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We currently use FM11 to create PDF books that consist of 100 or more individual files (chapters). We manually create group sections which contain the individual chapters. The chapters use heading paragraph tags 1 thru 3. When the PDF book is created, the tags for each chapter are expanded in the bookmark view.  Is there a way to only show the chapter title without the paragraph tags expanding?  Thank you in advance.

I am completely new to Fm, using Fm 11, have a limited understanding of XML and trying to show a proof of concept for a task I was given. In a nutshell, I was given an existing EDD and a publication that contains txt and graphics; these files are Fm files. I am trying to export the valid EDD to a DTD using the Fm  StructureTools -> Save As DTD function and get an error saying the Application "X" does not exist. Reset the app name for the EDD or define a new application. I see at the top of the EDD the tag Structured Application: X , but I cannot figure out what I need to do with this tag/element to get the EDD to save as a DTD. My thought is to use Fm to export the EDD and publication files as XML, then use a script, eventually, to insert new elements throughout the publication, import the marked up XML files back into Fm. I have searched the web, adobe user guides, and various tutorials trying to understand this problem but so far notta. Can someone point me to an example or p

I am working on an old project and many of the plain paragraphs have a Character Tag of Default Paragraph Font and other paragraphs do not.  This is creating a problem for me when I export the document.  Any ideas as how to quickly remove it from the whole document?

Hi all,I'm trying to apply an fcode to a text range. If I manually select text, this code makes the text bold:fcodes = new Array();fcodes[0] = FCodes.TXT_BOLD;Fcodes(fcodes);However, if I try to programmatically select the text, the fcode has no effect:var tr = new TextRange ();  tr.beg.obj = tr.end.obj = pgf;  tr.beg.offset = 0;  tr.end.offset = 5;fcodes = new Array();fcodes[0] = FCodes.TXT_BOLD;Fcodes(fcodes);I fear I'm missing something simple or obvious. Must my code explicitly toggle the text range as "selected"?-Alan

We are using unstructured FrameMaker 12 on a Windows 7 platform (64 bit).We need to number questions in an FAQs section, that includes the "Q" in bold followed by a colon that is not in bold.This is what the new paragraph style needs to do:1.[tab][bold]Q[Default ¶ Font]:[tab]What happens when XYZ?[tab][bold]A[Default ¶ Font]:[tab]This is what happens.We would like for the number and "Q:" to appear automatically and be formatted correctly with the new paragraph style, so all we have to do is type the question. (We would prefer not to use "Q##:" because it would require a unique indentation distance in the template.)The "A:" should also be indented and formatted correctly.Both the "Q:" and the "A:" would wrap around to the same indentation for long text strings.Can anyone provide the "building blocks" that can make this happen?  Is this possible?I tried to search for the answer in this forum and on the Web. I apologize if this is answered somewhere already.Thanks in advance.Tim

Does the Technical Communication Suite have an installation application similar to the Creative Cloud Suite? If so, how do I get it? If not, how do I upgrade from version 4? Thank you.

Windows7上でFM10を使用しており，下記のような表示不具合が発生します。・astariskエレメントを使用しているが，表示は■となる。（ほかのPCでは*1と表示される）・異なるBodyエレメントを使用しているのに改行されていない。解消方法：エレメント定義を取り込み直す。同種の不具合の経験がございまいたら，その「原因」（推測でも結構です）についてご教示いただけないでしょうか。

I am working with FM 11 unstructured version. Lately FM is not recognizing art files. I know they are in my ART folder because I show them in another explorer window when I do a search. Yet when I try to import them into my FM chapter, they don't show up (File > Import > File). So if I copy and paste into the ART folder (causing two files with the exact same name) FM will recognize one of the art files (still not see that two copies are there. This is making my already very large ART folder even bigger. And when I need to edit the art, I don't know which file to use (I've been wrong more than I've been right on guessing). Has anyone seen this? I believe the problems started about a month ago when FM was crashing almost every day. I have been doing a MIF wash at least 4-6 times this month. I'm not sure if that is a contributing factor. Thanks.

After inserting tables into headers (in master pages), I can't see the Insert Table dialog box when I try to insert a table on a body page. If I hit Escape, normal function resumes. If I hit Enter, I get a table, with the current values in the dialog box. Any idea why it's not showing ??

I'm keep getting Internal Error 11024, 23851332, 23851626, 26595125 on structured FrameMaker 11. Any Idea?

How to connect disconnect pages in FM12?

My account payment is up to date (I'll get that out of the way).When I start FM12 a dialog box opens showing "00" Days Remaining with a Buy Now button.  At the bottom of this dialog box there is a "License This Software" button.  I click that and, as expected, the username is pre-populated with my actual Adobe ID.  I then enter my correct password, click Sign In and see a small collection of tiny blue and gray squares rotating in a clockwise direction with the Sign In screen grayed out in the background.  I watch those squares rotate... and continue watching them roatate; 2 hours later, they're still rotating.  Again, getting the obvious out of the way... yes, the ID and Password are correct.  Yes, the internet connection is fine, in fact, it's stellar at 125mps down and 25mps up.I need to work on a project.  I just want to use the product Adobe already has my money for.Any ideas

In new Framemaker 12 installation, I clicked Edit > Preferences and nothing happens.My click is registered and the menu goes away. But preferences dialog does not appear.I am admin on this pc.Running Win7 on HP laptop.

Hi All,How to get a Numbered list paragraphs count in frame maker - 11 application document.Thanks for any help.

I have tried all the options available to me, but FrameMaker keeps getting it all wrong. There must be a way to do this, but I cannot figure it out. Maybe someone else has experience with this and can point out where the solution is. Or maybe someone from Adobe can explain what the thinking behind the book numbering scheme is, so that I can figure out how to adapt it to my needs.Here is the setup (simplified): I have a master book with a couple of chapters and some nested books.master bookchapter 1chapter 2nested book Achapter A1chapter A2chapter A3chapter 3nested book Bchapter B1chapter B2chapter 4I cannot use folders or groups as the nested books must also be available as separate books for publishing to the online help system. This is the reason for choosing books over groups or folders in the first place. In the online help system I do not need any chapter numbering, so everything works fine. But now that I also need to produce a PDF, the numbering logic (or lack thereof) is giving

Why my Character Pallet in Utilities always blink and disappear? I cannot add special characters. It's very annoying. Could anyone help? Thanks in advance.

I'm using Frame maker 10, and need text frame need to fit into content. What I'm doing is drag the frame manually. Is there any shortcut or script for this?@

After that several customers have complained that the figure-captions in the pdf-files have dissappeared I had to look into it. Earlier pdf:s were made from FM10. I have upgraded to FM12 after a hard-disk crash. After correcting the proofs in FM12 and sending them to the customers they have lost the figure-captions, but not in the FM-file only in the pdf. Looking  at one rather big file I noticed that the caption disappeared on pages where the fig was a .TIF but not if it was a .JPEG. Changing all the .TIF-figures to .JPEG solved the problem. This is a very serious bug for us that have repeated updates on manuals etc. Please look into it.

How can I make a silent install of Framemaker 11?

While opening a book in FrameMaker 11, as I tried to open all files in the book, I received this error. How can I open the files without having any issues or errors?

I'm sure I'm missing something basic here, but any assistance is appreciated.

I have Adobe FM 7.2 with the Patch B144 on Windows 7 x64 and when I try to install the new patch AdobeFrameMaker7_2p158Patcher.exe I get the error "get disk space file error" and the window freeze.

Since FM12 was an upgrade, I am wondering if I can uninstall FM10 to free up disk space.Thanks

Does anyone knows how to move the S1000D_XmlDir away from the default installation directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker12)? I want to have the S1000D application on a shared directory over network, so all users use the same configuration.

Is there a way to print to PDF form from FrameMaker?