Peter, You win the prize! I had a text frame covering the entire chart. I often inadvertently copy by continuing to hold the Ctrl key while I attempt to move a frame. I'm sure that must've happened and I didn't notice.
Thanks for solving the mystery and saving me a ton of time! Judy Peter Gold wrote: > Is it possible that either you've imported the PDF of the chart into > the frame that held the drawn graphic chart, or you've inadvertently > copied a frame on top of the frame that contains the chart? I suspect > this happened when you dragged the frame on the master page, if, while > you held Ctrl to change the text pointer to the graphic pointer in > order to select the frame, you dragged the frame with Ctrl still > pressed. > > HTH > > Regards, > > Peter > __________________ > Peter Gold > KnowHow ProServices > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Art Campbell<art.campbell at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Try keying in: >> Esc F l k >> >> the file lock command toggle, and see if anything changes. You should >> see the menus change immediately and be able to work in the file. >> >> If nothing at all happens, do it a second time to toggle it off. >> >> Art Campbell >> art.campbell at gmail.com >> "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 >> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson >> No disclaimers apply. >> DoD 358 >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Judy Bragg<judy at hypack.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents >>> Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart. Each step is a >>> hotspot that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual. I got it done >>> just in time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech. >>> support. >>> Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar program. >>> My problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only document. I >>> can select the text box from the master page and I can select the graphic >>> frame in which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the component parts >>> of the flowchart itself. I've tried both methods of toggling the View Only >>> property and the button in the Hypertext dialog changes back and forth. >>> Unfortunately, when (according to the status of the button) the document >>> should be editable, I still can't edit my flow chart. >>> Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try? >>> Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help! >>> Judy Bragg >>> Technical Writer >>> Hypack, Inc. >>> judy at hypack.com >>> > > >
