FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question

[De Rosier, Edward]

Hi Craig,

Thanks for the information.  It is interesting that CMYK and RGB choices make a difference in the internal handling of graphics by FM.

The failing keyboard commands have been going on for several months now, and I make sure the caps lock key is not on.  I have been learning workarounds, even going so far as to saving a file with special characters (e.g., non-breaking hyphen) so that I can copy and paste.  I have even used the search and replace to use the "\+" to replace regular hyphens.

The problem is seriously annoying.  FM was extremely stable before Adobe added the new interface with pods. 
 I don't mind the new interface, but I would prefer stable and predictable to fancy ... especially unnecessary fancy.  Oh well ...

Thanks for your input,

Ed

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From: Craig Ede [mailto:craigede at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 7:26 PM
To: De Rosier, Edward
Subject: RE: FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question

With FM12 through update 12.0.2.389 transparent graphics worked for me if I printed to CMYK. It takes longer but works. I had two graphics with clipping paths that I was using on top of a patterned background. I never saw thin lines around the borders either.

With the later FM12 updates CMYK caused some graphics to disappear entirely so that made CMYK printing impossibly chancy. RGB worked fine but lost the transparency.

I never had problems with Esc-m-p except when the caps lock key was accidentally on or when neither a graphic or an anchored frame weren't selected. Worked every time for me. Same with non-breaking hyphens, so maybe your caps lock key is on. Can't comment on the en and em spaces.

Good luck,

Craig