FrameMaker

I currently have FrameMaker 16.0.0.754 on my work computer, and the pdf setup dialogue is entirely missing the tags option. I am trying to work to create an accessible document, which is already a difficult issue, but it appears that most of the tinkering that might help me would involve mapping styles to various tags through this setup menu. I am working with a structured FM document, and two years ago when working on the previous edition of this report I was able to access this tag menu on an older version of FM (of which I don’t recall the specific version). What are my options for resolving this issue? 

I am creating a report through FM 16.0.0.754 based on XML input after an XSLT transformation to organize the data. I currently am importing images for several tables in this report because I cannot reliably create them through XML and in FM. The issue is that the final column of the table contains a bar representing the percentage the current row represents of the total. I have not yet figured out a suitable way to generate this through the XML input so that I don’t have to make manual changes to create the 40 or so tables. The image approach is not ideal, as it requires additional work on the accessibility front, and it is a hassle to make sure the images are translating appropriately and not blurry. This is the last column (or 2 actually) of said table :Manually, I believe I can recreate this effect using anchored frames within each cell, and setting the width of the anchored frame to correspond to a percentage of the total column width, then setting the object fill properties to get

When I package my book, there is message that dependent files are missing. These files are not in the book. There are no cross-references to any files that are not in the book.Where else should I look?

Hi  - Last week, the IT department at my company had to replace my computer and unfortunately, we cannot get FrameMaker to install properly on my machine. Since the IT folks are remoting into my machine and doing the install as admin users, I don’t really have any insight into what is going wrong. All I know is that the installation appears to be complete, but when I go to access my FrameMaker projects, I see that the .FM extension is not on my files: Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I have a table with a dark color heading row and body rows that are light colors. I want to use a white column separator in the heading row and black column separators for the body rows. How do I create a table style that does this automatically?

Hello,ActualIy, I  have a master page title where I enter the date like this (for 30 august) : I enter manually  “30 août” in a variable.Now, I would like FM could enter automatically the date of the next sunday, like this : “30 août”.By example, if I write the document the friday 28 august, I would like FM write automatically in title master page : “30 août” (for 30 august).How to do it ? 

Hello,I send you my FM file.Actually, I use this regular expression :Find :      , (\b.+\b)(\n|$)Change :  ($1),  So I do “Find” then “Change§Find”, and I have this result where the blank line has been removed before the last paragraph (begining by “La Saison 10 ...”). How to set the regular expression in order to keep this blank line ?  

Hello,In this example I would like to delete all the blank lines between the lines of text, or after the last line of text. How to do it ?  

Hi,https://tracker.adobe.com/I tried to report a bug in the Adobe Tracker some weeks ago and only got an error message:Bug Submission FailedNow also another user complaint about this: Other issues in the Adobe Tracker are:Current FM version is not in the list of FM versions. Windows 11 is not in the list of Windows versions.Does anyone know what is wrong in the Adobe Tracker? Who must be contacted?Best regards, Winfried

If you use Track Changes for additions and deletions, then switch previews (final and original), when you switch back to off (to show additions and deletions), the additions do not reappear. I did this on three documents. Can someone test it to see if they have the same issue. (Doesn’t happen in older versions that I’m aware of, so it must the be new version.)

I have FM 2022. Look at the first picture. It’s an anchored frame with a drawing in it. In the first box below you can see the dimensions for the anchored frame. The frame is 10 mm higher than the drawing, so 5 mm space over and under it. We can see that the anchored frame is 151,013 mm high. BUT look at the box below. The width and heigh of the drawing is not at all true! How do I get the correct measurments? I imported the exact same drawing in FM 7 and got the width to 154,109 and height to 141,013.At first I thought that the lower box was for something else, but if I click on the drawing and then on the icon for Object properties, this box opens. 

Are there any known bugs? We are on the latest version of Framemaker. 2022. Actually see the problem with  17.0.8.853 and 17.0.9.866Simplest way to reproduce the crash is to File → import → File (import by reference).The select what has been imported in the Structure View and press Copy.Framemaker crashes.We make heavy use of text insets in our application using the FDK (have updated FDK to latest versions).  So this is a major problem for us.Any information would be appreciated.A technical note is we think the use of the clipboard in the creation of the text insets is part of the problem.

My old computer with FM 7 doesn't work with PhotoShop or Illustrator anymore, due to only 10 GB free disk space. So I have a new computer. With that came FM 2022. A couple of years ago, when we switched from Windows 10 to 11, I tested on a new computer first. I installed FM 7 and couldn't get the fonts to work. So I installed Windows 11 on top of 10.Anyway. Now I have a new computer and FM 2022, and lots of problems with the fonts. We use different versions of Futura in our documentation (I work with desk-top publishing for a large company that sells air conditioners and heat pumps, I make all our documentation).I have now isolated the problem. Everything works perfectly IF, before I open FM 2022 each morning, I re-install 12 fonts. Don't ask me why, but if I don't do that, all fonts except Futura Light, are replaced with Times. Or all fonts are suddenly some kind of Symbols... So my question is WHY. The fonts I have to re-install all ends with .PFM. Is there a way around this, except

FrameMaker 2022I’m applying two conditional text tags to step 1 in a list of 5 steps. If I include the paragraph tag at the end of the step, then steps 2-5 turn into steps 10-13 (because the previous page ended with step 9 for a different set of steps/procedure). If I do not include the paragraph tag, then the text disappears but the #1 remains. What am I doing wrong?

My client has a custom DTD and structured application. They want their EPS images to import at 100% and not scale to the text column width. It worked with FrameMaker 11, but not 2022 (17.0.6). They are using the “standard” DTD settings as described in the Structured FrameMaker Developers Guide.Is there a setting or value that can be used to import an EPS at 100% regardless of the text column width? Thank you. 

Anyone who knows how to convert frame maker to indesign/Pelle

Here are a couple of things I have been wondering about the last couple of days, after switching from 7 to 2022: When I open the program, there are no icons at the top. Just text. So instead of clicking on an “Open file-icon” I have to click File and then Open. Is this the only way to open a file? When I open a bookfile it docks on the left side of the program. No close-icon, just the lines where I can choose close tab. Another example of me having to click on 2 things instead of one. I realize I can “free” it from the docked position, but then the tab is as high as the program is, and I have to manually make it smaller so it’s not in the way for other things I am doing. Isn’t there a way to open it the same way as a file is opened (as it was in version 7)? Also in a book file. Where’s the Print icon? Do I really have to go through the File-menu? The icons and text boxes are so small (I have a very large screen). Is there a way to make the icons and text boxes larger? As it is now I ha

My company is using established templates for service manuals created by someone well before my time and I am trying to resolve an undesirable pagination issue that occurs regardless (seemingly) of the constraints/rules set in the paragraph designer. I have no formal FrameMaker, training so I hope I’m able to provide enough detail for you all.We use a 2-column layout for the text but also allow for full page width image frames and tables. This problem only occurs with text following a page width image or table near the bottom of the page. In this case, I have an image frame with fig number and descriptionfollowed by a level 3 heading that is set to Keep With: Next Paragraph. Then the text following the heading has Widow/Orphan Lines set to 2. Pagination IssueGiven the rules applied to the heading and text, they should both push to the next page in my mind. Is there some setting I am missing that is preventing that from happening? Thank you.

Hello,I am in the master page of my FM document and would like to add a date (day+month in french) to the master page title, but without going to master page. What is the best way to do it ?  

Join me on Tuesday August 18. 2026, 9 Pacific for my next webinarCustomizing DITA and DocBook templates in FrameMaker v18.0It is (of course) recorded, so register to have the link sent, even if you can’t make to the “live” session. 

I have a TOC template that works flawlessly in every project except the current one. Here’s what I get in the TOC: Here’s the relevant code from the reference page:  I’m stumped. Any and all insights and help will be greatly appreciated. This TOC is quite long and I don’t relish having to hand-edit it.Thanks in advance,Bill

Hi,FrameMaker 18.0.0 on Windows 11I create my PDFs with Distiller. When I click Save as PDF, FrameMaker does something and then shows this message:Are you sure that this file is from a trustworthy source and you want to convert it?Usually I click Yes, as I want to get my PDF, and then FrameMaker/Distiller creates the PDF. However, just now I clicked No (out of curiosity), and then FrameMaker halted, and I could not get it to continue. I had to shut it down.Does anyone know, why this happens? Is this a FrameMaker fault or a Distiller fault?Best regards, Winfried 

Hi,I have a book with 3 periods in its file name:123.456.789.012.book (there are other numbers and also some regular letter characters, but this does not matter)When I save as PDF (with or without Distiller, network or local drive), the PDF file name is shortened to:123.456.789.pdfI have FM 18.0.0 on Windows 11.Can anyone check, if this happens also on Windows 10? And also with older FM versions?Is this a FrameMaker issue or a Windows 11 issue?Best regards, Winfried 

One writer used track text edits while peer reviewing another writer’s manual. Now the original author cannot accept or reject the tracked text edits that were entered by the reviewer. (Only the peer reviewer can accept/reject.) How do we fix this?

Hi,I got a new laptop with Windows 11, and now I have to install everything anew. The ESTK seems to be a problem.​@Klaus Göbel had said that we can download the ExtendScript Toolkit here:https://github.com/Adobe-CEP/CEP-Resources/tree/master/ExtendScript-Toolkit When I run AdobeExtendScriptToolkit_4_LS22.exe, it unpacks itself into a folder with a setup file. OK.When I run this, I get an error message (in German):The following problems aroseThe installer had noticed that possibly a computer restart is needed.Exit the installer, restart the computer and retry the installation.After I clicked Ignore, the installer did something, but it did not install the ExtendScript Toolkit.It should be here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CC\Does anyone know, how I could install the ESTK on Windows 11?Thank you very much for your help!