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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Inserting STX (ASCII character) in FrameMaker 6.0 | 6/7/2011 | Neal Ziring |
| Q: I am working on a document (using frameMaker 6.0) where I need to enter an ASCII character for STX ... A: Priyanka, Sorry this answer is so late, I missed the e-mail that AllExperts generated for your ... | ||
| numbering within LOT, LOR, and TOC | 5/6/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: Autogenerated docs like the above in ver 7.0 do not have the chapter numbers incorporated into the ... A: Curt - I am not sure what you really want to do without seeing a sample of what you currently have. ... | ||
| Frame vs Word | 5/2/2011 | Neal Ziring |
| Q: can you please point me to a discussion on how well conditional text is implemented in Word? I ... A: Bill, Well, Word does not have a conditional text facility built in. So it cannot match ... | ||
| Total page count in a book | 5/2/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I have a book that has multiple chapter. I need the total page count to reflect the full content of ... A: Bobby. Make sure you are on the "Master Page" and there has to be a "text area" where you have your ... | ||
| Total page count in a book | 4/28/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I have a book that has multiple chapter. I need the total page count to reflect the full content of ... A: Bobby Try the following with a copy of your book and files. 1. With your book open setup your first ... | ||
| FrameMaker 7 Table Footnotes | 4/25/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I cannot figure out how to adjust the space between a table and table footnotes that are set ... A: Dudley If you are using table footnotes and putting them in a Table Cell. Try the following. Select ... | ||
| Framemaker 9 LOR | 4/20/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I'm trying to create LORs for images in various files. The results are incomplete: in one file, all ... A: Karen - I am sorry - but I cannot duplicate your problem as I do not have Frame 9. Does LOR - mean ... | ||
| Pagination | 4/14/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: Is there an easy way to change a FrameMaker file which has 1 table per page (portrait)to two tables ... A: John - If I understand your question you want to have 2 text columns to fit the table into. Go to ... | ||
| Framemaker 9 conditional text | 3/29/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I would like to create conditional text that changes the color of a block of text rather than ... A: Janelle This is very easy to do. 1. Open a Frame Practice File 2. Go to the Menu Bar and Select ... | ||
| Framemaker 7.1 TOC | 3/24/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: When I generate a TOC, I get numeral 1's at each Chapter TitleTOC, when I would rather have a space ... A: Terri I can't quite envision what you want. Please send me the following: 1. A copy of your TOC, (as ... | ||
| FrameMaker page numbering | 2/23/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: How do I delete the page number from the back cover of a book? A: Ven - 1. Open the file that creates the "back cover" of your book (i.e. the last file in your ... | ||
| Tricky indexing | 2/22/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I'm trying to create an index for a library of books. Each book and chapter files are contained ... A: Sue Sue: There is only 1 solutions to your problem that I know of: Due this with a copy of your ... | ||
| Book footer problems | 2/14/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I am new to FrameMaker, so I apologize if this is a simple question, but I am having inconsistent ... A: Rachel Without viewing your document, my guess is: You need to make sure that you are using the ... | ||
| Creating learning documents with FM | 1/22/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I want to create a FM 9 User Guide. But--asfar as i can tell--FM will not allow me to create two ... A: Dan You can open multiple instances of Framemaker. Just double-click on the first document you want ... | ||
| Installing FM 9 and 10 | 1/21/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I have FM 9 installed. If i buy the upgrade to 10, is there a way to keep both versions on my ... A: Dan When I have upgraded from 6 to 7 both copies worked Ok on the same computer. Framemaker didn't ... | ||
| Indexing | 1/19/2011 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I have FM 9. Suppose the word Salt occurs throughout a 100 page book. How do I create an index so ... A: Dan I am using Frame 7 - but the following should work for you: Go to the Frame Menu Bar - Select ... | ||
| Cross Refs Between Books - PDF | 12/20/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I'm fairly new to Framemaker and I'm using FM 7.2 in Windows XP. I want to cross reference between ... A: Julie If you do a cross-reference outside of the book - each chapter has to remain as it's own ... | ||
| adobe framemaker 9 - Book to PDF | 12/1/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I'm new with using FM 9 on my project. Before i had no problem to use it (editing + formatting ) but ... A: Nids It looks to me that you are useing "AutoNumbering" in your document and this is causing the ... | ||
| Adobe Framemaker 9 | 11/24/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: Can we install Framemaker 9 along side Framemaker 8 or does it uninstall all previous versions? A: Cathy - I cannot answer directly about Framemaker 9, but I have run Frame 6 and 7 together on the ... | ||
| Imported Format Not Overwriting Exisisting Paragraph Formatting | 11/19/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: After upgrading to FM 9.0, when I import my FM doc format into an existing FM doc, it doesn't ... A: Willa - I don't have experience with Frame 9 - but I have run into the same problem when I have ... | ||
| splitting a book chapter | 11/11/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I have formatted a book in Framemaker and created cross references throughout as well as index ... A: L.B As soon as you give the file a new name, i.e Chpt 1, Chpt 2, Chpt 3, etc., the Frame generated ... | ||
| Copying all of a Framemaker 9 document | 10/21/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I need to be able to select all of the data inside my Framemaker documents and paste them. When I ... A: Laurie With Frame 7 I am able to do a "select all" within a text frame and everything copies. What ... | ||
| 'Save copy as' of a .fm but retaining information in the file | 10/15/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I have created a large manual that covers arrange of products. I am now tasked with dividing the ... A: Gareth What you can do is when you open the file and Framemaker cannot find the file it will give ... | ||
| FrameMaker keeps adding blank pages | 10/8/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I've tried to solve this problem for two weeks and it's maddening. Frame keeps adding blank pages to ... A: Charles The error message you are getting "a new column layout in [filename] seems to ovelap other ... | ||
| Adding PDF files to a book | 10/1/2010 | Neal Ziring |
| Q: I've come across a book file that has pdfs and frame files. Is it possible to save or print a book ... A: Mark, I'm sorry, but I didn't think you could even put a PDF file into a Framemaker book. I doubt ... | ||
| Generating TOC in Frame maker | 8/29/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I want to generate the TOC(Table of Contents)in frame maker 7 with the source text should be in the ... A: Sagar I am almost 100% sure that you cannot use the "Header" of the Master Page for the TOC. You ... | ||
| Page numbering issue | 8/23/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: Good morning. I've been pulling my hair out trying to fix the page numbering issue I've encountered. ... A: Jill - You need to send me the file, since I cannot visualize what you want. On the page that is ... | ||
| Embedded thumbnail graphics | 7/12/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: Is it possible to embed thumbnails directly into a Framemaker document? I am using Frame 7.2. ... A: Steve There is not a "direct" way that I know of to accomplish what you want. The only way you might ... | ||
| Framemaker 7.0 and 7.2 Compatibility with Office 2007 | 6/25/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: Are Framemaker v7.0 and v7.2 compatible with Office 2007 Word and Excel documents? If not, then to ... A: Anthony From your Frame document you can do a "Save As" then select rtf as your file and Word will ... | ||
| saving a structured document | 6/24/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I have created a structured document and am now ready to save it. When I attempt to do so, I get the ... A: Susan You didn't mention what version of Framemaker and Windows you are running - but the following ... | ||
| Adobe framemaker PhD thesis templates | 6/20/2010 | Neal Ziring |
| Q: I am really looking forward to find a decent template for writing my PhD dissertation. Unfortunately ... A: Harsha, There aren't a lot of free Framemaker templates out there, as you've seen. There are a few ... | ||
| Framemaker error when updating book | 6/18/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I am unable to update my book because I get an error that says "it contains no openable nongenerated ... A: Carolyn This message usually happens when you try to OPEN a Framemaker generated file, (i.e Table of ... | ||
| FM 9 print book crashes | 6/10/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I print books with hundreds of .fm files with no problem on FM7 but same process crashes on FM9. ... A: Joe - You might try the following website for some information: ... | ||
| FM 9 2-column table alignment issue | 5/20/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: In my document I am switching from Across All Columns in one paragraph of text to a 2-column layout ... A: Deb - I tried the instructions and they will work. What you need to do is send me a copy of a file ... | ||
| importing PDF into framemaker 7.0 | 3/30/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I need to import a pdf into framemaker. I am importing by reference but i get a message that reads ... A: Carolyn The person who generates the pdf has protected it from being copied. Sorry there is no way ... | ||
| Can't update LOT | 3/27/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: Glad to find an FM expert! I'm trying to update my List of Tables and List of Figures in FM 8.0 and ... A: Dave You have to let the Frame Book generate those type of files. You cannot manually them to the ... | ||
| FrameMaker equations | 3/9/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I received a fm file that I did not creat and I'm trying to edit some equations. I can make the ... A: Frustratedme I cannot help you - but if you go to google and enter the following: An internal error ... | ||
| FrameMaker 9 - Template Creation | 3/1/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I am wanting to place a graphic on our cover page and then have text as well to the right of the ... A: Chrissy The easiest way to do this is go to the Master Page: 1. Select the main text flow column and ... | ||
| Print to PDF. Some images have black line | 1/19/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: I just imported a project into Adobe FrameMaker 9. When I print to PDF, I get a thin black vertical ... A: Katherine I am sorry, but I cannot help you with this problem - because I have had the same thing ... | ||
| Overlapped Table | 1/11/2010 | Wayne Johnson |
| Q: Do you know how I can fix a table that is overlapped with another table? One third of the table is ... A: Connie If I understand you correctly - your table does not "flow" to the next page. If a table row ... | ||
Wayne Johnson
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Expertise
Basic set-up of books, master pages, generation of List of Effective pages (LEP), Indexing, auto-numbering. Various ways to import graphics, including advantages and disadvantages of importing into a text frame or importing into a "blank" page. Using a "book" to generate PDF files, with hyperlinking. Customization of function keys, currently setup for Frame 7.0 i.e. change F1 to turn "Change bar" On and Off, F2 to "Cut" a selection, F3 to copy, F4 to Paste, F6 to set line to "TOP OF PAGE" and Shift F6 to start line "anywhere" these can be easily your current config files and if you do not like them - old config files can be restored. I have no expertise in Structured Framemaker, (i.e. XML or SGML).
Experience
10 years working with Framemaker, all version through Version 7.0
Primarily writing to Aviation ATA spec 100. Currently responsible for maintaining all company published maintenance documents in Framemaker and PDF and making them accessible through the company intranet.
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