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If you copy or move something that was formatted with one tag and paste it in a place using a different tag, the pasted material retains the source formatting. This can be a real issue, especially if you're doing a bookwide Find & Replace with Paste from Clipboard of anything that is pasted anyplace that has a different tag applied to it than was present when you copied it. I don't know about you, but I get rather annoyed at having to make multiple passes in a book, first to change the information, then to apply default font to it.   I was remembering this annoyance during today's demo of the beta for the next version of FM, so I thought I'd share the feature request I just put in.   Vote if you think this is useful. https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-11735

The typing is suddenly very slow when using FM19 (15.0.8.979). It doesn't matter if I restart FM and create a new blank document, the typing still takes ages.I can't figure out how to get back to normal typing speed. FM20 on the same computer has no problems.Windows 10.

It's possible to get a report of all images contained in the FM document so we can have the list of images so I bring all the images in the new file? In this way I could avoid bringing each individual image into the new image file. Thank you in advance for your help!  

1. OS: Windows 10 Enterprise(20H2)2. SW: Adobe Framemaker 2019 (ver.15.0.6.956)3. Java versionopenjdk version "18.0.1.1" 2022-04-22OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 18.0.1.1+2-6)OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 18.0.1.1+2-6, mixed mode, sharing)----------------------------------------------------------------------Hi, When publishing HTML5, "Failed to publish. Check if JRE is installed." Error popup is displayed.Framemaker is the software used for the company's business, and our company cannot install Oracle jre, jdk due to the license policy. Instead, We install and use OpenJDK.Can't I configure the software to operate on OpenJDK instead of JRE? 

I am in the process of designing a new template for academic work for The FrameMaker Templates Shop. I have a problem though. The template allows for generating lists of files and tables, and having these documents integrated in the TOC works. But when publishing to HTML5 it seems FrameMaker just doesn't generate HTML for the LOF (List of Files) and the LOT (List of Tables) even they appear in the TOC. I am not sure whether this is a fault of mine or whether it actually is a FrameMaker bug.I would greatly appreciate it, if somebody would download the template from here and run a Publish to HTML or help me check what seems to be wrong. The files are FrameMaker 2020 http://framemaker.dk/scientificpaper.zip

I have a document where the first topic in the TOC does not have a hyperlink. All of the other Heading1First topic listings have hyperlinks in FrameMaker, but the first topic doesn't. Ideas?  

I want to do this: Find any cross-reference (or x-ref of particular format) Change format to another one defined: e.g. from "heading & chapter-page" to "heading & page". After finding a cross-reference I have a Text Range of that x-ref. But how to get to the x-ref object? IMHO there should be an object with propery  XRefFmt   aTextItems = oDoc.GetTextForRange(oTR, Constants.FTI_XRefBegin);   is of no help here, as it just provides the text of the x-ref.

hi thereI am having trouble getting my page numbers in the Index to bold font. I have been able to do this previously by inserting <strong> before <$pagenum> on the reference page. I have checked that the character font is in the index file and is indeed set to bold. This is my first book since upgrading to FM19 so perhaps there is a different way to do this?  Thansk in advancekeli

I wrote Bug 9622 back in 1/29/2021 for FM 2020. It has 2 conditional tags by default that should not be there. We are a shop that heavily use conditional tags. Having extra conditional tags is not acceptable so we have remained on FM 2019. This is the second time that the bug's status has moved from Open to another status (like maybe it is being worked on) and as of this morning I noticed it is now back to Open (I check every Monday morning). I was promised that this would be fixed for the next release so I also check weekly for any news on the next release. Can someone from Adobe please provide some kind of an answer of when this will be fixed and if in the next release, when that might be?   After waiting nearly 1 and 1/2 years, I think we have been patient.thank you

I am unable to uninstall FrameMaker 2019 from my computer. There is no uninstaller application present in the Add or Remove Programs menu or the FM2019 Program Files folder.I am running Win10. Currently, I have no other Adobe applications installed. Is there a command line methord or a manual registry method that I can use?

Hi,Had to set up a multilevel book structure (two levels) in order to be able to add TOCs to each sub book (mini-TOCs won't work). Seems the book S&R does not work on sub books from top book, is that correct? In this case the target is S&R on attribute values, but I guess it is the same thing for other S&R operations if it does not work for attribute values.Structured FM 2020, fully updated, and *.fm files (no structured application from the mil authority, so cannot go the xml route).BR, Mats 

I am attempting to create a PDF from several Framemaker book files. Framemaker version is 2015 (13.0.5.547). Each time I try to build the PDF, Framemaker pops up a window saying it has encountered a problem and will then abort the operation without any message to indicate where it occurred or why. Windows 7 (x64) event log consistently shows:Faulting application is Framemaker.exe version 13.0.5.547Faulting module name: MSVCR100.dll version 10.0.40219.325Exception code: 0xc0000417Faulting module path: C:\windows\system32\MSVCR100.dllThis fault is occurs consistently each time I attempt to build the PDF using File > Save As PDF, and is preventing me from doing my job.Has anyone encountered this problem and what must be done to resolve it?

When converting (from MS Word) FrameMaker documents, Object Styles are a wonderful way to wrangle placed images. Currently I can use Find/Change to locate existing Object Styles, but I can't apply them by selecting an option in the Find/Change panel or by using the Copy Special option. If this would be helpful to you as well, please consider voting for FRMAKER-10827 at https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-10827   -Matt

"Adobe FrameMaker 11. Classroom in a Book" is sold with a link to lesson files. The link seems to have gone missing since the publication of the book and the publisher seems to have changed. I have had correspondance with both publishers and Adobe support, but so far without luck, even if the book is still selling apparently.Can I be so lucky that somebody out there, has these lesson files?   

I know RoboHelp has a usage report, but I am wondering if there is a graphics report. I would like to know what graphics in the referenced graphics folder are being used and which are not. Thanks!

If I find a graphic object to be deleted and it is within a group, then this is simple:   if (sSearch == "" && sFType == "TXTL") { // --- empty TextLine if (object.GroupParent.constructor.name === "Group") { object.GroupParent.Delete(); // ungroup } object.Delete(); }   However, If I want to process the found object further, it must be ungrouped from the group.The following just ungroupes the first item in the group from the rest.   oGraphic = oGroup.FirstGraphicInGroup; while (oGraphic.ObjectValid()) { oGraphic.GroupParent = 0; oGraphic = oGoup.NextGraphicInGroup; nObjects += 1; }   Even replacing oGoup.NextGraphicInGroup by oGraphic.NextGraphicInGroup does not help, because there is no group anymore for this object.A more sophisticated algorithm is required: function UnGroup (oGroup) { var aItems = [], j, k= 0, oGraphic; oGraphic = oGroup.FirstGraphicInGroup; while (oGraphic.ObjectValid()) { aItems[k] = oGraphic; oGraphic = oGra

Hello all,I have a couple of files that I am having issues re: blank pages.I have tried to set pagination to Delete Empty Pages and I have selected "Delete Pages" from the Format-Document menu.  Then when I recompile to book, the empty pages return.Thanks in advance.Regards,Ben

Dear all,During october-novermber I installed Windows 10 in parallel to the existing Windows 7 (dual boot) and discovered some strange things with this OS - although I postponed the transiton some years. I hoped that these faults and annoyances will disappear once I have a single-OS system (Win10 on the first partition replacing the old system). But no...The problem:Save as PDF (in FM-15.0.4.751) is set to use the PDFL. In about 1 of 4 processes to create the PDF of a particular book the last book file is not finished and FM just disappears into the blue without message or dump. In the Windows Reliability monitor I then see this information:Problem Event Name: BEX64 Application Name: FrameMaker.exe Application Version: 15.0.4.751 Application Timestamp: 5d540b1d Fault Module Name: MSVCR120.dll Fault Module Version: 12.0.40660.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 577e0cc7 Exception Offset: 0000000000074890 Exception Code: c0000409 Exception Data: 0000000000000007 OS Version: 10.0.18362.2.0.0.256.48

Is there anyone to give more information or to tell useful tips for generating PDF in single tone for paper printing? Product: FM 2020

How does one get Adobe to wake up and fix their customer support page as seen here?: https://helpx.adobe.com/tech-comm-suite/customer-support.html What's wrong?   1. Emails sent to the email address for technical support go into a black hole.  You will not get a response from Adobe if you send email to tcssup@adobe.com 2. The other email address that they list on this page is simply a dead email address. Email sent to techcomm@adobe.com simply bounces back with the following mesasge:The following recipient(s) cannot be reached: 'techcomm@adobe.com.' on 5/17/2022 10:01 AM             Server error: '550 A valid address is required.' Get with it Adobe!

I have a bunch of DITA FM2020 documents and for some reason it some of the text turns another font size when being translated. So I have to do a search for all characters in a specific font size.Can that be done?

A strange thing happened to our documents recently. We have an optional Attribute against one of our Elements, with 5 values users can select from. The Attribue value drives context formatting rules. We use a master document to import (File > Import > Formats) generic settings, selecting all options except Filter by Attribute Settings, Variable Definitions and Conditional Text Settings. After a recent import, all instances of the above Attribute was changed to the a specific value. The value they were changed to is the second last in the available options and not the default.  (We now have the joyous task of correcting the 500+ instances of the Attibute.) Any thoughts as to how/why this happened?

For localization purposes and to make things easier for me to manage, I would like to eliminate all text that FrameMaker EDDs and output templates automatically add when you tag and publish a DITA file (to PDF). Instead, I would prefer to include this text in the actual DITA file, for example, prefixes for “Note” elements, text in frames on FrameMaker reference pages, as well as text assigned by paragraph numbering. Do I have to modify all existing EDDs and output templates to achieve this, or is there a better way?

I have just added:https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-11690which is a bug report describing that it is not possible to publish HTML5 from books with generated lists.I have tried adding List of Tables and List of figures to a book file, but for some reason it seems FrameMaker simply disregards these documents when it generates HTML5.If anybody can find the time to check it, I would greatly appreciate it.

I want to save generic table structures for Notice, Caution, Warning, and Danger boxes. Each box needs 2 columns: one for the appropriate icon and another for the word Notice, etc., followed by a line for the necessary text. Then each time we need a Notice box we can paste the generic Notice box (which already has the Notice icon and the word Notice) and just type in the text. I'd like to avoid using something from a Reference page because I think that items on the Reference page are ignored when you output to Responsive HTML5. I don't want the boxes to disappear. If you have an idea how to do this, I hope to hear from you. Thanks,Chris