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problem creating/editing tap stops in FM2015

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Hello,

 

I sometimes can't add a new tab stop, or edit a tab stop that has already been added, using the Paragraph Designer. Here's what happens:

 

I click on the tab I want to change and click Edit. The Edit Tab Stop dialog opens.

I enter the position in the New Position box.

I click Continue.

 

This closes the Edit box and goes back to the Paragraph Designer. The new tab is in the list, but only for a second, and then it just disappears. I go back to the beginning and try again, but the same thing happens.

 

The same thing also happens when I try to edit a tab stop that has already been created.

 

An important thing to mention here is that this is an intermittent problem. It doesn't always happen - sometimes it works fine, for either adding new tab stops or editing an existing one. I haven't been able to discern any pattern associated with it.

 

This wasn't a problem in FM8. But this past summer I upgraded to FM 2015 and I have encountered this problem numerous times. Is this a bug? Or is there a new step I need to do, that I'm not aware of?

 

Thanks,

Joyce


Is there any way to edit the Browse Sequence for FrameMaker 2015?

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The Responsive HTML5 manual generated by FrameMaker 2015's "publish" tool has a browse sequence, but this seems to skip from chapter to chapter and does not have a very natural flow (skipping all sub-sections.) Is there any way we can change the browse sequence within FrameMaker? Or make edit a file to get the right browse sequence in the output?

FrameMaker 12 Complete Reference Guide

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Hi all, do you know if a  complete reference guide to FrameMaker 12 does exist ? I have look for it in the web but I didn't find any. Thanks for your help.

Best Regards

Any guesses why Chapter Numbered Headings that increment OK in FM11 don’t after conversion to FM12?

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Any guesses why Chapter Numbered Headings that increment OK in FM11 don’t after conversion to FM12?

I’m running both FrameMaker 12 unstructured and FrameMaker 11 (for use with legacy project files only) on a Win7 PC. The chapters in my FM11-formatted book file for a new product user’s guide increment normally in FM11, but something’s amiss after the FM 11 formatted project files are saved in FM 12.
The Book file includes:
- Product Guide Cover.fm
- Product GuideTOC.fm
- Product GuideLOF.fm (List of Figures)
- Product GuideLOT.fm (List of Tables)
- Product GuideContent.fm (Chapters 1-10) – Book File Numbering Properties: Chapter 1 (Numeric)
- Product GuideIX.fm (Index) (Chapter 11) – Book File Numbering Properties: Chapter 2 (Numeric)

Note: Chapter Headings (e.g., 1 - Introduction, 2 - Specifications, and so on) in both the Product GuideContent.fm and Product GuideIX.fm files are formatted in Paragraph Designer as: (Autonumber Format enabled) H:<n+>\t
However, when I update the book, the Index appears formatted as Chapter 1 instead of Chapter 11. It appears that the conversion to FM 12 messed up Autonumbering in the Product GuideIX.fm file, so that the only way to increment the value would be to manually update the building blocks in the IX.fm file from H:<n+>\t to H:<n=11>\t (which I won’t do). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thank You - Randall Bassin

ERROR: DF024: Unable to preserve original file at "C:\Windows\Fonts\symbol.ttf" Error 87 The parameter is incorrect.(Seq 11365)

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What does this mean and how to correct it?

solve TIFF grey box problem?

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solve TIFF grey box problem for referenced files

How can I embed a table into a table in FrameMaker 12?

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I have a Step/Action table that requires embedding an If/Then table into the Action column. The Insert Table command in the Table tab is disabled when my cursor is inside the existing Step/Action table.

 

Where is the functionality hidden?

 

Any insight is much appreciated!

 

Kathy

file info vs file properties

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… the sort of thing you notice when you have to regenerate a book six times in the same day because of last-minute input: the File info I have tidily included in my .book is not being carried over to the File properties in the output .pdf

 

Any ideas on getting these two instances of the same content into lockstep?


Replace string with formatted text

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Dear all - I'm back to my beloved project...

I want to replace a found string by a TextSelction (formatted text) and started with Jang’s famous function  FindAndReplaceString.
Since my replacement comes from a different document (sourceDoc)  I edited activeDoc to targetDoc and introduced a second document (sourceDoc).
Actually the replacePara comes from an arry where it had been placed to avoid switching back and forth between the documents of a book (where to find and replace) and the source documents. I have learnt in another function that the information on the array requires that the sourceDoc must stay open.

  • Of course everything works fine until I want to insert the replacelement:
    line 26 clears the found string
  • Since I do not insert a string, I skip lines 28 and 29 and try try line 30
  • At line 30 sourceDoc is object Document and replacePare is object TextSelection. However, sourceDoc.replacePara is undefined and
  • (as a consequence ?) line 31 pasts the current clipboard contents.

Obviously there is some fog around me ... and I need some sunshine.

 

function FindAndReplacePara (targetDoc, findString, sourceDoc, replacePara, loopMax) {  var tr = new TextRange();  var restoreTR, frame = 0, loopCounter = 0, replacementCounter = 0;  var findParams = new PropVals();  var firstPgf = targetDoc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf;   tr.beg.obj = tr.end.obj = firstPgf;             //  set up the starting text range as the very beginning  tr.beg.offset = tr.end.offset = 0;              // of the flow. We'll move straight from beginning to end.  trSaved = tr                                    // to come back after work  findParams = AllocatePropVals(2);   findParams[0].propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindText;  findParams[0].propVal.valType = Constants.FT_String;  findParams[0].propVal.sval = findString;   findParams[1].propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindCustomizationFlags;  findParams[1].propVal.valType = Constants.FT_Integer;  findParams[1].propVal.ival = Constants.FF_FIND_CONSIDER_CASE;  FA_errno = Constants.FE_Success;                // errno global, to be used to track the progress of the find and replace  tr = targetDoc.Find(tr.beg, findParams);        // and do an initial find to get started.   while(FA_errno === Constants.FE_Success && loopCounter++ < 2*loopMax) { //find and replace loop as long as we keep finding    targetDoc.TextSelection = tr;                 // set up the text range to clear the original text    targetDoc.Clear(0);                           // clear it   
//    targetDoc.AddText(tr.beg, replacePara);       // insert the new text at the original beginning of the text range
//    tr.beg.offset += replacePara.length;          //  lets jimmy the text range in memory to place it directly after    targetDoc.TextSelection = sourceDoc.replacePara;        // paste the whole replacement paragraph    targetDoc.Paste (0);                          // <-- Current contents of clipboard is pasted !!!!    if(FA_errno === Constants.FE_Success) {       // increment our return counter      replacementCounter++;    }    FA_errno = Constants.FE_Success;              // ...  find the next instance. We'll reset FA_errno again just in case    tr = targetDoc.Find(tr.beg, findParams);      // something screwy happened while we were replacing text.  }  targetDoc.ScrollToText(trSaved);                // we're done. Restore the document to it's original area of display  return replacementCounter;
} // --- end FindAndReplacePara

Reinstall of frame 7 fails

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Finished a project using the owners Framemaker 11. Attempt to reinstall my version of Frame 7 fails. Stalls on first page.

How can I generate a hyperlinked logo on the top page of every page of a PDF that resides on a Master Page in Adobe FrameMaker? I want the user to click on any logo and be brought to a Master TOC.

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I have an Adobe FrameMaker document with a logo in the upper-left side of each header. When I generate a PDF from FrameMaker, I would like the PDF to generate so if a user clicks on the logo from any page, he is brought to the Master TOC.

 

Is there a way to do this from within FrameMaker so it generates this way, or will I have to add the links directly in Acrobat?

 

Thank you.

Framemaker 2015 issue with losing italics in legacy files

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Our team just upgraded to FrameMaker 2015 (from FrameMaker 12). We're running into some issues where we lose italic formatting in existing files and templates, and/or the "Emphasis" character tag that we use to apply italic formatting does not work correctly.

 

For example, when I open our existing template in FrameMaker 2015, the "Emphasis" character tag is still defined correctly – it shows the "Italic" property in the "Angle" field. But, when I select a word or phrase and apply the "Emphasis" style, the text does not get italicized. Frame shows that the "Emphasis" tag has been applied, but the text is still roman (i.e., not italicized).

 

When I change the "Angle" property from "Italic" to "Kursiv" that seems to resolve the issue, but I'm not sure why.

 

We are also seeing inconsistent issues of italic formatting getting dropped altogether in existing files, or getting dropped just from cross-references, etc.

 

Are there any known issues with italic formatting in FrameMaker 2015? Or anything we might be doing that triggers this?

 

FYI: We are all on Windows 7.

 

Thanks in advance...

Large Document with Folders using TOC within each Folder

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Hello All,

 

I hope someone can help me. We have changed our Product Manual Templates to having a TOC in each section. The problem is that I haven't been able to get the TOC to have links when making a PDF. Also, the only way I have found to make a TOC for each section is using the Special TOC while the Body section is open (which I can't update, and isn't working). When I try to add a TOC to a folder within the book, it looks at the whole book. Is there a way to do this?

 

Thanks!!

 

I am using FM12....

 

 

 

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how do I turn off "use system fonts only" to make a PDF?

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I used to know how to do this, but I can't remember. I can't believe that this isn't just on the knowledge base, but I got no responses to my query.

SVG corruption in FrameMaker 2015?

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Is there any way to mitigate SVG files becoming corrupted in FrameMaker 2015?


Automate FM2015 Publish via CLI call

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Is it possible to automate Framemaker 2015 File> Publish, ie to call this function from the commandline?

 

Typical usage would be to automate building html/pdf/etc output from a Jenkins buildbot.

 

Somewhat related question: why is not pdf an option in the File > Publish dialog? Having pdf output menu option

under File > Save as PDF and the rest under File > Publish could have been good enough in 2015 but seriously:

this is 2016 after all.

 

BR Bjørn Asle

how to split a mini toc for different document sections?

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Hi,

I was glad about the possibility to generate a miniTOC in an easy way but ...

it is a nice feature to use mini TOC instead of single cross references or table of content as text insert. But the mini TOC in FM 2015 only is a compact blog of all references I determined where I'm not able to say i.e. that I want to show only the first ten paragraphs as mini TOC for the current section of my document and after this I want to insert a new mini TOC for the next section with the rest of the references for the next pages. Means, I cannot split my mini TOC for different parts of the document. With a table of content I can do so..

So I have to do the same I did before I was delighted about a mini TOC.

Or did I misunderstand the feature?

 

Thx

Automate deleting empty text frames?

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For a reason I'll explain below, each graphic frame in our thousands of pages of FrameMaker documents has within it a text frame containing only a marker. We no longer need the markers. I can quickly search for and delete the markers, but this leaves empty text frames. Is there an easy way to get rid of these empty frames? If not, is there a not-easy way, like creating a script?

 

I don't think that the frames, or the markers, for that matter, will cause any problems in the documents, but they will be mysterious artifacts for writers who join our organization going forward, and it can complicate working with callouts to have empty text boxes in the same graphic frame.

 

The reason we have the markers and frames was that Webworks ePublisher didn't recognize borders on graphics without them. Webworks suggested using markers to get the borders, and we've been using them for probably five years. Now we're able to get the same effect by modifying our ePublisher stationery, so we don't need the markers or their frames anymore.

How do I get rid of an extra "end of chapter" symbols ?

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I have two of these separated by paragraph symbols - they are messing up my book - how can I get rid of one of them - help !

 

What is Fm13 Internal Error Code: 13004, 3928708, 3929203, 4046620 ?

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Hello.  Encountered FrameMaker 13 Internal Error Code that drops me out of the program.  What is this error and how do I correct it?

 

13004, 3928708, 3929203, 4046620

 

Thanks & Best Regards,

 

Desperate in Silicon Valley

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