I'm assuming that you've checked all of the existing templates in the current version of FM that you're using? Templates from FM7 versions are quite old and probably pre-date the avaiability of OTF fonts. FM may be trying to make a best match on some older fonts. I had a similar issue using Miramo, when I updated from a version 6 FM configuration to a more contemporary version. FM was making some odd substitutions. Careful analysis of the MIF file, along with using Silicon Prairie's Paragraph and Character Tools helped track down all instances of the substitutions. Once the templates were properly updated, the process ran smoothly again. ... View more

FYI, the SaveAsPDF route using CMYK still uses Distiller and .ps, you just don't see what's happening (same as for the RGB route). The CMYK route uses a different postscript header (based upon the older Unix Level 1 postscript and is hard-wired into the FM code). The RGB route uses an external ps header file [that a knowledgeable user could modify to make specific "adjustments"]. FM writes a temporary postscript file (.tps), calls a few post-proessing routines to go over the .tps file (these routines can be disabled in the maker.ini file) and then hands the .tps file over to Distiller. When Distiller finishes, it returns control back to FM. ... View more

Works with Chrome and Firefox for me. ... View more

That looks like an on-going bug from the previous version, where underlines where appearing as part of the auto-number for the non-printing tab-character. You're seeing the overline at the tab character at the start of the "O". Please report this bug using the Tracker database: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/home Did you specify the "Compare Text Only" option in Acrobat for the comparisons? IIRC, this should ignore any overlines/underlines. Have you tried doing the compares in FM? ... View more

Short answer: no. What's the issue for not wanting to create a book file? It's easy to do and works without issues. Since you indicate a need to change numbering schemes in parts of the file, it sounds like you've already got logical chunks of information that can be kept in separate files. ... View more

One caveat to all this, importing the variables through FM, is that the system variables also are included (e.g. running header variables, marker1,marker2, etc.). This may mess some things up, depending upon what you've got going on in your master page running headers/footers, tabs, etc. The only way to avoid including these system variables is to create a "MIF snippet" file that only has the required variable definitions in a simple text format. You can have multiple MIF files for different categoies of variables, as boreal suggests, and then import this (these) MIF file(s) by copy into FM to avoid including the system variables. A simple and effective way to maintain these snippets is to use a spreadsheet to define the variables and definitions and create an export utility in the spreadsheets programming language to export the content as a properly formatted MIF. You can include the spreadsheet file as part of a book/project file as well (FM ignoes these files for output and generation). ... View more

You can define custom page sizes in FM. To get it to print as a flyer, you will need some sort of imposition tool (they usually are for working on PDF files) to arrange the pages in the correct order when printing. Acrobat has a minimal function for this when you print as a booklet ... View more

You can download the last few versions installation files from: Download FrameMaker | 2015 release, 12, 11, 10, 9 Don't forget to get the patches as well. All of the links for this are on the main FrameMaker community page of this forum. ... View more

Can you go provide a bit more details on how you are doing this. It sounds a bit odd, especially if you say that removing and re-adding the marker creates multiple versions. Also, a text inset imported by reference doesn't need to be deleted. It will always re-import the latest version if you close and re-open the FM document. Have applied the patches (two so far) to FM2017? ... View more

Are you making the x-refs TO the text insets or FROM the text insets? FM is designed to only use x-refs TO the text inset. You insert an x-ref marker in the text inset original document, then from the documents that need to get an x-ref to that inset, use the marker option (instead of the paratag) in the x-ref window. ... View more

Do you have the Quick Menus enabled? Do you have any start-up scripts that may alter the menus? ... View more

Just leave the page number variable as it is and use the Book file settings to set the page number starting values for each file, e.g. for the first chapter (100) set the starting page number number to 101, etc. ... View more

VIew > Text Symbols ... View more

You're welcome. That's what we're here for, to share our experience and knowledge. For future reference to others, please mark the correct answer. ... View more

Which point version of FM11 are you using? There were two patches for this product. See: Adobe - FrameMaker : For Windows for the downloads. ... View more

It looks like the various SericeNow versions can import HTML, XML and JSON content. You might be able to publish from FM to a format that can be used or suitably transformed using XSLT as an intermediate step. However, it would be best to find out from the ServiceNow people how exactly they import content. ... View more

Have you tried an underscore "_" instead of a space? ... View more

Hi Diane, It's not anything to do with the formats of the table, cell or paragraphs, but rather the behaviour of Anchored Frames within cells. The AFrame can actually spill across cell boundaries, so if you want a specific gap and are using a fixed sized frame, I would recommend creating an Object Style for the AFrame to be 7.5pt wider than it is now and adjust the width of your first column accordingly. ... View more

As Bob says, any content in a running header/footer on a Master Page can have a condition tag applied and it will obey the Show/Hide and Conditional expressions in use. However, exact placement of the anchored frame may be a bit of a chore if the incorrect settings are used for the AFrame. You need to use the the "Outside Text Frame" option and then you can place the AFrame virtually anywhere on the page. ... View more

Use markers for the running h/f content. Insert markers for each required language at the end of the section title and then you dont' have to worry about trying to "hide" superfluous text. You'll have to include each marker as a separate h/f variable on your master page. ... View more

If the content is in a regular text frame, then FM will only pass this through as plain text. Text frames have a property that enables a specific frame to be treated as postscript code. Ctrl-Click on the text frame holding your postscript and from the Menus select Graphics > Object Properties > Text Frame to see if the Text Frame has the Postscript Code option checked. If not enabe it. Note: once a text frame is set to postscript code, you can not edit the content. You need to turn off the postscript code property in order to edit the contents. Then, you need to turn the option back on in order to use it as postscript. Tip: you can create Object Styles that set only the postscript code on or off and then use those to apply to the text frame. ... View more

Is the postscript code that you indicate in a postscript text frame? Note: The #include statement, is processed by FM and is not a postscript command. Also, the entire length of the incude statement MUST fit on a single line in th FM postscript text frame. If it wraps, it will not be processsed. Also check that the double-quotes are proper double-quotes and not FM's "Smart Quotes" (curly quotes). You probably will need to turn off the Smart Quotes option in order to insert these. ... View more

Your license allows for two activations in the assumption that you are not using both concurrently. ... View more