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File Names in Book list/view

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May 7, 2021
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For some reason, I have 1 document that I can never get to display like all the others when I am adding it to a book file. All but the one file will show as Module: # File Name however the file in question shows as Files\Filename. This particular file shows the same in both "Display File Names" and Display Heading View. I have tried saving the file with a new name and even recreating the file but it always defaults to the same view no matter what.

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Correct answer Matt-Tech Comm Tools

Have you tried creating a new file and pasting the contents of the offending file into it?

This should allow you to ditch whatever corruption is in the offending file.

-Matt

Matt-Tech Comm Tools

Correct answer

Community Expert

Have you tried creating a new file and pasting the contents of the offending file into it?

This should allow you to ditch whatever corruption is in the offending file.

-Matt

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant

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Dustin FlemingAuthor

Inspiring

Thank you. I though I had tried it previously and did not get the desired outcome but I must have imagined that. I tried the copy and paste into a new document and now it works just like the rest of the files in the book!

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

@Dustin Fleming to MIF-wash a file, open the .fm file in FM. Do a Save As .mif. Close the files. Next open the .mif file in FM. Then do a Save As again, this time as .fm.

To perform this action on an entire .book, there's a utility now built-into FM - see https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/how-to-use-mifwash-utility-in-framemaker.html.

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

Maybe it needs a MIF-wash to clean it up

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Dustin FlemingAuthor

Inspiring

What and how is a MIF wash completed?

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Winfried Reng

Community Expert

MIF is a representation of a FrameMaker file in regular text.

When you convert a FrameMaker file *.fm to MIF *.mif and then open the MIF file and save it again as *.fm, then FrameMaker removes any contradictory settings.

This is often recommended, when there is something which you cannot explain.

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

Did updating the book make any difference after you re-added the funky file?

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Dustin FlemingAuthor

Inspiring

No, an update of the book does not change this. The odd thing is that when looking at all the files that make up the book they all look the same (specific names aside) I created this file the same way as all the others yet this one wants to behave differently when added to a book.

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

Strip off the extra ".fm", remove it from the book & re-add it.

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Dustin FlemingAuthor

Inspiring

Same result.

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Stefan Gentz

Community Manager

is the file name (with extensions set to show in Windows Explorer now) really "something.fm"? Or "something.fm.fm" or "something"? It needs to be "something.fm".

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

I would first check your File Explorer View settings to stop hiding extensions of known applications. Then take a look at the offending file and see if anything is messed up with the naming.

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Dustin FlemingAuthor

Inspiring

Attached are examples of how they appear without extensions hidden. Only thing I can see is that the offending file shows a .fm.fm but taking of the .fm or adding the .fm does not correct the way the file is displayed in the book file view within FM