Windows 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 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 ArticleInternal Error 11004
I'm converting some projects from Framemaker 9 to Framemaker 11 using Dita 1.1 and the composite template. Initially, I had set up to use Dita 1.2 using the ditabase tempate but am changing them based...
View ArticleRead/Write Rules: Generic Identifiers & FM Tags
I have seen this question answered in one of the dev guides but I cannot find it again. My question is whether it is legal within the read/write rules to refer various generic identifiers to the same...
View ArticleHelp Menu Entry "Help Topics... F1" not working?
I am a relatively new user to Frame and Structured Frame. This could fall in the "stupid user category"... My apologies in advance. I have searched the forum and cannot find any other reports. When I...
View ArticleCross references in conrefs - FrameMaker does not update
Hi all, the scenario: file A has cross refs to file B ("see chapter xxx on page yyy") and vice versa. When I insert both files into file C via conrefs, then the cross refs do not update to show the...
View ArticleWhere does the DITA menu call the templates from?
Frame 11DITA 1.2 I'm trying to create a DITA topic (as opposed to a task, reference, or concept) that contains task, reference, and concept elements. I have my template created but when I try to open a...
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)...
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Auto-insert several nested elements on same level
Hi all,over the EDD I have only been able to auto-insert a single child element, and then another nested element. Is there a way to auto-insert several elements on he same level? Example: When I insert...
View ArticleConvert text file to table on Import
We have a lot of tables, that we'd like to maintain outside of FrameMaker (we're using FM9). I've been trying to figure out the best way to do it, and using the Import>File>Convert option seems...
View ArticleColumns in Framemaker
I have read the message on how to set up columns in the master pages of a document and I did this, but how to I make them read down the column and then start at the top of the next and so on. When I...
View ArticleRead/Write Rules with Framemaker 9
We have a structured application that we are exporting as XML and HTML from Framemaker 9 and playing in a browser. The graphics are exporting in the correct format but the style sheet generated by...
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 ArticleArbortext(XML) import to Framemaker Error
I am trying to import XML files from Arbortext editor off of Documentum and I can not get them to import into FrameMaker without an "error in processing external entity reference." I am trying to get...
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 ArticleChanges to edd files not showing up in the DITA 1.2 applications
I made changes to the edd files in the DITA 1.2 folder, but they aren't showing up when I use applications that are linked to them. The changes I made don't go into effect until I import element...
View ArticleAutomating the book building process in FM11 - best tool?
Hi - we're gearing up to create an automated book-building process using FM11. Before we start, a quick straw-poll: What do you folks recommend / suggest as the best automation tool? We want to trigger...
View ArticleAutomatically insert element tag around 'inline' cross-references
Hi all, When you have a cross reference that was created around, say, just a chunk of text, Framemaker will not preserve any sort of cross-reference information on export to XML, beyond just making...
View ArticleOTF Fonts Thai
Hello, we are working with structured FM 8 and do translate in pretty much all languages except for Arabic. So far, there were no complaints for the Asian languages. But now, we receive the feedback...
View ArticleHow do I create page breaks in the structure itself?
Hello, I'm switching from word to structured FM and DITA. I know that I could use the lines element to create page breaks where I need them, and also insert manual page breaks at the top of the next...
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