This happens in FM 11 as well. I've had this change happen a handful of times over the past couple of years and could never figure out what caused it. When I saw it occur I immediately reverted to the saved file. I rarely change Spread, so I don't think that is the critical trigger for this bug.
Craig > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Reproducible FM12 file corruption? > Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 08:50:07 -0400 > > Confirmed here as well. > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing Inc. > 585-366-4017 > [email protected] > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harding, Dan > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 1:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Reproducible FM12 file corruption? > > I've been seeing occasional wonkiness (yes, I know... it's a technical term) > since upgrading from FM10 to TCS5 (FM12), but I think I have narrowed at > least one of them down to the point where the behavior is reproducible on > demand, but I'll be darned if I know what is triggering it. > > Let's find out if it's just my installation/environment or if it affects > others. > > I'm running TCS5 under Windows 7, 64-bit Enterprise. > > To try to eliminate character & paragraph format catalog issues and template > anomalies, once I was able to reproduce the behavior, I tried doing the same > in a generic FM file, and am also seeing the behavior there, so that's what > I'm going to walk through. I've included screenshots of what I see along the > way. > > 1. Create a new file using the default "Portrait" blank paper. > > http://www.taxschool.illinois.edu/images/fm/fm12-1.png > > 2. Copy in a few paragraphs of generic text (I use www.lipsum.com). > > http://www.taxschool.illinois.edu/images/fm/fm12-2.png > > 3. Save the file. > > 4. Place your cursor in one of the paragraphs. > > 5. In the Paragraph Designer, change the Spread to 1% and hit Enter to > "Apply". > > http://www.taxschool.illinois.edu/images/fm/fm12-3.png > > 6. Save the file. > > 7. Press Ctrl+z to undo. > > 8. WHAMMO! > > http://www.taxschool.illinois.edu/images/fm/fm12-4.png > > On my system, the margins change completely, as if room for side heads was > added. In my main working file it also put footnotes in the middle of pages. > > Also, it's not just any kind of change prior to a save and then undo that > triggers the corruption. Simple text edits do not trigger it, however > changes in the paragraph and character designers do. It's not just font > attributes, but changing paragraph attributes and applying them, followed by > a save and undo will also trigger the corruption. Changing the color of > selected text via the tool palette, save, undo, will also trigger it. > > It appears to be the sequence of (1) anything involving changing > *ATTRIBUTES* of text, (2) a save, and (3) an immediate undo, that triggers > it. If I do the above steps without a save, the undo does not cause the > corruption. It's as if reverting to a pre-save state makes FM go haywire. > > Now that I know what triggers the page going nuts, I now know what to avoid > doing. I would experience this periodically since I'm a save-monkey, and > wouldn't know what the heck was going on. > > Bizarre. > > Dan Harding > Technical Editorial Specialist > University of Illinois Tax School > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/rick%40rickquatro.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/craigede%40hotmail.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
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