FrameMaker

Firstly, i'd quite like to build a document that uses images to navigate through a document, similar to the FM Help website (See attacment for example or open the following link: https://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/index.html#t=using-framemaker%2Fuser-guide%2Ffrm_welcome.html). I have pretty much NO idea how to do this... i don't know if I should use markers or Xref's... some of these images will link internally, within the document, and others will be external links.I want this to be the primary navigation through the document in addition to the TOC. Secondly, my TOC keeps burgering itself, it's a proper little hamburgler...For some reason it's omitting some pages from the document all together (see example).I recently had to install JRE so i'm wondering if it has something to do with this ?Regardless, I do need those pages in the TOC, and well, in the document in general.

In our EDD, we have an element called Headings, which manages all our headings, up to 6 child-levels, with General Rule: <TEXT>, Content*, Headings* (Content being an element for inserting paragraph text). When inserting the element, it works correctly, inserting the element as a child of the previous element. But, when hitting Enter, instead of prompting for the next allowed element (Content or child-Heading), it repeats the Heading as if another heading on the same level is added. Is there a way to prevent this from happening using EDD rules?

Structured documents often contain nestable elements. For example, a Section can contain subsections; an Item in a List might contain a sublist. Formatting typically changes for each level of nesting. The Title of a top-level Section might have a single-part number (1., 2., 3., and so forth), while the Title of a second-level Section has a two-part number (1.1., 1.2, 1.3, ....) and a third-level Section a three-part number (1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, ...). Titles of more deeply nested Sections might not be numbered, and may change font size and other properties.   Nested lists may be progressively indented. Numbered lists may use different numbering conventions (1., 2., 3. and so forth)  as opposed to (a., b., c., and so forth) for different levels. "Bulleted" lists can mark items in different levels of lists with different symbols (solid or outlined bullets), different shapes (circles, squares, or dashes).   An EDD can use either level rules or context levels to determine the

Re: The Enter key in a structured document - Adobe Support Community - 12010203 describes how <TEXT> in a general rule can affect the result of pressing the Enter key when editing a structured document.   There are other considerations in the use of <TEXT>:   1. Will you be moving material between structured FrameMaker and XML? Remember that the XML equivalent of a general rule that includes of <TEXT>, must either contain only <TEXT> and no elements, or have the form (<TEXT> | a | b | c ...)*, that is if the expression contains any element names, <TEXT> must be at the beginning and the entire expression must consist of a single set of parentheses using the  vertical bar connector and an asterisk at the end.  Thus, the defined element can consist of any number of the listed elements, with text allowed at the beginning, between each pair of elements, and at the end. This It is possible to move documents between FrameMaker

I accidently did some sort of weird drag/drop and scroll and it change the size of the text in my Structure View pod. I can't even read the text now.How do I change this back? 

Hi there, I have few FM template files located on office Sharepoint that I want to work upon. However, I am unable to open these files with Framemaker 11 version installed on my laptop. I tried to locate the version in which these template files were created, but I was unable to find the version.The following error message gets diaplayed when I try to open these template files: Can anyone help me in fixing this issue? Do we have any workaround to open this document in version 11 of FrameMaker?

Hi, I would like to migrate a word file to dita using the Word-to-DITA (Word2DITA) transformation framework. The method is descriped here. When I choose Structure > Utilities, there is no such "Convert Word (.docx) to DIT" option there. I use FM 15.04.751. Is this utility still available? If not, how can I transform docx to dita using FM? Thanks. 

In Restrict element levels - Adobe Support Community - 12004296, QuintinSeegers wrote, "In our EDD, we have an element called Headings, which manages all our headings, up to 6 child-levels, with General Rule: <TEXT>, Content*, Headings* (Content being an element for inserting paragraph text). When inserting the element, it works correctly, inserting the element as a child of the previous element. But, when hitting Enter, instead of prompting for the next allowed element (Content or child-Heading), it repeats the Heading as if another heading on the same level is added. Is there a way to prevent this from happening using EDD rules?"   The behavior of the Enter key in a structured document depends on the context and what is allowed at the current location. For example, if the cursor is at the end of an element that is formatted as a separate paragraph and can be followed by another paragraph of that type. FrameMaker inserts such a following element. Su

I'm busy developing our first EDD.In the above screenshot, where the highlighted Content element is (#1), I want to add another Heading but on the same level as the previous heading (#2). If I select my Headings element, it adds it as a child level heading, having the following result:Is there a shortcut to do this, without having to click on the Structure View first?

Does anyone know a way to recover a FrameMaker file after FrameMaker crashes?My edits are not in the backup file.

Our team continues to receive error messages when trying to save FrameMaker files on our company server. The errors have occurred in both 2019 and 2020 versions. We don't seem to get the errors when working from our desktop. We've also had files disappear when we update the book file. Can anyone provide any insight on what might be causing these issues? Thanks for any help you can provide!!

Now that I have installed FM-12.0.4.445 German successfulle I start my tests concerning localisation of my scipt.But app.Language reports Constants.FV_LANG_BRITISH (0x02) although FM obviously is German: all menues and dialogues etc. are German.My Windows is British, but the currently open FM is German. What is going on here? 

Hi FrameMaker friends:   Can anyone offer some clarity on this Book error message?  The book and the generated files update as expected as long as all the files are open. I can't find any issues with the four generated files (TOC, LOF, LOT and LOP) and the nongenerated files seem fine, too. The book was created years ago and has been updated in the various versions over the years.    As I continue think about it, I did see missing fonts appear in the book window error report once. Is this an obscure way of telling us to uncheck ‘Remember Missing Fonts’ in Preferences?   Thanks in advance, ~Barb 

I am moving a structured FrameMaker11 file into FrameMaker2019. The font that is currently in use, is not in the base font package of FrameMaker2019. That is fine, we will use a font that is in the new system. BUT....When importing the file from FM11 to FM19, it askes to display the file to a font that looks similar. This works, but the settings in the file still reflect the old font from FM11. How do I convert the whole document to the new font in FM19? 

Good morning, We currently run FM12. Our parent company in Japan was able to update to FM2019 (perpetual license) about 6 months ago, but so far we are unable to find anything but a subscription. If we have to settle for a subscription, is it possible to keep FM from updating? (I don't want to be in a situation where in 10 years I am running FM2031 while Japan is still running FM2019).   Thanks! 

When I click on Insert > Cross-Reference, I get the Object Properties dialog box for an image.  Any clues?

Currently, I have my FrameMaker documents in separate folders (different paths) on a dev (offline) internal server.  I am creating links from one FrameMaker document to the other in my book creation.  After the books are complete, I have to create a PDFs for each book and upload these books into the SAME folder and maintain the PDF links from one book to the other.  So how would this be done?

Going back to a manual I haven't touched for a few years, and suddenly I see a problem. I suspect it may have arrived when I globally updated styles in line with new corporate guidelines, but that doesn't immediately help me correct it.Consider the screenshot:All four occurrences of the product name YOMANI touch use the same variable, defined as <Default ¶ Font>YOMANI <!italic>touch<Default ¶ Font> – but the string touch is not rendered as italic in the top-level heading. I'm wondering whether I need to adjust the definition of the character style !italic, but don't know what I might need to change.I'm out of office tomorrow and Friday, so don't think I'm ignoring any swift replies ;-}

Hi All,I'm having a weird issue with my Welcome screen where it seems it's always shifted to the right (image below). If I open a document or a book and click on the Welcome screen, that mystery panel fills in with whatever is "behind" it. I have tried a few things to try and fix it, including removing FM and then reinstalling, but it always seems to find a way back. Is there button I've mashed or preference I've enabled? Has anyone seen this and can make it go away? Framemaker is still completely useable but knowing that mystery panel is there is distracting me, and I'm easily distracted. 😞Thank you very much,Megan

After running out of time trying to get our help out with FM2020, we decided to downgrade back to 2019 which had no issues. While trying to install, the installer window would ask for a sign in account, then after clicking next, would go blank. No network activity or anything.After a bit of googling, I found the solution that worked. It does say for captivate, but it appears the installer is generic.https://helpx.adobe.com/in/captivate/kb/captivate-installation-blank-page-sign.html

Since I have never produced an HTML file from Frame, I was wondering why Heading numbering, ordered list numbering, and bullets are not created in the HTML file.  Am I missing something or is that just what the HTML file conversion does?

Is there an easy way to automatically embed elements in structured FrameMaker? We are talking about lots of tables and lots of table cells.This is what it looks like:And this is what it should look like:Is there an easy way to embed the BodyText-Tag in thousands of entry-Tags? Search & Replace? Many thanks in advance.Lothar

I was wondering if it is possible to use an attribute in elements such as the fig element in order to force them to appear with their previous element in the text. Currently, I am doing this by using the KeepWithPrevious  element in the EDD; see here. Consequently, all the figures tend to stick to their previous element. This can be sometimes undesirable. However, in my opinion it would be more appropriate to use an attribute in the fig element for doing this. This way it would be possible to select which figure is to appear with the previous element. I appreciate any help to achieve this.

I have a two-column book Index file, and I have forgotten how to span the Alpha (A, B, C, D, etc.) characters and title across both columns.  Can someone assist me with that?  Matt Sullivan showed me how to do it, but I cannot find it. Thanks!

In my book Index, the Level 2 links are active and going to their root topics instead of the actual linked (marker) topic.  In other words, I have a main topic at Level 1 and at Level 2, I have "See [TopicName].  The [TopicName] link goes to the Level 1 topic, instead of the actual topic it should go to.  See attachment.  I wasn't even aware that the Level 2 topics were linked until I converted the document to an HTML file.