Consultant available in NYC or via Google Hangouts?

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I have a self published book that I wrote in Framemaker 10 (based on previous version even older).  I'm updating the book and since I haven't touched FM in five years (and was never really an expert anyway) I have a few questions that someone experienced could answer pretty quickly.  Anyone out there I could hire for a couple hours of questions over the summer?

 

I'm in Brooklyn and someone nearby would be great, but of course google hangouts would also be fine.

 

The end product is a print book through Createspace and Amazon Kindle, so any experience in that area would be great. 

 

To get started right now I'm making basic edits in FM10 but will likely eventually rent/buy the 2017 version to generate the Epub/Kindle version if that makes it easier.

 

Thanks!

 

John Huntington

www.controlgeek.net

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Publish bug: Responsive HTML5 from DITA

May 12, 2017, 6:25 am

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Hi

I'm generating responsive HTML5 from a DITA XML source and am experiencing a bug:

-Files that I imported into my ditamap from a different folder are not showing up in my HTML5 output.

 

Would appreciate any help here:)

thanks

Rishi

Index not working in PDF

June 13, 2017, 3:30 am

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Hello all,

 

I have not used PDF in a very long time, as all of my work is online. But now a client asked me to solve a couple of problems with their structured FM setup and one of them is making the links in the index work in PDF. Generating the PDF with the usual job options makes the hand appear over the page numbers, but the click does not lead anywhere (not even a non-existing target). I have tried switched on named destinations in the PDF settings but no difference.

 

Can anyone tell me how the PDF generation is supposed to pick up the index markers ?

 

Thanks

 

4everJang

insert columns in flow

June 13, 2017, 5:10 am

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I have searched for the answer but I do not get the answers posted! I just need some steps to do this.

 

I have usually inherited templates so has not come up before. I have a document with different sections. On the first page I need a text frame or flow with a single column width across the width of the page. Below it on that first page I want to start another text frame or flow with two columns. And then later on revert back to the one column followed by two columns. Not sure how to do that whether on a regular page or master page.

Publish bug: Responsive HTML5 from DITA

May 12, 2017, 6:25 am

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Hi

I'm generating responsive HTML5 from a DITA XML source and am experiencing a bug:

-Files that I imported into my ditamap from a different folder are not showing up in my HTML5 output.

 

Would appreciate any help here:)

thanks

Rishi

How to install Captivate 2017 as part of Technical Communication Suite 2017

May 12, 2017, 11:44 am

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TCS 2017 comes with Captivate 9, but now that Captivate 2017 has been released, how can I install Captivate 2017 as part of the suite?

Does FrameMaker publish to ServiceNow?

June 13, 2017, 8:11 am

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We have a client whose IT documentation is handled by ServiceNow.

 

Can FrameMaker publish to ServiceNow?

 

If not, what might be an affordable third-party that can be used to integrate FrameMaker into ServiceNow?

 

Thanks.

FrameMaker 11: Blank chapters and chapters start with -1

June 13, 2017, 12:47 pm

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I am using FrameMaker 11. This product is owned by my employer. I don't own it and have limited administrator rights on my computer.

 

My Problem

 

I am using unstructured FrameMaker to create a book. I am using unstructured FrameMaker because I am unable to generate a table of contents, list of figures, and list of tables in Structured FrameMaker: FrameMaker 2015 no longer generating tables of contents (TOCs) .

 

Until today I had no problem opening and working on chapter files. Now when I open a chapter file, it is "blank" and the page number and line number show "-1." Then FrameMaker crashes.

 

I have tried all of the solutions offered in the following Adobe forum. None of them worked.

 

FrameMaker 11 won't start up

 

If I change the product interface to Structured FrameMaker, the chapter files open with content shown, and FrameMaker does not crash.

 

How can I solve this problem?

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How to create an Appendix in Dita xml to be output as a PDF

June 14, 2017, 8:10 am

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Hi

I'm using FM2017 Ditaxml 1.2 to create a new document. I can't figure out how to make certain chapters into appendices. I save the ditamap as Book 2017 w/ FM components... but still can't seem to figure out how to change some chapters to an appendix.

Thanks

Rishi

Track Changes Feature Not Working When Enabled

June 14, 2017, 10:04 am

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I recently received the 2017 version of FrameMaker and am trying to use the Track Changes feature. It allows me to turn it on and it works. However, as soon as I save a chapter in the book, the "Enable" button is still grayed out as if it is enabled but it no longer works for any chapter. I have tried saving and closing the chapter and saving and closing the entire book and the "Enable" button is still grayed out but the Track Changes isn't working.

FrameMaker 2017 Welcome screen

June 14, 2017, 12:30 pm

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Hi,

 

I recently had the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2017 installed on my work computer. I am using a Windows 7 machine.

 

When I open FrameMaker, my welcome screen is shown below. I believe it should look different. Are there any settings I can change to have the welcome screen appear as it should?

 

Thank you!

 

creative autonumbering vs migration to structure – best practice?

June 15, 2017, 4:43 am

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First admission – while I'm currently migrating a lot of content from unstructured .fm to DITA, I'm not using structured .fm to do it; all sorts of reasons.

 

That said, here's my current challenge. A bit of creative autonumbering plus thoughtful use of NextPgfTag made reference information like this very easy to deal with.

 

I have, however, no idea of which DITA tools to reach for. Specialisation + extended .xslt won't be an option, and even the thought of (mis)using tables for layout brings me out in a rash. Are there elements in the programming domain that would help? Thanks in advance for any tips.

FM-14.0.1.406: CTRL+0 does not insert variable - it kills FM

June 15, 2017, 7:06 am

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I have filed bug FRMAKER-3007

In FM-13 and before CTRL+0 opened the list of variables and with quick selection only a few keystrokes were necessary to insert the variable. For example:

CTRL+0
a
Enter

inserted the variable named Arrow.

Since I had only recently used this function in FM-14 I did not discover it earlier and assumed a recent Windows update as reason. But removing that update did not help. Hence there must be a problem in FM.

 

Can You please check and confirm the bug?

 

BTW cmds.cfg states:

<Command QuickVariables    <Label Quick Variable>    <KeySequence \!qv>    <KeySeqLabel Ctrl+0>    <Definition \xF42>>
...<Command Variable   <Label Variables...>   <KeySequence \!sv>   <Definition \x353>>

and  wincmds.cfg states:

<Modify QuickVariables            <KeySequence  ^ 0    > >

 

In FM-13 the definitions are:

<Command QuickVariables    <Label Quick Variable>    <KeySequence \!qv>    <Definition \xF42>>
...<Command Variable   <Label Variables...>   <KeySequence \!sv>   <Definition \x353>>

and  wincmds.cfg states:

<Modify QuickVariables            <KeySequence  ^ 0    > >

Moving Framemaker 15 to new computer

June 15, 2017, 11:16 am

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What needs to be done to move my Framemaker 15 to a new computer? Right now I'm using a trial version on the new one.

FrameMaker file showing numbers instead of text symbols

June 15, 2017, 12:36 pm

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Just received Windows 10 computer and installed Framemaker 2015, Files show numbers everywhere a text symbol should appear.  Any idea how to resolve? (PS This also happened in FrameMaker 11)

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Table Header HTML Publish

June 15, 2017, 7:12 pm

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I am converting our Mif2go publishing process to FM2017. Mif2go has a configuration setting that allows you to use the "th" tag in order to identify the table header in the html. Is there a setting like this in FM?

 

Looking at the HTML source file, the header row class of "tr1" is also used for cellbody rows. I'm trying to put a background color on the header row. I appreciate any help that you can provide.

 

<div width="100%" align="left">
	<table border-spacing="0" dir="ltr" class="table0 ItemList" border-collapse="collapse">
	<caption dir="ltr" class="FM_ItemListTblTitle">Navigation Buttons Item List</caption>
	<tr class="tr1">
	<td class="td2">
	<p dir="ltr" class="FM_TBLHead">Item</p>
	</td>
	<td class="td3">
	<p dir="ltr" class="FM_TBLHead">Description</p>
	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="tr1">
	<td class="td2">
	<p dir="ltr" class="FM_CellBodyBold">1</p>
	</td>
	<td class="td3">
	<p dir="ltr" class="FM_CellBody">Go to the first page.</p>
	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="tr1">
	<td class="td2">
	<p dir="ltr" class="FM_CellBodyBold">2</p>
	</td>
	<td class="td3">
	<p dir="ltr" class="FM_CellBody">Go to the previous page.</p>
	</td>

Run script by invoking FrameMaker and the required script

May 15, 2017, 6:31 am

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How to run a FrameMaker script by invoking FrameMaker and the required script from an external program?

How can I use Roman Numerals format for page numbers

June 16, 2017, 11:13 am

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I have a specific section of a book that needs to be paged using Roman Numeric style. I can only figure out how to do regular numbers. Any help would be greatly appreciated ! Using FM13

Copy and paste Issues as well as other issues (FM2017)

June 16, 2017, 12:52 pm

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In FM2017, sometimes when you copy and then try to paste the text a few pages away by using the < and > icons to get to that page, the text doesn't paste but "Go to Previous Page" is pasted instead. This is very annoying to have to cut/copy and paste several times before it works.

 

Also, I use a lot of text insets, and occasionally I want to override the master document formats and use the option, Retain Source Formats. This no longer appears to work - the formats in the master document override the table formats in the text inset.

 

I am also finding that it takes repeated attempts to do simple things in this version of FM. My FM still does not display correctly when I use remote desktop from my iMac to my Windows laptop. I've had to resort to using a lot of short cuts, because if you attempt to click on a menu item like Tables, it jumps over to another menu item.

 

I hope there is an update to FM soon to clear up buggy stuff. And why did creating new formats change? I drove myself crazy trying to figure out how to create a new paragraph format.

 

Trying to delete conditional tags across multiple documents does not work even though you can select all open documents and then select a conditional tag, but it doesn't work.

Is Framemaker 15 backwards compatible with 10?

June 16, 2017, 2:00 pm

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I have FM15 on one computer and FM9 on another. My client has FM10. Can I save back from 15 to 10? Or should I use FM9?