Tired of spending a lot of time to do stuff that could be automated? This is where ExtendScript comes in. We’re delighted that we could win Willam van Weelden, technical communicator and Adobe partner from The Netherlands, for this two-part online course on ExtendScript for RoboHelp. And this is what we have scheduled for you […]
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FrameMaker Super Find / Change Reloaded
Did you ever wanted to replace the format of all cross-references with another cross-reference format? Or one variable format with another? Or one condition tag with another one? Or change the table style for all tables with another table style? Or change the formatting of all paragraphs tagged with this wired “03_a_bd-ind-l1_2006_v3” paragraph styles with […]
Examples of FrameMaker Automations with Several Practical ExtendScripts
In April 2015, Adobe Partner Rick Quatro of Carmen Publishing was a special guest in a webinar that focused on how repetitious tasks can be economically automated through ExtendScripts for FrameMaker. Register here to get access to the “FrameMaker Automation Ideas with Example ExtendScripts” webinar recording: FrameMaker Automation Ideas with Example ExtendScripts Note: When you […]
Write your own FrameMaker ExtendScript, Part 2
In January, long-time FrameMaker maven, Rick Quatro of Carmen Publishing, did a guest appearance in the second of a 2-part series on FrameMaker ExtendScripts. You may view the recording of “FrameMaker: How to write your own ExtendScripts, Part 2” here. This session (Part 2) continues the process of creating a broadly useful ExtendScript for automating […]
Write your own FrameMaker ExtendScript, Part 1
In January, long-time FrameMaker maven, Rick Quatro of Carmen Publishing, did a guest appearance in the first of a 2-part series on FrameMaker ExtendScripts. This session (Part 1) goes through the process of creating a broadly useful ExtendScript for automating common tasks in FrameMaker, step-by-step. You can get a recording of the session here. [Update]: […]
Preview of Late Summer Webinars
We have greatly expanded our August and September webinar calendar with many exciting guest webinars. This blog gives you a preview of what to expect in some of these exciting sessions, along with registration links embedded in the webinar titles. Update: All webinars were recorded and can be found on our dedicated website now. Links […]
Making FrameMaker work for you
Many jobs are tedious, involving a repetitive sequence of commands that must be executed on a large number of almost identical elements in a document. And because they are tedious and feel like a waste of time on the part of the author, attention may decrease, and errors may go unnoticed. This, apart from the […]
Modifying Markers in FrameMaker at Book level through ExtendScript
Hello Framers, In this blog post, we will talk about an ExtendScript, which updates marker text of a particular type by iterating over all the components of a book. This example script again reinforces the notion of ExtendScript being very handy for doing repetitive tasks in FrameMaker or doing some little enhancements over the existing […]
ExtendScript of the Week: Keyboard Simulation in FrameMaker via Fcodes
Fcodes could be called as JIT automation for FrameMaker. I.e. with minimal effort, one could automate FM tasks with it. If you are a starter it could be very effective in automating some of the small tasks – in a breeze! Fcodes are small programmatic commands/constants that can automatically simulate user input within FrameMaker. It […]
ExtendScript of the Week: Suppressing a specific FM Alert
Continuing with the “Extend Script of the Week” postings, now we will showcase an extend script which suppresses a specific FM alert which is specified by the user. The script prompts the user to enter the alert string displayed by FM Alert dialog in a text box and then subsequently suppresses the alert when it occurs. Information about the […]