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Hello everybody, I am curious if Adobe or some 3rd party offers some database tool, that could offer me complete control of usage of inputs (images, primary framemaker documents) across the various publications in the projects. We usually use one source (image, framemaker doc) „imported by reference“ to various publications and I want to know which publication will be affected by the change in the primary document. So does exist some tool, which can offer me this overview? Thank you. Adam   

I have several questions re: Conditional Tags because I can't find any tips or instructions regarding these:Is there a way to hide a chapter or .fm file in a book with conditional tags? Would conditional expressions work for this? What conditional expression should I use? For example, a guide has 5 chapters and I'd like to create a version of the guide without chapters 2 and 4 (let's call this User Version, and another version with all of the chapters (let's call this Admin Version). How do I execute that in Framemaker using conditional tags or build?Can I also use the conditional tag to simultaneously publish 2 versions of the guide as PDF documents?Lastly, is it an expected behavior that when conditional tags are applied on bulleted items and I hide other tags, the tagged text are hidden but its corresponding bullet point is still displayed as shown like this:Vegetables Legumes Thanks in advance.

Bug#: 14322 Problem Description: Mailto Links in Tables Don't Work In HTML. They can't be clicked. They work fine in the PDF version.  Steps to Reproduce: Paste an email address into a table cell. Select all of the text. Apply a character tag (e.g., Link Blue). Open Hypertext panel, add a link with Go to and "mailto:exampleaddress@example.com". Save. Generate HTML5 output using the Publishing module.  Actual Result: The text has the tagging, but is not clickable. PDF copy works fine. Expected Result: The text should be a clickable link. Any Workarounds: Not really It would be great if some of you could upvote the bug. 

Hi,   ChatGPT and other LLMs are discussed everywhere. They are also used to write new code or at least improve existing code or explain code. (As I do not have that many experience with ExtendScript, I would love to get explanations for Klaus' or Rick's code ;).) Did anyone test this already? Can these AI systems handle ExtendScript? Or only JavaScript? What's your experience?   Best regards, Winfried

Hello,In a single FM document, I have tried to make a chapter numbering, but the chapter number is always at "1" for all chapters. Why ? 

In Preferences I have set "Show file translation errors" but nothing appears. See below for the first 25 lines  of the file. Is there something you can see that is wrong?   (Admin: *removed the user’s email address in plain text from this post*)   <MIFFile 2020> # Generated by FrameMaker 2020# Options:# Paragraph Text# Paragraph Tags# Paragraph Formats# Font Information# Markers# Anchored Frames# Tables# Graphics and TextRect Layout# Master Page Items# Condition Catalog# Table Catalogs# Font Catalog# Paragraph Catalog# Document Template# Document Dictionary# Variables# Element Definitions# Elements# Format Change Lists#<Units Uin><CharUnits CUpt><ColorCatalog  

Hello,I need to separate all pages of my document because I want to add one poem on each page. The advantage for me to separate pages is : if I want to modify the poem on page 1, the poem on page 2 does not move.I have seen there are two ways to do it :1) add several disconnected pages2) add page break on each page I have two questions :1) What do you advise me to use in that case : disconnected pages/page break/ or other way ?2)  how to change an existing normal page to become a disconnected page, and how to change an existing disconnected page to become a normal page ?   

When using Hypertext alert markers to generate comments in PDF output, I've noticed a single marker will sometimes (though not always) generate up to three additional comment bubbles in the output PDF. The alert message is always the same but duplicated multiple times. Has anyone else had similar trouble or know of a solution? I've tried to control for various settings to produce predictable behavior in the output, but nothing seems to work. Specifics:I'm using Unstructured FM 2019, fully updated.The behavior is the same regardless of which document I'm working in, or whether I'm using old files or a newly created file.The behavior is the same regardless of whether I print to PDF using a generic postscript printer, Save to PDF, or Publish to PDF.When Printing to PDF, under PDF Setup, I select "Tags (Distiller)" -> Generate Tagged PDF to generate PDF comments (unselected, no comments are generated); modifying the default settings under "Tags (Distiller)" doesn't change the

I'm trying to follow the process you describe for formatting a miniTOC in this post:https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/formatting-mini-table-of-content/td-p/10869326   I need to add right-aligned leaders between Heading 2 and the page number. However, after editing the Tab stop as you demonstrated, it doesn't appear that clicking Update Style is doing anything. The leaders do not appear on the Reference page between <$paratext> and <$pagenum>. What am I doing wrong?

FrameMaker forces heading level 1-chapters to start on pages with even numbers, and I don't know why or how to make them start on the next available page, even if it is an odd number.I created my chapters by letting FrameMaker convert Word documents. I don't know if that has something to do with it, although the headings could start anywhere in Word. I would appreciate any help.

Hello. I have a FrameMaker file that I would like to break into smaller chunks. (FrameMaker 17.0.2.431.) The document split function adds a number of blank pages to the end of each of the split-out sections, resulting in a book of 234 pages when the original file only had 22 pages. It also adds a paragraph with a Table Title style at the end of the text in each of the documents. Anybody have any ideas about these two glitches? Thanks in advance,Bill

Created a new book with FrameMaker 2020.  Added TOC.  Accidently placed it first, before the cover and frontmatter and PDF creates fine.  When I move it to proper location, I get a 16044 error and FrameMaker crash. Notice that TOC file icon is brown while all other file icons for book files are white.  Could this be related to the problem?

Can I create a variable in the document footer that automatically shows information from the book file info? I have written the name of the document in the Title field (I right-clicked the book file and chose File Info...). I want the title to appear on all pages of the document.

Hi,is it possible to write a script where a book (error) log or something similar can be created? For example, after you update the book on FrameMaker, there is always a new tab/window popping up where a list of errors is displayed. I was trying to find a method or function in the FrameMaker scripting documentation but I didn't succeed.

Hi, I just installed the new update 3 for FM 2022. When I created a PDF (Save As PDF) with Distiller activated in the Publish pod, I get a message whether I want to view the PDF. When I click this message, the PDF is opened in Acrobat. However, the dialog in FrameMaker is not closed. Does anyone else notice this? Best regards, Winfried

 Hi, I want to include "Chapter" in the number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 (top left in the book). Please someone suggests how can I do this.

I generated at TOC and all the content is there and formatted correctly, but its skipping every other page -- The left side pages (pgs 2 and 4) are blank.  What am I doing wrong.  The master page is there. 

Hello,I have imported a Word file into an FM document, so in the ruler at the top I have a lot of tab stops. To remove all these tab stops, what I have done is : I put my cursor on the first line of the first paragraph and with the mouse I remove manually all the tab stops in the ruler for this line. Then I create a paragraph style. Then I select all the document and apply the created paragraph style to all the document.Result : all the tab stops are gone in the ruler at the top. Is it a good way to do it like that ? Or do you know a better way ?

Hello,I have tried to do a FM structure, and would like to modify the selected  "Title".  So I have opened the "paragraph designer" to change the font size, but I have an alert message saying me that if I do that it "can lead to unexpected global changes ". Do you think there is a risk if I do this change by using the "paragraph designer" ?What is the best way to modify the formatting of an element in a structured document ?  

It has been years since ARM processors were released. When can we expect FrameMaker for ARM? 

I am very new to frameMaker, I know that you can create a file, add it to several books, and when you change the file it also will change in all the books. I also know you can reference to a single picture in several books and do the same. If I want to write up a small section that is used throughout multiple books (NOT as a whole page, just a paragraph or so) OR if I type up an Equation that I want to use in several books that I may have to edit later on, and want to automatically update, can this be done? Can I save them somehow as stand-alone files and not as a whole page and have these pull in as references in FrameMaker?

Hi All, We are pleased to share that the Update 3 for FrameMaker (September 2022 release) with (Version: 17.0.3.546) is now available.   Update 3 of FrameMaker (September 2022 release) adds support for Unicode characters in the AEM connector, includes fixes for bugs related to the AEM connector and the Microsoft SharePoint Online connector, and a few library updates.   For more information, visit the What’s New article.  For a complete list of fixed issues, visit the Fixed issues article.   Note: If you get an error code 183 message during the installation of Update 3, download the installer shared in the Known issues section of the FrameMaker Fixed issues article.   Updated Documentation - User Guide - HTML | PDF   Please let us know in case of any questions/issues.   Thanks, FrameMaker Team

Hi there, I am running Structured FM 17.0.2.431 and have a request to replace the default font used by Framemaker (which is Calibri) with a specific proprietary font.The new font is PxC GillAltOneMT, V2.000 and its format is .OTF. I tried to change the font type in the FrontMatterTpl.fm but the change is not implemeted after publishing. I reviewed the maker.ini file but I can't find where it can be changed. Would you please help me with some information about how to do it. Thanks a lot! Zornitza Doneva  

Hi, Yesterday I switched from FrameMaker's PDF engine to Acrobat Distiller, and promptly a few differences were noticed: The font size of my figure labels is 7.98 pt with Distiller and 8 pt with FrameMaker. With certain zoom levels in Acrobat the 8 pt font appears bold. This does not bother me much, but the font size is different. The title of the PDF in Acrobat is the file name in Distiller and the file info content in FrameMaker. I would like to be able to control this myself. I did not find an option for this in FrameMaker. Probably I will create an action in Acrobat. Best regards, Winfried

Hi folks,Using Framemaker 17.0.2.431 (latest version), structured.The subject publications contain numerous instances of subscript content, applied by wrapping in an element.  Problem is, none of this content is captured in my generated lists (TOC, LOF, LOT). It all presents as upper case vice subscript. Yes, I can apply subscript directly to the list items in Frame, but when I do *whoosh* goes most of the hyperlink(s). Presumably, I'll then have to post-process the PDF and 'extend' what's left of the affected links in Acrobat Pro.Is there a more elegant way to do this? I've tried unwrapping and applying character tags in lieu, but this approach fails to fix the issue at the authoring level.