Re: [Framers] Error Message Explanation

2021-10-24 Thread Thomas Bain
Spencer - I've never had issues opening files from older versions in the current version. For grins, I just opened a 1994 file that was in v3, and it opened fine. You could install a 30-day trial of the current version (16, aka 2020) to confirm that it works and see if the .jpeg import error

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many

2021-10-22 Thread Craig, Alison GLI/CA
o: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many I downloaded in about 2 seconds and opened it in Acrobat Pro in about 3 seconds. Dave Creamer IDEAS Training -Original Message- The FM PDF help file is almost unusable in the current version because of lo

Re: [Framers] super-slow tagged FrameMaker Help PDF

2021-10-22 Thread Robert Lauriston
Did you download framemaker_help.pdf from https://www.adobe.com/go/learn_fm16_ug_pdf_en ? I have gigabit internet, so downloading was almost instant, but it took two or three minutes to open in Acrobat Pro DC, and 20 minutes later it still hasn't finished saving as reduced file size. On Fri, Oct

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many

2021-10-22 Thread creamertraininglists
I downloaded in about 2 seconds and opened it in Acrobat Pro in about 3 seconds. Dave Creamer IDEAS Training -Original Message- The FM PDF help file is almost unusable in the current version because of long loading and scrolling times. If you have the full Acrobat version, use this

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-22 Thread Robert Lauriston
They didn't know better than to create created a tagged PDF? Yikes. That's not as bad as the time they shipped a new version of FrameMaker that wouldn't run unless it was installed in the root of the c: drive. On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 10:52 PM Gust, Dieter wrote: > > Winfried wrote: "You can

Re: [Framers] Opening FM-user guide takes aeons...

2021-10-22 Thread Klaus Daube
On 20 Oct 2021 at 11:00, Lin Sims wrote: > That PDF is useful but also a real pain, because it takes forever to open > and searching also takes a while. This is weird, because the manual for > 2019 is a similar size but opens and searches quickly on the same machine. > I even tried to save it as

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-22 Thread Lin Sims
BLESS YOU! On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 1:52 AM Gust, Dieter wrote: > Winfried wrote: "You can download the FrameMaker help as PDF from the > Adobe website: > https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/help/help-resources.html; > The FM PDF help file is almost unusable in the current version because of >

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-21 Thread Gust, Dieter
Maker software. Betreff: Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do Hi, You can download the FrameMaker help as PDF from the Adobe website: https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/help/help-resources.html Best regards Winfried -Original Me

Re: [Framers] read/write rules

2021-10-20 Thread dave
Message- From: d...@reqexperts.com Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 6:01 PM To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' Subject: RE: [Framers] read/write rules Scott Thank you for those ideas. I will try them. I was just in the process of uninstalling and reinstalling

Re: [Framers] read/write rules

2021-10-20 Thread Scott Prentice
-4325  T: 303-481-8467 -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Scott Prentice Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:58 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] read/write rules Hi Dave... When initially building an import/export client for FM16 I had to use VS 2019

Re: [Framers] read/write rules

2021-10-20 Thread dave
Prentice Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:58 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] read/write rules Hi Dave... When initially building an import/export client for FM16 I had to use VS 2019, but as of 16.0.3 that no longer works. With Update #3, Adobe released a new FDK

Re: [Framers] read/write rules

2021-10-20 Thread Scott Prentice
-Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Lynne A. Price Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 12:40 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] read/write rules Dave, Even though the error message refers to the r/w rules, the problem could be with your API client. Have you

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread tammyvb
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 9:09 AM > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so > many of us feel the way we do > > June 1, 2021 version of the FrameMaker Help Manual: > https://www.framegoodies.us/Fr

Re: [Framers] read/write rules

2021-10-20 Thread dave
Of Lynne A. Price Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 12:40 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] read/write rules Dave, Even though the error message refers to the r/w rules, the problem could be with your API client. Have you recompiled for the newer version of FM

Re: [Framers] read/write rules

2021-10-20 Thread Lynne A. Price
Dave,    Even though the error message refers to the r/w rules, the problem could be with your API client. Have you recompiled for the newer version of FM?     --Lynne On 10/20/2021 11:32 AM, d...@reqexperts.com wrote: We use a structured application that includes a structured API to

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Robert Lauriston
You can pay all at once or monthly, but FrameMaker subscriptions are annual. On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 10:50 AM Peter Gold wrote: > > ... To quote a spokes-emu, "Only subscribe for when you need." ... ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Peter Gold
Business models evolve. One reason to charge via ongoing subscriptions is to finance the increasing ongoing development cost of the incremental releases needed to keep current with industry's advances. Some of Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription products have been offered on intermittent

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Robert Lauriston
For software companies, one big plus for a subscription model is that they only need to support the latest version. On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 6:20 AM Dennis Hays wrote: > > ... I am not happy with the subscription model as I believe it's an > egregious affront to hold the software hostage when

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Craig Ede
I can only echo my agreement with Dennis on this. . Craig Ede …snip… I am not happy with the subscription model as I believe it's an egregious affront to hold the software hostage when missing a subscription payment. From a business point of view, it's a cash flow solution, reducing the seasonal

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Dennis Hays
June 1, 2021 version of the FrameMaker Help Manual: https://www.framegoodies.us/FrameMaker_Help/framemaker_help.pdf Dennis Lin Sims wrote on 10/20/2021 11:01 AM: Note also that the contents of the PDF and the online help are identical. It's useful if you're not connected, but it might actually

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Lin Sims
inal Message- >> From: Framers > carecom-solutions@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Blackmon, Ramona >> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:00 PM >> To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < >> framers@lists.frameusers.com> &

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Lin Sims
From: Framers carecom-solutions@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Blackmon, Ramona > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:00 PM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest...

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Reng Winfried
for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do Dennis, Yes, will you please post the FrameMaker manual you have for us to use as reference? Ramona Blackmon -Original Message- From

Re: [Framers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Blackmon, Ramona
Dennis, Yes, will you please post the FrameMaker manual you have for us to use as reference? Ramona Blackmon -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Dennis Hays Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 6:20 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Framers

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Dennis Hays
Way back in the dark ages, when FrameMaker was first ported to Windows, I worked with a FM staff member, Mercedes (still fondly remember her), to address bugs and issues. She sent me updates via overnight courier and these were multiple disk sets, calling for a fresh install. The reason I

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Böðvar Björgvinsson
Dear Wim, I do think Adobe reads this list, at least from time to time. So it is IMNSHO essential that we discuss, not only the day-to-day problems we are facing in our tasks with FM but also its pros and cons. I for one welcome the discussion of the attitude that Adobe seems to show regarding

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-20 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
The advantage of talking about what we don't like, is that hopefully they will fix the issues. It's not just to blow off steam. On 19-Oct-21 10:24 AM, Wim iDTP wrote: Hi all, can we go back to where this list is ment for: help eachother out with FrameMaker issues. If you don’t use FM

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-19 Thread Art Campbell
Since I've only used FrameMaker and this list and others list it since the FrameMaker 2 release sometime back in the 1990s, I may not be as qualified as you in deciding what is acceptable list content... But I have a strong feeling that FrameMaker's usability, both for a given task and usability

Re: [Framers] Contents of Framers digest... Why so many of us feel the way we do....

2021-10-19 Thread Wim iDTP
Hi all, can we go back to where this list is ment for: help eachother out with FrameMaker issues. If you don’t use FM (anymore) or don’t like FM (anymore) or don’t want to pay for FM (anymore) - that’s up to you. This list is for FrameMaker users. Let’s stick to that. Thanks! Vriendelijke

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-19 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Thanks! I couldn't agree with you more! :thumbsup And years ago, I think it was even less than $400 to upgrade - heck the cost of a license was around that much (although this may be wishful recollection on my part! ) Z Shmuel Wolfson said: > At one point it was $400 to upgrade up to two

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-19 Thread Robert Lauriston
I suspect the main reason Adobe did not discontinue FrameMaker 20 years ago and has continued to sell it is the significant revenue streams from large customers such as Boeing who built complex toolchains using structured FrameMaker and the Framemaker development kit.

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-19 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
At one point it was $400 to upgrade up to two versions back. That was reasonable. Every few years I would ask my employer to upgrade. Then the price shot up to $400 for one version back, $600 for two versions back, and full price after that. That's when I just gave up and said I'll stick with

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-18 Thread Craig, Alison GLI/CA
and/or authorisation issue is caused by Adobe? Alison ++ -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 11:34 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-18 Thread Robert Lauriston
The current $360 annual subscription price is lower than the old annual maintenance charge, which was 50% of the cost for a new license. On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:27 AM Shmuel Wolfson wrote: > > ... I think when Adobe charged less for upgrades people had more tolerance > for Adobe not fixing

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think the general feeling of those who are upset at Adobe, is that Adobe seems to feel: "We are the best. Nothing else comes close. So we can charge whatever we want and ignore your request for bug fixes." Does that about sum it up? I think when Adobe charged less for upgrades people had

Re: [Framers] Framers Digest, Vol 187, Issue 7-. Re: Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-17 Thread Orly Zimmerman
: Syed Zaeem Hosain To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Well ... I don't bash FrameMaker beca

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-15 Thread Robert Lauriston
Circa 1981 Charles Corfield pitched his idea for an "industrial-strength WYSIWYG word processor" to Sun, which lent him a workstation. https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/products/framemaker/whitepapers/25_Years_of_Adobe_Framemaker.pdf On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 10:00 AM Peter Gold wrote: >

Re: [Framers] Other tools

2021-10-15 Thread Robert Lauriston
Flare's arguably the best alternative to FrameMaker. If your .fm files are formatted consistently, little or no cleanup may be required after import. On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 11:49 PM Caroline Tabach wrote: > > Someone said they hesitated to recommend Frame because of recent > installation

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-15 Thread Robert Lauriston
You can't buy FrameMaker any more. Subscription only. $360 a year is quite cheap compared with other tools. I'm paying a little over $3,000 a year for Paligo. Flare is $2,000. PDF's still a customer requirement for many products, but the other single-sourcing tools I've used all produce

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-15 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
source, and puts my cursor right where I need it! Consistent output? Yes. Many people have provided all the necessary add-ons for just about any standardized technical format that you might ever want. Large books? Yes. No issues with multiple-hundred-page documents for me. I keep my chapter

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-15 Thread tammyvb
at spectrumwritingllc dot com www.spectrumwritingllc.com > -Original Message- > From: Framers bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc@lists.frameusers.com> On > Behalf Of Lin Sims > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 6:10 AM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020 vs 2019

2021-10-15 Thread Lynne A. Price
Sean,    The binary data in a FrameMaker file identifies the version of FrameMaker used to create the file. Each version of FrameMaker can open files created in that version and earlier, but not files created in a later version. In particular, FM 2019 cannot open files created in FM 2020,

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020 vs 2019

2021-10-15 Thread Lin Sims
They gave you a link to the latest general release. Only participants in the beta program get to download beta versions. :D On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 10:19 PM wrote: > Well, you are right. I now have FrameMaker 16 (2020), Adobe tech support > gave me the link, but I have no idea if it is actually

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-15 Thread Lin Sims
Matt has published Working with Content 2020, which is for the most recent version of Frame. It's based on the Scriptorium Using FrameMaker 8, and it's pretty helpful. I do recommend it if you're sick of the online help. On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 6:33 PM wrote: > I will say among the many things

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread chris . samoranski
I used Broadvision Quicksilver for quite a while until 2015’ish.  Basically a Windows-based version of Interleaf.  It was very useful, and working with their tech team was terrific.  What changes they’ve made these past six years or so should be significant.  Interleaf was definitely the Gold

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread tammyvb
ingllc.com > -Original Message- > From: Framers bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc@lists.frameusers.com> On > Behalf Of tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 4:19 PM > To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' >

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread tammyvb
, 2021 11:15 AM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > > Subject: Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe > users "feel" the way we do about Adobe > > IMO, Adobe treats us as open wallets from which to extract more and mo

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020 vs 2019

2021-10-14 Thread Craig, Alison GLI/CA
AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020 vs 2019 Are you saying that the translator used an as-yet unreleased version? Possibly an NDA violation? Is the secret download location a pre-release repository? Shouldn't the translator

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Craig, Alison GLI/CA
il list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe Well, I had Frame 7 for ages and ages, and used to see all the stories on forums, so never moved till we got Windows 10 and

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Lin Sims
They must, or it wouldn't still be being updated and sold. On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 4:03 PM Steve Rickaby wrote: > At 13:24 -0400 14/10/21, Lin Sims wrote: > > >Interleaf still exists, but it's called Quicksilver these days. > > So I've heard - but does anyone use it? > > -- > Steve >

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020 vs 2019

2021-10-14 Thread techwordsmith
, 2021 1:51 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020 vs 2019 Are you saying that the translator used an as-yet unreleased version? Possibly an NDA violation? Is the secret download location a pre-release repository? Shouldn't

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 13:24 -0400 14/10/21, Lin Sims wrote: >Interleaf still exists, but it's called Quicksilver these days. So I've heard - but does anyone use it? -- Steve ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020 vs 2019

2021-10-14 Thread Lin Sims
The current version of FrameMaker is 16.03.979. It was released last July/August and has had 3 updates so far. Frame's update function is busticated, but that seems to be an issue with Adobe's website. You have to download it from the trial page. As long as you're subscribed, it should install

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2020 vs 2019

2021-10-14 Thread Peter Gold
Are you saying that the translator used an as-yet unreleased version? Possibly an NDA violation? Is the secret download location a pre-release repository? Shouldn't the translator return a client's project in the same release it was submitted, or in MIF, to maintain compatibility? On Thu, Oct

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Lin Sims
Interleaf still exists, but it's called Quicksilver these days. https://broadvision.com/products/quicksilver/quicksilver-overview/ On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 12:24 PM Steve Rickaby wrote: > At 16:55 -0600 12/10/21, wrote: > > I tend to agree: all software eventually 'dies' as technology moves

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Peter Gold
A good reason NOT to speed-read technically-dense material, is that one tends to take humor seriously. For example, I'm imagining recalling retired engineers refactoring original FM code into COBOL! :) Thanks for the image, Steve! IIRC, the original proposals for FM were made by

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 16:55 -0600 12/10/21, wrote: >I can give details if interested, but I just wanted to chime in to the >thread from a few weeks ago, where someone stated that they feel that Adobe >hates their customers. . . I think that was me. Long time past, I took a great many textbooks directly to press

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Klaus Daube
On 13 Oct 2021 at 14:21, Peter Gold wrote: > In the old days, Adobe had beta-test (AKA pre-release) programs, for which > interested volunteers who represent a range of users from single-person > business to large enterprises with multiple seats, could apply. Is there a > FM beta-test program

Re: [Framers] Other tools

2021-10-14 Thread Peter Gold
Affinity Publisher lacks FM- and iD- technical-authoring tools, like x-refs, hierarchical running H/Fs, multi-file books. The Serif AP user forum reveals that footnotes were added after being requested. This stirs optimism that other feature requests will be fulfilled ... in due time. Requests

Re: [Framers] Other tools

2021-10-14 Thread nuhDEEN
If you have the option of porting to a different authoring system for your source docs, I've long been a fan (and MVP) of WebWorks ePublisher. It's very flexible and you can create multiple outputs. Nadine On Thursday, October 14, 2021, 11:07:00 a.m. EDT, Caroline Tabach wrote: After

Re: [Framers] Other tools

2021-10-14 Thread Caroline Tabach
After leaving Framemaker (which I worked with for about 20 years!), I arrived at a company which publishes everything directly to the web using Document360. But this doesn't do everything I want, so I am looking into different options, to publish to the web, create PDF files if required, as well

Re: [Framers] Other tools

2021-10-14 Thread nuhDEEN
Caroline, what are you using now to create your source docs? Nadine On Thursday, October 14, 2021, 08:34:23 a.m. EDT, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: Affinity looks great for magazines, but it currently lacks support for cross-references, so it's not an option for books IMHO. But it seems like

Re: [Framers] Other tools

2021-10-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Affinity looks great for magazines, but it currently lacks support for cross-references, so it's not an option for books IMHO. But it seems like it is a feature thta they want to add. See

Re: [Framers] Other tools

2021-10-14 Thread D B
Someone mentioned Affinity here, so I installed it. It looks like it has a lot of potential, but It was more than I needed right now so I didn't put much effort into using it. Doug On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 2:49 AM Caroline Tabach wrote: > Someone said they hesitated to recommend Frame because

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
To continue my previous email, I agree that if PDF is not an output you supply to the customers, than there are lots of good options out there that may be cheaper than FM and have other benefits. But there are plenty of products out there that still come with a PDF, or have one

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I don't know why everyone likes bashing FrameMaker. Is there anything else that: • Is suitable for long books. • Gives you PDF output as is appears while you are working (WYSIWYG). • Can be converted to online help, (even if it requires buying an extra program). FM happens to have online help

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Reng Winfried
Hi, OK. I did not have such severe problems as some of you. My impression is that Adobe and the FrameMaker development reacts much more quickly than "in the good old days", when there was no-one from Adobe to talk to. And at least now FrameMaker is as stable as e.g. FM 7. Adobe now also

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-14 Thread Caroline Tabach
rs > bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc@lists.frameusers.com> On > > Behalf Of Peter Gold > > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 1:34 PM > > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > > > > Subject: Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-13 Thread Peter Gold
writingllc dot com > www.spectrumwritingllc.com > > > -Original Message- > > From: Framers > bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc@lists.frameusers.com> On > > Behalf Of Peter Gold > > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 1:34 PM > > To: An email list

Re: [Framers] Why so many of us feel the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-13 Thread nuhDEEN
Michael, what are you using to publish your DITA content? What output is it missing? Nadine On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 04:43:39 p.m. EDT, Norton, Michael wrote: Some of us have been using FrameMaker since it was owned by Frame. For many years, it seemed as if Adobe was trying to

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-13 Thread tammyvb
c.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 2:18 PM > To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' > > Subject: Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe > users "feel" the way we do about Adobe > > Yea, pretty much. . . I figured

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-13 Thread tammyvb
alf Of Peter Gold > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 1:34 PM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > > Subject: Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe > users "feel" the way we do about Adobe > > Egad, Tammy!

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-13 Thread nuhDEEN
underlying software design that seems to work the same from a user's point-of-view. You know, like nations of citizens being able to commute daily in their all-electric cars, using the same habits* they learned while driving petroleum-fueled autos. The investment in a fundamentally re-engineered FM shou

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-13 Thread Peter Gold
.@lists.frameusers.com> On > > Behalf Of A Craig > > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 12:06 PM > > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker, software. > > > > Subject: Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe > > users "f

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-13 Thread tammyvb
-Original Message- > From: Framers bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc@lists.frameusers.com> On > Behalf Of A Craig > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 12:06 PM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker, software. > > Subject: Re: [Framers] Stefan want

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-13 Thread Peter Gold
eum-fueled autos. The investment in a fundamentally re-engineered FM should pay off going forward, unless investments in imagined AI succeed in being able to replace technical publishing with autonomous-everything. *Well, maybe self-driving vehicles might help reduce the consequence of driver

Re: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

2021-10-13 Thread A Craig
I wholeheartedly agree — except, sadly, I'm not semi-retired. Alison From: tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com To: "An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker, software." Sent: Tuesday, 12 October, 2021 15:55:26 Subject: [Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-10-07 Thread Robert Lauriston
https://www.windowslatest.com/2021/08/28/microsofts-loophole-will-allow-windows-11-on-unsupported-hardware/ On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 3:23 PM wrote: > > ... MS put out 11 to appease its hardware partners and force the buying of > more hardware for folks who want to upgrade. ...

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-10-07 Thread tammyvb
> Behalf Of Lin Sims > Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 12:45 PM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > > Subject: Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility? > > The OS keeps changing my default printer on me behind my back. I don't let > Windows

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-10-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
I guess it does depend on the configuration then. We have not run the utility - just checked the specs of the systems we have. These are Lenovo laptops, i5 and i7 dual and quad-core, and all have the TPM chips, at least 8GB of ram (most are 16GB and some are 32GB), etc. My primary system is

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-10-05 Thread A Craig
concerned. From: "Lin Sims" To: "An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker, software." Sent: Tuesday, 5 October, 2021 11:44:43 Subject: Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility? The OS keeps changing my default printer on me behind my back. I don't let Windows m

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-10-05 Thread Lin Sims
ng . > > Alison > > > From: "Lin Sims" > To: "An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker, software." < > framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 5 October, 2021 11:25:39 > Subject: Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility? > > Good thing

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-10-05 Thread A Craig
s than $50). And I agree that MS needs to stop telling me how I want to use my computer, because most of the time they are wrong . Alison From: "Lin Sims" To: "An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker, software." Sent: Tuesday, 5 October, 2021 11:25:39 Sub

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-10-05 Thread Lin Sims
solute "have to > upgrade" the OS for a while. > > Z > > -Original Message- > From: Framers > On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 1:59 PM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > framers@lists.

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-10-05 Thread Robert Lauriston
My almost-five-year-old Dell Optiplex 7010 is per Microsoft's utility not compatible. Not that there's any reason for me to upgrade. On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 11:16 AM Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: > > Hmmm ... apparently because Microsoft wants to "add better security". Thus > the need for the TPM

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-10-05 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
1:59 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility? Interesting that Windows 11 has such steep CPU requirements. That's not something I look for in an operating system. ___ This message

Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question

2021-09-30 Thread Peter Gold
Is it possible that this is the result of either an honest typesetting or composing error, or an intentional strategy to avoid breaking footnote matter across pages? Does the client have a preference? On Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 4:16 PM wrote: OK, I know this is off-topic but because this list is

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-09-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
Interesting that Windows 11 has such steep CPU requirements. That's not something I look for in an operating system. ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at

Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question

2021-09-29 Thread tammyvb
email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > > Subject: Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question > > But why even reference the original article? Doesn't the revised/republished > article supplant the former entirely, so just cite it? I've not seen this type of > r

Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question

2021-09-29 Thread tammyvb
I have my message format set to HTML and I have the option of append each line in the original message with a carrot (>) and I see that works for other folks' messages. . . not sure what else I could different besides just remove the original message. . . but then I have had folks complain that

Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question

2021-09-29 Thread tammyvb
> To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > > Subject: Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question > > Tammy, > > Is there some way you can turn off the appending the earlier messages > when you reply. I expect you are probably replying from a phone and

Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question

2021-09-29 Thread Craig Ede
From: Framers on behalf of tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 4:29 PM To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' Subject: Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question LOL! How I wish. Tammy Van Boening Tammy dot vanboening

Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question

2021-09-29 Thread Harding, Dan
: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 6:42 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question I've never seen an embedded reference in all my years in university. I would have thought that the second one would have just quoted the title

Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question

2021-09-29 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
I've never seen an embedded reference in all my years in university. I would have thought that the second one would have just quoted the title of the first one - e.g. Rodgers, T., Leahy, D., et al. (2007). "Rodgers T, Leahy D, Rowland M. 2005. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling 1:

Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question

2021-09-28 Thread tammyvb
LOL! How I wish. Tammy Van Boening Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com www.spectrumwritingllc.com -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Peter Gold Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 3:23 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re

Re: [Framers] OT: Reference question

2021-09-28 Thread Peter Gold
Just cite the "Friends" episode and provide a link to it? :) On Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 4:16 PM wrote: > OK, I know this is off-topic but because this list is filled with seasoned > veterans of technical writing, I know I can get my answer here. I am > working > on the references for a client

Re: [Framers] New Adobe Profiles - Business, Personal

2021-09-27 Thread Lin Sims
ber 2021 15:07 > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Framers] New Adobe Profiles - Business, Personal > > I've reached out to Stefan Gentz & he's forwarded Sue's info to the TCS > team, but becau

Re: [Framers] New Adobe Profiles - Business, Personal

2021-09-27 Thread Craig Ede
If you had to only piss off one of the groups, you'd likely pick the one that is smaller. But pissing off nobody would be better. C Ede snip... Adobe treats its Creative Cloud customers (InDesign / Photoshop / Illustrator / Type / etc.) much better than its

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-09-27 Thread Thomas Bain
I've been using Windows 11 since July and have seen no problems with Frame versions 16.0.2 and 16.0.3. Tom Bain b...@acm.org -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Harding, Dan Sent: Monday, September 27, 2021 6:34 To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.

Re: [Framers] Windows 11 compatibility?

2021-09-27 Thread A Craig
Given the huge compatibility problems with Win 11 and existing computers, running Frame on a Win 11 computer it won't be an issue for most of us until we buy/upgrade our current systems. We just bought our second, high end (though not bleeding edge) computer in May and neither of them will

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