Two excellent questions.
The first one I have run into before; I just finished working as a lone
writer who had to do exactly what you are doing.
FM does not have an "external" formats doc. What you can do, though, is
apply the formats in a document to all the files in a book. To do this,
you ope
Hi!
I have used FrameMaker and ClearCase before. I don't particularly see a
need to link together all the files in a book within ClearCase, unless
you're going directly from ClearCase to FM or invoking ClearCase from FM
itself. Of course, you have to treat FM files as binary; you can't
compare uns
Folks,
I was a member of this list several years ago. It's great to be back
among you.
I inherited a large XML document (700 pages) that was written under the
docbook DTD.
The editing tool originally used to create the file is unknown. I'd like
to be able to edit it
in Frame and save it bac
Tammy Van Boening wrote:
Ok - a quick follow-up to this. For the "empty" paragraph tag, you need
some kind of source text for the paragraph to select for the x-ref, so
what I did was set up an auto-number format with the phrase
"TotalPageCount" and set the color to white so it doesn't show and I
All,
New gig here and like so many others have done on this list, getting
them converted from Word to Framemaker. My SCM guy just stopped by to
talk to me about getting the Framemaker files into Clear Case. He has
worked with Framemaker files before (yea!) and seems to remember a long
time ago tha
Thanks Joe. This helped me refine my approach a bit - but at least I was
on track with the white color.
This list saves me so many times.
TVB
Tammy Van Boening
Engineering Technical Writer
InsureWorx
303-729-7733
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
***
I never use "this page intentionally blank". It never made any sense
to me, as by putting text there it's no longer blank.
On 10/16/06, Susan Curtzwiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all,
Is there any hard and fast rule that when you have a blank left page before a
chapter break that you h
Joe,
You wrote:
Interesting question regarding Shlomo's excellent ToolbarPlus Express
tool. The tool originally had a "bug" where the Paragraph Tag dropdown
box was nearly invisible. I know there's a fix for this, but I can't
remember what it is. Can anyone help?
Thanks for the compliment --
Hello fellow Frame users,
This is my first post to the list; I joined yesterday. I've been using Frame
for about two years, but I only recently started a job where I'm a lone
writer, in charge of all documentation for my organization. Previously, I've
been using Frame, but my supervisor was the o
>>When I marked text as A and as B, and then I showed only A, the text
disappeared.
You didn't conditionalize it correctly then, because if text is set to A
and B and you only show A, the text will show up. Turn on paragraph tags
and make sure the para tag reflects the proper condition.
-Gill
Yes, I apologize to Shlomo, that is correct.
Fred Ridder wrote:
> It wasn't a bug in Shlomo's tool; it was a deliberate design decision.
> The issue was (and still is) a bug in FrameMaker itself which allows
> the toolbar list box to display something other than the tag that is
> applied to the cu
It wasn't a bug in Shlomo's tool; it was a deliberate design decision.
The issue was (and still is) a bug in FrameMaker itself which allows
the toolbar list box to display something other than the tag that is
applied to the current paragraph, making the display unreliable.
What Shlomo chose to do
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Hi,
Is anyone aware of the FDK call that would allow to invoke menu (Special |
Remove Structure flow). I would like to action this through an API call and
currently I
Yes, I'm discovering the same thing here. Frame seems to want to punish
us for not having ACM installed... Frame's idiotic obsession with the
Times font is beginning to really annoy me.
Steve Cavanaugh
Sr. Technical Writer
NAT Seattle Inc.
-Original Message-
From: Noah Evans [mailto:[
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Hi,
Is anyone aware of the FDK call that would allow to invoke menu (Special |
Remove Structure flow). I would like to action this through an API call and
currently I
Joe,
You wrote:
>Interesting question regarding Shlomo's excellent ToolbarPlus Express
>tool. The tool originally had a "bug" where the Paragraph Tag dropdown
>box was nearly invisible. I know there's a fix for this, but I can't
>remember what it is. Can anyone help?
Thanks for the compliment --
Hello fellow Frame users,
This is my first post to the list; I joined yesterday. I've been using Frame
for about two years, but I only recently started a job where I'm a lone
writer, in charge of all documentation for my organization. Previously, I've
been using Frame, but my supervisor was the on
Folks,
I was a member of this list several years ago. It's great to be back
among you.
I inherited a large XML document (700 pages) that was written under the
docbook DTD.
The editing tool originally used to create the file is unknown. I'd like
to be able to edit it
in Frame and save it back t
Susan Curtzwiler wrote:
> Hi all, Is there any hard and fast rule that when you have a blank
> left page before a chapter break that you have to label it as "This
> page intentionally left blank." ?
>
I just put a small version of the company logo at the end of the text of
each chapter. Then it'
Tammy Van Boening wrote:
> Ok - a quick follow-up to this. For the "empty" paragraph tag, you need
> some kind of source text for the paragraph to select for the x-ref, so
> what I did was set up an auto-number format with the phrase
> "TotalPageCount" and set the color to white so it doesn't show
Apparently I made a mistake in my original post. When I tried a second
time to mark text as both A and B, and then show only A, the text did
not disappear.
So this solves the problem. Text that appears in both A and B manuals, I can
mark as both A and B, then when I print Manual A I can select
At 11:08 +0100 17/10/06, Paul Findon wrote:
>>Correct. There was a campaign, thanks to Paul Findon, but it got us nowhere:
>>http://www.fm4osx.org
>
>Don't write it off just yet, Steve, the campaign is still very much alive.
>Just last week I resubmitted over 400 pages of petition with 3,673 sig
No, not really, except in certain circles.
The main thing is regarding printed/photocopied material, that if you
see a blank (totally blank) page, that you do not suspect the
printing/photocopying mechanism of skipping a page, which was rather
usual some years ago, when printers and photocopying m
I have three manuals that are mostly identical, Manual A, Manual B and
Manual C (for example).I have 3 conditional text tags named A,B and C.
When I print, I will need to able to show only A, B, or C, to get the
features for that book.
The problem is that some features apply to both A and B, so
Tammy,
If you import (by reference) the Cover File and then the TOC before the
text content, you should get the effect you're looking for. Then, update
the TOC to reflect the changed page numbers of headings in the expanded
document. Then, double-click the referenced TOC in the expanded doc and
se
On 11 Oct 2006, at 07:01, Steve Rickaby wrote:
> Correct. There was a campaign, thanks to Paul Findon, but it got us
> nowhere: http://www.fm4osx.org
Don't write it off just yet, Steve, the campaign is still very much
alive. Just last week I resubmitted over 400 pages of petition with
3,673
It wasn't a bug in Shlomo's tool; it was a deliberate design decision.
The issue was (and still is) a bug in FrameMaker itself which allows
the toolbar list box to display something other than the tag that is
applied to the current paragraph, making the display unreliable.
What Shlomo chose to do w
I never use "this page intentionally blank". It never made any sense
to me, as by putting text there it's no longer blank.
On 10/16/06, Susan Curtzwiler wrote:
> Hi all,
> Is there any hard and fast rule that when you have a blank left page
> before a chapter break that you have to label it
Lynne,
Sorry for being unclear. What I mean is that during structured import,
frame is inserting a nameless character format that sets the Japanese
and English fonts even if you've already defined a paragraph tag for
that element in the edd. This blank character tag is placed right
before the actu
>>When I marked text as A and as B, and then I showed only A, the text
disappeared.
You didn't conditionalize it correctly then, because if text is set to A
and B and you only show A, the text will show up. Turn on paragraph tags
and make sure the para tag reflects the proper condition.
-Gilli
Hey Steve,
I changed the ini file earlier, but the problem seems to be that no
matter what I do, when I import all of the text fonts are being set by
a blank character format. So even if I set the data to what I want in
the paragraph tag, the blank character format that is inserted during
import o
All,
New gig here and like so many others have done on this list, getting
them converted from Word to Framemaker. My SCM guy just stopped by to
talk to me about getting the Framemaker files into Clear Case. He has
worked with Framemaker files before (yea!) and seems to remember a long
time ago tha
Thanks Joe. This helped me refine my approach a bit - but at least I was
on track with the white color.
This list saves me so many times.
TVB
Tammy Van Boening
Engineering Technical Writer
InsureWorx
303-729-7733
tvanboening at insureworx.com
***
Yes, I apologize to Shlomo, that is correct.
Fred Ridder wrote:
> It wasn't a bug in Shlomo's tool; it was a deliberate design decision.
> The issue was (and still is) a bug in FrameMaker itself which allows
> the toolbar list box to display something other than the tag that is
> applied to the cu
The short answer is "no," no more than for any other book. Blank pages
are expected and accepted in books that use the convention of starting
chapters on right pages.
I think the labels started being used years ago when military and
mil-spec manuals were issued and updated with change pages. Becau
Yes, I'm discovering the same thing here. Frame seems to want to punish
us for not having ACM installed... Frame's idiotic obsession with the
Times font is beginning to really annoy me.
Steve Cavanaugh
Sr. Technical Writer
NAT Seattle Inc.
-Original Message-
From: Noah Evans [mailto:n
Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:
>
> Yes - that is what I do today. It is just too clumsy though! The dialog
> box is never long enough, more clicks than necessary, etc. :(
>
>> Both of your requests are great ideas to suggest to the FrameMaker
>> enhancement request link at Adobe.com.
>
> Is there a URL
The short answer is "no," no more than for any other book. Blank pages
are expected and accepted in books that use the convention of starting
chapters on right pages.
I think the labels started being used years ago when military and
mil-spec manuals were issued and updated with change pages. Beca
Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:
Yes - that is what I do today. It is just too clumsy though! The dialog
box is never long enough, more clicks than necessary, etc. :(
Both of your requests are great ideas to suggest to the FrameMaker
enhancement request link at Adobe.com.
Is there a URL or e-mail ad
No, not really, except in certain circles.
The main thing is regarding printed/photocopied material, that if you
see a blank (totally blank) page, that you do not suspect the
printing/photocopying mechanism of skipping a page, which was rather
usual some years ago, when printers and photocopying
At 11:08 +0100 17/10/06, Paul Findon wrote:
>>Correct. There was a campaign, thanks to Paul Findon, but it got us nowhere:
>>http://www.fm4osx.org
>
>Don't write it off just yet, Steve, the campaign is still very much alive.
>Just last week I resubmitted over 400 pages of petition with 3,673 sig
On 11 Oct 2006, at 07:01, Steve Rickaby wrote:
Correct. There was a campaign, thanks to Paul Findon, but it got us
nowhere: http://www.fm4osx.org
Don't write it off just yet, Steve, the campaign is still very much
alive. Just last week I resubmitted over 400 pages of petition with
3,673 s
Apparently I made a mistake in my original post. When I tried a second
time to mark text as both A and B, and then show only A, the text did
not disappear.
So this solves the problem. Text that appears in both A and B manuals, I can mark as both A and B, then when I print Manual A I can select
I have three manuals that are mostly identical, Manual A, Manual B and
Manual C (for example).I have 3 conditional text tags named A,B and C.
When I print, I will need to able to show only A, B, or C, to get the
features for that book.
The problem is that some features apply to both A and B, s
Tammy,
If you import (by reference) the Cover File and then the TOC before the
text content, you should get the effect you're looking for. Then, update
the TOC to reflect the changed page numbers of headings in the expanded
document. Then, double-click the referenced TOC in the expanded doc and
se
Hi!
Interesting question regarding Shlomo's excellent ToolbarPlus Express
tool. The tool originally had a "bug" where the Paragraph Tag dropdown
box was nearly invisible. I know there's a fix for this, but I can't
remember what it is. Can anyone help?
Joe
_
This a bit tricky. I haven't done it before, but I found instructions
for it in the Adobe FrameMaker help. The topic title is
"Including the total page count of a book in a header or footer"
The Page Count (<$lastpagenum>) variable ordinarily resets on a
file-by-file basis, but you can make it do
Lynne,
Sorry for being unclear. What I mean is that during structured import,
frame is inserting a nameless character format that sets the Japanese
and English fonts even if you've already defined a paragraph tag for
that element in the edd. This blank character tag is placed right
before the act
I've used Captivate with FrameMaker. As far as I know, Captivate will work
with any Windows application.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com
Does anyone know anything about Captivate working with Framemaker?
___
Hey Steve,
I changed the ini file earlier, but the problem seems to be that no
matter what I do, when I import all of the text fonts are being set by
a blank character format. So even if I set the data to what I want in
the paragraph tag, the blank character format that is inserted during
import
Hi, Peter.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Peter Gold wrote:
For editing purposes, you could define and apply a conditional text tag
whose text indicator (underline, overline, strikethrough) or color
(standard or one you define) would identify the inset. For more
information, search for conditio
Hi all,
Is there any hard and fast rule that when you have a blank left page
before a chapter break that you have to label it as "This page intentionally
left blank." ?
It would be much easier if I could use section break for odd pages (yes,
this is using Word) instead of Next Pa
Hi, Syed:
Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:
Hi, all.
A couple of related questions. In some of my documents, I am using
a large number of file imports by reference - keeping the common
text and information into separate files (these get imported into
multiple final documents).
1. When I am working on a
Ok - a quick follow-up to this. For the "empty" paragraph tag, you need
some kind of source text for the paragraph to select for the x-ref, so
what I did was set up an auto-number format with the phrase
"TotalPageCount" and set the color to white so it doesn't show and I
have a cross-ref. format ca
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