Re: First Time Framer!

2007-05-28 Thread azdunczyk
Hi Mark, One thing that I have not seen mentioned is that there are changes to the autonumbering starting with 6.0. In 6.0 Adobe added 2 additional system variables ($chapnum, $volnum). These can be used at the book level and document level. These are vary good additions that makes numbering

Re: mailmerge

2007-05-28 Thread eric . dunn
I use the mailmerge feature in Word to import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product on which the report is based, the final score that the product achieved and so on... Is this something that I can do better using Framemaker? Out-of-the-box, No. But, I've already

RE: First Time Framer!

2007-05-28 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Hello Mark, Besides echoing the other positive reinforcement you've received on your decision, I wanted to emphasize that page layout control is a particularly compelling reason to switch from Word to FrameMaker. Because my employer provides service to a variety of clients I am required to

structure levels for creating a tagged PDF

2007-05-28 Thread Marcia Wright
Hi all, Could someone please explain the purpose of the structure levels you're supposed to set when you create a tagged PDF (PDF Setup dialog box, Tags tab)? The help talks about how to set the levels but not what they do. My guess is they allow a screen reader to determine such things as

First Time Framer!

2007-05-28 Thread azdunc...@triad.rr.com
Hi Mark, One thing that I have not seen mentioned is that there are changes to the autonumbering starting with 6.0. In 6.0 Adobe added 2 additional system variables ($chapnum, $volnum). These can be used at the book level and document level. These are vary good additions that makes numbering

mailmerge

2007-05-28 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
"I use the mailmerge feature in Word to import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product on which the report is based, the final score that the product achieved and so on... Is this something that I can do better using Framemaker?" Out-of-the-box, No. But, I've already

First Time Framer!

2007-05-28 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Hello Mark, Besides echoing the other positive reinforcement you've received on your decision, I wanted to emphasize that page layout control is a particularly compelling reason to switch from Word to FrameMaker. Because my employer provides service to a variety of clients I am required to

structure levels for creating a tagged PDF

2007-05-28 Thread Marcia Wright
Hi all, Could someone please explain the purpose of the structure levels you're supposed to set when you create a tagged PDF (PDF Setup dialog box, Tags tab)? The help talks about how to set the levels but not what they do. My guess is they allow a screen reader to determine such things as