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I have multiple monitors and my Paragraph Designer (which also had other panels attached) disappears and cannot be pulled "off screen." How can I reclaim it? I tried system reboot, no change. 

Hi Dave,   I happen to have a minor issue related to creation date, too. I maintain two documents in different language, one being Japanese.  The creation date works perfectly in English font, but after I format the creation date with Japanese font it lost the string month. What should I do to have creation date prints out the month in Japanese? In EN font, the date would be April 2011. But here in JP font, it becomes simply '4 2011'   Regards, Andy

I'm having two issues with conditional text that I have not been able to find explanations for in these discussions or in the FM user guide. 1. I have used conditional tags to hide content but the content still appears in the table of contents. Specifically, I have figures with conditional tags that I want to hide for a specific version of the document. However, when I hide the figure with the conditional tag, the figure is still listed in the table of contents/list of figures. The same issue happens with paragraphs hidden in the document still being listed in the table of contents. Are there ways to keep the hidden content from showing up in the table of contents/list of figures?  2. A related issue I'm having is that when I hide a figure with conditional text (e.g., Figure 1.1), I would like for the remaining figure numbers in the document to shift to accommodate the hidden figure so that when I hide Figure 1.1, Figure 1.2 then becomes the new Figure 1.1. Is

I use unstrutured FM 2022 (17) with Windows 11 and was asked to programme some variant publishing automation into it.So I read some community articles, read about the FDK, theExtendScript Toolkit, and the FM DOM and about how to access the DOM via File > Script in FM. I installed all apps, but nothing is connected to anything else, or even not accessible (as the FDK which is installed but not available anywhere).They're all standalone apps with no hint of how to connect them and transfer data from A to B.And I found an "fdkinstallguide.pdf" from 02.2022 and also "fm-scripting-guide.pdf" from 09.2022. And the installation guide contains a download link that leads to error page, and  the giant guide with 1,000+ pages is also not helpful.I honestly do not know how and where to start anymore. Does anybody have a start-up link for me? Or can that issue only be solved by BUYING into a course offered by some Adobe Certified? Thanks very much in advance!

Hi, My Framemaker template has two para tags for numbered lists: NumberedListFirst (for the first step) (item 1)NumberListNext (for all succeeding steps).  (items 2-n)When I generate HTML using the Publish command, the numbering is not ccorrect in HTML.The first item in the list  is 1. The second item is also 1. The succeeding items are numbered properly, 2-n Also if there is more than one list on an HTML page, the results are even worse: The first item is 1. The second item n+1 (the next number after the last step in the first list).The succeeding items are numbered n+2, n+3, etc. Does anyone have any tips on how I can map these styles to make the numbers show correctly? We have used this template for a long time and no one has ever complained about the numbering in the HTML files so I think this is something new that I introduced. Does anyone have advice on how to map these styles so they are correct in HTML? I have many many numbered list

Hi, I recently upgraded to FrameMaker 2022 and had some problems (see this post). FM was struggling to pull in referenced images that were stored on our server. The solution was to put everything in Dropbox. FM is now able to pull the images, but whenever I try to update the book, it's saying it can't update because a lot of the files are locked. I know they aren't locked--I'm the sole FrameMaker user at our company and the files aren't even open. It will say that, for instance, Chapters 5 and 7 are locked. I'll go in and unlock them, run the Update Book, and then it will say that Chapters 3, 4, 8, and 10 are locked. I've gone into the file explorer and deleted the .LCK files manually, but new ones get created when I try to update the file again. I'll literally click Update Book and then watch as the .LCK files appear in my file list. No matter how many times I update the .LCK files, new ones pop up and I'm never able to complete a book update. I am wondering if the

For those of you, who work with aerospace, aviation and defence, I have just finished designing an unstructured Adobe FrameMaker 2022 template, which may be found here. It is backward compatible as it comes with a MIF version as well: https://framemaker.dk/en/hikashop-menu-for-brands-listing/product/62-abocado-aerospace-defence-us-letter-framemaker-template

after click on apply, whole row is turned to white background i want red color over there isnted of white.

Hello FrameMaker experts!I'm trying to consolidate multiple documents into FrameMaker for translation purposes. The document has several text strings that would be easier to maintain/validate as variables. I was wondering if anyone found or created a script they'd be willing to share. I started this project in InDesign and have a script for that program, but it doesn't work in FrameMaker. I am no coding expert, but I didn't expect it to work.Someone else posted about this a few years ago: https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/script-for-importing-variables/m-p/13121274 with a link to a Swedish company. I will try translating that as a last resort.Here is the link for the script that works in InDesign: https://gist.github.com/circleb/e87421b163479aa38d495163ba6ad76d and the code is as follows: Any help would be appreciated!!Thanks!Wendy/* ***************************************************************** */ /* Most of the code came from the InDesign sc

Hi,I created a new book and added one file called FrontMatter.fm. That file has four Reference Pages (Reference, MasterPageMaps, TOC, and IX). The TOC Reference Page has the formatting (styles, tabs, leaaders, etc.) I would like the generated TOC to use, as shown below: I then use Insert > Create TOC to add a generated TOC to the book. In the Set Up Table Of Contents dialog I add the heading styles I want to use and click OK. In the Update Book dialog I leave the defaults and click Update.The generated TOC has 5 Reference Pages (Reference, MasterPageMaps, TOC, IX, and TOC1). The TOC Reference Page looks like the image above (as expected), but the TOC1 Reference Page looks like this: The TOC entries that are created on the Body page of the generated TOC are using the formatting from the TOC1 Reference Page (not the ones from the TOC Reference Page).At one point it was working correctly, so I figure I must have subsequently made some change to the FrontMatter.fm that is

i want to apply color to particular row but it doesn't work after clik on apply it set to white it happes for all colors. in other document it work fine 

I cannot find a current answer to this question. In any other program, it would be incredibly simple, and it APPEARS to be simple in FrameMaker, but it isn't.I put the cursor at an insertion point:And then I go to Insert/Page Break:Aaaaaand....Nothing happens. How do you insert a page break? I just want the figure text to be immediately below the image, and I can't make that happen either no matter how many gymnastics I do.  So my solution is to move the image to the next page! But FrameMaker won't do that either. Can anyone unlock this magical, mystical, mysterious locked box? So many things in FrameMaker seems to be only known and accessible to experts who charge you for the priviledge of unlocking them! 

Hi all, I finally upgraded to FrameMaker 2022, and it's incredibly slow. Pages take forever to load, and publishing a 70-page document took almost 20 minutes. Any action I try to take results in 10 or 20 seconds of waiting. There is clearly something wrong. Is there an FAQ/troubleshooting guide available for this? Has anyone else had this problem? UPDATE: We found a workaround by moving everything from the server to Dropbox. This is not ideal, but it's what we have to do. It is very frustrating that FrameMaker now seems unable to pull referenced images from a server.  That's kind of central to everything I do at my job!

I am struggling with the ”Save as PDF” function converting regular text into bold style.The weird thing is that this problem is only present in FrameMaker 2020 and later (currently using 17.0.5 on Win 11). Text is not converted into bold with the same process in FrameMaker 2019, which I used on my previous Win 10 work pc, where I also had FM 2022 installed, in order to troubleshoot on the same system with the same settings, fonts etc. However, since FM 2019 can't be installed on Windows 11 systems, I would like to get this working in FM 2022.Any ideas about how to fix the problem would be much appreciated.

I use the API method F_ApiScrollToText and it generates the following error: The file or assembly "NavigationViewOutline, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" or one of its dependencies could not be found. The system cannot find the file specified. Maybe someone knows where FM uses this lib (some plugin?).   the stack is   System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The file or assembly "NavigationViewOutline, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" or one of its dependencies could not be found. The system cannot find the file specified.FMWpfNavigationViewImpl..ctor()FMWpfNavigationViewImpl.GetInstance()FMNavigationViewLayer.SelectFMNavigationViewItem(FMNavigationViewLayer* , Int32 itemId)   what is FMNavigationViewLayer?    Best Reagrds Alexander    

I have had this problem several times, and the only way I've been able to solve it is in the Ancored Frame menu:and selecting "page." So here is a graphic with no caption on page 28, because for no reason, the caption has jumped to the next page. I've tried shrinking the graphic to the size of a pea, and there is PLENTY of space on the page for the caption, but it STILL jumps to the next page!And here is the caption on the next page:How do I fix this?  

I have a large set of ExtendScript scripts that I run on a large structured FrameMaker book. The scripts run fine with FrameMaker 2019, but some of the processing is incomplete in FrameMaker 2022 (17.0.3; I don't have client authorization to try 17.0.5 yet). For example, all cross-references are not resolved, and all custom master pages are not applied. It seems that FrameMaker doesn't "catch up" with all of the tasks that the scripts are doing. I tried putting some sleep methods in the script to allow FrameMaker to recompose pages, etc., but I don't think ExtendScript is asynchronous.   Is it possible to do asynchronous programming with the FDK? Thank you.

Hello, We have a new co-worker, technical writer, who is unable to add a hypertext annotation (Alert). Historically, I have used the steps below with success:1. Place the cursor on a clickable/editable text.2. Insert>Hypertext.3. Change Command drop down to “Alert”4. Type in any info/comment into the hyperlink window.5. Hit "Create" and a green T anchor tag shows up. When the new co-worker uses the same steps above, Framemaker does absolutely nothing once the “Create” button is pressed.  I am watching the co-worker's screen and no green/black T anchor tag shows up.  Nothing happens. To troubleshoot, I opened up the co-worker's FrameMaker file and tried the above procedure.  I was able to add a hypertext annotation (Alert).  The co-worker then tried another Framemaker file and was still unsuccessful with the above steps. I made sure the co-worker is in view mode, not lock mode. We tried changing co-worker's FrameMaker settings from st

For previous documents, there was a requirement for the document to end with Page X/(Y Blank). I have a script that @Russ Ward helped me with to accomplish this. The script:Goes through Pages 2 to the end of the document and removes any custom master pages.Checks the last page of the document and determines if it is odd or even. If it is odd, it applies an X/Y Blank Master page and updates the page numbers in the footer. The script works fine, but I have a new requirement to add a blank page after the X/Y Blank page. (A totally blank page, not an empty page with the header, footer, and page number.) So I need two things added to the script: If the doc ends on an odd page, I need to add the blank page. To do that, I thought I needed to add a paragraph at the end of the document, have it start that on an right-hand page, and set the page background to none. I added this code, but it doesn't seem to be working (doc is previously defined as app.ActiveDoc):  v

Through FM 2019, I could create a custom palette, by:1. Creating an FM document with the desired content2. Saving that document as MIF3. With a text editor, changing the statement:      <DViewOnlyWinPalette No>    to      <DViewOnlyWinPalette Yes>   and saving the result..4. Opening the modified MIF file in FM5. Saving the result as View Only When I tried the same steps in FM 2022, FM crashes. In fact, opening the modified MIF file in FM 2022 and using Esc F l k to lock it crashes. For my latest tests, I created a new Portrait document, saved it to MIF, and used that as my test case. How do I create a palette for FM 2022?       --Lynne 

I am now having problems printing a 6000 page book to a .ps file using Distiller.  As the book prints, it eats up my C drive but I have it printing to a server folder.  The server folder can well accomodate the file size. Eventually, my C drive is full and FrameMaker stops printing the file.  I am using FrameMaker 2022 64bit unstructured. I use joboption "standard".  I don't understand why this file chews up my c drive when I am sending it to a server.  Any advice or solution?

Hello, I have unstructured documents that we publish in PDF format. I would like to start outputting to HTML5. When I use the default HTML5 Settings File, for the most part, the document looks okay (Stock Settings.png). There are some odd spacing or text alignments, but I figured this would be updated in Style Mappings. I know some of my alignment issues are coming from the Paragraph Designer, so I might have to think about updating our style guide. Maybe my problems are tied to this.  When I try to alter the settings, things go way out of alignment (Altered Settings.png). I've tried using guidance from the Discussion Board, FM manual, and I've been looking over some videos, typically short and small amounts of information. I still can't get the document to display decently. Are there any in-depth videos or webinars on HTML5 publishing?  I am using the latest version of FrameMaker: 17.0.5 

Hello,I'm trying to create a cross-reference to an asterisked number, e.g. **2001. Is there any way to reference the number without including the asterisk? Do I need to create a new format in the cross-reference box? All of the formats I've tried so far include the ** in the cross-reference. Thanks!

FM 17, Windows 11.   My documents are going to publish in two languages, so the note and postreq elements must be translated, too.    I currently use the [othertype], in the hope to expose the text for translation.   Somehow, the <ExposeAttributeValues>true</ExposeAttributeValues> in the .XTS doesn't work as expected.   Original XML:       <entry namest="1" nameend="4"> <note type="other" othertype="forbidden"> <p>We recommend solid-state drive (SSD).</p> </note>       The XLIFF file produced with expose attributes enabled:           <trans-unit resname="entry" restype="cell" id="ID0E5D"><source xml:space="preserve" xml:lang="en">HDD/SDD</source><seg-source xml:space="preserve"><mrk mtype="seg" mid="24">HDD/SDD</mrk></seg-source></trans-unit></group><group resname="row" restype="row" id="ID0ECE"><gr

I have an Element called "Scene", which consists of two child Elements: "SceneDate" and "SceneNumber", respectively. The "SceneDate" Element has autonumbering that is populated based on the "NewDay" and "Month" attributes on the "Scene" element: The "SceneNumber" element has autonumbering that simply numbers from 1 onwards: Nothing unusual about these element and they're working as expected. This EDD is used in a Master document. I have another EDD that is used in a different document, which will cross-reference back to the "SceneDate" and "SceneNumber" elements in the Master document. In the EDD for this document I have "CrossReference_Date" and CrossReference_Date" elements:Again, these work as expected. Here comes the 'difficulty' I'm having:I have another element, "Flashback_Date" that is a cross-reference back to the "SceneDate" element.  The "SceneNumber" will always be unique, but the "SceneDate" could be the same for  multiple instan