Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-26 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:36:16 -0700, Karen Robbins wrote: >I have been struggling with this in FM9. My document has a >Symbol-font arrow that goes wonky when I convert to PDF. I have tried >several tools and suggestions, including the FM hex input palette, to >enter the proper code, but none wo

Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-26 Thread Karen Robbins
Hello Framers, I have been struggling with this in FM9. My document has a Symbol-font arrow that goes wonky when I convert to PDF. I have tried several tools and suggestions, including the FM hex input palette, to enter the proper code, but none work--I just get a question mark in place of th

Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-26 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:43:52 +0100, "Ian Proudfoot" wrote: >FrameMaker does have the Hex Input palette where you can type the hex value >of any unicode character. It's a lot more compact than the character >palette. You can find it here: File > Utilities > Hex Input... or Alt + f u >i. Interest

RE: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-26 Thread Bethany Lee
m] On Behalf Of Ian Proudfoot Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:44 AM To: 'Nancy Allison'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10? Hi Nancy, FrameMaker does have the Hex Input palette where you can type the hex value of any unicode charac

Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-25 Thread Mike Wickham
It still works in Windows 7. Mike Wickham On 8/25/2011 4:00 AM, Simon BUCH wrote: There is a Windows input method to 'type' Unicode characters, using the numeric pad to type the unicode hex number. Steps required: 1. You'll need to enable the Windows 'hex numpad' option. As there's no user int

RE: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-25 Thread Ian Proudfoot
Hi Nancy, FrameMaker does have the Hex Input palette where you can type the hex value of any unicode character. It's a lot more compact than the character palette. You can find it here: File > Utilities > Hex Input... or Alt + f u i. Ian Ian Proudfoot iTP-X Adobe Community Professional -Or

RE: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-25 Thread Simon BUCH
There is a Windows input method to 'type' Unicode characters, using the numeric pad to type the unicode hex number. Steps required: 1. You'll need to enable the Windows 'hex numpad' option. As there's no user interface option for this [AFAIK], you'll need to modify the Windows registry: 1a. Clic

RE: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-24 Thread Michael Pearson
Hi Nancy, Choose File > Utilities > Character Palette, then use the arrows at the right-hand side of the Character Palette to scroll down to the unicode range you need (219, in your case). The 219 range should contain the glyph you want. Click it to insert it into your document at the cursor.

Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-24 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 24/08/2011 1:50 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:00:44 -0500 (CDT), Nancy Allison wrote: Which of these cryptic codes to I use to get the character into my text? HOW do I enter the code to do this? Copy and paste it from the windows char map tool. Open the char map, s

RE: Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-24 Thread Sharon Burton
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10? Fantastic! Thanks, all! This list is a treasure. --Nancy Aug 24, 2011 01:51:28 PM, jer...@omsys.com wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:00:44 -0500 (CDT), Nancy Allison wrote: >Which of these cryptic codes to I use

Re: Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-24 Thread Nancy Allison
Fantastic! Thanks, all! This list is a treasure. --Nancy Aug 24, 2011 01:51:28 PM, jer...@omsys.com wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:00:44 -0500 (CDT), Nancy Allison wrote: >Which of these cryptic codes to I use to get the >character into my text? HOW do I enter the code to do this? Copy an

Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-24 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:00:44 -0500 (CDT), Nancy Allison wrote: >Which of these cryptic codes to I use to get the >character into my text? HOW do I enter the code to do this? Copy and paste it from the windows char map tool. Open the char map, select Arial Unicode MS as the font, check the Adv

Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-24 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, Nadine. I see that I've wandered into a larger question than I meant to! Right now, I just need to find out the easiest way to find a special character in a Unicode font and insert it into my Frame documents, irrespective of whether they'll be translated into HTML. mif2go is very powerf

Re: RE: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-24 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, Mike and everyone. I find the File/Utilities/Character Palette feature pretty unfriendly because there's no way to search it with descriptive text (like "arrow" or "right arrow") and I tend to get seasick scrolling through it and squinting at the grey-on-black characters. Is there a wa

Re: Re: How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

2011-08-24 Thread Nancy Allison
I use mif2go. Aug 24, 2011 12:13:49 PM, nadinemur...@yahoo.ca wrote: Out of curiosity, how do you convert your FM files to HTML? Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@list