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I've got one document in the middle of a book in which the pages don't autonumber correctly, event though the all the other chapters in the book do. In other words, it runs like this:Ch. 1:  pp. 1 - 4Ch. 2:  pp. 5 - 10Ch. 3:  pp. 1 - 6Ch. 4:  pp. 17- 22In Ch. 3, when I go into the Page tab of the Numbering Properties dialog box, the First Page # radio button is checked, and the first page number is "1". I delete the "1", click the Continue Numbering from Previous Page in Book radio button, and click Set. Nothing changes in the document, and when I reopen the Numbering Properties box, the First Page # button is still checked, and it's still set to "1". Saving the file doesn't make any difference, nor does closing it and reopening it.Any ideas about what the problem is?

(FM11)We're considering Sharepoint as a CMS for use with FM11 (maybe FM12 later) and are looking for some trailheads.Can values of FM variables become visible through Sharepoint?What about File Info values (File > File Info) ?Which features of Sharepoint views / pages / layouts are particularly helpful or frustrating?If you were doing it again, what would you do the same and what would you do differently?Best regards,

Hey gang,I've got a fairly simple FrameMaker 7 document (one file, 94 pages) that requires page numbers to follow the Chapter No. - Page No. format (e.g., 3-2).    Two issues occur: 1) the chapter number stays at 1, and 2) the page number increments by one when I need it to restart after every new chapter.My paragraph tags are like this:ChapterTitleHeading1Heading2, etc.I think I've identified a disconnect: the heading numbering is as follows (thanks to Deborah Snavely for explaining the matrix approach): <n+>< =0>< =0>< =0>< =0>< >< >\t      where n+ is the heading number, followed by four subheadings.  The last two bracket sets are for figures and tables, respectively.  I set the page numbering in the master pages as follows: <$chapnum>-<$curpagenum>.  Chapter/paragraph numbering works as advertised, as do figure and table numbers.  How do I change the page number variables to

I compose DITA topics in the XML view with the word wrap option selected. If I switch to the Author view to check something and then return to the XML view, my nicely formatted XML view with all the happy element-nesting tabs goes away. I wind up with an ugly chunk of flush-left code and text that's difficult to read. Is there a reason why FM can't remember the tabs and word wrap when I return to the XML view?I'm relatively new to using FM's structured side for DITA, so perhaps I'm missing the obvious solution to this problem. If you know the answer, I'd appreciate if you'd clue me in.Thanks!

Hi all,I've been searching a long time on internet to find the switch for a silent install of Adobe Framemaker 10. I've tried a lot of things, but nothing really did it..Could you please help me on a Silent install switch for Adobe Framemaker 10? I want to deploy it with SCCM 2012.Thanks

I tried using the wingdings font as check-box. But I don't want to use it manually every time. I want to have it as a style part of my procedure style (numbering style).   I need the check-box along with each numbered item. Whenever I apply my numbering style in FM, I should get something like:" <checkbox> 1. <text> "

We are starting to include an amount of text insets for FM files.In this starting period there are changings that happen.If the name or the path of a text insets change, you have to repeat theimport procedure for every single text inset.For changes of referenced graphics (path or name) FM has a fine working procedure:When loading a FM file a message comes up with the uncorrect graphic file. You haveto change the reference and the correction is done.If you changed the name of the graphic directory you have to change the new name for thefirst graphic file and all references will change afterwards automatically.Both procedures does not work for text insets. My questions:I'm working with FM 10: Does anybody knows if there is a work-around for me?Does anybody knows if there are features for processing text insets in FM 12?Thanks in advance

In existing Table:How can I make first two rows as a Heading Rows, so it can be repeated on every page???Could not find this option on Table Designer or Paragraph Designer.Thanks.

QuestionIs it possible to have icons (i.e. inline anchored frames) automatically appear in the TOC?(We translate into 15+ languages, so adding the graphics manually to the TOC after it's generated isn't really a viable option.)ScenarioIn our manuals, we include a troubleshooting section explaining what different warning symbol icons mean. (Kind of like the various check engine lights you see in cars.) It'd be nice to show the actual icons in the TOC, to hopefully make that info a little easier to find.We do include the icons in the actual headings in the book using shrink-wrapped anchored frames, but each anchored frame gets replaced with a space in the auto-generated TOC. (Which is what we would want in most cases, just not this particular instance.)SpecsWe're working in unstructured FM 11.Thanks in advance,Jason Nichols

Hello,I try to parse xrefs in a doc (and update them), but I have trouble getting the reference to fist xref. var comp = doc.FirstXRefInDoc;returns undefined, although there are xrefs in a file. I work in FM 10.also global update doc.UpdateXRefs does not seem to have any effect. When I do manualy Edit - Update references, xrefs in document get updated. Are these properties and methods tied to FM11, in that case, what options I have in FM10?

Hello, moments before a critical deadline, 140+ manuals have been requested in a different size. They are currently all 7.5" x 9.0".The requested new size is 5.5" x 8.5"I cannot find a good way to accomplish this. Do anyone know any tips? Thanks much.

Hi All,I have a Book name X which has X_Cover, X_TOC, X_Chapter 1 and X_IX.From this book, instead of Exclude (file), I used Delete (file) for X_TOC and X_IX. I still have those files in my hard drive.Now I want to add those files (X_TOC and X_IX) back into the book as Table-of-Content and as an Index.How should I go about it?Because when I add those files in the Book and click on Book Update , it does not show the TOC and IX file in the Generate section of the dialog box.Thank you.

Hello everybody, I can not open a FM12 file, the internal error code 12024, 18652356, 18692061 and 18514761 tells me nothing and I unless searching for a plain text translation for the error codes! This kind of trouble occures from time to time but now, first time on FM12. Therefore I try to check if my EDD rules producing this mistake, error or other undefined loop. I like to fix this error but I need to know where is the mistake, one week of work are be in danger in this case... !!!Anybody a idea to fix this issue? (no *.Backup / *.Recovery file existing)Any possibilities for "OPEN IN SAVE MODE"Any possibilities for "CHECK FILE BEFORE TRY TO OPEN"I can not believe that Adobe is unable to define plain text error codes, the technical support in unreachable! Thanks for help,

Hello, I'm running FrameMaker 12 on Windows 7. When I startup the program, I must select one of the follow three.(in 'Choose Interface' window.)- FrameMaker- Structured FrameMaker - FrameMaker XML AuthorUnfortunately, after clicking 'Structured FrameMaker' or 'FrameMaker XML Author', error is occurred.Error message is follows.- Internal Error 12004, 23459156, 23459450, 26389685. FrameMaker has detected a serious problem and must quit. Please, I hope that I receive a good solution. Best Regard.

Hi -I just got asked this and have no clue how to help. Anyone know what this is?Every now and then, my Frame file will –apparently on its own – reset most of its text frames into having room for side heads.  Makes for lots of bad labels on graphics – everything’s suddenly offset and scrolling off the bottom.This will happen suddenly.  It will usually be only one or two chapters in a book, but if I ignore it has been known spread like the black death throughout the book. The only solution I’ve found so far has been to revert to a backup or touch each text frame individually.  Setting properties for two at a time messes up location on the page.

When I highlight a user variable (accessed from the Special > Variable menu) in the variable window in Frame 11 and select edit I get a blank variable and can not edit my user variable. I have to open a master page and double-click the variable in the header to open the variable window, selecting the user variable there opens the defined variable that I can edit.

Hi,I want to know if this is possible to manipulate fm objects to add existing elements (instanciated objects) to a document.I saw multiple ways to create doc objects but I can't found any way to add it anything but text.I saw in the api some functions to create new elements, F_ApiNewGraphicObject(), F_ApiNewAnchoredObject(), F_ApiNewElement()... but none to add an existing element...Is there a way to do that ? If not is it possible to clone an object ?

Here is where my problem occurs: (FM Structured open) File menu > Print Book >  PDF setup > Bookmark > Include Elements. Here inside the Include Elements column, how can I move all the element to Don't Include area? Now I can only move one by one but there are hundreds of elements. However I didn't find a Move All button. It's so strange. Can anyone help?

Please Help! FrameMaker 11 keeps crashing when we update and save the book. It is only happening in a few documents, all other documents are working fine. Attached is the error message we get. Any help would be great, thanks!

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Hmmm, one of Frame's more useful features in recent years (for assisting with document reviews) was the ability to automatically add change bars in the margin.However, these do not seem to make it through to CHM files if I use Frame 12's "Publish" command to generate HTML Help.Is this another one of those little "integration niggles" that Adobe haven't quite managed to solve yet?

I have a TCS5 subscription which includes Captivate 7 - I would like to upgrade to Captivate 8.  After advice from Adobe help team, I have uninstalled existing version of TCS and downloaded trial of current version which contains Captivate 8.  All programs install correctly but Captivate will only run as trial - even after signing in with my Adobe ID.  When installing there was a symbol next to Captivate 32 and 64 bit which says it will only install as a trial.  Is this available for existing subscription users yet?  If not - when will it be available?  I was led to believe at the time I got the subscription that I would have access to the latest software when it comes out.  Is this not the case?

When creating a TOC, both the text and the page number link to the paragraph in the body of the document. What I need to do is change the color of only the page number in the TOC. When I create a Character format and apply it to the page number, then the hyperlink goes away for the page number (but is still active for the TOC text). How do I change only the color of the TOC page number and retain the hyperlink? For example:TOC Text .....................PageNumberWhere I want the PageNumber to be red in color but the TOC Text, the dot leader and the PageNumber all hyperlink to the paragraph in the body text. I have tried in both Framemaker V9 and V12.Thanks,Bill

I have a document which is just two sides of A3 with a bunch of custom text frames all over them (the sort of thing that is probably easier to do in InDesign, to be honest, but...)I've realised that I'd prefer "page 2" to be "page 1" (i.e swap the order they appear in) - is there a way to do this in Frame? (other than by manually adding a page 3, copying and pasting everything off page 1 onto it, then deleting page 1)

HiIs there a way to hide specific XML elements (really the elements and not the attributes) in the structure view?I am asking this question to know if it is possible to influence the structure view by scripting.Many elements are indeed used as a kind of help for constructions which have nothing to do with the actual contents especially in the case of tables.You inflate the the structure view unnecessarily and the author will lose track of the real contents. It would be nice if there was a possibility to hide those help construction elements.Thank you for any hints.RegardsApollo102