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HelloI installed FrameMaker 8.0 on Windows 11. Installed also Frame_Patcher_8_p266, Frame_Patcher_8_p273, Frame_Patcher_8_p277. If I started FrameMaker in Admin mode, the question for "Frame Maker" / "Structured Frame Maker" appears. Pressed "Frame Maker", but then nothing happen. I can see in the Task Manager that FrameMaker is running as a process.Read some posts in this community that FrameMaker is not working with Windows 11. Further then read that newer Version of FrameMaker do work with Windows 11. Interesting is, that a coworker on Windows 11 confirmed he can work with FrameMaker 8.0 on his Windows 11, but he installed FrameMaker 8.0 on Windows 10 and upgraded Windows 10 to Windows 11.Tried already the follwing  hints:- Deleting C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\8.0- Run all installations in Admin Mode- Used AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerToolSo far, none of these helped to get FM workingAny hint suggestions to get my FrameMaker 8.

 How can I generate an IOM list of Acronyms with classification markings in front of them? See below example:When generated it looks like this because it’s generated alphabetically reading the classification markings.                  (C) TTW    Time to Work                  (S)  DC     Darn Challenges                  (U) ABC   A Boy CriedHowever, I want the classification markings ignored and only the acronym alphabetized as shown below?                  (U) ABC   A Boy Cried                  (S) 

I design and develop templates for FrameMaker. These are standard designs which are premade and usable for whatever purpose you have in mind. I could need some input, however, as to what you would look for if you were to purchase a premade design. Would you look for design aspects like page size, colors and typography or would you look for content/function aspects like User Guide, Instructions, Study book? Or would you look for a content standards like medical/medico/airplane/etc.?   And what would you need to make certain that you are on the right track? A sample User Guide in the design or samples showing all the paragraph designs and building block functions?   Please take a look at these pdf's where I try to communicate the design of a template. Would that be sufficient to communicate the intentions of that specific design? .... https://framemaker.dk/en/blog/quiote-2 https://framemaker.dk/en/quiote-adobe-framemaker-template-for-technical-documentation Best regards Bjørn

I have some very old (1994) Framemaker files. The first line is <MakerFile 4.0K>so I presume they are FrameMaker 4 files. They contain text, tables, and diagrams, iirc.Does anyone know how I can read them or translate to, say, pdf??

I have a script to open a series of documents with tables in each.  It's been working fine until I disabled some of the FrameMaker fonts I never use (Asian fonts per an earlier post).  Now one of my documents won't open from the script.  When I try to open it, the console pops open saying the "MinionPro-Regular" Font is not available.  "Times New Roman" will be used in this session.  I've used the paragraph designer and character designer to  apply the "Times New Roman font to my entire document, but still doesn't work.  Any suggestions?

Der friends,The white document hits again... ( see https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2276988) and I tracked it down to failing app.Displaying. The script requests function SetDisplay (bWanted) 17 times successful, but the 18. call does not switch the display any more. The routine is that simple:function SetDisplay (bWanted) { //=== Set display to on or off ====================================// Arguments bWanted: true => set display ON; false => display OFF// Commment  This function does not work reliably. See https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2276988// Reference Rick Quattro    Console ("    current:" + app.Displaying + " => wanted: " + bWanted);  if (app.Displaying != bWanted) {    app.Displaying = bWanted;    Console ("    set ? " + app.Displaying);  }} //--- end SetDisplayJust after the following log the document gets white:....SetDisplay(true)    current:0 => wanted: tr

Hi All,Does Framemaker allow 'find and change' of paragraph tags at a book level? For example, can I replace 'Heading1' with a different paragraph tag like 'Heading 1 with indent', throughout the book? The Find/Change menu,  in the drop-down menu under 'Find' section, allows selection of Paragraph Tag along with a text line where one can specify the Tag. However in the 'Change' section of the Find/Change menu, one cannot find a similar drop-down selection for the new Paragraph Tag.So how are paragraph tags changed throughout the book? Thanks in advance for your help.RegardsApurva

After solving the issue reported by https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/we-can-t-verify-your-subscription-status/td-p/13476822 I decided to de-install Acrobat DC Reader, because I stated that I anyway most time need to use Acrobat 2017 Standard, which I also have installed. However, since the removal of the cloud App Acrobat DC it was not possible to open Acrobat by double click on the PDF file. All links found to cure this problem propose the following : Choose any PDF file. Right click on it and choose properties Under properties on General tab you will see open with and on the right there is a Change button. Clicking on the change button you will now have the capability to choose on which application will you use to open the PDF files. Choose Adobe Acrobat xxx on the list, then click OK. Once back on the properties menu just click apply, then OK. However, after that procedure (even if selecting the application from the file location where it is installed) I

Hi,I have a request to send FM source files to a customer. When they receive the files they will get them translated.What is the best and easiest way to get the unstructured source files to the customer? Thank you for any help. Cheers,Elizabeth  

Greeting to the FM community users, Does Framemaker 16 have a feature to automatically resize images on a page to avoid blank spaces?I am currently working on a FM document that has a large number of images, to be delivered as a PDF.I would like to use the largest size of images that fit on the default left/right portrait layout page. However, the document also has text and tables, which often creates the blanks spaces as seen in the attached screenshot.Trying to manually adjust the size of the image is taking a lot of time and slowing down the authoring process. I can already foresee that any additional text or images will need readjustment of image size to fill the white spaces.Is there a feature that I could use to guide me about automatically fitting the image in the page as per the available white space? Thanks in advance for your help and suggestion,Regards,Apurva   

I am fairly new to framemaker 15, was using version 7 for years. How do you change the way the fonts are displayed? On 7.1 I could view all of the fonts on 1 page. If I go to format - font it only shows in in 1 row in alphabetical order so if I need a font starting with T I need to scroll down or type the letter. Is there a way to view it all on 1 page?

    Since the end of 2022 i get the following message when starting FM 16 or 17: We can't verify your subscription status. We can't reach the Adobe servers. This may be because you're not connected to the internet. Check your connection and try again below. If you're still having issues, please see our connectivity troubleshooting guide. Of course I’m connected and i could download and install 17.0.1.305 with no problems. This is on  win 10, fully patched. I have not fiddled around with my Adobe account (otherwise I could not write this) - so what may be the cause of this? Since i have a perpetual license for FM-15 - which is ma work horse - I’m only unable to be a beta tester…

Does anyone know the functinality of mifhtml.dll - is it essential?Any idea how to fix?FrameMaker Version: 17.0.0.226 is used as editor for Quanos ST4. Thanks in advance, any help highly appreciated

I was using framemaker 7.1 and now have version 15. Have TONS of files that need to be updated. Is there any way to do it in bulk instead of opening each file and saving each one?

  Screen clipping taken: 1/9/2023 10:02 AM Clicking continue in the upper box  Screen clipping taken: 1/9/2023 10:02 AMClicking Continue again I get the document.Now I change the document and try to save it I get this dialog again.Screen clipping taken: 1/9/2023 10:05 AM     Screen clipping taken: 1/9/2023 10:05 AMWhen I click the Continue button again I get the save document dialog similar to explorer with the name of the document to save.  Screen clipping taken: 1/9/2023 10:08 AM Clicking on Save  Screen clipping taken: 1/9/2023 10:09 AM Clicking On OK  Screen clipping taken: 1/9/2023 10:09 AM I get the same cant lock dialogue. This the becomes and endless loop of dialog boxes. I cant save changes. What I am doing is using FrameMaker in FileFlex Drive Q for home access and security.  Basically  it’s some type of virtual network .  The result of their product is that

I am using FM2020, structured, DITA.I have tables in two different DITA files that share some, but not all rows. I have successfully used CONREF to share the rows for "standard-format" rows, but something is not working if there is a merged cell. In particular, if the first <entry> in a row has a morerows attribute (e.g. morerows = 1). You can see an example of the DITA file as viewed in the editor below (first two cells in the first column are merged): The DITA source code for the first 2 rows is:<row rowsep="1" id="id231680M0JTS"> <entry colname="1" morerows="1">Type 1&2</entry> <entry colname="2">#1</entry> <entry colname="3">Meaning 1</entry> </row> <row rowsep="1" id="id2313L0Y045U"> <entry colname="2">#2</entry> <entry colname="3">Meaning 2</entry> </row>In the second DITA file, I have CONREF'd each of the rows in, and then manually inserted a new row (i.e. in this instance, I c

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Hello,I have FrameMaker 2020 (16.0.4.1062). Do I need to install the 2022 release first and then install Update 1, or can I just install Update 1? Thanks for your help!Lourie

As the heading says - is there a script/utility which will allow a user to collect the fonts used in a document? I remember that there once was a script - or perhaps it was a plugin - which would do the trick? Bjørn

I have two DITA maps.  One is the top level. <map xmlns:ditaarch="http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/"><title>Main DITA Map</title><topicref href="conceptA.xml" type="concept" product="A"><topicmeta><navtitle>Concept A</navtitle></topicmeta></topicref><topicref href="conceptB.xml" type="concept" product="B"><topicmeta><navtitle>Concept B</navtitle></topicmeta></topicref><topicref href="conceptC.xml" type="concept" product="A B"><topicmeta><navtitle>Concept C</navtitle></topicmeta></topicref><topicref href="sub_filter.ditamap" format="ditamap"><topicmeta><navtitle>MAP TITLE</navtitle></topicmeta></topicref></map> The second is referenced "sub_filter.ditamap" <map xmlns:ditaarch="http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/"><title>Sub-DITA MAP</title><topicref href="conc

 I have the Technical communication suite where I use Framemaker (which I purchased myself and apparently access through Adobe Console). But I also have access to Adobe cloud through my school, which is apparently a separate login. So the problem is I can't use Framemaker and Cloud apps at the same time, which is a real headache. Is there any way to unify the two accounts so that I have access to both at the same time? thanks, paul

We recently brought on a new designer; he started off with Windows 11 and FM 17, I'm still on Windows 10 and FM 16 (soon to upgrade). I had the new designer save as FM 2020 format so I can also work on the files, but now when I'm trying to resize images within picture frames they snap big-time (like to the point of exceeding the edges of the picture frames). So no dragging corners to exactly the size I want, it just pulls to whatever snap point it's looking for. How do I turn this off so I can resize to exactly the size I want?

Hello,Since I upgraded to FrameMaker 2019, when I Publish to PDF, my file sizes are about 3x larger than when I used Save as PDF in FrameMaker 2015. My workaround is to print to post script, then distill to PDF. Small file, good graphics. I read in another post to generate the PDF then optimize the PDF but I found the graphics quality suffered too much. I have read other posts on this topic but it seems that when I edit the STS file to change settings, and when I change settings for PDF Printer instance, the file size doesn't change. I am not sure if the Publish engine references the PDF Printer settings or not. I am not sure if this is related, but when I installed FM2019, I had to manually copy some resource files to get my Welcome screen to work. Are there resources files related to pointing to the correct STS file perhaps? Thanks!

I can't seem to save any edits to my reference pages.I have the online subscription and the latest version of FrameMaker Structured installed and can compile pdfs just fine but when I try to add icons to the reference page it doesn't take.Any help appreciated,Thanks,Myko

HI everyone,This is my first post in Framemaker Community as I am moving from RH to FM.I have an issue with respect to importing word documents to Framemaker.After I have import a word to doc to FM multiple tab stops are created.Now, although I remove the tab stops manually once, If I place my mouse in the next line , the tab stops are seen again.Is there any shortcut wherein I can remove tab stops at one go after I import a word document in Framemaker.Thanks in advance.Regards,Parag