Working with non-existent fonts

> > Suppose you have to work with a document or book that uses >> fonts you do not have: you manually substitute fonts you do >> have, *and* tell FrameMaker to forget the missing ones, to >> get rid of all the irritating error messages. > >Well, you shouldn't have to manually substitute fonts. If

WebDAV Connections

Thanks for the response, Rick. I was afraid of something like that since I wasn't getting any error messages. And now I have a general question for the list: Does anybody use a content management system they like? We have six writers in India and two in South Carolina. Just keeping track of w

Search for Discretionary Hyphen?

IF (<<< Note BIG If) they're the same character that FM uses, you should be able to find them by typing a backslash \ before the dash/hyphen character in the Find box: \- I usually find them by selecting one and copying it to the clipboard and then using the "Text ... on clipboad" Find option. Not

Search for Discretionary Hyphen?

> There are tons of > imported "discretionary hyphens" distributed throughout the document, > and I'd like to get rid of them. However, I can't figure out how to get > the Find/Change feature to change them. Search for \- (backslash hyphen). Mike

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Everyone, I just wanted to give you an update on a topic from a few weeks ago regarding Frame vs. Quicksilver. Yesterday, the company CEO decided in our favor, and best of all, tasked the IT director to lead the change. (i.e. give the bad news to our Quicksilver using division). The quality and t

Working with non-existent fonts

Steve Rickaby wrote: > Suppose you have to work with a document or book that uses > fonts you do not have: you manually substitute fonts you do > have, *and* tell FrameMaker to forget the missing ones, to > get rid of all the irritating error messages. Well, you shouldn't have to manually s

Another can't find the answer in the archives question - aboutvariables and spell-checking

Hello, One solution is to mark them as "no language". Go to Character Designer, and select "No Language" from language drop-down. You can also set up a character tag which has this as its only property, and just tag each item. You can do a search-and-replace to quickly apply the tag to every oc

NEWS: Microsoft Investigates HTML Help Flaw Warning [eWEEK]

Microsoft Investigates HTML Help Flaw Warning February 6, 2006 By Ryan Naraine http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1920601,00.asp Microsoft's security response team is investigating reports of a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in HTML Help Workshop,

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Hi guys...due to my client's apparent inability to pay IC invoices in a reasonable period of time, I find that I may be available for opportunities in the NJ/NY area. If you think there may be any opportunity for discussion, I can be reached at 732-259-2874 or jposada01 at yahoo.com Back to regula

WebDAV Connections

I must agree with Rick. We spent a lot of time properly setting up a WebDAV server for our small group and while the server was great FM's interaction with it was poor at best. We have given up on using it. Will.

RE: WebDAV Connections

Laura, Take a look at what is available at http://www.webdav.org/. Maybe there is something there that will help. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] m] On Behalf Of Laura Sponhour Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:19 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com

Re: WebDAV Connections

Hi Laura, Forgive me for the short answer, but put to put it plainly, WebDAV in FrameMaker does not work. It is poorly implemented, and it is doubtful that Adobe will fix it. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Hi. We're trying to use FrameMaker's (7.1) check-in

RE: Save All Files in Book as Individual HTML Files

One inexpensive tool that will do this for you is Mif2Go (www.omsys.com). There is an evaluation version that you can download and try before buying, it if works for you. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] m] On Behalf Of Lin Surasky Sent: Thursday, Febru

ANN: Automation Case Studies

Hello All, I am producing a series of FrameMaker Automation Case Studies, highlighting ways to automate FrameMaker workflows using FrameScript. The first one is called "Controlling Condition and Variable Format Settings." Here is an extract, followed by a URL to the full PDF. Please let me kno

RE: Another can't find the answer in the archives question - about variables and spell-checking

Tammy, What I did recently for .zip, .cab, etc. in a doc, was to put a nonbreaking space (Ctrl+Space) in front, instead of a regular space. Now the spell checking goes right by them. I'm not sure of the variable solution, though I suspect it would work, too. ~~ Linda G. Gallagher

SOLVED: Landscape pages in PDF are not uniform size -- Acrobat 7

I had indeed not known that the distiller is now called Adobe PDF. Furthermore, it did not automatically put an icon on my desktop when I installed Acrobat, so I thought it was no longer used. So I used Save As PDF, which resulted in the randomly sized landscape pages. Thanks to all those who se

Re: Conditional Pagination

E.G.: I have three manuals each consisting of some 100 files (the reason being to make it easier to revise). Each file may or may not end in a blank left page which we chose to have absolutely blank instead of a page consisting of the regular layout (header/footer and stuff) plus the text "Intentio

ANN: Automation Case Study 2

Hello Framers, Here is another FrameMaker/FrameScript case study. Thank you very much. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Formatting consistency is important when your unstructured FrameMaker documents are converted to other formats such as HTML and XML. Consistent

Esc-m-p DLL - Update

UPDATE: The author of this DLL contacted me, and he approves it being posted. He wishes to remain anonymous because he cannot offer technical support for the DLL. He also provided me with the complete zip file, which has contains the following: ShrinkWrapAsIs.dll --

Search for Discretionary Hyphen?

I have a large document I imported into FM from Word. There are tons of imported "discretionary hyphens" distributed throughout the document, and I'd like to get rid of them. However, I can't figure out how to get the Find/Change feature to change them. I tried using the "Text and Character

Re: Conditional Pagination

Obviously, I am too stressed. I completely misunderstood the problem, back cover not being the same as back page. I totally agree, back cover of a book (just as the front cover or title page) is usually best kept in its own file. Not the least because you often have graphics there that you would w

Re: Another can't find the answer in the archives question - about variables and spell-checking

Well, the conversation could drift two ways, about modifying spell-check settings or quick ways to insert variables. A couple data points: * You can enable the spell-check Options to Ignore... Words Containing a period, which helps with file names. * The industry-specific terms, can, of couse,

Working with non-existent fonts

I've just discovered something useful, although it's probably second nature to a lot of you: FrameMaker can handle missing fonts as if they were actually installed. Suppose you have to work with a document or book that uses fonts you do not have: you manually substitute fonts you do have, *and*

RE: Conditional Pagination

Definitely clear as mud. : ) I can see your point if your dealing with blank pages in the middle of the document. I would rather automate than try to enter blank page files as well. However, when dealing with the back cover, I think the simple solution is to put it in its own file. You can then t

Save All Files in Book as Individual HTML Files

Hi all- For reasons way beyond my control, I need to convert large numbers of FrameMaker 6 (Windows) documents to HTML files for use in RoboHelp (no comment). Is there a way to save an entire book as separate HTML files for each chapter or heading level within the chapters? I've set up the refere

Re: Structure/Schema - Custom or off the shelf?

Alan Houser wrote: I've enjoyed our exchange. The contrast between Micheal's and Eliot's opinions is fascinating, and insightful. Eliot has a long-standing reputation in the markup languages community, while Michael's reputation is solid as a designer of DITA and much of the underlying XSLT p

WebDAV Connections

Hi. We're trying to use FrameMaker's (7.1) check-in/check-out function. We have a virtual WebDAV server set up with several documentation folders. On my machine, I can see the folders in Windows Explorer but cannot see the folders through FrameMaker's File > WorkGroup > Open command. The sa

Re: Another can't find the answer in the archives question - about variables and spell-checking

I think you are refering to my problem with .NET triggering a spacing problem with the . I did make it a variable and it works fine. Whenever I want to insert the term .NET, I press CTRL-0, period, enter. > This issue is also too old for the archives, and if memory serves > me > somewhat correc

RE: Another can't find the answer in the archives question - about variables and spell-checking

Placing a non-breaking space [Ctrl+Space] before the period works. Also, linking back to our earlier discussion, I see that nobody (including me) noted the MSWindows-specific shortcut for shrinking an anchored frame and making it inline: [Applications Key (looks like a pointer selecing a menu

Re: Structure/Schema - Custom or off the shelf?

Mike Feimster wrote: I've enjoyed the exchange as well. I also read the thread on the DITA list and stumbled across Tim Bray's opinion last week. (Does anyone else see the irony in the fact that one of the "creators" of a "language" that allows you to create your own markup language is telling p

Re: Another can't find the answer in the archives question - about variables and spell-checking

Debbi, John, Sara, Grant, et. al. Thanks for the info - in a nutshell: I don't recall this discussion, but Ctrl-0 is the shortcut to insert variables, which may be why "0" sticks in your mind. It highlights the status bar, and you can scroll through until the variable you wish to use is highlight