word spacing formatting changing--only when files are shared.i'mstumped.

[Ridder, Fred]

Assuming that you are not getting any "Unavailable font" messages
as Rick has suggested, there are a couple of other things to consider.

What do each of you have set as your default printer?  On Windows 
platforms the font metrics (the precise dimensions of every glyph and 
space that is produced in your text) come from the printer driver, and
there are subtle (or not so subtle) differences in the font metrics 
whenever different printer drivers are being used. One way around this
is to use the SetPrint plug-in from Sundorne Communications, which
allows you to set a FrameMaker default printer completely 
independently of the Windows default printer. This way, both of you 
can use the same printer driver within FrameMaker (e.g. the Adobe
PDF printer driver if you normally produce PDF deliverables) even if
your systems have different physical printers available to them.

And once you're using the same printer driver, you should check to 
see whether you are both using the same setting for the 
DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics setting in your maker.ini files. I would
recommend that you set this option to On rather than the default Off.
(Remember to edit maker.ini only when FrameMaker is not running.)

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com)
Staff Information Services Analyst
Intel
Parsippany, NJ



-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Rick Quatro
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:09 PM
To: Cybele Knowles; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: word spacing formatting changing--only when files are
shared.i'mstumped.

Do you or your coworker get any "Unavailable language" or "Unavailable
font" 
messages when you open the document?

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com

> My coworker and I use unstructured Frame 7.2. We've been struggling
with
> this problem: When I open a file last saved by my coworker, the word 
> spacing
> in one or more paragraphs has changed, resulting in layout changes 
> (orphans
> and widows). The same thing happens to my coworker-when she opens a
file I
> last saved, the word spaces has changed. These changes in word spacing
do
> not happen if I open a file I last saved. In other words, when User X 
> opens
> a file last saved by same User X, no problem. When a file last saved
by 
> User
> X is opened by User Y, word spacing changes occur almost always. We do
not
> see any other formatting being changed-just word spacing in one or
more
> paragraphs.
>
>
>
> We do often adjust word spacing by hand using the Paragraph Designer >
> Advanced > Word Spacing > Minimum/Maximum/Optimum fields. But I don't
> understand why any word space settings should change, whether they are
> custom or default.
>
>
>
> Any insight would be much appreciated-we're stumped, frustrated, and 
> wasting
> a lot of time checking changing document layouts.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cybele Knowles

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