We are  using unstructured FrameMaker 12 on a Windows 7 platform. We have three uses for 1 pixel horizontal lines: table rows, underscores for hypertext, and horizontal lines on the top and bottom of notes, cautions, tips, etc. The one-pixel lines for the notes and cautions are maintained on the Reference page (like the horizontal line that separates footnotes at the bottom of the page, which we don't use). We also use conditional text. Right now we have five conditions—all indicated by a different color—not counting the default "black" that represents text that has a universal audience. Due to business reasons, we leave the conditional tags (colors) visible even in our published output. In all cases described in this post, we are viewing the PDF at 100% magnification. When we publish to PDF, this is what happens to the thickness of the 1 pixel horizontal lines: The hypertext underscores remain 1 pixel when for the black text with no condition indicator. However, the hypertext underscores for conditional text are *always* 2 or 3 pixels thick. If there are two hypertext links within the same blocked condition, the underscore for one of them might be 2 pixels thick, and the next one might be 3 pixels thick. If a hypertext link wraps around to the next line, the underscore might be 2 pixels thick on the upper line, but 3 pixels thick when it wraps to the next line. The horizontal lines that set off notes, cautions, tips, etc., usually publish to PDF as 2 pixels thick, regardless of whether or not it is conditionalized. The horizontal lines in tables do not seem to change in thickness. The thickness change indicated by the first two bullets happens regardless of whether we publish to PDF using Acrobat Pro, or using the other PDF tool that is preferred by our company. So, the issue does not seem to be a PDF tool issue. It seems to be the way FrameMaker hands off the content to the PDF tool. Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know if there is a way to make these horizontal lines 1 pixel thick in PDF output? Thank you in advance! ... View more

We are using FrameMaker 12 on a Windows 7 64 bit system. Say someone created a paragraph style and misspelled its name. For example: Boddy Text instead of Body Text. What's the best way to fix it in the template, and then apply the change to dozens of chapters that use it? Way 1: Open each chapter and correct the misspelled paragraph style manually. Way 2: Fix it in the template, then use File > Import > Formats. The problem is that it adds the corrected style as a new paragraph style, and does not apply the new style to anything. So, all instances of the misspelled style would have the style with the corrected spelling applied manually. Does anyone have a third way to do it that automates the process? Thanks in advance. ... View more

We are using unstructured FrameMaker 12 on a Windows 7 platform (64 bit). We need to number questions in an FAQs section, that includes the "Q" in bold followed by a colon that is not in bold. This is what the new paragraph style needs to do: 1.[tab][bold]Q[Default ¶ Font]:[tab]What happens when XYZ? [tab][bold]A[Default ¶ Font]:[tab]This is what happens. We would like for the number and "Q:" to appear automatically and be formatted correctly with the new paragraph style, so all we have to do is type the question. (We would prefer not to use "Q##:" because it would require a unique indentation distance in the template.) The "A:" should also be indented and formatted correctly. Both the "Q:" and the "A:" would wrap around to the same indentation for long text strings. Can anyone provide the "building blocks" that can make this happen?  Is this possible? I tried to search for the answer in this forum and on the Web. I apologize if this is answered somewhere already. Thanks in advance. Tim ... View more

We are using unstructured FrameMaker 12 on a Windows 7 (64 bit) platform. We create training guides that can be published to PDF as either "Instructor" or "Participant" guides. The content for the Instructor Guide is conditionalized, so we can hide it when we publish the Participant Guide. The color we have selected for the conditionalized text is dark gray, so the guide can be printed on a B&W printer and still do a fair job of distinguishing between instructor content and participant content. When we block a section of text to conditionalize it for the Instructor Guide, and it includes a table, FrameMaker puts gigantic gray borderlines within the cells of the table. Does anyone know of a way to remove those thick gray borderlines for the conditionalized table, but retain the gray conditionalization for the text? (We want the entire table to "hide" when we publish the Participant Guide, but we do not want the thick gray borderlines in the table for the Instructor Guide.) Thank you in advance, Tim ... View more

We are using FrameMaker 12 (unstructured) on a Windows 7 platform. I have created a book whose structure looks like this: Book _____Cover _____TOC _____Chapter 1 _____Chapter 2 _____Etc. chapter We are trying to use the standard left and right running headers. The left header = Running H/F 1 = <$paratext[Title]> = Title in the "Cover" file of the book. The right header = Running H/F 2 = <$paratext[Heading 1]> = The chapter name in each "Chapter" file in the book. The right running header populates properly. The left running header is empty. This is what I have tried to troubleshoot: Verified that the title of the book in the cover file is set to a "Title" paragraph tag. (It is.) Saved each file/chapter and updated the book. Tried to force the even page header manually using Format > Page Layout > Master Page Usage, but it doesn't stick. The configuration on the Master Page Usage window is the same for even or odd pages: Use Master Page = Right/Left is selected. Apply To = Current Page # is selected, and Even and Odd are both selected. There is probably something simple I do not understand. Can anyone assist? Thank you in advance, Tim ... View more

Hello everyone, I am using FrameMaker 12 on a Windows 7 SP1 environment. I am working on a training guide in FM. We are supposed to use .5" x .5" icons in the document as visual indicators to instructors on what is supposed to be happening in the training delivery (there are icons for questions, dialog, demonstrations, lab exercises, tips, etc.). I would like to put each icon graphic on the Reference Page, and set it to its own paragraph style. Then, on the Body Page, put the mouse pointer where I would like the graphic, click the icon's style, and have FM bring the graphic from the Reference Page and have it automatically aligned against the left margin with the runaround properties already set. Is there a way to do that? I am only a moderate FM user, so if there is a way to do this, please provide detailed steps. Thank you in advance for any suggestions. Tim ... View more