Re: Keyboard shortcuts to pod elements

2010-07-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I'm in the same boat. I used to use AutoIt for repetitive tasks, and these pods make things difficult. However, if anyone is interested, AutoIt comes with a utility for displaying window info. It's called AutoIt Window Info. It comes with AutoIt, which is free. If anyone tries it, let me know

Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Avraham Makeler
Hi all, RE: Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table Using: FM 7.2. Importing from: Word 2003 I found that when I import documents from Word 2003 that contain long tables, the table heading row is not repeated for further pages of

Re: Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Avraham Makeler
Just remembered FM9 exists. Does anybody know if FM9 has a Table Properties setting for this? (So I could install an evaluation edition for now (does it save...?) and save my FM file backwards to FM8 to FM7.) - avi On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Avraham Makeler amake...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Baruch Brodersen
Hi Avi, Rick Quattro's Table Cleaner plugin makes short work of this. Simply select the row or rows you want to repeat, and choose Table Convert Select Rows Body to heading Rows. Short of that, you might try a) applying a table format to the imported table, and b) add a header row (Table Add

Re: Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Yves Barbion
Indeed, Rick's TableCleaner plug-in is what you need. You can even batch convert body rows to heading rows and then select the option to only convert rows in tables without existing heading rows: http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/index.htm -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu On Thu,

Re: Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You just have to add a header row (TableAdd Rows or ColumnsAdd 1 Row To Heading). Unlike Word, you can't tell Frame that a row is (or is not) a heading row. If you want a heading row, you have to add one. If you don't want a heading row, you have to delete it. Also, when a table is imported

RE: Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is notrepeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Going back to OP's original source, the following document has also proven quite useful to us over the years: http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/public/word2frame.pdf -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread Richard Melanson
Does anyone remember Microsoft Photo Editor. Trying to get photos, screen captures, any graphic out of Word using everything I have learned over 16 years being a technical writer never worked. One day I happened to be on one of the old computers at my home and Microsoft Photo Editor was installed,

Re: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread David Creamer
I have approximately 2000 pages to convert from Word to Frame. The graphics are embedded but the client wants them imported by reference in Frame. I tried extracting them from Word by saving a file as HTML but the graphics became blurry and unusable. They look fine when I open the Word file

Re: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread Alan T Litchfield
Daid, You're a gem :) That is going to save me s much time in future. Oh, and I opened an old document (pre-2003 in Word 97 format), saved it in docx and the images were preserved in accordance with your process below. :D Alan On 2/07/2010, at 8:53 AM, David Creamer wrote: If the

RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread Richard Melanson
Nice stuff, thanks a million for sharing !!! Rick -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alan T Litchfield Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 5:37 PM To: David Creamer Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject:

Windows 7 and Frame 7.1

2010-07-01 Thread Paul Kent
Looking at doing a (forced) computer upgrade and I seem to recall some threads concerning this subject. Am I correct in remembering that Frame 9 is 64-bit compliant, but Frame 7.1 is not? Thanks J. Paul Kent 206-383-0539 ___ You are

Re: Windows 7 and Frame 7.1

2010-07-01 Thread Avraham Makeler
I understand that MS offers a free XP emulator that you can download and install. This helps to run older apps on Win7 64-bit. avraham On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Dov Isaacs isa...@adobe.com wrote: FrameMaker 9 is a 32-bit program that will properly install and run under Windows Vista

Re: Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Avraham Makeler
Rick Quattro's Table Cleaner plugin Thought I would sleep on this before responding... well here goes... $60 for just o-n-e utility...? $60 is the price of many complete applications -- ok not an MS app or an Adobe app, but an app. I have written a number of complete Word VBA programs and until

Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Avraham Makeler
Hi all, RE: Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table Using: FM 7.2. Importing from: Word 2003 I found that when I import documents from Word 2003 that contain long tables, the table heading row is not repeated for further pages of

Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Avraham Makeler
Just remembered FM9 exists. Does anybody know if FM9 has a Table Properties setting for this? (So I could install an evaluation edition for now (does it save...?) and save my FM file backwards to FM8 to FM7.) - avi On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi all, > > RE:

Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Baruch Brodersen
Hi Avi, Rick Quattro's Table Cleaner plugin makes short work of this. Simply select the row or rows you want to repeat, and choose Table > Convert Select Rows > Body to heading Rows. Short of that, you might try a) applying a table format to the imported table, and b) add a header row (Table > Add

Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Yves Barbion
Indeed, Rick's TableCleaner plug-in is what you need. You can even batch convert body rows to heading rows and then select the option to only convert rows in tables without existing heading rows: http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/tablecleaner/index.htm -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu On Thu,

Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is not repeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You just have to add a header row (Table>Add Rows or Columns>Add 1 Row To Heading). Unlike Word, you can't tell Frame that a row is (or is not) a heading row. If you want a heading row, you have to add one. If you don't want a heading row, you have to delete it. Also, when a table is imported

Imported Word docs - table heading row of long tables is notrepeated for further pages of the table

2010-07-01 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Going back to OP's original source, the following document has also proven quite useful to us over the years: http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/public/word2frame.pdf -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread Richard Melanson
Does anyone remember Microsoft Photo Editor. Trying to get photos, screen captures, any graphic out of Word using everything I have learned over 16 years being a technical writer never worked. One day I happened to be on one of the old computers at my home and Microsoft Photo Editor was installed,

Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread David Creamer
> I have approximately 2000 pages to convert from Word to Frame. The > graphics are embedded but the client wants them imported by reference > in Frame. I tried "extracting" them from Word by saving a file as > HTML but the graphics became blurry and unusable. They look fine when > I open the Word

Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread Richard Melanson
Nice stuff, thanks a million for sharing !!! Rick -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alan T Litchfield Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 5:37 PM To: David Creamer Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com

Windows 7 and Frame 7.1

2010-07-01 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker 9 is a 32-bit program that will properly install and run under Windows Vista and Windows 7 64-bit versions. FrameMaker 7.1 is also a 32-bit program. Adobe does not officially support it under Windows Vista or Windows 7, either 32-bit or 64-bit version. You may coerce it to install

Save FrameMaker 8.0 files to 6.0

2010-07-01 Thread Clara Hall
I am doing some freelance work in FrameMaker. One of the requirements is that the work be done in FM 6.0. I am currently working with FM 8.0. Is there a way to develop in 8.0 and then somehow save the files to be compatible to 6.0. Maybe saving them as a mif files? Would that work? Also,

Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread Tim J. Slager
The newer MSO Picture Manager also saves files with no quality loss. It is also handy for batch exporting to other formats or sizes. tims -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Richard Melanson Sent:

Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread Gaghan, Steven P.
Hi All, Another way to get the graphics involves using Word 2007. 1. Create a copy of the file saving it using the .docx extension. 2. Go to the folder where you saved the docx. 3. Change the file extension from .docx to .zip. For example, "sample.docx" would become

Keyboard shortcuts to pod elements

2010-07-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I'm in the same boat. I used to use AutoIt for repetitive tasks, and these pods make things difficult. However, if anyone is interested, AutoIt comes with a utility for displaying window info. It's called AutoIt Window Info. It comes with AutoIt, which is free. If anyone tries it, let me know