Three or More Task Substep Levels
Folks, I am converting some unstructured to structured content to produce some simple introductory DITA XML files to port to Eclipse Help. Most of the content is text, procedures, and images...
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FDK - delete empty paragraphs and nb spaces in a document
Hello, I am trying to delete empty paragraphs and non breaking spaces from a document - have tried traversing through the paragraphs in the document by getting the paragraph ID and finding each...
View ArticleConvert xml to fm: very slow with russian/greek text, fast with westeuropean...
Has somebody experienced a significant difference between opening a russian xml file compared to opening a file with westeuropean text? We have german xml files, opening them in FM9 (as well in FM10)...
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Conversion with Conditional Text in Table
I'm taking the first steps in converting Unstructured Frame to Structure. One document is pretty clean except for one issue: my structure breaks around conditional text in tables. (The tables have a...
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Conversion Table Questions: problems converting tables to structured
I'm in the process of converting unstructed FM8 docs to structured docs using FM10 and DITA structure. Right now I'm trying to build a conversion table to structure the docs, but I'm having a lot of...
View Articleconverting Framemaker files into PDF progaramatically using publishing server
Hi All Background: We are going for upgrade of Frame maker 8 which is on unix system to FM 10 or 11. We are using Framemaker mainly for renditions, i.e to convert the fm documents to PDF. To convert...
View ArticleFrameMaker CGM Filter problem
I have the latest FrameMaker CGM filter installed on my machine (downloaded from the PTC website (formerly ITEDO). However, when I convert an SGML file that has CGM images referenced in it, FrameMaker...
View ArticleHelp with XSL transforms
I am new to working with Structured FrameMaker and am struggling to successfully implement an XSLT transformation. I want to transform a doxygen output in XML into a formatted FrameMaker document/book....
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Missing href attribute on images when converting to structured
I am converting legacy unstructured content to structured in FrameMaker 9. I am using DITA. I have created a conversion table that is almost right with a few manual clean-ups necessary for inconsistent...
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 ArticlePagination changes when creating PDF from FM file
Using Structured FM 7.2p158, Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.3. I have updated a chapter with a graphic and want to send a specific page to a colleague. Tried to print the individual page to a file,...
View ArticleHow 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 ArticleStructured Search/Replace
Greetings: I have been given an xml file that originated in a low cost xml editor. When I open the document in Frame 9, the document has extraneous spaces before and after various tags. The most...
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 ArticleImporting SVG images into DITA topics / controlling the size
Hi Framers, I'm currently evaluating DITA using FM9 p250 and the DITA FMx plugin. If we should adopt DITA, we'd need a replacement for the vector graphics formats we currently use. I'm considering SVG...
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...
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Looking for svgfilter.dll
I am trying to import SVG graphics by reference in FM8. my maker.ini file is configured with: SVG Import=FileToFileGFXImport, SVG, FrameImage, SVG, ORBL, SVG, SVG, filters\svgfilter.dll,all,^.svgSVG...
View ArticleWhite space after DITA-FMx conref
I'm now Leximation DITA-FMx 1.1. And I have a problem.(ex.)<ph id="keyword">XYZ</ph>......<p>Conref word <ph conref="../keyword" /> is here.</p>... Then I have"Conref word...
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 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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