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Community Expert
August 3, 2026
Question

FrameMaker shortens PDF file name

  • August 3, 2026
  • 2 replies
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Hi,

I have a book with 3 periods in its file name:

123.456.789.012.book (there are other numbers and also some regular letter characters, but this does not matter)

When I save as PDF (with or without Distiller, network or local drive), the PDF file name is shortened to:

123.456.789.pdf

I have FM 18.0.0 on Windows 11.

Can anyone check, if this happens also on Windows 10? And also with older FM versions?

Is this a FrameMaker issue or a Windows 11 issue?

Best regards, Winfried

 

    2 replies

    Two-fer
    Inspiring
    August 3, 2026

    I don’t have this problem with unstructured FM Version 17.0.2.431 running on Windows 11.

    File Name in Acrobat:

     

    Community Expert
    August 3, 2026

    OK, thank you very much. So it seems that Windows 11 is not the reason, but FrameMaker 18. I will create a bug report and post the link here, in case someone wants to support this issue.