Soft return in tabel or figure title?
I am working in structured FM 9 and would like to break the title of my figures and tables to a second line. How would I do this in the EDD?
View ArticleHow do I make mulitple column lines as thick?
pretty mundane, but it seems you can only make one column line in a table a different format, such as thick, I try to play with the As Is option but no luck, is this how Frame is with tables?
View ArticleTo create FrameMaker book
I require to create a FrameMaker book by adding 3000 files to it. What are the different properties to be set to create a book when it contains a large number of files ? I am currently using the...
View ArticleTable Alignment Problem
I have a CALS format table that I cannot get alignment to work properly. I have the attributes for the table defined and handled in the R/W rules file (posted below). I have code in the EDD to look...
View Articleopening virtual books in FrameMaker 7.2
When I open virtual book which contains the book components as cross referenced hyperlinks, I get only the link of the book in the FrameMaker window and the component structure is not displayed. Is...
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 ArticleEasier to convert to Structured or start there?
Hello, I am an experienced writer who is new to Structured. I have created plenty of Unstructured templates and have lots of SGML authoring experience. I have a new job in a small company where I am...
View ArticleIssue with RE:RootElement and Conversion Table
Hi there, I am trying to convert unstructured to stuctured documents using the conversion table. I'm building the prototype table and EDD that my department will use, and working in FM 10. Ideally,...
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Setting the insertion point in XML lists
Hi all,today I noticed a strange difference of FrameMaker's behaviour when working with lists in different DTDs. In a normal DITA topic, when I click with the mouse pointer behind the end of a list...
View ArticleError # 10024, 5989862, 5990284, 4795407
Hi all, today i try to open my saved *fm document but framemaker crashes all the time. The *.backup.fm also the same, *.recover.fm does not exist! I need help as soon as possible!
View ArticleCan you suggest example websites or public docs that use DITA and xrefs?
Specifically, ones that have cross-references to other topics and external sources. We are embarking on the DITA-conversion adventure would like to avoid the pitfalls of the (what I hear can be a...
View ArticleHow can I resolve the following postscript error: [ Error: undefined;...
I know the error is caused by using a character definition that uses the Courier font (indicating 'user input' in a technical documentation document). FM indicates that Courier is an available font.
View ArticleStructured Framemaker/XML Resources—Where to Begin?
I'm new to Structured Framemaker and XML, though I've used Unstructured Framemaker for several years. My company has asked me to look into options for converting our many publications to e-book format,...
View ArticleFM11 Documentation updates
Documentation for the FM 11 .ini files (maker.ini and ditafm-output.ini) are now available. Please see: http://techupdates.com/go/207805 Direct link:...
View ArticleHow do I keep the Element Catalog displayed?
..and why is it closing itself all the time? Also, is there an option of setting the document window and the Structure View to be synched? So that when I move in the document the correct element is...
View ArticleNon-Breaking Spaces in Structured FM9 Make a File Invalid
Hi All, I'm working with Structured FrameMaker to author XML and I'm facing a problem that I've never had with FM 7.2: if I have a non-breaking space in a variable definition, when FM saves the file,...
View ArticleImages are always placed -2pt below base line - how to change?
Hi all,for small icons that should appear in the text, we use image elements within the paragraph. When I select the placement option at insertion point, then the image is always placed -2pt "above"...
View Articleerror msg: element boundaries are turned on, but they're not
I'm using FM 8 in Tech Comm Suite 1 on Windows XP. When I am PDFing my book file, I usually get the message that the element boundaries are turned on in one or more of my book files; however, none of...
View ArticleMaster Page Flow Problems
I am trying to flow 4 xml documents into structured FrameMaker template that is 4 pages. The last page has 3 different master page versions. I have set the StructMasterPageMaps up to direct the page...
View ArticleHow to write the default value of an attribute to XML?
Using FM 9.0.3 and a slightly specialized DITA application... Is there a way to write an attribute to XML if there is only a default value specified for it in the EDD, but no value was entered by the...
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