John, Before your helper renamed all the FM files, did you or he/she happen to make a backup? Seens to me that it would be easier to revert to the backup than go through all this hunting and fixing.
Just a thought. Diane Gaskill =========================== -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of John Sgammato Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:01 AM To: Linda G. Gallagher; Shmuel Wolfson; Framers Subject: RE: Fixing lots of X-refs I don't think it is in the order they were opened. I normally open the book file and then open all files in the book by holding the shift key and selecting Open All Files in Book. That opens the files in order. I just created a new file, opened it and added it to the book file, then updated the whole book. The new file appeared in the Documents dropdown about 8th in the list, nowhere near its neighbors and not in alpha order either. ________________________________ From: Linda G. Gallagher [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed 12/31/2008 11:53 AM To: 'Shmuel Wolfson'; John Sgammato; 'Framers' Subject: RE: Fixing lots of X-refs I *think* the documents are listed in the order they were opened. Test it out and see if that helps any. I don't have any solutions to offer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 User guides, online help, FrameMaker and WebWorks ePublisher templates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:48 AM To: John Sgammato; Framers Subject: Re: Fixing lots of X-refs In Annoyance 3, do you mean select the document or select the paragraph? I would love it if the list of paragraphs would be alphabetic. That's a very request from Adobe. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 John Sgammato wrote: > I am whiling away a snowy Boston day fixing hundreds of broken x-refs. > > My process: I update the book and get the long, long list of bum links. Then I click on them one at a time, working my way patiently through the list. But my patience is wearing thin, and maybe it doesn't have to... > > When I click the link, the file window appears, with the link highlighted. > > I double-click the link to repair it, and see the "Cannot find source file..." error message. > > I click OK and the Cross-Reference dialog opens. > > Annoyance #1: The Source Type: is always set to Cross-Ref, but I invariably use Paragraph Tags so I have to switch it. I'd love a switch somewhere to set it to default to Paragraph Tags. > > Annoyance #2: The paragraph list starts alphabetically. I wish it showed only Paragraph Tags in the target doc that actually have X-Refs. For example, I never have X-Refs to bulleted list items or to text with the CellBody style, so it would be much easier if those weren't even in the list. I guess that's a wish-list item for Adobe. > > Annoyance #3: After I have selected Para Tags and the specific ParaTag I am X-reffing to (usually Heading 1 or 2), then I select the Document. The list of document files seems essentially random. I wish I knew how they are ordered, and better yet how to sort them in book order or at least alphabetically. > > If anybody has insights or clues to make this less tedious, I will have a very happy new year indeed. > > And if not, well a very Happy New Year to you all anyway, with thanks for all your great year-round support on this list! > > John Sgammato > Principal Technical Writer > Imprivata, Inc > Lexington, MA 02421 > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as shmuelw1 at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as lindag at techcomplus.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/lindag%40techcomplus.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as dgcaller at earthlink.net. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dgcaller%40earthlink.net Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
