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PDF output FrameMaker 15.1

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Just downloaded the update and tried to output a document to PDF format.

 

If the FM file is located in the root directory (not under any "folder"), PDF output fails. The version 15 just created a folder (directory) with the same name of the document, and save a PDF file there.

 

I have Adobe Acrobat Professional and it outputs to a PDF file with no problem if I "print" (to Adobe Acrobat).

 

The work around is to save the FM file under a folder, and output a PDF file from there.


Hanging punctuation

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I think Adobe FrameMaker is the closest thing to Corel Ventura Publisher 10, which I have been using since version 1.1 (Digital Research GEM/DOS).

 

It starts with a blank page, and I just start typing - or importing a file.  When the text gets long, it just automatically adds page 2, and so on.

 

I can't get use to the way InDesign works. Having to draw frame for the text reminds me too much of PageMaker (which I never used.)

 

One thing I wish FM could do is hanging punctuation.  Will it ever be considered?

TextRange - SubCol

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Hello,

 

I'm using template with 2 or 3 column textframe.

I'm trying to make a script that avoid hyphen at end of column.

Getting the last pgf of a column, getting the end of line type is not a problem (Constants.FTI_LineEnd).

 

To check if a pgf is on both column, i'm looping through my pgf to find when the textrange, i'm using, change of column.

 

I can only get the Id Column from the start of the pgf (pgf.InTextObj.Unique - InTextObj is a SubCol).

Is there a way to know on which column my textrange is?

 

var vCurrentDoc=app.ActiveDoc;
// go to last pgf of column
var pgf = vCurrentDoc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstSubCol.LastPgf;
// select the pgf
var textRange = new TextRange();     textRange.beg.obj = pgf;     textRange.beg.offset = 0;     textRange.end.obj = pgf;     textRange.end.offset = Constants.FTI_LineEnd;
var textItems = vCurrentDoc.GetTextForRange(textRange, Constants.FTI_String);
if(textItems.length > 0){    vCurrentDoc.TextSelection = textRange;     var vLineEnd = pgf.GetText(Constants.FTI_LineEnd);     var vOriginalLine = vLineEnd.len;     var CheckRange = new TextRange();     var vCheck = 0;     // to get the Id column of the pgf     var vColNum = pgf.InTextObj.Unique;     // no need to check last end of line = end of pgf => vOriginalLine-1     while (vCheck < vOriginalLine-1) {          CheckRange.beg.obj = pgf;          CheckRange.beg.offset = (vLineEnd[vCheck].offset)-1;          CheckRange.end.obj = pgf;          CheckRange.end.offset = vLineEnd[vCheck].offset;          vCurrentDoc.TextSelection = CheckRange;
// HERE is WHEREI'M STUCK          var vColNumTR = ?????????;

// check fi column change
          if (vColNum != vColNumTR){               // process          }          vCheck = vCheck +1;     }     vCurrentDoc.TextSelection = textRange;
}
....

Thanks in advance for the help

Timer on extend : run a function after a specific number of seconds

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run a function after a specific number of seconds. is that possible ?

Customizing Frame output from DITA

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I have years of experience with DITA but structured/unstructured Framemaker is new to me.

 

I am trying to style PDF output from DITA using the native Frame template/rendering engines (i.e. not the DITA-OT) in FM 2017.

 

I've been using the 'Save Ditamap as" > "Book 2017 with Framemaker Components" workflow. I've hit three stumbling blocks:

 

  1. Additional front matter: Doing <notices href="copyright.dita" toc="no"/> does not pick up the copyright page.
  2. Additional back matter: My corporate style requires a back cover
  3. Customized front cover content. I need to support additional text fields on the front cover. I've populated the bookmap's booklibrary mainbooktitle aand booktitlealt elements, but they are concatenated into one variable (Chapter Title Name) in the conversion process to unstructured Frame.

 

For questions 1 and 2, is there a way to customize the list of components generated when converting?

For question 3, how can I adjust the mapping between bookmap elements/subelements and unstructuted Frame variables used in templates?

 

Thanks!

Save as pdf: acrobat distiller missing

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I am trying to save a Frame Maker file (14) into a pdf but I cannot do it in RGB.

I can only save using CYMB format and my colors get messed up.

 

It happens I do not have Adobe Distiller which I think is the problem.

Do I haveto purchase Adobe DC in order to get Adobe Distiller or is there any way to get this software somewhere else?

DITA attribute ignored in FM11

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I'm having a dip into DITA with FrameMaker 11 (because that's the version I currently have).

 

Here's a sample topic in which I've defined a product attribute for two paragraphs:

 

<reference id = "id18AC90HG0CJ"><title>test</title><shortdesc>Product attribute demo</shortdesc><refbody><section><title>Supported file formats</title><p product="A">JPEG</p><p product="B">EPS</p></section></refbody></reference>

 

When I save and reopen the topic file, the attribute values appear in XML view but not in WYSIWYG view, neither in structure view nor in the attributes pane.

Also, when I print a ditamap and apply a ditaval filter on the product attribute, I get the unfiltered output, which probably means the product attribute is ignored as well.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- filter.ditaval --><val>    <prop att="product" val="A" action="include"/>    <prop att="product" val="B" action="exclude"/></val>

 

Has this been a known bug in FM 11, or is something wrong with my configuration?

 

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How do I open a Cross Ref link within a structured FM file?

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Working in FM 2019 32-bit, structuring my document as a Ditamap with nested topics. Links are going fine. When I write a PDF, the links work correctly (all internal links for the time being).

 

But when I am working in the FM file, I click on my links, yet I can't navigate to the clicked item. I try the "Go to Location" button for a listed link in the Cross References pod, and... nothing.

 

(My structured view indicates that all my elements are syntactically correct.)

 

I've got the same document saved as a Composite FM file. The same phenomenon there: the links seem to be fine, but I can't use them to navigate.

 

How do I navigate around??? thanks


I've created a 36"x24" poster in frame12. When I output to pdf, it comes out blank. If I shift the contents and make the width 27", the pdf comes out fine. Is there a way I can create a 36" wide pdf?

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I've created a 36"x24" poster in frame12.  When I output to pdf, it comes out blank.  If I shift the contents and make the width 27", the pdf comes out fine.  Is there a way I can create a 36" wide pdf?

Convert Specific Table Row (heading) row to Text

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Hi - is there a way to convert only a specific row or selected rows to text in FM (2015?)

 

The reason I need to do this is because (have numerous instances of)  a repeated header row that then gets tied up with the next table's header in a set of sequencing headers.

 

The only way I have figured out around this is to convert the table to text and reformat the offending table, but the tables are long and detailed, and I really just want to cut out that specific repeating header.

 

Alternatively, what is (is there) a method for converting a header row to a body row? Maybe that would isolate the problem, not certain.

 

Thanks.

How to generate a fully accessible PDF file with FrameMaker 11?

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Hi there,

 

We are using FrameMaker 11 to manage a set of user manuals, more than 5000 pages in total. With the accessibility requirement, the user manuals are required to pass the full accessibility check with Acrobat Pro. We tested many times but a couple of checks always fail, as shown in the report below.

Accessibility Report Sample.png

Some issues can be resolved in Acrobat; however, it's too difficult to do this for documents of 5000+ pages, and for each monthly release.

For example, Issue #3 (figure alt text), we can add alt text for figures in FrameMaker. #1 and #2 are related to links and cross-references, don't know how to resolve it.

 

Could you give some suggestions to resolve these issues efficiently with Acrobat? Or better, resolve it in FrameMaker, once and for all?

 

Thank you in advance.

Chapter shows up as Book-Component

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My top level is DOC. Inside that I have BODY, and inside that I have my chapters. The first one is now showing up in the structure as BOOK-COMPONENT. How do I get it back to being a chapter?

Unable to update TOC in Framemaker 2017

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I am trying to update the TOC of my project, Framemaker is displaying an error. "It is using unavailable fonts". When i open FrameMaker for the first time, it shows Courier fonts as unavailable. I checked in the C drive of my laptop, all the fonts from Courier family are already copied there.

 

Please provide me solution for this issue.

Import some variables

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Hi All,

 

I like to import only some variables from an old FM template file to a new one.
The SimpleImport function is not accurate as all variables of the source old FM template file will be imported.

With this function, no filters may be set to define which variables must be imported or not.

 

I am able to get TextRange string of a source variable but do not find any solution to copy it as TextRange value of the same variable (var.VarFmt.Name) in the new FM template file.

Is it possible to copy an applicable variable definition between two files with FM scripting?
What is(are) the function(s) to use?

 

JM

Mini TOC in HTML 5 Help Frame 2017

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FR book

Use Mini-Tocs in many chapters

 

the format in the PDF files uses the numbering and on page

 

i.e each item says

 

3.2 Installation    on page 7

 

etc

 

In the HTML 5 Help i want only the topics to appear without the numbering and page numbers

 

How can this be done

 

1. possibility - change the style in reference page and use a different template in Help - did not manage to make this work

2. I found reference on the internet to using an HTML template - I tried this, but did not see how to make it work

 

All insights/hints and tips will be welcome


Non-Sequential Page Numbering

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Hi All,

 

I'm developing a book in FrameMaker, and I have an insert to put in between pages 12 and 13. The page numbers of the insert are 12A and 12B, and then I want the document to resume numbering at 13. Currently I am using the pagenum feature from Insert>Headers & Footers>Page Number. However, after pages 12A and 12B, the page number feature numbers the next page as page 15.... how do I get it to resume counting at 13?

 

Thanks!

Error message when updating 2019 Framemaker and ultimately un-installed the application

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Error message when updating 2019 Framemaker and ultimately un-installed the application

responsive html5 turns chinese when viewed online

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I have the most bizarre problem with html5 publishing and I can not figure out what is happening.

I am publishing a book to html5 from FrameMaker 2019 - 64 bit version. The published material looks ok when viewed in a browser locally, but when viewed online, everything turns to chinese characters like this:

 

https://www.smalbro.dk/soco/

 

Obviously something about fontsettings/unicode goes awry, but why it looks ok locally but not ok online, I can not understand.

Has anybody here experienced this before?

 

Best regards

Bjørn

Can I convert a PDF into FrameMaker

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Hello

 

Is there a free, simple tool available for converting a PDF file into a reasonable FrameMaker file?

If so, could you please pass the name of the tool on to me?

 

The pdf contains text, images and tables.

I would be happy if I could get the text into reasonable shape with an import into a FrameFile.

The tables and images I can do manually.

 

Kindest regards,

Fred Gerke

FM 2017 - Responsive HTML5 output - Tables rendered as images

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Hello.

 

I recently started using FrameMaker 2017 and have been playing with the Responsive HTML5 output. After only changing the default settings (STS file) for the header color and logo image, I have noticed a number of discrepancies between the Save as PDF output and the Responsive HTML5 output (multiple layouts):

 

  • Out-of-document hyperlinks are blue but not functioning
  • One table is rendered as an image (and the table is numbered as Table b b)
    Source:

    Output:
  • Figure numbering is off (multiple Figure 1-1s in the same chapter)

 

This is just what I have noticed after a couple of minutes of playing around...

 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Jay

 

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