More than one element in a paragraph?

Another option is to set up the BugNum paragraph to use a runin head tag. Then use a space for a separator. Bernard -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter@lists.frameusers.com

More than one element in a paragraph?

can be tough to break free of. Bernard -Original Message- From: Lin Surasky [mailto:lin.sura...@retalix.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:08 PM To: Bernard Aschwanden; Mike Feimster; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: More than one element in a paragraph? Hi, Bernard! Thi

one more question -Fame vs. ArborText

o a lot of this. Hope that helps, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Director of Technology and Publishing Architecture Bright Path Solutions bernard at brightpathsolutions.com www.brightpathsolutions.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.fram

How many FM users are there?

publicly shown results in rounds of applause. I'm so happy to see that there is ongoing development and that the Adobe booth was mobbed with requests for info on a variety of new tools. All the best, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Director of Technology and Publishing Architecture Bright Pat

FrameMaker.next

released. Suffice it to say that we will have FrameMaker.next and that there are some pretty major updates to the software. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Director of Technology and Publishing Architecture Bright Path Solutions bernard at brightpathsolutions.com www.brightpathsolutions.com

FrameMaker.next and DITA comments

No specific presentation was made that involved how code ports to and from Frame.next at all, but rest assured that it's a comment made to Adobe and something that I hope they are looking into. By the way, for anyone in the Toronto area, Front Runner is hosting a sneak peek at the application sh

Cross Reference in Structured FrameMaker

One easy thing to do is just to define the xref as having a character format attached in the template. Basically create the xref so that instead of: <$elemtext> It uses: <$elemtext> Where the corresponds to a tag that is only set to add blue. Hope that helps. Bernard

future of FrameMaker

d the future looks bright. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Director of Technology and Publishing Architecture Bright Path Solutions www.brightpathsolutions.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jakob Fix

future of FrameMaker

at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Aschwanden Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:22 PM To: 'Jakob Fix'; 'Framers List' Subject: RE: future of FrameMaker Please see every email from the past 10 plus years that I've posted to the Frame Users about the demise of F

This Weeks Sign that FrameMaker is Dead

It's so clever it must be true. Those people at Adobe and their dastardly evil scheming minds. Next thing you know, they'll announce that they are splitting the product in two parts and selling one to Arbortext for structure and the other to Microsoft as a replacement for Word. Crafty. Mike, y

XML Cross-reference Problem

I'll likely deliver it in a couple of other places over the next year or so. Good luck, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Message- From: framers-

one picture in a file is landscape

27;work'. I detail it in the Advanced FrameMaker book (also available for purchase on my site) in an entire chapter, so it's not just a 'point and click' type of feature to set up. Once done, it's great. Sort of like numbering in FrameMaker; not fun to set up but

Monitor issue

ould get a video card that supports DVI-D to take best advantage. Hope that helps, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=

Working with Structure [wasP 30% off for the Tree Help plugin]

oftware. So far, no luck. However, I'm hoping that this changes in a future release of the product :) If you (or anyone on the list) want some screen shots of the tool, let me know. I didn't see any on the West Street site, but I may be looking in all the wrong places. All the best and hap

Frame documnet saved as XML losing formatting

I like XML Spy Home from www.altova.com because it's free and does a pretty good job. You can also activate and test advanced features in it. Bernard -Original Message- From: Michael.Long at thomson.com [mailto:michael.l...@thomson.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:43 AM To: fr

Changing the default Paste option in Framemaker

s it works as expected every time. If I move TEXT to the beginning of the list, will I end up causing myself trouble or inconvenience later on with something that until now I have taken for granted? B: Worst case, reset your INI file. Hope that helps, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing

Backtracking cross-references

ting a Scan Window) Hope that helps, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailt

Conditional text and images question

Create two anchored frames and apply conditions as needed to each. For example: 1. Do the thing that makes stuff occur. A thing happens. MacImage.tifWinImage.tif 2. Rinse, lather and repeat. Hope that helps. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter

Online Seminars and Training

here: http://www.publishingsmarter.com/pages/teach/seminars.html Thanks all, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

MORE SPAM TO LIST MEMBERS

I got two emails from them today to to different accounts. One is the Framers account, the other is one listed on my site, so it looks like he's harvesting from many sources. That's not to say this list isn't one of them, but he's going all out in collecting them. I've deleted them, but I think

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

provide an online venue where I can show it in use if people are interested. Email off list if you would like to have me present a 'how to use the template' session in a live online video presentation. If so I'll email you more info and, if there seems to be enough interest (sa

Docbook and Frame 7.2

or two (assuming it's not too late). Finally, there are enough consultants (myself included) on this list that someone can always be hired to pitch in on the project. All the best, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishin

Figure titles in structured FrameMaker

th next/prev features to ensure the caption and image stay together. Finally, a single cell table with a title above/below would also do the trick and give you cleaner XML. Feel free to email me a sample file (off list) and I can review it quickly. All the best, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publi

Line breaks and figure titles in structure

TA conference I'll be showing this exact template there as well. If you want to see an example, I may be able to build a generic one over the weekend. Let me know... Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsm

Figure titles in structured FrameMaker

Steve wrote: Thanks for ultra-rapid and comprehensive response, and Yves Barbion, Paul Wilbraham and John Posada too. Structure doesn't seem quite so scary with you guys around ;-) Bernard: no problem. Glad to be of help. Steve: Well, the slate's bare at present, as I am writing the EDD fr

Line breaks and figure titles in structure

Oops. Meant a suffix... See my other email for the details. Then attach paragraph formatting to the caption however you want, but add a Prefix of \r to put a line break at the end of the paragraph.

Extra line spaces in imported XML

Check if the XML is tab delimited for indents. If so, try to blow them away and see what that does... Bernard -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter@lists.frameusers.com] On B

Rebranding/OEM'ing Frame files

logo is in a frame (anchored or not), be careful that the size of the image is correctly set by the OEM user as that becomes the real issue on import. Alternatively, include instructions on how to size it. Hope that helps, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

FrameMaker and DITA : Template and associated sample files

s (you can do a LOT of DTP using Frame with DITA and I'll try to show that) as well as some support files. If you can't wait a week or two, send me a quick note and we can talk about the beta files in a bit more detail :) Thanks all and I hope to get some good feedback on the doc set when it is released. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

Numbers in my book's ToC?

In the reference page of the TOC find the code that looks like this: <$paratext> <$pagenum> Then add this to it: <$paranum> or <$paranumonly> where you feel it would do the most good :) Likely you'll end up with this: <$paranum> <$paratext> <$pagenum> or <$paranumonly> <$paratext> <$pagen

Spam from India?

Hi John, Hopefully the bulk of people respond directly to you and maybe you can let Lisa (and the list?) know the results... Just to avoid a flood of email as I'm sure that you're not the only one. I did get that same email so let's hope that we can track it. In their defense, the content is p

Who cares? [was gmane.org ad naseum]

U, abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ `1234567890-= ~!@#$%^&*()_+ []\ {}| ;' :" ,./ <>? I think that's all the characters I can type. Now that I've typed them, put it into an email and sent it to the list, please do not ever use these characters or I will come after you i

Who cares? [was gmane.org ad naseum]

cially without letting me/us know. I don't have a problem accepting that you are willing to have others make a profit off your knowledge without $haring. But not all of us are that care free. Cheers, Art On 1/26/06, Bernard Aschwanden wrote: > U, > > abcdefghijklmnop

Who cares? [was gmane.org ad naseum]

have others make a profit off your knowledge without $haring. But not all of us are that care free. Cheers, Art On 1/26/06, Bernard Aschwanden wrote: > U, > > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ > `1234567890-= > ~!@

cross-reference problem

t is being referenced to. Hope that helps. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.frameusers.com [mail

Text insets in structured FrameMaker

Get InsetPlus from www.weststreetconsulting (and get the Structure Tools as well)... Basically it lets you build 'live documents' instead of insets. I'll include info on using it when I release my DITA templates to the group in the next two weeks. Once that's done you can edit in EITHER the sou

Carrying the Title of a Book forward [was Variables]

ionally, I'm doing a whole set of online training sessions include some on template development in which I will show this. For details, see: http://www.publishingsmarter.com/pages/teach/conference_event.html You can follow links from there. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technol

Carrying the Title of a Book forward [was Variables]

The cross book issue can become a problem. What you may want to try is to have all your files in a folder and create books 'above' that folder. Once done you can pick and choose what files go into a book. Then you still need to have a cover.fm file and you need to change (or conditionalize) the

Frame documnet saved as XML losing formatting

Hi Karen, Are you using the default "save as" and then selecting XML? If so you have very little control. If you don't mind spending a bit of time working on it I can send you a document (and anyone else on the list who I haven't given this to) that walks you through a simple EDD, some formatti

Formatting cross-references

; on page\ <$pagenum> You can change it to this: \`<$paratext>\' on page\ <$pagenum> Now the "paratext" will be in the Emphasis format. Build on that idea and you should be good to go. Hope that helps, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert

Techniques for debugging EDDs?

o in the EDD build, but it's still my "vacation" week, so I'm only running on 10% of my brain cells. Others will likely jump in with some other suggestions, many of which may be better than this. All the best, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Pub

OT: promotion

benefit from it. I'm sending this to several list servers, but please email me directly if you want the promo code to keep the email volume down. Thanks in advance, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

OT: promotion

it from it. I'm sending this to several list servers, but please email me directly if you want the promo code to keep the email volume down. Thanks in advance, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

Can't send FM file

eturn the file. When you put the file where it "belongs" you can see the image again. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Message- From: framers-bo

Slightly OT: Tri-XML 2006 Conference

aybe we can have a group table at a lunch or something similar. Thanks all, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

Is there a Frame User's Conference this year?

Yup. You can find info here: http://www.travelthepath.com/conf/chautindex.html Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard

OT: Related to XML/XSLT questions and FrameMaker

Hi all: There's been a lot of questions about transforms, XSL, XML and FrameMaker on the lists in the last while and I thought that there must be something that is going to help walk through the alphabet soup of X[stuff] and make things easier. I'm waiting on my copy (in the next week or so I h

big space

Esc, Space, m Esc, Space, n Esc, Space, t Ctrl+Space Em space, En space and Thin space. The last is a non-breaking space. One of the combinations should work for you and leaves it open to other things you may want to do as well. Hope that helps, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing

Training in FrameMaker (Was "Help")

Online training: www.scriptorium.com www.pubsnet.com Classroom (yours or theirs) Above, plus: www.travelthepath.com www.front-runner.com That should get you started in the search. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com

Tri-XML in July

Great news. I'm there as well and I know at least a few other Framers are attending. It should be really intersting since the presentations are all geared towards real use instead of vendor self promotion. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter be

Duplicate IDs when Saving as XML

' the ID values. Hope that helps, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:fra

DITA possible for start-up/lone writer?

an take advantage of a working file set for use with FrameMaker and DITA. Thanks, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmart

Keep with prev/next in Tables (was: Tables)

les tighter. The paragraph settings only apply to the paragraph that contains the table, not to the table content. Hope that helps, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Mess

Index Professional Tool

There's also http://www.emdex.ca to consider. Bernard -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Schor Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:03 A

Frame 72, Find/Change Crash

Have you patched to the b144 patch? That may help. You may also want to try (weird as it sounds) to search using Find Backward. b144 is here http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3186 Bernard -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at l

table sort order

th it. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsm

Revised (and free) FrameDITA-lite available

y try to give you a good idea of what to expect there and also link to the FrameDITA-lite readme file there as well. Please feel free to forward this information to others you feel may benefit from the use of DITA and FrameMaker. Thanks in advance, Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing

Adobe at the STC

obe CEO is a keynote. I'm not expecting to hear about Frame there as that conference is not geared to the tech writing world, but if I do I'll pass that on to the list as well. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

Any way of applying a custom master page to final even page in component file

h the reference pages to apply them, but this may be a functional combination for you. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Director of Technology and Publishing Architecture Bright Path Solutions bernard at travelthepath.com www.travelthepath.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounc

Tableformat in EDD

ase "is fm property table format" you can read more detailed info. Hope that helps. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Director of Technology and Publishing Architecture Bright Path Solutions bernard at travelthepath.com www.travelthepath.com -Original Message- From: framers-bo

Macros in Frame

hat you asked. With FS I take unstructured files and copy only relevant portions to a new document, including all markers, links, xrefs, tables images and so on. Hopefully one of these ideas will do the trick for you. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Director of Technology and Publishing Arch

Adobe Release: DITA and S1000D and FrameMaker

ell, so I'd suggest keeping an eye on that site. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

data reuse in structured FM...

You may want to check into the tools at http://www.weststreetconsulting.com, specifically InsetPlus to see if they help. Try the tutorial and then start to develop based on ideas that Russ explains. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at

Adobe Release: DITA and S1000D **Direct Link**

In case you want to jump right in: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/framemaker_ap Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

OT: Acrobat 8 is announced

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/ First I've seen of it, but I thought a few people may be interested. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

Bizarre character issue (Uppercase F does not work)

nd they work. Word, email, notepad, excel and more. No issues. Just rameMaker (little joke there... It does work in email. See: FrameMaker can drive you crazy at times). Any help would be fantastic. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter bernard at publishingsmarter.com www.publishingsmarter.com

Frame vs Arbortext

http://www.ptc.com/products/arbortext/dita/index.htm Also check this: http://www.ptc.com/appserver/wcms/forms/index.jsp?im_dbkey=40125&icg_dbkey=482 However, that will need you to log in and/or create an account. Hope that helps, Bernard PS. If any AT users are out there who also know one or

Frame vs Arbortext

Steve Rickaby wrote: If the [fairly imminent?] upcoming version of FrameMaker actually turns out to be FrameMaker 8 and not FrameMaker 7.2-and-a-bit, it seems likely that the developments will lean heavily in the direction of XML support, and this will further erode what differen[ce] currently

Need help building a para Warning tag

Thank John. Hopefully the doc helps out. If you are using ePublisher Pro the procedure to convert is different and I hope to document that one in the next few weeks and make it available as well. All the best, Bernard -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter

Friday brain-bender -- SHIFT + C doesn't work (sometimes)

th looking into. I caught the issue on mine about two weeks after install because I set it aside. If you do run any hotkeys software, try disabling it and then see if that helps as well. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Director of Technology and Publishing Architecture Bright Path Soluti

Re: [Framers] [Frame] Kinda wonky '17 support for Dropbox

I've had issues with FM/Dropbox earlier too. FM2015. The issues seemed to be the worst when books update, and I have things like the create lock or create backup on. Even without it there are times a large book publishes (or I work with DITA and convert to an FM file) and temp files are created. Th

Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2017 save backwards

You can save as MIF 7.0 (*.mif) but some functions or content may change on the way out. Best to do a test run. However, you can open with FM12 once you do this. Your mileage may vary though depending on what you have in the files. Bernard -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framer

Re: [Framers] Hairline Frame Borders (Alan Salo (Ariens Plant 1)

Technical term: goofy slider Goofy: foolish; harmlessly eccentric Slider: a lever that is moved horizontally or vertically to control a variable Rick, thanks for the laugh (and the concise summary) to start my morning :) Bernard ___ This message is

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Re: Is there a POD for Track Text Edits?

Depending on the version... In FM2017 View > Toolbars > Track Text Edits opens the toolbar. In document you can also press F7 and type in most commands on the toolbar if you want to stick to keyboard approaches to flag stuff. Or use the Esc sequences. B From: Fr

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Re: SPAM -> Re: Is there a POD for Track Text Edits?

nd patches. Always interesting when unique things happen and people have the same software versions. B -Original Message- From: John Posada [mailto:jposad...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 2:45 PM To: Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter); An email list for people us

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Re: Can I make a setting that will launch 4 books?

Bottom left side of the Welcome Screen should have a small "Restore Last Session" when using FM 2017. Just tried it. I had 2 files open, exited FM, then relaunched. Saw the default FM Welcome Screen, but that option was there. Clicked it and reopened two files. :) Bernard -Original Message-

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Re: :TOC Issues in FM 11

Open the TOC, then View > Reference Pages. Delete the ones you don't want. Then open the file with the "good" stuff, go back to the TOC and File > Import > Formats. Read the dialogs a bit slower than what I just typed, but you can bring in the reference pages from another FM file. If they have the

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Re: :TOC Issues in FM 11

th master page/reference page names. Hope this helps. Roger On 22/08/2017 22:47, Bernard Aschwanden wrote: > Open the TOC, then View > Reference Pages. Delete the ones you don't want. > Then open the file with the "good" stuff, go back to the TOC and File > > Import &g

Re: [Framers] Old FrameMaker books?

And more complex terms as well. Try to find "how to add a sound clip" when a writer wrote about "Inserting audio files" either because a developer/mgr uses that term, or the company insists on using the actual menu names for every single title and never considers that the audience may type informat

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Re: Text Ghosting?

I've seen the creation with an errant "Ctrl+click" to select a text frame, and then a minor drag (due to Ctrl+click+drag allowing duplication). That's my 2 cent guess as to the cause of the extraneous frame. Bernard -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=pub

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 backwards compatibility?

FM 10 and 12 run on my Windows 10 system with no issues. Not sure about Acrobat as I avoid it when I can other than to convert files to PDF or to read them. That works fine, but I don't know about other functions in there. Bernard -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces

Re: [Framers] Anyone in N.E. teaching Structured (XML) FM?

I have done so. Mostly in Lowell and Boston. Also in NJ and NY, but all at client sites for groups. If that is an option let me know. If it's "one on one" or something similar there are also online offerings that I (and others on the list) can offer too. Bernard -Original Message- From:

Re: [Framers] Windows 10 backwards compatibility?

mwritingllc.com 303-840-1755 -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Aschwanden Sent: Monday, January 08, 2018 12:52 PM To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' Subject: Re

Re: [Framers] Symbol Bold (etc)

Some of the font issues come up as well from items that are part of FM at install. For example, the "File > New > Document" has an option to "Explore Standard Templates" and that resulting screen is a document that is a FM source file. It has fonts. The same with some of the other tools in FM (I

Re: [Framers] How do you identify an advanced Framemaker user?

Lin: Consider making a list of why Word annoys you and share it with others internally or on the list here. For example: 1. Numbering a. Restarting and continuing lists b. Subordinate lists 4. Resetting numbering c. within lists d. between lists 5. Just get me FM As for Advanced U

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Re: Expand all element boudaries (as tags) in EDD?

The Shift+Click should expand/collapse all sibling elements. If you need more control check out the tools that Russ Ward has at http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/WSC_StructureTools.htm which includes additional support for the click/right-click in the Structure View. I believe it includes an "exp

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Numbered headings in TOC

Check the reference pages. Code for the TOC is stored there. You'll see things like <$paratext> and then you can put <$paranum> in front of it. That pulls the numbering from the source file. You can play around with the specifics of how and what happens, but that, or <$paranumonly> should get yo

Re: [Framers] ANN: Bottlenecks

BTW, that type of an xml document could, if you REALLY want, even have an application in FrameMaker that opens it, puts it into a more human friendly format, and then writes it back to XML as well. As many people on the list attest, Rick does awesome work, so I'd suggest it's worth the effort/time/

Re: [Framers] Transfer from FrameMaker into Word

I've literally just given a class of tech comm students this very task. They had to create a template for FrameMaker, and then "self-document" the template. They have to explain in clear terms, geared to junior writers, how to use the template, why they would use styles, how to work with the compan

Re: [Framers] Angle Brackets in Structured XML

That character shouldn't need any work. It closes tags, but without the opening tag (which is converted for you) it is "just" another character. Your dev group shouldn't need to do anything to deal with that. Bernard -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publis

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Re: Perpetual Newbie Question #1

It does what it claims. So, for example, you have some work you need to do in a file that I create. In my FM file I have the font FooTastic and you don't. If you do NOT have the missing font names on then FM will replace FooTastic with Times (or something equally annoying as it's not MY font anymor

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Re: switching from Frame 10 to 2017 with unexpected results

There are two locations for templates as well. One is the install directory DITA1.2 or DITA1.3 (both more of an "author" location) and a DITA location (for publishing). Might be that you updated in one, but not in the other. My 2 cents only. B -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:fra

Re: [Framers] Frame2017 slow on network??

If it is slow on the network I don't know if it's fair to blame FrameMaker specifically. It *might* be, but my best guess is the network may be the issue. I've worked with files on a slow and a fast network (or at slow and fast times at client sites) and it can make a HUGE impact on the content. I

Re: [Framers] Handling very long TOC entries

, August 21, 2018 10:59 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Handling very long TOC entries I was just having the same issue and found a good solution posted by, I think, Bernard Aschwanden. On the Advanced page of the Paragraph Designer, set the Minimum

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Line spacing

In the Para Designer, under Basic, check "Fixed" for the line spacing. -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Doug Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 12:58 PM To: Framers Subject: SPAM -> [Framers] Line spacing

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> Re: ANN: FrameMaker 2019

I cannot speak for Adobe on this, BUT... I *believe* that X number of days/weeks are automatically considered "here you go, have the new one". Hopefully someone official will chime in on that for you. Adobe won't tell people because then either they wait to buy, or the news gets out about releas

Re: [Framers] ANN: FrameMaker 2019

30 days. If people got the software (ahem, "hello Caroline") within that timeframe they can reach out to Adobe via email. Basically, if you have purchased within 30 days of the release, you are eligible for a free of cost upgrade to the latest version. They just need to contact Adobe customer s

Re: [Framers] SPAM -> FM 2017 Columns and Continued Lines

Seems automatable. I suggest you reach out to Rick Quatro. I'm sure he'll jump in shortly :) -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of julie.sigr...@airbornemx.com Sent: Monday, August 27, 2018 10:49 AM To: f

RE: Frame vs Arbortext

http://www.ptc.com/products/arbortext/dita/index.htm Also check this: http://www.ptc.com/appserver/wcms/forms/index.jsp?im_dbkey=40125&icg_dbkey=482 However, that will need you to log in and/or create an account. Hope that helps, Bernard PS. If any AT users are out there who also know one or

RE: Frame vs Arbortext

Steve Rickaby wrote: If the [fairly imminent?] upcoming version of FrameMaker actually turns out to be FrameMaker 8 and not FrameMaker 7.2-and-a-bit, it seems likely that the developments will lean heavily in the direction of XML support, and this will further erode what differen[ce] currently

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