Find overflow Text
Hi every one is there a script that help to find the text boxes with overflow text (like in indesign with overset text)
View ArticleFM Compare Books Utility
Hello fellows, I have recently tested the "Compare Books" utility available in FM10. It works well except for the following: 1. Does not create a BookCMP file, so if you would like to create a book out...
View ArticleFM12-XML online help files
How do I find original source files for an XML-generated online help system created in FM12? What are POM files?I must take over from previous tech writer to fix the files and regenerate them and I...
View ArticleWingdings in FMv12 vs. FMv7
Why is FMv12 not handling my font callout the same as FMv7? Running FMv12 (and v7) on Win7 pc.Using Wingdings and Symbol font families for Bullet Types in an Unnumbered List.The bullet symbol is...
View Articlehow to re-size a overflow text frame based on the text length?
Hi ..Is it possible to re-size a overflow text frame based on the text length?
View ArticleHow to find a text in the Frame maker document via script?
How to find a particular text in the Frame maker document via script?
View ArticleProblem with tables in DITA
Hey, When I create a table using the "Simple table" format and save the file (in xml-format), the table is converted to Table formatA the next time I open the file?When I change the left indent from...
View ArticleChange Conditional Text Default Colors
We just upgraded from FM8 to FM12 on Windows. I was hoping that by now, there would be an easy way to change the default colors for condition tags. I can't find a way to do this. I happen to hate the...
View ArticleSuggestions for FrameMaker 13
I missed the deadline for participating in the feature survey that Adobe sent me recently, so I put up a post on my blog about things I'd like to see in FrameMaker 13. Some of them are extensions of...
View ArticleHow do I generate PDF and CHM files from the a command line in windows?
I am trying to set up a PC to build some documents during the night. I was looking for a way to get framemaker to generate PDF and CHM files via a command line in windows? How is this done with...
View ArticleConsole in FM12
(FM12 trial on Win7) Looking for a trailhead... I don't see "the" console in FM12, the one I knew from FM11 and before. A quick check of the Help indicates that a potentially related concept, an error...
View Articlecreating a mailto: hyperlink when the email has a dot before the at ( @) sign
Hello,I have a FM 7.2 document that includes an email with a dot in the first part:xxxx.yyy@zzz.comWhen I distill the file and afterwards create the PDF the result is that the mailto includes only the...
View ArticlePoint pages in FrameMaker 10
We are updating a large document that needs to be done using "point pages." This means that if the update adds some pages between pages 62 and 63 of the existing document, then those pages are numbered...
View ArticleDelete Empty Pages not working
Hello , I am on W7 using FM11. My empty pages are not deleting themselves. I go to Page Layout,Pagination, Select Single Sided,In Set 1st Page: I select RightIn Before Saving & Printing: I select...
View ArticleWhere are the job options saved?
Hi, everyone, We work in a writing group that is in several states and we're trying to document our current processes. We'd like to have access to each others job options files but we're not sure where...
View ArticleMulti-channel publishing and reference pages
Hi all, I'm beginning to dig into FM12 multi-channel publishing. I have stripped down my unstructured template to a more minimalist model in order to flex better to multiple outputs. My current...
View Articlecopied text from pdf is pasted without spaces
Hi, I create a a fm book using FM 10. I create a PDF for this fm book. When I copy the text from the PDF, the copied text is pasted without spaces. Can anyone help me solve this problem. RegardsParinita
View ArticleProblems Creating PDFs
A lot of problems creating PDFs come from using the wrong printer to create the PDF or underlying printfile.You should use Adobe's Distiller printer instance to create a PDF. This comprises the latest...
View ArticleFrameMaker save as mif
since some versions ago (may be from 9), when you save a mif file as fm you will save a copy of the file, but the open mif file remains the same, a mif file with .mif extension.Is it a bug or a special...
View ArticleFrameMaker 12 & SDL Trados 2011
From FM 12, I am only being given the option to save as mif12 or mif7.Unfortunately, SDL Trados only supports MIF files from versions 8 to 11. So mif12 throws an error that the FM version used to...
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