FM, single-sourcing 101

2009-03-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
are not that hard to learn, and you could implement it at your own pace. Good luck. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Joel wrote: > I am using Frame 8. I have a set of seven manuals that are close to 100 > pages each. Many sections of these manuals are identical, some se

Re: Visually Identifying Marker Tags

2009-03-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You could take this idea further and create a few character styles for markers, each one with a diffeent color. Then run a few search search and replaces replacing marker of type XX and pasting the character format. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Stuart Rogers wrote

Visually Identifying Marker Tags

2009-03-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You could take this idea further and create a few character styles for markers, each one with a diffeent color. Then run a few search search and replaces replacing marker of type XX and pasting the character format. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Stuart Rogers wrote

Re: [Techshoret] Re: FrameMaker index question

2009-02-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
wish Adobe could figure out how to simplify their interfaces. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Shlomo Perets wrote: Shmuel, You wrote: When I make an index in FM, only the page number is hyperlinked. Someone asked me to make the text in the index also hyperlinked

[Techshoret] Re: FrameMaker index question

2009-02-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
wish Adobe could figure out how to simplify their interfaces. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Shlomo Perets wrote: > Shmuel, > > You wrote: > > > When I make an index in FM, only the page number is hyperlinked. > > Someone asked me to make th

FrameMaker index question

2009-02-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
When I make an index in FM, only the page number is hyperlinked. Someone asked me to make the text in the index also hyperlinked. Is this possible, and if so, how would I do this? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 ___ You

Re: FrameMaker index question

2009-02-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Good point. In general, you don't want this. But we have some manual that have an index consisting of a list of functions. In these cases, it would be preferable to have the function name hyperlinked as well. Is there any automatic way of doing this? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical

FrameMaker index question

2009-02-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
When I make an index in FM, only the page number is hyperlinked. Someone asked me to make the text in the index also hyperlinked. Is this possible, and if so, how would I do this? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

FrameMaker index question

2009-02-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Good point. In general, you don't want this. But we have some manual that have an index consisting of a list of functions. In these cases, it would be preferable to have the function name hyperlinked as well. Is there any automatic way of doing this? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical

Re: Replace a para tag throughout book?

2009-02-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Good point Fred. But you could take a dummy file which only has the new par tag (and no other par tags) and import the par tags from that file to all the files in the book. Then do the search and replace. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Fred Ridder wrote: Responding

Replace a para tag throughout book?

2009-02-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Good point Fred. But you could take a dummy file which only has the new par tag (and no other par tags) and import the par tags from that file to all the files in the book. Then do the search and replace. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Fred Ridder wrote

Re: PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
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Re: OT :: Frame Voice to Text software

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
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Re: PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
PDF XChange Viewer is a really easy-to-use (free) tool for commenting on PDFs. It's something that you do not have to teach the reviewers. It's self explanatory. And you do not have to allow users to comment on the PDF in order to use this tool. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052

PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
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OT :: Frame & Voice to Text software

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson

PDF to Word Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
PDF XChange Viewer is a really easy-to-use (free) tool for commenting on PDFs. It's something that you do not have to teach the reviewers. It's self explanatory. And you do not have to "allow" users to comment on the PDF in order to use this tool. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Techni

Re: Screen Capture

2009-01-26 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I like HyperSnap. It's an excellent screen capture program and has very good editing options. If you want to go the free route, MWSnap is the best free one I've seen so far. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Brian Lamborn wrote: All, Not really a FrameMaker

Screen Capture

2009-01-26 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I like HyperSnap. It's an excellent screen capture program and has very good editing options. If you want to go the free route, MWSnap is the best free one I've seen so far. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Brian Lamborn wrote: > All, > > Not really a F

Adobe announces FrameMaker 9 and Technical Communication

2009-01-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
That's one thing, but they also put together various dialog boxes to make things easier. Watch the presentation and the video which is linked from the middle of the presentation. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Art Campbell wrote: > It means that the interface

Re: Adobe announces FrameMaker 9 and Technical Communication

2009-01-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a presentation on what's new in TCS2: http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/newintcs2/ It looks nice. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Carrie Baker wrote: I looked at their announcement. What do you think they mean by New intunitve User Interface? and then Work more

Adobe announces FrameMaker 9 and Technical Communication

2009-01-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a presentation on what's new in TCS2: http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/newintcs2/ It looks nice. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Carrie Baker wrote: > I looked at their announcement. > What do you think they mean by > "New intunitve User Interface&qu

Easiest way to rename all linked graphics without having to rescale?

2009-01-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Notepad++ is free and you it has search and replace within entire folders and subfolders. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 David Spreadbury wrote: > Verner, > Probably the best way is through MIF. > > You could use a program like TextPad, sh

Re: Placing icons in side heads

2009-01-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
(one for each of the icons). Define the par tags with a reference graphic above or below the par. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Leah wrote: FM 7.0 ; Windows XP In one of our products, users can choose between 2 programming syntaxes. Until now we have produced 2

Placing icons in side heads

2009-01-04 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
(one for each of the icons). Define the par tags with a reference graphic above or below the par. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Leah wrote: > FM 7.0 ; Windows XP > > In one of our products, users can choose between 2 programming syntaxes. > Until now we h

Fixing lots of X-refs

2008-12-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
In Annoyance 3, do you mean select the document or select the paragraph? I would love it if the list of paragraphs would be alphabetic. That's a very request from Adobe. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 John Sgammato wrote: > I am whiling away a snowy Boston

Fixing lots of X-refs

2008-12-31 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
This would be a nice item to place on a the Adobe wish list. They should be ordered alphabetically or by the way they are listed in the book. Anything is better than a random order. The same with the paragraphs in the list on the right. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

Re: Which files are critical for backing up?

2008-12-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
the book to Word or Help, there are all sorts of files types there. IMHO you can delete all of them except for the INI files. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Avraham Makeler wrote: Hi all, My client backs up it FM files to VSS. I need to know which files are critical

Which files are critical for backing up?

2008-12-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
the book to Word or Help, there are all sorts of files types there. IMHO you can delete all of them except for the INI files. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi all, > > My client backs up it FM files to VSS. > > I need to k

FrameMaker hyperlinks

2008-12-28 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
When I follow a link to another file in the FM book, it usually does not close the current file. Other times it does close the current file. Is this a bug or a feature, and how do I disable closing the current file? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

FrameMaker hyperlinks

2008-12-28 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
When I follow a link to another file in the FM book, it usually does not close the current file. Other times it does close the current file. Is this a bug or a feature, and how do I disable closing the current file? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133

Re: the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
that were defined differently in one doc than the other. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Avraham Makeler wrote: Hi all, I am new to this group, and pretty new to FrameMaker (but I was a Word 2003 guru, so that helps a bit...). My question is ... I am taking over

the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
things that were defined differently in one doc than the other. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to this group, and pretty new to FrameMaker (but I was a Word 2003 > guru, so that helps a bit...). > > My que

Set file order in directory?

2008-12-24 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
This is a Windows Issue. FileBox eXtender is a free program that has this feature. It's on the File Boxes tab in the preferences. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson > Nancy Allison wrote: > >> Hi, everyone. >> >> I am working on a large manual with many graphics that are

Re: Can't open FrameMaker 7.2 - resolved

2008-12-08 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
reinstalling I still have my cudspan tools. There was one file with ESC shortcut keys that I had customized and it got overwritten, but I have a backup. The only problem I noticed (so far) is that I can't scroll. I've seen solutions for that on the list. I'll work on that later. -- Regards, Shmuel

Can't open FrameMaker 7.2 - resolved

2008-12-08 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
reinstalling I still have my cudspan tools. There was one file with ESC shortcut keys that I had customized and it got overwritten, but I have a backup. The only problem I noticed (so far) is that I can't scroll. I've seen solutions for that on the list. I'll work on that later. -- Regards, Shmuel

Can't open FrameMaker 7.2

2008-12-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
have the disk for 7.0. If I install 7.0 will Frame download updates for 7.2? Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages

Can't open FrameMaker 7.2

2008-12-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
have the disk for 7.0. If I install 7.0 will Frame download updates for 7.2? Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Re: Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why don't you try the Auto-text plug-in here: http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html It's only $10. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Mike Wickham wrote: Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/ImpGraph.htm

Default anchored frame settings

2008-12-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why don't you try the Auto-text plug-in here: http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html It's only $10. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Mike Wickham wrote: >> Looking for a solution, my web search turns up ImpGraph Plugins: >> >> http://home.comcast

Re: User Defined Hotkeys

2008-12-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You can edit the cmds.cfg file if you want to change the ESCAPE shortcut sequences. The file is very hard to read in Notepad, but when you open it in a good text editor (Crimson, SciTE, or Notepad++) it's much easier to read. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Klaus Daube wrote: On 18

User Defined Hotkeys

2008-12-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You can edit the "cmds.cfg" file if you want to change the ESCAPE shortcut sequences. The file is very hard to read in Notepad, but when you open it in a good text editor (Crimson, SciTE, or Notepad++) it's much easier to read. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Klaus D

Re: Offtopic: Questionnaire about documentation

2008-11-26 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
insufficiently explained. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: Hi I am going to send out a questionnaire to our customers about documentation. I am interested in good advice, maybe a template or a sample questionnaire. I am interested in knowing whether

Offtopic: Questionnaire about documentation

2008-11-26 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
insufficiently explained. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: > Hi > I am going to send out a questionnaire to our customers about > documentation. > > I am interested in good advice, maybe a template or a sample > questionnaire. > > I am inter

Re: Sorting: Ignoring periods

2008-11-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why don't you just replace the period with a tiny graphic that looks like a period. You could put it on your reference page. Not the cleanest solution, but it's original :) -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Rick Quatro wrote: Hi Darren, Instead of a list of paragraphs, you could use FrameScript

Sorting: Ignoring periods

2008-11-03 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why don't you just replace the period with a tiny graphic that looks like a period. You could put it on your reference page. Not the cleanest solution, but it's original :) -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Darren, > > Instead of a list of paragraphs, you

Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson

Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
about them. I have not actually used Flare or structured Frame. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson >> Lately I read some postings on MadCap products. I'm not familiair with >> those, just wondering how MadCap compares to FrameMaker. Is it competive >> with Framemaker (Ad

Re: Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

2008-10-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
, Shmuel Wolfson - Linda G. Gallagher wrote: Framers, I don't need convincing; I use specific tags to anchor all of my graphics and tables, but sometimes I find it hard to explain why. What are some of your reasons for always anchoring tables and graphics to specific para tags? When I

Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

2008-10-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
, Shmuel Wolfson - Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > Framers, > > I don't need convincing; I use specific tags to anchor all of my graphics > and tables, but sometimes I find it hard to explain why. What are some of > your reasons for always anchoring tables and graphics to spe

File Comparison Tool

2008-09-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
, Shmuel Wolfson Mollye Barrett wrote: Hi All, My client has many unstructred Frame books (average page count 700 pages) with text insets and referenced graphics. They want to be able to do a couple of things that elude me... * Display change date on pages in a book where text insets

FM, Renaming links to graphics

2008-09-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
How about saving the files as MIF and using a search and replace tool that works on text files to change the path? Notepad++ has a global search and replace for text files. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Robert Evans wrote: The following will work if you have if you are working in, or have

File Comparison Tool

2008-09-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
, Shmuel Wolfson Mollye Barrett wrote: >Hi All, > >My client has many unstructred Frame books (average page count 700 > pages) with text insets and referenced graphics. They want to be able > to do a couple of things that elude me... > >* Display change date on pages

FM, Renaming links to graphics

2008-09-17 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
How about saving the files as MIF and using a search and replace tool that works on text files to change the path? Notepad++ has a global search and replace for text files. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Robert Evans wrote: > The following will work if you have if you are working in, or h

FrameMaker overrides

2008-07-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there any way to search for FrameMaker overrides? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL

FrameMaker overrides

2008-07-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there any way to search for FrameMaker overrides? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133

Re: question about overrides

2008-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
table to the next page? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Jim Owens wrote: If you want a page layout that FrameMaker cannot deliver automatically, then overriding the template for the printed output is your only option. The alternatives are to devise a template that produces a flawless page

Re: question about overrides

2008-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
would start with a clean book with no overrides (meaning if I wrote it from scratch), I can see the advantage to using no overrides, and a special paragraph to force new pages, since there is always that doubt about whether some overrides were added for non-pagination reasons. Regards, Shmuel

Re: Paragraph Designer Shortcut Key

2008-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
See Adding key sequences in Customizing_Frame_Products.pdf, which is located in your FM installation folder. Good luck! Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Callie Bertsche wrote: Hello Framers! It's my first post to the list! I've been gleaning useful knowledge from you all for awhile; thanks! I am

question about overrides

2008-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
table to the next page? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Jim Owens wrote: > If you want a page layout that FrameMaker cannot deliver automatically, > then overriding the template for the printed output is your only option. > > The alternatives are to devise a template that produce

question about overrides

2008-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
would start with a clean book with no overrides (meaning if I wrote it from scratch), I can see the advantage to using no overrides, and a special paragraph to force new pages, since there is always that doubt about whether some overrides were added for non-pagination reasons. Regards, Shmuel

Paragraph Designer Shortcut Key

2008-07-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
See "Adding key sequences" in Customizing_Frame_Products.pdf, which is located in your FM installation folder. Good luck! Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Callie Bertsche wrote: > Hello Framers! It's my first post to the list! I've been gleaning useful > knowledge from you all fo

Arial being changed to ArialMT in PDF

2008-06-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Speaking on fonts, does anyone have any info on any info on the various types of fonts such as TrueType? What are the most common types? Any info would be appreciated. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Paul Findon wrote: > On 19 Jun 2008, at 05:47, Dov Isaacs wrote: > > >> You are

Re: table and figure captions

2008-06-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
For figures, you can have a paragraph (style such as Figure style) with the next paragraph style defined as a Figure Caption style. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Shuttleworth, Roger wrote: Hello Deirdre The presence of a table caption is determined by the table format as shown in the Table

table and figure captions

2008-06-11 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
For figures, you can have a paragraph (style such as Figure style) with the next paragraph style defined as a Figure Caption style. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Shuttleworth, Roger wrote: > Hello Deirdre > > The presence of a table caption is determined by the table format

Figure numbering problem

2008-05-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is it possible to number figures across files within a book? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Re: MS Word Numbering (was RE: FrameMaker uses)

2008-05-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I highly recommended using Sequential fields for numbering in Word. Read the one page in Word's help on Sequential fields. Then use the Tech-Tav macros (free) to quickly insert them. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Chinell, David F (GE EntSol, Security) wrote: Lester: An excellent description

MS Word Numbering (was RE: FrameMaker uses)

2008-05-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I highly recommended using Sequential fields for numbering in Word. Read the one page in Word's help on Sequential fields. Then use the Tech-Tav macros (free) to quickly insert them. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Chinell, David F (GE EntSol, Security) wrote: > Lester: > > An excellent de

Re: finding Mif2Go macros to replace WWP functionality

2008-04-15 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I recommend Steve Wiseman. He's a Mif2Go expert. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Jim Owens wrote: We're currently using WWP 2003 to generate CHM from our Frame docs, but since there's no support past FM 7.2, we're evaluating our options. This week I've been looking

finding Mif2Go macros to replace WWP functionality

2008-04-15 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I recommend Steve Wiseman. He's a Mif2Go expert. swiseman at context.co.il Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Jim Owens wrote: > We're currently using WWP 2003 to generate CHM from our Frame docs, but > since there's no support past FM 7.2, we're evaluating our options. This >

Re: Closing big book files

2008-04-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
First do a shift/save all, then a shift/close all. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Harold Winberg wrote: Hello Framers I am working in a Book file with over 400 chapters. I am using IXgen and opening all files to perform updates. Is there a quick way to save and close the files

Closing big book files

2008-04-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
First do a shift/save all, then a shift/close all. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Harold Winberg wrote: > Hello Framers > > > > I am working in a Book file with over 400 chapters. > > > > I am using IXgen and opening all files to perform updates. > > > >

Taking a screen shot with the cursor

2008-04-09 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
MWSnap is the best free screen capture utility I've seen yet. It has that option. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Flato, Gillian wrote: > Does anyone know how to take a screenshot so that the screenshot > includes the mouse and where it's pointing to? > > > Thank you, > >

Re: extract changed texts

2008-04-02 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there a way to search for text with a change bar, you could do the same thing with a simple AutoIt script. And AutoIt is free. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gunnar, This is rather easy to do if you have FrameScript. FrameScript is a powerful and easy-to-use

extract changed texts

2008-04-02 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Is there a way to search for text with a change bar, you could do the same thing with a simple AutoIt script. And AutoIt is free. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson martin.smith at golehtek.com wrote: > Hi Gunnar, > > This is rather easy to do if you have FrameScript. FrameScript is a &

Re: 'message URL' hyperlinks

2008-04-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Speaking of hyperlinks, I have a: message URL http://url And when I click on it, it does not open a web browser. Basically, it's a dead link. Any ideas? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Steve Rickaby wrote: I have the solution for my posting below, although I don't understand it. For hyperlinks

'message URL' hyperlinks

2008-04-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Speaking of hyperlinks, I have a: message URL http:// And when I click on it, it does not open a web browser. Basically, it's a dead link. Any ideas? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Steve Rickaby wrote: > I have the solution for my posting below, although I don't understand it. > > For h

Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I was looking around and I see there are several Windows scripting tools out there. Here are three good ones: AutoHotkey - free, has a record macro feature like Word AutoIt v3 - free, good reviews Macro Express - $40 I like the record feature, so I'm trying AutoHotkey first. Regards, Shmuel

Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
, is it easy to use? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Peter Ring wrote: DZBatcher, http://www.datazone.com/dzbatcher2.html is your friend. kind regards Peter Ring Linda G. Gallagher wrote: Framers, A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will do

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
You could also try Macro Express. Anyone have an idea of how AutoIT compares to Macro Express (besides the price). Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Michael O'Neill wrote: > You could probably do it with AutoIT, though it would take some practice > to get right. If you have an engineer t

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I was looking around and I see there are several Windows scripting tools out there. Here are three good ones: AutoHotkey - free, has a record macro feature like Word AutoIt v3 - free, good reviews Macro Express - $40 I like the record feature, so I'm trying AutoHotkey first. Regards, Shmuel

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
, is it easy to use? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Peter Ring wrote: > DZBatcher, > >http://www.datazone.com/dzbatcher2.html > > is your friend. > > kind regards > Peter Ring > > Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > >> Framers, >> >> A client would

Re: future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why would they come out with the Adobe Technical Writing Suite and then just drop it? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Lin Surasky wrote: Gosh, has it been 4 months ALREADY? I didn't think this would come up again for oh, at least another week or so Where does the time go? ;-) -Original

Re: future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I wonder is these rumors are started by competitors. It's possible that Adobe puts less development time into FM as they do their other more profitable programs, but I think it's highly unlikely that they will stop developing it entirely. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Mike Wickham

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Why would they come out with the Adobe Technical Writing Suite and then just drop it? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Lin Surasky wrote: > Gosh, has it been 4 months ALREADY? I didn't think this would come up again > for oh, at least another week or so > Where does th

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I wonder is these rumors are started by competitors. It's possible that Adobe puts less development time into FM as they do their other more profitable programs, but I think it's highly unlikely that they will stop developing it entirely. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Mike Wickham

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
anies like to perpetuate, in order to give people reasons to keep upgrading to new versions. I think it's mostly psychological. Do you buy a new car every time the next year's model comes out with a few new features? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Peter Gold wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:32 AM,

Macro Express

2008-02-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
macro feature like word does? Any info would be appreciated. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: FM abruptly closes with no save

2008-02-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I've had it close when scrolling a document that has embedded Corel graphics, when I scrolled too fast and did not wait for the embedded graphics to appear. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Pete Rourke wrote: Christopher - We are on the same version. I've never experienced the program

Macro Express

2008-02-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
a "record macro" feature like word does? Any info would be appreciated. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

FM abruptly closes with no save

2008-02-13 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I've had it close when scrolling a document that has embedded Corel graphics, when I scrolled too fast and did not wait for the embedded graphics to appear. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Pete Rourke wrote: > Christopher - We are on the same version. I've never experienced the prog

Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files

2008-02-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here are two good text editors. They are much more powerful than Notepad. SciTE Text Editor Crimson Editor Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Linda G. Gallagher wrote: Thanks, Rick. Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other than Notepad installed currently, as I don't

Archive searching and moving text inset files

2008-02-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here are two good text editors. They are much more powerful than Notepad. SciTE Text Editor Crimson Editor Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > Thanks, Rick. > > Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other > than Notepad installed cur

Re: Internal Error

2008-02-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
. Would extra RAM help with this? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: In large documents, bigger RAM can speed up the work but usually 1GB is ample. Which version FM and in what instances does this happen? Bodvar On Wed, Feb 6, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Shmuel Wolfson [EMAIL

Internal Error

2008-02-07 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
. Would extra RAM help with this? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: > In large documents, bigger RAM can speed up the work but usually 1GB is ample. > > Which version FM and in what instances does this happen? > > Bodvar > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2008 at 11:22 AM,

Internal Error

2008-02-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I occasionally have the dreaded Internal Error after a search in FM, then FM closes. Would extra RAM help? I have 1 GB of RAM now. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages

Internal Error

2008-02-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I occasionally have the dreaded "Internal Error" after a search in FM, then FM closes. Would extra RAM help? I have 1 GB of RAM now. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson

Re: Using PDF Converter with Frame

2008-01-27 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a list I've compiled. This list was compiles mainly with Word in mind. You have to check the support on FM. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson --- Free: - PDF995 - CutePDF http://www.acrosoftware.com/Products/CutePDF/Printer.asp - Create PS file and use GSview (which uses

Using PDF Converter with Frame

2008-01-27 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a list I've compiled. This list was compiles mainly with Word in mind. You have to check the support on FM. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson --- Free: - PDF995 - CutePDF http://www.acrosoftware.com/Products/CutePDF/Printer.asp - Create PS file and use GSview (which uses

Keyboard shortcut for copyright symbol

2008-01-24 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Does anyone know where I could get a list of Alt+ shortcuts? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Martinek, Carla wrote: > I use them all the time, since they're application-independent. > > Also good to know: > > ALT+0153 = (tm) > ALT+0174 = (r) > > -Carla > > ---

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