Adobe Software

Word to DITA to PDF/HTML5 in about a half hour

Starting with FrameMaker 2020, if you have Word content that’s tagged with default styles, you can use a simple feature in the Structure menu to split your file into individual topics, wrap your content in valid DITA structure, and stitch everything together into a ditamap. I’ve outlined the details below. To see a “live demo”…

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Import Conditional Build Tags in RoboHelp 2020

I recently worked with a client who needed to pass a dozen or so conditional build tags (CBTs) across her new and existing RoboHelp projects. We needed to go a bit “under the hood” to get it done, but in the end, it was an easy project. The key thing to know is that conditions…

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A curious cause of Unavailable Fonts in FrameMaker

I recently found a reference to the Univers 45 Light Light font in a FrameMaker document…since that’s not actually a font, see the end of this post for what I did to remedy the problem. Missing fonts can cause havoc in your documents. They can: Slow down opening of multiple files (depending on your tolerance…

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[FIXED] Fixing the FrameMaker 2019 Welcome screen

[UPDATE] As of 21 March, 2022, Adobe has remedied the resources that caused the odd screen magnification for users of FrameMaker 2019 and 2017. This issue should no longer be present. It seems that around the time of the FrameMaker 16.0.4 update, Adobe modified resources that were used in the FrameMaker 15.0.x (FrameMaker 2019) release.…

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