Adobe FrameMaker A - Z

Adobe Quick Ref Guides by Lisa Jahred:

• Working with Microsoft Word and Acrobat
• Creating Buttons & Links 
• Using Comment Tools

Anchored Frames

• How to Create Two Anchored Frames Side by Side in FrameMaker
• Text Doesn't Fill the Available Space Left by an Anchored Frame 
• Why anchored frames always precede a table anchor on same line 

Auto Numbering

• Resolving Autonumbering Problems in FrameMaker
• Incorrect Chapter Numbers Opened in Frame 6.0
• Resolving Autonumbering Problems in FrameMaker 

Books

• How to Obtain the Total Page Count across All Files in a Book 
• Maximum Number of Files in an Adobe FrameMaker Book 
• FrameMaker Won't Print a Book File that Contains MIF Files 
• Conditional Text Inconsistency Error Messages When Printing 
• Updating Book Resets "Make Page Count Odd/Even" 

Cross References

• Understanding and Resolving Issues with Cross-References
• Why are cross-reference formats grayed out in the dialog? 
• Using Spot Cross-References in FrameMaker
• Character Formats Preserved in Cross-References and Variables 
• Why doesn't my chapter # appear before the page #?

Editing

• Editing the Document Dictionary in FrameMaker
• Typing Multiple Spaces in FrameMaker with Smart Spaces On 
• Save yourself keystrokes when typing (PDF)
• Searching for Paragraph Tags In a Table Finds Every Other Instance 
• Fractions Characters Don't Appear for Mac OS or UNIX 
• Spelling Checker in FrameMaker Does not Find Extra Spaces 
• Spelling Checker Not Questioning Misspelled Words 
• Forcing Spelling Checker to Ignore Two Spaces after Periods 

Printing

• How does FrameMaker support and print color separations? 
• Troubleshooting Printing Problems in FrameMaker for Windows 
• Printing from Frame 5.x to QMS Printer Produces Postscript Error 
• Unable to Print a FrameMaker Document to a DeskJet Printer 
• Graphics Don't Print to a PostScript Printer for Windows NT 4.0

Equations

• Objects in Anchored Frames Disappear When Editing Text
• Equations Are Cut Off When Copied and Pasted 
• How to Define and Insert a Custom Math Element

Font Issues

• How to handle "unavailable" fonts by Thomas Michanek
• Why are the names of several fonts in my font menus grayed out?
• How to Change the Default Font
• Font Metrics Alert Opening FrameMaker 5 
• Why can't the symbol font be made bold in FrameMaker? 
• "Remember Missing Font Names" is Turned Off 
• Common Font Aliases for FrameMaker 5.x for Windows 

Footnotes

• How to Sequentially Number Footnotes across Tables 
• Positioning a Footnote Separator Line Below Footnote Text

SGML

• SGML Terminology Reference
• Using the ISO Public Entity Sets in FrameMaker+SGML 5.x 
• How to Use Prefix Rules to Insert a Forced Return between an Autonumber and Text in FrameMaker+SGML 
• How to Preserve OLE Objects during Export/Import of SGML 
• Importing an Invalid SGML Document Instance 
• Tables in FrameMaker+SGML 
• How to Preserve FrameMaker+SGML Table Titles 
• How to makes chapter numbers and titles appear
• Extra Table Row Element in Structure View in FrameMaker+SGML 
• Error "Start tag <> exceeds the open element limit..."
• Error "NOTATION When Opening an SGML Document

Converting Framemaker

• Webmaker, originally developed at CERN and now available from Harlequin is a web publishing solution for the creation of full-featured web pages from FrameMaker documents. Contact: kmc@harlequin.com (Keith M. Corbett)
  
• Frame2html. See release note for version 0.8.9 Contact: jons@nta.no (Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner)
  
• fmtoweb is a FrameMaker to HTML perl script for UNIX. Handles graphics and equations (via ImageMagick and Ghostscript) as well as tables. Converts cross references, Tables of Contents and Index files to hypertext links. Contact: peterm@zeta.org.au (Peter G. Martin)
  
• WebWorks Publisher from Quadralay Corporation.
  
• MifMucker is an application for manipulating Frame documents and books. It contains a filter to convert FrameMaker documents into HTML. Contact: harward@convex.com (Ken Harward)
  
• www_and_frame. See Support Info for current situation and source. Contact: connolly@w3.org (Dan Connolly)
  
• miftran (file miftran.tgz). (An MIF to HTML converter written in C. See README). Contact: jimmc@eskimo.com (Jim McBeath)
  
• mif.pl is a Perl library to parse Frame Maker Interchange Format (MIF), designed to be used by filters. Contact: ehood@convex.com (Earl Hood)
  
• edc2html is a Perl program that generates an HTML document to allow navigation through the structure of a FrameBuilder Element Catalog. Contact: ehood@convex.com (Earl Hood)

Filters

• BibTeX Translator for FrameMaker
  Script allows BibTeX bibliographies to be used with FrameMaker. It is based on the original by Tommy Persson tpe@ida.liu.se, however this does not require use of keyboard macros, since these may not be portable across systems. A sample is included, plus some BibTeX style files modified for fbib. FTP fbib-1.6.tar.gz
• FrameMaker MIF to LaTeX Translator
  Translates a FrameMaker MIF file to LaTeX. It can work only with documents prepared using the la_temp templates. FTP mif_la-1.3.tar.gz
• LaTeX to FrameMaker MML Translator
  Translates LaTeX to a FrameMaker MML file. The use of the la_temp templates is recommended to improve the result. FTP la_mml.tar.gz
• LaTeX-Like FrameMaker MIF Templates
  MIF templates simulate the appearance of the main LaTeX document types and formatting commands. They are useful in their own right for LaTeX users using Frame, and for improving translation between the two using la_mml. FTP la_temp.tar.gz
• Format Programs for FrameMaker
  Translates many types of program source to a FrameMaker MML file. Based on the original lgrind by Jerry Leichter (Yale) and George V. Reilly (Brown University). FTP fgrind.tar.gz
• Mail Merge for FrameMaker
  This program takes a FrameMaker MIF file and creates multiple copies by merging field values from a merge file into fields of the form $fieldname. FTP fmerge.gz
• Scale FrameMaker Font Size
  Changes the size and font family consistently for a FrameMaker MIF file. FTP fscale.gz
• FrameMaker MIF Line Spacing
  Changes the line spacing for a FrameMaker MIF file. FTP fspace.gz
• Read/Write Foreign FrameMaker Files
  FrameMaker allows input of foreign file formats through the MifRead script that lives in a place like ~/fminit2.0. Similarly, MifWrite supports output of foreign file formats. FTP mif_rd_wr.tar.gz
• Other Sources of FrameMaker Filters
  FrameMaker Filters (IRISA) (a variety filter programs)
  MIF Mucker (for general-purpose processing of MIF files)

General Resource

• Problems When Saving, Opening, or Printing FrameMaker 5.x Documents 
• How to Remove Change Bars from FrameMaker Documents 
• FrameMaker Prompts You to Save Changes Although You Have Made None 
• Status Bar Indicates FrameMaker 5.x Document Has Been Modified 
• FrameMaker Does Not Delete Empty Pages When Saving or Printing Document 
• How to Create Revision Pages Using the Freeze Pagination Option in FrameMaker 
• Error "The FrameMaker version specified...does not match..." When Attempting to Run Multiple Releases of FrameMaker 5.x for Windows 
• "There and Back" by Dave Valiulis
• Minimum and Maximum Height for Text Frames in FrameMaker 
• FrameMaker and FrameMaker+SGML 5.5 Documentation Errors 
• FrameMaker 5.1x for Windows Documentation Errors 
• Importing Page Layouts Without Variable Definitions 
• Identifying Flows Used in FrameMaker Document
• Page Layout Worksheet
• Generation of API Documentation in MIF Format
• Text Conversion Programs
• Full-Text Indexing and Retrieval Tools
• Touch-typing

HTML

• Limitations in Customizing the HTML Export Filter in FrameMaker
• How to Change the Appearance of HTML Lists Exported 
• How to Create Separate HTML Files for a Book in FrameMaker 5.5 
• Why do spaces and underscores appear
• How to change FrameMaker's HTML format-mapping defaults
• Alignment of my tables looks different in my Web browser?
• Specifying thicker table borders for your HTML files

Hypertext

• Error Message When Using Openlink 
• FrameMaker Cannot Find Document in Hypertext Link 

Import/Export

• Transferring Files Between FrameMaker and PageMaker 
• Cannot Change Paragraph or Character Tags 
• Adobe FrameMaker+SGML 5.5 Filters ReadMe Documentation Errors 
• Is there a way to import spreadsheet data into FrameMaker?
• Can I import the contents of a spreadsheet into a FrameMaker table? 

Languages & Localized Versions

• Character Set Support and Mapping in FrameMaker
• Language Dictionaries Included with FrameMaker 5 & 6
• French Smart Quotation Marks Are Incorrect in FrameMaker 5.x
• German FrameMaker 5.x Crashes 
• Opening Japanese FrameMaker Files 

MAC Specific

• Paragraph tags and properties on the Mac 
• What is included with FrameMaker's AppleScript dictionary? 
• 65,000 Subscribers Allowed in FrameMaker File (Mac OS 
• Changing the B5 Paper Size to JIS B5 in FrameMaker

Downloads from Adobe.com

• FrameMaker Updates: Windows | Mac | Unix      
• FrameMaker+SGML 6: Windows | Mac | Unix 

Pagination

• Setting up Both Landscape and Portrait Pages
• Start at Top of Column Doesn't Work above Straddled Paragraph 
• Page Size Limit in Custom FrameMaker Document 
• Updating a Book Resets "Make Page Count Odd/Even"
• Text Doesn't Fill the Available Space Left by a Floating Table

PDF

• Recommended Printer Drivers for Creating PDF from FrameMaker 
• Images in PDF Files for Windows Are Fuzzy 
• Letters Missing in PDF Created with AdobePS 4.3

Printer Drivers:

• AdobePS Windows Universal Installer 1.0.6
• AdobePS 5.2.2 for Win NT 4.0

If you are looking for older printer drivers, try Adobe's FTP site.

• Recommended Printer Drivers for Creating PDF
• Setting up AdobePS to Create PDF Files
• Recommended Printer Drivers for Creating PDF 
• Downloading and Installing AdobePS 4.0 or Later for Windows
• Long Save Time and Large File Size in PostScript File from AdobePS 4.1
• Text Missing When Printing with AdobePS 4.2.4, 4.2.5, or 4.2.6
• Error "Invalid printer name" When Installing Printer for AdobePS 4.x
• PPD File Not Listed When Installing AdobePS 4.2.x
• Manually Removing the AdobePS 4.1.x

Printing

• How does FrameMaker support and print color separations? 
• Troubleshooting Printing Problems in FrameMaker for Windows 
• Printing to a QMS Printer Produces Postscript Error 
• Unable to Print a FrameMaker Document to a DeskJet Printer 
• Graphics Don't Print to a PostScript Printer 

Templates

Adobe FrameMaker Template Packs

• Primer 
• Books/Manuals 
• Certificates, Borders & Tables 
• Business
• Professional 
• Layout & Online 
• More Books
• CD booklet and tray-liner card by Esmond Pitt
• Templates at CERN:
  • Office
  • Software Documentation
  • User Guides
  • Technical Design Reports
• Book Templates at Rocky Mountain STC Chapter
• Carla Martinek's Templates Page
• Templates for Papers and Theses, Linköpings universitet
• Thesis Template - UC Berkeley
• Papers and Presentations Templates - IEEE
• IEEE Standard V3.0 EDD
• The tucsreport style for FrameMaker
• Avery Labels: 1" x 2 5/8" labels [3x10], 1/2" x 1 3/4" labels [4x20] by Stephen E. Dowdy

TOC, Index & Other Generated Files

• How to Include Leaders in a FrameMaker 5.x Table of Contents 
• Numbers Are Out of Sequence in a FrameMaker Index 
• Text Not Positioned As Expected in a FrameMaker 5.5.x Generated File 
• How do I remove the page numbers from every entry in my index? 
• Why am I getting errant bullets or autonumbers in my generated list?  
• How to Display Uppercase Text
• Adobe's FrameMaker Tutorials:
  • Applying master pages automatically (FM7)
  • Repurposing content with XML (FM7)
  • Easy steps to eBooks 
  • Text Formatting, Color & Page Layout
  • Automating Master Page Usage in FM 7 
  • Managing Referenced Graphics 
  • Converting Paragraph Tags 
  • Creating & Using Character Tags 
  • Creating Hyperlinks & Buttons
• Getting started with FrameMaker (CERN)
• Frame how-to... (TechKnowledge)
• Designing Print Documentation: FrameMaker Tutorials
• Lycos Online Tutorials: Basic (includes video tutorials)
• FrameMaker Tips The Idea Store

UNIX Specific

• Adding fonts to UNIX FM by Thomas Michanek
• Where does FrameMaker create the file fmfilesvisited? 
• Can Unix FrameMaker create new documents in A4 letter size? 
• How do I create a macro which does a find/change? 
• How to Use Older Filters from the Command Line in 5.5 for UNIX 
• How to Suppress Messages Returned from fmbatch 
• Setting Up a Single License Server for Multiple Versions 
• Printing Colors As Solid Black 
• How to Change the On-screen Color of Text
• How to Start Frame Products on UNIX with the Makerkit as an Icon 
• Paragraph Catalog Is Titled NoName in FrameMaker 5 for UNIX 
• How to Map the Delete Key to Move Forward
• How to Reference No Page Numbers 
• How to Determine Who Is Using Shared Licenses
• How can I force a core dump of FrameMaker? 
• Each Table Row in IAF File Appears on Separate Page 
• FrameMaker Displays an Imported EPS as a Gray Box 
• Off and As Is Settings Look the Same on a Grayscale Monitor 
• Error "Macro and dialog boxes are out of sync. Stopping macro" 
• Help Buttons Disappear in Reverse Video 
• Changing the Default Character Font in Equations Palette

Windows Specific

• Unavailable Fonts Message 
• Prints the Last File of the Book as Thumbnails 
• Background Color of Documents 
• Is there a character limit in maker.ini file line entries?