Yes I did see Rick's post. Thanks Rick for your help!! I could feel the gray hair popping out.
Luckily it is a simple fix. The chapter numbers have their own style and all I had to do was to make Alignment = Left and kept Position = End of Paragraph. The chapter number remains at the right margin. Joy Kocar, EIT Training Materials Lead Engineer www.maptek.com On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Jeff Coatsworth < jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.com> wrote: > ** > You saw Rick's confirmation that this is an FM10 bug, right? I've reported > it to Adobe & I urge you to also - the more people who do, makes the > response more likely. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto: > framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Joy Kocar > *Sent:* Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:52 AM > > *To:* Combs, Richard > *Cc:* framers at lists.frameusers.com > *Subject:* Re: FrameMaker 10 disappearing text? > > That was hard to explain. I believe the number is there, I can select > something but I cannot see it. This is happening for chapters in the two > books I've checked. > > The FM10 version numbering and font settings are identical to the FM9 > version, as far as I can tell. > > I did try saving the FM10 version to MIF 10 format but the number is still > invisible. > > Thanks for the ideas! > > > Joy Kocar, EIT > Training Materials Lead Engineer > www.maptek.com > > > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Combs, Richard <richard.combs at polycom.com > > wrote: > >> Joy Kocar wrote: >> >> > I just upgraded to FrameMaker 10. I open a file in FM10 and my chapter >> > number does not appear. The space is there for it but I simply do not >> > see it. I close the file without saving, then open it in FM9 on the >> > same machine and voila, it is there again. Coincidentally my computer >> > was rebuilt to Windows 7 (hard drive was failing) but I wouldn't expect >> > it to matter since I opened both FM versions on the same machine. >> >> Not sure what "The space is there" means. What matters is what's in >> Paragraph Designer. Is the Autonumber Format (on the Numbering tab) still >> correct, i.e., unchanged by the conversion? >> >> Assuming it is, what about the numbering settings for the file? How do >> they compare with the same settings pre-conversion? >> >> Here's a wild guess. If the file is one chapter in a book and normally >> gets its numbering from the book, when you open it standalone, the >> <$chapnum> variable usually retains the value it had the last time the book >> was updated. Maybe the conversion for some reason interferes with the >> ability to recall that previous value, and everything will be fine once the >> entire book is converted and updated. :-) >> >> >> Richard G. Combs >> Senior Technical Writer >> Polycom, Inc. >> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom >> 303-223-5111 >> ------ >> rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom >> 303-903-6372 >> ------ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as kocar.joy 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/kocar.joy%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110616/d316ea44/attachment.html>
