Re: Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-18 Thread Klaus Daube
On 17 Sep 2007 at 19:37, Yves Barbion wrote: I've just noticed that there seems to be some sort of time-out on the F8 and F9 shortcut keys (to apply a character format and paragraph format, respectively) in FM8. In earlier versions of FM, you could press F9, type the first (couple of)

RE: Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-18 Thread Klaus Daube
On 17 Sep 2007 at 13:01, John Sgammato wrote: Maybe it's just me, or a faulty memory, but In FrameMaker 8 using ALT+arrow key to move an image now seems to work only form the left ALT key? Hello Framers, This issue depends on the keyboard: On most European keyboards (ch, de, fr, ...) the

RE: Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-18 Thread John Sgammato
That is a satisfactory answer to my puzzle. Thanks, Klaus! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Klaus Daube Sent: Tue 9/18/2007 4:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Know bugs in FM 8? On 17 Sep 2007 at 13:01, John Sgammato wrote: Maybe it's just me,

RE: Broken Text Includes

2007-09-18 Thread Sam Beard
John, Yes, in an ideal situation, this is certainly feasible and recommended. However, not everyone has easy access to high-speed networks, outside of satellite systems, which have their own issues. For example, I lived outside of town in a development that had no cable access, with outdated

Re: Broken Text Includes

2007-09-18 Thread John Posada
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RE: Autonumber challenge: Table 10.a, Table 10.b and Figure 10.a

2007-09-18 Thread Lester C. Smalley
Sure - this is actually pretty easy. You need to use blank placeholders to keep FM from changing certain counters while incrementing the one you're interested in. For example: Step = S:Step n+0: Table = S:Table n0. a+ Figure = S:Figure n0.a+ On Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:41 PM,

RE: Autonumber challenge: Table 10.a, Table 10.b and Figure 10.a

2007-09-18 Thread Fred Ridder
This is fairly easy. You just need to control separate counter elements as for each type of number and include placeholders as necessary. The only thing unusual is making the step number an unseparated compound of the chapter number system variable ($chapnum) plus a zero. I've never seen this

Autonumber challenge: Table 10.a, Table 10.b and Figure 10.a

2007-09-18 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
I have a challenge with autonumbering, and can't recall the solution. (Ran into this unusual numbering style some years ago.) I am trying to get a complex autonumbering sequence to work in unstructured FM7.2 on Windows. I'm assisting a customer with a template that requires the following

sed update

2007-09-18 Thread Ben Hechter
Don't want to bore people with off-topic content, but have had good success using MS-DOS sed (stream editor) to globally add/change/delete lines of text in hundreds of ASCII text files before importing them into Frame. Perhaps may work equally well for MIF/RTF. Once I'm up to speed on regular

Re: Autonumber challenge: Table 10.a, Table 10.b and Figure 10.a

2007-09-18 Thread Brad Anderson
Max, I believe that this is the solution that you want. There is a blank in between the . Step = S:Step n+0: =0 =0 Table = S:Table n0.a+ Figure = S:Figure n0. a+ Brad On Sep 18, 2007, at 11:40 AM, Maxwell Hoffmann wrote: I have a challenge with autonumbering, and can't recall the

FM Crashes upon Undo

2007-09-18 Thread Natalie Bircher
If I resize a specific graphic (a number balloon) and hit Ctrl+Z, I get the following: Internal Error 7204, 6107874, 7775428, 0. FrameMaker has detected a serious problem and must quit. A file named c:\program files\adobe\framemaker7.2\FrameLog_07.09.10_08.44.05.txt has been generated which

Footnotes and frames

2007-09-18 Thread Tina Ricks
I'm working on a document with lots of footnotes. I have a block of text that is an full-page excerpt from another source, and the style we've established for this type of information is to put it in a box. I have a graphic frame (anchored) with a text frame inside that, with the text from

RE: [SPAM] RE: Autonumber challenge: Table 10.a, Table 10.b and Figure 10.a

2007-09-18 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Hi Fred, Thank you for refreshing my memory. I knew that there was a solution, but I have not had to run separate counters in this fashion for several years. The usual custom is for Tables and Figures to number sequentially, but not be dependent on sub-chapter numbered headings. Your advice has

Re: Footnotes and frames

2007-09-18 Thread Art Campbell
Uh, from your description, it sounds as if FM is behaving correctly in that you have two streams and it's numbering and keeping each stream's footnotes separate. You're asking it to keep the streams separate in different frames but merge the footnote streams. So to get the look you want, you need

Re: Footnotes and frames

2007-09-18 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Tina: If all your boxed insets are the same full-page size, you might solve the problem by creating a custom master page whose main text frame (tagged template text frame in Frame-ese) has a black border. Import the outside content to the insertion point position, apply the custom master

and yet another dumb question

2007-09-18 Thread Gail Former
Hi All I have just had the trial version of FM 8 added to my applications, and wonder where the Structured Application Developer's Guide went. Is it no longer available? Not furnished with the trial version? Somewhere else? If someone could point me to it, I would be grateful. Thanks Gail,

Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-18 Thread Klaus Daube
On 17 Sep 2007 at 19:37, Yves Barbion wrote: > I've just noticed that there seems to be some sort of "time-out" on the F8 > and F9 shortcut keys (to apply a character format and paragraph format, > respectively) in FM8. > > In earlier versions of FM, you could press F9, type the first (couple

Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-18 Thread Klaus Daube
On 17 Sep 2007 at 13:01, John Sgammato wrote: > Maybe it's just me, or a faulty memory, but > In FrameMaker 8 using ALT+arrow key to move an image now seems to work > only form the left ALT key? Hello Framers, This issue depends on the keyboard: On most European keyboards (ch, de, fr, ...)

Know bugs in FM 8?

2007-09-18 Thread John Sgammato
That is a satisfactory answer to my puzzle. Thanks, Klaus! From: framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata@lists.frameusers.com on behalf of Klaus Daube Sent: Tue 9/18/2007 4:45 AM To: framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Know bugs in FM 8? On 17 Sep 2007 at

Broken Text Includes

2007-09-18 Thread Sam Beard
John, Yes, in an ideal situation, this is certainly feasible and recommended. However, not everyone has easy access to high-speed networks, outside of satellite systems, which have their own issues. For example, I lived outside of town in a development that had no cable access, with outdated

Broken Text Includes

2007-09-18 Thread John Posada
If the area can received a cell phone connection, they can use a wireless broadband card. I do. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever. So far, so good." - Original Message From: Sam Beard To: John Posada ;

sed update

2007-09-18 Thread Ben Hechter
Don't want to bore people with off-topic content, but have had good success using MS-DOS sed (stream editor) to globally add/change/delete lines of text in hundreds of ASCII text files before importing them into Frame. Perhaps may work equally well for MIF/RTF. Once I'm up to speed on regular

Autonumber challenge: Table 10.a, Table 10.b and Figure 10.a

2007-09-18 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
I have a challenge with autonumbering, and can't recall the solution. (Ran into this unusual numbering style some years ago.) I am trying to get a complex autonumbering sequence to work in unstructured FM7.2 on Windows. I'm assisting a customer with a template that requires the following

Autonumber challenge: Table 10.a, Table 10.b and Figure 10.a

2007-09-18 Thread Lester C. Smalley
Sure - this is actually pretty easy. You need to use blank placeholders "< > " to keep FM from changing certain counters while incrementing the one you're interested in. For example: Step = S:Step 0: Table = S:Table 0.< > Figure = S:Figure 0.< > On Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Autonumber challenge: Table 10.a, Table 10.b and Figure 10.a

2007-09-18 Thread Fred Ridder
This is fairly easy. You just need to control separate counter elements as for each type of number and include placeholders as necessary. The only thing unusual is making the step number an unseparated compound of the chapter number system variable (<$chapnum>) plus a zero. I've never seen this

Autonumber challenge: Table 10.a, Table 10.b and Figure 10.a

2007-09-18 Thread Brad Anderson
Max, I believe that this is the solution that you want. There is a blank in between the < >. Step = S:Step 0: < =0>< =0> Table = S:Table 0.< > Figure = S:Figure 0.< > Brad On Sep 18, 2007, at 11:40 AM, Maxwell Hoffmann wrote: > I have a challenge with autonumbering, and can't

FM Crashes upon Undo

2007-09-18 Thread Natalie Bircher
If I resize a specific graphic (a number balloon) and hit Ctrl+Z, I get the following: Internal Error 7204, 6107874, 7775428, 0. FrameMaker has detected a serious problem and must quit. A file named "c:\program files\adobe\framemaker7.2\FrameLog_07.09.10_08.44.05.txt" has been generated which

[SPAM] RE: Autonumber challenge: Table 10.a, Table 10.b and Figure 10.a

2007-09-18 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Hi Fred, Thank you for refreshing my memory. I knew that there was a solution, but I have not had to run separate counters in this fashion for several years. The usual custom is for Tables and Figures to number sequentially, but not be dependent on sub-chapter numbered headings. Your advice has

Footnotes and frames

2007-09-18 Thread Tina Ricks
I'm working on a document with lots of footnotes. I have a block of text that is an full-page excerpt from another source, and the style we've established for this type of information is to put it in a box. I have a graphic frame (anchored) with a text frame inside that, with the text from

Footnotes and frames

2007-09-18 Thread Art Campbell
Uh, from your description, it sounds as if FM is behaving correctly in that you have two streams and it's numbering and keeping each stream's footnotes separate. You're asking it to keep the streams separate in different frames but merge the footnote streams. So to get the look you want, you need

Footnotes and frames

2007-09-18 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Tina: If all your boxed insets are the same full-page size, you might solve the problem by creating a custom master page whose main text frame ("tagged template text frame" in "Frame-ese") has a black border. Import the outside content to the insertion point position, apply the custom master

and yet another dumb question

2007-09-18 Thread Gail Former
Hi All I have just had the trial version of FM 8 added to my applications, and wonder where the Structured Application Developer's Guide went. Is it no longer available? Not furnished with the trial version? Somewhere else? If someone could point me to it, I would be grateful. Thanks Gail,

ANN: FrameScript 5.0 (10% discount in September)

2007-09-18 Thread Brad Anderson
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