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In article <8Y2cj.43250$GV4.18795@trnddc05>, "Claude Balls"
<claudeballsjr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote:

> Yes -- ho ho ho - I'm still using PM....
> 
> I've been using 7.0 for some time with no problem.  Now today, when I
> start the program, I get this error message, and when I hit "continue"
> the program clears and does not start.
> 
> Anyone have a thought as to how to fix the problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance!  Merry Christmas.
> 
> Claude
> 
> ERROR MESSAGE:
> 
> Plug-in error.
> 
> Plug-in cannot be completed.
> Some system error failed.
> [7212]
> [5904]
> 
> 9001:7224

One of the plug-ins may have become corrupted. 

Try moving the Plug-in folder out of the PageMaker folder. If PageMaker
then runs you can quit PageMaker and put the plug-in folder back, but
take out all the files. Then slowly put back each plug-in one at a time
restarting PageMaker until you find the one causing the problem -
delete that plug-in.

If that doesn't work you can try re-installing PageMaker and that wil
replace all the files with fresh versions from the install CD.

Helpful Harry                   
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships  ;o)

Thanks, Harry.  I'll give it a try.   Simple question - what do the
plug-ins do?

Claude

"Helpful Harry" <helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com> wrote in message
news:271220071234449737%helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com...
> In article <8Y2cj.43250$GV4.18795@trnddc05>, "Claude Balls"
> <claudeballsjr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes -- ho ho ho - I'm still using PM....
> >
> > I've been using 7.0 for some time with no problem.  Now today, when
I
> > start the program, I get this error message, and when I hit
"continue"
> > the program clears and does not start.
> >
> > Anyone have a thought as to how to fix the problem?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!  Merry Christmas.
> >
> > Claude
> >
> > ERROR MESSAGE:
> >
> > Plug-in error.
> >
> > Plug-in cannot be completed.
> > Some system error failed.
> > [7212]
> > [5904]
> >
> > 9001:7224
>
> One of the plug-ins may have become corrupted.
>
> Try moving the Plug-in folder out of the PageMaker folder. If
PageMaker
> then runs you can quit PageMaker and put the plug-in folder back, but
> take out all the files. Then slowly put back each plug-in one at a
time
> restarting PageMaker until you find the one causing the problem -
> delete that plug-in.
>
> If that doesn't work you can try re-installing PageMaker and that wil
> replace all the files with fresh versions from the install CD.
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships
;o)

In article <xQ2dj.99856$GV4.71323@trnddc05>, "Claude Balls"
<claudeballsjr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Harry.  I'll give it a try.   Simple question - what do the
> plug-ins do?

As in many other applications, PageMaker's plug-ins add functions to
make things easier or automate complicated tasks. PageMaker comes with
some and you can download more ... but many of them are fairly useless
to most users.

PageMaker's plug-ins are found in the Utilities -> Plug-ins menu.

Some of the perhaps more useful ones to an average user are:

    Drop Cap        Creates a drop cap - a larger letter that
                    spans multiple lines of text

    Change Case     Changes the case (upper case, lower case, 
                    etc.) of the selected text.

    Word Counter    Counts the words in the selected text.

    Keyline         Adds a border around the selected object 
                    with user defineable style / thickness, 
                    colour and distance from the object.

    Build Booklet   Takes a document with a series of A5 pages
                    (for example) and creates a new document 
                    with A4 sized spreads - when printed 
                    double-sided, sorted and folded / stapled 
                    you end up with a booklet with the pages 
                    in the same reading order as they were in
                    the A5 sized document.

Personally I've only ever bothered with the last two of those.

As well as Plug-ins there are Scripts, but these tend to be even more
"useless" (or perhaps the word is "specialised for a particular use").
These are seen and run via a palatte window you can display from Window
-> Plug-in Palattes -> Show Scripts. Other than a cursory "play", I've
never wasted time with any of these.





Helpful Harry                   
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships  ;o)

Thanks again, Harry.  I'll take a look at the plug-ins -- some look like
I could use them.

Too bad the program is not being taught at the night schools anymore.  I
also have InDesign that I needed for one job a couple of years ago.  I'm
sure it's "far superior" to Pagemaker, but for my purposes it is an
over-kill -- way too complicated.  I'll just stick to this one.

Claude


"Helpful Harry" <helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com> wrote in message
news:291220070951150357%helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com...
> In article <xQ2dj.99856$GV4.71323@trnddc05>, "Claude Balls"
> <claudeballsjr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Harry.  I'll give it a try.   Simple question - what do the
> > plug-ins do?
>
> As in many other applications, PageMaker's plug-ins add functions to
> make things easier or automate complicated tasks. PageMaker comes with
> some and you can download more ... but many of them are fairly useless
> to most users.
>
> PageMaker's plug-ins are found in the Utilities -> Plug-ins menu.
>
> Some of the perhaps more useful ones to an average user are:
>
>     Drop Cap        Creates a drop cap - a larger letter that
>                     spans multiple lines of text
>
>     Change Case     Changes the case (upper case, lower case,
>                     etc.) of the selected text.
>
>     Word Counter    Counts the words in the selected text.
>
>     Keyline         Adds a border around the selected object
>                     with user defineable style / thickness,
>                     colour and distance from the object.
>
>     Build Booklet   Takes a document with a series of A5 pages
>                     (for example) and creates a new document
>                     with A4 sized spreads - when printed
>                     double-sided, sorted and folded / stapled
>                     you end up with a booklet with the pages
>                     in the same reading order as they were in
>                     the A5 sized document.
>
> Personally I've only ever bothered with the last two of those.
>
> As well as Plug-ins there are Scripts, but these tend to be even more
> "useless" (or perhaps the word is "specialised for a particular use").
> These are seen and run via a palatte window you can display from
Window
> -> Plug-in Palattes -> Show Scripts. Other than a cursory "play", I've
> never wasted time with any of these.
>
>
>
>
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships
;o)