FrameMaker

One of the participants on the Frameusers list is asking if there are any applications that can import a FrameMaker binary file for the purpose of editing it. The company is a large financial company with tight network security and industry and legal regulations controlling access and authorization. For obvious reasons, the company doesn't want to have programs on its network that have to "call home" for authentication. Unfortunately, they've been unable to get either his previous version of Frame (11) to work or to get the most recent version (2019) to work, but I am unclear as to why they haven't been able to.They are no longer using Frame at his place of business, so all new work is in a different application. However, he still needs to be able to update old files and convert them into the new format. I am unaware of any application that can import .fm files, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. I'm hoping someone here either knows of one or can help provide him with a way to get

Using FrameMaker 12, unstructured.We are changing the corporate font to Corbel. The default Corbel number style is awkward and would like to change it from 'old style' to 'lining'. It is possible in Microsoft apps, in FM, cannot find any options for defining the number stylistic set. Woul appreciate any hints.FM  MS Word

Hi,I've just decided to look into using extendscript on FM2017 but the IDE doesn't open when I click File>Script>New Script.I see a recent question on here concerning FM2019 but nothing relating to FM2017.Any clue how to get this working?Thanks.... mike

HiI have tried to use the abbreviated-form element but all I get is empty place when publishing PDF. But when I publish the exactly same file in HTML5 I get the wanted output.Is there a limitation with PDF? Or can this be fixed?Another thing related to this is that I have an error mark in my ditamap, console doesn't give any explanation. See the attached pictures. (After publishing I checked the console again and there were marks "condition settings indicator is inconsistent").

I am opening XML files which may have large tables that force the page layout to landscape. But as the table location is just the anchor and not the entire table contents, only the first page on which the table occurs is getting the landscape format. When I apply the master pages via the menu, this problem is corrected. So I tried to call that function after opening the file, but there is no effect. Does anyone have experience with calling the ApplyMasterPages function from a script when opening the file ?Here is the event handler code that fires when opening an XML file. The ProcessTables( ) function takes several layout attributes and applies them to the table properties, so applying master pages has to be done after that, as the layout changes may affect the number of pages spanned by the table.ProcessTables( oDoc );var oCmd = app.GetNamedCommand( "ApplyMasterPages" );Fcodes( [oCmd.Fcode] );This does not do a thing on the opened document. But when I take the last two lines and put t

I've had FrameMaker 2019 crash on me multiple times since I installed it yesterday. This is horribly unstable. Today, while inserting a table. it hung briefly, then just shut-down.I'm using Windows 10, OS Build 15063.1508Processor Intel Core i7-7920HQ CPU@3.10GHzRAM 64 GB62 bit OS and x64-based processorI installed the 64 bit version.I haven't yet uninstalled 2015. If 2019 proves to continue to be so unstable, I will have to switch back until the team gets it stabilized. I had hanging issues with 2015, too, but they were different. It would literally hang, and you'd have to kill it. 2019 randomly kills itself. I thought 2015 was misbehaving because of the parallel installation, but the issues continued after I uninstalled 2019. I wasn't having them before the parallel installation.

We are currently looking for a s1000d authoring software, and an IETM viewer.  Do you know if DM's created from framemaker can be viewed in most viewers like NSIV, Eagle, or Contenta to name a few.

When using the search feature integrated with html5 output from FrameMaker 2019, search does not highlight the search terms. In the last version of FrameMaker you would get yellow highlightning of the search terms found, but that feature seems gone. Can it be fixed?Is it a bug?Best regardsBjørn

I have just switched from FM12 to 19 and now can't seem to generate a PDF with Bookmarks. What am I missing?

I would like to add a line of code to the head element in my HTML5 publishing.Does anyone know the name/location of the HTML5 template file?I can't seem to find it in the install dir or in the roaming dir.-Matt

FrameMaker 2019 Release, Version 15.0.2.503Is there a way to apply change bars to an anchored frame?  I have had some luck if I create empty paragraphs before and after, select both empty paragraphs (and everything in between and then apply a change bar.  But I have inconsistent results, and this seems like a clumsy workaround.  I have been drawing them in manually (gasps).

FRAME 12, first folder holds a .fm file, the other folders  hold books.  On a book update only the first folder is updated.  If I exclude it, FRAMEtells me no file to update.  Net/net is FRAME is not updating the hierarchy.  Is there a way to fix this?Thanks!--Jim

Hi,This morning, suddenly FM2019 crashes on startup. The splash screen appears and then just disappears. I think it gets a little past "Filters" but it is hard to tell. Both 32bit and 64bit crash. I've tried full reinstallation, manual deletion of the app settings folder, all the basic tricks I know. This is a major problem for me, obviously.My OS is Windows 10 v1803 - Build 17134.523If no one knows any more tricks, does anyone know if I can get Adobe support for this?Russ

Not sure whether I've forgotten how to do this, or in fact never done it before :-}Page after page of reference information … styles with autonumbering for the blue labels, style with "across all columns and sideheads" for the bold black numbering.Either of these by itself works like a charm, as shown over 'spacious' – but I'm wondering whether I can make the two styles work together and deliver something like the example over 'compact'.Thanks in advance for any tips.

Hi everyone,I'm using the utility to compare two documents: a .FM and a .FIM. I've set the colors for the diff in the menu Special --> Track Text Edits --> Configure Color. But when I run the command Utilities --> Compare Documents, the colors used are a very light green (for marking the added text) and a red for deleted text, which does not match the colors I've picked for the Configure Color step.Any suggestion on how to change these colors when comparing documents would be very appreciated,Thanks!Naji

Hello!I want to edit color and background of a condition tag in FrameMaker 2019, but the respective fields in the "Edit Conditional Tag" window are deactivated and cannot be edited. What can be wrong? There are several colours defined in my document, and I can select them elsewhere (e.g., for fonts, table shading, ...)Bye,Kerstin

Over on the Frameusers email list, a list member has reported that Frame 2019 on Windows 10 (64-bit) will randomly blank the screen for a few seconds (sometimes longer) and then return to view. I was having the same issue on Windows 7 (64-bit). I haven't seen it since I  upgraded to Windows 10, but since that was only last Friday and the issue is intermittent, that's not entirely surprising. Amitoj Singh has responded to the email list saying that Adobe has some leads on what might be causing the issue and that they expect to include a fix for it in Update 3, which should be released in March.

FrameMaker Release 2019, version 15.0.2.503.I've inherited a document, and having one hiccup on TOC generation.  One particular paragraph style is not showing up.The paragraph style that is not showing up is called "Heading 3E". It is listed as included on the setup TOC window.  I don't know enough about this book file and the chapters to know where to look next.

Hi everyone,I have a small issue I hope someone can help with. I haven`t used FrameMaker in quite some time. I`m using Version 11.When I added a List of Figures and a List of Tables to my document, Figure 2 started to appear as Figure 1 but Figure 1 (on page 1) is still present as Figure 1 so basically I have 2 examples of "Figure 1" in the document.There is a cover page, then the TOC, LOF, LOT and on page 6 or 7 is where Figure 2 changed to Figure 1.Does anyone have any idea how I can resolve this? The document is due to be submitted today!Thanks,Dean

Hi I am using FM 2015, version 13.0.5.547, there is definitions if given between words <bold><Emphasis> that extra space showing in the word, please help for this.ThanksKP

Hi All,Can we convert FrameMaker file to CHM directly? without any add-ins?RegardsRanjitha

Has anyone in this community ever converted FrameMaker files to Flare files, without having any version of FrameMaker installed?

I'm using FrameMaker12 on a new computer that was recently upgraded to Windows10. I'm having some strange things happening with the software (minimizing file size every time I click inside an anchored frame, co-worker can't see my changes and graphics are coming up grey boxes if someone else imports them even though the import is from a common folder on the same server). Is this a possible side effect of Windows10 or another issue? I can't find System Requirements for FrameMaker 12 on the Adobe website. Has anyone else had this problem with FrameMaker? This is a first for me.

I'm running FrameMaker 2019 64-bit in Win 10. It's terrific in a single-column page layout, but I've had difficulty controlling text flow (top-to-bottom) in a two-column page layout - despite experimenting with various paragraph tag styles and anchored frame settings, the text flows (auto word-wraps) to the 2nd column before flowing top to bottom in the 1st column, and paragraphs of text can end up out of order depending on the paragraph tag styles applied and/or anchored frame placement on the page. Have other FM2019 users encountered this problem, and if so, how did you manage it? Thank You.

When I generate a .pdf from a book file or an individual file, the bookmarks no long include only the Chapter, Heading 1, and Heading 2 Paragraph styles. Now, about half of the Paragraph catalog is listed in the Include Paragraphs section of the PDF Setup for Selected Files > Bookmarks tab:I reset the Include Paragraphs to be only the ChapterTitle, Heading1, and Heading2:Then I Save the file/book and print the PDF. And the next time I need to print a pdf, I have to do it all over again.  I thought things like PDF set up/print settings were saved with the doc/book?This started about a month ago.  I am using FrameMaker 11.  This happens with all of my FrameMaker individual files and book files, when I'm doing Save as PDF... or Print Book... (to PDF) or Save Book As... (pdf).