RE: Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
Lester is right! And also be aware that NO, repeat NO, repeat yet again NO Windows driver, whether PostScript or otherwise, can accept CMYK from applications, except for EPS passthrough with the PostScript driver, since the Windows imaging model is totally RGB. Drivers can output CMYK (as the PostS

Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread Dov Isaacs
Lester is right! And also be aware that NO, repeat NO, repeat yet again NO Windows driver, whether PostScript or otherwise, can accept CMYK from applications, except for EPS passthrough with the PostScript driver, since the Windows imaging model is totally RGB. Drivers can output CMYK (as the PostS

Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread etudsb...@cpaglobal.com
I'm trying to create some colours for a FrameMaker template which correspond to our corporate style guide and I'm finding it rather difficult. One of our corporate colours is "Pantone 2627" which is a dark violet. When I select Pantone 2627 in the Colour Definitions dialog box, it does indeed loo

Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread Daniel Doornbos
Dear Lester, When you send a PDF file to an outside firm for printing, such as I suggested for Edwin's project, your choice of printer driver can make a big difference in output quality. The Adobe PDF driver is good when your PDF is the final deliverable in the project, meaning it will be read onl

RE: Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread Daniel Doornbos
Dear Lester, When you send a PDF file to an outside firm for printing, such as I suggested for Edwin's project, your choice of printer driver can make a big difference in output quality. The Adobe PDF driver is good when your PDF is the final deliverable in the project, meaning it will be read onl

Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread Lester C. Smalley
As has been repeated in this forum, time and time again, if you are 'printing' to PDF you should be using the Acrobat Distiller print driver, and not the drivers for any specific real or generic device. This should show up in your system (Windows) as the "Adobe PDF" or "Acrobat Distiller" (if you h

Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
"Combs, Richard" wrote on 06/09/2006 01:09:11 PM: > I deliver primarily PDFs, and I wouldn't use xrefs in this way because > they'd become working hyperlinks in the PDFs. Ugh! Not a problem. You just change all those Xrefs into text and all is good. The Xref formats used for the purpose of term

RE: Framemaker and Translation

2006-06-09 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
FrameUsers: I wanted to clarify the information on some of the pre-recorded webinars available from www.translate.com (ENLASO.) We have conducted a number of free webinars, several of which have centered on translating/localizing regular and structured FrameMaker documents. You can request any o

Framemaker and Translation

2006-06-09 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
FrameUsers: I wanted to clarify the information on some of the pre-recorded webinars available from www.translate.com (ENLASO.) We have conducted a number of free webinars, several of which have centered on translating/localizing regular and structured FrameMaker documents. You can request any o

RE: Importing text insets

2006-06-09 Thread Shelly Schneider
This isn't drag and drop, but you could use the shortcut keys for importing files - ESC f-i-f. It's faster than going to the menu, anyway. -Shelly -Original Message- Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/09/2006 12:03:18 PM: > Is there a way import text insets by dragging and dropping

RE: Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread Lester C. Smalley
As has been repeated in this forum, time and time again, if you are 'printing' to PDF you should be using the Acrobat Distiller print driver, and not the drivers for any specific real or generic device. This should show up in your system (Windows) as the "Adobe PDF" or "Acrobat Distiller" (if you h

RE: Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread Rene Stephenson
Changing to text destroys the purpose of using the xref (e.g., one-stop updating/changes). I think you can modify PDF setup not to convert xrefs to hyperlinks... but if you have functional xrefs for other purposes, you might not want to do that. So much depends on what you've already done in the re

Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread Rene Stephenson
Changing to text destroys the purpose of using the xref (e.g., one-stop updating/changes). I think you can modify PDF setup not to convert xrefs to hyperlinks... but if you have functional xrefs for other purposes, you might not want to do that. So much depends on what you've already done in the re

Re: Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread Rene Stephenson
Eric, Nice innovation. One of the challenges some writing teams face is project portability vs. linking to shared content on a network. Sometimes variables provide a way to maintain portability and standards without requiring a live connection to a LAN architecture. Single-sourcing and using shar

Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread Rene Stephenson
Eric, Nice innovation. One of the challenges some writing teams face is project portability vs. linking to shared content on a network. Sometimes variables provide a way to maintain portability and standards without requiring a live connection to a LAN architecture. Single-sourcing and using shar

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: HidingPages?]

2006-06-09 Thread nancy carpenter
Okay, open mouth and insert foot. I know they are different, but I made a sloppy jump in logic and communication. Still have not grown out of that habit. : ) I was thinking that a cross reference might solve a problem that I have with text insets. I will open that in another thread. Nancy Carpe

Importing text insets

2006-06-09 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
Sounds like a job for FrameScript... Eric L. Dunn Senior Technical Writer Doug wrote on 06/09/2006 12:03:18 PM: > Is there a way import text insets by dragging and dropping them into > an open Frame document? It's irritating to have to jump through the > menu hoops when you have a large number

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
The text content of a cross-reference is limited by what you can build using the Xref building blocks. It may be possible to have a Xref that produces multiple paragraphs (Using \R in the def?) but I doubt it would be workable. But to combine multiple paragraphs, you need to have information th

RE: Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread eric . dunn
"Combs, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/09/2006 01:09:11 PM: > I deliver primarily PDFs, and I wouldn't use xrefs in this way because > they'd become working hyperlinks in the PDFs. Ugh! Not a problem. You just change all those Xrefs into text and all is good. The Xref formats used for

Things dropping out when printed

2006-06-09 Thread Art Campbell
See if the dpi setting you're using is 600 dpi, and if it is, set it to a lower setting. There was a bug that afflicted this particular combo of settings, went away for a while, and has manifested itself (at least on my systems) following an Acrobat 7 automatic upgrade. The other thing to try is

Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread Daniel Doornbos
Dear Edwin, Pantone and CMYK are two completely different color (colour) schemes. A printing press operator can either buy ink in a specific Pantone color or mix the ink from an exact recipe of colors and proportions. People use Pantone color when they need an exact color. Pantone colors are desi

RE: Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread Daniel Doornbos
Dear Edwin, Pantone and CMYK are two completely different color (colour) schemes. A printing press operator can either buy ink in a specific Pantone color or mix the ink from an exact recipe of colors and proportions. People use Pantone color when they need an exact color. Pantone colors are desi

Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread Combs, Richard
Eric Dunn wrote: > The situation was this: hundreds of components, multiple ways > of writing their descriptions, abbreviations, and > specifications which led to an unmanageable mass of variables. > > So, I turned to cross-references. > What are the downsides? Well, so far nothing. But I h

Importing text insets

2006-06-09 Thread Doug
Is there a way import text insets by dragging and dropping them into an open Frame document? It's irritating to have to jump through the menu hoops when you have a large number of files to import. --Doug

Hiding Pages?

2006-06-09 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 14:39 -0400 8/6/06, Schoen, Brady wrote: >What I have is a "Parts Drawing" on the left, and the "Parts Listing" on the >right for each brand. The entire page is specific to each brand, not just a >word or the drawing, the entire page. What I did was put all 8 decal pages >(1 Drawing page and 1

Hiding Pages?

2006-06-09 Thread Grant Hogarth
Likewise here, as well as text insets from Reference pages. Variables = Names, short strings (ex: "Select this option to enable", "xth", "For more information, refer to:", etc.) Insets = Table cells whose contents are identical, functionality that appears repeated times (example we have a tab th

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread nancy carpenter
This might work better than text insets. I use text insets for definitions of fields on screens and for introductory paragraphs that are used in more than one chapter. Is there a limit to how much text you can insert with a cross reference? My introductions often are two or three paragraphs. Na

Importing text insets

2006-06-09 Thread Shelly Schneider
This isn't drag and drop, but you could use the shortcut keys for importing files - ESC f-i-f. It's faster than going to the menu, anyway. -Shelly -Original Message- Doug wrote on 06/09/2006 12:03:18 PM: > Is there a way import text insets by dragging and dropping them into > an open

RE: Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread Debbi Correia
> I deliver primarily PDFs, and I wouldn't use xrefs in this > way because they'd become working hyperlinks in the PDFs. Ugh! Actually they'd become BROKEN hyperlinks, since most likely the referenced document isn't included in the doc set! Deb Correia

Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread Debbi Correia
> I deliver primarily PDFs, and I wouldn't use xrefs in this > way because they'd become working hyperlinks in the PDFs. Ugh! Actually they'd become BROKEN hyperlinks, since most likely the referenced document isn't included in the doc set! Deb Correia

RE: Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread Combs, Richard
Eric Dunn wrote: > The situation was this: hundreds of components, multiple ways > of writing their descriptions, abbreviations, and > specifications which led to an unmanageable mass of variables. > > So, I turned to cross-references. > What are the downsides? Well, so far nothing. But I h

Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
"Ridder, Fred" wrote on 06/08/2006 11:57:39 AM: > In a situation where only the name changes, I find that it is *much* > more maintainable to use a variable for the product name because > you only have to make a change in one place (the variable's value > definition) when one of the names changes

RE: Hiding Pages?

2006-06-09 Thread Grant Hogarth
Likewise here, as well as text insets from Reference pages. Variables = Names, short strings (ex: "Select this option to enable", "xth", "For more information, refer to:", etc.) Insets = Table cells whose contents are identical, functionality that appears repeated times (example we have a tab th

Colour question

2006-06-09 Thread ETudsbery
I'm trying to create some colours for a FrameMaker template which correspond to our corporate style guide and I'm finding it rather difficult. One of our corporate colours is "Pantone 2627" which is a dark violet. When I select Pantone 2627 in the Colour Definitions dialog box, it does indeed loo

Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread John Posada
I may have missed something. I assumed we WERE talking about about text inserts, but done by importing by referencing them rather than copying them in. Oh, well...back to playing with my new French Coffee Press and my freshly ground French Roast. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The text content o

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread John Posada
I may have missed something. I assumed we WERE talking about about text inserts, but done by importing by referencing them rather than copying them in. Oh, well...back to playing with my new French Coffee Press and my freshly ground French Roast. --- eric.dunn at ca.transport.bombardier.com wrote

Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: HidingPages?]

2006-06-09 Thread nancy carpenter
Okay, open mouth and insert foot. I know they are different, but I made a sloppy jump in logic and communication. Still have not grown out of that habit. : ) I was thinking that a cross reference might solve a problem that I have with text insets. I will open that in another thread. Nancy Carpe

Re: Importing text insets

2006-06-09 Thread eric . dunn
Sounds like a job for FrameScript... Eric L. Dunn Senior Technical Writer Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/09/2006 12:03:18 PM: > Is there a way import text insets by dragging and dropping them into > an open Frame document? It's irritating to have to jump through the > menu hoops when you

Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread eric . dunn
The text content of a cross-reference is limited by what you can build using the Xref building blocks. It may be possible to have a Xref that produces multiple paragraphs (Using \R in the def?) but I doubt it would be workable. But to combine multiple paragraphs, you need to have information th

Re: Things dropping out when printed

2006-06-09 Thread Art Campbell
See if the dpi setting you're using is 600 dpi, and if it is, set it to a lower setting. There was a bug that afflicted this particular combo of settings, went away for a while, and has manifested itself (at least on my systems) following an Acrobat 7 automatic upgrade. The other thing to try is

Re: Importing text insets

2006-06-09 Thread John Posada
> Is there a way import text insets by dragging and dropping them > into an open Frame document? It's irritating to have to jump > through the menu hoops when you have a large number of files to > import. Not that I'm aware of. If there was, it WOULD save me loads of time. FM has never been up to

Importing text insets

2006-06-09 Thread John Posada
> Is there a way import text insets by dragging and dropping them > into an open Frame document? It's irritating to have to jump > through the menu hoops when you have a large number of files to > import. Not that I'm aware of. If there was, it WOULD save me loads of time. FM has never been up to

Importing text insets

2006-06-09 Thread Doug
Is there a way import text insets by dragging and dropping them into an open Frame document? It's irritating to have to jump through the menu hoops when you have a large number of files to import. --Doug ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as

Hiding Pages?

2006-06-09 Thread Beck, Charles
Actually, where I have worked in the past, we used a combination of both variables *and* conditional text for multiple versions of a product. FWIW. Chuck Beck -Original Message- Subject: RE: Hiding Pages? In a situation where only the name changes, I find that it is *much* more maintai

Hiding Pages?

2006-06-09 Thread ROBIN POTTS
Have you tried inserting the page elements in an anchored frame and then applying the conditional text to the anchored frame tag? This may eliminate the extra pages. Robin Potts Technical Writer ADTRAN EN Tech Pubs robin.potts at adtran.com 963-6131 Message: 11 Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:01:16

RE: Framemaker and Translation

2006-06-09 Thread Diane Gaskill
Wim, I cannot imagine why you think translation and the tools used to do it should not be discussed here. I have been answering questions about localzation on this list for 14 years. So many questions in fact, that I eventually compiled the answers to them into a small book, and at the request o

Framemaker and Translation

2006-06-09 Thread Diane Gaskill
Wim, I cannot imagine why you think translation and the tools used to do it should not be discussed here. I have been answering questions about localzation on this list for 14 years. So many questions in fact, that I eventually compiled the answers to them into a small book, and at the request o

Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread John Posada
No...I've imported documents that were hundreds of pages long into another document. Of course, everything has a limit...maybe a million pages might be a problem? > than one chapter. Is there a limit to how much text you can insert > with a cross reference? My introductions often are two or thr

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread John Posada
No...I've imported documents that were hundreds of pages long into another document. Of course, everything has a limit...maybe a million pages might be a problem? > than one chapter. Is there a limit to how much text you can insert > with a cross reference? My introductions often are two or thr

PageLabeler Plugin

2006-06-09 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Lin, PageLabeler works fine with 7.2. Here are the most common causes of problems: 1) In Acrobat, choose Edit > Preferences and select the Page Display category. Make sure that Use logical page numbers is checked. 2) If you print to PS, then distill, make sure you are using the Adobe PDF (

Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread nancy carpenter
This might work better than text insets. I use text insets for definitions of fields on screens and for introductory paragraphs that are used in more than one chapter. Is there a limit to how much text you can insert with a cross reference? My introductions often are two or three paragraphs. Na

RE: PageLabeler Plugin

2006-06-09 Thread Hales-Crotchett, Nicole
Yep, my error in assumption was pointed out to me. Blame it on pre-coffee state of mind! Thanks, Nicole -Original Message- From: John Posada [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:05 AM To: Hales-Crotchett, Nicole; Framers (E-mail) Subject: RE: PageLabeler Plugin My g

PageLabeler Plugin

2006-06-09 Thread Hales-Crotchett, Nicole
Yep, my error in assumption was pointed out to me. Blame it on pre-coffee state of mind! Thanks, Nicole -Original Message- From: John Posada [mailto:jposad...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:05 AM To: Hales-Crotchett, Nicole; Framers (E-mail) Subject: RE: PageLabeler Plugin M

RE: PageLabeler Plugin

2006-06-09 Thread John Posada
My group at EMC > > Not to pick nits, but no, we don't all use it. In > the office, I can't use plugins at all, so I don't use any. > > > Yes, we all do in this group. > > John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish." _

PageLabeler Plugin

2006-06-09 Thread John Posada
My group at EMC > > Not to pick nits, but no, we don't all use it. In > the office, I can't use plugins at all, so I don't use any. > > > Yes, we all do in this group. > > John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Variables vs Cross-references [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread eric . dunn
"Ridder, Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/08/2006 11:57:39 AM: > In a situation where only the name changes, I find that it is *much* > more maintainable to use a variable for the product name because > you only have to make a change in one place (the variable's value > definition) when one of

Re: Hiding Pages?

2006-06-09 Thread ROBIN POTTS
Have you tried inserting the page elements in an anchored frame and then applying the conditional text to the anchored frame tag? This may eliminate the extra pages. Robin Potts Technical Writer ADTRAN EN Tech Pubs [EMAIL PROTECTED] 963-6131 Message: 11 Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:01:16 -0400 F

RE: PageLabeler Plugin

2006-06-09 Thread Hales-Crotchett, Nicole
Not to pick nits, but no, we don't all use it. In the office, I can't use plugins at all, so I don't use any. -Nicole -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com] On Behalf Of John Posada Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 2:55 PM To: Lin Surasky; Framers (E-ma

PageLabeler Plugin

2006-06-09 Thread Hales-Crotchett, Nicole
Not to pick nits, but no, we don't all use it. In the office, I can't use plugins at all, so I don't use any. -Nicole -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+nicole.hales-crotchett=lmco.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+nicole.hales-crotchett=lmco.com at lists.frameus

RE: Hiding Pages?

2006-06-09 Thread Beck, Charles
Actually, where I have worked in the past, we used a combination of both variables *and* conditional text for multiple versions of a product. FWIW. Chuck Beck -Original Message- Subject: RE: Hiding Pages? In a situation where only the name changes, I find that it is *much* more mainta

Re: PageLabeler Plugin

2006-06-09 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Lin, PageLabeler works fine with 7.2. Here are the most common causes of problems: 1) In Acrobat, choose Edit > Preferences and select the Page Display category. Make sure that Use logical page numbers is checked. 2) If you print to PS, then distill, make sure you are using the Adobe PDF

RE: Hiding Pages?

2006-06-09 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 14:39 -0400 8/6/06, Schoen, Brady wrote: >What I have is a "Parts Drawing" on the left, and the "Parts Listing" on the >right for each brand. The entire page is specific to each brand, not just a >word or the drawing, the entire page. What I did was put all 8 decal pages >(1 Drawing page and 1