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| Framemaker 7.1 - Updating Variables in Generated Files | 1/7/2009 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm running Framemmaker 7.1 under Windows XP. I have a number of chapters plus generated ToC, List ...
A: Jay - Send me a couple of files with some information on the procedure you use to update the ...
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| Framemaker 7.1 - Updating Variables in Generated Files | 1/6/2009 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm running Framemmaker 7.1 under Windows XP. I have a number of chapters plus generated ToC, List ...
A: Jay - What you might try is - with your book open - go to the Menu Bar and select Edit - Update - ...
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| FrameMaker: Awkward spacing after appyling "Top of Page" to table | 1/6/2009 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: Working in a 2 column document with several tables (most spanning across both columns) scattered ...
A: Alyson - What I think is happening and what I can reproduce is when your table spans the 2 columns ...
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| Formating page numbers in indexes (FM7.2) | 1/3/2009 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm trying to figure out how to format page numbers in an FM generated index. The default font for ...
A: Chris - You seem to be doing everything right - but you might try the following: With the Frame Book ...
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| Tab stops in table of contents | 1/1/2009 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm now setting up my table of contents and I'm having some problems with the tab stops. My book ...
A: Ingvil Be sure you are on the Body Page - select ONE paragraph you want to format and then adjust ...
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| FrameMaker TOC - numbered hdgs won't format | 12/26/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: Johnson, First, thank you so much for providing this service! I'd call myself an "experienced ...
A: Laura The extra "spaces" you are displaying in your example is because you have extra "spaces" on ...
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| Tabels in Framemaker 8.0 | 12/15/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm using Framemaker 8.0 for my Ph.d thesis and am now faced with the challenge of having an ...
A: Ingvil - I do not have Framemaker 8.0 - but I get the same problem in Frame 7.0. What I would do is ...
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| Convert word files to framemaker | 11/28/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: Can you tell me how to convert word documents(.doc) to framemaker.
A: Ramya, Framemaker can import Word documents (.doc) files, and then save them as Framemaker files ...
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| unable to run maker on unix | 11/26/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I am a newbie, using framemaker on UNIX for the first time. whenever i run maker on my UNIX machine ...
A: RM - Sorry I cannot help you as I have no experience with UNIX You might try going to www.adobe.com ...
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| Black 100% + Pantone 118 CVU tint in FrameMaker | 11/25/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: While creating pdf all tint colour is showing instaed of black+Pantone118 CVU
A: Rajesh, (Your question is rather unclear. Are you getting tints when you wanted black? Or were ...
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| Unable to insert some special characters | 11/14/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm using Frame 8.0 and I'm not totally familiar with some of the changes made to this new version. ...
A: Kimberly Since I don't have Frame 8, I can only suggest the following: After you type the character ...
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| How to enter a smaller than & equan sign? | 11/5/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: Could you please tell me how to enter a smaller than & equan sign? Thanks, Wuyan
A: Wuyan, > > Could you please tell me how to enter a smaller than & equal sign? > On American and ...
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| Frame 7.2 bug | 11/4/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I recently had my Office upgraded to 2007. Ever since, my Frame 7.2 has been buggy - I make a TOC ...
A: Aliza - Sorry I probably cannot help you because I don't have Office 2007. What I would try first is ...
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| linking files | 11/3/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I am working with a 186 page index of part numbers - the entire thing is set up as a table. The ...
A: Jessica The easy way to do this is make sure all of your part numbers have the same paragraph style ...
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| Distance between text and footnote | 10/27/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I just canīt figure out how to increase the distance between textflow and footnotes. They are almost ...
A: Martin If you have your "footnotes" in a seperate frame from the main text frame - just go to the ...
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| Abode Framemaker | 10/22/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: How do you get The framemaker?
A: Bob, Framemaker is a commercial product, sold by Adobe. It is a professional-grade system, sold ...
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| Wierd page numbering in Framemaker 6.0 | 10/19/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: I've written a book that has about 10 chapters. I have 'added' all the files to the 'book' and done ...
A: Tom, That's very strange behavior! In the several years I used Framemaker 6, I don't think I ever ...
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| Framemaker importing PDF Files | 10/6/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I work in Word and PDF files, converting everything into a PDF for final output. Adobe Professional ...
A: Carolyn What I would do is Save your document from Word as a pdf - then open that pdf document and ...
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| Font errors after coverting from Frame 7 to 8 | 10/6/2008 | Neal Ziring |
Q: We have converted from FrameMaker 7 to 8. Now all the cross references are incorrect. What we can ...
A: Birgitta, I am not well-qualified to answer this question, as I have not used Framemaker 8 yet. ...
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| Frame Based Navigation in Framemaker 8 | 9/30/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I need to create a Framebased navigation, is this possible with Framemaker, or should I just export ...
A: Michael - I am not sure what you really want to do: Do you want to convert the documents to a pdf ...
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| Setting up page numbering to display "page x of y" | 9/24/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I set up a FrameMaker template, and my idea was to set the page numbering to appear as "page x of y" ...
A: Scott - You can have the total number of pages. But the answer is too long to do it here. What you ...
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| Compatability of FrameMaker 6 to 8 | 9/24/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I have been given the task of removing all change bars from a book. We have purchased FrameMaker 8.0 ...
A: Leslie - You have to find the "missing files" When you open each file you can select the "Ignore" ...
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| Compatability of FrameMaker 6 to 8 | 9/24/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I have been given the task of removing all change bars from a book. We have purchased FrameMaker 8.0 ...
A: Leslie - If all of your files are in a Frame Book then do the following: 1. Highlight ALL files in ...
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| TOC problem | 9/23/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: Frame 7. I'm working on a directory of medical services offered by an insurance company. The ...
A: John - I need a little more information. If the Hospital Names and Medical groups are "scattered" ...
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| updating books | 9/23/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I have 2 questions: 1. When I update a book, the chapter numbering gets messed up starting on ...
A: Kristal - If you files are in a Book - the Book will override the file number when you update your ...
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| Marker Text | 9/22/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: This is a followup question in generating how cross-reference is setup in Framemaker. I understand ...
A: Su - Sorry - I have taken so long to answer your question. I don't know of a way to "grab" just the ...
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| FrameMaker | 9/11/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm using FrameMaker 8. I'm working on a document that refers you to e-mail. I want to make the ...
A: Chris - This is a bit out of my area of knowledge and I don't have Frame 8 installed. But with Frame ...
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| Re: Cross-Reference in Framemaker | 9/6/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I'm writing a book with the book option and I use cross-reference function for my reference list. ...
A: Su - Try the following: 1. Go to the Find / Change - then next to the Find box there is a drop down ...
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| Searching for Automatic Change Bars | 9/4/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I am using Framemaker 8 and need to search for change bars that are automatically applied when ...
A: Annie - The only way I know of doing this is kind of a "round-about" method. 1. If you files are in ...
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| Framemaker 8 - index links | 8/29/2008 | Wayne Johnson |
Q: I have created a book that includes lists of figures and tables (imported from word). Each figure or ...
A: Todd - Please send me a copy of one of your generated list and a copy of the one of the documents ...
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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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