AboutWayne Johnson Expertise Basic set-up of books, master pages, generation of List of Effective pages (LEP), Indexing, auto-numbering. Various ways to import graphics, including advantages and disadvantages of importing into a text frame or importing into a "blank" page. Using a "book" to generate PDF files, with hyperlinking. Customization of function keys, currently setup for Frame 7.0 i.e. change F1 to turn "Change bar" On and Off, F2 to "Cut" a selection, F3 to copy, F4 to Paste, F6 to set line to "TOP OF PAGE" and Shift F6 to start line "anywhere" these can be easily your current config files and if you do not like them - old config files can be restored.
I have no expertise in Structured Framemaker, (i.e. XML or SGML).
Experience 10 years working with Framemaker, all version through Version 7.0
Primarily writing to Aviation ATA spec 100. Currently responsible for maintaining all company published maintenance documents in Framemaker and PDF and making them accessible through the company intranet.
Expert: Wayne Johnson Date: 1/7/2008 Subject: Framemaker and PDF comments
Question QUESTION: I've used email reviews of a PDF that I created from a .fm file. I've merged the replies from the reviewers into my original tracked pdf - and they are all there. Surely Adobe will allow me to put the comments into the .fm. Seems not - seems I can export/import but not to Adobe's own product. How do I incorporate all those review comments into the parent .fm. Thanks and sorry if I could have found the answer easily another way. Regards
ANSWER: There is no way to do what you want as far as I know.
You can "export out" the pdf comments to a Word File and then import that file into your .fm document. But I don't think the comments will align with your Frame pages.
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QUESTION: Ok, thanks for that, great service if dismal result (not your fault!) The whole thing seems stupid. So, I can't incorporate comments, merged into the pdf via returned email reviews, back into the parent .fm. Have to do it manually I guess. But here's the next question. Suppose I just want to update the pdf with the comments? I have the comments from several reviewers merged into my 'control' pdf. What can I do with them? I can't directly edit the pdf text and all the Help on it tells me everything except how I can use the comments (like Word's accept or reject - but maybe that's just text changes). I can move them, change what they look like, delete them but how do I use them? I can 'accept' them (via Set Status - what does Migrate do?) but nothing seems to happen. If, for example, a comment says I should rephrase sentence 'x' to 'y', how can I do that in the pdf? Why is the documentation so appalling - surely everyone would want to know how to use the comments - i.e., incorporate them into the document. Maybe it's only text additions/deletions you can accept but, as I wrote, I don't seem to have any control over the text in the pdf.
Answer You can bring all of your email comments into your pdf document - but each email you receive will have to be done individually, unless you route 1 pdf document.
If you send it to 10 different individuals and receive 10 documents back then you have to export each reviewers comments and then import them back into your "control" pdf.
Comments are just an aid to incorporte various suggestions, which I would do in the "master" fm document and then re-save it as a pdf.
You can do minor edits in pdf and there might be other programs which do a better job of "text" edits.
You might try the following for information www.planetpdf.com - there is a ton of information located there and you can download alot of other pdf converters for a free trial. They are usually the full blown version with a 30 day trial, (they usually put some type of "watermark" on the page), but at least it doesn't cost you anything to try it.
Also remember pdf is just a universal viewing format, if you change the pd and not your original (.fm) document - then the 2 become out of synch.
I have only used Adobe 6, Adobe 8 might have more features, and I think you can download a trial version from ADOBE.
Regards, Wayne.
