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I am sure this is an easy fix but I am struggling on how to figure it out.  I am using FM 2015 64bit.  The image below, the left side the auto number (10) does not automatically adjust its space relative to the text like the one on the right side does, that one is from Microsoft Word.  I am sure there is a setting somewhere but I can not find it.  Any help would be much appreciated.

We have upgraded from FrameMaker 11 to Framemaker 2019.Frame, in combination with Acrobat, does not produce callouts made in FrameMaker.Has anyone else had this problem?How did you solve it?Kind regards,Fred Gerke

Adobe FrameMaker (2019 release) has gone through a significant revamp: An entirely updated platform with modern 64-bit architecture, many enhancements for DITA Authoring and Customization, and a lightning-fast PDF engine.One of the advantages of FrameMaker (2019 release) is the user-friendly WYSIWYG authoring environment easy customization for real WYSIWYG PDF Publishing of DITA Content.In this free webinar, the Adobe Product Manager for Technical Communication Tools, Amitoj Singh, and Pulkit Nagpal, Adobe Software Quality Engineer, will show you how easy it is to create PDF templates (without any knowledge of CSS or XSLT) for your DITA content using Adobe FrameMaker (2019 release). They will also discuss the advantages of using Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server (2019 release) for your existing publishing workflows.In this free webinar, you will learn:How to create templates in a full WYSIWYG environment for DITA to PDF publishingHow to customize the FrameMaker template for DITA Publi

I have a collection of older projects that utilize data (dbf files) and code to create custom MIF files that are then imported into FrameMaker books to create custom directories. The Frame version is old (7.0)  and the code is old (Foxpro), so I'd like to update the process using more modern tools (FrameMaker 12 and maybe C#). This process has been very advantageous in that the projects can get rerun very quickly whenever a new set of data is received just by picking up the last FrameMaker book and reruning the code again.  I am way out of date with FrameMaker, so I am wondering is there a better way to rebuild this process. I like the idea of coding the MIF, but not all elements for the books are getting coded - the FrameMaker books still contain the majority of styles/layout. Maybe xml to Frame would be better?

FM 15.0.3.603: Suddenly last week the book window shows very tiny scriptI thought that this is quirk of the specific book file, but unfortunately it is not. Opening any of my existing book files I see this small font. How can I get the ordinary font size back?

Hi,Using Framemaker 10, I'm trying to structure a document with a conversion table. I can wrap all character and paragraph tags into an element, but the conversion seems to stop after that first step and subsequent wrapping are not executed. The resulting file have a flat structure with only one level.I made a sample file with 4 or 5 character tags and the corresponding conversion table, and it still does not work. Here is the samples. I'm expecting elements ArticleTiret, tiret and ArticleTiret to be wrapped in an element SuiviArticle. But as you can see, it does not workI hope somebody will be able to help me to spot what I'm doing wrong.File to convert:Conversion table:Result:

FrameMaker 2019 / Windows 10: During an otherwise successful session of creating/editing files, all keyboard functions become inoperative. This occurs approximately once every two weeks of daily use. When it happens, the mouse and menus continue to function properly in FrameMaker. The keyboard continues to work properly in software programs other than FrameMaker. I have tried opening a different FrameMaker file, restarting FrameMaker, rebooting the computer, switching in a known good keyboard, etc. The only thing I have done that restores keyboard function is to uninstall/reinstall FrameMaker. Has anyone experienced this type of problem?

Adobe Framemaker, 2019 Release, Version: 15.0.2.503.When I publish a book to PDF, I use these settings.  However, I have never had the "Viewing" settings actually follow through to the outputted PDF.  Specifically, the Fit Page zoom level and the Single Page Continuous layout.  I don't really know what to do to troubleshoot.  The output PDF always seems to be Fit to Width Scrolling.

Anyone know where to start to create something similar to the attached? I need it to automatically flow to the next page when filled, etc.

As mentioned in the title, I receive this error when I open FrameMaker 2017: "Adobe FrameMaker 2017 has stopped working." It happens whether I'm attempting to open a .book file or just opening the application. It was working fine relatively recently, and I didn't just install it or change any settings. Any ideas on troubleshooting?

I have hundreds of product manuals that all have a generic warning (A) at the beginning. I want to set up all of the manuals B) so that they reference the warning (A). Then when A gets updated, all of the manuals (B) will be updated automatically. One step beyond that, I would like to have a script that publishes updated PDFs for all of the manuals (B). I am not familiar with Framemaker, but do have experience with InDesign, and in InDesign I would use the "Place" feature to place linked content into a parent document that would get updated when the parent document is opened.

I have added Con refs in multiple topics linking child topics to parent topics while creating a user guide. I am encountering multiple problems while publishing responsive HTML5. My questions are as follows:1. In framemaker 2017 when i publish as Responsive HTML5, only 13 to 16 topics show in side bar navigation, even though i have more than 60 topics in my ditamap, but on searching for content all the content is available?The adobe support team could not figure out why the above was happening, escalated the issue to product team and asked me to download the framemaker 2019 and use the trial version to publish. 2. This error came in both framemaker 2017 and 2019. This time i published with framemaker 2019, the Con-refs in parent topics were displayed 2 times, even though they have been added only 1 time.

I have hundreds of product manuals that all have a generic warning (A) at the beginning that has been imported into all of the manuals (B). Then when A gets updated, I would like to have a script that opens all of the .fm files (B) in a directory and publishes updated PDFs with the updated content from A.I am not familiar with Framemaker, but do have experience with Photoshop Actions for performing batch edits.

Is it possible to use ExtendScripts to run a Perl script in Unix?We use Perl to generate .mif files. So with an ExtendScript, I'd like to run the Perl script, and then get the resulting .mif file into the active FrameMaker document.Thanks,Jason

Hello fellows,I am trying to make the FM13 CMS connector work as I'd like it to.My FM is connected to a SharePoint 2013 library where I keep my source files. By default, when I select a file and click "Checkout and Edit" in the CMS dialog, a small prompt window opens and asks whether I'd like to checkout all dependent files as well. I have unstructured Frame files, so I guess "dependent files" are those files that include xref pointers to the main one or the other way around.Here is the catch - if you are in a hurry and do not deselect the "dependent files" check box, they are checked out as well so that others can't use them. This is bad.I haven't seen any UI/maker.ini way to make this check box deselected by default. So I hope there is a way to do so via ES. As far as I can see, there is a CMSCheckout method that includes the rootWithDescendants boolean param. The question is if it's possible to catch the CMSCheckout event and change the rootWithDescendants value to false?Thanks for

is it possible to add group/folder with extendscript ?

I have some data in xml format and I need to create tables by importing data from the xml file using MIF libraries .How do I do this ?

Dear all,In my script FMGraph I collect tables and anchored frames in arrays of objects (aoObjects). An arry element containsaoObjects[iObject].Name     // User string from the objectaoObjects[iObject].Obj      // the object (Tbl, AFrame)aoObjects[iObject].TL       // text loction of object (anchor paragraph)When I then navigate to a particular object i want to see that it is selected (there may be multiple tables/frames on a page).  oTL = aoObjects[iObject].TL;  oTR = new TextRange(oTL, oTL);  oDoc.TextSelection = oTR;  oDoc.ScrollToText(oTR); selects the anchor point - not the object itself. How to select the object to make the selection visible?

Hi all,Currently I only have FrameMaker 2015 available.I have previously used FDK on Solaris with FrameMaker 8 to extend menues for structured documents and need to use the same functions on FM 2015 on windows.I can't see any downloads for FDK 2015. May I use FDK 2019? Alternatively, please point where I might find FDK 2015.Best Regards,--Gunnar

I am trying to create a TOC that will display the grouping/type of our documents from a FrameMaker book. I want the TOC to display these groupings a level above the document titles so that on an HTML5 output the documents of the same type (tutorials, references, case study) would be along the same branch in the TOC (as well as creating a significantly neater TOC)I have tried using folders and applying templates to the folders to make use of the <$chaptertitlename> but I haven't been able to get this to work the way I intended.Any and all help to improve upon TOC practices is appreciated.Cheers

I have a technical training manual I'm developing. The first part is training materials and the second part is lab work. I want to keep it in one book, but I want a separate table of contents for the lab work. The main TOC should have everything but the second should only have the lab pages. Can this be done as one book or do I need to make this two different books?

HiNot sure if i should post this in here or on the CMS forum but, I am having trouble opening XML files when the structure files is on Sharepoint. Since we have multiple users it would be beneficial if the structures we are using are online. If they are online, instead of locally, we don't have to to manually go on every computer and update the files. Questions: Is this even possible? Is the path i have added wrong? I have not found any info regarding URLs in structapps file. I have connected FM to SP Online via Connection Manager and can open, edit, checkin and checkout FM files just fine.I have put the structure files in a folder on Sharepoint, and added a path (URL) in structapps.fm which points to the files.  When opening XML files it seems to locate the structure files, but in the console it says "cannot open template". In structapps the path looks like this: Template: https://xxxx.sharepoint.com/:f:/r/sites/GroupName/List%20Name/Folder%20Name/xxxxxTemplate.fmI have tried dif

Hi Everyone ,I have been trying to convert the FM to MIF from the frame maker tool , After the convertion we could see some of the position of the textline has been changed .Sample textline   <TextLine    <Unique 1018089>   <Separation 0>   <ObColor `Black'>   <RunaroundGap  0.0 pt>   <TLOrigin  2.64059" 3.15503">   <TLAlignment Right>   <String `on satellite'>  > # end of TextLineWhen sometimes we click on the T icon in the toolbar representing the plain text , the position which is present in the MIF is been rendered again in the FM file .Can anyone help us solving this issue ?

Is there a way in Framemaker 2019 to create hover text in pdf output (mouse over, rollover, your choice of terms :-))?Pure Frame, that is. Not as a separate plugin. (But that would be useful to know as well.)Thanks

In FM 2017, when I imported SVG files, it would give me a text box asking what DPI I wanted it to be. FM19 doesn't give me that box, and the SVG's always come in smaller than I want. If I can make them be 72 dpi when imported they are the exact size I need. I'm writing a manual with several (up to 100) small SVG's that need to be a certain size, and it's very tedious changing them and their anchored frame to the correct size. Is there a way to set this so they always import at the correct size? They import at 95.24% scale, instead of 100% like they should. I can't find any information on it. Having that pop up box back would be very helpful.