FrameMaker

Framemaker worked great 2 weeks ago but now wont launch and its not showinging in task manager. Removed and reinstalled it but still can’t get it to run. Tried with av off but still not working. Any suggestions

Is there a way of adding title text to subsequent pages of the table of contents?I’m writing a manual and the table of contents is 16 pages long. I have the title on the first page and need the following pages to say “Table of Contents Continued” on them.I tried manually typing it in on the second page, using the paragraph design I created for the TOC title, but FrameMaker moves to the top of the first page when I update the book.

Hello,I have selected a part of a document and would like to use a regular expression on all my selection, but in “selection”mode, the “find all” button is greyed so I am unable to “find all” in my selection.  

Hello,For a specific FM document, I have set some Find/change settings (with regular expression), and would like to keep these Find/change settings all the time when I re-open this specific FM document (not for new documents). How to do it ?

Hello,With the help of ​@Winfried Reng , for a text selection I could use the Find/change function with “regular expression” in order to add brackets around the text selection. But now, inside this “regular expression” I would like to delete also the comma before this text selection.So, I would like to select from the comma to the text selection (by example here :  , soprano) and in a single regular expression, do  two things : delete the comma and add brackets around the text selection.How to do it ? 

Hello,I would like to create a character designer adding automatically “underline + quotation mark” to a selected text. How to do it ?

This post is a great resource on how to retain the superscript character format in a variable. When I apply those steps to create the French-Canadian registered trademark, “MD”, I get the following results:  Here is what I did:I created the character style: I created the Registered variable:And I updated the existing variable that requires the registered trademark:Any help would be appreciated.Thank you!

Hi! I got a message from our translations vendor that my FrameMaker files have several missing fonts. Based on my research, I should be able to deselect the Remember Missing Font Names check box under Preferences, and this warning will go away in future FrameMaker sessions:However, after I close FrameMaker and re-open the book, I’m still seeing messages about missing fonts under the Console panel:I went to the Fonts panel, selected one of the missing fonts, but the Replace Font panel does not show me where the font is missing is and I’ve never heard of the font that it wants to use as a replacement:Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

I’ve had an ongoing problem with FrameMaker 2022: When I save to pdf, it looks fine except for any Gujarati text (or any extended character set text), which comes out with the character spacing all wrong. I’ve asked tech support to help me solve it a dozen times, with no success. I finally figured it out. I installed the HP Universal Postscript driver. Used that to print to a .prn file, then opened the .prn in Distiller to generate the pdf. It works perfectly, and it’s ten times faster than “save as pdf” or “print to pdf.”

HTML5 output is generated with Frame 2022 version 17 using the Azure Blue template. Is there a way to tweak the template to force the display of a hidden left panel (containing search results) when a search is executed from the Search field in the header of the html page? As it is, executing a search when the left panel is hidden leads you to believe the search is not working at all, since no results are presented. 

There used to be a number of sites linking to various Adobe FrameMaker resources. These sites have, to some extent, fallen into disrepair or have walked out into the sad, grey and misty land of 404. I have tried picking up what I could find and make a new “FrameMaker resources page”, which can be found here:https://framemaker.dk/en/good-plugins-utilities-for-adobe-framemakerIf you are a FrameMaker developer/service provider, I shall be glad to include you. Inclusion is forever free and in four languages :-) 

Hi everyone,I’m looking for advice and possible solutions to help automate parts of our Adobe FrameMaker workflow, especially anything related to reducing manual DTP effort after translation.A bit of context: we produce operator manuals in FrameMaker (unstructured). Our current workflow is quite manual and time-consuming. We export MIF files, send them for translation, and then re-import them.We have already made some progress on automation. For example, we have automated the conversion from MIF to FM files, including the renaming of file extensions (e.g. adding “_ES” for Spanish versions). We are now trying to build on this approach and see where else we can follow the same path of automation.After re-importing translated files, the most time-consuming remaining tasks are:Re-linking text insets Re-establishing cross-references Fixing layout issues after translationThe biggest pain point is re-linking text insets and repairing broken references. Reducing or eliminating this would signi

I want to stop table heading continue in other page for remaining table , for particular tabled, please tell me steps in brief please check image

In this post, I’d like to share my initial experiences with the latest version of FM with you. Perhaps this collection of experiences will be helpful to some of you if you’re thinking about switching to the latest version.My initial conclusion after some hours spent with testing: FM 2026 does not meet our documentation requirements. Here are some reasons for this:At first, I was surprised: A major release for small features like “Find all” and “Book template”? Hhmmm …Book templateAdobes docs for this feature are really weird in my native language (German). The documentation seems to have been carelessly cobbled together, or it was generated by an untrained AI. The book template doesn’t supports conditional expressions. For this reason, all existing expressions were replaced with “Default” and could therefore no longer be selected from the book. IMHO: Book template is a really great idea. But at the moment not more than an idea.PDF exportDespite checking and adjusting the PDF settings s

Hello,About the last update of FrameMaker, the version number seems to be 18.00206 : https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/fixed-issues.html But if I update my FrameMaker version, I am now with version 17.09 (instead of 18.00206). Why ?And if I try to download manually Framemaker, I am always with version 17 : https://www.adobe.com/go/fm-vip-download

Hello,In this text I would like to remove the space at right in order to have the text going until the right margin.How to do it ? 

What is causing this?

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re using the right content model in FrameMaker—or if structured content is worth the effort—this session is for you. I’d like to invite you to join me for an upcoming live session: FrameMaker Essentials: Picking the Right Content Model 👉 Save your spot here: https://framemaker-essentials-picking-the-right-content-model.meetus.adobeevents.com/​ In this session, we’ll cut through the noise and focus on what matters when deciding how to structure your content. Here’s what we’ll cover: When structured vs. unstructured content makes the most sense How content models impact consistency, reuse, and scalability What to consider before committing to DITA, custom models, or templates Real-world guidance to help you avoid costly mistakes If you’re working with long documents, managing multiple authors, or thinking about moving toward structured content, this will give you a clear path forward. As you probably know, choosing the righ

Dear fellows, Does anyone know when the new version of FrameMaker is expected to be released? Currently, the product fate and roadmap is absolutely unclear and Adobe do not seem to share any details regarding the product's future. Thanks!

I have been wondering what happend to the Patternstream database publishing tool? The site is still up, but it does look somewhat un-maintained. I did some design solutions years ago involving Patternstream and remember it as a nice tool. Is FrameMaker not used for database publishing anymore?

Hello,In this example, for the paragraph designer “cantate” I have set a tab stop of 0.4 cm left, with a numbering.For numbers 1 to 9 : no problem, but from number 10, the space has gone betwen the point and the begining of the text. Why ?My goal is ti keep the same space for all the numbers.  

I have an old perpetual license for FrameMaker 11. It refuses to load as of yesterday, saying the serial number is already in use by the maximum allowed computers. Note it was running fine, then suddenly it stopped. I think it was after I’d updated my macbook Pro (Tahoe 26.3.1, Parallels 26.2.2, Windows 11) so maybe somehow the Adobe Application Manager thinks this is a new machine. I lost access to one activation several years ago when a laptop stopped working and I recycled it. I’ve tried getting adobe to reset my activation count, but multiple chats resulted in agents not understanding the problem (they refer me to resetting activations in the ‘internal dashboard’, and of course FM isn’t on the Adobe dashboard) or just dropping the conversation. I wrote to techcomm@adobe.com and tcssup@adobe.com (also about not being able to run the FM17 installer), but haven’t heard back. Thank you for any suggestions you may have.

I am creating a manual which has manuals and or drawing sets which are to be PDFs (over 300 of them) which can be selected and opened as a separate PDF document.  The selection is likely most important in the output PDF, but should be displayable while in FrameMaker. Ideally the same location would be have a link in both PDF and FrameMaker.   What I have been able to do so far is to create a common text frame shown below.  The upper left frame is the result of Insert>Attach file in PDF.  the Lower with icon is an File>Import>Object. FrameMaker file snip:I am publishing with PDF A3b archive format which appears to be the only way to get the PDF embedded.  I have tried other formats without luck. Publishing the above file which I will also attach results in the following snip.  Loss of both graphics related to the Attach or OLE object.  Note the text from the OLE object is published in PDF, but nothing is selectable.  And the attached file without graphic has an active hyperlink