Hello Joe,
You can use FrameScript to update the content of
your user variable on specific events.
If you have FrameScript, install the script below
and manually insert a variable named "DocModified"
into your documents.
The following "events" were considered:
Keyboard text changes (inserting, de
In the US, unless you're upgrading, the break-even point seems to be
use of three applications. For instance, if you also use Adobe Acrobat
to produce PDFs, TCS would definitely be the way to go strictly on a
cost basis.
However, there are hooks and additional tools in the TCS that could
easily ju
Way cool Klaus -- just what I was thinking of.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
No disclaimers apply.
Could be, Mike.
How much RAM are you running? And any other memory-hungry aps open at
the same time?
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
I made a post on this topic on February 3rd.
Below the asterisks is text from that original post for reference.
The responses I received pointed to issues of earlier versions, such as mixed
Acrobat versions, font mapping, etc. none of which were relevant for me. I did
get a response that the rast
Jon,
I think that may be a good line for your sig.
There was another thread about this recently, and I think the answer
seemed to have to do with one particular pod/windows being open when
scrolling. Maybe the Marker window? I think it was easy to ID because
the cursor sped up right away.
Cheers,
> There was another thread about this recently, and I think the answer
> seemed to have to do with one particular pod/windows being open when
> scrolling. Maybe the Marker window? I think it was easy to ID because
> the cursor sped up right away.
Except that I've closed all windows, pods, and even
Or you could download the FM9 eval, or the TCS eval and see if it
works, now that it's been re-written.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
So, if you sit with a pretty girl on a hot stove, you won't need a
watch.
Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation
CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 588-9354
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at
In the US, unless you're upgrading, the break-even point seems to be
use of three applications. For instance, if you also use Adobe Acrobat
to produce PDFs, TCS would definitely be the way to go strictly on a
cost basis.
However, there are hooks and additional tools in the TCS that could
easily ju
By removing the ImportFormatsSpecial.dll and .ini from /fminit/Plugins
directory I was able to duplicate the issue Verner had and that Richard's
test confirmed.
I then made two test files which I saved as MIF files: one importing
Document Properties with FrameMaker's native import formats function
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour.
Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
That's relativity." Albert Einstein
-Original Message-
From: Flato, Gillian [mailto:gfl...@nanometrics.com]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:24 PM
To: Ke
Way cool Klaus -- just what I was thinking of.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
No disclaimers apply.
Cursor tracking is inversely proportional
to the amount of coffee consumed and
the time allotted to complete the task...Kelly.
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham
Sent: Friday, February 06
Works fine on mine.
Scott White
Media Production Manager
Implementation Coordinator
210-704-8239
swhite at alamark.com
On Feb 6, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Mike Wickham wrote:
> I'm experiencing very slow cursor movement in FrameMaker 9. Is
> anyone else
> seeing this?
>
> Choose the Manage Graphics
I'm experiencing very slow cursor movement in FrameMaker 9. Is anyone else
seeing this?
Choose the Manage Graphics workspace. Use the arrow keys to move around the
text. The speed seems normal enough.
Now choose any of the other workspaces (Authoring, Manage Content, Review)
and use the arrow
Could be, Mike.
How much RAM are you running? And any other memory-hungry aps open at
the same time?
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
> There was another thread about this recently, and I think the answer
> seemed to have to do with one particular pod/windows being open when
> scrolling. Maybe the Marker window? I think it was easy to ID because
> the cursor sped up right away.
Except that I've closed all windows, pods, and even
Hi,
I work with FM 8.0p277 on a PC.
I have a coloured background in my FM document and have added an image
with the same background colour (to make the inserted image look
'transparent') by reference. I have no line around the image, just a
fill with the same RGB code as the background color in t
See Adobe FrameMaker 7.0p578 update for Windows at
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2111
..
With FrameMaker 7.0p576 and Adobe Acrobat 6.0, the Save As PDF command
will give an error "FrameMaker could not find Acrobat Distiller printer
instance, which must be installed t
Jon,
I think that may be a good line for your sig.
There was another thread about this recently, and I think the answer
seemed to have to do with one particular pod/windows being open when
scrolling. Maybe the Marker window? I think it was easy to ID because
the cursor sped up right away.
Cheers,
Or you could download the FM9 eval, or the TCS eval and see if it
works, now that it's been re-written.
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
So, if you sit with a pretty girl on a hot stove, you won't need a
watch.
Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation
CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 588-9354
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@l
Dear Yves Barbion,
Welcome to the club!
The OLE objects stopped working for me and other writers in our group over five
months ago (FM 7.2, on XP). Frame simply refused to take them anymore due to no
fault of ours.
Anytime I tried to do bring an OLE, a FrameMaker message showed up:
"An i
Dear Yves Barbion,
?
Welcome to the club!
?
The OLE objects stopped working for me and other writers in our group over five
months ago (FM 7.2, on XP). Frame simply refused to take them anymore due to no
fault of ours.
?
Anytime I tried to do bring an OLE, a FrameMaker message showed up:
?
"An i
I've noticed that too. Funny, I thought it was just me!
-Gillian
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Kelly
McDaniel
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:17 PM
To: Mike Wickham; Frame Users
Subject: RE:
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour.
Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
That's relativity." Albert Einstein
-Original Message-
From: Flato, Gillian [mailto:gfl...@nanometrics.com]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:24 PM
To: Ke
I've noticed that too. Funny, I thought it was just me!
-Gillian
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Kelly
McDaniel
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:17 PM
To: Mike Wickham; Frame Users
Subject: RE: S-
Cursor tracking is inversely proportional
to the amount of coffee consumed and
the time allotted to complete the task...Kelly.
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2
Works fine on mine.
Scott White
Media Production Manager
Implementation Coordinator
210-704-8239
swh...@alamark.com
On Feb 6, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Mike Wickham wrote:
> I'm experiencing very slow cursor movement in FrameMaker 9. Is
> anyone else
> seeing this?
>
> Choose the Manage Graphics wo
I'm experiencing very slow cursor movement in FrameMaker 9. Is anyone else
seeing this?
Choose the Manage Graphics workspace. Use the arrow keys to move around the
text. The speed seems normal enough.
Now choose any of the other workspaces (Authoring, Manage Content, Review)
and use the arrow
Thanks Sheila. Very helpful indeed. :-)
Bodvar
2009/2/4 Sheila Loring :
> Hi everyone, before you upgrade to FrameMaker 9, read my review at:
> http://www.scriptorium.com/palimpsest/2009/02/framemaker-9-review.html.
> Feel free to leave comments on the blog.
>
> --
>
> Sheila Loring, Senior Techn
Hi Art,
Unfortunately, I don't think your solution works in my case.
This book is a features and specifications document, consisting of about 600
or so different frame files. The content of each frame file is mostly
independent of one another. The update process is based on the information
provi
Joseph,
You're making this too complex, although there isn't a clean way to do
it automatically AND circumvent the flagging of invisible-to-users
changes, which are valid.
1. Create a new file that you'll use as a template file. In it, create
your own variable, and just type in the date in whatev
Hi All,
We plan to buy Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe RoboHelp. Should
we buy these software individually or buy the entire Technical
Communication Suite 2?
We want to have maximum cost-benefit advantage.
It would be really helpful if you could provide addresses/phone numbers of Adobe
stor
Hi All,
We plan to buy Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe RoboHelp. Should
we buy these software individually or buy the entire Technical
Communication Suite 2?
We want to have maximum cost-benefit advantage.
It would be really helpful if you could provide addresses/phone numbers of Adobe
stor
Hello Joe,
You can use FrameScript to update the content of
your user variable on specific events.
If you have FrameScript, install the script below
and manually insert a variable named "DocModified"
into your documents.
The following "events" were considered:
Keyboard text changes (inserting, de
You could use a variable. Keep a single page fm file with only one
variable, e.g. IssueDate. Update this and import into the book.
Bodvar
2009/2/5 Joseph :
> Hi all,
>
> In one of the books I am working on, I need to insert a date into each frame
> file when the text is modified. For example, if
See Adobe FrameMaker 7.0p578 update for Windows at
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2111
..
With FrameMaker 7.0p576 and Adobe Acrobat 6.0, the Save As PDF command
will give an error "FrameMaker could not find Acrobat Distiller printer
instance, which must be installed t
Hi Bodvar,
Thanks for the suggestion, however I am not sure that would work in my
situation.
There are about 600 different frame files. Each frame file's date could be
different from all the other files. The reason for this is that these files
are modified at different times. As a result, the dat
Hi Art,
Unfortunately, I don't think your solution works in my case.
This book is a features and specifications document, consisting of about 600
or so different frame files. The content of each frame file is mostly
independent of one another. The update process is based on the information
provi
Worked like a charm! Thanks, Richard. I converted all my Index markers
to Comment markers, abandoned my IOM, and instead created an LOM, as you
suggested. Looks great. It seems that I can also create an alphabetical
version of this same list, so I can see it sorted either way (by page
and by bug nu
Vendor alert but not real vendor-y
As you know, MadCap is hosting a free series of Tech Comm-related,
generally, tools-neutral, webinars.
Building the business case for topic-based authoring. Feb 12, 9-10am Pacific
This webinar will walk you through defining the problem, gathering
app
Vendor alert but not real vendor-y
As you know, MadCap is hosting a free series of Tech Comm-related,
generally, tools-neutral, webinars.
Building the business case for topic-based authoring. Feb 12, 9-10am Pacific
This webinar will walk you through defining the problem, gathering
app
I made a post on this topic on February 3rd.
Below the asterisks is text from that original post for reference.
The responses I received pointed to issues of earlier versions, such as mixed
Acrobat versions, font mapping, etc. none of which were relevant for me. I did
get a response that the rast
Joseph,
You're making this too complex, although there isn't a clean way to do
it automatically AND circumvent the flagging of invisible-to-users
changes, which are valid.
1. Create a new file that you'll use as a template file. In it, create
your own variable, and just type in the date in whatev
As someone else said, this is a known limitation of insets, xrefs, and PDFs.
Another solution that I use is a FrameScript that atomically does the file
"flattening" for you. I've used it a lot.
If you're interest, contact Rick Quatro (rick at frameexpert.com).
Just a satisfied customer.
~
Hi Bodvar,
Thanks for the suggestion, however I am not sure that would work in my
situation.
There are about 600 different frame files. Each frame file's date could be
different from all the other files. The reason for this is that these files
are modified at different times. As a result, the dat
As someone else said, this is a known limitation of insets, xrefs, and PDFs.
Another solution that I use is a FrameScript that atomically does the file
"flattening" for you. I've used it a lot.
If you're interest, contact Rick Quatro (r...@frameexpert.com).
Just a satisfied customer.
Just as a postscript to this
If you're not making your own backup of your working files
occasionally for your own use, you're making a huge leap of faith that
everything is always going to work perfectly well in the server room
and the IT department. Ask me how I felt when I discovered that th
I will be watching for replies to this request. I am also rebuilding my
knowledge with Frame. I could share this with my coworker, we both have been
using Word for too long and now converting our files to Frame.
Any easy reference books about Frame would be helpful.
Thank You.
Sue
_
Just as a postscript to this
If you're not making your own backup of your working files
occasionally for your own use, you're making a huge leap of faith that
everything is always going to work perfectly well in the server room
and the IT department. Ask me how I felt when I discovered that th
By removing the ImportFormatsSpecial.dll and .ini from /fminit/Plugins
directory I was able to duplicate the issue Verner had and that Richard's
test confirmed.
I then made two test files which I saved as MIF files: one importing
Document Properties with FrameMaker's native import formats function
Thanks Sheila. Very helpful indeed. :-)
Bodvar
2009/2/4 Sheila Loring :
> Hi everyone, before you upgrade to FrameMaker 9, read my review at:
> http://www.scriptorium.com/palimpsest/2009/02/framemaker-9-review.html.
> Feel free to leave comments on the blog.
>
> --
>
> Sheila Loring, Senior Techn
You could use a variable. Keep a single page fm file with only one
variable, e.g. IssueDate. Update this and import into the book.
Bodvar
2009/2/5 Joseph :
> Hi all,
>
> In one of the books I am working on, I need to insert a date into each frame
> file when the text is modified. For example, if
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