Re: Portrait landscape in a singlr document ??

Ankur, You wrote: I have a small query that whether a portrait and a landscape page can be included in the same document I suppose, it is easier to include them in a book.. You can create a custom landscape master page, then apply to specific body pages (manually, or based on

Re: Converting Interleaf files to FrameMaker

Filtrix. $189 USD. www.blueberry.com On 2/20/06, Scott Abel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a tool that can convert Interleaf to Framemaker? Please respond directly as I get the list in digest mode and I won't get another until tomorrow! Thanks. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner

RE: FM Extension for Google Desktop Search ???

Nicole wrote: Oh wow, I love that song! You mean FM Extension for Google Desktop Search? ;-) Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --

Re: Converting Interleaf files to FrameMaker

I believe some versions of Interleaf support a save-as-RTF option. Which would be the safest format to open in FM. (Although Blueberry is supposed to work fine; depends if you want an add-on tool or not.) Also, I seem to recall that at some pre-Adobe point, when Interleaf was the chief

Re: find special characters

In general, put a reverse slash \ before the character you're searching for. Details are on page 68-69 and Appendix A of the 7.0 manual. Art On 2/21/06, Rainbow Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all: I am new to the forum, also I am so glad to join it. But now I have a question. I don't how

Re: Convert FrameMaker .book to Ditamap?

Hi John... You can save a book to MIF and process from there. Or you can save it to MIFML (through FileTools or the free MIFML converter) and use XSLT to generate a ditamap .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/mifml/ If you do transform it from MIFML, I'd love to hear about it. Good luck.

RE: FM Extension for Google Desktop Search ???

*laughs* I want in that line for a red-haired girl, too. But seriously, I haven't heard of an FM extension for Google desktop search. I suspect that it's (still) technical reasons as to why one hasn't debuted. A.u.r.o.r.a Hales-Crotchett, Nicole said: Oh wow, I love that song! -N

RE: Centered Figure Caption alignment

Hi, I have created a centre aligned figure caption with a tab in the autonumber after the autonumber sequence. I set up a tab stop but the spacing does not seem to take effect between the figure caption and the autonumber.   I repeatedly increased the value of the position of the tab stop to

Insets not updating during book update

I'm using FrameMaker 7.2. I also tried this in 7.0 and got the same results. When I update a book file, I select the Update All Text Insets check box. But I can tell that the insets are not being updated because I'm removing conditions from the insets. After I update the book, the conditions

Re: Convert FrameMaker .book to Ditamap?

John, No direct answer here, but you may well find help from one or both of these Yahoo Groups: dita-users: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/ framemaker-dita: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/framemaker-dita/ I've been lurking on the users group for a month or so; they are quite helpful,

RE: FM Extension for Google Desktop Search ???

Vincent Black Lightening ;-P -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com] On Behalf Of Combs, Richard Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:26 AM To: Framers Subject: RE: FM Extension for Google Desktop Search ??? Nicole wrote: Oh wow, I love that

RE: Strings for text symbols

The basic list of dialog box codes for special characters has always been in Appendix A of the FrameMaker User Guide, Typing in Dialog Boxes. If you need anything beyond the basic list, consult the file CharacterSets.pdf in the OnlineManuals folder of your FrameMaker installation, which provides

Re: CareerBuilder

I've found my last two jobs through personal contacts. That said, indeed.com looks promising, even fun: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=village+idiot%2C+massachusetts YMMV. kh On 2/21/06, John Posada [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, guys...for reasons I cannot go into in the event that others from

RE: Centered Figure Caption alignment

Tabs only work in the intuitively expected way in left-aligned or justified paragraphs. Tabs do not function in centered or right-aligned paragraphs. They only work when the text is flowing in a left-to-right direction. It actually makes sense if you think about it. I mean, how would you

MORE SPAM TO LIST MEMBERS

OK, this jerk is spamming again. How long will the list administrators allow this guy to spam the list? I think this list is a great resource, but I will bail if I'm going to be exposing my email to all kinds of crap like this. John Huntington Original Message Subject:

RE: MORE SPAM TO LIST MEMBERS

I got two emails from them today to to different accounts. One is the Framers account, the other is one listed on my site, so it looks like he's harvesting from many sources. That's not to say this list isn't one of them, but he's going all out in collecting them. I've deleted them, but I

RE: Structured FrameMaker competency questions

Since the questions must have clearly correct answers, I'd probably opt to show the candidate a (printed or onscreen) snippet of an actual structured FrameMaker document (including the structure view) and ask him or her closed-ended questions about it, such as In this section of the document,

Structured FrameMaker competency questions

Hi all, I know that what I'm about to ask is less than ideal on so many levels, but please don't offer me a lecture as I have no control over the circumstances. A past client has been asked to put together of list of questions that a non-technical panel could use to evaluate applicants for a

Importing Generated Files Into TOC

> Every time I try that and regenerate the file, the headings disappear and the > lists are printed before my TOC headings. Yep - text before the actual TOC is preserved. Text after the TOC is not preserved. The easiest approach is to make each generated file a separate file in a book. But

Portrait & landscape in a singlr document ??

Ankur, You wrote: >I have a small query that whether a "portrait" and a "landscape" page >can be included in the same document >I suppose, it is easier to include them in a book.. You can create a custom landscape master page, then apply to specific body pages (manually, or based on

Export equations in non-binary format?

FrameMaker equations are represented internally as strings. For example, a simple 1/2 fraction is represented as over[num[1.,"1"],num[2.,"2"]] The square root of 4 is represented by sqrt[num[4.,"4"]] Obviously, more complicated equations will

Importing Generated Files Into TOC

I think you misunderstood my suggestion. A hypothetical FrameMaker book named bookname.book would be built as follows: FrontMatter.fm, a single, non-generated file containing this content: -title page content -legal page content -TOC heading -text inset containing TOC content -LOF

FM Extension for Google Desktop Search ???

You mean the '52 Vincent, or the red-headed girl? :^) Roger Shuttleworth London, Canada -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+rshuttleworth=activplant@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+rshuttleworth=activplant.com at lists.frameusers.co m] On Behalf Of Art Campbell

Convert FrameMaker .book to Ditamap?

Anyone have a workflow for this? If not, can a book be exported to something in ASCII that could be scripted into a ditamap?

Converting Interleaf files to FrameMaker

Filtrix. $189 USD. www.blueberry.com On 2/20/06, Scott Abel wrote: > > Does anyone know of a tool that can convert Interleaf to Framemaker? > Please respond directly as I get the list in digest mode and I won't > get another until tomorrow! Thanks. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users

FM Extension for Google Desktop Search ???

Oh wow, I love that song! -N -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+nicole.hales-crotchett=lmco.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+nicole.hales-crotchett=lmco.com at lists.frameusers .com] On Behalf Of Roger Shuttleworth Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:32 AM

Converting Interleaf files to FrameMaker

I believe some versions of Interleaf support a save-as-RTF option. Which would be the safest format to open in FM. (Although Blueberry is supposed to work fine; depends if you want an add-on tool or not.) Also, I seem to recall that at some pre-Adobe point, when Interleaf was the chief

find special characters

In general, put a reverse slash \ before the character you're searching for. Details are on page 68-69 and Appendix A of the 7.0 manual. Art On 2/21/06, Rainbow Zhang wrote: > hi all: > I am new to the forum, also I am so glad to join it. > But now I have a question. I don't how to find

Convert FrameMaker .book to Ditamap?

Hi John... You can save a book to MIF and process from there. Or you can save it to MIFML (through FileTools or the free MIFML converter) and use XSLT to generate a ditamap .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/mifml/ If you do transform it from MIFML, I'd love to hear about it. Good luck.

automating documentation builds

Hi Peter, I guess I wasn't quite clear in my original post. I'm doing the entire doc build on a local machine--the only network access is checking the source files out of CVS and checking in the generated help and PDFs back into CVS. It looks like I have a solution, given to me offlist by Rick

German Translation in FrameMaker

Hi All, We?re in need of German translation services for our docs (an email application) and I?m wondering if any of you has found a good person/agency that works well with FrameMaker, RoboHelp and basic HTML editors (we use all three). Any recommendations on good ones are as welcome as

Strings for text symbols

Hi, What is the character sequence representing a paragraph mark and a manual line break for using in the searching dialog? Where can I find a key to these sorts of strings and sequences? Thanks in advance Robert Werner AppSense - Winner of Hot Companies 2006 Award "Malware is a growing

Centered Figure Caption alignment

Hi, I have created a centre aligned figure caption with a tab in the autonumber after the autonumber sequence. I set up a tab stop but the spacing does not seem to take effect between the figure caption and the autonumber. ? I repeatedly increased the value of the position of the tab stop to

Insets not updating during book update

I'm using FrameMaker 7.2. I also tried this in 7.0 and got the same results. When I update a book file, I select the "Update All Text Insets" check box. But I can tell that the insets are not being updated because I'm removing conditions from the insets. After I update the book, the conditions

Convert FrameMaker .book to Ditamap?

John, No direct answer here, but you may well find help from one or both of these Yahoo Groups: dita-users: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/ framemaker-dita: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/framemaker-dita/ I've been lurking on the users group for a month or so; they are quite helpful,

FM Extension for Google Desktop Search ???

"Vincent Black Lightening" ;-P -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+nicole.hales-crotchett=lmco.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+nicole.hales-crotchett=lmco.com at lists.frameusers .com] On Behalf Of Combs, Richard Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:26 AM To:

Strings for text symbols

The basic list of dialog box codes for special characters has always been in Appendix A of the FrameMaker User Guide, "Typing in Dialog Boxes". If you need anything beyond the basic list, consult the file CharacterSets.pdf in the OnlineManuals folder of your FrameMaker installation, which

CareerBuilder

I've found my last two jobs through personal contacts. That said, indeed.com looks promising, even fun: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=village+idiot%2C+massachusetts YMMV. kh On 2/21/06, John Posada wrote: > Hi, guys...for reasons I cannot go into in the event that others from > my company

Insets not updating during book update

Rick, What type of text insets are you using? I have seen this behavior with XML text insets created when opening an XML document. XML text insets created by importing XML fragments into existing FM documents behave as expected. --Lynne At 10:49 AM 2/22/2006, Rick Henkel wrote:

Centered Figure Caption alignment

Tabs only work in the intuitively expected way in left-aligned or justified paragraphs. Tabs do not function in centered or right-aligned paragraphs. They only work when the text is flowing in a left-to-right direction. It actually makes sense if you think about it. I mean, how would you

MORE SPAM TO LIST MEMBERS

OK, this jerk is spamming again. How long will the list administrators allow this guy to spam the list? I think this list is a great resource, but I will bail if I'm going to be exposing my email to all kinds of crap like this. John Huntington Original Message Subject:

MORE SPAM TO LIST MEMBERS

I got two emails from them today to to different accounts. One is the Framers account, the other is one listed on my site, so it looks like he's harvesting from many sources. That's not to say this list isn't one of them, but he's going all out in collecting them. I've deleted them, but I

Structured FrameMaker competency questions

Since the questions must have clearly correct answers, I'd probably opt to show the candidate a (printed or onscreen) snippet of an actual structured FrameMaker document (including the structure view) and ask him or her closed-ended questions about it, such as "In this section of the document,

Apple Command character in FrameMaker Windows?

Thanks, everyone! I'm using Wingdings. Had to get the PostScript version. The client wouldn't accept TrueType. Pat

German Translation in FrameMaker

Karyn, All L10N vendors work with the tools you have mentioned below, but that is only a starting point. There are many more things to look for, all very important. Go to this link and download the (PDF) book called Localization and Framemaker.

MORE SPAM TO LIST MEMBERS

At 9:00 PM -0500 2/22/06, John Huntington wrote: >OK, this jerk is spamming again. How long will the list administrators allow >this guy to spam the list? I didn't receive it. Maybe my Eudora Junk filter took it out, but I didn't notice that either. Are you sure it's from the list? - web