FrameMaker

The second update to FM 207 is now available through the internal Help > Updates link. The web site download should be active in a few days.

I accidentally canceled my FrameMaker 2015 subscription without knowing that 2017 was available under my subscription plan. How do I restart my canceled subscription so that I can keep 2017?

In Fm 14 the view options are session global - but which settings are meant with this?There are View > Borders, View > Text Symbols, View > Rulers, View > Grid lines, andView > Options (Checkboxes for Borders, Text Symbls, Rulers, Grid lines, Graphics)IMHO there are some interferences between the two, because underlying are different commands:View menu:  ViewBorders (x361), ViewTextSymbols (x362), ViewRulers (x363), ViewGridLines (x364)More View commands:  ViewBordersOn (x3F1), ViewBordersOff (x4F1)  ViewTextSymbolsOn (x3F2), ViewTextSymbolsOff (x4F2)  ViewRulersOn (x3F3), ViewRulersOff (x4F3)  ViewGridLinesOn (x3F4), ViewGridLinesOff (x4F4)  ViewGraphicsOn (x3F8), ViewGraphicsOff (x4F8)My observation is that the two sets of options  act on the same 'switch' within a document, but  do not act on the same 'switch' for the session.Is this correct? Or what is the real behaviour?

I have filed bug FRMAKER-3007In FM-13 and before CTRL+0 opened the list of variables and with quick selection only a few keystrokes were necessary to insert the variable. For example:CTRL+0aEnterinserted the variable named Arrow.Since I had only recently used this function in FM-14 I did not discover it earlier and assumed a recent Windows update as reason. But removing that update did not help. Hence there must be a problem in FM.Can You please check and confirm the bug?BTW cmds.cfg states:<Command QuickVariables    <Label Quick Variable>    <KeySequence \!qv>    <KeySeqLabel Ctrl+0>    <Definition \xF42>>...<Command Variable   <Label Variables...>   <KeySequence \!sv>   <Definition \x353>>and  wincmds.cfg states:<Modify QuickVariables            <KeySequence  ^ 0 &nbs

I have FM15 on one computer and FM9 on another. My client has FM10. Can I save back from 15 to 10? Or should I use FM9?

Hi everybody,I have an issue with a rather big script.Here is what the script does:it runs over a *.ditamap and rearranges the many *.xml files into a few *.fm files for a new *.booka specific titlepage.fm is added into the *.bookTOC and index are generated and included as wellformats and definitions are imported from a specific variable.fm into to book.The script works fine until there is more than one FM instance running it, i.e, until I use FrameMaker Publishing Server 2015, which runs a few FM instances simultaneously.Here is what goes wrong:FM instance 'a' imports titlepage.fm from any other FM instance runningthe import is not applied on every *.fm file of the book.Result: the books have the wrong titles pages, sometimes also the wrong footer and colors.The script is ExtendScript and does not contain any app.ActiveDoc.During the run, files are generated under \AppData\Local\Temp, could the mix occur due to a dissociation issue with those files?

First admission – while I'm currently migrating a lot of content from unstructured .fm to DITA, I'm not using structured .fm to do it; all sorts of reasons.That said, here's my current challenge. A bit of creative autonumbering plus thoughtful use of NextPgfTag made reference information like this very easy to deal with.I have, however, no idea of which DITA tools to reach for. Specialisation + extended .xslt won't be an option, and even the thought of (mis)using tables for layout brings me out in a rash. Are there elements in the programming domain that would help? Thanks in advance for any tips.

What needs to be done to move my Framemaker 15 to a new computer? Right now I'm using a trial version on the new one.

Hi all,My colleagues and I recently got TCS2017, but our welcome screens look glitchy.Any thoughts?Thanks,John

I am using FrameMaker 11. This product is owned by my employer. I don't own it and have limited administrator rights on my computer.My ProblemI am using unstructured FrameMaker to create a book. I am using unstructured FrameMaker because I am unable to generate a table of contents, list of figures, and list of tables in Structured FrameMaker: FrameMaker 2015 no longer generating tables of contents (TOCs) . Until today I had no problem opening and working on chapter files. Now when I open a chapter file, it is "blank" and the page number and line number show "-1." Then FrameMaker crashes.I have tried all of the solutions offered in the following Adobe forum. None of them worked.FrameMaker 11 won't start up If I change the product interface to Structured FrameMaker, the chapter files open with content shown, and FrameMaker does not crash.How can I solve this problem?

Hi all,In instances where we wanted to have custom text act as a cross-reference link (i.e., not the destination's text, or a topic title, etc.), we created "gotolink" and "newlink" markers. The links work within Frame, but some are not working in the PDF output (some, however, are).Any ideas?ThanksUsing version 14.0.0361

I have tried turning of smart quotes via Format>Document>Text Options and unchecking smart quotes. This successfully turns them off for the document I have open at the time. But I have to repeat this process for every new document I open otherwise smart quotes are still used. Is there a way that I can set them to off by default?I'm using FM2017.Thanks!

We have a client whose IT documentation is handled by ServiceNow.Can FrameMaker publish to ServiceNow?If not, what might be an affordable third-party that can be used to integrate FrameMaker into ServiceNow?Thanks.

This may be another no-brainer, but I'd like to create a cross-reference to a step number. The problem I'm encountering is when I want to reference, for instance, "step 14 and step 15." I can't seem to figure out how to exclude the period behind the first step so it looks like "step 14. and step 15." Anyone know of a workaround?Thanks,Leanna

I have searched for the answer but I do not get the answers posted! I just need some steps to do this.I have usually inherited templates so has not come up before. I have a document with different sections. On the first page I need a text frame or flow with a single column width across the width of the page. Below it on that first page I want to start another text frame or flow with two columns. And then later on revert back to the one column followed by two columns. Not sure how to do that whether on a regular page or master page.

Hi, I am converting a Word document into FrameMaker.I have to insert a few long columns (sometimes over 150 lines per column section) at specific places in the text. There might be a very easy trick to do that, however I haven't found it yet! Basically, this is the document structure I want to achieve: Column sections (in green) that start and end within normal text sections (just like we would do it in Word). I have tried to divide my basic text frame and convert specific divided sections into column sections. 1 chapter divided into 5 sections: section 1: regular text and graphicssection 2: 2-columns sectionsection 3: regular text and graphicssection 4: 2-columns sectionsection 5: regular text and graphicsHowever, these sections do not automatically adjust when I paste large amounts of text into them. As a result, I end up having to manually ajust every divided section (stretch them vertically and push further down the next sections, as they do not move from their initial place (no "s

Hello all,I have not used PDF in a very long time, as all of my work is online. But now a client asked me to solve a couple of problems with their structured FM setup and one of them is making the links in the index work in PDF. Generating the PDF with the usual job options makes the hand appear over the page numbers, but the click does not lead anywhere (not even a non-existing target). I have tried switched on named destinations in the PDF settings but no difference.Can anyone tell me how the PDF generation is supposed to pick up the index markers ?Thanks4everJang

Hi again.  I'm getting it down, however in structured when, I click on the red graphic box to add my graphic.  Select the image, make sure copy into document is checked, select "fit in selected rectangle", click set. I look at everything "figure title, graphic, fm.graphic, fm.title, fm.titleref" , everything looks great.  I put in a cross-reference, everything looks great.  So, I save and close, then reopen.  The graphic is missing, and error for unresolved cross-references come up.Why won't it save the image?

How do I get a word count? In the older versions we had a utility to count it.

I have a self published book that I wrote in Framemaker 10 (based on previous version even older).  I'm updating the book and since I haven't touched FM in five years (and was never really an expert anyway) I have a few questions that someone experienced could answer pretty quickly.  Anyone out there I could hire for a couple hours of questions over the summer?I'm in Brooklyn and someone nearby would be great, but of course google hangouts would also be fine.The end product is a print book through Createspace and Amazon Kindle, so any experience in that area would be great.  To get started right now I'm making basic edits in FM10 but will likely eventually rent/buy the 2017 version to generate the Epub/Kindle version if that makes it easier.Thanks!John Huntingtonwww.controlgeek.net

Hello. FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat xi have stopped wanting to play together --  all of a sudden (an acrobat update?). Sometimes I can't even print to .ps -- won't make a .ps file. The platform is Windows 10.Help?

I recently installed a trial copy of FrameMaker 2017 on my computer. I opened a DITA 1.3 map from FrameMaker 2015 and tried saving it to PDF, I receive the message: There was an error opening this document. This file cannot be found.I then created a very simple three topic map in DITA 1.3 and also DITA 1.2 and receive the same message.I then tried to publish the maps to Responsive HTML5 and receive the message: Failed to publish. Check if JRE is installed. I have no idea what JRE is and how to find whether it is installed or not.I look forward to finding a solution. Thank you!

Would decrease work. Maybe shortcuts too.

I have a lot of PDFs that belongs to the publication that i need to add after exprting a book to PDF. Would be better to have them in the book to save time.THe included PDFs could be re-PDFed again or not.

Currently i find no way to be able to have A4 files and A3 files in the same book and get an output according to that. All A3 are cropped to A4.EDIT: I could make this wor by making a PS and Destill it.Those damn paragraph to bookmark settings keeps changeing - whi cant they just save?