FrameMaker/ePublisher issue

[Mary Anthony]

Mark,

This is an ePublisher issue. I have run into it.  You can search characters on the ePublisher support page:

"Wingdings characters present a particular challenge when working with HTML-based content. Since Wingdings (as well as a few other "symbol" fonts) conflicts with the Unicode character map, many browsers simply don't support it. Internet Explorer skirts the issue and displays these characters correctly."

A solution is to use the character map to do a translation from one character to another.

"To modify the ePublisher character map, you'll need to perform a simple overide of a file called 'mapentrysets.xml', which is located by default in the ePublisher Pro installation directory:
ePublisher Pro\Formats\Shared\html

For information on performing target overrides, please see their online knowledge base article here:
http://www.webworks.com/technotes/articles/ePublisherPro/EX_ePub_Project_Format_Overrides.36.1.aspx

Mary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
> bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Eichelberger, Mark
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 7:09 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: FrameMaker/ePublisher issue
>
> Folks, I honestly do not know if this is a FrameMaker or ePublisher
> issue, but I thought I would first ask here first.
>
>
>
> We are currently using FrameMaker version 7 and have just upgraded to
> ePublisher version 2008.3.  We also use a 3rd Party plugin for FM
> called
> AutoText to define tables or graphic items for selection via a pull
> down
> menu in FM.  What we have noticed in the HTML and PDF output of our FM
> source files generated by the 2008.3 version of ePublisher is that
> symbols within the FM AutoText tables, such as the Monotype Sorts
> "Pointing Finger" or the Wingdings "Warning Bell", are being
> substituted
> by other symbols in the resulting HTML and PDF output.  For example,
> the
> warning bell symbol displays as a percentage symbol in the pdf output.
> We noticed these issues after upgrading to the 2008.3 version of
> ePublisher.   All symbols appear correctly in the html and pdf output
> when generating via our earlier version of ePublisher.
>
>
>
> Has anyone else run into an issue such as this?  If so, is it a FM
> issue
> or an ePublisher issue?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
>
> Mark Eichelberger
>
> Senior Technical Writer
>
> Fiserv CU7
>
> Mark.Eichelberger at Aftech.Fiserv.com
>
>
>
>
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