Re: [Framers] Printing Tag Properties

2023-12-14 Thread Mike Wickham
h every FM upgrade. So you might want to check that out and consider it before any purchase. Mike Wickham On 12/13/2023 6:17 PM, acr...@shaw.ca wrote: Is there a way to print Character, Paragraph and Table tag properties directly from a Frame file? As a lone writer, I never have time to creat

Re: [Framers] Printing Tag Properties

2023-12-14 Thread Mike Wickham
r product. Then you have to find the price list for it, which is the only place that displays options to buy individual utilities (on the second page). $299 Euros for Format List. Not cheap, considering that it used to $99. Mike Wickham On 12/13/2023 6:17 PM, acr...@shaw.ca wrote: Is there a wa

Re: [Framers] Document reflows when saving to PDF

2023-08-24 Thread Mike Wickham
he document will print. "Off" makes characters look best on screen, but doesn't care so much about how lines look. I can't believe that I wrote all that.  I miss Framemaker! Mike Wickham On 8/24/2023 8:26 AM, r...@rickquatro.com wrote: I am saving a FrameMaker document to PD

Re: [Framers] Have not seen any emails in this list since ...

2023-01-23 Thread Mike Wickham
Are you saying that FrameMaker 10 will not work with Windows 11? Mike On 1/12/2023 3:14 PM, Fei Min Lorente wrote: ...but with the move to Windows 11, we have to convert those, too. ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages

Re: [Framers] Have not seen any emails in this list since ...

2023-01-11 Thread Mike Wickham
I see your message. Not sure when I saw the last message, though. Mike On 1/11/2023 9:17 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: ... November 1 of 2022. Am I off the list somehow? Z ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers

Re: [Framers] OT: Identifying a font

2022-03-06 Thread Mike Wickham
Upload an image at whatthefont.com for a quick answer. Mike On 3/6/2022 6:24 PM, tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com wrote: I have a PNG that displays a san serif font. Is there a way to identify which specific san serif font that it is? Is anyone a font guru/guruess that might be able to take a

Re: [Framers] Old problem with scrolling in Frame

2022-02-17 Thread Mike Wickham
ption kills a panel on close,       else a panel would stay open in the background)     iii.     Close Para Designer === Mike Wickham ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit

Re: [Framers] TOC issue

2021-12-17 Thread Mike Wickham
Have you tried a MIF wash? Mike Wickham On 12/17/2021 8:48 AM, tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com wrote: OK, Me again, but I have done everything that I can think of doing to solve this issue BEFORE I posted and I am at a loss. I have a book for which I am generating a TOC. I have selected

Re: [Framers] Quality of vector graphics created in FrameMaker is bad in CMYK PDF output

2021-08-21 Thread Mike Wickham
le since I worked with FM (FM 10). So forgive me if I'm not remembering this quite right. And I realize that FM support for CMYK may have changed since then. Mike Wickham On 8/19/2021 2:17 AM, Klaus Daube wrote: Graphical elements containing curves or circles, created with the corresponding F

Re: [Framers] can someone take the reins?

2021-06-27 Thread Mike Wickham
I'd like to add my thanks to Carol and Rick for maintaining the list, and for their contributions to the list over the years. I'm retired now, so don't use FrameMaker much anymore, but I still follow the list and hope it keeps operating. It has been a great resource!

Re: [Framers] Paragraph Style Issue

2021-04-16 Thread Mike Wickham
is, which is unchanged. It takes two checks to turn it off. Mike Wickham On 4/15/2021 8:17 PM, A Craig wrote: Frame 2020 (using an older Frame book/files as the base) Win 7 Pro 64 bit I know I'm going to kick myself when I get the answer, but I've been away from Frame

Re: [Framers] Overprint Not Working in FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat Pro 2017

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Wickham
Man, I am cursed in this thread. The third link the message below, should be http://mikewickham.com/misc/3.gif <http://mikewickham.com/misc/3.gif>. I left out the misc in the link. D'oh! Mike Wickham On 4/15/2021 1:11 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: I set all four colors (CMYK) to

Re: [Framers] Overprint Not Working in FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat Pro 2017

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Wickham
for cyan and magenta. I confirmed this by printing to a Xerox Phaser CMYK printer to be sure it wasn't a display artifact. I cannot figure out why overprints are only flowing to the PDF for two of the four plates! All four color definitions are set to Process

Re: [Framers] Overprint Not Working in FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat Pro 2017

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Wickham
Dang, my graphics didn't come through and I just found that I need to link them. I will repost with links. Mike Wickham On 4/15/2021 11:58 AM, Mike Wickham wrote: I set all four colors (CMYK) to process and overprint. Using Save as PDF (not print to Adobe PDF). Below, you can see th

Re: [Framers] Overprint Not Working in FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat Pro 2017

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Wickham
prints are only flowing to the PDF for two of the four plates! All four color definitions are set to Process Overprint in FrameMaker. Mike Wickham ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the lis

Re: [Framers] Overprint Not Working in FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat Pro 2017

2021-04-14 Thread Mike Wickham
get the whole book to Save as PDF. And, a final note to Heiko, I'm curious how you created your PDF and if you actually turned off individual ink plates to see if overprints actually worked or if Acrobat was just lying to you, like it did to me! :) Mike Wickham On 4/14/2021 3:16 PM, Heiko

Re: [Framers] Overprint Not Working in FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat Pro 2017

2021-04-14 Thread Mike Wickham
. So there must be a bug in my FM10 or Acrobat 2017. I wonder if I have a plugin that conflicts and causes the failure. Mike On 4/14/2021 3:16 PM, Heiko Haida wrote: Hi Mike, I checked using a simple rectangle and some text. I checked the behaviour with FM 8 and FM 2017 (no FM10 installed) Ch

Re: [Framers] Overprint Not Working in FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat Pro 2017

2021-04-14 Thread Mike Wickham
riate paragraph formats on the body page and to the line rules on the master page is all that is necessary. It just does not work with composite PDFs. Does anyone send separations to their printer, rather than a composite PDF in this day and age? Mike Wickham Hi, all, I'm having issues getting

[Framers] Overprint Not Working in FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat Pro 2017

2021-04-13 Thread Mike Wickham
out. I have been away from FrameMaker for a while, so am a little rusty. What am I missing? Why is Overprint not working? Mike Wickham ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit

Re: [Framers] Processing time

2021-04-07 Thread Mike Wickham
; Preferences -> Interface ii. Uncheck "Hide panels on Close" (This option kills a panel on close, else a panel would stay open in the background) iii. Close Para Designer Mike Wickham On 4/7/2021 11:49 AM, Harding, Dan wrote:

Re: [Framers] version numbering and document control

2021-02-12 Thread Mike Wickham
It seems like the easy solution would be simply to replace month and year with year and an incremented number: 2021-1, 2021-2, 2021-3 ... 2022-1, etc. If you're worried about confusion with the old system, maybe wait to the beginning of the next year to start the change. Mike Wickham On

Re: [Framers] image background problem

2020-09-16 Thread Mike Wickham
Ken, I think what you probably need to do is to add a "clipping path." I haven't used PSDs in FrameMaker-- I've always saved graphics as EPS-- but transparency was never honored for me without a clipping path. Mike Wickham On 9/16/2020 5:29 PM, Ken Poshedly wrote: A que

Re: [Framers] Adobe licensing is migrating to subscription based

2020-08-25 Thread Mike Wickham
If Adobe is going to deactivate CS servers, they need to provide a way to turn off the need to activate, so that the software can still run. I'm nearing time to replace my computer, but have been holding off, dreading the issue of dealing with CS deactivations and reactivations. Mike Wi

Re: [Framers] Fraction Symbols

2020-08-25 Thread Mike Wickham
If these are variables, why are they listed as available for FrameMaker 15 and 16 only? What would keep them from working in FM10 or FM12? Mike Wickham On 8/25/2020 6:28 AM, Dennis Hays wrote: I have set up a small set of variables for fractions, which can be imported into the Variables panel

Re: [Framers] Images make scrolling through a Frame document problematic

2020-07-18 Thread Mike Wickham
fast because it didn't load graphics unless they actually scroll onto the screen. Unfortunately, I can't remember what that setting was, nor could I find it. Maybe it will give a hint that allows someone else to chime in. Mike On 7/17/2020 2:06 PM, Doug wrote: My Frame documents usual

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker and transparency

2020-05-16 Thread Mike Wickham
EPS files. I don't think PSD files work. Your text frame on top of a text frame might also add a factor of complexity to it. So try it in the main text frame, first. Mike On 5/16/2020 11:21 AM, Ken Poshedly wrote: Ladies & Gents, Short question: Does FrameMaker 10 support tran

Re: [Framers] Questions re upgrading Frame from 7.1

2020-03-31 Thread Mike Wickham
M7 version-- and you better do the conversion before the subscription runs out and FrameMaker turns off! Mike On 3/31/2020 7:01 AM, Wendy McGovern wrote: Hi, Framers, Apologies for a somewhat long post, but I would really like some input. We are contemplating finally upgrading from our Frame

Re: [Framers] How would you approach this? Listing New Stuff

2020-02-17 Thread Mike Wickham
If a List of Effective Pages is workable, Silicon Prairie Software makes an LEP plugin that might help: https://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html Mike On 2/17/2020 11:09 AM, Peter Gold wrote: Would the List of Effective Pages help? A web search gave some results. O

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020

2020-01-16 Thread Mike Wickham
instead of just one, you wouldn't even need a font that contained these characters. Or, if Frame utilized OpenType features, it would pick those automatically. But, you're right, I should file them as a feature request. Again. :) Mike On 1/16/2020 7:48 AM, Lin Sims wrote: What i

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020

2020-01-15 Thread Mike Wickham
nts, for a more modern, refined look in printed docs? Or a separate offset setting for numerators and denominators? Right now, you can set superscript and subscript offsets to work for either super/subscripts or numerators/denominators, but not both. Mike On 1/15/2020 2:54 PM, TW Smith wrote:

Re: [Framers] Font not available

2019-05-25 Thread Mike Wickham
I have a very vague recollection that this error would show when printing registration marks-- and was told that FrameMaker internally chooses Times to create them. I could be remembering that wrong, though. It was a long time ago. Mike On 5/24/2019 1:06 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: Hi Framers

Re: [Framers] Adobe PDF Printer versus my printer

2019-04-10 Thread Mike Wickham
d of using internal fonts. This is a little slower, because it means that the printer must retrieve the fonts from your computer, rather than using whatever version of them it has hardwired, but I _think_ it might help with the reformatting. Mike On 4/9/2019 2:46 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: Hi Framer

Re: [Framers] Best Method, Word 2013 to Frame 2019.

2019-03-11 Thread Mike Wickham
Seconding Art's suggestion and fixing his spelling :) for FindChangeFormatsBatch. You might also find the TableCleanerES script useful. Mike Wickham On 3/11/2019 10:56 AM, Art Campbell wrote: Rick Quattro's RindChangeFormatsBatch is the best tag and style remapping tool I've

Re: [Framers] Spell checker stopped working in Frame 2017

2019-03-08 Thread Mike Wickham
pell-checking a document, consider running the Spelling Checker again after instructing FrameMaker to mark all paragraphs for rechecking." Mike On 3/8/2019 12:39 PM, Gillian Flato wrote: My spell checker has stopped working. It no longer finds any spelling mistakes, even when the f

Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question

2019-01-07 Thread Mike Wickham
at the Chicago style is typically used by book publishers, while AP style is used for newspapers. The latter omits certain commas and words to make them fit better into short stories in narrow columns. In any case, sometimes minor rewrites eliminate fights over punctuation. Mike Wickham On 1/7

Re: [Framers] Can't open character palette or hex input

2019-01-04 Thread Mike Wickham
Here's a link that lists solutions for moving an off-screen window to the current monitor: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Dialog-window-does-not-display-in-AutoCAD-and-the-program-appears-to-freeze.html On 1/4/2019 9:31 AM, Lin Sims wrote: As above.

Re: [Framers] File storage best practice

2018-11-29 Thread Mike Wickham
multiple versions, to swap in and out, depending on output destination. I would note that the various archiving scripts that are available all seem to want to automatically pull graphics from anywhere on the computer and place them in an images subfolder, anyway. Mike Wickham On 11/29/2018 12:25

Re: [Framers] Upgrade to FM-15 aka 219

2018-08-22 Thread Mike Wickham
I'd be curious to hear what the upgrade price is from FM12, if there is one. Anyone know, without me having to make a call? Mike Wickham ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visi

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

2018-08-16 Thread Mike Bond
ers don't come up by default? Thanks, Mike [cid:image001.png@01D43539.04D3BBA0] -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Mike Bond Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 8:33 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] switching from Frame 10 to 2017 with unexpected resu

[Framers] switching from Frame 10 to 2017 with unexpected results

2018-08-13 Thread Mike Bond
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Re: [Framers] Using Folders and Groups

2018-08-03 Thread Mike Wickham
t now. Searching on "hierarchical books" turns up some hits that might help you. Looking at the latest edition of FrameMaker help, it looks like it gives a clearer (though not complete) explanation of folders and groups than way back in version 9. Mike On 8/3/2018 9:36 AM, Lin Sims wrote:

Re: [Framers] Frame alone or Adobe too?

2018-04-18 Thread Mike Wickham
o proper order for conversion to other formats may not work well. Anyway, as I recall, using tagged PDF causes the PDF to actually store paragraphs as paragraph blocks, etc. So, reconstructing the data in a proper way for conversion from PDF to Word should be better. Mike Wickham On 4/18/2018 5:2

Re: [Framers] Frame alone or Adobe too?

2018-04-17 Thread Mike Wickham
Bodvar, It might depend on whether the PDF was saved as tagged PDF or not. Mike Wickham On 4/17/2018 12:35 PM, Böðvar Björgvinsson wrote: Peter Gold, pdf-ed by printing book from FM 2013 to file, then distilling. In Acrobat Save as Word. My only guess is that this font is a bit more

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 14 horrific resource hog?

2018-03-20 Thread Mike Wickham
loaded and hidden. Adobe eventually fixed the bug, but it wouldn't surprise me if they reintroduced it accidentally, while fixing something else. Mike Wickham On 3/20/2018 3:28 PM, Harding, Dan wrote: I just upgraded from FM12 to FM 14 as I have 4K monitors and FM12 is simply unusable o

Re: [Framers] Framers Digest, Vol 142, Issue 17

2018-01-30 Thread Mike Wickham
bold, you will need to get a bold version of the font in question. Hopefully, someone who understands this better will chime in if I got it wrong. Mike Wickham On 1/29/2018 4:54 PM, Catherine Forrest wrote: Stefan, SymbolBolded is reported as missing even though the docs have no bolded

Re: [Framers] Static image to video feature

2017-11-15 Thread Mike Wickham
I see the feature listed in the help file for FrameMaker 10. So it goes back at least that far. Mike Wickham On 11/15/2017 6:56 AM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: Is that something new in FM? If yes, do you know what FM version that started in? On 15-Nov-17 2:48 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: You can

Re: [Framers] Embedding attachments in FM that remain attachments when PDF'd

2017-08-03 Thread Mike Wickham
I have never used it, but Acrobat has a PDF "portfolio" feature that lets you package other documents with the PDF. Perhaps it would have some use for you. Mike Wickham On 8/2/2017 9:29 AM, John Posada wrote: Hi, Steve...and everyone. I have no issues with the process of p

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

2017-08-03 Thread Mike Wickham
uides, other book files, etc. in there. Here's the link for the utility: http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/WSC_Utils.htm Mike Wickham On 8/1/2017 3:49 PM, John Posada wrote: Hi, guys...over the next 2 weeks, I need to have 4 books loaded. Is there a setting I can make that when I launch FM,

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-12 Thread Mike Wickham
isn't set to convert colors. Mike Wickham This begs a question, with my apologies if it has been belabored here in the past. In pre-press work on Mac, I often had extensive struggles with the final PDFs for all sorts of reasons (extraneous plates, hairlines and so on), but 'helpf

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-09 Thread Mike Wickham
destination is printing press, EPS graphics are still the safest way to go (although PDF graphics can also do the job now). I hope I got that all right. Mike Wickham On 9/9/2016 10:47 AM, Robert Lauriston wrote: I'm still wondering why EPS is a requirement. That's not normally a sou

Re: [Framers] Zapf Dingbats

2016-07-01 Thread Mike Wickham
CD did not have Adobe Type Manager. Mike Wickham ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-arch

Re: [Framers] Zapf Dingbats

2016-06-30 Thread Mike Wickham
that you can easily install on your computer to make the font available to all programs. Mike Wickham On 6/30/2016 10:16 AM, Theresa de Valence wrote: I've opened a (very) old document which uses Zapf Dingbats which are not on my current system. The document prints correctly from Frame 12

Re: [Framers] OT: Great Event, Great Ride!

2016-06-27 Thread Mike Wickham
102 miles? Dude, you're a machine! Mike Wickham On 6/27/2016 8:45 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: Hello Framers, An update on the 2016 Ride for Roswell: Both Jason and I completed the 102 mile route. The weather was perfect and we both had personal-best times for that distance. (He is 39 years yo

Re: [Framers] "Exemplified" - use in technical documentation?

2016-06-01 Thread Mike Wickham
Ignore the forward slashes in my post. I had italicized "See" and that's how it came through to the list. Mike Wickham On 5/31/2016 5:48 PM, Mike Wickham wrote: I prefer the simpler "/See /Fig. X.X." It's also active voice. In fact, I also prefer to eliminate com

Re: [Framers] "Exemplified" - use in technical documentation?

2016-05-31 Thread Mike Wickham
I prefer the simpler "/See /Fig. X.X." It's also active voice. In fact, I also prefer to eliminate compound numbering. See "The Case for Simple Numbering:" http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/nonum.html Mike Wickham On 5/31/2016 11:50 AM, Stephen O'Brien wrote: Hi

Re: [Framers] Rick's Ride and Suggestions for Plugin

2016-05-18 Thread Mike Wickham
Hi, Rick, I found some old information on the CleanImport plugin. Apparently, there was no documentation with the zip file of the plugin, but I had made a PDF of an earlier version of the website page which had minimal instructions that might be of use to you. I'll email it to you

Re: [Framers] reused content for different products - best practices ?

2016-05-18 Thread Mike Wickham
n.com/bookvars/2.00/ Mike Wickham ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.c

Re: [Framers] Searching for content in FrameMaker files

2016-05-10 Thread Mike Wickham
ot; next to it. I didn't test whether or not it changed the indexing. Mike Wickham On 5/7/2016 8:28 AM, Austin Meredith wrote: I don't seem to be able to persuade the File Explorer of Windows 10 to find Boolean content inside FrameMaker2015 files. I've tried all the obvious

Re: [Framers] Cannot get FM to drop the even-numbered blank page

2016-04-28 Thread Mike Wickham
From the book file, check the settings for the next file in the book. If, for example, your file ends on a right-hand page, but the next file is set to start on a right-hand page, then FrameMaker is forced to add a blank left-hand page in between. Mike Wickham On 4/27/2016 7:06 PM, Nancy

Re: [Framers] Best way to replace one template with another without using plugins?

2016-04-12 Thread Mike Wickham
ware.com>let you create a conversion list that can rename formats from one name to another in a single stroke, making it easy to import from a new template that has different format names. Mike Wickham On 4/12/2016 2:48 AM, Studio Smalbro wrote: What is the best way to replace on template w

Re: [Framers] slow-scrolling images

2016-04-08 Thread Mike Wickham
ts to take time to update it. Mike Wickham ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.c

Re: [Framers] About text frames

2016-04-07 Thread Mike Wickham
The AutoText plugin ($10) makes this even easier: http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/ Mike Wickham On 4/6/2016 12:49 PM, Heiko Haida wrote: I would recommend to simply copy/paste the callout frames from an exiting frame instead of inserting new text frames

Re: [Framers] Shrinkwrapping

2016-04-02 Thread Mike Wickham
g the diagonal corner to remove the other extra space. 0.353mm is equivalent to one typographic point. Presumably, FrameMaker leaves a 1 pt border around the image so that we can see the anchored frame that holds it. Mike Wickham On 4/1/2016 5:52 PM, Craig, Alison wrote: I've never used th

Re: [Framers] Re Screen Capture tools ...

2016-03-31 Thread Mike Wickham
The SnagIt plugin for FrameMaker was discontinued. I think SnagIt version 9 was the last one to include it. Mike Wickham On 3/30/2016 11:00 PM, Carol J. Elkins wrote: Steve, where is the Snagit plug-in available? I'm not seeing it on their Web site (but I see other "Outputs"

Re: [Framers] 2015 Release, miniTOC

2016-02-18 Thread Mike Wickham
x27;t automatically add a new list items to itself. So, if you make a manual mini TOC of Heading1 paragraphs, and add a new Heading1 paragraph in the document, you will have to manually add a new list item and appropriate cross-references to the mini TOC. Mike Wickham On 2/17/2016 1:50 PM,

Re: [Framers] Frame to PDF Issues

2016-01-12 Thread Mike Wickham
Specifically, Microsoft Security Essentials was to blame in that case. Mike Wickham On 1/12/2016 2:47 PM, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: Somebody on the Adobe forums just found that their real-time anti-virus program had a super impact on PDF creation; once they turned it off for FM and the Acrobat

Re: Adobe Customer Care-less - Yet another round

2015-05-29 Thread Mike Wickham
ROFL, Nadine! Mike Wickham On 5/29/2015 9:38 PM, Writer wrote: And one for Jenny and the Wimp... http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=frantics+boot+to+the+head&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=567A4D725F3828D72C0D567A4D725F3828D72C0D Nadine _

Re: FrameMaker documentation

2014-12-19 Thread Mike Wickham
Klaus, I got manuals with 7.0 and 7.1. They appear to be identical 7.0 manuals. I did not buy 7.2, so don't know on that one. 8.0 definitely did not come with a manual, nor any of the versions since. Mike Wickham On 12/19/2014 3:16 AM, Klaus Daube wrote: Can somebody please refre

Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF

2014-12-15 Thread Mike Wickham
Okay. I see now that I wasn't even seeing the TOC window at 1920 pixels wide because I have IE set to display at 150%. So I didn't know what I was missing. When I dropped down to 125% view, it popped in. Mike Wickham On 12/15/2014 1:33 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: At around 1280

Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF

2014-12-15 Thread Mike Wickham
I'm viewing on a monitor, not a phone. For me, the TOC button moves to the bottom of the screen when window size is reduced. Mike Wickham On 12/15/2014 12:53 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: That seems like really bad UI to me. Not only does the TOC disappear, there's nothing you can c

Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5

2014-12-12 Thread Mike Wickham
pt to minimize scattering of information and keep content around related features together. For example, information about using structured authoring features forms two neat chapters in the new user's guide. This information was spread across several chapters in the earlier user's guide&

Re: Text Inset vs. Variable Question (UNCLASSIFIED)

2014-12-10 Thread Mike Wickham
/info/bookvars.php Mike Wickham On 12/10/2014 1:58 PM, Zacchetti, Maeli E CIV USARMY ECBC (US) wrote: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO I'm getting back to unstructured FrameMaker 10 (after two years of having to use MS Word). So apologies if I don't use some of the correct

Re: How do you get fractions in FM 12?

2014-12-09 Thread Mike Wickham
LeftAlt+0189 is the ½ character in most fonts. Mike Wickham On 12/9/2014 10:12 AM, tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com wrote: I have text that expresses one-and-one-half as 1-1/2, which could be interpreted as 1-to-1/2. I would like to be able to show the fraction without the hyphen

Re: Problem with playing video clips in FM 12 document viewed in Adobe Reader 11

2014-11-18 Thread Mike Wickham
The installations screens do not make it obvious and many overlook the option. A while back, Arnis Gubins posted screenshots on where to look: https://forums.adobe.com/message/5927477#5927477 > IT told me that there was no option to not install Distiller. The only options they saw were FM12 and

Re: Problem with playing video clips in FM 12 document viewed in Adobe Reader 11

2014-11-17 Thread Mike Wickham
versions, but not Home): http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=3702 Mike Wickham ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blan

Re: Problem with playing video clips in FM 12 document viewed in Adobe Reader 11

2014-11-14 Thread Mike Wickham
der and Acrobat in a way that the various versions can corrupt other versions installed on the same computer. Adobe's many other software programs seem to allow installation of multiple versions without issues. Mike Wickham On 11/14/2014 7:28 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote: At 07:03 -0600 14/

Re: Problem with playing video clips in FM 12 document viewed in Adobe Reader 11

2014-11-14 Thread Mike Wickham
Reader or the PDF Creation Add-on that comes with FrameMaker on that same computer. Mike Wickham On 11/14/2014 6:17 AM, tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com wrote: I have inserted several short video clips into a small manual created with FrameMaker 12 (all clips are mp4 format). Book file is saved

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Mike Wickham
ast a lifetime. Find them here in several configurations: http://pckeyboard.com/page/category/UKBD Mike Wickham On 11/11/2014 12:40 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: I use them with Kinesis Freestyle 2 keyboards with the VIP3 lifter attachment. I place the two parts of the keyboard about 6.5" ap

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Mike Wickham
I use my Wacom tablet for drawing, but it also came with a mouse that let's you use the tablet as a trackpad. Perhaps they still have models like that. It was much better than a mouse, but not as nice as a trackball, in my opinion. Mike On 11/11/2014 12:43 PM, Fred Wersan wrote: I&#x

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Mike Wickham
from Logitech. I use an older model similar to the M570: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/mice-pointers/trackballs Mike Wickham On 11/11/2014 9:42 AM, Stuart Rogers wrote: Hi all, From time to time, people have mentioned problems with RSI due to mouse use. I just came across this device and though

Re: Convert embedded images to linked ones

2014-11-04 Thread Mike Wickham
The Export Copied Graphics module ($49) of Finalyser changes copied graphics to referenced graphics: Price list US (item is on page 2): http://www.squidds.de/fileadmin/daten/pdfs/bestellung_en/TOOLBOXfor_Orderform_GB_Jan2010_02_verteilt.pdf Price list other (item is on page 2): http://www.squid

Re: FM9 Crashes when Creating PDFs with files that Contain PDFs (WAS: Frame 9 Crashing – Can’t Create PDFs)

2014-10-25 Thread Mike Wickham
I thought I recalled Dov Isaacs explaining this as a Windows problem, rather than a FrameMaker problem. I found the following quote from him online, which appears to reference what was later called the fntcache.dat bug (and fixed with a hotfix and, later, Windows update), and a Windows bug rela

Re: FrameMaker: mysterious font substitution in PDF

2014-10-24 Thread Mike Wickham
es to display blank if they contain Helvetica as the first listed font in CSS and the Postscript version of Helvetica is installed on the computer. So if you start seeing blank Web pages in your browser, try uninstalling Helvetica from your computer-- or replace it with the OpenType version.

Re: . PDF query

2014-10-20 Thread Mike Wickham
file). For Settings> Edit Adobe PDF Settings> Color Tab> Color Management Policies, do not set "Tag Everything for Color Management." This can cause text to print as four colors instead of black only. Hope that helps. Mike Wickham __

Re: FM as PDF gold standard RE: PDF query

2014-10-18 Thread Mike Wickham
known on this forum. Mike Wickham On 10/18/2014 11:51 AM, Craig Ede wrote: Not to burst anybody's bubble, but even back in the fondly remembered "Golden Age of FrameMaker" (circa 5.5-7.0) PDF could be faulty. I had dropped captions there was no explanation for in tabloid printouts he

Re: PDF query

2014-10-17 Thread Mike Wickham
Actually, Frame print to PDF was the gold standard. Save as PDF was so buggy that all experts recommended against using it. Mike Wickham On 10/17/2014 4:46 PM, Lin Sims wrote: Frame to PDF used to be the gold standard for PDF production

Re: Insets and Tables: container paragraphs with no additional spacing

2014-10-01 Thread Mike Wickham
would automatically add it where you want. Have you tried it? Mike Wickham On 10/1/2014 4:38 PM, Stuart Rogers wrote: For insets (harder to maintain, depending on inset content), create a pgf tag in the container document, e.g., InsetAnchor: Font Size: 12 pt Color: (something other than blac

Re: PDF comments and FM 12, anyone?

2014-08-28 Thread Mike Wickham
I haven't yet used this feature myself, but here is an Adobe video showing it in action: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/framemaker-12-features/fm12-enhance-pdf-review/ Mike Wickham On 8/28/2014 2:56 PM, LGLists wrote: I seem to recall that one of the new features in FM 12 is that you can con

Re: Structured: about containers, other matter and chapter numbering

2014-08-17 Thread Mike Wickham
gned paragraph and character formats. Mike Wickham On 8/17/2014 4:56 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote: In order to get the two novellas to display the correct title of the story (novella) on the master page, I understand I’ll need separate books (nested). _

Re: web-safe fonts & characters 2014

2014-08-05 Thread Mike Wickham
unate enough to have problems displaying Web pages, it took me quite a while to find the solution online. If you search Google for "Helvetica blank pages IE," you'll see all kinds of information on it. Mike Wickham ___ You are cur

Re: Removing custom row heights

2014-07-06 Thread Mike Wickham
I don't know if this is what the original poster meant, but Table> Format> Row Format lets you set minimum and maximum row heights for tables. Mike Wickham On 7/6/2014 9:55 AM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: What do you mean by custom

Re: OT: InDesign CC 2014

2014-06-20 Thread Mike Wickham
Yeah, but with the CC subscription model, even if Adobe never again comes out with a new feature that you want or need, you must continue paying your monthly fee indefinitely just to continue using the features you already bought. No thank you on the subscription model. Mike Wickham On 6/20

Re: Reproducible FM12 file corruption?

2014-05-31 Thread Mike Wickham
The bug is reproducible on my computer, too. Mike Wickham On 5/30/2014 12:30 PM, Harding, Dan wrote: I've been seeing occasional wonkiness (yes, I know... it's a technical term) since upgrading from FM10 to TCS5 (FM12), but I think I have narrowed at least one of them down to the p

Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version

2014-05-16 Thread Mike Wickham
elarc Advisor can retrieve it for you. Mike Wickham On 5/14/2014 11:53 AM, MacDonald, Helen wrote: Hi Framers, I am presently using structured FrameMaker version 8 on Windows XP. (And we seem to have lost the original software disks.) Writing commercial airlines manuals using a template c

Re: making stuff unconditional in FM12

2014-03-30 Thread Mike Wickham
th-the-new-framemaker-9-user-interface/ You may also want to check out message #35 in the following thread, for screen captures and descriptions of an example custom workspace I use. It fits everything on one screen and works really well for me: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4039348 Mike Wi

Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-06 Thread Mike Wickham
on Web or computer, but 1800 dpi would create an excessively huge file. Remember, too, that Acrobat will typically downsample your 1800 dpi file when distilling to PDF. It is likely to end up as 300 dpi, unless you change the settings in Distiller. Mike On 3/6/2014 7:52 PM, Syed Zaeem

Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

2014-03-06 Thread Mike Wickham
se FM only shows you a low-res preview to save computer memory. But the vector will look perfect in PDF. Even if the viewer of the PDF zooms in, the vector will resize without degradation. Mike Wickham On 3/6/2014 4:57 PM, Craig, Alison wrote: As you have CS3, open the EPS in Illustrator and us

Help with book folders and groups in structured docs

2014-01-30 Thread Mike
files below that file. It looks like Frame cannot handle this situation. If that is the case, I guess I don't see the benefit or purpose of folders and groups in books. Thanks, Mike Heavin Sr. Technical Writer Trading Technologies -- ___ Yo

Re: search with RegExp RE: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies

2014-01-30 Thread Mike
ar by Shlomo highlighting this use of > that feature. > > Craig > > > From: mhoff...@adobe.com > > To: i...@mikewickham.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com > > Subject: RE: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies > > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:18:57 + &g

Re: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies

2014-01-27 Thread Mike Wickham
I don't have the original message handy, but I think the original poster was saying that at least the last three FrameMaker releases have been on an 18-month cycle. We get a new version of FM every year and a half. This was previously the case with Creative Suite software, too. Mike Wi

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