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I believe I understand well-enough how cross-references work in Framemaker, but one thing that bothers me is how, when generating a PDF from Framemaker and clicking on a cross-reference, the resulting page view locates the cross-reference marker at the very top of a page. This is very inconvenient and confusing when, say, cross-referencing a figure caption that appears at the bottom of a page. The resulting page view when following such a cross-reference in a PDF centers the text of the _following_ page, with the text of the figure caption barely visible at the top of the page. My question: Is there a way to construct cross-references such that that the resulting page view, when clicking in a PDF, is centered on the page on which the cross-referenced material appears?Thanks so much.JMW

Hi,Is there a way to get the tables to be published to responsive html5 as separate files in addition to being part of the text, as the image files are?I need to associate them to separate help buttons. Thanks

Hi, I am new to Adobe FrameMaker FDK. I read the FDK developing guide. I tried to build a sample client using one of the sample codes given in the guide (adding elements to menu). I downloaded  FM2017_FDK pack from Adobe website. I couldn't build my sample code in Visual Studio 2017 (I got lots of errors that I could't solve them). I downloaded Visual Studio 2013. I was able to build my code (eventhoght there were still some errors I had no idea how to solve them). I copied the .dll I built and copied it to the direction written in the guid (fminit/Plugins/). Add it to maker.ini as it was written in the guide. When I run FrameMaker I got an error message.  I don't know what should I do to run this sample client. I also copy my code here. #include "fapi.h" #define LOAD 1 #define QUERY 2 void main() { IntT initializer = 1; F_ApiInitialize(initializer); } VoidT F_ApiInitialize(IntT initialization) { F_ObjHandleT specialMenuId, databaseMenuId; /* Get the ID

My FM user interface seems to change (or reset) on its own so the panels on the right side I have customised are missing. I have now done the customization few times but it does not seem to stay. Previously I have saved my own interface but that does not restore my panels now. What might be ongoing here? How to ensure that user interface is not changing? I have not found ways or settings to fix this. Previously, over several years, this has not been occuring at all. Any ideas?

We just installed Acrobat DC with the Adobe Tech Comm Suite, and when we try to use the Save as Review feature, we get an error stating "Error opening PDF file! Please check of you have correct version of Adobe Acrobat (8.0 or later) installed." If we try to generate a PDF from the .ps file, Distiller comes up blank. 

After years of using FrameMaker, suddenly I get this. It still works, but it's too small to read. I fear I have somehow inadvertently changed a setting someplace, and can't find where. How do I make it big again? Sorry if this should be obvious.Jack

In our unstructured documents, we have a table (nt Notes Table) we use to insert various notes. We use a paragraph style (ns Notes) to format the note text. We also use diffent paragraph styles to insert an appropriate image, depending on the type of note, e.g.:nti  Notes Table - Important Notes Iconntg Notes Table - General Notes Iconntr Notes Table - Reference Notes Icon, etc.In our EDD, we have a NoteType attribute against our Notes Table Element that identifies the type of note, e.g. Important, General, Reference, etc.In our Conversion Table, we have the following:The conversion correctly converts all the elements. Our problem is that the NoteType attribute isn't assigned correctly. It is always assigning the "General" attribute value, which is the last one in the list.I know it's probably one of those "can't see for looking" mistakes I've made in the conversion table.Asking the EDD gurus 🙂

Hey All--my machine suddenly began to have this issue: I cannot open .book files in FM 2017 (with the latest updates installed), but have no problem opening the .fm files in that book. When I attempt to open a .book file, the program begins to open, then almost immediately stops responding, and then throws an internal error message and has to close. I can't open any .book files, nor can I open a new .book file.And it gets more interesting: I can push the apparently un-openable files to our central repository and my colleague is able to pull and open up the .book files that I cannot.I have yet to contact adobe support as I'm hoping there's a simple fix that I'm missing, but looking up the error codes yielded nothing. So--any ideas? I'm a little stumped.

Hello Guys, Beginner here.Is it possible to have content automatically updated in different documents without using DITA? Crossreference, maybe??  Thank you 😃

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Good morning. I must open a +.bk file by PC, that is a backup file of my last Android phone (Galaxy S4). I tried to send it to a new phone, but neither my new phone (Samsung Galaxy S6) neither another phone (Samsung Galaxy S4) can open it. I have got FrameMaker, but I can't open it.. is there a software that open .bk file?? Please, help me, it's important!! Thanks.

I have a chapter heading that is converting to PDF weirdly, but only for one file. The tags used for the headings are identical in both files. The tag used in the generated TOC is identical for both entries.   This is what it looks like in the generated TOC:   This is what it looks like after the PDF output is created.    Why is the word Software so oddly spaced in both entries after conversion to PDF? It's only those two headings that convert so oddly. All the others are spaced correctly.

I created a book with a TOC and have the hyperlink text option selected on the settings but they do not seem to work when I click on the paragraph text or the page number there is no action. Is there something else I need to check?

I am editing the FrontMatter page of the structured "Book" template, which ships with FrameMaker. I want to have a photo on the frontpage and I believe... I have figured out how to be able to insert a graphic and keep the structure valid. Thing is... I want to have the photo behind the text, but I need to have it anchored into the textflow if I want to have it published to HTML5. And I do want my photo on the frontpage of the HTML5 as well.But... when I publish to HTML5 I can not make the text flow on top of the image. I suppose what i want, is to have FrameMaker create a container with a bunch of divs and text on top. I want it to emulate my FM design.Can it be done though, or do I have to create my front page as an unstructured document?...

I have a table that spans over many pages. There is a running table header with the table title, however when I update the title, it does not update across the entirty of the table, only on the first page where the table begins. How can I get this to auto update?

I suddenly get the error message"Output Microsoft HTML Help contains an absolute path for publishing. Change to a relative path to continue."when I try to generate a .chm file from FramaMaker 19.It did work just a week ago, but not today - and I have made just one minor text edit since.Is it the output folder I'm suddenly is supposed to change? Or something else?(I can still publish the same document as pdf.)

I try to purchase 16.0.3 as offered on the product web site I had downloaded the update already and want to use the full version instead of the last beta version. Installation OK, but on lauch I get the message → FrameMaker must quit because you're not signed in. I quit and start FM again → If you’ve made your purchase, please try again. I use "Buy FrameMaker at Adobe.com" on this dialogue. On the website https://www.adobe.com/ch_de/creativecloud/plans.html?plan=individualFrameMaker is not listed at all! I go to https://www.adobe.com/ch_de/products/framemaker.html and download again to get  a test/trial version and install it On start i get → Your FrameMaker subscriptio has ended. Renew your subscription at Adobe.com today Button Renew at Adobe.com leads me tohttps://www.adobe.com/ch_de/creativecloud/plans.html?plan=individual which is completely useless. → loop, endless Sign out, sign in has no effect on this endless circle Now I start up the last beta version and look, whether

I am publishing ditamaps and bookmaps through Adobe Experience Manager and FrameMaker Publishing Server. I would like to pre-process some of my ditamaps with XSLT. Is that possible? Any pointers would be appreciated. Thank you.

I am taking my first steps into working with structured documents. Right now I am working with the structured "Book" which comes with FrameMaker. I am uncertain however, as to how I add/change the top level "NoName" and make the entire book structure valid?Can anybody point me in the right direction?...

Hallo,ich möchte ein größeres Dokument im strukturierten FM teilen. Dies bedeutet, dass die Ebenen 1 und 2 nur im ersten Teil vorhanden sind. Leider fängt jetzt die Ebenen 3 im zweiten Dokument wieder mit der Zählweise für Ebene 1 (einstellig) an. Wie kann ich diese Nummerierung so anpassen, dass im zweiten Dokument die Nummerierung weiter zählt?Im Voraus herzlichen Dank

I am having a problem with FrameMaker 2020 and notifications in ExtendScript. If I have this code in my startup folder:   Notification (Constants.FA_Note_PrePublishDitamap, true); Notification (Constants.FA_Note_PostPublishDitamap, true); function Notify (note, object, sparam, iparam) { switch (note) { case Constants.FA_Note_PrePublishDitamap: alert ("1. In FA_Note_PrePublishDitamap event."); break; case Constants.FA_Note_PostPublishDitamap: alert ("2. In FA_Note_PostPublishDitamap event."); break; } } I save a ditamap as a FrameMaker book with components, both events are triggered and I see the alerts. However, when I save the ditamap from ExtendScript, the events are not triggered. This is the code I am using to save the ditamap: function saveMapAsFmBook (map, ditaval) { var params, returnParams, i, saveName, book; saveName = map.Name.replace (/\.[^\.]+$/, ".book"); params =

I need to extract the text and equations from a Framemaker file. The export to RTF option convert the equations into picture. Can I get math type equations?

Hi, is there a way to automate spelling checker with ExtendScript ?   Thanks.

https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-10835 Right now I am working with some big book files and they are pretty unstable with crashes on and off.It IS possible to delete all lck files using Windows Explorer, but I would really like the Open and Reset dialogue to be more versatile and allow to open ALL crashed files with one click.

I have a book with many document and lots of hyperlink between the documents.While I'm on framemaker those links are working perfectly (Ctrl-Alt-click opens the proper document) but when I save as PDF, the links seems to exist but are not working anymore.The links are only between the same book.It seems to be the same issue as Hyperlinks in FrameMaker 8 File don't work consistently when PDF'd , but the solutions proposed are not working for me.I am using FM 13.0.2.433Any help will be very appreciated.Ryan