Adobe FrameMaker 7.0 - Environment Preferences

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ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
Version=
version
Language=USEnglish
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The Ve r sion setting specifies the version of the product that you have installed.
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The Language setting specifies the default language dictionary and the default paragraph language. The initial
setting specifies US English. You can enter the name of one of the other languages available in FrameMaker, but
you must have the dictionary for that language installed for FrameMaker to work.
Registration information for the product is specified in the
[RegInfo] section of the FrameMaker initialization file.
This section includes four settings,
User , Company , RegNum , and ASN , which are set during installation.
Options for your working environment
The [Preferences] settings in the initialization file specify options for your working environment. Some of these
settings appear in the Preferences dialog box. Some appear in other dialog boxes in the product. A few are accessible
only in the initialization file.
Some of these settings are explained briefly in the following sections. In each section, the default settings from the
initialization file are shown first, followed by an explanation of some or all of the settings. The order of the settings
listed here does not necessarily match the order in which they appear in the initialization file.
Exiting FrameMaker
AskExit=Off
• The AskExit setting determines if FrameMaker asks for confirmation before exiting.
Saving files automatically
BackupOnSave=On
AutoSave=Off 5
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BackupOnSave determines if a backup file is automatically created when you save a file.
• The value for AutoSave is in minutes and determines how often FrameMaker creates a backup file for the active
file, whether or not you have saved it.
Logging errors
ShowErrors=On
ErrorFileName=consfile.txt
• ShowErrors determines if error messages are displayed in the console window when they occur.
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ErrorFileName specifies the name of the file that error messages are written to if there is a system crash. If that
happens, immediately make a copy of the
consfile.txt file. This file will contain important debugging information,
which can help a Technical Support engineer track down the problem. Be sure to copy this file before restarting,
since the file is overwritten with a blank one whenever a FrameMaker 7.0 product starts.
Visual display preferences
GreekSize=7
UseSystemCursor=On/Off
Zoom=25, 50, 80, 100, 120, 140, 150, 160, 200, 400
PenWidths=0.5, 1.0, 3.0, 4.0
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The value for GreekSize is in points and specifies the point size at which text displayed on the screen is grayed out.