RE: Can't See the Structure View Window

-Original Message- We moved offices over the weekend, and I reconfigured my dual monitor display a little bit. (Not sure if this is what's causing the problem, but I just thought I'd mention it in case it's important) Anyhoo, I can't see the Structure View window anymore. When I click

Multiple File Import

What do you folks do when you have to import dozens of files as text insets? Frame lets me import only one at a time, which is a pain in the butt. Ideas? --Doug ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to

RE: Multiple File Import

[EMAIL PROTECTED] asked What do you folks do when you have to import dozens of files as text insets? Frame lets me import only one at a time, which is a pain in the butt. Ideas? Well, if the insets are consecutively located in the container document, and if each inset source is a

Re: Multiple File Import

Hi, Doug: Can you tell us more about what you're trying to do with these insets in the container file? Also, how are you selecting them for import? If you Ctrl+Click them in the File Open dialog box, there's the problem of Windows' unpredictable ordering of the files, so even if FM could import

Steve Skirsch

If you use FrameMaker, one name you must know is Steve Skirsch, the man who, along with Charles Corfield, David Murray, and a few others, started the company Frame Technology in 1986 and released FrameMaker 1.0 the following year. The rest, as they say, is history. While clicking around on

Where to download the Trados Story Collector for InDesign

Dear all Frameuser, Pls. help me to find out as above topic I tried to find those plug-in but I don't know where can I get it if anyone of you know, please help many thanks, poom Get easy, one-click

Help with Running Headers

I am running into a problem inserting a running header. It is for a book organized into parts. One of the master pages must include a header row containing the Part number and Part name above the Chapter number and Chapter name. I tried to insert a Running Header 5, just changing the definition

Reprogram Bold and Italic Buttons to Character Tags

Has anyone done this? I'd like to make the Bold button apply my b bold character style instead of the overrideable bold as it currently does (and has always done). I'm using FM 7.2 now. Thanks, s ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as

Create a hypertext marker to automatically fill in TO, CC and SUBJECT

Hi all I'm not sure my last message made it, so I thought I would try again. I am creating hypertext markers in Frame 7.0p4792 on a system running Windows XP home. I have a marker that properly inserts the TO and SUBJECT line and would like to add the coding for a CC also. Does anyone know the

Creating hypertext markers for default email values

Hi all I've tried to post a message to the list a couple of times this morning and neither appears to have gone through. If they have, I apologize for the multiple posting. Does anyone know the syntax for a hotlink to an email address in FrameMaker 7.0p492, Windows XP home? I have got the syntax

Re: Help with Running Headers

Unless you're already using it, you could assign the book's $volnum variable to display the Part's information by mapping it to the appropriate chapters in the book file. Then just set up the header definition to display the word Part and the contents of $volnum. It should work fine because the

RE: Help with Running Headers

David Kuhn wrote: I tried to insert a Running Header 5, just changing the definition that exists from $paratext[H1_Heading1] to $paratext[Part]. There is already a Part paragraph format defined, but it exists only in the Part document type, not the Chapter document type. But when I

Re: Help with Running Headers

Actually, you can set the contents of $volnum to hold user-specified text, which is the method I was thinking of using... Then just plug it in either to the user variable, or into the header. Art On Nov 13, 2007 1:38 PM, Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Kuhn wrote: I tried to

RE: Help with Running Headers

Art Campbell wrote: Actually, you can set the contents of $volnum to hold user-specified text, which is the method I was thinking of using... Then just plug it in either to the user variable, or into the header. slap_forehead /Of course! David mentioned needing both the part number and

Frame's lame callouts

Since Frame has the lamest callout tools ever, does anyone know of a plugin that improves them? Does anyone know why I can't apply styles to them globally? I have to open up the character designer and apply a style to each word individually. Thank you, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gillian

Re: Frame's lame callouts

Gillian Are you using the text line tool? If so, it only lets you apply character tags (yucky, I know)...I use the text frame tool instead so that I can apply a paragraph tag...doesn't necessarily make the feature any less lame and does help me apply paragraph tags (which is what I wanted to do).

Re: Frame's lame callouts

Jerilynne Knight wrote: Gillian Are you using the text line tool? If so, it only lets you apply character tags (yucky, I know)...I use the text frame tool instead so that I can apply a paragraph tag...doesn't necessarily make the feature any less lame and does help me apply paragraph tags

RE: Frame's lame callouts

I do the same Jerilynne and always apply my Callout paragraph style when I create a new text frame. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 User guides, online help, FrameMaker and WebWorks

RE: Frame's lame callouts

Gillian Flato asked (in part): Does anyone know why I can't apply styles to them globally? I have to open up the character designer and apply a style to each word individually. Callouts created with the drawing tools cannot be manipulated with named styles because they are not paragraphs

RE: Frame's lame callouts

My solution for this is creating a paragraph tag (Callouts) and using the Text Frame tool to draw a little text box for the callout. Doing this also enables us to insert cross-references for callouts, which adds similar navigation to graphic hotspots. ;-) Rene Stephenson Fred Ridder [EMAIL

RE: Frame's lame callouts

You can apply named Character formats to the content of text lines, I do it all the time. You can select multiple text lines (control-click to grab the first one, and control-shift click to add others to the selection) and apply the same character tag to them all in one operation. And if you

Re: Frame's lame callouts

I also use a text frame, but take it one step further with a FrameScript that inserts a text frame in an anchored frame, sizes it, and sets the paragraph tag for me. ...Susan - Original Message From: Rene Stephenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Fred Ridder [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Flato, Gillian

RE: Frame's lame callouts

Another reason to use Text Frames rather than Graphical Text is if you have you documents translated this works MUCH better. I have seen do done both ways and if you use Graphical text the layout person has to remember to see if the translated text is hidden under the edge of the graphic frame.

RE: Frame's lame callouts

And if I could type that would help also!! ** Ann Zdunczyk President a2z Publishing, Inc. Language Layout Translation Consulting Phone: (336)922-1271 Fax: (336)922-4980 Cell: (336)456-4493 http://www.a2z-pub.com

Re: Frame's lame callouts

Ann Zdunczyk wrote: And if I could type that would help also!! ** Ann Zdunczyk Yeah, geez, Ann, I wish you'd take a little more time and type your surname properly -- I can never figure out what it's supposed to

RE: Frame's lame callouts

Hello Gillian, As per the previous postings, text frames are more desirable for callouts than text lines in FrameMaker, because you can apply a character and/or paragraph style and globally update all of your callouts throughout a document or book via importing formats from a template. If you

Re: Putting line drawings in a frame doc

Theresa de Valence wrote: How do you control where an image shows up in the text? I have tags for paragraphs (gf GraphicFlush, gi GraphicIndented, etc.) into which I put (only) an anchored frame At Insertion Point. Then I put my graphic inside. Sometimes I import a jpg or other image file;

ANN: ENLASO (translate.com) to Host Webinar on Global Marketing Localization and Translation Best Practices

My company will be putting on a Webinar the last Thursday of the month. FrameMaker will not be the focus, but there will be a brief comparison of Quark and InDesign, regarding advantages that either product may have for multilingual marketing projects. Maxwell Hoffmann Manager of Consulting

Toolbars

Hi I am using Frame 8.0 and I am wondering if there is a way to change the toolbar icons for Plain, Bold and Italics similar to the previous versions of 7 and 7.1. The icons currently used are in the form of a T. Thanks Brian Disclaimer : The contents of this e-mail including any attachments are

Can't See the Structure View Window

-Original Message- We moved offices over the weekend, and I reconfigured my dual monitor display a little bit. (Not sure if this is what's causing the problem, but I just thought I'd mention it in case it's important) Anyhoo, I can't see the Structure View window anymore. When I click

Multiple File Import

What do you folks do when you have to import dozens of files as text insets? Frame lets me import only one at a time, which is a pain in the butt. Ideas? --Doug

Multiple File Import

dbailey4117 at gmail.com asked > > What do you folks do when you have to import dozens of files as text > insets? Frame lets me import only one at a time, which is a pain in > the butt. Ideas? Well, if the insets are consecutively located in the container document, and if each inset source is

Multiple File Import

Hi, Doug: Can you tell us more about what you're trying to do with these insets in the container file? Also, how are you selecting them for import? If you Ctrl+Click them in the File Open dialog box, there's the problem of Windows' unpredictable ordering of the files, so even if FM could import

Steve Skirsch

If you use FrameMaker, one name you must know is Steve Skirsch, the man who, along with Charles Corfield, David Murray, and a few others, started the company Frame Technology in 1986 and released FrameMaker 1.0 the following year. The rest, as they say, is history. While clicking around on

Where to download the Trados Story Collector for InDesign

Dear all Frameuser, Pls. help me to find out as above topic I tried to find those plug-in but I don't know where can I get it if anyone of you know, please help many thanks, poom Get easy, one-click

Help with Running Headers

I am running into a problem inserting a running header. It is for a book organized into parts. One of the master pages must include a header row containing the Part number and Part name above the Chapter number and Chapter name. I tried to insert a Running Header 5, just changing the definition

Reprogram Bold and Italic Buttons to Character Tags

Has anyone done this? I'd like to make the Bold button apply my "b bold" character style instead of the overrideable bold as it currently does (and has always done). I'm using FM 7.2 now. Thanks, s

Create a hypertext marker to automatically fill in TO, CC and SUBJECT

Hi all I'm not sure my last message made it, so I thought I would try again. I am creating hypertext markers in Frame 7.0p4792 on a system running Windows XP home. I have a marker that properly inserts the TO and SUBJECT line and would like to add the coding for a CC also. Does anyone know the

Creating hypertext markers for default email values

Hi all I've tried to post a message to the list a couple of times this morning and neither appears to have gone through. If they have, I apologize for the multiple posting. Does anyone know the syntax for a hotlink to an email address in FrameMaker 7.0p492, Windows XP home? I have got the syntax

Help with Running Headers

Unless you're already using it, you could assign the book's $volnum variable to display the Part's information by mapping it to the appropriate chapters in the book file. Then just set up the header definition to display the word "Part" and the contents of $volnum. It should work fine because the

Help with Running Headers

David Kuhn wrote: > I tried to insert a Running Header 5, just changing the > definition that exists from <$paratext[H1_Heading1]> to > <$paratext[Part]>. > > There is already a Part paragraph format defined, but it > exists only in the Part document type, not the Chapter document type. > >

Help with Running Headers

Actually, you can set the contents of $volnum to hold user-specified text, which is the method I was thinking of using... Then just plug it in either to the user variable, or into the header. Art On Nov 13, 2007 1:38 PM, Combs, Richard wrote: > David Kuhn wrote: > > > I tried to insert a

Help with Running Headers

Art Campbell wrote: > Actually, you can set the contents of $volnum to hold > user-specified text, which is the method I was thinking of > using... Then just plug it in either to the user variable, or > into the header. Of course! David mentioned needing both the part number and name, so it

Putting line drawings in a frame doc

Hello Framers, One of my techniques for quickly conveying an idea is to use a small line drawing (lines, boxes, circles and text). I have been doing these drawings in Frame for many years, having never developed any greater flexability with any other drawing software. These drawing files are

Frame's lame callouts

Since Frame has the lamest callout tools ever, does anyone know of a plugin that improves them? Does anyone know why I can't apply styles to them globally? I have to open up the character designer and apply a style to each word individually. Thank you,

Frame's lame callouts

Gillian Are you using the text line tool? If so, it only lets you apply character tags (yucky, I know)...I use the text frame tool instead so that I can apply a paragraph tag...doesn't necessarily make the feature any less lame and does help me apply paragraph tags (which is what I wanted to do).

Frame's lame callouts

Jerilynne Knight wrote: > Gillian > > Are you using the text line tool? If so, it only lets you apply character > tags (yucky, I know)...I use the text frame tool instead so that I can apply > a paragraph tag...doesn't necessarily make the feature any less lame and > does help me apply paragraph

Frame's lame callouts

I do the same Jerilynne and always apply my Callout paragraph style when I create a new text frame. ~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 User guides, online help, FrameMaker and WebWorks

Frame's lame callouts

Gillian Flato asked (in part):> > Does anyone know why I can't apply styles to them globally? I have to > open up the character designer and apply a style to each word > individually. Callouts created with the drawing tools cannot be manipulated with named styles because they are not

Frame's lame callouts

My solution for this is creating a paragraph tag (Callouts) and using the Text Frame tool to draw a little text box for the callout. Doing this also enables us to insert cross-references for callouts, which adds similar navigation to graphic hotspots. ;-) Rene Stephenson Fred Ridder wrote:

Frame's lame callouts

You can apply named Character formats to the content of text lines, I do it all the time. You can select multiple text lines (control-click to grab the first one, and control-shift click to add others to the selection) and apply the same character tag to them all in one operation. And if you

Creating hypertext markers for default email values

You probably figured this out already, but in case not, try something like this: message URL mailto:paul.inbar at intel.com?cc=paul.inbar at gmail.com=My%20Documen t I think the trick is that & between the two fields. Also note how spaces are indicated (in the subject, for example) You can also

Frame's lame callouts

I also use a text frame, but take it one step further with a FrameScript that inserts a text frame in an anchored frame, sizes it, and sets the paragraph tag for me. ...Susan - Original Message From: Rene Stephenson To: Fred Ridder ; "Flato, Gillian" ; framers at

Frame's lame callouts

Another reason to use Text Frames rather than Graphical Text is if you have you documents translated this works MUCH better. I have seen do done both ways and if you use Graphical text the layout person has to remember to see if the translated text is hidden under the edge of the graphic frame.

Frame's lame callouts

And if I could type that would help also!! ** Ann Zdunczyk President a2z Publishing, Inc. Language Layout & Translation Consulting Phone: (336)922-1271 Fax: (336)922-4980 Cell: (336)456-4493 http://www.a2z-pub.com

Frame's lame callouts

Ann Zdunczyk wrote: > And if I could type that would help also!! > > > ** > Ann Zdunczyk Yeah, geez, Ann, I wish you'd take a little more time and type your surname properly -- I can never figure out what it's supposed to

Frame's lame callouts

On 13 Nov 2007, at 22:01, Ann Zdunczyk wrote: > > Another reason to use Text Frames rather than Graphical Text is if > you have > you documents translated this works MUCH better. I have seen do > done both > ways and if you use Graphical text the layout person has to > remember to see > if

Frame's lame callouts

Hello Gillian, As per the previous postings, text frames are more desirable for callouts than text lines in FrameMaker, because you can apply a character and/or paragraph style and globally update all of your callouts throughout a document or book via importing formats from a template. If you

Frame's lame callouts

Callouts are one of the reasons I created Auto-Text. You can define a set of callout Auto-Text items that are easily pasted into an anchored frame that contains a picture. I have callouts defined for the left or right sides of an image, with various callout lines (straight, angled, brackets, etc).

Putting line drawings in a frame doc

Theresa de Valence wrote: > > How do you control where an image shows up in the text? I have tags for paragraphs (gf GraphicFlush, gi GraphicIndented, etc.) into which I put (only) an anchored frame At Insertion Point. Then I put my graphic inside. Sometimes I import a jpg or other image

ANN: ENLASO (translate.com) to Host Webinar on Global Marketing Localization and Translation Best Practices

My company will be putting on a Webinar the last Thursday of the month. FrameMaker will not be the focus, but there will be a brief comparison of Quark and InDesign, regarding advantages that either product may have for multilingual marketing projects. Maxwell Hoffmann Manager of Consulting &

OT: Default postscript level in Adobe Reader 7.0?

All, Posting on behalf of a colleague who is NOT a TW and who works in a location that has no TWs on site or any support for "writing" related issues. When trying to print to any PDF from Adobe Reader (7.0 with all patches/updates) to an HP printer, supposedly Adobe Reader picks the correct

Flare v Webworks

Hi, Sorry if this question has been answered already; I tried to find a place to search the framer's archive for my questions, but can't find it. Is there a way to search the archive? Anyway, I just talked to Webworks about upgrading my Webworks Pro 2003. First of all, they told me there is