OT: matching dual LCD monitors

2008-09-05 Thread Dave Reynolds
Hi Not exactly Frame related, but I'm after some advice about LCD monitors. After being the only tech writer in our team with a single monitor, I finally got given another monitor a couple of weeks ago. Hurray!! It's been a long wait. So now I have matching Viewsonic VA912 19" monitors. T

Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-05 Thread Lin Sims
Ah! Yes, I did indeed use Copy + Paste. I'll try the Import option in the morning. As I recall, the only thing I did to my ClipboardFormatPriorities was move Text to the front. And before things started crashing, it listed Facets as DIB. (I don't know what DIB is.) UPDATE: This is morning. I am, a

Best Indexing Tool for FrameMaker?

2008-09-05 Thread Fred Wersan
I have Indexing Tools Pro. I use the Merge Index feature, which is pretty nifty. ITP also helps make creation of Master Indexes easier. However, its main feature - embedding index marker text in the main flow, so you can see index text in a reasonable font size and do search and replace on inde

Fwd: OT: matching dual LCD monitors

2008-09-05 Thread elizabeth moffatt
Hi Dave, I asked a friend who I know is pedantic about these things: There are a bunch of things that could be causing problems. Using DVI-D (digital) connections for both displays will probably help, at least you will be using the same image processing circuitry in both displays and same behav

Drop-Down Menu Using FrameScript: Is it possible

2008-09-05 Thread Amita Goyal
Hello Framers, I am working on an application where I need drop down lists for a table or text. Is it possible through using FrameScript. Does any one know whether FrameScript can provide controls such as check boxes, combo boxes and drop down menus. You can also reply off-list at agoyal2006 at

How to get tables to span pages

2008-09-05 Thread Kristy Nolan
Hi, Carl! First, check your Table Designer (CTRL + T). On the Basic tab, check that the Start is set for anywhere. Then, click in the row you want to be the top of your next page (if there is a specific row you want to break the table at) and go to Table/Row Format. In the Start Row drop-down, cho

OT: matching dual LCD monitors

2008-09-05 Thread Art Campbell
Assuming that:you have some kind of calibration sensor and software in place already, the problem is your video card. Most cards more than a year or so old only have one chip set and can only read and apply one profile, even if there are two output ports. And if the graphics are on the motherboard,

How to get tables to span pages

2008-09-05 Thread Art Campbell
I'm thinking that the table has fairly long copy blocks in the first row or two, which means that the cells don't have good break points... so the solution is to break the first rows manually into multiple rows to create natural break points for the first row. Add several rows and manually break th

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Robert Rogge
Hi Framiacs, Is there a super find/change that is compatible with FrameMaker 8, officially or unofficially? I have seen a couple in these lists, but they do not appear to be compatible with 8.0. Anyone know better? Regarding your list, Scott, very helpful but it would be really great if you could

Find/change Special

2008-09-05 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Robert, Rick Quatro's Find/Change Special plug-in works in FrameMaker 8, but I think Rick still needs to update the information on his site: http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/findchangespecial/index.htm Cheers -- Yves Barbion ? Managing Director Scripto ? Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instruc

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Doug Cuff
> Regarding your list, Scott, very helpful but it would be really great if you > could organize your plugin list by Framemaker compatibility Actually, what would be even nicer is in the search could include an option exclude-FrameMaker-versions-earlier-than. Yeah, that's kinda greedy of me. But m

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Robert Stoker
Just to let you know, all of our plug-ins (including Super Find) are compatible with Frame 8. When you find a plug-in on the list, I suggest you go to the developer's website to find out about the most current version. The list is great, but I imagine quite difficult to keep current. By th

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Scott Prentice
Robert and Doug .. thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely add a filtering option for FM versions, excellent idea. Until I can get to that, here's the list of plugins that are listed as FM8 compatible .. BookPageCount BookReport (FrameScript) ChapterTOC (FrameScript) DITA Open Toolkit Suppor

Superscript characters

2008-09-05 Thread Scott White
When we import our export from our filemaker database into Frame we are noticing that unique superscript characters are not showing up as we typed them in our database. Instead of showing up as 4(superscript3) or a 5(superscript negative 4) they are showing up as an S with a "v" over the top.

How to get tables to span pages

2008-09-05 Thread Carl Yorke
Thanks for your help. You guys are so smart! -Original Message- From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 6:04 AM To: Carl Yorke Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: How to get tables to span pages I'm thinking that the table has fair

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Scott Prentice
OK .. you can now search on FM versions .. http://leximation.com/toolsearch/?type=P&baseapp=FM&ver=8.0 Cheers! ...scott Doug Cuff wrote: >> I'll definitely add a filtering option for FM versions, excellent idea. >> > > Wow--thanks! Colour me _chuffed_. > > >> Or if you (anyone) kno

Drop-Down Menu Using FrameScript: Is it possible

2008-09-05 Thread Stephen O'Brien
Do you mean in a dialog box? If so, see the manual EslObjects.pdf that comes with FrameScript. All typical controls, and tabbed dialog boxes, are available. At 07:12 AM 05/09/2008, Amita Goyal wrote: >Hello Framers, > >I am working on an application where I need drop down lists for a table or >t

Drop-Down Menu Using FrameScript: Is it possible

2008-09-05 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Amita, Yes, FrameScript has all of these things. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > Hello Framers, > > I am working on an application where I need drop down lists for a table or > text. > > Is it possible through using FrameScript. > > Does any one know whet

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Doug Cuff
> I'll definitely add a filtering option for FM versions, excellent idea. Wow--thanks! Colour me _chuffed_. > Or if you (anyone) knows of any tools that have been updated > or have suggestions for other tools that should be added, please let me know. Character Tools and Paragraph Tools (both fr

Re: Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-05 Thread Lin Sims
Ah! Yes, I did indeed use Copy + Paste. I'll try the Import option in the morning. As I recall, the only thing I did to my ClipboardFormatPriorities was move Text to the front. And before things started crashing, it listed Facets as DIB. (I don't know what DIB is.) UPDATE: This is morning. I am, a

Re: Best Indexing Tool for FrameMaker?

2008-09-05 Thread Fred Wersan
I have Indexing Tools Pro. I use the Merge Index feature, which is pretty nifty. ITP also helps make creation of Master Indexes easier. However, its main feature - embedding index marker text in the main flow, so you can see index text in a reasonable font size and do search and replace on inde

How to get tables to span pages

2008-09-05 Thread Carl Yorke
Hi all, I'm using Frame 7.2. I have a table that is the size of one page, but the text above it only takes a quarter of a page. The table positions itself at the top of the next page. I'm looking for a way to make it flow from one page to the next so that it stays close to the text directly above

Re: FM7 and OLE

2008-09-05 Thread Tarlochan S. Nahal
Thanks for the Frame.ini file tip. It works fine as far as cut and paste goes into Frame from other text sources such as Word. It is certainly better than "Special Paste" which we tend to forget at times and end up introducing a 'persona non grata' font.   Importing or pasting a Visio 7 drawing

Re: Fwd: OT: matching dual LCD monitors

2008-09-05 Thread elizabeth moffatt
Hi Dave, I asked a friend who I know is pedantic about these things: There are a bunch of things that could be causing problems. Using DVI-D (digital) connections for both displays will probably help, at least you will be using the same image processing circuitry in both displays and same behav

Drop-Down Menu Using FrameScript: Is it possible

2008-09-05 Thread Amita Goyal
Hello Framers, I am working on an application where I need drop down lists for a table or text. Is it possible through using FrameScript. Does any one know whether FrameScript can provide controls such as check boxes, combo boxes and drop down menus. You can also reply off-list at [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: How to get tables to span pages

2008-09-05 Thread Kristy Nolan
Hi, Carl! First, check your Table Designer (CTRL + T). On the Basic tab, check that the Start is set for anywhere. Then, click in the row you want to be the top of your next page (if there is a specific row you want to break the table at) and go to Table/Row Format. In the Start Row drop-down, cho

Re: OT: matching dual LCD monitors

2008-09-05 Thread Art Campbell
Assuming that:you have some kind of calibration sensor and software in place already, the problem is your video card. Most cards more than a year or so old only have one chip set and can only read and apply one profile, even if there are two output ports. And if the graphics are on the motherboard,

Re: How to get tables to span pages

2008-09-05 Thread Art Campbell
I'm thinking that the table has fairly long copy blocks in the first row or two, which means that the cells don't have good break points... so the solution is to break the first rows manually into multiple rows to create natural break points for the first row. Add several rows and manually break th

Re: Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Robert Rogge
Hi Framiacs, Is there a super find/change that is compatible with FrameMaker 8, officially or unofficially? I have seen a couple in these lists, but they do not appear to be compatible with 8.0. Anyone know better? Regarding your list, Scott, very helpful but it would be really great if you could

Find/change Special

2008-09-05 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Robert, Rick Quatro's Find/Change Special plug-in works in FrameMaker 8, but I think Rick still needs to update the information on his site: http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/findchangespecial/index.htm Cheers -- Yves Barbion • Managing Director Scripto • Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instruc

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Doug Cuff
> Regarding your list, Scott, very helpful but it would be really great if you > could organize your plugin list by Framemaker compatibility Actually, what would be even nicer is in the search could include an option exclude-FrameMaker-versions-earlier-than. Yeah, that's kinda greedy of me. But m

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Robert Stoker
Just to let you know, all of our plug-ins (including Super Find) are compatible with Frame 8. When you find a plug-in on the list, I suggest you go to the developer's website to find out about the most current version. The list is great, but I imagine quite difficult to keep current. By th

Re: Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Scott Prentice
Robert and Doug .. thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely add a filtering option for FM versions, excellent idea. Until I can get to that, here's the list of plugins that are listed as FM8 compatible .. BookPageCount BookReport (FrameScript) ChapterTOC (FrameScript) DITA Open Toolkit Suppor

Superscript characters

2008-09-05 Thread Scott White
When we import our export from our filemaker database into Frame we are noticing that unique superscript characters are not showing up as we typed them in our database. Instead of showing up as 4(superscript3) or a 5(superscript negative 4) they are showing up as an S with a "v" over the top.

RE: How to get tables to span pages

2008-09-05 Thread Carl Yorke
Thanks for your help. You guys are so smart! -Original Message- From: Art Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 6:04 AM To: Carl Yorke Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: How to get tables to span pages I'm thinking that the table has fairly long c

Re: Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Scott Prentice
OK .. you can now search on FM versions .. http://leximation.com/toolsearch/?type=P&baseapp=FM&ver=8.0 Cheers! ...scott Doug Cuff wrote: >> I'll definitely add a filtering option for FM versions, excellent idea. >> > > Wow--thanks! Colour me _chuffed_. > > >> Or if you (anyone) kno

Re: Drop-Down Menu Using FrameScript: Is it possible

2008-09-05 Thread Stephen O'Brien
Do you mean in a dialog box? If so, see the manual EslObjects.pdf that comes with FrameScript. All typical controls, and tabbed dialog boxes, are available. At 07:12 AM 05/09/2008, Amita Goyal wrote: >Hello Framers, > >I am working on an application where I need drop down lists for a table or >t

Re: Drop-Down Menu Using FrameScript: Is it possible

2008-09-05 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Amita, Yes, FrameScript has all of these things. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > Hello Framers, > > I am working on an application where I need drop down lists for a table or > text. > > Is it possible through using FrameScript. > > Does any one know whet