Adobe FrameMaker 7.0 User manual

Customizing (Windows
®
)
FrameMaker® 7.0
Adobe®

ii
Contents
Customizing
FrameMaker
Locating customization fi les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Changing Initialization
Files
About initialization fi les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System information about F rameMaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Basic char acteristics of F rameMaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Options for your working environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Folders and setup fi les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Positions for windows and dialog bo xes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
FDK clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dash patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Thermometer colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Document comparison options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Spelling options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Basic font settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Aliases for Windows fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Mappings for unav ailable fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Filters on your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Changing Menus and
Commands
About menu and command confi guration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Customizing commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Customizing menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Debugging a customized confi guration fi le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing menu confi gurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Removing formatting bar commands and window buttons . . . . . . . . . 34

1
Online manual
Customizing FrameMaker
his manual describes how to customize Adobe® FrameMaker® by changing settings in initialization files and
creating custom menu configurations. This information applies to the following platforms:
•
Windows® 98
• Windows NT® 4.0 and later
•
Windows ME
•
Windows 2000
•
Windows XP
Initialization files contain settings that define your FrameMaker environment. For example, by changing settings in
an initialization file, you can change dash-pattern choices or define the initial position of dialog boxes and windows.
For information, see “Changing Initialization Files” on page 2
Menu customization files define menus and commands. By changing these files, you can customize the user
interface. For information, see “Changing Menus and Commands” on page 20
Locating customization files
In this manual, install_dir represents the directory in which FrameMaker is installed. Customization files are located
in
install_dir\fminit , install_dir\fminit\maker , and install_dir\fminit\fmstruct .
Users might also have personal versions of installation files such as
maker.ini located in UserProfile\Application
Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\7.0
, where UserProfile is the location of user profile data for the current platform. To see
the
Application Data folder, you may need to set your operating system to Show hidden files and folders .
The following table lists the platforms that support user profiles, and shows the location of
UserProfile :
Platform Location of user profile data
Windows 98 \Windows\Profiles\ username if users save individual preferences
\Windows if all users share the same preferences
Windows ME
Windows NT 4.0
\WinNT\Profiles\ username
Windows 2000
\Documents and Settings\ username
Windows XP
T

2
Online manual
Changing Initialization Files
You can customize your FrameMaker environment in many ways by editing initialization files. In some cases, you
may also want to edit the setup files referred to in these initialization files. This chapter describes the changes you
can make by changing settings in the initialization files.
About initialization files
Initialization files are text files that define many elements of your working environment.You can edit settings in these
files using FrameMaker or a text editor such as Notepad.
Important: If you open an initialization file in FrameMaker, you’ll see a dialog box telling you that the file is of an
unknown type. Make sure that Text is selected in the dialog box, and click Convert to open it. When you’re finished editing
the file, use the Save As command to save it as Text Only.
The initialization file contains settings such as default options for the Preferences dialog box, values for the Zoom
pop-up menu, and the names of dashed lines. It also gives the locations of dictionaries and other files that
FrameMaker needs to find as you work.These initial settings are made when you install FrameMaker on your system.
The settings in the initialization file are grouped under bracketed headings. Each heading tells the system how to
interpret the information that follows. A line that begins with a semicolon (;) is a comment and is not read by the
system.
User profile versions of
maker.ini
FrameMaker always stores a copy of the product initialization file, maker.ini , in install_dir . To save settings for
individual user profiles FrameMaker also stores a user’s copy of
maker.ini in UserProfile\Application
Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\7.0
, where UserProfile is the location of user profile data for the current platform. For
more information about
UserProfile and the location of customization files, see “Locating customization files” on
page 1.
When FrameMaker starts up it uses the settings in the installation version of maker.ini plus the settings in the user’s
personal version of
maker.ini as follows:
•
FrameMaker reads all the entries in the installation version of maker.ini
•
For single settings such as view options or recently visited files, if there is an entry in the user’s personal version of
maker.ini , FrameMaker uses it to override the entry from the installation version
•
For accumulated settings such as installed FDK plug-ins, FrameMaker adds the user’s personal entries to the
entries found in the installaton version of
maker.ini
To make a change to maker.ini that affects all users who will log onto a particular system, modify the settings in the
installation version of maker.ini. For example, you might want to register an FDK plug-in via this version of
maker.ini to ensure every user has access to the plugin. To restrict changes to a specific user you would modify that
user’s personal version of maker.ini .

3
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
Special characters
While editing a FrameMaker initialization file, you may need to type a character not immediately accessible on a
standard keyboard (that is, whose hexadecimal (hex) code is greater than \x7f). For example, you may need to enter
special quotation marks (see “Quotation marks for Smart Quotes”on page 15). You can do this by typing a backslash
followed by the character’s hex code. For example, to include an acute-accented e (
é ) in the name of a custom dashed
line, you use the hex code for this character (\x8e). Your entry in might look like this:
8=caf\x8, 12, 6, 6, 6
The hex codes are listed in the FrameMaker Character Sets online manual. Some special characters might not display
properly in dialog boxes.
System information about FrameMaker
The Windows system registry contains information that Windows needs to launch FrameMaker. The system registry
includes low-level characteristics that determine cursor blink rate, desktop pattern, and filename extensions
associated with the FrameMaker. The location of the FrameMaker application and its initialization file are also stored
here.
Location of FrameMaker
You should be aware of two entries placed in the system registry when you install FrameMaker. One specifies the
install path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
AppPaths\FRAME.EXE
(default) = <actual path to frame.exe>
The other entry specifies the initialization file for FrameMaker:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\FrameMaker\7.0\IniFile
(default) = maker.ini
If you move the install folder or if you move or rename the initialization file, change these entries in the registry.You
can specify an absolute pathname or (for Windows 98 or Windows NT) a pathname relative to
install_dir . You edit
the registry by running the Registry Editor (choose Run from the Windows Start menu and then enter
regedit ).
If you change the FrameMaker settings recorded in the registry, the changes will take effect the next time you start
FrameMaker.
You may also want to define a new location for some of the setup files. For information about changing the location
of these files, see “Additional settings” on page 8.
Associating filename extensions with FrameMaker
There are three filename extensions associated with FrameMaker in the system registry. These extensions are .fm ,
.book , and .mif . To associate other extensions with FrameMaker, right-click a file with the extension and choose
Open With to display a dialog box in which you can specify which application to use to open files with this extension.
Basic characteristics of FrameMaker
The [ Frame ] settings in the FrameMaker initialization file define a few basic characteristics of FrameMaker on your
system:

4
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
Ver sion=
version
Language=USEnglish
•
The Version setting specifies the version of the product that you have installed.
•
The Language setting specifies the default language dictionary and the default paragraph language. The initial
setting specifies US English. You can enter the name of one of the other languages available in FrameMaker, but
you must have the dictionary for that language installed for FrameMaker to work.
Registration information for the product is specified in the
[RegInfo] section of the FrameMaker initialization file.
This section includes four settings,
User , Company , RegNum , and ASN , which are set during installation.
Options for your working environment
The [Preferences] settings in the initialization file specify options for your working environment. Some of these
settings appear in the Preferences dialog box. Some appear in other dialog boxes in the product. A few are accessible
only in the initialization file.
Some of these settings are explained briefly in the following sections. In each section, the default settings from the
initialization file are shown first, followed by an explanation of some or all of the settings. The order of the settings
listed here does not necessarily match the order in which they appear in the initialization file.
Exiting FrameMaker
AskExit=Off
• The AskExit setting determines if FrameMaker asks for confirmation before exiting.
Saving files automatically
BackupOnSave=On
AutoSave=Off 5
•
BackupOnSave determines if a backup file is automatically created when you save a file.
• The value for AutoSave is in minutes and determines how often FrameMaker creates a backup file for the active
file, whether or not you have saved it.
Logging errors
ShowErrors=On
ErrorFileName=consfile.txt
• ShowErrors determines if error messages are displayed in the console window when they occur.
•
ErrorFileName specifies the name of the file that error messages are written to if there is a system crash. If that
happens, immediately make a copy of the
consfile.txt file.This file will contain important debugging information,
which can help a Technical Support engineer track down the problem. Be sure to copy this file before restarting,
since the file is overwritten with a blank one whenever a FrameMaker 7.0 product starts.
Visual display preferences
GreekSize=7
UseSystemCursor=On/Off
Zoom=25, 50, 80, 100, 120, 140, 150, 160, 200, 400
PenWidths=0.5, 1.0, 3.0, 4.0
•
The value for GreekSize is in points and specifies the point size at which text displayed on the screen is grayed out.

5
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
•
UseSystemCursor specifies whether FrameMaker will use its own cursors for mouse actions such as Rotate or
Drag. When set to
Off , FrameMaker uses its own cursors; when set to On , FrameMaker uses the cursors supplied
with the operating system. This is set to
Off by default.
•
The Zoom setting defines the values that appear in the Zoom pop-up menu. You can change these values to any
values between 25 and 1600. The values are percentages, with 100 representing a document’s print size. If the line
contains more than 10 values, only the first 10 appear in the pop-up menu. The zoom values are updated every
time you exit FrameMaker, using the current settings in the Zoom pop-up menu.
•
The PenWidths setting defines the widths that appear in the Line Widths pop-up menu in the Tools palette. Each
value specifies a line width in points. You can change a width to any value between .015 and 360 points. These
values are updated every time you exit FrameMaker, using the current settings in the Line Widths pop-up menu.
DefaultRulerInch=0.125in
DefaultRulerCm=0.5cm
DefaultGridInch=0.5in
DefaultGridCm=1cm
DefaultSnapInch=0.125in
DefaultSnapCm=0.25cm
•
The DefaultRuler settings provide the default values for the tick marks on the vertical and horizontal rulers in new
custom documents.The DefaultGrid settings provide default values for spacing of the visible grid lines. The
DefaultSnap settings provide default values for the spacing of the snap grid lines.
There are a pair of settings for each of these items so that both inches and centimeters can be specified. The values
that FrameMaker uses depend on the measurement system specified in the Number tab of the Regional Settings
Control Panel in Windows.
Important: You must include a unit of measure (in, ", or cm) with each value.
MonitorSize=Default
ShowQuickAccessBar=On H
ShowFormattingBar=On
•The MonitorSize setting specifies the size of your monitor so that the documents and dimensions you see on the
screen (such as for margins and objects) are very close to their actual size. Initially, MonitorSize is set to Default.
If you want greater precision in the measurements you see on the screen, fill in the diagonal measure of your
monitor. For example:
MonitorSize=17in
Important: You must include a unit of measure (in, ", or cm) with this value.
For more information about this setting, see the online manual Working on Multiple Platforms.
•The ShowQuickAccessBar setting determines if the QuickAccess bar appears when you start FrameMaker. To
specify a horizontal or vertical QuickAccess bar, include an Hor Vafter the On value. This value is updated every
time you exit FrameMaker, using the current setting in the View menu.
•The ShowFormattingBar setting determines if the formatting bar appears when you start FrameMaker. This value
is updated every time you exit FrameMaker, using the current setting in the View menu.
RememberMissingFontName=On
•The RememberMissingFontName setting determines whether the names of unavailable fonts are preserved so
that the original fonts can reappear when the file is reopened on a computer where they are installed. For more
information on this setting, see the online manual Working on Multiple Platforms.

6
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
Filename conventions
CrossPlatformFileNaming=Windows 9x/2000/NT
•The CrossPlatformFileNaming setting controls the file naming convention that is used. The default is
Windows9x/2000/NT. The other choices are UNIX, and Macintosh.
For details on these file naming conventions, see the online manual Working on Multiple Platforms.
Enabling FDK client programs
API=On
•FDK clients are plug-in programs that are integrated with FrameMaker using the Frame Developer’s Kit™ (FDK)
and Application Program Interface™ (API). The [APIClients] section of the initialization file contains a list of
FDK clients to start when FrameMaker starts. (For more information, see “FDK clients” on page 12).
To start FrameMaker without starting FDK clients, change the On value to Off. If you do so, the WordCount
document report and the online manuals’ Print Manual buttons will not work.
Format preferences
UsePostScript=On
EPSLevelForPlacedPDF=n
ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF, TEXT
FMImage=Off
•The UsePostScript setting determines if FrameMaker uses built-in methods of generating PostScript code instead
of standard Windows methods. If the product uses the built-in methods, it can print faster and produce higher
quality documents. To use standard Windows methods instead, change the On value to Off. Also, changing this
setting to Off makes FrameMaker print the preview image of EPS graphics instead of the PostScript image.
•The EPSLevelForPlacedPdf specifies the level of EPS to use for placed PDF images. By default, FrameMaker prints
imported PDF (Placed PDF) files by converting them to Level 2 EPS files. Use this setting to specify Level 1 or Level
2.
•The ClipboardFormatsPrioritiesntry controls what format is used when you paste or when you drop a file into an
open document.
An item can be stored on the Clipboard with multiple formats. This entry specifies the order for the formats used to
paste Clipboard items. In this entry, priority in the list goes from left (highest) to right (lowest). To give a format
higher priority, move it farther left in the list. The first format in the list which matches a format on the Clipboard
will be the format used to paste the item. For example, many users move TEXT in front of RTF in order to preserve
line breaks and strip formatting when text is pasted from browsers and other programs.
The FILE format instructs FrameMaker to check whether the object being dropped or in the Clipboard is a file. If it
is, the file is opened; if the file is not in a recognized graphic format, it is embedded as an OLE package.
This precedence applies to all items you paste from the Clipboard. You can override this precedence for individual
paste operations by using Edit > Paste Special rather than Edit > Paste.
If you comment out this line (by starting it with a semicolon), FrameMaker uses the first of the formats associated
with the Clipboard item. Depending on what kind of item is on the Clipboard, the format can vary from one paste
to the next.
•The FMImage entry controls whether a FrameImage facet is saved with imported graphics by default. The initial
FMImage setting is off.

7
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
Menu preferences
MenuSet=Complete
;MenuSet=Quick
;MenuSet=Custom
•FrameMaker has two built-in sets of menus for each product interface (FrameMaker and Structured
FrameMaker). Complete menus are the menus and commands as described in the FrameMaker User Guide and in
online Help. Quick menus are a subset of complete menus. You can also create your own custom menu set. The
MenuSet setting defines which set of menus appears when you start. By default, the Complete menu set is used.
To change the MenuSet setting, remove the semicolon from the setting you want and insert a semicolon before the
setting you don’t want.
AutoMnemoniseMenus=On
ConfigWarnKbdRedundant=Off
ConfigWarnKbdOverride=Off
StickyPopupThreshold=500
•The AutoMnemoniseMenus setting determines if mnemonic command shortcuts are shown on menus.
Mnemonic shortcuts are underlined letters in command labels.When a menu is open,you can choose a command
by typing the underlined letter (for example, the O underlined in the Open command on the File menu).
The letter that is underlined is specified in the command configuration files (see “Adding shortcuts for a command”
on page 27). When the product loads these files, it automatically generates the specified mnemonic shortcuts. To
prevent FrameMaker from creating these command shortcuts, change the AutoMnemoniseMenus setting to Off.
Keyboard shortcuts (key sequences) are also defined in command configuration files. You can change the default
shortcuts or add shortcuts in your menu customization file. If you set ConfigWarnKbdRedundant to On, you will
see warning messages when you load the customization file if it contains redundant shortcut definitions. If you set
ConfigWarnKbdOverride to On, you will see warning messages when you load the customization file if it contains
shortcut definitions for commands that already have shortcuts defined for them. The warning messages appear in
the console window.
For more information about command configuration files, see “Changing Menus and Commands” on page 20.
•The StickyPopupThreshold setting controls how long you must hold down the mouse button for pop-up menus,
such as the Zoom menu, to open. The preset value, 500, specifies an interval similar to that for opening menus in
the menu bar.
For more information on customizing menus, see “Changing Menus and Commands” on page 20. For more infor-
mation on how to load a menu customization file, see “Menu and command configuration files” on page 10.
Suppressing filename extensions
SuppressExtensions=fm, book
•For all the Windows platforms that FrameMaker 7.0 supports, the operating system hides file extensions for regis-
tered file types when filenames are listed in browser windows or shell windows. You can disable this extension
suppression with a view option in the shell. FrameMaker suppresses file extensions in its browsers and in the
document and book window headers if shell suppression is enabled. If shell suppression is disabled, FrameMaker
will also not suppress the file extensions.
The SuppressExtensions setting controls which file extensions are suppressed when suppression is enabled. By
default, only .fm and .book extensions are suppressed. If you want to disable all file extension suppression, you can
either disable extension suppression in the shell or edit SuppressExtensions to have a blank value.

8
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
Additional settings
NetworkLock=On
•The NetworkLock setting causes FrameMaker to create a lock file (.lck) when you open a file. The lock file deters
others from opening the same file and changing its contents while you have it open. They can, however, open a
view-only copy of the file.
Keep this setting set to On if you’re sharing network files in a workgroup. If this setting is set to Off, it’s possible for
more than one person to open the same file and overwrite each other’s work.
SplashScreen=Off
BannerFont=Arial
•By default, a banner, called a splash screen or a banner screen, appears when you start. You can suppress it by
adding the SplashScreen setting to the [Preferences] section of the initialization file. You can also specify the
default font used in this screen by changing the BannerFont setting in the [Fonts] section.
CtrlAltG=Off/On
•For a number of European languages, the keyboards include an Alt Grave key for typing accented characters. This
setting specifies whether FrameMaker will consider the Ctrl-Alt-G key combination equivalent to the Alt Grave
key. The default is Off—FrameMaker does not consider Ctrl-Alt-G to be equivalent.
InputMethodAutoActivation=Off/On
•Typing text in Asian fonts is accomplished via a special input device. FrameMaker can recognize when you are
typing an an Asian font and invoke this device automaticaly. By default, this is set to On. If you set this to Off, you
must use the appropriate command to invoke the input device.
Folders and setup files
The [Directories] and [Files] settings in the initialization file specify the names and locations of certain folders and
files. This information is entered for you when you install.You should change the information if you rename or move
a folder or file, or if you’re working on a network and have made your own local copy of a setup file.
The locations in these settings are relative to install_dir. For any of the settings, you can use an absolute pathname
instead.
You may want to modify a file itself rather than its name or location, particularly the dictionaries or the custom
template. For information about changing templates and editing dictionary files, see the FrameMaker User Guide.
Folder names
The following settings are in the [Directories] section of the initialization file:
HelpDir=help
LanguageDir=dict
TemplateDir=templates
FilterDllDir=filters
OpenDirOnStart=
PaletteDir=fminit\maker
PaletteDirStructure=fminit\fmstruct

9
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
AlwaysOnTopPaletteDir=
ColorLib=fminit\Color
FontDir=fminit\fonts
FontDirCache=fminit\fonts\.cache
UnicodeDir=fminit\unicode
•HelpDir specifies the folder that contains the files for the online Help system.
•LanguageDir specifies the folder that contains files with language-specific information, such as hyphenation
settings and language dictionaries for spell-checking.
•TemplateDir specifies the folder that contains the standard templates that come with the product, except the ones
for custom documents and text files. You can change this setting to point to a network folder that contains
templates for your workgroup. For information about the default templates, see the FrameMaker User Guide.
•FilterDllDir specifies the folder that contains the filters installed on your system.
•OpenDirOnStart specifies which folder should initially appear in the Open dialog box. Every time you exit, this
setting is updated to the folder from which you last opened a document.
•PaletteDir, PaletteDirStructure, and AlwaysOnTopPaletteDir specify palette folders. The values for these
settings are a list of folder names, separated by commas. When you store a document in one of these folders,
FrameMaker treats it as a palette (such as the Tools palette or Equations palette). Palettes in AlwaysOnTopPalet-
teDir always float in front of documents.
ColorLib specifies the folder that contains color library files. These files are read in at startup and appear in the Color
Libraries pop-up menu in the Color Definitions dialog box.You can add any library file formatted in the ASCII Color
Format (.acf), version 2.1 or earlier, or in the Binary Color Format (.bcf), version 2.0. You can’t use a FrameMaker
product to save a .bcf library file.
•FontDir and FontDirCache specify the folders to scan for variable-width font information for Japanese fonts. Do
not change these settings.
•UnicodeDir specifies the folder that contains Unicode files that are used to support Asian text in Acrobat
bookmarks and other Acrobat features.
Dictionary and setup files
The following settings are in the [Files] section of the initialization file:
UserDictionary=user.dct
SiteDictionary=dict\site.dct
CustomDoc=fminit\custom
AsciiTemplate=fminit\txttmplt
•UserDictionary and SiteDictionary give the names and locations of dictionary files.
•CustomDoc specifies the template for new custom documents.
•AsciiTemplate specifies the template for text files.
EquationDoc=fminit\equation
ThesaurusDoc=fminit\thesaurs
TemplateBrowserDoc=fminit\maker\tmpltbrw
TemplateBrowserDocStructure=fminit\fmstruct\tmpltbrw
VerticalQuickAccessBar=fminit\vertqab
ToolBarIniFile=fminit\fmtoolbr.ini

10
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
•EquationDoc specifies the Equations palette.
•ThesaurusDoc specifies the Thesaurus dialog box.
•TemplateBrowserDoc specifies the Templates browser when running with the FrameMaker product interface.
•TemplateBrowserDocStructure specifies Template browser when running with the Structured FrameMaker
product interface.
•VerticalQuickAccessBar specifies the vertical QuickAccess bar.
•ToolBarIniFile specifies an initialization file used to determine the layout of the QuickAccess and formatting bars
and the pop-up help text that appears when you point to a tool.You may change the tool help text but don’t change
any other settings.
Resources=fminit\fmres.dll
DialogResources=fminit\fmdlg.dll
AlternateResources=fminit\fmcustom.dll
EPSHeader=fminit\header.ps
FMFont=fminit\fm5font.ttf
FMSmallFont=fminit\fmsmall.fon
•Resources, DialogResources, and AlternateResources define dialog boxes, menus, error messages, and other
resources.
•EPSHeader specifies the PostScript header file. Do not change this setting.
•FMFont specifies the font used for symbols for anchored frames, markers, tabs, and so on. Do not change this
setting. If you move or delete this font, these symbols will be displayed incorrectly on your monitor. If you need
to reinstall the font, reinstall the FrameMaker 7.0 product application files.
•FMSmallFont contains the font used in the Tools palette. Do not change this setting.
Menu and command configuration files
Menu and command configuration files define menus and commands. The following settings in the [Files] section
define the location of these files:
ConfigCommandsFile=fmint\configui\cmds.cfg
MSWinConfigCommandsFile=fminit\configui\wincmds.cfg
ConfigMathFile=fminit\configui\mathcmds.cfg
ConfigMenuFile=fminit\maker\menus.cfg
ConfigMenuFileStructure=fminit\fmstruct\menus.cfg
ConfigCustomUIFile=fminit\configui\customui.cfg
MathCharacterFile=fminit\mathchar.cfg
•ConfigCommandsFile specifies the file that contains commands common to all platforms.
•MSWinConfigCommandsFile specifies the file that contains Windows-specific commands.
•ConfigMathFile specifies the file that contains math commands.
•ConfigMenuFile specifies the file that contains standard menus for the FrameMaker product interface.
•ConfigMenuFileStructure specifies the file that contains the standard menus for the Structured FrameMaker
product interface.
•ConfigCustomUIFile specifies the file that contains additional custom menus or changes to existing menus or
commands that you have added. The default file for this setting is customui.cfg. You can either add your menu
customizations to this file, or create your own file and put its path and filename in this setting.

11
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
•MathCharacterFile specifies the file that defines special math characters.
All these files are loaded at startup. For the order of precedence of these files, see “Precedence of the configuration
files” on page 21.
Page size and overview files
The other settings in the [Files] section are:
PageSizesFile=fminit\pagesize.cfg
FirstRunOpenDoc=
•The PageSizesFile file defines the page sizes for the seven standard page sizes listed in the Page Sizes popup menu
in the Custom Blank Paper and Page Size dialog boxes. For a new custom document, it also defines the default
unit, column gap, and margin settings for each paper size. For more information, see the instructions in the file.
•FirstRunOpenDoc specifies a document that displays only when you run FrameMaker for the first time. After
this document has been displayed once, this setting is reset to have an empty value.
Recently visited files
The [RecentlyVisitedFiles] section lists the most recently opened files; the filenames appear at the bottom of the File
menu. These values are updated every time you exit FrameMaker.
Positions for windows and dialog boxes
The [DialogLayout] settings in the initialization file specify a default location on the screen for some windows and
dialog boxes.
MakerWin=3, -1, -1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 640, 400
PCatalog=500, 40, 130, 180
CCatalog=500, 220, 130, 180
Tools=600, 20
Equation=0, 20
Spell=0, 20
PFormat=7, 43
CFormat=0, 20
Search=0, 20
Table=7, 63
Ruling=0, 20
Markers=0, 20
Hypertext=0, 20
CondText=0, 20
Numbering=0,20
Thesaurus=0, 20
TemplateBrowser=0, 20
VQuickAccessBar=0, 20
ECatalog=500, 50, 130, 350

12
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
•The values for MakerWin specify normal, minimized, and maximized positions.The first value determines which
position to use; its value is 1 for normal, 2 for minimized, or 3 for maximized. The next six values are pairs of x
and y offsets that specify the different window positions; the first pair specify the minimized position, the second
pair specify the maximized position, and the third pair specify the normal position. The last two values are the
normal window width and height.
•The settings for the Paragraph Catalog and Character Catalog (PCatalog and CCatalog) specify first an x and y
value for the location of the catalog. The x value specifies the offset in pixels from the left side of the screen. The y
value specifies the offset in pixels from the top of the screen. Optionally, the width and height of the catalog, in
pixels, appear after the x and y values.
•ECatalog positions the Element Catalog. This is only available when running FrameMaker in Structure mode.
•The rest of the settings specify only an x and y value for the left and top offset of the window or dialog box.
If you open and move one of these windows or dialog boxes, the location is modified in the [DialogLayout] setting
when you exit. This becomes the default location the next time you start FrameMaker.
FDK clients
The [APIClients] settings list FDK clients (plug-ins) to start when FrameMaker starts. Each client description must
be on a separate line.
•Descriptions for clients that are not filters use the following format:
clientName=ClientType, description, path, mode
For example, the Mailer client setting looks like this:
Mailer=Standard, Send Mail API Client, fminit\mailer.dll,all
•Clients that are filters use the following format:
clientName=ClientType, [facet, format_ID, vendor_id, display_name, ] description, path, mode, extension
This argument Specifies
clientName The plugin name
ClientType The client type—valid types for non-filter clients are Standard,TakeControl, and DocRep-
ort
description A string describing the FDK client
path The pathname of the client’s DLL file—can be an absolute path, or relative to the install
directory
mode Which mode of FrameMaker is valid for this client—can be one of maker, structured,or all
This argument Specifies
clientName The filter name
ClientType The filter type—one of FileToFileTextImport, FileToFileGFXImport, or ExportFilter
facet The format of the original file—For graphc files, FrameMaker saves this facet along with
the filtered representation of the graphic
format_id The dot-extension of the file that identifies its format—for example, .rtf, .bmp,or .cgm

13
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
For example, the RTF filter client setting looks like this:
RTF=TextImport, RTF, RTF, FAPI, RTF, Rich Text Format (RTF) Import, filters\rtfimprt.dll, all, ^.rtf
To create a client, you need the Frame Developer’s Kit (FDK) for Windows. If you are installing an FDK client, follow
instructions provided with the client to add its startup information to the initialization file. For more detailed infor-
mation about [APIClients] settings, see the FDK Platform Guide for Windows.
You can also load API clients simply by placing them in the Plugins folder and then starting FrameMaker (see “FDK
clients” on page 12).
Dash patterns
The [DashPatterns] settings define the eight dash pattern choices that appear in the Dashed Line Options dialog
box. You can edit these settings to replace the standard choices with custom ones:
1=Dash, 8, 6
2=Hidden, 4
3=Longdash, 16, 10
4=Dot, 2, 4
5=Dash-Dot, 12, 6, 2, 6
6=Dash-Dot-Dot, 12, 6, 2, 6, 2, 6
7=Chain, 12, 6, 6, 6
8=Phantom, 20, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6
Each dash pattern contains a label that identifies the dash pattern in the Dashed Line Options dialog box and a
repeating series of dash and gap segment lengths. Dashes and gaps are measured in points. The following illustration
shows a dashed line and its segment description. The line is made up of a 12-point dash, a 6-point gap, a 6-point
dash, and another 6-point gap. This pattern repeats to draw a dashed line of any length.
The following setting describes the same line:
7=Chain, 12, 6, 6, 6
If a dash pattern setting contains an odd number of segment lengths, the last dash value is repeated for the final gap.
For example, the following setting describes a dash pattern with 4-point dashes and 4-point gaps:
2=Hidden, 4
The dash pattern label cannot contain spaces or punctuation marks.
vendor_id A four-character maximum string that identifies the vendor
display_name The name to display in dialog boxes when the user chooses the filter
description A string to describe the filter
path The pathname of the filter’s DLL file—can be an absolute path, or relative to the install
directory
mode Which mode of FrameMaker is valid for this filter—can be one of maker, structured, or all
This argument Specifies
Dashed line:
Dash segments: 12, 6, 6, 6

14
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
Thermometer colors
A thermometer is a horizontal bar that shows progress during operations that can take some time. One color, on the
left of the bar, represents the percentage of the operation that is complete. Another color, on the right of the bar,
represents the percentage remaining. The thermometer updates as the operation progresses. The [Thermometer]
settings specify colors to use in thermometers as red, green, and blue (RGB) values. You can change these values to
specify different colors.
ThermoDoneColor=255, 0, 255
ThermoRemainingColor=192, 192, 192
Document comparison options
The [DocCompare] settings specify options for comparing documents:
CreateSummaryOnly=Off
MarkInsertedText=ConditionInserted
;MarkInsertedText=ConditionTag
;MarkInsertedText=Nothing
InsertConditionTag=Inserted
MarkDeletedText=ConditionDeleted
;MarkDeletedText=ConditionTag
;MarkDeletedText=ReplacementText
DeleteConditionTag=Deleted
DeleteReplacementText=^
•The CreateSummaryOnly setting sets the Create radio buttons in the Compare Documents and Compare Books
dialog boxes. When this setting is On, only a summary document is created. When this setting is Off, both
summary and composite documents are created.
•The MarkInsertedText settings control the standard choice for marking insertions. You can choose the
standard Inserted condition, ConditionInserted; a custom condition, ConditionTag; or Nothing. Edit the file
so the option you want is the only one without a semicolon before it. If you choose a custom condition for inserted
text, specify its tag with the InsertConditionTag setting.
•The MarkDeletedTextsettings control the standard choice for marking deletions. You can choose the standard
Deleted condition, ConditionDeleted; a custom condition, ConditionTag; or replacement text, Replace-
mentText. Edit the file so the option you want is the only one without a semicolon before it.
•If you choose a custom condition for MarkDeletedText, specify the condition tag in the DeleteConditionTag
setting.
•If you choose replacement text for the MarkDeletedText setting, add the replacement text as a text string in the
DeleteReplacementText setting (in place of the ^).
AddChangeBars=On
InsertHyperTextLinks=On
ThresholdFactor=75
•The AddChangeBars setting specifies if change bars are added to the composite document.
•The InsertHyperTextLinks setting specifies if hypertext links are added to the summary document.
•The ThresholdFactor setting controls when to mark an entire paragraph or table cell as changed. The preset
value is 75; an entire paragraph is marked as changed if 75 percent or more of the words are changed. You can
increase or decrease this percentage.

15
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
Spelling options
The [Spelling] settings in the initialization file define the options for spell-checking and specify which style of
quotation marks to use.
Settings for the Spelling Checker Options dialog box
The first group of lines under [Spelling] contains default settings for the Spelling Checker Options dialog box:
FindRepeatedWords=On
FindUnusualHyphenation=Off
FindUnusualCap=Off
IgnoreSingleCharWords=On
IgnoreAllCaps=On
FindStraightQuotes=On
FindExtraSpaces=On
IgnoreRomanNumerals=Off
IgnoreWordsWithDigits=On
FindTwoInARow=On !,.:;?
IgnoreWordsContaining=On .
FindSpaceBefore=On !%),.:;?]}\xC8\xD3\xD5\xDD
FindSpaceAfter=On $([{\xC7\xD2\xD4\xDC\xE2\xE3
You can change any On setting to Off (and vice versa) and specify different characters in the last four lines. (For
information on entering special characters using hex codes, see “Special characters” on page 3.)
These values are updated every time you exit, using the current settings in the Spelling Checker Options dialog box.
Important: If you edit FindTwoInARow, IgnoreWordsContaining, FindSpaceBefore, and FindSpaceAfter, be sure
to leave a space between the On/Off toggle and the character or group of characters to the right of it.
Quotation marks for Smart Quotes
The last group of lines under [Spelling] determines which characters appear when you press the single quotation
mark (') or double quotation mark (") key with Smart Quotes on. Several types of quotation mark characters are
available: English (‘ ’ and “ ”), German (‘ ’ and „ “), French (‘ ’ and « »), Swedish and Finnish (’ ’ and ” ”), and Italian
(‘ ’ and “ ”).
The Smart Quotes options appear in the file as comments:
;Smart Quote Characters
;SmartQuotes \xd4\xd5\xd2\xd3 ) English curved quotes
;SmartQuotes \xe2\xd4\xe3\xd2 ) German style quotes with base quotes
;SmartQuotes \xdc\xdd\xc7\xc8 ) French style quotes using guillemets
;SmartQuotes \xd5\xd5\xd3\xd3 ) Swedish and Finnish style quotes
;SmartQuotes \xd4\xd5\xd2\xd3 ) Italian curved quotes
Below the comments, one of the styles is already set for you. For example, this is how the setting initially appears in
the English versions of FrameMaker:
;English curved quotes:
SmartQuotes=\xd4\xd5\xd2\xd3
If you want to revise the setting to use one of the other options, you can copy and paste from the comment the codes
for the style you want. (For information on entering special characters using hex codes, see “Special characters” on
page 3.)

16
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
Basic font settings
The [Fonts] settings in the initialization file determine the default fonts, the fonts not used for spell-checking, font
sizes in a pop-up menu, and definitions needed to interpret fonts from other platforms. Several settings determine
whether features in Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0 will be used.
Font size
DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=Off
Sizes=7pt, 8pt, 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, 18pt, 24pt, 36pt
•The DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics setting determines whether on-screen display uses printer font metrics or screen
font metrics. When printing, printer font metrics are always used to calculate line lengths, line breaks, and page
breaks. However, the default Off value for this setting means that screen font metrics are used for on-screen display
of fonts, which usually results in a better on-screen display but may introduce a difference between line lengths
on-screen and on a printed page.
If you are trying to position a graphic relative to a character in a line, you should change this setting to On. This
causes printer font metrics to be used when displaying the lines on the screen.
•The Sizes setting defines the values that appear in the Format > Size submenu and in the Size pop-up menu in the
Paragraph Designer and Character Designer. You can edit this line to change the values to any values between 4
and 400 points. If the line contains more than 10 values, only the first 10 appear in the menus.
Definitions for the font profile
Several lines under [Fonts] define the terms used for font information. This is how the definitions initially appear:
Angles=Regular, Kursiv, Slanted, Oblique, Italic, Obliqued
Variations=UltraCompressed, ExtraCompressed, Compressed, Condensed,
Narrow, Regular, Wide, Poster, Expanded
Weights=Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, SemiLight 250, Light 300,Book 300,
Regular 400, SemiBold 600, DemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800,
Heavy 900
•The Angles and Va riations settings define the names of angles and variations that may be encountered when
opening a document from another platform.
•Windows uses values to define font weights and other terms. The Weig hts settings associate terms from other
platforms with font weights appropriate for Windows. For example, Thin is interpreted as the weight 100.
You can edit these settings if your document has variations, angles, or weights not specified in the default settings.
Default fonts
Some of the [Fonts] settings define the default fonts for a new document. If FrameMaker needs to remap characters
for fonts that are unavailable and you do not have an appropriate font map specified, it remaps the characters to the
default font.
These are the default font settings:

17
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
DefaultSize=12
DefaultFamily=Times New Roman, Tms Rmn
DefaultAngle=Regular
DefaultVariation=Regular
DefaultWeight=Regular
MathFamily=Symbol
You can edit any of these settings to use a different font or other characteristic. If you change the font family, be sure
to use a family installed on your system.
The following settings define the defaults used to map to unknown Asian fonts:
DefaultJapaneseFamily=MS
DefaultKoreanFamily=
DefaultSimplifiedChineseFamily=
DefaultTraditionalChineseFamily=
Default Asian fonts
the following settings define the defaults used in dialog boxes to map to unknown Asian fonts:
DefaultJapaneseDialogFont=
DefaultKoreanDialogFont=System, 10
DefaultSimplifiedChineseDialogFont=System, 10
DefaultTraditionalChineseDialogFont=System, 10
For information about specifying a font map, see “Mappings for unavailable fonts” on page 19.
Menu fonts
UiCalcFont=MS Sans Serif, 8, 600
This setting in the [Fonts] section tells FrameMaker what font to use when determining the size of pop-up menus.
You should not change this setting.
Fonts not used in spell-checking
NonTextFamilies=ZapfDingbats, Symbol, WingDings, Monotype Sorts
This setting defines the font families ignored during spell-checking. When you use the Spelling Checker command,
any text in these font families is ignored.
ATM Deluxe 4.5 features
AtmFontAutoActivation=On
AtmFontSubstitution=Off
The AtmFontAutoActivation setting determines whether font sets in Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0 will be
automatically activated. This means that if you open a document that uses a font that is installed on your computer
but is not in a font set that’s currently active, the font set will be activated automatically. The otherwise inactive font
is displayed and prints correctly, but it does not appear in font menus.
The AtmFontSubstitution setting determines whether ATM Deluxe will create a stand-in font for one that is
missing by simulating the shape and spacing of the missing font. The simulated font will not be an exact match but
will preserve line breaks and the general look of the uninstalled font. Font substitution may delay displaying a
document on slower computers or if there are many fonts that must be substituted.

18
ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7.0
Changing Initialization Files
Online manual
Aliases for Windows fonts
A font in Windows does not always have the same name as the comparable font on another platform. This often
happens because in Windows a variation such as Narrow is part of a font family, whereas on other platforms the
variation is an option independent of the font family. Moreover, Windows uses only regular and italic for angles,
while some fonts on other platforms have additional angles such as oblique. For more information about cross-
platform compatibility, see the online manual Working on Multiple Platforms.
Aliases for font angles and weights
Windows fonts use different font angles and weights, even when font names are the same as on other platforms. The
settings under [FontAngleAliases] and [FontWeightAliases] assign angles and weights used on other platforms to
Windows angles and weights. The defaults are:
[FontAngleAliases]
Obliqued=Oblique
[FontWeightAliases]
Medium=Regular
Roman=Regular
Semi=SemiBold
Demi=DemiBold
Bolded=Bold
Aliases for font names
Each setting under [WindowsToFrameFontAliases] assigns a Windows font to a FrameMaker font name. Thus, font
information appears in the Windows interface as it does in other versions of FrameMaker. For example, Helvetica
Narrow is normally a font family in Windows, but with aliasing Helvetica appears as a font family and Narrow
appears as a variation in the Character Designer and Paragraph Designer.
Font aliasing also makes it possible to go back and forth easily between Windows and other platforms. FrameMaker
automatically converts Windows fonts to their FrameMaker equivalents for you.
The settings under [WindowsToFrameFontAliases] use this syntax:
Windows-font [angle|*], [weight|*]=Frame-font [angle|*], [weight|*], [variation|*]
Windows-font is a font family available in Windows. The angle for this font can be either Regular or Italic, and the
weight can be one of the weights defined in the font profile under [Fonts]. You can also use an asterisk (*) to specify
no particular angle or weight.
Frame-font is a font family available on the other platforms. The angle, weight, and variation for this family can be
any of the ones defined in the font profile. If you use an asterisk (*), the FrameMaker font will use the angle, weight,
or variation from the Windows font.
For example, this setting assigns the Windows font family Helvetica Narrow to the FrameMaker font name Helvetica
with the Narrow variation:
HelveticaNarrow, *, *=Helvetica, *, *, Narrow
The two asterisks specify that angles and weights are not affected in this alias.
If you do not have an appropriate alias defined for a Windows font, the default alias is used:
Windows-font *, *=Frame-font *, *, *