On 10/30/07, Brad Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello fellow FM users, > > I'm delving into the world of conditional text for the first time since > I started using FrameMaker, and I've encountered a couple of unforseen > problems. I'm wondering if someone knows how to work around these? > > 1. First, I've marked the two versions of my manual with two different > colors. This is quite handy when I'm working with my file before I've > printed it. However, when I went to make the .PDF, I was surprised to > find that it preserved these colors in the PDF! I didn't want it to do > that - I want my conditional text to look like regular text.
First Question: Is there any way I can specify that the colors are > viewed on the screen only, and not in the final outputted document? Thanks for the question. I tried setting a condition tag's color to non-printing in View > Color > Color Definitions, but I didn't realize after all these years using FM that condition tags are immune to this non-printing setting. Normal text and graphics that use the same color do respect the non-printing setting. I didn't print to paper, just PDF. However, I also learned that not only does the color not print, the colored text in my test is deleted! I was expecting no-color (white or paper) text. Hmmm... Perhaps this is because the standard way to avoid conditional markings in output is to disable Show Condition Indicators in the Conditional Text > Show/Hide dialog box. It's a step you have to remember before creating output. 2. Second, I've specified a number of bulleted items as conditional > text. FM had no problem making the text conditional, but it completely > ignored the bullets themselves, and thus I have bullets hanging out on > the page with no text after them. This looks pretty weird. > > Second question: Is there a way to specify to FM that the bullets have > to be included with the conditional text? Triple-click the paragraphs to be conditionalized, or, with View > Text Symbols ON, select across the paragraph marks of the paragraphs, then apply the condition tag. You've probably just selected text IN the paragraphs, but not the paragraphs themselves. HTH Regards, Peter _______________________________ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices _______________________________________________ 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.