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When converting a structured FM 11 file to RTF, FM freezes for a while, and when it's working again, the output is either a corrupted .rtf file, or FM crashes. The file we are trying to convert is over 200 pages long and has several images linked.Is there a way to convert the FM file to RTF and maintain some formatting? We have tried saving the file by extracting it from the PDF, but the output does not have any formatting to it.

Hello,I am beginner with FM. I am working on an existing catalogue. I cannot delete or select any of these 4 labels you can see on the page (google drive link) and I need to replace them by the french version. There are not in an anchored frame or on a master page. Really I have no clue, so far I have been putting the french label on top, but sometime it is hard to align to avoid seing an overlap, so it's not the best.Google did not help.Can someone see what is the problem and how it can be solved?here is the link for the page: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B__STOrOSo8ERGpuaHZfbkg4OFU/edit?usp=sharingThanks a lot for your help.

I have tried very unsuccessfully to change the color of an object:My simplest approach has been://  The current color of a pgf format is Black and I want to change it to Royal Blue var myobject =  MyDoc.GetNamedObject(Constants.FO_PgfFmt,"Heading-3") myobject.Color.Name = "Royal Blue"; alert(myobject.Color.Name)  // the colour is still BlackI have also tried:var mycolorprops = myobject.Color.GetProps()var i  = GetPropIndex(myobject.Color,Constant.Name)mycolorprops.propVal.ival =  Constants.FV_COLOR_ROYALBLUE                                              ormycolorprops.propVal.sval =  "Royal Blue"If I can solve for Color then I will be able to work with all other commands that involve Properties.

There was a "point pages" feature in FrameMaker that freezes the number of pages, and when revisions cause new pages to be added the new pages are numbered 1.a, 1.b and so forth. In other words, the original page numbers are not changed, and any new pages are numbered with the same number as the previous page plus a dot a, b, c.I tried "point pages" in FrameMaker 12, but it didn't work correctly and there is no documentation that I can find.Does FrameMaker 12 have such a feature? Is there a workaround?

Hi,I tried searching this, but was unsure what to search on.Where do I go to see a list of my posts and replies, so I can follow those discussions I have participated in?Thanks,Sean

This PDF file of a thread on Automatic Installation of FM12 has the steps required to create an enterprise automatic deployment package for FM12 using the Creative Cloud Packager.

I'm using FrameMaker 12 for the first time (have used other versions in the past). On the right master page, I hit Tab twice, and inserted two variables into the footer. On the Body pages, the text is cut off on the right. To fix it, I had to delete the center-aligned tab on the master page, leaving only the right aligned tab. That shouldn't have been necessary. Why did the text aligned to the right-align tab stop get cut off?

Hello All,With Adobe Framemaker XI, We could use Adobe Application Manager Enterprise Edition v3.1 to embed the serial number and pre-validate the sign-in option. An MSI was generated, and then an automatic installation could be performed, for enterprise deployments for example.It seems Adobe Application manager v3.1 is not working with Adobe Framemaker 12.Is there any way to create a customized installation package, or any command line to use?Thanks in advance,YannD.

Hey gang,I've got a table that requires multiple tab stops in one table cell.  They're easy enough to place--I use the Tab Stops segment in Paragraph Designer--but I cannot move back and forth between the tabs. Each tab stop must be numbered.  For example, I inserted seven tab stops in the cell.  Is there a way to step through the tab stops without leaving the cell?  Thanks in advance!-terry-

I recently installed Technical Suite 5 on my system. I was able to successfully uninstall Technical Suite 4, but when I went to uninstall Technical Suite 3, I got an error message. "Your uninstallation encountered errors. Please try restarting your computer and uninstall again. If that does not resolve the problem, download and run the Adobe Creative Suite CLeaner Tool.Well, I restarted and still had the error. Downloading the Creative Suite Cleaner tool did not help because it cannot find Creative Suite. I am trying to uninstall TECHNICAL suite. Apparently there is no tool for that.The problem I have (besides the fact that TechSuite 3 is almost 5 GB in size) is that Frame 10 keeps hijacking my default opening app. No matter how many times I tell the computer to use Frame 12, every time I restart it defaults back to Frame 10. It's annoying.Does anyone know how to uninstall Technical Suite 3 if the Control panel will not work? For the record, I cannot uninstall the apps individualy beca

I need to use the "read from file" pagination option for a book I'm generating using xml files, but that option is greyed out! How do I make that option available?

We get a message that KindleGen executable was not found.  So, we'd like to know how to resolve the problem.Thanks in advance.

I'm using Frame 12.0.2.389.  I'm using the same font resources that worked for Frame 9, where I had no problems.For example, I use Ohm for electrical resistance. Normally, I type a W, select it, and assign the Symbol font.  Now, it appears as "?".  All characters in the symbol font show the same result.There are no missing font alerts when I open files.  The Font pod shows the Symbol font is installed/available. What am I missing?Thanks.

FM 12 - JavascriptI cannot find the correct way to obtain a list of a document's "FontWeightNames"This is as I understand it (but it does not work):var mydocweights = MyDoc.FontWeightNames                                          for (var i=0; i < mydocweights.length; i++) {                                            alert(mydocweights)                                          &nb

I am authoring in Frame 12 and using the Publish command to make HTML Help (CHM files).To create hyperlinks, I format some text in FrameMaker with a character style, them add a Marker of type "Hypertext" to the text, using the marker text:message URL http://www.address.com/" target="_blank(sic! note the odd space after the first quote mark..... this syntax isn't documented by Adobe AFAIK, someone on these forums told me it in the past.)This creates a hyperlink in the CHM that opens in a new Help viewer pane .... but really, what I want to do is open the link in a new browser pane (whatever the user's default web browser is).Is there a syntax to do that?

I am considering using framemaker 11 as my main documentation tool, and RoboHelp 10 as my Publishing tool. What is the proper way to import a Visio drawing (.vsd) into Framemaker?  I tried the following steps:1. Select File > Import > Object.2. Select the Create from File radio button.3. Go to the graphics directory and select the image.6. Select the Link check box.7. Click OK.But after importing the FM file into Robohelp, RH could not recognize the image. Is there any way to display Visio-embedded FM file in Robohelp properly?

If a reviewer adds a comment to the PDF, and the author deletes the paragraph in the FrameMaker file that the reviewer is commenting on -- what happens to that comment and how is it displayed when it is imported into the revised FrameMaker document?

Seems to me that EDD is a huge document to find anything in. Does one just add elements in alphabetical order so they can be rediscovered? Any tips or tricks about organizing this?I'm in the analysis/design phase of going through my unstructured document to see how to build an EDD. Does one do the analysis using a spreadsheet?Thanks for ideas.

Hi all,I am creating an installer for my scripts and need to get an istall directory from the customer. It seems that ChooseFile ( ) with the ChooseOpenDir parameter is exactly what I need. But this does not work: there is no dialog and the return value is always null. Does anyone else experience this? Is this a bug in FM or just something wrong in my FM installation? I am running FM 12.0.0.308 on Windows 7.CiaoJang

I am evaluating Structured Framemaker 12 using DITA. I have placed a cross reference to several tables in my topics and want to reference them from the paragraph text e.g. Table 1, Table 2, etc. The Format Options I see are for DITA Default Format or for Figures (Figure, See_Figure, See_Title_and_Page, Title_and_Page) - none of which work. Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong or missing?

Hello all. I am hoping someone can help me here. I cannot find anything about my issue. I recently purchased FrameMaker 12 and the Entire Technical Communicators Suite for a user at my company. It worked for about a month without issue. Then one day, he comes in and the application FrameMaker will not start. It goes through the entire splash screen, then it halts with the following error:Internal Error 12004, 21624148, 21624442, 24554677. FrameMaker has detected a serious problem and must quit.A file named "C:\Users\joseph.kover\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\12\FrameLog_14.08.13_13.0.4.59.txt" has been generated which contains information that may help Frame development improve the product for future releases.Then it gives information on how to contact Adobe, blah blah blah.I have already tried uninstalling the whole suite. rebooting. then re-installing the whole suite.The operating system is Windows 7 SP1 64bit.Please help, anyone???!  We cannot even use the application at all

In FrameMaker 11 it was possible to use the quick Element Catalog to select a Hierachical element. For example, from the Quick Element Catalog I could highlight ItemizedList, then to the right the child elements would appear as I moused over it and I could then select ListItem, and then Para. Clicking the hierarchical Para element would insert Para, ListIem, and ItemizedList elements in the proper nested order.In FrameMaker 12 I cannot do this. Am I missing something?I found the following link in the Help files, but it isn't functional.Adobe FrameMaker 12 * Hierarchical element insert

I'd like to change Frame's default behaviour when IFile > New > Document > PortraitNow the document it produces does not have smart spaces turned on and I would like to change that.In Frame help, it says Change templates for blank paper and text filesMy system has choices Portrait, Landscape and Custom. None is called "blank paper" or "text". So, what do I choose?The online help also saysNote:  You can change the filename that FrameMaker looks for when it creates a blank paper document or opens a text file.It does not say where to do that.Thanks for any clarity you can create.

We have a process for typesetting large amounts of text which involves importing SGML content into FM11, and then importing formats and element definitions onto that content.We recently upgraded from using FM6, and with that previous version of FrameMaker, when the content contained an unusual entity (e.g. a letter i with a macron above it), the system would default to using a different font in which we had the correct symbol for the entity. Unfortunately we cannot work out how to get FM11 to replicate this, so end up with question marks replacing the entity.We do not currently use a Structure Application or DTD, and have a very simple default.rw file:fm version is "11.0";/* * Include all ISO entity mapping rules. */#include "isoall.rw"element "Paddr" is fm footnote element;element "Paddrstart" is fm footnote element;What is the best way to get FM11 to recognise that these entities need to use a different font? I've tried looking in the various online documentation pdfs, but couldn't s

I have tried to install TC5 onto my mack using Crossover install. I am not optimistic as crossover doesn't list TC5. Do I have to install a VM to get round this and if so, what do you recommend?Ian