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I have no idea what may have prompted this behavior, which is why I'm here. Today, for some reason, I can not select text in a FrameMaker document — one in which I have worked before with the usual ability. I can't click and drag the mouse to select text, nor can I put down a cursor and use the Shift key together with an arrow key to select text. Considering that I do a lot of cutting and pasting back and forth, along with changing fonts, styles, and weights, this limitation is exceedingly frustrating. Any ideas where FrameMaker lost its ability to select text?Using FM 2017 in Windows 10.Thank you.

We just noticed a major issue in the 'save as rtf' from FrameMaker 12.The first printscreen is the FrameMaker-file where everything is looking fine.When you see to the second printscreen (Word) you will notice that footnote number 8 from FrameMaker is located in the text and not as footnote.Also the first paragraph after the footnote in Word is deleted (Art. 11...).It's the second book we see this issue. Has anyone an explanation for this behavior?PS. When we copy paste into another document and export the issue is gone, but we make thousands of books so it's unhandy to perform this copy paste action. Also it's creating other problems...

Hi -I have a book file with 3 chapters set up:front matter i-ivChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Looking to get numbering set up so the Chs 1-3 continue from the previous chapter, with Chapter 1 starting with 1. They start with independent numbering: 1-32, 33-99,100-200.This is my approach:1 Select chapters 1-3 and set Continue numbering with Numeric (14). This sets pages up correctly with numbering sequencing to the end of the book.2 Define numbering for Chapter 1 to start at 1 for Chapter 1 (Numeric - 14) - As soon as I do this step, all the book chapters return to 1-32, 33-99,100 -200.Anyone know what I'm missing? I've tried this several times.Thx.

HI - I have a Running Header issue that just needs an "aha moment".Its a simple set up - I have a Running Header set up properly. That variable pulls from a very lengthy PTag, lets call it H3.It is on a right master page and flush right to the page. When I view it in my body page the P-Tag (H3) is XXX.004.00 – This is the full length of the Paragraph Tag Called Heading 3.But the running header (right flush with the page) looks like this: XXX.004.00 – This is the full length of the Paragraph Tag CalledAgain, it is right flush, and there is plenty of space on the left hand side to pull out the title and have a complete title showing. Instead, it cuts off the title.I suspect it is in the Advanced tab on Paragraph Designer for Header, but no matter what I change the numbers to on that page, I still don't get the whole title.(The same P-tag shows up as a left hand master page header on the opposite side, and there is no problem viewing the whole Heading 3.Anyone want to enlighten me? Thx!

I am working in FM15 and I work in a group of other writers that also have FM15.  My particular issue is, when I have a file open, and I select the save icon, it only saves the file, the backup file is not updated.  But, if I go into File<Save, then both files update.  My cube mate, when he has a file open, and selects the save icon, both his file and backup update.  I've gone through all the settings I am aware of and looked online for a solution but I can not find anything.I have Automatic Backup on Save selected along with Auto Save Every 2 minutes.  Any advice would be appreciated, thanksRichard

Do I really need to do the whole Transfer License dance to just move/switch my Framemaker license to someone in my Creative Cloud Team? (I'm administrator and I bought the FM license so that's why it is in my name)  I know FM is not yet included in Creative Cloud for Teams and that is mainly the reason I need to dance for Adobe. Follow-up question would therefore by; when will FM be included in Creative Cloud for Teams?

And there it is, the first update for Adobe FrameMaker (2019 release)!And it's packed with many enhancements and bug fixes.See what's new and improved in our blog post:FrameMaker 2019 Update 1 – Adobe TechComm BlogFeel free to ask questions regarding this update here or leave a comment below the blog post.Kind regards,Stefan GentzWorldwide TechComm Evangelist          Connect with us:Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube | Our Blog | Adobe TCS User Forum

HelloI have an existing old version from my PC (FM V7), I know right , very old. No we have purchased the license for FM2019. We have been told to install the trialversion first before we can get the FM2019 (full version) with License. The issue was, we cannot install the trial version, what would be the issue? We extracted the zip file and got Set Up.exe. But only gave us blank window. What would be the issue? Can you please assist? Thank you in advance.One more thing... Why are we installing the Trial version first? Can we install the FM2019 by skipping this process?

I have enabled the Auto Save option in the General section of preferences and set it to save every 2 minutes. However, there are no auto saved files being created. In FM 2017 they would appear in the same directory as the .fm and backup files but there don't seem to be any files created in FM2019. Are they being saved somewhere else or is this function not working correctly?

In FM 2017 there was an option to choose RGB or CMYK in the PDF Settings. I can't find this setting in FM 2019 and my documents appear to be output as CMYK as the colours no longer look correct. The same file output as PDF from FM2017 with the option set to RGB looks correct in terms of the colour space.

Hi all,I am new to EDD programming, I understand the use of wildcard * in the context rule, like * < chapter.But what if I want to add a context rule based on if any ancestor has attribute @11017538="yes", would something like the following work?Else, if context is: * [change = ”yes”]Text range.Font properties     Color: Forest GreenI have tried the above, importing the EDD seems fine (i.e. FM did not complain it been invalid), but it did not have any effect to the rendered document.Is there anyway in the EDD that allow me to do this?Because the above method did not work for me, so I thought I will explicitly list all the possible ancestors that may have @11017538=yes, so I tried the following context rule:Else, if context is: * < (chapter | codechapter | codechapterdivision | codechaptersubdivision | part | division | subdivision | clause | subclause | schedule | subschedule) [change = ”yes”]Text range.Font properties     Color: Forest Gre

Sorry about this question but I am a newbie to Adobe FrameMaker so, here goes -Let's say I need to create a software installation/user guide in FrameMaker. I need the output in various formats obviously - PDF, online help, and so on. Can an unstructured document created in FrameMaker be used to generate different formats or do I need to create a structured document using DITA/XML? Also, how does the formatting in structured documents work in FrameMaker? Any insights would be appreciated. I am currently getting the hang of DITA, and it sounds more practical to use it since my current and future projects call for it. 

Hello fellow FrameMaker users! We recently started using FrameMaker 2015 (32-bit) and have run into a strange issue. Our once previously conditional tagging pattern to use bold for row coloring in FrameMaker 8 is now rendered as a cross-hash pattern in FrameMaker 2015. When we try to print the book showing the conditional colors, it is immensely slow. Adobe has recognized the issue as something to do with how the hash patterns are stored for production purposes. Did anyone else encounter this issue? Did you find any workarounds to print while showing the colors? Did you have to change how your colors work for this?

I am getting a display error on the initial screen.and I am getting the 15004 error trying to enter the preferences menu.   as well as an initial error trying to either install or uninstall.

Hi All,I open 2 books and save to dita I get memory leak.Does anybody know how to remove objects of opened fm files and books.As might clean the memory ?

i generate help, and its always only 2 levels in the contents tab. i need the h1, h2, h3, h4 all to be on a deeper level. seems like the htmlhelp function in framemaker 2019 only does 2 levels. i need this:i am am getting this:

Good morning,I just installed FM 2019 and I put my handy FM plug-ins into the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2019\fminit\Plugins folder as I have done with my past versions of FM. Now, when I open FM19, I get the following error:I have tried looking for help online and in other forums but have found nothing. I'm not sure what the APIClients section of my maker.ini file is supposed to look like, but nothing jumps out at me as being wrong. If anyone has suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!Wendy

Hi forum.I have got a function that delete a text from a texline  and set a new text in this one.the new text is shorter and i would to center this text instead of set on the left side.the currently uggly workaround i found is to put space to the front of the new text.do you have smarter solution to center the text like managing the offset,LocX or adding the center property .thank youfunction ChangeText(TextLineFrame){    // cette procedure remplace le texte de l'objet TEXTLINE    // on défini le textrange    // on recupére les proprietés du texte avant de le supprimer et de le remplacer.        var DZGprops        var BegLoc = new TextLoc(), EndLoc = new TextLoc(); //create text location object                 BegLoc.obj = TextLineFrame;     BegLoc.offset = 0; // insert at the start

When using a two-column master page layout I want to have a paragraph format that allows the text to be written starting on the right column irrespective of anything on the left side column.  (I want the text to begin where the black arrow is on my screenshot.)How do I do this?!  Currently I can only get this to work if I have text on the left side of the column that has "Begin top of column" set as the paragraph format and I have the paragraph format set for the body text as "begin at top of column" also.If I do not have any text on the left side, I cannot get the cursor on the right side column.

How can I add multiple figures on one page, as seen in the screenshot below?  Does this have to do with the master page layout, or do I need a special paragraph format?

Hello.In book hierarchy - we see folder - how to get folder name ?  var compType=comp.ComponentType;if(Constants.FV_BK_FOLDER == compType || Constants.FV_BK_GROUP == compType){ comp = comp.NextComponentInBook;print "folder name"   - how to do this ?    comp.Name or comp.path does not help

Is the an example how to do this ?Josef Böhm[Moved to Scripting sub-Forum by moderator]

Hi, all.I'm using FM 2015 in a Windows 10 environment to publish a .chm file.The .chm stays on top of the application; we're getting complaints because it's inconvenient for people working with our application on a small screen in the field. I don't see any control within FM to change this setting. Is there something I'm missing?Thanks.--Nancy

Hi there,After using unstructured Framemaker for 10+ years, I have a new need to learn to author in the structured environment. I'd love to find a decent 2- or 3-day training class where I can do some hands-on work and dig into structured authoring with DITA/S1000D. Any recommendations? I'm open to online, in-person training, or conferences that might be valuable.

Is there a way to autonumber a set of tables to look like Table 1-1, Table 2-2 (etc) without using $chapnum variable? Currently using an <n+> series for Headings (1, 2 etc) and just need to mirror this without using $Chapnum. Heading 1 is set as H:<n+>\   , Heading 2 is set as H:<n>.<n+>\   and so forth. The table autonumbering needs to mirror this. Have only seen set ups for $chapnum variable, but can't use chapnum for this instance. Thx.