Why 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 ArticleWhy aren't my DITA elements nesting?
FrameMaker 10 and patched || Windows 7 64-bit Our company is migrating from unstructured to structured DITA XML. We had not encountered any "showstoppers" that would keep us from proceeding...until we...
View Articleproblem with serial number
I just recently purchased and installed the Academic version of the Adobe Technical Communication Suite. However, when I went to enter my serial number after launching Frame 8 for the first time, I...
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 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 ArticleUnavailable Fonts
I'm working in unstructured Frame 11 in Win7. I'm getting an Unavailable Fonts error message for a document I've worked on very recently. I know iI have the fonts, and they are installed correctly. The...
View Articlea black sheep in my flock of files?
FM 10, fully patched, Windows 7 … I have a book containing a dozen or so files which I prepared by adding MML tags to a Word source and saving out as text. They're all very much of a muchness, and most...
View Articleoverline extension
Can an overline be extended to the right margin without placing the tab mark there?
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 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 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'...
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Why can't FrameMaker find an image when I change the book's location?
I have several books located in a system directory that contain several images. Some images are repeated in the books so, I have one location (another system directory) where I import them as...
View ArticleConverting All Figures in Anchored Frames With Callouts
I need to take a few hundred linked graphics in anchored frames that have FrameMaker callouts,save them as PNG files with the callouts embedded (yes, I know I won't be able to edit the callouts later)...
View ArticleFrameMaker 11 uninstalls Acrobat Pro
When I installed FrameMaker 11, it uninstalled my Acrobat Pro 8 without asking. Now I get the error message "Setup has detected that you already have a more functional product installed. Setup will now...
View ArticleCreating PS file with Adobe PDF very slow
Hallo Framers, I use FrameMaker 7.1 and Distiller 8.1.3 under Windows XP. As recommended in many posts on this forum, I have set Adobe PDF as my default printer. I use the Print To File setting and...
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Frame 10 book with multiple files crashing when I change the numbering at the...
I've built a Frame book (Frame 10) with multiple files from a variety of books. The files have text insets and cross references within and across chapters. When I go to set the numbering at the book...
View ArticleFrameMaker 10 not printing PDFs
When I try to print to PDF on FrameMaker, I get the "printing book" dialog box but nothing happens....the PDF is not created and no errors are reported. If I choose to print to poscript, open Acrobat...
View ArticleShow applicable markers by selecting body text?
Hi folks, The Markers Pod allows you to view markers in a number of ways, and show their position within the text's body when selected via the pod. But there seems to be no way to do the opposite -...
View ArticleHow do I correct inconsistent color setting among manual sections using 9.0?
When creating a book, I get an error message for one of the 14 files I am adding to the book. It reads: "Inconsistent Setting -- Print setting for color Black is inconsistent in Section 9 Program...
View ArticleWhy am I getting this error message in my DITA Topic? "Element (concept) is...
Frame 11DITA 1.2 I was finally able to create a DITA topic (rather than a reference, concept, or task). However, when I try to insert a task, concept, or reference element after the prolog, I get the...
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