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How to create a frame or box to surround a element

Engineer/technical writer 1 month ago (Show more)

Hi, Would appreciate some help on this one, as I can't seem to figure it out. How do you create a frame or box to surround an element, for example when using Hazardstatements. The only way I can…

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Russ Ward (to saprentice) 1 month ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Scott, While I understand your response, it seems like a very complicated solution. If I wanted a warning to look like this, likely I'd want it that way in every format that I publish. So, I…

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Using PDF as image format

Engineer/technical writer 1 month ago (Show more)

Hi, Frame users What is your opinion on using Graphics with PDF-format when authoring DITA content, as I'm not sure that PDFs are supported as Graphics-format in DITA? Reason for this is that I'm…

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Russ Ward (to Engineer/technical writer) 1 month ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Ronny, I'm not a DITA expert, but since no one has replied yet, I'll try to add a little something. I don't think that DITA would care about an image format, but your authoring tool and…

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OT: Permissions for FrameMaker installation directory

Seanb_us 1 month ago (Show more)

I have never run into this before. I jumped into my FrameMaker installation directory, because some things in maker.ini are not available in the copy in my profile path (such as paste preferences),…

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Russ Ward (to Seanb_us) 1 month ago (Show more Show less)

Sean, you should be able to copy those settings into your personal maker.ini and they will take precedence there. Russ

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FrameMaker 10 - Finding all graphics in a book with a Object Properties Scaling equal to 0%?

Denis Thiessen 56 1 month ago (Show more)

Is there a way in FrameMaker 10 in the book to quickly find all imported graphics (.bmp, .cgm, .jpg, & .wmf) that are out-of-aspect ratio or where the Object Properties Scaling equals 0%? I import…

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Russ Ward (to Gorly) 1 month ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Alex, I think I see what you are saying now. Roundtrip except discarding the image metadata, then the images come back in with their original sizing. It might work, in the right situation. …

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Start a new book and add files

kevc63 1 month ago (Show more)

Hi, I'm fairly new to FrameMaker scripting. This is what I'm trying to do and where I'm at: 1) Convert .mif files to .fm files (completed) 2) Start a new book 3) Add each .fm in folder to book…

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Russ Ward (to kevc63) 1 month ago (Show more Show less)

Kevin, I didn't test anything, but I would think this should work: var comp = book.NewSeriesBookComponent(0); comp.Name = "C:\\SomeDocumentPath"; etc. Russ

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FM12 incorrect selection on clicking list items

Matt Wardle 1 month ago (Show more)

I have recently upgraded from FM10 to FM12 (Unstructured) and I am having a random problem with any part of the UI with a long list of selectable items, such as any of the Catalog pods or the…

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Russ Ward (to Matt Wardle) 1 month ago (Show more Show less)

I am using a Dell. And, I agree with you, it is a very serious issue. It's enough to make someone choose not to use FrameMaker. I just think that it is so obscure that investigation by Adobe is…

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Help F_ApiEnableUnicode(True) returns -1.

f.gallo 1 month ago (Show more)

With FM 12 and fdk 12 the F_ApiEnableUnicode(True) returns -1. Help me pls.

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Russ Ward (to f.gallo) 1 month ago (Show more Show less)

I'm afraid I have no further input. This seems to be a core function of FM and it should just work. If you are changing things in the registry, it's anyone's guess what might happen. Sorry I could…

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dynamically read topics

UKJS 2 months ago (Show more)

Hi, I'm very new to DITA, I understand XML but am looking to create more documents using it and DITA/Framemaker seems the way to go. Is it possible to create a document that looks through all…

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Russ Ward (to UKJS) 2 months ago (Show more Show less)

Hi John, It is possible, but you would need to do some scripting or use a plugin. You are talking about something conceptually similar to XSLT, perhaps actually XSLT for real. If you are willing…

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Problem importing graphics

garybeckwith 2 months ago (Show more)

I have been using FrameMaker 6 ----> 9 for 15 years.... Ever since I started I have had a problem importing graphics. Basically I will try to import an image by copying from another source and…

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Russ Ward (to Seanb_us) 2 months ago (Show more Show less)

For the cost comment, fair enough. Regarding fonts, I don't really know. I've never run into any issues myself, but I typically only ever use Arial or Times. For the record, I don't mean to engage…

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Range comparison

mdeg 2 months ago (Show more)

Hi all, I'm new in FDK and try to compare two ranges to define which of them is the first one in the document. But I didn't find any function in FDK. Does anybody know ways to do it?

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Russ Ward (to Jeff_Coatsworth) 2 months ago (Show more Show less)

mdeg, What do you mean by "range"? Do you mean a text range, and you want to know which range occurs before the other in the respective flow? If that's the case, I think you would need to do the…

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Looking for Scripts that Replaces Text and Master Pages

oneoff_swe 2 months ago (Show more)

I have just found the Script Library panel in FM 10. (Always used InDesign before.) I'm up to replace a text string and two master pages in 100+ documents. Tried to google for some nice solutions…

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Russ Ward (to oneoff_swe) 2 months ago (Show more Show less)

You are not likely to find exactly the script you need, as most scripts are customized for a specific purpose. If you would like some general samples to help you learn scripting, you can visit: …

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