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I modify the reference page in order to change the TOC and the Index as I'm used to, but the changes do not apply to the work page. Did anyone else run into this problem? I'm cluelessI am running Version 17.0.1

Hello, I have noticed a strange behaviour of Framemaker, with a structured (.fm) document and a 2 columns text frame layout: when the "balance columns" option is checked (Text Frame Properties > Text Frame > Balance columns) I have a whole section that disapears. The section re-appears when I uncheck the "balance columns" option. Does it look like a genuine bug to you or could it be someting that I am doing wrong ? Thanx in advance ! Best regards Eric

I'm creating a three-volume manual with eight chapters. Many of the chapters have appendices. My page numbering format is as follows:Chapter 1-1, 1-2, 1-3Appendix 1A-1, 1A-2, 1A-3Appendix 1B-1, 1B-2, 1B-3Chapter 2-1, 2-2, 2-3Appendix 2A-1, 2A-2, 2A-3Appendix 2B-1, 2B-2, 2B-3In the index, the chapter page numbers are generateing correctly. In the appendix page numbers, the letters (A, B, C, etc.) are not showing up. Right now, the letters are manually typed in my footers, which I know is not right. Should I be using a variable? Thanks!

I am using FrameMaker 2020 version. When I try to save any file as pdf using the option, File> Save as PDF, the FM window hangs for a few seconds and then closes the entire window. I was able to export sometime back, this started around 15 days back. Currently, I am using a single file in the FM. I have tried reinstalling the software, but that did not help. I am using the trial version for now. Thanks,Deepali

Hello,  I'm hoping someone can answer a question for me. Is there a physcial book that I can purchase to use as a how-to reference for FrameMaker 2020? I see the online version, yet would like one I can make notes in, etc and have it on my desk as I'm working. I am new to FrameMaker. Thanks! 

Hi, Currently I have all my files on a network drive in separate folders for each version and for each language. Something like this: 950.8000D - 1.0 - 2.0 950.8000E - 1.0 - 2.0 etc. In the version folders I have a graphics folder with all graphics files of the FM files of this version. And when I make more changes, I keep a backup of this draft. With Corona I am 80 % of the week in home office. Therefore I work on a local copy and upload everything to the server in the evening. Now the head of our IT department suggested to keep all my files in Subversion and not on the network drive. (Only suggestion, no pressure yet.) I would not make any difs and I do not plan to use any CMS connector or WebDAV. However, of course I would have a new version each day I touch a file. What's your oppinion? Is this just a massive overhead? Extremely slowly? Or better? Why?   Best regards   Winfried

Hi guys, I have some issues during the Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server installation process.Based on fmps-user-guide, I installed the MongoDB, added the user, and when I executed the Set-up.exe, I got a white screen.   Maybe, someone has an idea what is wrong?Thanks.

Hello everyone, How to insert conditional tag for column contain a merge row?In this case, I want to change table 1 into table 2. However. the cell of [Name] row don't hide.   

I'm making PDFs with hyperlinks for the TOC and Index files. The PDFs do not seem to have working links at first. I found another thread where a series of commands/characters were added to the reference pages, and I thought that worked but it didn't. In the mini TOC, the links all work fine. In the main TOC, I got links to "work" but they try to open up a completely different document instead of the same document that they are in. In the index, there are clickable links, but ONLY in the small spaces just before the page numbers, and they also want to go to a different document. What's going on and how can I fix it? 

Hi  Framemaker 2019 .sts    Framemaker 2020 .sts    Is this feature no longer available to me?

As of now, FrameMaker still ships with a dialogue for creating standard templates. These templates are  somewhat dated and the dialogue can't be modified.- How difficult is it to create a an alternative template chooser? Which works like the existing one more or less? Perhaps made in Robohelp or "something"?

Can hide conditional tag automatically in graphic by using Framemaker? 

Hello.  I am running FrameMaker 2022.  When the Welcome screen / page displays, it does not contain the default informatin, i.e.: Create a New Doc buttons, demos and white papers, and so on.  Instead, it displays a wierd assortment of info.  I'm attaching a screen shot with this post.  I suspect that I need to tweak a default link or something.  Not sure.  If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate the help.  Thanks, Roy Roy  [This is a public forum. For your protection, your email address has been removed by a moderator.]

I am using Framemaker with a .MIF file. This file has a lot of custom formatting. Sometimes text is bold, sometimes it is italic ... here is the issue:We have software that creates a .MIF file to use in Framemaker, and that MIF file has a bunch of paragraphs tagged with very specific paragraph tag names.We have a template that has every paragraph tag in these MIF files we export defined.The problem is when there is a paragraph that has the entire content of the paragraph as a specific character override. If the text of the entire paragraph is bold, but the imported paragraph format does not have that style, then it removes the custom bold style.If there are multiple styles, then it leaves them in What should I do? I put this into ChatGPT and got this answer: Adjust your template: If the imported MIF files consistently use specific character styles, you could modify your template to include those character styles in the definition of the corresponding paragraph styles. Th

Hi,I have the image I need on the Master page and I have applied the Master pages to the chapter (Format > Page Layout>Apply Master Pages), but the image is not appearing where it's needed on the body page. I am attaching 2 screens: One is the body page with the missing image, and the other is the image that is on the Master page for this chapter.Any hints/advice to help spolve this would be great!Thank you.Cheers,Elizabeth 

Hi all,   I'm a rookie FrameMaker user and I adopted my former colleague's Ditamaps, XML's, etc. Now when I open a few of the Ditamaps, this happens (see image).   Am I in trouble?   Thank you in advance!

Hi,I am currently trying to modify a TOC for a book I'm working on. I have tried all the methods that are in the help locations, as well as the relevant messages in the community pages. Nothing is working. I am attaching a screen showing the issue with all the page numbers appearing in roman numerals.Can someone please help me with this? Thank you.Elizabeth  

You all do know good old Equation Editor. However, these equations end up as graphics in published output (e.g. HTML5). So I tried to use the new thingy Insert > MathML Equation (FM-15, 16, 17) But I get the error message "Java run time environment (JRE) not found". There is C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_231 on my system. → Why does FM not find it?

Hi,I thought I had sent this post a little while ago but I don't see it, so I'm re-adding it.I have a book file that has 4 empty pages in one file. I have tried various ways to delete them, as per the help information that is available. They have not been deleted. What is also strange is that 3 of these pages has a footer with the chapter name and page number, and 1 page does not. And of course the start of the next chapter has an incorrect page number because the book counted the blank pages.What am I missing? Any help would be great!Thank you.Cheers,Elizabeth 

Our EDD is structured with a top level Chapter element that consists of a CoverPage element, followed by a Section element. The CoverPage element is used on the first page of the chapter, with a specific Master Page layout. The Section element starts on a new page and use the default Left and Right Master Pages. The text frames on the CoverPage, Left and Right pages all use Flow A with Autoconnect. The text frames on the Left and Right pages have a Side Head. The Coverpage does not. I\On the Master Pages, these are setup - no issues. On the Body Pages, all pages using the Left and Right Master Pages have the Side Head setting applied (correct). However, the text frames on the first page (using the CoverPage Master Page) are also applying the Side Head, even though it's not applied on the Master Page. When the text frame properties on the first page is overwritten to remove the Side Head, it is removed from all the pages, even those using the Left and Right

I have a 220-page chapter that starts with two pages in portrait orientation followed by 17 disconnected pages in landscape orientation that I carefully added by following a tutorial, which included applying a landscape master page.  I just noticed that I can't edit anything on the disconnected pages (tables) or the 200 portrait pages that follow. I can edit the text on pages 1 and 2.

Using FM2020, structured with DITA.When a <menucascade> element is inserted, it appears on its own separate line in the authoring view, whereas a simple <uicontrol> element appears inline: I would prefer it if the <menucascde> appeared inline, in a similar manner to the <uicontrol> Note: when the PDF is generated, the menucascude correctly appears inline (i.e. this issue is restricted to the editing/authoring within Framemaker). 

When I click in the WYSIWYG view in a cell the focus automattically jumps to the end of the cell below the automatic inserted child. That means I always have to click in the tree behind the element in which I want to write or to use the arrow-keys. See the video below. Is there any way to change this behaviour?

Hello to the community,it seems, that FM - even FM2022 - does not correctly or even not at all overprint.I use warnings in which black text runs over colored backrounds. I've tried everything, but couldn't manage, that the text is not knocked out. What me also wonders: When creating a new, blank document, the standard black color is set to knockout ("Aussparen" in the German version). This is fundamentally wrong - you would never set black to knockout. This color is mainly used for text - and you would never want text to be knocked out (except in some rare cases where you want a maximum deep black).I created new colors (e.g. black overprint) set it to cmyk 0 0 0 100 or 0 0 0 99 and to overprint: but no success. I also set the text above boxes in the three cmy colors 100 0 0 0, 0 100 0 0 and 0 0 100 0: but always the same result: the text is knocked out.I also tried many different PDF settings, without and with using Distiller within the "Save as PDF" process and also "Printing to PDF"

Hi, When I try to take pdf (File> Save as Review PDF> Send Through Email) of any FM file, I get the below error in Adobe FM and Adobe Acrobat applications, and PDF not generates.Also, in the log file that generates at the time of pdf conversion, I get the below error. So, I tried the below steps to fix the issue, but I couldn't:Uninstall FM and reinstall it.Uninstall Adobe acrobat and reinstall it.Delete All open sans fonts (As I get the error for Open Sans font in the log file) and reinstall them again.Can someone guide me on my mistakes, as I could not figure them out?