How turn a document into a book?
Using FM 10, how do I turn a long document (150 pages) into a book?Earle
View ArticleRunning TCS5 and TCS6 together on subscription
Does anyone know if it's possible to run more than one subscription of TCS? Before upgrading to TCS6 I' ve been told to uninstall TCS5, but I'd like to keep TCS5 (i.e. RH11) available. With the...
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"Save as..." doesn't work properly
Sorry, sometimes ago I asked something similar, but I can't finde the topic... Anyway: from Version 8, the command "Save as" doesn't work properly, especially saving from a format to another.Until...
View ArticleHow do I install Acrobat Distiller Version 5.05 or higher? I have trouble...
How do I install Acrobat Distiller Version 5.05 or higher
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Adding prefix on line break when importing XML
Hi all,I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to add a prefix every time there's a line break within a certain element. I'm importing XML into FM with a structure that looks something like this:...
View ArticleHow do I insert a cross-reference to only part of a paragraph?
I want to insert a cross-reference to another document. I have done this several times to headings, and it has worked just fine.However, now I want the reference to go to a paragraph. I don't want the...
View ArticleIs it possible to get the cell object when I just have the parent element...
Hi, I have an entry element selected, but it has no pgf content. Can I get the cell object somehow? thanks,Tracey
View ArticleCan FrameMaker 2015 Handle Ligatures?
In a recent webinar, Kapil Verma mentioned FrameMaker 2015's ability to handle ligatures, but he only touched on the subject very briefly and in the context of a demo of right-to-left languages in an...
View ArticleFM 11. New additional pages are not appearing as I add content to an existing...
FM 11. New additional pages are not appearing as I add content to this existing document. [Adobe Help] states additional pages Automatically appear as content is typed in. Not happening, Based on...
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Object style overrides
(FM12 on Win7x64) Anyone else noticing unexpected overrides on object styles? Object styles "govern" each text frame on my master pages. After content editing on Body pages for several days, I returned...
View ArticleResize all images in a document
Hi,does anybody know a script that resizes all images in a document (e.g. to a given dpi)? It would be even better if the resizing action could be confined to images in anchored frames that are placed...
View ArticleExtendscript for "By scaling to widths totalling ..."
Hello, I started from a script example found on this very useful forum that allows to reformat tables across a document. This is very useful when many new tables are imported from Word, Excel or any...
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PDF bookmarks out of order, can't connect text frames
Using FrameMaker 10 at work, our books keep getting their bookmarks shuffled around when we convert to PDF. Each chapter's headings get bumped into the previous chapter, and the first chapter's...
View ArticleAdobe Acrobat Pro XI vs DC
I publish technical books for customers using Framemaker 12, converting the file to .PS, then distilling to .pdf. For books that are too large, I use the Aerialist Plug-In to split the chapters for...
View ArticleFramemaker 2015 - Arabic Support?
I have downloaded the trial version of Framemaker 2015 and have come across a couple of problems using Arabic language support in structured Framemaker. 1) You cannot select the Arabic language for the...
View ArticleBad instructions - Test XML roundtripping
As previously stated in the thread: Bad instructions in the FrameMaker 2015 Help File, sections have been rearranged, and references poorly established, such that it is difficult to understand the...
View ArticleColor of paratag name in Paragraph Format quick list (F9)
(FM12.0.4 on Win7x64) Where do I set the background color of a paragraph tag entry that is selected in the (F9) Paragraph Formats quick list? Is that under Windows: Control Panel > Personalization...
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Problem with placement of page number in LOT and LOF
I have done many books with TOC, LOT, and LOF that all work fine. They all look pretty normal: Table 123 - Name of table ......................<page number>orFigure 123 - Name of Figure...
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How do I create a new document for a book?
Using FM 10. Have a book with one document in it. But am unable to create a second document. I click on the Create New Document in the Book file, type in the name of the document with an "fm"...
View ArticleFramemaker 12 - Video insertion, play/pause/rewind - Not Working When...
This has been very annoying. Something as simple as putting a video into a framemaker document shouldn't cause me such a hassle! I loaded a video into framemaker 12 (it was a Windows Media file). I...
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