FrameMaker

I tried to clone my program disk with Acronis True Image. Through my fault, or through a program mis-step, the program wiped out my Framemaker 11. How do I download a new copy?

Hello,      Can anyone tell me if the 2015 edition of FrameMaker supports Object Rexx?  The only references I can find in relation to Object Rexx all talk about FM9.  Is it still supported?      Thank you for any help you can offer.Cheryl.

Hi All,Would you please let me know how I can paste special unformatted text in FM like MS Word.

Hi all,We are working on a math-intensive product that requires a wide range of math symbols.  For this, we are using Lucida Sans Unicode, which is fine.  We select that font and input the codepoint using the Char Palette.There are some symbols, however, that Lucida Sans Unicode cannot render.  The other obvious font (as far as I can tell) is Cambria Math, made by Microsoft and shipping with all Windows OSs.  When we try that font, however, its behavior is strange in Frame: when you try to select a character formatted with this font, the cursor appears to grab several lines both above and below it, although it really is just selecting what you wish.  This affects the usability in Frame but we can live with that.The problem is that it then renders in some browsers with a very large amount of leading above and below.  Firefox and IE render it properly; Chrome and Safari create extra leading.  Has anyone else used this font and seen similar issues? 

Hi All,I want to fix spacing after the before commas automatically in the Arabic files in FM without do it manually by copying text and past in the correct position, also the same thing for the register mark position: 

Hello,I'm trying to generate a new TOC, but I can't create a link to the Index. The title of the Index chapter has the paragraph tag "IndexIX." However, that paragraph tag is not in the list of paragraphs to choose from in the dialog box that opens when I select "Create Standalone TOC" from the "Add" menu. I would like to know how to add it to that list. The Index chapter is already generated.Version: FM 2015Platform: Windows 8Thank you,Joyce Wermont

Hi,This is a general ExtendScript question, but since I'm working with FM, I'll ask here first. I have a bit of a paradox here and I'm not sure of the best way to handle it.I have a dialog box with a dropdown list, where I want to refresh certain controls when the user changes the selection in the list (dropdownList.onChange). This includes refreshing the contents of the list itself. However, the problem is, as soon as I try to refresh the list contents, it triggers onChange again. So, if I put the call to refresh the box within the onChange handler, it results in an endless loop, because my refresher function triggers onChange when it refreshes the list.Does anyone know a better methodology, where I can safely trigger a refresh of a dropdown list within the list's own onChange event handler? I really wish that onChange was reserved for a user action only, or there was at least some property to that effect.Russ

"No master pages applied because the MasterPageMaps table contains no mapping information"I have no idea what this is or why it is appearing now. I never messed with this feature before. The thing is I cannot get teh first document of my book to generate correctly since this message has started to appear. In my first document I have a background image spanning the entire page. It is being used as a "cover" for a PDF output. This image vanishes everytime I try to update my book and all formmating on the page is lost.Help????I'm using FM 12 Unstructured.

Hi,FM12 all patched, unstructured, save as HTML. Why is FM 12 outputting the following in the CSS?H1.Heading2, H2.Heading2, H3.Heading2, H4.Heading2, H5.Heading2, H6.Heading2 For my Heading2 style, it creates classes for H1, H2, H3 .... This happens for other styles, too. Why? Heading2 would only be H2. Similarly Heading1 would only be H1. Can I clean this up to just be, H2.Heading2 and delete the rest?Cheers,Sean

Hello everyone ,I am unable to add this text in paragraph box tab under cross reference box,kindly help me with solutionattaching screenshot here I need to add connector operations in paragraph box (right side),so link it as cross reference please advisethanks

I want to know if it is possible to color code the files in the .book hierarchy.

My goal is to modify the index marker and cross references by using the extendscript plugin.But I am not able to find any good source from where I can understand the basics of writing the plugin using extendscript.

FM 2015 (version 13.0.2.422) crashes when applying master pages in a book when the book contains a document that has no content matching a row in the MasterPageMaps table. The crash does not occur in version 13.0.1.385. The earlier version opens a log file with the confusing message "No master pages applied because the MasterPageMaps table contains no mapping information." This message appears if the table contains mapping information, but a document in the book happens not to use any of the indicated elements or paragraphs.       --Lynne

I inherited a Frame doc created with structured frame - I can see items tagged as Product Version, etc., but when I go to change the actual text, it doesn't let me. I know it's a basic question, but it is frustrating me. So far, the only way I can change it is by switching to unstructured frame. How did the previous author define these fields? For example, I want to change <ProductVersion>123456<ProductVersion> to <ProductVersion>123457<ProductVersion>.

In FrameMaker 12 I am trying to publish a page with text and images tagged with conditions to WebHelp. The result is all images being put on separate lines and centered, even when there are images in the middle of sentences. This does not occur with anything that does not have any conditions at all.I stumbled on this in FrameMaker when trying to figure out why this is occuring when I generate WebHelp in RoboHelp using linked FrameMaker files.Everything looks fine when I publish to PDF.Any pointers would be appreciated.

Can anyone recommend materials like books, videos, or web tutorials for learning FrameMaker that are aimed at beginners? The only book on FrameMaker I could find on Amazon that's been published in the last couple of years is intended to be a reference for experienced FrameMaker users. Everything on the Adobe site seems to be on very specific FrameMaker topics, presented in no particular order, and there are overviews of new features, but nothing to orient a new user. The most recent Classroom in a Book on FrameMaker is for Version 11. I'm inclined to get a copy of that, but I don't know how much may be missing from it.In case it's helpful, my situation is that I'm interested in a career change to become a technical writer, and I've completed a Technical Writing certificate program at the local community college, but there was no exposure to FrameMaker in that course series.Thanks in advance for any suggestions.Andy

FrameMaker is not in the application of the cloud, how to install it?

In FrameMaker 2015 I cannot find the option to prevent me from entering two spaces after a period. Sure I can get the spell check to fix it afterwards but there was an option previously to convert those double spaces to single spaces while I type. I think this also worked in the middle of a sentence too.ThanksGerry

Hi and all the best in new year!If I like to open a structured document in unstructured framemaker-app, I can use Constants.FV_StripStructureAndOpen in open-parameters.Is there any way to delete the structure information in a document to get the same document with all formats and text without structure, when the document is open in structured framemaker-app?Thank you for all your ideasUte

Hello,We're looking to convert our unstructured FM 11 templates to structured but do not have the resources internally to do it. Does anyone have any agency/contractor recommendations that can develop structured templates? Thanks for the help!Bernadette

Hello everyone: I have some documents authored using FrameMaker 9. Is there any way i could open these using Frame 11 (or 2015) pls?At the moment, I dont have either versions available and hence tried to download a free eval version from the Adobe site.That attempt didnt go well. Appreciate your advise.Thanks & Regards,Padma

As you know, the Element Catalog lists available elements preceded by an annotation symbol that indicates whether a particular type of element is valid at the current location. The annotations  are:Heavy checkmark: the element is permitted at the current locationLight checkmark: the element is permitted, but something else must precede itCheckmark combined with a plus sign: the element is permitted and defined as an inclusionQuestion mark: the element is permitted but other changes must be made as wellNo annotation: the element is not permittedThe Smart Catalogs for inserting, wrapping, or changing an element display the available elements usually preceded by one of the same annotations. In FM 2015, however, no annotation appears before an element permitted as an inclusion. The lack of an annotation suggests the element is not permitted.I have not tested this situation in previous versions of FM.       --Lynne

FM 12 all patched up, Windows 8.1.I have a book with about 30 FMs. When I Save book as HTML, I end up with one HTM file. I want the same number of HTM files as FMs. What am I missing.Note, I expect each FM to produce an HTM, but that doesn't happen. I have the reference page HTML table set to create a new page on Heading1, and I use Heading1 as the first heading in each FM.Thoughts?Sean

The PDF images load into Framemaker and everything looks fine, there are also JPEG images and TIFs contained within the book. The book builds ok, but when we try to print the book to PDF we get errors. When the PDF images are swapped for dummy images the book will print to PDF or if we substitute JPEGS and TIFs for the PDF images the book will print to PDF.The PDF images were produced in Illustrator CC and on average are about 90K in size.The error we get is as follows: 'Error EF get textframe on page with name - Invalid page identifier'Error opening PDF file for "MF_set_pdf_view_bookmark"D\EXPORT\figures\book title.pdfI am the illustrator who produced the PDF images for our Authoring department, we have just recently upgraded to Windows 7 PC's, Framemaker 11 and the complete Adobe Creative Cloud Suite. The technical publications that we produce contain thousands of illustrations in jpeg, tif, cgm, cc4 and pdf format due to legacy data, but all new and amended illustrations I would lik

"No master pages applied because the MasterPageMaps table contains no mapping information"I have no idea what this is or why it is appearing now. I never messed with this feature before. The thing is I cannot get teh first document of my book to generate correctly since this message has started to appear. In my first document I have a background image spanning the entire page. It is being used as a "cover" for a PDF output. This image vanishes everytime I try to update my book and all formmating on the page is lost.Help????I'm using FM 12 Unstructured.** I posted this a few minutes ago, but I kept getting an error message ... ugh. I'm so frustrated right now ...