Hi, I do not know, if this is related to your problem. I noticed a problem when importing the page layout with hidden text. I have a footer with text "draft" and the exact time. This text has a condition "draft". When I hide this condition and import the page layout into another file, the hidden text is not imported. If the condition is shown, the text is imported.
Best regards Winfried > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Heidi Bailey > Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 2:07 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Unable to select, conditionalise, hide/show a > variable in a text frame on left of master page > > Hi, > Sorry for the long subject title, but this one is a bit hard to > summarise. > > Windows XP, SP3, FM8p277. > This was all re-installed in the last few days, thanks to my PC > self-destructing. The problems existed before the crash and > are just as > annoying now. > > I have a vertical text frame on each master page (horizontal > text frame > rotated through 90Deg), which I use for watermarking. The > text frame has > a single paragraph (with tag Watermark applied). > The paragraph contains a single-word variable (called > Watermark), which > says something like "Draft" or "Approval". > The variable should have condition Watermark applied, which I can then > hide or show as needed. > > In some of my documents, and now all of my template files, > The watermark > text frame misbehaves, particularly when placed on the LEFT of a page > (not so much when it's on the right). Experimentation by > someone with a > great deal of patience reveals that the problem arises if the > text frame > is within 2.75 inches of the left margin. > > The misbehaviour is manifested as: > > -Text frame on LEFT of page: When trying to hide conditionalised > variable text, the variable is completely deleted, or the condition is > removed and the text not hidden. > > -Text frame on LEFT of page: When trying to select the variable, you > cannot single-click it to select, nor double-click it to open the > Variables dialog box. You can select the whole paragraph by > triple-clicking, but I usually only want to select the > variable. You can > select the variable (according to my patient friend) by placing the > cursor before the variable, then holding dhow Shift + > pressing the right > arrow key. > > -Text frame on RIGHT of page: Works perfectly normally when > it comes to > selecting. However, the removal of condition and/or variable does > sometimes happen. > > I can send anyone willing to look at it a copy of misbehaving > file. But > if you have any idea of what to check, please let me know. Various > things have been tried (such as turning off sidehead area, > changing size > of text frame and paragraph text, moving text frame to where things > start to work again...). > > All help gratefully received! > Cheers, > > Heidi Bailey > Technical Author > > Oxford Semiconductor, Ltd > A Subsidiary of PLX Technology, Inc. > 25 Milton Park > Abingdon > Oxfordshire > OX 14 4SH > > Registered in England no 2733820 > Registered Address: As Above > > Tel: +44 (0)1235 824958 > Email: hbailey at plxtech.com > Web: www.plxtech.com
