Commas in paragraph tags

2008-10-27 Thread Charles Beck
Original Message- From: Michael M?ller-Hillebrand [mailto:m...@cap-studio.de] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 12:47 To: Charles Beck; framers List Subject: Re: Commas in paragraph tags Have you tried putting a backslash in front of the comma to 'escape' the special function fo t

Commas in paragraph tags

2008-10-27 Thread Charles Beck
Esteemed Framers, I have a problem I am hoping someone can help me solve. I have searched the Frame documentation to no avail. I do not have time to search through all the archives for this list; so please forgive if the info is there (which I rather doubt). I have a set of templates that I inher

RE: Commas in paragraph tags

2008-10-27 Thread Charles Beck
Original Message- From: Michael Müller-Hillebrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 12:47 To: Charles Beck; framers List Subject: Re: Commas in paragraph tags Have you tried putting a backslash in front of the comma to 'escape' the special function fo t

Commas in paragraph tags

2008-10-27 Thread Charles Beck
Esteemed Framers, I have a problem I am hoping someone can help me solve. I have searched the Frame documentation to no avail. I do not have time to search through all the archives for this list; so please forgive if the info is there (which I rather doubt). I have a set of templates that I inh

Taking a screen shot with the cursor

2008-04-08 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Gillian, Paint Shop Pro (through version 7 at least) can also do this. Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | Charles.Beck at infor.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Beha

RE: Taking a screen shot with the cursor

2008-04-08 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Gillian, Paint Shop Pro (through version 7 at least) can also do this. Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1

Need copy of Automatic Bleeding Thumb Tabs by Brad Anderson

2008-04-07 Thread Charles Beck
OK, I'll bite: What's an automatic bleeding thumb tab? This is a new one for me!! Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | Charles.Beck at infor.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] O

RE: Need copy of Automatic Bleeding Thumb Tabs by Brad Anderson

2008-04-07 Thread Charles Beck
OK, I'll bite: What's an automatic bleeding thumb tab? This is a new one for me!! Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valerie Lipow Sent: Friday, April 04,

Cross references not converting to PDF hyperlinks

2008-02-25 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Doug, This might be in the category of Oops, silly me, what was I thinkin'? BUT-- Is it safe to assume that, in the Print dialog box, you have selected the Generate Acrobat Data option? If not, no links are generated. HTH, Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | Cha

RE: Cross references not converting to PDF hyperlinks

2008-02-25 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Doug, This might be in the category of Oops, silly me, what was I thinkin'? BUT-- Is it safe to assume that, in the Print dialog box, you have selected the Generate Acrobat Data option? If not, no links are generated. HTH, Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EM

question about cross-references

2008-02-21 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Deirdre, from beautiful sunny-but-frosty-and-snowy-cold Ohio (where we're never quite sure who to blame--er, THANK for sharing their weather with us), I'm not quite I understand why or how you want to use the cross references, but I think maybe you're headed up the wrong alley. If I understand

RE: question about cross-references

2008-02-21 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Deirdre, from beautiful sunny-but-frosty-and-snowy-cold Ohio (where we're never quite sure who to blame--er, THANK for sharing their weather with us), I'm not quite I understand why or how you want to use the cross references, but I think maybe you're headed up the wrong alley. If I understand

Software Purchase Justification

2008-02-18 Thread Charles Beck
What things is your boss looking for? I would start by asking your boss. Otherwise, you're just taking a poke in the dark. Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | Charles.Beck at infor.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:

RE: Software Purchase Justification

2008-02-18 Thread Charles Beck
What things is your boss looking for? I would start by asking your boss. Otherwise, you're just taking a poke in the dark. Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behal

Working with Images

2008-02-03 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Pete, I would strongly concur and reiterate what others have said about NOT using JPG for screen captures. It is considered a "lossy" format and introduces all kinds of artifacts into the image. GIF is a good choice if you have a limited color palette, that is, fewer than 256 colors. It produ

RE: Working with Images

2008-02-03 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Pete, I would strongly concur and reiterate what others have said about NOT using JPG for screen captures. It is considered a "lossy" format and introduces all kinds of artifacts into the image. GIF is a good choice if you have a limited color palette, that is, fewer than 256 colors. It produ

Keyboard shortcut for copyright symbol

2008-01-24 Thread Charles Beck
I don't know about a list, but they are easily obtainable by opening the Character Map utility that comes with all versions of Windows. After awhile, you just tend to remember the ones you use often. Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | Charles.Beck at infor.com -

RE: Keyboard shortcut for copyright symbol

2008-01-24 Thread Charles Beck
I don't know about a list, but they are easily obtainable by opening the Character Map utility that comes with all versions of Windows. After awhile, you just tend to remember the ones you use often. Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Orig

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Beck
ry 13, 2008 22:22 To: Charles Beck; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Importing single variable values? Hi Charles If all your system variables have the same value in all files in the book, you can make an import-from FM file and delete the variables you don't want, then impor

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Beck
Esteemed Framers, I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now, and I can find nothing in the Frame documentation: Is there any way to import a single or a selected subset of variable values from one document to another? I tend to think there is not, that it is all-or-not

RE: Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Beck
22 To: Charles Beck; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Importing single variable values? Hi Charles If all your system variables have the same value in all files in the book, you can make an import-from FM file and delete the variables you don't want, then import variable definitions from

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Beck
Esteemed Framers, I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now, and I can find nothing in the Frame documentation: Is there any way to import a single or a selected subset of variable values from one document to another? I tend to think there is not, that it is all-or-no

Cyrillic spam anyone?

2007-11-26 Thread Charles Beck
I question whether this list is the source of these spams, though. I am not getting anything at all like this. FWIW, Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | Charles.Beck at infor.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers

RE: Re: Cyrillic spam anyone?

2007-11-26 Thread Charles Beck
I question whether this list is the source of these spams, though. I am not getting anything at all like this. FWIW, Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Le

HTML to Frame plugins/utilities?

2007-11-16 Thread Charles Beck
Hey everyone, I just now got a reply from someone at Quadralay. Unfortunately, all she said was that the WebWorks Publisher Import Utility "didn't survive in our development goals for ePublisher" and acknowledged that that was a very short and probably not very satisfactory answer. I replied wi

HTML to Frame plugins/utilities?

2007-11-16 Thread Charles Beck
This actually came up just a few days ago, from another list member. There *is* such a utility, but I don't know (and can't seem to find out) whether it is still available. Quadralay used to provide a utility called the "WebWorks Publisher Import Utility", which I have used for a couple years now,

RE: HTML to Frame plugins/utilities?

2007-11-16 Thread Charles Beck
Hey everyone, I just now got a reply from someone at Quadralay. Unfortunately, all she said was that the WebWorks Publisher Import Utility "didn't survive in our development goals for ePublisher" and acknowledged that that was a very short and probably not very satisfactory answer. I replied wi

RE: HTML to Frame plugins/utilities?

2007-11-16 Thread Charles Beck
This actually came up just a few days ago, from another list member. There *is* such a utility, but I don't know (and can't seem to find out) whether it is still available. Quadralay used to provide a utility called the "WebWorks Publisher Import Utility", which I have used for a couple years now,

Formatting XML and other computer code

2007-11-15 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Carol, I do it the way you do it. If there is a better way, I'd also like to know about it, because I sure can't seem to come up with one. Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | Charles.Beck at infor.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists

RE: Formatting XML and other computer code

2007-11-15 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Carol, I do it the way you do it. If there is a better way, I'd also like to know about it, because I sure can't seem to come up with one. Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAI

Flare v Webworks

2007-11-14 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Pat, The tool you are looking for is called Mif2Go, and you can find it at http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm. The company is very much still in business, and its owner (?) Jeremy Griffiths is very active on this list. It is much more reasonably priced than WebWorks but a bit more challenging

RE: Flare v Webworks

2007-11-14 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Pat, The tool you are looking for is called Mif2Go, and you can find it at http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm. The company is very much still in business, and its owner (?) Jeremy Griffiths is very active on this list. It is much more reasonably priced than WebWorks but a bit more challenging

HTML to Framemaker--automated method?

2007-11-12 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Jon, Yes. Quadralay makes (made) a utility called WebWorks Publisher Import Utility that allows you to import from HTML files into Frame (or Word) files. Works very nicely and it *does* do batch imports. You can select any number of HTML files to import into a single Frame file. Well, maybe not

RE: HTML to Framemaker--automated method?

2007-11-12 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Jon, Yes. Quadralay makes (made) a utility called WebWorks Publisher Import Utility that allows you to import from HTML files into Frame (or Word) files. Works very nicely and it *does* do batch imports. You can select any number of HTML files to import into a single Frame file. Well, maybe not

FM Search Tools

2007-11-07 Thread Charles Beck
You can also use the Copernic Desktop Search tool, which is free. This thing is incredible! I use it all the time for many, many different types of searches, including content in Frame files. You can customize what types of files are indexed/searched, and it is incredibly fast. For most file types

RE: FM Search Tools

2007-11-07 Thread Charles Beck
You can also use the Copernic Desktop Search tool, which is free. This thing is incredible! I use it all the time for many, many different types of searches, including content in Frame files. You can customize what types of files are indexed/searched, and it is incredibly fast. For most file types

Distinguishing markers

2007-11-01 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Doug, The easiest way to do this is to move the overlapping markers so that there is space between them. Cut and paste one marker at a time to a different location, even if it is only one letter away from the other existing markers. To do this, you must be displaying text symbols (View menu > T

RE: Distinguishing markers

2007-11-01 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Doug, The easiest way to do this is to move the overlapping markers so that there is space between them. Cut and paste one marker at a time to a different location, even if it is only one letter away from the other existing markers. To do this, you must be displaying text symbols (View menu > T

Questions on viewing conditional text

2007-10-30 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Brad, OK, in answer to your first question: Before you go to print it, you must change the Show/Hide settings. From the Conditional Text dialog box, click Show/Hide (in the lower right corner). In the Show/Hide Conditional Text dialog box that opens, select only the conditional text you want to

RE: Questions on viewing conditional text

2007-10-30 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Brad, OK, in answer to your first question: Before you go to print it, you must change the Show/Hide settings. From the Conditional Text dialog box, click Show/Hide (in the lower right corner). In the Show/Hide Conditional Text dialog box that opens, select only the conditional text you want to

FrameMaker to HTML

2007-07-25 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Richard, The only two reasonable ways I know to accomplish this are with the use of third-party tools: * Mif2Go by Omni Systems (http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm) - Less expensive but more challenging to master. * WebWorks ePublisher by Quadralay (http://www.quadralay.com/) - Mo

RE: FrameMaker to HTML

2007-07-25 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Richard, The only two reasonable ways I know to accomplish this are with the use of third-party tools: * Mif2Go by Omni Systems (http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm) - Less expensive but more challenging to master. * WebWorks ePublisher by Quadralay (http://www.quadralay.com/) - Mo

Does anyones have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Charles Beck
*I* wonder if any of the technical material we write today will be remember 2 *decades* from now... ;o) Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | Charles.Beck at infor.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com [mai

RE: Does anyones have an EDD for the Bible?

2007-06-20 Thread Charles Beck
*I* wonder if any of the technical material we write today will be remember 2 *decades* from now... ;o) Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Doornbo

Proofread your EMails

2007-06-06 Thread Charles Beck
Like the Subject line says... -Original Message- From: peter at galley.ie [mailto:pe...@galley.ie] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:45 PM To: Charles Beck; rentagoodbook at gmail.com; richard.combs at polycom.com Cc: framers at frameusers.com; peter at galley.ie Subject: RE: Proofread

Proofread your EMails

2007-06-06 Thread Charles Beck
Wow! All this good fun, and it's not even Friday! (Sorta like "Christmas in July", it's "Friday on Tuesday"...?) Chuck -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

RE: Proofread your EMails

2007-06-06 Thread Charles Beck
Like the Subject line says... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:45 PM To: Charles Beck; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Proofread your EMails Where are you

RE: Proofread your EMails

2007-06-06 Thread Charles Beck
Wow! All this good fun, and it's not even Friday! (Sorta like "Christmas in July", it's "Friday on Tuesday"...?) Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lise Bible Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:47 PM To: Combs, Richard Cc: [EMAIL PROTE

[SPAM] - Re: Webworks Std - Html output naming - Found word(s)list error in the Text body

2007-05-23 Thread Charles Beck
ference to the "Filename" > marker (we use a different marker name where I work). Check in the Style > Designer. > > -- > David Schor > Senior Technical Writer > RADLAN, a Marvell Company > Tel: (+972) 3 7662823 > Cellular: (+972) 54 4788253 > E-mail: dschor a

RE: [SPAM] - Re: Webworks Std - Html output naming - Found word(s)list error in the Text body

2007-05-23 Thread Charles Beck
ere I work). Check in the Style > Designer. > > -- > David Schor > Senior Technical Writer > RADLAN, a Marvell Company > Tel: (+972) 3 7662823 > Cellular: (+972) 54 4788253 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.marvell.com > > > On 5/22/07, Charles Beck <[E

Webworks Std - Html output naming

2007-05-22 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Elisa, I think I can help with the first question. It's been awhile since I did this, but I *think* I remember how to do it. What you need to do first is create a new marker type in Framemaker called "Filename". (This is the part I'm not 100% sure about, but the WebWorks documentation, I beli

RE: Webworks Std - Html output naming

2007-05-22 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Elisa, I think I can help with the first question. It's been awhile since I did this, but I *think* I remember how to do it. What you need to do first is create a new marker type in Framemaker called "Filename". (This is the part I'm not 100% sure about, but the WebWorks documentation, I beli

FrameMaker.next

2007-05-17 Thread Charles Beck
80+ conditional tags?!?!? WOW -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:48 PM To: Bill Swallow Cc: framers at

RE: FrameMaker.next

2007-05-17 Thread Charles Beck
80+ conditional tags?!?!? WOW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:48 PM To: Bill Swallow Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker.next As previously stated, these are just "s

Two problems

2007-04-25 Thread Charles Beck
Hi all, First, let me apologize if I am just being ignorant on my first request: I would have searched the archives for this list, but I couldn't figure out how to find them, or even *if* such archives exist. And I don't seem to have any subscription info that would point me in that direction. *Do

Two problems

2007-04-25 Thread Charles Beck
Hi all, First, let me apologize if I am just being ignorant on my first request: I would have searched the archives for this list, but I couldn't figure out how to find them, or even *if* such archives exist. And I don't seem to have any subscription info that would point me in that direction. *Do

NagGram

2007-03-30 Thread Charles Beck
Just out of curiosity, what *does* Adobe call a watermark? -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Eason, David Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:09 PM To: Gord

RE: NagGram

2007-03-30 Thread Charles Beck
Just out of curiosity, what *does* Adobe call a watermark? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eason, David Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:09 PM To: Gordon McLean Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: NagGram I usually turn to

The Mouse's Scroll Wheel in FM 7

2007-03-27 Thread Charles Beck
FWIW, I was never able to get that to work. FlyWheel is the only thing that has enabled me to use a scroll wheel with FM. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf

The Mouse's Scroll Wheel in FM 7

2007-03-27 Thread Charles Beck
FlyWheel. Freeware, though you have to mock *register* it. Make sure you read the directions on the website. This is the only thing I've found that works for me. It also does a lot of other very nifty things. URL: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23737-order,1-page,1-c,alldown loads/descr

RE: The Mouse's Scroll Wheel in FM 7

2007-03-27 Thread Charles Beck
FWIW, I was never able to get that to work. FlyWheel is the only thing that has enabled me to use a scroll wheel with FM. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 12:32 PM To: John Pilla; Frame Users Subje

RE: The Mouse's Scroll Wheel in FM 7

2007-03-27 Thread Charles Beck
FlyWheel. Freeware, though you have to mock *register* it. Make sure you read the directions on the website. This is the only thing I've found that works for me. It also does a lot of other very nifty things. URL: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23737-order,1-page,1-c,alldown loads/descr

Configuring Paste

2007-03-02 Thread Charles Beck
FWIW, I would still recommend using a third-party format-stripper, such as HovText (which is a free utility) when copying and pasting from Word into Frame, especially. The reason? The "Paste as Text" option in Frame does not necessarily strip out all hidden Word formatting relics, so you can st

RE: Configuring Paste

2007-03-02 Thread Charles Beck
FWIW, I would still recommend using a third-party format-stripper, such as HovText (which is a free utility) when copying and pasting from Word into Frame, especially. The reason? The "Paste as Text" option in Frame does not necessarily strip out all hidden Word formatting relics, so you can st

Background with JPEG

2007-02-27 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Mathieu, Actually, despite what one other list member said, JPEG does support transparency if you set it. However, I would not use JPG format in any case. It supports a high number of colors, but it is considered a "lossy" format, meaning it does not render solid-colored spaces accurately; rath

RE: Background with JPEG

2007-02-27 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Mathieu, Actually, despite what one other list member said, JPEG does support transparency if you set it. However, I would not use JPG format in any case. It supports a high number of colors, but it is considered a "lossy" format, meaning it does not render solid-colored spaces accurately; rath

Daylight savings 3 weeks earlier in US

2007-02-21 Thread Charles Beck
Apologies! (I should have read all my email before responding.) Cynical query withdrawn with respect and apologies to all. Chuck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | Charles.Beck at infor.com -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frame

Daylight savings 3 weeks earlier in US

2007-02-21 Thread Charles Beck
I've heard about this and can't help but wonder why MS can't develop and issue a patch that would fix the calendar/date functionality in Windows. Anyone care to offer a non-cynical speculation? (I'm cynical enough to handle that requirement by myself...) Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor |

RE: Daylight savings 3 weeks earlier in US

2007-02-21 Thread Charles Beck
Apologies! (I should have read all my email before responding.) Cynical query withdrawn with respect and apologies to all. Chuck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: Daylight savings 3 weeks earlier in US

2007-02-21 Thread Charles Beck
I've heard about this and can't help but wonder why MS can't develop and issue a patch that would fix the calendar/date functionality in Windows. Anyone care to offer a non-cynical speculation? (I'm cynical enough to handle that requirement by myself...) Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor |

Reasons to Structure

2007-02-14 Thread Charles Beck
That makes sense. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:fred.rid...@intel.com] Subject: RE: Reasons to Structure The point is that you tag a UI element as a UI element because it is a UI element. You make it bold (or whatever) at a later point in the process based on h

RE: Reasons to Structure

2007-02-14 Thread Charles Beck
That makes sense. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Reasons to Structure The point is that you tag a UI element as a UI element because it is a UI element. You make it bold (or whatever) at a later point in the process based on how yo

Reasons to Structure

2007-02-13 Thread Charles Beck
Sorry to be so delinquent in responding to this; I have my excuses. Some of us actually LIKE the left-brain right-brain gear shifting and are quite efficient at it. Mind you, I am a great proponent of structured authoring in theory and a miserable practitioner. Maybe it is because I am blessed w

RE: Reasons to Structure

2007-02-13 Thread Charles Beck
Sorry to be so delinquent in responding to this; I have my excuses. Some of us actually LIKE the left-brain right-brain gear shifting and are quite efficient at it. Mind you, I am a great proponent of structured authoring in theory and a miserable practitioner. Maybe it is because I am blessed w

Paste Special

2007-02-01 Thread Charles Beck
I second this endorsement, although I offer one caveat: Some Microsoft products do not play nice with this tool. For example, if you have HovText on, and you try to copy the contents of a cell in Excel, it does not copy and the cell does not even stay selected. Quite threw me the first few times I

RE: Paste Special

2007-02-01 Thread Charles Beck
I second this endorsement, although I offer one caveat: Some Microsoft products do not play nice with this tool. For example, if you have HovText on, and you try to copy the contents of a cell in Excel, it does not copy and the cell does not even stay selected. Quite threw me the first few times I

New mouse issue (again)

2007-01-17 Thread Charles Beck
...@checkpoint.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:34 AM To: 'Diane Gaskill'; Charles Beck; 'Jennifer Randel'; Framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: New mouse issue (again) Try freewheel: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2060/freewheel.html Paul -Original Messag

New mouse issue (again)

2007-01-17 Thread Charles Beck
Double check the web page for the exact instructions. HTH, Chuck -Original Message- From: Diane Gaskill [mailto:dgcal...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:13 AM To: Charles Beck; Jennifer Randel; Framers at lists.frameusers.com Cc: Framers at lists.frameusers.com Sub

RE: New mouse issue (again)

2007-01-17 Thread Charles Beck
] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:34 AM To: 'Diane Gaskill'; Charles Beck; 'Jennifer Randel'; Framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: New mouse issue (again) Try freewheel: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2060/freewheel.html Paul -Original Message- Fr

RE: New mouse issue (again)

2007-01-17 Thread Charles Beck
Double check the web page for the exact instructions. HTH, Chuck -Original Message- From: Diane Gaskill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:13 AM To: Charles Beck; Jennifer Randel; Framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: New

New mouse issue (again)

2007-01-16 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Jennifer, Try Flywheel. Best thing I've found. In fact, it's the only thing I've found that will work on my system (Windows XP, SP2). Fantastic little piece of freeware! You can find it at: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23737-order,1-page,1-c,alldown loads/description.html?findid=4

RE: New mouse issue (again)

2007-01-16 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Jennifer, Try Flywheel. Best thing I've found. In fact, it's the only thing I've found that will work on my system (Windows XP, SP2). Fantastic little piece of freeware! You can find it at: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23737-order,1-page,1-c,alldown loads/description.html?findid=4

Grouping Definitions

2007-01-05 Thread Charles Beck
This is how I've always done it, too. Chuck -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+charles.beck=infor.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art Campbell Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:18 PM To: MATT TODD Cc: fra

RE: Grouping Definitions

2007-01-05 Thread Charles Beck
This is how I've always done it, too. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Art Campbell Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:18 PM To: MATT TODD Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Grouping Definitions There is no grouping tool,

Cross reference keyboard shortcut

2006-12-12 Thread Charles Beck
You can also use the following key combination, which I find a little easier: ALT+s c HTH, Chuck -Original Message- Subject: Re: Cross reference keyboard shortcut Tap and release these keys in sequence: Esc s c (lowercase matters), for Special > Cross Reference. Navigate the dialog box

RE: Cross reference keyboard shortcut

2006-12-12 Thread Charles Beck
You can also use the following key combination, which I find a little easier: ALT+s c HTH, Chuck -Original Message- Subject: Re: Cross reference keyboard shortcut Tap and release these keys in sequence: Esc s c (lowercase matters), for Special > Cross Reference. Navigate the dialog bo

Help Needed Linking by Reference from SourceSafe

2006-12-11 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Roger, We, too, are using a similar setup. As Mark points out, only one writer can have a file checked out at a time. However, we (sort of) get around this limitation by using VSS to keep a local copy of files on our own machines. That way, we can set up our import references with the appropria

RE: Help Needed Linking by Reference from SourceSafe

2006-12-11 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Roger, We, too, are using a similar setup. As Mark points out, only one writer can have a file checked out at a time. However, we (sort of) get around this limitation by using VSS to keep a local copy of files on our own machines. That way, we can set up our import references with the appropria

Folder organisation for multilingual translation projects (FM, Trados, STagger)

2006-11-15 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Mathieu, I don't know how you have your images folder set up, but if you have it set up as a subfolder to your book, I would think it would then be easy to just copy the images folder to each target folder. Then you can replace the images that involve translations, keeping the same filename for

RE: Folder organisation for multilingual translation projects (FM, Trados, STagger)

2006-11-15 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Mathieu, I don't know how you have your images folder set up, but if you have it set up as a subfolder to your book, I would think it would then be easy to just copy the images folder to each target folder. Then you can replace the images that involve translations, keeping the same filename for

Acrobatlateral thinking : Implement simultaneous multiplereleases [was "RE: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0"]

2006-11-08 Thread Charles Beck
take offense. Chuck -Original Message- From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:isa...@adobe.com] Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 3:19 PM To: Charles Beck; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Acrobatlateral thinking : Implement simultaneous multiplereleases [was "RE: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0

RE: Acrobatlateral thinking : Implement simultaneous multiplereleases [was "RE: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0"]

2006-11-08 Thread Charles Beck
take offense. Chuck -Original Message- From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 3:19 PM To: Charles Beck; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Acrobatlateral thinking : Implement simultaneous multiplereleases [was "RE: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0&q

Acrobatlateral thinking : Implement simultaneous multiple releases [was "RE: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0"]

2006-11-06 Thread Charles Beck
FWIW, what you say should work for Acrobat does work for me now. I have been using this approach for a number of years without any apparent problem. I keep hearing that others have problems, but I have no idea specifically what they are--and in any case, I apparently do not. Is it possible that a

RE: Acrobatlateral thinking : Implement simultaneous multiple releases [was "RE: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0"]

2006-11-06 Thread Charles Beck
FWIW, what you say should work for Acrobat does work for me now. I have been using this approach for a number of years without any apparent problem. I keep hearing that others have problems, but I have no idea specifically what they are--and in any case, I apparently do not. Is it possible that a

use of terms - screen, page, and window (long response)

2006-10-30 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Tammy, OK, here's my working definitions for all these plus a few other related ones (not necessarily those of my employer, but in common use in my experience): * Screen - The display portion of a monitor or other visual display device (such as a PDA). I think this agrees with the MS man

pagination of formats in an index

2006-10-30 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Kevin, Seems to me you have two options, given the parameters you have described. Both of the following options assume that you are working on the final version of the index, touching it up prior to final publication: * If you want the majority of your Index Level 2 paragraphs to remain with

RE: use of terms - screen, page, and window (long response)

2006-10-30 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Tammy, OK, here's my working definitions for all these plus a few other related ones (not necessarily those of my employer, but in common use in my experience): * Screen - The display portion of a monitor or other visual display device (such as a PDA). I think this agrees with the MS man

RE: pagination of formats in an index

2006-10-30 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Kevin, Seems to me you have two options, given the parameters you have described. Both of the following options assume that you are working on the final version of the index, touching it up prior to final publication: * If you want the majority of your Index Level 2 paragraphs to remain with

RE: The Page Left Intentionally Blank

2006-10-20 Thread Charles Beck
To each his own, I guess. It doesn't bother me one whit, aesthetically or any other way--in fact, quite the opposite, because, as I said before, it signals to me that it was, in fact, NOT a misprint or misfeed of paper, especially if both a running header AND footer are used. I respect the opinio

The Page Left Intentionally Blank

2006-10-19 Thread Charles Beck
To each his own, I guess. It doesn't bother me one whit, aesthetically or any other way--in fact, quite the opposite, because, as I said before, it signals to me that it was, in fact, NOT a misprint or misfeed of paper, especially if both a running header AND footer are used. I respect the opinio

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