Is it possible to generate 100% accessible (qualifies VPAT testing) and responsive HTML5 from FM 2017?

November 9, 2017, 4:26 am

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I need to create accessible HTML output through FM 2017 since all our guides are already in FM so we cannot migrate to robohelp or any other HTML editor, because it may take too much time.

 

There are few points that has to be considered while generating accessible output.

• Structure -  I see an error for the title element which says "Title" is not marked up as a heading but has Font Size (30.0px) significantly larger than that used on most of the page (17.2px). Check if this should be a heading (WCAG2 1.3.1). So how can we make it as heading by default?
• Language attribute - I can edit the HTML for this. But, if there is some method to implement it within the framemaker, it would be great.
• Table design - This is the major challenge for me where I need to create scope for each row and column header. The error for this looks like following:

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Will my Framemaker 2017 .FM files open in Framemaker 12?

November 10, 2017, 4:46 pm

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I'm currently using Framemaker 2017 at home, and some of the people at the company I work for are using Framemaker 12.  If I save my work as an .fm file, will my coworkers be able to open them in Framemaker 12 with document formatting intact?

In FM 2017, the Reset button in the Character Designer doesn't work as expected

November 12, 2017, 2:19 am

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My issue: What's happening and what should happen, when I press the 'Reset' button in the Character Designer

 

1. Create a blank document.
2. Open the Character Designer.
3. Create a new tag, i.e. 'RedBoldTest' -> All settings: 'As Is' + Color: 'Red' + Weight: 'Bold'.
4. Press 'Create Style'.
5. Change a property of 'RedBoldTest', i.e. Size: '24 pt'.
6. Press the 'Reset' button.

The style 'RedBoldTest' is deselected (no more style in the Character Designer) and all Properties are set to 'As Is'.

That's not what I expected.

 

What should happen when pressing the 'Reset' button?

1. The actually selected style remains in the Character Designer.
2. The Size: '24 pt' (and only this property) is resetted to 'As Is' (the original value in the style).
3. The other properties (Color, Weight) are not affected.

 

Am I right or wrong?

In FM 2017, the status bar doesn't display an override correctly

November 12, 2017, 5:16 am

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My issue: Wrong display of a character override in the status bar

 

1. Create a blank document.
2. Open the Character Designer.
3. Create a new tag, i.e. 'RedTest' -> All settings: 'As Is' + Color: 'Red'.
4. Press 'Create Style'.
5. Fill in some characters on the page, i.e. '1234567890'.
6. Select a few characters, i.e. '567'.
7. Character Catalog: Apply 'RedTest'.

So far - so good:

 

1. Select a character, i.e. '6'.
2. In the Character Designer, change a property of 'RedTest', i.e. Size: '18 pt'.
3. Press the 'Apply' button.

In case of a character tag override: "An asterisk displays next to the character tag name in the status bar." (Matt Sullivan's 'Working with Content'). But no asterisk appears in my status bar:

 

Who is wrong? Adobe, the book, or me?

Is there a continuation variable for regular headings (or something similar)?

November 12, 2017, 10:23 am

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I saw a document made in Framemaker where there was a heading followed by a body paragraph that spanned two pages, and the heading repeated at the top of the 2nd page in a smaller font with "(continued)" at the end of it, sort of like what happens with a table heading continuation variable.

 

Does anyone know if there's a way to do this with regular headings so that it happens automatically without having to manually re-type the heading?

 

Unfortunately I don't have the file so I can't share it or check the formatting myself.

HTML5 and iPad

November 13, 2017, 3:03 pm

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When I load the URL to my HTML5 content, the iPad does not display the function bar or sidebar so there is no way to navigate the content. Any ideas?

Table formatting in the XML file is not reflecting in HTML output

November 14, 2017, 3:07 am

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Hello,

 

I have changed the header formatting and table title formatting in both concept and task template files of the XML file something like this.

I have italicized the table title and gave blue background to the table header. The same is getting reflected both in the normal DITA files and the PDF outputs.

 

But when I publish this in HTML5 output, the formatting is not getting reproduced.

 

The table with plain formatting is seen without blue background for the table header. I am not sure what's wrong in this. Can somebody help me how to proceed in this case?

When testing Xrefs, is there a hot key for returning to the previous view?

November 14, 2017, 11:56 am

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There used to be a hot key, Esc v P I believe, that would return the user to the page containing the Xref. When testing Xrefs, it is most inconvenient to have to hunt back to the point of origin. In Reader, this ability is established with the "Previous View" icon on the tool bar. Isn't there something of the sort in unstructured FM?

 

Don Spenceer

Palmdale CA

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Can't open .tps file error when creating a PDF file from a .fm file?

November 14, 2017, 12:41 pm

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Why do I get an error message stating that FrameMaker can't open the .tps file when I try to make a PDF from a .fm file. It worked originally.

How to fix navigation button activity in Responsive HTML5 output through FM2017?

November 14, 2017, 11:14 pm

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When I click next/previous button it navigates to next file available in book instead of Headings. My headings are properly ordered in TOC and it looks like this:

As you can see the screenshot the 'Heading 1 again' topic is in the same file and next Heading 1 are separate files. So when I click next button, it skips the topic 'Heading 1 again'.

I was searching some way through Style mapping option but couldn't fix.

Can't import SVG files

November 15, 2017, 1:39 pm

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Hello

 

I can't import svg files in fm document when svg files are located on my computer (I have a message saying that the filter can't finish the conversion), but I can import the same svg files when they are located on a network. I don't understand why... .

 

I use Version 14.0.0.361 (2017 release) of Framemaker.

 

I don't know if it's connected to my problem, but I have 2 different ID : one for the Adobe creative suite and another for the technical suite.

 

Anybody can help me?

 

Thanks

using framemaker as a command to generate an output (eg: PDF)

November 15, 2017, 8:40 pm

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I would like to know if there is a way to use framemaker as a command to generate an output such as a pdf file without opening the framemaker UI.

 

For example, I have already created a book file using framemaker.

Now, a part of an overall product release, I would like to be able to execute the framemaker command to "process" the book file and generate the desired output such as a pdf file as specified in the form of a command option.

 

Is this doable?

 

Any feedback would be appreciated.

FM 2017 - Merging content from a .fm file to another

November 15, 2017, 9:02 pm

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Scenario: We have a team member updating a FM document for product A Release 1. We have another team member updating the a copy of the same document for product B Release 2. The FM document is a common configurations document to both product A and B.

 

Product A releases before product B. The first version of the FM document will go for product A Release 1. To ready the document for product B Release 2, I want to merge content from my copy into this.

 

Question: A simple copy and paste would address this. But is there another smarter way to merge content from 1 .fm file into another?

Creating TOC and List of Figures is VERY slow!

November 16, 2017, 5:34 pm

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Creating the TOC and List of Figures for a book takes 30 mins PER generation, no mater the number of documents. Why is this so slow?? (FM 2017)

Any Subscriptions Plans for Print and publishing products

November 16, 2017, 11:56 pm

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Hi,

 

Need to know any sbcriptions plans for print & publishing products

Or any plans involving print & publishing products with Illustrations Products

 

 

please reply at the earliest 

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Ctrl+L

November 17, 2017, 1:16 am

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In the last 20 years, FM has undergone lots of revisions.

 

Every FM user knows the shortcut to refresh the screen: Ctrl+l (small L).

 

Why is there still the need for this shortcut?

 

No automation possible?

bookmap switch to document view

November 19, 2017, 3:56 am

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Adobe Framemaker Bookmap has an icon at the top of the bookmap to "Switch To Document View".   When you click on that button, it switches the bookmap to a document format.  The only problem is there is no button to take you back to the tree view.  I have had to shut the file down and re-open it in order to get my bookmap back.  Since the "Switch To Document View" is at the top of the tree, with other options, I have accidently pressed it several times.

 

I don't know why Framemaker creates these black holes in the user interface.  Can anyone tell me how you switch back to tree view after you go into the Document View?

 

Thanks!

In FM 2017, the Table Variables erroneously shift the cursor position in the table title text

November 19, 2017, 8:12 am

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The table variables are buggy, depending on the zoom, i.e. the table continuation:

 

Zoom: 100 % (Cursor at the end of the table title text, placed directly after the table continuation variable)

 

Zoom: 80% (Cursor at the start of the table title text)

 

Zoom: 80% (Cursor at the end of the table title text)

 

Without the table continuation variable, the cursor is at the intended place - whatever the zoom may be.

 

Is this bug in the English FM version, too?

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November 21, 2017, 12:45 pm

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on create space we need to download flash player  and cannot work for createspace

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November 21, 2017, 4:34 pm

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Hi everyone,

 

We're upgrading to new hardware and FrameMaker 2017 and are seeing a few display issues. Our environment is as follows:

 

Microsoft Surface Pro (the latest 2017 one) plugged into Microsoft Surface Dock

Windows 10

Dual 4k monitors - 3840 x 2160 resolution, 200% DPI scaling

FrameMaker 2017 Version 14.0.2.425

 

In the Structure View, if you start typing on a line that already has text, multiple letters start jumbling over each other:

 

 

Clicking somewhere else and clicking back on the line fixes it.

 

Some window’s text is really tiny and remain unaffected when increasing Windows DPI scaling, such as this Insert symbol window:

 

 

Also notice the FrameMaker icon next to File is really small.

 

These issues are resolved if I do the following:

 

• Right click FrameMaker.exe and go to Properties
• Click on Compatibility tab
• Check ‘Override high DPI scaling behaviour’ and select ‘System’ from the drop down.
• Click Ok.

 

However, although this resolves the above issues, fonts everywhere are terrible quality. They look like bitmap fonts scaled up:

 

 

Compared to (without compatibility setting):

 

 

Is there a way to fix the above issues without turning on this compatibility setting? In particular, the letters jumbling in the Structure View is a show-stopper for us.