Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-23 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
to the changing industry. I'm not Adobe-bashing here. But if they don't wake up to the consequences of their current policies real soon, the downward slide may be irreversible. Paging Doctor Warnock... -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: OmniHelp Search issue

2010-04-22 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
experienced this? Fixed it? How? Not that we know of; nobody has ever reported it. We can't reproduce it here; in the current Firefox, 3.6.3, Enter does the same as Find. Same thing in Internet Explorer. What browser are you using? -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer

OmniHelp Search issue

2010-04-22 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ot; > >Has anyone else experienced this? Fixed it? How? Not that we know of; nobody has ever reported it. We can't reproduce it here; in the current Firefox, 3.6.3, Enter does the same as Find. Same thing in Internet Explorer. What browser are you using? -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter

2010-04-20 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
and feel using paragraph and character styles. Yes, IMHO that would be better practice. About the only case where you can't do that is if you have to rotate the text, like poor Tori had to do, which is kind of awful anyway in itself. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com

Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter

2010-04-20 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ook and feel >using paragraph and character styles. Yes, IMHO that would be better practice. About the only case where you can't do that is if you have to rotate the text, like poor Tori had to do, which is kind of awful anyway in itself. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Re?

2010-04-16 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
would make no difference at all. g -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com

Re: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter

2010-04-16 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
that is not connected to the body text frame on its page. So the body text, containing the subhead, is processed before the title. The solution is to connect the text frame with the title to the body text frame on your First master page. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer

Re?

2010-04-16 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
d make no difference at all. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter

2010-04-16 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ould be wrong? Yes. On the first page of your chapters, the chapter title is in a text frame that is not connected to the body text frame on its page. So the body text, containing the subhead, is processed before the title. The solution is to connect the text frame with the title to the body tex

Re: Re?

2010-04-15 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
that with the current list software, without losing the real member too. Just hit Delete... -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list

Re?

2010-04-15 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ist software, without losing the real member too. Just hit Delete... -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
to Word. ;-) They can just get one or two licenses and downgrade to match the rest of their installed base. Definitely one of Adobe's better moves. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You

Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ey can just get one or two licenses and downgrade to match the rest of their installed base. Definitely one of Adobe's better moves. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: esc + m + p

2010-04-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email

esc + m + p

2010-04-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
Floating. Sounds like ShrinkWrapAsIs.dll. It's available (free) from Carla Martinek's site at: http://martinek.us/shrinkwrap.html Put it in frame\fminit\plugins, delete .cache there (if any), restart Frame, and enjoy. Then Esc m p will leave your existing anchor settings unchanged. -- Jerem

Re: [framemaker-dita] ANN: Renaming DITA Map Topics

2010-03-26 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
for Frame in the wider DITA community. You know who you are. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram

[framemaker-dita] ANN: Renaming DITA Map Topics

2010-03-26 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
similar to those they already produce for Frame in the wider DITA community. You know who you are. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: [framemaker-dita] ANN: Renaming DITA Map Topics

2010-03-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
user base is expanding fast, and it can really use good toolmakers like you! ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list

[framemaker-dita] ANN: Renaming DITA Map Topics

2010-03-25 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
e it? The DITA user base is expanding fast, and it can really use good toolmakers like you! ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: [framemaker-dita] ANN: Renaming DITA Map Topics

2010-03-24 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
. Perhaps Rick's process avoids this, by rigorously checking for duplicates. In that case, it's a very good answer to the problem that some users have with non-meaningful (but persistent) names, like aa123456, which are our default. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com

[framemaker-dita] ANN: Renaming DITA Map Topics

2010-03-24 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
s (usually paragraphs whose formats designate split >points), or paragraphs in a special format dedicated to this >purpose. Perhaps Rick's process avoids this, by rigorously checking for duplicates. In that case, it's a very good answer to the problem that some users have with non-meaningful (but

ANN: FrameMaker and DITA2Go

2010-03-20 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
. When one slips through, bad things appear in the forums. They now use real humans, not robots, to get in, so we ask for a short statement about why you are interested; so far, that has sorted them out nicely. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http

ANN: FrameMaker and DITA2Go

2010-03-20 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
. When one slips through, bad things appear in the forums. They now use real humans, not robots, to get in, so we ask for a short statement about why you are interested; so far, that has sorted them out nicely. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Can't delete rogue colors

2010-03-15 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
by replacing the EPS with a PDF, or changing the PNG to use 24-bit colors. shouldn't I be able to keep different color definitions for different templates? I don't think so, not in the same book. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com

Can't delete rogue colors

2010-03-15 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ther EPS, or a PNG using a color map (rather than 24-bit color). You could make it go away by replacing the EPS with a PDF, or changing the PNG to use 24-bit colors. >shouldn't I be able to >keep different color definitions for different templates? I don't think so, not in the same book. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
install the demo: http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram

FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

2010-03-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
o use it, just install the demo: http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Cross Reference Issue

2010-02-19 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
Special Marker to insert the cross reference results in, for example, step 13. And I don't want the period as part of the X-Ref. Any suggestions? Use $paranumonly in place of $paranum. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com

Cross Reference Issue

2010-02-19 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:02:19 -0800, Alison Craig wrote: >Version: FM9 (9.0p237) >OS: XP Pro with SP3 > >This will either be simple or impossible to fix, but >either way, I'm stumped. > >I've created a cross reference that allows me to refer >to a specific step within a list of instructions,

Re: FrameMaker 7.2 Compatiblity with Acrobat 9

2010-02-12 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
our customers use the RTF output for. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram

FrameMaker 7.2 Compatiblity with Acrobat 9

2010-02-12 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
n thing our customers use the RTF output for. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Identifying copied graphics?

2010-02-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
and position of the image as it was, while removing the embedded graphic. It's quick and simple. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com

Identifying copied graphics?

2010-02-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ou keep the scaling and position of the image as it was, while removing the embedded graphic. It's quick and simple. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Crashing when saving as .xml

2010-01-19 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
; it's OK for IDs in different files to be the same. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram

Crashing when saving as .xml

2010-01-19 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
st be unique; it's OK for IDs in different files to be the same. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Mif2Go Help?

2010-01-14 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
; feel free to email me directly if it's too much clutter for the list. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list

Mif2Go Help?

2010-01-14 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
r download any of a dozen versions of it, including PDF and Frame itself, from: http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm#Mif2Go_UG >Thanks in advance; feel free to email me directly >if it's too much clutter for the list. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Importing Multiple Page PDFs into a Word doc

2010-01-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
. ;-) I know there are other PDF converters out there, maybe that's the route I should pursue. Possibly. Or just do the whole job in Frame and forget Word. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You

Importing Multiple Page PDFs into a Word doc

2010-01-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
page x of y and so forth). Only until the pagination changes. ;-) >I know there are other PDF converters out there, maybe that's the route I >should pursue. Possibly. Or just do the whole job in Frame and forget Word. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Something that makes no sense in spell check

2009-12-22 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
; try replacing both chars with a real space. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram

Something that makes no sense in spell check

2009-12-22 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ace. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: DITA File - FDK Programming

2009-12-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
/group/frame_dev/ I'm not familiar with the APIs for structure, but many others there are. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com

DITA File - FDK Programming

2009-12-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
oups.yahoo.com/group/frame_dev/ I'm not familiar with the APIs for structure, but many others there are. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Disappearing anchored frames: strange FrameMaker bug

2009-12-07 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:44:33 +, Steve Rickaby srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk wrote: At 13:44 -0800 4/12/09, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: the only unusual thing about this book is that the source files were brought in from Word via RTF That could very likely be the culprit. The RTF and Word

Disappearing anchored frames: strange FrameMaker bug

2009-12-07 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:44:33 +, Steve Rickaby wrote: >At 13:44 -0800 4/12/09, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > >> >the only unusual thing about this book is that >>>the source files were brought in from Word via RTF >> >>That could very likely be the culprit

Re: Disappearing anchored frames: strange FrameMaker bug

2009-12-04 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
it... -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers

Disappearing anchored frames: strange FrameMaker bug

2009-12-04 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ort of pain you are experiencing now. It may seem to take longer to do it that way, but it gives you a nice stable document, and that's well worth it. Even at this point, you might still consider that, but after you've put a lot of work in it's harder to bring yourself to do it... -- Jeremy H. G

Re: Upgrading FM from 7.1 to 9

2009-12-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
. ;-) HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank

Upgrading FM from 7.1 to 9

2009-12-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
t that's your call. ;-) HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Upgrading FM from 7.1 to 9

2009-11-26 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
a password and download instructions for the full registered version. No proof is needed; we use the Honor System here. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed

Upgrading FM from 7.1 to 9

2009-11-26 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
, and we'll send a password and download instructions for the full registered version. No proof is needed; we use the Honor System here. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: FM 7.2 deletes files from disk

2009-11-22 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
Peter Grainge www.grainge.org Since you are using Frame 7.2, not Frame 9, it does not seem likely. But still, the coincidence is interesting. Perhaps a Windows problem to which both are vulnerable? You may want to check the Adobe forums for Frame. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc

Re: missing PDF chapter

2009-11-22 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
used to make PDFs from Frame 9. It worked manually, but not from the command-line utility. This works fine on Frame 8 and earlier; no such reports for those versions, and just the one Frame 9 failure report ... so far. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http

FM 7.2 deletes files from disk

2009-11-22 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
dobe.com/community/robohelp/robohelp_html > > > >Peter Grainge >www.grainge.org Since you are using Frame 7.2, not Frame 9, it does not seem likely. But still, the coincidence is interesting. Perhaps a Windows problem to which both are v

missing PDF chapter

2009-11-22 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
s the same job as Automap, when used to make PDFs from Frame 9. It worked manually, but not from the command-line utility. This works fine on Frame 8 and earlier; no such reports for those versions, and just the one Frame 9 failure report ... so far. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: [Free Framers] FM9 and dual monitors

2009-11-20 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email

[Free Framers] FM9 and dual monitors

2009-11-20 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
tors, I don't want to give *both* of them to Frame. I have a few other apps I need quick access to, like email and Web and development IDEs. So if I wnated to use FM9 in that environment, I would need *three* monitors. And a wider desk. Not a possibility, so I use FM7.1 (for legacy docs) and FM8

Re: tcs 2 STATUS

2009-11-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
://www.nitropdf.com/index.asp Not free, the Pro version is $99. Also look at Tracker: http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/ We use their free viewer in preference to Adobe's. Not as much of a memory hog. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com

tcs 2 STATUS

2009-11-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
//www.nitropdf.com/index.asp Not free, the Pro version is $99. Also look at Tracker: http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/ We use their free viewer in preference to Adobe's. Not as much of a memory hog. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: OFF-FM [Mif2Go] - HTML pages contain wrong links to images

2009-10-21 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
welcome! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email

OFF-FM [Mif2Go] - HTML pages contain wrong links to images

2009-10-21 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
[FDK]. >Thank you very much for your support, Quite welcome! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Framescript or plug-in to merge all files in book to 1 FM file?

2009-10-06 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
to whatever the wrapper chapter is set up for. So every chapter may be numbered 1... A Framescript to do the basic combining would be simple. It's the cleanup that can't really be automated. ;-) HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com

Framescript or plug-in to "merge" all files in book to 1 FM file?

2009-10-06 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
vert to whatever the wrapper chapter is set up for. So every chapter may be numbered "1"... A Framescript to do the basic combining would be simple. It's the cleanup that can't really be automated. ;-) HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Replace on part of a wildcards search

2009-10-05 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
it easier for us to apply character styles to text pattern strings such as ‘all text’ between parentheses. InDesign CS4 introduces the ability to lock this pattern based application of character styles into your Paragraph Styles. sigh/ -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer

Replace on part of a wildcards search

2009-10-05 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
GREP Find/Changes, making it easier for us to apply character styles to text pattern strings such as ?all text? between parentheses. InDesign CS4 introduces the ability to lock this pattern based application of character styles into your Paragraph Styles. -- Jeremy H. G

Re: Mif2Go graphics question

2009-09-14 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
so you could see any error messages you get from Windows, which you can't with the Automation command. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch

Mif2Go graphics question

2009-09-14 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
could set [BookFileCommands] BookCommandWindow=Keep so you could see any error messages you get from Windows, which you can't with the Automation command. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Mif2Go graphics question

2009-09-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
+OmniHelp\MEMSplus That is what we run, I'll bet that it does *not* copy the files. If you really remove the plus from the directory name, it will. In the copy command, + means to concatenate the file before the plus with the file after the plus. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer

Re: Filepaths (was Re: Mif2Go graphics question)

2009-09-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
. Quotes and apostrophes are a disaster IMO as well. Yes, and commas, and much more. Which is why I say, Avoid them all! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers

Mif2Go graphics question

2009-09-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
tation\trunk\MEMS+OmniHelp\MEMSplus That is what we run, I'll bet that it does *not* copy the files. If you really remove the plus from the directory name, it will. In the copy command, "+" means to concatenate the file before the plus with the file after the plus. -- Jere

Filepaths (was Re: Mif2Go graphics question)

2009-09-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
s that in Windows. >Quotes and apostrophes are a disaster IMO as well. Yes, and commas, and much more. Which is why I say, "Avoid them all!" -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Mif2Go graphics question

2009-09-10 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
, and will make the whole line mean something else. That is why you should NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use any characters in a file or path name other than letters and digits... HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com

Mif2Go graphics question

2009-09-10 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ause "+" has a meaning to the copy command, and will make the whole line mean something else. That is why you should NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use any characters in a file or path name other than letters and digits... HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Mif2Go graphics question

2009-09-09 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers

Mif2Go graphics question

2009-09-09 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
cs in the same dir as the HTML, you definitely want StripGraphPath=Yes. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Paragraph format not converting correctly

2009-09-08 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
for any problem, but first you need to identify the exact problem. ;-) HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list

Paragraph format not converting correctly

2009-09-08 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
quot; but element is an "li"). There are fixes for any problem, but first you need to identify the exact problem. ;-) HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Cross-ref formats

2009-08-05 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
to discard the template changes from it. Mif2Go then proceeds with the conversion using the MIF. So you never forget to apply a template. ;-) It also does updates and generates the book before conversions, if you set it to. Those changes *do* persist. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc

Cross-ref formats

2009-08-05 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
o discard the template changes from it. Mif2Go then proceeds with the conversion using the MIF. So you never forget to apply a template. ;-) It also does updates and generates the book before conversions, if you set it to. Those changes *do* persist. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni

Re: Cross-ref formats

2009-08-04 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
more accurately. I'd even revise the first one so as to remove all doubt, as: ---I don't know why she said No!. which makes it clear that the speaker, not the narrator, was doing the exclaiming. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com

Cross-ref formats

2009-08-04 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
nstead. Use the one that describes the situation more accurately. I'd even revise the first one so as to remove all doubt, as: ---I don't know why she said "No!". which makes it clear that the speaker, not the narrator, was doing the exclaiming. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Way to save Frame9 files in Frame7 format?

2009-07-31 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
the same ability, but had a problem with number formats where the bullet char was still in Unicode, which won't work in 7. I don't know if that was fixed in 9. Caveat emptor! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com

Way to save Frame9 files in Frame7 format?

2009-07-31 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
though. FM8 had the same ability, but had a problem with number formats where the bullet char was still in Unicode, which won't work in 7. I don't know if that was fixed in 9. Caveat emptor! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Mif2Go SmartSplit function

2009-07-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
Split for Title, and uses it. Another reason this can happen is if there is another para in between, maybe an empty one, or one used to anchor a graphic you aren't using. In that case, you need to set [HTMLStyles] Delete for the empty para. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer

Re: MIF for RoboHelp on the Fritz

2009-07-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
if you can SaveAs MIF to the same directory. Sounds like a permission problem. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list

Mif2Go SmartSplit function

2009-07-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
have StartingSplit=No, so it won't split there. The thing is, if it doesn't have Split set, SmartSplit pays no attention to it, sees just one Split for Title, and uses it. Another reason this can happen is if there is another para in between, maybe an empty one, or one used to anchor a graphic you are

MIF for RoboHelp on the Fritz

2009-07-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
ectory, see if you can SaveAs MIF to the same directory. Sounds like a permission problem. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: opening program files from an html file

2009-07-23 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
in Frame, with a hypertext marker that starts with message URL. Mif2Go passed those through unaltered. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail

opening program files from an html file

2009-07-23 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
d any other link in Frame, with a hypertext marker that starts with "message URL". Mif2Go passed those through unaltered. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: What is the optimum way to generate PDF?

2009-07-15 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
build pickup directory ... That will work, but you can also have runfm just create the PDFs directly (using the Adobe PDF printer; it does *not* use Save As!), and put it in your product build pickup directory. No need to run two more bats to do that. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems

What is the optimum way to generate PDF?

2009-07-15 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
e product build pickup directory ... That will work, but you can also have runfm just create the PDFs directly (using the Adobe PDF printer; it does *not* use Save As!), and put it in your product build pickup directory. No need to run two more bats to do that. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni

Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-14 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:03:13 +0100, Steve Rickaby srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk wrote: At 15:00 -0700 13/7/09, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: Alison is absolutely right. I couldn't say it better. Don't even consider using Frame's Word or RTF import. Bring in the content as plain text by Copy

Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-14 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:03:13 +0100, Steve Rickaby wrote: >At 15:00 -0700 13/7/09, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > >>Alison is absolutely right. I couldn't say it better. Don't even >>consider using Frame's Word or RTF import. Bring in the content as >>plain text by Copy i

Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
using Frame's Word or RTF import. Bring in the content as plain text by Copy in Word and Paste SpecialText in Frame. You will be very glad you did. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You

Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
!!! Alison is absolutely right. I couldn't say it better. Don't even consider using Frame's Word or RTF import. Bring in the content as plain text by Copy in Word and Paste Special>Text in Frame. You will be very glad you did. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Importing HTML files into FrameMaker 8.p257 or thereabouts: some questions

2009-07-09 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
on a project of this sort... HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe

Importing HTML files into FrameMaker 8.p257 or thereabouts: some questions

2009-07-09 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
rt, which you surely will need on a project of this sort... HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Creating a Topic ID in FrameMaker for generating HTML help using Mif2Go

2009-07-07 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
familiar to anyone? Yes. ;-) It's fully explained in par. 8.11, Setting up CSH for HTML Help. CSH means context-sensitive help, and that's what you are talking about here. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com

Creating a Topic ID in FrameMaker for generating HTML help using Mif2Go

2009-07-07 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
"). And that Mif2Go would use that marker to create a topic >ID. > >Does this sound familiar to anyone? Yes. ;-) It's fully explained in par. 8.11, "Setting up CSH for HTML Help". CSH means "context-sensitive help", and that's what you are talking about here. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/

Re: Mif2Go: adding watermark to CHM

2009-07-06 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
to find it.) But when you do mention it, that overrides the CSS for that file. So *don't* mention it in any topic, but *do* include it by name in the [Files] section of the .hhp. Easy one. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com

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