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When using the Save as PDF or Publish options, the @ symbol and fullstop in URLs are replaced by the ` (grave) and ' (apostrophy) characters, respectively.  In some cases, where the text is bold, spaces are replaced by the > character. Where the < and > characters are used, they are replaced by a triangle and square, respectively.This doesn't happen when Printing to PDF.I've not run into this issue before, but am using a different front (Montserrat). Could this be an issue with the font when generaing PDF? Do I need to change something in the Publish Settings?Much appreciated.

Hello,In the PDF review process, FM asks me to enter the email address of the reviewers.But on this window I can enter only one address after the other. How to enter by example a list of 50 email addresses in one go ? 

Two years ago I migrated my template from using the Lucida family created by Charles Bigelow (which I met personally in the 1990ies) to the more Uniccode savvy Noto family for the main text elements (body, lists, tables etc). In particular I wanted to use the condensed variation in tables. I never got problems within FrameMaker: When creating a PDF via PDFL then the text areas with this font are blank - but use space. Recently I again was trapape the miniTOC did not appear in PDF. I had not correctly updated my styles and hence the Noto Sans Condensed dragon spit fire. Creating the PDF via the Distiller route presents something, but this is garbage (not just a font substitution)This is independent of SaveAs or Publish. In the PDF the font Noto Sans Cond is not listed at all - hence it is not found in Windows font folder (where all the fonts reside) - or there is another reason for this. My personal circumvention of the Noto Sans Condensed problem: Use Noto Sans and apply stretch 85%

I've recently converted a FM2020 document to PDF by printing to a PDF printer. Had the following problems and would appreciate recommendations. Thanks so much.   - The document includes a .png image with a transparent background. Although the background appears transparent in FM, in the PDF it is not (surrounded by a white box);   - None of the external hyperlinks in the document are in the PDF. I know I could insert these in the PDF after the conversion but I don't have Acrobat currently and would prefer not to have to take this step.

IMHO it was a good idea to replace the distiller route by the PDFL route for creating PDFs from FrameMaker. However, there is still room for improvements. In particular, I and others miss the handling of the pdfmark operator via PDFL. ShlomoPerets provides a great set of functions based on this Acrobat feature, which currently requires to use the Distiller route - an interruption in the daily process using the PDFL route.PDFL seems to be Adobe's proprietary library implementation - not an implementation of the world-wide used PDF library from Thomas Merz . This library supports the pdfmark operator by a mechanism called blocks. Please vote on FRMAKER-13349 See also this request in the pre-release forum concerning named destinations.

Hi community,Does anybody know a way to suppress warning that missing graphics will be shown in gray boxes?Thanks.

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I haven't used FrameMaker since 2012. I'm inserting updates from a "Subject Matter Expert" and I can't get pages where there aren't any changes to look like they did in the previous edition of the document. Here's what the previous edition looked like:Now, here I am, having made changes in earlier pages, and I can't get the paragraph "Set U Slider Tab, see Fig. 14." back onto the same page as the previous paragraph(s) and Figure 13.This next image is where the rest of the offending content spills onto the next page, despite my best efforts:I remember (and have re-learned) enough about FrameMaker to experiment with the different settings in Paragraph Designer (spacing above and below paragraphs, Pagination, Keep With Previous/Next, Start at top of column/page, yadayadayada, but I can't get this stuff to behave.  Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

One of the major limitations I've encountered in running FrameMaker 2020 on Windows 11/ARM is that the Extendscript Toolkit will not run. This is apparently a permanent issue, as the ESTK won't be updated for 64-bit architectures.I see that the "correct" path forward is to move to the Extendscript Debugger under VS Code. Having not used Visual Studio in a decade, I have no idea how to proceed.So ... instead of possibly clearing a morning to investigate, I thought I'd put up a flare here to find out how to deploy VS Code for FM Extendscript development. 🙂TIA!-Alan 

Hi everyone,I'm using FrameMaker version 17.0.2 to write in structured (DITA 1.3). I wonder if there's a way to customize a list of selectable values for a specific attribute, such as a product, and associate it with a particular DITA map file. However, I don't want these changes to affect every file or map in FrameMaker. Could someone help me with this?Other tools, like Oxygen, allow you to create a subject scheme map and link it to a specific dita map. This makes it simple to choose attribute values from a predefined list.

I have had two major ongoing issues since upgrading to Framemaker 2022 from 2020. The first I have found a workaround for, although I am still trying to figure out the reason, the second is below. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem or has a solution.  I work on a User Guide that has a healthy catalog of paragraph styles and we do utilize the reference page for a feature on the advanced tab of the paragraph designer tool.  Here is what the settings look like (first two images). The third image is that paragraph style as it appears in FM (as it should). The second is how it looks when I publish a PDF for web viewing. Notice the notched left and right upper corners. I have used the reference page to adjust the Heading1 background bar, which is the selected setting in Frame Above Pfg in the advanced tab of this paragraph design element. It has not solved the problem. I have a ticket with Adobe, but have not yet had success in troubleshooting

Please help me on the below queries.- How to install plugins in Adobe Framemaker?- How to use the installed plugins to copy full table contents from word file to structiured framemaker? 

I have a series of separate documents that we want to publish to HTML5. I need to be able to deliver them in a single zip file. To make this work, do I need to combine these documents into a single FM file (a very long one) and then generate the zip?

Hello,I have created an empty template (With Times New Roman font).Then I have opened a Word file in FM (this Word file is with Calibri font). So FM creates one FM files with the content of the Word file (I can see Calibri Font).Then on the FM file opened I make File/Import/Format and applied the template format on this FM file, but it does not changed the font for this FM file  (I am always with the same font as in the Word file, ie : Calibri Font).Why the File /Import/Format does not have changed the font ? 

I lost my Help settings. One thing that I have not been able to recreate is the hierarchical Navigation Panel. It took all my Heading levels and flattened them so they are all at the same level.  Please advise.

Hi mam, I have created and  took output as pdf from FM file.. but the pdf not generating the bookmarks properly...how and where to do proper settings for generating the PDF file along with bookmarks which is extracting headings from fm file. Is there any session covered for this! Kindly support

Hi Community,After finding out why my context points didn't work (tab vs space in the .h file), we're making the jump from FM17 to FM 19 (2022).I use a mix of .png and .jpg graphics in my documentation (depending if I created them or our graphic designer did).In our HTML5 output, FM has made some of the png files into svg (with the png embedded). This is happening at seemingly random spots.My warnings, cautions and notes are using png files for the graphic at the insertion point, followed by the text. This aligns the top edge of the graphic with the top of the text.There can be two notes under one another and one will change to svg while the other stays as png. The main problem is where the svg change happens, it aligns the text on the bottom edge of the graphic, as opposed to the top. I've already tried ticking and unticking things in the publish settings to no avail. Does anyone have any pointers?

Hello,I have opened 5 FM files. So I have 5 tabs opened.I have created a template with tags.I would like to apply the template on all opened FM files (5 files) in one go. How to do this ? Because actually, I am obliged to do File/Import/Format, but for one file only. So I am obliged to do the same for each FM file opened.

Does FrameMaker support a "macro" functionality similar to what MS Word provides?  The only mention of "macros" in FrameMaker help seem to relate to HTML conversion (whatever that is).  I want to be able to automate simple tasks like special-pasting some text and setting the paragraph style.  For example, right now I have about a dozen Level 5 sections to copy and paste into FrameMaker.  So I have to copy the heading in Word, switch to FM, then do a Ctrl+Shift+v, hit "t" for "Text", then "Enter", and then open the Paragraph Catalog, click on "Level 5", and close the Paragraph Catalog (due to space limitations on-screen).  It would be a nice timesaver to have those steps assigned to a macro where all I have to do is press a couple keys.

I use FrameMaker 9.0p237When I create a PDF from a FrameMaker book, the bookmarks are misplaced in the PDF. For example, in my Frame file, I have:Chapter Title A.Heading 1 a..Heading 2 aChapter Title B.Heading 1 b..Heading 2 bBut, when I create the PDF, some of the chapters' bookmarks appear as:Chater Title AChapter Title B.Heading 1 a..Heading2 a.Heading 1 b..Heading 2 bThis doesn't happen for every chapter, but it does happen consistently for the same chapters each time I create a pdf.What is wrong with my FrameMaker file that would cause this?

Hello,I have 85 microsoft word files that I would like to select and convert to 85 frame maker documents.But I would like to do it at the same time (not one after one). How to do this ? 

I have a single, small unstructured FrameMaker 2015 document. When I generate a PDF, the bookmarks are not indented correctly.The document has headings in this order:Level 1Level 5Level 5Level 4Level 5Level 5My PDF bookmark settings are:Level 1. Level 2.. Level 4... Level 5When I generate a PDF, I get the following:Level 1  Level 2     Level 5     Level 5     Level 4        Level 5        Level 5It is indenting relatively, treating level 4 as another level 5 and then further indenting the level 5s that belong under the level 4.Anyone ever see this before? Any suggestions for fixing (short of changing the order of the headings)?

Hello,I am working with someone that works only on Microsoft Word files, and send its  Word files to me (he has not Frame Maker). On my side I have Frame Maker and I have converted the first version of the Word files sent by him.As he makes a lot of changes on its Word files, is it a way that this person could work directlly on the converted FM files (converted from Word to FM) that I have made on my computer. Problem : he has not the same computer as me and does not have FM.The best way would be a cloud sync of my FM files between me and him.As I have integrated these FM files in a book, it would be great if these FM files from this book could update automatically when he change something on the cloud.I don't know if all that is possible, and if there are other solutions ?

Hi mam,   I want to know create TOC like below content, Requirement Backeyecamera.....6-25 Backeyecamera is the subtitle(TitleSection) in 6th chapter 6 is the chapter  25 is the page number    What I got is  Backeyecamera.......25   Can u please post clarity on this please...

Hello, We want to print PDF in PDF. We place drawings in PDF format in MIF files. After creating a PDF via FrameMaker, some elements are rastered. If we use EPS instead of PDF for the drawings, no elements are rastered. Does anyone have an idea why FrameMaker rasterises elements or how we can avoid this?original PDF: FrameMaker output: