Hi Richard, Thanks a bunch. That's exactly what I need to do.
Sincerely, Joe On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Combs, Richard <richard.combs at polycom.com>wrote: > Joseph Lorenzini > > > I am using FrameMaker 9. In some of my books, I have cross references to > > content within text insets. For some unknown reason, they periodically > get > > broken when i do an update. Then, I have to manually update the broken > > links > > and everything works fine again. Is there some obvious issue I am not > > accounting for that's causing this breakage? > > How are you creating the xrefs? > > When you update the book, FM retrieves fresh copies of the text insets from > their source files/flows. If you created the xrefs by pointing them to the > destination paragraphs (the standard procedure), then when the text insets > are updated, the xref destination markers that FM created for you are > overwritten. > > The proper way to create an xref to a destination inside a text inset > involves some extra steps. > > 1) In the text inset source file, put your cursor at the destination for > the xref and select Special > Marker. > > 2) In the Marker dialog, set Marker Type to Cross-Ref and Marker Text to > something meaningful that will allow you to identify the location of this > marker later. Click New Marker. > > 3) Save and close the text inset source file. > > 3) Back in the file that contains the text inset, update the text inset. > > 4) Insert the xref as usual except: (a) in the Cross-Reference dialog, set > Document to Current and Source Type to Cross-Reference Markers; (b) In the > Cross-Reference Markers list, select the meaningful marker text you created > in step 2. > > Lather. Rinse. Repeat. > > HTH! > > Richard G. Combs > Senior Technical Writer > Polycom, Inc. > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom > 303-223-5111 > ------ > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom > 303-903-6372 > ------ > > > > > > > > >
