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With FM 2015, if I save as PDF (or print to PDF), is there any way in FM to first create layers that will be exported into the resulting PDF? (I need to end up with a PDF that has layers that can be made hidden or visible.) Not sure this can be done in FM? Have seen that creating layers for export to PDF can be done in InDesign, however.Would appreciate any suggestions to achieve this result with FM or any work-around.Happy Holidays!

Hi,I've taken up learning ExtendScript to tackle some common problems in my workflow.My current project is to write a scrip that applies white rules to the columns in table heading rows.So far my script can select the top (heading) row of the appropriate tables. But I can't figure out what the commands are for applying ruling. I've searched through every piece of documentation I could get my hands on, but there doesn't seem to be extensive material written with the beginner in mind.Here's the script so far (Note: the counter and the alerts are just there so I know everything is working as I go along)://target the active documentvar doc = app.ActiveDoc;//target the "first" tablevar table = doc.FirstTblInDoc;//number of tables to editvar numberOfTables = 0;if(table.ObjectValid() == true){    while(table.ObjectValid() == true)    {        if(table.TblTag == "WithHeading")        { &nbs

Hi,New to FM 2015, been learning by creating a 160+ page guide. Coming along...Have tested publishing to eBook (ePub and Kindle) and am finding, so far, that on a large desktop (on which I am developing the guide), the published output for ePub, Mobi, using 8.5" X 11" page size, doesn't look as good as it looks when saved as PDF (which holds its format).I'm wondering if there is a better page size to use in FM 2015 for eBook type publishing and display. InDesign CC (I have CS6) now has a fixed layout publishing option for ePub3. Is there a way to achieve this, or a similar workaround, in FM to improve eBook display?Any suggestions appreciated.Thank you in advance.Stephen

When a empty page is inserted automatically by set “Pagination” in Framemaker, how to set to make a custom master page will be applied to the Empty Page just created?Thanks in advance!

Hi,Having a enjoyable time as a beginner learning FM 2015. Impressive application.Having created a draft guide with 160+ pages, now editing through these, I will probably need to reorder some of the pages (for example, like move pages 22-24 to be after page 72, etc.) In RH 2015, the topic hierarchy view allows to simply move these up or down. Not sure how to accomplish this reordering of pages in FM? Read in an older posting that you copy and paste pages in the FM file. Is their a page hierarchy view that I am not viewing? Or does this mean highlighting the text for pages 22-24, copying this, then pasting it after page 77? Since I am just figuring out Master pages and text flow between body pages, am not sure yet how to accomplish this without losing pages or text  or making a mess of the flow (but can certainly make a backup first, keep track of changes, etc.).Is there a simple way to change page order?Thank you for your help.Best Wishes,Stephen

Hi,We just created a new template and all of a sudden when we import the new layout to a current document, i get empty pages and no matter what i do, i cannot delete them. They are added every time i save a file or refresh the book.Please HELP

I am working with FM 2015 on Windows 10. I just unzipped a project file containing my .fm and image files for a book that has previously displayed perfectly. Now when I open the front and back covers, which include photoshop images, the .psd files display as a page of tiny dots. Only .psd files display as dots. .ai and other graphics display as expected. Other than the fact that the files were zipped and then unzipped, nothing else should have changed.Can anyone help??? Aside from the fact that this is driving me insane, I have to get this PDF updated TODAY.Thanks,Diane

Does anyone have an idea why my TOC is not generating with the words "Table of Contents" at the top? I've never encountered this before. This is a new template and I haven't done anything I don't usually do.Thanks

I am using FrameMaker 2015. The book is 6 books combined for a Robohelp java output. I keep getting this erro:Cannot include FrameImage information for an imported image. Try closing other applications before saving.How do I fix this error?

When open a .fm file with unstructured framemaker 2015, I keep getting an Internal error.error message is "Internal Error 13024, 4473540, 4473834, 7600321. FrameMaker has detected a serious problem and must quit"Can someone tell me what I need to do to correct this?Thanks in advance

Can you please tell me how I can create a "Click to show/hide the screenshot" in my documents?  Thanks

Hello all,Is it possible to change the main title of the responsive HTML 5 output? I'm using the Azure_blue default layout, but I'd like to change the size of the title in the output as it's too big.Thanks.

Hi,I am creating new table types and would like to import the new definitions to all the other files in the same book. Everything imports fine except for the custom ruling. I notice in the Import Formats dialog that there is no special checkbox for custom shading and ruling, but I did check Table Formats. However, although the names of the custom table formats do get imported, the actual configuration of each custom format does not get imported to the other files. Any idea what I need to do to get this to work?Thank you!JoyceFM version: 2015Platform: Win 8

Hello,I try to figure out how to increase the indentation of the child topics in HTML output (via the publish pod). Until now without any success.I would like to get in my topic tree in the HTML output like this:parent topic Achild topic A of parent topic Achild topic B of parent topic Aparent topic Bchild topic A of parent topic Bparent topic CFirst question: Is this possible with the out of the box solution by the FrameMaker 2015 publish pod?Secound question: If yes which way I should try? Submaps? Relationship table ?When I try to create a responsive HTML5 help from the example book "Personal Spaceship User Guide - EN-US.book" (C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker2015\beispiel\UserGuide(Arabic,English,Hebrew)\English) there I will get child topics in diffrent levels. Those child topics came from the mini TOC.Source:Any hints?Thank youApollo102

I have hundreds of documents with conditional text in FM12. When changing to FM 2015 all the tables became XXX around each cell. First I found this helpful, because I can see that the table uses a conditional tag (in FM12 I haven't seen easily, that the table has conditional tag).Second I found this XXX in the print. That makes no sense to me.Is there a possibility to stop these XXX in the print?I prepared two pictures:In this sample you can see the condition tag *comment* is over the second line and separately also on the word "Condition".When I want to use the condition tag to show the word "Condition" in a special look, I can use the style, color and background to make the difference viewable.This is the concept of my documents. I produce schoolbooks with content for students and/or teachers, and everything, that is for the teacher only should be marked in a separate color. Until now, I made this coloring with the condition tag, because I can show it to the teacher and don't show it

I'm running FM 2015 via Parallels. The font in the menu bar is very small, even though the menu items are fine. Can I enlarge the font?

When open a .fm file with unstructured framemaker 2015, I keep getting an Internal error.error message is "Internal Error 13024, 4473540, 4473834, 7600321. FrameMaker has detected a serious problem and must quit"Can someone tell me what I need to do to correct this?Thanks in advance

Hi,I am creating tables in my FrameMaker document to format equations in the middle of the webpage and equation codes at the left of the webpage. This is the output I am receiving currently. I need the equation and the equation code to be inline with each other. Is there a way for me to do this in the FrameMaker document? Below is an example of the results I want. It is a PDF but I need to replicate this into HTML.

Internal Error 13054, 18700660, 18700954...Does anyone know what this means? In my document I have many MathFlow equations.

Hi,I am hoping some Adobe lurkers will be out here and be able to give me some help. I would like to use some FrameMaker WebDAV commands with ExtendScript. I tried following the examples for F_ApiCallClient in the FDK Programmer's Reference, but I can't get them to work. Does anyone have any example scripts that I can start with? Thank you very much.-Rick

Dear friends,Although i carefully followed the advice found at this post, I have no success. The find always wraps back to the first occurrence fo the items to be found.Case 3 works fine for several months now - but why does case 4 not?Jang obviously had the same problem in the mentioned post ...function GetFindParameters (iType, sSearch) {var propVal, findParams = new PropVals() ;    switch (iType) {// ...    case 3: // ---------------------------------- find marker of type sSearch, don't wrap      propVal = new PropVal() ;        propVal.propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindWrap ;        propVal.propVal.valType = Constants.FT_Integer;        propVal.propVal.ival = 0 ;       findParams.push(propVal);        propVal = new PropVal() ;        propVal.propIdent.num = Cons

Hi there, since a few months ago I've a problem with Framemaker 12. When I'm formatting a book another flow apears at the end of the book. The second flow has the same Tag and I only can get rid of it by deleting the pages. Normaly a save makes the book page even and deletes al the empty pages in the back. When I have the second flow it won't work like that. Today I'm formatting a book and when I choose a none-masterpage for a page there's a second flow appearing in the middle of my book. How does this happen, why does this happen? Hopefully you have an answer for me. Thanks in advance.

Hi,Is there a way within FM 2015 to convert all images to BMP's when printing to PDF? I have an eLearning guide in FM with 50+ images, so converting each manually would be a time-consuming task.Thank you in advance for your help, suggestions.

Hello. I'm using fm2015 in Win 7 environment.I created a table with single 1-point rules throughout.I then applied a double 1-point rule to the bottom edge of the Heading row. I did this in Custom Ruling and Shading, and then when I saw that I could apply that rule directly in the Table Designer, I applied it there.I've saved it every which way, but the double rule is never saved. I get the uniform 1-pt rule throughout.What am I missing? I'm sure I used to be able to do this.Thanks.

I am trying to create a List of References for my imported graphics. I was able to do this in earlier versions. I've read this is not working in 12. Is this true? If so, is there a work around to be able to produce this LOR?Thanks!Kasia