FrameMaker

Yes, I know my set-up is obsolete to the point of dangerous … it has taken me months to get approval for new licences, and even now they've arrived I've been waiting since April for Central Support to install them. But, ancient software notwithstanding, everything has been working as expected until this afternoon. Starting from an FM 12 (non structured) file with one referenced graphic, I select File > Save as PDF … no "busy" cursor in FM, no Acrobat X Pro springing into life: just a 2,253K .tps file appearing in the file manager. I've got 5.48Gb spare on the networked drive, so I don't think that's the problem.Update on "suddenly" – another .fm file distilled via Save as at 13:45 without any problems. After checking a few others, all of which failed after generating the .tps, I made a copy of this file and tried Save as again at 15:30. Failed.Any hints/tips on solving this will be extremely welcome! Thanks in advance.

As part of monthly webinar series, this month's webinar is on the topic Working with Images, Cross-references, Footnotes & Indexes using Unstructured Adobe FrameMaker Presenters - Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor & Owner of Rocky Mountain Training More details for the free webinar is availabe at: https://2019-11-22-unstructured-adobe-framemaker.meetus.adobeevents.com/     

I am trying to create a table in FrameMaker where one cell has a red background, one has an orange background, and one has a yellow backgound. This won't be a table style -- it's just a one-time table that serves as a key to certain color codes in the manual. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to "select" a single cell and apply a color to it. I also can't find a way to do this in the Table Designer, since there is no option for "just this one cell." As with my previous question, I suspect there's an easy answer to this, and I'm just not finding it in all of the resources I've looked at so far. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

Can someone tell me how to delete a paragraph style? I'm sure it's very simple, but the instructions I found (select it in the Paragraph Catalog, then click Delete) aren't working. What am I doing wrong?

Hi, I'm trying not to print ElementBoundaries in to pdf when ElementBoundaries is turn on but square brackets are printed in pdf in Fm19. I tried use F_ApiSetInt(FV_SessionId, fm_docId, FP_ElementBoundaryDisplay, FV_ELEM_DISP_NONE). In Fm10 this solution is working pretty nice but in Fm19 don´t. Any suggestion how to fix this ? Thanks.

Please forgive me as this is something covered in several places but I have not found an exact scenario I am trying to map out, I have been using FrameMaker for a week so I am feeling a little overwhelmed. I am trying to create a document structure that allows me to number Chapters, Sections, Subsections, and Figures all in series. I am having the most trouble with getting the figures to number properly. I would like them to follow the following pattern if the document is set up as:1. Chapter Name (H: \t <n+>. \t)1.1 Section Name (H:\t <n>.<n+> \t \t)1.1.1 Sub Section (H:\t <n>.<n>.<n+>\t \t)Roman Numerals (H:\t <r>< =0>.\t \t) these should resel each time they are used  regardless of where Chapter, Section, Sub Section etc. Figure (H: Figure: <n>.<n+> \t)I have also tried using <$chapnum>, <$sectionnum>, <$subsectionnum> but the above format has worked better so far but I am open to suggestions to

Hi, I would like to save list of cross-references into text file.How can i do? Thank you.

I met Framemaker years ago and it worked beautifully. Now it does not work at all. I have spent hours and hours getting support from Framemaker. Instead it has wrecked my computer. And for live support I get people with impossible English accents. Framemaker is a wonderful program but it has been ruined by Adobe. I am very upset about this. 

I have a dita map, which I have created manually. It creates PDFs and HTML with or without FrameMaker and as expected it has the look of dita-ot pdf2. In FrameMaker:  Structure->DITA->Generate DITA-OT Output... However, I would like to use the dita bookmap option of FrameMaker in order to include the template files, such as the cover page, table of contents etc., into my book. When I use the dita map together with the publish option in FrameMaker, two issues come up: 1. after FrameMaker publishes the pdf, it crashes/hanging and 2: the published pdf creates page breaks after each of my topics and the numbering is not fine. This is how my dita map is made: <map><title><keyword keyref="product_name"/> user guide</title><topicref keyref="contact_info" type="topic"><topicref keyref="manufacturer_contact" type="topic"><topicref keyref="contact_europe" type="topic"/><topicref keyref="contact_usa" type="topic"/></topicref>&l

Hello, I am working in FrameMaker 2017 and seem to be having trouble with the way the cross-reference text appears when my FrameMaker book is output to Responsive HTML.This is what it looks like - the text appears highlighted in orange. I am trying to remove the highlight entirely.  I've found that working in Publish Settings fixes most of the text/image appearance issues, but I can't seem to figure this one out. I have examined the Paragraph and Character Designers and Catalogs to confirm that nothing has been modified or added in there, with no luck. Most of the book was created by the tech writer before me - I have only added to it and done some general editing and formatting.Any input, suggestions or recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Thanks,Mary 

Hi All, Help request from a newbie at Framemaker 2019's HTML5 output. I am using Azure Blue scheme for creating the HTML5 output. Please help me in figuring out the control for changing the default "<Put footer content here>" text to the screen's footer.   Thanks in advance for your suggestions,   Regards Apurva  

The hierarchy of bookmarks in my FrameMaker files (FM 2015) are not reflected in the PDF files.   In the FM bookmarks, the hierarchy looks like this: book title   chapter title      1heading         2heading   In the PDF, the bookmarks look like this:  book title   chapter title      chapter title (wrong place in hierarchy)         1heading (ditto)             2heading (ditto)   "Chapter title" is in two different positions in the PDF bookmarks, but it should only be indented below "book title".   BTW, I selected the bookmarks by opening the book file, selecting all files, selecting Format > Document > PDF Setup > Bookmarks, specified the hierarchies, and clicking Set.   Does anyone know what's going on?   Catherine

I have a large number of individual files in several books. They all have the same list of paragraph tags. I need all of my tags. But, for one particular process, I only need a subset of them. I have set up a Customized List view in the Paragraph Catalog so that I only see a subset of them, because scrolling through the list is time consuming and click/scroll intensive.  I would like to import that list to all of the other files, so that I don't have to go file to file setting up the customized list. I've done some experimenting and I can't seem to do it. Is there some trick I'm missing? Or is it not possible? If it's not possible through the normal interface, is it something that might be possible through extendscript?

Hello, I would just like to confirm that when operating FrameMaker 2017 in a Windows 10 environment, I still need Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to create PDFs. For example, I just had an OS update to Window 10, and while FM 2017 has been re-installed on a new computer, AA Pro DC isn't (only AA Reader DC is) and I now I can no longer create PDFs from FrameMaker. I get an erro saying that "To execute "Save as PDF" command, you must have Acrobat Distiller version 5.05 or higher installed." Then I get another error about configuring Job Options. How do I get distiller and where I do I configure the Job Options in FrameMaker? I remember doing the job option setup years ago, and can't seem to figure it out now, and anyway, I still think I need the distiller first. Does anyone have any clue how I can proceed at this point?I need Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to do the work I normally do, regardless of how FrameMaker operates, and I'm pretty sure I still need it in the Windows 10 OS environment as well. Th

I am using Google Noto Sans and Indian Type Foundry Poppins with FrameMaker 2019 (15.0.4.751) on Windows 10. When using Save As PDF or Publish to PDF using the new PDF engine (not distiller) the SemiBold and Light fonts are appearing as a thicker weight. Opening the PDF in Adobe Illustrator, I can see that the affected fonts have a stroke outline with a non-zero width that is making the characters appear bolder. Italic versions of the fonts in the PDF also appear to have a larger skew angle, suggesting that it is an oblique.Using FrameMaker 2017 (14.0.4.511) on the same computer creates a PDF with the correct font weights and italics.

Hi all,is it possible to hand an animated GIF to the PDF output (remaining animated)?FM10 and AcrobatX work together rather fine concerning other animation formats such as SWF or AVI. I am not sure however wether the PDF format supports animated GIFs at all.Robert

I have TSC 2015. I am trying to setup Responsive HTML Help using FrameMaker. I have the following questions.1. In the ToC pane, how can I make the headings be nested. We have level 1, 2, 3. Heading 3 is displayed at the same level as Heading 2.2. The topic headings of the Chapters use the file names. i.e. in the ToC page I see a file name, and not the Heading 1. How can we set this.3.  Is it possible to set graphics as thumbnails.4.  Also, the titles appear in a blue bar. How can I change this?5. We don't use all the files in the help file, therefore I have made a separate book file for the help. Is that the way to go?Thanks

I need to add some bulleted lists in my templates, but I cannot edit the tab stops using the paragraph designer. Every time I try, the changes I make reset to whatever was there before. This is happening in every file that uses custom tags, not just one, and it affects all the custom tags (and they are all custom tags).   Editing tab stops in the default templates provided by Adobe is working, which I find supremely weird.   I have MIF-washed the files. I have restarted FrameMaker. I have restarted the computer.   I can make these changes by editing the MIF files, but that gets tedious and, seriously, why should I have to? All I can think is that, somewhere, a setting got changed but I can't imagine what it might be.   All template files are stored locally. FrameMaker is up to date (15.0.4.751) Windows build is: 10.0.17763.0   The only system changes were updates made to 4 CC applications yesterday (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, CameraRaw).   ETA: I ha

The past two weeks i switched from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and am still setting up details and testing things which worked well in W7. FrameMaker 15.0.4.751 is set up with startup scripts (in particular FMgraphic.jsx). ESTK is version 4.0.0.1.When i run one of the scripts developed in W7 times, I see a very strange behaviour of ESTK - which is reprodeable:Set up ESTK to use FM-15 - it takes longer than in W7 to 'connect'Run the script with F5The script has completed the drawing after 6 seconds,but it has not ended. The hour glass is visible until second 21.But it is still not possible to start the script again - at least for 10 seconds.If i want to leave ESTK with the X button, for at least 15 seonds nothing happens, then it closes (or most time it tilts).See the vidio on my website BTW it is not possible to use this URL in the "Insert Video2 function of this forum - it seems that only Youtube stuff is accepted ...

This may be a noobish question, so appologies in advance if this has been asked before (I couldn't find anything online similar). I'm trying to create a text box within an anchored frame, and I don't understand why the top of the text is partially beyond the borders of the text box (see attached below - the top of the "T" is outside of the text box). Is this standard FrameMaker behaviour or is there a way to correct this?  Any advice is much appreciated! 

I had a question about PhoneGap that I posted to the appropriate forum. The response I got was that Adobe has put PhoneGap into maintenance mode and that I shouldn't start any projects that would use it to develop mobile app outputs.   So if Adobe is discontinuing PhoneGap, what, if anything, do they plan to use to provide a mobile app output directly from FrameMaker?

I'm using Framemaker 2019 unstructured. My end publications are .pdf's, located in separate folders, then posted to my customer facing website. I've been asked to create a link from one book to another.Example:Book 1, Chapter 27, page 4 - click on a cross-reference (I set specific words) to then open Book 2, Chapter 27, page 1I had both books/chapters open. I created the cross-reference in Book 1, and then use paragraph tags to select the other book's link area. "Document" refers to Book 2.I updated and ran both books and put them on my desktop to test. When I click on the cross-reference link it doesn't do anything except show the "hand pointing" tool when you hover. Is it possible to do what I've been asked? If so, is this the appropriate way to do it AND when they get moved to their web folders, how do I manage the links? Is that a manual update on my part or do they get auto updated when moved?

I am currently uisng Frame Maker 2017. When i generate a PDF from Frame file I observed that there is a small dot which when zoomed is a hypen (or underscore) appears at the start of every Note.   The preview looks something like seen in red below: NOTE: _The task is performed after installing of the cap.   But the frame file doesnt have these underscore or dot. Its appears only when printed on PDF. The issue is not observed in any Frame Maker 2017 used by others in the team.   Kindly help removing this underscore and do the needful.

What is the correct workflow to add hyperlinks to FM source document so that correct <a href="...">link</a> is created?I have noticed that when using message URL from the insert>hypertext it can:Cause the html5 output to have the entire paragraph containing the hypertext to be wrapped in <a>Cause the paragraph up until (and including) the hypertext word/phrase to be wrapped in an <a>orNot produce any <a> tags in the output<a><p>Here is an short paragraph as an example of a incorrect <span class="crossref">link</span></p></a> <a><p>Here is an short paragraph as an example of a incorrect <span class="crossref">link</span></p>with some text afterwards</a> <p>Here is an short paragraph as an example of a non-existent<span class="crossref">link</span></p> <p>Here is an short paragraph as an example of a correct <a><span class="crossref">link<

Having an issue when opening files in Frame Maker the application will crash and come up with the attached error.   Internal Error 15024. FrameMaker has detected a serious problem and must quit   Tried to narrow down the issue and see if this issue only affected particular files but it appears random, other users here using the same version are also having the issue so it is not isolated to one user.   I emailed the dump file to fmerror@adobe.com but the error message states that they are unable to respond to technical questions and I have no idea how to read the dump file. Someone mentioned that it might have to do with not having a default printer selected which I thought was odd, so I mapped to a printer and set as default but still having issue.   Sorry if I left out any details, I would be glad to provide any additional information if needed. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks   Computer is running Windows 10 Enterprise, version 1803, Build 17134.1069 &