FrameMaker 7.0, structured, Mac OS X 10.4.11
I am seeing a strange problem that I cannot recall having encountered before.
Xrefs are picking up font and/or color information from the xref target - or
somewhere - rather than from the underlying text. If I manually zap them with
'default para
Emily,
THIS is the group to turn to in or before such woes! ;-)
You don't give much info about your problem with 7.1, but many of us
have had these internal errors. Usually thet are caused by some
setting not being the right one. So, what is the version of your
Acrobat/Distiller? And a little
Hi FrameUsers:
I don't know why I thought this list was no more. I'm glad that it is. Please
help me with my FrameMaker 7.1 (yes, I know it's old; I am too and it's all the
company I work for is willing to use and I need to be able to generate this one
little PDF sometime within the next
Yet another question.
My client has decided to clean up and re-organize the folders with
illustrations, including file renaming. This results in broken links
from FrameMaker. We have a list that 'links' the old location+name to
the new location+name.
There used to be a tool that can be used
Matter of fact, I think that will help with the next half dozen issues
reported here...think I'll try it myself.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly McDaniel
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:25 AM
To: Emily Berk;
Sounds like IXGen.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wim Hooghwinkel - iDTP
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:57 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: utility for relinking references
Yet another question.
My
Hi all,
My client might start using Canto Cumulus for illustration management.
Does anyone have any experience with linking (for importing graphics)
FrameMaker and Canto Cumulus? I'm thinking of creating a special Canto
Cumulus menu for selecting and importing graphics, while using the
Framers,
We just upgraded to new Dell PCs and FM 8.0p266
All updates are applied
Running WinXP w/2GB RAM dual core
I am using the SetPrint plug-in and have modified only one line in maker.ini:
ClipboardFormatsPriorities=TEXT, UNICODE TEXT, FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB,
BMP, MIFW, MIF, RTF
The
Emily,
Take a deep, cleansing, breath.
Now, tell us the following:
1. What happens right before you get the internal error?
2. What 3rd-party plugins do you have for Frame?
3. What kind of system are you using Frame on?
4. How did you generate your PDF
a. Save as PDF
b. Print
Is it possible to put a tab stop in a cross-reference?
For example, I want my $paratext, page $pagenumDefault ΒΆ Font x-ref to
have a tab stop (and leader) in front of the word page.
This is not my formatting preference, but a request from someone who uses our
docs a great deal to train
Emily,
On behalf of Adobe, let me apologize for the runaround that you
got from Adobe's Tech Support. As soon as I am done with this
response, I will be forwarding your post on to our customer
support escalation team. I don't know whether we do or don't
still officially support FrameMaker 7.1 (I
Emily,
Did you try printing to a .ps file and then opening Acrobat Distiller
and distilling the .ps file into a PDF?
-Gillian
-Original Message-
From: Emily Berk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:46 AM
To: Flato, Gillian; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject:
Sorry, they live and die by call metrics.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Long lunch, two margaritas, quiet weekend, hot bath, big cup of cocoa.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emily Berk
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:29
Thanks to Bill and Grant for their comments.
I was able to make this work by adding a new tab stop with a leader in the
bulleted paragraph format in which the link resides, and by adding a /t tab
stop in the x-ref itself. I did not think that tweaking the bulleted paragraph
format itself would
Since char formats can be used anywhere in the document, getting a set
distance will be difficult. But sure, you can add a slash-t (\t) in
there, but it's a tab and not a tab stop declaration. I do this. Of
course I limit this xref format's use to it being the only entry in a
paragraph, which has
Delete file C:\Windows\FNTCACHE.DAT with all applications
closed and no printing going. Then immediately reboot!
- Dov
-Original Message-
From: Emily Berk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:22 PM
To: Dov Isaacs; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject:
Well, what we do know is that the problem is NOT Acrobat
or Distiller or the PostScript driver or any of their
interactions with FrameMaker. Looks like an genuine, internal
FrameMaker bug!
- Dov
-Original Message-
From: Emily Berk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday,
Hi Emily,
Eeek, what a horrible story. Doesn't bode well for Adobe support, does it?
Personally, when I have a question, I never ask support. I post the question
here. I think there are about 5000 - 6000 Frame users on this list, many of
whom I have talked with for at least 10 years and some of
FrameMaker 7.0, structured, Mac OS X 10.4.11
I am seeing a strange problem that I cannot recall having encountered before.
Xrefs are picking up font and/or color information from the xref target - or
somewhere - rather than from the underlying text. If I manually zap them with
'default para
Framers,
We just upgraded to new Dell PCs and FM 8.0p266
All updates are applied
Running WinXP w/2GB RAM dual core
I am using the SetPrint plug-in and have modified only one line in maker.ini:
ClipboardFormatsPriorities=TEXT, UNICODE TEXT, FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB,
BMP, MIFW, MIF, RTF
The
Sorry, they live and die by call metrics.
>>> Anyone have any suggestions?
Long lunch, two margaritas, quiet weekend, hot bath, big cup of cocoa.
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
> bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Emily
Sounds like IXGen.
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
> bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Wim Hooghwinkel - iDTP
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:57 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: utility for relinking
Matter of fact, I think that will help with the next half dozen issues
reported here...think I'll try it myself.
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
> bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Kelly McDaniel
> Sent: Friday, January 11,
Emily,
THIS is the group to turn to in or before such woes! ;-)
You don't give much info about your problem with 7.1, but many of us
have had these internal errors. Usually thet are caused by some
setting not being the right one. So, what is the version of your
Acrobat/Distiller? And a little
Emily,
Take a deep, cleansing, breath.
Now, tell us the following:
1. What happens right before you get the internal error?
2. What 3rd-party plugins do you have for Frame?
3. What kind of system are you using Frame on?
4. How did you generate your PDF
a. Save as PDF
b. Print
Emily,
Did you try printing to a .ps file and then opening Acrobat Distiller
and distilling the .ps file into a PDF?
-Gillian
-Original Message-
From: Emily Berk [mailto:em...@armadillosoft.com]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:46 AM
To: Flato, Gillian; framers at
Is it possible to put a tab stop in a cross-reference?
For example, I want my <$paratext>, page <$pagenum> x-ref to
have a tab stop (and leader) in front of the word "page".
This is not my formatting preference, but a request from someone who uses our
docs a great deal to train others.
Since char formats can be used anywhere in the document, getting a set
distance will be difficult. But sure, you can add a slash-t ("\t") in
there, but it's a tab and not a tab stop declaration. I do this. Of
course I limit this xref format's use to it being the only entry in a
paragraph, which
Hi Emily,
Eeek, what a horrible story. Doesn't bode well for Adobe support, does it?
Personally, when I have a question, I never ask support. I post the question
here. I think there are about 5000 - 6000 Frame users on this list, many of
whom I have talked with for at least 10 years and some of
Thanks to Bill and Grant for their comments.
I was able to make this work by adding a new tab stop with a leader in the
bulleted paragraph format in which the link resides, and by adding a /t tab
stop in the x-ref itself. I did not think that tweaking the bulleted paragraph
format itself would
Emily,
On behalf of Adobe, let me apologize for the runaround that you
got from Adobe's Tech Support. As soon as I am done with this
response, I will be forwarding your post on to our customer
support escalation team. I don't know whether we do or don't
still "officially" support FrameMaker 7.1
Delete file C:\Windows\FNTCACHE.DAT with all applications
closed and no printing going. Then immediately reboot!
- Dov
> -Original Message-
> From: Emily Berk [mailto:emily at armadillosoft.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:22 PM
> To: Dov Isaacs; framers at
Well, what we do know is that the problem is NOT Acrobat
or Distiller or the PostScript driver or any of their
interactions with FrameMaker. Looks like an genuine, internal
FrameMaker bug!
- Dov
> -Original Message-
> From: Emily Berk [mailto:emily at armadillosoft.com]
> Sent:
Gee, everyone is recommending breathing as a good first step. Maybe we ought
to write a self-help book about all the benefits.
Seriously, all the supportive responses have been very calming!
OK. Here are my details:
11
System configuration
1. I am using Frame 7.1. I installed the p116
I tried, Gillian, but FrameMaker crashes in the middle of the print to ps so
there is no .ps file to distill.
At 09:56 AM 1/11/2008 -0800, Flato, Gillian wrote:
>Emily,
>
>Did you try printing to a .ps file and then opening Acrobat Distiller
>and distilling the .ps file into a PDF?
>
>
>-Gillian
Hey, Diane:
Thanks for being in touch. Please see my answers embedded below.
At 11:04 AM 1/11/2008, Diane Gaskill wrote:
>...
>
>Exactly how are you creating the PDF file? Are you printing to PS and
>distilling, using Save As PDF, or what?
I started by printing to PS. But after I'd gotten
Thanks so much, Dov.
I guess I had turned myself into a developer a few years back and dropped my
membership to the Frameusers list. I should have tried it first, before
picking up the phone.
How do I delete the Windows system font cache?
-- Emily
At 11:52 AM 1/11/2008, Dov Isaacs wrote:
I have a table that spans more than two pages. I need to insert
Footnotes into this table. I have scoured FM's OLH and can't find the
answer to this question. When I insert footnotes on page 1 of 4 of the
table, the footnotes are numbered based on the column on the page. For
example, if I place a
Ok, so, scrap the last statement - it's because of the fact that the
footnotes are numbered based on the column on the page. On the first
page of the table, the first footnote is placed in Col 3, the second,
third, and fourth are placed in Col 4 and they are fine. The footnote on
the SECOND page
I see a file with this name in c:\windows\system32.
I'll delete it and let you know.
-- Emily
At 12:34 PM 1/11/2008, Dov Isaacs wrote:
>Delete file C:\Windows\FNTCACHE.DAT with all applications
>closed and no printing going. Then immediately reboot!
>
>- Dov
>
>> -Original
I deleted this file from the Windows/system32 directory, downed the laptop, and
then rebooted.
When I ran FM, and tried to print to Adobe PDF, I got the same Internal Error
message, which occurred at 0% complete.
So, I started deleting chapters from the beginning of the book and then saved
Well, I'm glad to have been of help to Adobe QA.
At 01:35 PM 1/11/2008, Dov Isaacs wrote:
>Well, what we do know is that the problem is NOT Acrobat
>or Distiller or the PostScript driver or any of their
>interactions with FrameMaker. Looks like an genuine, internal
>FrameMaker bug!
>
>-
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