Problem Working With Framemaker 9 Dita XML Files in Framemaker 10
I just upgraded to Framemaker 10. I am encountering a number of problems when I try to work with my Dita XML help topics, which were last saved in Framemaker 9 format. 1. Using the Default Dita...
View ArticleIs FM capable of processing sequences?
From what I have seen about ditamaps, I should be able to specify a collection-type, such as sequence, on a topicref in a map. This would hopefully end up being processed so that the children of that...
View ArticleHow can I resolve the following postscript error: [ Error: undefined;...
I know the error is caused by using a character definition that uses the Courier font (indicating 'user input' in a technical documentation document). FM indicates that Courier is an available font.
View ArticleFM11 displays "DITA crossref" dialog instead of normal crossref dialog
Hi, when I click Special > crossreference then FM11 displays the new "DITA cross ref dialog". How can I open the normal dialog? For some reasons, the developers evidently thought that writers using...
View ArticleManaging EDD, DTD, and templates in Framemaker 11 and DITA 1.2
I'm in the process of upgrading from FM9 with DITA to Framemaker 11 with DITA 1.2 I'm using the ditabase template, EDD, and DTD. I've made some paragraph format changes in the template and will need to...
View ArticleMaster Page Flow Problems
I am trying to flow 4 xml documents into structured FrameMaker template that is 4 pages. The last page has 3 different master page versions. I have set the StructMasterPageMaps up to direct the page...
View ArticleFDK - Formatting paragraphs not in Conversion table
Hello, I am structuring a document using a conversion table. I want to be able to apply a specific paragraph format to those paragraph format names that do not appear in the conversion table. I am...
View ArticleAbsolute path in Doctype DTD makes DTD unavailable on other machines
Hi all, When saving to XML, I understand that Frame takes the relative path to the DTD as described in structapps.fm (in our case, $STRUCTDIR\xml\xdocbook\app\docbookx.dtd) and generates an absolute...
View ArticleFM9: Series label formatted separately from text?
I'm building an EDD and I'm wondering if there is any way to format my series label differently from the text in the list. In other words, I'd like it to look like this: Step 1: This is the first...
View ArticleConvert text file to table on Import
We have a lot of tables, that we'd like to maintain outside of FrameMaker (we're using FM9). I've been trying to figure out the best way to do it, and using the Import>File>Convert option seems...
View ArticleHow do I find empty elements?
Hi, I am working on Structured FM9 and I am required to find and delete the empty elements/tags throughout the book collection. Empty elements/tags in this context mean that the author have inserted...
View ArticleTranslating references, which point to cross-reference marker, to XML
Hello again, I continue my adventures in wonderful world of FrameMaker and now I have a issue where I couldn't find answer from deep caves of Google. I have a document that I have generated from XML...
View ArticleImport modified EDD into template document
Hi guys.I have a dtd file that i have to modify.i t contains the following element:<!ELEMENT Pubinfo (Pubdate, Pubnumber)> I modified it in this way:<!ELEMENT Pubinfo (Pubdate,...
View ArticleInfo sur FrameMaker Structured
Bonjour, Je recheche quelqu'un qui pourerme faire découvrire ou une demo FrameMaker Structured en Belgique? Merci Philippe
View ArticleFM 11 XML View corrupts DITA source files
This behavior is observed in DITA on FrameMaker 11.0.1.382 on Windows 7. If I am editing a file that contains the <codeblock> element, make any change to that file in the XML View, and then save...
View ArticleFrameMaker and ArborText
Can two groups within the same company, one using FrameMaker and the other using ArborText, open and edit each other's documents and then bring them back into the original program? Thanks!Lisa
View ArticleFrameMaker 9 import / export XML and Finding Someone to Create EDD
I've been tasked by my company to select a structured XML authoring tool and I've narrowed my selection to FrameMaker 9 and Arbortext. At first I didn't consider FrameMaker because I wasn't aware of...
View ArticleCan I Create a New Structured App that's a Copy of a Current One?
Here's the situation: I am new to using Dita in Framemaker, but have become competent with the authoring process. I do not understand the development end of things very well, however. What I want to...
View ArticleSoft return in tabel or figure title?
I am working in structured FM 9 and would like to break the title of my figures and tables to a second line. How would I do this in the EDD?
View ArticleCannot Edit "Display Heading Text" Names in Book Window (with TOC and Index)
I am using FM10 on Windows XP. I am working in a book based on a structured template, which contains various chapters, appendices, a TOC, and index. While in the book pane, I like to toggle the view...
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