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| FrameMaker 8 Conditional files in books | 8/28/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I have a book that contains multiple files of identical conditional text settings so that I can ...
A: Carol - I have not worked with Frame 8 - so my information is from using Frame 7. I would work with ...
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| framemaker 7 and 8 | 8/27/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: My biggest issue right now is I am trying to update a book in which I have added revised pages to, ...
A: Lauren - That is one of the problems with Framemaker it is not very forward compatable. What you ...
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| FrameMaker Maste Page error msg | 8/19/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: When attempting to reapply Master Page to a page in this document, get message "One or more master ...
A: Betsy, I have not been able to reproduce this behavior or find this error message. So, my response ...
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| Poor imported images in FrameMaker 7.1 | 8/13/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: Whenever I import a gif into FrameMaker 7.1, it looks pixelated. Even if I import at 300 dpi or 150 ...
A: Paula First off - changing the dpi - when you import it into Framemaker only makes the image larger ...
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| How to link to file attachments? | 8/13/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I want to create a document in FM with hyperlinks to other documents (embedded attachments?). Then ...
A: Jules You can create the links directly in Framemaker to go to another document, but you have to ...
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| Printing Pages to PDF | 8/8/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: One day I lost the ability in FrameMaker to print to Adobe PDF. I can save an entire book or file as ...
A: Amy - If you can currently print a Book or a File to pdf then you should be able to also do a page ...
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| Framemaker | 8/8/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm doing translation/setting up a new manual. On my desctop I've got: Adobe Reader 7,0; Acrobat ...
A: Mary Adobe Reader - Is the "free" program that allows you to read "BUT NOT CREATE" a pdf file. ...
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| Framemaker | 8/8/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: Please, help me! How do you set up new headings/basicly the heading's style? I need white letters on ...
A: Mary - You have not read my answer to your first question - please read the answers before asking ...
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| cutting and pasting cross-referenced paragraphs | 8/8/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: Using FM8.0 on Windows. I have cross-referenced paragraphs throughout my document. For most ...
A: Ian, Yes, I know what you mean about moving stuff that includes cross-references. It can be very ...
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| Framemaker | 8/7/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: Again about my correcting the surveying thing. When it comes to describing the sequence how the ...
A: Mary, > > When it comes to describing the sequence how the instrument > works, there is no way to ...
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| Adobe Framemaker | 8/7/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: When I've to change the chapter's number/title the old number won't dissappear. So,- I get "24.25 ...
A: Mary - What I need you to do is send me a copy of the document so I can see what is going on with ...
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| Adobe Framemaker | 8/6/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: I'm making corrections /translating for the new manual. And will it be easier to print up the whole ...
A: Mary, > > 1. Frame maker opens only some chapters, the others > (old versions for the ...
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| Adobe Framemaker | 8/6/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: If I'm to set up a new manual for a surverying instrument. Can I type the text without "programming" ...
A: Mary If you have just installed Framemaker on you computer - then the Default Mode is "Structured ...
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| Adding change bars to graphics | 8/5/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I am trying to add a change bar to graphics that have changed. When I select the graphic & add the ...
A: Heidi You are not doing anything wrong - your "graphic" is not "text" therefore Frame doesn't put a ...
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| Framemaker Help. | 8/1/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: I have several files in a directory "DIR1". I want to create a Framemaker file, which imports all ...
A: Mahidhar, I'm not sure there is any simple way to do this. The add file to book dialog only lets ...
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| Table and Figure Numbering | 7/29/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: The numbering of tables and figures is automatically set by chapter. Can we set them to follow the ...
A: Tamara - Sorry there is no way I know of to do it automatically. You could do the following: Go to ...
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| File path issue with FM 6.0 | 7/28/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: Hey, I have an issue with FM. I have one document which keeps on searching for a file that does ...
A: Ceddy For the following assume, File A is the one you are opening, and File B is the one File A is ...
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| Special text symbols | 7/23/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to get a less than or equal or greater than or equal to ...
A: Jessica - Find the following pdf file on your computer. For Frame 7 the file is named ...
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| link problem | 7/22/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I have a minor problem with links in bullet lists in FM 7.2. I select a word to link to, apply the ...
A: Manny I am not really sure what you are trying to do: Do you just the one or two words to be ...
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| link problem | 7/21/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I have a minor problem with links in bullet lists in FM 7.2. I select a word to link to, apply the ...
A: Manny If you want to just "highlight 1 or 2 words in your sentence - then I would try using the ...
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| FM 7.1 is removing all cross-references in a file | 7/15/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: Strange problem, it's happened to me 2x in past 2 months (once running v7.1p114, and now again, ...
A: Trish - These intermittent problems are always hard to try and figure out. Are you sure your ...
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| PDFs from FrameMaker 7 using Acrobat 8 | 7/15/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: on my PC running Windows XP I used to generate PDFs from a FrameMaker 7 via the 'save as' command. I ...
A: Francis - I would use the Windows program to uninstall Acrobat 5.0 and 8.0 - then find the Acrobat ...
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| Table design: How to specify the paragraph tag for the Table Title | 7/14/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: I am very experienced with Frame, but this is stumping me. I am configuring a new set of templates. ...
A: Roseanne, This is a tricky one, and I don't have a copy of Framemaker in front of me at this moment ...
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| Text Symbols | 7/1/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: Is there a legend for Text Symbols? I have a doc that uses a symbol (<) (opposite tab (>)). I have ...
A: Jim - The following is from Framemaker 7.0, as I don't have Frame 8 installed. If you have the Hard ...
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| List of Effective Pages | 6/26/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I am using LEP Tools to generate a LOEP from the book level for my manuals. I am able to generate ...
A: Ken - When you go to the Reference Page you should see something like the following, (usually ...
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| can't generate an updated book file | 6/18/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I am working on an inherited FM 7.2 book file. For some unknown reason the chapter numbering went ...
A: Alice: If you go to the Frame Help menu and then in the "Search" Box - enter "unavailable fonts." It ...
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| Body text writing over master page images | 6/18/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm trying to create a template with a full page image on all left hand pages and text on the right. ...
A: Meaghan - What you need to do is send me a copy of following: File 1 - Indicates what you want. File ...
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| FrameMaker 8 - How do I merge two tables together into one table? | 6/13/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I have two tables (imported from MS Word - RTF format) and I am trying to bring two tables together ...
A: James - If each table has the same number of columns then you shouldn't have to "insert" a bunch of ...
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| Cross references | 6/13/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I am trying to figure out how to reference a text within the chapter for example: Go to Figure 51 ...
A: Vidya - There are too much variable to give you all of the info - but I can get you started. There ...
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| cross-referencing tables | 6/13/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: Maybe this is a stupid question, I don't know enough about framemaker to know if it is but I have to ...
A: Jen You can use the Cross-Reference Function to have text appear in muliple areas of your file. With ...
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| Frame to PDF error | 6/12/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I am using the 'Print Book' option in FM 7.1, and my first file in the book has two Visio images. I ...
A: Chris - As I am not familiar with Visio - I would try the following: 1. Remove the Visio Drawing ...
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| FrameMaker and PDF security | 6/11/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I use FrameMaker 7.1 and Acrobat Professional 8. After creating a PDF from FM, another person using ...
A: Adi - Your problem has nothing to do with Framemaker - it is a setting in Adobe Professional. As I ...
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| Reference graphics positioning on body pages | 6/5/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I am relatively new to Frame. When using reference graphics I am unable to to get them to position ...
A: Ron - When you insert graphics into the body page "no matter" how you do it - the graphic is ...
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| Conditional Text in FM7.2 | 6/4/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: I am using FM 7.2 (unstructured). Now I had a book with 10 chapters in it. These chapters are again ...
A: Krishna, > These chapters are again individual blocks of information, > so there is a copyright ...
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| How to delete a gap at the start of a table FM7 or 8 | 5/30/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: Our custom master page has three columns with .25 gap. On the body page (with that master page ...
A: Bob - If you send me a copy of your "Master" page - I can "modify" it for you and send it back to ...
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| Change name of referenced image | 5/29/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: Is there any way to change the name of a image file that has already been imported into Framemaker. ...
A: Ken, There is no simple way to change the reference to an image file, unfortunately. You can ...
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| TOC Leaders Formatting (in Ref Pages) | 5/28/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I am having trouble getting the formatting right on my TOC leaders. I have a book of files which ...
A: Callie You do not need to setup the formatting on the reference page. The only thing I use the ...
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| Index Leader Dots | 5/23/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm trying to format my index with leader dots between the entries and page numbers, but I can't ...
A: Liz - I need a couple of questions answered before I can give you the answer: 1. Is your Index ...
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| Frame Maker | 5/19/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: How to convert FrameMaker document into online helpfile using FrameMaker options?
A: Rakhi, Converting Framemaker to on-line help will depend on what help system you are using. ...
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| Framemaker 8: how to add hyperlinks within the document | 5/17/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm not sure how to add hyperlinks within an unstructured document so that the reader of a ...
A: David - In short If you use SPECIAL - CROSS-REFERENCE within a document - then the text of the item ...
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