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Hi,
I am using Adobe FrameMaker 12. My menu items will not display correctly if start the frame maker outside the office network. If I start the FM12 at work and then use it outside the office network them menu items will continue to display correctly.
Has anyone seen this before?
Is there a fix for it?
Thanks in advance.
-Ajay
That looks like the issue that FM12 had with high resolution monitors - it got fixed in newer versions of FM, but you can try a workaround. Go into the properties of the FM12 shortcut and go to the Compatibility tab. There's a flag in there about high DPI displays (I forget the exact wording). Try selecting that and restart FM. It might make a difference. The other thing to try and play around with is the Windows properties of your monitor - you probably have it set to 120% or something - drop i
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Have you applied all the FM12 patches? Are you working on different sized monitors? Is there something running in your office environment that impacts your machine when it's connected?
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Yes I have installed all Patches. I am using it in a single monitor mode(When in office network, menu appear correctly with single monitor or multiple monitor mode). It happens even though, I run only FM12 application. Below is an example of grumple menu.
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Hi Ajay:
What do you mean by "not display correctly"? Can you share a screen shot?
This doesn't sound like the issue but it is possible to hide some menu commands. You can try View > Menus > Complete.
~Barb
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Hi Barb,
I tried clicking view-> menu->complete. But it did not improve.
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That looks like the issue that FM12 had with high resolution monitors - it got fixed in newer versions of FM, but you can try a workaround. Go into the properties of the FM12 shortcut and go to the Compatibility tab. There's a flag in there about high DPI displays (I forget the exact wording). Try selecting that and restart FM. It might make a difference. The other thing to try and play around with is the Windows properties of your monitor - you probably have it set to 120% or something - drop it back down to 100% and it might have an impact on your FM screen.
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Thanks Jeff. It did solve the problem.
Thanks Barb for taking time to reply. Your help was much appreciated.
Regards
Ajay
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Great! And we are always happy to help, Ajay.
~Barb
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Ah, it's the toolbars that are bizarre. Hopefully, Jeff's advice will work for you. Please come back and let us know.
~Barb