How can a structured frame be used for translating books to foreign languages?
I keep reading about how a structured approach can improve the translation process (from english to foreign languages), however, i can't seem to find specifics about a particular method or tutorials...
View ArticleControl table row or cell formatting via EDD context rules?
Hi... I think I know the answer to this, but is it possible to control table row or cell properties (like shading, padding, borders, etc) through context rules in an EDD? I'm not aware of any way to do...
View ArticleBook Chapters not renumbering
HELP...FrameMaker (Structured v.7.2p158) I copied some unstructured files to a new folder, used the conversion table to add structure...deleted and readded the files to the book file and it won't...
View ArticleWhy 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 ArticleTable Numbering
Hello,I'm building my EDD in FM9 and I'm trying to set up the Table Numbering. As far as I can tell, I've built it up the same way as all my other numbered sequences (lists, headers, etc.) but it's...
View ArticleUnordered lists in paragraphs and tables
Can someone explain why unordered lists aren't supported in CONCEPT or REFERENCE topics? (or why ULs appear in red, if they are supported?)This is on a totally unmodified version of FM 10 (I also...
View ArticleLosing shift-returns in XML roundtripping
Hi In a couple of locations - mainly table cells - my customer is using shift-returns to spread the data over multiple lines. The table cell does not currently allow a paragraph. But when the files get...
View ArticleAutomatic update of Reference Pages
Hi, I am new working with FrameMaker10. Recently the agency I am working with win a contract for translating a large number of documents in FM10. As their designer my job is to make sure that...
View ArticleS1000d - Business Rule validation
Hi- I have just started using S1000d, i created a rule in my business module( eg //description/para/emphasis) with allowedObjectFlag=0 , i have also set my Data module pointing to the business module....
View ArticleFrameMaker 12 Publish Crash
Using Framemaker 12.0.1.331 all publish operations crash if the document contains a UserString of 1 or more characters in a table element. We use UserStrings in this way to hold metadata about tables...
View ArticleExporting Paragraph Catalog to EDD
Hello everyone and thanks in advance for any help. I'm currently working on importing XML into Framemaker. I'm fairly new to Framemaker but after reading the technical paper on XSLT and structured...
View ArticleFramemaker 8 Output to XML Errors
Error at file H:\My Documents\IMS\IMS CURRENT DEVELOPMENT\FrameDocs\framed.frnt_revisionsummary_Revisions.e01, line 24, char 19, Message: Requiredattribute 'cols' was not provided I cannot find anyway...
View Articleupgrade to FM9? I need to filter attributes.
Hi all, I'm currently using FM7.2 with the ABCM plugin and Framescript 4.1. This way we have one source file and filter for different products (Framescript automates the filtering... less important)....
View ArticleArbortext(XML) import to Framemaker Error
I am trying to import XML files from Arbortext editor off of Documentum and I can not get them to import into FrameMaker without an "error in processing external entity reference." I am trying to get...
View ArticleMIL-STD 40051C - where to begin
Hi everyone...I am fairly new to structured framemaker and spent the last week reading every piece of information I could on the subject. I've been given the task here at work of taking some...
View ArticleHow do I combine multiple optional EDD elements
I am trying to get a para element to allow me to type, in any order, some <TEXT>, maybe a xref, then maybe more text followed by a note, and so on. For example I would like to write something...
View ArticleXML export Issue FM9
Hello, When exporting to XML "File-Save as XML" FM does not export all the information. Below is the the Structure view: The XML output from this is: <ref><ref-setup-item id =...
View ArticleHelp with format rules in EDD
Frame9 + DITA-FmX I'm working on my EDD, writing formatting rules that will apply our standard template formats to the appropriate DITA elements. I'm having a problem that is puzzling me. Our template...
View ArticleNew to FrameMaker
Does anyone have good suggestions or recommendations for where one can findinformation about FrameMaker 8 for the new writer. I'm not new to writing,just to FrameMaker. But I can't afford to spend lots...
View ArticleAdobe FrameMaker 8 plug-in for DITA Open Toolkit
Has anyone gotten this plug-in to work? I'm getting error messages about unexpected version numbers.
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