Re: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Scott Turner
I never used version 8. And every time my xrefs broke it was either the xref marker had been deleted during editing or the relative path had been changed. Scott T. On Sep 30, 2013, at 17:40, VLM TechSubs techs...@vibrantlivingministries.org wrote: Greetings! I put xref markers in

RE: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi Elchanan, If FrameMaker cannot open the target file, this may cause unresolved cross-references. Could it be that you have a file in the book which is closed and which triggers error messages when opened (e.g. missing fonts). Does it make a difference, if you open all files of the book? Best

QUESTION ABOUT A NONPRINTING CHARACTER (WAS: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking)

2013-10-01 Thread VLM TechSubs
Thanks Scott. I haven’t moved any files, and this was mass breakage of the links all at once. Which has given me an idea. Perhaps I should just put some nonprinting character into all those empty chapter heading paragraphs, so that they no longer appear empty to FrameMaker. QUESTION: What

RE: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread VLM TechSubs
Great suggestion, thanks Winfried. I have been working with all files open, because some have that font error message upon opening, and I haven't taken time yet to fix that. And . as time goes by, I think/suspect increasingly that this problem has to do with linking to empty target paragraphs.

RE: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver

2013-10-01 Thread VLM TechSubs
Thanks Craig, I will look. But at this point, I may wait until the end of this project, as it draws near, and the Acrobat XI trial will get me that far. Best regards, Elchanan From: Craig Ede [mailto:craig...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 6:13 PM To: 'VLM TechSubs';

Re: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 2013-Oct-01 12:09 PM, VLM TechSubs wrote: Great suggestion, thanks Winfried. I have been working with all files open, because some have that font error message upon opening, and I haven’t taken time yet to fix that. And … as time goes by, I think/suspect increasingly that this problem has to

RE: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Fred Ridder
I'll only comment briefly about the use of empty paragraphs, which is to say that they are seldom an optimum solution to issues or document model shortcomings in FrameMaker. I cannot imagine a situation where it makes any real sense to be linking to an empty heading paragraph. What is it that

RE: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver

2013-10-01 Thread Craig Ede
The following worked for me: Make sure you select Acrobat (not Reader) as the application to open you PDFs. You can do this by selecting File Properties for any PDF. Update your Adobe FrameMaker and Acrobat applications via the update function. I think all this re-installation talk is

RE: FrameMaker: Is any version URL-aware?

2013-10-01 Thread David Artman
Original Message From: VLM TechSubs techs...@vibrantlivingministries.org Date: Sun, September 29, 2013 11:26 pm ... Guess FrameMaker is a bit behind the curve when it comes to the Internet, eh? And … it will work, so that’s just grand! ... In defense of FrameMaker; it doesn't

Re: script for batch PDF generation

2013-10-01 Thread Robert Lauriston
I gave up on ExtendScript due to lack of documentation or support. Also, scripts would stop working for no apparent reason. FrameScript is well worth the modest price if you need to automate FrameMaker tasks. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp w...@idtp.eu wrote: Hi all,

RE: FrameMaker: Is any version URL-aware?

2013-10-01 Thread Craig Ede
Thank god for that. I really get tired of hitting control-Z in Word to undo some change Word has automatically made to the text I'm entering. Craig From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Scott Turner Sent: Monday, September

Re: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver

2013-10-01 Thread Robert Lauriston
FrameMaker has a bundled version of Distiller and the Adobe PDF printer driver. If they get messed up, and repairing FrameMaker doesn't work, then you need to reinstall FrameMaker. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 5:25 PM, VLM TechSubs techs...@vibrantlivingministries.org wrote: Hmm, good idea, but

Urgent question re: SGML Framemaker

2013-10-01 Thread Chris Coggins
Is anyone aware of issues importing very large sgml files into Framemaker? For example, importing large government-provided DTD/FOSI templates? Framemaker is an established composition tool within the government regarding DoD technical manuals, but I've been asked to verify whether Framemaker is

RE: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver

2013-10-01 Thread Craig Ede
There is an update function from the menu system for both FrameMaker (HelpUpdates) and Acrobat (HelpCheck for Updates). From FrameMaker this launches the Adobe Application Manager on my system which allows updates to all installed Adobe products. Craig From: VLM TechSubs

Adobe Application Manager WAS: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver

2013-10-01 Thread Craig Ede
The Adobe Application Manager can also be run directly from the start menu. This may not be available to everyone. It might be a part of either of the suites I am running (TCS 3 and CS6). Very handy for updating multiple applications. Craig From: Craig Ede [mailto:craig...@hotmail.com]

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Re: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Robert Lauriston
How about using printing characters, such as an en or em dash, on both sides? Start the autonumber format with a dash, and use a dash for the content? On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:09 AM, VLM TechSubs techs...@vibrantlivingministries.org wrote: Great suggestion, thanks Winfried. I have been working

RE: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Craig Ede
Maybe what is happening is that you are closing the file without saving once the markers have been inserted. Craig From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Fred Ridder But the real point I want to make is that FrameMaker

Re: Urgent question re: SGML Framemaker

2013-10-01 Thread Alan Litchfield
Worked with some large projects, but the individual files were mostly fairly small or moderate. Are you talking GB plus? Alan On 1/10/13 6:00 AM, Chris Coggins wrote: Is anyone aware of issues importing very large sgml files into Framemaker? For example, importing large government-provided

Re: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Scott Turner
Ooo, yes. If you use text insets, any xref inside that text inset will be reported as broken even though it is valid. On Sep 30, 2013, at 18:14, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote: Which source type are you using when you create the markers? Are there any text insets

RE: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Alison Craig
Not if you use X-Ref Markers in the Text Inset file. Alison -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Scott Turner Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 2:57 PM To: Robert Lauriston Cc: Framers Subject: Re: FM 8:

Re: FrameMaker: Is any version URL-aware?

2013-10-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You can turn off the undesired automatic changes on the Autoformat as You Type tab. Here's instructions for Word 2007. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/use-automatic-formatting-as-you-type-HP010082297.aspx?CTT=5origin=HA010174646#BM1 On

Re: script for batch PDF generation

2013-10-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
DZbatcher is a free command line tool you can use to automate PDF generation. http://www.miramo.com/english/overview/download.html Here's the documentation for it: www.miramo.com/download/dzbatcher/documentation.pdf‎ On 30-Sep-13 4:35 PM, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for

QUESTION ABOUT A NONPRINTING CHARACTER (WAS: FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking)

2013-10-01 Thread VLM TechSubs
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FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
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FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread VLM TechSubs
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TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver

2013-10-01 Thread VLM TechSubs
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FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 2013-Oct-01 12:09 PM, VLM TechSubs wrote: > Great suggestion, thanks Winfried. I have been working with all files > open, because some have that font error message upon opening, and I > haven?t taken time yet to fix that. And ? as time goes by, I > think/suspect increasingly that this problem

FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Fred Ridder
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FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Robert Lauriston
How about using printing characters, such as an en or em dash, on both sides? Start the autonumber format with a dash, and use a dash for the content? On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:09 AM, VLM TechSubs wrote: > Great suggestion, thanks Winfried. I have been working with all files open, > because some

FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Craig Ede
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FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Scott Turner
Ooo, yes. If you use text insets, any xref inside that text inset will be reported as "broken" even though it is valid. > On Sep 30, 2013, at 18:14, Robert Lauriston wrote: > > Which source type are you using when you create the markers? > > Are there any text insets involved? > > On

FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Alison Craig
Not if you use X-Ref Markers in the Text Inset file. Alison -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Scott Turner Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 2:57 PM To: Robert Lauriston Cc: Framers Subject: Re: FM

TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver

2013-10-01 Thread Robert Lauriston
If there is an FrameMaker update, installing it would probably repair the Save as PDF functionality, just as reinstalling would. What application you have set to open PDFs is irrelevant.

FM 8: Xref markers keep breaking and re-breaking

2013-10-01 Thread Scott Turner
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