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I have been using FM 2019 for years, on a Windows 10 pc, publising pdf, chm and repsonsive html5. (The upgrade to FM 2020 didn't include a sts file upgrade, so I decided to stay with FM2019.) This week my PC died, and I got a new one. This one running Windows 11. I installed FM 2022 and converted one of my FM 2019 documents. The pdf came out perfect. But the sts file conversion from FM 2019 to FM 2022 didn't turn out well. Font and other formats were lost, both for chm and resp html5. Can I from a FM 2019 chm file extract the sts file contents?Can I from FM 2019 responsive html5 files extract the sts file contents?(I can spend some time manually entering the sts values in FM 2022, if required.)

I have a book containing many .fm files, which is a complete manual. I'd like to also create PDFs from specific collections of these same .fm files, where each PDF is to address a specific user type. However, I'd like each PDF to be able to continue to use the cross-references that link to what will now be a location in a separate PDF. For example, I would have a general info PDF and both the user PDF and the admin PDF would need to be able to link into the information in the general info PDF. How would I set this up? Thanks for any tips.

I am updating a FrameMaker book in which a previous author used an indexing technique I haven't encountered before.There are conventional markers of type "Index", but these are replicated as text with a conditional tag called "Index" applied to it. The markers use this syntax: .i.[topic]:[sub-topic];How do you turn these conditional text markers into an index, and why might an author use this approach?Thanks in advance for any insights!  

I recall a couple of earlier posts regarding ES support for assertions; specifically, that while ES supports lookahead assertions, it does not support lookbehind assertions.  In my experience, while the Find/Change panel appears to support both, and I've successfully used positive lookbehinds in the FrameMaker 2022 scripts, negative lookbehinds do not appear to work in ES.  Can anyone confirm this and/or point me to a more definitive discussion regarding ES support for assertions.  I use these extensively to search documents for capitalization, hyphenation, spacing, and spelling errors that are outside the scope of the dictionary. My other question is regarding capture groups.  While capture groups seem to work OK in the Find/Change panel, I've run into problems using them in scripts.  Maybe I'm doing something wrong.  Any suggestions welcome.  

I want to update the master pages of all docs in a book using a jsx script but im not sure how to do it.I have a template.fm file which contains the desired master page format . This format has to applied to all the docs in the book file.Can someone help with any pointers so that the necessary script can be completed??THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

We use the Adobe Technical Documentation Suite and want to update the suite to the latest version. We wnt to make sure to use the latest version. Where can I download it?

One of the layers in a symbol I've made keeps disappearing while the other ones are still there. How can I fix it so it doesn't disappear?

Is there a way to configure chapter autonumbering that skips over single page files that are section dividers and not content chapters?

BackgroundLast week I started production on a large translation project (4, 100+ page source files into 9 target languages). Worked on Latin-based and CJK-based documents without issue.I use Extensis Connect (EC) to manage my fonts.The workstation is Windows 11.All software is up-to-date. IssueAs of yesterday FrameMaker is suddenly reporting: The "HelveticaNeueLT Pro 75 Bd Bold" (HNLTP) Font is not available.To the extent of my knowledge nothing changed between Friday and Monday on my workstation. Steps TakenVerified that HNLTP activated through EC displays correctly in EC, and that the font is available and working in other apps (INDD / AI / PS 2025 all show the font correctly).Deactivated all fonts in EC (Vault / System / User / Google) and activated just HNLTP form my Vault. (No change)Deactivated all fonts in Creative Cloud Desktop (CCD), and removed an locally installed fonts, while having only HNLTP active from the EC vault. (No change)Deactivated HNLTP in EC and u

I have a book with a bunch of tables. I want to generate a TOC or a List of Paragraphs BUT I want that list to be in the shape of a table.  I have tried various trick to cheat FM into generating the list inside the table but to no avail.  Can it be done?... FrameMaker Version: 17.0.7.842

Hi.I have a custom dictionary that I want Framemaker to use. I have inserted a path to it in Maker.ini, but FrameMaker does not seem to get it. When I try to get Spelling Checker to Import Personal Dictionary, Framemaker just crashes.

Hi everyone,I would like to use ExtendScript to modified the master page of my document but it doesn't work.Here is my code:   var doc = app.ActiveDoc; var mp = doc.FirstMasterPageInDoc; var tempWidth = mp.PageWidth; mp.PageWidth = mp.PageHeight; mp.PageHeight = tempWidth;When I look into my variable with a debugger, it behave like it is in read-only mode

Hello, I notice that the hyphenation instructions in the help are not that helpful.I have a text with Swedish set as language and I find a word with incorrect hyphenation in the FrameMaker dictionary.Östafrikais for some odd reason hyphenated as Östa-frika. How can I change this (among many other similar issues). I see help on the forums about going to the spelling checker and then set "show hyphenation" and change > and then press learn, etc. But since the word is correctly spelt from the beginning, FM does not accept my suggestions. So, how do I do?Regards

Hi, Our IT department wants us to switch to Windows 11. Users should not have admin rights. Here in this forum participants always comment that admin rights are needed, especially for the Adobe PDF printer. However, Adobe does not mention admin rights in their system requirements: https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/help/fm_system_requirements.html?promoid=XKMMH7MW&xProduct=&mv=other&mv2=ahome&xProductLocation=&x-product=AdobeHome%2F2.0&x-product-location=Search%3AForums%3Alink%2F3.7.4 What is correct? Do I need admin rights or not? Best regards, Winfried

Hi, I usually copy strutured xml content to FM and publish as pdf.To streamline work I am importing the same xml content as a text inset but the insets are not updating (automatically nor manually) any changes to the  source xml file.Is there something I'm missing or this funtion really not working?Using FM 17.0.7

Hi I am getting started with structured FrameMaker 2019. I have a two column table with a straddled heading row. The body rows are not straddled. The heading also has a colour fill. However, when the document is converted to PDF, these changes are lost.  

don't want to repat table on next page just forward remaining rows on next table.

Hi FrameMaker Friends:   I'm trying to help a client locate all occurrences of a specific image and delete it. Here's what I've tried so far: If we assign an object style to the ones we are looking for (it's the same image used in multiple places, removed after each round of edits), Fm can use Find/Change to locate and select a frame based on the object style name, but won't delete it. Fm can use Find/Change to locate all anchored frames and remove them but it's all of them.   So, how is the text field used for an anchored frame search? Is there something I can type in there that will allow me to narrow the scope? I tried filename and full path with filename, neither worked. Any other ideas?     Thanks in advance,    ~Barb

Hi, I can't open the cross-reference panel...I updated the app to the 17.0.7 version, every time I try to click or create a new cross-reference I can't, it's not clickable and the classic panel doesn't open.  

I am publishing a book to HTML5. The text contains words which I want to have in glossary. I should be able to get a tooltip/popup etc on the glossary terms, but that does not happen in the published HTML5. The markup looks right - I do have the terms/definitions included in the glossary, but no visible indicator.  I have used all three skins with the same lack of results. So... does the feature work? If it works - how? FrameMaker  Version: 17.0.7.842  

Hi, I am working as a technical writer and we are now looking for a new tool, FM or ID.FM (FrameMaker) feels sooo old. I have been working with InDesign for years, but not FrameMaker. I know the most says it is the best for technical writers, but is i true now? Is´nt InDesign as good as FM today?  What can you do in FrameMaker that you dont can in InDesign?Is it possible to import and export FrameMaker documents in/fom InDesign? (This is needed because some of our customers and partners uses FrameMaker)  

Does anyone know how to change the .fm icons so that excluded files are more visually distinct from non-excluded ones? In the example below, both Chapter 7 files are excluded, but the difference is barely noticeable. If you're color-blind, you might not be able to tell at all. I'd really like to change the excluded icon to something more obvious (like an inverted icon) instead of relying on a barely-noticable color change. Note: I saw a reference to looking up .dll information on this issue, but that didn't help. If there's a more direct solution, please advise. Thanks in advance. 

I would like to make a standalone PDF of a list of markers that would be able to open to the correct page of the PDF of the content. Basically, I'd like to distribute a separate PDF of a list of markers so that internal team members can use it to navigate to specific markers I've coded within the user manual that would actually go out to customers. Any hints on if this is possible or how to make this work? Thanks for any feedback.

Currently, I convert .book and .fm to .xlf manually using Adobe FrameMaker (File → Translation → Export to XLIFF 1.2 → select export location).Can this process be automated via an API so it run without requiring Adobe FrameMaker to be installed? Is there any official API available for this?

Hi, I recently updated my Frame license to Version 17.0.4. 628 from an older version (I think I went from Frame 2020 (Version 16.x.x) to Frame 2022. I have a set of about 15 docs that I work on. Most of the documents are delivered as PDFs, but I have one large document that I generate Reponsive HTML5 output (using the Publish command). I turn that output over to our development team to add to a web-based product. The HTML5 output generates fine and I can open the index.html file and look at the content/images, click links, search, etc. It all seems to work just fine and I don't see any bad characters or errors in the content. However, when the development team tries to add it to the product to the build, the following error displays: A string was provided with characters that are not available in the specified database code page '1252'.I used the default Encoding (which I understand is UTF-8) from the Publish command. The development team tells me that is the correct set