RE: Frame 7 and 8 to Word 2003

Use 'Save As RTF' from FrameMaker; It does a pretty good job. Then open the RTF doc from Word and save as binary *.doc file. Two versions - Save As RTF 1.3 and Save As RTF 1.6. Generally, Save As RTF 1.6 much faster and better. However, at times it crashes and then it is better to use Save As RTF

Re: Tag-compare tool?

Hi, Nancy: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Nancy Allison ma...@verizon.net wrote: While I'm drawing on your endless font of wisdom, O Frame Gurus, I have another question: I see a document-compare function in Framemaker, but my web search has not turned up a tag-compare function within (or

Your callout philosophy

I am working on a document that currently has both paragraph tags for callouts, and character tags. I can create callouts either by: --Creating a text box in the figure, entering text, and formatting it with a callout paragraph tag. I prefer this. Makes it easy to widen or narrow the callout

Re: Tag-compare tool?

Hi, Nancy: I don't know if there's a utility that compares format properties (BTW, don't forget x-ref formats and variable formats.) However, I believe that the properties are listed in MIF in the same order; i.e., first comes, say, default font, then the font properties - weight, variation,

Re: Tab issue with FrameMaker 8

Peter, Thanks for the info. I went back to double check what was going on. The tabs were not there. I manually inserted them. The tabs/leaders work for Paragraph Designs (auto generated by Frame) Heading2TOC through Heading 5TOC. They do not work for Heading1TOC (the top level). The tab

Re: OT: correct symbol to use

Thanks, I have gone with 1(a)...(c) for now, but you are right, 1(a) to 1(c) is more correct. I do like that idea though Stuart, how about 1(a...c)? Cheers Alan On 18/12/2008, at 5:24 AM, Stuart Rogers wrote: Alan Litchfield wrote: Quick off-topic question, If you have in a line of text

Re: PDF to PDF Links on Linux

What pdf viewer are you using on Linux? Does it work on Unix? Alan On 17/12/2008, at 9:46 AM, jdela...@comcast.net wrote: Hello, I just joined, have only used FM for 9 months, and have been around and around this issue with Adobe. We want to distribute our PDFs to Linux, Windows,

Help with hyperlinks and hypertext markers

Hello, I want to do two things: 1- link words in my FM document to my TOC in the same FM document 2- link external files to my FM document (i.e. have a word that says Conversion Table and when you click on it, it opens an excel spreadsheet or PDF of conversion table) I am

RE: OT: correct symbol to use

I have gone with 1(a)...(c) for now, but you are right, 1(a) to 1(c) is more correct. I do like that idea though Stuart, how about 1(a...c)? Cheers Alan Ummm ... I think the 1(a) to 1(c) is best. The 1(a...c) is a bit too unusual looking and *could* lead to confusion. The 1(a)...(c) is not

Re: Tag-compare tool?

Hello Nancy, There's a free FrameScript script from itl that compares the properties of two paragraph formats in a document. http://www.itl.eu/framescript_download.html?L=1 See attached screenshots. Kind regards, Klaus Müller, itl AG --- Original Message --- From: Nancy Allison Date:

Re: Tag-compare tool?

Thanks, all. I'll try the Framescript tool -- a first for me! Then, the diff tools. Hmmm, must remember that OTHER tools can do what I may not be able to do in Frame, if I just export a file to them. --Nancy ___ You are currently subscribed to

RE: Tag-compare tool?

Hi Nancy MIFMuncher will create a text file listing all the paragraph characteristics that you selected, for all the paragraph formats in your document. It will not include character formats, cross-refs, tables, etc. However, I don't know how you would do a diff between sections of the same

Re: Your callout philosophy

Nancy Allison wrote: I am working on a document that currently has both paragraph tags for callouts, and character tags. I can create callouts either by: --Creating a text box in the figure, entering text, and formatting it with a callout paragraph tag. I prefer this. Makes it easy to

Re: Your callout philosophy

I think Stuart's method is the way to go; only thing I do differently is use letters in the graphic. This also saves time by eliminating having to alter the graphic or the frame contentswhen something changes -- all the changes are in the text. Art Art Campbell

Re: OT: correct symbol to use

Hi Alan: Do you mean 1(a) to 1(c)? If so, I would write out the word to. The - looks too much like a minus sign, and there's enough of a mix of words, numbers, parentheses and letters in there to discourage using another symbol that readers have to interpret. If you must use a symbol, I would

framemaker does not skip missing graphics

Dear all, I have two installations of FM 8.0p277: The one on the workstation behaves On the laptop missing graphics can not be skipped when opening a file. Neither Skip this file nor Skip all files works. I just can Cancel and postpone the job to the workstation. I have this problem since the

RE: FrameMaker license question for older versions

Thanks to everyone who replied. Seems clear that the answer is, NO! As far as saving as 7.x format, our content management needs require 7.2 files to be fiddled with in order to make them compatible with 6.0. (Seems like there should be a much simpler solution...) The company owns several

Re: Your callout philosophy

Another good reason to do it Stuart's way! I'm amazed that I hadn't been aware of this consideration, it seems so obvious now that it's pointed out. --Nancy On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Art Campbell wrote: This also saves time by eliminating having to alter the graphic or the frame

RE: Tag-compare tool?

Nancy, we use just one anchor tag for tabels and figures. It's just a tag to hang a frame on. I don't know of any reason to have separate tags. Diane == -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com]on Behalf Of

RE: Your callout philosophy

Nancy, it there is even a remote possibility that your docs will be localized, definitily put the callouts in text frames. That way, they become part of the body text flow and will show up on the translators workbench screen. Otherwise, they have to be done individually and it will cost you a

Re: Help with hyperlinks and hypertext markers

Adriana, You wrote: I want to do two things: 1- link words in my FM document to my TOC in the same FM document You can create a cross-reference to the ContentsTitle (or similar) paragraph, or you can add named destination to the ContentsTitle paragraph, and then add hypertext links

Re: OT: correct symbol to use

Alan Litchfield wrote: Quick off-topic question, If you have in a line of text something like to any of 1 (a)-(c), is this more correctly set as to any of 1 (a)...(c)? Cheers Alan I'd second Fei Min's suggestion of to any of 1(a) to 1(c), but otherwise suggest: to any of 1 (a-c)

Re: Frame 7 and 8 to Word 2003

Easiest way is just to SaveAs .rtf. Best way is to use MIF2Go to export to RTF. The filter is much better and you can also work at the book level. Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a

Frame 7 and 8 to Word 2003

Hello Framers Don't ask why I ask this - it is a question from an engineer boss. Is there an easy way to convert Frame 7 or 8 to Word 2003? The thought scares me but I must ask. Thanks Les Winberg ___ You are currently subscribed

Re: Tag-compare tool?

Peter, I can easily generate a list of tags, and sort it any which way. That is not the issue. My question is, how do I see if there are any similar or dissimilar settings between two tags? In other words, all settings for Anchor and AnchorTable may be identical, except that the tabs for

Re: Your callout philosophy

Hi Nancy, I prefer using a text box for the reasons you mentioned. Also, you can use variables, cross-references, etc., in the text. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com I am working on a document that currently has both paragraph tags for callouts, and

PDF to PDF Links on Linux

Hello, I just joined, have only used FM for 9 months, and have been around and around this issue with Adobe.  We want to distribute our PDFs to Linux, Windows, and Unix.  They work as shown below on Windows 32-bit and -64 bit versions of XP and Vista Business. I am using gotolink

RE: Your callout philosophy

Nancy, I create a text box and use a paragraph tag to format the text. ~ 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 ePublisher templates

Checkboxes in numbered lists

How do I integrate a checkbox (i.e., Wingding open square) into the Autonumber format code so that each step also has a check box for indicating completion? The final product will appear as follows: Checkbox1. Step 1... Checkbox2. Step 2... etc. ~~ Doug Eaton Technical

Re: PDF to PDF Links on Linux

Alan, I've used acroread 8.1.2 and 8.1.3, as well as gnome pdfviewer.  I had hoped we had fixed this by using the message command under 81.3. The Unix box has been unavailable to me, but I will get to it tonight or tomorrow.  Do you know of any gotchas to look out for on Unix, such as file

OT: correct symbol to use

Quick off-topic question, If you have in a line of text something like "to any of 1 (a)-(c)", is this more correctly set as "to any of 1 (a)...(c)"? Cheers Alan -- Alan Litchfield MBus (Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland http://www.alphabyte.co.nz

OT: correct symbol to use

Thanks, The question is: "en dash" or "ellipsis"? The context is as I had quoted. Cheers Alan Milan Davidovic wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Alan Litchfield > wrote: >> If you have in a line of text something like "to any of 1 (a)-(c)", is this >> more correctly set as "to any of 1

Linking to external documents

Ealasaid, You wrote: >Here's what I'm looking to create: a Frame book which, when turned into >a PDF, contains links that open external documents when clicked. ... >- the links to the external docs need to be relative (ie, of the form >Procedures/DDOC-00100-001.pdf rather than c:/My

OT: correct symbol to use

Hi Alan: Do you mean 1(a) to 1(c)? If so, I would write out the word "to". The "-" looks too much like a minus sign, and there's enough of a mix of words, numbers, parentheses and letters in there to discourage using another symbol that readers have to interpret. If you must use a symbol, I

Frame 7 and 8 to Word 2003

Easiest way is just to SaveAs .rtf. Best way is to use MIF2Go to export to RTF. The filter is much better and you can also work at the book level. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a

Help with hyperlinks and hypertext markers

Hello, I want to do two things: 1- link words in my FM document to my TOC in the same FM document 2- link external files to my FM document (i.e. have a word that says "Conversion Table" and when you click on it, it opens an excel spreadsheet or PDF of conversion table) I am

Tag-compare tool?

While I'm drawing on your endless font of wisdom, O Frame Gurus, I have another question: I see a document-compare function in Framemaker, but my web search has not turned up a tag-compare function within (or between) documents. My document has an Anchor paragraph tag and an AnchorTable

framemaker does not skip missing graphics

Do you use the same script on the workstation that behaves? I'm asking because your problem is openning files and that's what your script does, so there seems that there might be a relationship between the two. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Klaus Daube wrote: > Dear all, > > I have two

Frame 7 and 8 to Word 2003

Use 'Save As RTF' from FrameMaker; It does a pretty good job. Then open the RTF doc from Word and save as binary *.doc file. Two versions - Save As RTF 1.3 and Save As RTF 1.6. Generally, Save As RTF 1.6 much faster and better. However, at times it crashes and then it is better to use Save As RTF

OT: correct symbol to use

Alan Litchfield wrote: > Quick off-topic question, > > If you have in a line of text something like "to any of 1 (a)-(c)", is this > more correctly set as "to any of 1 (a)...(c)"? > > Cheers > Alan > > I'd second Fei Min's suggestion of "to any of 1(a) to 1(c)," but otherwise suggest: "to

Tag-compare tool?

Hi, Nancy: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Nancy Allison wrote: > While I'm drawing on your endless font of wisdom, O Frame Gurus, I have > another question: I see a document-compare function in Framemaker, but > my web search has not turned up a tag-compare function within (or > between)

Tag-compare tool?

Peter, I can easily generate a list of tags, and sort it any which way. That is not the issue. My question is, how do I see if there are any similar or dissimilar settings between two tags? In other words, all settings for Anchor and AnchorTable may be identical, except that the tabs for

Your callout philosophy

I am working on a document that currently has both paragraph tags for callouts, and character tags. I can create callouts either by: --Creating a text box in the figure, entering text, and formatting it with a callout paragraph tag. I prefer this. Makes it easy to widen or narrow the callout

Tag-compare tool?

Hi, Nancy: I don't know if there's a utility that compares format properties (BTW, don't forget x-ref formats and variable formats.) However, I believe that the properties are listed in MIF in the same order; i.e., first comes, say, default font, then the font properties - weight, variation,

Tag-compare tool?

Hello Nancy, There's a free FrameScript script from itl that compares the properties of two paragraph formats in a document. http://www.itl.eu/framescript_download.html?=1 See attached screenshots. Kind regards, Klaus M?ller, itl AG --- Original Message --- From: Nancy Allison Date:

Your callout philosophy

Hi Nancy, I prefer using a text box for the reasons you mentioned. Also, you can use variables, cross-references, etc., in the text. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > > I am working on a document that currently has both paragraph tags for > callouts, and

Tag-compare tool?

As long as you can get the styles into text files, you can use diff tools. KDiff (http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/) is a free diff tool that compares directories or files as you need. You probably will still need to manually create the files to compare, but that's just some annoying cut and

Tag-compare tool?

Hi Nancy MIFMuncher will create a text file listing all the paragraph characteristics that you selected, for all the paragraph formats in your document. It will not include character formats, cross-refs, tables, etc. However, I don't know how you would do a diff between sections of the same

OT: correct symbol to use

> I have gone with "1(a)...(c)" for now, but you are right, "1(a) to 1(c)" is more correct. > I do like that idea though Stuart, how about 1(a...c)? > Cheers > Alan Ummm ... I think the "1(a) to 1(c)" is best. The "1(a...c)" is a bit too unusual looking and *could* lead to confusion. The

Tag-compare tool?

Thanks, all. I'll try the Framescript tool -- a first for me! Then, the diff tools. Hmmm, must remember that OTHER tools can do what I may not be able to do in Frame, if I just export a file to them. --Nancy

Your callout philosophy

Nancy Allison wrote: > I am working on a document that currently has both paragraph tags for > callouts, and character tags. > > I can create callouts either by: > > --Creating a text box in the figure, entering text, and formatting it > with a callout paragraph tag. I prefer this. Makes it

Your callout philosophy

I think Stuart's method is the way to go; only thing I do differently is use letters in the graphic. This also saves time by eliminating having to alter the graphic or the frame contentswhen something changes -- all the changes are in the text. Art Art Campbell

Your callout philosophy

Another good reason to do it Stuart's way! I'm amazed that I hadn't been aware of this consideration, it seems so obvious now that it's pointed out. --Nancy On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Art Campbell wrote: > This also saves time by eliminating having to alter the graphic or the > frame

Tag-compare tool?

Nancy, we use just one anchor tag for tabels and figures. It's just a tag to hang a frame on. I don't know of any reason to have separate tags. Diane == -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of

Your callout philosophy

Nancy, it there is even a remote possibility that your docs will be localized, definitily put the callouts in text frames. That way, they become part of the body text flow and will show up on the translators workbench screen. Otherwise, they have to be done individually and it will cost you a

Help with hyperlinks and hypertext markers

Adriana, You wrote: >I want to do two things: > >1- link words in my FM document to my TOC in the same FM document You can create a cross-reference to the "ContentsTitle" (or similar) paragraph, or you can add named destination to the ContentsTitle paragraph, and then add hypertext

Your callout philosophy

Nancy, I create a text box and use a paragraph tag to format the text. ~ 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 ePublisher templates

Checkboxes in numbered lists

How do I integrate a checkbox (i.e., Wingding open square) into the Autonumber format code so that each step also has a check box for indicating completion? The final product will appear as follows: Checkbox1. Step 1... Checkbox2. Step 2... etc. ~~ Doug Eaton Technical

PDF to PDF Links on Linux

Alan, I've used acroread 8.1.2 and 8.1.3, as well as gnome pdfviewer.? I had hoped we had fixed this by using the message command under 81.3. The Unix box has been unavailable to me, but I will get to it tonight or tomorrow.? Do you know of any "gotchas" to look out for on Unix, such as