Hi all: FM 8.0 on Windows XP.
I have inherited a multi-chapter book template and it's giving me trouble. On the title page, most of the lines of text are variables. I double click the text, up pops the variable dialog box, I change the generic information to the specific information, I close the variable dialog box and update the book. The variables update cross references throughout the chapters just fine. The source variable has a fat black T in front of it, indicating that it's being used as the source of a cross-reference somewhere else. One line of data is not a variable. It is simply a line of text that has it's own paragraph tag -- Company Name. We changed this line from generic text (Client Name) to specific text (Joe Blow Airways). We also erased the fat black T at the start of the line. Now the other pages don't update. That fat black T seems to be the answer, but -- the source line is still tagged Company Name and the cross references are still pointed to the source tag called Company Name. So why won't the cross references update without the fat black T? My question is three-fold: 1. If we are crossreferencing back to paragraph tags, and we change the source paragraph tag, do we have to keep the fat black T? That seems awfully picky, since we just want to double click the line of text and type in our new text. To keep the T, we would have to click and backspace. Plus that T doesn't preceed the original cross reference. It appears only to indicate that this line of text has already been cross referenced. So it's absence shouldn't affect FM's ability to update cross references, right? 2. What was the original writer doing, making this line of text a paragraph tag and not a variable, like every other line of text on the page? Is there a good reason for this? (Probably a rhetorical question, but I thought I'd throw it out there, in case there is something everyone but me knows.) 3. Shouldn't I get rid of all these cross references and change them all to variables? That way I can update the variable once and it changes everywhere and there are no fat black Ts to worry about and no broken cross references for me to get super frustrated over. Or would I have to change the variable in each individual chapter? I'd appreciate anyone's advice. Frustratedly yours, Deirdre _______________________________________________ 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.
