RE: Using a backslash (\) in Hypertext marker

2014-05-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Normally, a backslash followed by another character is treated as an escape mechanism for the subsequent character. So, \Dabc for example, gives you a double dagger before the characters abc, etc. This is completely normal behavior from FrameMaker's perspective. If you truly want a path to

RE: Using a backslash (\) in Hypertext marker

2014-05-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
? Actually, it's a link to another drive (N) and then a path down to the file. So I've got ? N:\Departments\Financial:January2014.fm Ah! I'd suggest trying this: N:/Departments/Financial/January2014.fm It ought to work just fine in Windows - which converts the single forward-slash

RE: ExtendScript Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ...

2014-03-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Yes, this looks correct to me - I think the last one from you was also correct (but not the original)! Thanks, Peter. Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Peter Barraud Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:34 PM To: Craig Ede Cc:

RE: ExtendScript Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ...

2014-03-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: Scott Turner; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: ExtendScript Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ... Hi All, The updated ESTK scripting guides are now available online: Fm11 http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/scripting/index.html (or you can take

RE: What do you all recommend for showing space characters?

2014-03-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
+2423, which actually makes it look better for my needs! Thanks again for all your help! Regards, Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 7:24 PM To: 'Alan Litchfield'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: What do you all

What do you all recommend for showing space characters?

2014-03-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, everybody. In my specifications, I often need to show a space character ... for a text format sample, for example. I usually use a fixed-width font (Consolas) for these format samples. This helps to make the space character obvious, but isn't perfect. Elsewhere, I have also seen the use

RE: What do you all recommend for showing space characters?

2014-03-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
: What do you all recommend for showing space characters? Hi, The UTF-8 code for it is U+2423 and it is called Open Box (␣). In LaTeX you can use the \textvisiblespace{} macro. Regards Alan On 15/03/14 2:09 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: Hi, everybody. In my specifications

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

2014-03-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
. Learning experience for me, I guess ... Z From: Craig Ede [mailto:craig...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 8:23 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); framers Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ... Wouldn't it make sense

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

2014-03-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
A bit of a final post here for closure, and to answer Mike comments below. 1. The original EPS was indeed vector, not bitmap. 2. Agreed that the 1800 dpi PNG file was large. a. Reducing it to 300 dpi made it much smaller. b. Better yet: doing NO anti-aliasing for the PNG

RE: ExtendScript Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ...

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Excellent! Less sad now. :) Thanks, Z From: Peter Barraud [mailto:gapet...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 12:44 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: Scott Turner; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: ExtendScript Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ... Hi Syed

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

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. I am trying to import a graphic - with only four colors in it - (it is in EPS format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view the EPS file on my Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly fine - even when zoomed in. However, for some reason, the file comes into

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

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: I am trying to import a graphic - with only four colors in it - (it is in EPS format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view the EPS file on my Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly fine - even when zoomed in. However, for some

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

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
[mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 2:58 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ... As you have CS3, open the EPS in Illustrator and use the File Export

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

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
change too, I suppose), so had fuzzy color transitions along color edges (in a logo). Z From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 12:46 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Having problems with importing

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

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 1:05 PM To: Lin Sims; Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ... Your recollection is absolutely correct regarding

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

2014-03-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks, Mike. I think that Alison was just responding to my request to understand how to save as a PNG from Photoshop. :) FWIW, this is just a simple 4 color corporate logo, so I am not too worried about using PNG format. As long as it shows cleanly in the output PDF of my documents (and

ExtendScript Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ...

2014-03-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Does anyone know if a new version of this guide is available: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/scripting/framemaker_10_scripting.pdf A search of their site did not find any version 11 or version 12 guide ... Adobe needs to place documentation (and appropriate links) more consistently on

RE: ExtendScript Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ...

2014-03-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 9:48 AM To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: RE: ExtendScript Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ... A sorta related question: the Adobe ExtendScript Tookkit (ESTK) was available as a stand-alone download in version 3.5

RE: ExtendScript Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ...

2014-03-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Scott Turner said in response to my earlier post: Why would they keep documentation current? Adobe is the new Microsoft. Customers/users are irrelevant. Sad ... :( Z On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:40, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Does anyone know

RE: Round-trip revisions via MS Word. Alternate methods?

2014-03-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
such words *in the LaTeX source*. Of course, any editing that resulted in text flow destroyed this, with the manually hyphenated word now appearing hyphenated within a line. Yech. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as syed.hos

RE: Round-trip revisions via MS Word. Alternate methods?

2014-03-03 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
At 09:57 -0800 3/3/14, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: Agreed that LaTeX has a steep learning curve and, in this WYSIWYG world, it may seem like a step backward to some people. However, the power and flexibility (with highly consistent formatted output) is very

RE: Round-trip revisions via MS Word. Alternate methods?

2014-02-27 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Alan Salo wrote: My team converts our material to Word frequently for our Product Support group to use. Our trick is to create a pdf of the Frame document (as we normally do; our preferred delivery). We then use Acrobat's File... Save As Other... Microsoft Word... to create a .docx Word

RE: Compatibility of old(ish) Software with Windows 7

2014-02-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
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RE: Compatibility of old(ish) Software with Windows 7

2014-02-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
) Software with Windows 7 and the opening post specifically mentioned FM7 and Acrobat 7, which do have problems with 64-bit Windows. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: most people do not use old programs that don't work in 64

RE: Compatibility of old(ish) Software with Windows 7

2014-02-14 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
and 4GB on 32-bit is not a bottleneck. On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: On a modern computer/laptop of the past few years, which are usually fully 64-bit capable and _usually_ have more than 4GB of main memory, installing

RE: Compatibility of old(ish) Software with Windows 7

2014-02-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Helen Borrie said: Just a point to those encouraging Carrie to install as 64-bit - there's no way you can make a 32-bit application install or run as 64-bit. You are correct, but ... I think the suggestions have been to install the Windows 7 OS itself as 64-bit, not the application, on

RE: FrameMaker freaks me out

2014-01-23 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Steve Rickaby wrote: At some point while editing yesterday, and I'm not sure what I was doing, *every chapter* in the book I'm working on started displaying all its text as if someone had picked it up and randomly scattered it across the page - complete loss of vertical leading, and

RE: Subject: RE: OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-23 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Mike, point taken. Dr. Reng said the same thing too. Perhaps ... a different question that may be more interesting: Do people here feel that it is necessary to check a PDF in a Reader only environment if that PDF looks fine in Acrobat? Because, I have yet to see one of my files pass

RE: FrameMaker freaks me out

2014-01-23 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Since then, I have relied on two things: DropBox is my friend ;-) Yes, indeed! I do daily backups stored on multiple disks - both here and at home - for safety. I use DropBox, but not for these backup files ... yet ... Z ___ You are currently

RE: OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I understand the concern you all are talking about ... maybe, I have been lucky. :) Like I mentioned, my default setting and use (almost all the time actually) is Acrobat. With the exception of TeXStudio (that has its own built-in PDF displayer linked to the LaTeX source) when I am creating

Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Maxwell Hoffman said: For another viewpoint, Adobe was just named in the top 100 companies to work for by Fortune. Our 2013 revenues considerably exceeded projections. So somebody out there is happy with Adobe. ;-) Perhaps. :) But, at what cost? The unhappy ones are probably the small

RE: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rick Quatro said: Excellent point by Syed. Another point that is easy to miss in this discussion: If all of Adobe's products had the level of quality control that FrameMaker has (long-standing and new bugs, outdated and incomplete documentation, etc.), Adobe certainly wouldn't be as

OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I understand the concern you all are talking about ... maybe, I have been lucky. :) Like I mentioned, my default setting and use (almost all the time actually) is Acrobat. With the exception of TeXStudio (that has its own built-in PDF displayer "linked" to the LaTeX source) when I am creating

Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Maxwell Hoffman said: > For another viewpoint, Adobe was just named in the top 100 companies to work > for by Fortune. Our 2013 revenues considerably exceeded projections. So > "somebody" out there is happy with Adobe. ;-) Perhaps. :) But, at what cost? The unhappy ones are probably the small

Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rick Quatro said: > Excellent point by Syed. Another point that is easy to miss in this > discussion: If all of Adobe's products had the level of quality control that > FrameMaker has (long-standing and new bugs, outdated and incomplete > documentation, etc.), Adobe certainly wouldn't be as

Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

2014-01-22 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> Also, at $400, I doubt if FrameMaker XML Author is going to be able to > compete with other XML editors out there. The idea is fantastic, but the cost > needs to be around $100-150 a seat. A list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_XML_editors. Many licensed and free versions listed

RE: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Tammy and Fred. I know about the dire warnings on installing both Reader and Acrobat on the same system, but I have done this without any issues for more than five or six years now (since Reader 7 onwards, as I recall). I always install Reader first, and then Acrobat afterwards - so that

RE: OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I suspect that it is the Reader uninstall process that has the potential to cause problems with duplicated files, or registry entries and the like. I now leave Reader and Acrobat both installed (in the order that I mentioned in the other response) and there are no issues - Acrobat is used as

RE: OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I guess my reaction is that the information from Dov at that link you found is from 2004 - almost ten years ago... on Windows 98 and Windows XP systems apparently, etc. The results may be quite different today perhaps? Or maybe it is my approach of always installing Acrobat after Reader ...

Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Tammy and Fred. I know about the dire warnings on installing both Reader and Acrobat on the same system, but I have done this without any issues for more than five or six years now (since Reader 7 onwards, as I recall). I always install Reader first, and then Acrobat afterwards - so that

OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I suspect that it is the Reader uninstall process that has the potential to cause problems with duplicated files, or registry entries and the like. I now leave Reader and Acrobat both installed (in the order that I mentioned in the other response) and there are no issues - Acrobat is used as

OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

2014-01-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I guess my reaction is that the information from Dov at that link you found is from 2004 - almost ten years ago... on Windows 98 and Windows XP systems apparently, etc. The results may be quite different today perhaps? Or maybe it is my approach of always installing Acrobat after Reader ...

RE: Applying a character tag to text in FM10

2014-01-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I think you need the Italic version of that font - you just have the Regular and Bold font files apparently. With old Adobe Type 1 fonts, for example, there were multiple separate files for each font set that needed to be available. For example, my old Helvetica, Helvetica-Black and

RE: Applying a character tag to text in FM10

2014-01-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
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Applying a character tag to text in FM10

2014-01-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I think you need the Italic version of that font - you just have the Regular and Bold font files apparently. With old Adobe Type 1 fonts, for example, there were multiple separate files for each "font" set that needed to be available. For example, my old "Helvetica", "Helvetica-Black" and

Applying a character tag to text in FM10

2014-01-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
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RE: End-of-flow wildcard?

2014-01-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Steve Rickaby said: As an avid use and evangeliser of FrameMaker since version 3, Same here ... I began using FrameMaker in 1988 on a Sun 3/50 in SunOS. Steve Rickaby said: I think some decisions have been made that Adobe could come to regret. Unfortunately, I agree. Z

RE: End-of-flow wildcard?

2014-01-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rick Quatro said: The FrameMaker Word import filter leaves a line-feed character at the end of each paragraph. You can't see it, but it is there and apparently affects your search. I routinely strip them out in my scripts. A MIF-wash should remove them. I have seen exactly this too. But,

End-of-flow wildcard?

2014-01-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Steve Rickaby said: > As an avid use and evangeliser of FrameMaker since version 3, Same here ... I began using FrameMaker in 1988 on a Sun 3/50 in SunOS. Steve Rickaby said: > I think some decisions have been made that Adobe could come to regret. Unfortunately, I agree. Z

End-of-flow wildcard?

2014-01-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Rick Quatro said: > The FrameMaker Word import filter leaves a line-feed character at the end of > each paragraph. You can't see it, but it is there and apparently affects your > search. I routinely strip them out in my scripts. A MIF-wash should remove > them. I have seen exactly this too.

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
(syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:22 PM To: Robert Lauriston; Framers Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released I don't plan to do the subscription model for FrameMaker 12 either. It does not make sense for me - even if I were continuing with FrameMaker. It only makes _some_ sense

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:22 PM To: Robert Lauriston; Framers Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released I don't plan to do the subscription model for FrameMaker 12 either. It does not make sense f

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
16, 2014 10:12 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); Simon BUCH; 'Framers' Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released I wanted to add some clarification to points raised in this discussion. [1] Regarding how people behind firewalls can deal with monthly ping on subscription, I got some

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston said: If you buy a subscription and don't renew at the end of the year, the license is invalid and FrameMaker stops working. If you buy the $1000 full version or a $400 or $600 upgrade, the license is perpetual. The only thing that expires is the support agreement. I

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
) and have already switched to LaTeX for all my new work. The price and upgrade costs of LaTeX - after a 2 month learning curve - are infinitely better for _my_ needs! :) Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:22 PM

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
, for you, an earlier version, I guess. Z I don't understand your reasoning. I don't need upgrades to use FrameMaker. It has been going downhill from version 9 on. On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Yeah, I would love to continue

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I don't understand why you would stop using it for new docs. Most of the software I've bought I've never upgraded. I guess you and I have a different philosophy about these, I suppose. :) I prefer to stay up on software upgrades when I am using something extensively. The thinking is to get

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks for the information, Maxwell. I read through your blog info and have a question - although the answer may be academic for me (see paragraph below!) :) 1. What happens after the first year is complete? Is it a "renewed every year for a year" contract? 2. Does cancelling after

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston said: > If you buy a subscription and don't renew at the end of the year, the license > is invalid and FrameMaker stops working. > If you buy the $1000 full version or a $400 or $600 upgrade, the license is > perpetual. The only thing that expires is the support agreement. > I

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
) and have already switched to LaTeX for all my new work. The price and upgrade "costs" of LaTeX - after a 2 month learning curve - are infinitely better for _my_ needs! :) Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 20

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
My comment was that at some time, I could simply stop upgrading and continue to use that last version (as you had mentioned in a post last year) rather than change all the older documents to a new tool. We simply chose to stop at different versions, I suppose ... for me, it is version 11, for

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> I don't understand why you would stop using it for new docs. Most of the > software I've bought I've never upgraded. I guess you and I have a different philosophy about these, I suppose. :) I prefer to stay up on software upgrades when I am using something extensively. The thinking is to get

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
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RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Calling every 30 days for the subscription model version would get old pretty quick, though! :) Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:06 AM To: 'Framers' Subject: RE:

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Simon Buch wrote: ? c. In Kapil VERMA's blog entry, there's a section about Licensing options: 'Furthermore, we are providing both perpetual and subscription licensing options on all our products. We do realize that the licensing needs of our customers vary and hence, we are offering both

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Correct. The cost is charged monthly - with an annual commitment. After 30 days, if you cancel, you will be billed 50% of the remaining contract obligation. What I meant was that the software checks activation every 30 days ... presumably, without Internet access, you would have to call every

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Yeah! :) No internet access allowed for them, so they would have to get the perpetual licenses ... Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:51 AM To: 'Framers' Subject: RE:

RE: FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
just calling to get activation done, I suspect it will not happen at some sites. Z From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:05 AM To: 'Scott Prentice'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released Correct. The cost is charged monthly

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Thanks for the links. Some links on the FAQ page for FM 12 are broken ... notably one that takes you to the subscription pricing (including a "promotional" pricing discount). Also, sorry to beat on this drum still, but the upgrade price of $399 from FrameMaker 11 is still too high to be

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Calling every 30 days for the subscription model version would get old pretty quick, though! :) Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:06 AM To: 'Framers' Subject: RE:

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Simon Buch wrote: ? c. In Kapil VERMA's blog entry, there's a section about "Licensing options": 'Furthermore, we are providing both perpetual and subscription licensing options on all our products. We do realize that the licensing needs of our customers vary and hence, we are offering

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Correct. The cost is charged monthly - with an annual commitment. After 30 days, if you cancel, you will be billed 50% of the remaining contract obligation. What I meant was that the software checks activation every 30 days ... presumably, without Internet access, you would have to call every

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Yeah! :) No internet access allowed for them, so they would have to get the perpetual licenses ... Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:51 AM To: 'Framers' Subject: RE:

FrameMaker 12 released

2014-01-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
to open a firewall - even if temporarily - rather than just calling to get activation done, I suspect it will not happen at some sites. Z From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:05 AM To: 'Scott Prentice'; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: F

RE: Bizarre mouse behavior with FrameMaker

2013-12-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I am not particularly familiar with the Mac, so these would be real SWAGs: 1. Is it a wireless mouse? And, if so, have you tried changing its batteries? I have seen occasional misbehavior with my wireless mouse when the batteries are low. 2. Does the middle scroll wheel also have a push-button

Bizarre mouse behavior with FrameMaker

2013-12-20 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I am not particularly familiar with the Mac, so these would be real SWAGs: 1. Is it a wireless mouse? And, if so, have you tried changing its batteries? I have seen occasional misbehavior with my wireless mouse when the batteries are low. 2. Does the middle scroll wheel also have a push-button

RE: Writing APi documents - best practice

2013-11-27 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: What language is the API written in? Can't comment on the original question posed, but, FWIW, our API's are written in C++ for some, web services (XML/SOAP) for others, and, more recently, REST for some new web interfaces. For our API documents, in the past 13 to 14

Writing APi documents - best practice

2013-11-27 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: > What language is the API written in? Can't comment on the original question posed, but, FWIW, our API's are written in C++ for some, web services (XML/SOAP) for others, and, more recently, REST for some new web interfaces. For our API documents, in the past 13 to 14

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Fred, You have described TeX Live very well, so I will only add a few more words based on my recent experiences with it. 1. Although there are a few distributions listed on the CTAN web site, the TeX Live package has proven effective for me, even though they recommended a different one

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Fred, You have described TeX Live very well, so I will only add a few more words based on my recent experiences with it. 1. Although there are a few distributions listed on the CTAN web site, the TeX Live package has proven effective for me, even though they recommended a different one

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
? Isn't LaTex a non-WYSIWYG application, though? I can't imagine working that way in this century. I don't think I've done that since Wordstar. :) ? Mike Wickham Absolutely correct that it is non-WYSIWYG for the text input. So, it does require a change in thinking when writing. However,

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
PDF generation with intra-document references is one of the limitations in Adobe Acrobat equivalents from other sources (when used with FrameMaker) - Rick Quatro had mentioned this in a response to one of my earlier posts too. However, from TeXstudio (i.e., when using LaTeX), I can get

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare On 30/10/13 7:25 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: PDF generation with intra-document references is one of the limitations in Adobe Acrobat equivalents from

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
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So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
? Isn't LaTex a non-WYSIWYG application, though? I can't imagine working that way in this century. I don't think I've done that since Wordstar. :) ? Mike Wickham Absolutely correct that it is non-WYSIWYG for the text input. So, it does require a change in thinking when writing. However,

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
PDF generation with intra-document references is one of the limitations in Adobe Acrobat equivalents from other sources (when used with FrameMaker) - Rick Quatro had mentioned this in a response to one of my earlier posts too. However, from TeXstudio (i.e., when using LaTeX), I can get

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
That looks good indeed - the description is exactly what I want! I will have to try it out. Thanks much, Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alan Litchfield Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:46

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-29 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Uh dummy me - hyperref is what I am already using. Just haven't explored all the options yet ... Z > That looks good indeed - the description is exactly what I want! I will have > to try it out. > Thanks much, > Z On 30/10/13 7:25 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote: >

RE: So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Joseph. You are not the only one who is abandoning FrameMaker ... if you look at my posts in the past months, I have done the same although I have been using it since 1988 off and on. I am still on the list for old times sake, though. :) Please do send me your detailed reasons in an

So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

2013-10-28 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Joseph. You are not the only one who is abandoning FrameMaker ... if you look at my posts in the past months, I have done the same although I have been using it since 1988 off and on. I am still on the list for old times sake, though. :) Please do send me your detailed reasons in an

RE: Type 1 Helvetica, Internet Explorer, and Windows 7 Incompatible

2013-10-09 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Darn! I just noticed that I am having trouble displaying any text in Type 1 fonts in Word documents - they are all displaying as Arial, although the font metrics from the original Type 1 font are making it display very poorly. I wonder if this is related in any way to what you experienced too?

Type 1 Helvetica, Internet Explorer, and Windows 7 Incompatible

2013-10-09 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Darn! I just noticed that I am having trouble displaying any text in Type 1 fonts in Word documents - they are all displaying as Arial, although the font metrics from the original Type 1 font are making it "display" very poorly. I wonder if this is related in any way to what you experienced

RE: Adobe was hacked

2013-10-08 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
, but are changing them all anyway because Adobe got hacked? That makes about as much sense as rekeying the locks in your house. On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: FWIW, I use different passwords on different sites, so I am

Adobe was hacked

2013-10-08 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Robert Lauriston wrote: > You use a different password for every site, but are changing them all anyway > because Adobe got hacked? That makes about as much sense as rekeying the > locks in your house. I like wearing suspenders and a belt too. :) Seriously, I take my password settings as an

The Adobe credit card issue may indeed be a major issue - PLEASE READ - URGENT

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: Alan T Litchfield; framers@lists.frameusers.com Forum Subject: RE: Adobe was hacked I would also add that the Adobe Cloud model

RE: The Adobe credit card issue may indeed be a major issue - PLEASE READ - URGENT

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Milan Davidović [mailto:milan.li...@gmail.com] wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Alan Litchfield a...@alphabyte.co.nz wrote: some does not thing to reduce the effect of criminals who have been provided with the means for gaining access to *our money*. So, per the terms and conditions

RE: The Adobe credit card issue may indeed be a major issue - PLEASE READ - URGENT

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Milan Davidović milan.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: That added cost would be smaller per person/account than the cost (not just money) of dealing with the resulting fraud costs. Honestly, just

RE: The Adobe credit card issue may indeed be a major issue - PLEASE READ - URGENT

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Theresa de Valence wrote: One thing that did help, the bank card agreed to accept the old card, if the card was presented in person, so this may help you too. Good point. I forgot to mention that the American Express guy recommended carrying my old card too (since I booked the flight and

The Adobe credit card issue may indeed be a major issue - PLEASE READ - URGENT

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: Alan T Litchfield; framers at lists.frameusers.com Forum Subject: RE: Adobe was hacked I would also add that the Adobe Cloud model

The Adobe credit card issue may indeed be a major issue - PLEASE READ - URGENT

2013-10-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Milan Davidovi? [mailto:milan.lists at gmail.com] wrote: > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Alan Litchfield > wrote: > > some does not thing to reduce the effect of criminals who have been > > provided with the means for gaining access to *our money*. > So, per the terms and conditions of your

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