Hi Sarah, Yes. I noticed this em space problem also with the running HF variables. (Already posted.)
Best regards Winfried > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarah O'Keefe [mailto:okeefe at scriptorium.com] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 2:38 PM > To: Reng, Dr. Winfried; framers at frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Bug: FrameMaker 8 changes dash \= in paragraph > numbering of > FM 7 MIF > > > Hi there, > > We are noticing a similar problem related to autonumbering > even without > the MIF conversion you describe. > > For instance: > > 1. Define a paragraph autonumber that includes an em space (\sm) and > some text. (Note:\sm) > 2. Reopen the paragraph designer and change only the autonumber text > (change "Note" to "Tip"). > Notice that the \sm turns into something weird and renders as a ?? in > your document. > > There appears to be a problem with special characters that > are inserted > with a backslash (\). > > Regards, > > Sarah O'Keefe > > Reng, Dr. Winfried wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Our translation agency uses Trados, which cannot > > handle FM 8 files yet. Therefore I converted everything > > to FM 7 MIF files (new option in Save As). When I got > > the files back, I noticed that the dashes which I defined > > in the paragraph numbering to mark the list items are > > exchanged by: '?? > > In FM 7 in the paragraph designer I had: \t\=\t > > (it's a second level list). > > In the FM 8 binary file this was changed to: \t-\t > > In the file the dash is displayed correctly. > > When I open a MIF 7.0 file this was changed to: \t'??\t > > (paragraph designer) > > In the FM file of this MIF 7.0 file the numbering is > > displayed as: square??tab > > (the square is here a character which FM cannot display) > > > > We use Univers (non-Unicode). And that's probably the > > reason. But still FM should not convert the dash. > > > > This is no problem with MIF 8.0 files. FM 8 opened > > also FM 7 binary files with this list numbering correctly. > > > > Best regards > > > > Winfried > -- > ############################################################## > ########## > Sarah O'Keefe Scriptorium Publishing Services, Inc. > Blog: http://www.scriptorium.com/palimpsest
