FrameMaker

Is the <steps-informal> element still undefined in FM 2019?

I'm not sure if this has to do with our IT company moving us all to a new server, especially since the FM files are local to my machine. However, the last couple of weeks I've noticed that FM asks me if I want to close files without saving them, even if I've only opened them without making changes. When I click Yes, everything closes ok, but the next time I go to open the book or the individual chapters, I get a message that the files are locked. Sure enough, when I check, the .lck files are still there. They weren't closed.This is getting to be a bloody nuisance. I don't know why FM is suddenly asking me if I want to save files I've made no changes to, and I don't know why it isn't clearing the .lck files. I want BOTH of these things to STOP. Does anyone have any ideas?

As of September of 2018, there was suppose to be a fix for FrameMaker Internal Error 15004. Is the fix available and where do I go to download? Thanks.

I want to create a table with red lines; how do I do this? I'm on Frame 2019. I also want to create one box in the table with red lines, which would be similar to the table with red lines.

This is the error message I am getting and I don't even think I can work now as it keeps crashing---can someone help me ASAP pls? I am on deadline:[Message was branched by moderator]

I know how to make individual changes in "marker text" for the Index.Is there a place to see the "Marker Text" for the entire index and make changes there?I am indexing a book that uses quotes from scripture.As an example, I want to change listings from Colossians 3:10-11to Colossians 3 verses 10-11I would appreciate any help.If this is not the correct venue for this question, please disregard.

Dear all,In the good old days of 'large computers' I had an Exit routine which allowed me to terminate a Fortran program and return to the OS without the need to maintain a return chain to the top of the program structure.I'm really missing such a thing in ESTK (or elsewhere in JS). Condition in this script can be entered only if the script has been started in ESTK - not via the menu in FM (menu appears only if document is active). So the situation may not be that dramatically - because a person doing so must be at least (as I am) somewhat familiar with ESTK and know how to proceed. Nevertheless I'm looking out for principle escape function.Throwing an errorfunction IniFMGraph () {var oDoc = app.ActiveDoc;   if (!oDoc.ObjectValid()) {  // may be just the Welcome screen, but no FM document    alert ("IniFMGraph\nNo active document!\nCan not place a diagram.", "FMgraph [DDD]", false);    throw new Error ("Script stopped");  }}opens ESTK at tha

Hallo Ihr Lieben,ich habe folgende Aufgabe (Problem sagt man nicht mehr - hört sich so negativ an)aber Spaß beiseiteEs gibt einige FrameMaker Dokument, die jetzt aus unterschiedlichen Gründen nach Indesign konvertiert werden sollen.Hat jemand da Erfahrung, oder kennt jemand einen (leicht) gangbaren Weg?Freue mich auf Anregungen oder HilfenMike

Hello all,I hope someone from Adobe is monitoring this list, as there is lots of stuff that requires either more work on the ExtendScript coding or on the documentation.I have almost finalized my conversion from unstructured FrameMaker documents with lots of conditional texts to structured FrameMaker, in which attributes take over the role of the conditions. I now want to delete the condition formats but keep the contents. This is possible via the menu: when I delete a condition format, I get a dialog that allows me to keep the content as unconditional text instead of throwing it out. Guess what ? The Delete() method for a CondFmt object does not take any arguments, and the default method is throwing out the content.I can do a TextSelection on everything in the document and apply unconditional formatting to it, but that does not include the text in tables. And it is a hassle, as there should really be a way to tell the Delete() method for CondFmt what to do with the content. The option

I have applied conditional tags to show/hide a certain section within my document. This section includes images as well. However, when I "show" this section, the anchored frame, not the image border, appears in a thick black box, yet this anchored frame was set to invisible when I set the Conditional Tax.

Good Morning,We are using 64-bit FrameMaker 2019 v13.0.5.547 (second update applied).FrameMaker locks up constantly - it just stops and becomes non-responsive. Nothing pops up to say that FrameMaker stopped working, or any other notification. I have to manually shut it down. I thought it was just when I tried to create a .pdf, but most recently it happened when I was scrolling through a .fm document. I looked through the forum and saw a few variations of this, but nothing that offered a solution. If there is one, please point me to that string and I'll close this one.Thank you for any input or guidance you can give.

I have not been using FrameMaker a ton over the past several years.As a result, I forgot the shortcut to refresh the FrameMaker display. (It's ctrl + L.)Anyway, why does FrameMaker 2019 need to be refreshed to display images correctly? My laptop is a Core i7, 16 GB RAM, and has a Quadro discrete graphics card.That said, images load 3647.39% faster in FM 2019 on this laptop than they do in FrameMaker 12, so some good headway has been made. Thanks for that.Sean

I can't find the answer...how do you insert a blank page into a FM book?

FM2019 Update 2 is (finally!) available for manual download, and I've updated my installation, having previously downloaded and installed Update 1. Now that we have the files, I have to advise my colleagues on updating, and I have a question: Is it necessary to install both updates separately/sequentially, or is it sufficient to just install Update 2 (IOW, does Update 2 include all the Update 1 changes)?

Hi, I want to changed font for Arabic language Arial from "Combined Font" fonts, but its not showing in Asian text panel, anyone can please suggest regarding this issue? Or which is font need to apply for Arabic

Hi guys,I hope you can help me with this, I have trouble when saving my documents. I have the new FrameMaker 19 Version (structured) and everything is working well for me. But when my colleague saves a document the location of the schema is written in a place where it shouldn't and the whole document is destroyed. We have the exactly same setup and use the same schema from the same location.I'm out of ideas, why that is happening.Here an example:When I save the document, the xml file looks like this (which is fine)<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?Fm ShowAll False?><Kapitel ID="CEGCIIJF" language="DE"    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="file:///M:/Vorlagen/FrameMaker/Schema.xsd"    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">...When my colleague saves the document, it looks like this (and it destroyes my document)<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE Kapitel SYSTEM "file:///M:/Vorlagen/FrameMaker/Schema.xs

Best wishes FM friends I'm using FM 12 and testing FM 2019 (version 15.0.2.503).I'm worried about the result obtained when regenating my PDF.In FM 2019, the registration marks aren't at the same place as in FM 12 (both image are same size)In FM 2019, i have the registration "bullet" but the crops makrs disappears [I tried print to AdobePdf, in .ps and with Publish menu (the last one is worst, no marks are shown]Anyone know why isn't the same ?The source file is a 175mm x 240mm size, the PDF generated is a 210mm x 297mm (A4)At the end of my post, you will find and image where i merge both version :In blue is FM12 versionIn red is FM2019 versionFM 12FM 2019

My group -- me and four colleagues who edit/publish technical proposals and reports -- has recently upgraded from FM10 to FM2019 (as part of TCS2019), and we're noticing some "new" things... but, of course, we don't know how new they really are, since our upgrade was such a huge step change. Two things in particular are causing (admittedly minor) headaches, and we'd love to have solutions/workarounds:Importing multiple PDF pages as graphics: The cost proposals we publish require that we import into page frames multiple pages of cost and price data reports, which come to us as PDF outputs from our pricing system. In our FM10-based workflow, after importing the first page, subsequent iterations of File>Import>File would select the previous file by default, so that we only had to specify the page number in the dialog and click Okay; now, while subsequent calls go to the correct folder, the file itself is no longer selected by default, meaning that each page requires a couple extra m

HelloSince about a month ago I can't use my pdf-printer/editor anymore. I have been in contact with Adobe's support a few times about it but they can't help me.I'm not sure which product it is, I've had it for years and never had any problems. I think it might be the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro, as part of Adobe Technical Communications Suite 4. I also have the Technical Communications Suite 17 and a few updates of FrameMaker since then.Is there any way I can get my pdf-editor back working again, or do I have to buy a new application?Hoping for help!/Erika

Good morning,I'm using Adobe FrameMaker 12 (version 12.0.4.445), and Microsoft Word for Office 365 MSO (16.0.10827.20118) 32-bit.I regularly receive requests to pull all of the content from an existing Word document into FrameMaker. Often, these existing Word documents consist mainly of tables (hundreds of pages of tables). What would you all recommend as the most robust way to pull these tables into FrameMaker? The table rows have irregular shading patterns, and the table text is irregularly indented.All the best,Cameo

Hello!I've got a problem with FM which bothers me since years.Maybe someone got a solution for that?I need a "hanging indent" - but on the right side.For example when i have a TOC in which some entrys are too long for one line i actually have to enter manualy linebreaks to have a right indent.Is there a way to have this done by FrameMaker?I appreciate every recommendationRegardsThomas

When FrameMaker 2017 is in structured mode it takes about 2 minutes to startup. There is a grey screen with the built-in hourglass pointer. In non-structured mode, the loading time is around 10-15 seconds (FrameMaker 2015 did not do this). Has anybody experienced this? How would I go about troubleshooting it?

I just got FrameMaker 2019. I'm moving there from FM 12. I use primarily unstructured content, and have been using FM on and off for a lot of years. My initial thoughts are these.The installation is one of Adobe's best for FrameMaker. The software came as a single Zip file, that I downloaded. Running Set-up.exe in the Zip prompts you to unpack everything, which I did. And then, nothing. Nothing. So, I ran Set-up.exe again, and still nothing. The issue was, the second time, I selected the same Set-up.exe file I selected the first time: the one in the Zip. However, when I unpacked the lot, a second folder was created outside the Zip. When I selected that Set-up.exe, the installation began. Yay! Although the installation itself estimated "2-4 minutes remaining," the installation took closer to 25 minutes on my 4-year-old Windows 8.1 Lenovo laptop; I can't blame all of that slowness on Adobe. And, after the installation, I was not prompted to reboot, which made me happy.The first thing I d

Hi, I'm working with TCS 5 and want to find out if TCS 8 is a nice-to-have or must-have.How do I have to install TCS 8 to be able to test the new features so that the existing TCS 5 remains unchanged.Is it only a check box within the installation wizard or should I test the new version on another PC?

A contractor sent me FM file created in FrameMaker 2017. I have FrameMaker 2015. I cannot open these files. We no longer work with this contractor, so I cannot ask him to save the files in an older version or as MIF.