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When I import a picture in a frame and overlay it with graphics like an arrow or box using FrameMakers builtin tools, the function "Fit to frame proportionally" stops working. This may be by design, but it is annoying, when you want to update a book with lots of pictures. If anybody knows how to make it work, do please tell.

Hi Community, (using FrameMaker 2019) I would like some help in formatting a particular style of background for a WARNING and CAUTION . I have created a style which I set up in the paragraph designer and saved in the catalog that works well, thats no problem. I used the 'Numbering' tab in the designer to automatically put in the 'WARNING' at the paragraph begining. BUT, the detail I can't get is the bold line around the background, like in the sample attached. I've set up the background using a Pgf.Box with the right color but I really need that bold border. Anyone have any ideas if or how I can achieve this? Thank you. Mark. Warning & Caution Sample: My Warning & Caution background so far:

Hello. I use Framemaker 2019 to write user manuals for work. Since I use a large amount of photos and other images, I would love to use the "Fit to frame" option when I import something into an anchored frame. Unfortunately it only works until I close the document.   As I import them and fit them, the picture looks good. But when I open the document a second time (after saving it and closing it), all the images have returned to their original import size (usually 300 DPI), forcing me to resize them all manually.   What am I doing wrong? Why do they all get small again?This only happens with the "fit to frame" option, not with manual resizing.

Hello,   I have a DITA based structure application in FM. Currently dealing with xml topic based files. In my topic .template.fm I have successfully added page style (landscape/etc.) based on XML attribute (you know the trick with the reference page rule to point to a landscape master page and it works). Now I want to do something similar but with other xml elements. Let's say I want a paragraph to have 2 different font style based on an xml attribute = font-1/font-2. How do I set these styles from the template file so when I load the xml the styles are applied in the editor view? (I really want to stay and be DITA compatible, so don't want to update edd.dtd files. Why can't this be done from the template?)

I recently updated from Frameaker 12 to Framemaker 2017. I've noticed several issues, but one of the most annoying occurs when I import Paragraph formats from one file to another. The Next Paragraph Tag setting never imports. I've also noticed that, if I set the Nest Paragraph Tag for a format and apply the setting after import, the setting somehow gets cleared after a few uses, and needs to be reset again. Is there something else I need to be doing when importing paragraph formats? Could this be a bug?

I recently had to create a new document that had a large number of cross-references (about 800). I have not had a lot of experience in the past using cross-references in FrameMaker, so I was rather amazed that some simple user interface features are not present.1.  Give options for sorting/filtering cross-reference markers.To make my life easier (I thought) I made a bunch of cross-reference markers, as the source information was organized sequentially. When I went to use those markers, however, I found that instead of the markers being listed alphabetically (as I assumed they would), they were listed by page number. This made it incredibly difficult and time consuming to find the markers that I needed for my cross-references.2.  Allow individual cross-references to be updated.This is a big one. The first time I updated the cross-references in my document (using Edit > Update References) it took ages. I only needed to update one cross-reference. An option in the cross-refer

I'm using FM11, but have seen this in earlier versions as well. I am updating old files created years ago, and some import links are broken.FrameMaker tells you the name of the missing file, and then just fragments of the actual file path, which is not very helpful:Is there any way to get the full path to show up?

I am looking for any input as to where i can get training on EDD and Conversion Table. Would prefer online or maybe videos i can follow.    Thanks much,  Sam

Hello, In Framemaker 2019, I have been publishing in HTML5 a book comprised of around 50 images that are referenced on a local drive. The average publishing time for a book this size takes around 30 minutes. Has anyone else in the community seen similar publishing time lengths? Is there anyway for me to optimize how long it takes? Thank you 

I am having issues when i structure documents with my conversion table. I have text insets that i use the conversion table i created and it structures the text insets perfectly. I then structure the chapter and it all seems great until i import the text inset into the chapter. It gives me red errors on just the bulleted list and numbered list. Its fine in the text inset but when insert to the chapter it breaks the bullets and numbered list. Is anyone having issues like this or can someone tell me what i am doing wrong.    Sam

Dear Forum.The only post talking about color definition in framemaker is this post :https://community.adobe.com/t5/FrameMaker/Script-for-removing-color-definitions/td-p/3757153so with this information i can list all the colors in a document and how to remove them  from framemaker files.So i need to clean some file but before removing color i would like to know if each color is used in document and then remove if not usedHave you got some code that do this check .Thank you for your helpBest regard from France 

Hi,I recently had the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2017 installed on my work computer. I am using a Windows 7 machine.When I open FrameMaker, my welcome screen is shown below. I believe it should look different. Are there any settings I can change to have the welcome screen appear as it should?Thank you!

I am importing images in a PDF format by reference (Esc+fii) into my FrameMaker documents. On the initial import, everything is fine, but as soon as I wrap the anchored frame around the graphic, a faint line shows up at the bottom of the frame. If it were only visible in Farme I could tolerate it, but it also shows up in the PDF output when I publish, where it is unnecessary, distracting, and just plain wrong. There's no object style applied to the anchored frame.  Editing to insert: This also happens when inserting PNG images by pasting, so it's not specific to either importing by reference or to PDF graphics. I've tried changing different properties for the anchored frame, and so far nothing works. I tried changing the Stroke Line width to 0, but the line stays (and the width changes to 0.015 on its own). I've tried changing the Pen Pattern to one of the ones that appears to be blank, but the line stays. How do I get rid of this line? Why is it even showing up?&nb

I am putting together a script to align numbers in a table by decimal/assumed decimals. (I think all of the parts I’ve found here on the forum – what a great resource!)FrameMaker aligns like this:We'd like it to align like this:My script adds “.0” and changes the character style to white. (I got help with that part last week but the post got lost in the Adobe forum conversion.) That part works, but I can’t get it to do more than one cell. We can't run it on all tables in the document, or even a whole table. It will need to be by column. Right now, I'm thinking to put the cursor in the top cell of the column, then run the script. Here’s what I have.#target framemaker var doc, pgf, cell, regex; //given the cell containing the insertion point doc = app.ActiveDoc; pgf = doc.TextSelection.beg.obj; cell = pgf.InTextObj; regex = /\./; // this finds a decimal // ...navigate down the column. while (cell.ObjectValid () === 1) { //I think this is where it breaks down processD

The MIF Wash utility is extremely handy in fixing corrupted FrameMaker files. Simply, run the MIF Wash utility on corrupted files and you should get your files back. Be it an individual file or an entire book, MIF Wash Utility can run on any number of files.Here’s an article that provides the detailed information about using the MIF Wash Utility.https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/how-to-use-mifwash-utility-in-framemaker.html

Hi, I have created a DITAMAP and now I want to save it as PDF with the formats and customizations as per my organisation defined templates.To achieve this I have already replaced the default ditabase.template.fm file with customized ditabase.template.fm file at the below path."Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2017\Structure\xml\DITA\outputTemplates"While saving the DITAMAP as pdf I am able to achieve the desired output. The requirement that is not met here is that I am not able to generate a Title page, TOC and Index with this option. Can anyone please suggest to me what steps shall I follow to have these files also in my pdf output that too with my customized templates.Please note that currently I am using save as PDF option from File menu while using ditaval file also. Thanks.

I use quite a few SVG images in my documents for equations and diagrams, currently when I export to HTML these svg images get converted to .jpg. Does anyone know how I can prevent this from happening? I am already using the setting to not use Distller for generating images. My only workaround now is maintaining a list of svg assets to replace their .jpg counterparts in the html code and to copy the files into the published directory.I am currently using Framemaker 2015, but I also noticed this behaviour on a trial copy of 2019. 

We have a requirement to make all of our materials 508/ADA compliant. That means we need HTML and PDFs that are tagged in a way that makes the logical structure apparent. For PDFs, Frame 2019 has a great tool that associates various tags with one of several tags for the output. However, HTML is proving more difficult. I'm wondering if someone can help me find some solution through Frame that will solve the following problem. I've been able to create a settings file for HTML5 generation that generates a particular paragraph tag as H1. However, it doesn't use the correct styles that are actually associated with the paragraph tag in Frame. When I go into the CSS file, I find "p.FM_XYZtag" with all the right styles. That "p" means that the ".FM_XYZtag" is a selector only associated with the paragraph tag in HTML, which is why the H1 defaults to whatever the browser wants. As soon as I modify the CSS file to remove the "p," I get the right results. When I import that back into the sett

Dear all,The script is loaded from Startup folder and establishes a menu item.When this menu item is executed the script runs and issues a message.If I do not close this message in 'due time' - whatever that is - I get the messageHey fans, an alert is meant to be read and normally one must think about it. At least in my case this takes some time, becouse the message comprises 10 lines.What is the purpose of this message besides interrupting my thinking?An alert message should stand there without hassle until OK is klicked.The really bad thing is this: after this message the menu item is futschikato per tutti - gone is gone! EditI think this message appears only while building the menu, which is part of the script.Some re-arangements made the message disappear - order of things matters...

Since the latest update of FM2019 one of my documents has an issue with its xrefs.Tried to update them - the pod says fine - the console on publish says no.Tried to remove them and inserting them again.Pod says yay fine ... console on publish says no. Now am frustrated since all other refs work and just that one not.No errors on opening the referenced files... nothing that could indicate that behaviour.And its not the first time I am using this funcitonality and in all other docs it is just fine.Checked the xml physically also outside FM to see if IDs or something might trigger the issue and all looks good.Evend did a gazillion times the DITA update references ... nothing.Any ideas?

Need to replace Arial, Times Roman with Calibri in the entire book (FM 10). Please let me know the script for this. I am very new to this.Please help

Dear all,During the startup step Localisation a lot of things happen. So far I know this (please correct me if I'm werong):The menu is established according to the menu file mentioned in the current workspace. As long as no document is open this is none.fwsScripts from Startup are executed. These may modify the menu.The Welcome screen is presentedAt this stage not all of the menu modifications have been done.Although the menu.cfg referenced in WS none.fws contains the following statement, this menu is not moved to the far left.  <Order !MakerMainMenu.!FMidMain <Before !MakerMainMenu.FileMenu>>  This happens only at the open of a document or book. And it stays there when all documents/books are closed and only the Welcome screen is present.The problem seems to be specific to the top menus, because changes to the existing menu structure (added items in Help and elsewhere) are present already in the menus presented at Welcome screen stage. And in these

Hi,I would like to extend my user manual template using text insets and variables for single sourcing into different languages. In other words, what I am trying to explain is a book with n chapters where each chapter is available in few different languages. I would like then to create a book whose n chapters (chapter_1 to chapter_n) are blank templates. Then using text insets, I can import the corresponding texts into each individual chapter. However, I would like to have only one book for all the different languages that I have. To achieve this, I intend to refer to the corresponding fm files using a "lang" variable. For instance, into chapter_1, I would like to import: chapter_1_eng.fm and into chapter_2: chapter_2_eng.fm etc. Then for German that would be chapter_1_ger.fm for chapter_1 and chapter_2_ger.fm for chapter_2. This way, I can set the value of the lang variable to the corresponding language after opeining the book and hopefully get the correct chapter contents. So, all I w

Whenever I click File > Open... it defaults to showing me All FrameMaker Documents.  99% of the time I want to open the *.book file and nothing else.  Since I use only one folder for my *.fm, *.book, and *.mif files, it's always a scrolling affair to find the *.book file.  Either that or manually change the Files Of Type: setting. Is there a way to make File > Open... default to *.book ?

I have a project I am working on using my desktop. My folder is on a portable drive plugged into the desktop. I pulled the drive and plugged it in to my MS Surface which also has the same version of FM2019v15.0.3.603 to work on my project while I was out. Back on the desktop when opening the project, 10 out of 13 files were corrupt and unusable including the .backup files. Why did this happen?