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Hello,I'm exploring FM further and meeting new misunderstandings.I'm to make an XML according to predefined DTD from initially unstructured FM file.I've built the EDD, convertion table, r/w rules, another dtd for "save as xml", structured application definition.My xml file contains repeating elements (affiliation, citation, table, figure) which must have unique IDs. I need figures to have IDs "Fig1", "Fig2" etc., citation items - IDs "CR1", "CR2", etc. and these IDs are the attribute values for "internalRefs" elements that "frame" the references in text according to the number of referenced object (but they are not real cross-refs in the sense of FM but only a description of refs).How can I do this?I think it is about the help topic "auto-generating of unique IDs for attributes".I defined the auto-generate rules (and unluckily only for one type of objects) but I failed to apply them.I wrote the config .xml file but how does it work and when?

Hello,I'm new to FrameMaker, using 2019 version. I've inherited a old project, and everything is going well except that I can't edit the content in the Cover page .fm file. The first page has an image and the second a frame with text. I can't access the image on the first page or the text on the 2nd page. thanks!Elo

Dear friends,This really happend on April 1 and since then I was uncertain what to do against this problem.I wanted to extend my Enhanced Tool Bars (ETB) with a button pup-up menu for the case changes (lower case, UPPER CASE, …)I added a script defined function for "Sentence case"The button was there, but it did not become active.At that time I did not have a solution for the inactive button (see Problems with Fly out menus)I started typing in my documentation about this ETB enhancement.But when it came to enter a lower case u nothing happened, even "un" was digested and nothing appeared in text. So I entered text by using the U and then ALT+F1 to make it lower case.Finally I discovered a magic word, which I could not enter completely: "undefined". Whyle typing this the cursor did not advance on the screen.After having solved the problem with the inactive button I discovered this in the pup-up menu: u n d e f i n e d at the place where the command short cut becomes visible.Oh yes, I do

Dear friends,Although this has nothing to do with scripting, it is equally demanding: FrameMaker Customisation…In my Enhance Tool Bars (ETB) I use flyout menus to reduce the number of buttons. There are now three of these flyouts (ETBPgfAlignPopup, ETBRulerTabsPopup, ETBPgfActionsPopup), which work well since FM-12.For example for ETBPgfAlignPopup the menu file contains <Command ETBPgfAlignPopup <Label ETB paragraph alignment…> <Definition \x914> <Param ETBPgfAlignMenu>> <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu <Label Pgf Alignment…>> <Add LeftPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>> <Add CenterPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>> <Add RightPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>> <Add FullyJustifyPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>> The toolbar contains <FLYOUT command="ETBPgfAlignPopup" tooltip="Text alignment …"> <images base="etb_icons\text_align_left"/> </FLYOUT> I wanted to combine the cell align buttons into such a

Hi,We have some SVGs with text rotated 90 degrees. When the SVG is imported into FrameMaker 2019 (we've downloaded the lateste version) all the text are rotated horizontally and positioned in the middle of the illustration. Has anyone else experienced this and if so, were you able to find a solution (other than converting the text to curves)?We are using Corel Designer x5.  Second image is showing the SVG in FrameMaker.  ThanksG

I am running FM 2019 in parallels on a mac.  I have two documents open. I wish to import the formats from "S2" into "S3".  I did exactly what the FM instructions showed.  When I click  Import, nothing happens. I have done this 4-5 times, restarted and tried again. No joy.  What stops this from happening?

When we import an SVG into FrameMaker 2019, any text strings or objects close the the edge of the image are cut off.Usually along the top and right side of the image.Has anyone else experienced this and is there a fix?We are using Corel Designer x15 

In my FM19 document my heading2 paragraph style has Indent 6 mm. Looks great in the pdf output.However, in my chm output I want these headings without any indent at all.I've tried adjusting different Publish Settings/Style Mapping attributes for the paragraph style, but without any success. What can I do? 

Due to recent events, our department has all gone remote. For FrameMaker only, we have setup a virtual machine on our local server and VPN into it remotely. I've installed and updated Frame (most current version/update). I can use it fine for all of our book files. Another user who opens a particular book file has immediate crashes upon opening. I can open the file fine. Any ideas why that might be? Since it's the same Frame installation, on the same machine, the only differences I can think of have to do with user profiles or user profile stored files, such as temp files or local caches. Is there a particular path I might explore to find/delete possibly corrupted files? Error logs, perhaps?

Hello! I am trying to render a book file into a PDF using "Print to PDF." The book file is not recognizing required fonts that are installed on my laptop. I've checked with our IT rep, and the fonts are correctly installed. The error I am getting in the console is "<Font Name> is not available." And, it says "cannot open "<File Name>." When I remove that file, it moves onto the next file and says it can't open that file name.  Each individual file in the book prints correctly. I've tried to remove the files and then add the files again. That didn't work.  I've created an etire new book. That didn't work.  I've deselected "Rely on System Fonts Only. Do not use Document Fonts" in the Adobe PDF Document setting. That didn't work. I reselected. That didn't worl.  I've deselected  the"Remember missing font names"  box in "Preferences" popup. That didn't work. I reselected. That didn't work. I did this at the book level and a

Dear all,When a selection contains the ¶ mark, then the TR.end.offset is 0. If i manually reduce the selction to not contain the ¶ mark, then I get a reasonable value (e.g. 279).How can I programmatically reduce the selection? I have tried the following, but this does not work#target framemaker main (); function main () { var TR = app.ActiveDoc.TextSelection; if (TR.end.offset == 0) { $.bp(true); // this provides a huge end.offset, not a reasonable value TR.end.obj = TR.beg.obj; TR.end.offset = Constants.FV_OBJ_END_OFFSET; } }

I've created a Mini-TOC and it is including an additional line at the bottom. This is a basic Mini-TOC that includes Heading 1, 2, and 3. I have verified there are no headings of these types at the end of the chapter that have no text associated with them. Any ideas on how to remove this or if it can even be done? Thanks! Ken

times new roman does not display correct at frame maker,when turnign to Myriad pro for example, special characters that appear as ? are correct,but how can i have them correct at Times new roman font?

Hi Everyone,I am currently using the latest FM2019. Currently, I have a booklet format document. I need to change this to an 8.5x11 document. Is there a way to resave the booklet pages in one shot or do I have to go one by one to a new name? Also, as I create new content in 8.5x11, is there an easy way to go to booklet? I know when viewing a document in Acrobat PDF there is a booklet feature, but when we test print in house all the margins are still wide. I've tried making adjustments but it always comes out skewed. Is the best answer that our publisher makes the booklet with its imposition tool? I tried to reference this article, but it is from 2009. Is it still relevant today?  https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker/print-2-framemaker-8-5-x-5-5-pages-on-one-8-5-x-11-pdf/m-p/2187678?page=1#M12436 

Hi,I am new to FrameMaker - already googled and found some tutorials about headers, footers, variables... butSomehow the document i am working in is missing it's headers and footers. I would like to create a few new ones (at different locations) and need these Headers and Footers to pop-up on already existing body or master pages.Currently, i am working in a book - since i found out i could multiple copies of (pre-setup) body pages - if you think i am doing this sluggish - please let me know. But primarly, my question is focused on how to create new footer and headers.> Currently, working in FM2019. Kind regards

I Print Book, I see the dialog box saying it's going through the files and the percentage of the book being processed increasing. It stops and there's no .PS file only an .lck file for the book file. This was working fine for me before, but our IT person did some proxy work on my laptop, and I was wondering if the two were somehow related. I cannot generate a .PS file for any of my books now. Thanks for any thoughts on this. -Jean

I have some documents with tables in FrameMaker 2019. The table styles have a left margin of 10mm.When I publish to HTML5 it seems I have no options in Style Mapping dialogue for working with the margins/paddings of table styles.I suppose I may be able to modify the stylesheet in css manually and attach it. But I would prefer handling this in the settings dialogue. Can it be done? Have I overlooked something?/Bjørn

I added another Book B(sub) to Book A(main).Book B has TOC and Index. I created a PDF in Book A, but it didn't print the TOC and Index for Book B.How do I create a PDF that includes the TOC and index for sub Book?Is it impossible?FrameMaker 2019

I have a user guide with a cover page that needs one graphic for one product version and a different graphic for another version. How can I do this? I keep getting a message in FrameMaker that only text etc. can be conditional when I try to set my anchored frame conditional. Using the latest version of FrameMaker. Thanks!

Hi everyone,First post here as I cannot find an answer anywhere else.In Framemaker 2019 15.0.4.751I was issuing a "Fit Page to Window" from the bottom right and for some reason the font size in the book window has gone really small and I cannot find a way to enlarge it again.All books now open with this super small font.See picture below. I am using 3 x 1920x1200 monitors if that is of any use.Can anyone help ?Thanks in advance,Andre

I am wondering if there is a way a link can be added to the header or the footer of Master pages that will return the viewer back to the table of contents? 

Hi,I try to save my book as PDF and get the message that the distiller isn't available (File > Save as PDF). I reinstalled FrameMaker (2019 15.05.838) which didn't help. I can see, that in the Publish pod the Preset name is empty and I can't chosse one. I don't have a full version of Acrobat installed just the distiller that should come with FrameMaker.Does anyone know how to fix this?Thx.

Hi,Question related to the body pages.I have one document with all my Data and Related stuff. Since i need multiple copies of these formats - i assigned multiple master pages to a body of a series of master pages, i call this Set of Master pages in Body #1.Set of Master pages in Body #1 is repeptive, so i copied the related .fm file and imported it back into the book.But if i want to edit my master page - i need to do this separtly for each document. Is their a way to sync all body pages of documents in a book with 1 master page? Kind regards

Hello again When I enable "Track Text Edits," the edits are not appearing in red and green, but black. What do I do to fix this bugbear of an issue?

I have a file with a bunch of svg files which have been imported into anchored frames. Print looks good. However, when I publish as Mobile App, it seeems the svg's are interpreted differently. The bounding box around the drawing becomes enormous. My thinking is that, this has something to do with the way Adobe Illustrator exports svg's but I am not sure. Does anybody have experience in these matters?/bjørn