Framemaker 8 help file

In the Run field, type "control printers" without the quotes and then press the Enter key. Double-click Adobe PDF printer. Make sure that the printer is not set to work offline.

Locate Use Printer Offline in the pop-up menu. If a check mark appears to the left of Use Printer Offline, deselect that option. Close the Adobe PDF window. Close all programs. Select "Set as Default Printer" in the context menu list.

Click PDF Setup. Then, choose a different job option from the PDF job options menu, and click Set. Click Print. Check the messages. In print dialog box, enable the Print to File option. To the right of the Print to File check mark box, click Browse.

To the right of the "Look in" field at the top of the "Browse" window , click the Down Arrow and choose Desktop. Click OK. In the print dialog box, click Print. Close the program when the file is done being produced. If none of the steps above resolved the failure to create a PDF file, additional assistance is available.

Contact Adobe Technical Support. Troubleshoot FrameMaker. Deselect Generate Acrobat Data, and then click Print. Try printing with a different job option. Select the Settings tab, and make sure that the Job Option selected is the same as the one chosen in step.

Click the Set button. Try using a different Acrobat Distiller job option. An Acrobat Distiller job option can sometime become damaged and unusable. To isolate whether a specific job option in Acrobat Distiller is responsible, do the following: Start Acrobat Distiller. Next to the "Default Settings" field, click the Down Arrow and choose a different job option.

Try printing to the Adobe PDF printer. Troubleshoot a FrameMaker Document. Open all documents in a book before you create a PDF file. Move files to local hard drive if files are stored in network location.

Attempt to create a PDF from the individual files contained within the book. Set the Adobe PDF printer as the default printer. Deselect Generate Adobe Data, and then click Print. Troubleshoot the fonts used in the document. If the document contains conditional text, set all conditional text tags to "Show" and then save the document. To set all conditionally tagged paragraphs to be visible in an individual FrameMaker file, do the following: Open the problematic file in FrameMaker.

Saves the FrameMaker document or book as a view only document or book that you can open and view in FrameMaker release. Open this file in the older FrameMaker version and save it in the native format of this version. To interchange FrameMaker files with FrameMaker versions prior to version 7. Open this file in FrameMaker 7. Creates a plain text file without graphics or formatting information.

To avoid overwriting your original document, save the text file under a different name. Create files in Rich Text Format 1. Most formatting is preserved as formats are usually converted to word-processing styles. Need help with finding your serial number? Sign in to My Adobe to find serial numbers for registered products. Or, see Find your serial number. Make sure that your system meets the requirements for installing FrameMaker. After downloading the installation files, see these instructions to extract the files and install your product.

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