How 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...
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problem with vulgar fractions and brackets
Hello. I have windows vista and adobe framemaker 9 installed with all updates.My problem is: when I put a vulgar fraction like two-thirds in round brackets, left bracket is not showing propertly -...
View ArticleFont size not changing...
I have a document with some body text that seems to be stuck at the wrong size. Even if I change paragraph types, sizes, hit Apply, Update All, etc., I can't get this one word to change to the right...
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In PDFs generated by FM 11, the word spacing for some paragraphs widens. What...
In PDFs I'm generating using FM 11, the word spacing for some paragraph tags widens. I cannot see any difference in the paragraph tag properties. Sometimes this causes the text to extend into the...
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Improve Table Shading Preview Onscreen
Is there a way to improve the onscreen preview for tables with fill or shading set to less than 100%? I have a corporate template for a long user manual. Their warning/caution tables have a 30% fill of...
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 ArticleFM9 Both the .fm and .backup files unexpectedly deleted from the network....
I submitted below as a bug because it has now happened to both me and my colleague. I have copied below the same information from my bug report.Basic info: FM 9.0p.255, OS 64 bit, Windows 7 We have...
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...
View Article"Save As PDF" vs. "Print" as PDF
Is there any real difference? With "Save as" you get a txt file with a report that seems to be meaningless. Are there any hidden advantages or disadvantages to either?Thank youIan
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 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 ArticleMac OS X Version
Seems like it's a broad enough request that it could stand a thread of its own.I think this weekend I *might* break down and put Leopard on my PowerBook, which means no Classic, and I'd have to use...
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 ArticleFrameMaker 10 Review
Our company uses FrameMaker 7.1 on a steroidal mixture of plugins, Autohotkey scripts, and a home-made toolbar. After trying a demo of FrameMaker 10, we decided not to purchase it. In fact, we were...
View ArticleInternal Error: 8004, 4867936, 4920984, 4921436 while attempting to save as XML
Hi, I get the following error while trying to save fm files as XML. === Header Begin ===Internal Error: 8004, 4867936, 4920984, 4921436FrameMaker 8.0.0 for IntelBuild: 8.0p266Window System:...
View ArticleHow to apply a semi-transparent background to a text box
Hi Framers,The cover of my doc has a full-page .png file on a master page. I want to add the title of the manual on the body page of the cover in a text box. No problem. However, I want to apply a...
View ArticleFM 11 Trial Help
Hi, I’ve downloaded the program (FM11 trial), in order to create service manuals. I have created many portions of them in Word, which are highly effective, however, due to the number of graphics and...
View ArticleFrameMaker 11 - End of flow bug
FrameMaker 11 (working in both structured and unstructured) is not automatically adding new pages when content is added. the end of flow mark is not visible (however, a solid line is indicating...
View ArticleError saving file as PDF FM 11.0.2.384 Windows 7
"Can't launch Acrobat Distiller to create PDF file." I cannot find Distiller on my workstation. I do not see it in the Control Panel. I also cannot find Distiller on the distribution media. I suspect...
View ArticleFramemaker 9 generating empty .PS file.
I have an enduser that is having an odd issue with Framemaker. They are trying to print a book to a .PS file, when the opperation is run, it is generating an empty .PS file. This ONLY happens to one...
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