FrameMaker graphics question

2011-08-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Thanks Mike. That was the problem. I inserted the graphic inside the text frame on the master page. When I inserted it outside the text frame it worked. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson On 8/11/2011 5:14 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: > Schmuel, you are on the right path, but it sounds like you clicked > ins

FrameMaker graphics question

2011-08-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I'd like to insert a graphic on the cover page that covers the entire page, then write text on top of it. I inserted the graphic on the master page, but I don't see it on the body page. Any ideas? I planned on inserting the large graphic on the master page and the text in text boxes on the bo

Managing Word styles with macros / VBA

2011-08-11 Thread Veronica Kutt
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Error when importing Visio objects to FM 7.2

2011-08-11 Thread Fred Ridder
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FrameMaker graphics question

2011-08-11 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 16:41 +0300 11/8/11, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >I'd like to insert a graphic on the cover page that covers the entire page, >then write text on top of it. > >I inserted the graphic on the master page, but I don't see it on the body page. > >Any ideas? Should work ok. Obvious question: is the body

Shortcuts not working

2011-08-11 Thread Roger Shuttleworth
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Export FM Settings

2011-08-11 Thread Alison Craig
FM 9 Version: 9.0p255 Unstructured OS: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit FM Experience: 2+years I received a new computer this year which has been a real pain and is about to go back to the "shop" to try and find out why I get multiple "black screens of death" every time I boot. I am getting another

Export FM Settings

2011-08-11 Thread Alison Craig
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RE: Error when importing Visio objects to FM 7.2

2011-08-11 Thread Fred Ridder
I just wanted to amplify on a couple of things Art said in his reply. First, it is generally a bad idea to use OLE linking even for applications and file formats that are officially supported (which does not include Visio). Yes, there are some people who have been using it successfully. But wh

Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 11/08/2011 11:19 AM, Fred Ridder wrote: > Yes, this bug was noted previously on the list. It only started after > Adobe's most recent patch of Acrobat 9.0 (which was supposedly a > security patch rather than anything affecting basic functionality), and > only seems to be a problem under Windows

Fwd: Re: Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Stuart Rogers
Thanks for that work-around, Mark. s. Original Message Subject: Re: Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:21:06 +0200 From: Mark Soiseth To: Stuart Rogers I've noticed the same thing. I usually use the Search sidebar (Ctrl+Shift+F) because I

Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Roger Shuttleworth
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Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Roger Shuttleworth
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Importing Variables into files in Groups or Folders

2011-08-11 Thread Martinek, Carla
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Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Fred Ridder
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Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Stuart Rogers
Acrobat Pro 9.4.5, WinXP SP3 Lately I've been annoyed by Acrobat's behaviour during text searches: it displays the page that contains the next occurrence of the search term, but does not highlight it. If the page contains two occurrences, the second occurrence will be highlighted by Find Next,

Importing Variables into files in Groups or Folders

2011-08-11 Thread Martinek, Carla
I've got a FM10 book... up until very recently, we avoided using Groups or Folders in the book file because we needed to use the Archive plugin, which wasn't compatible. Rick Quatro's new script takes care of that problem, so I grouped files for my 500+ file programming guide to make life easier

RE: Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Andy Kass
I have the free Acrobat Reader 9.4.5 on Windows Vista Pro, and I have noticed this problem too. Actually, I didn't even know about the Search feature, never needed it. The search window makes the search term bold in each occurrence, but when clicking on it to see it on the page, it has the same

Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Andy Kass
I have the free Acrobat Reader 9.4.5 on Windows Vista Pro, and I have noticed this problem too. Actually, I didn't even know about the Search feature, never needed it. The search window makes the search term bold in each occurrence, but when clicking on it to see it on the page, it has the same

Re: Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 11/08/2011 11:19 AM, Fred Ridder wrote: Yes, this bug was noted previously on the list. It only started after Adobe's most recent patch of Acrobat 9.0 (which was supposedly a security patch rather than anything affecting basic functionality), and only seems to be a problem under Windows XP. Re

Fwd: Re: Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Stuart Rogers
Thanks for that work-around, Mark. s. Original Message Subject: Re: Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:21:06 +0200 From: Mark Soiseth To: Stuart Rogers I've noticed the same thing. I usually use the Search sidebar (Ctrl+Shift+F) because I

FrameMaker graphics question

2011-08-11 Thread Waltermeyer, Brenda L.
Hi Shmuel, Just a thought, when you inserted the graphic on the master page do you select it the box to insert as background? _ Brenda L. Waltermeyer Lead Desktop Publisher National Security Technology Department VIEWS Home Page

RE: Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Alison Craig
Actually, I'm running Acrobat 9 on Windows 7 Ultimate and I get exactly the same behaviour as Stuart. So it's broken in Windows 7 as well - and it's *very* annoying given that it defeats the whole purpose of the "Find" function. Alison From: framers-boun...@list

Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Alison Craig
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AW: Using large amounts of text files imported as reference

2011-08-11 Thread Maike Roeder
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Error when importing Visio objects to FM 7.2

2011-08-11 Thread Art Campbell
Yeah, people have been seeing that message for several years. This is a result of Microsoft's initial faulty OLE implementation, compounded by the re-write of OLE that they released in XP SP3, which totally broke the Adobe OLE handling. Bottom line is it didn't work years ago, it still doesn't wor

AW: combining different FM documents into one file

2011-08-11 Thread Maike Roeder
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FrameMaker graphics question

2011-08-11 Thread Mike Wickham
Schmuel, you are on the right path, but it sounds like you clicked inside the text box on the master page before you imported the graphic. Click outside the text box before you import the graphic. This is probably something you already know, but if this document is designed for printing press,

RE: Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Fred Ridder
Yes, this bug was noted previously on the list. It only started after Adobe's most recent patch of Acrobat 9.0 (which was supposedly a security patch rather than anything affecting basic functionality), and only seems to be a problem under Windows XP. Reportedly, Find works fine under Windows 7

Acrobat fails to highlight found search terms

2011-08-11 Thread Stuart Rogers
Acrobat Pro 9.4.5, WinXP SP3 Lately I've been annoyed by Acrobat's behaviour during text searches: it displays the page that contains the next occurrence of the search term, but does not highlight it. If the page contains two occurrences, the second occurrence will be highlighted by Find Next

Re: FrameMaker graphics question

2011-08-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Thanks Mike. That was the problem. I inserted the graphic inside the text frame on the master page. When I inserted it outside the text frame it worked. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson On 8/11/2011 5:14 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: Schmuel, you are on the right path, but it sounds like you clicked inside

Re: FrameMaker graphics question

2011-08-11 Thread Mike Wickham
Schmuel, you are on the right path, but it sounds like you clicked inside the text box on the master page before you imported the graphic. Click outside the text box before you import the graphic. This is probably something you already know, but if this document is designed for printing press,

Re: FrameMaker graphics question

2011-08-11 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 16:41 +0300 11/8/11, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >I'd like to insert a graphic on the cover page that covers the entire page, >then write text on top of it. > >I inserted the graphic on the master page, but I don't see it on the body page. > >Any ideas? Should work ok. Obvious question: is the body

Re: FrameMaker graphics question

2011-08-11 Thread Waltermeyer, Brenda L.
Hi Shmuel, Just a thought, when you inserted the graphic on the master page do you select it the box to insert as background? _ Brenda L. Waltermeyer Lead Desktop Publisher National Security Technology Department VIEWS Home Page

FrameMaker graphics question

2011-08-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I'd like to insert a graphic on the cover page that covers the entire page, then write text on top of it. I inserted the graphic on the master page, but I don't see it on the body page. Any ideas? I planned on inserting the large graphic on the master page and the text in text boxes on the

Re: Error when importing Visio objects to FM 7.2

2011-08-11 Thread Art Campbell
Yeah, people have been seeing that message for several years. This is a result of Microsoft's initial faulty OLE implementation, compounded by the re-write of OLE that they released in XP SP3, which totally broke the Adobe OLE handling. Bottom line is it didn't work years ago, it still doesn't wor

AW: Using large amounts of text files imported as reference

2011-08-11 Thread Maike Roeder
Hi Linda, do you mean text files or frame files? It's very easy to create a new Frame file and to import many (many!) files as referenced files in it. Benefit: You can change anything in the original files for different releases and your book with chapters (and referenced files) are the sa

AW: combining different FM documents into one file

2011-08-11 Thread Maike Roeder
Hi Linda, Do you mean by "combine" different files with similar content? You could use conditionals for these documents. - Maike Von: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] Im Auftrag von Linda Rose Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. August 2

Error when importing Visio objects to FM 7.2

2011-08-11 Thread Vidhya Dharmarajan
Every time I try to import a Visio diagram(using File->import->object) into FM7.2(Unstructured), I am unable to save the file.  It throws the error:  "An internal error occurred while writing imported graphics in this document. The file has been saved, but has lost some image data. Please repor

Managing Word styles with macros / VBA

2011-08-11 Thread Whit Broach
A quick search of list archives back to 2007 doesn’t quite address this. Where does one find, for a reasonable license fee, a set of Word macros / VBA code, for managing (especially cleaning and applying) Word styles, perhaps in the manner of Silicon Prairie Software’s: § Paragraph Tools § Cha

Setting a default scope for Track Text Edits

2011-08-11 Thread Roman Banks
Hi folks,   In FM10, the Track Text Edits feature enables you to select the Scope according to which Framemaker will search for text changes: either Book (default), Document, DITA MAP (for structured FM) or Selected Documents. I'm looking for a way to change the default setting - instead of "Boo