Can FrameMaker 7 and FrameMaker 12 be installed on the same computer?
My techcomm group hasn't updated Frame in a while, obviously. I'm the "guinea pig" to test how our docs work with the newest version of Frame. However, I still need to be able to work in and save...
View ArticleWhat is the best way to use recovery files
I am working in FM 11 and have crashed FM a few times. What is the best way to use the recovery files and save them as the normal file? Then should I filter an explorer window for "recovery" so FM...
View ArticleAny 9004 errors?????
Is anyone getting a 9004 error doing anything in FM9? If so please tell me what you are doing to get the error and what patch you are at and what version of Acrobat you have. Also be very clear on what...
View ArticleTransparency in FrameMaker 11
I am placing a shape (from either Illustrator CS6 or Photoshop CS6) with a transparent background and it shows up with a white background over the colored frame underneath. Is there a format I can use...
View ArticleProblem with unavailable fonts haunting me
Using Frame 11, I cannot create a PDF because of unavailable fonts. I dutifully change them to what the console says using the Character Designer. That works. But when I open the files back up later,...
View Articleproblem activating FM on new computer
Recently, I had to purchase a new computer. Previously, I had FM installed on two PCs -- one using Windows Vista os and the other using Windows 7 os. The Vista computer developed problems and the hard...
View Articlebackground image on master page
marketing wants me to put a background image on all pages of our manual (a light swoosh on top and bottom of each page). i importing the image onto the master page. it comes in with an anchored frame....
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 ArticleSad news - Jeremy H. Griffith 1942 - 2014
News posted by Carolyn Stallard on the framemaker-dita list: Jeremy Griffith, the creator of Mif2Go and DITA2Go, died on May 15 after a long illness.
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Text is not displayed / Text wird nicht angezeigt
Working with FM 11 I've got a longer text written with an older FM-version with some headings and paragraphes that are not displayed. It's just free space or lines and in some cases it's underlined...
View ArticleHow to discover which Conditions exist throughout a book?
I am new to FM and I inherited a bookfile with 50 component files. Each has 20 conditions available, but it *appears* that only about 5 are ever used.Is there a way to search or generate a report on...
View ArticleDiff plugin to compare Frame files in SVN
Hello, can anyone recommend a good Diff plugin to compare Frame files in SVN? Thanks. Kristen
View ArticleFM9 Saving Book as PDF crashing
Hi, I am trying to save FM9 books as pdf files. It works occassionally but fails most of the time - usually at Pageblock 13 each time. The egg timer stops but I still have the "Opening...
View ArticleHow do I embed an external video (youtube, vimeo) into a document?
I would like to add video to my Frame documents. However, rather than import local content, I would like to retrieve the video from a web site like vimeo. I don't want just to add a link, which opens...
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Structured FrameMaker 12 Toolbar tomfoolery
Has anyone had trouble with Fm12 menubar and toolbar issues lately? I'm running Win 8.1 on vmware Fusion, and noticed when I am in structured Fm, the icons and controls at the top of the page appear to...
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 ArticleExtendScript of the Week (Contd..) : New blog post
A new blog has been posted as the part of "ExtendScript of the Week" series : http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/09/extendscript-of-the-week-applying-a-particular-tab...
View ArticleGetting data from Excel
With FrameScript, I am able to use its EActiveXObject object to read and write to Excel spreadsheets. I need to read some data from Excel with ExtendScript. Has anyone figured out a way to do this with...
View ArticleResponsive HTML5 - without glossary or index
I'm trying to generate Responsive HTML5 through FM 12 (without RH). Does anyone know if there's a way to disable the glossary and index? Will I have to dig into the code, or is there a function in FM...
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Pod scrollbox issue
Hi, I have seen this issue for some time now, both with FM11 on Win XP and Win7, and FM12 on Win7. It is such an aggravating problem that I thought surely somebody else would have complained about it...
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