How do I set the default PDF zoom level?
I am writing a batch PDF script. I want to set the default zoom level to 125%. I believe these are the book properties I need to use:PDFZoomTypePDFZoomFactor My understanding is that I need to set...
View ArticleZapf Dingbats bad font replacement in FM10
FM10 unstructured, Windows 7 64-bit, working with documents I inherited in which a Zapf Dingbats character tag was used for bullets in paragraph tags. Opening one of those documents gives the message,...
View ArticleFrameMaker in Creative Cloud?
When (if ever) might FrameMaker make it into part of Creative Cloud? It would be soooo nice to use it as part of that subscription. And add-on subscription maybe?
View ArticleI have installed a trail version of FrameMaker 12 and cannot open the book...
HiMy colleague and I use FrameMaker 8 but I'm considering whether it would be a good idea to upgrade to FrameMaker 12. So today I installed a trail version of FrameMaker 12.Before opening a book file...
View ArticleChange Underline Color without Changing Text Color?
Hi, my client needs me to apply RED underlining to BLACK text, but cannot get FrameMaker to do this. Word does this, but I hate Word! Is there any way possible for this to be done? (FrameMaker's online...
View ArticleCan't Save As PDF
I am working with DITA files in Frame 8, and am unable to save a generated Frame file as a PDF. I keep getting these errors:"To execute "Save as PDF" command you must have Acrobat Distiller version...
View ArticleRepeat Last Action?
I'm fairly new to FM9 and am wondering if this feature exists already (and I just don't know about it). Coming from MS Word, it has a great "repeat last action" function hooked up to the F4 key. As...
View ArticleImages from Ilustrator blurry when saved as PDF
I am new to FrameMaker and am having trouble with graphics that originated in Ilustrator. When I save the FM file as a PDF, the majority of my Illustrator graphics have artifacts around the edges of...
View ArticleFrame won't start - 0xc0000005 error clash with ntdll.dll
Good day everyone, After installing Framemaker 12, I cannot start the program. Windows 7 Enterprise gives me an error 0xc000005. Looking at the event viewer, there is a clash with windows file...
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 ArticleAdobe Framemaker 10 "License Expired" Solution
Hi All! Adobe has posted an update here, which includes an executable that fixes the license file,...
View ArticleNested DITA files not aggregating into chapter fm
Hello,I'm using DITA in structured FM 12 and want to use the ditamap-to-fmbook-to PDF workflow. However, I was expecting the nested topicrefs to aggregate into a chapter fm file when I save the...
View ArticleWhy does Graphics Toolbar continually reset itself?
I have used FM since version 5, but since FM9, the Graphics Toolbar continually resets itself to the defaults so that you need to constantly set the various tools that you use the way that you want...
View ArticleHow do I get the graphic inserted with "Frame above" to center inside a table...
I am trying to insert graphics in table columns by using "Frame above" but the inserted graphic, does not center within the column as the paragrapgh text does. The horizontal alignment setting seems to...
View Articlefile.execute() not working for bat file
Dear all,The purpose of my function copyToWinClipboard (text) is to get a string directly into the Windows Clipboard. The purpose is to allow the user of my project just to paste into the open-dialog...
View Articletype text in 12.0.4
Good Morning... Have updated Framemaker to the 12.0.4 version. When I try to use the type "A" button, I click in my frame and a message comes up giving me a Hotspot window. Can I still type text...
View Articlecolumn width from xml attribute to framemaker table
I'm trying to set the column widths of a table in framemaker by importing the width from an attribute in the imported xml file. But it doesn't work... This is from my read/write rules: element...
View ArticleMif2Go, DITA2Go, uDoc2Go: now open source
FrameMaker plug-in Mif2Go is available for download, at no charge: http://mif2go.com Join the new Mif2Go list:https://groups.yahoo.com/group/mif2go DITA2Go is available for download:http://dita2go.com...
View ArticleHow can I link to another FrameMaker document in the same book using...
I would like to link to a separate FM file in the same book using hypertext markers, but I don't know what prefix to use. If I would normally say, "gotolink x" to link to a hypertext marker in the same...
View ArticleHow to update color definitions in Framemaker?
I am trying to update my color definitions in Framemaker 11, but I can't get my color pallet to display my new custom colors in the graphics toolbar. I've gotten this to work before. I followed the...
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