On this forum a few months ago I learned that the problematic MS Word "hidden control character" can be found and destroyed by typing "\x0d" (zero, not Oh) in the find/change box and changing it to nothing. This, for my purposes, seems to do the same thing as the MIF cycle described below, and is faster. You will most likely find one of these characters for each paragraph in the document. Whenever I open a Word file in Frame, or paste content from Word, this find/change operation is the first thing I do, and all is good after.
A second trick I often use is to "Paste Special" text, which also strips the garbage from the incomer and keeps your Frame file cleaner. Oran Message: 12 Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 09:51:23 -0400 From: "Beck, Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Find not finding To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi again all, Just wanted to let you all know that I received several replies, including one with the correct remedy. Thought it might be of general interest to the rest of the group. The tip of the hat goes to Alan Houser who asked whether there was any imported MS Word content in the file. Apparently, Word content can include hidden control characters that can interfere with the Find function. That was the case with our problem. Saving as MIF and then reopening and saving as *.fm resolved the problem. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
