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Ah, the joys of a new computer.   We (currently) use Box as cloud storage. All my FM files are in Box folders. All my illustrations are in Box folders. I used Box Drive on the old computer and am using it on the new computer.   Windows 10 Pro, 20H2, Build 19042.804 Dell Latitude 5510 Processor: i7-10610U RAM: 32 Gb FrameMaker 2020, 16.0.1.817   My pinned files aren't working, even though the path is showing as correct. Even if I close and try to reopen the file from the Recents or Pinned files on the Welcome screen, FrameMaker says it can't be found and I should make sure the file exists.    It's doing the same thing with my imported by reference graphics. According to the Object Properties, the file path is correct, but Frame says it can't find the file. When try to use Object Properties to fix it, I get the message in the subject line.   I'm going to try our tech support team, but they haven't seemed to be all that familiar with Frame and Box in the

Hello,my company is going to buy a set of Framemaker licenses. The order we are managing reports "VIPC FrameMaker for teams ALL Windows Multi European Languages Team Licensing Subscription".Since we are not very used on how Adobe licenses work, our concern is about a specific target machine which, for security reason, is not allowed to be attached to our local network, neither to the WWW.We can plan to connect this machine for the strict time to download, install and activate Framemaker, but is the software supposed to run at a latter time, when the machine will be constantly kept offline?can anyone share detail about that?thanks.

Dear friends,Although FDK mentions FO_Math and the Scripting Guide talks about the Math object, I could not find these objects in a document ...It turns out that the object name is math, not Math...And BTW for this object are completely useless properties listed: ArrowBaseAngle end the like...

The images in my published output are of significantly less quality than the original images I insert in the Framemaker source files. This happens regardless of the output format.Here's an example. On the left is a screen capture of an image as it appears in the Framemaker source file. On the right is a screen capture of the image as it appears in the published HTML file. As you can see, the published image is of lesser quality and the color is off. I'm thinking the issue could be that Framemaker changes the bit depth from 24 in the original to 8 in the published image. (I see this when I use File Explorer to navigate to the published PNG files, right-click them, and select Properties.) According to Framemaker's documentation, you can change the Color Bit Depth setting on the Image Settings tab of the Publish Settings dialog, but I don't see that setting (Adobe Support insists it is there, but I don't see it.) Here's a screen capture:Has anyone else experienced this? I've been try

Hi All,   This was a maiden attempt to add an index in a FM2019 book. I got through all the steps to completion, all except one.   I have used Arial Narrow font for the Index Level1IX and Level2IX styles, which looks great. However, the page number text remains stubbornly stuck at Times New Roman 12 points. See the screenshot:   In case of the TOC, the page number text adopts the same font as one specified in the paragraph style, so why not the Index? Any idea what one needs to tweak for ensuring identical font for text and page numbers in the FM Index? Thanks in advance for your help,   Regards Apurva  

Hi I have a simple script alert('hello') Where can I add it, so FrameMaker will run it each time when it starts.

Hi  I built simple hello2 fdk from FDK2019. When I run FrameMaker throught start -> FrameMaker 2019 - I see it in the menu.But, when I clicking .fm or .book file - I don't see the plugin in the menu anymore. do you know what might be the reason ?  

To enter the FM forum i use a direct link: https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker/bd-p/framemakerSince a few days the täfert page shortly appears, but then I'm redirected to https://community.adobe.com/Closing the browse window and using the direct link again displays the expected page.What is going on here?

FM 2020 (16.0.1). Dita 1.3I have yet to figure out what the exact workflow is that causes this problem, but occasionally my system will get into a state such that when I right-click on a DITA file in the DITAMAP, the <open> option is disabled. I need to re-start Framemaker to fix the problem.Does anyone else have this problem?

For my warnings/cautions/notes, the icons are set in a left aligned anchored frame with the anchoring position set to run into paragraph. The corresponding text sits nicely alongside this and in FM 2019 it stayed there when output to Responsive HTML5. Since upgrading, the text now sits under the graphic. All publishing formats were imported into the new version, but no other changes were made.The issue does not occur when output to PDF.Anyone have any ideas?

FrameMaker does not crash under a different account (on the same machine). I've replaced the contents of [crashing]User\AppData\Roaming with that of the working user's AppData and deleted the AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Linguistics folder. No success. The log file provides no clues: 2021-02-23 13::49::18 [INFO]: LingoLanguageInit, 483 ::Setting Frame Language to USEnglish RoboHelp 2020 opens Any assistance is appreciated

Hello I am having problems importing svg files into FM10. I have to make the output for the svg file extremely feint to get something like the quality required. If I leave the line weight of the svg at a relatively normal weight, on import the graphic is extremely dark and detail is non existent in particularly densely detailed areas. The illustrations are being created in Solidworks composer and I have tried all options on export with no change. I assume that there is something to do to affect the import, but what? Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this plea! Nick

I have a head-scratcher for the Community here. Grab a cup of coffee, this will be long:I have a Book with well over 1000 pages, and it is made up of a compilation of over 30 smaller, complete, and correctly-printing Books. First, a clarification of terms: My Customer prefers the terminolgy "Section n" over FM's term of "Volume n" to demarcate the individual Books in the compliation. Since Volume is higher in the heirarchy, I'm using it to (successfully) set up the Sectioning of the main book file.  The problem: The first Chapter of a book within the "Section" does not pick up the correct "Chapter 1" numbering from the book file, although both the Book level and the Chapter level document are set correctly. I'm using the Volume arguments within FM to create the "Section" numbering, and that's working well, and updating correctly.However:In the indivdual contributing Book files, the Chapter Numbering tab for both the first Chapter file and the Book file are

We have noticed a considerable issue with FrameMaker 2020 performance when a file has a lot of graphics. We actually have reverted to using FrameMaker 2019 with books that have lots of graphics. I know we can hide graphics (ESC+V+V), but in some cases we really need to view the graphics in order to edit the files. When we open a file in FrameMaker 2020 with the graphics showing, it takes several minutes for a page to load, and scrolling forces the page to refresh and start the load process over. The majority of our graphics are .png graphics and nothing more sohisticated than screenshots. When we open the same files in the 2019 version, we do not have this issue. Has anyone else seen this in 2020 and have any suggestions other than hiding graphics? Thank you.

Before I spend time re-inventing the wheel, are there any scripts around that would convert only the external x-refs in a book to text? The main book file would be the only file with a part number. I imagine it should look something like: Get part number from book file name  Find Cross-Referece of type "Text"    if Source Document does not contain "part number" then       Convert Cross-Reference to text   endNext Cross-Reference of type "Text" Is there anything similar kicking around? Thanks,Walt Sterdan

FrameMaker 2020 links to a "Create DITA Templates" video  course, but I find it very difficult to watch. Sometimes sound stops, sometimes video stops and seemingly for no reason. I have tried different browsers but with same unstable results. Am I the only one to experience this? And is there a fix?

In earlier versions of FrameMaker, you could edit the maker.ini file to prioritize TEXT over other options in the clipboard when pasting text. The clipboard line does not appear in my FM 2019 maker.ini file.

DISCLAIMER: Before anyone flames me, I first confirmed with an appropriate source hat I could post this request to the forum.   Based on client needs and how I intend to keep my business going for about 2 more years, I need to upgrade my Framemaker version; however, the for client matching and other reasons, the subscription model for 2020 will not work. I need a perpetual license to FM2019. If anyone has a FM2019 that they are no longer using and would be willing to sell it to me, I would welcome the opportunity.   If this is possible for you, please contact me directly: [Email adress removed by admin for privacy reasons - please use the forum's contact form to send the user a private message]   Thank you,   TVB   Tammy Van Boening Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com www.spectrumwritingllc.com

Does FrameMaker supports CD ROM Content development. My document exceeds 10k every time and it's really hard for me to manage on MS Word if I switch to FrameMaker it will a more reliable option for me or not? I am a content writer and SEO executive it is hard for me to manage reports. 

well, this is odd and i would like to know if anyone had a similar issue,i have been dealing with a client that uses helvetica font and i am working on a simple CE language, the issue is where font turns to italic,then all specia characters for ES or DE seems corrupted,a fellow worker prints my file and everything looks fine at his pc,am i doing something wrong?? 

I have a table that has 5 columns and 1 row where I'm naming the components of a drawing which is inserted into the above-straddled cell. Then I do copy this whole structure and paste it into the next page for the following drawing and its components. The pasted table of course does utilize the same pgf style in the 5x1 component naming cells from the former table and because of that, the numbers do start where they were left in the former table. Is it possible to reset the numbering in the same paragraph style and in a specific text position? (By "specific text position" I mean that I want to reset the numbering in the cell of my choosing) I don't want to create separate paragraph styles for each component table on separate pages because there are about 20 something of these component tables and it would create a mess in my pgf styles.

Dear friends,My test document has no reference pages, only master and body pages. There are 5 tables on the body pages.The first table is 2 x 2 and in cell 1 the background is magenta (which is what is checked for).This cell is foundRe-entering the while-loop after changing obj to obj.NextCellInTbl lets it run to the end of the tableThis is detected and the script should enter the first cell of the next table for further search.The log lists this:«Table #1» cell 1 which was found «Table #1» cell skipped «Table #1» cell skipped «Table #1» last cell in table «» next "table"This is not the complete script, just the relevant parts.obj = oDoc.FirstTblInDoc.FirstRowInTbl.FirstCellInRow; while (obj.ObjectValid()) { $.writeln("«" + obj.CellRow.RowTbl.UserString + "»"); if (CompareColour(obj.CellOverrideShading, kReserved, sColour)) { break; } else { obj = obj.NextCellInTbl; if (!obj.ObjectValid()) { // end of table ? oRow = ob

When you're creating a template, do you prefer to have a single tag per level of list and use overrides for the keep with next/previous to avoid the lone item at the bottom or top of a page, or do you prefer to have a separate tag for each, so that you have: First item in a list set to keep with next Regular list item Last item in the list set to keep with previous I'm going back and forth on this: do I want a shorter tag list, or do I want less manual tweaking? My usual preference is the latter as I think it's too easy to miss things when writing and editing, but I've had coworkers who weren't happy about all the choices this involved.

Hello, I am working with a structured Framemaker (non-xml) document. I noticed that each time I have a table or a graphic element, there is an extra line that is added before it, as illustrated below:Here is what the structuired view looks like:Do you know where that extra line comes from, and how I can get rid of it ? Thanx in advance ! Eric

This is the first time I've tried to work with multiple flows, so it's entirely possible I've missed something obvious.   Pertinent information: Windows 10 Pro (Build 1909, OS Build 18363.1316) (Yes, I know it's a few releases behind, but updating from here bolluxed my Acrobat DC Pro beyond belief) FrameMaker 2020 (16.0.1.817) Acrobat DC Pro (2021.001.20138)   This is my current setup for the first page of our new Field Bulletin template. The letters indicate the Flow Tags. Flows A and B are disconnected because they appear only on the first page and because I do not want the information in them to flow into the other frames. Flow C is the main flow.  As you can see, I have the book title (it's a variable) in Flow A, and it is tagged with H1 Heading 1. I have the text "Technical Support" in Flow C, and it is tagged as H2 Heading 2. When I generate the PDF, this is how the bookmarks are set up     But this is what I want them to look like (obviously):   I