. Here's a thought: In the [Preferences] section of maker.ini, there's a UseDisplayUnitInTemplate setting, followed by various (English and metric) defaults. UseDisplayUnitInTemplate is set to Off in both my maker.ini and the saved original version. You might check yours. Try it both ways (maybe just toggling it will unstick something in FM). Bullseye! Changing that setting to ON gives me a ruler in inches for all three Use-Blank-Paper choices. (Toggling it back to OFF reverts to the metric ruler.) Thank you, Richard!! s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ 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: Use Blank Paper ruler units (Was: Unavailable Fonts error)
Could this possibly be a FMinit setting? Grant On 1/24/2013 12:19 PM, Stuart Rogers wrote: On 24/01/2013 1:31 PM, Matt Sullivan wrote: I believe the Document Properties in custom.fm will control units. (setting custom.fm to use a specific unit of measure should fix this) Should, but doesn't. The Custom file (no extension) opens with a ruler in inches. New documents opened with any of the Portrait, Landscape, or Custom options (even with Custom options set to US Letter, all margins in inches, and Units selected as Inch) open with a ruler in centimetres. On Jan 24, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.com mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com wrote: I don't know what controls the ruler units when you select Portrait or Landscape in the New dialog. But when you select Custom, what you set Units to in the Custom Blank Paper dialog is what you should get. See above :-( s ___ 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.
