TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread jopak...@comcast.net
FM 7.1 (unstructured) Win XP0 I've seen this before and I'm half way through fixing it (the hard way). I had to put this job aside until tonight, so I've had a chance to rethink things. I have a book that I haven't worked on for a while. I changed the name of the book at some point. So now the

default fonts in Framemaker 6

2005-12-21 Thread Phil Heron
When you create a new document in FrameMaker, the paragraph and character formats etc are derived from the document used as the template for the new document. If you create a new document using the File > New menu option, FrameMaker bases the document on the file "custom" in the FrameMaker fmin

default fonts in Framemaker 6

2005-12-21 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Maybe you could try to change the following in the maker.ini file: QUOTE ; Default used to map unknown fonts: ; DefaultFamily=Times New Roman, Tms Rmn DefaultAngle=Regular DefaultVariation=Regular DefaultWeight=Regular DefaultSize=12 UNQUOTE ... to something of your liking. I have not tried this m

default fonts in Framemaker 6

2005-12-21 Thread patrick scully
Dear Framemaker users, Is it possible to change the default font (currently Times New Roman) that Framemaker uses for paragraph, character, table formats etc? I have looked in maker.ini, but its font defaults relate ONLY to what font substitutions are made where a user doesn't have a particul

Framemaker to Apple's Pages

2005-12-21 Thread david
At 09.12 -0500 05-12-21, Ridder, Fred wrote/05-12-21, 09.12 -0500 skrev Ridder, Fred >The "nice reply" you received is an automated acknowledgement >that your feedback was received. It is simply a form letter filled in >with your first name and issue ID number. The only thing this >response indic

(OT) Stand-alone Reader 7.0?

2005-12-21 Thread Fred Staal
We provide a CD of our technical manuals along with an Adobe Reader executable that is installed automatically if no reader program is detected (or can be installed manually if desired). In downloading Reader 7 for this purpose you get is a small .AOM file that requires an internet connection for t

(OT) Stand-alone Reader 7.0?

2005-12-21 Thread Fred Staal
We provide a CD of our technical manuals along with an Adobe Reader executable that is installed automatically if no reader program is detected (or can be installed manually if desired). In downloading Reader 7 for this purpose you get is a small .AOM file that requires an internet connection for t

Framemaker to Apple's Pages

2005-12-21 Thread david
At 00.32 +0100 05-12-21, david wrote/05-12-21, 00.32 +0100 skrev david >I have reported back through both these channels. Of course, they >closed the bug report immediately but if enough people bug (!) them, >they will take it into more serious consideration. Since the >bugreport-site requires

TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread Art Campbell
Go into your operating system and make a copy of the bob.* files. Rename them to doug.*, being careful to match the names that are now used in your book file. Regenerate/update. Art On 12/21/05, jopakent at comcast.net wrote: > FM 7.1 (unstructured) Win XP0 > > I've seen this before and I'm hal

TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread Ridder, Fred
Yes, changing the names of the generated files is the bit of magic you need. There's a good reason why FrameMaker calls the command Generate/Update. If you invoke the command and FrameMaker finds files with the expected names, it updates them; if it fails to find files with the expected names it

TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread Combs, Richard
John Posada wrote: > How much work? You add it, it's done. Its thr same amount of > work as regenerating it I'm with John; I don't even understand how you "start recreating" the files without finishing. When you select Add TOC, the Set Up dialog box already has the settings you used last (pgfs

Re: TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread Art Campbell
Go into your operating system and make a copy of the bob.* files. Rename them to doug.*, being careful to match the names that are now used in your book file. Regenerate/update. Art On 12/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FM 7.1 (unstructured) Win XP0 > > I've seen this befor

RE: TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread Combs, Richard
John Posada wrote: > How much work? You add it, it's done. Its thr same amount of > work as regenerating it I'm with John; I don't even understand how you "start recreating" the files without finishing. When you select Add TOC, the Set Up dialog box already has the settings you used last (pgfs

Re: TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread John Posada
How much work? You add it, it's done. Its thr same amount of work as regenerating it John Posada Senior Technical Writer "Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." --Oscar Wilde I started re-creating the files this morning (doing an Add TOC), but this seems like a lot of

RE: TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread Sharon Burton
If you are using Frame 7, you can open the book and then rename the TOC and IX files to be the same name as the book right in Frame. So BobTOX would be DougTOC. I do this all the time and it works fine. General steps when I rename a book: Open book in Frame. File/Save as new name. Still in Frame,

TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread Sharon Burton
If you are using Frame 7, you can open the book and then rename the TOC and IX files to be the same name as the book right in Frame. So BobTOX would be DougTOC. I do this all the time and it works fine. General steps when I rename a book: Open book in Frame. File/Save as new name. Still in Frame,

RE: TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread Ridder, Fred
Yes, changing the names of the generated files is the bit of magic you need. There's a good reason why FrameMaker calls the command Generate/Update. If you invoke the command and FrameMaker finds files with the expected names, it updates them; if it fails to find files with the expected names it

TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread John Posada
How much work? You add it, it's done. Its thr same amount of work as regenerating it John Posada Senior Technical Writer "Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." --Oscar Wilde I started re-creating the files this morning (doing an Add TOC), but this seems like a lot of u

TOC & IX files don't exist?

2005-12-21 Thread jopakent
FM 7.1 (unstructured) Win XP0 I've seen this before and I'm half way through fixing it (the hard way). I had to put this job aside until tonight, so I've had a chance to rethink things. I have a book that I haven't worked on for a while. I changed the name of the book at some point. So now the

RE: default fonts in Framemaker 6

2005-12-21 Thread Phil Heron
When you create a new document in FrameMaker, the paragraph and character formats etc are derived from the document used as the template for the new document. If you create a new document using the File > New menu option, FrameMaker bases the document on the file "custom" in the FrameMaker fmin

Re: default fonts in Framemaker 6

2005-12-21 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Maybe you could try to change the following in the maker.ini file: QUOTE ; Default used to map unknown fonts: ; DefaultFamily=Times New Roman, Tms Rmn DefaultAngle=Regular DefaultVariation=Regular DefaultWeight=Regular DefaultSize=12 UNQUOTE ... to something of your liking. I have not tried this m

default fonts in Framemaker 6

2005-12-21 Thread patrick scully
Dear Framemaker users, Is it possible to change the default font (currently Times New Roman) that Framemaker uses for paragraph, character, table formats etc? I have looked in maker.ini, but its font defaults relate ONLY to what font substitutions are made where a user doesn't have a partic

RE: Framemaker to Apple's Pages

2005-12-21 Thread david
At 09.12 -0500 05-12-21, Ridder, Fred wrote/05-12-21, 09.12 -0500 skrev Ridder, Fred The "nice reply" you received is an automated acknowledgement that your feedback was received. It is simply a form letter filled in with your first name and issue ID number. The only thing this response indicat

Re: Framemaker to Apple's Pages

2005-12-21 Thread david
At 00.32 +0100 05-12-21, david wrote/05-12-21, 00.32 +0100 skrev david I have reported back through both these channels. Of course, they closed the bug report immediately but if enough people bug (!) them, they will take it into more serious consideration. Since the bugreport-site requires reg

Framemaker to Apple's Pages

2005-12-21 Thread david
At 13.56 + 05-12-14, Paul Findon wrote/05-12-14, 13.56 + skrev Paul Findon >Thanks, Steve. By the way, the FrameMaker for Mac OS X petition is >almost at 3,300 signatories. > I believe it would be more efficient to file bugs and requ

Framemaker to Apple's Pages

2005-12-21 Thread david
At 12.11 -0500 05-12-14, Fred Ridder wrote/05-12-14, 12.11 -0500 skrev Fred Ridder >FrameMaker has three export filters for RTF (MS1.3, MS1.6, and >"Japanese") and two export filters for .msw (Windows 6.0/7.0 >and Mac 6.0), but no filter for .doc. What is the difference between .msw and .doc? I