Why aren't my DITA elements nesting?
FrameMaker 10 and patched || Windows 7 64-bit Our company is migrating from unstructured to structured DITA XML. We had not encountered any "showstoppers" that would keep us from proceeding...until we...
View Articleimport Arbortext xml to FrameMaker
Hallo,can anyone experienced help me solve the problem with importing xml document, which was created in Arbortext? I have got the xml file, dtd file and some strange looking files with *.style...
View Articlegraphic element from DTD to EDD
Framemaker 7.2, WindowsI created the EDD from the DTD. But I'm having trouble with the 'graphic' (lower case)Element. It's supposed to be an empty element but when I insert the tag it displays with the...
View ArticleHow to set different font in the same element?
For example, There are the following element in my xml file:ASD2.1 asdfasdfasdfWhen I import the xml file into framemaker,I want to set the Times new roman font of the string 'ASD2.1'.The string of...
View ArticleFM8+DITA
Hello,the DITA Architectural Specification v1.0 says on page 18..."Some of the attributes and metadata in a map can be inherited based on the structures in the map."Is this implement for attributes in...
View ArticleStructure Application Developer's Guide
I've just installed FrameMaker 9.0p196 as part of Technical Communication Suite 2 and I'm having a look around the application to get the feel of it. There does not seem to be a Structure Application...
View ArticleOTF Fonts Thai
Hello, we are working with structured FM 8 and do translate in pretty much all languages except for Arabic. So far, there were no complaints for the Asian languages. But now, we receive the feedback...
View ArticleConverting thousand(s) documents from Framemaker to Word(doc/rtf)
Can anyone help me making a macro or use fmbatch, which I understand can be used to repeat action, to convert Framemaker files to Word? I've got many developers that is going to write user doc and...
View Articlehow to modify the dtd in framemaker?
HI, I am new recruit for using structured framemaker.I have a problem need your help. I have a dtd which dose not create from FM. now i want to modify this dtd and then it can be used for FM. how can...
View ArticleFM TOC reference page generation
Is there a way to force FM to use a document's modified TOC reference page instead of it generating a second one when creating a separate TOC file?
View ArticleTable Title Output
On saving my document as xml the table titles are not carried into the xml the file. Tbale head nd body elemets are created in xml but the table title element is created at all. Any ideas what I have...
View Articlere: Linking to an XSL/FOS stylesheet!
Hi Everyone! I am working in structured framemaker....on developing an update manual based on a mil-std dtd 40051c. I have the dtd as well as an official FOSI (stylesheet) file and need a bit of help....
View ArticleUse two different paragraph formats for one element
Hi,I think this is really simple, but I don't get it.I have an element with the name "Step" and I have two paragraph formats for this element. Both for numbering. I use one of these formats to set the...
View ArticleEDD Context Rules for a parent element possible?
Hi all, I understand the use of {first} when identifying the context of an element, such as: If context is: {first}<Section But what if I want to set whether Section is first inside its parent? For...
View ArticleHow to use EDD document with Structured templates
Hi, I started learning working with EDDs. I have an existing EDD, now I am suppose to use this for creating documents. I have created a new book and imported this EDD file to it. I can see all the...
View ArticleATA iSpec 2200 CMM book validation
Hi all, I am a technical writer and I am new to structured authoring. I have a structured CMM for a component with ATA number 11-22-33 (example). Taking Source files of this CMM, i have to create a new...
View ArticleType mismatch for the element FrameMaker element (graphic)
Now that I'm moving along on the formatting portion of this manual (or so I think - ha), I need to start bringing in the graphics to make sure they are all there, so I can get the illustrator going...
View ArticleUsing within
Hello again, I have another "Best Practices" question that is causing some debate at my organization. DITA allows the use of the <keyword> element within <uicontrol> and several other User...
View ArticleFramemaker DITA Basics
So far I've been working with unstructured FM templates. I'm using FM11. I plan to move to structured authoring. I downloaded DEVELOPING STRUCTURED APPLICATIONS WITH ADOBE® FRAMEMAKER® 9 from Adobe...
View ArticleHow do I convert hypertext links to DITA?
FM 11 checked into Vasont and then turned into a PDF via the DITA OT We are using a combination of conversion tables and a few scripts to convert our legacy documentation to DITA. In some books we have...
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