Thanks, I'll follow up via email. For anyone else who needs this, please upvote  https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-15742   ... View more

S100D docs will constrain what you can and can't do in Fm. This is true for other structure models as well, in FrameMaker and elsewhere. You may want to search out the folks at Mekon, who can not only answer those questions, but can provide you with the tools you'll likely need to create a working S1000D environment. Out of the box, Fm can open and edit S1000D docs, but not really the same as managing S1000D content, regardless of what it can or can't do with hotspots. Hint: S1000D tends to need something called a CSDB, which, if needed will likely far outstrip the answers you need with your downloaded trial.     ... View more

I've had trouble getting ditamaps to publish to PDF... Is your project organized with a ditamap or a bookmap? If ditamap, try saving the project as a bookmap first, then publish to PDF.   ... View more

You should probably update to Fm 17.0.7, just in case this is something that was fixed in the intervening updates.   ... View more

The link is doing exactly what you are telling it to do: It's showing you the figure title that you've referenced. While you could rig a solution, the best way to display your content is to put the title at the top so that the title is displayed (as you are instructing it to do) and the graphic following is displayed in a logical way.   ... View more

SPO seems to work quite well, though I've not banged on it extensively. SharePoint (Not SharePoint Online) is certainly a different story. ... View more

Please provide the structure model you're using. Is it custom and internally developed? If DITA, please also provide the version. ... View more

You can save a bit by ordering any of the four versions and two formats (printed and nonprinting PDF) directly from the Tech Comm Tools online store   ... View more

You can save a bit by ordering any of the four versions and two formats (printed and nonprinting PDF) directly from the Tech Comm Tools online store ... View more

Since you asked...I have two full length courses that go beyond the quick start course I developed for the Adobe site: Authoring Unstructured Content in FrameMaker Formatting Unstructured Content in FrameMaker I also have fully independent structured content versions of these courses.     A big thanks to my good friends Dave and Rick for the shoutout! It's worth noting that Rick contributed the ExtendScript chapter included in my reference book, and you might have already seen he's an invaluable scripting resource on this site.   Please note that Dave, Barb, and I also teach FrameMaker, and have done so for many years. I'm also a fan of the FrameMaker Essentials series, and I authored the last 4 sessions (11-14) in that series, which deal with structure.   ... View more

Use Distiller to create and name a .joboption, or beg/borrow/steal one that has settings you like. Then select the ellipsis (...) to the right of the preset option to load a .joboptions file that you've been given. That will allow you to process the file as you wish.   Other things...  As mentioned, SetPrint is not compatible with 64-bit Fm. If you are using a non-Adobe driver (anything other than Adobe PDF) then we really won't be able to help; you're using something written/developed for a different process or hardware, not for creating PDF via Distiller. If you don't have that driver, try using the Windows Install/Uninstall to Repair your Acrobat installation. Once you have Adobe PDF installed, you'll have access to customizing your image compression to address the TIFF image issue.   For all these reasons, I use the faster, better (in my opinion), more reliable, easier to configure Publish route without enabling the Distiller option.   ... View more

Hopefully it's just semantics, but you mention setting the custom application root element... You're not setting the element, but merely specifying the application to use. Changing the name of the structured application might avoid a little confusion on that point, at least on our end. Assuming the root element is Institutional and that it's case-appropriate (Institutional, not institutional, since fund is not initially capitalized), then it's likely that your structured application has an issue. Have you had success setting up other structured applications in the past?   ... View more

I understand. Without the visuals, my best advice is to rebuild your book without the grouping structures or at least simplify your book or a test book to see if it processes properly. The grouping and folder structures probably don't add enough value to figure out a workaround. ... View more

Those iso entity files are one way to declare character entities. If they aren't working, then other things in the Edd dtd or strictly are superseding that. ... View more

Use paragraph and character styles, then map those styles and others in the HTML5 output settings. ... View more

Please post pictures of your frame maker book and your PDF ... View more

Gosh, I can think of so many reasons for avoiding this, including accuracy of referencing. What's the reason for creating your own custom alphabet that's missing characters? Can you instead display numbers or use a serif font to avoid confusion?   ... View more

The first thing I would check is your structapps file, where you'll have options for declaring SGML entities like the character you describe. There are multiple ways to do this, including default processing (seems not to work for you) and SGML entity declarations.  I recall you can also use read/write rules to manage this. Can you find the SGML entity you're looking for in your currently defined SGML entity declaration files?     ... View more

You're not logged in. Log in at https://account.adobe.com/ using the Adobe ID you used to download the trial, and try again. ... View more

Along with the other great suggestions, make sure your preferences are set to display all missing resource messages, and then open all files in the book. Often you'll find image, font, and version messages that until cleared up can make export to PDF and HTML problematic.   ... View more

It sounds like your question is "Should I move to DITA?" and "How do I move to DITA?" I suggest you check out the Adobe webinar I gave recently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tGPIPUBw-4&list=PLJL3v-Ayk9rR3MoHoCt_vDpqMCj3f_DvM&index=1   And if you need help learning about authoring DITA with FrameMaker, consider my online course https://techcomm.tools/auth-dita It shows you how structured Fm is significantly different from what you might be used to, and quickly gets you authoring and publishing with DITA topics and ditamaps.   ... View more

Hi Andrea, I found your reply in a very old discussion and split it for you.  Are you having trouble with a table within a table, or just with a regular table?   Either way, sometimes the change bars on tables get wonky. You may need to manually apply the change bars rather than relying on auto change bars.   ... View more

Of course!   ... View more

Using the File > Package option should allow you to collect all the graphics into one package before you transfer the locations to the new server. Test this on one of your projects to confirm.   ... View more

If you're using Rh to publish, then you likely want to post your question over in that forum. However, I have 2 thoughts while you're here... Did you update the project into Rh 2022 or rebuild it?  If rebuilt, did you confirm that the logo file is exactly the same file? You may have an image that has a "pasteboard" that's being scaled down, effectively shrinking your logo. Sometimes the skins get updated...if the first item doesn't help, you may need to switch skins or do some CSS fiddling under the hood to get the logo back where you want it.   ... View more

A bitmap image has pixels, and thus the pixel count is usually the best indicator of quality. And yes, if you're printing in CMYK, TIFF is an excellent choice for format, as CMYK usually converts well for RGB output.   If you use Photoshop to open up the image in question, what is the pixel count? That number divided by 300 gives you a reasonable approximation of the max size at which you can use that image, assuming that the image is acceptable at 100% in Photoshop. The Object Properties panel in FrameMaker is a bit odd; my understanding is that you can specify either scale or resolution, but it's not a calculator. Thus, if you set DPI for 300, you basically get the max size at which you can safely print at a 150 linescreen or lower printer. In the example shown below, setting the DPI to 300 shows the image has only 25% of the pixels needed to print at a commercial printer. And, true to form, opening that image in Photoshop shows it's only 600 pixels tall, and I'd only be able to print it at 2" tall if I'm following my printer's specs. For those that are curious, check the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2022\Samples\UserGuide(Arabic,English,Hebrew) folder for the General-Description.fm file shown in my example     ... View more

Hi Keli,  I recall having that issue when generating HTML5 from a ditamap. I believe I got around it by saving the ditamap as a bookmap with components. In the 1-hour Adobe webinar I gave on converting Word to DITA, I discuss both a permanent and a temp way to use Book with Components to produce HTML5. See approximately 30:45 in the video if you want to skip right to that content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tGPIPUBw-4   ... View more

I think it would be possible with context rules using occurence indicators...{ } but I doubt it would be worth the lift for what Q's looking for.   ... View more

And here is where you'll start to see personal styles emerge... I recommend to my clients/students that you do not use that anchor paragraph tag, but that's more of a bar room bet discussion than strict FrameMaker best practices. What I do see is that you have table titles masquerading as section titles. If your table titles were actual table titles, they would be more easily managed, especially when your tables split across page breaks (you would have the option of using table continuation and table sheet variables to display Title (cont.) and (sheet 2 of 6) on following pages)    ... View more