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Hello,  I did a book and I can publish the PDF. But when trying to send a review PDF, the document is not readable. I mean the text is changed :s  What option do I need to change to make the PDF for review ok ? I don't understand.. It is an unstructured FM and I did check the bow "Generate Tagged PDF" as recommended.  Thank you for your support! 

I uploaded a video and I can't alter the text. What do I have to enable to alter uploaded videos already with text.

I know this thread already exists for earlier versions, but there hasn't been an answer there for over two years, so I'm asking again. there are two problems, actually: first, search results in my hmlt5 output show the filenames instead of the topic names, which is mostly no problem in the english version, but is especially ugly in the german version (where umlauts etc. have been escaped in the filenames. I have the option "use only ascii characters..." activated in my publish settings.). second, we have a slash (/) in our product name. this displays fine in the html5 content, but is not displayed in the table of contents. I'm running frame 17.03. any help would be greatly appreciated!

When I am working remotely (on my work laptop, connected to a Meraki), I have issues with FrameMaker book files. When trying to update book files, I will get errors saying that Frame can't open certain files, or that certain files are not FrameMaker documents (all the files in my Frame books are Frame files). Is there something about a remote connection that FrameMaker doesn't like? Any advice/workarounds/fixes would be much appreciated.

Hi, have PDF files that created by the Framemaker 2019, but I don't have source files (.fm). Is there any way to convert that PDF to .fm file?  Thank all

Hi everyone, I want to create a IETP by using FrameMaker.  I have a list that covers parts of a bike (for example)1. Wheel2. Seat3. Handle Bars By clicking the 1,2 or 3; I want to see the relevent part of the bike is highlighted on the image.Is there any way to do this?Thanks for help. 

Maximum Number of Conditional Tags?  I have a document that has standard content and 65 customers who have custom alterations to that standard content. Does Framemaker have the capability of handling large numbers of Conditional text tags for at least 65 customers and a color for each of them? Thank you!

I'm trying to deactivate FM 2015 on one computer in order to transfer the license to another computer, however, FrameMaker insists that it isn't connected to the internet. Well, it surely is, all other web related commands in FrameMaker work as expected.Is deactivating/logging off also corrupted by no longer supporting communication of the activations servers with old Internet Explorer versions? So how am I supposed to transfer my license?Bernd

Hi all,Is there any way that we can change the default font of equation say from default (para) font to bold? Thanks

Hi there, I want to change the default font in my Structured Output templates.C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2022\Structure\xml\DITA\outputTemplates. As per the answer from the Adobe TS:In order to use a default font in FM document, user can create a template(fm file) and define his fonts then use that template to create new documents.There is no maker flag that can be used to achieve this. So I opened the ChapterOutoutTpl output template and saved it as ChapterOutoutTpl_PxC.Changed the default font to PxC GillAltOneMT (the font has been added to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2022\fminit\fonts\adobe directory). The new font appeared in the top Font menu. However, after I saved the file, the default font went back to Calibri. What I have to do to save a change to the output templates? I am running Structured Framamaker - 17.02. and have admistrators rights on my laptop where FM is loaded. Regards,Zornitza Doneva

I need to change the tabs in a paragraph via scripting. Here is what I have so far:  var oaTabs = oPgf.Tabs; var oaNewTabs = []; for( n = 0; n < oaTabs.length; n++ ) { if( oaTabs[n].x < iLeft || oaTabs[n].x > iRight ) oaNewTabs.push( oaTabs[n] ); } var oaProps = oPgf.GetProps( ); var i = GetPropIndex( oaProps, Constants.FP_Tabs ); oaProps[i].propVal.tsval = oaNewTabs; oPgf.SetProps( oaProps );   Replacing the tsval inside the propVal for the paragaph tags does not work. I believe tsval is an alias to an array that is actually there, but what is the property name of the array that I need to replace ? Can this be done at all in this manner ? Thanks for a quick reply

I'm having trouble getting the Last Line Right property to work correctly.In the TOC, I want the highlighted line to be 'wrapped' at 2cm from the right, with the page number still appearing in the correct place. When I enter 2.00cm and -2.00cm in the Right and Last Line Right fields, as soon as I click Update Style or Apply, the Last Line Right resets to 0.00 cm. The text is also not 'wrapped'. As a test, I tried setting the Right indent to 5cm  and the text is still not 'wrapped' 5 cm from the right.  What am I missing?

Hello,I work alot in Unstructured FrameMaker with differerent types of books which reference a single file.Can the first paragraph within a FrameMaker File change depending on which book references it? For example: I have a procedure file 'Powering up the tool'.When referenced by the Owners manual, I need it to use the Subsection 2 paragraph like this:3.2.1 Powering Up the Tool.When referenced by a Training manual, I need it to use the Subsection 1 paragraph like this:3.2 Powering Up the Tool.Is this possible?

Is there any way that I can set Bold as the default for "functions", "Numbers", "Strings" and "Variables" every time I create the new equation. Thanks

Hi, I am developing a small ExtendScript extension for FrameMaker and I need to periodically check a service. As I see, there is no setTimeout/setInterval implementation available, so from ExtendScript that is not possible to implement a non-blocking wait cycle. 1) Am i right? Or is there any workaround that I haven't found yet? 2) I also saw that you can subscribe for idle task in InDesign. I wonder if there is any similar function to subscribe to the main loop in FrameMaker?3) If none of above exists, my final idea for the problem is to start a script in Framemaker from outside (command line). Is there any solution for this?Thanks in advance! Best regards,Balazs

You all do know that engineers love diagrams - and some also love nomograms - and I am such a person. Since long time I wanted to provide nice logarithmic scales in this project. It happened now which allows me to close the project. See daube.ch/docu/fmaker82.html  There is now also a function (and panel) to create arbitrary scales (e.g. quadratic, trigonometric). Examples of DrawLogScale: Or here the well known Ohm's law:

Hello,I am trying to create some cross-references to some paragraphs.With what I wrote so far, a cross-reference appears to be added to the text Frame, but not text is shown and the Source Type is selected as "Cross-Reference Markers". Here I would like to have "Paragraphs".Also, the cross-reference doesn't seem to be formated with the format I specify (it is not blue).This is what I wrote so far:// I wrote this function to get the UID from a table I have.function getUID(paragraphFormat, text) {    table = doc.FirstTblInDoc;    try {        row = table.FirstRowInTbl;    }    catch (e) {        $.writeln("There was an error. No table found: " + e);    }    rowNr = 1;    while (rowNr < table.TblNumRows) {        cell = row.FirstCellInRow;        paragraph = cell.FirstPgf;        if (paragraph.Name == paragraphFormat &

Hi, some page in my document need t have a grey banner down the outside page. I have added a rectangle to the outside edge of the master page for these pages, placed outside the text frame. How to I get it to print outside the page? I can't seem to see or access past the edge of the page? Thanks in advance.

Hello,I am trying to create a new text line on a graphic frame.The line is created corretly, in the correct position and with the correct text.But I cannot see any option to set the font size, the font color and font name for this content.This is what I tried so far: var graphic = null; var doc = app.ActiveDoc; graphic = doc.FirstSelectedGraphicInDoc; var frameParent = graphic.FrameParent; var textLineObj = doc.NewTextLine(frameParent); textLineObj.LocX = 20 * MM; textLineObj.LocY = 50 * MM; var textLocation = new TextLoc(textLineObj, 0); doc.AddText(textLocation, "Hello World"); textLineObj.Width = 30 * MM; textLineObj.Height = 10 * MM; textLineObj.Color = Constants.FV_COLOR_BLACK; textLineObj.Fill = Constants.FV_FILL_BLACK; doc.Redisplay(); 

Hi My name is Fredrik Viktorsson and I have a problem with the latest version of framemaker. When I try to Save as PDF (original manual/book is an older frammaker file -10) with multiple embeded pdf:s in it. It will randomly exclude some of the pdf:s in the final document when i Save as or Publish.Even when I save it with the same settings again It will exclude different pdf:s inside every time. Anyone know what I need to do? //Fredrik 

I have a deadline coming up and run into a problem with FrameMaker when saving to XML. Non-breaking spaces - which are put into the XML before opening the file, using the   character code - are handled correctly when reading the XML file into Frame, but when I save the XML, all of those spaces are replaced with simple (breakable) spaces. Not what would be expected. Looking for a global setting or an entry in the read-write rules to keep Frame from corrupting my XML. Any pointers are welcome, as long as I get them asap. Thanks

My license is for Framemaker 12.0 - NOT the 2015 updated version. Where can I find a link to download the older version of Framemaker 12?

I am still fairly new to FrameMaker and need help to figure out how to remove the white space to the right of my anchored side head image. I am hoping this is something I am just missing in the Paragraph Designer options. Please see below. 

I am typesetting a law book and I have small challenge. The publishers want the running header to display the header from the previous page rather than the header from the present page. I have made an illustration hoping to clarify my cumbersome explanation:    

Hello,I am trying to automate the creation of some graphic shapes in Framemaker using ExtendScript and I had trouble adjusting the Line Width of the lines.I was thinking to check all properties of the Line Object and see which is the correct property to change.But I cannot understand at all how the PropVals work. Each PropVal has only a num and the Value. Do they also have a descriptive name? var graphic = null; var doc = app.ActiveDoc; graphic = doc.FirstSelectedGraphicInDoc; var frameParent = graphic.FrameParent; var lineObj = doc.NewLine(frameParent); for(var pos = 0; pos < lineObj.GetProps().length; pos++) { PrintPropVal(lineObj.GetProps()[pos]); }I also tried the PropVal function which is confusely named that same way as the PropVal object class.And indeed, the script fails with error "PropVal is not a function", even though in the Framemaker Scripting Guide it is listed under Function Summary.Any ideas how I can find out the correct property for Line Width? (Simply Wid