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FM 2019, when publishing to Responsive HTML5, has built-in search functionality. Enter a key word and search will display its occurances in the document, hyperlinking the results. If only publishing to Responsive HTML5, maybe a useful alternative in that type of publication for indexing? Wonder if an ExtendScript could be written to hyperlink/buttonize words in a pseudo-index word list, placed for example, at the end of a document, with an action that would populate the search function with the selected (clicked) "index" word, trigger the search, display the hyperlinked search results for that word in the Responsive HTML5 UI, as is now displayed for a standard search? Maybe an interesting option, if it can be done? Best Wishes,S

I use text insets for individual software features and then import each one into a Release Note template - a sort of building block process. However, some features are not available for all versions of software due to hardware dependencies. How can I make my text inset conditional? I tried selecting just the text inset and a dialogue box appears asking if I want to make the text unconditional or delete the text. I tried selecting an empty paragraph marker before and after the text inset, and the same dialogue box appears. Also, with tables, is there anyway to remove the hash (xxxx) marks from the table when making them conditional?

Hi,Have created a 274 page FrameMaker document (eBook for HTML5 publishing). Need to create a basic index at the end of the document, alphabetized a-z with each index subject word and page numbers where the word appears in multiple pages in the document.For example,Aattitude, 12, 35, 92, 121, 208, 245 Reading in the help materials about indexing in a FrameMaker (unstructured) document, I find the first instance of "attitude" (page 12 in this example) and using the insert marker tab, I select "attitude", create the Index tag. This show when I display text symbols ("T"). So far, so good. But, is there a way that I can automate the process so that the other page locations (35, 92, 121, 208, 245) are automatically picked up, without having to manually enter the Index marker for each and every appearance of the same word in the document? I have created a notepad text draft index with alot of word entries, and I am hoping there is an automated process that I can use to search

When updating the TOC, a new file is generated and my paragraph tag settings are reset.  I have ugly text wrapping that I'm trying to fix; I set my left indent to .75 to push the wrap over and then update the TOC, and the indent setting resets to "0" and the wrapping comes back.  My character designer settings don't reset, why do the paragraph settings reset?Should I not be updating the TOC?  How do I get the setting to remain when updating the TOC? Before updating TOC:  After updating TOC: 

Hi everyone,I've come across an issue I can't fix: when opening an .fm file in FrameMaker I get an error message saying the document has unresolved cross-references. The Find/Change check also shows that all cross-references in the file are broken, but from the Cross-references pod I can jump to the right marker by clicking Go to source.At the same time when I choose to save the book as PDF, these same references in the resulting PDF work just fine: they are clickable and lead exactly to the right location. The .book and the .fm files are all stored locally, so no networking or sharing involved. Markers added automatically, source type for references is Paragraph.Could you please help me figure out how to fix the links that seem to be working just fine?Thanks,Svetlana.

I have added my index back into my book file after it was deleted but the index doesn't update with the book. I believe this an easy fix. Any help?  

This started as a question but it's now an FYI in case others have the same problem as I had until this afternoon.The object properties panel displays graphical objects' width and height in some unit. You can set the unit for the current session by going View > Options and selecting an option for Display Units. However if you close and reopen FrameMaker the units will revert to whatever they were before.The maker.ini file contains the setting UseDisplayUnitInTemplate which the documentation says determines whether or not the default units are taken from the application template.fm or are as defined in the maker.ini file. However I discovered today that even if UseDisplayUnitInTemplate is set to Off, the default units are still taken from the template when an existing document is opened; i.e. the value is not saved in the document you are editing, it's always taken from the template.So I opened the template, changed the units in View > Options, saved the template, and bingo. Every

Every time I update my TOC, I get the "No master pages applied because no master pages exist" error.  Does anyone know what causes that?Any help is greatly appreciated.

My company just upgraded to the 2017 Release (14.0.4.511) of FM. In all previous versions (and my experience goes all the way back to version 2.0 ), when I import a PDF file (or any image file), it places itself in an anchored frame at 100%, spanning columns if needed. In the current version, when I do this, it scales down the image to an apparently random percentage. For example, I just imported the same file three times into the same text flow. One came in at 22.22%, the next at 40.06%, and the last at 45.32%.Is this a bug? How can I get the images to import at full size by default?Thanks.

Hello! I have a huge book file we needed to add some chapters to at the last minute. As such, I had to create new paragraph tags/elements for the new chapters and now I need them to appear in my TOC, LOF, LOT, and LEP. The problem is when I update my book it doesn't ask me if I want to add any other elements anymore - is there a way to add elements so they appear in your auto-generated files? I'm specifically having problems with my LEP. It just updates it. I need to add more paragraph tags!

I have a long text inset, spreading over several pages. I can use this inset normally, but inside the source file (in a separate file storing the inset text), the text frame seems to be visible only within a single page. How can I make the frame/text visible and easily editable over multiple pages?

Hi Framers,Hope you can help me out here.I am using Structured FrameMaker 2019 32-bit version 15.0.0.393 on Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation edition.In my (non-DITA) EDD, I have a system variable element called TableContinuation defined as follows:Element (System Variable): TableContinuationSystem variable format rule1.       In all contexts.Use system variable: Table ContinuationTo be valid, my structure requires the TableContinuation element to be inserted in the TableTitle element, as shown here:Element (Table Title): TableTitleGeneral rule:      (<TEXT> | ph | Xref)*, TableContinuationFor several years everything has been working as designed. Now, suddenly, inserting the TableContinuation element causes the Filename (Long) variable to be inserted within the TableTitle element instead of the Table Continuation variable.I have searched high and low but cannot find what is causing this behavior. I notice that inserting the D

Hi guys,I started using FrameMaker a week ago. My first task is to create a structured user manual for one of our products. So far, I have created a simple EDD, covering the basic structure, I need. My question is how to include chapter numbering styles into the EDD, such that the first few chaptrs start with Roman numerals and the rest with Arabic ones.I have already created two types of chapters in GeneralRules (PreChapter and mainChapter). Now, I would like to indicate it in the same EDD that if PreChapter is used use Roman numerals and if MainChapter use Arabic numerals.Thanks!Hadi

We generate several PDFs from each FM document. Webmasters have asked us to start adding the PDF filename into the File Information field.We custom-name each PDF as we create it. We have too much volume to manually add the filename to the PDF at each printing.I can't find a way to configure the FM document so it generates specific file information for each condition-setting version.What automation tool(s) are likely to help?

Hello,Quick page numbering question - the below example is a List of Effective Pages (LEP) I created. I need the page numbers (1,2) to read A1, A2 on the first Subject, B1, B2 on the second, C1, C2 on the third, and so on. How can I do this? All of my building block variables each chapter's numbering properties are spoken for. I can't use <$volnum> or <$chapnum>...What can be done?

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I put about 1MB pdf file as a graphic on framemaker12 but when I save as PDF file, white page has been saved.the PDF image is disappeared on the new PDF file which I saved.I want to save as PDF file with other PDF image.If you have any idea, please let me know.thanks

Hi All,I am facing an issue while creating the pdf from the book file. I have a book file which consists of multiple chapters some are in the same folder(where book file is present ) and some are in a different folder. I have a cross-reference for every chapter in the book file. But when I run the extends script to create a pdf then pdf created successfully but the cross-reference of those chapters which are in the different folders is broken. And Cross-reference of those chapters which are in the same folders is working normally.Could anyone suggest me what to change in my script to take care of this cross-referencePlease find my script below.Thanks,Manish--------------------------BookToPdf.jsx---------------------------------------------var book = app.ActiveBook;//book.BookDontUpdateReferences=0;  var n =0;  var i=3;     if(!book.ObjectValid())           {         &

Since the first update to FM2019, I've had the text in files turn into garble twice, the first time I closed and reloaded the document - all ok. The second time it stopped scrolling through and FM just closed, no error, no warning.Has anyone else seen this in the latest version?

Hello all,I am pretty new to FrameMaker and I am playing around with making custom bullets with FontAwesome. The only issue I am having is that the bullet isn't positioned exactly how I want it to be.How can I change the vertical position of the bullet to be centered with the first line in the paragraph?Thanks in advance!Photo as example:

I'm on a Windows 10 OS, using Frame 2017. I have an unstructured Frame document in this order:paragraph 1paragraph 2paragraph 3paragraph 4paragraph 5Section headparagraph 6When I Save As RTF, paragraph 6 replaces paragraph 4. Then the rest of the document is fine...Section head; paragraph 6, etc.If I retype paragraph 6, then the conversion is fine. I see nothing unusual or weird in the paragraph. Easy fix to retype but I'm wondering if there are problems in the remaining 300 pages. Any way I can narrow this down to find the problem?DM

Hi, FrameMaker downloaded via Creative Cloud on Aug. 7th and installed on the same day.OS is Windows 10.When I opened a book file in FrameMaker and want to "Save as PDF", it always failed. The error message is :I have tried solution 1 in Adobe PDF printer is missing | Manually install PDF printer​ . It didn't work.And for solution 2, I couldn't find  Documents\*.pdf (Adobe PDF) in the drop-down list.The following picture shows the content of distiller.zip in the FrameMaker_15_x64_LREFDJ(1) zip file I downloaded. I only have Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (not Pro), I'd like to know if this error comes from only having Acrobat Reader DC instead of Pro DC?Looking forward to your replies and help.

I have a feeling the answer to this is "you can't", but I'll ask anyway because some of my users don't like this. Neither do I, actually, and I can't figure out why it would happen like this.We have tables with a black border around the outside and a thin grey border separating the rows and columns. The grey row border line intersects and overlays the black table border, so it looks like a series of dashed lines (if you zoom in enough). Oddly, the column borders do not do the same thing: the table border at the top and bottom are uninterrupted. See graphics. So why is this, and is there any way to fix it?

It's late, and I am not sure what the proper way to phrase this is 🙂I need to create a document that includes a table containing device types, their support for features 'A' and 'B', and the regions in which they can be used.I can create a simple table to hold that info, but ... is there a way that a table can be created (or imported, e.g. as an excel spreadsheet or some other file type) that can be dynamically sorted in the pdf output? For example, some users will want to sort on device type (to compare devices from the same product family), others on region (to see which devices can be used in different countries), or function support (A, B, both, or none).Thanks either way 🙂

Occasionally in our manuals we need tabloid 11x17 pages in the middle of a chapter. There can be up to 30 in a row. I have my normal pages with their 8.5x11 master pages. I go to create a new master page and make it 11x17 and it makes all of my master pages 11x17. I do not want this. Anyone experience this same problem or have a different approach?Thanks,Dan