Using bookTitleTpl.fml for PDF: How do I populate a version variable?
FM 11DITA: 1.2OS: Windows 7 We save our ditamap/xml documents as "Book 11 with fm components (*.book)" to create .fm files from the .xml using the ouputTemplates in the C:\Program Files...
View ArticleFeather spacing in headings to base align columns/pages
Hi, Feather space in Headings is the important requirement in typesetting. For example, every heading requires "x" amount of above space, and "y" amount of below space. This is being configured in the...
View ArticleFrame 12 install options question
In the Frame 12 install, a box comes up with Options:-Adobe Framemaker 12 1.3 GBOn the side panel is a tick box with Adobe Framemaker and then indented under that is Adobe PDF Creation Add-On XI 156...
View Articlereluctant Acrobat
Sudden flurry of management activity after reseller notices there's no documentation in the package the developers send … so, of course, FM/Acrobat choose now to start playing up. A .book that has...
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 ArticleNamed Destinations not Working in PDF
We have book files that contain several chapters and a glossary. We created numerous named destinations (specify named destination/jump to named destination) throughout the FM files. If we check the...
View ArticleVector to Raster Conversion
I posted this in the Acrobat forum a few weeks ago and received no feedback. I'm hoping that someone in this forum has come across these situations and can offer some adviceI produce technical manuals...
View ArticleLosing Word italics when exporting FrameMaker 11 file
When I import a Word file into Frame - the italics and bold characters are maintained. But if I save the file as HTML or XML - they disappear. If I retag them with the character tags they are...
View ArticleHow many EDDs and templates do I need?
Hello,I'm planning to set up a documentation project using DITA (1.2) and I'm evaluating which editor would be better. The output will be PDF files (in various formats: A4, A5 and Letter for various...
View ArticleAdding an Index to HTML Help outout in Frame12...
Hello there. I just want to clarify how the process has changed for adding an Index to HTML Help between Frame 11 and Frame 12. My old workflow in Tech Comm Suite 4 was like this:In FrameMaker 11, I'd...
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Note element with additional paragraphs
FrameMaker 11.0.2.384DITA 1.2 We need to have our <note> element so that the first or only paragraph is *not* wrapped in a <p> element. However, we want to add additional <p> elements...
View ArticleExtracting embedded graphics from a Microsoft Word document for use in...
This might be of use to people trying to extract embedded graphics from Microsoft Word. I came in on a project in which some very graphic intensive (and huge!) Word documents were being converted to...
View Article"draft" (and other watermark) in Acrobat
Prepare book in Framemaker, save as .pdf – looks fine, which is what you'd hope for! Add "draft" watermark at 50% transparency, and Acrobat helpfully adds a dark grey veil to every page to make sure...
View ArticleParser error message: Required attribute 'cols' was not provided
I'm having trouble with a ditamap in FM 12 because two of the files refuse to save. They send up the parser error message "Required attribute 'cols' was not provided". They both contain tables imported...
View ArticleFramemaker Total Page Count with DITA
I am evaluating Structured Framemaker 12 to use with DITA. I have a bookmap and want the footer on each resulting page in all the chapters and the index to include the Total Page Count of the book. I...
View ArticleIs there support for the GraphicsFmt object in FrameMaker 11 ExtendScript?
I was reading the FDK documentation for FrameMaker 11 and I see that support has been added for Object formats using FO_GraphicsFmt. Is there support for the GraphicsFmt object in FrameMaker 11...
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 Articleselective format copying
A specific task reminds me of a question I've often wondered about but never asked … copying all paragraph styles from file A to file B is simple, but is there no native mechanism for copying just...
View ArticleOpen xml from ditamap fails
Using FM 10. I set up a new application MyDITA by coping an existing 1.1 DITA structure.In DITA > Options, I created a new application mapping and entered my Map and topic mappings from MyDITA...
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