Greater 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 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 ArticleMissing Fonts That Are Not Missing
Why does FrameMaker 11 claim that it cannot open a file due to missing fonts when in fact no fonts are missing? I have repaired this problem with numerous files, replacing the missing fonts, but Frame...
View ArticleFramemaker for the Mac. WHY NOT?
I have a Mac and use the Creative Suite software on it. Yet, when I went to go find FrameMaker, I have found it is ONLY available for the PC. Why?So I go look for a solution and find that FrameMaker 7...
View ArticleFrameMaker 9 spell check problems
I cannot get FrameMaker 9 to "Learn" or "Allow in Document" the name of a product my company makes; iCOMM. Spelled that way, lowercase "i" followed by upper case "COMM." When I spell check the book,...
View ArticleHyperlink to highlighted text in PDF
I'm trying to add a hyperlink to a FM file that will open a PDF to a specified phrase. I've successfully added #page=x (x=desired page number) to open a PDF to a sepcific page number, but I'm unable to...
View Article[Perm] Latest TechDocs in support Database
These are the latest additions for FM related issues to the support database: NOTE: Many of these contain old links that no longer forward to the correct documents. The easiest way to find some of...
View ArticleSME review workflow
Hello all, Unless I am using incorrect search terms, I am quite surprised to find very few posts regarding reviewing of FM content. Here is my situation... and I don't think it is terribly unique. I am...
View ArticleWhat to Do Now That I've Got Structured Content?
Hello FrameMaker Gurus. I've been working as a lone writer for a software company for many years. We have a 1300 page product manual that was originally authored in unstructured FrameMaker. We then use...
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FM10 Can't generate the TOC with leading dots
Hi everybody, I have read some useful threads here about this problem but I still can't seem to be able to resolve this leading dots issue for my TOC. I have already ensured that the reference page for...
View ArticleSaving FM as HTML?
Hi, I have been experimenting with Frame to HTML with Frame 7.2 on Windows XP. For starters, I went to the HTML Setup box and defined the major heading levels. Due to current requirements, I have to...
View ArticleHow to transmit the data?
In this script I create a window with an Edittext field and two buttons. The user can write something in Edittext field. How to read these data? I want to use it like a pattern in regular expressions.I...
View ArticleSaving Framemaker Book to a PDf
I am trying to save a book in Framemaker to a PDF file using "Save book As". The process runs to a point and then stops and gives me an error message. The message says "When you create a PostScript...
View ArticleTable Cells with dotted or dashed borders
I created a table and to a number of cells created either dashed or dotted borders of various sizes. When I create a PDF, the dashed and dotted lines only show up as shaded lines. I have tried changing...
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Adding symbols to FrameMaker 11 drop down symbol list
Many years ago, I posted the same question when I was using version 7, http://forums.adobe.com/thread/316088. Now I'm using FrameMaker 11 and need to do the same thing: add a new symbol to the standard...
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 ArticleFrameMaker, robohelp or both?
I have a massive publishing program with tens of thousands of pages in unstructured FrameMaker 8 files. we need to be able to go to print publication, html5, and many E-formats. 1. would it be better...
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 ArticleFrame 9: Problem zooming with Ctrl key and scroll wheel
I'm using Frame 9 and a PC running Windows7. When I've got a book with several chapters open with their tabs showing across the Frame window and use the Ctrl key and the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in...
View ArticleEnhanced application definition file (structapps.fm) template available
Text Structure Consulting, Inc. is pleased to make available an alternative FrameMaker 10.0 template for application definition files such as structapps.fm. Differences between this template and the...
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