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Hello, I'm working in FM19 and my book's index is very large. It's currently displaying just a long list -- no alphabetical groupings. Can anyone tell me if there is a was to make an expandable A-Z index so users don't have to scroll excessively?Thanks in advance,Mike

I have a list of paragraphs, and would like to have the <$paratext> as cross referenced, but the resulting tabstop  . . . . and <$pagenum> not generate the link. I thought I had seen a building block that would accomplish this, but have not been able to find it. I thought of trying a work around with multiple run in paragraph tags, but I only have the one paragraph tag to generate the final <$pagenum>, so run in paragraph would cause issues.

I'd like to simplify the structure a bit, and have several elements that are valid. However, I'd like to limit the elements in the general rule based on context. Is this possible?Example, if Heading1 has a context of Pageblock400, then have the General Rule include Table400, Figure400?

How do you import an image logo (that’s white) with a transparent background into Frame 2017 (Version: 14.0.0.361) without a white box overlay? And what settings should be used when exporting a transparent image from Photoshop/Illustrator to be received in FrameMaker without a white box?I set transparency when exporting the image in numerous output formats and every time these images were imported into Frame they came in with white box. I also read once the image is imported to turn off fill—which I did and still no results. It's hard for me to belief that importing an image with transparency can't be done in Frame, any suggestions is greatly appreciated. Chris

Hi,I have a rather large documentation which I want to convert to HTML5 (400 pages in PDF, 660 referenced vector EPS graphics).However, FrameMaker converts only about 10 % of all graphics correctly to JPG.All other graphics are converted to white rectangles.FrameMaker converts to real graphics up to a certain page, and from then on only white rectangles. The file names are correct; the graphics are pure white.There is no difference between the original graphics. All were created in the last years or months.In the Image settings the default format is JPG. (I find PNG slightly worse.)Reference page images are imported.Apart from this no changes to the default, no margins, no borders, no scaling.I already copied eveything to a local drive, restarted FrameMaker, restarted Windows, opened all files during the conversion.When I do not restart FrameMaker I get only white rectangles.When I restart FrameMaker and start the conversion, then the white rectangles always start with the same topic.O

Hi, all.I am using FrameMaker 13 in a Windows 10 environment.All of our user guides use a common template. We output to PDF and .chm. A .sts file from one project contains useful settings for any other project using the same template, so I recently copied Product A_settings.ststo the directory for Product B, and renamed itProduct B_settings.sts.I then opened Project B_settings.sts and discovered that, sure enough, certain conversion settings were not carried over from Project A_settings.sts to Project B_settings.sts, specifically the switch from right-alignment to left-alignment for our H1 and H2 styles. I've come across this before: it's unclear what settings are successfully stored and transferred when you copy an .sts file from one project to another.Resigned to having to redo these settings, I selected H1 and attempted to edit it:I clicked Edit Style, but nothing happens.This has happened in the past. Why is the function disabled and how can I get it to work?Thanks.--Nancy

I am able to generate LOR and IOR for imported graphics, however, I want to be able to see which document the imported graphic is in, so that when I generate for an entire book I get:image010 @ 150 dpi 1   document1.fmimage020 @ 150 dpi 2   document1.fmimage030 @ 150 dpi 1   document2.fmetcinstead of image010 @ 150 dpi 1 image020 @ 150 dpi 2 image030 @ 150 dpi 1 Since these lists/indexes contain hypertext, I imagine the information already exists on document names, can it be displayed using tools readily available (FM 2015) or will this need to be done in ExtendScript?Cheers

I am trying to create a script which opens a command prompt and enters a command line.var cmdpath = "C://WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe"var cmdfile =File(cmdpath)function cmdrun(){return cmdfile.execute()}cmdfile.execute() // hopefully open with command /C dirThis currently opens a command prompt window (or PowerShell if you change the path correctly), but I have yet to find a way to get a command line entered into cmd.I have read a variety of ways it can be done in other Adobe programs app.system, system.callSystem, etc but have yet to find a method for FrameMaker. I have seen a person reference an app Method() but I am unable to find this reference again.Cheers

I have many (several hundred) SVG files that use the Arial font. All of them are saved from Microsoft Visio 2016 and used in my FrameMaker 2017 documentation. My old laptop had both the Arial and Helvetica fonts installed. FrameMaker 2017 displayed the SVG files correctly on that laptop. My new laptop has only Arial. Even though my SVG files do not use Helvetica (manually confirmed in the SVG source code), FrameMaker 2017 corrupts any use of the Arial font when displaying these SVG files. These same SVG files work fine in every other browser and viewer I have tried on my new laptop. I eventually traced this to the fact that Arial is capitalized in the font-family definition inside the SVG file: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events"        xmlns:v="http://schemas.microsoft.com/visio/2003/SVGExtensions/" width="3.51042in" height="1.01042in"   &nbs

I have FrameMaker 8 on my PC.I work in a secure environment with no access to the internet.I tried a phone activation, but Adobe doesn't do that any more.I have my Serial Number.Please help.Thanks.N.S. PuzeyBWXT 434.522.5197

Dear all,In post Resources for learning framecript Rick says:6) FrameScript functions are local to each script and not shared in the global FrameMaker session like ExtendScript's functions are. (Yes, I do namespace my ExtendScript scripts to avoid this, but it is not necessary with FrameScript.)How is namespacing done?Prefixing global variable names with an abbreviation of the script name????Awaiting some enlightenment ...Klaus

Hi, I was trying to run a frame script into a frame maker. But the Frame maker sending an error mentioned in the below screenshot.The script is just deleting the paragraph whose Paragraph tag is ‘TableTitle’. Attaching the FrameMaker Logs file. Please have a look and let us know if you required anything else to get this problem. Thanks Manish

I need some help figuring out how to assign series labels to a group of numbered lists I need.I previously used the series label H: to Levels 1, 2, 3 & 4A, B, C,..etc used series label A: and 1,2,3,...etc used series label B:I'm having a hard time figuring out whether 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2...etc are connected to the existing lists or would have their own series label.This is how I want to lay out my document:1 Level 11.1 Level 2      A.           1.              1.1              1.2          2.               2.1               2.2    B.          1.&

Hello!I have loaded (imported) images in png or gif with an optional (transparent) background into Framemaker 2019. In FrameMaker, the images look correct, but not in the PDF or when printed on paper. See examples below. How to get correct transparency for PDF or print outputs?

Hi,I just noticed that the HTML5 which I exported had different fonts on Android and on iOS.My original font is Google Open Sans.On Android it looks like Arial.On iOS it looks like Times.Can I set the font in the HTML5 settings or in the CSS file, so that at least serif and sans serif is kept?Best regardsWinfried

hallo,bis FrameMaker 2017 gab es im Hilfe-Menü einen Tab Clipart (oder Cliparts).Dieser ist in FM 2019 nicht mehr vorhanden. Weiß jemand, wo die sehr hilfreichen Cliparts jetzt zu finden sind oder wurden die "eliminiert" in FM 2019?schöne GrüßeAstrid Imhof

Hi,Some test users of my HTML5 export asked, whether they could also swipe to the previous or next topic.Currently I only have buttons in the upper right corner of my mobile phone to jump to the previous or next topic.Best regardsWinfried

Hello fellows,I saw this behavior in the past but now it became especially undesired. I'd like Framemaker to close a book w/o saving after PDF distilling is complete. By default, after distilling is finished, FM still keeps munching the book components for a while and becomes unresponsive. Is it possible to avoid this behavior? Am I missing something?Thanks for your input in advance!

[Note: This occurs on FM2017 (coworker) and FM2019 (me).]A coworker ran across this with one of our books.Not sure how long it's been like this, or how it happened.*All* of our docs work off a template in which all docs (front cover, preface, chapters, appendices) use a First master page for the first page, and a Left page on even page numbers, and a Right page on Odd page numbers.e.g.  In the Apply To section, we always have checkboxes that say "Even (Left)    Odd (Right)".However, in some of the documents in this book (the cover, the preface, and *some* of the chapters), the pane shows "Even (Right)   Odd (Left)"e.g.I have no idea how this happened, or how to fix it.I did a workaround by opening corresponding documents from another book (a cover, a preface, and a chapter), and then imported Document Properties from those docs into the messed up docs. (Which worked.)So...Questions:How could this have happened? (Is there some keycombo that may have messed

I need to update several manuals from legacy content into our new template. I was thinking a script could help me do the trick.I think the way it should work is as follows:create an empty document using latest template,open existing old manual document,select all content, copy. This will copy all text, tables, anchored frames, etc.go back to empty document and paste copied content.Is this good practice using Extendscript?Maybe using FCodes is an option. Do you have any suggestion?

I am trying to highlight text in the document in 2015 using conditional tags and it doesn't highlight the text:

Hello -- I have a giant publication that contains hundreds of hypertext markers that contain codes that change yearly. FM can find based on the code, but the change option pastes the new code into the body instead of at the end of the hyperlink as it should.I can make the change after exporting to html5, but isn't there a way I can efficiently do it in the source files?Thanks in advance ...Mike

It would seem that after I delete all of the old formats out of a document, including paragraph, character, and table formats, that I do not have a fully corrected version of the FM file after importing the new template.  How can I ensure that all of the old formats are replaced by the new format? Is there a clean way to apply a new template without copying and pasting the old content into a new file with the correct formats? Secondly, how can I make the default bullet building block larger as in a larger dot?Oh, I'm using FM 17 - still not sure about moving to FM 19.Thanks

I maintain a structured app for Framemaker and at the moment I have the various definition files (maker.ini, the EDD, structapps.fm and our DTD, XSD and XSL files) in a folder somewhere which is under source control. Currently whenever I make changes I edit the files in my checkout, copy them to Program FIles\Adobe\FrameMaker 2019\..., test, commit my local copy to the repository, email my colleagues to update their checkout and then tell them to follow a checklist copying the files from their local copy into the appropriate locations under Program Files.There are too many ways this can go wrong, so I wonder if it is possible to put the Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker 2019 folder directly (and partially) under source control so that my colleagues can update the application in a single step. Has anybody else tried this? Anything I should know, or are there any reasons why this would be a bad idea?cheersT

I'm looking to auto-generate a List of Effective Pages (LEP) for an aircraft maintenance manual. Anyone care to share how they set up their LEP?Thank you!