Creating drop-down list for element in causes errors
Frame 11DITA 1.2 Due to restrictions beyond our control, we must use absurdly long product names. Therefore I want to use drop-down lists to make it easier for the authors to select a <prodname>...
View ArticleBad line breaks when using code block element
Hi,FrameMaker seems to insert bad line breaks when using the codeblock element. (See example below). Add "Revenu" type Default Add Measure "Product Cost" Type Default Add Measure "Product Plan" Type...
View ArticleWindows 7 & FrameMaker
Hello, We would be upgrading to Windows 7 soon. I would like to know if my existing application (export client) would work on the following versions of FM when I upgarde to Win 7? Win 7 + FrameMaker...
View ArticleCan I Create a New Structured App that's a Copy of a Current One?
Here's the situation: I am new to using Dita in Framemaker, but have become competent with the authoring process. I do not understand the development end of things very well, however. What I want to...
View ArticleFrameMaker -> XML -> FrameMaker issues
Hello, I currently have about 150 pages fm file, which were orginally unstructured but I managed to make a working structure to it. It has mainly tables, which have crossreferences, images, graphics,...
View ArticleS1000D CSDB
Fellow Forum Members,Does FrameMaker offer a S1000D specification publishing solution that includes a Common Source Data Base (CSDB)? And outputs an Interactive Electronic Technical Publication (IETP)...
View ArticleCan structured Frame documents be processed in Trados?
Hi all: I have a number of structured Frame documents, following a custom EDD, that need to be translated. The idea is to save them as .mif files and give the .mif files to the translation agency who...
View ArticlePostcripted FrameMaker 8 Colors Converting from Spot Colors to CMYK
I am working with Structured FrameMaker 8 files in which all of the colors are set as spot colors. Some of the spot colors in a postscripted FrameMaker 8 file processed as CMYK files when the...
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How do you insert an equation in a structured doc using DITA 1.2?
Good morning, I'm currently in the process of structuring a set of unstructured user manuals using FM10 and the DITA 1.2 standard. I have my conversion table and templates setup and everything has been...
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 ArticleFrameMaker 11 won't start up
I'm running FrameMaker 11 on Windows 7. I just changed the settings from unstructured to structured Frame and restarted my computer. Now FrameMaker comes up for a few seconds and goes away. Is there...
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 ArticleFramemaker and S1000D
Hi, does anyone in this forum have experience with structured authoring using the S1000D specification? I'd like to you a few questions.Advice appreciated.ThanksCarl
View ArticleCross-reference between structured and unstructured FM documents
Hello, Is it possible to retain FM cross-references from structured to unstructured FM documents during an XML round trip? From what I know, cross-references between or inside structured documents form...
View ArticleDisappearing spaces ...
I'm working on a project where we are updateing from FM7 to FM11. Here I find some strange behavior (or problems ..). We're extracting xml from a database and importing into FM11 with EDD's/templates...
View ArticleCan I get the current page number?
I open my xml file in FrameMaker.When I save the xml file,I want to record the current page number to my xml file.How can I deal with the problem?
View ArticleGenerated list building blocks for structured documents
In addition to the typical generated list building blocks, you can use <$elemtextonly>, <$elemtext>, and <$elemtag> when the target document is structured. Is there any way to grab...
View ArticleSave Ditamap As FM 11 book with components causing xrefs to disappear
When we used the Framemaker option Save>Ditamap As > FM 10 book with components, all of our cross references were maintained.Now for some odd reason with Framemaker 11, all the cross references...
View ArticleDITA 1.2 EDD - unable to transfer elements due to language problem
Hi all,the EDD files for DITA 1.2 have English element names in my German FM11 installlation. In my previous FM9 installation the element names were German. The result is that I cannot copy any context...
View ArticleCross reference issues in FrameMaker 11 DITA
I'm trying to upgrade from FrameMaker 9 to FrameMaker 11. My files are set up using structured FrameMaker and DITA. The ditamap is comprised of both FM files and XML files. I'm attempting to use the...
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