Theresa de Valence wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Checking back on this. It was a fascinating experiment. I was very
impressed with ComboBook's ability to rapidly generate the "uber book"
from 152 book files scattered amongst subdirectories in a particular
folder. (I created a file list after doing a directory search in
2xExplorer, using that util
Hi,
The ABCM and InsetPlus plugins are now available for FM8. They are still free
and you can get them at:
http://www.weststreetconsulting.com
ABCM is still version at 1.0. InsetPlus has been upgraded to 2.0, with some
cool new features such as source module tracking. For more information, pl
Pinkham, Jim wrote:
> Unfortunately, I came to a screeching halt on the Update Book
> run to fill in the LOR when FM said "couldn't update this
> book because it contains no openable nongenerated files."
> This is guesswork, but I'm thinking "this book" refers to one
> of the component sub-boo
WebWorks does many things well. It has three major downsides:
1. Price
2. Support is OK, but major issues get ignored
3. Documentation gets a 0 out of 10
Other than that, it has many positive interfaces: a very Macintosh-like
intuitive interface, a sensible file layout, a lot of customizability,
Hi Pat,
The tool you are looking for is called Mif2Go, and you can find it at
http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm.
The company is very much still in business, and its owner (?) Jeremy
Griffiths is very active on this list. It is much more reasonably priced
than WebWorks but a bit more challenging
I find that in frame 8, when I import a tiff that is 5.2 inches wide, the
import dialog does not automatically choose the dpi that preserves the 5.2 inch
width (which happened in frame 7). Instead, it seems that in frame 8 my only
choice is to click custom and guess which dpi is going bring in
Vendor post
I'm product manager for Madcap. I can tell you that Flare nicely single
sources
Frame 7 and 8 files and it's all pretty easy - much easier than setting
up WWP,
and I'm a WWP expert.
We are also offering a competitive upgrade for about $400 off the full Flare
price. I st
Tammy,
Adobe Reader and Acrobat both select the PostScript language level
based entirely upon the PostScript language level specified in the
device's .PPD (PostScript Printer Definition) file. If your colleague's
printer doesn't work properly with the default PostScript language level
set in the P
Hi all, thanks for all the off and on list replies.
I get that I should put the graphics directly into the document in
question in an anchored frame, not as an anchored frame inside a text
inset. Will do herewith.
With respect to text running around a graphic, i.e. the width of the
graphic does n
I've been using Flare for a couple of years now--since its first Beta
release. When you create an online Help project from FM files for the
first time, it does take some time to set it up. You have to create
skins, templates, assign styles, etc. The time consumption is not a
limitation of the softw
I'd second the recommendation for MIF2Go, while pointing out that it
can output to many more formats, some of which might give a small
company some new formats to provide...
Art
On Nov 14, 2007 12:41 PM, Charles Beck wrote:
> Hi Pat,
>
> The tool you are looking for is called Mif2Go, and you can
I'm wondering how other FrameMaker users handle formatting XML and other
computer code samples in text. I have tried a couple of approaches and am not
satisfied with either.
One approach I've taken is to create a paragraph tag that contains regularly
spaced tabs. This requires that I reformat
Hi all,I know that I can change Framemaker's default line width sizes
that appear in the drawing tool, but can I change the default image DPI
settings that appear when I import a graphic file?The new template set I
am working with only allows DPI settings which are not the de
Theresa de Valence wrote:
> 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.
>
Hi,
The ABCM and InsetPlus plugins are now available for FM8. They are still free
and you can get them at:
http://www.weststreetconsulting.com
ABCM is still version at 1.0. InsetPlus has been upgraded to 2.0, with some
cool new features such as source module tracking. For more information, pl
Checking back on this. It was a fascinating experiment. I was very
impressed with ComboBook's ability to rapidly generate the "uber book"
from 152 book files scattered amongst subdirectories in a particular
folder. (I created a file list after doing a directory search in
2xExplorer, using that util
Pinkham, Jim wrote:
> Unfortunately, I came to a screeching halt on the Update Book
> run to fill in the LOR when FM said "couldn't update this
> book because it contains no openable nongenerated files."
> This is guesswork, but I'm thinking "this book" refers to one
> of the component sub-boo
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 no
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 PostSc
I find that in frame 8, when I import a tiff that is 5.2 inches wide, the
import dialog does not automatically choose the dpi that preserves the 5.2 inch
width (which happened in frame 7). Instead, it seems that in frame 8 my only
choice is to click custom and guess which dpi is going bring in
Hi Pat,
The tool you are looking for is called Mif2Go, and you can find it at
http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm.
The company is very much still in business, and its owner (?) Jeremy
Griffiths is very active on this list. It is much more reasonably priced
than WebWorks but a bit more challenging
WebWorks does many things well. It has three major downsides:
1. Price
2. Support is OK, but major issues get ignored
3. Documentation gets a 0 out of 10
Other than that, it has many positive interfaces: a very Macintosh-like
intuitive interface, a sensible file layout, a lot of customizability,
Vendor post
I'm product manager for Madcap. I can tell you that Flare nicely single
sources
Frame 7 and 8 files and it's all pretty easy - much easier than setting
up WWP,
and I'm a WWP expert.
We are also offering a competitive upgrade for about $400 off the full Flare
price. I st
Tammy,
Adobe Reader and Acrobat both select the PostScript language level
based entirely upon the PostScript language level specified in the
device's .PPD (PostScript Printer Definition) file. If your colleague's
printer doesn't work properly with the default PostScript language level
set in the P
Hi all, thanks for all the off and on list replies.
I get that I should put the graphics directly into the document in
question in an anchored frame, not as an anchored frame inside a text
inset. Will do herewith.
With respect to text running around a graphic, i.e. the width of the
graphic does n
I've been using Flare for a couple of years now--since its first Beta
release. When you create an online Help project from FM files for the
first time, it does take some time to set it up. You have to create
skins, templates, assign styles, etc. The time consumption is not a
limitation of the softw
I'd second the recommendation for MIF2Go, while pointing out that it
can output to many more formats, some of which might give a small
company some new formats to provide...
Art
On Nov 14, 2007 12:41 PM, Charles Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Pat,
>
> The tool you are looking for is called
I'm wondering how other FrameMaker users handle formatting XML and other
computer code samples in text. I have tried a couple of approaches and am not
satisfied with either.
One approach I've taken is to create a paragraph tag that contains regularly
spaced tabs. This requires that I reforma
Hi all,I know that I can change Framemaker's default line width sizes
that appear in the drawing tool, but can I change the default image DPI
settings that appear when I import a graphic file?The new template set I
am working with only allows DPI settings which are not the de
Hi Carol,
Here is what I do, although I don't claim it is the best.
- I have defined a paragraph style that is single spaced and which uses a
mono-space font. It has NO tab stops.
- When I have a code sample, I first paste it into a text editor called
UltraEdit-32, change all the tabs to space
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