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I am importing MS Word documents into Framemaker using File > Import > File. I have mapped my Word styles to my FrameMaker formats and the conversion is pretty darn clean. What I am struggling with is numbered lists. I have tried several approaches which result in all 1s, no reset to 1 (count continues through the entire document without resetting to 1 in new paragraphs), or no numbering at all. My Word styles are all "Numbered" and Word seems to automatically reset to 1 for new paragraphs (unless I manually right-click and select "start from 1") whereas Framemaker has seperate formats for 1 and cont. How can I get my numbered lists in Word to import to my FrameMaker file? I greatly appreciate any insight on this.

Greetings,I have a small map of shared content that has filtering both at the topic level in the map and inside the topics. I am producing PDF output.Read This First   - License Agreement (x, y)   - Product Disclaimer   - Conventions   - Warnings and Cautions (x,y,z)        - Electrical and Heat Safety (x, y)        - Hygiene (x,z)...And so on.No matter which ditaval I use, the license agreement appears. If my ditaval says:<val>   <prop att="props" value="x" action="exclude"/>   <prop att="props" value="y" action="exclude"/>   <prop att="props" value="z" action="include"/></val>I would expect the document would not have a license agreement. It shouldn't have a license agreement, that's what I'm trying for.The filtering seems to work fine inside the topics. And, other, later topics are not included.Why can I not hide this topic from my output? Every

Hey, I would like to delete a whole word in Framemaker using shortcuts. I see the posibility using [ctrl + Delete] (delete following word) but I would like to delete a previous word using [ctrl + backspace] aswell. Since I'm writing a lot of text with FrameMaker and this shortcut can be used in almost every other application I find that unconvienent. Is there a possiblity to set that up for Framemaker? Thanks in Advance!

Hello. Using FrameMaker 2019 and Acrobat Pro DC Version 2020.009.0067In Framemaker, where does the automatically generated data in the Title field of the File Info dialog come from? Can it be manipulated to generate the current document filename and not the name of a previous version’s document title when converted to PDF? Or is there a way to make the field empty. Right now I have to manually delete the information in the Title field, and click Set to create a PDF that displays the current name of the file in the upper right corner and tab of the PDF. The Title setting gets reset when I close and reopen the Frame file; I have to manually change the Title field everytime I reopen the file. That data in the Title field is automatically carried over when used as a template for a new document. When converted to PDF, the legacy title gets automatically generated into the Title field of the PDF Document Properties dialog and is also displayed in the upper left corne

Leverage the new cutting-edge HTML engine, rewritten from the ground up, to generate Responsive HTML5 output smoothly and swiftly. Capture more styling information with CSS 3 enhancements like auto-numbering, pseudo-class generation, and more. Some of the key enhancements in the HTML engine are: Export graphics in your content as SVG with more control over specifying viewport and viewBox settings. Control the formatting of your table headers and rows using your custom CSS. Much improved logic to create the TOC. Class names of paragraph, character, and table formats now use the same name as defined in their respective catalogs.   For more information, see Multichannel publishing. See a video on All-new HTML engine.

I am trying to publish a structured FrameMaker document using the Basic HTML output format. The process starts, but then hangs without any progress.I am using element attributes to label some of my elements, and some of those attributes contain a huge amount of information. However, I have used the same process on similar documents, with similarly large attribute strings (if not larger), and that document published just fine...using exactly the same settings. Does anybody have any suggestions on where I can look to find what is causing the execution to hang? Thanks.Jeremy Edit: I've attached the error log.

We have a number of manuals created in FrameMaker that we are translating into multiple languages. None of the translators work directly in FrameMaker, but use various TM apps depending on which language they handle to translate the MIF files. The finished Western language MIFs open fine using our copy of FM 2019, but we are experiencing problems with the Simplified Chinese MIFs displaying correct text. Our Chinese translator who we've worked with for years uses memoQ for his TM and we haven't had problems with other Adobe applications like InDesign...just FrameMaker. We do have Asian language support loaded onto our English Windows 10 system and have SimSun and Arial Unicode MS installed, but the imported file displays nonsense. Oddly, I can cut and paste Chinese from a Word doc and it works fine. I can change the font with no problems. I can also use the IME to enter Chinese text in FM without problem. I just cannot display Chinese text correctly that was translated in the MIF i

In my framemaker doc I have text boxes that contain cross reference links to other sections in the same doc. These are valid within the FM doc, but invalid in the html5 output.example - FM doc with X-Ref dialog box:when I published to html5 responsive output, the boxes became flat images and the hypertext laid flat, no links.  I see in the publish settings things like Options - use html page template and override styles;If I evoke the Edit-Settings dialog, are there any settings that effect the x-ref links validate inside text boxes? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.-Bill

Hi everyone,I am using Framemaker 2019 (Version: 15.0.6.956). During the book update, a cross-reference doesn’t retain the formats applied to it and goes back to the original Character format of the source. For example, a text with Paragraph format ‘h3’ and Character format ‘white’ applied to part of it, is cross-referenced. Initially, the cross-reference appears fine but as soon as the book is updated, it reverts to the source format (part white) irrespective of the attributes (<Default Font> , <hypertext>, or <newblue>) assigned to it. The results are the same even with other templates, cross-references, and character formats. This issue was not there in FM 10. Before Book update: After Book update:Any suggestions to resolve this issue are greatly appreciated.

Questions:1. In Israel, is there the option to pay a monthly subscription rate or does it require buying a license.2. If yes to a subscription rate, does the rate include all upgrades to new releases?3. What is the minimum commitment for a subscription.

Is there any way to generate a Microsoft HTML Help file (.chm) from FrameMaker that does not include the Options top menu selection?Thanks, Rick

Hello - I'm VERY new to FrameMaker so please bear with me if this is a dumb question. FrameMaker 2019 (Unstructured): When I save as .pdf or publish to .pdf, all of the titles, numbered lists, alpha lists, footers, etc. are missing. Here's a screenshot from FrameMaker: Here's the a screenshot of the .pdf output: Any advice is greatly appreciated!!

Can someone point me to where I can address the following changes that I need to make in the FM Index file? We have some other products that work as desired but I can't figure out what is different between the 2 products. Currently, there is a comma after "charter" but I need that to be a period and "See Also" should have a lower case "a" in "also".charter, See internal charterSee Also riskDita:<indexterm class="- topic/indexterm ">charter<index-see class="+ topic/index-base indexing-d/index-see ">internal charter</index-see><indexterm class="- topic/indexterm ">risk management<index-see-also class="+ topic/index-base indexing-d/index-see-also ">risk</index-see-also></indexterm> It should be displayed as:charter. See internal charterSee also risk Thanks.

I have a 475 page book I've created in FM for a decade or longer. It's printed these days on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), formerly Createspace.  (Note this is for a print book sold on amazon, NOT the kindle--for that, see below) I exported for the 2017 edition without incident by exporting the PS file, and then running it through Acrobat Distiller.  I updated the book now in FM 2020 and tried that process again and now the file is rejected by KDP because (according to their tech support) of transparency issues.  Below are their recommendation for printing.  I figured out how to find PDF/X-1a 2001, and most of the other issues but not the "Transparent objects are flattened." one.   I'm also confused by the many different ways to generate a PDF.  Can anyone recommend a method that would do the flattening?Thanks! John With the native document open in the application you used to write your book, select "File > Print."Select "PDF"

Hello All, I'm in the process of publishing a Frame (2017) book file to Responsive HTML5, but each time I try to do it, Acrobat Distiller automatically kicks off and Framemaker hangs.  Is there something I can do to troubleshoot this issue? 

Hello,as a translation company, we often do some DTP on translated Framemaker documents. The documents often contain many tables, and the translated text doesn't always fit into the cells, giving overflow. I'm looking into creating a script that finds the overflow in the table cells.I've already tested some scripts, and have now run into an issue I can't seem to work out. I started out by detecting the overflowed cells in a selected table, which works fine, and gives an alerts when overflow is detected. This script: // == WORKS ON SELECTED TABLE == var doc = app.ActiveDoc;  var tbl = doc.SelectedTbl;  var row = tbl.FirstRowInTbl;  var cell;    while (row.ObjectValid () === 1) {      cell = row.FirstCellInRow;      while (cell.ObjectValid () === 1)  {       if (cell.Overflowed === 1) {    alert("cell overflow Will Robinson!");   }       &nb

I have to say I am sorely disappointed in both the "community" response and the absense of anything from Adobe having been seeking help for this for several months. When I choose File > Save as PDF quite regularly before I get to the "view" option Acrobat opens with a "ghost" PDF. I call it a ghost because it comes with a filename of a PDF I may have saved at any time over the last few weeks, and it always comes with one page and one graphic (a "Warning" icon that is part of all manuals I generate for machinery).  Here's the rub: quite often this happens in the middle of my day when I have already used FM for a while or have had Acrobat open to read/generate other documents. Today, however, the first thing I did was open FM to generate a PDF to be sent for review and this "ghost" document came up. When this happens, FM freezes and my only option is to open the task manager and force FM to close. I have to say that with ZERO support here (in the "community" a

I'm returning to Frame after 15 years, and while I'm managing to figure quite a few things out via help and google, I'm interested in improving my efficiency. I've searched and found a few articles about replicating callouts from MS Word, so in general I have the impression that I need to use text frames to create them. I spent some time fiddling with settings, because I want the background colour to be grey. I got that, but it's very tight to the text, which I don't like. I want a surrounding area of grey. I found that I can add this by putting the text frame into an anchored frame, and literally using the anchored frame like a picture frame to give me more surrounding grey. I've attached a picure that shows the boundary of the text frame within the anchored frame. Hopefully this clarifies what I'm explaning. Question 1: Am I missing a setting on the text frame that let's me create a larger area around the text that will also get the background colour? Next, I've got a

var doc, tbl, row, cell; doc = app.ActiveDoc;tbl = doc.FirstTblInDoc;while (tbl.ObjectValid ()) {    row = tbl.FirstRowInTbl;    while (row.ObjectValid ()) {        cell = row.FirstCellInRow;        while (cell.ObjectValid ()) {            if (cell.Overflowed === 1) {                alert ("Cell overflowed");            }            cell = cell.NextCellInRow;        }        row = row.NextRowInTbl;    }    tbl = tbl.NextTblInDoc;}   am using the above code from this thread https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker/finding-cell-ov

Hi-I am importing a file by reference maintaining source formatting. The source ends with an empty page populated by the phrase  "Page left intentionally blank". This comes from a master page in the source document and does not appear in the target document.  Is there a way to make "Page left intentionally blank" appear in the target document automatically, or am I going to have to add a master page in the target document that has that phrase in it? FM 2019Win10

My process includes (80+ pages of table content)1. import the data from excel to FM with rich text format to get as a table format.2. Apply proper para formating and table row sizing etc.3. Run through all the pages to check any text overlow in any cell.4. Copy the overflowed text and paste it as a new row below and remove the overflowed text from the current row. If there's a script to find way for step 3&4 would be much appreciated..

Hi, do you know how can i get element text ? ex. I need to get "text" <concept><title>text</title></concept> HighestLevelElement.FirstChildElement  - can you help to proceed this ? 

If you create a graphic in Visio and export it to SVG and then import the SVG image into FrameMaker, you are still getting displaced objects in the graphic if you use either Visio stencils or group the image. I thought they'd fixed this, but apparently not.   Edited to add: In the attached images, the "room" is a Visio stencil. As you can see, the back wall is displaced in the image as imported into FrameMaker. None of the other components are grouped.   New bug is here: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-9089  

Hi, I am trying to generate a Responsive HTML5 output with context-sensitive help enabled from a ditamap using FM 2019 (v15.0.6.956) Although I have added CSH markers to my dita topics, the context-sensitive help does not work after generating the responsive HTML5 output. It seems the generated csh.js file does not contain the required data. When using .fm and .book files instead and executing the same steps to generate the output the context-sensitive help works just fine. I also can see the csh.js file populated properly. Is there a way to make CSH work with dita content? Thank you.

Hi,Is thare a way to globally change one paraagraph style to another paragraph style across several docs that does not involve a script?I have used Global update, but it is slow and tedious.My current method:1. Create the paragraph tags that I need to change to and save them as a separate document.2. Import those paragraphs styles into the document I want to change.3. In the Paragraph Designer, select the style I want to change TO. In the same window, select Global Update Options select "All Properties" (in the "Use Properties in the Paragraph Designer") and in the "Update Paragraph Formats" select "All Tagged:" and the paragraph style I want to change FROM.Is there a quicker way to do this?Thanks,Robert