Jim Owens wrote (in two postings):> The writer who reported this problem tells me she solved it by > uninstalling and reinstalling FrameMaker. I asked whether she applied > any patches to the new install. She says that FrameMaker updates "were > automatically cued and applied shortly after the software was installed." > > Jim Owens wrote: > > FWIW, one of our writers reported that the paragraph catalog sorts > > differently on her home PC than her work PC. At first glance, it > > appeared to be a simple reverse sort, but it was her home PC so we did > > not investigate closely.
Well, reinstalling is not actually the solution but at least it pointed me in the right direction. I uninstalled the p277 patch, and guess what? The paragraph catalog sorts the way it always did in older versions of FrameMaker. I reinstalled the p277 patch, and I'm back to the screwy sort order. And when I read the file ReadmeForPatch804.txt, guess what I found as the second item in the list of "List of major issues resolved in this update"? I quote: * FM catalogs don't sort properly. In other words, the screwy sort order is the result of a *deliberate*fix* for the sort order in p277. I guess the way the catalogs always used to be sorted was suddenly deemed "improper". Bah!! -Fred Ridder
