> -Original Message-
> I place my captions/titles above the image or table so that when the
> users click a link (to the caption) in the online help or PDFs, the
> image or table is still on the screen or page. If you link to captions
> that are below images, users have to scroll up to see
Ah, darn!
Please ignore this e-mail ... I forgot about "ESC v P" ... sorry about
that!
Z
> -Original Message-
> From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 5:11 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Is there any way to "return" the
> Personally, I think you're better off with that control -- and many
> others -- turned off. You shouldn't be applying alignment, font, size,
> line spacing, bold, italic, etc., with ad hoc controls; you should be
> using defined pgf and char tags.
EXACTLY and TOTALLY right! Thank you!
In other
> Yes, I agree with all. We never make changes using the toolbar. It is
> just informational for us.
>
> Thanks again...
Good! Sorry I got so emphatic in my e-mail, but it is one of my pet
peeves about documentation problems and I got carried away. :)
By the way, since you are just *looking* at
Hi, all.
I am trying to set up a mechanism to use an absolute numbering scheme for
certain paragraphs that is *independent* of the other numbering in the document.
For example, I may have a Heading 1 that increases 1, 2, 3, etc., Heading 2
that increases 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc. (and gets reset to
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- Original Message
From: "Syed.Hosain at aeris.net" <syed.hos...@aeris.net>
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2008 7:04:01 PM
Subject: Any way to set an absolute numbering sche
Worked perfectly, Pat!
In fact, if I had just tried it with the word "Spec " like I showed
below, I would have not even had to ask the question! Those letters
appear to act like the "x" you mentioned.
I did make a new paragraph format for this table cell too, and that also
may have been part of
I had serious difficulties with XP SP3 and PC Tools Spyware Doctor -
*after* they (PC Tools) sent me an upgrade to work with XP SP3! My
computer became impossibly slow - keystrokes took *many* seconds
(sometimes minutes) to show on the screen if you to switched between
different apps or windows.
Using FM 8 on a Windows system.
Can the color of the auto-numbering text be different from the color of
the text in the body of the paragraph?
Clearly, I want this to be part of the paragraph design in the catalog,
so that whenever I apply that format onto a given paragraph of text, the
Hi, Karene.
I strongly recommend BookVars from Leximation ... check out
www.leximation.com for more info. Does more than you asked for, but the
usefulness of it *cannot* be overemphasized! :)
This is probably my most commonly used plug-in for FrameMaker.
Z
> Does anyone know of a way to get a
Hi, Mike.
> > May I simply suggest that you and Paul (and others who want that
e-mail
> > client behavior) simply do a "Reply to All" *each and every time*
you
> > want to reply to a Frame Users List message, and you will get the
effect
> > you want?
>
> Actually, it doesn't give us the effect
This looks like it is heading towards a general religious war. Kinda
pointless. We have people on both sides clearly - *maybe* with even
rational arguments for their position!
May I simply suggest that you and Paul (and others who want that e-mail
client behavior) simply do a "Reply to All" *each
Hi, Peter.
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:23 PM, wrote:
> > To iterate (in case I was not clear - my apologies): what I want to do is
> > have a *single* Character
> > tag (called "Emphasis"), that *automatically* makes the selected text
> > Italic in paragraphs that have a
> > default font
Hi, Rick.
> > To iterate (in case I was not clear - my apologies): what I want to
do is
> > have a *single* Character tag (called "Emphasis"), that
*automatically*
> > makes the selected text Italic in paragraphs that have a default
font that
> > is Regular, and makes the selected text Regular
> -Original Message-
> My client is intending to convert a number of publications from
Publisher to Frame. She is thinking
> that the firm will have to cut in Publisher, paste into Frame, and
reformat. Is there an easier way?
I have seen a few response suggest trying RTF output from
> -Original Message-
> Without knowing all the ins and outs of Publisher... for text:
> If Publisher can save files as RTF, that would be the easiest way to
go.
> If it can't, I'd PDF the files and export from PDF to RTF.
Unfortunately, the RTF output from PDF in Adobe Acrobat, results in
> Set all other attributes of the character style to As Is. This is
> easiest to do when the cursor is not in a text frame.
Hmmm ... yes, but that is already the situation that I have - all *other*
attributes are already "As Is". So, I don't understand your response per se!
Can you elaborate,
As an FYI (I don't know what you might be encountering), my update
worked fine ...
All I had to do was cleanly shut down FM (I do remember the prompt for
that) after starting the update process going.
Z
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> > In general, serif fonts are "better" for printed works. Sans serif
fonts
> > are "better" for screen displays, but, I could be wrong...regards,
>
> I agree. And would note that the Wheildon studies were done well
before the
> advent of the Web, so the book has no comment about viewing text on
You can buy PDF copies of it too ... might be the best way to go!
Z
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at
> lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Studio Smalbro
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:27 AM
> To: framers at
Okay, my apologies, folks ...
Based on an e-mail I received (for a source of the PDF version of Rick's book),
I went looking and realized that my PDF copy is because I bought the book a
while back from Scriptorium, and the PDF is on the CD that came with the book.
I also note that Scriptorium
Hi, all.
This is perhaps a bit of a vague set of questions, but I am interested
in improving the look of our manuals and specifications documentation
and would like to see what others are doing in this regard.
1. Specifically, I am working on various manuals for our software API's
as well
Thanks for the comments and the book reference, Mike! I will get a copy
...
Z
> -Original Message-
> From: Mike Wickham [mailto:mewickham at compuserve.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:10 PM
> To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net);
framers at lists.frameusers.com
>
The company I work for, Aeris Communications, Inc., is in the telecom
industry, providing Machine-2-Machine networks across North America
(USA, Canada and Mexico).
We produce our interface API documentation, various white papers, etc.,
using FrameMaker. I am the only user of it here (but we are
This may also be relevant :) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24293129/
Z
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Rick Quatro
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:26 PM
> To: framers at
One other possibility to think about (it is not Intuit) ... Microsoft
has a freebie available that may fit the need: Microsoft Accounting
Express 2008.
Check out the info here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accountingexpress/FX101729681033.aspx.
This is designed for small businesses.
Hello Direct (www.hellodirect.com) sells many excellent long-range
headset add-on units, and headset/phone combinations.
A bit pricey, but we have a many here because of their excellent quality
and range.
Z
> Hello Framers,
>
> I am moving soon and looking to upgrade my home office. I would
Hi, all.
We have a need at my company for a contract Technical Writer for a bunch
of small projects over a 3 month period.
WORK:
1. Original authoring (for some short documents - between 5 to 15 pages
typically).
2. Document cleanup/update (i.e., take written work from our
engineering
I see the same problem ... quite repeatable. Characters get "eliminated"
from the text line following a carriage return (even later entries!).
1. Doing a control-L before the save does NOT show any problems.
2. Starting, saving a file, closing it, and then re-opening the file (no
control-L)
One additional observation:
The previous line where you do the carriage return, has to be shorter
than the next line to see the problem.
I.e., "12345", , "1234567890" shows the problem, but "1234567890",
, "12345" does NOT.
Z
Hi, all.
In tables that do not "stretch" over the entire page width, table
footnotes do not stretch to the page width either. They wrap --- pretty
much at the right edge of the rightmost table column.
Is there a way to change this? I.e., have the table be relatively narrow
and yet have the table
Thanks! I will give this a shot.
Z
> -Original Message-
> From: knowhowpro at gmail.com [mailto:knowhowpro at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
> Peter Gold
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:26 PM
> To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); framers at
> lists.frameusers.com
> Subject:
Hi, all.
I decided not to try this one from Peter, because I received another suggestion
off-line that did exactly what I wanted. Since it was a private communication,
I will not identify who it came from, but the idea was very easy to do (in my
own words here):
Just add another
Hi, all.
I am seeing a bug, or certainly a limitation that is very irritating!
Can someone tell me if my assumptions/observations are incorrect here,
please!
This is with FrameMaker 8.0 with the p273 (latest) patches.
1. In one of my documents, I have a table with many rows that
Hi, Rick.
Unfortunately, I am on a tight budget right now, and it is simpler for
me to not worry about this problem - I will have to settle for a
less-than-perfect PDF for this document. FWIW, I have not even sprung
for an upgrade of FrameScript ... even though I was able to upgrade to
FM 8
Thanks, Alan! That seems to be the consensus of all the replies I have
received.
For me, it is just too much work to go editing the PDF output each time
I generate it and send it out for review (I use PDF as my review format,
since not everybody has FrameMaker here) ... things in the document are
Oh, well.
Thanks anyway!
Z
> -Original Message-
> From: Rick Quatro [mailto:frameexpert at truevine.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:31 AM
> To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net);
framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: How can I use a User Variable *inside* a
Thanks! I will try that ...
Z
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Terry Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:53 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: How can I use a
Hi, all.
Very slight change of topic (but kinda related):
Can anyone comment on their experiences with FrameMaker 8 (not 7.2) on
Vista? Does it work as well as on XP?
I was about to do that installation (on a second laptop that only runs
Vista) and realized that I better ask about it first! :)
Specifically, I want to be able to put in a Hypertext marker (in
multiple places in the document) and do something like:
gotolink Text
as the command, where "Text" is actually a User Variable.
Also, I want to be able to set the link destination in the same way, by
selecting some text in
Stuart Rogers wrote:
> Well, those of us who are also forced (kicking & screaming) to work in
MS Word from time to time all probably have the Alt-S-every-two-minutes
> obsessive-compulsive habit...
Yes, indeed! :)
> Come to think of it, I guess I have to thank Word's behaviour for
causing me to
Using a DOS Command Prompt window ... at the top of the directory tree
with all the FrameMaker documents (or at the root of the drive, if you
really want to do that ... carefully!):
1. First I verify which files are going to get deleted:
dir *.backup.* *.lck /s
I check the dir listing
Hi, all.
I have not put user variables into master pages, but (once you fix the
master pages anyway) ...
... I *STRONGLY* and *HIGHLY* recommend using the BookVars plugin from
http://www.leximation.com/tools/ to maintain user variables -
*particularly* when a variable is used in multiple
I agree entirely with your observations, Fred! They are different and needed
for different purposes.
I use cross-references for paragraph and other document information that I want
to reference elsewhere in the document or book. Like table titles for example.
I use variables to hold commonly
> -Original Message-
> From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com]
>
> If it is, then you should be able to import them into all the other
> files so that all component files in the book have the same consistent
> set of variables. And then you could do a series of
>
By the way ... just to "plug" the BookVars plugin further ...
For a simple example (this is a complete file), here is the content of
the text file first generated automatically by BookVars (and edited from
then on by me):
[General]
AltBookVarsFile=
DelVarCode=
RenVarChar=
LogFile=GSM Mobile
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Linda G. Gallagher
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:17 PM
> To: 'Rick Henkel'
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Archive searching and moving text inset files
>
>
> Anyone have a working link to Bruce Foster's archive plugin?
Try:
http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster
for his plugins. You have to have cookies enabled ... else the site will
re-direct without settling properly.
Z
I started using FrameMaker on a Sun 3/50 (black and white screen!) in
Sun OpenLook back in 1988. The company tech writers used Interleaf, but
that was too expensive for us developers who were writing the internal
documentation.
I did not interact with any Frame users group or Usenet group that I
For me, this downloaded automatically ... FrameMaker checked for an
update and downloaded and installed it.
Z
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Kelly McDaniel
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05,
When I press "control-q", then let go, then hold "shift" and press "0"
key for the letter ")", I get the Copyright symbol every time.
On a WinXP system (with FM 8, though).
A guess: are you perhaps not pressing the shift and 0 keys (together),
after letting go of the control-q?
Z
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Glenn Voyles [mailto:Glenn.Voyles at mitchell.com]
>
> Just out of curiosity, does anyone use (or not use) ALT+0169 (or other
> "alt" codes) for any particular reason?
>
> Glenn
Actually, that is how I normally use all the keyboard for all these
symbols -
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at
> lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Martinek, Carla
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:44 AM
> To: Framers
> Subject: RE: Keyboard shortcut for copyright symbol
>
> Here's my personal list that I've put into my
NeXT workstation is not the oldest version of FrameMaker ...
I used FrameMaker on a Sun 3/50 back in 1988. In many states, that *is*
old enough to drink! :)
Z
> >Hard to believe that in another year FM'll be old enough to drink.
>
> Here's to those of us who have been with FM for the whole
Same here - no problems either!! I have been using a Microsoft Wireless
Natural Multimedia Keyboard for more than two or three years now, with
FrameMaker and Word and Excel, etc., with fine results. The wireless
receiver is USB connected and also handles the Microsoft wireless mouse.
The only
Hi, Chris and Ben,
I like it too ... I am going to copy people inside our company on this
concept.
Z
Chris Borokowski Chris Borokowski wrote:
>
> I like this idea, a lot.
>
> Instead of writing instructions out in a dry abstraction and passive
> voice, explain how the application should work
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