Dear all,
Recently i have discovered, that _opening_ a very rudimentary MIF
file, such as the one hereafter, FM magically creates a nearly full
document environment - only a text frame on the body page is missing.
The open document displays a full set of catalogues, masterpage Right
and even
Hello Klaus,
These definitions are not taken from the fminit/custom file;
I guess the formats are stored internally (fallback catalogs).
This happens only if the appropriate catalogs are not
defined in the MIF file at all.
If you add *empty* catalogs to your MIF snippet,
they are kept empty:
I'm using FM 7.1p116, and though I hesitate to bring up what might well
be a timeworn question, I am curious. Is there such a thing as an
optimal (and hopefully not overly labor-intensive) way to bring
multiple-page PDFs into Frame? If so, what does it look like?
Is is possible to build a folded booklet in Framemaker? I have to create a
3-1/2 x 6 dictionary, and I'd rather use FM instead of Word. Thanks for
any help!
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I think we need a little more details. Is this a 4-page leaflet, a
6-page one or more?
For a physical page of 4 (2 on each side) just set your page size to 3-1/2 x 6.
For a folded multicolumn paper, you could use columns (for the easier
ones) or, as I often do, set up a master page with 3
Hi all,
I'm at the indexing stage of a 400 page book for a product I hadn't worked with
for about 3 years (so no memory of what I indexed before). The manual has also
been totally restructured, and many features superseded by different ones. Now
I'm looking at building the index, and the
Be sure to look at IXGen by Frank Stearns. http://www.fsatools.com/ I
believe he's still doing eval versions. Solid design, bulletproof, and
as you point out, does all kinds of nice tricks.
Probably cuts indexing time in half, without sacrificing quality.
In addition to indexing, IXGen works with
IXgen used to be the gold standard for manipulating FrameMaker markers, and
one that I used to heartily recommend. There are two things that soured me
on IXgen:
1) Upgrade prices are quite high, especially if you only use it
occasionally.
2) IXgen may alter your marker contents, for
I've been using Emdex - http://www.emdex.ca/ and have found it does the
job well. It's $100 for a single user license.
Cheers
Mark
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Hi Kevin...
MarkerTools is not so much of an Indexing Solution as it is a tool for
making it easier to work with markers.One of the most useful features is
the updated marker dialog that lets you select multiple markers (or all
markers in a file), and browse through them without needing to
Kevin,
You wrote:
... The minimum I'd like is to see index entries inline. Anything extra is
gravy, but I'm not convinced I do need much extra, so if I can see and
work with entries inline (a View option?) for cheap/free, I'd start
there.
I recommend Marker Madness from Zenserve,
Hi Frank,
First of all, let me say publicly that I have a great deal of respect for
you, both professionally and personally. I admit that my comment about price
is subjective and was based on competitors' prices. I concede that value is
not always measured on initial cost alone.
As far as
Well, assuming the text is a continuous flow, it'll write out to .rtf
that way too.
Because they're graphics intensive, I'd do the .rtf to get the words
and then, if necessary, do a second save of the .pdf to .PNG or .JPG
to get the graphics.
Art
On 10/4/06, Pinkham, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Guy K. Haas wrote:
Thanks for the elaboration, Frank.
Have you considered making a configuration option for IXgen that would enable
the user of such third-party tools to turn off the [ balancing?
Yes -- that is indeed the conceptual plan. Problem is, within IXgen there
Dear all,
Recently i have discovered, that _opening_ a very rudimentary MIF
file, such as the one hereafter, FM magically creates a nearly full
document environment - only a text frame on the body page is missing.
The open document displays a full set of catalogues, masterpage Right
and even
Hello Klaus,
These definitions are not taken from the fminit/custom file;
I guess the formats are stored internally ("fallback catalogs").
This happens only if the appropriate catalogs are not
defined in the MIF file at all.
If you add *empty* catalogs to your MIF snippet,
they are kept empty:
In Acrobat, Save As .rtf and open the file in FM.
Both how good / clean it looks and how labor-intensive it is depends
entirely on how the original files were built -- with style tags or
without, with manual over-rides, lots of tables
If you have a FM template you're going to impose, you've
Is is possible to build a folded booklet in Framemaker? I have to create a
3-1/2" x 6" dictionary, and I'd rather use FM instead of Word. Thanks for
any help!
There are a number of old threads on this, but the easiest way to do
it is to write the booklet straight in Frame. Generate a .pdf, and
then use Acrobat or any of several page imposition programs (Quite
Imposing) to reorder the pages so they roll out of a printer properly.
However, if a
I think we need a little more details. Is this a 4-page leaflet, a
6-page one or more?
For a physical page of 4 (2 on each side) just set your page size to 3-1/2 x 6.
For a folded multicolumn paper, you could use columns (for the easier
ones) or, as I often do, set up a master page with 3 frames
Hi all,
I'm at the indexing stage of a 400 page book for a product I hadn't worked with
for about 3 years (so no memory of what I indexed before). The manual has also
been totally restructured, and many features superseded by different ones. Now
I'm looking at building the index, and the
Kevin,
I've only used the Silicon Prairie plug-in, and it does use regular Index
markers. You create your index entries using the tool, which creates a
condition and paragraph tag. You see the index entries in your text, each in
a separate paragraph, then you tell the tool to update all markers
Be sure to look at IXGen by Frank Stearns. http://www.fsatools.com/ I
believe he's still doing eval versions. Solid design, bulletproof, and
as you point out, does all kinds of nice tricks.
Probably cuts indexing time in half, without sacrificing quality.
In addition to indexing, IXGen works with
IXgen used to be the gold standard for manipulating FrameMaker markers, and
one that I used to heartily recommend. There are two things that soured me
on IXgen:
1) Upgrade prices are quite high, especially if you only use it
occasionally.
2) IXgen may alter your marker contents, for example,
I've been using Emdex - http://www.emdex.ca/ and have found it does the
job well. It's $100 for a single user license.
Cheers
Mark
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From: framers-bounces+mark.southee=surfcontrol@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+mark.southee=surfcontrol.com at
Hi Kevin...
MarkerTools is not so much of an "Indexing Solution" as it is a tool for
making it easier to work with markers.One of the most useful features is
the updated marker dialog that lets you select multiple markers (or all
markers in a file), and browse through them without needing to
Kevin,
You wrote:
>... The minimum I'd like is to see index entries inline. Anything extra is
>gravy, but I'm not convinced I do need much extra, so if I can see and
>work with entries inline (a View option?) for cheap/free, I'd start
>there.
I recommend Marker Madness from Zenserve,
Hi, Kevin:
You might want to look at the freeware MarkerWorker FrameMaker plug-in
from cudspan:
Documentation:
http://www.telecable.es/personales/cud/Files/cudSpan/CudSpanDocs.pdf#search=%22markerworker%20cudspan%22
Download from:
http://www.telecable.es/personales/cud/cssIndex.htm
HTH
Rebecca.L.Frasure at aphis.usda.gov wrote:
> Is is possible to build a folded booklet in Framemaker? I have to create a
> 3-1/2" x 6" dictionary, and I'd rather use FM instead of Word. Thanks for
> any help!
If you're sending to a commercial printer, they will do the page
rearrangement
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Rick Quatro wrote:
> IXgen used to be the gold standard for manipulating FrameMaker markers, and
> one that I used to heartily recommend. There are two things that soured me on
> IXgen:
>
> 1) Upgrade prices are quite high, especially if you only use it occasionally.
Rick,
Hi Frank,
First of all, let me say publicly that I have a great deal of respect for
you, both professionally and personally. I admit that my comment about price
is subjective and was based on competitors' prices. I concede that value is
not always measured on initial cost alone.
As far as
Well, assuming the text is a continuous flow, it'll write out to .rtf
that way too.
Because they're graphics intensive, I'd do the .rtf to get the words
and then, if necessary, do a second save of the .pdf to .PNG or .JPG
to get the graphics.
Art
On 10/4/06, Pinkham, Jim wrote:
> Thanks for
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Guy K. Haas wrote:
> Thanks for the elaboration, Frank.
> Have you considered making a configuration option for IXgen that would enable
> the user of such third-party tools to turn off the "[" balancing?
Yes -- that is indeed the conceptual plan. Problem is, within IXgen
Is anyone aware of a formula for how many words/pages a Tech Writer can
produce in a given period of time? I am being asked to take on additional
manuals and upper management wants some numbers to justify additional head
count that will be needed. I can probably come up with an estimate based
Hello,
FM 6.0 unstructured
ePro WWH 5.0
We recently translated our documentation set (two manuals, about 1,600
pages) into Spanish. This wasn't a very smooth process, but it was
accomplished by sending our .mif files to the translator, who uses
TRADOS. The translator was selected based on the
Thanks for this, Art, and my apologies for not being more precise. In
our case, we have multiple-page, sometimes graphic-intensive PDFs,
provided by our vendors, that we include as appendices today. The
advantage to being able to bring them purely (or relatively purely) into
Frame would primarily
Everyone:
I am creating PDF's from FM7 using Acrobat 6.0. I need the graphics to
keep their exact dimensions because they are templates for cutting holes
in metal. What are the settings in Acrobat for keeping image sizes
exactly as they are in the original FrameMaker document?
Thank You,
Ed
Frame Gang,
I'm sure this has been asked/answered before, but is there a way to globally
replace one paragraph tag with another in a book file? For example, I have a
tag called "X-1" and I want to replace it with "A-3".
Or would I be better off just changing the X-1 paragraph tag
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