Unable to find the required structured application setting. Please check the...
I have an older DITA 1.1 manual developed in FM 9.0 that I have recently updated to DITA 1.2 within FM10.0. I thought I had everything straightened out and the documents are looking as expected on the...
View ArticleHow can I get XML cross-references to translate to Structured FrameMaker?
I've been using Structured FrameMaker from the beginning, and have designed many EDDs, and about 10 years ago I did some translation of SGML into Structured FrameMaker (7.2) which worked well. Now,...
View ArticleHow do I create a soft return (shift+Enter)?
FrameMaker 11DITA 1.2 Is it possible using FM 11 and DITA 1.2 to use a soft return (as in Shift+Enter)? There are times when I want to avoid bad line breaks in a line of code or when I just want to...
View ArticleReading attribute values for Autonumbering?
FM11 / DITA 1.2 I'm trying to set up my EDD to automatically add translated autonumbering text to a top-level header. More specifically: in my English manuals, for paragraph style Head.0, I use the...
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 ArticleFM11 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 ArticleDocument validates but NoName is generated when opening
Hi all, We have an xDocbook structured app based on Frame 11 and Docbook 4.2. It has been stable until the last week or so. Here are the changes we made to the structured app recently:1. Added some...
View ArticleTopichead does not convert properly when ditamap saved as book and hierarchy...
I'm new to DITA and piloting some documents in FrameMaker 12, trying to get the output that I need. I have created a ditamap with a structure as follows: Map title - Concept A- Topichead - Task A...
View ArticleHow to modify the color of an "xref" element existing as a cross-reference?
How to modify the color of an "xref" element existing as a cross-reference? It's color now is black, but I want it blue. Excerpts from the EDD file are as follows. Can someone help? Thanks in advance....
View ArticleDITA OT xhtml output generates index only
Still trying to get my head round DITA in FrameMaker 12. Today I find another anomaly: when I open a ditamap and generate it using the DITA OT in xhtml mode, only the index is generated, and none of...
View ArticleIs there a fast way to wrap unstructured text into [Para] tags?
I'm trying out my new Frame 12 by trying to produce an ebook in several formats. I'm using the out-of-copyright Agatha Christie's A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES. Is there a fast way to wrap each...
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 ArticleError if an element name is declared more than once in XSD. But e.g. Dot.Net...
Frame Maker 11 reports an error if an element name is declared more than once in XSD. However Dot.NET 4.0 validation with the same XSD is OK with such model and validates the different modeled elements...
View ArticleFramemaker 11, Windows 7, scrolling to next page with touchpad
Greetings. Not sure this question belongs here. If it belongs elswhere please let me know. When I try to select a bulleted list that continues onto the next page my selection automatically leaps...
View Articlebody text turns to cellbullet after conversion to structured
Hello fellows, My environment: FM10 structured, Win7 I created a conversion table with the following conversion rules. When converting an FM file to structured, for some unclear reason, the body text...
View ArticleSuppress FM comments in Doctype declaration
Framemaker includes empty lines and comments such as "?Fm Validation Off?" into the doctype declaration. Is it possible to suppress this? A clean single-line declaration would be preferrable for us....
View ArticleUnreliable display of named image frames via EDD
Hi all,I have formatted my <prolog> element to display named images frames from the reference page above and below. The intention is to distinguish this area for the editor. However, the lower...
View ArticleIs there any tools to support information architecture
Dear all,Before we start the real contents development, we mainly focus on the documentations' structure, namely its outline? There is no doubt it is important to design a clear and easy search...
View Article"Unwrap" CDATA with XSLT
Hi,I know this isn't necessarily a FrameMaker question, but it is a place where I know people. So forgive me for asking it here.I have some CDATA sections in an XML file that contain markup that I want...
View ArticleAutoinsert with predefined attributes?
Hi, is there a possibility to use an autoinsertion in the EDD that specifies an attribute of the inserted element? I envision something like the following so insert a 'data' element that has the...
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