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I have just started using FM2020 in Windows 10.(upgraded from FM2015, not structured, English UI, edit in Japanese and English) When I edit files that created by FM2015 and generate a PDF by [Save As PDF] in FM2020, the file size of the PDF becomes about three times that of the PDF generated by [Print Book] (Distiller) (about 6,000 KB → about 18,000 KB, both English and Japanese). In [Pulish]/[Setting File:]/[Outputs]/[General]/[Preset Name:], I selected the same setting as the Distiller (the same PDF job option), but the file size was increased. I would like to generate a PDF of a similar size to the PDF created by Distiller without losing photo quality by [Save As PDF] in FM2020. It would be very much appliciated if you advise me how to set it up or any hint to reduce the PDF file size.Thank you.

Is there anywhere I can view a list of the context points that have been captured/converted from my .h file? I've tried a couple of locations in the output, and seen either a couple of random ones from my file, or one that does not exist in my original files at all.

I am trying to create context sensitive markers in FM 2020. I've inserted topic alias markers in the specific parts of the doc and tried to create the .h (UTF-8 encoded) file needed for the CSH. I used #define <mapID> <map number> for each of the topic alias markers I inserted. The .h file contains the #define statements only. I put the file in the same location as my book file and generated Responsive HTML as the instructions on this forum state. Does this create an anchor tag? And what format will that tag have? How can I search for that in my output as searching for "<a class=" does return results. Also can yo use dashes in the map ID and map number?

Folks,I just downloaded TCS from Adobe, and my antivirus (intego VirusBarrier) reported W32/CorkaMIX.A in the download "Assets1_1.zip"Is this a real virus or a false positive ? Regards,Geoff

Hi, I'm trying access the Super/Find Change script. The link posted in the forums is broken. Can someone provide a new link?Thanks. 

I have been automating a lot of tedious work for my clients since a long time. In many cases I needed to write an error report to inform the user of stuff they needed to correct in their FM files. I would like to do this in the same manner as the Error Log you get when updating an FM book and some problems occur (files not being opened, color settings that are inconsistent, unresolved cross-references etc.). I check from a simple script and find that this error log is not a document, even though it does contain cross-references to the locations of errors (e.g. unresolved cross-references) in the checked documents. I would like to know a couple of things before I dig into this any further:1. Is there a way to create this type of view from scripting ?2. How do I enter text  into that view if it is not a Doc object ? Of course if any of you have a sample script that they would like to share with me, that would be wonderful. Jang

Is there an ascii code in FrameMaker for a clockwise and counter-clockwise arrow?

Hey there,Back in the day, when you would PDF a book, there was an option to create separate files from each file in the book.  This was done I believe through the distiller process.  Now, Frame distills files natively, and I no longer see this option.  Is there a way to do this?  I have literally hundereds of forms that are created that I want in separate files, and this used to be so easy, but now, I can only figure out to open each file and PDF them, which is suuuuch a waste of time when I know I could do this before!  Help please ❤️  I can't find anything about this feautre anywhere.

I don't know why I'm getting these blackboxes instead of page numbers. I looked at a good TOC file and the file I am using has the same info on the reference page. eaders Here is what is on the reference page:

HelloI am trying to build a TOC and a PDF for one of our product guides.The TOC fm file has 3 levels of headings printed. However the PDF file only prints one level. What could be the reason? Attached screenshot below. The one with 2 levels is the FM file and the one with the just 1 level is the PDF file..

I cannot seem to update my FrameMaker Version 16 (subscription) in Windows 11. It is looking for an "auphd" file. Is there any way to download the update from Adobe? 

Hi There, Currently, our company is planning to upgrade our FM 11 to FM 19 or FM 20. The challenge we foresee with this upgrade is pertaining to images that we have in our existing FM11 documentation. We mostly have images with .jpg, .jpeg, and .png formats These images are nearly 50+ (approx). Now, what we want to know is if we upgrade to FM19 or FM20 and use WebP Image import feature, how can we plan for .jpg to WebP conversion? From my knowledge of FM, I understand that FM19 or FM20 won't be able to convert .jpg to WebP and since this is company documentation, so we don't want to rely on online converting tools either. Can anyone suggest me quick fixes or workarounds to tackle this scenario? I will appreciate your help !

We all do know that the generation of PDF with PDFL in FM-15 (aka 2019) is not that reliable. But I wanted to support this by a short statistik spanning the last 13 months. Month Docs OK NOK Books OK NOK 2021-01 10 10 0 1 1 0 2021-02 2 1 1 3 3 0 2021-03 6 6 0 9 8 1 2021-04 7 3 4 3 2 1 2021-05 13 10 3 6 5 1 2021-06 5 5 0 2 1 1 2021-07 1 1 0 3 2 1 2021-08 1 1 0 8 5 3 2021-09 9 8 1 0 0 0 2021-10 4 4 0 3 3 0 2021-11 1 1 0 3 2 1 2021-12 14 14 0 4 3 1 2022-01 33 33 0 1 1 0 NOK means that the process failed and FM quit' You see, that the geneation of a PDF for a book failes more often than for single documents. Now my question: Is it really reliable in FM-16 (aka 2020)?  

When I select Package in FM 2019, a zip folder is created. The files in that zip folder no longer have "Date modified" associated with them. Attached is a sample. Is there a way to prevent this? - Thanks 

 When I select Package in FM 2019, a zip folder is created. The files in that zip folder no longer have "Date modified" associated with them. Or, all files in a package is changed to 1979-12-31 AM 12:00:00 Attached is a sample. Is there a way to prevent this? - Thanks   

Hello! I would like to create a frame on the reference page with a text and every time I used this frame on the body page I would only bring it via the paragraph designer, until this part it's easy to do. But I would like to be able to change the text of this frame every new use.

Hi folks, I've a text frame that is cutting the text. How to resolve it?

I have dita content with <row rowsep="0"> elements. On import to FrameMaker, the bottom row border is suppressed as I would expect, but the rowsep attribute value in FrameMaker is not kept. I need this value for further processing in ExtendScript. Is there a way to preserve these value in FrameMaker, perhaps through a Read/Write rule? Thank  you.

I created mulitple grahics in Illustrator (CMYK) - using turquoise green and emerald green. Then I import into Framemaker and my turquoise is regular green and my green is neon green (RGB display). How do I view my document in CMYK. This neon green is annoying, not accurate and is hard to work with (hard on the eyes, I had to turn down the brightness of my monitor). Not to mention it really distorted the design (it's ugly) on the screen. The pdf is correct. Ridiculous! How do I fix this?

Liebe FrameMaker, Anfang des Jahres hatten wir bei uns ein ungewöhnliches Phenomen: Von heute auf Morgen konnten sich unsere Anwender nicht mehr in FrameMaker 2017 mehr einloggen und damit arbeiten. Man erhielt folgende Meldung:In der Adobe Admin Console (Admin Console (adobe.com)) haben wir keine Veränderungen durchgeführt, die User waren noch alle aktiviert und mit einer FM Lizenz ausgestattet. Erst nach dem wir die User in der Adobe Admin Console entfernt hatten und wieder neu hinzugefügt haben, konnten sich die User wieder anmelden. Jedoch wurde danach automatisch FM 2020 heruntergeladen und installiert. Ein Loginversuche bei FM2017 wurden mit der obigen Fehlermeldung quittiert.Ist das auch bei anderen FM Benutzern passiert, deren Zugang über das Adobe Admin Console gemanaged wird?Ich freue mich auf Rückmeldung.

On 1/29/2021 I entered a bug about 2 default conditional tags (which cannot be removed) in FrameMaker 2020:FM_PDF_Comments_HighlightFM_PDF_Comments_UnderlineWhere I work we heavily use conditional tags and having 2 that cannot be removed is not acceptable (which is why we have remained on FM 2019). I have posted about this roughly 5 to 6 months ago where I was told it would be in the next release, but my bug is still listed with a status of Open.The bug has 18 votes from other users who also want this fixed. How many people have to vote for this before this gets fixed?If others would like to vote for this, go to Adobe's tracker at:https://tracker.adobe.com/and look for bug 9622thank you for those who have voted

Hello everyone,i have a problem when i print cropmarked PDF it came out with most of  Registration marks but not the cropmarks (the lines), it appears when i print through "Publish" or "Save as PDF", but the thing is these methods makes my file corrpted (fonts and colors,....), so the only way i have is through "Print" and choose "Western" and fix the page size so the cropmaks would appears like the image below: is there any solution for this issue? 

I'm working on a project for which the files have to stay on my company's server. When I try to save a FM (2020) file as .rtf, Framemaker quits responding and I have to force quit. It seems to start creating the the rtf file but that file won't open (error says it may be corrupt). Are there certain approaches I need to be taking when working in FM on a network server, and/or can someone help me with the words I'll need to get help from company tech support, who will know nothing about Framemaker itself. Thanks!

Hi,I am publishing a book that has multiple chapters grouped in seperate folders. When I publish the book, the bookmark does not include the Folder Name and thus all chapters come in continuation withoud grouping. Is there a way to include the folder names in the bookmarks?

Hi All,Update 4 of FrameMaker Summer 2020 (Version 16.0.4.1062) release is now live.Now with Update 4 of FrameMaker 2020, FDK will be shared as a ZIP file. You can download and unzip the file to get started. This new process solves the issue of the existing version of FDK folder getting overwritten when a new version of the FDK is installed.Please find the release notes and other relevant documentation below.FrameMaker Downloadshttps://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/framemaker-downloads.htmlUser Guidehttps://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/index.htmlhttps://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/framemaker_help.pdfFixed Issueshttps://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/fixed-issues.htmlFDK Guidehttps://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/pdfs/fdkinstallguide.pdfPlease let us know if you have any questions.ThanksFrameMaker Team