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Buying FrameMaker and Trial Version Curiosity

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Hi,

 

I am considering upgrading from FM12, part of a TCS version I have, to FM 2017 (and dropping TCS). A couple of curious things about this.

1) I just googled buy FrameMaker, or similar, to avoid having to navigate the Adobe Website which caters to CC apps and not FM. I first found where I could buy FM for the African and Asian market (priced in SR), and next I got an Asian only Adobe shop that did sell in dollars. I eventually found where I wanted to be, but through navigation from Adobe.com and not search.

 

2) I am installing the trial version of 2017. I went to download it.

 

Adobe's download and installer don't support the Chrome browser.

1) This would have been nice to know beforehand, because I would have used Firefox or IE instead.

2) Really, you don't support the most popular browser on the planet? Browser market share

 

Anyway, off we go.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean


FM 2017 crashes if move objects containing equation, text and drawing

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If you move every objects inside the frame, FM 2017 will crash.

Framemaker 2017 continuously crashes

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When I try to package my book, FM2017 would just stop working. A dialog is displayed to close the program.

 

Situation occurs as follows:

My book consists of multiple standalone books (which are treated as chapters), of which I choose which books to exclude or include in my new book.

If I choose to package my book, with 3 standalone books, the packaging process is successful.

However, if I choose to package with 4 books or more, Framemaker would just stop working.

 

Please help as this is very frustrating.

 

Stephen

Using Save() method to save as PDF

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Hello everyone,

 

I am trying to save a FM-Doc as PDF and using the Save() method.

The method does not work correctly. I am getting no saved PDF file, and while execution I get a InvalidObject.
Could someone tell me, what the problem could be?
Here is the code:

 

function saveDocAsPDF(doc){
 var saveParams, name, i, baseName, status, fullName;
 name = doc.Name;
 fullName = "TESTPDF.pdf";
 saveParams = GetSaveDefaultParams();
 returnParams = new PropVals(); 
 var PDF = doc.Save(fullName, saveParams, returnParams);
 $.writeln("SaveReturnParams / Errors " + PrintSaveStatus(returnParams));
 i = GetPropIndex(returnParams, Constants.FS_SaveNativeError);   // CHECK STATUS
 status = returnParams[i].propVal.ival;
 if (status === Constants.FE_Success) {  return (true);
 } else {  return (false);
 }
};

 

 

And these are the properties set by me:

function getSaveDefaultParams(){
var params, i;       params = GetSaveDefaultParams();          i = GetPropIndex(params, Constants.FS_FileType);    params[i].propVal.ival = Constants.FV_SaveFmtPdf;    i = GetPropIndex(saveParams, Constants.FS_AlertUserAboutFailure);    saveParams[i].propVal.ival = true;    i = GetPropIndex(saveParams, Constants.FS_FileType);    saveParams[i].propVal.ival = Constants.FV_SaveFmtPdf;    i = GetPropIndex(saveParams, Constants.FS_FileIsInUse);    saveParams[i].propVal.ival = Constants.FV_ResetLockAndContinue;      i = GetPropIndex(saveParams, Constants.FS_SaveFileNotWritable);    saveParams[i].propVal.ival = Constants.FV_DoShowDialog;      return (params);
};

 

Thanks a lot!

Framemaker 2017 continuously crashes

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When I try to package my book, FM2017 would just stop working. A dialog is displayed to close the program.

 

Situation occurs as follows:

My book consists of multiple standalone books (which are treated as chapters), of which I choose which books to exclude or include in my new book.

If I choose to package my book, with 3 standalone books, the packaging process is successful.

However, if I choose to package with 4 books or more, Framemaker would just stop working.

 

Please help as this is very frustrating.

 

Stephen

Do DITA imagemap elements work in any HTML output in FM 2017?

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Greetings,

 

I am able to get an <imagemap> definition to come through in PDF output, but I cannot get it to come through in Reponsive HTML5 of Basic HTML. The actual text of the imagemap definition comes out below the graphic but there are no <map> or <area> elements in the HTML. I can push the same DITA files through the Open Toolkit and the imagemap comes through, so this confirms that I've at least got it set up correctly in DITA. I'd really like to leverage the FM HTML5 output capabilities and utilize image maps (hotspots).

 

Any help or guidance would be appreciated!

Page Size & Handling default settings differ radically to achieve similar print results between legacy .pdf files A & B, which creates confusion for customers. How can I update them for uniformity?

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I'm working with several older legacy FrameMaker 11 (or earlier)-generated booklet-type .PDF files created by a former employee. Curiously, the Page Sizing & Handling default settings differ radically from .PDF file to .PDF file to achieve similar print results (2 document pages per 8.5 x 11.0 inch auto-Landscaped page), which creates confusion for customers. For example, .PDF file A is set up as Size/Auto-portrait/landscape, while .PDF file B is set up as Multiple (Document Size = 5.5 x 8.5 in) on an 8.5 x 11.0 inch page. Changing the settings on the Print page skews the output in the Preview window, so that page layouts appear out of order. How can these default values be updated to achieve uniformity in Page Size & Handling settings? From my review of the FM source files, Distiller Job Options and the legacy .PDF files, the answer isn't clear. Thank You in advance for any suggestions! (This question is also posted in the Printing & Prepress Forum.)

Import MIF files -> pgf problem?

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Hello friends,

 

once more I have a question for you all.

 

I am importing .mif files with this function:

 

function render_file(file_path){     var doc = doc_GLOBAL;     var importFile = File(file_path);     var importParams = getImportPrefs();     var importReturnParams = new PropVals();     if(doc.ObjectValid()){          if(renderIndex == 0){     // Checking, if it is the first import. If so, use mainflowindoc, to get position               filePgf = doc.NewSeriesObject(Constants.FO_Pgf, doc.MainFlowInDoc);               }         else{                     // if not first import, create the new pgf after the old one               filePgf = doc.NewSeriesObject(Constants.FO_Pgf, filePgf);               }          }     var textLoc = new TextLoc();     textLoc.obj = filePgf;     textLoc.offset = 0 ;     var res = doc.Import(textLoc, file_path, importParams, importReturnParams);     renderIndex++;
};

 

After importing the mif files one by one, I can see them in the doc, but between all the imported mif docs , there is one additional pgf i don't want to appear, and don't know why it appears.

 

asasd.png

The first imported mif file is in the green box, the second one in the blue box. In between of them, the yellow-red area, is the pgf (so i guess?) I don't want to have.

Am I doing something wrong with my pgf objects while importing?

 

Hope you can answer that question!
Thanks

Selim


Dotted circles showing in Gujarati

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I'm using Arial Unicode MS in FM 2017 to display Gujarati. I can't read Gujarati, by the way - I just copy and paste. Some text looks fine. But other times it's full of dotted circles. I believe it's something to do with FM interpreting the double-byte unicode characters?

FrameMaker 2017 - Some questions referring to FM Dictionaries

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Issue: In our company, we are thinking about establishing a team dictionary

 

FrameMaker has more than one dictionary:

 

  • Main dictionary (Hunspell or Proximity)
  • Personal dictionary
  • Document dictionary
  • Site dictionary

 

This is, what I've done already to understand how the FM dictionaries work:

 

  1. Create a new blank document.
  2. Write some text.
  3. Activate the automatic spellcheck.
  4. Wonder about all the underlined German words.

Rechtschreibung.jpg

Okay, there are some special technical terms like "Umlenkrolle". But there are some common German words, too.

What's going on? Where did I go wrong?

 

  • The main dictionary is Hunspell.
  • The personal dictionary is empty.
  • The document dictionary is empty, too.
  • But the site dictionary contains some "crazy" words, I've never seen before and I've not added to the dictionary - at least not intentionally.

 

Curo

F1

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6

F7

F8

F9

FrameBuilder

FrameMaker

FrameMaker+SGML

FrameReader

FrameViewer

IBM

IQ

L1

L10

L2

L3

L4

L5

L6

L7

L8

L9

Mb

Mbyte

OEM

PC

PCs

Poly line

R1

R10

R11

R12

R13

R14

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

SGML

Sun-3

UNIX

VAR

VARs

corp

kern

kerned

kerns

one-time

troff

vs.

world-wide

Ether net

Hel vet i ca

Laser Writer

Mac in tosh

Mi cro sys tems

Post Script

Sun View

WYSI WYG

au thor ing

au to num ber

au to num ber ing

au to num bered

back quote

base line

base lines

bit map

bit maps

bul leted

car ry over

coun ter in tu i tive

de mo ing

disk less

ed it able

foot er

foot ers

gen code

hy per text

in cre ment ing

kern ing

mis fea ture

non ad ja cent

non ver bal

over strik ing

over strike

over type

pop up

ras ter file

re con fig ure

re draw

re drawn

re draws

re num bered

re scale

re scaled

re se lect

re se lect ed

re se lects

re seller

re siz es

re siz ing

re size

re sized

sans-ser if

su per script ed

su per script ing

sub di rec to ries

sub di rec to ry

sub script ed

sub script ing

tele mar ket ing

un ac cel er at ed

un an chored

un con strained

un de vel op men tal ly

un filled

un group

un ro tat ed

un saved

un scrolled

un se lect able

un shift ed

unedit ed

view graphs

win dow ing

work a hol ic

Deleting the site dictionary doesn't help. After starting FM again, the site dictionary is filled again with these unwanted terms.

 

  1. Why does FM underline all the words in the example above?
  2. How can I empty the site dictionary permanently?
  3. Where is the best place to store a team dictionary in a network environment?
  4. What's the correct data format for a team dictionary? txt? dic?
  5. What's the correct way to link the team dictionary in the maker.ini? Sitedictionary=<path_to_dictionary>\added.txt
  6. Is there a simple (not time-comsuming) way to maintain a team dictionary?
  7. Is there a recent Adobe paper to read more about FM dictionaries and how to deal with them?

 

Many, many thanks for every support.

does extendscript manage multidimessionnal array ?

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hello forum.

 

i don't undestand why ES does not restitute correctly the data i input in the array.

 

i use the code of the export of "ExtendScript of the Week: Import and Export Variables "

i need to change the output . I want on one line all the variables for a same file .

so i add this  function to move from vertical to horizontal display. i send after  to a function that log in a file

 

function TransfertTo_DZG_Table(VariableData){
   
var tableVariableName= new Array("Model", "ManualType", "ManualNumber", "B_ChapterName","B_ChapterNumber", "B_SectionName", "B_SectionNumber","Item Number", "Item Name","Doc Status");   
    var tableFileName = new Array();
    var tableVariable =new Array();
    var VariableValue;
    tableVariable.variableCount = 0;

$.writeln ("longueur tableau="+VariableData.chapterNameArray.length);
   
     // table initialisation
      $.writeln ("--------------------start of table initialisation---------------------");
    for(boucle1=0;boucle1<VariableData.chapterNameArray.length;boucle1++){
        for(boucle2=0;boucle2<30;boucle2++){
              tableVariable[boucle1,boucle2]="---";             
              }
          }
      $.writeln ("--------------------end of table initialisation-----------------------");
    // end of initialisation
      
    // table filling
    $.writeln ("*************************start of filling******************");
//for(var i = 0; i < VariableData.chapterNameArray.length; i++){
     for(var i = 0; i < 50; i++){   // temporary to have less result
  
            var FileName=File(VariableData.chapterNameArray[i ]).displayName;
            var VariableName=VariableData.variableNameArray[i];
            var VariableValue=VariableData.variableDefArray[i ];
           
            var IndexFileName=GetIndexOf(tableFileName, FileName);
            var IndexVariableName=GetIndexOf(tableVariableName, VariableName);
           
           
            if(IndexFileName == -1){
                tableFileName.push(FileName);
               IndexFileName=GetIndexOf(tableFileName, FileName);
               $.writeln("nouveau fichier"+ FileName+"index nouveau fichier"+IndexFileName);
               }
            if(IndexVariableName== -1){
                tableVariableName.push( VariableName);
                IndexVariableName=GetIndexOf(tableVariableName, VariableName);
                }
            if(VariableValue===undefined){
                VariableValue="_";
                }
            tableVariable[IndexFileName,IndexVariableName]=VariableValue;
            $.writeln("-------tableVariable["+IndexFileName+","+IndexVariableName+"]="+VariableValue) ;
           
            }
        $.writeln ("*******************end of filling**********************");
// end of filling

// loop to check value inside  table
           $.writeln ("////////////////////////////check of the table//////////////////////////");
          for(boucle1=0;boucle1<5;boucle1++){
         $.writeln( "=============boucle1="+ boucle1+"============");
          for(boucle2=0;boucle2<10;boucle2++){
              $.writeln("tableVariable["+boucle1+","+boucle2+"]="+ tableVariable[boucle1,boucle2]);
             
              }
          }
      $.writeln ("////////////////////////////////////end of check///////////////////////////");
// end of loop    

//FcWriteTableau(tableVariable);
//ExtractTableau(tableFileName,tableVariableName,tableVariable);

 

 

and here the console output :

in paragraph "check the table" the loop  repeat each time the last ten variables.

 

 

 

entre dans ExportVariable

longueur tableau=105

--------------------start of table initialisation---------------------

--------------------end of table initialisation-----------------------

*************************start of filling******************

nouveau fichierTitlePage_FAA_MDDG.fmindex nouveau fichier0

-------tableVariable[0,10]=XXXXXX

-------tableVariable[0,11]=The xxxxxxx Company

-------tableVariable[0,12]=Title Template

-------tableVariable[0,5]=Preface

-------tableVariable[0,6]=E

-------tableVariable[0,3]=Title Page_DZG

-------tableVariable[0,4]=1

-------tableVariable[0,13]=14

-------tableVariable[0,0]=123

-------tableVariable[0,14]=2017

-------tableVariable[0,2]=A630Z004-01

-------tableVariable[0,15]=2013

-------tableVariable[0,9]=

-------tableVariable[0,16]=Dispatch Deviations Guide (DDG)

-------tableVariable[0,1]=Dispatch Deviations Guide

-------tableVariable[0,17]=Jul 20, 2017

nouveau fichierP-00-00TOC.fmindex nouveau fichier1

-------tableVariable[1,1]=Dispatch Deviations Guide

-------tableVariable[1,7]=00

-------tableVariable[1,9]=

-------tableVariable[1,2]=B630Z004-02

-------tableVariable[1,0]=456

-------tableVariable[1,3]=Section List_V

-------tableVariable[1,5]=Preface_V

-------tableVariable[1,6]=E

-------tableVariable[1,17]=Jul 20, 2017

nouveau fichierP-00-01-00_FAA.fmindex nouveau fichier2

-------tableVariable[2,1]=Dispatch Deviations Guide

-------tableVariable[2,18]=10

-------tableVariable[2,9]=

-------tableVariable[2,13]=14

-------tableVariable[2,2]=C630Z004-03

-------tableVariable[2,19]=14

-------tableVariable[2,0]=789

-------tableVariable[2,7]=00-01-00

-------tableVariable[2,3]=Revision Record_V

-------tableVariable[2,5]=Preface_V

-------tableVariable[2,6]=E

-------tableVariable[2,20]=Rev Rec

-------tableVariable[2,21]=D630Z004-01

-------tableVariable[2,22]=XX

-------tableVariable[2,23]=D630Z004-XXX

nouveau fichier4-00-00TOC.fmindex nouveau fichier3

-------tableVariable[3,1]=Dispatch Deviations Guide

-------tableVariable[3,0]=963

-------tableVariable[3,2]=D630Z004-01

-------tableVariable[3,20]=General_V

-------tableVariable[3,6]=H

-------tableVariable[3,7]=00

-------tableVariable[3,5]=Miscellaneous_V

-------tableVariable[3,9]=

-------tableVariable[3,17]=Jul 20, 2017

nouveau fichier4-00-01-00.fmindex nouveau fichier4

-------tableVariable[4,19]=MML Revision Number

*******************end of filling**********************

////////////////////////////check of the table//////////////////////////

=============boucle1=0============

tableVariable[0,0]=963

tableVariable[0,1]=Dispatch Deviations Guide

tableVariable[0,2]=D630Z004-01

tableVariable[0,3]=Revision Record_V

tableVariable[0,4]=1

tableVariable[0,5]=Miscellaneous_V

tableVariable[0,6]=H

tableVariable[0,7]=00

tableVariable[0,8]=---

tableVariable[0,9]=

=============boucle1=1============

tableVariable[1,0]=963

tableVariable[1,1]=Dispatch Deviations Guide

tableVariable[1,2]=D630Z004-01

tableVariable[1,3]=Revision Record_V

tableVariable[1,4]=1

tableVariable[1,5]=Miscellaneous_V

tableVariable[1,6]=H

tableVariable[1,7]=00

tableVariable[1,8]=---

tableVariable[1,9]=

=============boucle1=2============

tableVariable[2,0]=963

tableVariable[2,1]=Dispatch Deviations Guide

tableVariable[2,2]=D630Z004-01

tableVariable[2,3]=Revision Record_V

tableVariable[2,4]=1

tableVariable[2,5]=Miscellaneous_V

tableVariable[2,6]=H

tableVariable[2,7]=00

tableVariable[2,8]=---

tableVariable[2,9]=

=============boucle1=3============

tableVariable[3,0]=963

tableVariable[3,1]=Dispatch Deviations Guide

tableVariable[3,2]=D630Z004-01

tableVariable[3,3]=Revision Record_V

tableVariable[3,4]=1

tableVariable[3,5]=Miscellaneous_V

tableVariable[3,6]=H

tableVariable[3,7]=00

tableVariable[3,8]=---

tableVariable[3,9]=

=============boucle1=4============

tableVariable[4,0]=963

tableVariable[4,1]=Dispatch Deviations Guide

tableVariable[4,2]=D630Z004-01

tableVariable[4,3]=Revision Record_V

tableVariable[4,4]=1

tableVariable[4,5]=Miscellaneous_V

tableVariable[4,6]=H

tableVariable[4,7]=00

tableVariable[4,8]=---

tableVariable[4,9]=

////////////////////////////////////end of check///////////////////////////

Résultat : undefined

 

So how do you manage multidimensionnal array

i can't do like "extend of the week " as i don't know number of variables nor number of files.

thank

Duplicate items in ePub menus

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I just started another project that publishes to ePub and found that it gave me duplicate menu items for each page, one which displayed the file name and another that uses the title I put in the book’s File Info -> Title field.

 

To troubleshoot I went back to the last ePub project I worked on and republished it. Now it too gives me duplicate menu items.

 

I recently updated my FrameMaker 2017 to the latest version (14.0.3.500).

 

Does anyone know if they made any changes to ePub publishing in recent updates?

 

Does anybody have an idea how I can fix my duplicate menu items problem?

 

Additional info: The duplicates appear in both __toc.xhtml and __toc.ncx. The following is a sample of the menu

 

epub_menu_duplicates.png

Thanks for your help,

 

- Keith

Is there a Framemaker Extendscript object model?

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I am looking for any information on this topic. I have used FM for decades, but never delved into scripting. Now that I wish to do so, I find that all sorts of Adobe products have object models available, but there does not seem to be anything for FM. I am very new to scripting, as well, so perhaps I am not even asking the right question?

 

Please assist, if you can?

Table within a Table

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Hi all,

I am running into an issue of structuring the table I have. I am not sure if I can have a table within a table in the structured document. It gets more complex. I have an initial table that has a table and another table within the table. The screenshot is below. I had it as such in the unstructured document, which worked out; however, in the structured document, I am seeing few issues:

 

Please look at the screenshot below. FM is assigning a separate structure within a structure if that makes sense.  It gives an overall structure to the document but when I click on the table within the table, it shows the rootelement and table elements below like a separate file/chapter in addition to creating the content mismatch error. I am thinking If/Else or If/Elseif rule may be the solution to fix the table within a table error. I am not sure yet. What advice can you all offer if I have a table within a table. To make it more complex, what If I have a a table within a table within a table as the screenshot shows. tablewithintablestruct.JPG

This is the pdf out of an unstructured document below that I am trying to structure.

 

pdf output.jpg

 

Thanks in advance!

how to have different size pages in one FrameMaker manual?

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How do I have both letter-size (8.5 X 11) and large (11 X 17 in) landscape pages in one manual? I have already created the large landscape master pages.

 

Do I have to have a different file for each large page (and blank following page) in a manual?

If so, how do I ensure the page and figure numbers are correct, and continue from the previous page/fig number in the preceding chapter file, and then continue properly in the chapter file following the inserted large-sized page file?

If one chapter has more than one large-sized page that needs to be inserted into it, how do I break up the chapter file to accommodate this, plus ensure the page and figure numbers remain correct and update correctly?

 

Thank you

 

JH


Framemaker crashes when importing an image

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Hi

 

Framemaker keeps on crashing when I try to import an image. How can I resolve this?

The current version of Framemaker is 13.0.5.547.

See image below .....

 

Regards

Stephen

 

Framemaker crashes when importing images.PNG

Hotspots in html not working

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Hotspots in html5 responsive don't seem to be working for me.

 

Created test destinations, both on same page as well as in sections on other pages through the hypertext pod. Specify named destination. newlink TheNameOfMyDestination (with a space between the two).

 

Created hotspot on the first page in the book with the hotspot mode selected and then pulling out either a text frame or rectangle tool, and then when the hotspot pod popped up selected the destination from the available markers.

 

Works perfectly when I export to pdf.

 

But not in HTML5 responsive.

 

Tested in a couple different layouts thinking that was it, but no, same result.

 

What am I missing here?

Framemaker 2017 - Print settings keep resetting default printer to "WebWorks Rasterizer"

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Since we installed Framemaker 2017 (Tech Comm suite, actually) we keep running in to issues where long standing books, on PCs with the default printer set as Acrobat Distiller, keep somehow changing to "Web Works Rasterizer" when we go to create PDFs.  Seems to be more common after a crash, but it is behavior none of us have seen before.  We've also got a maybe/maybe not issue with printing to PDFs using print to a .PS and distill where there is a  "hanging" pixel that appears after auto-text with an overline style applied.

 

Is our network haunted or is anyone else seen odd or unexpected behaviors on files with Frame 2017?  Overall with this tech suite we seem to keep running in to issues where things have worked perfectly fine for 10 years and now little issues all over the place.

 

Thanks!

Cross references not creating links in ePub

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When I create an ePub from a book with cross references (xref in the original Dita) they do not create links. The expected text appears and it is wrapped in an <a> tag, but it has no href attribute.

 

In the past few months I have created ePubs using essentially the same template/structapp/publish settings and the links appeared as expected. 

 

I went to one of those projects and republished it as ePub and now the links do not appear.  The only difference I can think of is that I recently updated my FrameMaker 2017 to the latest version (14.0.3.500).

 

Does anyone know if they made any changes to ePub publishing in recent updates?

 

Does anybody have an idea how I can fix my cross reference links?

 

Thanks for your help,

 

- Keith

Is this an error or a message that informs?

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Hi,

The FM log gave a message after I imported the element definitions (EDD) file: "Importing to book; no automatic format creating of new paragraph format (ss-StepSub). I received this message for the several other formats that I have. Is FM just informing me or is this an error that must be addressed?

 

Thank you,

Ahsan

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