Off-Topic: Acrobat Shared Review

2010-12-01 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
I think shared reviews got built in 9 (certainly the ability to roundtrip reviews in FM came in with FM9); I've used them with PDFs in network folders internally - I've never used it with acrobat.com (which I guess is the "new" way to do shared reviews with people all over the place) -Orig

RE: Printing Issues With FrameMaker and PDF

2010-12-01 Thread Hossack, Julia
Hi Dick, Here is a Microsoft hotfix that worked for me with FM 9. It is a known issue that happens when converting a file to Postscript. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us I hope this helps. Julia -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers

Re: Converting Excel Tables to Structured FM Tables

2010-12-01 Thread Roger Shuttleworth
Hello Fei Min One method that I have used in the past is to convert the Word table to text (tab-delimited). Then in structured FrameMaker (assuming you're using a CALS table model): 1. Insert the table element or equivalent, but no child elements. In CALS the table element is the *container* f

RE: Off-Topic: Acrobat Shared Review

2010-12-01 Thread RJ Jacquez
Hi Gillian, thanks for including my email. We have thousands of customers across the world using this feature, so it does work fine. Looking at your steps below, I was having a tough time following until I realized that perhaps you are initiating this process without having a PDF file opened i

RE: Off-Topic: Acrobat Shared Review

2010-12-01 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
I think shared reviews got built in 9 (certainly the ability to roundtrip reviews in FM came in with FM9); I've used them with PDFs in network folders internally - I've never used it with acrobat.com (which I guess is the "new" way to do shared reviews with people all over the place) -Orig

RE: Off-Topic: Acrobat Shared Review

2010-12-01 Thread Flato, Gillian
Richard, I am using Acrobat 8 and Frame 8. If Acrobat 8 requires a Server application, then the wizard should specify that. The error message should state something useful like, "Missing Server App " RJ - I took your suggestions and it still doesn't work. I moved the PDF to a local drive, set

Off-Topic: Acrobat Shared Review

2010-12-01 Thread Flato, Gillian
Richard, I am using Acrobat 8 and Frame 8. If Acrobat 8 requires a Server application, then the wizard should specify that. The error message should state something useful like, "Missing Server App " RJ - I took your suggestions and it still doesn't work. I moved the PDF to a local drive, set

RE: Off-Topic: Acrobat Shared Review

2010-12-01 Thread Combs, Richard
Flato, Gillian wrote: > Have any of you EVER been able to get Acrobat shared review feature to > work? > > Every time I get to the screen entitled, "Decide How to Send the PDF > File," I select my shared file, (which I make sure has permissions set > to Everyone and is on a network drive) and th

Off-Topic: Acrobat Shared Review

2010-12-01 Thread Combs, Richard
Flato, Gillian wrote: > Have any of you EVER been able to get Acrobat shared review feature to > work? > > Every time I get to the screen entitled, "Decide How to Send the PDF > File," I select my shared file, (which I make sure has permissions set > to Everyone and is on a network drive) and the

Off-Topic: Acrobat Shared Review

2010-12-01 Thread RJ Jacquez
Hi Gillian, thanks for including my email. We have thousands of customers across the world using this feature, so it does work fine. Looking at your steps below, I was having a tough time following until I realized that perhaps you are initiating this process without having a PDF file opened i

Missing a blank line in the TOC for a manual

2010-12-01 Thread Thomas Scalise
Esteemed colleagues, I am using Frame8 p277 unstructured on a desktop running XP SP3. I have a manual with 5 chapters, When I compile the manual, the TOC puts the correct blank line between the last entry in Chapter 1 and the Chapter name for chapter 2, and so on, until we reach Chapter 4. Th

Off-Topic: Acrobat Shared Review

2010-12-01 Thread Flato, Gillian
Have any of you EVER been able to get Acrobat shared review feature to work? Every time I get to the screen entitled, "Decide How to Send the PDF File," I select my shared file, (which I make sure has permissions set to Everyone and is on a network drive) and then click Next. I always get the er

Off-Topic: Acrobat Shared Review

2010-12-01 Thread Flato, Gillian
Have any of you EVER been able to get Acrobat shared review feature to work? Every time I get to the screen entitled, "Decide How to Send the PDF File," I select my shared file, (which I make sure has permissions set to Everyone and is on a network drive) and then click Next. I always get the er

RE: Missing a blank line in the TOC for a manual

2010-12-01 Thread Combs, Richard
> Turn on View > Symbols Of course, I should have said View > Text Symbols. > your TOC setup is telling FM to include Foobar paragraphs in the TOC More precisely, it's telling FM to include _references_ to foobar paragraphs. Too big a hurry. :-} Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Pol

Missing a blank line in the TOC for a manual

2010-12-01 Thread Combs, Richard
> Turn on View > Symbols Of course, I should have said View > Text Symbols. > your TOC setup is telling FM to include Foobar paragraphs in the TOC More precisely, it's telling FM to include _references_ to foobar paragraphs. Too big a hurry. :-} Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Pol

RE: Missing a blank line in the TOC for a manual

2010-12-01 Thread Combs, Richard
Thomas Scalise wrote: > I am using Frame8 p277 unstructured on a desktop running XP SP3. > > > > I have a manual with 5 chapters, When I compile the manual, the TOC puts > the correct blank line between the last entry in Chapter 1 and the > Chapter name for chapter 2, and so on, until we reach

Missing a blank line in the TOC for a manual

2010-12-01 Thread Combs, Richard
Thomas Scalise wrote: > I am using Frame8 p277 unstructured on a desktop running XP SP3. > > > > I have a manual with 5 chapters, When I compile the manual, the TOC puts > the correct blank line between the last entry in Chapter 1 and the > Chapter name for chapter 2, and so on, until we reach

Missing a blank line in the TOC for a manual

2010-12-01 Thread Thomas Scalise
Esteemed colleagues, I am using Frame8 p277 unstructured on a desktop running XP SP3. I have a manual with 5 chapters, When I compile the manual, the TOC puts the correct blank line between the last entry in Chapter 1 and the Chapter name for chapter 2, and so on, until we reach Chapter 4.

Printing Issues With FrameMaker and PDF

2010-12-01 Thread Tracy, Dick
Hi Folks, I received numerous replies to my dilemma. I downloaded the hotfix download from Microsoft (http://support.microsoft.com/Hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=952909&kbln=en- us (Direct Download Link) and it worked like a charm! Thanks for helping me resolve this issue. Dick -Orig

Convert table to text?

2010-12-01 Thread Dr Rick Smith
I've been doing that a lot recently - I have tables of terms that I need to de-table to put into sorted list. I simply select all the cells I want, and paste them into a text editor. My usual choice is TextPad, though it may also work with NotePad. The cells turn into text with tabs between cel

Converting Excel Tables to Structured FM Tables

2010-12-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Copy the Excel tables from Excel to Word (not as OLE). Word adds them as tables. Open the Word files in Frame, then remove all borders and shading (optional). Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 11/30/2010 4:37 PM, Fei Min Lorente wrote: > I'm using structured FrameMaker 7

Convert table to text? Resolved

2010-12-01 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
All, Ack! Apparently I'm losing my mind. Rick Q. pointed out the menu option, which I'll just say magically appeared when he called me. (I looked at least three times with my table selected and did not see it before.) =:-o Never mind!! ~ Linda G. Gallagher STC Fellow

Convert table to text?

2010-12-01 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
All, FM 8, unstructured I have a couple of tables with content that I've formatted just the way I want, but I need to take the content out of the tables. Am I missing it, or does FM not have a convert table to text option? I tried running it through Word to convert, but I lose a lot of formatti

Re: Convert table to text?

2010-12-01 Thread Dr Rick Smith
I've been doing that a lot recently - I have tables of terms that I need to de-table to put into sorted list. I simply select all the cells I want, and paste them into a text editor. My usual choice is TextPad, though it may also work with NotePad. The cells turn into text with tabs between cel

RE: Printing Issues With FrameMaker and PDF

2010-12-01 Thread Tracy, Dick
Hi Folks, I received numerous replies to my dilemma. I downloaded the hotfix download from Microsoft (http://support.microsoft.com/Hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=952909&kbln=en- us (Direct Download Link) and it worked like a charm! Thanks for helping me resolve this issue. Dick

RE: Convert table to text?

2010-12-01 Thread Lea Rush
Select the whole table, and select Table - Convert to Paragraphs. Pick Row by Row or Column by Column, and click OK. My Bold formatting survived just fine. HTH, Lea _ Lea Rush Software and Documentation Specialist Astoria-Pacific International www.astoria-paci

Convert table to text? Resolved

2010-12-01 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
All, Ack! Apparently I'm losing my mind. Rick Q. pointed out the menu option, which I'll just say magically appeared when he called me. (I looked at least three times with my table selected and did not see it before.) =:-o Never mind!! ~ Linda G. Gallagher STC Fe

Convert table to text?

2010-12-01 Thread Lea Rush
Select the whole table, and select Table - Convert to Paragraphs. Pick Row by Row or Column by Column, and click OK. My Bold formatting survived just fine. HTH, Lea _ Lea Rush Software and Documentation Specialist Astoria-Pacific International www.astoria-paci

RE: Convert table to text?

2010-12-01 Thread Owen, Clint
Linda, There is a "Convert to paragraphs" option on the Table menu, at lease in FM 7.0. Clint Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113 -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun..

Convert table to text?

2010-12-01 Thread Owen, Clint
Linda, There is a "Convert to paragraphs" option on the Table menu, at lease in FM 7.0. Clint Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113 -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounce

Convert table to text?

2010-12-01 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
All, FM 8, unstructured I have a couple of tables with content that I've formatted just the way I want, but I need to take the content out of the tables. Am I missing it, or does FM not have a convert table to text option? I tried running it through Word to convert, but I lose a lot of form

Converting Excel Tables to Structured FM Tables

2010-12-01 Thread Roger Shuttleworth
Hello Fei Min One method that I have used in the past is to convert the Word table to text (tab-delimited). Then in structured FrameMaker (assuming you're using a CALS table model): 1. Insert the table element or equivalent, but no child elements. In CALS the table element is the *container* f

Printing Issues With FrameMaker and PDF

2010-12-01 Thread Hossack, Julia
Hi Dick, Here is a Microsoft hotfix that worked for me with FM 9. It is a known issue that happens when converting a file to Postscript. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us I hope this helps. Julia -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:fram

Printing Issues With FrameMaker and PDF

2010-12-01 Thread Alan T Litchfield
Hi Tracy, First thing I would look for are missing fonts. If the computer was reimaged did they put the same fonts back. Also you may need to tell Acrobat where to find the fonts you are using in the preferences. Alan On 1/12/2010, at 8:09 AM, Tracy, Dick wrote: > I NEED YOUR HELP! > > > >

Printing Issues With FrameMaker and PDF

2010-12-01 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Dick, You say that you get fatal errors while printing to PDF. But you do not say what exactly happens. Do you print directly to the PDF file? Is Adobe PDF your default printer? Is Generate Acrobat Data activated? Does it make a difference when you print to a PostScript file first and try to d

Need for Experienced Framers

2010-12-01 Thread Julie A Beste-Walz
We are in need of individuals who have Adobe Framemaker experience. The duration of the assignment would in December, and continue until about mid to late January. Contact information is located below the requirements. Experience Requirements - Proficient at the following activities using Ado

Transfer a Heading1 titel to the header of a next book file

2010-12-01 Thread Dick Spierings
Hi, I am looking for a way to transfer the Heading1 title defined in a previous book file to the next file of the book, to have the Heading1 title of the previous file reappearing in the header of the next file. Using the Running H/F 2 gives no result, as the Header1 got defined in a previous fi

Re: Converting Excel Tables to Structured FM Tables

2010-12-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Copy the Excel tables from Excel to Word (not as OLE). Word adds them as tables. Open the Word files in Frame, then remove all borders and shading (optional). Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 11/30/2010 4:37 PM, Fei Min Lorente wrote: I'm using structured FrameMaker 7

RE: Printing Issues With FrameMaker and PDF

2010-12-01 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Dick, You say that you get fatal errors while printing to PDF. But you do not say what exactly happens. Do you print directly to the PDF file? Is Adobe PDF your default printer? Is Generate Acrobat Data activated? Does it make a difference when you print to a PostScript file first and try to d