FrameMaker
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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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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FrameMaker 2020 Update 4 now available
Most notably, Update 4 includes support for the recently released Windows 11. Other significant fixes relate to HTML5 and PDF output. Users of previous versions (16.0.3 and below) may still have success with Windows 11, but this latest release is certified to work in the Win 11 environment. Here is Adobe’s description of the update:…
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