In FM 2017, the Global Update Function in the Paragraph Designer doesn't work...
My issue: Updating selected paragraphs globally in the paragraph designer doesn't work correctly. Create a blank document with two paragraphs: 1st paragraph format: 'Body', 2nd paragraph format: i.e....
View ArticleFrameMaker 2017 File Open file type defaults to FrameMaker File types and...
Where can I change this default behaviour. I want it to default to all file types. I.e. the way all the other FrameMakers have.
View ArticleAll topics in HTML5 project are incorrectly named with the same name
I am generating individual books as a set in HTML5 - I have a single book that contains all of the books for the project. I've generated this a few times and had no problems, but now every topic is the...
View ArticleSystem variables and in XML
Hello everyone. I have a little problem...I would like to get the contents of the system variables <$ VolNum> and <$ ChapNum> in XML, but i didn't find. Is it possible ? If yes, what would...
View ArticleCan you set the HTML5 TOC to always show
Is it possible to set the TOC to always appear in the HTML5 output from FrameMaker regardless of screen size? So, you'll always see the TOC when you view the content on a phone or tablet (or resize...
View ArticleHow to get FM user guide INSIDE a mobile app
Hi everyone, I work for a medical device company that is required to develop help for everything, including our mobile app. Here's the question: what's the best way to get the mobile app help INSIDE...
View Articletable of contents with #
Hi, guess its an easy one but i dont get it. I had import my translation into DITA and it shows in table of contents # instead of special characters. In the chapter itself everything is fine, just the...
View ArticleUpdating an Fm book makes the element boundaries visible again... bug?
Hi group When I do Edit > Update Book, I see that Show Element Boundaries (as Tags) is switched on again, which is not the idea, of course. Is anyone else seeing this? I'm using 14.0.2. Thanks Yves
View ArticleNeed to reinstall FM 15 - how to obtain the software?
Can make it work in the DL section - After DL Framemaker_13_LREFDJ.exe and all the update patches it still ask me "the file archive part of FM 15 is missing you need all the parts ...bla bla please...
View ArticleCan't save as pdf
Using FrameMaker 11. Trying to save as pdf. Getting the following error message... "Framemaker: Unknown exception caught in EnumerateFontFamily routine. Please Restart your machine." I have restarted a...
View ArticleTable cell borders going from FM 11 to 2017
Hi - I'm updating some legacy documents from FrameMaker 11 to 2017. Unfortunately, many of the tables show up in 2017 with a cross-hatch pattern around the interior of the cells. For example, in 11...
View ArticleCheckboxes are set randomly
Dear all,I'm fighting with randomly set check boxes in a particular dialogue:$.writeln ("PaletteDocSettings1 -- IsDebug=" + settings.IsDebug + " Verbose=" + settings.Verbose + " EvalFeedback=" +...
View ArticleWhy are search results showing filename instead of topic title?
When I perform a search in the HTML5 output, results that point to the top-level topics display the filename and path rather than the topic name. Other search results (for secondary topics) display the...
View ArticleFrameMaker console doesn't launch and consfile.txt is empty
Hi all, We're on FrameMaker 2015 on both Windows 7 and Windows 10, and use FrameScript to perform various tasks, among them writing to the console when something fails. This all has been working fine...
View ArticleFramemaker 12. Discretionary hyphenation not working
Hello, I have a document where I want to use discretionary hyphenation but when I enter one (CTL+ -) it does not hyphenate at the position chosen and causes surpression of hyphenation for the whole...
View ArticleCannot Use Custom Icons in HTML5
FM2017 does not allow you to swap out the icons - it looks like you should be able to change them as there is a Browse button next to the image name. I select my images and the file name appears in the...
View ArticleList of paragraphs generated with RD-RefDocs tag is empty
When I add a list of paragraphs and choose the RD-RefDocs tag and generate the list in my Frame book, the list shows up empty. When I click on the list file in the book, I get a dialog box saying File...
View ArticleUsing paragraph tags with a table tag
I am using FrameMaker 2015 release to redesign my company's manuals. I am creating a table tag named Table_Caution. When I insert Table_Caution into a document, I want one paragraph tag to apply...
View ArticleUsing Folders in a Book and publishing as HTML5
If I use folders in my book to organize content and then generate the book as HTML5, there are too many levels in the sidebar TOC. I have a folder named Administration with a single file named Install...
View ArticleHow to edit logo shape while generating Responsive HTML5 output from...
I tried editing the index.html file after the output generated. But I don't see any option there. If there is some Javascript file, please let me know how can I edit them.If it's possible within FM...
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