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Hi Everyone:   I had a question in an intro class today that I couldn't answer. 😬   What is the difference between Chapter Title Name and Filename (Short)? Both work on body pages and master pages. Both produce the filename with extension at the insertion point.   For example, if the file is saved as "formats.fm", both add formats.fm at the insertion point. What does Chapter Title Name do that Filename (Short) does not and bonus points if you remember when it showed up!   TIA,~Barb

Hi community,I am trying to set numbering format of footnotes in document. Manually I can do it with Format -> Document -> Numbering... Here is the script I have which is not working.var oBook = app.ActiveBook if (oBook.ObjectValid()) { var oBookComp = oBook.FirstComponentInBook; while (oBookComp.ObjectValid()) { oBookComp.TblFnNumStyle = Constants.FV_FN_NUM_ALPHA_LC; oBookComp.FnNumStyle = Constants.FV_FN_NUM_ALPHA_LC; oBookComp = oBookComp.NextBookComponentInDFSOrder; } } Thanks

Hello guys, Happy new year 🙂 We are testing FrameMaker along with Sharepoint Online. For some reason we cannot edit files from FrameMaker. What could be the reason ?  Thank you very much

When I select the "Save PDF via Book with components route" option in the Publish Settings window for a ditamap and include List of Figures and List of Tables in the book, both lists appear at the end of the PDF book. How do I get these lists to appear after the table of contents and before the first chapter? In other words, where is the book template that the Publish command uses?

Hi everyone,being a newbie in terms of scripting, I can't figure out how to change some scripts I found in this group in order to get help with a repetitive task – maybe someone can help.I often need to implement small changes in translated manuals in several languages and then save the books as single PDF (one for each language), but need also to bypass occasional error messages if single files are saved in a former Frame version.I created a book containing the single books (book in a book) for all languages and tried to use this script, but I didn't find the way to open files 'no questions' and the end result is a single PDF with all subordinate books together.Thanks in advance for any help.  ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––#target framemaker;#strict on "use strict"; var doc;doc = app.ActiveDoc;     openBookFiles(book);  saveDoc (doc);doc.Close (true);  function openBookFiles(book) {    var doc, component, c

I posted two questions in the community, and receives several replies asking for more detailed information.But when I click the button Reply, the button vanishes and nothing happen afterwards. There is nowhere for me to input words to reply.I also read the same issues posted by others, but haven't find any solutions.https://community.adobe.com/t5/using-the-community-discussions/can-t-reply-to-a-post-anymore/m-p/10950059  I have used three browsers (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Sogou Browser). None of them works. Anyone knows how to solve this?

I am trying to convert the Sections of my Chapters in Framemaker 2017 into individual HTML files so that I can use those files in Robohelp. I was tasked with generating a new Help file using Robohelp and am super unfamiliar with the program, and I'm hoping instead of manually editting the changes into the preexisting Robohelp file, I can save the Sections of my Chapters into HTML and replace them in the current Robohelp file, which has all the correct formating.

I cannot figure out how to prevent the text from getting cut-off by the Text Frame. I'd also like to have the text centered vertically, but apprently (from reading other threads, here) that is not possible.

I need a script wiwh can import multi pages PDF. Please help !chris

I'm using FM2015 alone. I don't have RoboHelp. I also tried this under FM12 with similar results. I'm trying to use the Publish to Responsive HTML5 feature, but my TOC is not looking correct. I started with a new simple book with 1 document and 1 generated TOC. The main problem I have is that the resulting table of contents that appears in the left pane of the resulting html lists all my topics at 1 level, instead of an "outline" of the topics. For example, if have TOC levels for H1, H2, and H3. I expect to see something like:* H1 heading     * H2 heading          * H3 heading     * H2 headingInstead I get everything at the same level.In the "Style Mapping" settings I marked the heading paragraph styles as "split into topics based on this style". I also have a standard TOC generated with all the headings in there. Can I control the TOC that appears in the responsive HTML output? I'm using the "Azure_Bl

I customized the master pages in ChapterOutputTpl.fm (changed page size and text frame) and generated a PDF from my DITA book with the Publish command (after importing the customized ChapterOutputTpl.fm). The headers, footers, and main content of the PDF have the correct page layout; however, all of the tables extend into the (right) page margin. I have tried to resize the tables in the *.dita files, but they keep reverting to their default width when I reopen the file. I tried the solution in https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/framemaker-dita-tables/m-p/10956885#M65232 but this did not work for me in FrameMaker 2020. Can anyone help me with this?

Hi, I have a client using Flare for HTML Help. They currently import unstructured FrameMaker content into Flare. They are moving to DITA for some of their content, but want to continue to use Flare for HTML Help. Has anyone set up a Flare project that maps FrameMaker DITA templates to a Flare project? Thank you.

Hello and a happy new Year,I am quite new to Adobe Framemaker. I noticed, that some letters are shifted after creating the PDF. (see attachment). Even swichting the font from Myriad Pro to Calibri does not help, it makes it even worse. Has anybody an idea? I searched the internet but could not find any helpful tips. The console prints: German:"Schrift ＭＳ 明朝 ist nicht verfügbar.MS Mincho wird in dieser Sitzung verwendet."Englisch:"Font ＭＳ 明朝 not found.MS Mincho will be used in this session".Is this the reason? But why does is happen with Calibri, too? How can I fix this?Thank you very much for your help.Kind regards,Sebastian

I was creating a TOC from scratch today and realized how nice it would be to have buttons to flip back and forth between types of pages, rather than using the menus, or even the shortcuts. I'd be happy to have them added to the Quick Access toolbar, but would be even happier to get a new Template Design toolbar that also includes buttons for the Table, Object, Para, and Character Designers.  I usually use Alt V B B to return to body pages, with similar shortcuts to master and reference. But even these shortcuts are cumbersome when flipping back and forth every few minutes. I posted a tracker item at https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-11137 if you'd like to upvote it for a patch or new release feature.   -Matt

I started this project in 2018 - then only with the entries I just needed. The document had about 60 pages. Now I took the effort with the help of some tools to complete the document. Now we have about 16000 table rows with English, German and French text in a 360 page PDF. Use cases are Have a terminology (matching that of FM) for custom tool bars, custom dialogues and custom scripts. Find the correct label of a button for support of a client with other language. Find the ESC sequence for a known command in another language. Is there really no tool tip for a particular toolbar button? Yes, things like this happen. The PDF contains all extracted localised strings from the following dlls: fmdlg.dll, fmres.dll, owlres.dll and the menus and toolbars of the structured interface, WYSIWYG workspace. I assumed that this workspace contains most information. See daube.ch/docu/fmaker90.html 

My IT manager is trying to pay for my subscription to FrameMaker. He was told by the support engineer that FrameMaker is going to be discontinued and to use Spark. Utter nonsense?

I created a concept topic using FrameMaker DITA1.3. There is a simpletable element in this topic. I customized the column widths of this two-column simpletable to 10.1 cm and 4 cm. Then I saved this topic file to xml and get the simpletale element looks like this: <simpletable relcolwidth="72* 28*" scale="100" frame="all"> <strow> <stentry>Description</stentry> <stentry>Remark</stentry> </strow> </simpletable> But when I re-open this topic file with FrameMaker, the simpletable's columns became two equal-width columns. If I save the file in this situation, the attribute "relcolwidth" became "50* 50*":<simpletable relcolwidth="50* 50*" scale="100" frame="all"> <strow> <stentry>Description</stentry> <stentry>Remark</stentry> </strow> </simpletable>The read-write rules for the concept topic of DITA 1.3 is:-----writer use proportional widths;.../* Simple tables */element "simpletab

Hi All, I am currently using version 16.0.3 of FrameMaker and build version 16.0.0.211 of FMPS. Motive : I am trying to do an XSLT transformation to create a XML file( Task 1 ), which will be used to Publish as a PDF file(Task 2), I am trying to do this via FrameMaker installed with FMPS. Problem : As I have mentioned above that our requirement from FMPS is that I want to execute a sequence of a couple of tasks which are interdependent(Task1's output is Task2's input), but when I am executing the sequence, I am noticing an arbitrary behaviour in the Queue Management system of FMPS as when I am executing the sequence of API calls sometimes what happens is that the task which I request for to run at the end runs firsts and as the tasks are interdependent it disturbs the flow. Any insight on how to tackle this issue. Thanks  

Dear community, I am using FMPS 2020 and I have the following issue:The task ran correctly, Framemaker is closed automatically, however the task status shows RUNNING still and the command window is stuck "waiting for Framemaker to stop". Many thanks in advance,Marc

Hi FrameMaker Community:   I need to add an asterisk to an equation, but whenever I tap Shift+8, a new equation object (a ?) appears. Any ideas? That equation should have a superscript w,* above the subscript t. (Copy/paste doesn't work.)   Thanks in advance, ~Barb  

I can't seem to find any specific clarification on the Help file. Can someone clarify the order in which the Master Page Mapping is applied? In my Master Page Maps I have two rules that changes the master pages based on two specific elements:Element A changes the master pages to ones without headers/footersElement B changes the master pages to ones that have a landscape layoutIf Element A and Element B appear on the same page, regardless which one appears first on the page, the Mapping for Element A is applied. If only one of these elements appear on the page, the correct master pages are applied. Is the mapping applied on a first in the list rule? I.e. for each Master Page Map rule, the page is scanned, and if the Element appears, the rule is applied and no further rules are checked?

I have Geneated a book file as normal,When i go to save it using this name "CW1040-9 ILLUSTRATED PARTS LIST REV 17 - V20A012.book" Framemaker has started to shorten it to CW1040-9.booAfter checking with other files it seems to do the same with standard .fm files (limits to 8 chars + 3)This has only started happening today, I have no idea why, i tried restarting the machine but it still the same.I have tried it in other programs and they are fine (just framemaker). Any help will be appreciated.

Saving document to rtf leaves a list of  fonts at the beginning of each chapter. Is there a way to stop this?

Hi, received an old FrameMaker file, I think from 2019. I inserted a few tables to the document and the tables created 2019 have a grey shade or box around the tables and around all the cells (see the top red box in the attached image). When I zoom in, it looks like small crosses. When I am inserting a table in the file, the table looks fine (see the bottom red box in the attachment). I have compared all the settings and parameters between the two tables and they are the same. Dose anyone have any ideas what is causing the shades?/Magnus

We previously used Unstructured FrameMaker. Our Table of Content was generated using Paragraph Styles. Whenever we converted our documents to PDF and opened the PDF in Acrobat Reader, the bookmarks appeared like this: Clicking on the bookmark would take you to the corresponding page in the document. We have since moved to Structured FrameMaker. Our Table of Content is now based on Element tags instead. When we convert our documents to PDF and open the PDF in Acrobat Reader, the bookmarks appear like this: Clicking on any of the bookmarks takes you to the location in the Table of Content, not the corresponding content page in the document. (Incidentally, clickin on the topic in the Table of Content does take you to the corresponding content page in the document.) We are creating PDFs using the Save as PDF option. (Don't like that using Publish option because it creates a sub-folder in our selected destination folder to save the generated PDF file to, rather than savi