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Hello - I’m having trouble with the bookmarks and cross-references in a PDF export from Framemaker. Once I create the PDF, none of the bookmarks and cross-references work. I’ve tried Publish to PDF and Save to PDF with no luck either way. I’ve also exported just one file to see if the links would work if I created one PDF at a time but that doesn’t work either. My process: Update book, Save all files in book, save book, Publish to PDF or Save to PDF.I’ve included images of the following: PDF output settings, Settings.sts, list of book files.Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! 

Hello,I am using FrameMaker 16 over a network and regularly get issues, I think due to that situation. When the “An internal error occurred while writing imported graphics in this document. The file has been saved, but has lost some image data ...” occurs a file is written to disk with a random extension time-stamped at the time when I attempted to save. This file is noticeably smaller than the .fm file I am working with, however renaming the extension does open a file bearing some resemblance to the original, and with [at least some] of the images. Is it safe to use this file? The smaller size is concerning, however I would like to think it is useful in some way. I have just performed a back-to-back, page-by-page test and it seems there is no definitive answer to just use the back-up. I was able to see the areas where I had been working (the work I lost was related to reconnecting referenced graphics from a donor file) and simply copied the known good elements into the other file.Many

HiIs there a way (e.g. using JavaScript) to convert a FrameMaker book (*.book) containing all references into a Word file?Best regards Stefan

When importing xml into Structured FrameMaker 22, a soft return is embedded before the paragraph tag, pushing heading to the next line. It should look like this: In the xml xml:space="preserve" has been added because a tag is included in the xml:<mainhead xml:space="preserve">Average annual total returns (%) <emphasis role="submainhead">(See important legal information)</emphasis></mainhead>If I remove xml:space="preserve" , it eliminates the soft return but it does not recognize the tag, so the tag is not applied.Microsoft CoPilot created  a script to remove these soft returns, but it is not working when I run it.Any help resolving this will be appreciated.Here is the script: #target framemakerfunction removeSoftReturnsInMainhead() {    var doc = app.ActiveDoc;    if (!doc.ObjectValid()) {        alert("No active document.");        return;    }    var pgf = doc.FirstPgfInDoc;    var count = 0;    while (pgf.ObjectValid()) {        if (pgf.Element.ObjectValid(

I have noticed something unusual happening after I clear my local cache on my PDM system.All of our FM files are saved on our SolidWorks PDM system, and we are encouraged by our IT department to clear out our caches regularly. After a recent cache cleanout, I opened up all the FM files associated with a book that contains nearly one hundred images, all of which are also saved in the same PDM system. Once opened, every image appeared as a gray box. However, the file path shown on each image’s object properties was still intact and valid. Curiously, when I opened up the image from file explorer and clicked back into FrameMaker, the image would change from the gray box to its proper appearance.While we were discussing this issue, my coworker also cleared out his cache. The same issue happened with him.Is there a quicker way to resolve this issue than opening up each image individually?

I'm trying to align data in table cells. They want the longest numbers to be centered and the rest of the numbers to be right aligned off of those. How can I do this to make sure data are cleanly aligned?Here’s an example of how it looks when center alignment is selected: Here’s an example of the alignment they are asking for: their requested alignment22,400 is centered, and the remaining numbers are right aligned off 22,400 (not right aligned to the table cell itself). Adjustments I’ve made in the Basic tab of the Paragraph Designer haven’t created the desired result. The only thing I’ve figured out is to hit the space bar, but that’s a “solution” I’d have to do manually for hundreds-thousands of cells. How can I align the data so the number with the most digits is centered, and smaller numbers are right aligned to it?I appreciate the community help, thank you!

I asked a similar question a good while ago and it was answered. However, the referenced answer doesn’t work in a current document because the Include Paragraph Tags in Bookmark Text option in FrameMaker resets to the selected state during PDF generation. FrameMaker PDF setup block immediately before PDF generationFrameMaker PDF setup block immediately after PDF generationAny help will be greatly appreciated.

I'm working on a modular users manual in FM, and I need the ability to combine many small files (subsections in the users manual) into one larger file (the users manual) using the book function. I'm having a lot of trouble getting files to splice together, meaning content from the small files is seamlessly inserted in the document rather than at the beginning of a new page. I've been trying to fix this using pagination settings but have not had any luck. Has anyone gotten this to work successfully on FM26?

I haven’t seen an update on this topic in several years so was wondering if anyone has this working yet on the latest version of Parallels and Windows 11. 

Hi everyone,I’m looking for advice and possible solutions to help automate parts of our Adobe FrameMaker workflow, especially anything related to reducing manual DTP effort after translation.A bit of context: we produce operator manuals in FrameMaker (unstructured). Our current workflow is quite manual and time-consuming. We export MIF files, send them for translation, and then re-import them.We have already made some progress on automation. For example, we have automated the conversion from MIF to FM files, including the renaming of file extensions (e.g. adding “_ES” for Spanish versions). We are now trying to build on this approach and see where else we can follow the same path of automation.After re-importing translated files, the most time-consuming remaining tasks are:Re-linking text insets Re-establishing cross-references Fixing layout issues after translationThe biggest pain point is re-linking text insets and repairing broken references. Reducing or eliminating this would signi

When installing Framemaker, the installer quits at 12% and gives me the following error: “We are unable to complete the installation at this time. (Error Code: 127)”. I changed permissions per the following adobe website and it did not solve my problem:https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/troubleshoot-download-install-logs.html#error127 I have Framemaker 16 currently installed. I have tried this installation on two different windows machines running Windows 11 with the same result.

Hello,I have selected a part of a document and would like to use a regular expression on all my selection, but in “selection”mode, the “find all” button is greyed so I am unable to “find all” in my selection.  

Hello,I have copied some text in Word (Arial 10 font), but when I do Ctrl+V in FrameMaker, it keep the same font (Arial 10 font). I would like that for this FM document only, when I paste some text from Word, it paste all the time in Times new roman 11 inside Framemaker. How to do it ?

I am using FM version 17.0.5.725 and Windows 11. I cannot easily update to a new version of FM, as each version has to be vetted by cybersecurity before we can install it.I have a complex series of text insets with tagged content for different platforms and customers. Up to now, I have avoided using any overlapping tags. However, as we incorporate more platforms into the documents, I’m at a point where overlapping the tags seem inevitable.The following situation is repeated multiple times throughout my documents:I have multiple versions of a graphic, with tags that look like this:Graphic 1 tags = platformA + customerAGraphic 2 tags = platformA + customerBGraphic 3 tags = platformBGraphic 4 tags = platformC So when I export a manual for Platform A + customer B, I build an expression that looks like this to show only Graphic 2: “platformA” or “customerB” and not “customerA”Two weeks ago this was working as intended, and only Graphic 2 appeared. Now the same expression is showing both Gra

I’m working with large technical documents in Adobe FrameMaker and would like to improve document formatting consistency and template management across multiple files and chapters.I’m looking for best practices on:Creating and maintaining reusable templates Managing paragraph, character, and table styles efficiently Keeping formatting consistent across large book files Updating templates without affecting existing content Handling cross-references, TOC, indexes, and numbering properly Improving workflow for long technical documentation projectsAre there any recommended strategies, tools, or workflow tips that can help streamline template management and document formatting in large-scale FrameMaker projects?

I am having an issue with Adobe FrameMaker's Responsive HTML5 output. The search function is rendering punctuation marks and special characters (e.g., ",',>, etc.) with HTML code instead of the unencoded character. The image is a screen capture of the help system. Note that HTML code is used in the results column on the left side of the image. Frame version is 17.09.866. 

Hello,I am converting my unstructured FrameMaker manuals to DITA using FrameMaker and learning DITA along the way. The end result should be PDF documents.FM version 17.0.3.546.When I use the Publish function in FM to create a PDF, headings at level 3 become level 2 (1.1) instead of 1.1.1. Levels 1 and 2 get the correct numbering. The headings at level 3 are titles in topics linked to level 2 Chapter elements using topicrefs.I understand that FM converts DITA files to a temporary .book-file during PDF-conversion. If I save the DITA bookmap as a book with FM components, I can see that level 3 headings are converted to paragraph format title.1 in FM’s Paragraph Catalog. I guess this is the origin of the problem, but is there any way to prevent this?I have created my own PDF templates based on FM’s templates in Publish settings, Outputs, DITA template. I ticked the box “Save PDF via Book with components route” under DITA options.Thank you in advance!

I’m trying to vertically align the text in my table cells so that it is centered but can’t seem to figure out why it is slightly off set. I believe I have my paragraph designer set correctly and my cell padding is the same all around in the table designer but you can see that table contents are still ever so slightly higher than center. This is a problem for cells with more contents as they run into the cell borders. I can manually adjust the cell padding so that there is more on top than the bottom but that’s more of a work around than a proper solution. 

Framemaker worked great 2 weeks ago but now wont launch and its not showinging in task manager. Removed and reinstalled it but still can’t get it to run. Tried with av off but still not working. Any suggestions

Is there a way of adding title text to subsequent pages of the table of contents?I’m writing a manual and the table of contents is 16 pages long. I have the title on the first page and need the following pages to say “Table of Contents Continued” on them.I tried manually typing it in on the second page, using the paragraph design I created for the TOC title, but FrameMaker moves to the top of the first page when I update the book.

Hello,For a specific FM document, I have set some Find/change settings (with regular expression), and would like to keep these Find/change settings all the time when I re-open this specific FM document (not for new documents). How to do it ?

Hello,With the help of ​@Winfried Reng , for a text selection I could use the Find/change function with “regular expression” in order to add brackets around the text selection. But now, inside this “regular expression” I would like to delete also the comma before this text selection.So, I would like to select from the comma to the text selection (by example here :  , soprano) and in a single regular expression, do  two things : delete the comma and add brackets around the text selection.How to do it ? 

Hello,I would like to create a character designer adding automatically “underline + quotation mark” to a selected text. How to do it ?

This post is a great resource on how to retain the superscript character format in a variable. When I apply those steps to create the French-Canadian registered trademark, “MD”, I get the following results:  Here is what I did:I created the character style: I created the Registered variable:And I updated the existing variable that requires the registered trademark:Any help would be appreciated.Thank you!