ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?

Mine reads ClipboardFormatsPriorities=TEXT, FILE, MIFW, MIF, RTF, OLE 2, META, EMF,  DIB, BMP, UNICODE TEXT

but it's in the c:\program files\adobe\adobeframemaker10\ folder in the section

Hmm, looks like some crap got copied into my last reply.

Are you running Win7 or Vista? In those newer O/S's you have to give yourself (as admin) the rights to mess around with your own C:\ drive - it doesn't automatically follow when being an admin like it used to under WinXP. Mr. Bill's just trying to protect us from ourselves ;>)

From what I remember, you have to use Explorer to get down to the C:\ drive root, then right-click and select Security (or something like that) and give yourself Full Control. It will take a while as it goes through and applies the change to all files & folders under C:\

What are you uninstalling & reinstalling? There's no need to do that as far as I can see from your posts.

You shouldn't have to reinstall it - just restore the backup copy of the maker.ini you made before monkeying with its innards. You did make a copy, didn't you ;>)

Both times I've made a change to maker.ini under the \Program Files, Frame won't start again until I uninstall and reinstall.

When you did that, were you doing anything about the custom copy under /Users//AppData ?

Frame is obviously checking both locations, and I'm wondering if having a newer mod timestamp on the "master" file vs. the "user" file is what's causing it to enter self-destruct-enable mode.

Were you able to give yourself "full rights" as a local admin?

A topic on an email from framers@lists.frameusers.com was to copy and paste straight from a Word document. Below was the correct answer and it works great.

Although a co-worker of mine told me just to use paste special and select text...didn't know that.

Edit the line:

ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIFW, MIF,

RTF, UNICODE TEXT, TEXT

Change the line to:

ClipboardFormatsPriorities=UNICODE TEXT, FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB,

BMP, MIFW, MIF, RTF,  TEXT

ls

Message was edited by: lsk2002

M Boyd I am having the same problems with FM10 now. The ini changes do not work and if I modify the Program Files instance FM blows up and I have to reinstall. Did anyone solve this mystery?

Thanks for letting me know. Very frustrating for a product to go backwards

in usability.

Are you running Win7? Editing the maker.ini's shouldn't cause FM to fail to launch - are you getting an actual error message?

@M_Boyd - Sorry, I was replying to @kmacdowe+brdcom to see if they were running the same o/s as you. My suspicion in your case is something to do with rights. If you're getting a hard error, I hope you've sent it into the FM tech guys and reported it to Adobe Support.

I've just installed a copy of TCS3 on a Win7 laptop, so I'll have a chance to see if I can reproduce what you've reported, as I use the TEXT paste quite often while hauling material in from Word.

It is my understanding that one should not edit the maker.ini file that is in the Programs directory. Each user has a personal copy located in:

C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\9(or 10)

This maker.ini file is not a full copy of the one in Programs but it contains your personal changes. So try adding or editing the line in that file. When FrameMaker opens it first reads the file in the Programs folder and then the one in your Documents and Settings folder.

Melanie,

Did you have all 11 parameters in the modified entry separated by a comma and a space?

Was the maker.ini file saved as an ascii text file (i.e. what editor did you use)?

It really doesn't matter whether you edit the main maker.ini in the Program Files area or the user specific one, just keep in mind that the user-specific version is read last and the settings there will override the Program Files maker.ini settings.

It is my understanding that one should not edit the maker.ini file

that is in the Programs directory.

Unless you want the changes to apply to all users.

Melanie,

I just re-read your original posting and when you say that editing the user-specific maker.ini has no effect, are you doing this for FM-to-FM or other-app-to-FM pastes? FM-to-FM pastes have always carrried along the formatting (even since FM3 ). You need to test this by copying formatted content from another app like Word or from a browser.

If you want to paste unformatted FM text, then use the "ctrl+shift+v" (paste special) and then "t" (for text) and then "enter" as a shortcut.

Not being able to edit the Program Files area maker.ini in place indicates a configuration issue on your machine that you need to resolve.

June, 6, 2012: - Jeff, sorry for the late response to what Op Sys and FM I am using. I was/am using Windows XP and FM10.

Today I am able to edit the program-maker.ini file using Notepad (ASCI) without blowing up FM. I am not sure what changed.

Now I cannot copy and paste tables within FM10. I willl start a new thread about that if I cannot solve it.