Problems opening a .sgm file in FM 7.2
I'm trying to open an .sgm file in Structured FrameMaker 7.2 and I keep getting errors and believe my setting are incorrect. This is what happens: Open file.Prompt: "Use Structured Application." I...
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 ArticleHighlight text in FrameMaker.
I want to highlight text in FrameMaker.or add shadow for the text.How can I deal with it?
View ArticleWhy aren't my DITA elements nesting?
FrameMaker 10 and patched || Windows 7 64-bit Our company is migrating from unstructured to structured DITA XML. We had not encountered any "showstoppers" that would keep us from proceeding...until we...
View ArticleCreate watermark in FrameMaker 7.1
I am trying to add a "PRELIMINARY" watermark to every page of a structured document in FrameMaker 7.1. I added the text in a text box to the master pages, but the graphics boxes in my document block...
View ArticleLooking for MIL-STD-2361 EDD/Template or DTD.
I need to create an Army Depot-Level maintenance manual using MIL-STD-2361 in structured FrameMaker. Does anyone know where I might find a template/EDD for this? If not, can anyone direct me to just...
View Articlepdf to docbook
hi, how to convert pdf to docbook xml using framemaker 10.0 version. i am new to the framemeker tool. please explain step by step. if there video tutorial send me the URL. Thanks in advance.
View ArticleFrameMaker and S1000D
I'm currently using FM 9 and a iSpec2200 plug-in (I'm not a developer....just a tech-writer) to author aircraft Component Maintenance Manuals (CMMs). The plugin is very protective about customizing,...
View ArticleWhy am I getting this error message in my DITA Topic? "Element (concept) is...
Frame 11DITA 1.2 I was finally able to create a DITA topic (rather than a reference, concept, or task). However, when I try to insert a task, concept, or reference element after the prolog, I get the...
View ArticleAdding marker elements
I need to add marker elements to my EDD but I'm not quite sure how to go about it so they show up as Marker Elements when the "Special / Marker" is clicked on. Specifically, I need Glossary,...
View ArticleProblems with image attributes
I'm not a native speaker but I give it a try :-) I tried to add attributes of my image element directly in the attributes window, for example I set the alignment to left. But the image is then still...
View ArticleWhat is the correct way to format file paths and names in the structapp file?
I am trying to create a structured application to export fm files as xml, and probably read the xml back to fm. In the structured application file (structapp), I need to specify the locations of the...
View ArticleUnordered lists in paragraphs and tables
Can someone explain why unordered lists aren't supported in CONCEPT or REFERENCE topics? (or why ULs appear in red, if they are supported?)This is on a totally unmodified version of FM 10 (I also...
View Articleblank pages not deleted
Greetings all, Am working on a FM 7.2 structured document. The history of this file: a document that I deleted all the irrelvent content and then added the new content. The setting for Pagination is...
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...
View ArticleStructured Framemaker help
Hi, I am creating one manual. In graphic page while giving paragraph tag (Fig. no.), it shows Font family-Arial in Character Designer, but actually it is Times New Roman.I have tried to change the...
View ArticleWhere are customized element lists stored ?
Hi all, After removing lots of useless DITA elements from my Elements list via the Customized List option, I find that the list is only used for the document in which I have edited it, and is not kept...
View ArticleFrameMaker 8.0p277 Crashes When Creating Postscript Files
We have an automated process that was internally created in FrameMaker 8.0p277 that takes a FrameMaker Book file that contains a large number of individual mutual fund files and breaks out each mutual...
View ArticleFrameMaker 8 Error Due to missing xml element
I am encountering these error messages when I flow an xml file into Structured FrameMaker 8: Internal Error: 8004, 6345644, 8487696, 0 and Adobe FrameMaker (Structured): FrameMaker.exe – Application...
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!
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