Community KB :: DITA / FrameMaker

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FM8/9 DITA .. refers to the DITA support that is provided by default in FM8 or FM9.

DITA-FMx .. is a plugin that provides extended DITA authoring support for FM8, FM7.2 and FM7.1. More info...

Authoring

"Zapfdingbats Font Family not available" message in console - 2008-12-08
Building a real FM book from a DITA map - 2008-06-19
Can't create a conref to a table row - 2009-04-27
Can't delete topicrefs from a map - 2008-07-07
Can't get rid of empty pages - 2008-07-07
Convert to Table command only lists "simpletable" - 2009-03-04
Customize the formatting and layout of DITA files in Frame - 2008-06-19
FM crashes when saving to XML - 2008-06-19
Formatting of nested conrefs isn't right - 2009-01-23
FrameMaker replaces XML character entities with characters - 2010-02-18
How to modify the structure applications for non-English versions of FrameMaker - 2010-02-04
How to use ditaval to apply change bars - 2010-02-08
I can't create an fm-xref to anything except a "topic" - 2009-04-21
I want my figure title after the image - 2008-06-19
I'm getting the message "Translator client not found." when saving from a FM binary to XML - 2008-06-19
Images are cropped to the width of the text column - 2008-07-29
Line breaks disappear in code or preformatted content - 2009-01-26
My fm-xref cross-refs disappear when reopening the file. - 2008-06-19
My tables always end up filling the text column width, how do I stop that? - 2010-08-24
Paragraph returns aren't preserved when code samples are pasted into a codeblock element - 2008-07-21
simpletable and choicetable columns widths don't stick - 2008-06-19
Specializing Your EDD and FrameMaker Template Files - 2008-03-17
Table title continuation variable cannot be used in a table title - 2008-10-16
Table titles don't insert properly - 2008-10-16
Tip: use tables in your conref library - 2009-02-20
Using "Convert to Table" command, reports it can't convert a text inset to a table. - 2008-06-19
What is a "max reference level" and why are all these messages in the console window? - 2008-06-19
When generating a book from a map I end up with blank pages that keep reappearing. - 2008-07-07
Where do I get the latest FM updates? - 2008-06-19
Why am I getting the message "Translator client (ditafm_app) was not found." when opening a DITA file? - 2009-04-26

Installation

How do I install DITA-FMx on Vista? - 2009-07-05
How to modify the structure applications for non-English versions of FrameMaker - 2010-02-04
Setting up DITA-FMx with OT 1.4.x - 2008-06-19
Where do I get the latest FM updates? - 2008-06-19
Why am I getting the message "Translator client (ditafm_app) was not found." when opening a DITA file? - 2009-04-26

OpenToolkit

FM-based cross-reference text shows up in OT-generated files - 2008-06-19
I installed the FM8 DITA-OT plugin, but I can't get the Generate Output dialog to display - 2008-06-19
Setting up DITA-FMx with OT 1.4.x - 2008-06-19

Output

Building a real FM book from a DITA map - 2008-06-19
Can't get rid of empty pages - 2008-07-07
Customize the formatting and layout of DITA files in Frame - 2008-06-19
Excluding shortdesc from generated FM/book files - 2008-06-19
Extra line break on "pre" elements in map to book builds - 2008-06-19
FM-based cross-reference text shows up in OT-generated files - 2008-06-19
Formatting looks different than expected when generating a book from a map - 2008-07-04
Formatting of nested conrefs isn't right - 2009-01-23
Frame crashes when generating a PDF - 2008-06-19
Generate Book from Map tells me that the map is in Document format .. what's up? - 2008-06-19
How to use ditaval to apply change bars - 2010-02-08
I installed the FM8 DITA-OT plugin, but I can't get the Generate Output dialog to display - 2008-06-19
I want my figure title after the image - 2008-06-19
Images are cropped to the width of the text column - 2008-07-29
Line breaks are added at approx 80 chars in the exported XML file - 2008-07-03
Map to Book conversion fails - 2008-06-19
My tables always end up filling the text column width, how do I stop that? - 2010-08-24
When generating a book from a map I end up with blank pages that keep reappearing. - 2008-07-07
Why is a file not in the "scope" of the build? - 2009-12-03