Good vector drawing software

I also use (and like) the various Xara products ... far more cost-effective than Adobe equivalents, although the yearly (or so it seems) upgrade prices leave a bit to be desired. Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com

Question about font format ... slightly off-topic, I suppose.

Hi, all. This question is a bit off-topic, but I would like to get your opinions too! I am using Windows 7 Pro 64-bit with latest versions of FrameMaker 11 and Acrobat XI, of course. For some of my recent font purchases, I received both OpenType and TrueType format files. I.e., the font came

RE: Recent Book on FrameMaker Structured Publishing

That was the Sarah O'Keefe book I was thinking of when I mistakenly posted the link to Unstructured Framemaker 11. Okay, but I appreciate that link post too! :) Gave me information about something to look forward to ... so, thanks much for it! Z

Recent Book on FrameMaker Structured Publishing

> That was the Sarah O'Keefe book I was thinking of when I mistakenly posted > the link to Unstructured Framemaker 11. Okay, but I appreciate that link post too! :) Gave me information about something to look forward to ... so, thanks much for it! Z

TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

> My bad. Is the most recent book on structured publishing with FrameMaker > actually "Structured Publishing from the Desktop: Frame Technology's > Framemaker," published in 1992? I am not sure, to be honest. I have not looked for those older books. I like the Scriptorium _Unstructured_

RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Robert Lauriston wrote: Ready, shoot, aim! Scriptorium's updating their book for FM11 but they're not done yet. http://www.scriptorium.com/books/unstructured-framemaker-11/ Good! I'd also love to see their _unreleased_ Structured FrameMaker 8 ... ideally updated for FrameMaker 11, but

TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Robert Lauriston wrote: > Ready, shoot, aim! > > Scriptorium's updating their book for FM11 but they're not done yet. > > http://www.scriptorium.com/books/unstructured-framemaker-11/ Good! I'd also love to see their _unreleased_ Structured FrameMaker 8 ... ideally updated for FrameMaker 11,

RE: Wildcards not working as expected: detect empty paras

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Wildcards not working as expected: detect empty paras

Unfortunately, no. Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pat Christenson Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:50 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Wildcards not working as expected:

RE: Manually resizing table cell width

Craig Ede wrote: Ah, Windows. I can remember running FrameMaker on a SUN workstation that hadn't been rebooted for months and never having a problem. At the same time I would be rebooting Windows a least twice daily. Now I always restart Windows machines before leaving for the day. Yes,

Manually resizing table cell width

Craig Ede wrote: > Ah, Windows. I can remember running FrameMaker on a SUN workstation that > hadn't been rebooted for months and never having a problem. At the same time > I would be rebooting Windows a least twice daily. Now I always restart > Windows machines before leaving for the day.

RE: Collaborate with PDF-based roundtrip reviews?

To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); Harpreet Singh Seehra; Robert Lauriston; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Collaborate with PDF-based roundtrip reviews? Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: Aren't the features/capabilities of FrameMaker and Acrobat Pro as stand-alone products

Collaborate with PDF-based roundtrip reviews?

Interesting ... thanks for the response, Richard! And I don't know about all of you all, but I strongly, *strongly* want any such "special plumbing" to be functional in the standalone purchased versions of FrameMaker and Acrobat Pro. (I simply don't want to get onto the much more costly TCS

RE: FrameMaker 11 update 11.0.1

For some reason, much of the Adobe web site is not working well for me from Chrome. Like the link below, I can get to it easily, but then clicking on the Download button does nothing - I had to fire up Internet Explorer to make the button do anything. Pull-down menus work fine (whether from

RE: FrameMaker 11 update 11.0.1

site too ... so I will just use that instead of IE with the site till I figure out what settings I need to check on Chrome. Z From: Rick Quatro [mailto:r...@rickquatro.com] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 10:52 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); 'Kapil Verma'; framers

FrameMaker 11 update 11.0.1

For some reason, much of the Adobe web site is not working well for me from Chrome. Like the link below, I can get to it easily, but then clicking on the Download button does nothing - I had to fire up Internet Explorer to make the button do anything. Pull-down menus work fine (whether from

FrameMaker 11 update 11.0.1

Thanks, Rick! It may be my protection settings on Chrome for executing Javascript - it looks like all the buttons and many links on the Adobe site are not just HTML or simple page hyperlinks anymore. Also, based on information sent to me in a private e-mail, I can use Firefox with the Adobe

RE: Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

There isn’t any FM 8.2 that I know of. The Windows versions that I used/upgraded-to were (early numbering may be incorrect, but everything after 7.0 is correct): 5.0, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0, 7.2, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, and 11.0 With a varying number of available patches for each. Also, I am not counting

RE: Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 7:22 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); Peter Courlis; Shelly Schneider; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Buying an old copy of FrameMaker Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: The Windows versions

RE: Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

for). Separately, I have to admit I also don't recall the 7.1 version at all. I guess my old age is creeping up on me more than I thought! Z From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:08 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); neat_g...@yahoo.com; she

RE: Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

Cool link ... thanks for the info, Scott! Based on this, it looks like I started using FrameMaker with version 1.0, since the first server copy I bought was for a Sun 3/50 monochrome system back in mid-1988 or so. Now that I see it, I think I remember the upgrade to version 1.3 ... but could

Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

There isn?t any FM 8.2 that I know of. The Windows versions that I used/upgraded-to were (early numbering may be incorrect, but everything after 7.0 is correct): 5.0, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0, 7.2, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, and 11.0 With a varying number of available patches for each. Also, I am not counting

Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

Oops, yes. I spaced out about the 5.5.6 (not 5.6) ... I don't remember the 5.1 version at all though - might have been a period when I had stopped using FrameMaker for a while (had beta-tested the 5.0 version for Frame Technology), so I don't have that disk. Z -Original Message-

Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

Yes, I definitely erred on the 5.6 version ... it was 5.5.6 for sure now that both you and Richard mention it. I don't remember the 5.1 (or 5.1.2?) version at all - like I mentioned in another response, I may not have been using FrameMaker at that time (due to the company I was working for).

Buying an old copy of FrameMaker

Cool link ... thanks for the info, Scott! Based on this, it looks like I started using FrameMaker with version 1.0, since the first server copy I bought was for a Sun 3/50 monochrome system back in mid-1988 or so. Now that I see it, I think I remember the upgrade to version 1.3 ... but could

RE: save as... FM 8 Mif

Thanks, Chris! Based on what I see already, I think I will find the SafetyMIF tool quite useful, I believe! Separate question: I have a version of a document that describes your CUDspan tools, but do not see it on your web site. Is there an updated version that you could provide? Thanks

save as... FM 8 Mif

Thanks, Chris! Based on what I see already, I think I will find the SafetyMIF tool quite useful, I believe! Separate question: I have a version of a document that describes your CUDspan tools, but do not see it on your web site. Is there an updated version that you could provide? Thanks

RE: Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution

Same here ... no issues whatsoever. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jim Owens Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:48 PM To: Robert Lauriston Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Response

Response from Adobe - Print to .PS issue - Cause and solution

Same here ... no issues whatsoever. Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jim Owens Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:48 PM To: Robert Lauriston Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re:

RE: Document revision control

(Just got this e-mail ... don't know what the hangup was on the list distribution. So, I don't know if it will be in time.) Hi, Amy, We use Subversion for our development teams. To verion control code, etc. However, recently, we also began storing our _other_ files on Central Desktop

Document revision control

(Just got this e-mail ... don't know what the hangup was on the list distribution. So, I don't know if it will be "in time".) Hi, Amy, We use Subversion for our development teams. To verion control code, etc. However, recently, we also began storing our _other_ files on Central Desktop

RE: Patent Listing

(syed.hos...@aeris.net); Combs, Richard; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Patent Listing I'd certainly like to your PP presentation. Obviously I'm starting (almost) from ground zero here. Alison -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net

Patent Listing

Noted. So far, I have a few requests for it ... I will get back to those who have asked, once I have some feedback from our lawyers ... :) Regards, Z -Original Message- From: Alison Craig [mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 9:50 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain

RE: Patent Listing

Hi, Alison. In my position, I deal with patents quite a bit - have a few that I am on the inventor list. :) Which doesn't mean that I am an expert, but I interact with our patent attorneys a lot and I set some internal policy. The main point I would make is that the fact that a third-party has

RE: Patent Listing

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RE: Patent Listing

to see if I can freely send it out. I guess I am trying to gauge the level of interest here first ... :) Z -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:22 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); Alison Craig

Patent Listing

Hi, Alison. In my position, I deal with patents quite a bit - have a few that I am on the inventor list. :) Which doesn't mean that I am an expert, but I interact with our patent attorneys a lot and I set some internal policy. The main point I would make is that the fact that a third-party has

Patent Listing

I *entirely* agree with the public use of trademark and logo attributions - the specific method, design, figure, wording, etc., is driven by the company who owns them. These are often described in *public* documents by those companies (see Oracle, Google and Microsoft web sites for examples).

Patent Listing

I have a Powerpoint presentation on the topic of Intellectual Property (i.e., Trademarks and Patents - among other things) and can provide this to people. BUT, I want to look through it first to sanitize it a bit (to remove some company-specific material) and also check with our patent lawyers

RE: FM-11 released version

My installed version of FM 11 downloaded a few days ago shows it as Version 11.0.0.380 ... But, since I was not on the beta program, I cannot confirm whether this was the same as the last beta build. Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com]

RE: FM-11 released version

To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM-11 released version Hello, Latest version of Framemaker 11 is FM 11.0.0.380 Thanks, Vikram From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun

FM-11 released version

My installed version of FM 11 downloaded a few days ago shows it as Version 11.0.0.380 ... But, since I was not on the beta program, I cannot confirm whether this was the same as the last beta build. Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com

FM-11 released version

Um ... Yes ... that is what I see in my installed (as released) version too. :) But I think the original question was "is this the same version as the last beta build?". That I do not know the answer to. Z From: TCS Support [mailto:tcs...@adobe.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 12:05 PM To:

RE: Upgrade to TCS 4 for subscription holders

Hi, Linda. I received an e-mail notification for my FrameMaker 11 upgrade to be downloaded ... a few days ago, but I was traveling till yesterday (Sat) and decided to wait to download till I get back to the office tomorrow (high-speed connection). Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

Upgrade to TCS 4 for subscription holders

Hi, Linda. I received an e-mail notification for my FrameMaker 11 upgrade to be downloaded ... a few days ago, but I was traveling till yesterday (Sat) and decided to wait to download till I get back to the office tomorrow (high-speed connection). Z From: framers-bounces at

RE: OT: Unexpected event

Most excellent news. Thanks for the update! Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:48 PM To: FrameMaker Users List Subject: Re: OT: Unexpected event To all, Rick e-mailed me on Monday

OT: Unexpected event

Most excellent news. Thanks for the update! Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:48 PM To: FrameMaker Users List Subject: Re: OT: Unexpected event To all, Rick e-mailed me on Monday

RE: FM 7.2: Is there a way to Find a cross-ref and Replace it with another cross-ref?

Hi, Steve. Fred's method works well and I use it when the number of changes are relatively low. However, for large numbers of changes, your method of editing the MIF file is what has worked best (and usually quickest) for me - it has the side benefit of providing a MIF Flush that can clean up

FM 7.2: Is there a way to Find a cross-ref and Replace it with another cross-ref?

Hi, Steve. Fred's method works well and I use it when the number of changes are relatively low. However, for large numbers of changes, your method of editing the MIF file is what has worked best (and usually quickest) for me - it has the side benefit of providing a "MIF Flush" that can clean

RE: Unexpected event

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RE: FM serial number problems

Stuart Rogers said: You could give this a try: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html It correctly reported my TCS 3.5 licence. HTH, *Very* cool comprehensive! It _correctly_ reported all the license numbers on my system for Adobe products - I verified some of them and they are indeed

Unexpected event

Rick, I wish you the absolute best with this process. First and foremost, the good news is that you are in good physical shape, since biking keeps you fit. Therefore, surgery should go smoothly, and post-surgery recovery will be easier for you. But please don't rush it after the surgery!

FM serial number problems

Stuart Rogers said: > You could give this a try: > http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html > It correctly reported my TCS 3.5 licence. > HTH, *Very* cool comprehensive! It _correctly_ reported all the license numbers on my system for Adobe products - I verified some of them and they are

RE: stability WAS: FYI: Deal for upgrading from FM7.x to FM10 ends June 15

I am using FM 10 on a Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit laptop system (also with 8 GB of RAM) and do not have any issues. Of course, it runs as a 32 bit application even though the OS is 64 bit. So, I would definitely agree with FM 10 being more stable compared to FM 7.2, 8 or 9. All those others

stability WAS: FYI: Deal for upgrading from FM7.x to FM10 ends June 15

I am using FM 10 on a Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit laptop system (also with 8 GB of RAM) and do not have any issues. Of course, it runs as a 32 bit application even though the OS is 64 bit. So, I would definitely agree with FM 10 being more stable compared to FM 7.2, 8 or 9. All those others

RE: Deal for upgrading from FM7.x to FM10 ends June 15

Hmmm ... Lea, you may be right, but I also saw this (see below) at http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2012/04/part-5-%C2%BD-reasons-to-upgrade-from-fm-7-x-to-fm-10-summary-thus-far.html at the bottom of the page. The above is a link to an Adobe site ... so is safe, I hope! Z Limited Period

Deal for upgrading from FM7.x to FM10 ends June 15

Hmmm ... Lea, you may be right, but I also saw this (see below) at http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2012/04/part-5-%C2%BD-reasons-to-upgrade-from-fm-7-x-to-fm-10-summary-thus-far.html at the bottom of the page. The above is a link to an Adobe site ... so is safe, I hope! Z Limited Period

RE: Turkish Characters Don't Display

Does the version of FrameMaker that he is using support Unicode? That may be the source of the problem. Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ed Lightle Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:07 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com

RE: Best way to rename individual book files and book name in FrameMaker 9

Will someone please help with this question? Thank you, John 1. Start by making a backup copy of everything in case you mess up, so that you can recover gracefully! 2. Exit FrameMaker (or certainly make darn sure that you are not editing the book or any of its files!) 3. In the OS (I

Turkish Characters Don't Display

Does the version of FrameMaker that he is using support Unicode? That may be the source of the problem. Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ed Lightle Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:07 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com

Best way to rename individual book files and book name in FrameMaker 9

> Will someone please help with this question? > Thank you, > John 1. Start by making a backup copy of everything in case you mess up, so that you can recover gracefully! 2. Exit FrameMaker (or certainly make darn sure that you are not editing the book or any of its files!) 3. In the OS (I

RE: Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Thanks, Jeremy. I will take a look at his efforts to do this. I already have a login on mif2go.com and recently download the demo version of MIF2go 4.0. Just need to install and try it to see if it is what

RE: Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

Okay, it looks like it is Confluence 4.X ... we use their hosted site for Jira by Atlassian (www.atlassian.com), so it is there latest hosted version of Confluence. Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 11:44 PM To: 'Robert

Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

I am not sure ... I will go check the site to see which version it is and report back soon. Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 11:55 AM To: framers at

Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

Okay, it looks like it is Confluence 4.X ... we use their hosted site for Jira by Atlassian (www.atlassian.com), so it is there latest hosted version of Confluence. Z -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 11:44 PM To: 'Robert

RE: utility to check that all heading names are unique?

] On Behalf Of Craig Ede Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:04 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: utility to check that all heading names are unique? Thank you. I miss UNIX. Craig -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) [mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net] Sent

RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

Hi, Nadine, Scott, et. al. A question for users of FrameMaker 10 ... is the DITA support built-in to this version, or is there a separate plug-in for it (like was released by Adobe for FrameMaker 9)? If it is a plug-in still, does anyone have a link for it? I searched the Adobe web site and

RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

[mailto:generic...@yahoo.ca] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:05 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); Scott Prentice; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10 It's built into FM 10 as it was built in to FM 9. You have

Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

Thanks, Nadine and Scott. As I mentioned in my other e-mail, DITA is just a learning curiosity for me at this point. It *seems* overly compex for what I need, but looking to learn nevertheless ... Now to real reason for this thread! My *current* flow is simple: 1. Write the documents

RE: Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10) On Fri, 18 May 2012 11:07:03 -0700, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: So, I need to change my flow to output clean HTML that can be far more easily put into Confluence and am trying to figure out

RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

at this time. ☺ Thanks for the added information, and the endorsement, though. Z From: Yves Barbion [mailto:yves.barb...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 1:47 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Resources to help a newbie create DITA

utility to check that all heading names are unique?

Ah! Do you use or have access to a Mac, per chance? If you do, it should (have not tested myself though) also work on a Mac OS X system in a terminal window ... :) :) Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On

Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

Hi, Nadine, Scott, et. al. A question for users of FrameMaker 10 ... is the DITA support built-in to this version, or is there a separate plug-in for it (like was released by Adobe for FrameMaker 9)? If it is a plug-in still, does anyone have a link for it? I searched the Adobe web site and

Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

Hmmm ... I may have been quite unclear in my question, since I am a DITA novice! The reason I asked is that the Adobe web site has a "FrameMaker 9 Plug-in for DITA Open Toolkit" here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/framemaker/fm9_opentoolkit.html But I don't see an equivalent for FM 10 ... at

Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

Thanks for the detailed reply, Scott! Right now, DITA is a curiosity for me and I want to learn more about it. I.e., I don't have any specific need to create documents/output using DITA for our company. So, buying DITA-FMx does not make sense for me, since I would not be able to justify

Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

Thanks, Nadine and Scott. As I mentioned in my other e-mail, DITA is just a learning curiosity for me at this point. It *seems* overly compex for what I need, but looking to learn nevertheless ... Now to real reason for this thread! My *current* flow is simple: 1. Write the documents

Would like to get comments from people about my flow changes (Was RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10)

Thanks, Jeremy. I will take a look at his efforts to do this. I already have a login on mif2go.com and recently download the demo version of MIF2go 4.0. Just need to install and try it to see if it is what works best for me. If so, then I will proceed to a purchase. Thanks again! Z

Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10

Hi, Yves. Oh, I agree that if I were indeed _needing_ to use DITA for my work right now, then DITA-FMx would be at the top of the list. However, with my current documentation workflow (as mentioned in a different thread), it is overkill for me to buy DITA-FMx for my own education purposes at

utility to check that all heading names are unique?

Hmmm ... no need to make it too complicated, I suspect. I suspect a variant of the following command line (if you are on a Unix system anyway) will probably work: sort < inputfile.txt | uniq -c | grep -v " 1 " to find any lines that are present _more_ than once. (There are three spaces

RE: Running page header/footer spacin question

Andrew Warren wrote: Ken Poshedly [poshe...@bellsouth.net] wrote: So what I need are websites that back me up. No, what you need is a new job. Yes, indeed! Z ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list

RE: Running page header/footer spacin question

Ø I told him the page formatting elements must be the same across all book chapters (we call them sections), or else the book (manual) comes across looking like a kludge of different stuff from different sources. He disagrees. I am amazed that he can disagree! In my experience, the quality of a

RE: Running page header/footer spacin question

Ø And, as I said before, he claims your (and my) logic are -- his words -- apple pie and motherhood stuff and don't mean anything. If and when he ever looks for a job, maybe he will have spelling errors in his resume … and learn the hard way to care more about “apple pie and motherhood stuff”!

Running page header/footer spacin question

Andrew Warren wrote: > Ken Poshedly [poshedly at bellsouth.net] wrote: > > So what I need are websites that back me up. > No, what you need is a new job. Yes, indeed! Z

Running page header/footer spacin question

? I told him the page formatting elements must be the same across all book chapters (we call them sections), or else the book (manual) comes across looking like a kludge of different stuff from different sources. He disagrees. I am amazed that he can disagree! In my experience, the quality of a

Running page header/footer spacin question

? And, as I said before, he claims your (and my) logic are -- his words -- "apple pie and motherhood stuff" and don't mean anything. If and when he ever looks for a job, maybe he will have spelling errors in his resume ? and learn the hard way to care more about ?apple pie and motherhood

RE: Hypertext?

Highlight the text in FrameMaker, and put in a hypertext marker as message URL mailto:t...@bstw.com; ... this comes out in the PDF as a clickable link that will invoke the default e-mail client compose window to that address. Z [cid:image001.png@01CD0C40.CB123220] From:

Hypertext?

Highlight the text in FrameMaker, and put in a hypertext marker as "message URL mailto:TdeV at bstw.com" ... this comes out in the PDF as a clickable link that will invoke the default e-mail client compose window to that address. Z [cid:image001.png at 01CD0C40.CB123220] From:

RE: best use of graphics in FM

In Windows 7, I find that the standard Snipping Tool (part of the OS) works very well for me. In some ways, even better than SnagIt (which I have also tried). You can save as PNG, JPG, etc. Z [cid:image001.png@01CD07A3.3A5CB3F0] From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

best use of graphics in FM

In Windows 7, I find that the standard Snipping Tool (part of the OS) works very well for me. In some ways, even better than SnagIt (which I have also tried). You can save as PNG, JPG, etc. Z [cid:image001.png at 01CD07A3.3A5CB3F0] From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com

RE: Keyboard method to edit variables in FM9/10 ?

Hi, Mary. You *need* BookVars from Leximation (www.leximation.comhttp://www.leximation.com) - Scott Prentice has done a great job on this. It is my most heavily used add-on to FrameMaker and I recommend it highly. You can download a trial from the site above ... basically, you edit an

Keyboard method to edit variables in FM9/10 ?

Hi, Mary. You *need* "BookVars" from Leximation (www.leximation.com) - Scott Prentice has done a great job on this. It is my most heavily used add-on to FrameMaker and I recommend it highly. You can download a trial from the site above ... basically, you edit an

RE: Follow up to Adding File Name Variable to Template question

To manage book level variables, I highly, *highly* recommend BookVars from Leximation (www.leximation.com). It is by far my most used add-on to FrameMaker! Z [cid:image001.png@01CCFAF2.DB5D5BA0] From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On

RE: Follow up to Adding File Name Variable to Template question

I forgot to mention that it is not free, but the $35 is well worth the money it saves in time. Thanks to Scott Prentice (he is active here in this list) for it. Z [cid:image001.png@01CCFAF3.39471B20] From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 5:10 PM

Follow up to "Adding File Name Variable to Template" question

To manage book level variables, I highly, *highly* recommend BookVars from Leximation (www.leximation.com). It is by far my most used add-on to FrameMaker! Z [cid:image001.png at 01CCFAF2.DB5D5BA0] From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On

Follow up to "Adding File Name Variable to Template" question

I forgot to mention that it is not free, but the $35 is well worth the money it saves in time. Thanks to Scott Prentice (he is active here in this list) for it. Z [cid:image001.png at 01CCFAF3.39471B20] From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 5:10 PM

BookVars file location?

Hi, John. It is generally created in the same folder/directory as the book you are editing ... Z [cid:image001.png at 01CCD775.0BC1FDB0] From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John Sgammato Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 12:58

RE: Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to Robohelp?

Agreed (inre using *any* solid color region with high contrast - like one color text on a different color background) with JPG format. Use it for photographs only. I would also not use GIF if there was a potential for more than 256 colors in the image - it is not supported as far as I recall.

Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to Robohelp?

Agreed (inre using *any* solid color region with high contrast - like one color text on a different color background) with JPG format. Use it for photographs only. I would also not use GIF if there was a potential for more than 256 colors in the image - it is not supported as far as I recall.

RE: insert Greek symbols

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insert Greek symbols

Hi, Ann. An old message from you came up from my search and I have a question for you. 1. Have you made PopChar work with FrameMaker version 10 at all (on w Windows system)? For some reason, the evaluation copy that I downloaded will not work with FM 10 (have not tried earlier

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