"I use the mailmerge feature in Word to
import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product
on which the report is based, the final score that the product achieved
and so on... Is this something that I can do better using Framemaker?"
Out-of-the-box, No.
But, I've already
For added safety, create a character format, and use the character format
and character in a variable. That way the formatting won't be lost due to
an inadvertent application of the default character format to the entire
paragraph.
Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer
"Art Campbell" wrote on
"Lester C. Smalley" wrote on 05/15/2007 04:24:11
PM:
> Are any of the figures inside either another text frame, or a table?
>
> Numbering usually works extremely well, provided all the paragraph tags
> are in the same text flow. Either of these instances creates a different
> text flow and/or
To address the initial problem:
The only repair I have found that works is to rebuild the files anchored
frames from the point at which the numbering is broken. To be extra sure,
rebuild them all.
Save a copy of your file, in the working file delete all anchored frames,
then with the working
"Allen, Richard (Raytheon)" wrote on 05/01/2007
03:20:42 PM:
> An XML document instance is void of formatting. Formatting is left to
> the application, AT or FM or IE or...
Yeah, but...
You did say that was the short answer, and others have already chimed in
that setting up applications in
Steve Rickaby wrote on 04/27/2007
05:19:00 AM:
> At 11:46 -0700 26/4/07, Matt Sullivan wrote:
> >These days, Frame can work directly with the XML, and storing as .fm is
> >strictly optional. IMO, this undercuts much of AT's sales pitch.
And the most annoying thing is that working 'natively'
Consider using Xrefs. I've found that documents containing abbreviations,
terms, values, and the like and referenced as necessary make for very
versatile and easily maintained FrameMaker documents.
You won't like my answer, but it's the only solution I've found to the
problem you describe.
You need to make a copy of the file, delete all anchored frames, then open
the copy and working file side by side.
In the copy, use find to locate each anchored frame.
For each anchored frame, create a
Sorry to chime in late.
Here's how I've done it when I needed a documents page count elsewhere. A
paragraph with a format called PageCount placed on A REFERENCE PAGE!
Then you just put the page count variable as the only text. You then Xref
to the last document in a book. No need for blank
ASI may have an official document out supporting indexes and
differentiating between indexes and indices, but with all due respect,
there is nothing wrong with using "indices" in any context. I have seen no
dictionary or language authority that makes a differentiation in
definition between the
Niels Fan?e wrote on 09/27/2006 07:55:13 AM:
> As far as I can see, there is no way of doing this. I can apply a
> master page on the index heading, but that only covers the page on
> which the heading is situated, not the subsequent pages. I made a
> script which can reformat the text frame
Another point to consider. What are the differences between the default
right/left master pages and the index right/left master pages?
If it is only the number of columns, consider this: have a two column
layout on the default Left/Right master pages. Then, set all formats in
the paragraph
Steve Rickaby wrote on 08/24/2006
04:39:40 AM:
> When both the imported
> Illustrator work and the FrameMaker files were combined and output
> to PDF, the two 'different' colors appeared the same, and correct.
Another tangent: Were either the Illustrator or FrameMaker displayed
colours
If you want to remove ALL extraneous information, remove the entire
catalogues from the MIF file using PERL.
I'm not familiar with L10N company processes, but why can't they identify
what is text and what is formatting? Translating even the used formats is
pointless and counter-productive
Sorry if this isn't relevant. It has been a while since I was in the
depths of structured documents, DTDs, EDDs, R/W, and the like.
One thing that stumped me for a while was the creation of entities for
graphics when they shouldn't have been. Turns out that if the userstring
property (which
Framers wrote on 08/22/2006 03:52:23 PM:
> The bottom line is I have a client who doesn't want to send his files
out to
> the printer but print them on a color printer.
Welcome to the (hellish) world of colourmatching. Fussing with the colour
on screen is virtually meaningless. If the two are
"Combs, Richard" wrote on 08/09/2006 02:10:22
PM:
> Are all the bits in the same connected text flow?
The Symptom certainly seems to point to disconnected text flows.
My guess would go further and suppose that the following items are in fact
on the same page:
The First Bit
The Second Bit
"Sarah O'Keefe" wrote on 08/09/2006 03:07:05 PM:
> Or possibly headings that reside in tables.
Absolutely. But I shudder to think what Machiavellian template is built
that way...
Unless perhaps it's to get the effect of a shaded box. But as noted, that
would destroy the usefulness of
How do you change the paper colour? By changing the paper in the printer.
VBG!
Except for the suggestion changing windows settings, all the artifices to
change the background colour have the same danger. If you don't set it up
with a colour that is set to not print, you'll end up with
Nidhi,
The quick and simple answer is that the function you are looking for can
be found in the Edit menu:
Edit > Copy Special > Paragraph Format
Edit > Copy Special > Character Format
The longer answer, IMO, depends on what you're doing with the function.
Are you propagating named formats
mathieu jacquet wrote on 08/04/2006 08:05:22 AM:
>First : I was writing text on my first page and when I reached the bottom
of
>it, FM did not create a second page to write on but allowed me to write
on
>and on underneath the footer.
Assuming you are not working in a table:
In a nutshell,
Based on the descriptions and the sourceforge notes, it seems to me that
the XMetal add-in is to simply use FrameMaker as a PDF output engine.
The free Adobe plug-in that is due out shortly lets you use FrameMaker as
your authoring environment.
Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer
framers-bounces+eric.dunn=ca.transport.bombardier.com at lists.frameusers.com
wrote on 07/19/2006 05:14:23 PM:
> 7) Highlight the file testTOC.fm, right click and select Set Up table
> of Contents
> No styleas are in the left side pane.
> Why not?
Both the formats to be selected in the TOC
Have to say I'm intrigued as to what possible purpose a TOC of a TOC would
serve.
But, the only way to automatically set-up a generated file would be to use
FrameScript.
Or
Have a book set up with a TOC and other generated files as you want them,
then use that "book template" to build
"Joe Malin" wrote on 07/19/2006 06:18:24 PM:
> My guess is that FM clears out the old
> information as a "feature"; it only allows you to add paragraph tags
> that are in your existing files, so it must first clear out everything
> that was there from before.
As I pointed out in my post to John,
framers-bounces+eric.dunn=ca.transport.bombardier.com at lists.frameusers.com
wrote on 07/18/2006 05:05:52 PM:
> However, I do agree about the problms with conditionalizing at the
> word level...just hoping that someone will come out with an "ah HAH!"
> technique.
> John Posada
> Senior
Steve Rickaby wrote on 06/29/2006 01:47:56 PM:
> If/then and If/then/else or If/then/eiseif/else have been the
> constructs in any programming language that I can remember working
> in.
While I won't argue with the underlying point Steve's logic with respect
to the addition of an AND clause to
Bill Briggs wrote on 06/29/2006 03:30:32 PM:
> At 2:04 PM -0400 6/29/06, eric.dunn at ca.transport.bombardier.com wrote:
> >Firstly, logically speaking, isn't there a difference between:
> >- If A, and then B
> >and
> >- If A and B
> From the point of view of someone who is used to such
Perhaps a generated alphabetic list of markers could be used. Place a
marker (choose a type) at the beginning of each topic containing the
reviewer's name.
Or rethink your production process. Perhaps you should produce files with
one topic per file and build custom books for each reviewer. Or
"Caroline Tabach" wrote on 06/25/2006 06:28:43 AM:
> In order for the ToC to work the way we want (the words Appendix B will
> appear before the chapter name, instead of chapter 5), they have a
> heading tag, called AppendixHeading, when they appear as a chapter, they
> have a different heading
What exactly is a FrameMaker "typesetter"?
And, why the absolute need for on-site availability?
If , as it seems, the job is to apply styles and paginate text in a
FrameMaker template, anyone anywhere should be able to complete the
project.
Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer
"Celine
"Patricia Carmel" wrote on 06/18/2006 10:20:43 AM:
> Now I find that in every chapter in this guide,
> there are two Figure x-1s.
Hopefully, the problem is due to numbering series. How is the autonumber
string defined? What other series are used in the documents? How are the
captions created?
Well, the text was imported from Word. That explains EVERYTHING. lol :D
Should have thought about disconnected text frames myself.
While autoconnect was selected, it doesn't mean the current frame and next
similarly tagged frame are connected. Autoconnect will only cause
FrameMaker to create a
Eric Dunn wrote on 06/19/2006 09:44:37 AM:
> While autoconnect was selected, it doesn't mean the current frame and
next
> similarly tagged frame are connected. Autoconnect will only cause
> FrameMaker to create a new page should content in the current text frame
> overflow.
Just a quick note:
Rene Stephenson wrote on 06/09/2006 04:43:01 PM:
> Changing to text destroys the purpose of using the xref (e.g., one-stop
> updating/changes).
You only do it just before creating the PDF. You don't save the documents.
So, there's no loss of functionality in the FrameMaker working files...
"David Bills" wrote on 06/10/2006 04:50:57 AM:
> The point I'm attempting to make is that large departments, particularly
> those that weigh specialized technical skills and experience higher than
> desktop publishing skills, should factor the Frame capabilities of their
> less skilled Frame
"Ridder, Fred" wrote on 06/08/2006 11:57:39 AM:
> In a situation where only the name changes, I find that it is *much*
> more maintainable to use a variable for the product name because
> you only have to make a change in one place (the variable's value
> definition) when one of the names changes
The text content of a cross-reference is limited by what you can build
using the Xref building blocks. It may be possible to have a Xref that
produces multiple paragraphs (Using \R in the def?) but I doubt it would
be workable.
But to combine multiple paragraphs, you need to have information
Sounds like a job for FrameScript...
Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer
Doug wrote on 06/09/2006 12:03:18 PM:
> Is there a way import text insets by dragging and dropping them into
> an open Frame document? It's irritating to have to jump through the
> menu hoops when you have a large
"Combs, Richard" wrote on 06/09/2006 01:09:11
PM:
> I deliver primarily PDFs, and I wouldn't use xrefs in this way because
> they'd become working hyperlinks in the PDFs. Ugh!
Not a problem. You just change all those Xrefs into text and all is good.
The Xref formats used for the purpose of
Paul Findon wrote on 05/24/2006 01:11:11 PM:
> I usually copy and paste an anchored frame that already has the
> settings I want, delete what's in it, then import the new graphic.
> Paul
DANGER!
Copying anchored frames may result in numbering madness. Well, in our
case, anchored frames
Excellent post Dan. Your post was exactly what I wanted (but was too lazy)
to post as soon as I saw the original post about numbering.
Far too often I see "technical" writers complaining about layout, format,
or organisation because they simply "don't like it" or "it doesn't look
right".
Well, wouldn't you know it. I have to teach tables in FrameMaker and I end
up looking foolish.
It used to be that the sort function only sorted text and markers were
lost. When was that oversight corrected? Because when I demonstrated the
function, markers stayed with their paragraphs.
> Is it possible to do a condition within a variable (just like you do a
> character format within a variable)? I have a master document which I
> have to save into 4 different customer docs. Each customer has its own
> condition. Each doc has to have a different part number due to document
>
Laura Lemay wrote on 03/16/2006 11:07:06 AM:
> My experience with MIF is that for the purposes of source code control
> it is the worst of both ascii and binary. MIF files may be ASCII but
> they are really huge, and a significant part of the file is different
> between saves in FM even if you
Joe Malin wrote on 03/02/2006 01:37:44 PM:
> I don't know a way to find the duplicate ids offhand. sorry!
At the end of my first big SGML project I learned that lesson the hard way
as well.
Fortunately, it wasn't difficult to script a solution with FrameScript. ;)
Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical
Annu Rantam?ki wrote on 02/28/2006 09:05:26 AM:
> We'd like to add a condition marker to certain numbered paragraph
> tags,
Not possible to do automatically, but you can do it in a Find/Replace.
Apply the desired conditions to one paragraph, copy special>conditional
format, and then search for
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