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August 2022, Inherited an Adobe FM book architected in 2019 by a tech writer who is no longer with the organization. Now trying to use the 2019 source .bk file to produce two versions of the book three years later. I performed a Save-As and changed Master pages to reflect 2022 dates. Two versions of the Conditional text are already in place; one for the hub and one for the terminal. We have copies of the 2019 pdf files of each output so it's possible to print them in the two distinct Conditional formats. When using the Conditional text window to toggle the displayed .bk image to the other version, I click Apply. It prompts No Undo. Am I in the incorrect window? How does the author output the other Conditional version without wiping out first version? A pointer to Conditional help tutorial would be helpful, perhaps?When swapping the settings from Terminal > Hub, and Hub > Terminal shown below in the Show/Hide Conditional Text window, one can click Apply and view the other version.

In FM 2020 (version 16.0.4.1062), I am creating a PDF and am stumped why my logo appears as it does in the attached screenshot. I've tried putting the logo on the master page and adding it to the body page, and I get the same result. I'm thinking it must be something with the image itself, which was copied from a Word document. TIA.  Margaret  )

Has anyone created PDFs from an ExtendScript with FrameMaker 2020 or newer (2022 beta) ? I have tried to use the Doc.Save function with the FileType set to SaveFmtPdf but this freezes FrameMaker - after sending a couple of (for me) incomprehensible messages to the console.I am not aware of any password protection. When I choose Save as PDF from the File menu, the PDF is created without any issues. If there is another way (using CallClient to the Publish panel ?) I would like to know that, too. I am not stuck on any particular method, as long as I can automate the creation of PDFs. Thanks in advance for a quick reply - especially if you have a working solution. Jang

Hi experts, I want to replace a condition format A by format B.The current TR contains format A (but of course may also contain other condition formats, such as C).The following code works only partially:   ApplyCondFmt = function (oDoc, oTR, sFormat) { /* ========================= Arguments oDoc Document to be handled oTR Text range to receive the new format sFormat Name of Conditon format (was selected from catalogue) Reference http://frameautomation.com/category/extendscript/page/3/ */ var oCondFmt, oProps, iPropIndex; oCondFmt = oDoc.GetNamedCondFmt(sFormat); if(!oCondFmt.ObjectValid()) return; // emergency exit oProps = oDoc.GetTextPropVal (oTR.beg, Constants.FP_InCond); oProps.propVal.osval[0] = oCondFmt; // new format oDoc.SetTextPropVal (oTR, oProps); // seems to do nothing } // --- end ApplyCondFmt ------------------------------------------------   And of course I have no idea how to replace the format if there is more than one entry in

I have years of experience with DITA but structured/unstructured Framemaker is new to me.I am trying to style PDF output from DITA using the native Frame template/rendering engines (i.e. not the DITA-OT) in FM 2017.I've been using the 'Save Ditamap as" > "Book 2017 with Framemaker Components" workflow. I've hit three stumbling blocks:Additional front matter: Doing <notices href="copyright.dita" toc="no"/> does not pick up the copyright page.Additional back matter: My corporate style requires a back coverCustomized front cover content. I need to support additional text fields on the front cover. I've populated the bookmap's booklibrary mainbooktitle aand booktitlealt elements, but they are concatenated into one variable (Chapter Title Name) in the conversion process to unstructured Frame.For questions 1 and 2, is there a way to customize the list of components generated when converting?For question 3, how can I adjust the mapping between bookmap elements/subelements and unstruc

I currently have a header on a portait page that looks like this:The purple area is a company logo. I need the same setup in landscape with the logo on the left and the variables on the right. When I copy the header to a landscape page, the variables are in the middle oif the header and I can't get them to go in the right. I also have a landscape master page with the variables on the left and the logo on the right on which I tried to switch the elements with no luck. I assume I have to clear the header and start from scratch, but I still can't get the variables to go to the right side of the header. These headers were laid out by our FrameMaker guru 25-30 years ago without the company logo, but the corporate look and feel was recently revised to include the logo in the header instead of the footer.  TIAMargaret  

I have been looking into changing over to Adobe Framemaker from MadCap Flare becaise of the cost of Flare.I have been unable to successfully import and scale any of our illustrations or screenshots with success, and have discovered that this has been an issue with Framemaker for several years.  As a note, we can import and scale the images into MadCap Flare, Word, and Libre Office, so I don't think the issue is the illustrations or screenshots.  Does anyone else have this ussue and have you been able to solve it?  

In a FrameMaker topic, I cannot insert text between two sections that were already inserted (linked with the source topic). Whenever I try to add a page marker before an inserted topic, the topic gets deleted.

I need to create multilingual instructions. Each language should have a table of contents that links only to the language's chapters. The book should be numbered from 1 to n.Is there a best practice? Thanks,Rainer

Each of our chapters starts with a title page that has its own Master Page, which contains a text box. We would like to insert a min-TOC in that text box, but the Insert > Table of Contents > Create Mini TOC menu item is grayed out. It's not grayed out if I'm in one of the chapter's regular body pages, only on the title page."Any suggestions?Thanks,Chris

I am on a trial of Adobe Framemaker and jhave had an issue with importing png files. I tried contacting technical support concerning a technical issue  on the phone and by email.  The gentleman on the phone was polite, but the phone connection was poor, and the gentleman had a heavy accent.  My aging ears could not understand him.  When I told him that I was having a problem hearing and understanding him, he, without warning, hung up the phone.  I do not believe my attitude was rude or aggressive and his action concerned me.  My main product is my training material.  Excellent support from the vendor providing me with publishing software is paramount.  Hanging up on a customer does not instill confidence.  Also, I have not heard back from my email I support request., but receive prompt  responses from their sales group when I asked a question.  Can anyone tell me if this is an isolated incident or is this a common issue. 

I see Framemaker in my "Included in your plans" in my Adobe account, but when I install it, it says I don't have a license. How to solve this?

I know how to create a basic mini-TOC, but I'm adding two styles for the TOC to grab (Chapter Number and Chapter Name) and whent he mini TOC is generated the TOC has the Chapter Number [page#] and Chapter Name [page#]. How can I get it to make the page number just at the end of the chapter number and name? (Chapter Number Chapter Name [page#]?

We just upgraded to Framemaker 2020 and I can't seem to find the option to set a darker user interface like I can in Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.  Surely there is a way to do this? The interface is way too bright, especially since I have all of my other programs set as dark as they can go. If there isn't, why not and can we get thus option, please. 

Hello,How to I create a named destination in my source DITA XML so that when FrameMaker publishes the PDF the named destination is unchanged from the DITA?I am trying to create an xref in one DITA document that gets published to PDF (call it document1.pdf) where it creates a hyperlink to a relative path such as ../folder/document2.pdf#named_destination.I cannot find any documentation for how to do this.If I open document2.pdf and edit the named destination, when I click on the hyperlink in document1, it opens to that specific page in document2.pdf, but it is impractical to manually edit all of the named destinations in the target PDF.Thank you!Pat

I have a table and a figure in FrameMaker unstructured. I try to add hotspots and links between different rows and parts of a figure. Each table row gives information regarding various parts of the exact figure. For this, I use the hotspot feature of FrameMaker. Now I have two issues:First, I want to add a recursive hotspot too. Whenever the user of my PDF clicks on any number on the figure, the user should be directed to the row of the table.Second, I want to highlight the hotspot on the figure and its linked table row when each of them clicked. As I understand, the FrameMaker hotspot feature doesn't have any highlighting option (change the stroke color of the hotspot rectangle and the linked table row color). So, I wonder, is this possible. Or can I reach this functionality via scripting?  Any suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks.Sanam

Where can I change text edit colors? Deleting uses red text edit, but adding edits uses green which is not a very visible color. Is there a place and/or way to change text edit colors?Thanks!

Many government organisations require PDF/A-2a nowadays but the available PDF job options in FrameMaker do not support this. As you can add your own job options to the list of available ones, I was wondering if anyone has tried (and succeeded) in creating this type of PDF ?

After 25 years of FM experience I'm "at the end of my Latin" in FM-15.0.8.979 For the attached FM file this is the situation when switching from Master Page display to Body Page display: Of course I want to remove these overrides: Set Remove Overrides and use Continue → Switching to MP view and back to BP view issues the vey same message. MIF wash the document → the overrides are still there and can not be removed by the mentioned method. Re-assign the master pages (1 → First; 2…65 → Right/Left) → Overrides still there. Create new document, import all formats, then copy the contens of the flow → Overrides are back... Assign R/L MPs to all pages (no special page 1) → Overrides still there. Opening the document in FM-16.0.4.1062 → same debacle. A visual inspection of the pages do not show me any deviations from the layout defined by the MPs - so what is the nature of these overrides?

Hello, I am new to DITA and I want to start working with some DITA topics. I started with the following order: File > New > DITA > Topic  Now FM loads a list of possible elements. So my question is, where is the corresponding FM file where the elements are defined? I want to add some elements and modify the fonts, therefore I searched but couldn't find the correct file. I started searching as described in the official FM help:... \ AdobeFrameMaker2019\Structure\xml\DITA_1.2\app Thanks very much for your help, Hannah   

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Question for the gurus: How do I make FM use the next page (left or right) for documents in a book? I.e. if the previous document ended on a right-hand page, the next document needs to start on a left-hand page, if the previous document ended on a left-hand page, the next document needs to start on a right-hand page.  There is no defined way to determine which page to start the document on, because the previous document (based on the content) could end on either and could change if the content changes. Left and right pages have different page headers, so I need to use the double sided option. I've seen screenshots of the Pagination where there is a 3rd option: Next available page, but I only have the options Right and Left available. Suggestions?

Hi,   FrameMaker 2020 (16.0.4.1062) Every some months I get this issue: I have a FM file or book. Create the PDF with Save As PDF. (In the Publish pod Distiller is activated.) FrameMaker creates the PDF. However, the file name is not that of the current FM file or book but that of a file ABC which I had created a week ago. And I had created this file ABC with Word and not with FrameMaker. Additionally: o PDF is not in the folder of the FM file, but in C:\Users\xxx\Documents\ o Application is not FrameMaker, but InDesign 17.3. (I do not have InDesign on this laptop and never had.) The FrameMaker file is on an external SSD, no network.   I have no clue, where this might come from. Has anyone else seen this as well?   Best regards   Winfried

Hi,  I'm trying to create table styles for all the notations within my manuals (Danger, Warning, Caution, Note). I currently have a decent looking format, but want to add a caution logo on 3 of the tables (Danger, Warning, Caution). I'm trying to figure out a good way to do that. My currenty method I'm trying is: - Add caution logo to reference page, within a graphic frame- On body page, create a table with two columns in the header- In the left column of the header, use a paragraph styles that uses Frame Above Pgf and references the Caution logo It should work, but FM is glitching out and showing a white background on the logo I altered the logo in Photoshop so that it's transparent and doesn't have a white background. But FM isn't honoring the transparent background  Also, using the Frame Above Pgf feature adds a bunch of extra space to the header I don't want.  The white background on the logo shows up in the outputted PDF also, so i

I have written jsx scripts from existing documents but am having issues creating new objects.How do I create a new blank portrait document? the app.documents.add() command does not work for me. The results will only contain a single table so I do not think a template is needed.