OT: Job Posting

2012-09-06 Thread Joseph Lorenzini
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OT: Index page ranges

2012-09-06 Thread Michael Lewis
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FM10 special character

2012-09-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
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Reviews of FM 11

2012-09-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I don't know what the big deal is. For remembering the last five searches alone it's worth forking over 400 bucks to Adobe. Don't think about the fact that there are numerous free text editors that have had that feature for years. Those are simple text editors - not your main authoring tool! Wh

OT: Index page ranges

2012-09-06 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
This is Chicago Manual of Style, I'm pretty sure (I don't have one here). The rule is not to repeat the hundreds digit if it's the same on both ends of the range. I think, then, that 244-247 should become 244-47 (not 244-7). Makes it very hard to search for page ranges replacing hyphen with en

Reviews of FM 11

2012-09-06 Thread MamaRed Knight
x27; review, do yourself a favor and check it > out: > http://www.front-runner.com/artandinfo.php?AID=97 > > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120906/d66a336e/attachment.html>

FM10 special character

2012-09-06 Thread Rick Quatro
s maybe that was in FM9, but not included in FM10? Thanks in advance for any advice! Tim DeWees -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120906/68dc224b/attachment.html>

How to add Table numbers to List of tables

2012-09-06 Thread Rick Quatro
uot; Any idea how this is done? I hope my question is clear to you. Many thanks in advance. -- Regards, Apurva Bahadur -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120906/34f32a4c/attachment.html>

FM10 Special Character

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
UI pretty messed up trying different things, but no palette. I've been using FM10 for at least six months now and am underwhelmed. I preferred FM8. Tim -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/at

Reviews of FM 11

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
What does Adobe charge for upgrading from FM10 to FM8? I could use the extra stability and better UI.

Question about char tag override indicator

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
Does the font for the paragraph tag where you're applying it have a bold weight? On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:13 AM, grant at hedgewizard.net wrote: > In FM10, I have a document that has character tags. One of these is bold, > which has everything set to "as-is" but the font weight. > > For some re

How to add Table numbers to List of tables

2012-09-06 Thread Apurva Bahadur
LOT like "Table > 1: Letters of the alphabets ... 2" > > Any idea how this is done? > > I hope my question is clear to you. Many thanks in advance. > > -- > > Regards, > > > *Apurva* *Bahadur* > > > > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120906/0401d273/attachment.html>

OT: Index page ranges

2012-09-06 Thread Karen Robbins
CMOS 16th ed., section 16.14 suggests that for page numbers 101-109 and similar to use changed part only; for 110-199 and similar, used two digits unless more are needed to include all changed parts. --Karen >Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:44:19 -0400 >From: "Kenneth C. Benson" >To: framers at list

Make clipboard paste text as unicode

2012-09-06 Thread Studio Smalbro
My FrameMaker 10 has a modified maker.ini which sets txt as primary format when pasting from clipboard. But now I need to be able to paste as unicode text. I need to paste russian text from a spreadsheet into FrameMaker without making all sorts of havoc. How do I fix that? Right now I merely ge

Make clipboard paste text as unicode

2012-09-06 Thread Combs, Richard
Studio Smalbro wrote: > My FrameMaker 10 has a modified maker.ini which sets txt as primary > format when pasting from clipboard. But now I need to be able to paste > as unicode text. I need to paste russian text from a spreadsheet into > FrameMaker without making all sorts of havoc. How do I fix

FM10 special character

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
It shows up in Windows Task Manager as CharacterMap.exe *32 on my system. Agreed it's an odd application. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: > Speaking of the character palette, this is a pretty odd "application". When > you display it, and then click on the FrameMaker window or a

FM10 special character

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
The rightward arrow is Unicode U+2192. The first thing you need to do is choose a font that that character. At least in Windows 7, Arial, Courier New, and Times New Roman all have it. You can use Windows' (not FrameMaker's) Character Map utility's Advanced View to check other fonts. If necessary,

FM10 special character

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
Thanks Robert and everyone for the help. I always learn a lot of new useful stuff here. -Original Message- From: robert.lauriston at gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 2:00 PM To: Timothy DeWees; framers at lists.

Question about char tag override indicator

2012-09-06 Thread Grant Hogarth
It's Franklin Gothic, so there is book, demi, demi condensed, medium, medium condensed, and heavy. Sadly I am not the template owner, and am working on FM remotely (via citrix) on the client's server. So WISIWIG. Grant On 9/6/2012 9:32 AM, Robert Lauriston wrote: > Does the font for the paragra

Question about char tag override indicator

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
Yeah, that's it. The weight for Franklin Gothic is Bolded,not Bold. If you want to lose the override mark, change the character tag weight to Bolded or create another character tag for Bolded. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Grant Hogarth wrote: > It's Franklin Gothic, so there is book, demi, dem

Make clipboard paste text as unicode

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
If the clipboard contains Unicode text, Edit > Paste Special should include a Unicode Text choice. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Studio Smalbro wrote: > My FrameMaker 10 has a modified maker.ini which sets txt as primary format > when pasting from clipboard. But now I need to be able to paste

Re: FrameMaker 10 Crashes When Saving a Book with Conditional Text and TT Edits

2012-09-06 Thread Roman Banks
Hi Joseph,   Have you installed the latest FM 10 patch?   Kind regards, Roman   From: Joseph Lorenzini To: FrameMaker Forum Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2012 12:25 AM Subject: FrameMaker 10 Crashes When Saving a Book with Conditional Text and TT Edits Hi All, Until quite recently, I was the

Re: FrameMaker 10 Crashes When Saving a Book with Conditional Text and TT Edits

2012-09-06 Thread Joseph Lorenzini
> > Hi Roman, > Yes both of us have fully patched versions of FrameMaker 10. Thanks Joe ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email t

Re: FrameMaker 10 Crashes When Saving a Book with Conditional Text and TT Edits

2012-09-06 Thread Roman Banks
OK, good. If so, the next thing that may help is saving these sections as MIF 7.0 and then saving them back as FM. In 80% of cases, this method helped me remove this invisible foe -- the corruption.   HTH, Roman From: Joseph Lorenzini To: Roman Banks Cc: FrameMaker Forum Sent: Tuesday, Sept

RE: How to reset Frame's Default Configuration - Resolved

2012-09-06 Thread Gillian Flato
The bug in FM 9 & 10 occurs when the variables tab is attached to other tabs and in a panel. You have to remove the variables from the panel and tab so it is independent and floating. -Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.f

Reviews of FM 11

2012-09-06 Thread Gay Alson
OMG, Arnis, STOP!! I'm having way too much fun at work this afternoon because of you! Anyone who hasn't read Arnis' review, do yourself a favor and check it out: http://www.front-runner.com/artandinfo.php?AID=97 And Scott, thanks much for your link to the various reviews of FM 11. I had read som

Re: Acrobat X Pro settings

2012-09-06 Thread Chris Coggins
Thanks Dov. Can I send you three versions of a single PDF page so you can see the differences in output on each computer? And perhaps advise how to obtain similar output results from the optimal computer on the second computer? The first will be an original, unmarked page extracted from a source d

markers vs. cross-reference insertion

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
I went to insert a cross-reference to a heading and the heading was not in the picklist for heading 1. After some investigation I found that there were scores if not hundreds of index and other markers at the beginning of the target heading. I deleted them and it showed up in the menu. Anybody kn

How to add Table numbers to List of tables

2012-09-06 Thread Apurva Bahadur
Dear All, Please help me overcome a peculiar problem in FM. I have a document with number of tables. Each table in the document has a 'Table Title' paragraph style applied to it. Thus the text below the table reads "'Table 1: Letters of the alphabets" etc. When I make the List of Tables (specia

FM10 special character

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
We upgraded to FM10 this year and now I'm having trouble creating a special character. I'm trying to create a right arrow, as in a chemical equation. (I have the special toolbar, but it doesn't include this.) I can't seem to get this symbol using the old FM8 method of using a character and applyin

Re: OT: Index page ranges

2012-09-06 Thread gr...@hedgewizard.net
My suspicion is that it was to save space/typesetting time; there may be a standard as well (isn't there always? ) Grant On September 5, 2012 at 9:15 AM Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Framers, > > This is more of a curiosity than anything. I was browsing the index in a > book last night and I noticed

Question about char tag override indicator

2012-09-06 Thread gr...@hedgewizard.net
Hey all.. got a puzzler for you. In FM10, I have a document that has character tags. One of these is bold, which has everything set to "as-is" but the font weight. For some reason, when I apply the tag, it's always marked with an asterisk, even if I apply "Default Para Font" first, and then "B

Re: Graphics & transparency

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
FrameMaker doesn't render EPS graphics. It displays the embedded preview bitmap if there is one, otherwise a blank box. So as Rick says, you need to generate a PDF to tell if the transparency is OK. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...

Re: SOLVED: Graphics & transparency

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
So when you save as PDF or print you see the same white square you do on screen in FM10? On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Pat Christenson wrote: > I found this onine: > http://www.meissner-dokuteam.de/Files/Frame/Transparency2_p250.pdf > > It explains that the image needs a clipping path. > > I a

OT: Job Posting

2012-09-06 Thread Joseph Lorenzini
Hi all, I am looking to fill a contract position for a technical writer. The job will be located in Oak Brook, IL. If anyone is interested, please contact me at jaloren AT gmail.com for additional details. Thanks, Joseph Lorenzini ___ You are currentl

Re: OT: Index page ranges

2012-09-06 Thread Michael Lewis
It's a matter of house style. Some retain all digits (135-137); some retain the low-order two digits (135-37); some delete all duplicated digits (135-7, but 139-41). - Michael On 2012/09/06 03:09, gr...@hedgewizard.net wrote: My suspicion is that it was to save space/typesetting time; there

Re: Reviews of FM 11

2012-09-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I don't know what the big deal is. For remembering the last five searches alone it's worth forking over 400 bucks to Adobe. Don't think about the fact that there are numerous free text editors that have had that feature for years. Those are simple text editors - not your main authoring tool! Wh

Re: OT: Index page ranges

2012-09-06 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
This is Chicago Manual of Style, I'm pretty sure (I don't have one here). The rule is not to repeat the hundreds digit if it's the same on both ends of the range. I think, then, that 244-247 should become 244-47 (not 244-7). Makes it very hard to search for page ranges replacing hyphen with en

Re: Reviews of FM 11

2012-09-06 Thread MamaRed Knight
OMG is right Arnis!!! The funniest way to write a review I've ever seen. Jerilynne Knight On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Gay Alson wrote: > OMG, Arnis, STOP!! I'm having way too much fun at work this afternoon > because of you! > > Anyone who hasn't read Arnis' review, do yourself a favor

RE: FM10 special character

2012-09-06 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Tim, FrameMaker 10 still has the character palette (File > Utilities > Character Palette), but the FrameMaker 9 (and above) window tends to steal the focus from other windows. For example, if you try to bring the Console window to the front, the main FrameMaker window will sometimes jump in

RE: How to add Table numbers to List of tables

2012-09-06 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Apurva, On the LOT's LOT reference page, you need to add the <$paranum> building block in front of the <$paratext> building block and then regenerate the list. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585

RE: FM10 Special Character

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy DeWees
Shmuel, thanks for the ASCII codes. I used to have that list, but lost it at some point. Unfortunately it doesn't have that arrow on it that I was looking for, but it has a lot of other useful symbols. Rick, thanks. But I still can't find that palette. I even managed to get my UI pretty mess

Re: Reviews of FM 11

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
What does Adobe charge for upgrading from FM10 to FM8? I could use the extra stability and better UI. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a bl

Re: Question about char tag override indicator

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
Does the font for the paragraph tag where you're applying it have a bold weight? On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:13 AM, gr...@hedgewizard.net wrote: > In FM10, I have a document that has character tags. One of these is bold, > which has everything set to "as-is" but the font weight. > > For some reaso

Re: How to add Table numbers to List of tables

2012-09-06 Thread Apurva Bahadur
Hi Rick, I am honoured to get a reply from such a Framemaker legend! I tried to look at the reference page of the LOT and was puzzled by four instances of the <$paratext> block. Three of the instances are under the 'Cross-Reference Macros', while the fourth is on the last page in a paragraph that

Re: OT: Index page ranges

2012-09-06 Thread Karen Robbins
CMOS 16th ed., section 16.14 suggests that for page numbers 101-109 and similar to use changed part only; for 110-199 and similar, used two digits unless more are needed to include all changed parts. --Karen Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:44:19 -0400 From: "Kenneth C. Benson" To: framers@lists.fr

Make clipboard paste text as unicode

2012-09-06 Thread Studio Smalbro
My FrameMaker 10 has a modified maker.ini which sets txt as primary format when pasting from clipboard. But now I need to be able to paste as unicode text. I need to paste russian text from a spreadsheet into FrameMaker without making all sorts of havoc. How do I fix that? Right now I merely ge

Re: Make clipboard paste text as unicode

2012-09-06 Thread Helen Borrie
At 07:58 AM 7/09/2012, Studio Smalbro wrote: >My FrameMaker 10 has a modified maker.ini which sets txt as primary format >when pasting from clipboard. But now I need to be able to paste as unicode >text. I need to paste russian text from a spreadsheet into FrameMaker without >making all sorts of

RE: Make clipboard paste text as unicode

2012-09-06 Thread Combs, Richard
Studio Smalbro wrote: > My FrameMaker 10 has a modified maker.ini which sets txt as primary > format when pasting from clipboard. But now I need to be able to paste > as unicode text. I need to paste russian text from a spreadsheet into > FrameMaker without making all sorts of havoc. How do I fix