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Hello,I just learned how to create a MiniTOC and it's a great feature. The only problem is that there is a space after the TOC which looks strange when the next item is a heading. Is there any way to remove the space?Here is my Reference page definition:Thanks!Elo

This is the first time that I have tried t update my templates with changes made to the EDD since upgrading to FM 2017, and I am not having much luck. When I start a new topic using the concept template, it looks like this:But after I import the EDD, that has new component items added, to the template and create a new topic, I get this:I have done this in previous versions of FM without any hitch. What is going on this time?

When you save an unstructured document to XML, FrameMaker uses the XML Mapping Table (part of the Reference Pages).I'm trying to find documentation for this mapping table and its elements (in this case, the Image Format row and which values are possible besides the default 0001IMAGGIF GIF). The Help doesn't seem to contain any information on the Mapping Table. Is there a separate document that describes this?

Hi.I have used FrameMaker for many years, but only recently upgraded to FrameMaker 2019.  I have the most recent build (15.0.3.603).  I have tested this problem on systems running both Windows 7 Pro and Windows 10 Pro with the same result.  Both operating systems are fully up to date.Here's the problem.  Grouping two "pure" vertical lines (or one pure vertical line with one or more other lines in certain instances) fails, where a "pure" vertical line is created by holding down the shift key when drawing that line.  The items become grouped, but the grouped object extends to the upper left corner of the page or the anchored frame.  Once grouped, incorrect group dimensions are retained when that group is moved or aligned with other objects.Steps to Reproduce:  In either an anchored frame or a page with no frames, draw two "pure" vertical lines by holding down the shift key prior to drawing each line.  Then, group those two objects.  The group

Hi, I cannot compare FM between file old and new by FrameMaker 2019 there are have info message below. Please help me, Thank. Charl.s

My FM19 documentation set consists of several FM book. (Somewhat different set of books depending on customer.) For each FM book I generate a separate chm file. The customized set of chm files are merged using a .htm file, into a documentation set.There are many cross-references between the different books/chm files. However, with FM19 I can't get these cross-references to become working click-able links. Instead they just end up as regular text in the chm file.What am I supposed to do to fix this? 

When I click File > Package the resulting ZIP file doesn't contain anything that was outside the FM folder itself.  Is this works-as-designed?  I hope not because we use one consolidated Images folder for the figures we use in all of our documents.  This means that none of my images get packaged.  

I wanted to describe the set up for pargraphs with automatic numbering in Hebrew (Keep in mind: I can not read/understand Hebrew), it is just my example of RTL language.I have a paragraph containing the Hebrew text wihich reads from right to left and want to have it adjusted correctly (on the right marginI. The I wanted it to have an indent of 1cm for automatic numbering.As long as the direction is LTR the layout is OK, but for Hebrew text the numbering should be on the right side, where the reading starts.As soon as I change the direction from LTR to RTL the text mostly disappears behind the right side of the text frame...So I set up the whole thing in FM-13 (2015) which introduced RTL support. Here I can get what I expect:But when importing the file into FM-14.0.4.512 or FM 15.0.5.838 most of the text disappears into the area right to the text frame:The FM-13 file can be found here.Since I have other strange effects in my current FM-15 (see Thesaurus) I ask you to verify this behavio

We have FrameMaker 2-17  Paragraph Formats for Figures and Tables.In FrameMaker these are just fine in FM2017 as they were in FM12.However, when we generate a PDF from any document or book from FM2017, then there is an additional graphic added to every Figure or Table name.  This is creating a noticeable CHANGE in each and every book that we PDF from FrameMaker.  This shows up in compares and will trigger change notifications in all of our translations.See below the image of an extra line that shows up on each FIGURE and TABLE name.  This was never the case in FM12 to PDF conversion.Our documents are worldwide and require translation, and this kind of issue will increase our translation costs exponentially.We need to hear that someone is addressing this issue ASAP.Please advise.thanks.

I have a book with several files in it.  I had my conditional tags set perfectly, each file had the same tags,  same settings, etc.  Unforutnately another user got into the book and created a bunch of new tags.  So now I have gone into each of the files in the book and deleted the unwanted conditional tags.  If I open each file independently and look at the Conditional Tags pod, each file has the same tags. However, when I go to create the book, I open the first file, in the Show/Hide Conditional Text pod I select the conditions I want display and those I want to hide, and then apply them.  I then highlight each of the other files in the book with the inention of just importing the conditional text settings.  However, as soon as I select the other files, the Show/Hide Conditional Text pod has all of the conditional tags that I have deleted from all the files still listed in the Hide column.  I know they are deleted because I t

I am developing a publishng application that takes externally generated XML files and opens them as FrameMaker book files. The XML file is split into separate book components according to the read/write rules file. This all works perfectly as a manual process, but I need to force FramMaker to open the XML without requesting a file name for the book, is that possible? I want to provide that name in my script but I can't find any way to set the name of the bookfile throught the API either through  GetOpenDefaultParams()  or by sending parameters to CallClient() for FmDispatcher. Any guidance would be very helpful. If it's not possible I can just pre-process the XML to split it as required.ThanksIan

Hello,I'm working in Framemaker 2019 on an unstructured document. Recently, linked images that I can see within the document, disappear mysteriously before my eyes. It seems to happen when I click near the images to work on another element that is nearby. If I reload the images, they show up again, but I have to rescale them which seems like a waste of time. Any Ideas? thanks,Elo

HI All, I'm trying to create a simple MIF file that contains tables and can be read via FM.  I need this structure for my engineers, so that they can export data into a pre-defined table format - MIF file that I can read in FM. It will be a register list of hundreds, if not thousands of tables.I have the structure of the table (basically copied the structure given by one of FM's Sample MIF files (included with the FM installation)).I created the table and a short body page by creating 2 MIF files. One MIF file is used as the template file with all my paras/chars/tables/variables/master pages/ etc defined. (It's very long)The other MIF file includes for now, one table (it will include all the tables in the Tbls) and the Text Flow. The table is built basically from a table header and body rows. It has an "include  (template.mif) to call the template file (so that this MIF file is "only" about 300 lines long and easy for my developers to f

Is there anyone who has had to trigger an event from a script? I am building an alternative elements catalog but the PostInsertElement, PostWrapElement and PostChangeElement events are not fired and there might be other clients that use those. Thanks in advance. Jang

Hi all, This is my understanding about FDK: (1) The Adobe FrameMaker Developer Kit (FDK) is a set of C libraries and header files that allow you to write Application Programmer Interface (API) clients or plug-ins using the C or C++ programming language. (2) Using the FDK, an API client can perform interactive user tasks and more. It gives programmers direct access to all the objects in a FrameMaker session or document. This includes graphics, text, markers, paragraphs, formats, and more.(3) Only be invoked through FrameMaker application and the FrameMaker must be run parallel with the integration application That means we cannot create a services on cloud to transfrom a Framemaker file to XML by suing FDK? Do you have any ideas for a cloud services to transform a Framemaker file to XML?

I have two Adobe for Teams subscriptions through my job. One is for CC, the other is for FrameMaker.    This morning I decided to reinstall FrameMaker because it had suddenly stopped supporting copying subscript characters from the Character Map into FM documents, even though the font supports subscript characters. (This has happened with multiple fonts over the last few days.)   I log into my Adobe Account. There are two Adobe for Teams subscriptions there. I choose the Adobe for Teams that is my FrameMaker subscription. I click Download.   And I'm taken to the Download/Installation page for the CC apps!   Luckily for me, I still had an installation package for FM on my hard drive, so I was able to run it from there and then install updates, but that was very, very peculiar.   I obviously (and luckily) don't need help from Adobe Support given the length of time support takes these days, but I have no idea who to report this to or even how to check to see

Do we any option of freezing the style in the unstructured .fm files so that, others cannot manipulate them during working. Can anyone help me on this. Thanks,Rakesh

We are working on a manual (unstructured framemaker) and has multiple chapter files worked by different teams people, can I lock/freeze the style so that team do not change the properties of style created. they should have option only to apply the style.

My client knows that FrameMaker is excellent with tables. However she wants a table that is able to be positioned with minimal table designer and paragraph style editing, as in not having to create a table style or use an anchor or anchored frame. The writers she managed at her old position made it look so easy, they could put them anywhere she wanted. I know you can put tables anywhere, but I don't know of a way to do this without the anchors and styles, but I thought I'd therow it out to all of you to see if anyone knows of a method to do this without a massive kluge. Frame 2019 saving the files down to 2017.ThanksRobert

First experiment with converting real FM19 content to HTML 5 … first question :-}I have a variable defined as <Default ¶ Font>, which behaves as expected in FM – it takes the font settings (colour, weight &c.) from the paragraph where it's used. Output to HTML5, the same variable sometimes matches the paragraph, sometimes doesn't. I can't offhand spot any consistency.So – am I doing something wrong? and if so, what should I be doing instead?

Hi! what do I have to change (and where) if I want that FrameMaker give me an error when a element (ex: Bold) is wrap with the same element (Exemple screenshot). For now, when I validate my document in Frame, I don't have error, but in my XML Editor I have 171 errors.  Thankssss!!!!

Has anyone created a ZIP file via scripting - or even via a batch file on Windows 10 ?

i have put ALT text into my images for accessibility of html documents, and save-as HTML.the info i put into Frame does not get copied/transferred into the HTML. i need to produce accessible documents and this is very important. any help?thanks

A new tech writer here opened a FM 2015 file, 5 pages long, and it's displaying pages 1 and 2 at the same time, side by side, and continues to show pages two at a time, side by side, as you scroll down.  Can't find a way to stop it from doing this.  Looked through all the menus and buttons at the top, found nothing.  Don't even know how she accidentally turned that "feature" on.  Very annoying.  How do we turn it off to go back to normal view?

When I try to run the updates for FrameMaker 2019, they don't install, and FrameMaker uninstalls from my computer.Help?