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How do I do the following when editing a book in FM 12:1. Replace images in an Images folder?  When I attempted to replace them with new images by the same names as the previous ones, the document that references them kept crashing when I opened it and did not show the images.2. How do I add new referenced images to an Images folder?  Some of them will need to be renumbered. If I do all of this in the Images folder, will the document automatically reference the new images?3. How do I resize an image and the graphics container?  I am able to drag the image from the corner to resize it, but not the container.4. How do I replace a chapter in a book?  If I just drag in the new chapter and delete the old one and click "Update Book," will that work?

I have a conversion table generated for a group of files I am trying to structure. I want to be able to apply the conversion table with Extendscript. The script I have doesn't save any converted file. I am not sure why is it not saving the file. I was under the impression that the "Structure Generator" should create the new file. If this incorrect.Here is the code I am trying to use.var myFile = File.openDialog ("Select File to Convert"); var myCT = File.openDialog ("Select ConversionTable"); var CT = openFile (myCT.fsName, 0); applyConversionTable (myFile.fsName, CT) closeFile (CT); function applyConversionTable(fileName, CT){     var doc= openFile (fileName, 0);     var name = fileName.replace(/[\w\.]+$/,"test.fm")      CallClient("Structure Generator", "InputDocId " + doc.id);     CallClient("Structure Generator", "RuleDocId " + CT.id);     CallClient("Structure Generator", "OutputDocName " + name); &nbs

However, 5 pages in I cannot add any additional text. Page Break command does not go to new page...it just seems fixed at 5 pages. I did change the first page from 2-column to single column because two columns were not needed. But now I cannot add any additional material into this one "chapter". What the heck is wrong?

This is a new install of FrameMaker on a VDI environment to allow me to work remotely. However, we have not been successful and getting the PDF function to work properly. I have checked every setting, set the Adobe PDF printer as my default and still it will not produce a PDF. However, I can PDF in Word and Excel, just not in FrameMaker. Below is the error that I receive in Distiller:Any suggestions?River

I am using FrameMaker 2015 and our documents are stored on a network.When I copy text from one document to another that contains graphics that are imported by reference, the graphics maintain their original link, which can get very messy if you do a lot of copying/pasting from documents in different locations.Is there a way to move these graphics into the new location when you copy the text?

I have been using my FrameMaker version 10 for several years on the same PC, but some weeks ago I couldn't open FrameMaker and it showed the message that the max number of computers were activated.What can I do? There is no other computer in our company that is using my serial number. We are two persons here working with two different licenses. Never had such a problem before.I tried to find a solution in the internet, but couldn't find any helpful answer. There is no other computer that I knew of using the same serial number.Has anybody of you had the same problem?

Hi all,I have a question about how to implement HTML-like sidenotes.Here is my attempt to create a sidenote in FrameMaker (using Side Head-Alignment option). As you can see, the sidenote is colored into olive color:But I want this:In the start of my post I call it "HTML-like sidenotes" because it may be easily made by HTML tables.May be you ask me, why I want such thing? The answer is:That's because sometimes every paragraph has it's own sidenote, and so, I want to see a clean visual relationships between each paragraph and it's sidenote, i.e. Paragraph1--Sidenote1, Paragraph2--Sidenote2, Paragraph3--Sidenote3, and so on.Has anybody succeeded in making this?

I have recently updated to FM 2015. When I open an older FM11 file (DITA 1.2) and export the EDD then I cannot import it any more even if I have made no changes.My assumption is that the EDD structure might have changed in FM2015?Addition: The error message also appears when I try to import the EDD into any other file, also a newly created document.

This problem happened once before and cleared up after several restarts. I've installed the latest patch, and I still cannot open my FM files. The computer freezes.

I have taken over some documentation from an individual with no training in FM.  They made multiple AutoNumbering paragraph styles, and it is a mess. Going through their documents manually to find all of their AutoNumbering formats is quite time consuming.Is there a method to just pull the AutoNumbering formats and formatting data regarding such? Heck, even just a list of the Paragraph Styles they made that use AutoNumbering would be a good start.Thanks!A

With FM 2015 the hyperlinks between files in a book don't map correctly when saving as HTML. Hyperlinks between points in a file are fine and links to external URLs are OK. Also, when I save the book as a PDF file the hyperlinks to other files in the book are fine. Any suggestions or is this an FM bug?

Hi in my FMClient I have the following method for checking if API is alive: bool FMClient::IsConnected() { return F_ApiAlive() > 0; } After I connect to FM with F_ApiStartUp the IsConnected method returns true. However, If the user closes the FM application then this method still continue returns true. How can I check if the FM application is alive and the FMClient is connected with it? Should I run and test an API call? e.g. Try to get the current active document or something else?

I'm using FrameMaker 13, as a part of Adobe TCS. I have created a book in standard Frame, no structured content. Track Edits has never been used with this content.The book was generating fine without complaint until this morning (4/13/2016) after Adobe applied updates to TCS. Now I see a "Book is not self-consistent" message. After reading some other posts, I experimented with the Update box and discovered that it's the cross-reference update that's causing the problem. I went through the book (which is only about 20 pages) and replaced all the cross-references. I still get the message.It would seem obvious that the updates caused the problem. Does anyone know a solution?Thanks.

G'Day guys,So as the topic header states, we have a 4 volume document, 400+ pages that I'm told were originally created in Framemaker. We have to make amendments to this document as it doesn't contain all the material we need it to, however, we don't posses the original Framemaker files - only .PDF versions. My question is are we able to reverse engineer this document by using Framemaker somehow?It consists of a working navigation menu / contents at the beginning of the document and this is the main issue we are having trying to edit it in word. When we add a new page to the document it doesn't adjust page numbers. footers etc etc because we have lost this in the conversion from .PDF to .doc/.docxI hope this makes sense, any extra info needed let me know. I just want to find out if purchasing a copy of Framemaker could allow me to make this ammendments myself or if I'm going to have to pay a page designer to rewrite this document.Thanks in advanceTrent

Hi,     I take over to maintain the document that is implemented by FrameMarker today, so I download the trial version to see if I can edit this document before I decide to buy formal version. but I found the .pdf converted by trial version is different to original .pdf...     I am wondering if this issue happened only on trial version and it will work fine on formal version?BELOW is original .pdfBELOW is .pdf converted by Trial VersionThank you for your feedback in advance....

Hi All,I am unable to print the Book because one of the Chapter has Unavailable Fonts issue.How can I find those Text or Paragraph that uses unavailable fonts???It is only one page document, and I reapplied Paragraph Tags to all the lines, yet I have not been able to figure this one out.Thanks.

You know, my favorite errors ar typos... but I have not found any in my codet. So I hope You see my error.I have settings stored in paragraphs of a reference page and want to replace them from contents of an array.At line 6 fo the code snipped the alert displays that replaceString contains 5 lines.Leaving debug mode after line 7 displays that the current content is selectedHowever, after performing line 9 nothing is inserted - the paragraph is empty// var tr is defined in a subroutinevar replaceString  = "";for (j = 0; j < gasUserVariables.length; j++) {  replaceString = replaceString + "\n" + gasUserVariables;   // \n gives new paragraphs}alert (replaceString);targetDoc.TextSelection = tr;                 // some ¶s excluding last ¶-marktargetDoc.Clear(0);                     &nbs

Since I have updated to CorelDRAW X8, the illustrations suddently are shown as wireframes in FrameMaker. I import the illustrations as "objects from a file", as I ude to do. How can this be - and would it help to update FrameMaker also and what version should I choose? I realy hope, someone are able to help me Thanks in advance /Eva

Hi gang,I've got a simple question that is oddly vexing.  I have some page inserts that need to have a "dot number" added to the page number, e.g., 1-1.1, 1-1.2, 1-1.3, etc.  I currently use the <$chapnum>-<$curpgnum> for page number; I just need to add .1, .2,  etc, to the end.  There has to be a simple variable for this, right?  If not, how do I create a variable that does it?Thanks in advance,-terry-

I exported a file into HTML5, but the resolution of all pics in the file become very low...When I exported into PDF, it was okay. So I guess it should be setting of Publish functionality. If you know how I can set up, please let me know!!

Hey gang,Is there a way to create a custom fill pattern for FrameMaker?  I'm working on an emergency procedures manual and the pages have a heavy diagonal line pattern framing the content around the border of the page.  FrameMaker's diagonal Fill pattern is what I want, but with a 10-pt stroke (see below).  I don't know any way to do this other than to create the frame I want in another program and import it as a graphic.  Any ideas?-terry-

We recently got new laptops and upgraded to FM13 from FM 11. I noticed 1's or 6's that are where I'd expect to see cross reference source markers. Since I couldn't manually delete them, but they would disappear if I turned off the text symbols option, I'm guessing those numbers are displayed instead of the expected symbols because I'm missing a font.Does anyone know what font Adobe uses form its cross-reference markers?Thanks!Barry Jorden

I am having a "unavailable fonts" problem. I am developing a template for Users' Guides, using unstructured Frame12.My company uses "Metric" as its company font; the entire metric family (Metric Black, Bold, Light, Medium, Regular,  Semibold, and Thin) are all installed correctly and all fonts are available in the font list. In the font pod, none of the fonts used in the files are unavailable. They're all from the Metric family, Courier New, and Symbol. None of these fonts show that they are missing or have been replaced with something else.When I go to update my generated files in the TOC, I get the error that FM cannot open the file because of unavailable fonts. I have tried everything I can think of, including saving each chapter as a MIF file and changing back to a FM file. The last time I shut down and went so far as re-booting, the FrameMaker console showed a number of replacements... which make no sense.What could possibly be going on here?1. Font Pod2. Book Error Report3.

Does FrameMaker 12 work with Windows 10?

Actually, it's ALL of the Proxima Nova Condensed fonts, except for Proxima Nova Condensed (i.e., not thin, extrabold, etc.), that won't distill.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I'm using the Proxima Nova font family as synced fonts from Adobe CC. They work fine except for one typeface: Proxima Nova Condensed Black. I get an error message every time I try to distill a file to PDF from a Framemaker file that uses that specific font.Here is the message:%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%% %%[ Error: invalidfont; OffendingCommand: definefont; ErrorInfo: StemSnapV --nostringval-- ]%%  Stack: /Font -dict- /ADCFAA+ProximaNovaCond-Black   %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%% %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%Plans are in the works to purchase the font family and install the fonts locally (Windows 7), but in the meantime, I'm trying to print usin