Enhanced Tool Bar for FM 7.2 and FM 8

Documents

Access to documents and other useful information is established with the menu Help > Enhanced Toolbar:

In the FM-8 version a number of documents for FM-7.x are provided, because they are still useful.

Vertical toolbar

The vertical toolbar has been modified to use 2 levels only analogous to the QuickAccess Bar.
The most left Icon of the QuickAccess bar and the top right icon on the Vertical Tool Bar switch between the two displays.

Download and installation

The installation of the Enhanced Toolbar requires that the ToolbarPlus Express from MicroType (USD 25.-) has been purchased. This is checked during installation.

1. You may wish to read the documentation (1MB) before you decide about the installation.
2. Expand the downloded ZIP to any location (to be memorised). This will only store one file FMTBPlusExp.zip.
3. Close FrameMaker, if necessary.
4. Download the installationprogram:
   

   FM version			Tool bars for FM 7.2:
   7.2	Date	Version	Installation file	Changes for FM 7.2
   	2010-02-05	1.2	Inst-FM72-toolbars-en.zip	First issue of installation program (same level as FM-8 v1.2)
   8	Date		Version	Changes for FM-8
   	2010-02-05	1.2	Inst-FM8-toolbars-en.zip	Installation: support multiple FM-users; Tool bars: correct handling of characters "degree" and "multiply"; vertical tool bar modified to 2 levels
   	2010-01-27	1.1		Change installation process to protect MT's work
   	2009-01-10	1.0		First issue of installation program

5. Expand the downloaded ZIP to any location. This will only store one file Install-FM72-toolbars-en.exe (resp Install-FM8…)
6. Execute this self extracting archive, which expands its files to C:\SystemMods\FM72-toolbars-en\ (resp C:\SystemMods\FM8…) and then starts the the installation program
   

   File structure set up in C:\SystemMods\FM8-toolbars-en\ DDD FM-puzzle.ico Install-FM8-etb.exe

7. [2019-03-07] Attention:
   The Microtype Toolbar Plus Express can no more be purchased.
   Hence leave the top entry field empty, check Force installation and enter quetzalcoatl as password.
8. Install the files with Install first. A message box indicates successfull installation (see also first note hereafter).

Notes

• Although the last step may indicate successful installation, it sometimes happens that the self extracting ZIP does not extract all files properly. In such cases just repeat the installation.
• To install the Enhanced Toolbar for another FrameMaker user on the same machine, see the documentation.
• All software from D+DD is Donationware - if you find it helpful for your work, think about supporting my work.

What is installed on your computer ?

• A shortcut (De)Installation FM8-tool bars en is placed in the Start Menu folder All Users\Programs. You may move the shortcut to any sub folder.
• The following files are copied to the required locations:
  • The customisation file and documents to $HOME\fminit\configui
  • The vertical tool bar to $HOME\fminit
  • The additional clip art to $HOME\clipart

%APPDATA% is the symbolic name for the User area C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data.
$HOME is the installation directory of FrameMaker.

Uninstallation

If you want to get rid of the enhancement and go back to the original FM installation:

1. Start the installation with the shortcut in the Start Menu and click Reset FM-GUI to original .
2. All files of this installation will be removed (config files, clip art, add. documentation).
3. Since this is not a Windows un-installation, you must delete the installation directory and the short cut manually to get rid of all items. On the other hand this allows to install the Enhanced Toolbar again later.