Adobe FrameMaker is a complete content authoring solution with the required product maturity to
support complex authoring environments and publishing needs.
Before you begin working with FrameMaker, take a few moments to read an overview of its capabilities and learn how to install, activate, and register the software. In addition to the information
provided in this guide, you can access instructional videos, plug-ins, templates, user communities,
seminars, tutorials, RSS feeds, and much more online.
To get an overview of FrameMaker, see What is FrameMaker.
What is FrameMaker
If you need a versatile solution that takes care of all your authoring and publishing needs,
FrameMaker is the answer:
•Whether you want to create a document that enforces a tight structure or whether you want to
take a template-based approach, FrameMaker offers its powerful tools in the most accessible
ways for individuals as well as teams.
•With the advanced review and collaboration capabilities of FrameMaker, you can seamlessly
integrate and address review comments.
•FrameMaker lets you effortlessly tie your files to Adobe Experience Manager, Documentum,
SharePoint, or any content management system of your choice.
•A large set of publishing options enables you to customize and deliver your content to multiple
devices.
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FrameMaker is a versatile solution for all your authoring and publishing needs
Author and enrich content
While the nature of some documents calls for structured authoring, you may want to use the
free-flow mode of authoring for other documents. Graphics, tables, and rich-media objects are only
some of the few ways in which you can enrich content. FrameMaker gives you the flexibility to
choose your mode of authoring and also gives you several options to enhance content.
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Manage and collaborate
Speed and accuracy are paramount in keeping your content current as well as relevant. You have
several options to conduct content reviews and ensure smooth collaboration with team members.
Use change bars, enable tracking of text edits, or set up shared PDF reviews depending upon your
need. You can also use FrameMaker to directly access and upload assets to a content management
system.
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For details, see Structured authoring.
Publish across multiple channels
The current demands of content publishing requires the support for an ever-growing number of
formats and devices. FrameMaker meets your complex publishing needs in the most easy-to-use and
efficient ways. You can generate PDF, responsive HTML5, WebHelp, or output for Kindle devices,
among other output formats. You can also choose to customize your output by changing styles and
themes, setting templates, enabling encoding, or setting up content search options. Generate a single
output format or multiple formats at one go.
For details, see Multichannel publishing.
Supported software
FrameMaker supports the following software in its workflows:
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•Microsoft Word Office 365 (only document downloaded from Office 365), 2013, or 2010
•Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (2015 release) or XI
•Adobe Captivate 9, 8, or 7
•EMC Documentum 6.7
•Microsoft® SharePoint 2013 or 2010
•Adobe Experience Manager 6.1 or 5.5
Authoring modes
FrameMaker offers the following authoring modes:
•FrameMaker mode
•Structured FrameMaker mode
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•FrameMaker XML Author mode
Depending on whether you take the structured or unstructured approach to content authoring, you
can choose an appropriate FrameMaker mode for your content.
FrameMaker mode
The FrameMaker mode is ideal for authoring content that need not be tied to a rigid structure. The
unstructured style of authoring relies on a template to define the presentation of content. Font, paragraph, table, and other formats are often based on style guides, and content writing rules specified
by editors. You, as an author, decide the content flow and formatting. For example, depending on
the nature of content, you may include headings followed either by paragraphs or by graphics. This
means that in an unstructured authoring workflow, you create relatively free-flow documents that
are largely style-based.
A typical workflow for unstructured authoring in FrameMaker comprises the following tasks:
•Create single documents or include multiple documents in a book.
•Specify how content is presented by defining font, paragraph, and table formats among others.
•Create templates, with appropriate styles, that can be shared with multiple authors.
•Use the Document window to author in this free-form environment. Type Enter to create a
new paragraph or place the insertion point at the required location before you insert objects
like images and tables.
•Author in any of the supported formats:
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–unstructured documents (.fm)
–Maker Interchange Format documents (.mif)
–books (.book)
NOTE: You cannot use the FrameMaker mode to open structured documents.
Structured FrameMaker mode
Use the Structured FrameMaker mode for documents that need to adhere to a structure. The structure is defined in terms of the elements that are available to the document as well as the valid location
of these elements in the structure.
Every part of a document, for example, a paragraph, a section, a topic, or a table, is expressed as an
element. When you create a structured document, you need to ensure that every element is present
at a structurally valid location. Structured authoring ensures consistency of structure across similar
pieces of content.
Following are some examples of structural rules:
•A bulleted list must contain at least three items
•A heading must be followed by a paragraph.
•A table must have a heading row.
•A graphic must have a caption.
A typical workflow for structured authoring in FrameMaker comprises the following tasks:
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•Create individual structured documents or include multiple documents in a DITAmap or a
book.
•Use the existing structured samples or create a custom structure based on EDDs or DTDs.
•Include the right elements to define the flow of content. Some elements also include formatting
information that you can use to specify styles.
•The underlying structure ensures consistency across content in a multi-author environment.
•Use the Elements catalog or keyboard shortcuts to insert new elements for text, images, tables,
and other objects.
•Use the Structure view to navigate through your document and also move elements around.
The Structure view also indicates the validity of your document against the underlying structure.
•Author in any of the supported formats:
–structured documents (.fm)
–XML documents (.xml)
–books (.book)
NOTE: You can also choose to work with unstructured documents in the Structured mode. All features
of the FrameMaker mode are available in the Structured mode.
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FrameMaker XML Author mode
The FrameMaker XML Author mode is specifically built for those authoring exclusively in XML.
The underlying structure ensures consistency across content in a multi-author environment
A typical workflow for authoring in the FrameMaker XML Author mode comprises the following
tasks:
•Create individual structured documents or include multiple documents in a DITA map or a
book.
•Use the existing structured samples or create a custom structure based on DTDs.
•Include the right elements to define the flow of content.
•Use the Elements catalog or keyboard shortcuts to insert new elements for text, images, tables
and other objects.
•Use the Structure view to navigate through your document and also move elements around.
The Structure view also indicates the validity of your document against the underlying structure.
•Author in any of the supported formats:
–XML documents (.xml)
–books (.book)
NOTE: You cannot open unstructured documents in the FrameMaker XML Author mode. This mode
also does not include the multichannel publishing feature.
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FrameMaker XML Author is also available as a separate standalone product.
Choose an authoring mode
The first time you launch FrameMaker, you are prompted to choose from the following modes:
•FrameMaker
•Structured FrameMaker
•FrameMaker XML Author
If you have already opened FrameMaker in one of the modes, you can change the mode from the
Preferences dialog:
1)Open the Preferences dialog (Edit > Preferences).
2)In the Preferences dialog, go to Global > General tab.
3)In the Product Interface drop-down list, choose the FrameMaker mode and click OK.
You are prompted to restart FrameMaker for the changes to take effect.
The FrameMaker user interface provides for a seamless transition between unstructured and structured authoring. The menu options and other user interface elements are consistent between both
the modes. The options, however, are specific to the mode in which you are authoring.
What’s new in Adobe FrameMaker 2015
Adobe FrameMaker 2015 ships with a number of enhancements.
Structured authoring and XML Enhancements
Simplified XML
FrameMaker now makes it easier for the subject matter experts and casual authors to create valid
XML documents without the need to know the underlying XML structure. DITA 1.3 and DITA 1.2
structured applications have been enhanced to support the new Simplified XML authoring environment. The new simplified authoring interface provides a form-like easy-to-fill authoring environment.
See the video, Simplified XML authoring.
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While authoring, you can use the customized Quick Elements Toolbar to easily insert the most
commonly used objects, such as numbered list, image, or a section in your document.
See the video, Enhanced Quick Element toolbar.
Out-of-the-box FrameMaker supports DITA 1.3 and DITA 1.2 topics, however, you can also design
your own structured applications to use the Simplified XML authoring environment. You can also
customize the appearance of the form fields by updating the associated template.
For more information, see Simplified XML.
See the video, Customized environments for simplified XMLauthoring.
DITA 1.3 support
FrameMaker now provides support for DITA 1.3. This means that now you can create troubleshooting DITA topics. You also get a customized QET for all DITA 1.3 topics in WYSIWYG view.
For more information, see Customization.
See the video, DITA 1.3 Support.
Structure view enhancements
Working with the Structure View is now more intuitive. Enhancements to the way elements are
accessed and displayed makes navigating through your document much easier.
In addition to the triangle insertion point displayed in the Structure View, the element bubble
containing the insertion point in your document is now highlighted. If your insertion point is inside
an element whose parent is collapsed in the Structure View, the parent element is highlighted to indicate the top level location of your insertion point.
The right-click context menu includes the option to locate your current location in the Structure
View. You can also use the Ctrl+Shift+L keystroke to locate your element in the Structure View.
When dragging and dropping elements across the Structure View, the destination pointer changes
color based on whether the destination is structurally valid or not. You can, however, still choose to
place an element at a location that is structurally invalid. If the target location element is collapsed,
hover the mouse over the element to expand the target element.
You can choose to expand and collapse all sibling elements or all child elements in the Structure
View. The right-click menu for an element includes an item for expanding and collapsing elements.
When scrolling through your document using the mouse or the scroll bars, FrameMaker also scrolls
through the contents in the Structure View. The document view and the Structure View are therefore
always synchronized. This synchronization is also maintained when you scroll through the Structure
View. This feature is turned off by default. You can choose to activate the synchronization from the
FrameMaker Preferences dialog.
For more information, see Working with the Structure View.
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See the video, Enhanced Structure View.
MathML object enhancements
Support for DITA 1.3 documents
You can now insert MathML equations in DITA 1.3 document types (topic, task, concept, reference,
and troubleshooting). Quick Element Toolbar in Simplified XML view for DITA 1.3 documents has
been enhanced to include the MathML container button that allows you to insert MathML equations.
Saving PDF documents with MathML equations
When saving files as PDF documents, MathML objects are now saved with the EPS facet instead of
PNG. In addition to making the object text searchable, the EPS facet enhances the clarity of the
MathML object.
MathML object styles
You can now apply any of the object styles available in your template, to a MathML object. The
compose DPI property is not supported for MathML objects. When you open previous versions of
FrameMaker files the compose DPI property is not honored.
Support for inline MathML equations
By default, when you insert a MathML equation in a document, the equation is placed on the next
line after the current insertion point. You can use the inline property to place the MathML equation
inline with the paragraph text.
The Ambient property allows you to specify that the following MathML styles will be inherited from
the styles of the enclosing text:
•Font color, size, and family
•Background color
You can update the inline and ambient properties of a MathML equation that is included from
within the object properties dialog. Alternatively, you edit or create an object style with these properties are already set and then apply this object style to a MathML equation.
For more information, see Format a MathML equation.
See the video, Improved support for inline MathML Equations.
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EDD enhancements
Faster and seamless EDD customization
The modular nature of the EDD structure makes updating it a time consuming process. The
multi-step process involves identifying modular files, running book updates for modular EDDs as
well as book updates for all EDDs among other tasks. This multi-step process could take well over
30 hours. FrameMaker now offers a single menu item for updating an EDD and it takes less than 10
minutes for the entire process to complete. Select DITA > Update EDD to update your EDD in a
single step.
Using the Image align attribute
If the value for the align attribute is not defined in the document or not set through the Attribute
editor, then FrameMaker checks for default value defined in the EDD. If a default value is not defined
in the EDD, the image is center aligned in the document.
Ditaval support in DITA-OT publishing
When generating output using the DITA Open Tool kit, you can specify conditional filtering of
content using attribute-value pairs in a ditaval file. While the location of the ditaval file could be
specified in ditafm.ini, you can now select your ditaval file from the Generate DITA-OT Output
dialog
For more information, see Generate output using DITA OT.
Support for DITA Open Toolkit 2.1
Support for DITA Open Toolkit (DITA-OT) has been upgraded from 1.8 to 2.1 library.
For more information, see DITA Open Toolkit.
Preview child map in DITA maps
If a DITA map includes references to child maps, the Show and Hide options in the DITA map will
show or hide the topics referenced in the child maps.
For more information, see Display DITA map content.
Right-to-left language support
FrameMaker now supports right-to-left (RTL) language scripts such as Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi.
You can author the entire document in the RTL script of your choice or you can author a document
in both RTL and LTR scripts simultaneously. For example, in an LTR document, you can include
selected paragraphs or tables that are authored in an RTL script. You can also author a document
containing both RTL and LTR content.
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Bi-directional content authoring
FrameMaker provides out-of-the-box document direction support for both unstructured documents (see Set the direction of a document) and DITA topics (see Change text direction). However,
for structured documents based on other structured applications, the application developer will
need to define the dir property in the EDD. For details, see the Structured applications reference
guide.
You can also choose to author multi-directional documents. This means that you can author a document in a specific direction that includes parts authored in the other direction. For example, you can
author a document in a LTR script such as English that includes paragraphs (see Paragraph
Designer) and tables (see Change the direction of text in table) authored in RTL scripts such as
Arabic, Hebrew, or Farsi.
You can import Word documents into FrameMaker that contain content that is either LTR or RTL
(see Import Microsoft Word files). You can also copy and paste such text to and from FrameMaker
documents.
For more information, see Document direction.
See the video, Bi-directional language authoring.
Bi-directional content publishing
You can save your bi-directional documents to PDF. You can use FrameMaker’s multi-device
publishing feature to generate bi-directional output.
For more information, see Create a document.
See the video, Bi-directional Content Publishing.
Bi-directional content flipping
You can also flip objects, such as images, in a document.
See the video, Bi-directional content flipping.
Authoring and productivity enhancements
Revamped Word import
The improved Word import feature in FrameMaker allows you to import a Word document into an
existing or new FrameMaker document. When you import the document, you are provided with a
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number of options that allow you to choose the formatting of the destination content based on the
styles and formats available in the Word document as well as FrameMaker document.
For more information, see Import Microsoft Word files.
See the video, More powerful Word Import.
Create mini TOCs for documents
Now make your long documents easy to read and navigate by adding a mini TOC. Earlier,
FrameMaker allowed you to add a TOC at the book level, but now you can add a mini TOC in each
document within your book. The style of your mini TOC can also be customized to match your
document's look and feel. You can choose to updated the mini TOC from within the document itself
or update all documents containing the mini TOC at the book level.
For more information, see Generate a miniature table of contents.
See the video, Mini TOC.
Improved visual conditional indicators
Selecting any content, such as image, table, graphic, or anchored frame now reveals the conditional
tags applied on it. Using the visual indicators, you can ensure consistency while applying the conditional tags.
See the video, Enhanced visual conditional indicators.
Table Enhancements
Conditionalize table columns
Apply conditional tags to individual columns in any of your tables. The column reflects the formatting specified in the conditional tag. The columns are either displayed or hidden based on the
settings you save from the Show/Hide Conditional Text dialog. The conditional tag state for a
column overrides any conditional tags that are applied to the text in the individual cells in the
column.
For more information, see Conditional text.
See the video, Conditionaltablecolumns.
Table usability enhancements
Use one of the multiple table formats available to you when creating a new table. You can choose to
use the new formats for existing tables, from the Table Designer or the Table Catalog. Use the Table
Designer to modify a table design as required.
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For more information, see Insert a table.
See the video, Improved usability in tables.
Navigate through the cells of a table using either the Tab key or the arrow keys on your keyboard.
Pressing Tab when you are in the last cell of the table, creates a new row at the end of the table.
If you are working in Structured FrameMaker's Author View or FrameMaker XML Author's
WYSIWYG or Author View, you can easily rotate graphic and table text by using the context or main
menu. Also, resizing table column function is now available in the context and main menus’.
For more information, see Rows and columns.
You may need to reorder the rows and columns in your table. Select the row or column you want to
move and hold the Shift key down before you drop the row or column to the desired location. You
can select multiple rows and columns for reordering.
For more information, see Copy, move, or reorder rows or columns.
Auto insert table continuation variables
Add continuation variables to a table using the Add Variables option from the right-click menu.
Apply the variables you created to the current table, to all tables, or to all tables of a certain format.
For more information, see Insert a table.
See the video, Automatic insertion of table continuationvariables.
Table cell shading with solid fill
In previous releases, the color tint property of a table, would cause the color to be displayed as a granular pattern. The functionality now changes the color to a shade based on the percentage of the tint.
See the video, More out-of-the-box table styles.
Conditional text at book level
You can choose to apply conditional tags to all documents in your book at the same time instead of
working with each file individually. Select your book file and click View > Show/Hide Conditional
Text to select the conditions you want to apply to the files in your book. The Show/Hide Conditional
Text dialog displays a consolidated list of all the conditional tags present in the files of the book. Only
those expressions that are present in the default document, which is the first file in your book, are
listed in the Show/Hide Conditional Text dialog.
For more information, see Applying conditional tags at book level.
See the video, Conditional text at book level.
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UI Enhancements
Location of modal pods
FrameMaker now remembers the location of the modal pods in the application.
Activate opened pods
If a modeless pod is currently opened and a user opens the pod again (using the menu or
shortcut keys), the pod is highlighted as an indicator to the user.
Resizable dialogs
The following modal and client dialogs can be resized:
•Set Up Table of Contents (Special > Table of Contents > Standalone TOC)
•Set Up Mini Table of Contents (Special > Table of Contents > Create Mini TOC).
•Set Up Standard Index dialog (Special > Standard Index).
•Set Up Author Index dialog (Special > Index Of > Authors).
•Set Up Subject Index dialog (Special > Index Of > Subjects).
•Set Up Index Of Markers dialog (Special > Index Of > Markers).
•Set Up Index Of References dialog (Special > Index Of > References).
In the following dialogs, you can use the Smart filter feature to search for tag names:
•Character Designer
•Paragraph Designer
•Table Designer
•Object Designer
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See the video, Smart filters in pods.
Redesigned pods
The following pods have been redesigned to improved usability:
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Add / Edit Condition Tag
Add / Edit Variable
Color definition dialog updates
The following updates have been made to the Color Definitions dialog:
•The color sliders now function on the 0-255 RGB range
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•The New and Current views are now within the same color box to allow users to easily
compare the two.
•You can now specify a Hex color code
Pods do not gray out on resize
If pods are docked at the bottom of the screen and a user reduces the size of the FrameMaker
window, the pods are grayed out only if the size of the window is reduced to an extent that
prevents functioning of the pod.
Table color shading
In previous releases, the color tint property of a table, would cause the color to be displayed as
a granular pattern. The functionality now changes the color to a shade based on the percentage
of the tint.
Drag and drop to open files
You can now drag-and-drop files from the Windows Explorer to empty UI areas, toolbars,
menu bars, pods, or document window to open them.
Conditional tag pod State button
Now when you apply a condition to text in a document, the State checkbox operates as a toggle.
This implies that if you apply a condition to text, you need to check the State checkbox. To
remove a condition from text, you need to uncheck the State checkbox.
The intermediate state is read-only. This implies that if you select text where the current condition is partially applied, the checkbox displays with the intermediate state.
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See the video, Enhanced pod support.
See the video, Enhanced UI.
Package related files into a zip file
You can package a FrameMaker book, DITA map, .xml, .mif, or .fm file with all its related files into
a zip file for distribution or backup. When you choose to create a package with a book or DITA map
in focus, FrameMaker automatically picks up the related files, such as chapter files, images, text
insets, conrefs, crossrefs, to a .zip file.
For details, see Create packages.
FrameMaker connector enhancements
DITA Exchange - FrameMaker connector
In addition to the existing AEM, Documentum, and SharePoint connectors, FrameMaker now also
provides support for the DITA Exchange connector.
Dita Exchange simplifies the way organizations create, manage, deliver and re-use important
content through structured content management solutions built to run on the SharePoint platform.
By helping companies produce and maintain important information quickly and following compliance guidelines, employees spend less time keeping up with regulations and more time reaching
company goals. For more information about DITA Exchange visit the official website at http://dita-
exchange.com/.
FM-AEM connector enhancements
The FrameMaker - AEM connector includes the following enhancements:
User area
The user area will be used to store lock token information instead of user preferences.
The previous preference location: home/groups/e/everyone/preferences
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The new location: home/users
NOTE: Since the way token information is stored is changed, all users should move simultaneously
to the new connector. Failing to do this may lead to inconsistent behavior across file operations
Missing files
The missing file(s) will be displayed in FrameMaker Show Dependents and the Book dialog
boxes.
Data loss during check-in
Previously, a user would lose data if the AEM server went down during a check-in operation.
Now the check-in procedure is rolled back and the file remains checked out on the local drive.
Local download folder name
FrameMaker now always creates the local download folder in lower case, irrespective of the
connection title provided in the Connection manager dialog.
NOTE: If a local folder with name in capital letters is already present, a file will get checked-out
and downloaded in this folder itself but check-in will fail. In this case, the local folder in upper
case should be renamed to lower case before migrating to the new connector.
Publishing enhancements
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XSLT enhancements
FrameMaker now uses SAXON as the default XSLT processor. If your application uses
XALAN-specific constructs, you can still switch the XSLT process to XALAN by making the
required changes in your structured application. Your structured application can now be configured
to used different processors for handling pre-processing, post-processing, and smart pasting operations.
For more information, see XSL Transformation.
Enable browse sequences in Microsoft HTML output (CHM)
FrameMaker now has an option to enable browse sequences in Microsoft HTML output. The browse
sequences are created automatically based on the TOC and displayed in the CHM output, when this
option is enabled in the publish settings for Microsoft HTML layout.
Layout icons optimized for high resolution Retina display
The icons in Responsive HTML5 layouts have now been optimized for high resolution Retina
display. The icons in Azure and Charcoal gray layouts will appear sharp and clear on high resolution
devices.
Farsi publishing support
FrameMaker now also supports Farsi output language for Responsive HTML5, Mobile App,
WebHelp, ePub, Kindle, and Microsoft HTML Help layouts. This means that you can now choose
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these language settings for the UI strings and language-related UI elements in the preview and generated output.
Publishing to Digital Publishing Solution
FrameMaker’s multi-channel publishing feature now provides an option to publish your documents
to the Adobe Digital Publishing Solution (DPS). For details about Digital Publishing Solution, see
Now generate Adobe DPS output for your FrameMaker documentation and upload the generated
articles to Adobe DPS. Use your Adobe account to sign into the Adobe Digital Publishing Solution
and create your DPS projects. Ensure that you are using FrameMaker on the same Adobe account.
In the Publish Settings dialog, select your Adobe account and the DPS project. When your run the
publish procedure, the articles are generated in your output folder and uploaded to the selected
project in your DPS account.
Dynamic Content Filters
Create dynamic filters in your Responsive HTML5 output to empower your users to find the relevant
content faster.
Leverage FrameMaker’s existing conditional tags and expressions to create filters that allows your
end users to dynamically filter the Responsive HTML5 output. The feature also enables you to easily
single-source your content by applying tags and expressions on the appropriate content.
For more information, see Generate dynamic content output.
Mobile app output support
Ensure wider distribution and consumption of content with a simplified mobile app generation
workflow and native integration with Adobe PhoneGap Build. Easily publish and then distribute
your content as an installable app on major mobile platforms, including iOS, Android, and
Windows.
Also use the generated QR code or PhoneGap URL to share your apps with your users.
For more information, see Outputs settings.
New Responsive HTML5 layouts
Now use the highly customizable Responsive HTML5 layouts to deliver an amazing content
consumption experience. Configure search, and show context and breadcrumbs in the results. Easily
show or hide widgets, such as glossary and TOC. Convert the layout to right-to-left languages just
by changing one property.
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Provide users personalized experiences by customizing the function bar, side bar, TOC, and
dynamic content filter for different devices: desktop, mobile, and tablet. You can also customize the
media queries for mobile and tablet devices.
Support for XML sitemap in the Responsive HTML5 output
A sitemap helps search engines to index your web pages and make your website SEO-friendly.
FrameMaker now gives you an option to create the XML sitemap file for your Responsive HTML5
outputs. In the absence of this feature, you would either use a third-party tool to create a sitemap or
manually create one.
The sitemap generation process is extremely seamless as you need to simply select an option in the
Responsive HTML5 output settings to generate the sitemap for your book or ditamap.The sitemap
contains the references of your web pages, the base URL of your website where you would host the
published output, and the frequency at which you intend to update your pages. As this is an XML
file based on the standardized XML sitemap protocol, you can easily make changes to the sitemap
file as and when needed.
For more information, see Outputs settings.
Enhanced search results in HTML5 layouts
Provide better context about search results to end users by showing more details. Configure the
search results to appear on the sidebar or topic panes, and show breadcrumbs and topic descriptions.
By default, the first few sentences of the topic are shown as description of the search results. Now you
can easily customize the description to provide more relevant details in the search results.
For more information, see Customize layout.
Out-of-the-box support for social widgets
Generate Responsive HTML5 and mobile output that is easily shareable on Facebook and Twitter
with out-of-the-box support for social widgets provided in the new HTML5 layout.
Maintain TOC state in Responsive HTML5 output
Work more conveniently by maintaining the TOC state in the Responsive HTML5 output. Expand
and collapse the chapters and topics in a book while still maintaining the state of the structure. Also,
expand and collapse the chapters and topics across multiple books.
Embed custom fonts in EPUB output
Embed custom fonts in your EPUB output and ensure that your users see high-quality typography
exactly as you intended, whether or not they have the font installed on their device.
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This feature is especially useful if you are using fonts that may not be readily available to your end
users.
For more information, see Outputs settings.
SVG Support in HTML5 output
Let your end users see top quality images regardless of the screen size and resolution of the device
on which they are being viewed. This because FrameMaker now embeds the entire SVG code in the
final Responsive HTML5 output.
HTML page templates
You can now customize your HTML outputs to include the following features:
•Mini-TOC
•Breadcrumb trail
•Headers and footers
For more information, see Create an HTML page template.
Use and customize the skins for WebHelp output
Give your WebHelp content a new look by choosing from a wide variety of skins from the Web-Help
gallery.
And a powerful, yet easy-to-use WebHelp skin editor lets you customize not only your content, but
also the appearance of buttons, labels, fonts, background color, search boxes, and most components
of your WebHelp output.
Installation and registration
Follow these instructions to get up and running with FrameMaker on your computer.
System requirements
Before installing FrameMaker, make sure that you have the required hardware and software:
•Intel Pentium 4 or faster processor
•Microsoft Windows 10, 8.1 or 7
•1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
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•3 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash
storage devices)
•DVD-ROM drive
•1024x768 screen resolution (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
•This software does not operate without activation. A broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to Online
Services.
NOTE: Phone activation is not available.
Available in languages
FrameMaker is available in the following languages:
•Deutsch
•English
•Français
•Japanese
Install FrameMaker
To install FrameMaker:
1)Close any Adobe applications open on your computer.
2)Insert the installation disc into your disk drive, and follow the on-screen instructions.
During the installation process, your Adobe software contacts an Adobe server to complete the
license activation process. No personal data is transmitted. For more information on product activation, visit the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/go/activation
NOTE: You can have more than one version of FrameMaker installed on your computer.The default
FrameMaker installation path on a Windows system is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker2015. In this guide, the default FrameMaker installation location is referred to as <Fm_install_location>.
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Register
Register your product to receive complimentary installation support, notifications of updates, and
other services.
1)To register, follow the onscreen instructions in the Registration dialog box, which appears
when you first start the software.
TIP:If you postpone registration, you can register at any time by choosing Help > Registration.
General resources
ResourceURL
FrameMaker Help PDFhttp://www.adobe.com/go/learn_fm_ug_en
Getting started with FrameMakerhttp://www.adobe.com/go/learn_fm_2015_rev_guide_en
Video tutorialshttps://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/video-hub.html
FrameMaker displays a Welcome screen based on the current mode.
The Welcome screen provides options for performing a set of commonly required tasks as relevant
to the current mode of FrameMaker.
•Open recent documents
•Create new documents, books, CMS connections, and (in structured and XML author modes)
DITA maps, DITA files, and XML files
•Access FrameMaker templates
•Access FrameMaker learning resources
•Access support, product updates, and forums
•Restore the last session
The Welcome screen, as shown in the following figure, is displayed on launching FrameMaker in
structured and XML author modes.
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Workspaces
A particular arrangement of elements, such as pods that you use frequently while working on documents, is called a workspace. You can dock, stack, minimize, or make these elements free-floating in
your workspace. You can select from several preset workspaces or create one of your own. Once you
have arranged the pods, you can save the workspace settings for use later.
The FrameMaker interface has the following components.
•The Application bar across the top contains a workspace switcher, menus, and other applica-
tion controls.
•The document window displays the file you’re working on. Document windows can be tabbed
and, in certain cases, grouped and docked.
•Pods help you monitor and modify your work. Examples include character, paragraph, and
table designers; and marker, variable, cross-reference pods. You can minimize, group, stack, or
dock pods.
•The status bar shows text formatting and pagination information for the current document.
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Standard workspaces
You can choose from standard workspaces or create custom workspaces and switch between them.
The standard workspaces are designed so that you can quickly switch between workspaces according
to what you want to accomplish. For example, the Review workspace has review toolbars, commonly
used pods, and pods prearranged to help you review a document quickly.
•Authoring
•DITA Authoring (available only in Structured FrameMaker)
•Manage Content
•Manage Graphics
•Review
•Structured Authoring (available only in Structured FrameMaker)
Save a custom workspace
1)Configure the workspace the way you want it and choose Save Workspace from the workspace
switcher on the Application bar.
2)Type a name for the workspace and click OK.
FrameMaker remembers the last used workspace across sessions. If you were working in the Review
workspace and you close and relaunch FrameMaker, it loads the Review workspace.
Switch workspaces
1)Select a workspace from the workspace switcher in the Application bar.
Use the workspace switcher to switch between workspaces designed for your workflow.
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Reset a workspace
By saving the current configuration of pods as a named workspace, you can restore that workspace
even if you move or close a pod. The names of saved workspaces appear in the workspace switcher
in the Application bar.
Select the Reset Workspace option from the workspace switcher in the Application bar.
Rename a custom workspace
1)Select Manage Workspace from the workspace switcher in the Application bar.
2)Select the workspace and click Rename.
3)Type a new name and click OK twice.
Delete a custom workspace
Select Manage Workspace from the workspace switcher in the Application bar, select the workspace,
and then click Delete.
Document window
A document window appears when you open a structured or unstructured FrameMaker document.
The window shows the document text formatted, with graphics and other items in place, and everything laid out in a page design. If more than one document is open, a document window appears for
each one.
The document window is the only window available in the unstructured workspace. In the structured workspace, you can also view element boundaries in the document window.
Tabbed documents
When you open more than one file, the document windows are tabbed. You can open documents as
floating windows by clearing the Open Documents As Tabs option in the Interface Preferences
dialog box.
Documents appear as tabs in the document view
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However, when you add a generated file, such as a Table of Contents, the generated file appears
minimized in the lower-left corner of your workspace. There are multiple ways in which you can
organize floating and tabbed document windows.
•To dock a document window in a group of document windows, drag the window into the
group.
•To rearrange the order of tabbed document windows, drag a window’s tab to a new location in
the group.
•To undock a document window from a group of windows, drag the window’s tab out of the
group.
NOTE:When you minimize a floating document window, it covers a part of the FrameMaker
status bar. You cannot move the minimized window to a new location.
Pods
Pods are floating panels with an interface designed to simplify your work. FrameMaker offers the
following key pods:
•Conditional Tags pod
•Cross-References pod
•Currently Opened Files pod
•Markers pod
•Fonts pod
•Insets pod
•Variables pod
•References pods
•Currently Opened Files
Pod interface
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A. Select document B. Pod-specific toolbar buttons C. Search pod entries - as you type, FrameMaker
searches through all the columns for matches and keeps displaying them D. Arrow on column
headers indicates sort order E. Pod list area F. Details of each instance include location. You can
customize the location using the Pods Location Criteria dialog box.
Close pods and tab groups
Pods have a button on the right side of the title bar that you can click to close a pod or a tab group
(group of pods).
•Close: Closes just the pod in focus (the Markers pod, in this case)
•Close Tab Group: Closes all the pods in the tab group
Also, by double-clicking in the title of a pod, you can minimize or maximize that pod as well as the
whole tab group it is a part of.
Pod list area
The Select pop-up displays a list of all open documents, including books and DITA maps. If you
select All Open Docs, the pod list area displays all the variables from all the open documents. If you
select a specific open document, the pod list area displays variables from the selected document even
when you switch to other open documents. The pod list area continues to display the list of instances
from the selected document.
If you select the Current option, the pod list area displays the list of instances from the selected document. The list area refreshes when you switch between open documents. However, when you switch
between pods, you may need to click the Refresh button.
If you select an open document
•Single-click an instance in the pod to display the corresponding instance in the document. For
example, if you select an image instance from the Insets pod, the corresponding image is also
selected in the document view.
•Double-click an instance to do the following for each pod:
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Conditional Tags pod
Displays the Add/Edit Condition Tag pod for the selected condition.
Cross-references pod
Displays the Cross-Reference pod for editing the selected cross-reference.
Markers pod
Displays the Markers pod so that you can edit the selected marker definition.
Fonts pod
Displays the Replace Font pod for selecting a replacement font.
Insets pod
Displays the Object Properties pod for the selected inset.
Variables pod
Adds the selected variable at the insertion point in the current document.
Reference pod
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Displays the results of the search for locations where a particular element is referenced. This
pod is only relevant for DITA documents.
Currently Opened Files
Lets you manage and navigate through large number of open files.
•Click a column name to sort the data in the list area in ascending or descending order.
Setting pod location criteria
The pod location criteria determine what should be displayed in the pod list area for an instance by
way of identifying its location in the document.
For example, you can define two Paragraph tags that should be displayed as the location identifier
for a marker. FrameMaker searches backwards for the first match of the first Paragraph tag that you
have specified and displays it in the pod. Suppose you specify the first Paragraph tag as Topic_Title
in the Location Criteria dialog box. FrameMaker locates a marker and traverses backwards to display
the first topic title in which the marker occurs. If you specify the second Paragraph tag as Article_Name, FrameMaker displays the exact article name to which the topic belongs.
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Pod location criteria
A. In structured interface, you can specify either the paragraph styles or the element names. In
unstructured FrameMaker, you can only specify paragraph styles. B. Specify the first paragraph style.
C. Specify the second paragraph style.
1)Choose Edit > Preferences.
2)Select Pods.
3)Select Element Name if you want the pod to display the element names in which the instance
is located.
4)Specify valid element names and click OK.
For example, select Paragraph Style and specify head 2 and head 3 in the Style 1 and Style 2 boxes.
In the Markers pod, for each instance of a marker, the first head 2 and head 3 it occurs under is
displayed in the pod.
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A. Marker is selected in the document view B. Paragraph styles that you specify in Pod Location
Criteria C. Markers pod displays the first head3 title and head2 title in which the marker occurs.
Toolbars
You can access all commonly used commands from the following toolbars for use in structured or
unstructured documents. You can display a toolbar from the View > Toolbars menu.
Graphics Toolbar
Provides shortcuts for graphics creation and edits.
Quick Access Bar
Provides commands for opening and saving documents, editing text, graphics, and tables.
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Text Formatting
Provides text formatting commands, such as font styles.
Table Formatting
Provides table editing commands, such as add rows, columns, merge cells, and text alignment
options for table cells.
Paragraph Formatting
Provides commands for formatting paragraphs, such as tab stops, text alignment, spacing, as
well as the paragraph tag list.
Object Alignment
Provides commands to change sequence, alignment, and orientation of objects.
Object Properties
Provides commands to group objects, change layer order, reshape, scale, and snap objects.
Track Text Edits
Provides commands for tracking, accepting, and rejecting text edits.
Quick Element
Provides commands inserting and wrapping common structured document elements.
You also have keyboard shortcuts for all commands accessible through the toolbars and menus. For
a list of all the keyboard shortcuts see Keyboard shortcuts.
Toolbar icons
FrameMaker gives you a choice of sizes and colors for the icons.
Using preferences, you can set up to use any of the following icons for FrameMaker interface:
•Large colored icons
•Large grayscale icons
•Regular colored icons
•Regular grayscale icons
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NOTE: Large icons’ size is 26x26pixels and regular icons’ size is 18x18pixels.
The regular grayscale icons in FrameMaker 12 are also of better resolution than the earlier
FrameMaker versions.
FrameMaker 12 icons have better resolution than earlier versions of FrameMaker
See the video: Toolbar Icons.
Set icon preferences
Set your icon preferences to choose colored or greyscale and large or small.
1)Select Edit > Preferences.
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2)In the Preferences dialog, select Interface and choose the preferences for icons.
3)Restart FrameMaker for the icon preferences to take effect.
Customize icons
You can also add your own custom icons in FrameMaker.
1)Locate the toolbar.xml file relevant to your view and mode and open it.
2)Create and place all the icon files in AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\13\.
3)Locate the Action element relevant to the icon you want to customize. The Action element
code looks like the following:
4)Add the base name of the icon in the base attribute of images element.
5)Create at least 2 icon images for normal and rollover state of the icon.
For example if the icon name is xyz the image names will be xyz_C_S.png and xyz_R_C_S.png.
(Here, C= color, S=regular, and R=rollover.) If, however, your icon preferences are set to have
large or greyscale icons instead of regular and color, you will use M and L in the icon names.
You can have 8 image files for the following possible combinations of preferences with the base
name as xyz:
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PreferencesIcon names
SizeColorNormalRollover
Large (L)Colored (C)xyz_C_L.pngxyz_R_C_L.png
Grayscale (M)xyz_M_L.pngxyz_R_M_L.png
Regular
(S)
Colored (C)xyz_C_S.pngxyz_R_C_S.png
Grayscale (M)xyz_M_S.pngxyz_R_M_S.png
6)You can further add more icon files for icon states, such as dark_normal and dark_rollover by
specifying attributes with data in the relevant element. For example:
<ACTION command="CenterPara">
<images base="P_TextAlignCenter_Md"
dark_normal=”<icon_name>.png” <!-- for regular sized icons-->
dark_rollover=”<icon_name>.png”
dark_normal_l=”<icon_name>.png”<!-- “_l” suffix for large sized icons-->
dark_rollover_l=”<icon_name>.png”/>
Smart catalogs
You can use the Smart catalog as a convenient shortcut to the catalogs available in FrameMaker. For
example, to set a paragraph format in a document, you use the Smart catalog to quickly search for
and select the required paragraph format. In a structured document, you can easily find the required
elements and attributes to insert at a point in the document.
See the video, Smart Catalogs.
To use the Smart catalog:
1)Place the cursor at the required location in the document.
For instance, for character and paragraph formats, place the cursor inside a paragraph. For
elements and attributes in a structured document, place the pointer at the element insertion
location in the structure view.
2)Press the Smart catalog shortcut key. See, the Smart catalog shortcut keys defined below.
The Smart catalog dialog displays.
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Smart catalog dialog
The focus of the pointer is now within the text box at the top of the dialog.
3)To search for an item in the current catalog, start typing either the name of the item or the
description. As you type, the list in the dialog is narrowed down.
For example, if you want to insert a list element in a structured document, you can type the
name of the list element: ul, ol, or dl. You can, however, also type the description of the element,
list, and the dialog list is narrowed down to all the available list items in element catalog.
Filtered elements
NOTE: The list of displayed items in the dialog is limited to 10. If the list exceeds 10, you can use
the scrollbar to navigate up and down the list.
Smart catalog shortcut keys
ShortcutSmart CatalogApplies to...
F8, Ctrl + 8Character catalogStructured and Unstructured
F9, Ctrl + 9Paragraph catalogStructured and Unstructured
Ctrl + 1Element catalogStructured
Ctrl + 2Wrap elementStructured
Ctrl + 3Change elementStructured
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ShortcutSmart CatalogApplies to...
Ctrl + 4Apply conditionStructured and Unstructured
Ctrl + 5Remove conditionStructured and Unstructured
Ctrl + 7Attributes catalogStructured
Esc + q + oObject styles catalogStructured and Unstructured
NOTE: To restore the Hierarchical Element insert functionality available in FrameMaker 11.0, set the
EnableOldSmartInsert flag to ON in the maker.ini.
Status bar controls
The FrameMaker status bar provides all the navigational controls, pagination information, and
zoom controls.
Navigational controls on the status bar
A. First page B. Previous C. Go to page number D. Next E. Last page F. Go to line number G. Go to
insertion point H. Zoom controls
Zoom in and out
•To magnify or decrease magnification, text, and objects, click the + (Increase Zoom) or (Decrease Zoom) buttons on the status bar. FrameMaker zooms in or out on the area of the
page containing the insertion point or selection. If the document doesn’t contain an insertion
point or a selection, FrameMaker zooms in on the center of the page.
•To display text and objects at a particular magnification, select a percentage from the Zoom
pop-up menu.
•To display the entire page in the current window, select Fit Page In Window from the Zoom
pop-up menu.
•To fit the page or text frame to the window, select Fit Window To Page or Fit Window To Text
Frame from the Zoom pop-up menu. If the view options are set to display facing pages, the
window is resized to accommodate two pages side by side.
•To change the available zoom settings, click Set from the Zoom pop-up menu, select the
percentage you want to change and enter the new percentage. Enter any percentage from 25%
to 1600%. Click Set. To return to the default percentages, click Get Defaults.
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•To make 100% zoom match the page size, select File > Preferences > General. For Monitor Size,
specify the diagonal size of your monitor, and then click OK. If screen-to-paper fidelity is not
critical, leave Monitor Size set to Default, which ensures cross-application compatibility.
NOTE:You can customize the default zoom settings. For information, see the online manual Custom-
izing FrameMaker on the Adobe website www.adobe.com/go/lr_FrameMaker_support_en.
Turn pages and set scrolling
You can navigate through a document window using controls in the status bar.
You can also define how FrameMaker displays pages when you scroll up and down, left and right, or
two pages at a time.
If the document you are paging through is part of an open book, FrameMaker sometimes displays
an alert message prompting you to choose to open the next or previous document in the book. For
example, if you click Previous Page on the first page of a document, clicking Yes in the alert message
box opens the previous document in the book. The last page of that document appears.
1)Make the appropriate document window or book window active. If a book window is active,
select the documents you want to affect.
2)Choose View > Options.
3)Choose one of the following options from the Page Scrolling pop-up menu:
•To display pages from top to bottom (for example, page 2 below page 1), choose Vertical.
•To display pages from left to right (for example, page 2 to the right of page 1), choose
Horizontal.
•To display pages two at a time, side by side, choose Facing Pages.
•To display as many pages as will fit in the window from left to right, choose Variable.
4)Click Set.
Go to another page
Do one of the following:
•To go to the next page, click the Next Page button.
•To go to the previous page, click the Previous Page button.
•To go to the first page in the document, click the First Page button.
•To go to the last page in the document, click the Last Page button.
•To go to a specific page, click in the Page Number area and specify the page number you want
to display.
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•To go to a specific line number, click in the Line Number area and specify the line number you
want to display.
•To go to the page containing the insertion point, click the Insertion Point button.
•To move quickly through the pages, scroll vertically.
TIP:In case of structured documents, click or select in the Structure View to display the corre-
sponding page in the document window. This is often the quickest way to go to the page you want.
Viewing options
Faster page display
To display pages quickly:
•Open the document by bypassing the update of imported graphics, cross-references, and text
insets. (Opening a document without updating references makes a document open faster but
can slow down the display of individual pages.)
•Turn off the display of graphics by choosing View > Options, deselecting the Graphics option,
and clicking Set.
IMPORTANT:If you deselect the Graphics option and generate a PDF, the graphics do not appear
in the PDF.
•Display small text as gray bars by choosing File > Preferences > General, entering a point size
in the Greek Screen Text Smaller box, and clicking Set. Whenever text in your document is in
a point size smaller than the size you specified, it appears on the screen as a gray bar.
Preset display units
Some text boxes in dialog boxes require a unit of measurement (such as points or inches) for the
value you enter. You can specify the default units for font size and line spacing (font size units) and
for other measurements (display units). The default units of measurement appear after the values in
the text boxes. If you enter a value without a unit of measurement, FrameMaker uses the default unit.
•To change the preset units, make the appropriate window is active. Select View > Options.
Select the values for Display Units and Font Units, and then click Set.
•To enter different units in a box, make the appropriate window active. Enter an abbreviation
for the unit along with the numeric value. Use cm for centimeters, mm for millimeters, "or in
for inches, pc, pi, or pica for picas, pt or point for points, dd for didots, cc or cicero for ciceros, Q for Q units (refers to font size and line spacing for the Japanese language only).
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FrameMaker converts the entry to the preset display units when you click a command button
in the dialog box. For example, if your document display units are picas and you want to set a
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paragraph indent of 1 inch, enter 1" in the First Indent box. When you click Apply, the
measurement changes to the number of picas that corresponds to 1 inch.
Spacing of ruler or grid intervals
1)Make the appropriate document window or book window active. If a book window is active,
select the documents you want to affect.
2)Select View > Options. Select a new setting from the Rulers menu or the Grid menu, and click
Set.
Line numbers
Line numbers in FrameMaker files help you identify particular lines of content. Line numbers are set
at a document level (for a .fm file) and appear before each inserted line in a FrameMaker document.
While using line numbers and change bars, ensure that they do not overlap.
Line numbers and change bars displayed in a FrameMaker file
Insert line numbers
To insert line numbers, complete the following steps:
NOTE: You can also use the View > Line Numbers to display/hide line numbers.
1)Select Format > Document > Line Numbers.
2)In the line number properties dialog, select Show line numbers and specify the following:
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a)Width: Distance of line numbers from the column. The distance is relative to the
columns that contain text.
b)Font: Font of the line numbers
c)Size: Size of the line numbers
d)Color: Color of the line numbers
e)Restart at Each Page: Selecting this option restarts line numbers for each page
Some highlights of line numbers
1)Support for multicolumn and multiflow formats: For files with multicolumn formats, line
numbers appear for text in each of the columns. For multi-flow documents, the line numbers
are calculated according to the text flows and continue accordingly.
2)Recalculation: When you insert text within a paragraph with line numbers are enabled, the line
numbers are recalculated to accommodate the new text.
3)Document level property: Line numbers are a document level property, so you can
enable/disable this feature for a document (.fm file). Line numbers can be set at a document
level to continue from previous page or restart at each page.
4)Text flows: For multi-flow documents, the line numbers follow the text flows and continue
according to the text flows.
5)XML documents: Line numbers do not persist in XML documents. However, you can enable
line numbers in the application template.
6)Printing: Line numbers are visible in the print and PDF created using Save As PDF.
Visual guides
You can show several of these visual guides in a document window:
•Borders around text frames, graphic frames, and imported objects
•Markers, paragraph returns, and other symbols in running text
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•Rulers along the top and left side of the window
You can also show a grid of horizontal and vertical lines for drawing, resizing, and aligning graphics.
All visual guides are non-printing, so you do not need to hide them when you print.
1)Make the appropriate document window or book window active. If a book window is active,
select the documents you want to affect.
2)Do the following:
•To show or hide borders, select View > Borders.
•To show or hide the text symbols, select View > Text Symbols.
•To show or hide the rulers, select View > Rulers.
•To show or hide grid lines, select View > Grid Lines.
•To show the element boundaries, select View > Element Boundaries or Element Bound-
aries (As Tags) in Structured FrameMaker. FrameMaker automatically toggles these two
options.
Text symbols
Text symbolMeaning
End of paragraph
End of flow and end of table cell
Ta b
Anchored frame and table anchor
Marker
Forced return
Manual equation alignment point
Non-breaking space
Discretionary hyphen
Suppress hyphenation
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Subset of menu commands
You can display a subset of menu commands called quick menus. The quick menus do not have
commands for formatting text, editing some aspects of graphics, and inserting some objects such as
markers and variables.
If you do not see the full set of menu commands, the quick menus is probably displayed.
NOTE:If you’re using a structured document, your application developer can change the commands
•To customize menus, add, move, or remove menus and commands as described in the online
manual Customizing FrameMaker on the Adobe website www.adobe.com/go/lr_FrameMak-
er_support_en.
High-contrast workspace
FrameMaker uses system colors to draw window backgrounds, text, and other graphics. Users who
have trouble discerning colors or variations in contrast, or who have low visual acuity, can set
high-contrast color schemes and custom text and background colors. This setting makes the information in the user interface easier to view.
1)Open the Windows Control Pod, double-click Accessibility Options, and select the Display
tab.
2)Change contrast globally or change the color theme, as follows:
•To change the appearance of all operating system windows at once, select the Use High
Contrast option.
•To change the color theme, click Settings and select one of the High Contrast Appearance
Scheme options.
NOTE:FrameMaker does not adjust colors of all items. Some of these include the background color, and
the fill color of graphic objects.
Preferences dialog
Use the Preferences dialog (Edit > Preferences) to change FrameMaker settings.
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•General Preferences - Use these preferences to specify settings, such as:
–Product interface
–File saving, naming, and backup
–Handling of embedded objects
–Cursor movement to handle right-to-left authoring environment
•Interface preferences - Use this dialog box to specify whether FrameMaker should
auto-collapse pods to icons or always open documents as tabs, handle navigation in Structured
View, and set the size and color of icons.
•Alerts - These settings control the display of warnings and contextual tips.
•Pods - The pod location criteria determine what should be displayed in the pod list area for an
instance by way of identifying its location in the document.
•Launch - The Launch preferences help you optimize the startup time of FrameMaker. Using
the Launch preferences, you can optimize the loading of the clients, fonts, language providers,
and startup scripts according to your requirement.
•Dropbox - The Dropbox preferences help you set up the Dropbox app to work with
FrameMaker.
•Documentum - Use these preferences to set up Documentum® file versioning, specify DFS
SDK path, and add custom CMS properties to FrameMaker for Documentum®.
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•SharePoint - Use these preferences to set up SharePoint file versioning and add custom CMS
properties to FrameMaker for SharePoint.
•DITAExchange - Use these preferences to set up DITA Exchange.
•Dictionary - Use these preferences to specify Proximity or Hunspell dictionaries for Spelling,
Hyphenation, and Thesaurus for various languages.
•Spelling Options - Use these preferences to set up Spell Checker.
•Simplified XML - Use these preferences to enable or disable Simplified XML view and the alert
messages display options. For more information, see Simplified XML user interface.
•XML - Use these preferences to set up syntax colors and other display options for XML content
in FrameMaker.
•MathML - Use these preferences to set up the MathFlow Editor install path and specify the
license file path. You can also select the Style or Structure editor from this dialog.
Contextual tips
The contextual tips feature helps you find the new features introduced in FrameMaker, or find an
alternate method of performing a regular task. If there's a feature that is related to the current task
that you are performing, the contextual tips feature would show you the related feature's information
in the form of a tip. These useful tips help you perform your tasks easily and efficiently.
For example, the first time you open a new document, a tip appears at the lower-right corner of the
FrameMaker workspace.
The tip dialog box includes the following buttons:
•?: Hover the mouse over this button to see how to turn these tips on or off.
•ShowMe: This button is displayed for some specific tips only. Clicking this button opens the
respective pod that is being referred in the tip.
•Details: Clicking this button takes you to the relevant Help content.
•X: clicking this button closes the tip. To stop displaying any further messages, see Contextual
tips preferences.
Each tip appears only once for a specific workflow. For example, the next time you open a document,
the tip is not displayed. The attempt is to provide you the valuable information without being intru-
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sive. In this attempt, if you perform a workflow, FrameMaker assumes that either you have made use
of the information in the tip or you do not require that information.
Contextual tips preferences
To customize the contextual tips preferences, choose Edit > Preferences > Global > Alerts. The
following options related to the contextual tips are available at the bottom of the dialog:
Show Contextual Tips
Deselect this option to stop any further messages from displaying. This means that even if you
are performing a task for the first time, you will not be shown any tip or message.
Reset Contextual Tips
Click the Reset Contextual Tips button to start displaying tips again even for those workflows
that have been performed earlier. For example, a tip appears while saving a document, you rest
the contextual tips by clicking this button, next time when you save the document, the same
tip is displayed again.
Manage open files
Currently Opened Files pod lets you manage and navigate through large number of open files. Using
the Currently Opened Files pod, you can:
1)Review and save files with unsaved changes
2)Search for a file with a specific name or files saved in a particular folder
3)Navigate across different files
4)Review the path of the various open files
5)Close specific files after saving or without saving
The Currently Opened Files pod
A. Select All, Unsaved, or Saved to filter results B. Save files and keep them open C. Save the selected
files and close them D. Close the selected files - if there are unsaved changes in the files you are trying
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to close, the Save Files dialog appears E. Search - As you type, the pod matches the search criteria
with entries in all the columns F. Clear search criteria G. Select all the currently opened files H. Select
the currently opened files
You can display the Currently Opened Files pod by selecting View > Pods > Currently Opened Files.
See the video: Currently opened files pod.
Save files on file close and exit
FrameMaker displays the Save Files dialog when you attempt any of the following:
•Exit FrameMaker by
–Clicking the Close button
–Selecting File > Exit
–Right clicking in the Status Bar and selecting Close all windows
–Using Alt+F4 on the keyboard
•Select Shift+File and select one of the following options
–Close All Open Files
–Close All Files in Book
–Close All Files in Ditamap
•Try to close files without saving in the Currently Opened Files pod
The Save Files dialog
In the Save Files dialog, you can review and save unsaved changes files. You can also discard the
changes by deselecting the files and clicking OK.
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Save and close open files
You can see a list of currently open documents in the Currently Opened Files pod. Using the
Currently Opened Files pod, you can select the files and changes to save and discard.
Save
1)Do one of the following:
•Select File > Currently Opened Files.
•Select View > Pods > Currently Opened Files.
FrameMaker displays the Currently Opened Files pod. Unsaved files and files with unsaved
changes are indicated with asterisk (*). To locate files in a long list, type in the Search box.
FrameMaker matches the text in the name of the file as well as the path.
2)Select the files to be saved and do one of the following:
•Click Save.
FrameMaker saves the selected files. FrameMaker prompts you to specify the name and
path of the files that are not saved to the disk yet.
•Click Save and Close.
FrameMaker saves and closes the selected files.
•Close Files.
FrameMaker closes the selected files. If you choose to close any files with unsaved
changes, the List Of All Open Files dialog appears.
Restore last session
FrameMaker allows you to restore the last session you were working on when you last exited
FrameMaker or it crashed. In case of a crash, when you launch FrameMaker again, FrameMaker
displays an alert where you can choose whether or not to restore the last session. By restoring the last
session, you can reinstate the following as you were working on them in the last session:
•View: XML Code, WYSIWYG, or Author
•Workspace
•The document in focus
•The files open in the last session (Except the files open through the CMS connector in the last
session)
•Page numbers in focus for different documents
•The scroll space for the master, body and reference pages
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•Tab order of the documents
•Palettes (such as Equation, Templates, and Thesaurus browser)
•stuctapps.fm file: The last read structapps.fm file (On restore, the last read structapps.fm file is
read again)
See the video: Single click session restore.
Conditions to restore last session
If all the following conditions are met, you can restore last session:
1)There were files open when you exited FrameMaker or it crashed. In other words, there is
something to restore in the last session. If you exit files FrameMaker after manually closing the
files, there is nothing to restore.
2)There are no open files when you try to restore the last session
3)The current mode of FrameMaker (Structured, Unstructured, or XML Author) is same as
FrameMaker’s last exit mode.
Steps to restore the last session
To restore FrameMaker’s last session, launch FrameMaker and do one of the following:
•Click Restore Last Session on the starter screen.
OR
•Select File > Restore Last Session.
OR
•Use the keyboard shortcut Esc r s.
•In case FrameMaker crashes, when you relaunch FrameMaker, FrameMaker displays an alert
message where you can click Yes to restore the last session.
FrameMaker restores the last session. If there are some files that could not be restored, FrameMaker
displays an error message and lists the files in the console.
Preferences for alerts on restore
In the preferences dialog, you can select whether or not to display the alerts, such as missing fonts
and unresolved cross references, on session restore. The alerts that require user action, such as
missing graphics, appear even when you have disabled the alerts.
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Restore dimensions of Resource Manager views
FrameMaker retains the dimensions of the following RM Views on exit and relaunch:
•RM View for Book
•RM View for CMS Repository Browser
•RM View for Ditamap
FrameMaker retains the dimensions of the RM views and uses them as default dimensions of these
RM views when you close and open them again.
•For undocked RM views, FrameMaker retains the width as well as height.
•For docked RM views, FrameMaker retains the width only.
The width that is retained for docked and undocked RM views is different. The dimensions retained
for different RM Views, such as Book and Ditamap, are the same.
Tips to work with the user interface
Select the brightness
Select the brightness by using the UI Brightness options under Preferences > Interface.
Combine document windows
To consolidate all document windows, floating, minimized, or docked, right-click the tab bar
of the docked document window and select Consolidate All To Here from the menu.
Float document windows
Click Arrange Documents icon on the top Application bar and select Float All In Windows.
This arranges all the document windows as cascaded floating pods.
Tile documents
Use the Arrange Documents icon to tile document windows vertically or horizontally. This is
especially useful for manually comparing documents and layering them side by side.
Bring hidden pods to the front
Sometimes while working with floating document windows or when switching workspaces,
the pods may seem difficult to bring to the front.
•Undock the pods by dragging them out using the pod title bar.
•Dock all floating document windows. Right-click the docked tab bar and select Consoli-
date All To Here or drag and dock the floating document windows.
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Minimize pods to icons
Right-click on the pods tab bar and select Collapse To Icons from the menu. This option is
available only if the pods are floating and not docked. To collapse docked pods, click anywhere
in the tab bar.
Reopen the pods
Choose View > Pods and click any pod name. The entire group of pods open at the bottom of
the workspace.
Reopen a pod
Choose Windows and select Pods and select the pod you want to reopen.
Collapse all open pod groups to icons
Right-click the tab bar of the pod group and select Collapse To Icons.
Exit the full screen mode
Right-click outside the text frame in the document window and select Toggle Screen Mode.
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Screen modes
Accessibility
The FrameMaker software provides a number of features that improve access for visually impaired
users. In particular, it:
•Provides support for high-contrast viewing for users with low visual acuity.
•Creates tagged Adobe PDF files when converting FrameMaker files to tagged PDF, making it
easier for people who use screen reader software to navigate a document in the proper reading
order. For information on how to turn your FrameMaker documents into tagged Adobe PDF
files, see Tagged PDF output.
•Supports assistive technology, such as screen reader software for the Windows® platform.
Screen readers let visually impaired users interact with the computer by interpreting what is
happening on the screen and sending that information to speech-synthesis devices. The screen
reader will follow the logical structure of the document. Screen readers can read FrameMaker documents viewed in FrameMaker, or tagged PDF documents viewed in Adobe Acrobat® or Adobe
Reader®. Refer to your screen reader documentation for information on installation and use with
documents viewed in FrameMaker or Acrobat.
For more information on accessibility in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF documents, see the
Acrobat online Help and the Adobe website.
2)Click OK. You can then start using the onscreen keyboard.
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High-contrast workspace
Documents
Create a document
FrameMaker provides several templates upon which you can base your documents. Alternatively,
you can choose to use a template defined by your organization or create a blank document.
By default, FrameMaker documents have a .fm extension.
Use a template to create a document
You can create a document using a template. Your organization may have predefined templates for
different types of documents. Do the following to create a document based upon a predefined
template:
1)Select File > New > Document.
2)Do one of the following:
Choose a standard template
a)Click Explore Standard Templates.
b)In the Standard Templates dialog, select a template. For example, User Guide—Legal.
c)Click Create to create a document based upon the selected template.
NOTE: Optionally, click Show Sample to preview the document in a new document
tab. This option closes the Standard Templates dialog. To return to the dialog once
you’ve viewed the sample, select File > New > Document > Explore Standard
Templates again.
Choose a structured template
a)Click Explore Structured Templates.
b)In the Structured Templates dialog, select a template. For example, Business—Memo.
c)Click Create to create a document based upon the selected template.
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NOTE: Optionally, click Show Sample to preview the document in a new document
tab. This option closes the Structured Templates dialog. To return to the dialog once
you’ve viewed the sample, select File > New > Document > Explore Structured
Templates again.
Choose a custom template
a)Navigate to the document that you want to use as a template for the new document.
b)Click New.
Choose an RTL template
a)Navigate to the Templates folder (Fm_Install_Location\Templates).
b)Click on the RTLTemplate.fm file.
c)Click New.
NOTE: This creates a blank document with its direction set as right-to-left.
3)Add content to the document.
Create a blank document
You may want to start with a blank FrameMaker document if you’re defining a template for your
organization or team.
1)Select File > New > Document.
2)Specify the basic page layout:
•To create a standard one-column document, click Portrait or Landscape.
•To create a document with custom page size, columns, column margins, and pagination
settings, click Custom, specify the required values, and click Create.
You can also select a measurement unit for the document. FrameMaker displays
measurements in dialog boxes and in the document window’s status bar in the selected
unit.
3)Add content to the document.
Set the direction of a document
FrameMaker allows you to author documents in both left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL)
scripts (such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi). However, you can change the direction of the current
document.
1)Choose Format > Document > Direction.
2)In the Direction sub-menu, choose left-to-right or right-to-left.
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The position of the insertion point changes based on the direction of the document.
Open a document
In addition to FrameMaker documents, you can open text files, files in MIF (Maker Interchange
Format), files in MML (Maker Markup Language), and XML and SGML documents. If the required
filter is installed, you can also open files created in other applications, such as Microsoft® Word.
Much of the file’s formatting is retained when you open the file.
To open files created using FrameMaker 7 or earlier, you must save them as MIF files.
Open a file
1)Select File > Open.
2)Locate the document and click Open.
Opening a document usually updates graphics imported by reference, text insets, cross-references,
and system variables (if any exist). Recently opened files are listed at the bottom of the File menu.
Messages alerting you to possible issues with the file sometimes appear. You can click OK and
resolve the problems later.
NOTE: You can also drag-and-drop files from Windows Explorer to the document window, empty UI
areas, toolbars, menu bars, or pods to open the files.
Open a text file
Text-only files do not contain graphics or formatting information. When you open a text-only file,
you are asked to confirm that it is a text file.
1)Select File > Open, and open a .txt file. The Unknown File Type dialog box appears.
2)Select the Text option.
3)Click Convert.
4)Select one of the following options:
•To break the text into paragraphs only at blank lines, select Merge Lines Into Paragraphs.
Use this option for a paragraph-oriented text file, such as a file containing document text.
•To break the text into paragraphs at the end of each line, select Treat Each Line As A
Paragraph. Use this option for a line-oriented text file, such as a file containing computer
code.
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•To convert the text into a table, select the Convert Text To Table. Use this option if the
content of your source file is tabulated.
Select additional options in the Convert To Table dialog box, such as number of columns,
cell separators, and heading rows, to obtain the data in the appropriate tabular form.
5)Select the desired Encoding scheme. By default, the ANSI (Windows) encoding scheme is
selected.
6)Click Read. The text appears in a document that is created from a special template. You can
customize the template so that documents created from text files are formatted differently.
Open a document in use
A lock file (*.lck) is created every time you open a document. This lock file prevents others from
changing the file while you work in it. A lock file is in the same folder as the original document and
is removed when you close the document. You can turn off file locking.
If you try to open a document that’s already open and if you have write permission to the document,
a dialog box displays the name of the document, who opened it last and when, and the computer on
which it is open. You sometimes see this dialog box after a system crash when you open a document
you were last using.
Open the file and do one of the following:
•If you want to look at the file but not change it, click Open For Viewing Only, and then click
Continue. The document appears in View Only format.
•If you want to edit a copy of the file, click Open Copy For Editing, and then click Continue. A
copy of the file is opened and when you save this file you are prompted to provide a new filename.
•If you want to edit the file and you know that no one else is using it, click Reset Lock And Open,
and then click Continue. Use this option after a system crash to edit a document that was open
at the time of the crash.
Open a document without updating references
A document opens more slowly if it contains many cross-references to other files, large imported
graphics, or many text insets. You can open a document faster by bypassing the update of imported
graphics, cross-references, and text insets. However, if you use this method to open documents, keep
in mind that FrameMaker does not warn you about missing items or unresolved cross-references.
For this reason, it is best to occasionally open a document in the usual way.
1)Choose File > Open, and select the file you want to open.
2)Control-click Open.
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After the file is open, FrameMaker imports and displays graphics as needed on a page-by-page basis.
You can manually update cross-references and text insets by using Edit > Update References. If the
page display is too slow, reopen the document in the usual way.
SGML, XML, MIF, and MML are all text formats, so they open as text in unstructured FrameMaker.
In the case of .xml or .mif files in structured FrameMaker, control-clicking the Open button opens
them as text files. You are prompted to specify the text reading options in the Reading Text File
dialog box. Opening these files as text lets you view or edit the markup.
Markup in an SGML file
Reopen a file after a system crash
If your system crashes, the file is saved automatically in the following situations:
•If you selected Automatic Save in the Preferences dialog box, autosave files (whose filename
contains .auto) are created at the specified interval. This file is deleted when you save and close
a file.
•If your system becomes unstable, FrameMaker tries to create a recover file (filename contains
.recover) with your most recent changes.
An automatically saved copy of the file contains recent changes to the file.
1)Open the file you were working on last.
2)Do one of the following:
•If a recover file exists, open it when prompted and check whether your latest changes are
there. If they are, save the recover file with the same name as the document you were originally working on and then delete the recover file.
•If no recover file exists, open the autosave file when prompted and save it with the same
name as the document you were originally working on. The autosave file contains all the
changes you made until the time of the last automatic save. The amount of work lost
depends on the time interval you set between saves and when your system crashed.
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Troubleshooting unavailable fonts
You sometimes get an alert message that indicates the document you are opening uses unavailable
fonts. Fonts can become unavailable for a few reasons:
•The document was edited on a different system using fonts that are not installed on your
system.
•A font is removed or has become damaged.
•The default printer for your system has changed.
If the Remember Missing Font Names option in the Preferences dialog box is selected, FrameMaker
preserves the names of unavailable fonts. Selecting this option causes the original fonts to reappear
when you open the document on a computer that has the fonts installed, even if you save the document with substitute fonts.
To fix the problem of missing fonts, consider the following options:
Check for damaged fonts
Determine whether the fonts that are unavailable in FrameMaker are installed on your system
and available in another application. If another application can use fonts that FrameMaker
cannot use, the fonts may be damaged. Reinstall them using the original media. For more
information on troubleshooting font problems, isolating damaged fonts or a damaged fonts
folder, or reinstalling PostScript fonts, see the Adobe website.
Remap unavailable fonts
If you cannot install or reinstall the unavailable fonts, you may want to permanently remap the
unavailable fonts to available fonts, so that the alert message does not appear when you open
the document. You do this by deselecting the Remember Missing Font Names option in the
Preferences dialog box before you open the file. However, be aware that doing this causes you
to lose the original font information referenced in the document.
Switch printers
FrameMaker reads font information stored in the printer driver so that it can make fonts
stored at the printer available for use within FrameMaker. In some cases, changing the default
printer can change one or more fonts available in FrameMaker.
Obtain and install the missing fonts
For example, if you and a co-worker are editing the same documents, and you would like to
use the same fonts as your co-worker, consider purchasing and installing copies of the fonts.
Save a document
You can save a document using its current name and location, or save a copy of the document using
a different name or location. You can save a document in several formats, including Hypertext
Markup Language (HTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML), and Portable Document Format
(PDF).
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When a document or a book has unsaved changes, an asterisk (*) appears in the Page Status area of
the status bar.
An asterisk indicates unsaved changes.
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Save as PDF
Import properties from a template
Save a document
1)Do one of the following:
•To save changes in the current file, choose File > Save.
•To save the file in a different folder or with a different filename, choose File > Save As.
2)If you choose the Save As command, or if the file has never been saved, specify the new filename and location. If you want to save the file in a different format, choose the format from
the pop-up menu.
3)Click Save. If you choose Text Only format, specify how to treat the text and tables in the document.
Save a book
1)Do one of the following:
•To overwrite the current version on the disk, choose File > Save Book.
•To save the file in a different folder or using a different name, choose File > Save Book As.
2)If you choose the Save Book As command, or if the file has never been saved, specify the new
filename and location.
Save all open documents
Hold down Shift and choose File > Save All Open Files.
Return to the saved version of your document
Choose File > Revert To Saved and click OK.
File formats you can save in
You can use the Save As command to save a file in the following formats:
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Document 2015
Saves the FrameMaker document or book as a document or book that you can open and edit
in FrameMaker.
XML
Creates an XML document that can be used for data exchange and viewed on the World Wide
Web.
View Only 2015
Produces a book or document that you can open but cannot edit. If you accidentally save a file
in View Only format, you can make it editable by pressing Esc Shift+f l (lowercase L) k. Then
you can save the document or book in Document or Book format.
Document 12.0
Saves the FrameMaker document or book as a document or book that you can open and edit
in FrameMaker version 12.
NOTE: To save a FrameMaker 12 document as a FrameMaker 9.0 or prior version’s document,
save the document as a MIF 7.0 document, open the MIF 7.0 document in FrameMaker 9.0 or
prior, and Save the document in the desired format.
MIF 2015
Creates a text file containing FrameMaker 2015 statements that describe all text and graphics.
To avoid overwriting your original document, save the MIF file under a different name. (For
example, add a .mif extension to the name.) For information on MIF, see the MIF Reference-
guide.
MIF 7.0
Creates a text file containing FrameMaker 7.0 statements that describe all text and graphics. To
avoid overwriting your original document, save the MIF file under a different name. (For
example, add a .mif extension to the name.) For information on MIF, see the online manual
MIF Reference.
Text Only
Creates a text file without graphics or formatting information. To avoid overwriting your original document, save the text file under a different name. (For example, add a .text extension to
the name.)
PDF
Creates a Portable Document Format (PDF) file that can be viewed in Adobe Acrobat® and
other applications that support PDF files.
SGML
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HTML
Creates an HTML document that can be viewed on the World Wide Web. For information on
adjusting the mapping of paragraph and character tags to predefined HTML elements, see Set
up and adjust HTML mappings.
NOTE:When you save a structured FrameMaker document as HTML, all attributes with the same
name are mapped to the same value, even if the attributes have different values for different
elements. To use different values for these attributes after exporting, use a text editor to edit the
resulting file.
Microsoft RTF
Create files in Rich Text Format 1.6 (RTF), which is supported by many word processors and
can be read by other applications. Most formatting is preserved as formats are usually
converted to word-processing styles.
NOTE:You can use the Print command to save a PostScript
RELATEDLINKS:
Create PostScript files
Using Save As to export to other formats
Set up and adjust HTML mappings
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file.
Filename extensions for saved files
When you save a file for the first time in Windows, FrameMaker automatically adds these extensions: .fm for documents, .book for book files, and .mif for MIF files. With these extensions, the files
are recognized as FrameMaker files by the Windows operating system.
If you don’t want these special extensions added to the filenames you assign, enclose the filenames
in double quotation marks. Windows doesn’t recognize a file without one of these extensions as a
FrameMaker file, but you can still open the file in FrameMaker.
If you assign an extension that’s registered by another application, such as .doc, the extension is not
replaced by the FrameMaker extension and you can still open the file in FrameMaker.
Save documents in text-only format
Saving a document in text-only format creates a text file with the text encoding of your choice: ANSI
(Windows), or ASCII. (On Japanese-language systems, you can also use JIS, Shift-JIS, or EUC. On
other Asian-language systems, you can use encoding for the supported languages.) Only ordinary
text—those in text frames and tables—is saved; graphics, text in graphic callouts, footnotes, and
formatting information are not saved. Reformat line lengths and hyphenation as needed before
saving the file.
If some characters are not available in the text encoding that you choose, those characters are
replaced in the text file. For example, when you save a document in Text Only format using ANSI
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(Windows) or ASCII encoding, spaces (including thin, en, em, and numeric spaces) are converted
to regular spaces.
1)Choose File > Save As.
2)Specify the filename and location, and choose Text Only format.
3)Click Save.
4)Do one of the following:
•To break each line into a separate paragraph, click At The End Of Each Line. This option
maintains a file’s original line breaks and blank lines. Use this option for a line-oriented
file such as computer code.
•To merge adjacent lines into paragraphs and insert a carriage return only at blank lines,
click Only Between Paragraphs. Use this option for paragraph-oriented files, such as files
containing document text.
5)If you want to save table text, select Include Text From Table Cells. Then do the following:
•Specify the order in which you want the table cells saved (row by row or column by
column).
•Choose whether to separate cells with tabs or with carriage returns by choosing items
from the pop-up menus.
6)If the text file will be used on a platform that uses a different text encoding, choose an appropriate encoding from the Text Encoding pop-up menu, and then click Save.
RELATEDLINKS:
Control hyphenation
Indentation, alignment, and spacing
Use Save As to export XML from unstructured documents
You can export both structured and unstructured files to XML. The mapping used to specify what
element to create for each paragraph tag in the source FrameMaker file is defined on a reference
page. The export function creates an XML file and a corresponding cascading style sheet (CSS),
which can be used with the document.
1)Do one of the following:
•Select File > Save As XML.
•Select File > Save As and choose XML from the pop-up menu. Give the filename an
extension of .xml.
2)Specify the file location.
3)Click Save.
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Back up and save automatically
FrameMaker can back up and save your work automatically.
1)Choose Edit > Preferences.
2)In General preferences, do the following:
•To create a backup file every time you save, select Automatic Backup On Save. This
option creates a copy of the file before your latest changes are saved. If a backup file exists,
the new backup file overwrites it. (The filenames of backup files contain .backup.)
•To create an autosave file at regular intervals, select Automatic Save and enter an interval
(in minutes) in the box. This causes a copy of the file to be saved periodically without
your having to choose File > Save. (The filenames of autosave files contain .auto.) When
you save manually or revert to the last saved version with the Revert To Saved command,
the autosave file is deleted.
3)Click OK.
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Add metadata to a document
FrameMaker includes built-in support for Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP). Metadata, or file
information, is descriptive information that can be searched and processed by a computer. Use it to
provide information about the contents of a document, and to preserve information about a document that will be opened in other Adobe applications. If you export the file to PDF, much of this
metadata will appear in Acrobat.
Metadata tags travel with the document and describe its content. By embedding them in your documents, you make the documents easier to track, manage, and retrieve.
NOTE:Metadata in a book file sometimes overrides metadata in a document file. If your document is
part of a book file, open the book file and select the document before you add metadata.
1)Make the appropriate document window or book window active. If a book window is active,
select the documents you want to affect.
2)Choose File > File Info.
3)Enter the desired information in the box next to any or all categories.
4)For Marked, choose Yes if the document is copyrighted, or No if the document is explicitly in
the public domain. Choose Unknown if you’re not sure.
5)Click Set.
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Apply a template to an open document
You can import formats from a template or a different document to an open document. Formats that
you can import include paragraph formats, table formats, variable definitions, and other properties.
You can also retain or remove any format overrides in the document. For example, changes made to
a paragraph but not stored in the Paragraph Catalog.
Templates in FrameMaker
FrameMaker templates store the following properties for reuse across documents.
1)Paragraph, character, and table formats
2)Page layouts that determine the number and position of columns on pages, and background
items such as running headers
3)Reference pages that store often-used graphics and formatting information. For example, the
tip and caution icons.
4)Variables you use as placeholders for text. For example, <BookTitle> and <CopyrightLine>.
For more information, see Variables.
5)Formatting information for cross-references, equations, and conditional tags
6)Definitions for colors that you can apply to text and objects
7)Document-wide settings, including footnote properties, custom marker types, and feathering
options for line spacing
8)On Japanese-language system, specifications for combined Japanese and Western fonts
For more information, see Page layout and templates.
Available import and update settings
When you import formatting information from a template, FrameMaker merges the information
into the document rather than completely replacing the information. For example, when you import
paragraph formats, FrameMaker adds the formats to the document’s Paragraph Catalog. If any
formats have the same name in both documents, the imported format overwrites the original format.
Any formats that are not overwritten remain in the document.
Format names are case-sensitive, so Body is not the same as body.
Paragraph formats: The template’s Paragraph Catalog is merged into the document, and all formats
in the catalog are reapplied in the document. The template’s PDF bookmark settings are also copied
into the document.
Character formats: The template’s Character Catalog is merged into the document, and all formats
in the catalog are reapplied to the document.
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