Save as PDF
Hi All,I'm working with Framemaker 8.0p277 on a Windows XP machine.Often I read answers that one should not use the Save as PDF option. Instead one should print to a Postscript file and distill that...
View ArticleFrameMaker crashes when selecting print book file
I have recenctly update to TCS4. FrameMaker crashes when I select Print Book but will produce a PDF is I select Save As PDF. Anyone else experiencing this and have a resolution?
View ArticleFramemaker 10 site dictionary
Hello fellows, Question:Let's say I updated my site dictionary (located on Win7 under C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker10\dict) with a list of terms that are allowed in my documents (e.g.,...
View ArticleANSI Z535.1 Safety Colors in Frame
Frame 7.1 Solaris (Frame 9 Win7 available). Although the manuals I work on are print-published only in grayscale (600 dpi bitmap, actually), we make them available on the web as PDFs (which could be in...
View ArticleIn a FM 11 book, how can I display filename w/o file location?
In a FrameMaker book, how can I display filename without the file's location on the hard drive? For example, The book would list:"MyFile.fm" instead of C:\windows\documents\Framefiles\XYZ...
View ArticleFramemaker vs Arbortext
Can someone tell me how Adobe Tech Comm Suite 4 compares with Arbortext? -especially with regard to DITA Thanks!
View ArticleWhy are my files not available when checked out?
I have a relatively new Win 7 box, running TCS 4. So in Frame 11, I have checked out a book (using CMS/SharePoint) and everything checks out ok. But when I go to edit the files, they all have question...
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Side Heads - Cannot change size
Hello , W7, FM11. I think I might be doing something fundementally wrong, but I cannot change the size of a Side Head. I have already populated the document and can add a Side Head by Format > Page...
View ArticleSetting Up Acrobat 5/Distiller 5
The content of this thread comes from a collection of information mostly provided by Dov Isaacs on the Framers forum, .
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...
View ArticleAdding the Trademark symbol to a document
I want to add the trademark symbol (TM) in my document. I added it to the Reference page in the Character Macros table (like they said in the Adobe help file). But, what next? How do I insert it in the...
View ArticleHelvetica Unicode font
I am looking for a Helvetica Unicode font, to be used in FrameMaker 8, Windows.It has to be able to support all characters in the following alphabets:Hungarian, Slovak, Estonian and Romanian.Does...
View ArticleHow do I resolve inconsistent color definition message even if all my files...
All of the files in my book have the same exact color definitions: New Color1. Yet I keep getting the inconsistent color definition messages every time I go to print or regenerate my toc. I still get...
View ArticleWhy is FM10 crashing when I change conditional text settings?
When I go from "show certain conditions" to "show all" in some, but not all, files in a book, FM 10 crashes.I've tried saving as MIF, then reopening, but it still happens eventually.Sometimes it...
View ArticleFM 10 Crashing when applying conditional text tag
Hello everyone. For some reason, FM keeps crashing when I try to apply a conditional text tag to a table (entire table). The funny thing is I have been doing this same thing for three months now with...
View ArticleCross-references crash FrameMaker 11
We recently upgraded from Tech Comm Suite 3.5 to 4.0 (with FrameMaker 11), in a Windows 7 environment. We have had several instances--on different workstations with different people--of FrameMaker 11...
View ArticleMissing Adobe PDF printer instance--Frame 7.2
I just installed Frame 7.2 and Acrobat 7 (I also have Acro 6 and Frame 7.1 on the machine), but in that install I did not end up with an adobe printer instance so I cannot save to PDF. I've been all...
View ArticleProblem Creating Postscript File with FrameMaker 7.2
My usual book easily goes more than 500 pages with lots of graphics (eps) and text. I am trying to create pdf. My problem is I am unable to print book in one shot - always received error messages. If I...
View ArticleHow do I get rid of the "unavailable fonts" error?
Every time I open framemaker documents that were created by another writer I get the "unavailable fonts" error. I have tried the tip in the help about deselecting the 'remember missing font names'...
View ArticleFrameMaker 11 won't display page flow
Working in a 60+ page document and when it gets to page 42 it will not display the remaining pages. I know they are there as I can see the curser work through the page flow using the arrow key to move...
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