Questions

All the numbers in this graphic are svg files, but they are being previewed incorrectly. There is no white background outside of the circles. They print correctly, but the poor preview is misleading. The same svg files are being previewed correctly in InDesign, though. Is it not possible to make FM preview this stuff correctly?  

We've recently updated from FM v12 to v17 (Structured) (I know.. don't get me started 🙂 ) and we're running into an issue with the document headers. For some reason, on of the header fields is changed to Align Center instead of Aligh Right. When you look at the properties is still says Align Right. I'm attaching screenshots of the Master Page from FM12 and what it should look like, and also the converted Master Page from FM17 and the resulting page with the incorrect alignment. I appreciate any advice.

Hi, I have [edited by moderator] copied added existing documents into a new book I'm working on and updated the variables with the relevant information. I looked at the documents that [edited by moderator] I copied from are referenced in both books, and the variables in [edited by moderator] those pre-existing files have also changed the files change, which is not what I wanted or expected to happen. Is there a way to update [edited by moderator] the variables in the copied documents each book and have the 'original' documents files retain their old variables?   Thank you.   Cheers, Elizabeth   

I have a very old version of FrameMaker (7.1), but I guess this question is valid for all versions. In Sweden we write words together, that you English spekers write separately. Example:supply air plenum (3 words)tilluftsplenum (1 word)When I spellcheck and see where "tilluftsplenum" can be hyphenated I gettil-lufts-ple-numCorrect, but not... If the word is hyphenated at the first instance, it should betill-luftsplenumAn extra "l", as "till" has two and "luft" begins with one. So how does FrameMaker fix this? IS there a way to fix this, or do we have to proof read everything?  Just curious.

This may have been covered before, but I couldn't find it online. I am using FrameMaker 16.0.4. How can I review two FrameMaker pages side by side that are in different books and show the word differences between the two? If that's not possible, how can I at least preview both pages side by side? Thanks!

Hi FrameMaker Friends:   I finally gave up on trying to run Fm on my M1 Mac, and now am working like a "normal" user, running FrameMaker on a Windows computer as the Adobe team intended.   What is wrong with my scaling? I'm on Windows 11 and the Fall 2022 release of FrameMaker (though I have seen this occasionally on student computers in the past on earlier versions of Windows and FrameMaker).   Note: small menu bar, giant menu items, smushed rulers, and my catalogs are illegible.    I have tried out multiple display and scale resolutions but I can't figure out how to make this work.  Any ideas?   Thanks in advance, ~Barb

This must be simple fix, because I don't see this covered anywhere in the forum. Why does my PDF from FM 2020 have gridlines? I don't even have gridlines on in the project. Must be missing something simple somewhere...  

Hi,I am in the process of trying to create a new book. I have copied all the files from the pre--existing book and my goal is then to update these files as required. The 'old' book has many variables. I'm trying to edit the variables in the new version, but when I try to edit the variables, they cannot be modified because in the 'old' book they are correct.  Is there an easy way I can update/edit the variables in the new book I'm creating? Thank you. Cheers,Elizabeth  

Hi,In my company has FrameMaker2017 version, but I have a FrameMaker 2020 documents as a template. I try to open templates in 2017 but the error message appears:  Although this appears to be a framemaker document, it can't be opened...Is there any way to open 2020 document by using 2017 version.  PS: I do not have any other version of FrameMaker, only 2017. 

Hi,  I have recently installed RoboScreenCapture v2.0 on Windows 10. When I capture a screenshot, the screen automatically zoom-in. Therefore, the screenshot is not correctly captured.  This issue was not observed on earlier versions of Windows.  Could you please help me resolve this issue? 

In one of our elements, CELLTEXT, we have the following General Rule (<TEXT> | Emphasis | BulletList | NumList | Action | Highlight)*. Another element, SLIDE, can appear only appear once, either as the first element within CELLTEXT before those in the General Rule, or the last element after those in the General Rule. I can change the General Rule to be Slide?,  (<TEXT> | Emphasis | BulletList | NumList | Action | Highlight)* so it can appear first, or  (<TEXT> | Emphasis | BulletList | NumList | Action | Highlight)*, Slide? so it can appears last. Is there a way to combine these into a single General Rule?

Hallo, wenn ich meine FrameMakerdatei abspeichern möchte, habe ich eine Fehlermeldung, die sagt ich soll Adobe kontaktieren. Grafiken werden dann nicht übernommmen und die Datei wird bspw. als Dateiname.fm.45B woran kann das liegen? 

Colleagues, I'm using the FrameMaker Server 2020 REST API on Windows 10, invoking API calls via cURL for rapid prototyping. All works as expected, _except_ when I try to POST a JSON file with parameters for the operation (example operation: creating a publishing task). My cURL command line for creating a task looks something like this:   C:\Users\Administrator>curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Access-Token: <token>" http://<system>:<port>/v16/tasks -d @TestTask.json   This (and many other permutations of the "-d" option) yield:   Warning: Couldn't read data from file Warning: "TestTask.json",   Has anybody else encountered this? My JSON appears to be good, and I can invoke the same server calls via Postman and they work using the same JSON data. It may be a Windows/cURL issue, but Google did not provide any solutions.  

Hi,The PS Font appears in the FrameMaker document but it does not appear in the PDF document created with Acrobat Pro DC.The PS Font file can be printed from Windoes Fonts folder without a hassle (without Acrobat), so problem is not in the font itself. I suspect the problem is in Acrobat Distiller, because the font appears correctly in FrameMaker document!Any help with this issue will be appeciated!Iracildo

I have created a feature request for FrameMaker.When using Publish, FrameMaker will automatically create folder for the published output. While the can be practical, it is not ALWAYS practical, so I suggest making it optional.If you want to vote for it, please find the request here: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-12438 

I created a custom Type 1 font and used this font to create a Character Tag in FrameMaker 2020. I used this Character Tag in several chapters of a book I am finnishing to write. Everything works flawlessly. The custom font appears in the FM document and in the PDF document. Hard to understand is why FM crashes when I apply this Character Tag to a character with DefaultParaFont Tag, for example. FM crashes when the Character Tag is applied to any character!The book is full of this Character Tag, but if I apply a new one FM crashes!I am sad because I would like to publish the book in the next month.Any help will be appreciated!Iracildo

I'm looking at using Frame in order to publish/distribute data in a more searchable and user-friendly format. An aircraft manufacturer X-inc makes available some documentation in SGML. Beginning with what appears to be the simplest example, the wiring list that contains no figures or graphics, contains the following files: SGML declaration file : SGML/WM.SDLATA WMLIST DTD file : SGML/WM.DTDWMLIST document instance file : SGML/WMLIST.SGMWMLIST graphic entity file : SGML/WMLIST.SGEWMLIST companion entity file : SGML/WMLIST.CFE  The DTD file begins with: <!-- DOCTYPE wm [ --> <!-- The following set of declarations may be referred to using a public entity as follows: <!DOCTYPE wm PUBLIC "-//ATA-TEXT//DTD WM-VER15-LEVEL2//EN" [ ]> --> The SGM file begins with: <!DOCTYPE WM PUBLIC "-//ATA-TEXT//DTD WM-VER15-LEVEL2//EN" [ <!ENTITY % graphics SYSTEM "WMLIST.SGE" > %graphics; <!ENTITY % companions SYSTEM "WMLIST.CFE" > %companions;

We are usinfg Frame Maker 10 and have Company licenses.But we've lost our DVD and need to Download it.

Hi all,   I'm running FM15, FM16 and FM17 here and they all have the same issue: when I want to insert an element FM crashes. Any idea what can be missing? Or where to look?   Note: I copied the complete installation folders from my Windows 10 machine to Windows 11 ARM - at first it all seemed to work fine but then this issue appeared.    Wim.

You are invited to register for a free webinar on Advanced Features in Adobe FrameMaker!   Join us for the 3rd session of FrameMaker Essentials, an online workshop series where Barb Binder, an Adobe-certified Expert, demonstrates how you can master advanced features in FrameMaker, irrespective of whether you are a novice or an expert.   Register for free!

I have a book file with a TOC that is generating on odd pages only. the previous revision of the book was fine and i tried importing formats from that file to no avail. everything else is correct and ordered properly. using unstructured FM version 16.0.4.1062

Hi all, I have found a bug with 2020, where a workspace has a floating panel, some docked panels on the left bottom, and a book open and a document open. If the floating panel is dragged to a second monitor that is on the right of the main monitor (so displays extended, not duplicated), the workspace saved by choosing another and exiting FrameMaker, or just exiting FrameMaker. When the workspace is chosen again, FrameMaker crashes silently. This scenario worked okay in 2019 and does also work okay in 2022. The workaround is to have the second monitor on the left of the main screen. Alternatively the origin setting for the floating panel can be edited to bring it back to the main screen. I cannot see anywhere in the FDK where I can register for a notification of a user changing the workspace. I can trap session end, and check the .cfws, and edit it, or I could have a thread set to monitor changes to the .cfws files. Is there a simpler approach I can use? 2022 is

Good time of day!Can anyone explain to me how to use <glossgroup> in FM2022? I have a file<glossgroup id="ena"> <title>A</title> <glossentry id="a4a"> <glossterm>A4A</glossterm> <glossdef>Airlines for America...</glossdef> <glossBody> <glossSurfaceForm>Airlines for America (A4A)</glossSurfaceForm> <glossAlt id="glossAlt_vgr_qf5_1cb"> <glossAcronym>A4A</glossAcronym> </glossAlt> </glossBody> </glossentry> ... </glossgroup>How can I refer to <glossentry> from <topic>?

I have searched for an answer on this one. I have two files on the same computer. I publish one to PDF and all the images show up just fine. I publish the second one and no images. I havechecked all setting I can find and they are the same. I saved everything and restarted my computer and still nothing. HELP

Dear Forum-users,I'd like to know if there is a Download page for trials of older FrameMaker version. I'm looking for version 7.2 in particular because a customer wants us to work with this version. Working with higher versions from our side proofed to be difficult.Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you very much in advance.Kind regardsAngeloBurton