Sadly, that is not the problem. Track changes are not, and were not, on. It's a mystery.
On May 21, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Flato, Gillian wrote: > The problem is your track changes feature is on. Go to View > Track > Text > Edit Bar to open the menu. Accept all of the changes and then turn off > the feature. > > > -Gillian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jona > Steenbrink > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:20 PM > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Conditional Text Just Won't Go Away > > Disclaimer: I apologize if this message appears on the list twice. The > first time I sent it, I did not use the email address that is > registered with framers. > > > Hi. > > FM 8.0p273 > Windows XP (running on parallels on a Mac) > > I am fast approaching the end of my tether working with conditional > text. > > FM won't let me make some segments of text unconditional. In fact, > when I try to remove the conditional tag, the text turns bright green > with a strikethrough effect. What's more... when I try again, it's now > bright red with a strikethrough effect. And, (hullo, what's this?) now > it's bright red with a strikethrough effect and a change bar. > > All three conditions in the document are set to Style: As Is, and > three different colors (green, olive, and magenta). > > I cannot make this text unconditional. Selecting (or deselecting) > Special > Conditional Text > Show Conditional Text at the document > level or the book level affects all of the conditionally tagged > paragraphs except for these red, struck through, paragraphs. > > What's going on? Is it FM telling me that I'm doing something very > wrong? I've looked at the FM documentation, and it's giving me > nothing. Does anyone have any idea what might be happening here? > > Update: I also cannot copy and paste any of the affected text. If I > select it, ctrl+c and then ctrl+v somewhere else, it won't paste. > Although I can Edit > Undo Paste. Go figure. Is it possible that these > segments of text have, through some action or combination of actions, > become hopelessly corrupted? Is that even possible? > > Thanks, > > Jona Steenbrink > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/gflato%40nanometrics > .com > > Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. Jona Steenbrink Technical Writer Bluefin Robotics email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 720-379-7502 AIM: pjsteenbrink Skype: jonasteenbrink www.bluefinrobotics.com _______________________________________________ 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.