Have you washed the file by saving out to MIF and opening that file? Is there any chance that you have book-level conditional text settings turned on that would over-ride the component chapter file's settings?
Art On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Jona Steenbrink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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: [email protected] >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 _______________________________________________ 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.
