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I have certain formats that are being lost after I save a file. More specifically, I have checkboxes that are one size, I save, exit, open it back up, and they're a different size. I can't get them to stay constant. It's an element imported from an EDD; should I import the EDD again to see if that works?

Hi All,I like to import only some variables from an old FM template file to a new one.The SimpleImport function is not accurate as all variables of the source old FM template file will be imported.With this function, no filters may be set to define which variables must be imported or not.I am able to get TextRange string of a source variable but do not find any solution to copy it as TextRange value of the same variable (var.VarFmt.Name) in the new FM template file.Is it possible to copy an applicable variable definition between two files with FM scripting?What is(are) the function(s) to use?JM

Hello. Would like to get some hint on how to create context sensitive help in FrameMaker.

Hey,I'd like to have a script that goes through the document and places a string in each paragraph or table that has overflow. Any ideas how I can achieve this?Thanks.

I had dot net 4.6.1 installed but the trial for Framemaker 2019 would not install. I tried to install 4.72 and it uninstalled my 4.6.1 and crashed and deleted all my restore points!So I assume it needs a version above 4.6.1?

I'd rather not "re-invent the wheel"...Anyone able to share/sell/collaborate on development of a structapp for MIL-STD 37874?Feel free to respond here or PM me -Matt

We use FM15. Can we downgrade from FM15 15 to FM12?How? Thank You in advance for your assistance.

Is it possible to add a DRAFT watermark in FM source?

Hi all,I am trying to import a customized docbook into FrameMaker.I set up structured application, read-write-rules, EDD succesfully.When I open the XML, it asks for the structured app. to use, and opens as a single .xml file.But I discovered I have to do some XSLT pre-processing, to convert the content of an element to attribute of the parent element. I wrote the xsl conversion, and added it to the structured application for PreProcessing.But now there is no question for the structured app. to use, XML opens as an .fm project, splitting each chapter to a different book, and converting my element names to CamelCase.Why is this change happening? Maybe the DOCTYPE is lost in XSLT?Where can I investigate the intermediate xml created after the XSLT pre-processing?

How can I export the text on an image in Framemaker or Adobe pdf?  I have have the image in both formats.

My daughter wants to get a Leveno 4 10 tablet and I ned to know if her creative cloud photoshop will work on this tablet

Hello.I recently started using FrameMaker 2017 and have been playing with the Responsive HTML5 output. After only changing the default settings (STS file) for the header color and logo image, I have noticed a number of discrepancies between the Save as PDF output and the Responsive HTML5 output (multiple layouts):Out-of-document hyperlinks are blue but not functioningOne table is rendered as an image (and the table is numbered as Table b b)Source:Output:Figure numbering is off (multiple Figure 1-1s in the same chapter)This is just what I have noticed after a couple of minutes of playing around...Any advice would be appreciated.JayMessage was edited by: Jay Abramoff

Hi there, Is there a way to define table summaries in FrameMaker 11, or I should define them in Acrobat DC? Thanks, Vicky

My top level is DOC. Inside that I have BODY, and inside that I have my chapters. The first one is now showing up in the structure as BOOK-COMPONENT. How do I get it back to being a chapter?

Hi,Is there any tool (FrameMaker plug-in) similar to the Clean Import tool that enables you to import a FM new template to an existing book and map tags to the new template tags? And also, delete the old template tags and not append to the existing tags.Is the Clean Import tool available for download now?Thanks!

I am trying to save a Frame Maker file (14) into a pdf but I cannot do it in RGB.I can only save using CYMB format and my colors get messed up.It happens I do not have Adobe Distiller which I think is the problem.Do I haveto purchase Adobe DC in order to get Adobe Distiller or is there any way to get this software somewhere else?

Hi All, I'm developing a book in FrameMaker, and I have an insert to put in between pages 12 and 13. The page numbers of the insert are 12A and 12B, and then I want the document to resume numbering at 13. Currently I am using the pagenum feature from Insert>Headers & Footers>Page Number. However, after pages 12A and 12B, the page number feature numbers the next page as page 15.... how do I get it to resume counting at 13?Thanks!

Hi there,We are using FrameMaker 11 to manage a set of user manuals, more than 5000 pages in total. With the accessibility requirement, the user manuals are required to pass the full accessibility check with Acrobat Pro. We tested many times but a couple of checks always fail, as shown in the report below.Some issues can be resolved in Acrobat; however, it's too difficult to do this for documents of 5000+ pages, and for each monthly release. For example, Issue #3 (figure alt text), we can add alt text for figures in FrameMaker. #1 and #2 are related to links and cross-references, don't know how to resolve it.Could you give some suggestions to resolve these issues efficiently with Acrobat? Or better, resolve it in FrameMaker, once and for all? Thank you in advance.

I have the most bizarre problem with html5 publishing and I can not figure out what is happening.I am publishing a book to html5 from FrameMaker 2019 - 64 bit version. The published material looks ok when viewed in a browser locally, but when viewed online, everything turns to chinese characters like this:https://www.smalbro.dk/soco/ Obviously something about fontsettings/unicode goes awry, but why it looks ok locally but not ok online, I can not understand.Has anybody here experienced this before?Best regardsBjørn

Error message when updating 2019 Framemaker and ultimately un-installed the application

I'd like to try out different skins but I've already customized a settings file as Settings-3. If I click New and change the skin, FM returns message "all changes to the responsive layout will be lost". But if I save it with a different file name, will I be able to switch between settings files to generate HTML?

FR bookUse Mini-Tocs in many chaptersthe format in the PDF files uses the numbering and on pagei.e each item says3.2 Installation    on page 7etcIn the HTML 5 Help i want only the topics to appear without the numbering and page numbersHow can this be done1. possibility - change the style in reference page and use a different template in Help - did not manage to make this work2. I found reference on the internet to using an HTML template - I tried this, but did not see how to make it workAll insights/hints and tips will be welcome

Hello,I'm using template with 2 or 3 column textframe.I'm trying to make a script that avoid hyphen at end of column.Getting the last pgf of a column, getting the end of line type is not a problem (Constants.FTI_LineEnd).To check if a pgf is on both column, i'm looping through my pgf to find when the textrange, i'm using, change of column.I can only get the Id Column from the start of the pgf (pgf.InTextObj.Unique - InTextObj is a SubCol).Is there a way to know on which column my textrange is?var vCurrentDoc=app.ActiveDoc;// go to last pgf of columnvar pgf = vCurrentDoc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstSubCol.LastPgf;// select the pgfvar textRange = new TextRange();     textRange.beg.obj = pgf;     textRange.beg.offset = 0;     textRange.end.obj = pgf;     textRange.end.offset = Constants.FTI_LineEnd;var textItems = vCurrentDoc.GetTextForRange(textRange, Constants.FTI_String);if(textItems.length >

Hi - is there a way to convert only a specific row or selected rows to text in FM (2015?)The reason I need to do this is because (have numerous instances of)  a repeated header row that then gets tied up with the next table's header in a set of sequencing headers.The only way I have figured out around this is to convert the table to text and reformat the offending table, but the tables are long and detailed, and I really just want to cut out that specific repeating header.Alternatively, what is (is there) a method for converting a header row to a body row? Maybe that would isolate the problem, not certain.Thanks.

I've created a 36"x24" poster in frame12.  When I output to pdf, it comes out blank.  If I shift the contents and make the width 27", the pdf comes out fine.  Is there a way I can create a 36" wide pdf?