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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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| 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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