FrameMaker

Paragraph Designer only has reference frame placement options for Above or Below the paragraph. I wish there was an option for "Frame Beside Pgf."Has anyone found a solution to mimic this function (with only one or two clicks)?

Hello,My Paragraph Designer settings are for some reason not being consistent for each included para tag in the Table of Contents. The apppearance of each one is set to :  <$paratext>[tab]<$chapnum>-<$pagenum>with the tabs set to 6.5" R (w/ leader dots).I've just added another para tag. When I try to set the exact same tab for this one as all the others, I get the message that "The tab position is too far to the right."How could the same tab work fine for the other tags, and be too far to the right for this one? All settings for this tag are identical to the others.

whenever we try to open a file in adobe framemaker 10 this is the error its poping out, kindly get me a solution for this. The "Times" Font Family is not available. "Times New Roman" will be used in this session. The "Helvetica Bold Oblique" Font is not avaialbe. "Arial Bold Italic" will be used in this session. The "Helvetica Bold" Font is not available. "Arial Bold" will be used in this session. The "Times-Italic" Font is not available. "Times New Roman Italic" will be used in this session. The "Helvetica" Font is not avaialble. "Arial" will be used in this session. The "Times-Roman" Font is not availalbe. "Time New Roman " Font is not availalbe. The "Times-Bold" Font is not available. "Times New Roman Bold" will be used in this session.

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I am using Frame 11. I have a registered script that looks for event notification Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML. When this event fires, the script is supposed to examine the root element (so I only edit appropriate XML files), then make some edits to the file. Specifically, I want to be able to delete empty pages, remove room for side heads, and fix table formatting (such as left indent, which I can't directly access, apparently, in the EDD or R/W rules). The snippet of code that starts doing the work follows:Notification(Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML,true);function Notify(note, object, sparam, iparam) {     switch (note) {         case Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML:             doTheWork();            break;             }}function doTheWork() {    var doc, fl

I am trying to use Keyspaces in FM12 and somehow FM does not let me create a new keyspace from scratch. Is there something I am missing here?ThanksJang

FM 11 checked into Vasont and then turned into a PDF via the DITA OTWe are using a combination of conversion tables and a few scripts to convert our legacy documentation to DITA. In some books we have a significant number of hypertext links. Currently the hypertext links are coming across with a page number and we don't want the page number.Example of what we get::General on page 6-1 - Where you enter the name of blah blahCode on page 6-4 - Where you create the code stuffPreview on page 6-8 - Where you can view a preview of other stuffExample of what we want::General - Where you enter the name of blah blahCode - Where you create the code stuffPreview - Where you can view a preview of other stuffNote that we are using the OTK to generate our PDFs as required by our parent company. We convert our FrameMaker files, validate them, check them into the Vasont CMS, and create the PDF from the CMS.TIA,Marsha

Can a document within FM12 be saved in a format for the usage with FM11 without losing any data?

I'm creating Webhelp files directly from Framemaker 12 - with no Robohelp interaction, just using the Publish option. (We do have TCS 5 Trial version, but I'm experimenting with just the FM 12 output.)I want to create some drop-down captions and body text, and am applying these styles to text using Special>Publish Options>Dynamic HTML effects>Drop Down Caption and Drop Down Body.This works fine when it's simply a single line for the caption, and a basic, single paragraph for the DDB. But if I apply the DDB style to a chunk of text including, for example, a Note style, numbered list styles and bullets, the formatting in these styles is lost, and cross references cease to work.Is this just something I have to live with (and use only single paragraphs in plain Body text for the drop down text)? Or is there a workaround that anyone knows of?Many thanks in advanceLaura

I can open FrameMaker 10 through the EXE.I can open FrameMaker 10 through a .book file.I can open a .book file from FrameMaker 10.I cannot open FrameMaker 10 through a .fm file.I cannot open a .fm file from Framemaker 10.I've tried multiple .fm files, so this isn't isolated to s sngle corrupted file.I was using FrameMaker 10 yesterday, but it doesn't work today.I updated Flash this morning, but have not installed any other programs.

Hello,The Fm 10 Scripting Guide seems to say that the flags parameter for GetText() is a bitmask, and I should OR constants to get different kinds of text items and so forth. Is this really true or is there some simpler way to tell GetText() what text items I need? Or do I need to brush up my rusty bitwise OR skills? Or did the tech writer just cut and paste form the FDK Reference?Thanks

Even if a reader who doesn't know better might be left with the impression that FM doesn't do topic-cased authoring, it was interesting to see an article offering clear figures and talking about ROI: unstructured Frame already saves you time and money. (as if we didn't know!) I'm looking forward to seeing what ms Burton has to say about topic-management tools.The cost of developing content, by Sharon Burton

I am trying to update a book, and everytime I get a serious internal error. We recently updated the book with no issues. I have tried deleting the generated files (lists of paragraphs and standard indexes) and reinserting them, but still get the error. Any ideas??

In Frame 10, is it possible to globally rip and replace all styles, variables, and conditions in a file? I found that by importing formats, I bring in new formats, but I don't remove the old ones.

I am working on FM 11 and need to add a 11" x 17" graphic in the middle of my chapter (on 8 1/2" x 11" portrait). This large graphic will be on a foldout page. What's the best way to do it? Thanks.

Hello fellows,I wonder if there is a way to automatically apply a certain condition to a specific type of a paragraph/character thru an event script.Thank you in advance!

I use distiller 9 at work to convert books, made with Framemaker 11, to a pdf. The problem is that some pages are an 11x17 fold out. We go back and replace these manually in the final pdf. Is there a way that distiller can handle these files during the convert to pdf process? We are thinking of adding more pages this way, and this would be a huge time saver. Our software- Framemaker 11, Acrobat 9 Pro, Acrobat Distiller 9, PS and AI CS5.

My manager recently purchased a subscription version of FrameMaker 12. I downloaded the files to my local computer and clicked the Set-up application file so that I could begin the installation process. A Welcome dialog displays with two options: Install and Try (for tral version). Since this is not a trial version, I selected the "Install" option. The problem with this is that after I click Accept for the Adobe Software License Agreement, the next panel asks for a serial number. My manager said he was not given a serial number for the subscription copy. So how do I proceed to install FrameMaker? Have I gone about the installation process incorrectly? I'll need help with this one since I definitely need to download FrameMaker soon to work on my current project. Please advise. Your advice will be greatly appreciated.

FrameMaker 10 (v. 10.0.2.419), Window 7.When copying text from Word into FrameMaker, I would like "TEXT" to be the first item in the dialog box when using Paste Special.We have edited the ClipboardFormatsPriorities in the maker.ini file by moving TEXT from the end to the beginning of the line:ClipboardFormatsPriorities=TEXT, FILE, MIFW, MIF, RTF, OLE 2, META, EMF,  DIB, BMP, UNICODE TEXTSo far, the changes have not taken affect.Can this be done?ThanksDebbie

If you want to see the features of FrameMaker XML Author, then you can view them on AdobeTV at: FrameMaker XML Author 12 Features

I am a newbie FM 11 writer and am cleaning up some unorganized books. Should I copy one set of Master Pages to all files in the book. Currently my TOC and certain other files have unique master pages. I would like to set up our books using best practices and would like input from the community. Thanks.

See the TechComm blog at: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2014/01/product-o-pedia-2014.htmlAdditional info and individual productopedia PDF links are available here: http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-4221There are a number of goodies in this release for FrameMaker. The GUI has been improved, multi-channel publishing (Responsive HTML5, ePub, Kindle, WebHelp, and MicrosoftHTML Help), regex search/replace, QR codes, improved PDF commenting/review (you keep on editing the FM docs!), simpler Conditional pod & better conditional expression handling, improvements in the XML/DITA modes, a new simplified XML Author mode (and also as a cheaper stand-alone product), direct links to Dropbox and other cloud-based storage services and more. It's more stable, faster and yes, bugs have been fixed (though there is some debate as to what is a bug vs. feature vs. "as designed" vs. can't duplicate vs. WTF?).This one's worth checking out.

HiI am evaluating TCS 5, as an upgrade from TCS 4.I don't see the RoboHelp menu, which I can use to apply DHTML effects. Is it moved to some other place? The Help still refers to RoboHelp menu.http://help.adobe.com/en_US/techcomsuite/tcs/using/WS1b49059a33f77726-31aee1b1342288940d-7fc0.htmlPlease advise.Sreekanth

Hi allWe're using the trial version of Framemaker 12 as part of the TCS5 suite.I've been experimenting with the Publish pod to create WebHelp.I managed to create pretty good help files, and was pleased with the result.Then I changed a few things (renamed some book files to provide better search results) and now when I generate Webhelp and view the output, "This help system has no topics" appears in the main window.This happens regardless of whether I generate the book, or a single file. There clearly are topics, which appear in the TOC on the left. When I click an item in the TOC, the help file works fine.Even when I revert to the original file names, it still happens.Also, the search function no longer works - it did before.Any ideas why this is happening?Thanks in advanceLaura

To whom it may concern, Recently I keep having a problem with FrameMaker 11 and the application would crush and close. The error message I got is like this:  Here is the txt file FrameMaker generated: I searched in your website and could not find an answer. Please help me solving this problem, Thank you so much, Lisa