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I'm currently using Framemaker 2017 at home, and some of the people at the company I work for are using Framemaker 12.  If I save my work as an .fm file, will my coworkers be able to open them in Framemaker 12 with document formatting intact?

Hi, guess its an easy one but i dont get it. I had import my translation into DITA and it shows in table of contents # instead of special characters. In the chapter itself everything is fine, just the t.o.c. is wrong. Thx for any kind of helpTabel of contenes view:Chapter view:

I tried editing the index.html file after the output generated. But I don't see any option there. If there is some Javascript file, please let me know how can I edit them.If it's possible within FM 2017, that would be well and good.@@

I  finally figured out how to get the reference images displayed in the generated HTML5 output. (There's a checkbox on the Images settings dialogue box.) However, they're displayed inconsistently: some are correctly displayed and some are tiny dots. Did I miss another setting for this?

I'm using FrameMaker 2017 and I'm trying to create HTML5 output.When I have a table row with more than one line of content, the HTML5 output very often (not always) adds additional space below the text.View in FrameMaker 2017View in HTML5 with unwanted (in this case grey) space below the text:This effect only occurs if I change the table width under Publish Settings: Settings > Style Mapping > Table Styles to e.g. 70% or 100% or 700pt.  If I use the default settings (no settings), the effect does not occur.This effect occurs in all tables, regardless of the number of rows and columns. If I have a table with multiple rows, the effect may occur in one line but not in the next one.

I am generating individual books as a set in HTML5 - I have a single book that contains all of the books for the project. I've generated this a few times and had no problems, but now every topic is the same name even though the HTML file name is correct. The book name is correct; the folder name is correct, but the landing page is named the same for every topic. Javascript issues?So Book\Folder\topic.html is now Book\Folder\same-name\topic.html.Has anyone seen this before?

We want to use a system variable in the header of a master page based on the value of a Title's attribute (or Context label). For instance we have a chapter made up of sections. Each section has its own title. We want to use the Title of the first section in the header of the pages. In the EDD is defined that the Title of the first Section gets a Context label H1. Should we define the Running H/F 1 like <$elemtextonly[Title:H1]> or something? Or <$elemtextonly[Title:[Type:H1]]> ??How to do this?

Is there any way to get a TblFmt from a selected Tbl which I can then use to set the TblFmt while creating a new Tbl from selected paragraphs? I am looking to convert a table to paragraphs, work on the paragraphs and then reconvert the paragraphs into a new table with the same format as previous table. I have a TextRange of selected paragraphs and am able to create a new Tbl using FCode KBD_TABLE_CONVERT but I want the new Tbl to have the same properties as the old Tbl.

Saving book containing files with SVG graphic references to XML causes FrameMaker application error and resulting error.txt file.This was seen in xdocbook by doing the following:1. Create a xdocbook file with Chapter as the top level element.2. Add a Para element to describe the chapter.3. Add a Figure element and add text to the figure Title element4. Add a Graphic element child of Figure.  Select an SVG file to insert by reference.5. Set the structured application to xdocbook and Save the Chapter.Optionally, create one or two more chapters to replicate a book but if you add graphics, don't reference any other svg files.  Use .tif or .jpg or .wmf instead.6. Go back to the first file created, with the SVG reference.  Save this file as XML.  The process should complete without error.7. Create a book and add the newly created chapters in it, in any order.  Be sure to include the chapter with the SVG file reference.8. Set the structured application for the book to

I am using FrameMaker 2015 release to redesign my company's manuals. I am creating a table tag named Table_Caution. When I insert Table_Caution into a document, I want one paragraph tag to apply automatically to the top right-hand cell and another to apply automatically to the bottom right-hand cell.I've tried applying the paragraph tag to a table and then hitting Update All in the Paragraph Designer pod and also in the Table Designer pod. When I insert the table again, though, the formatting does not appear, leaving me with a blank table.  I've tried searching the forums and looking through the FrameMaker manual to no avail. Does anyone know how to preserve the paragraph tags? Thank you.

When I add a list of paragraphs and choose the RD-RefDocs tag and generate the list in my Frame book, the list shows up empty. When I click on the list file in the book, I get a dialog box saying File named "LOP" does not exist.

Hello,I have a document where I want to use discretionary hyphenation but when I enter one (CTL+ -) it does not hyphenate at the position chosen and causes surpression of hyphenation for the whole word.Why?

FM2017 does not allow you to swap out the icons - it looks like you should be able to change them as there is a Browse button next to the image name. I select my images and the file name appears in the file name, but when you click Open, the original file name is still there. Yet another nail in the coffin...

I'm taking my first, cautious steps into the world of Responsive HTML5. The default output actually looks pretty good.The problem is that it seems to be bringing in some weird, unrelated headers from somewhere that appears to be buried deep in the output template FM files. Example: Below, I searched for "control" and got a result:The weirdness is that title "Preventing Vehicle Rollover". Nowhere in the book that I used to generate this output is that title used. We have used that title before, in other documentation, but not here--it's not in the XML or the map files used to create the book. Out of curiosity, I opened the chapter output templates in Notepad++, and I found the title in a few different places, like this:and this:At one point, I tried using a "clean" chapter output template and the search titles came out as "Safety":Where are these bad titles coming from, and how do I get my HTML5 output to use the correct titles; those being "153 - Hydraulics - etc."?

Dear all,I'm fighting with randomly set check boxes in a particular dialogue:$.writeln ("PaletteDocSettings1 -- IsDebug=" + settings.IsDebug + " Verbose=" + settings.Verbose + " EvalFeedback=" + settings.EvalFeedback);     wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pDbg.cbDebug = wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pDbg.add('checkbox',undefined,goTxt.wPalDSp0tabSg1pDbgcbDebug);    wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pDbg.cbDebug.preferredSize.height = 20;    wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pDbg.cbDebug.value = settings.IsDebug;    wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pDbg.cbVerbose = wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pDbg.add('checkbox',undefined,goTxt.wPalDSp0tabSg1pDbgcbVerbose);    wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pDbg.cbVerbose.preferredSize.height = 20;    wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pDbg.cbVerbose.value = settings.Verbose;        wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pDbg.cbEvalFeedback = wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pDbg.add('checkbox',undefined,goTxt.wPalDSp0tabSg1pDbgcbEvalFeedback);    wPalDS.p0.tabS.g1.pD

Hi groupWhen I do Edit > Update Book, I see that Show Element Boundaries (as Tags) is switched on again, which is not the idea, of course. Is anyone else seeing this? I'm using 14.0.2.ThanksYves

Hi - I'm updating some legacy documents from FrameMaker 11 to 2017.  Unfortunately, many of the tables show up in 2017 with a cross-hatch pattern around the interior of the cells.  For example, in 11 this table:appears in 2017 as:I have two questions:I have not found a way to remove the crosshatch borders using the GUI.  How can I do this?There are thousands of these problematic crosshatch borders in our documentation.  I combed through the .mif files for the FM 11 and 2017 versions and didn’t see any significant differences that would cause this.  How can I fix this problem efficiently?Thanks for any advice.

Can make it work in the DL section - After DL Framemaker_13_LREFDJ.exe and all the update patches it still ask me "the file archive part of FM 15 is missing you need all the parts ...bla bla please advice?Thanks, Andre

Hello everyone.I have a little problem...I would like to get the contents of the system variables <$ VolNum> and <$ ChapNum> in XML, but i didn't find.Is it possible ? If yes, what would be the best way ? Attribute? Variable element?How to do ?Thanks

My team consists of two technical writers (and will grow to three soon). We use a shared drive, but cannot have the same FrameMaker document open at the same time, so our current process is:Create 30 or so blank Word documents (one for each new piece of functionality).Divide the Word documents among ourselves.Write the new content in the Word documents.When all the Word documents are complete, one writer copy-pastes the content into the FrameMaker document, applies the paragraph and character tags, and imports screenshots.I was wondering if other technical writing teams have a more efficient co-authoring process and would be willing to share? Ideally, the process would not involve a second application (Word), or as much pressure on a single writer in step #4.Thank you in advance for your help!

Hi,FM2017, v14.0.0.361,  Windows 10I finally installed FM2017, but hit an immediate showstopper. All of my XML (which is a lot) uses a <topic> structure similar to DITA, but it is not DITA. I have my own custom schema, template, structure app, etc. etc.  In previous versions, FM tended to assume my files were DITA, but I managed to stop that behavior by disabling all DITA-related API clients and removing all <topic> DOCTYPE declarations from the DITA structure apps. But in 2017, after doing that, I get the following error when trying to open my files:Translator client (dita_fmapp) was not found. Operation could not be completed.I know it's a long shot for anyone to know, but is there a workaround? Could it be that I suddenly can't open any of my files because FM has reserved the <topic> structure for DITA exclusively? If that's the case, I find that quite discouraging indeed.Thanks,Russ

Hi everyone,I work for a medical device company that is required to develop help for everything, including our mobile app. Here's the question: what's the best way to get the mobile app help INSIDE the mobile app? I understand the other options - HTML5, etc, but am wanting to know specifically how to integrate a user guide with a mobile app.- we don't want users to download 2 apps (one for the app, one for help)- we can't assume users are connected to the internet for HTML/HTML5 contentHas anyone out there done this? Will developers have to include this manually? (Yes, I understand that most apps are easy enough to use that integrated help is not necessary.)Thank you!Diane

Where can I change this default behaviour. I want it to default to all file types. I.e. the way all the other FrameMakers have.

Surfacing again after a few miserable days trying to bring consistency (just at layout level – there are limits!) to a set of Word files … and a reference I came across prompted me to try out the Accessibility report; it's also a current concern here, as we realise our products and their documentation need to be accessible to an increasing number of blind and partially-sighted users.Two questions, then:what's the quickest way of getting some sort of accessibility report on a .book and its components? I've seen a 'Create accessible .pdf' option in Acrobat, but that's leaving it a bit late …starting with the basics, is there a way of adding alt text to referenced images in FM? I'm still on FM2012Thanks in advance for any ideas on this.

Is it possible to set the TOC to always appear in the HTML5 output from FrameMaker regardless of screen size? So, you'll always see the  TOC when you view the content on a phone or tablet (or resize the browser on a computer screen)? We're using FrameMaker 13.0.5.547.