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There used to be a number of sites linking to various Adobe FrameMaker resources. These sites have, to some extent, fallen into disrepair or have walked out into the sad, grey and misty land of 404. I have tried picking up what I could find and make a new “FrameMaker resources page”, which can be found here:https://framemaker.dk/en/good-plugins-utilities-for-adobe-framemakerIf you are a FrameMaker developer/service provider, I shall be glad to include you. Inclusion is forever free and in four languages :-) 

HTML5 output is generated with Frame 2022 version 17 using the Azure Blue template. Is there a way to tweak the template to force the display of a hidden left panel (containing search results) when a search is executed from the Search field in the header of the html page? As it is, executing a search when the left panel is hidden leads you to believe the search is not working at all, since no results are presented. 

Hi everyone,I’m looking for advice and possible solutions to help automate parts of our Adobe FrameMaker workflow, especially anything related to reducing manual DTP effort after translation.A bit of context: we produce operator manuals in FrameMaker (unstructured). Our current workflow is quite manual and time-consuming. We export MIF files, send them for translation, and then re-import them.We have already made some progress on automation. For example, we have automated the conversion from MIF to FM files, including the renaming of file extensions (e.g. adding “_ES” for Spanish versions). We are now trying to build on this approach and see where else we can follow the same path of automation.After re-importing translated files, the most time-consuming remaining tasks are:Re-linking text insets Re-establishing cross-references Fixing layout issues after translationThe biggest pain point is re-linking text insets and repairing broken references. Reducing or eliminating this would signi

I want to stop table heading continue in other page for remaining table , for particular tabled, please tell me steps in brief please check image

In this post, I’d like to share my initial experiences with the latest version of FM with you. Perhaps this collection of experiences will be helpful to some of you if you’re thinking about switching to the latest version.My initial conclusion after some hours spent with testing: FM 2026 does not meet our documentation requirements. Here are some reasons for this:At first, I was surprised: A major release for small features like “Find all” and “Book template”? Hhmmm …Book templateAdobes docs for this feature are really weird in my native language (German). The documentation seems to have been carelessly cobbled together, or it was generated by an untrained AI. The book template doesn’t supports conditional expressions. For this reason, all existing expressions were replaced with “Default” and could therefore no longer be selected from the book. IMHO: Book template is a really great idea. But at the moment not more than an idea.PDF exportDespite checking and adjusting the PDF settings s

When publishing my book to HTML5, the first 3 chapters of the book publish correctly in the left pane in HTML 5 generated output.  However, the remaining chapters all populate nested under the 3rd chapter (see below). How do I solve this?  Chapter 1Sub sectionChapter 2Chapter 3Sub sectionChapter 4Sub sectionChapter 5

Hello,About the last update of FrameMaker, the version number seems to be 18.00206 : https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/fixed-issues.html But if I update my FrameMaker version, I am now with version 17.09 (instead of 18.00206). Why ?And if I try to download manually Framemaker, I am always with version 17 : https://www.adobe.com/go/fm-vip-download

Hello,In this text I would like to remove the space at right in order to have the text going until the right margin.How to do it ? 

What is causing this?

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re using the right content model in FrameMaker—or if structured content is worth the effort—this session is for you. I’d like to invite you to join me for an upcoming live session: FrameMaker Essentials: Picking the Right Content Model 👉 Save your spot here: https://framemaker-essentials-picking-the-right-content-model.meetus.adobeevents.com/​ In this session, we’ll cut through the noise and focus on what matters when deciding how to structure your content. Here’s what we’ll cover: When structured vs. unstructured content makes the most sense How content models impact consistency, reuse, and scalability What to consider before committing to DITA, custom models, or templates Real-world guidance to help you avoid costly mistakes If you’re working with long documents, managing multiple authors, or thinking about moving toward structured content, this will give you a clear path forward. As you probably know, choosing the righ

Dear fellows, Does anyone know when the new version of FrameMaker is expected to be released? Currently, the product fate and roadmap is absolutely unclear and Adobe do not seem to share any details regarding the product's future. Thanks!

I have been wondering what happend to the Patternstream database publishing tool? The site is still up, but it does look somewhat un-maintained. I did some design solutions years ago involving Patternstream and remember it as a nice tool. Is FrameMaker not used for database publishing anymore?

Hello,In this example, for the paragraph designer “cantate” I have set a tab stop of 0.4 cm left, with a numbering.For numbers 1 to 9 : no problem, but from number 10, the space has gone betwen the point and the begining of the text. Why ?My goal is ti keep the same space for all the numbers.  

I have an old perpetual license for FrameMaker 11. It refuses to load as of yesterday, saying the serial number is already in use by the maximum allowed computers. Note it was running fine, then suddenly it stopped. I think it was after I’d updated my macbook Pro (Tahoe 26.3.1, Parallels 26.2.2, Windows 11) so maybe somehow the Adobe Application Manager thinks this is a new machine. I lost access to one activation several years ago when a laptop stopped working and I recycled it. I’ve tried getting adobe to reset my activation count, but multiple chats resulted in agents not understanding the problem (they refer me to resetting activations in the ‘internal dashboard’, and of course FM isn’t on the Adobe dashboard) or just dropping the conversation. I wrote to techcomm@adobe.com and tcssup@adobe.com (also about not being able to run the FM17 installer), but haven’t heard back. Thank you for any suggestions you may have.

I am creating a manual which has manuals and or drawing sets which are to be PDFs (over 300 of them) which can be selected and opened as a separate PDF document.  The selection is likely most important in the output PDF, but should be displayable while in FrameMaker. Ideally the same location would be have a link in both PDF and FrameMaker.   What I have been able to do so far is to create a common text frame shown below.  The upper left frame is the result of Insert>Attach file in PDF.  the Lower with icon is an File>Import>Object. FrameMaker file snip:I am publishing with PDF A3b archive format which appears to be the only way to get the PDF embedded.  I have tried other formats without luck. Publishing the above file which I will also attach results in the following snip.  Loss of both graphics related to the Attach or OLE object.  Note the text from the OLE object is published in PDF, but nothing is selectable.  And the attached file without graphic has an active hyperlink

I'm working on a document with many large tables that I want to automatically rotate to landscape orientation in my PDF output using master page maps. When I generate the PDF, I can see that my templates are being used, but only the left and right pages get applied- never the landscape page that I want.    I have a set of templates for this document and I've determined that ChapterOutputTpl.fm is the one that gets used for this table. In ChapterOutputTpl, I've added the landscape master page. I've also edited the structured and unstructured master page maps in the reference pages so that the table element (structured map) and table cell and body paragraph tags (unstructured map) use the landscape master page. I know that the right template file is used because I put a visible time stamp in it.   I'm generating the PDF through the Publish panel using "Save PDF via Book with components route" and "Apply Output Templates". I've tried "Print" and "Save as PDF" with

When I update my books, I sometimes get the error message Book is not self-consistent.I always restarted FrameMaker or Windows or saved everything as MIF and back to FM. And this always seemed to help.However, I am now pretty sure that this was not the real fix.Instead it was the table of contents or index.I have Track Text Edits activated.When I update the book, and both, the TOC and the index are closed, I do not get this error message.When either the TOC or the index is open, I get this error message. When I close these files, no error message.It’s really that simple. No restarting, no resaving.I hope this helps others.I do not know, if this error message counts as a bug which should be fixed.

I work for a large organization. We have been using Adobe FrameMaker to create numerous user guides (PDFs) for many years. These user guides need to be frequently updated. All user guides must be accessibility compliant. The PDFs that we create using Adobe FrameMaker are very large (hundreds of pages for each PDF). After creating a PDF, we run an accessibility check using Adobe Acrobat Pro. Some of the accessibility issues that are listed in the check require an enormous amount of time to manually resolve in the PDF. And every time we update a PDF, we must “start from scratch” to resolve the accessibility issues again. It seems that some of these issues should not be happening when the Adobe FrameMaker files are saved to PDF. We are currently using the Adobe FrameMaker 2022 version. If we are unable to resolve these issues, we might need to start considering other software options. Note: We have also tried different settings file options to publish the Adobe FrameMaker files

The FDK allows you to access the FP_ExportFilters list, although I haven’t tried it.This works in FrameScript:Write Console ExportFilters;I’m trying to find the equivalent command in ExtendScript, but it doesn’t look like it is part of the app object. Does anyone know if this list is available via ExtendScript? Thanks!

With the advent of Claude, Gemini, etc. it seems like a great time to run Claude across the entire codebase of Frame and make it work on Macs, be more lightweight, and publish html out of the box with no sweat. Make it a super tool. Any chance of that happening?

I am running into a problem with my hypertext entries (used to open a video-file on the same computer the PDF/link is clicked) that I cannot find any information about on the web.  The problem is that no matter what type of hypertext command I try (message URL, message opennew, message openfile, etc.) the actual syntax of my hypertext is getting changed by FM when I click the <save> button.  For example: the hypertext command I type in is "//D:/data/local/Test-Folder/OnlineHelpFiles/filename.mp4"...is being changed to something with unicode characters for the colon “ : “and the "/O" in the file path.  This change occurs no matter if I put the URL in quotes or use the 'escape reserved characters' technique. Any guidance is appreciated…

I am working in a document repository connected to SharePoint online. I select Checkout and Edit, work on my document, save (continuously), Checkin the document and everything seems to be working fine.  That is until I go back to the file and half my changes, if I’m lucky, are not there. More often, nothing is saved. This is the third time I have tried to create a document and it’s now beyond frustrating.  So what am I doing wrong?I haven’t worked in FrameMaker in over a decade so go easy on me :-)

I purchased a license of FrameMaker 17 education, assigned it to a user (myself with my email, which is the same as my Adobe sign-in email), and installed FM. When I start it, it’s offering a 30-day trial or to buy it. The Buy page doesn’t recognize that I have an FM license assigned. How do I activate FM? If I go to the admin console under my login, I can see the license as provisioned and it’s assigned to my name with the correct email. Under Products, it says Access Assigned under Adobe FrameMaker. Thank you for your help.