Framemaker upgrade: can you upgrade directly from ver 8 to ver 12?
Can you upgrade directly from Framemaker version 8 to version 12?
View ArticleCan you add markers so links in search engine results go to a specific page...
When you do an internet search for something (Google, etc.), the links in the search results open to the first page of the PDF file. Is there anything that can be added to the FrameMaker file that will...
View Articlecan't edit hyperlink in RoboHTML 10
When I click on an existing hyperlink and launch the Hyperlink dialog, I can make whatever changes I want, but regardless of whether I make changes or not, when I click "Ok" I get an error beep. The...
View ArticleStoring unstructured FM files
Which DMS (PLM) options work well with FrameMaker 11 and 12? Our current system handles version 10 well for checking book structures (hierarchies) in and out and maintaining version control. However,...
View ArticleSome cross-references are dead in pdf
(Unstructured FM12 on Win7, but this probably predates FM12). Does a thread exist for this in another forum? I see inconsistent behavior of cross references. In FM, Ctrl+Alt-click consistently works....
View ArticleSave PDF with Bookmarks
How to save a book as PDF with bookmarks? I am exporting an open book as PDF using the following script: var params = GetSaveDefaultParams()var returnParamsp =new PropVals()var i = GetPropIndex(params,...
View ArticleHow to remove highlighted yellow text
Using FM10 (TCS 3.5), I have sent a manual for revision and the corrector has highlighted in yellow some parts of the text using the Adobe Reader. I have imported this PDF-for-revision to FM and the...
View ArticleHow to Handle Overlapping Conditions?
Hello All! I'm using unstructured FM11. Suppose I have the following conditional tags:- Audience_Developers- Audience_Marketing- Audience_Techwiters- Product_A- Product_B In an FM document, I have two...
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 ArticleApplying Boolean build expression causes loss of data tagged with condition...
Hi All, I'm running FM12.0.2.389 on Win7-SP1 (64-bit) laptop with i7 & 16GB RAM. I reported this issue as a bug in the Adobe bug base, but they weren't able to reproduce the bug with the files I...
View ArticleGreater than or equal symbol not working
Hi, I cannot get the "greater than or equal to" symbol to display properly. I can get the less than or equal symbol to display by typing Ctrl+q #, and then formatting it as Symbol font. According to...
View ArticleMultiple RGB colors in documents
I am using fm 7.0 - I know this is a very old version however at this point there is no way I can upgrade. I have several documents booked (over 100). Each of these documents are very graphic...
View ArticleArchive Utility - FM 12
Is it possible to use the archive utility in FrameMaker 12 to create a usable archive document that is self-contained? When I run the utility, it pulls everything together, but the links are screwy...
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"Use condition indicators" and "Print setting" errors when updating FM book
I recently updated the designs of some templates used in our FM books. I created a sample manual using the new templates to test it out. When updating the book, I get the following errors. I have fixed...
View ArticleFrameMaker fails today. It says that I'm not connected but my Adobe account...
Until yesterday everything worked properly.I try to work with FrameMaker. It says that I'm not connected but my Adobe account is active.What can I do?Michel S
View ArticleReplace a paragraph format with another in the every page
I am doing some cleanup before exporting and I don't know much about FrameMaker.... I want to replace the paragraph format ABC with XYZ in every page, how would I do this? I also have a paragraph...
View ArticleExporting an existing EDD to a DTD
I am completely new to Fm, using Fm 11, have a limited understanding of XML and trying to show a proof of concept for a task I was given. In a nutshell, I was given an existing EDD and a publication...
View ArticleFamemaker 7 XML Cookbook files
I'm practising the Famemaker 7 XML Cookbook pdf to learn the XML part of Framemaker. However, I cannot locate the 'practise exercise files' that mentioned in the booklet. Can someone help with this...
View ArticleAnimated GIF in PDF output
Hi all,is it possible to hand an animated GIF to the PDF output (remaining animated)? FM10 and AcrobatX work together rather fine concerning other animation formats such as SWF or AVI. I am not sure...
View ArticleCan't select some objects/text boxes
Hello, I'm very new to using FrameMaker. I'm editing an existing document, and some objects and text boxes seem to be locked. I can't select them even though I am double-clicking on them. What could...
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