I think it has to do with wither the cross-reference source and destination are in the same file. If the source (the place were the cross-reference is located) is in File A and the destination is in File B, I think you can copy that cross-reference to File C without a problem. Likewise if the source and destination are both in File A, you can copy the cross-reference to other places in File A.
But if the source and destination are both in File A, you may not be able to copy the cross-reference to File B. Likewise if the source is in File A and the destination is in File B, you may not be able to copy the cross-reference to File A. I'm not 100% sure about all this. I've just noticed certain combinations don't work and certain do. If anyone has more definitive information, please let us know. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 28-Feb-13 3:07 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote: > I think I might be trying to do something that I shouldn't, but I'm not sure. > > I have a lot of new in-book xrefs to add, so I am finding the first such > instance, setting up the xref, then copy/pasting it to all other required > locations in the book. What I' actually doing is replacing a plain-text > version of a heading with an xref to the heading, to ensure consistency. > > What's happening is that I get no unresolved xrefs, but after I've closed the > book files and then reopened them, many of the pasted copies of the xref have > become unresolved (maybe those that were pasted into a different chapter to > the one from which the original xref was copied, but I've not checked for > this in detail). Bringing up the xref dialog on the unresolved xrefs just > gives a pick list of xref markers within the current chapter. > > Am I trying to do something FrameMaker doesn't support? I though I'd done > this before and it had worked, but I can't swear to it. > > FrameMaker 7 on Mac
