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ObjectChangeBars NEW!

FrameMaker’s Change Bar feature is limited in its ability to mark entire tables and anchored frames with change bars. ObjectChangeBars is a script that overcomes that limitation by allowing you to add change bars next to selected tables and anchored frames. The change bars can match the built-in text change bars or can be fully customized separately for tables and anchored frames. Works with FrameMaker 10 and higher! Click here to see the documentation.

Buy ObjectChangeBars single license now for only $49!

Or get a site license, including commented ExtendScript source code for only $199!

TemplateTools

TemplateTools is a powerful script that allows you to quickly format and update Paragraph Formats using FrameMaker's formatting toolbars. Easily add new Paragraph Formats and format them "by example" in the document. Quickly remove Paragraph Format overrides and unused Paragraph Formats. Click here to see the documentation.

Buy a TemplateTools single license now for only $29!

Or get a site license, including ExtendScript source code for only $149!

ConvertDocs

ConvertDocs is a script for batch converting large numbers of FrameMaker documents and books to other formats. Click here to see the documentation.

Buy a ConvertDocs single license now for only $49!

Or get a site license, including ExtendScript source code for only $199!

TemplateTools

TemplateTools is a powerful script that allows you to quickly format and update Paragraph Formats using FrameMaker's formatting toolbars. Easily add new Paragraph Formats and format them "by example" in the document. Quickly remove Paragraph Format overrides and unused Paragraph Formats. Click here to see the documentation.

Buy a TemplateTools single license now for only $29!

Or get a site license, including ExtendScript source code for only $149!

TextFormatter

TextFormatter is a powerful script that allows you to apply Character Formats to text in batches! You fill in a FrameMaker table with the words or phrases you want to search for and the Character Format that you want to apply to each one. The script flies through your document or book and applies the Character Format to each occurrence. There are options for case-sensitive and whole word searches and you can specify paragraph formats that you want to skip. This script is a huge time saver! Click here to see the documentation.

Buy a TextFormatter single license now for only $29!

Or get a site license, including ExtendScript source code for only $149!

DeleteFormats

DeleteFormats is an ExtendScript script that allows you to quickly delete the following formats from your FrameMaker documents and books: Paragraph, Character, Table, Condition, Cross-reference, Variable, Marker types, Master pages, and Reference pages. The interface can be localized to any language supported by FrameMaker. Click here to see the documentation.

Buy a DeleteFormats single license now for only $29!

Or get a site license, including ExtendScript source code for only $149!

FindChangeBatch

FindChangeBatch is an ExtendScript script that allows you to perform batches of finds and changes on a FrameMaker document or book. You use a seven-column table in a FrameMaker document to set up your find/change pairs and their settings. The script will use the first table in the batch document’s main flow. There is nothing special about the batch document or the table or their formatting; it is just an ordinary FrameMaker document with a seven-column table with one or more body rows. Click here to see the documentation.

Buy a FindChangeBatch single license now for only $39!

Or get a site license, including ExtendScript source code for only $169!

TableCleaner

TableCleaner provides powerful tools for working with FrameMaker tables, including those imported from Word. You can remove custom ruling and shading, convert body to header rows, resize tables by example, and apply paragraph formatting to existing tables. Tables can be modified individually or in batches across entire documents or books. Hundreds of tables can be updated in seconds with TableCleaner. Click here to see the documentation.

Buy a TableCleaner single license now for only $39!

Or get a site license, including ExtendScript source code for only $169!

FindChangeFormatsBatch

FindChangeFormatsBatch is a delightfully simple script that allows you to Find/Change hundreds (or thousands) of FrameMaker formats with a single command. Finds/changes can be performed on the following formats: paragraph, character, table, condition, cross-reference, user variable, master pages, and marker types. FindChangeFormatsBatch uses a simple FrameMaker table to map your old formats to new ones. The built-in Write Formats Table command gives you a head start on building your table. Click here to see the documentation.

Buy FindChangeFormatsBatch now for only $49!

Or get a site license, including ExtendScript source code for only $199!

ImportFormatsSpecial

ImportFormatsSpecial allows you more granular control of the document properties that you import from a template. It also allows you to import User Variables without System Variables and vise versa so you can import one type of variable format without clobbering the others. Individual document properties are listed separately so you can selectively import some properties while excluding others. Click here to see the documentation.

Buy ImportFormatsSpecial now for only $29! Includes source code!

PathChanger

PathChanger is a program for globally updating paths to imported graphics, text insets, external cross-references, and book components. PathChanger writes all of your document or book references to a simple .csv file that can be opened and edited in Excel. The changes can then be written back to FrameMaker, updating hundreds of broken links at once. Click here to see the documentation.

Buy PathChanger now for only $49!

Or get a site license, including ExtendScript source code for only $199!

ArchiveES

ArchiveES is a script for archiving a FrameMaker book or document. It is patterned after the original Archive plugin written by the late Bruce Foster, a long-time contributor to the FrameMaker community. When you run the script, it will prompt you for an archive folder, or allow you to create a new folder. It will create Graphics and Insets folders inside of the archive folder and will copy the book or document and its referenced files into this folder and Graphics and Insets subfolders. All references, including graphics, text insets, and external cross-references will be updated to point to the archived folders so that the archived book or document will be self-contained within the archive folder. Click here to see the documentation.

Buy ArchiveES now for only $29!

Or get a site license, including ExtendScript source code for only $149!

CrossrefReporter

Do you need to see all of the cross-references in your book in one place? You can now with CrossrefReporter. CrossrefReporter is an ExtendScript script that creates a table of all of the cross-references in a book. Each row displays the document name, the cross-reference text, and the page number of the cross-reference. Not only that, but you will see the name of the document containing the companion Cross-Ref marker and its page number. There are hyperlinks to both the cross-references and the markers so you can quickly navigate to them. The report table can be sorted and edited to make it more useful to you. Click here to see the documentation.

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Table Changebars

A free script! Add changebars to tables.

Download the script and copy it to

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\<Version>\startup

where <UserName> is your Windows login name and <Version> is your FrameMaker version. If the startup folder doesn't exist, create it. Start FrameMaker and you will see two new commands in the Table menu. Usage instructions are in the included ReadMe.txt file. Please try the script and let me know if you have any feedback. Thank you!

Duplicate Paragraph Formats

A free script! Quickly duplicate paragraph formats.

Download the script from my store and see the ReadMe.txt file for installation and usage instructions. The script is free but you can purchase a version with complete source code for only $99.

Please try the script and let me know if you have any feedback. Thank you!