Some info:
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/base14fonts.htm
HTH,
Bodvar
2009/5/16 Ken Poshedly :
> The pdf I created for press publication of a quarterly journal for a
> nonprofit organization does not have all fonts -- especially base 14
> fonts -- embedded, which is required by the o
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Flato, Gillian
wrote:
>
> But what about security issues? With online file sharing, your
> competitor could hack into the shared space and steal your trade
> secrets.
>
>
> -Gillian
>
Good question, Gillian.
This is the answer from the people of NomaDesk:
"Fort
No, this is obviously step #1.
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.
Desperation time. I have a situation that's turning my hair white.
Trying to PDF a 8.27" by 11.69" from my FrameMaker 7.2 docs via Distiller 9
to Acrobat 9.
For some reason, the PDF comes out 11.00" instead of 11.69" cutting off my
headers and footers.
I've searched for all locations of Distiller
Hi David
Choose Format > Document > PDF Setup and check the page size in the
Settings tab. This is the page size (crop box) of your PDF documents.
Cheers
--
Yves Barbion ? Managing Director ? Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
www.scripto.nu ? skype: yves.barbion ? T: +32 494 12 01 89
Yes, this was it. Thanks very much to Baruch Broderson and Yves for pointing
this out. I can't believe I missed this, but it happened.
Thanks to all,
David
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Yves Barbion wrote:
> Hi David
>
> Choose Format > Document > PDF Setup and check the page size in the
> Se
Sorry for rather aged reference (not exactly recommended by me, though). :-(
Oddly enough this was the very first reference that came up by Google.
Actually the ref is since 2003.
The main thing issue for me was to explain the name of the collection
and the reason why Acrobat may default not to no
Are you using the "Adobe PDF" printer driver?
All printer drivers for physical printers are programmed with the maximum and
minimum page dimensions that the printer can physically handle. If you are
using the printer driver for a printer model that can only handle pages that
are 11.00" or les
David,
I see that you have received a perfect answer, but I would just like
to add that the size you are talking about is the standard European
A4. (conversion between inches and cm: 2.54:1).
Bodvar
2009/5/18 David Schor :
> Desperation time. I have a situation that's turning my hair white.
>
>
The fact is that people don't like to read. Exhaustive training material
is "exhaustive" to read.
If there are specific "do"s and "don't"s that are *not* intuitive, make
a short 1-3 page list, print it on color paper, and put it in the box
with the product. That they might read.
--
Regards,
S
Generally, unless you are using heavy XML (InDesign does XML but not as
advanced) or DITA (which ID does not support), it is a heated race. If you
are doing advanced XML or DITA, then Frame is the way to go.
Frame's conditions are slightly more advanced in that they can be applied to
table rows; I
Sorry, guys. I don't know why the line breaks vanished!
sharon
Sharon Burton
951-369-8590
IM: sharonvburton at yahoo.com
Blog: madcapsoftware.wordpress.com
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Sharon
Have you considered sitting with the users and asking them what the issues
are and why they don't like the materials? Don't defend what you've done,
listen to why these materials are not doing what you think they should be
doing. Ask questions, lots of questions.
It could be as easy as they are vi
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:49 AM, David Creamer
wrote:
[snipped]
> ID's Indexing is slightly easier with use of it's topic list in the Index
> panel, but I believe that ID only allows one index per book.
One suggested workaround is to create a unique dummy top-level entry
for each separate index
I had a happy Monday this morning when a fellow in for a training class
sought me out and shook my hand for writing a good upgrade guide. He
said he gave up reading documentation about 5 years ago when everything
started coming out on CD and seemed to be written overseas by people who
didn't use th
>> ID's Indexing is slightly easier with use of it's topic list in the Index
>> panel, but I believe that ID only allows one index per book.
>
> One suggested workaround is to create a unique dummy top-level entry
> for each separate index, and make the real top-level entries
> second-level entrie
Our structure is similar. I maintain the manuals for the hardware and
software associated with the laboratory equipment manufactured by my
company. We have Quick Starts and "Smart Cards" for the most basic operation
of both. I find that writing for visual learners is helped best by lots and
lots of
All,
I know that there are many graphics gurus on this list and I will be the
first to admit - I am NOT a graphics guru and it is my weakest point. That
said, I have never had any comments from clients until now about what I do
for screen captures, and I wanted either confirmation or some additi
Could you explain a bit more about what the problem is?
"Here is the current comment from a client: Generally, I would like to keep
high quality of screen captures." isn't explaining, at least to me,
what's wrong...
IF (a WAG), they're complaining about fuzziness of screen shots in a
PDF, you nee
In my email below, it states that I am saving the screen captures as a .png.
When I create the PDF, I am manually distilling the file - I don't do a
"Save as PDF. I use the Adobe printer to print to a postscript file, and
then distill the postscript file to a PDF. I don't change anything any of
Hi All,
I just completed a large project - about 240 screen captures - that were
captured in SnagIt and imported by reference into the FrameMaker files.
I agree with the last comment, to import at a setting that best accepts the
size of your image, and as stated, do not use the corner handle
Your boss is a Jackass with poor people skills. He just told you that he
doesn't appreciate or value you or your job. If layoff time comes,
you're the first to go since "anyone can be a writer and what's the
fuss." It's time to transfer to another dept in your company or polish
your resume and look
Hi All,
I forgot to mention, that I am using FrameMaker 7.0, Adobe Distiller 5.0,
and SnagIt 9 on Vista Enterprise.
I also use the distiller to create the PDF, not Save As a PDF.
Remember, even if your Frame image looks a little 'out of focus' they are
always better in PDF. You might want
Hi, everyone.
I am discovering the joys of Mif2Go. The Omsys web site does not have a link to
a forum, so I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what the best resource is for
figuring out problems with Mif2Go output.
Currently, I'm seeing some strange indents in the automatically generated TOC.
Actually, the omsys.com site does provide a link to the FreeFramer's
mailing list, which handles general FM questions but also provides a
more dedicated focus on MIF2Go.
http://www.omsys.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/framers
Cheers,
Art
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
Short answer?
Capturing with SnagIt, saving as PNG, and importing by reference are all
good practices.
When you import into FrameMaker, use one of the following DPI settings,
depending on the size of the image:
72
96
120
144
192
Longer answer?
To get the best results when viewing a screen cap
> Can any of you graphics gurus give me some insight as to what else I
> should
> be doing/changing or if I am doing it the right way - and if you want to
> lecture me off list about dpis and stuff, that is fine with me too. I will
> gladly take whatever information I can glean so that I can reply
Thank you one and all. I truly appreciate all of the online and offlist
responses and I have gained some valuable advice and knowledge and now know
how I "need to go forth" and tweak a few things.
Thanks again,
TVB
Tammy Van Boening
Owner/Principal
Spectrum Writing, LLC
www.spectrumwritingllc.c
That was posted almost exactly 8 years ago. I wonder if it is still the
best practice?
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 2:08 PM
To: Spectrum Writing ; Frame U
Spectrum Writing wrote:
> When I create the PDF, I am manually distilling the file - I don't do
a
> "Save as PDF. I use the Adobe printer to print to a postscript file,
and
> then distill the postscript file to a PDF. I don't change anything any
of
> the settings in Distiller - I use the standard
I received a complaint from a writer who said that FrameMaker 9 took up so
much processing power that she could not make a pdf of her 700-page book,
even though she could do so in FrameMaker 8. We're using Windows XP SP2,
and she has 3.25 GB of RAM.
Has anyone experienced anything similar?
Bes
Madeleine r Dimond wrote:
> I received a complaint from a writer who said that FrameMaker 9 took
up so
> much processing power that she could not make a pdf of her 700-page
book,
> even though she could do so in FrameMaker 8. We're using Windows XP
SP2,
> and she has 3.25 GB of RAM.
"Processing p
I'd echo Richard's "nonsense" comment.
If nothing else is wrong (forgetting to uncheck Print to File, etc.),
what actually may be happening is that her hard drive is filling up,
or just the temp and swap space is constrained. If the system doesn't
have enough room to create the temp files that it n
Hi Gariner,
I produce training manuals for a company in Cambridge. I suggest that
you try and organise some training sessions for the engineers
themselves, based around your documentation (or perhaps create a
special 'engineer-friendly' version which doesn't make them feel
they're being ta
Hi Gerrit,
You could use FrameScript to do this (http://www.framescript.com). If you
need help with a script, please contact me offlist. Thank you very much.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
rick at frameexpert.com
585-659-8267
Subject: Changing a whole lot of anchoring positions in FM 7.2
Hello Framers,
I am going to chime in here regarding InDesign scripting. InDesign offers
several scripting options: AppleScript for the Mac version, Visual Basic for
the PC version, and JavaScript for both. Since these languages have other
applications, there are plenty of resources for learning t
Sure do Rick. It's actually a slide presentation on good manual design and
development, including how to estimate the time it takes to develop several
types of docs. I'm writing you directly so that the attachment will go
through.
Diane Gaskill
Hitachi Data Systems
==
--
If anyone can write a manual, why do you need to write a procedure for doing it?
Let your boss do it if he thinks it's so easy.
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Sharon Burton
>
> This is easy. 14 steps:
>
> 1. Identify the audience
> 2. Identify the information needs of that audience (job aids,
> user guides,
Some info:
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/base14fonts.htm
HTH,
Bodvar
2009/5/16 Ken Poshedly :
> The pdf I created for press publication of a quarterly journal for a
> nonprofit organization does not have all fonts -- especially base 14
> fonts -- embedded, which is required by the o
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Flato, Gillian wrote:
>
> But what about security issues? With online file sharing, your
> competitor could hack into the shared space and steal your trade
> secrets.
>
>
> -Gillian
>
Good question, Gillian.
This is the answer from the people of NomaDesk:
"Fortu
No, this is obviously step #1.
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.
Desperation time. I have a situation that's turning my hair white.
Trying to PDF a 8.27" by 11.69" from my FrameMaker 7.2 docs via Distiller 9
to Acrobat 9.
For some reason, the PDF comes out 11.00" instead of 11.69" cutting off my
headers and footers.
I've searched for all locations of Distiller
Hi David
Choose Format > Document > PDF Setup and check the page size in the
Settings tab. This is the page size (crop box) of your PDF documents.
Cheers
--
Yves Barbion • Managing Director • Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
www.scripto.nu • skype: yves.barbion • T: +32 494 12 01 89
Yes, this was it. Thanks very much to Baruch Broderson and Yves for pointing
this out. I can't believe I missed this, but it happened.
Thanks to all,
David
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Yves Barbion wrote:
> Hi David
>
> Choose Format > Document > PDF Setup and check the page size in the
> Se
Sorry for rather aged reference (not exactly recommended by me, though). :-(
Oddly enough this was the very first reference that came up by Google.
Actually the ref is since 2003.
The main thing issue for me was to explain the name of the collection
and the reason why Acrobat may default not to no
Are you using the "Adobe PDF" printer driver?
All printer drivers for physical printers are programmed with the maximum and
minimum page dimensions that the printer can physically handle. If you are
using the printer driver for a printer model that can only handle pages that
are 11.00" or les
David,
I see that you have received a perfect answer, but I would just like
to add that the size you are talking about is the standard European
A4. (conversion between inches and cm: 2.54:1).
Bodvar
2009/5/18 David Schor :
> Desperation time. I have a situation that's turning my hair white.
>
>
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The fact is that people don't like to read. Exhaustive training material
is "exhaustive" to read.
If there are specific "do"s and "don't"s that are *not* intuitive, make
a short 1-3 page list, print it on color paper, and put it in the box
with the product. That they might read.
--
Regards,
S
Generally, unless you are using heavy XML (InDesign does XML but not as
advanced) or DITA (which ID does not support), it is a heated race. If you
are doing advanced XML or DITA, then Frame is the way to go.
Frame's conditions are slightly more advanced in that they can be applied to
table rows; I
Sorry, guys. I don't know why the line breaks vanished!
sharon
Sharon Burton
951-369-8590
IM: sharonvbur...@yahoo.com
Blog: madcapsoftware.wordpress.com
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Sharon Burto
Have you considered sitting with the users and asking them what the issues
are and why they don't like the materials? Don't defend what you've done,
listen to why these materials are not doing what you think they should be
doing. Ask questions, lots of questions.
It could be as easy as they are vi
I had a happy Monday this morning when a fellow in for a training class
sought me out and shook my hand for writing a good upgrade guide. He
said he gave up reading documentation about 5 years ago when everything
started coming out on CD and seemed to be written overseas by people who
didn't use th
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:49 AM, David Creamer
wrote:
[snipped]
> ID's Indexing is slightly easier with use of it's topic list in the Index
> panel, but I believe that ID only allows one index per book.
One suggested workaround is to create a unique dummy top-level entry
for each separate index
>> ID's Indexing is slightly easier with use of it's topic list in the Index
>> panel, but I believe that ID only allows one index per book.
>
> One suggested workaround is to create a unique dummy top-level entry
> for each separate index, and make the real top-level entries
> second-level entrie
Our structure is similar. I maintain the manuals for the hardware and
software associated with the laboratory equipment manufactured by my
company. We have Quick Starts and "Smart Cards" for the most basic operation
of both. I find that writing for visual learners is helped best by lots and
lots of
All,
I know that there are many graphics gurus on this list and I will be the
first to admit - I am NOT a graphics guru and it is my weakest point. That
said, I have never had any comments from clients until now about what I do
for screen captures, and I wanted either confirmation or some addit
Could you explain a bit more about what the problem is?
"Here is the current comment from a client: Generally, I would like to keep
high quality of screen captures." isn't explaining, at least to me,
what's wrong...
IF (a WAG), they're complaining about fuzziness of screen shots in a
PDF, you nee
In my email below, it states that I am saving the screen captures as a .png.
When I create the PDF, I am manually distilling the file - I don't do a
"Save as PDF. I use the Adobe printer to print to a postscript file, and
then distill the postscript file to a PDF. I don't change anything any of
Hi All,
I just completed a large project - about 240 screen captures - that were
captured in SnagIt and imported by reference into the FrameMaker files.
I agree with the last comment, to import at a setting that best accepts the
size of your image, and as stated, do not use the corner handle
Your boss is a Jackass with poor people skills. He just told you that he
doesn't appreciate or value you or your job. If layoff time comes,
you're the first to go since "anyone can be a writer and what's the
fuss." It's time to transfer to another dept in your company or polish
your resume and look
Hi All,
I forgot to mention, that I am using FrameMaker 7.0, Adobe Distiller 5.0,
and SnagIt 9 on Vista Enterprise.
I also use the distiller to create the PDF, not Save As a PDF.
Remember, even if your Frame image looks a little 'out of focus' they are
always better in PDF. You might want
Hi, everyone.
I am discovering the joys of Mif2Go. The Omsys web site does not have a link to
a forum, so I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what the best resource is for
figuring out problems with Mif2Go output.
Currently, I'm seeing some strange indents in the automatically generated TOC.
Actually, the omsys.com site does provide a link to the FreeFramer's
mailing list, which handles general FM questions but also provides a
more dedicated focus on MIF2Go.
http://www.omsys.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/framers
Cheers,
Art
Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
"..
Short answer?
Capturing with SnagIt, saving as PNG, and importing by reference are all
good practices.
When you import into FrameMaker, use one of the following DPI settings,
depending on the size of the image:
72
96
120
144
192
Longer answer?
To get the best results when viewing a screen cap
> Can any of you graphics gurus give me some insight as to what else I
> should
> be doing/changing or if I am doing it the right way - and if you want to
> lecture me off list about dpis and stuff, that is fine with me too. I will
> gladly take whatever information I can glean so that I can reply
Thank you one and all. I truly appreciate all of the online and offlist
responses and I have gained some valuable advice and knowledge and now know
how I "need to go forth" and tweak a few things.
Thanks again,
TVB
Tammy Van Boening
Owner/Principal
Spectrum Writing, LLC
www.spectrumwritingllc.c
That was posted almost exactly 8 years ago. I wonder if it is still the
best practice?
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 2:08 PM
To: Spectrum Writing ; Frame User
Spectrum Writing wrote:
> When I create the PDF, I am manually distilling the file - I don't do
a
> "Save as PDF. I use the Adobe printer to print to a postscript file,
and
> then distill the postscript file to a PDF. I don't change anything any
of
> the settings in Distiller - I use the standard
I received a complaint from a writer who said that FrameMaker 9 took up so
much processing power that she could not make a pdf of her 700-page book,
even though she could do so in FrameMaker 8. We're using Windows XP SP2,
and she has 3.25 GB of RAM.
Has anyone experienced anything similar?
Bes
Madeleine r Dimond wrote:
> I received a complaint from a writer who said that FrameMaker 9 took
up so
> much processing power that she could not make a pdf of her 700-page
book,
> even though she could do so in FrameMaker 8. We're using Windows XP
SP2,
> and she has 3.25 GB of RAM.
"Processing
I'd echo Richard's "nonsense" comment.
If nothing else is wrong (forgetting to uncheck Print to File, etc.),
what actually may be happening is that her hard drive is filling up,
or just the temp and swap space is constrained. If the system doesn't
have enough room to create the temp files that it n
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