List of Figures
What is the best building block to use to get an entry to show uop like this in a LOF.Figure number 1-1 (figures name).................(page number)I figure the page number would just be...
View ArticleQuestion on EDD
Hello. I have the following scenario: We are documenting config file that a user might need to edit (within the software that we sell), which is in XML format. When the user opens a config file (in...
View ArticlePuzzled by DITA conref error
Hi all,Can anyone explain why I might be getting the following error when I try to insert a DITA conref? I've run out of ideas.DITA+FM ERROR: Error applying condition.I'm using Frame 8.01 (latest...
View ArticleConverting Index Entries with Conversion Tables
Hi All,I'm migrating unstructured FM content to XML using conversion tables. Two questions:1. I need to preserve index markers and map them to the following...
View ArticleDITA + FM: How can I change the automatically insert text for the element info?
Hello,when I insert the element info in a topic, FrameMaker automatically insert the text "ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:".How can I change that?I know how to change it for the elements result, postreq and...
View ArticleFigure and Table number captions
I am using FM 8.0p277 on Vista Home Premium and am a newbie to FM. I am currently migrating documents from unstructured to structured. I am also learning to develop my own EDDs and templates.My...
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 ArticleFM 7.2, Structured view: New book isn't structured?
While working with Structured FrameMaker, I've collided with FM 7.2's apparent unwillingness to create a new structured book file...(?)I began with a properly validating structured chapter file that I...
View ArticleSwitching off validation when reading XML
Is it possible to switch off the validation of an XML file when opening it in FrameMaker?I removed the public and system identifier from the Doctype declaration in the file (tried also removing the...
View ArticleConverting MSWord style to css for Framemaker EDD
I have written some manuals in MSWord and want to convert these to structured Framemaker. How can I convert the MSWord styles to css stylesheet so that I can import it in Framemaker EDD?I prefer a free...
View ArticleCan anybody share the config for FM8 --> DITA Plugin --> (Web OR Eclipse)?
Hi:I have both the Dita Open Toolkit ("DITA-OT") and the default modes (CHM and HTML) of the FrameMaker 8 Plug-In for DITA Open Tool Kit installed and working: I can readily generate CHM and HTML...
View ArticleDTDs in Entity form to EDD
Sure hope someone can give me some direction on this. I have Framemaker 7.2 in Windows. I'm working on Workpackage pubs and have been provided the DTDs which seem to be all entities. There's one main...
View ArticleXML read errors--failure to open dtd (DITA)
Hi all,I've run out of ideas and places to look on this one, I hope someone can help. The specs: WinXP Pro, Frame 8.0p277. Built-in DITA. Not using DITA Open Toolkit. No major issues except for...
View ArticleFM8 and DITA -- Correct way to insert non-breaking spaces, etc.?
I've gone round in circle trying to figure this out.FrameMaker's "good old" method of inserting a non-breaking space -- CTRL+SPACE -- doesn't work if the content is output as a DITA XML file: XML...
View ArticleFDK select all components (files) in a book
Hi,I need to open a FrameMaker book (by double-clicking the file for the book in file explorer) and then select all the files in the book window (the short cut is ctrl-g).I was able to open each file...
View ArticleDitabook and ditafile organization
Other than the xref issue discussed in another thread, the map to ditabook functions not badly. Except, as also mentioned in yet another thread, all the fm-ditabook and fm-ditafile elements being red,...
View ArticleTable: Validation error for TableTitle - "More contents required at end"
Validating table - error message: Why do I keep getting the error message, "More contents required at end" for the TableTitle element? (FYI: I'm following Scriptorium's FM 201 tutorial <...
View ArticleVideo clips do not play in PDF document, why?
What is the point of being able to import video clips (SWF, AVI, WMV, OLE object, etc) into FrameMaker 8 if you can not run them in the PDF? I still have to manually embed the clips in Acrobat. Am I...
View ArticleHow Can I call myself marker element in footer/header?
In frameMaker,There are two system marker variables,running H/F3<&marker1> and running H/F4<$marker2>,In my xml file,I already use them,Now I need third or more marker element,they can...
View ArticleFM and Database
is it possible to connect FM with a Database, so that I have not to export anything from the DB, but just open the document with the link to DB and print my pdf?Are there some plug in that do this?...
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