FrameMaker

I am trying to install Framemaker from the internet, but I get a message when clicking on the install .exe file that it may be corrupted and I should download it again, and I cannot install. Each time I re-download, the same thing happens. Any help on how to solve/circumvent the problem would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks!

I am working on 96-page chapter of a larger book. A 7-page section of the chapter needs to be hidden until the next release, so I hid it with conditional text. After doing this, the "Save as PDF" printing process goes from taking 6-7 seconds to taking several minutes. If I unhide the conditional text in the same session, printing is very quick again.I have no problem generating very PDF files with the PDF printer in other applications (Word, PowerPoint). The issue is specific to FrameMaker and the use of conditional text. What might be causing this?I am using FrameMaker 9.0p255 and Distiller 9.0. - Chris

I am using structured Framemaker and have created an index. I want to format this index so it doesn't use the standard Times New Roman font but I can't see how. I have another index from another document that has the formatting that I want. I copied this index into my project and renamed it, but when I do Edit - Update book, it does not update the index with my index markers (that the index generated with the default Times New Roman text sees), which I thought it would. The text just stays the same.I have tried looking on the help but can't see how to apply formatting to my index. This is the first index I've created from scratch in FrameMaker, the others I've inherited and just update when I update the book.Can anyone help me please?

XREF not accepting element selection in document from the cross-reference tab of the structure

Hi thereI have a lot of text blocks repeated in a technical manual, most of them in tables that explain command line options .What is the best way to handle this? if a block changes I want to change automatically all the repeated blocks.Is there another resource in Frame maker than variables to do this?thanks a lot

I have a footnote numbering issue that I can't get to the bottom of.Although I have a (very manual) workaround that will enable me to meet the current requirement, I'd like to know what's going on in case I have the same issue in the future.First, what I'm using and what I'm creating:FM2017 on Windows 10Typesetting/updating a book with 15 main chapters plus front/back matter.Approximately 45 footnotes (to date).Each chapter in the book is a file in Framemaker.Numbering of footnotes in each chapter is set to continue from the previous file in the book (in both the document and the book).This worked fine with the original (40-odd) footnotes that were in the main text flow.I tried to add a section to the end of each chapter in a text frame. The text frame was set to auto-connect and had a *different* tag to the main body frames (which are at the default of "A").Was working well until I received a section that had 5 footnotes *for that section*.I pasted the text and started inserting the f

Hallo zusammen,ich möchte in FrameMaker mittels Adobe PDF ein PDF ausleiten. In FrameMaker wurde die Seitengröße auf DIN A5 ausgelegt.Problem ist nun, dass bei den Eigenschaften des Adobe PDF-Druckers "A5" nicht vorhanden ist:Zumindest scheint es so ... Wenn ich nun über "Hinzufügen" das Format A5 manuell eingeben will, dann erscheint folgende Fehlermeldung.Weshalb kann ich das Papierformat A5 nicht auswählen, obwohl es in dem System vorhanden zu sein scheint?Viele Grüße,Julian

I need to populate a 2 column spreadsheet ( table) with the figure number and the object property.  Currently, this is happening manually.  I'd like to have a automated way to export this information.  Is the a mechanism or script available to do this?

Conditional tags have been created and formatted for style and color, and work exactly as they're supposed to between all documents.Suddenly, the conditional tags in one particular document stop formatting correctly. They appear when I move from the Hide to the Show screens of the Show/Hide Conditional Text dialog box and click Apply, but they're default font, no color, no underline (as originally formatted).All the conditional tags behave the same way - no style or color formatting. When the tag is moved from the Show to the Hide screen of the Show/Hide Conditional Text dialog box and Apply is clicked, they disappear from the body of the text, as they're supposed to.Can anyone please explain what happened to the style/color of the conditional tags, and how to fix this issue?

I'm getting FrameMaker 2019 availability notifications. I have a TCS Suite, which has FM 2017 installed. Under "Help" the update option is greyed out.How do I update the existing FM 2017 to FM 2019?

Hallo Framemaker-Community,Ich habe einen neuen Laptop von meinem Auftraggeber bekommen und musste alles neu installieren.Es funktioniert auch alles bis auf die Joboptions.Ich hab das File an die 2 wichtigen Stellen kopiert....das auch noch funktioniert. Framemaker erkennt im Menü des pdfs Erstellen das File auch.Aber wenn ich auf "zuweisen" also erstellen des pdfs klicke kommt "Die ausgewählte pdf-Auftragsoption ist bin der aktuellen Installation nicht verfügbar. Erstellen Sie eine entsprechende Auftragsoption oder wählen Sie eine verfügbare." Wenn ich den CMYK-Farben in RGB konvertieren Haken setze erzeugt er mir gar kein pdf, wenn ich ihn nicht setze erzeugt er mir ein pdf, aber mit falschen Farben.Kann jemand helfen?Grüße und Dank

Hi,     I didn't understand the following code in extendscript for framemaker. what is the purpose of findParams[0] and findParams[1]. And why we have to choose  findParams[0].propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindText; and  findParams[1].propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindCustomizationFlags; Difference between findParams[0] and findParams[1]. Please explain this individual code. var findParams=new PropVals (); findParams = AllocatePropVals(2);   findParams[0].propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindText;   findParams[0].propVal.valType = Constants.FT_String; findParams[0].propVal.sval = searchString; findParams[1].propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindCustomizationFlags; findParams[1].propVal.valType = Constants.FT_Integer;   findParams[1].propVal.ival = Constants.FF_FIND_USE_WILDCARDS;    findParams[1].propVal.ival =16;Thank you.

I have an unstructured FrameMaker document with a trouble shooting guide made with a table. Three columns: Fault - Probable Causes and Control/remedy.I am publishing the document as an app and while I can make the table show up fine in the app, I would like to have the trouble shooting guide work in a more dynamic manner. "Something" with being able to click on the fault and being presented with a list of selectable probable causes from which you can click to the controls/remedies.Would anybody have some inspiration to how I can make markup in the document to enable "something" like that? I have been experimenting with cross references, but can't really figure something out.Best regardsBjørn

Hi,I have Frame 20171. Setting up a new bookThe company likes to have all heading numbered  1.2.3, 2.2.3, 3.3.3  etcRestarting at each chapterThe headings work in the bookHow do i get the heading numbers to appear in the TOC?2. I want the front matter not to appear in the TOC . How do I do that?3. Appendices - should appear in the TOC - how can I make them?thanks

I'm using FM 2017 to publish structured XML files to HTML5 files. But for Slovakian, Ukrainian and Serbin-Latin, I cannot find the languages in the language drop-down list. Is there any method to add the three languages? Really appreciate your sharing. Thanks!

I've been customising our HTML5 colours to suit the corporate palette, but have come across some text that I cannot change the colour of.I've highlighted it with a big red arrow. It's the check box on the Search (Desktop) window in the layout customiser. Does anyone know where to find this colour value?

After last windows 8.1 patch, FrameMaker 11 crashes when trying to use command "Save to PDF".When printing to PostScript file, distiller gets "Undefined error"Printing to XPS works fine.

Dear Team,Please list the best online links/tools for grammar/sentence correction and proofreading of technical documents.I use Grammarly's, it would be better if i get more online links.thanks

At long last, FrameMaker is 64-bit, with a new PDF engine (and in the Publish pod, colored icons, and a smoother UI.Details at Adobe FrameMaker for more efficient XML/DITA Authoring & Publishing New feature videos at AdobeTCS - YouTube Free online course at https://techcommtools.teachable.com/p/fm2019intro/

Hi,I am using Framemaker 2019 (p393 build) and the CMS feature to check documents out of AEM. When I connect to AEM (through Framemaker), FM 2019 crashes.  The pop-up is showing error "Adobe FrameMaker 2019 has stopped working"This occurs with both AEM version 6.3 and 6.4. Can someone check? This seems to be a bug in FM 2019. Thanks!Namdev

Are there any tools to import IDML into Framemaker?

I have a collection of documents in PDF that are used to build a library of technical manuals.  I would like to retain the look and feel of these manuals but edit them in FrameMaker.  Is this possible?  If so how do I do it?

Hi,I am trying to use Framemaker 2017 to edit s1000d data modules that were originally created in a different program.  When we use the WYSIWYG view to edit and make pdfs, Framemaker re-structures portions of the document with it's own tags, such as <fm.graphic>, <fm.title>. I'm assuming this is from using the built-in structured applications (such as S1000D_description_401, etc.) to compose the document.However, the xml file is now useless to us, as these "fm" tags cannot be read in our customer's CSDB. Unfortunately we had done significant work on the files before realizing this.Is there an easy way to export a "clean" xml file from Framemaker without the "fm" tags?  Or perhaps to un-apply the structured application?Thanks!MG

Test driving the new version of FM and am happy to see that the colored icons are back. Tried printing to PDF and my white logos turned black in the output. However, saving as PDF works just fine. Any thoughts?

Hi,I am trying to use Framemaker 2017 to edit s1000d data modules that were originally created in a different program.  When we use the WYSIWYG view to edit and make pdfs, Framemaker re-structures portions of the document with it's own tags, such as <fm.graphic>, <fm.title>. I'm assuming this is from using the built-in structured applications (such as S1000D_description_401, etc.) to compose the document.However, the xml file is now useless to us, as these "fm" tags cannot be read in our customer's CSDB. Unfortunately we had done significant work on the files before realizing this.Is there an easy way to export a "clean" xml file from Framemaker without the "fm" tags?  Or perhaps to un-apply the structured application?Thanks!MG