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I have multiple existing tables and want to adjust ruling widths.I can't seem to do it by applying a table tag.Is there a reasonable approach? Do I have to delve into scripting to do this?PS - the 'custom rules' interface seems to have some issues...

I can't see any markers in FrameMaker 11. This first happened last week and I restarted my computer and the markers reappeared. But it happened again yesterday and restarting did not fix the problem. It's set to show Text Symbols and I've opened multiple documents so it's not related to one file. Any ideas?

Is there any way to find if a paragraph contains a table or not? Can I get a list of objects within a paragraph to determine this?

I have been producing PDFs by using Save As PDF instead of Print Book because I have an EPS file that gets screwed up during color conversion (I need to uncheck that color conversion option). Today is the first time I have noticed the following error message appearing in the FrameMaker Console after I produce a PDF using the Save As PDF option (and this message has appeared for multiple books that I have been making PDFs of):Save as PDF failed to post-process the PDF file for Reflow: Unable to save the reprocessed PDF file.The PDF file should be intact and usable but may not reflow properly. Check that the destination PDF file is not in use or its permissions, then Save as PDF again. If the problem persists, please contact Adobe Technical Support.What does this mean? All the PDFs look correct, print correctly, and get uploaded correctly, so I don't understand where the error is and what is causing it. Any ideas?I am running FM10 and CS5.5 on a Windows 7 32-bit machine.Thanks,Smitty

I am converting our Mif2go publishing process to FM2017. Mif2go has a configuration setting that allows you to use the "th" tag in order to identify the table header in the html. Is there a setting like this in FM? Looking at the HTML source file, the header row class of "tr1" is also used for cellbody rows. I'm trying to put a background color on the header row. I appreciate any help that you can provide.<div width="100%" align="left">   <table border-spacing="0" dir="ltr" class="table0 ItemList" border-collapse="collapse">    <caption dir="ltr" class="FM_ItemListTblTitle">Navigation Buttons Item List</caption>    <tr class="tr1">    <td class="td2">    <p dir="ltr" class="FM_TBLHead">Item</p> </td>    <td class="td3">    <p dir="ltr" class="FM_TBLHead">Description</p> </td> </tr>    <tr class="tr1">    <td cl

How to create a new Conditional Format Tag with default Style/Color/Background using ExtendScript?

I have just discovered - is it only on my system? - that F1 (Help > Help Topics…) does not do anything.This is an installation from the TCS6-suite with a registration key lasting until november 2017 + the update.Previously I had the last beta-version installed (which was the same as the published: 14.0.0.361 - just no ReadMe file available) + update.I had not checked then, so I can not say, that there was no problem with Help.My system is W7 x64Can this problem be confirmed by others?Klaus Daube

Hi Frame developers,when I enter Japanese text in structured FrameMaker, I see the intermediate KANA text (dotted line below typed characters) and pressing SPACE converts it to KANJI. (I do not know Japanese but that's what it seem to happen). Whenever the cursor moves or the user does some input, my C-API plugin handles its FDK events and accesses the text and selection. But that harms that intermediate KANA text and I see strange things happening like splitting the current XML element in two parts or converts the KANA text in a wrong way.Can I check, if there is currently intermediate KANA text at the current location? In that case I'd like try to disable my functions and re-enable them when KANJI conversion has finished.Environment: Windows 7x64, FM Release 2015/2017. FDK 12Any ideas?Greets,Knut

What exactly does doc.TextSelection contain? How can I print its contents? and can anyone provide an example script using which one can essentially perform the equivalent of "selecting" the entire contents of a paragraph to perform some operations on it?

Hello, could someone help me with next problem?Fm12 problem.Script goes through book, opens file, saves it and then closes it. This operation is executed for all files in a book.Problem occurs after 110 - 120 file is processed. Either FM crashes completely or finishes, but book is closed and not all files are processed.I could attach the book and script to simulate the situation (in the case folder c:\temp, has to exist, log will be saved there)Thank's a lot for any help.

Hur kan jag deavaktivera mitt FM10 serinummer (när datorn inte finns tillgänglig) för att kunna installera FM10 på en ny dator.

Is there a way to create a "Master Document" (along the lines of a Master Document in Word) such that the master document will automatically import dozens of smaller FM files at specific places in the master document to form a new composite document.The specific use-case is where you have a technical manual for a product and want to include several (sometimes dozens) of sections that provide generic descriptions of some features, intermingled with product-specific sections. So you'd want to be able to create a skeletal "master document" and then "render" it and have it import all the pre-fabricated sections from separate files.Unfortunately Word's master documents have been unreliable for years -- even to the point where they damage the sub-documents during the process of assembling the master document. There be dragons...So what I'm looking for is something like C/C++'s #include function, except that in this case, the included material is shown.It might exist in FM, but I've not been

I have the commutication suite 5.0 installed. I use the frame maker version 12.0.4.445 since 1,5 years. Since this week I have display problems with the user interface.I unistalled and installed only frame maker. The version 12.0.1.331 was installed and everything looked good. Then I searched for updates and installed the version 12.0.4.445 and the problem recurred again.

I've tried closing (anything that remotely looks like AAM), and rebooting. Trying to look for FrameMaker updates. Won't let me, says Adobe Application Manager is already running. Close it first before attempting to apply updates.1) I am not visibly running the program2) IF I was, Adobe should direct me to the running version (that would be a nice-to-have feature)TIATrishMcD

Hello all,So I have lot's of FM books created with previous versions of FM.  Not sure if this issue is related to how I update the TOC or some weird conflict with versions.  All I want to do is to update the TOC so that it picks up the new content.Enter FM by selecting book created with v10:Here is image of TOC before making changes to one of the .fm files and selecting Update BookChanges no parms and clicked UpdateHere is what the TOC looked like afterwardsPlease advise...Many thanks in advance.

I am rather new to ExtendScript, and working on a structured DITA FM document. In our tables, we use a background colour to highlight a specific type of information. Of course, this shading is contained only in the FM data, and is lost on roundtripping. For the <entry> elements of the cells that we want to be shaded, we have set the @outputclass=bgcolor.Now, I am trying to use ExtendScript to locate the elements with the appropriate attribute, and then apply the custom shading. I can't figure out how to get the shading applied once I find the element. I am sure I am missing something really basic, but am completely stuck.This is what I have so far...// Remove existing shading modifications from cells…var tbl = app.ActiveDoc.FirstTblInDocwhile (tbl.ObjectValid() ) {  var row, cell  row = tbl.FirstRowInTbl  while (row.ObjectValid() ) {  cell = row.FirstCellInRow  while (cell.ObjectValid() ) {  //changing the cell definition so that color properties are

I'm running FrameMaker v14.0.0.361 and whenever I try and create a pdf file it gets hung up.  I end up having to kill the application through task manager and try again but nothing seems to get me through my issue. I have limited access to my laptop and being able to change system settings. This is a new version for me but not new to this laptop. The laptop is new and came with this version of FrameMaker. That's probably not relevant but I thought I would share.I'm running Windows 7 and have 16gb of RAM.

See the snapshot below. The space where the blankspace is inserted, is the point where the heading text wraps in the FM editor. How can I eliminate this space in the bookmarks?Please help, thanks.

I found more features you all have removed—as a FrameMaker user of 20+ years—I am not happy. I rely on FrameMaker's fast and quick features to do my job. I run several different departments for different companies (all of which I have had them purchase FrameMaker each time, thousands of dollars)—now you are removing features have helped make my job so fast, making us have to do more clicks than necessary, etc.Please do not just remove all of our features? Another list of features we need put back please:Windows that stay “On Top” and are able to be docked into the pod—almost all the windows I use and keep “On Top” throughout my work day (and dock them back to the pod when needed), the ability for me to keep them On Top are now gone. Now I have to constantly open & close these windows all day, which costs in my word processing time. Please bring back the ability for us to keep ALL our features On Top once again, just like in FrameMaker 2015. When can this be done? I am struggling us

Is anyone aware if future versions of FrameMaker will ever be compatible with a Mac? I used to work on a Windows computer, and I really enjoyed using FrameMaker to create Install/User Manuals. I work on a Mac now, and I am just wondering if it will ever be available with a Mac.Thanks!

Friends and gurus: I encounter a very strange situation!The following script works correctly. The functions are called by a button.#target framemakervar gasETBViewSettings = [];                      // save the user settingsvar gsETBMsgNoDoc   = { en: "No document active!",                        de: "Kein dokument aktiv!"                      };// alert ("ETBToggleViewsA really entered");SetUpMenu();function SetUpMenu() { // ==== Define the menu - even if not used =================================var sLabelEditing, sLabelPrinting, menuLocation, cmdDoc1, cmdDoc2;  menuLocation = app.GetNamedMenu("ETBdummy");    // Required, even if not u

I am puzzled as to how to approach this.I have a annual subscription to the Adobe Technical Communications Suite, but I also use a MacBook Pro laptop. I understand most of the products in the suite are not available on OSX, but I really want to use Adobe Captivate.I can start a trial of Captivate 9 but since I don't have a serial number to activate it, what can I do?Is there any way to use Captivate on my Mac under my existing subscription, I really don't want to pay another $30 a month for a product I am already paying for.Thanks in advance for any information.

Graphic placed at the front on the master page continually placed at the back when switching to body page, and therefore hidden.Not sure if it's possible to attach the FM file in question, if it is I'll gladly do so.

In FM2017, sometimes when you copy and then try to paste the text a few pages away by using the < and > icons to get to that page, the text doesn't paste but "Go to Previous Page" is pasted instead. This is very annoying to have to cut/copy and paste several times before it works. Also, I use a lot of text insets, and occasionally I want to override the master document formats and use the option, Retain Source Formats. This no longer appears to work - the formats in the master document override the table formats in the text inset.I am also finding that it takes repeated attempts to do simple things in this version of FM. My FM still does not display correctly when I use remote desktop from my iMac to my Windows laptop. I've had to resort to using a lot of short cuts, because if you attempt to click on a menu item like Tables, it jumps over to another menu item.I hope there is an update to FM soon to clear up buggy stuff. And why did creating new formats change? I drove myself cra

The script iterates through a doc and works on changing conditional tags in it but it does not factor in whether the paragraph style is "Anchor" i.e. whether it contains an Anchored Frame or not. How can I use the flow object to check if the paragraph style is "Anchor" or if the paragraph contains an Anchored Frame or not?Working code is var flow = active.FirstFlowInDoc        while(flow.ObjectValid())        {            // need an if condition here before calling the changeCondTagInPgf function                 changeCondTagInPgf(flow,active)            flow = flow.NextFlowInDoc        }The script should only call the ChangeCondTagInFlow() function if the paragraph style is "Anchor" or if it is/