How can I add an automatic date?
I want to put a heading in my documents: "Date Document Produced" and have it automatically show the current date. I've looked in Help and searched the Forums, so perhaps I'm searching under the wrong...
View ArticleUsing ditaval files with XML Author
I've been evaluating XML Author and am trying to determine how to use ditaval files with it. If I want to save a ditamap as a book for PDF creation, the Prompt for DitaVal File check box is greyed out....
View Articlepdf created from FrameMaker book using FDK is of bigger size
Hi, I am new to FrameMaker, when trying to generate a pdf document from a FrameMaker book using FDK, the size of the pdf file created is big when compared to the pdf created using “Save As PDF” from...
View Articlemove multiple accounts to centralized one
i have an email myemail@domain.com and i would like to move the license of adobe framemaker to a centralized email that we use at software@mydomain.com now how can i do this? i am not putting my real...
View ArticleArchive Utility - FM 12
Is it possible to use the archive utility in FrameMaker 12 to create a usable archive document that is self-contained? When I run the utility, it pulls everything together, but the links are screwy...
View ArticleHow to improve modification management
Hello everybody, I’m Eduard from Barcelona. Recently I got a new job which duties include the edition of manuals. I’m working with FrameMaker10, it seems a powerful tool but my inexperience make it...
View ArticleResolving Topicrefs in XML Author
This another question that comes up in my evaluation of XML Author. If I want to resolve topicrefs in a ditamap, the documentation and videos tell me to select a topicref in the Document View and then...
View ArticleUppdate for FM10
My computer has crashed so I have to reinstall my faihtful FM10. It works OK but when I start it I get the message LICENSING FOR THIS PRODUCT HAS EXPIRED. I seem to recollect that a couple of years ago...
View ArticleOpen xml from ditamap fails
Using FM 10. I set up a new application MyDITA by coping an existing 1.1 DITA structure.In DITA > Options, I created a new application mapping and entered my Map and topic mappings from MyDITA...
View ArticleHow can I import from FrameMaker 12 into Captivate 7 to create eLearning...
I understand how to insert training videos into FrameMaker 12. However, all of our training content is housed in FrameMaker. How can I export this content to Captivate to add assessments, quizzes, etc.?
View ArticleHow can I find out if a structured doc is valid?
Hi all, I need to establish the validity of a Doc before my script transforms it to XML and applies an XSLT in the process. I have searched the FM12 scripting guide but cannot find any Doc property or...
View ArticleFrameMaker 10 - Help - Is there any way to draw black arrows with a white...
I have FrameMaker 10. I want to improve the quality of the arrows in my documents. I want to have black arrows with a white outline, so that they are clearly visible on a variety of different...
View ArticlePatternstream and Framemaker Publishing Server 12
What's the best way to make sure an FDK (Patternstream in our case) fires up with every job on Framemaker Server 12, and how do you pass parameters (e.g., the name of the pset file to work with?) We...
View ArticleConversion from word problems with images
Hi ,I managed to make a conversion table to structure the documents of out company.I am having a proble with images.I am importing the word file to our template with a custom EDD document.When the...
View ArticleHow can I suppress processing instructions?
I am writing a structured FM file to XML and then processing it into HTML using XSLT. Writing the file to XML works OK but I cannot get rid of the PIs that FrameMaker puts in the text for all kinds of...
View Articleunicode – now you see it, now you don't
FM 10, fully patched, on Windows 7goaluse Unicode characters U+2192 and U+25C0first approachset up character style !unicode using Courier New CEuse F,U,P to insert Unicode characters – font set to...
View ArticleKindle Executable in FrameMaker 12?
We get a message that KindleGen executable was not found. So, we'd like to know how to resolve the problem. Thanks in advance.
View ArticleFrame 12 Server documentation videos don't work
I've tried to get the embedded videos in the Frame 12 Server documentation (e.g., "Getting Started Guid") to work under multiple browsers to no effect. Clicking on them results in nothing happening....
View ArticleHow do I get a TOC to show Chapter number and chapter text together
I am working on FrameMaker 11. How do I get my Table of Contents (TOC) to show the Chapter number and chapter title on one line. My Chapters titles have the chapter number and chapter title on two...
View ArticleFM 12 -- Forcing page breaks for Kindle
I'm publishing a book into Amazon's Kindle format, mobi, and was hoping someone knows how to inherit existing FM page breaks, or to force it by adding it to a FM para tag or other FM code.The front...
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