Re: [Framers] Converting a frame maker document to a word document

2023-12-12 Thread peter
Could you save as PDF and then save that as Word? Alternately, you could sub-contract the job to me 😊 Peter -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Tammy Van Boening Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 4:41 PM To: Framers Subject: [Framers] Converting a frame maker document to a

RE: Proofread your EMails

2007-06-06 Thread peter
Where are you? It's Wednesday here :-) Peter Original Message Wow! All this good fun, and it's not even Friday! (Sorta like "Christmas in July", it's "Friday on Tuesday"...?) Chuck __

Re: Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF

2007-06-21 Thread peter
Art, Can you give me a link to that forum please. Peter Original Message information in the archives here and in the Adobe FM User Forum (where ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL

RE: Recall: FM to RH Import Settings?

2007-08-07 Thread peter
To late! It's already been sent to the world! Peter Original Message Handel, Randy would like to recall the message, "FM to RH Import Settings?". ___ You are currently subscribed to Fr

RE: Keyboard shortcuts stop working

2007-09-06 Thread peter
I occasionally get this with 7.1p116 Peter Original Message Hi all, a fellow Framer is using FrameMaker 7.2b144. Sometimes (and we don't know how it's triggered) the keyboard shortcuts (CTRL+X, CTRL+Z and others) stop working. When he

RE: FrameMaker 8 Online Manuals

2007-10-12 Thread peter
In my case they're at: C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.1\OnlineManuals Peter Original Message Hello Framers, I am sorry for the repeat question, as I think it has been asked before. I am looking for the FrameMaker 8 Online Ma

RE: FrameMaker 8 Online Manuals

2007-10-12 Thread peter
Oops! Sorry, that's 7.1 - can'y help with 8 Peter Original Message Hello Framers, I am sorry for the repeat question, as I think it has been asked before. I am looking for the FrameMaker 8 Online Manuals, particulary the Structured A

RE: PDF'd colored figures from FM to B/W?

2005-11-22 Thread peter
What printer is defined when you create the PDF? I've seen this happen if you specified a mono printer. Peter Original Message HI Everyone, Does anyone have a clue why the following happens? I have an FM file with a colored PDF figure (imp

RE: FM 7.2 starts much slower than 7.1

2006-05-19 Thread peter
There is a similar set for FM 7.1 too. Peter Original Message When I received my FM7.2 upgrade I knew it was supplied with a new set of fonts so I looked on the CD but couldn't find them anywhere. After inspecting my FM7.2 installation I

RE: table anchors - best practices?

2006-06-28 Thread peter
I always anchor tables and figures in their own paragraph with a style called Anchorline. Anchor line is set to 2pt text. Peter Original Message Richard Combs had a comment in the thread "Question about the hyperlink from the LOF to the f

RE: Problems with special characters

2006-07-05 Thread peter
Greater or equal is alt-0179 (I believe the 0 is required). You probably need to wrap this in symbol font. Peter Original Message Dear all, I have a tough time finding shortcuts for special characters. On the Internet, I found an Ascii table

RE: Shortcut keys stop working

2006-10-10 Thread peter
I get this too, on FM 7.1p116. I only have to exit FM and restart to fix it. Peter Original Message Hi guys, Working in FM 7p492 on XP for about 2+ hours ... suddenly the shortcut keys (that is, Cltr + C to copy and so forth) stop working. Using

FrameMaker vs. InDesign, round CS4

2008-09-23 Thread Peter Gold
x27;t often a designer's need. ID has always had auto-flow for "placed" content (like File > Import > File in FM). It creates pages as it needs them. You'll need to read the short passage in Help, when ID CS4 is released. HTH Regards, Peter Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

FrameMaker vs. InDesign, round CS4

2008-09-23 Thread Peter Gold
FrameMaker users moving to Indesign. FM Mac diehards - don't forget that ID works on Mac OS X, both Intel and PowerPC G4/G5 chips. FM's stuck at 7.0 on Classic or OS 9 on Mac. Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Element boundaries

2008-09-24 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Roger: The property is saved in each file. You can set the property for multiple files by selecting them in a book window and using View > Show (or Hide) Element Boundaries, then perform Shift+File > Save All Files In Book. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold K

Space!........ABOVE & BELOW!!

2008-09-24 Thread Peter Gold
ion to work either larger one wins, or additive. Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC wrote: > Hello fellow FrameManiacs, > > I'd like to know your philosophy - if you have

Page numbering question

2008-09-24 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Keith: Search FM Help for last page in book, and choose the topic "Including the total page count of a book in a header or footer," (or just search for "total page count.") HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5

InDesign and FrameMaker Text Entry Comparison (WAS: FrameMaker vs. InDesign, round CS4)

2008-09-25 Thread Peter Gold
gn CS3 Visual Quick Start," by Sandee Cohen, and "Real World InDesign CS3," by Olav Kvern and David Blatner. * These ID-specific resources don't address FM-to-ID issues, so if you find that applying the FrameMaker side of your brain InDesign causes headaches, post your questions here. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Structure View won't appear

2008-09-26 Thread Peter Gold
rename the safety copy to maker.ini, then restart FM. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:22 PM, wrote: > Whenever I try to modify a structured document, the Structure View will > not appear when I click the Structure View button. All o

Backup folder in Frame 7.0?

2008-09-29 Thread Peter Hirons
I would strongly suggest giving the folders numeric names in the mmdd format (e.g. 20080929) then you will be easily able to find the latest. Peter -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art

Migrating features over to InDesign

2008-09-29 Thread Peter Gold
matic features, consider posting your requests for changes in both FM and ID at Adobe's official link: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Lea Rush wrote: > Damn. Thanks for the heads&#x

Migrating features over to InDesign

2008-09-29 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Lea: On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Lea Rush wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Thanks for the reminder and the link. You're welcome. > Quite frankly, I'll be using Frame > until it's metaphorically pried from my cold, dead fingers. I have a lot of > duties

FrameMaker-Acrobat-Other?

2008-09-30 Thread Peter Gold
st page of the corresponding PDF, not the actual page the > index tag references. > > Could this be a SharePoint issue? > Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Password and restrict copying rights on pdf files generated fromFramemaker

2009-04-01 Thread Peter Gold
code when creating the PDF. So, perhaps there's a FrameMaker add-on or plug-in that might offer the same options. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)

2009-04-01 Thread Peter Gold
Paragraph Designer, there is no flashing cursor to let > you know. > >> Between pages of the Designer dialogs? I'm on my Mac now, so I can't check this out, but in FM 8 and earlier, PgUp/PgDn would cycle through Paragraph, Character, and (I think) Table designer property pages. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

searching for article in front of a variable

2009-04-10 Thread Peter Gold
opriate article, would it suffice to define the variable with the article and the form name, as: "a DHW " or "an MOH "? HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Table footnotes

2009-04-17 Thread Peter Gold
move. The table footnote separator frame on the reference page controls the spacing below the table, and the position of the separator line within the frame. HTH Regards, Peter ______ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Table footnotes

2009-04-17 Thread Peter Gold
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Martinek, Carla wrote: > > > Thank you! ?I should have known that... > > Problem solved. Of course you knew it! You just forgot that you knew it. I only reminded you! Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

[Free Framers] FrameMaker 9 screen-refresh problems with VMWare Fusion 2 on Intel Mac with OS X 10.5.6 "Leopard"

2009-04-27 Thread Peter Gold
to 32-bit, yet. On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Wayne Brissette wrote: > Peter: > > I would knock down the memory on the windows side. I know it sounds > strange, but leaving it at 640 (the VM default) actually seems to work > without any issues. Whereas when I increased it, it simpl

FrameMaker 9 screen-refresh problems with VMWare Fusion 2 on Intel Mac with OS X 10.5.6 "Leopard"

2009-04-20 Thread Peter Gold
I've just started using this combination of tools: FrameMaker 9.0 p196 VMWare Fusion 2 Intel Mac MacBook Pro Mac OS X 10.5.6 '' Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Cross-ref formats

2009-08-04 Thread Peter Gold
easy to modify the appearance, if necessary, without affecting "Emphasis, bold" or other defined character formats. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProService

FM9 and two monitors

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Gold
ication. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

View Only

2009-08-18 Thread Peter Gold
ld Ctrl to change the text pointer to the graphic pointer in order to select the frame, you dragged the frame with Ctrl still pressed. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Art Campbell wrote: > Try keying in: > ? Esc F l k &

View Only

2009-08-18 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Judy: On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Judy wrote: > Peter, > You win the prize! ?I had a text frame covering the entire chart. ?I often > inadvertently copy by continuing to hold the Ctrl key while I attempt to > move a frame. ?I'm sure that must've happened and I didn

FM9 and Text Frames

2009-08-19 Thread Peter Gold
ormats with autonumbers. HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices > --- On Wed, 8/19/09, Alison Craig wrote: > > From: Alison Craig > Subject: FM9 and Text Frames > To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" > Received: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 2:27 PM >

TOC/Index unformatted

2009-12-04 Thread Peter Gold
with your teammates and manager for their location. When you find them, open them, and open the unformatted generated TOC and index you created. With the unformatted TOC active, use File > Import > Formats and choose the TOC template to import its formatting; do the same from the unformatted in

TOC/Index unformatted

2009-12-04 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Brenda: On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Branam, Linda C wrote: > Peter, > > That did it. Glad to hear it. > But now I have another problem. It's a good practice to start a new thread with an identifying title, for an unrelated problem, so folks can be more likely to find

Missing registration marks

2009-12-05 Thread Peter Gold
nough room for the marks. Try a tabloid or larger paper size. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Missing registration marks

2009-12-05 Thread Peter Gold
Sounds like someone should enter a feature request to fix the UI so this is made clear. Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Fred Ridder wrote: > > > Good one Linda. I forgot about that and nobody had mentioned it

Disappearing anchored frames: strange FrameMaker bug

2009-12-07 Thread Peter Gold
the last frame in a flow, one that lacks the Autoflow property to create a "next" frame for the overflow; it sounds as if this isn't the case for you. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Conditional Text used within a table with endnotes.

2009-12-14 Thread Peter Gold
e source content, and they are not renumbering? HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Bill Swallow wrote: > I am having trouble following you. So the end notes are numbered and > the numbering does not update as some a

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Peter Gold
I don't have FrameMaker available now, but IIRC, there's a setting under Edit > Update that can turn off automatic checking of links when a file is opened. I can't remember if it's book-wide, document-wide, or application-wide, depending on the active context when you s

"Anchoring" Callout Text to a Figure

2009-12-17 Thread Peter Gold
using the arrow keys to move by one pixel per key press, or use Shift+arrow keys to move by five pixels. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:44 PM, David Spreadbury wrote: > You select the graphic frame, then press Ctrl+

"Anchoring" Callout Text to a Figure

2009-12-17 Thread Peter Gold
documents, and, they don't appear in printed or PDF'd documents. Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Combs, Richard wrote: > David Spreadbury wrote: > >> Not to beat this horse much further into the ground,

TCS2 Distiller license problem

2009-12-17 Thread Peter Gold
I'm really scared. If "cud" can't figure this out, what about mere FrameMaker mortals? Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

"Anchoring" Callout Text to a Figure

2009-12-17 Thread Peter Gold
uot; perhaps it would help to name X; some of us may have experience with X, and may have some painfully-learned experience that can help you make the transition to FrameMaker. > Thanks to all. Ask anytime. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Footnote Out of Sequence

2009-02-02 Thread Peter Gold
ncrement to 3. If a new footnote reference is inserted before footnote 1 or 2, they'll increment correctly; the cross-reference to multiple instances of 2 may require a cross-reference update action, but otherwise, as any cross-reference, these are self-maintaining. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Footnote Out of Sequence

2009-02-02 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Jim: On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Pinkham, Jim wrote: > Hi, Peter -- > > Thanks for taking this on. The sequence is 1,2,2,1. The first three are > fine. The second 2 is indeed accomplished by the cross-reference > technique. The only thing I had expected, based on the m

My document "properties" in template turns sideheads on for several files where it is unwanted

2009-02-04 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Baruch: Search Google for "fluidview framemaker" without quotes. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Baruch Brodersen wrote: > Richard, > > Interesting. Amazing really. > > I use Rick Quattro&#x

S-L-O-W cursor movement in FrameMaker 9

2009-02-09 Thread Peter Gold
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Art Campbell wrote: > I was able to get something like this to happen this weekend, too, and Sounds like you should give FM the weekend off to recharge. Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Getting earlier version of FM

2009-02-10 Thread Peter Gold
you provide some context on your work situation . For example, are you expected to be developing or refining structured FM templates? Or, will mature templates be provided for you, and you'll only need to use them to create or maintain content with them? HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Numbering question

2009-02-24 Thread Peter Gold
utline template to display examples of the numbering. With the Paragraph Designer open to the Numbering properties pane, move your insertion pointer through the example paragraphs, and observe the paragraph tag name and its Autonumber format to see the formats and their results. HTH Regards,

converting email addresses to hyperlink

2009-01-01 Thread Peter Gold
et myself unlocked...) Searching for view-only in Help would also work. HTH ____ Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Greater Than Or Equal To symbol in Frame 8 on XP pro

2009-01-07 Thread Peter Gold
t doesn't work. I have also searched the character sets pdf that is loaded > with the application. I have searched Google. I can't seem to get it to work. > > Any tips? > > Thanks, > > Brian > _______ HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

pilcrow before tag name in character catalog

2009-01-08 Thread Peter Gold
ted a char format, saved, closed the doc and Frame itself and > reopened, but nothing new in the catalog. > > Many thanks. > > -- > Milan Davidovic HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)

2009-01-12 Thread Peter Courlis
Good Morning, Does anyone know of a source of Book templates (free) that a newbie might have access to, for study? TIA -peter --- On Mon, 1/12/09, David Spreadbury wrote: > From: David Spreadbury > Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured >

Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructuredFM8)

2009-01-12 Thread Peter Courlis
Thank you for the quick response. (I have learned so much, as a result of monitoring this List.) - Peter --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Phil Heron wrote: > From: Phil Heron > Subject: RE: Easiest way to create a new book from a template > (unstructuredFM8) > To: "framers&quo

Recent file list?

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Gold
? You can open one or multiple selected files from a book window. Another option is to create a folder of shortcuts for these files and place it on the desktop or wherever it's most convenient to find, then open the file(s) with the shortcut(s). HTH Regards, Peter __ Pete

Text Insets Appear In TOC

2009-01-19 Thread Peter Gold
The "Not Undoable" message is correct, but I've outlined the open-all-files / close-all-files-without-saving method above to revert, if necessary. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Off List

2009-01-25 Thread Peter Courlis
Howard said: "let's make sure it deals with the use of FrameMaker" Gosh, I like that! -pc --- On Sun, 1/25/09, Howard Rauch wrote: > From: Howard Rauch > Subject: Off List > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 9:36 AM > One of the qualities of this list that

Outline

2009-01-28 Thread Peter Gold
want to generate the real TOC, close the outline TOC and delete or rename it, then open the real TOC, save it to the correct name, and generate. HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Soliciting hardware recommendations

2009-07-14 Thread Peter Gold
for around $30, gave back 3 GB for for Mac OS X, and retained 1 GB for Fusion 2. Jenny: you might want to look at Google's Calendar. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Jenny Greenleaf wrote: > I am running TCS in VMW

OT: Heading levels in a UG

2009-07-15 Thread Peter Gold
bally indicate "*" and "" with his comment. His methods of providing multiple layers of information - sparklines, common measurement references across graphics that vary in scale, and various graphic schemes that indicate data and information relationships - present much of the additional levels of information, without additional heading levels. IOW, "organizational problem" solutions. Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

OT: List of files w/i a directory

2009-06-09 Thread Peter Gold
* Start > Run > command to open a DOS window and keep it open At the prompt, type "help dir" (without quotes) * Search with Google for directory print list utilities, some free and some shareware. HTH Regards, Peter ______ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue

Is FM8 --> FM9 worth the money?

2009-06-17 Thread Peter Gold
Check the What's New section of the FM9 PDF user manual Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Writer wrote: > If you're using it to author in DITA, then I would say yes. If you're > authoring in unstruct

cross book cross-references

2009-03-02 Thread Crimmin, Peter
Book1.pdf attempts to find its target inside myChapter2.pdf, which does not exist (because it is generated inside myBook2.pdf). Solutions? __ Peter Crimmin Documentation Manager NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. One Wayside

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Gold
ot read page structure. > cannot find CMAP resource file> [33] If the PDF was made using Mac's Preview application, this could be the problem; check document info for Creator. If you get the same error when trying to Save As with all documents, the Acrobat installation may be corrupted. HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

OT: Cannot extract text from PDF

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Gold
Have you tried: * Copy/Paste * Printing to PDF from Acrobat Pro, then trying to extract text by Save As? HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Shuttleworth, Roger wrote: > Thanks for your help. > > I can save other PDFs without a problem. >

[semi-OT] Anyone having problems with this morning's Acrobat and Reader patches?

2009-03-12 Thread Peter Gold
Is it possible that the new releases use more memory, and are running into a memory hardware problem? Can you run a diagnostic on the RAM chips, or at least swap their positions and reseat them? Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:47 PM

Combining separate FM files in print out

2009-03-19 Thread Peter Gold
stops half a page down, the next file starts > on the second half of the page. You'll need to create a file that looks this way to print it this way. You can create such a file by importing the individual files as text insets into one "container" file. Look up

Using Framers to network for job-hunting?

2009-03-20 Thread Peter Courlis
Framers Seems like it is an appropriate time for a SpinOff [JOBS] list... This economic storm is going to be with us awhile, therefore, I suggest we'll share a lot of interest in a Spin Off List... peter --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Art Campbell wrote: > From: Art Campbell > Subject

Need to have larger fonts in dialog boxes and for menu items on the Solaris platform

2009-03-23 Thread Peter Gold
in catalog titles, like Character Format catalog and Paragraph Format catalog, and menu titles and options. Many unix FM properties are configurable via x-resources. I seem to recall that an x-resource can set fonts. Another approach is to lower your screen resolution to show less real estate at a larger size. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Printing Structured View in Frame 8

2009-03-24 Thread Peter Gold
Have you tried the scrolling-window capture feature in screen capture tools like SnagIt? I'm on my Mac now, so I can't try it myself. If you don't have SnagIt, you can download a trial copy, or you can search Google for free Windows screen-capture tools. HTH`

Anyway/tool to update cross-ref defs easily

2009-03-26 Thread Peter Gold
ug-in that might work for you. It's not been updated in a long time, so it may not work with FM 8 or 9. Find it at: http://www.freeframers.org/freeware/cud/ Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:44 AM, wrote: > Hello: > >

OT: Adobe TCS2--RoboHelp 8 integration with FrameMaker 9

2009-05-06 Thread Peter Kelly
table. Best, Peter

Inventory of Template Features

2009-05-11 Thread Peter Gold
ll marked with conditions, so users can hide the notations when they're not needed. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Nancy Allison wrote: > Hi, everyone. I've created a template that I'm pretty happy wit

Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Peter Gold
ect and apply a condition to the whole end-of-flow paragraph, when you hide the condition, the curly symbol isn't hidden, so it leaves a blank line at the end of the table title or table cell. You can overcome this nuisance by including the Run-In property to either the autonumbered or non-autonumbered paragraph format, so that there's no extra blank line caused by hiding one or the other paragraph. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Frame vs Indesign vs alternatives??

2009-05-12 Thread Peter Gold
s without a restart. If there was an open-source replacement for FM, with all of its features and reliability, we'd all know about it. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Laurie Little wrote: > Hello from beautiful sunny

Frame vs Indesign vs alternatives??

2009-05-12 Thread Peter Gold
ible from a visible window to a destination in another visible window, and, yes, you can do it all mouselessly. You might want to give ID another look. > > (Another reason I'm avoiding upgrading to 9.) > > FM really is unique in that respect... Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Frame vs Indesign vs alternatives??

2009-05-17 Thread Peter Gold
> > I am a technical writer and used FrameMaker for about ten years before my > current position, where I use InDesign CS3. Based on my experience with both > tools and what I've read about InDesign CS4, I agree with Peter and Art's > perspective. HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Frame vs InDesign vs. alternatives??

2009-05-18 Thread Peter Gold
lks who develop custom scripts. But, again, this is more complicated than FM's approach. Once again, request the feature at: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Procedure How to Write a Manual!

2009-05-22 Thread Peter Gold
the packets move on the same network channel; each protocol is identified by different code around the packets. I corrected the illustration to indicate one communication line between the computers; sets of identifiers, like "xpacketx ypackety zpacketz," indicated the x, y, and z protocols moving along the single line. In addition, if you haven't already, search Google for endian. Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Importing styles: with a Frame Above/Below Pgf pics from References pages

2009-05-24 Thread Peter Gold
ill replace the target file's reference page with different stuff. FM can't import specific reference pages; it's all or none from the source file. However, you can create uniquely-named reference pages in the utility file and delete any reference pages that you don't want the import process to replace. HTH Regards, Peter __ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

To Find+Replace on a text and its Paragraph tag to convert it to another Paragraph tag

2009-05-24 Thread Peter Gold
Regards, Peter ______ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi all, > How can I Find+Replace on a text and its Paragraph tag to convert it to > another Paragraph tag (but keep the original text)? > > TIA, > > - avi

TOC not what should be

2009-05-26 Thread Peter Gold
Try spelling it <$chapnum> not <$chap*t*num>. HTH Regards, Peter ______ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:59 PM, wrote: > Hey all, > > (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc) > > I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where

missing PDF chapter

2009-11-20 Thread Crimmin, Peter
hics whatsoever. ______ Peter Crimmin Documentation Manager NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. One Wayside Road Burlington MA 01803 m 617 308 4974 (preferred) h 617 924 5095 (at home in Boston)

With Apologies to RJ - just can't quite feel the love or embracethis FM9 interface

2009-11-24 Thread Peter Gold
The Float All in Windows menu option cascades all open non-minimized documents. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:02 AM, John Sgammato wrote: > I got stuck with that, too. It had a certain Art Deco geometric charm... &g

Disappearing anchored frames: strange FrameMaker bug

2009-11-30 Thread Peter Gold
black line at the bottom of a text frame that indicates overflowed content that has no place to go - i.e, no next frame in the flow. HTH Regards, Peter _______ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote: > At 11:37 -0800 30/11/09, L

Sad news about Rick Henkel

2009-11-30 Thread Peter Gold
It's always sad news when any community loses a member. It's especially painful when that person has been so generous and supportive of other members, and to the whole member community, for so long. Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

Replace on part of a wildcards search

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Gold
t my couple of quick tests were failing because the feature's gone from the product as well as the doc, or if I just didn't enter the search string correctly. I don't have an earlier FrameMaker installed, and don't have the earlier docs handy. Perhaps someone on the

Replace on part of a wildcards search

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Gold
s-references, smart auto-numbered lists, and text variables like running headers. Release-by-release these and more features have been added. This response might be a good reason to whine on the FrameMaker lists for some of InDesign's features, like nested paragraph styles. HTH Regards, Peter __

Wild Card Searches

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Gold
xpunged from the FM 9 docs and help? HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:45 PM, David Spreadbury wrote: > Peter, > First I tried to search the framers archives because there was a discussion > on this topic a while back,

Replace on part of a wildcards search

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Matt: BINGO!! Thanks for the memory jogger. I think in later releases, the examples weren't italicized; it's confusing to see the same symbol used in Roman style in the middle column, then in italic in the example column. Regards, Peter ___ Peter Go

Replace on part of a wildcards search

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Gold
FM9 docs; there's a hint, it's just not in the index, and only findable by searching for "wildcard." Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:02 PM, David Spreadbury wrote: > You are quite right. > > Th

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

2009-10-06 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Yves: I seem to recall something like that is available, possibly free, from omsys.com. You may have to export all to MIF first. dtptools.com has a free FM2MIF batch tool that can be helpful for the above step. HTH Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Yves

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

2009-10-06 Thread Peter Gold
gards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:40:11 -0500, Peter Gold > wrote: > >>I seem to recall something like that is available, possibly >>free, from omsys.com. You may

Beware the Inadvertent Global Search and Replace

2009-10-15 Thread Peter Gold
cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform> for a preference or option to set the Find/Replace default to what you think is needed. > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson > Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices

FM 9 vs. InDesign

2009-10-21 Thread Peter Gold
s/SelectingDTPprogram.pdf. > PG: The DTP tools converter can be very helpful in converting your FM templates to ID, but as mentioned above, the FM features that have no exact ID counterparts will be fudged to make the converted layouts as alike as possible. I reviewed this product in InDesign

FM 9 vs. InDesign

2009-10-21 Thread Peter Gold
usiness, there's a great quantity of free InDesign scripts "out there." Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing Inc. > 585-659-8267 > rick at frameexpert.com > www.frameexpert.com > > > > Can

FM 9 vs. InDesign

2009-10-22 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Rick: Thanks for the detailed reply. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Peter, > > > > I am comparing component chapter files in a catalog with lots of data. We > used InDesign CS4. Although we don?t have a version of the catalog in > FrameMaker

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