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When you shrinkwrap the graphic anchored frames in FM, the anchor position moves to "at insertion point" instead of staying at "below current line". This was not the default behavior with previous FrameMaker versions (before FM 11).Have you heard of any hotfix or workaround for this issue?ThanksNote: currently using FM 12.0.3

The files are on a networked drive. Win7. FM 8. I've renamed files. Regenerated. Created a new book. Nothing works.I do have hyphens and underscores in the file names but no other special characters.Need help urgently.The error message is:Cannot find file named  \SOL\Data\TechDocs\DRAFT\Shiva\OperatorManual\096-0461-001C-1.             fm.             Make sure that the file exists.______________Note that the TOC and INDEX are listed in the book w/o a path while the body chapter has the entire path (above) listed in the book view.Thanks

Hi,I have 2 documents. The first one is 4 pages and all pages are 8.5" x 11". The second document is 1 page and is 8.5" x 14". Is it possible to insert the 8.5" x 14" page from the second document into the first document, but make it the 4th page? (therefore making the original 4th page in the first document the 5th page...it's a revision history table so it has to be on the last page and I would prefer the 8.5" x 14" page (a flow chart) to come before it.Apologies if this is a bit confusing....Thanks!

I have FrameMaker 12 (purchased, not subscribed) and will be swapping my PC tomorrow (newer model).  In the past, I used Help->Deactivate prior to uninstalling Frame to avoid a call to support.  But my FrameMaker 12 does not have a Deactivate option. What steps should I take to ease reinstallation on the new PC?thanks, Paul

Installed new motherboard in computer and now FM10 says it needs to reactivate but has reached its activation limit. Had this problem once before a couple years ago and there was a phone number to call at Adobe to resolve the issue. The new Adobe web support system won't even get to a contact-us page, it keeps recycling back to "select your product" page.  Need adobe phone number to get my copy of Framemaker 10 to reactivate.

(Connecting FM11 to SH2010)While attempting to connect with Connection Manager, I get the response "The request failed with an empty response"Any idea what to inspect next?The SP2010 site connects as expected through Internet Explorer, so the user credentials are probably correct.Best regards,

I have changed to the larger icon size in options. When I reduce the resolution to half its ok, but Framemaker is a design product and should be able to handle monitors greater than 22 inches. I have no problem like this with Versions 10 and 11.Any idea what I can do?Thanks a lot.

I am using unstructured FM 11. I want to create unique Parts List tables. I want the heading rows to come pre-populated with Part Number, Source, Nomenclature (and others as needed). I create the table and its format. I populate the cells as I want. Then save the table as the name/format I want. However, I go to insert a new table with that name, and all the cells are blank. What am I doing wrong?

Hi,I have two licenses for FrameMaker 8. One of them is for the copy I have installed on my PC at work, which I use every day. I have no idea where the other license is. I'm on my third PC since I've been working here, so for all I know, the license was activated on one of those PCs and I didn't think to deactivate it before IT came and hauled away the old one.I called Adobe customer support and the guy I spoke to told me that Adobe can't deactivate licenses, only I can. So I asked him to explain how I can do that. He said that I had to do it from the PC where I had activated it. I explained that the old PC was gone and I had no access to it. Tech support guy says, "We already gave you an extra license back in 2010, so I can't give you any more." What? Who's asking for extra licenses? I simply want to deactivate one of the ones that seems to be in use (but in reality, it is not) so I can install FrameMaker on another machine. A trial license isn't an option - I want to be able to use t

Okay, what am I missing? When I save my mif back as fm, I open the fm, I see the mif-text.1) Save as MIF (for FM 12). I make sure the extension is .mif.2) File > Open. I select the .mif file and ctrl+click Open and select the default to access the mif text. So far so good.3) Without making changes to the mif (cos am just testing), I use File > Save as and choose document 12.0 (.fm) and change the extension to .fm.An .fm file is the result, but when I open it in FrameMaker I only see text as though looking at the mif source.Thoughts?

Yesterday I added a new variable to one FM file then noticed most of my system variables had disappeared. Now even when opening any other file, or even starting a new file, most of the system variables are missing. Suggestions?  FM11 v 11.0.2.384

I have been searching around on the Internet to find an automated solution to the following manual process:Generate and update an entire book.Manually generate each chapter TOC to get the page numbers and headings correct in the chapter TOC. This means open each chapter, generate the TOC,save and close.Generate and update the entire book again to make sure the imported TOC files were all updated properly in each file.Spot check to make sure step 3 didn't add pages I didn't expect and thus made the chapter level TOC out of date.Possibly do steps 1 - 4 a second time.From what I have read, it seems that I need a Frame script to automate this process. Are there any other solutions? If not, can someone recommend a scripting provider?This is for an unstructured book. Thanks in advance.Kim

When I use FrameMaker 12 on my laptop with an external monitor, it looks great. But if I use it on my laptop's screen it's unusable. Menus and icons are too small, some UI elements are missing or drawn incorrectly, and some dialogs don't appear after I select a command. The documents' contents look fine. It's just the FrameMaker UI elements that look wrong. And yes, I've tried Control-L.  Any idea what the problem could be?FWIW, I'm using a Dell Inspiron 15 (7537, Mid 2013) running Windows 8.1 with FrameMaker 12.0.3.424 with the unstructured interface. Here's a picture of what the UI looks like:

Hi.I am writing a program to delete condition tag.But if any text is tagged with the tag I'm deleting,I need to make the text unconditional.Can some one tell me how to do this?Best regarderieru

Can I populate a mail message using the "message mailto" command?  I"m trying have not only the e-mail address populate, but have the message itself populate.TIAMary

(FM11 on Win7 to Documentum)Well, that's news to me: the path name for book upload to Documentum is case-sensitive.So "_insets" and "_Insets" are created in separate folders in Documentum.Makes sense with FM's UNIX legacy, but it's been so long for me....Is this case-sensitivity a configurable option?In my case, turning it off would be faster than a MIF editing cycle.Best regards,

Hello I just upgraded" from version 7 to 12 Unstructured. Whenever i open old *.fm file's I get this repeated message:It is also repeated for wfilt32w.ini, cmmap000.binebbmp2.ini and ebjpg2.iniThese files exist in the filters directory of the FM12 directory.Is there a way to set a path to the Filter directory of FM12?Or is there a easyer solution?GreetingsJoha v.d.Mark

I need to create chapter level TOCs that include multiple files per chapter. Can this be done using groups or folders?

I have a fat table to build, so the traditional A4 size page doesn't fit any more, I want a "fat" page, but only one page.

Our company has introduced new rules for the design of our documentation and one of these rules states that the row and column dividing lines within tables must now be .5pt dotted lines.FrameMaker 7.2's 'Custom Ruling and Shading' line options are very limited in this regard as there is no facility for selecting  or creating any form of dotted line. I can create just the style of line we need in a drawing package and add it to the reference pages for the document but the table Custom Ruling and Shading dialog box doesn't seem to use the information from the refence pages.We have come up with a workaround of sorts for the horizontal dividing lines by placing a suitable graphic in the left-hand cell which then appears to straddle the whole table,  but we cannot think of any easy way to  make the vertical cell dividing lines  dotted.Has any one else found a way around this limitation?We could go to InDesign (which is what the company used to design the new templates) b

Good day everyone,After installing Framemaker 12, I cannot start the program. Windows 7 Enterprise gives me an error 0xc000005. Looking at the event viewer, there is a clash with windows file ntdll.dll. If I start Windows in safe mode, I can start Framemaker. Same with safe mode with networking. I tried turning off all services and system settings to no avail.I have all the most recent patches for Windows and Frame, tried every option out there on the Internet and Can't get it to work. Has anyone else encountered or heard of this? I thought I'd ask the users at large before giving in to contact Adobe and Windows support.I'm looking for any other options to start and use Framemaker. Running it only in Safe Mode won't do, as I can't print and the video is way too big.Thanks_Don

I have a tool to convert Framemaker book into PDF.How do I set the PDF Job Options to Standard using FDK 12.Also I want to set the default option to RGB instead of CMYK in the PDF setup for selected files using FDK 12.Thanks-FMAuto

Got a trailhead for these symptoms?I attempted the initial upload of a book plus inset files from FM11 to a Sharepoint server. After connecting to the server through the CMS interface, I right-clicked, selectedThat part looked good. The progress bar appeared and was active.An error log window appears after a few hours with a message like this: The following files could not be uploaded due to some error.Edit 20141021: The error log is not completely accurate. It claims, for example, that 191 files in an _images folder did not upload. But the SP open-in-Explorer view shows that 138 of those, approximately 72%, did upload. Ugh.In that error log:Some (not all) of the paths to files contain spaces. Are spaces not allowed?Other paths contain the underscore character. For example: D:\ABC\Development\ABC_App_UserGuide\_Images\Dashboard.swf. Are underscores a problem?Edit 20141021: From within the FM CMS interface, the Show Dependents list does not sort correctly, whether ascending or descendin

After upgrading to Frame 12, will documents created in version 8 be compatible?

Hi,I have installed FrameMaker 12 as part of the Technical Communication Suite. I am experiencing the following problems with printing:Cannot print multiple filesTo print a file, the file must be open and in focus (so in the following screenshot I can only print Orca_AcquireLine_Content)If however I select multiple files from the book......then select Print selected Files I get the following error and FrameMaker crashes:The two selected files are then saved as recovery files.Cannot print a bookIf I select Print Book the correct files in the book are automatically selected (in this example Orca_AcquireLine_DocHistory is set to be excluded from print) however nothing happensSave as PDFThis option works fine.Save Book AsWhen the PDF option is selected this also works fine.Has anyone else experienced this problem or has any ideas how to fix it?Thanks,Nicola