Maybe adding a sort key would help? Kind regards Peter Ring
Tina Ricks wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I've been chasing this bug for weeks, and I just tracked down exactly what > causes it. Has anyone seen this? Sorry for the long explanation. I'm using > Frame 8. Maybe that's the problem. > > > > I'm creating a bibliography for a legal textbook, using a custom marker type > and the Index of Markers feature. > > > > If I have two identical markers (the same work cited in two places) then in > my index of markers file I get: > > > > Duck, Donald, An Illustrated History of Disney, Disney Press (2000)..... 25, > 106 > > > > (all is good so far) > > > > In the actual marker, I'd type: > > > > Duck, Donald, <Small Caps>An Illustrated History of Disney,<Default Para > Font> Disney Press (2000) > > > > If I have several markers with the following conditions: > > --Identical first two letters (so they all alphabetize together) > > --I use a character format at the beginning of the marker (for, say, the > title of an article with no author cited) > > > > Then all the markers with the identical first two letters "stack up" > underneath the first, as if they were identical. So instead of: > > > > Encarta World English Dictionary (etc.) .... 155 > > End of an Era? The Enron Verdict (etc.).....200 > > Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (etc.)...225 > > > > (all of these also have character formatting at the beginning of the marker, > following the legal Blue Book citation standards) > > > > I actually get: > > > > Encarta World English Dictionary...... 155, 200, 225 > > > > When I "follow" the links for the other two page numbers back to their > source markers, they are NOT the same as the one they stack up underneath. > > > > If I take the character formatting out of the markers, it all works fine. If > I use character formatting later on in the marker (plain text for the first > 2-3 words, formatted after), all is fine. > > > > I've spent endless amounts of time tracking this down. I've written all > files out to mif and back. (Thanks to Frank Stearns at IXGen for that > suggestion). I deleted all the bibliography markers and in the process of > re-entering them, I figured this out. it has to do with character formatting > and identical first two (or more) letters. > > > > Also, for whatever it's worth, this document originated in Word, and I > imported it into Frame. > > > > Does anyone know of a workaround? Or am I stuck with no formatting in parts > of my bibliography? Do I go back to Frame 7? > > > > > > Tina Ricks > > kristina.ricks at verizon.net > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as pri at ddf.dk. > > 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/pri%40ddf.dk > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
