FM11 and ITC Zapf Dingbats Std Medium Font
My office recently upgraded from Structured FrameMaker 8 | Win XP to Structured FrameMaker 11 | Win 7. We also upgraded some fonts, including Zapf Dingbats. We have replaced Zapf Dingbats with ITC...
View ArticleXSLT to convert XML into Tables
Hi, I'm trying to import my XML data into a table format. After adding an XSL file to my Structure Application as a Preprocessing Stylesheet, and importing my XML instance file with the Template file...
View ArticleWhich template file is used for DITA 1.2 publishing?
Hi all,when I save a ditamap as composite document, which template file must I edit to change the layout? So far I have modified the topic templates (task.template.fm etc.) but I have not found the...
View ArticleUninstall FrameMaker 11 and reinstall on a second PC
I've a licenced copy of FrameMaker 11 which I've legally installed on two virtual PCs (both on Macs running Windows XP in VMWare Fusion). On this older Mac, I've also got a full licence for FrameMaker...
View ArticleGraphic elements in XML
Guys, I guess I'm kinda stupid or blind or both, but I got this trivial issue: I try to roundtrip graphics from a simple EDD to XML and back.So I got this pretty simple rules in EDD, DTD and RWR:...
View ArticleHow to withdraw a wrong open and save of a structured fm file in unstructured...
I opened a structured fm file wrongly in unstructured mode and saved it. When I opened this fm file again in structured mode, the structure view has been blank. Does anyone no how to withdraw this?
View ArticleImporting EDD changes to templates - help!
FM 11DITA 1.2 I've made minor changes to the following EDDs to syhchronize the formatting of our DITA documents with our parent...
View ArticleFont style issues in DITA
Hello, I am working on DITA topics, I have defined bodytext paragraph tag font as regular in the template. But i need some words/sentence as bold and italics. If i change a word/sentence as bold, when...
View ArticleDITA templates linked with which outputtemplates
Hello All, I am working with DITA 1.2 on FM 11. We have defined DITA templates as per our client requirement. We have two different type of templates for topic and concept. Outputtemplates are...
View ArticleSpecial Char not Translating into Horizontal Tab in Structured FM 11
In the office where I work, we are upgrading from Structured FrameMaker 8 in Win XP to Structured FrameMaker 11 in Win 7. Part of the work that I do involves importing xml feeds into Structured...
View ArticleIs it possible to specify default text for an element?
Hi there, I'm currently working a new EDD and have run into something that hasn't cropped up for me before. Is it possible to specify the default text contained in an element? I can't find anything,...
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Conversion Table Help With Note/Caution
I have nearly finished my conversion table but I'm having issues with two things: notes/cautions and lists. For simplicity and brevity, I'll discuss lists in another post. My <note> elements that...
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Conversion Tables: Lists
I'm having several problems with my lists, both <ul> and <ol>. I'd appreciate any advice I can get. Any time I have a <p> element inside a <ul> or and <ol>, two things go...
View ArticleSave ditamap as Book 11 with fm components
Hello, I have a ditamap that consists of files converted, using Mif2Go, to DITA 1.2 <concept> and <task> files. Each file is a heading from a single chapter in a manual. The...
View ArticleCan I use DocBook 4.5 DTD with FrameMaker 11?
I am fairly a newbie both at FrameMaker 11 and XML, but have just dived into the deep end with Structured FrameMaker to produce a DocBook document. FrameMaker's DocBook structured applications seem to...
View Articleoutput options from structured FM10
10.0.2.419, sole user in corporate environment, zero chance of running add-ons and extensions :-{ I'm still a long way from using structured FM to cover the whole route from information to publication,...
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FrameMaker 11: Internal Error 11004, 17075188, 14420806, 14421392
To whom it may concern, Recently I keep having a problem with FrameMaker 11 and the application would crush and close. The error message I got is like this: Here is the txt file FrameMaker generated:...
View ArticleStructured FrameMaker conditional text
Hello, I have a problem with Conditional text in Structured FrameMaker. I have to use conditional text for different customers. I have to use the same content and should get displayed for the...
View ArticleFrameMaker 11 and Windows 8.1 - Compatible?
I am a relative newcomer and am not sure if this question belongs here. If not, please let me know. I am about to upgrade to Windows 8.1 (won't go into why) and of course I need to make sure...
View ArticleFM10: FM Log Console, how to turn it off?
Hello The FM Log Console started appearing in FM10 on Win XP. I've never seen it before, ever! Did I somehow enable some kind of debugging mode? the message says: Id tb_structured is already in Use,...
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