Alternatively, you could use a MIF snippet (a simple text file a few lines long) to define and import a single (or multiple) specific variables. Details and an example are found in this message thread: Update Variable across the Book ... View more

Unfortunately, there is no Mac version. You can run it in a Windows emulator on the Mac. ... View more

You need to use the Paragraph Designer for the paragraph tag to specify that the line spacing is to be "Fixed" (a checkbox). ... View more

The error mesage means that the documents/files were created with a newer release of FM, i.e FM2017 or even FM2019. You can ask for the files to be sent as MIF versions, which your version will be able to open. To check which version these files are, you can use a text editor than can open binary files to look at the first few ites in the file. The FM version that created the file will be listed. ... View more

There are a number of UI and UX issues with the new PDF Publish pod component that were expressed during development. I guess "good enough" may be fast becoming a new standard in  development... ... View more

No. It's a very specialized route and there are a number of differences in the document object models between ID and FM that would require a lot of programming to sort out. There are a number of tools that could be used to create such an app. A first pass approach might be to consider using XSLT to map from IDML to MIFML (an XML version of FM's MIF [maker interchange format] developed by Scott Prentice at Leximation - see: http://leximation.com/tools/mifml/ ). ... View more

If you are using the Publish pod route for PDF, then this directly writes to PDF using the colour as defined in the colour menu. If you want RGB colours, then you must define the colours in RGB. If you print to the PDF printer instance, then this still follows the old postscript output & distill route, which should create RGB from CMYK colours depending upon your joboptions file settings. ... View more

Updating will only change what the x-ref format specifies, so if you're x-ref appearance/content changes, then the definition for that format has been changed. If you could please show the definition in the original (i.e. out-of-date xref) vs. the ones that change after the update, then that might provide a clue. Have you also used a new EDD with the files? ... View more

Have you tried the following menu option: Edit > Update References... and then select "All Cross-References" in the dialogue box ? ... View more

Jeremy, If you take a look at Klaus Daube's link on the History of FM: FrameMaker history you'll see the timeline of releases. The last few have been coming roughly every 18 months. You can do the math... ... View more

How is the symbol placed in the paragraph? Are you using a reference graphic above/below? Some details of how the paragraph is formatted is needed in order to suggest a fix. Please provide details of the paratag(s) involved. ... View more

This usually means that the file that you are trying to open was created in a newer version of FrameMaker. Which version are you using? ... View more

Bernd, I just tried importing a PDF page generated from FM back into FM 2017 and then creating a PDF. No problems!! Text encoding is correct and fully searchable. Can you verify that the PDF created from InDesign didn't improperly convert the fonts to a Type 1 CID-H subset. I suspect that the culprit here is actually ID. I looked at your sample PDF and there are two types of ArialMT fonts. I think this may also be Jenni problem - the PDF doesn't have the fonts properly encoded in the first place, so GIGO (garbage in, garbage out). ... View more

FrameMaker treats PDFs as a graphic. It converts them to an EPS (on the fly) for internal use, hence any original interactivity is stripped out. However, if by "searchable" you mean that no text content in the imported PDF can be found, then something seems fishy. Which version of FM are using? How are you "placing" the PDF? Are the fonts embedded in the PDF? What type of font and which one(s)? Do you have AdobePDF as your default printer for the FM session? Have you tried the SaveAsPDF route? etc., etc. The more details that you can provide, the better the chance that someone may have an inkling of what's going on. ... View more

How exactly did you set the transparency in FM? Did you use the techniques in the PDF referenced? If so, what value did you use the /SetTransparency pdfmark statement? ... View more

By default, FM imports the graphics with a white fill (likewise it also creates Anchored frames with a white fill as the default). First try setting the graphic and AFrame with no fill. If this doesn't work, then you need to use the methods described in the paper that Bob provided the link to. ... View more

If the first page of each chapter is different from the standard right/left pages, then add the page number variable to the appropriate Master Page used by your chapter first pages. ... View more

The current RGB route has problems with oversized pages (as you've found out). What is the page size of the original FM document? Try setting the output page size larger using the CMYK setting. Also, temporarily turn on the registration marks to see where the actual edges are cropped. ... View more

Chek your PDF joboptions settings. It looks like your getting a fair amount of downsampling and jpg compression being applied. ... View more

This all depends upon the user requirements. As long as the user runs the command file on their computer manually, there is no license violation. So (as I mentioned) for occasional use, this may be a more cost-effective option. ... View more

As an alternative to Stefan's suggestion (especially for occasional use at a more reasonble cost) you could use Datazone's DZbatcher tool. This let's you set up command files to run FM in order to create output (and other things). See: https://miramo.com/english/overview/download.html ... View more

You might want to contact Rick Quatro [see: About – FrameAutomation.com ].  I  had him develop a script for a client that required multiple numbered heading levels repeated with a continuation on every page. This script should be easily adapted to your requirements. ... View more

AFAIK, there's no direct "Accessibility" checking in FM - it all gets done at the PDF end. There are some guidelines for Accessibility that may answer your other question here: Adobe FrameMaker accessibility ... View more

Hi John, How did you get the AI file into FM? Note, if you directly imported the AI file without first saving as a PDF or EPS from Ilustrator, then FM is running the file through the PDF import routine. An AI file looks like a PDF, but it contain a lot more specific info than a PDF, which may be tripping up FM when trying to put the converted EPS equivalent (FM's PDF import converts internally to an EPS on the fly) back out, especially when there are a lot of raster graphics. Try EPS (or PDF) from Illy to see if it behaves any better. It adds an extra step to the workflow, but you might at least get your book out. ... View more

The Tracker site seems to be temporarily down. ... View more