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manishk88663184
manishk88663184
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September 23, 2019
Question

Facing issue while converting DITAMAP to PDF in FM 2017

  • September 23, 2019
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Hi,

 

I have created a DITAMAP and now I want to save it as PDF with the formats and customizations as per my organisation defined templates.

To achieve this I have already replaced the default ditabase.template.fm file with customized ditabase.template.fm file at the below path.

"Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2017\Structure\xml\DITA\outputTemplates"

While saving the DITAMAP as pdf I am able to achieve the desired output. The requirement that is not met here is that I am not able to generate a Title page, TOC and Index with this option. 

Can anyone please suggest to me what steps shall I follow to have these files also in my pdf output that too with my customized templates.

Please note that currently I am using save as PDF option from File menu while using ditaval file also.

 

Thanks.

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Matt-Tech Comm Tools
Community Expert
Matt-Tech Comm ToolsCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 23, 2019

Fm 2017 and earlier versions used a more complex system of INI files for conversion and output. I highly recommend you check out a trial of Fm 2019 to compare the new options available.

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
pulkitn
Adobe Employee
pulkitn
Adobe Employee
September 23, 2019

Hi,
I am not sure by which route you are publishing your pdf,

  • In the composite route, FM doesn't generate TOC,  List of figures, etc.
    • You can use single  "ditabase.template.fm "for the whole pdf generation
  • In Book route, You would need seprate templates for title, TOC, List of figure etc 
    • We have simplified this and integrated all these settings in Publish settings in FrameMaker 2019 version.

 

So, You would need seprate templates for TOC, Title page etc 

-Pulkit

manishk88663184
manishk88663184Author
Participating Frequently
September 23, 2019

Hi Pulkit 

Thanks for reply
Actually we are using FM2017 Can we achieved this in FM2017 version?


Thanks
Manish

pulkitn
Adobe Employee
pulkitn
Adobe Employee
September 24, 2019
No Manish , It is available in FM2019 (64 and 32bit).
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