What’s new in Update 1 of Adobe FrameMaker

Learn what is new in Update 1 of Adobe FrameMaker (September 2022 release).

Update 1 of FrameMaker (September 2022 release) has many improvements like removing system-generated prefixes from named destinations, better handling of SVGs, improved handling of conditional tags in faster PDF publishing route, and security issues.

Note: For more details on the issues fixed in this release, see the Fixed issues article.

User-specified named destination in PDF output

PDF output is a key publishing format for FrameMaker documentation. Now FrameMaker allows you to create reliable named destinations. When you create a named destination in your FrameMaker document, you get the same text within the named destination in the PDF output. Unlike the previous versions, FrameMaker does not add any system-generated prefix to keep the named destinations unique.

For example, if you create a named destination available_hypertext_commands then earlier, the named destination in your PDF output had some additional characters and could be displayed M8.newlink.availablehypertextcommands. Now FrameMaker retains the original text in the named destination, and it is called available_hypertext_commands in the PDF output.

Important: You need to ensure the uniqueness of the named destinations inside a book.

The new feature is handy in creating hyperlinks from other documents. As the named destinations remain same and have no system generated characters, you can use these to easily hyperlink them from other documents or web pages.

Note: This is applicable only for the default PDF publishing route and not the Distiller route.

The following screenshots display named destination in the PDF output generated in FrameMaker.

Figure 1. Named destination picked in Update 1 of FrameMaker (September 2022 release)

Figure 2. Named destination picked in the earlier versions of FrameMaker

For information on how to navigate to a specific destination, see Navigate to a named destination.

Pretty Print and Preview Filter by Attribute moved to the Structured Access bar

Now FrameMaker provides a more unified authoring experience. You can easily find Pretty Print and Preview Filter by Attribute in the Structured Access bar. These buttons help you work seamlessly with structured documents.

You can use Pretty Print to beautify or indent your XML document to make it more readable. It helps you to add spaces and line breaks for better readability of the XML. For more information, see Whitespace handling for XML.

Use Preview Filter by Attribute to preview the contents filtered in a structured document based on the attributes applied to the content. For more information about attributes, refer to Filter by attribute.

Figure 3. Pretty Print and Preview Filter by Attribute moved to the Structured Access bar

A. Preview Filter by Attribute B. Pretty Print