I recently contributed an article on my favorite FrameMaker tips to Indus, the newsletter of the India chapter of STC. Check out the article here!
FrameMaker tips article in Indus
May 10th, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Technical Communication Suite, Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
Let’s discuss an easy way to embed a file-level TOC in a FrameMaker document. We’ll generate a standalone TOC for the document and then import it by reference into the same document.
Here’s how:
- Open the FrameMaker document.
- Click Special > Table of Contents. When FrameMaker prompts if you want to create a standalone TOC, say Yes.
- In the Set Up Table of Contents dialog, select the paragraph tags that you want to include in the TOC. Click Set. FrameMaker creates a separate TOC file and stores it in the directory where your FrameMaker document is stored.
- Open the new TOC and format it as necessary. You may want to change the font styles/sizes for the TOC paragraphs and set tab stops/leaders.
- Now, open the parent FrameMaker document, place the cursor at the intended insertion point (usually the beginning of the file), and then click File > Import > File. Select the external TOC file and click Import.
- Retain the default settings in the Import Text Flow by Reference dialog box and click Import. FramaMaker imports the TOC by reference into the parent document.
Now, whenever you update the external TOC, simply select the embedded text inset in the parent document and click Update in the Text Inset Properties pod.
Here’s some further suggested reading:
Top ten FrameMaker conversion tips
April 3rd, 2010 Posted in Downloads, Technical Communication Suite, Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
Simon Bate has posted his top ten FrameMaker conversion tips over at the Scriptorium blog. Pretty interesting stuff! Do take a look.
As for our FrameMaker tips that he refers to in his post, you can download the PDF from this link.
Enjoy!
RoboHelp: Printed documentation error
The Word VBA macro version registered is incorrect. Please reinstall printed documentation.
If you encounter the above error message while trying to generate printed documentation from a RoboHTML project, change the macro security settings in Microsoft Word.
Follow these steps to change the macro security settings in Word 2007:
- Click the Office button > Word options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings.
- Change Macro Settings to Enable all macros and then click OK.
- Generate printed documentation output from RoboHTML.
Peter Grainge has a useful page on his website summarizing RoboHelp print issues. Do take a look!