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Bruce A Sanchez - FAA
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February 25, 2025
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Generating a book from an XML bookmap, the frontmatter template header is not generated correctly.

  • February 25, 2025
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I have examined all of the FrameMaker book template Master pages in detail. The Frontmatter.Tpl has 3 master pages. When the book is generated from XML, the "cover" page in the frontmatter contains 9 master pages. and the header font size is 11pt. NOWHERE in any of the book templates is there a template with 9 pages or a header with 11pt font. Where can the cover.fm document be getting that information?

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    Winfried RengCommunity Expert
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    February 25, 2025

    Hi,

    Do you use DITA?

    Which template files did you check?

    When I search the FrameMaker installation folder for tpl, there are also template files in the fminit folder:

    c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2022\fminit\Publisher\Template\Document\outputs\DitaTemplate\

    Somewhere in your structured application the path to the template files might be listed.

    In the maker.ini there is also a section about template files.

    Best regards, Winfried

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    Bruce A Sanchez - FAAAuthor
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    February 25, 2025

    Yes, I'm using DITA.

    All of the templates in the C:\Users\Bruce Sanchez\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\17\FAA\MTHB_6980_29C_CHG1 .book folder used to convert the DITA do not have the Master page used. 

     I'll look for another template somewhere. Thanks

     

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    Winfried RengCommunity Expert
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    February 26, 2025

    Hi Bruce,

    Did you check the path in your maker.ini?

    There are two:

    c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2022\maker.ini

    c:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\17\maker.ini

    In these maker.ini files there is also a section [Directories] with the path to your templates.

    If you want to change something, then only in your personal maker.ini in AppData.

    Klaus Daube had described the meaning of these maker.ini entries:

    https://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker65.html#directories

    Best regards, Winfried

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