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 ArticleBullets as Wingdings characters not working
FM 8.0p277I created an EDD with nested bulleted lists using Wingdings characters for the bullets (a different character to represent each bullet level). It worked fine for previous documents, but for...
View ArticleWhat to Do Now That I've Got Structured Content?
Hello FrameMaker Gurus. I've been working as a lone writer for a software company for many years. We have a 1300 page product manual that was originally authored in unstructured FrameMaker. We then use...
View ArticleCannot Edit "Display Heading Text" Names in Book Window (with TOC and Index)
I am using FM10 on Windows XP. I am working in a book based on a structured template, which contains various chapters, appendices, a TOC, and index. While in the book pane, I like to toggle the view...
View ArticleATA iSpec 2200 CMM book validation
Hi all, I am a technical writer and I am new to structured authoring. I have a structured CMM for a component with ATA number 11-22-33 (example). Taking Source files of this CMM, i have to create a new...
View ArticleWhy does Frame add to automatically?
Hello, During our recent DITA migration, some authors use tools other than FrameMaker and the question of child elements within <li> elements keeps coming up. Is there a reason why Frame add...
View ArticleAdjust r/w rules to save anchored frame position
Hi all,I have been trying to adjust my r/w rules, perhaps somebody has a hint for me. What I need to do is save the placement of anchored frames for image elements (such as "in paragraph" or "beneath...
View ArticleUsing code view adds an invalid attribute to fm-xref element
I've just upgraded from structured FM9 using DITA to structured FM11 using DITA1.1 based on the composite structured application. The project includes a number of XML files and they seemed to finally...
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 ArticleStrange syntax error in FM11 r/w rules
Hi, I'm struggling with a rule that converts element/attribute name uppercase/lowercase ruling: element “xref” {is fm cross-reference element “Xref”;idref attribute “idref” is fm IDReference attribute...
View ArticleForced return, non-breaking hyphens & spaces, suppress hyphenation + XML
Forced return (linefeed), non-breaking hyphens and spaces, suppress hyphenation. None of these are preserved when exporting from FrameMaker to XML, since they do not seem to be represented by a Unicode...
View ArticleLocation of Format definitions
Where are the formatting names used in Structured EDD actually defined? For example, where is HeadingLeadIn defined, which is used in Structured\xml\UserGuide\app_xml\UserGuide.EDD.fm
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 ArticleTranslate special characters at XML save/load
My XML files contain an element ([nbr], say) which must not be broken over two lines. In XML this element contains ordinary text with normal space, hyphen and/or slash characters. Because Frame's line...
View ArticleCan't save ]]> in document text to XML
Dear colleagues, I am currently evaluating a Save-as-XML problem with FrameMaker 9.0p255. The content of the document shows some XML examples which contains CDATA sections, like <environment>...
View ArticleHow can I update condition attributes on elements in 7.0 to conditional text...
Hi, First - I use Structured Framemaker. I have been using 7.0 with Sourcerer and scripts to generate the final docs. The conditional text in all my 1000s of pages of docs are actually an attribute in...
View ArticleWhere are the DITA 1.2 new topic structures defined?
When creating a new DITA 1.2 topic in FrameMaker (I'm using v.11), the new topic appears with some elements already added. In addition, some of them have banner text such as "Enter title here". I know...
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 ArticleUnable 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 ArticleFrameMaker 10.0.1.402 and Windows 7 64bit
Hi there,basiclly FrameMaker runs fine on my Window 7 but a have one problem with a bigger file (well, its not that big, but the biggest a have right now). It has about 60 pages several graphics and...
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