online help

2006-04-11 Thread Donna Bodner
Hello. I work in Framemaker version 7.1, soon to upgrade to 7.2. I am toying with the idea of creating online help for some applications that are currently documented in Framemaker as unstructured files. This documentation is complex, and on average the Frame files vary anywhere from 50 to

online help

2006-04-11 Thread Gillian Flato
+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Donna Bodner Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:49 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: online help Hello. I work in Framemaker version 7.1, soon to upgrade to 7.2

online help

2006-04-11 Thread Art Campbell
he files to an online media without editing or reformatting them for online help, I'd go to .pdf before I'd go to any help format because it supports your existing book model better. Cheers, Art On 4/11/06, Donna Bodner wrote: > Hello. I work in Framemaker version 7.1, soon to upgr

online help

2006-04-11 Thread Martha J Davidson
I also use WebWorks. Creating online help from FrameMaker source is a bit more complex than just running the source files through a WebWorks template. It involves some amount of planning and organizing your source files, choosing a help format you want to produce, and creating a WebWorks

online help

2006-04-11 Thread Spreadbury, David
: framers-bounces+david.spreadbury=tellabs@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+david.spreadbury=tellabs.com at lists.frameusers.co m] On Behalf Of Donna Bodner Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:49 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: online help Hello. I work in Framemaker version

online help

2006-04-11 Thread Peter Gold
maker version 7.1, soon to upgrade to 7.2. I >am toying with the idea of creating online help for some >applications that are currently documented in Framemaker as >unstructured files. This documentation is complex, and on average >the Frame files vary anywhere from 50 to 800 KB (over

Online Help

2006-04-12 Thread vikram chugh
Hey, I just started using WebWorks AutoMap2003 Platinium Edition. It really save you a lot of time because as the name suggests styles are automatically mapped. Try it I'm sure you will love it. Vikram __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail ha

Online Help

2006-04-12 Thread Doug
Is that the version with the built-in GPS? (grin) --Doug On 4/12/06, vikram chugh wrote: > Hey, > I just started using WebWorks AutoMap2003 Platinium > Edition. It really save you a lot of time because as > the name suggests styles are automatically mapped. Try > it I'm sure you will love it.

online help

2006-04-11 Thread Donna Bodner
Hello. I work in Framemaker version 7.1, soon to upgrade to 7.2. I am toying with the idea of creating online help for some applications that are currently documented in Framemaker as unstructured files. This documentation is complex, and on average the Frame files vary anywhere from 50 to

Customizing online help?

2007-01-23 Thread Tammy Van Boening
> All, > > I swear I remember reading in an STC article/letter, or on some list > about a new tool that allows end-users to customize the OLH delivered > with applications without needing the source files or the tool. I know > about Flex Help, but I also swear (been doing that a lot today) that

Online Help questions

2006-09-25 Thread Roopa Belur
Thanks to everyone who helped with my Style Guide request; it feels great to know that there's such a wealth of knowledge and kindness in this group. Folks, we are evaluating using DocToHelp for Online Help for our product, and although few of us use Frame for printed manuals, the compa

RE: online help

2006-04-11 Thread Gillian Flato
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donna Bodner Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:49 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: online help Hello. I work in Framemaker version 7.1, soon to upgrade to 7.2. I am toying with the idea of creating online help for some applications that are

Re: online help

2006-04-11 Thread Art Campbell
he files to an online media without editing or reformatting them for online help, I'd go to .pdf before I'd go to any help format because it supports your existing book model better. Cheers, Art On 4/11/06, Donna Bodner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. I work in Framemaker ve

RE: online help

2006-04-11 Thread Martha J Davidson
I also use WebWorks. Creating online help from FrameMaker source is a bit more complex than just running the source files through a WebWorks template. It involves some amount of planning and organizing your source files, choosing a help format you want to produce, and creating a WebWorks

RE: online help

2006-04-11 Thread Spreadbury, David
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] m] On Behalf Of Donna Bodner Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:49 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: online help Hello. I work in Framemaker version 7.1, soon to upgrade to 7.2. I am toying with the idea of creating online help for some applications

Re: online help

2006-04-11 Thread Peter Gold
amemaker version 7.1, soon to upgrade to 7.2. I am toying with the idea of creating online help for some applications that are currently documented in Framemaker as unstructured files. This documentation is complex, and on average the Frame files vary anywhere from 50 to 800 KB (over 4,000 files

Re: Online Help

2006-04-12 Thread Doug
Is that the version with the built-in GPS? (grin) --Doug On 4/12/06, vikram chugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > I just started using WebWorks AutoMap2003 Platinium > Edition. It really save you a lot of time because as > the name suggests styles are automatically mapped. Try > it I'm sure

Online Help questions

2006-09-25 Thread Roopa Belur
Thanks to everyone who helped with my Style Guide request; it feels great to know that there's such a wealth of knowledge and kindness in this group. Folks, we are evaluating using DocToHelp for Online Help for our product, and although few of us use Frame for printed manuals, the co

Customizing online help?

2007-01-23 Thread Tammy Van Boening
> All, > > I swear I remember reading in an STC article/letter, or on some list > about a new tool that allows end-users to customize the OLH delivered > with applications without needing the source files or the tool. I know > about Flex Help, but I also swear (been doing that a lot today) that

Indexable HTML Online Help

2011-08-03 Thread Paula Toth
HI Folks, We have a project to get FrameMaker-based content topics out to the internet as an online help system without a lot of customization effort. *BUT* we want readers to be able to quickly and easily find specific topics that answer questions by searching on the internet using Google or

Indexable HTML Online Help

2011-08-04 Thread Writer
On 03/08/2011 11:08 AM, Paula Toth wrote: > > HI Folks, > > We have a project to get FrameMaker-based content topics out to the > internet as an online help system without a lot of customization > effort. **BUT** we want readers to be able to quickly and easily find > specif

Generating translated online help

2012-11-09 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, all. We use FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9 in a Windows 7 environment. If you manage many translations, how do you handle the online help? In the past, in English only, we have produced a .chm file that currently is linked only to the main page through a Help menu item. (If it matters for

Generating translated online help

2012-11-09 Thread Wim Hooghwinkel
Hi Nancy, The normal procedure is to get your FrameMaker files translated and handle the Robohelp project your self, just like you'd do for English: from the localized FrameMaker files Robohelp can create a CHM in that same language. You may have to adapt the style sheets for each language (

Generating translated online help

2012-11-09 Thread Combs, Richard
r takes the English FM source files and delivers back to us both the translated FM source files and the translated deliverables (in my case, just PDF, since the online help I author is for a network infrastructure product that isn't currently being localized; for other products, it'

Generating translated online help

2012-11-09 Thread Wroblewski, Victoria
-- Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:00:01 -0600 (CST) From: Nancy Allison To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Generating translated online help Hi, all. We use FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9 in a Windows 7 environment. If you manage many translations, how do you

FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-28 Thread Lynn Gold
I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks 2003 to get turned into online help. One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of FrameMaker is getting an online help solution that will work with special marker tags that we've added to

FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-28 Thread Writer
get turned into online help. > >One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of FrameMaker is getting an online help solution that will work with special marker tags that we've added to tell WebWorks 2003 where to break pages. > >We aren't sure whether to g

FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-28 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:53:28 -0800, Lynn Gold wrote: >I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks >2003 to get turned into online help. > >One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of >FrameMaker is getting an online help sol

FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-28 Thread Robert Lauriston
I'm curious about that as well.Never heard of such a thing. MIF2Go is much cheaper than ePublisher but I have no idea if either supports page-break markers. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Writer wrote: > Are you not breaking pages at headings? Do you have some other approach to > page breaks?

FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-28 Thread Gillian Flato
lf Of Lynn Gold Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:53 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: FrameMaker -> online help solution I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks 2003 to get turned into online help. One of the sticking points of moving the

FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't see anywhere in RoboHelp 9 where I could map FrameMaker markers to page breaks. The only reference to FM markers I can find is in the FrameMaker Conversion Settings dialog, where you can define the CSH marker type (default is TopicAlias). I find RoboHelp problematic in too many ways to re

FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-30 Thread Ben Allums
On 11/28/2012 12:53 PM, Lynn Gold wrote: > I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks > 2003 to get turned into online help. > > One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of > FrameMaker is getting an online help solution that

Current Online help standard

2006-12-05 Thread Susan Curtzwiler
Please, what is the current standard for online help? Is this now built into FrameMaker? Can I use 7.0 or do I need 7.2? I've heard that RoboHelp is on its way out. If I develop a rather large doc (~200pgs) in Robo, will I be sorely outdated? Thanks, Sue

Current Online help standard

2006-12-05 Thread Art Campbell
There isn't a "standard" anything for online help. Depends on your application, OS, and your inclinations. You may want to review http://hat-matrix.com/ for ideas. My own preference is to single source in FM and output to OmniHelp or HTML help through omsys.com's MIF2Go p

Current Online help standard

2006-12-05 Thread Ridder, Fred
ed.ridder=intel@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art Campbell Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 3:23 PM To: Susan Curtzwiler Cc: FrameMaker Subject: Re: Current Online help standard There isn't a "standard" anything fo

Current Online help standard

2006-12-05 Thread Rick Quatro
Adobe also announced an upcoming version of RoboHelp (and FrameMaker) at the recent FrameMaker Chautauqua. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com And to address one issue that Art did not talk about: RoboHelp is not "on its way out". The ownership of the company that pub

[Framers] HTML5 Online Help

2016-03-02 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Hi all, FrameMaker 2015 has HTML5 online help. Does anyone know if it is compiled into a single file like HTML help (CHM)? If not, how do you send someone the help file? When they instal a program that uses HTML5 online help, do they have hundreds of files, one for each web page plus other

[Framers] HTML5 Online Help

2016-03-02 Thread Amit Jha
bject: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help Hi all, FrameMaker 2015 has HTML5 online help. Does anyone know if it is compiled into a single file like HTML help (CHM)? If not, how do you send someone the help file? When they instal a program that uses HTML5 online help, do they have hundreds of f

FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-28 Thread Lynn Gold
I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks 2003 to get turned into online help. One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of FrameMaker is getting an online help solution that will work with special marker tags that we've added to

Indexable HTML Online Help

2011-08-03 Thread Paula Toth
HI Folks, We have a project to get FrameMaker-based content topics out to the internet as an online help system without a lot of customization effort. *BUT* we want readers to be able to quickly and easily find specific topics that answer questions by searching on the internet using Google or

Generating translated online help

2012-11-09 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, all. We use FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9 in a Windows 7 environment. If you manage many translations, how do you handle the online help? In the past, in English only, we have produced a .chm file that currently is linked only to the main page through a Help menu item. (If it matters for

Generating translated online help

2012-11-09 Thread Wim Hooghwinkel
Hi Nancy, The normal procedure is to get your FrameMaker files translated and handle the Robohelp project your self, just like you'd do for English: from the localized FrameMaker files Robohelp can create a CHM in that same language. You may have to adapt the style sheets for each language

Current Online help standard

2006-12-05 Thread Susan Curtzwiler
Please, what is the current standard for online help? Is this now built into FrameMaker? Can I use 7.0 or do I need 7.2? I've heard that RoboHelp is on its way out. If I develop a rather large doc (~200pgs) in Robo, will I be sorely outdated? Thanks,

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread Stalwarts
Hi - Can you list me the popular publishing tools for Online help generation using Framemaker 8? - Nithin

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread Writer
s.com/Products/ePublisher/Free_Trial/. Nadine --- On Thu, 4/22/10, Stalwarts wrote: > From: Stalwarts > Subject: Online help generator using FM8 > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 12:57 AM > Hi - > Can you list me the popular publishing

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread Jim Owens
nical Suite for Communications) -- intended for easy integration, but not as flexible as the other two. Stalwarts wrote: > Hi - > Can you list me the popular publishing tools for Online help generation > using Framemaker 8? > > - Nithin > ___ >

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread Mike Bradley
e; and Adobe RoboHelp (included with FrameMaker in > Adobe's Technical Suite for Communications) -- intended for easy > integration, but not as flexible as the other two. > > Stalwarts wrote: > > Hi - > > Can you list me the popular publishing tools fo

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread David Spreadbury
: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:57 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Online help generator using FM8 Hi - Can you list me the popular publishing tools for Online help generation using Framemaker 8? - Nithin

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread Steve Johnson
Nadine > > --- On Thu, 4/22/10, Stalwarts wrote: > >> From: Stalwarts >> Subject: Online help generator using FM8 >> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >> Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 12:57 AM >> Hi - >> Can you list me the popul

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Ed
--Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Johnson > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:25 AM > To: generic668 at yahoo.ca > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Stalwarts > Subject:

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Ed
eve Johnson [mailto:chinaski69 at gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:19 AM > To: Ed > Cc: generic668 at yahoo.ca; framers at lists.frameusers.com; Stalwarts > Subject: Re: Online help generator using FM8 > > OK, so when you update the Frame file outside of Flare, F

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Writer
Ed, conceptually, do you have two sources of content in that scenario? Nadine --- On Fri, 4/23/10, Ed wrote: > From: Ed > Subject: RE: Online help generator using FM8 > To: dr_gonzo at pobox.com > Cc: generic668 at yahoo.ca, framers at lists.frameusers.com, "'Stalwart

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Ed
t pobox.com; Ed > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com; 'Stalwarts' > Subject: RE: Online help generator using FM8 > > Ed, conceptually, do you have two sources of content in that scenario? > > Nadine

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Steve Johnson
; Cc: generic668 at yahoo.ca; framers at lists.frameusers.com; Stalwarts >> Subject: Re: Online help generator using FM8 >> >> OK, so when you update the Frame file outside of Flare, Flare >> automatically gets the changes or do you have to import the Frame file >> again? > > -- Steve Johnson, dr_gonzo at pobox.com

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Steve Johnson
o:framers- >> bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Johnson >> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:25 AM >> To: generic668 at yahoo.ca >> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Stalwarts >> Subject: Re: Online help generator using FM8 >> >> You w

Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-12-15 Thread Erin Easter
Hi, I found an topic in the list's archive about blank pages showing up in online help, which is a problem I'm having. The answer posted didn't really help so I thought I'd repost the question with a few more details. I'm using FrameMaker 7.1 and WebWorks Publisher to

Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-12-15 Thread Stuart Rogers
Erin Easter wrote: > Hi, > > > > I found an topic in the list's archive about blank pages showing up in > online help, which is a problem I'm having. The answer posted didn't > really help so I thought I'd repost the question with a few more > det

Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-12 Thread Melissa Di Natale
Hi Guys, Right now in my Frame documents I have no blank pages (I have it set so that any empty pages are deleted). But when I convert in Webworks for online help I'm getting a blank page at the end of every chapter. Does anybody know how to get rid of this? I'm wondering if it's

Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-12 Thread Combs, Richard
Melissa Di Natale > Right now in my Frame documents I have no blank pages (I have it set so > that any empty pages are deleted). But when I convert in Webworks for > online help I'm getting a blank page at the end of every chapter. Does > anybody know how to get rid of this? I&#x

Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-13 Thread Katy Wegner
Melissa Di Natale; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Blank Pages in Online Help Melissa Di Natale > Right now in my Frame documents I have no blank pages (I have it set so > that any empty pages are deleted). But when I convert in Webworks for > online help I'm getting a

Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-13 Thread Katy Wegner
; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Blank Pages in Online Help Melissa Di Natale > Right now in my Frame documents I have no blank pages (I have it set so > that any empty pages are deleted). But when I convert in Webworks for > online help I'm getting a blank page at th

Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-13 Thread meg miranda
in the table was duplicated on 2 pages.? This was only apparent in the Frame document when you highlighted the entire table.? The table had to be deleted and re-created. Then the mystery page went away. Depending on what you are using to generate online help, I could see the tool adding the

Tool for XML -> Online Help

2006-05-02 Thread Angela Akridge
Hi, I've never worked with setting up an Online Help system. I know how to write in raw html/sgml, but that's about the extent of my experience with Online Help. I'm familiar with single-source authoring (using Epic) to create customized documentation, but have NO experience d

Tool for XML -> Online Help

2006-05-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 2 May 2006 16:46:31 -0700, "Angela Akridge" wrote: >I've never worked with setting up an Online Help system. I know how to write >in raw html/sgml, but that's about the extent of my experience with Online >Help. I'm familiar with single-sourc

Tool for XML -> Online Help

2006-05-03 Thread John Root
Hi Angela, There are a number of possible pathways you might follow to provide the solution you're looking for. You could generate HTML from your XML content and post this as online help, or you could post your XML content and transform this on the fly as requested by users. Both solutions

Tool for XML -> Online Help

2006-05-03 Thread Mike Feimster
g your own schema, you have a couple of options. As Jeremy said, you can check out Web Works Publisher Pro or Mif2Go. Both will turn a FrameMaker document/book into online help (.chm, web-based, JavaHelp, etc.). I don't think you can easily customize the output so that it is like MS Word'

hyperlink text in online help

2007-04-02 Thread Jon Harvey
Hi All, I am trying to create hyperlinks in nonstructured FM so that when I import it into Flare 2.5, the links open in a new window. The marker text ideas I've tried are Message URL, which opens in the same window as the source, and Newlink, which removes the hyperlink for the text. I woul

hyperlink text in online help

2007-04-03 Thread Stuart Rogers
Jon Harvey wrote: > > I am trying to create hyperlinks in nonstructured FM so that when I > import it into Flare 2.5, the links open in a new window. The marker > text ideas I've tried are Message URL, which opens in the same window as > the source, and Newlink, which removes the hyperlink for the

Re: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help

2016-03-02 Thread Caroline Tabach
@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 12:55 To: Framers; Techshoret Subject: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help Hi all, FrameMaker 2015 has HTML5 online help. Does anyone know if it is compiled into a single file like HTML help (CHM)? If not, how do you

Re: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help

2016-03-02 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
ther. -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+jeff.coatsworth=jonasclub@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson Sent: March-02-16 5:55 AM To: Framers; Techshoret Subject: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help Hi all, FrameMaker 2015 has HTML5 online help. Does anyone know if i

Re: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help

2016-03-02 Thread Robert Lauriston
If you want a single file, use the PDF. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/2015/using/framemaker_help.pdf On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 2:55 AM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: > Hi all, > > FrameMaker 2015 has HTML5 online help. Does anyone know if it is compiled > into a single file like HT

Re: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help

2016-03-02 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
el Wolfson; Framers Cc: Techshoret Subject: Re: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help If you want a single file, use the PDF. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/2015/using/framemaker_help.pdf On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 2:55 AM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: > Hi all, > > FrameMaker 2015 has HTML5 onlin

Re: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help

2016-03-02 Thread Robert Lauriston
ng. > > -Original Message- > From: Framers > [mailto:framers-bounces+jeff.coatsworth=jonasclub@lists.frameusers.com] > On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston > Sent: March-02-16 2:24 PM > To: Shmuel Wolfson; Framers > Cc: Techshoret > Subject: Re: [Framers] HTML5 Online

Re: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help

2016-03-03 Thread Amit Jha
om> Subject: Re: [Framers] HTML5 Online Help I currently use MIF2GO to make Microsoft HTML help (CHM), and to pay a lot of money to upgrade to FrameMaker 2016 I have to have a good reason. At the MEGAComm, Stefan Gentz showed us that FramMaker 2015 has HTML5 help that can change its format automati

Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-28 Thread Writer
get turned into online help. > >One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of FrameMaker is getting an online help solution that will work with special marker tags that we've added to tell WebWorks 2003 where to break pages. > >We aren't sure whether to g

Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-28 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:53:28 -0800, Lynn Gold wrote: >I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks >2003 to get turned into online help. > >One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of >FrameMaker is getting an online help sol

Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
I'm curious about that as well.Never heard of such a thing. MIF2Go is much cheaper than ePublisher but I have no idea if either supports page-break markers. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Writer wrote: > Are you not breaking pages at headings? Do you have some other approach to > page breaks?

RE: FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-29 Thread Gillian Flato
Lynn Gold Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:53 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FrameMaker -> online help solution I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks 2003 to get turned into online help. One of the sticking points of moving them to the

Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-12-01 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't see anywhere in RoboHelp 9 where I could map FrameMaker markers to page breaks. The only reference to FM markers I can find is in the FrameMaker Conversion Settings dialog, where you can define the CSH marker type (default is TopicAlias). I find RoboHelp problematic in too many ways to re

Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-12-01 Thread Ben Allums
On 11/28/2012 12:53 PM, Lynn Gold wrote: I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks 2003 to get turned into online help. One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of FrameMaker is getting an online help solution that will work with special

Re: Indexable HTML Online Help

2011-08-04 Thread Writer
On 03/08/2011 11:08 AM, Paula Toth wrote: HI Folks, We have a project to get FrameMaker-based content topics out to the internet as an online help system without a lot of customization effort. **BUT** we want readers to be able to quickly and easily find specific topics that answer qu

RE: Generating translated online help

2012-11-09 Thread Combs, Richard
r takes the English FM source files and delivers back to us both the translated FM source files and the translated deliverables (in my case, just PDF, since the online help I author is for a network infrastructure product that isn't currently being localized; for other products, it'

RE: Generating translated online help

2012-11-11 Thread Wroblewski, Victoria
-- Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:00:01 -0600 (CST) From: Nancy Allison To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Generating translated online help Hi, all. We use FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9 in a Windows 7 environment. If you manage many translations, how do you

Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-12 Thread Melissa Di Natale
Hi Guys, Right now in my Frame documents I have no blank pages (I have it set so that any empty pages are deleted). But when I convert in Webworks for online help I'm getting a blank page at the end of every chapter. Does anybody know how to get rid of this? I'm wondering if it&#

Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-12-15 Thread Erin Easter
Hi, I found an topic in the list's archive about blank pages showing up in online help, which is a problem I'm having. The answer posted didn't really help so I thought I'd repost the question with a few more details. I'm using FrameMaker 7.1 and WebWorks Publisher

Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread Stalwarts
Hi - Can you list me the popular publishing tools for Online help generation using Framemaker 8? - Nithin ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe

Tool for XML -> Online Help

2006-05-02 Thread Angela Akridge
Hi, I've never worked with setting up an Online Help system. I know how to write in raw html/sgml, but that's about the extent of my experience with Online Help. I'm familiar with single-source authoring (using Epic) to create customized documentation, but have NO experience d

Re: Current Online help standard

2006-12-05 Thread Art Campbell
There isn't a "standard" anything for online help. Depends on your application, OS, and your inclinations. You may want to review http://hat-matrix.com/ for ideas. My own preference is to single source in FM and output to OmniHelp or HTML help through omsys.com's MIF2Go p

RE: Current Online help standard

2006-12-05 Thread Ridder, Fred
L PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Art Campbell Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 3:23 PM To: Susan Curtzwiler Cc: FrameMaker Subject: Re: Current Online help standard There isn't a "standard" anything for online help. Depends on your application, OS, and your inclinations. You may want to rev

Re: Current Online help standard

2006-12-05 Thread Rick Quatro
Adobe also announced an upcoming version of RoboHelp (and FrameMaker) at the recent FrameMaker Chautauqua. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com And to address one issue that Art did not talk about: RoboHelp is not "on its way out". The ownership of the company that pu

hyperlink text in online help

2007-04-02 Thread Jon Harvey
Hi All, I am trying to create hyperlinks in nonstructured FM so that when I import it into Flare 2.5, the links open in a new window. The marker text ideas I've tried are Message URL, which opens in the same window as the source, and Newlink, which removes the hyperlink for the text. I w

OT: online help with automatic updates

2011-04-15 Thread Jon Harvey
Hi All, Does anyone know what is involved with creating Help that is available to a user when they are offline but is automatically updated (or notifies the user that updates are available) when the user is online? We're using Flare in a Windows environment. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop & E

OT: online help with automatic updates

2011-04-15 Thread Bill Swallow
You'd need a phone home script installed with the Help. Many companies block this type of unauthorized communication. Of course you could add a "check for updates" prompt or link that would go out and compare version numbers between installed Help and the latest available Help. Your product install

OT: online help with automatic updates

2011-04-15 Thread Scott Prentice
Other than developing this system yourself, the only off-the-shelf system I know of that does this is Adobe's AIR Help. Flare does offer a "WebHelp AIR" output option .. not sure if they have hooked up the auto-update functionality though (I'm thinking not .. but it might be possible to hack it

OT: online help with automatic updates

2011-04-15 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
: online help with automatic updates Hi All, Does anyone know what is involved with creating Help that is available to a user when they are offline but is automatically updated (or notifies the user that updates are available) when the user is online? We're using Flare in a Windows enviro

OT: online help with automatic updates

2011-04-15 Thread Jon Harvey
Hi All, Does anyone know what is involved with creating Help that is available to a user when they are offline but is automatically updated (or notifies the user that updates are available) when the user is online? We're using Flare in a Windows environment. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop

RE: Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-12 Thread Combs, Richard
Melissa Di Natale > Right now in my Frame documents I have no blank pages (I have it set so > that any empty pages are deleted). But when I convert in Webworks for > online help I'm getting a blank page at the end of every chapter. Does > anybody know how to get rid of this? I&#x

RE: Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-13 Thread Katy Wegner
k Pages in Online Help Melissa Di Natale > Right now in my Frame documents I have no blank pages (I have it set so > that any empty pages are deleted). But when I convert in Webworks for > online help I'm getting a blank page at the end of every chapter. Does > anybody know

RE: Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-13 Thread Katy Wegner
: Blank Pages in Online Help Melissa Di Natale > Right now in my Frame documents I have no blank pages (I have it set so > that any empty pages are deleted). But when I convert in Webworks for > online help I'm getting a blank page at the end of every chapter. Does > anybody know

re: Blank Pages in Online Help

2008-06-13 Thread meg miranda
in the table was duplicated on 2 pages.  This was only apparent in the Frame document when you highlighted the entire table.  The table had to be deleted and re-created. Then the mystery page went away. Depending on what you are using to generate online help, I could see the tool adding the

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