Adobe Software

FrameMaker 2017 update released (14.0.4)

FYI, if you haven’t updated your FrameMaker install in a while, Adobe released the 14.0.4.511 update on March 15, 2018. Here are the details per their post at https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/resolved-issues-framemaker-2017.html Resolved issues When using FrameMaker’s CMS connector to access Adobe Experience Manager repository that hosts Adobe XML Documentation Add-on, the file check-out and check-in features do not…

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Customizing the FrameMaker Welcome Screen

Did you know you can fully customize the FrameMaker welcome screen? It’s easy with some basic HTML and CSS. But even if coding web pages isn’t your jam, you can still make some quick welcome screen changes just by swapping out a few files in your FrameMaker directories. See the end of this post for…

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FrameMaker – Aligning frames in HTML5 output

Author’s note: I’ve included a step-by-step video below, in case you need to solve this specific problem in your own work. I’ve written and presented many times on FrameMaker’s ability to publish to HTML5 and other web/mobile-friendly formats. I love how easy it is to work with HTML5 and how gorgeous the output is, especially…

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Fonts missing in PDF

Ever produce a PDF file that has weird boxes in place of the characters you had in your source application? It might have to do with the PDF setting you used to process the file. Check out this video to see what the problem looks like, and how you can produce a .joboptions file that will ensure…

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