FrameMaker

I downloaded a free trial of FrameMaker 17 but now I need to open everything I worked on back to our original FrameMaker 11 version since we are not purchasing just yet. I tried to open the updated document in FrameMaker 11 but it says "it can't be opened with this release of the product."

Hi Framers,If you are using conversion tables to convert unstructured FrameMaker documents to structured FrameMaker, you know that conversion tables only get you part of the way to valid XML. Cleaning up the last 10-20% can be slow and tedious. Enter FrameSLT, Russ Ward's ingenious FrameMaker plugin that uses XPath and a simple, but powerful scripting language that can help automate the cleanup of structured documents.I am going to host a short webinar to introduce FrameSLT and how I used it to solve a simple structured cleanup problem for a client. The webinar will be at 2:00 pm EDT this afternoon. Please email me if you want to attend and I will send you an invitation.Remember, an anti-webinar means no sponsors, no boring slides, or promotional fluff, just simple demonstrations from the trenches. Email me as soon as possible and I will send you an invite. Rick

Hello,Can anyone share the new function names for adding a new menu ... and if possible, the name of the View menu.Thanks,Tracey

I generate the HTML5 output in File > Publish with no errors or warnings, but when trying to view the output, only empty content panes appear with a "thinking" wheel that spins indefinitely.

Hello, I'm looking for a solution that will allow us to integrate fields in a Chapter Review-style question area where users can comment their answers (instead of using StickyNotes). It must disallow printing/copying etc to meet content protection requirements. I've dug through all of my options and can't seem to find any viable method without allowing the "Edit Content" option which allows users to copy the content.We're currently using FrameMaker 9 but will be jumping to TCS5 soon.As an example, we would want something like the following question, which exists in a FrameMaker document, to be commented on:2. Which DID/DNIS mapping is recommended for mapping a single extension?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Thank you in advance for any assistance with this.

Here's another "can I switch from Word" question. I am an old (5.5) Frame ACE now in a new job where we use Word. Frame would be a much better choice in many ways, for many reasons. I could use some help figuring out whether Frame creates forms that convert easily to PDF. As an end product, what we need is a PDF form with a large number of fixed-length text fields; users must be able to download the form and fill it in at their leisure, either all at once or in stages, saving their work as they go. These files are currently constructed in Word out of tables. They are a terrible mess and must be recreated from scratch. If Frame handles forms well, we can start that work fresh in Frame and dump Word completely. (This is a question I could answer for myself in a few minutes if I could download a trial. Bad timing.) Can somebody with a current copy of Frame tell me how it handles forms and whether it's possible to use Frame to create PDF forms with plenty of fixed-length text fields, s

Can i Design a form Using Adobe frameamker? I need to design a form With All Html controls like Textbox Checkbox with all.

I've seen the webinar links for form design in FrameMaker... but unfortunately, I need to know before the middle of May. I've hunted through the user instructions and trawled the web but haven't found anything. Can anyone point me at any documentation explaining how to go about this?Thanks in advance, Alison

Use-Case:An editor would like to use a form while proof-reading a manuscript. The form should contain a few drop down lists to pick from and a free form text where the editor can then add a comment.Ideally, this data could be saved inside a marker.A collaborator could then search on these markers, open the form to read the editor's instructions and then update the comment field.I've got no issues coding in Frame maker. I need a nudge, a pointer to get me going.If this solution already exists, then even better Thanks.

Hello all,I have stumbled across a bug that has apparently been present in FM since version 7.1 and nobody ever noticed. I guess I am the only one doing this crazy stuff then. Here is the bug description:When writing a text-only element out to XML that contains a marker (which is NOT a conditional text marker), FM introduces a newline character immediately following the PI. I found this when using a custom marker to mark the paragraphs that have a change bar in FM. I know that the @11188742 should be used to drive the change bar but the customer does not have these attributes and was not allowed to make changes to the EDD or DTD. When reading the XML back into FM and removing the markers (using them to set the change bars in the right locations again), there were extra spaces (the newline characters in the XML). The only workaround I could find is creating an event handler script that opens the XML as text file, either after writing it out or before reading it back in, and replaces all

I really need the File > Publish option to publish my DITA book. It's not there! I see I can generate DITA OT output, but want the multi-channel publishing options from the File menu that I keep reading about.i'm using FM 2015. Can't tell if it's full FM or XML Author.And what's up with File > Print missing. I wonder what else is missing from this and other menus!

In unstructured Framemaker 12, when we select all of the documents in a specific book, they used to all open as tabs of the same Window. Most of the are now opening in individual windows apart from the last five or six which appear as tabs in a single window.Nothing was changed in the book document or the files themselves. And this only occurs with one book.Any thoughts?

Hello, we have recently upgraded to Frammaker 2017 from Framemaker 10. In Frame 10 you were able to drag and drop graphics directly from Adobe Bridge and have them "Import by Copy" into an anchored frame. With Frame 2017 the graphic only comes across as "Import by Reference".Is there a setting that can be changed to have the graphic "Import by Copy" using the drag and drop method from Bridge?When doing many graphics, it's a bit long winded going through the File-Import-Graphic and then select the file and remember to check the "Import by Copy" check box each time.

Monthly payments under a 1 year plan seem to be the only subscription option.  How can I subscribe and just pay once a year?

TCS 2017 comes with Captivate 9, but now that Captivate 2017 has been released, how can I install Captivate 2017 as part of the suite?

I want to be able to open all of a book's files (which do have missing fonts) so that I can import all of the paragraph and character styles from a file that already has all of the fonts mapped correctly. Currently when I try to do an import the program says (for every file) file cannot be opened due to missing fonts. I do not want to manually map 10 fonts in 25 files. I can't be the first person to run into this dilemma.I just know someone out there has the answer. (Deep sigh.)

How to run a FrameMaker script by invoking FrameMaker and the required script from an external program?

Is there a way of converting autonumbering to manual numbering in FM 2017?

HiI'm generating responsive HTML5 from a DITA XML source and am experiencing a bug:-Files that I imported into my ditamap from a different folder are not showing up in my HTML5 output.Would appreciate any help here:)thanksRishi

Dear all,Having discovered that in FM-14 the multi-code commands do not work correctly, I thought to bypass this flaw by a script. However, also this is not working correctly. With the change that the view properties are no more document settings, but session settings, things might have been mixed up. oDoc.ViewOption (e.g. oDoc.ViewBorders) seem to be read-only now (until FM-13 they were read/write). Hence I need to check and then toggle:// test ETBSubstituteLostCommands.jsx#target framemaker// With View > Options set Grid lines, Borders, Text Symbols, Rulers and Graphics to ONvar   oDoc = app.ActiveDoc;Console ("Initial setup:\t"   + oDoc.ViewBorders + " " + oDoc.ViewTextSymbols + " "                               + oDoc.ViewRulers  + " " + oDoc.ViewGrid + " "  + oDoc.ViewNoGraphics);SetAllOff ();Console ("Set

I'm in Fm2017, and using an EDD to apply a prefix "Note:" before note elements. When I apply this to my main .fm file some notes show up correctly, and others have the prefix "note:" without the initial capital.I've searched the EDD and can't find any references to "note:". I've also checked the paragraph formatting, and there's no auto numbering applied.Any ideas?

I received a set of files from a coworker who is using Framemaker 12, but I am unable to open these files using my version of Framemaker 12.  We are both on Windows machines and both using FM 12.  Although xxxx.fm appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release of the product.  There are no updates available to FM 12 that have not already been installed.Any ideas why I can't open these files?

I have some book files that when you toggle from the fm file name.fm to the chapter number display, the chapters show numbers such as 1 Introduction, 2 Getting started,  3 Using toolbars etc. Then other books just show "chapter name " without the chapter number sequence. Where is that setting?Chapter numbers displayChapter numbers don't display

To set a table with distinct column widths the current method requires to open the Resize dialogue for nearly each column.For example, I need to set up a table with these column widths: 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5 cm for a total of 18.Method 1 could be to have a Resize, next and Resize, previous button in addition to the Resize button which terminates the dialogue.Method 2 could be an input field which allows a list of widths (the dialog title says: Resize Selected Columns)IMHO this would not require to change the dialogu to a panel.You may vote on this

How can I change an Index so that the text is included in the hypertext, not just the page #?Using Unstructured Framemaker 2017.Thank you.