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This is baffling me. I have several tables in the book I'm working on, and most of them are fine. There are, however, a handful which either had no outer "bottom" rule  at all, or it was present when viewing the FM file, but saving, printing, or publishing as PDF results in those rules disappearing. I used Custom Cell Ruling and Applied Ruling style "From Table" and the frame rule appeared on screen, but still won't show up in the print PDF. Any ideas?

We use Structured FrameMaker with a custom EDD (no DITA). All our documents are in .fm format (not XML). We produce all our materials to PDF, which has been working great and we don't want to change any of that. Some of our content is also made available via our LMS. To retain the formatting, the content is rekeyed in the LMS platform in plain ("simple") HTML format.  For example, the following content in FrameMaker:is rekeyed in the LMS in HTML:We're investigating whether it is posible to export the content from FM into "simple" HTML so that we can copy and paste the raw HTML into our LMS. We tried using the Basic HTML option from the Publish pod, but found that it contained a lot more than we need and would require a lot of "clearn-up" for it to be usable for our purpose. Any suggestions from the community how we could achieve a "cleaner" HTML output without going down the XML/DITA route?

Back in 2016, Thomas Aldous did a series of webinars on moving unstructured FM content to XML. The links provided on his site (http://tmaldous.com/2016/02/14/7-part-e-seminar-series-unstructured-to-xml-framemaker-10-instructional-series/) take me to a meetus.adobeevents.com page that says I have to register to view the recording, but I'm not able to register as "the event is over".   Does anyone know if access to these webinars is still available? I very much want to watch them.

I am importing a Word docx file which has a lot of cross references built using Words book mark feature. According to FrameMakers documentation I should be able to import the text and have FrameMaker convert Words cross references to FrameMaker cross references. But what I get is this mishmash which looks really strange. What am I missing? Does the feature work?FrameMaker 2020 - Word docx 2016

Edit 2022-06-25 Dear experts I developed a script derived from Rick Quatro's excursus on Deleting Conditions. → Running the script does not remove the condition from the text. Any ideas about this? For easy testing my case you have here a complete script with no dependencies... Use the test file on my website.   //@target framemaker var KLD_Z = KLD_Z || {}; // global script object KLD_Z.RemoveConditionsFromText = function (oDoc, oTR, aRemoveConds) { // ====== /* Get the list of properties and methods (functions) of an object Arguments oDoc Current document oTR TextRange of the found conditions aRemoveConds Array of conditions (names) to be removed Reference http://frameautomation.com/removing-conditions-from-text-and-table-rows-part-4/ */ var oProps, asCondFmts, j; oProps = oDoc.GetTextPropVal (oTR.beg, Constants.FP_InCond); asCondFmts = oProps.propVal.osval; // Get a list

FrameMaker 2020 (16.0.4) + DITA 1.3 + EDDMy client likes using a specific symbol in the menucascade elements. The definition is in the uicontrol element. Working in the EDD, I cannot make the symbol work. I suspect now that the symbol is not in the font used in the book, so I'd have to somehow indicate that the symbol font needs to be included in the document.I've tried pasting from the Windows Character Map as text, rich text, and unicode. When that didn't work, I created a variable with the character code (U+0AE) but that didn't work either.

Not long ago I came across a document that describes all the inner workings of reference pages - structure, syntax, etc. Can't find it again - anyone know about it?

Hi,I am using FrameMaker version 16.04 and am wondering how to change text in a book's master page. Specifically it's ccopyright information that needs to be updated. When I access the master page and click the entry I'm not able to change anything. Can someone please help me with this?Thank you.Elizabeth

My company recently merged with a bigger company and they want me to download Framemaker 19 to be compatible with the rest of the new department. I was running an older Framemaker version. I have a new computer with Windows 10 21H1 installed 8/21/21. The company got me a license for Framemaker 19 through a reseller--a company called Connections. Nobody could tell me how to actually download Framemaker including all the Adobe help screens. Finally, an Adobe chat person got me to a page where I downloaded a file without having to put in a credit card number (the license was already paid for). I downloaded this file: Framemaker_15_x64_LREFDJ.zip.I ran this file and the installer quickly stopped with this message: "Your browser or operating system is no longer supported. You may need to install the latest updates to your operating system." I checked for updates and the screen said "You're up to date."There was something mentioned about needing Internet Explorer 11. I have Interne

Afternoon,I have an anchored frame set to run into paragraphs on a paragraph style that is set to 'Across All Columns and Side Head'.It works as expected until there is a line with paragraph style set to 'Side Head' and the next to 'In All Columns'. See the image attached.Is there a way to make this frame run into these paragraph styles? Cheers 

Can someone clarify how to use <$autorange> on the index reference page?

I think I have an idea, but if I'm defining colors in FM oR bringin in .EPS files from Illustrator, can I easily convert those to PMS for output to PDF/print? Thanks.

When updating a book FM is altering smart quotes to straight quotes in the generated index even though smart quotes is enabled in text options.

Hey CommunityI have the problem that when opening an existing xml file, the cross references are gone. I can select the cross-reference, save it and it can be seen in the structure view and in the text. After closing the xml file and opening it again, the cross-reference is gone. The xml is saved as a ditamap. I have FrameMaker 2019 version 16.0.4.1062 and Windows version 10.   Many thank's you for your help.Dorotea 

Problem Description: To create the XML files, we use the original template from DITA task 1.3. The method that we used in FrameMaker 2019 (“File>Import>File”) does not allow us to insert files in MP4 format, because it generates an “object” tag instead of “image”: The problem with the "object" tag is that it outputs a different line when "image" doesn't. Does anyone know a solution for this? 

Framemaker splash screen opens, but then it blanks out and fails to launch.Operating system was just updated to Windows 11 for x64Installed FrameMaker from:https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/framemaker-downloads.htmlWhat's the problem?What's the solution?Why is the downloaded .exe file only 5MB, it should be 168MB. Crash Report:Version=1EventType=APPCRASHEventTime=132845195376436608ReportType=2Consent=1UploadTime=132845195382535047ReportStatus=268435456ReportIdentifier=524a05d0-05c9-4eef-9813-57c07279a97cIntegratorReportIdentifier=94df6a19-896c-47e4-a199-6539dc4c74b4Wow64Host=34404NsAppName=FrameMaker.exeAppSessionGuid=00005964-0001-0002-c0dd-575600f6d701TargetAppId=W:0006fe3211053a3855535f1d14b6bedca5d400000904!0000b19401c3f2578d92ff0ff2d08e4dd10c09278342!FrameMaker.exeTargetAppVer=2021//09//09:09:35:22!1406749!FrameMaker.exeBootId=4294967295ServiceSplit=2213597240TargetAsId=3664UserImpactVector=808452912IsFatal=1EtwNonCollectReason=4Response.BucketId=22dc6db03a64657f09d5bee64

In my FM19 document I have a table with the same width as the FM page (same as the pdf ouput.)But in the html5 output, the table has a fixed width too. This looks weird, especially when the browser window is much wider. Can I somehow make the table with dynamic, so it always fits the page width? 

Hello all,If I export the element catalog as an EDD from a structured document, I find that PgfBoxColor is not included in the resulting EDD, even though it exists in the original document's element definitions.This means that the sequence: Open a structured document;Export element catalog as EDD (Structure | EDD | Export Element Catalog as EDD, or Esc  f D X);Save the resulting EDD;Import new EDD into original document.…changes the formatting of the document, which should not happen. I am using a customised EDD template. That is, I have replaced the file fminit/fmstruct/elemcat with a file containing Lynne Price's Meta-EDD (modified to support elements added in recent versions of FrameMaker, among other changes). I thought that this might have something to do with it, but replacing elemcat with the original installed copy produces the same result. Has anyone else seen this behaviour, or is anyone able to replicate what I'm seeing? Thanks very much. J

I have a document which currently uses a Pantone green for a variety of paragraph styles, and I need to make the entire document black and white. I can delete the Pantone color in the color definitions, and replace each instance with black, but some of the colors like Magenta can't be deleted or edited.Is there a way to quickly find each instance of magenta and replace it with black, or do I need to go through and change them all manually?Also, these magenta instances are all table heads (or first row at the head of each column, I suppose) and the magenta is the shading behind the text, not the text itself. I can't seem to find where that color is defined.  

Dear Friends,I can get a paragraph style by     oPgfFmt = oDoc.GetNamedPgfFmt(sFormat);     However, I have not found a method to get an equivalent for the object style     oObjStyle = oDoc.GetNamedGraphicsFmt (sStyle); // not correct     The famous chm "Adobe FrameMaker-12 Object Model" is outdated and there is nothing relevant in the FDK documentation!I need to know this to be able to get the properties and then re-apply them to an object in order to remove an override.Any ideas? Edit The ESTK Object Model Viewer is also of no help. The following script to collect the available styles works as intended:     KLD_F.GetObjFmtList = function (oDoc, asObjFmts) { // ========= //=== Fill array with list of Object format names var sObjFmt; // name in Catalogue sObjFmt = oDoc.FirstGraphicsFmtInDoc; asObjFmts.length = 0; while(sObjFmt.ObjectValid() == true) { asObjFmts.push (sObjFmt.StyleTag); sObjFmt = sObjFmt.NextGraphicsFmtInDoc

In my post about Tagging and untagging objects Bob Niland states «If one wants the null Style to float to the top of the Catalog menu, it appears that the name has to start with an ASCII numeral, perhaps "0". Perhaps: 0_{Empty}» This puzzled me and therefore I tested these names of ¶ formats and got this order on my English FM: !_Null 0Chapter-title Äffchen Body bodytext ztf-table-footnote βgeuze→ This is not the Unicode order (see the location of Äffchen before Body). It is ordered according to the index entries for English: <$symbols><$numerics><$alphabetics>

FrameMaker 2020. When I create a graphic object or a frame, it comes with no object styles. If I apply an object style, the object becomes tagged/styled.Can it be un-tagged/styled again?I can of course delete the object style and I presume that would make it un-tagged, but apart from that and doing magic stuff in the mif file?...

I have a 2,134-page document and need to down-step all of the heading styles (Change all H1s to H2s, H2s to H3s, etc). I played with Find (Paragraph Tag) and Replace (By Pasting) but didn't get the results I was looking for. It replaced the style, but then pulled the paragraph below the heading into the same line as the heading. Is there and cleaner way to swap out paragraph styles? Thanks!

I am trying to install Technical Communication Suite 2019 and while I have managed to make it install and run FrameMaker, it won't install RoboHelp and Captivate properly.When I try to run these programs, I get an Invalid License Number message. And Adobe Support merely points me to paid help or the community.Does anybody know how to fix this issue? 

The situation is t his: Searching for an object with Style override was succesful. The now selected object is located within an anchored frame (do not know whether there are other 'hosts' also possible. Now I want to continue the search - but have no Text Location to start in this situation. The object (graphic) may be selected or not selected. I need to escape the anchored frame and find the anchor... Any ideas how to achieve this?