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April 14, 2017
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Help my formatting toolbar is gone

  • April 14, 2017
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I haven't touched framemaker in over 10 years.  We are now going to use it for S1000D.  Oh Joy!  But while getting a feel of the software, I don't know what I did but my format toolbar is now gone?  How do I get it back?

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SherryJAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 14, 2017

This is all through the xml I did something to make the XML author not allow format or master page changes.

SherryJAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 14, 2017

I guess I will get IT to reload it back on my computer and hope it loads back in.

Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
April 16, 2017

In the XML Author mode, a number of the toolbars (especially anything to do with formatting) are simply not available. The intent is to have authors provide content and not have to worry about how it looks. The visual appearance is taken care of downstream in the structured FM application at the publishing stage.

Barb Binder
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 14, 2017

How about View > Toolbars > Quick Access Bar?

And/or, reset your workspace?

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
SherryJAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 14, 2017

As you can see I don't have the table, text, or paragraph toolbar.  And for some reason, I can't crop my picture before putting it in here. I'm having a bad day.

I also do not have a "design" toolbar.

Barb Binder
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 14, 2017

Your toolbars are visible at the top, so I think you must mean panels/pods.

In my screen shot, I was showing the Design workspace. On your screen shot, you have the Authoring workspace selected. Click on Authoring (top right) and reset the workspace. And perhaps try out the other options. The job of a workspace is to control the visibility and position of the toolbars, pods and panels.

FrameMaker has changed a lot in 10 years. The panels/pods are distributed through the various menus. For example, to show the Paragraph Designer, you have to go to Format > Paragraph > Designer. To show the Conditional Text pod/panels, go to Special > Conditional Text select each of those. Basically, when you initiate an action, the appropriate pod/panel opens. You can dock them along the right side or bottom of your screen.

For example, this is a custom workspace that I use when teaching a new student. You can configure a workspace to look anyway you like. Note that this is the unstructured FrameMaker forum, so I'm showing unstructured FrameMaker.

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training