FrameMaker 9 slow and sometimes unresponsive?

Writer generic668 at yahoo.ca
Thu Apr 29 15:53:50 PDT 2010


Ah. I did not realize it was saved in the document itself.

Thx,

Nadine

On 29/04/2010 5:33 PM, Scott Prentice wrote:
> Hi Nadine...
>
> Regarding the document magnification issue .. this is the situation 
> for all XML in FrameMaker. The magnification (as well as other 
> document settings) are not saved in the XML, and are reapplied from 
> the template each time you open a file. You can open the template file 
> and set the magnification as you like, then save it .. and that will 
> be what you get.
>
> I've got a plugin called RestoreWindows that does this for you 
> automatically (although it's not been updated for FM9 yet) ..
>
>    http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/restorewindows.php
>
> Also, West Street Consulting has a plugin called Structure Tools that 
> includes this same feature ..
>
>    http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/WSC_StructureTools.htm
>
> Cheers,
>
> ...scott
>
> Scott Prentice
> Leximation, Inc.
> www.leximation.com
> +1.415.485.1892
>
>
> Writer wrote:
>> I've noticed the same issue when I save a file. Usually, it's when I 
>> save the first time after opening FM9 (especially DITA XML files). 
>> Even if it is only a small file.
>>
>> I agree that the icons on the Paragraph Designer don't map to their 
>> actual meaning. But I've started to become used to them
>>
>> Other issues that bother me are that FM9 doesn't remember the last 
>> magnification value for DITA XML files, and it opens dialog boxes 
>> when I open a DITA XML file that I had closed previously.
>>
>> Nadine
>>
>> --- On Thu, 4/29/10, Studio Smalbro wrote:
>>
>>> From: Studio Smalbro Subject: FrameMaker 9 slow and sometimes 
>>> unresponsive?
>>> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>>> Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 3:55 PM
>>> Am I the only one to find that
>>> FrameMaker 9 is slow and sometimes unresponsive. I run Win
>>> 7/64bit and has vast amounts of RAM, but nevertheless it
>>> takes FrameMaker lots of time saving documents and sometimes
>>> using shortcuts just plainly stops working. I am right now
>>> writing some course material on FrameMaker 9 and slowly
>>> discovers the good and the bad. I really hate the new
>>> Paragraph Designer - what happend to the tabbed interface?
>>> Everything else has become tabbed only not what is used
>>> exensively. It is no longer possible to tell what part of
>>> the tab you're in unless you read.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Bjørn
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>
>




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