Problems with PDF

2007-09-10 Thread Shlomo Perets
Tina, You wrote: > I'm using Frame 8. > I have a book (28 chapters) with a TOC. I'm creating a PDF > using the File > Save As PDF command. > ... If I put the TOC in the book, I get this message in > the log file where the TOC starts: > %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: pdfmark; Error

Keyboard shortcuts stop working

2007-09-10 Thread Sam Beard
Diane, Thanks for responding on this issue. I've written in about the same problem, along with a problem with the arrow keys not working when held down continuously. The arrow keys work when pressed repeatedly, but not if held down continuously. A couple of others have responded with comments a

Keyboard shortcuts stop working

2007-09-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
Diane Gaskill wrote: > > The keyboard shortcut to switch languages was set to Left Alt Shift > and I apparently was hitting those keys without realizing it. Next > time it happens, try that key combination and see if it switches > back. If not, click Settings >Control Panel > Regional and Langua

Importing PPT slideshows

2007-09-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone offered any options offlist. I'm talking to a > prospect about converting some Word docs that have lots of PPT slides > embedded in them to Frame. There are multiple books, totaling to over 1400 > pages, with I don't even know how many slides in e

ANN: Saturday Sept. 22nd - Training workshops at Front Runner Training

2007-09-10 Thread Veronica Kütt
Hello to all, On Saturday September 22nd, Alan Houser is providing two half day hands-on workshops at Front Runner, in Toronto, Canada. The first is an Introduction to Adobe Captivate and the second is about Adobe Acrobat 8.0. Meet the Trainer http://www.front-runner.com/training/instructors/me

FW: Dictionary doesn't find smart quotes

2007-09-10 Thread Daya, Shetil A - Arlington, VA - Contractor
Morning all, I'm using FrameMaker 7.2b128. I converted a file from Quicksilver to FrameMaker. Everything is working great except for some reason my Dictionary stopped finding the smart quotes (typewriter quotes) in the document. I have checked the option in the dictionary and it still doesn't wo

structured Frame

2007-09-10 Thread Kelly McDaniel
Me,too...thanks, Kelly. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+kmcdaniel=pavtech@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+kmcdaniel=pavtech.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Miriam Boral Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 5:09 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject:

Problems with PDF

2007-09-10 Thread Tina Ricks
Hi all-- Schlomo's fix worked. I turned on tagged PDF, and now I can create a PDF that includes a generated file. Life is good, thanks! Tina tina ricks | kristina.ricks at verizon.net | 503-531-3233 technical writing and editing

Problems with PDF

2007-09-10 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
This may be the fact for Frame 7.2/Distiller7 to. I have on several occasions in the last year or so complained about FrameMaker 7.2 crashing when distilling a book file (print book to file and then distill). Recently I tried setting the Tagged PDF on, and setting tags for only some three elements

Fwd: FW: Dictionary doesn't find smart quotes

2007-09-10 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Sheila: I'm not sure I understand your description. In the Spelling Checker > Options, you can enable or disable straight quotes as an error when checking spelling. However, there's no way to detect curly quotes in the Options dialog box. You can find and change them with Edit > Find/Change.

FM 8 Integration with Webworks

2007-09-10 Thread Stephen C. Gillespie Sr
Greetings! We are all excited about the new FM 8, and I am the first on my team to get the upgrade. My problem is, when I try to open and run my old (FM 7.2) WWP 8 Standard project, I get a communication error: "The application is unable to communicate with FrameMaker. FrameMaker was unable t

FM 8 Integration with Webworks

2007-09-10 Thread John Sgammato
When we upgraded to FM8, we abandoned ePublisher in favor of Mif2Go and OmniHelp. My intern is having a blast with Mif2Go; he finds it much easier to work with than ePublisher was with FM7.2. john -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata@lists.frameusers.com [mailt

FM 8 Integration with Webworks

2007-09-10 Thread Bill Swallow
> My problem is, when I try to open and run my old (FM 7.2) WWP 8 Standard > project, I get a communication error FM 8 and WWP 8 (of any flavor) don't work together. You need WWeP 9.x. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing

structured Frame

2007-09-10 Thread Fred Ridder
Since nobody else has chimed in on this one, let me offer a few comments. It seems to me that the big advantages of structured authoring fall into a few general areas: -enhanced ability to publish content in different forms (definition A of "single sourcing") -enhanced ability to reuse content

FM 8 Integration with Webworks

2007-09-10 Thread Gutierrez, Dorianne
That's great to hear, John - that's my plan exactly. Dorianne -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+dorianne.gutierrez=polarislibrary.com at lists.frameusers.c om [mailto:framers-bounces+dorianne.gutierrez=polarislibrary.com at lists.fram eusers.com] On Behalf Of John Sgammato Sent: Mon

problem install framemaker 8 trial version

2007-09-10 Thread menchin_ela...@emc.com
After three calls to tech support, the issue is resolved. The trial version of Adobe FrameMaker 8 is not supported on Windows 2000. This is noted in small print in the system requirements - my bad! Although I was misled by the first two tech support representatives I spoke with - you certainly ca

Importing PPT slideshows

2007-09-10 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
Stuart, Thanks for that. It seems like the best option, as PPT saves out every slide fairly quickly and automatically overwrites the existing files. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 Use

Problems with PDF

2007-09-10 Thread Tina Ricks
I'm using Frame 8. I have a book (28 chapters) with a TOC. I'm creating a PDF using the File > Save As PDF command. I can make a PDF of the TOC on its own. Works fine. I can make a PDF of any file in the book. If I take the TOC out of the book, I can make a PDF of the whole book. If I pu

structured Frame

2007-09-10 Thread Miriam Boral
Hello Everyone, I'm the sole tech writer for a very small company, but we have a large suite of documentation. I'm beginning to teach myself structured Frame both because I feel it's the way of the future (and therefore worth learning) and also to explore how it might (or might not) be benefi

Re: Importing PPT slideshows

2007-09-10 Thread Madeleine Reardon Dimond
The best option seems to be to make a pdf from PowerPoint and import by reference. (Because I haven't had any trouble making landscape pdfs, I don't expect to have to crop.) If things change, I'll make a new pdf, which I assume will update automatically. So it's not as easy as I'd like, but what a

re: Problems with PDF

2007-09-10 Thread Shlomo Perets
Tina, You wrote: > I'm using Frame 8. > I have a book (28 chapters) with a TOC. I'm creating a PDF > using the File > Save As PDF command. > ... If I put the TOC in the book, I get this message in > the log file where the TOC starts: > %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: pdfmark; ErrorInfo:

RE: Keyboard shortcuts stop working

2007-09-10 Thread Sam Beard
Diane, Thanks for responding on this issue. I've written in about the same problem, along with a problem with the arrow keys not working when held down continuously. The arrow keys work when pressed repeatedly, but not if held down continuously. A couple of others have responded with comments a

Re: Keyboard shortcuts stop working

2007-09-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
Diane Gaskill wrote: The keyboard shortcut to switch languages was set to Left Alt Shift and I apparently was hitting those keys without realizing it. Next time it happens, try that key combination and see if it switches back. If not, click Settings >Control Panel > Regional and Language Setti

Re: Importing PPT slideshows

2007-09-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
Linda G. Gallagher wrote: I'm wondering if anyone offered any options offlist. I'm talking to a prospect about converting some Word docs that have lots of PPT slides embedded in them to Frame. There are multiple books, totaling to over 1400 pages, with I don't even know how many slides in each do

ANN: Saturday Sept. 22nd - Training workshops at Front Runner Training

2007-09-10 Thread Veronica Kütt
Hello to all, On Saturday September 22nd, Alan Houser is providing two half day hands-on workshops at Front Runner, in Toronto, Canada. The first is an Introduction to Adobe Captivate and the second is about Adobe Acrobat 8.0. Meet the Trainer http://www.front-runner.com/training/instructors/me

FW: Dictionary doesn't find smart quotes

2007-09-10 Thread Daya, Shetil A - Arlington, VA - Contractor
Morning all, I'm using FrameMaker 7.2b128. I converted a file from Quicksilver to FrameMaker. Everything is working great except for some reason my Dictionary stopped finding the smart quotes (typewriter quotes) in the document. I have checked the option in the dictionary and it still doesn't w

RE: structured Frame

2007-09-10 Thread Kelly McDaniel
Me,too...thanks, Kelly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miriam Boral Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 5:09 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: structured Frame Hello Everyone, I'm the sole tech writer for a very small company, bu

Re: Problems with PDF

2007-09-10 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
This may be the fact for Frame 7.2/Distiller7 to. I have on several occasions in the last year or so complained about FrameMaker 7.2 crashing when distilling a book file (print book to file and then distill). Recently I tried setting the Tagged PDF on, and setting tags for only some three elements

RE: Problems with PDF

2007-09-10 Thread Tina Ricks
Hi all-- Schlomo's fix worked. I turned on tagged PDF, and now I can create a PDF that includes a generated file. Life is good, thanks! Tina tina ricks | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 503-531-3233 technical writing and editing ___ You are currently subscribe

FM 8 Integration with Webworks

2007-09-10 Thread Stephen C. Gillespie Sr
Greetings! We are all excited about the new FM 8, and I am the first on my team to get the upgrade. My problem is, when I try to open and run my old (FM 7.2) WWP 8 Standard project, I get a communication error: "The application is unable to communicate with FrameMaker. FrameMaker was unable

Fwd: FW: Dictionary doesn't find smart quotes

2007-09-10 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Sheila: I'm not sure I understand your description. In the Spelling Checker > Options, you can enable or disable straight quotes as an error when checking spelling. However, there's no way to detect curly quotes in the Options dialog box. You can find and change them with Edit > Find/Change.

RE: FM 8 Integration with Webworks

2007-09-10 Thread John Sgammato
When we upgraded to FM8, we abandoned ePublisher in favor of Mif2Go and OmniHelp. My intern is having a blast with Mif2Go; he finds it much easier to work with than ePublisher was with FM7.2. john -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen C.

Re: FM 8 Integration with Webworks

2007-09-10 Thread Bill Swallow
> My problem is, when I try to open and run my old (FM 7.2) WWP 8 Standard > project, I get a communication error FM 8 and WWP 8 (of any flavor) don't work together. You need WWeP 9.x. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing

RE: structured Frame

2007-09-10 Thread Fred Ridder
Since nobody else has chimed in on this one, let me offer a few comments. It seems to me that the big advantages of structured authoring fall into a few general areas: -enhanced ability to publish content in different forms (definition A of "single sourcing") -enhanced ability to reuse content

RE: FM 8 Integration with Webworks

2007-09-10 Thread Gutierrez, Dorianne
That's great to hear, John - that's my plan exactly. Dorianne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] om [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] eusers.com] On Behalf Of John Sgammato Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 1:54 PM To: Stephen C. Gillespie Sr; Framers Cc: Aodhan F. C. Richardson Subject: RE

RE: problem install framemaker 8 trial version

2007-09-10 Thread menchin_elaine
After three calls to tech support, the issue is resolved. The trial version of Adobe FrameMaker 8 is not supported on Windows 2000. This is noted in small print in the system requirements - my bad! Although I was misled by the first two tech support representatives I spoke with - you certainly ca

RE: Importing PPT slideshows

2007-09-10 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
Stuart, Thanks for that. It seems like the best option, as PPT saves out every slide fairly quickly and automatically overwrites the existing files. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 Use