Yes, copying from PDF indlucdes the whole page contents... As far as I know it is possible to include/attach any file to a PDF. This could be a text file with the code. ... View more

When aligning, the lat thing you select is the "reference" to which you align: Select the inner circle  hold Schrift and select (click on) the next item hold shift and select the reference item Use   Graphics > Align (ESC, g, a) to get a dialogue to specify the desired alignment or use the appropriate button in the Alignment Tool bar. See page 234 ff in https://www.daube.ch/docu/files/compendium.pdf ... View more

Unfortunately app.scheduleTask() is not available in FMs ES engine... The same holds for system.CallSystem(). So IMHO the only (possible) solution may go along the following idea: Schedule a task outside of FM by means of the Windows Task Scheduler. The task, however can not interfere with FM besides opening it (probably with a specific document). This document may run a script by means of a hyptertext command message openfile script-path (see FMjsxLib.pdf , "Invoking script by Hypertext command"). But alas, even this requires a user intervention, as it aks whether you really want to execute the script... Conclusion: ES implementation in FM is meager. ... View more

An aid to step through all index markers (and correct them) might be my script FMmarkers. I suggest you first read the documentation.  ... View more

IMHO you anchor the MiniTOC at the beginning of the line "Usisng this Manual" delete the minitoc add an empty paragraph where you want to place it Insert thr minitoc at the beginning of this paragraph   ... View more

Bob, can you elaborate a bit on this "long-standing Xref way"? I'm not aware of any semi-automatism to create end-notes. Hence my script FMnotes. ... View more

Hi Pierret, It's not clear what you mean by "I have 12.25 : between 12 and 25". Do you mean a value of 12 and a quarter? Or do you mean " a value between 12 and 25"? If you you can 'only' write 12,25 in the preference panel: the decimal separator (comma or period) is defined in the operating system locale under Time & Date etc. This can not be set in FrameMaker. For 2) I would werkte "a value of 12 … 25".   ... View more

Not a reply, just a translation by Deepl: Selecting using the Shift key in FM2022 causes it to freeze. New Here , 2 hours ago Nice to meet you, I have found various errors with FM2022, one of which is that when I want to make a large selection, I use the Shift key to select from the start point to the end point. As soon as you do that action, the FM2022 freezes and requires a forced shutdown. Do other people have such symptoms?   My answer: I have never noticed this behaviour, neither in FM-17 (2022) nor older versions. ... View more

I use the distiller route only if anything else fails - or if there are TimeSavers or the like involved. So mostly I use the PDF engine introduced with FM-15 ... View more

FrameMaker starts saving as PDF and shows its dialog box with the current step. However, at some point FrameMaker stops and does not proceed. In the last days this was at: Postprocessing PDF document Today at: Removing empty tags Then I have to close FrameMaker with the task manager. I'm not working much with FM-17, but the same phenomenon is common for me in FM-16 and FM-15. It happens less often if I delete an existing pdf which I want to update with a new generation (in the Save dialogue i can delete the existing pdf it is there..) ... View more

Randolph, since these texts might be used in various documents I suggest to do it this way: - Create one or more short documents containing conditions, disclaimer, legal stuff etc. - Import into the appropriate 'sub-document' into the main document where it shall appear. See compendium, page 359 ff about  Text insets.   ... View more

Less, i think you need to exclude the curly braces from the capture group   ["“](.*?)["”]   But i have it not at hand, how to do it... ... View more

Assuming you are looking for coloring a piece of text with a colour which is is not already defined in FM: Define a new colour with View > Color > Definitions and apply this to the selected text with the character designer (CTRL+d). If you need this colour at various places in the document, define character style just containing this colour (in the character designer). Find basic procedures in the Help files... ... View more

Your questions were: How do I remove the total number of pages of content in a 26-page template file? The content can also be removed, leaving a file of up to 10 pages with styles, paragraphs, etc. In that case, can I not find anywhere in an instruction how to insert, say, 10 blank pages (left and right) based on, say, the template described above? IMHO you show body pages in the screen shot. Hence: to remove an arbitrary number of successive pages: Put the cursor at the start of the text which you want to remove. Hold SHIFT while you click at the end position to select all what you want to remove. Use the Del key to remove. Blank pages per so do not exist in FM. You may have several empty paragraphs with the property "start on top of page". This will look like the corresponding number of empty pages. ... View more

If you want to stay with the Find method: Russ Ward created the term "lets jimmy the text range" in his post. Although his post is for replacement, the method to go forward is the same for searching. tr.beg.offset += sFound.length; // lets jimmy the text range in memory   ... View more

It's my guess, that  textRange = doc.Find(textRange.beg, findParams); Does not advance the start point for the next search and you always find the same item.. (I have not access to my own search scripts now to give a better advice). ... View more

Hi Mary Jane, I have just tested with FM 17.0.2.431 Save As PDF of my file fm17-details1.fm: The first attempt created a pdf containing only the icons from the welcome screen and FM quit unexpectedly. This may be a quirk of my system. The second attempt created a correct PDF with all sorts of hyperlinks (in miniTOC, to URLS, in cross references) ... View more

These are text lines - a graphic object which can not receive paragraph formats. And you can only select and copy into FrameMaker's ordinary text frames. From there you can copy and paste to another app such as a text editor.  ... View more

IMHO there seem to be TAB craracters in the faulting headings. ... View more

Kuldip, you may have a look at https://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker84.html - this tool is table driven, not by some sort of AI... ... View more

Lieber Stephan Noch habe ich Win10 und arbeite mittlerweile meist auf Win11, und auch FM-12 und könnte da 'mal schauen, warum FM-16 (2020) damit nicht zugange kommt. Kannst Du eine datei mit den nötigen grafiken in ein ZIP packen - und mir offline schicken (klaus, affenschwanz, daube.ch)? ... View more