Convert xml to fm: very slow with russian/greek text, fast with westeuropean...
Has somebody experienced a significant difference between opening a russian xml file compared to opening a file with westeuropean text? We have german xml files, opening them in FM9 (as well in FM10)...
View ArticleHaving problems using search function on FM forum; no results ever found
I've done searches on topics that I know exist, but I never get any results. I never used to have this problem. Did something change?
View ArticleDefault to "element boundaries (as tags)" view?
This is the most popular working view for our team. Is there a way to make documents open in this view by default?
View ArticleFM10: any way to set view as element boundaries (as tags) to always show tags?
I'm using FM10 in TCS3 on Windows XP. We upgraded from FM8 and in that version, eventually, the element tags were displayed whenever you opened a topic. (It took about 1,000 times for it to learn, but...
View ArticleProblem 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 ArticleHow to have a check on change bars and/or tags before generating a PDF
Hi All, There were many instances where I have generated very huge books (over 1300 pgs), and realize that some chapter(s) (files) are printed along with the tags or the change bars on. To resolve...
View ArticleUndo Command not working in FrameMaker 10 - how do I enable it?
The Undo command and Redo command are not working in the FrameMaker 10 book I am working on. I am running FrameMaker 10 on Windows 7. I'm working on a Structured DITA FM document. Undo works in my...
View ArticleUnable to create a book file of composite docs from multiple ditamaps
I am using TCS3 with FrameMaker 10 (DITA 1.1) in Windows XP. I created a master ditamap that contains topicrefs to other ditamaps. So in effect, each subditamap contains all of the topics for a...
View ArticleFM 10: images aligned to the left revert to center position after...
I'm using structured FM10 in TCS3 on Windows XP. We upgraded from TCS1 FM8 to the current version and are having a problem with our images. All of our window images are constructed within a table. So...
View ArticleFrameMaker 11 won't start up
I'm running FrameMaker 11 on Windows 7. I just changed the settings from unstructured to structured Frame and restarted my computer. Now FrameMaker comes up for a few seconds and goes away. Is there...
View Articleusing reltables - creating links to the same type of topics
I have created my relationship table with the three columns (concept, reference and task) and everything works fine. Now what do I need to do in my table if I want to link a *reference* topic to...
View ArticleApplication Mappings
Upgraded from TCS1 to TCS3 on Windows XP. Just upgraded today and now the heavy lifting begins. In FM8, under DITA options, we could select our customized templates for DITA Topic Application, Map...
View Articlefdk version vs compiler version question
I have been currently utilizing Framemaker+SGML 7.2, FDK 7.1, Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 w/ service packs as my development environment. I have been forced by the organizational system administration...
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 ArticleAutomatic indent of heading after pasting a table above
Hi All, I am a new user of framemaker and has an urgent need to edit a catalogue document. I intend to insert a new table by copying and pasting an existing table but as I do that the heading of the...
View ArticleWindows 7 & FrameMaker
Hello, We would be upgrading to Windows 7 soon. I would like to know if my existing application (export client) would work on the following versions of FM when I upgarde to Win 7? Win 7 + FrameMaker...
View ArticleHelp Menu Entry "Help Topics... F1" not working?
I am a relatively new user to Frame and Structured Frame. This could fall in the "stupid user category"... My apologies in advance. I have searched the forum and cannot find any other reports. When I...
View ArticleEDD - Importing DTD with text entities declared in DTD
The DTD I am working with has boilerplate text entities defined in the DTD. The placement of text entities in a DTD prevents end users from making changes to that boilerplate data. When I import the...
View ArticleWhy does my DITA book show each topic on a separate page?
My question this time has to do with my book. After saving my ditamap as a FM 11 book with components, everything looks great except each of my topics is on its own page. Only .fm files with a...
View ArticleStructured FM and XML
Hi-- I am a Framemaker newbie going through the Structured Application Developer Guide. I am stuck on page 40 of the guide, on which I'm supposed to open the FM template (with the dtd imported, etc.)...
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