Questions

Since recently we have been using FrameMaker 2022 to create prepress files of the user manuals we receive from the client - the original English FrameMaker files together with the XML files. Our job is to localize them to the Serbian language, which seems quite simple if you use File > Translate > Export to XLIFF 1.2 and on the end File > Translate > Import (the whole process is described in detail on the Adobe YouTube channel). However, we have problem:File > Translate > Export to XLIFF 1.2 produces a zip file with nothing in it, it's completely empty! XLIFF Conversion Report does not report any error. So we can't even get a XLIFF file to give to the translators. This happens with all the files we received, there are several very large books.Can anyone share any experience with this issue?

Since recently we have been using FrameMaker 2022 to create prepress files of the user manuals we receive from the client - the original English FrameMaker files together with the XML files. Our job is to localize them to the Serbian language, which seems quite simple if you use File > Translate > Export to XLIFF 1.2 and on the end File > Translate > Import (the whole process is described in detail on the Adobe YouTube channel).However, our translators require original XML files to work with in their translation software.However, when they return the translated XML files, we can't use them to translate the original FrameMaker files because we don't know how to do that 😞Can someone share some steps to solve this?

Our global IT-department has deceded to remove all file servers and only use Microsoft BOX.Have any of you any experince of using FM together with BOX?Does FrameMaker work with BOX, thinking of all links to graphics, x-ref etc.? 

Hello,I have a single document where on each page I have a poem. So there is no title and no index like 1. / 1.1 / 1.2 / 2, etc ...I would like to select the begining of each poem and add a marker for each. Then, I would like to split the document into separated chapters files in a book automatically.How to do it ?

Hello,if I have an FM document with pagebreak, and if I try to Split this document(File/Utilities/Split current document), the result is : on each pagecontaining a pagebreak, FM added one more page after split. By example,  for an FM document  of 3 pages containing :- A = 1 page with page break (I put a marker on "A" before split)- B = 1 page with page break (I put a marker on "B" before split)- C = 1 page without page break (I put a marker on "C" before split)And after split I have 3 chapters :- A = 2 pages (one more page added by FM)- B = 2 pages (one more page added by FM)- C = 1 page (all is OK)So for pages with pagebreak, FM added one more page after split. Why ? PS the page break I use is :

Hello, I have created page breaks by doing Insert/page break/page.Now,  how to remove a specific page break (the page break on page 3 by example) ?Because actually I cannot see the page break symbol, so I cannot click on it to remove it (like in Word).

It appears that one cannot copy text in FrameMaker 11 and paste it into another editor such as Notepad++ or MS Word. It is as though FrameMaker does not use the Windows clipboard. We observe this behavior with WYSIWYG View and Author View. On the other hand, we can copy text from the XML View and paste into these other editors with no problem. This issue seems to have been introduced with FrameMaker 11, as we can copy and paste the identical text from FrameMaker 10. As another data point, unstructured FrameMaker 11 also allows copy and paste to an external editor.Can anyone provide insight into why this behavior occurs and how we might modify it? Thank you,--larry0

I am in the process of converting FrameMaker to html, but I want to be able to edit the equations after this conversion. FrameMaker saves the equations as graphic files when I save as HTML, so I don't see a way to edit them after output. 

I am working from a template not created by me and I am wondering if there is a way to make global changes to the way the numbering is... specifically changine dots to dashes. Currently my Head 1's and Head 2's are1.11.22.1.13.2.1 etc. I am needing to change them all to dashes...1-11-22-1-13-2-1 etc.  Is there a way to do this for the entire book? If not how about the individual chapters? Thanks

I am making a bunch of table designs but somehow  I have managed to predefine some of the paragraph styles in the tables with bullets. And now I can't remember how I manage predefined paragraph styles in tables, so I change the styles to work properly. Can anybody help?

I have a license for Adobe Communication Suite 2017, and when installed the suite, only RoboHelp 2017 got installed. The FrameMaker 2017 and Adobe Acrobat DC shows Installation Complete but with an warning message (as shown below). Request your help with this regard at the earliest possible.  

Hi, I am a beginner and I would like to write a script where excluded book components on FrameMaker can be automatically detected. However, I am stuck somehow even though I went through the entire pdf documentation several times. This is the code I was working on so far: main();function main() {var book = app.ActiveBook;if(!book.ObjectValid()){book = app.FirstOpenBook;}var bookComponentsPaths = []var comp = book.FirstComponentInBook;while(comp.ObjectValid()){comp.ComponentIsSelected = true;var compType = comp.ComponentType;if(compType == Constants.FV_BK_FILE){var doc = OpenFile(comp.Name); if (doc.ObjectValid() == true){bookComponentsPaths.push(comp.Name);}comp = comp.NextBookComponentInDFSOrder;if (comp.ExcludeComponent = "Yes") {alert("This file has a excluded component: " + comp.Name);}}}/*if (bookComponentsPaths.indexOf(comp.ElementIsExcludedInContext) === -1){alert("This component is excluded: " + comp.Name);}*/}  I have tried with 'ExcludeComponent' and 'Eleme

We are moving towards using Sharepoint as our version control system. When I tried to get the Connection Details from IT, I was told there might be a security issue with that and I need a VP's permission. I was also told, after I reviewed the Help for what you can do with the Repository Manager, that you can manage the files using Sharepoint functionality. I haven't tested yet, but there is a contractor refusing to do daily check outs and check ins there and keeping files updated. I do not yet understand why. I assume because it is too cumbersome. My guess is that the functionality might be available in Sharepoint, but the user experience for the integration is probably optimized on the FrameMaker side because they take into consideration unique FrameMaker issues. Is that correct? what is your experience with this? Is there a big difference?  If only one writer works on a product's documentation at a time, is there a reason to do daily checkouts and checki

We are changing printers and the new printer says they can't produce the print from the PDF files as we have done in the past. Our book is over 900 pages and is printed in black and a PMS blue only. Headings, headings of tables that have a blue shading behind the black text, and imported images all contain blue. Some of the blue "touches" the black.   The Illustrator files have always been in RGB (they are also used for online viewing as well but not in PDF form). I am using Frame 2019. In my digging, I see that if I save out the Illustrator file as an EPS with spot color, I can import into Frame and then save as a PDF. I can see in the Acrobat Ink Manager that the image is now black and a spot color of blue. Perfect...however, the imported EPS images in Frame are terrribly rastorized. FrameMaker is where our editor is editing so to not being able to see if something is a period or a comma is not acceptable. I am at a loss to come up with a solution to this in a short period of ti

While creating or working on a style-based document, it is very helpful to know the overall structure of the document that you are working on. Scrolling through a long document does provide this information, but it is not a seamless experience.   The latest release of FrameMaker provides a single unified view of the headings or structure of your current document. Open the new Navigation View, and the structure of your current document is displayed in the Navigation View panel. The logic used in this feature gives you a list of all headings and subheadings within your current document.   To launch the Navigation View, go to View > Panels >Navigation View or use the shortcut keys Esc, n, v.     Clicking on a heading in the Navigation View takes you to the heading content. Use the context menu to quickly navigate to, expand or collapse topics, or even delete an entire heading (or topic) from your document.   For more

During searching & store elements by ExtendScript under FM2019,  FrameMaker is hung up only with the big book, but not small book. Any ideas?  thanks.  

Hi! I need help with the import of figures, because I need import 87 graphics, but when I import the figures, they are imported showing the first figure as the last and so on. for example, framemaker put the image027 in the first page and the image001 in the last page. plis help!! thanks! 

Hello fellow scripters,I have been using Err( 'some text' ) to push messages into the console, but I have failed to find the way to add newlines to those messages. If anyone has done that, please enlighten me on this detail.Thanks4everJang

Hello,I have a book with several chapters.In the book mode, I would like to select a chapter and set it as a section. Idem for another chapter.Then I would like to set all created sections in order to begin on an odd page.How to do it ?

Ich starte FrameMaker 2020 will eine Datei welche mit FrameMaker 12 erstellt worden ist öffnen, egal ob eingebettet Grafiken oder nicht. FrameMaker schließt mit Fehler 16044.Was mache ich falsch?

I'd appreciate advice on how to connect FM 2020 to SharePoint Online repository. Every time I try to connect to Sharepoint Online repository, FM displays the following message:FrameMaker could not connect to the repository. Verify the connector installation and configuration.I'm using FM 2020 and access SharePoint through Office 365.  To reproduce:In FM, click Connect to a Repository. In the Connection Manager window, select Microsoft Sharepoint Online, enter the server name, create a name, and enter the Repository (In the Repository field, I've tried entering "Documents" or a custom documents folder named "fmtest" (as shown in the following image)). Click Connect. Observed Result:The connection to the server is successful. A login window appears briefly and the connnection is made to sharepoint online using my login credentials, but then after a few seconds the "unable to connect" message is displayed. I also was prompted to allow FM to access ShareP

How do I know this is anchored frame, text frame or other.  

I am working to edit and republish a book that was originally done in FrameMaker 7. All is going well except that when I publish to a pdf document I lose a font that is used in the heading. It is a small cap font (Garamond Expert MT) that looks fine in the Framemaker file, but the text that uses that font disappears when I publish to a pdf.

I need to open Word files from an Extenscript, and I cannot find the required info in the docs. I did check the FDK documentation and I assume I need to specify a FileTypeHint, but there is no info on the Word ".docx" filter. If anyone has done this before, let me know. The script should be able to do it without any user interaction.Jang

Hello,In a frame maker master page, I would like to position the frame containing the page numbering at a specific position : by example at 1.25 cm from the top of the page.How to do it ? Is it possible to use a tag to do it ?