[Framers] FrameMaker Feature Request (Conditional Text): Please review and comment/vote

2023-07-13 Thread acraig
I just added a FrameMaker Feature Request on Adobe's site regarding Conditional text (adding colours to pilcrows and manual line breaks). Please have a look and vote for it if you think it's a good idea. Thanks, Alison https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-13548

Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs

2020-03-03 Thread Peter Gold
Of Jeff Coatsworth > Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 6:54 AM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs > > It's a common trope that just because you down

Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs

2020-03-03 Thread Lea Rush
Coatsworth Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 6:54 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs It's a common trope that just because you downloaded & installed FM today, that it includes all the latest f

Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs

2020-03-03 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
1 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs Lea, Jeff's advice to make sure you have installed all patches may indeed solve your problem. I am running a fully patched version of FM 2019. I have just duplicated the situation you described and

Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs

2020-03-03 Thread Lynne A. Price
Lea,    Jeff's advice to make sure you have installed all patches may indeed solve your problem. I am running a fully patched version of FM 2019. I have just duplicated the situation you described and had no problems with TOC entries that contained conditional text.     --Lynne On 3/2/2020 4

Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs

2020-03-03 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
Have you loaded the latest patch? I think it's up to 5 now. From: Framers on behalf of Lea Rush Sent: March 2, 2020 7:42 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs Hi, I

[Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs

2020-03-02 Thread Lea Rush
Hi, I recently upgraded from Frame 8 to Frame 2019. I've hit my first hiccup. I have subtopics that are comprised either partly or entirely of conditional text. I just attempted to do something that was seamless in FM8; insert a standalone ToC in selected chapters of my book. It's not complex

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-23 Thread Lynne A. Price
Doug,    You are quite welcome. I think you will find that the boolean expressions are much easier to manage than the large number of tags that would be needed to use Show and Hide.     --Lynne On 12/23/2019 6:51 AM, Doug wrote: I just now tried out your suggestion using the original version

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-23 Thread Doug
ding hadn't occurred to me. Thanks! Doug On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 1:52 PM Lynne A. Price wrote: > In your situation, you must use conditional expressions. You'll need > 8 of them, one for PDF and one for HTML for each chapter. Use View > > Show/Hide Conditional Text to def

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread Lynne A. Price
On 12/20/2019 10:38 AM, Doug wrote: What worked was applying a single condition tag that was named for the multiple conditions. ... That worked as I had hoped, I even was able to use the Show As Per Condition section instead of the Show As Per Expression section. Doug,    Yes, you can define

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread Lynne A. Price
them, one for PDF and one for HTML for each chapter. Use View > Show/Hide Conditional Text to define all 8 of them in the chapter and then apply the one you want.    There are a couple of problems with the expressions Doug has used. I believe the tag names have to be in quotes. Also, Dou

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread Doug
Lin, Looks like that works. I had been trying to apply multiple condition tags to the HTML (and PDF) sections, but that wasn't working. What worked was applying a single condition tag that was named for the multiple conditions. For instance, instead of applying the following four tags:

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread Doug
Thanks Lin, I'll give it a shot. On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 12:42 PM Lin Sims wrote: > Err, by repeat for each book, I mean duplicate the expressions but editing > them appropriately. So Book 40, which is your special one, uses almost the > identical expression: > > Book 44, PDF: not (40 or 41 or

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread Lin Sims
Book 44 ... damnit. Tpyos r me. On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 12:42 PM Lin Sims wrote: > Err, by repeat for each book, I mean duplicate the expressions but editing > them appropriately. So Book 40, which is your special one, uses almost the > identical expression: > > Book 44, PDF: not (40 or 41 or

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread Lin Sims
Err, by repeat for each book, I mean duplicate the expressions but editing them appropriately. So Book 40, which is your special one, uses almost the identical expression: Book 44, PDF: not (40 or 41 or 42 or HTML) and not (44 and HTML) Book 44, HTML: not (40 or 41 or 42 or PDF) and not (44 and

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread Lin Sims
Conditioning text works best if you keep it consistent: all of your conditions should be constructed either for the information you DO want to appear in a specific document or for information you DON'T want to appear in a specific document. Making some conditions for information you want in and

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread TW Smith
Nevermind. I misread. On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 11:38 AM Doug wrote: > Things are getting complicated. > > I'm currently editing a chapter that is common to four books. The books > are 40, 41, 42, and 44. Some content isn't applicable to book 44, so I've > set up a condition tag named "Not 44".

Re: [Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread TW Smith
If the chapter isn't needed in the book, then exclude the chapter from the book. No conditional tagging needed. Sean On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 11:38 AM Doug wrote: > Things are getting complicated. > > I'm currently editing a chapter that is common to four books. The books > are 40, 41, 42, and

[Framers] Condition expression for conditional text

2019-12-20 Thread Doug
Things are getting complicated. I'm currently editing a chapter that is common to four books. The books are 40, 41, 42, and 44. Some content isn't applicable to book 44, so I've set up a condition tag named "Not 44". The problematic content sections use the tags (Not 44+PDF) and (Not 44+HTML),

Re: [Framers] Conditional text & publishing to HTML5

2018-11-01 Thread Rick Quatro
Typically, any content inside of an anchored frame is rasterized into a single image file. As a result, the Publish process probably ignores any conditional text settings in text frames inside of anchored frames. The alternative is to duplicate the anchored frame, have one version in one frame

[Framers] Conditional text & publishing to HTML5

2018-11-01 Thread Doug
I have conditional text in a text frame, and the text frame is inside an anchored frame.The condition hides the text if I publish to HTML5. When I set the book to activate this condition, the text is hidden if I open the FM document in Frame. However, when I publish to HTML5 the text

Re: [Framers] Conditional Text Rows Outlined in FrameMaker Tables

2018-04-05 Thread Robert Lauriston
The conditional text display settings should not affect table border thickness in PDF or other outputs. On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 5:48 AM, Keith Soltys <keith.sol...@tmx.com> wrote: > In the Show/Hide conditional text dialog, there is a check box to turn off > display of conditional tex

Re: [Framers] Conditional Text Rows Outlined in FrameMaker Tables

2018-04-05 Thread Keith Soltys
In the Show/Hide conditional text dialog, there is a check box to turn off display of conditional text indicators. Clear this check box and the borders will go away. The conditions are still active. Regards Keith -- Keith Soltys Senior Technical Writer Architecture / Global Technology Services

[Framers] Conditional Text Rows Outlined in FrameMaker Tables

2018-04-04 Thread Tony Marek (PDF)
Hello Framers – I’ve had this annoying issue for a long time. I’m currently using Frame 12. If I mark a row in a Frame table as conditional with a specific tag (e.g. “ACME Corp Only” tag), and then publish with that condition displayed, the result is always a very heavy outline around that

Re: [Framers] xrefs in conditional text - unresolved even with condition hidden ?

2016-05-25 Thread Craig, Alison
@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 1:29 PM To: Monique Semp; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] xrefs in conditional text - unresolved even with condition hidden ? When I've gotten "unresolved" messages about hidden cross-

Re: [Framers] xrefs in conditional text - unresolved even withcondition hidden ?

2016-05-25 Thread Robert Lauriston
if they'll come back, but I'm happy now :-). > > But if anyone has info as to how things are supposed to work, that'd be > appreciated. >> When I update the book, I’m getting error messages about unresolved >> cross-references to those non-existent files, even though t

Re: [Framers] xrefs in conditional text - unresolved even withcondition hidden ?

2016-05-25 Thread Monique Semp
When I update the book, I’m getting error messages about unresolved cross-references to those non-existent files, even though the cross-references are in conditional text that is hidden. Well, weirdness. FrameMaker crashed on me (I had a TMP file open from a previous Git commit; I opened

[Framers] xrefs in conditional text - unresolved even with condition hidden ?

2016-05-25 Thread Monique Semp
Hello, Framers, I have some conditional text that contains cross-references to appendixes (separate .fm files) that are not in the FrameMaker .book file (because the hidden-condition state means that those appendixes are irrelevant). When I update the book, I’m getting error messages about

[Framers] Odd conditional text behaviour with two monitors

2016-05-20 Thread Keith Soltys
minutes trying to figure out why my conditional text pod wasn’t responding (I could select a conditional but the selection buttons and icon buttons didn’t work). It finally occurred to me that usually I kept this pod at the bottom of my main monitor. As soon as I moved it back it worked again. I

Re: [Framers] Conditional Text Question FrameMaker 12

2016-05-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
:framers-bounces+acraig=bkultrasound@lists.frameusers.com] On > Behalf Of Julie A Beste-Walz > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 10:12 AM > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: [Framers] Conditional Text Question FrameMaker 12 > > Hello, > > I was wondering if anyone

Re: [Framers] Conditional Text Question FrameMaker 12

2016-05-06 Thread Craig, Alison
d guidance on how to go about it.) Alison -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+acraig=bkultrasound@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Julie A Beste-Walz Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 10:12 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] Conditional Tex

Re: [Framers] Conditional Text Question FrameMaker 12

2016-05-06 Thread jang
e A Beste-Walz <<beste-wa...@dteenergy.com>> > To: <framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: [Framers] Conditional Text Question FrameMaker 12 > > Hello, > > I was wondering if anyone has a solution for the following scenario. > I have 3 different

Re: [Framers] Conditional Text Question FrameMaker 12

2016-05-06 Thread Lin Sims
Find some text tagged with Condition B. Edit > Copy Special > Conditional Text Settings Then Edit > Find Change; Select Conditional Text from the Find list, move Condition C into the "In" window, select By Pasting in the To list, then Find & Change All. Or Find, then C

[Framers] Conditional Text Question FrameMaker 12

2016-05-06 Thread Julie A Beste-Walz
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has a solution for the following scenario. I have 3 different conditional text tags in one of my files. One of these conditional text tags was created and applied inadvertently and should really be applied as one of the other 2 conditional text tags

RE: Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-12 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
/index.cfm Best regards Winfried From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Fred Ridder Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 11:11 PM To: David Artman; Tim Pann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Conditional text by paragraph tag

RE: Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-11 Thread David Artman
0) Save all files in book. 1) Get condition onto your Clipboard (right-click text with the condition, Copy Special Conditional Text Format). 2) Find: Paragraph Style [name of paragraph]. 3) Replace: By Pasting. 4) Find and Change for one or two, then fire Replace All when you see that it's going

Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-11 Thread Tim Pann
Hello, In Frame 9, is it possible for me to set all text of a given paragraph tag to a particular conditional text format in a single step? For example, I want to assign the condition Lisa Info to all paragraph tags b1 Body1 and bu1 Bullet1, but not to paragraph tag followUp, without going

RE: Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-11 Thread Rebecca Officer
This is the way to go, but only if you want “Lisa Info” to be the only conditional text format on the target paragraphs. If some of them are already tagged with other conditional text formats, this procedure removes that other tagging. Cheers Rebecca From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

Re: Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-11 Thread Dave Reynolds
I work on our company network. At the end of each day, I delete any unwanted files from the folder(s) I've been working in, and copy the folders for that manual to my local drive. I know it relies on my memory, but I've done it for so long now, it's become a habit. Dave On 12/02/2015 11:10

Re: Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-11 Thread Scott Prentice
I think that the idea of the FM backup files is to provide *something* in case the current file gets corrupted in some way. It's better to lose the last edits to a file than to have the current (possibly corrupt) file overwrite what was a good file. Perhaps instead of calling these

Re: Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-11 Thread Robert Lauriston
When trying a potentially destructive kludge, I save, close, and make a .zip of the project directory first. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote: No, in fact I *don't* let FrameMaker generate .backup.fm files because they aren't really backups. They are just

Re: Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-11 Thread Robert Lauriston
The idea of FrameMaker's backup files is similar to the idea of its network locking: both seemed like a good idea in the 80s. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com.

RE: Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Scott Prentice Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 2:21 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Conditional text by paragraph tag? I think that the idea of the FM backup files is to provide *something* in case the current file gets corrupted in some way

RE: Conditional text by paragraph tag?

2015-02-11 Thread Fred Ridder
David Artman wrote: 5) Generate output and peruse. DO NOT save FM files yet! If it boked a couple of times, fix thm; if it borked a ton; rollback to your backup.fm files (you DO automatically save backup.fm files every save, rght? ;) ) No, in fact I *don't* let FrameMaker generate

RE: Consistent Conditional Text

2014-11-12 Thread David Artman
Thanks for the FM7 advice, Fred; but it seems to have been undone by FM8.0(p277). Interestingly, while I was testing whether it still worked like that, I found a bigger gotcha for folks who edit conditional text without condition indicators or text symbols visible: * [FM8.0] If you

RE: Consistent Conditional Text

2014-11-10 Thread David Artman
paragraph in the conditional text. That is not a rule of thumb, it is simply telling Frame which portion of content (visible or non-visible) to make conditional. It might help to switch on the display of hidden characters, such as paragraph endings and tabs, so you can see when they are included in your

RE: Consistent Conditional Text

2014-11-10 Thread Fred Ridder
There is a fairly easy workaround that I used to use in FM7, when I was using conditional text *a lot*. It's been a while since I've used conditional text more than occasionally, so I can't guarantee it still works. Basically, if you press Enter in the middle of a conditionalized paragraph

Re: Consistent Conditional Text

2014-11-10 Thread gr...@hedgewizard.net
Hi K Grace; You need to select the paragraph symbol to have the entire bullet be conditional. Regards, Grant On November 8, 2014 at 7:38 AM K Grace kgrace4...@aol.com wrote: Does anyone have a list of rules of thumb when using conditional text ? I When I mark the text the results that I

Re: Consistent Conditional Text

2014-11-09 Thread Jang F.M. Graat
You need to include the paragraph marker at the end of the bulleted or non-bulleted paragraph in the conditional text. That is not a rule of thumb, it is simply telling Frame which portion of content (visible or non-visible) to make conditional. It might help to switch on the display of hidden

Consistent Conditional Text

2014-11-08 Thread K Grace
Does anyone have a list of rules of thumb when using conditional text ? I When I mark the text the results that I get when I turn the conditions on or off are inconsistent. For example if I have a bulleted list and I only want certain bullets to appear under certain conditions when I hide

Re: Consistent Conditional Text (K Grace)

2014-11-08 Thread Yvonne DeGraw
conditionalized text is colored. I generally edit with Text Symbols showing almost all the time in both Frame and Word. Does anyone have a list of rules of thumb when using conditional text ? I When I mark the text the results that I get when I turn the conditions on or off are inconsistent

Re: Consistent Conditional Text (K Grace)

2014-11-08 Thread Scott Turner
and Word. Does anyone have a list of rules of thumb when using conditional text ? I When I mark the text the results that I get when I turn the conditions on or off are inconsistent. For example if I have a bulleted list and I only want certain bullets to appear under certain

RE: Frame 12 conditional text bug

2014-07-02 Thread Christenson, Pat
We've had this problem in Frame 10 in docs that have tables with conditional text. The problem occurs when the all the text in the cell (including the end-of-flow symbol) is conditionalized. FrameMaker can't hide the end-of-flow symbol since that would technically leave an empty cell. In our

RE: Frame 12 conditional text bug

2014-07-01 Thread rebecca officer
done for the day? When we have some conditional text problems that crash FM, a mif wash of the files often helps, and sometimes fixes the problem. If yours is a bug, then the mif wash won't help, because as soon as you're back in .fm you'll hit the bug again. But maybe if you save the file

RE: Frame 12 conditional text bug

2014-07-01 Thread Zimmerman, Gary
this can help you and others. -- garyZ From: rebecca officer [mailto:rebecca.offi...@alliedtelesis.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 4:34 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Zimmerman, Gary Subject: RE: Frame 12 conditional text bug Hi Gary That's a good idea, thanks. We'll try it. Apart from

RE: Frame 12 conditional text bug

2014-06-30 Thread Rick Quatro
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Frame 12 conditional text bug Hi everyone I've just posted this on Adobe's bug tracker as https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=selectBug https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=selectBugCFGRIDKEY=3783041 CFGRIDKEY=3783041 but wanted to see if anyone else

Frame 12 conditional text bug

2014-06-29 Thread rebecca officer
Hi everyone I've just posted this on Adobe's bug tracker as https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=selectBugCFGRIDKEY=3783041 but wanted to see if anyone else is seeing it too. We have unstructured FM 12 files that use Expressions to choose what conditional text to display. We also use

RE: Frame 12 conditional text bug

2014-06-29 Thread Zimmerman, Gary
Hi Rebecca, Have you tried working in .mif files instead of .fm files and only saving to .fm when you're done for the day? When we have some conditional text problems that crash FM, a mif wash of the files often helps, and sometimes fixes the problem. If yours is a bug, then the mif wash

RE: Conditional text - looks like there are some big differences between 9 and 12

2014-03-12 Thread Rahul Dhaundiyal
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Conditional text - looks like there are some big differences between 9 and 12 Hi David, Personally, I highly recommend using FM keyboard shortcuts. This removes the need to mess up with the FM menu. For example, to apply a condition to a text string, press Ctrl + 4

Re: Conditional text - looks like there are some big differences between 9 and 12

2014-03-12 Thread Gyanesh Talwar
for FarmeMaker 9 has been working pretty well for me until now, because there appear to be some big differences in the interface for conditional text tags. The tutorial for FM9 says to click the Apply button at the top of the list of tags and select the in radio button -- but neither of these things

Frame 9 Crash - Conditional Text Issues SOLVED

2014-02-11 Thread Craig, Alison
d, BC V6V 2K9 | analogicultrasound.com<http://www.analogicultrasound.com> T 604-279-8550 ext 127 | F 604-279-8559 From: Craig, Alison Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 10:28 AM To: 'Zimmerman, Gary' Subject: RE: Frame 9 Crash - Conditional Text Issues (More Info) Thanks Gary. I'll

RE: Conditional text - looks like there are some big differences between 9 and 12

2014-02-08 Thread Craig Ede
I take a look at the recent webinar that Adobe posted on the new Features of FM12. The conditional text stuff is covered. Craig Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:07:21 -0500 Subject: Conditional text - looks like there are some big differences between 9 and 12 From: david.h.down...@gmail.com

Re: Conditional text - looks like there are some big differences between 9 and 12

2014-02-08 Thread Roman Banks
, February 4, 2014 12:27 AM, David Downing david.h.down...@gmail.com wrote: That tutorial for FarmeMaker 9 has been working pretty well for me until now, because there appear to be some big differences in the interface for conditional text tags. The tutorial for FM9 says to click the Apply button

RE: Frame 9 Crash - Conditional Text Issues (More Info)

2014-02-05 Thread Craig, Alison
Subject: Frame 9 Crash - Conditional Text Issues I received a request for help from my counterparts at a sister company in Denmark. I know they are running unstructured Frame 9 but I don't know if it's all patched. At least one system is a 64 bit Windows 7 Pro machine. This is the gist

RE: Frame 9 Crash - Conditional Text Issues (More Info)

2014-02-05 Thread Craig, Alison
- Conditional Text Issues (More Info) Have they attempted a MIF wash, or attempted to import (via Copy into Document) to a fresh Fm file? -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11http://framemaker11book.com/ P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | m

RE: Frame 9 Crash - Conditional Text Issues (More Info)

2014-02-05 Thread Craig, Alison
I'll pass the new suggestion along as well. Thanks again, Alison From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:sullivanma...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 11:58 AM To: Craig, Alison Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Frame 9 Crash - Conditional Text Issues (More Info) An Import

Frame 9 Crash - Conditional Text Issues

2014-02-04 Thread Craig, Alison
details. There's not a lot to go on, but if it sounds familiar to anyone, your suggestions would be appreciated. We had some serious problems highlighting text to make it conditional. Files crashed and are now corrupt. We can't do anything with conditional text in them anymore. Thanks, Alison

Conditional text - looks like there are some big differences between 9 and 12

2014-02-03 Thread David Downing
That tutorial for FarmeMaker 9 has been working pretty well for me until now, because there appear to be some big differences in the interface for conditional text tags. The tutorial for FM9 says to click the Apply button at the top of the list of tags and select the in radio button -- but neither

RE: SOLVED! Was RE: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-15 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Gutierrez, Anita Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 7:28 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: SOLVED! Was RE: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame Thanks to everyone who jumped

FW: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-15 Thread Zimmerman, Gary
are in the .mif file you can turn on all the conditions before you save as .fm. Then use the Edit Conditional Text dialog box which (in FM 10, anyway) lists all the places in the file that share a particular condition. Use the GoTo button to go to each of them and see what's

Re: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-15 Thread rebecca officer
, Frame 10.0.2.419 / Win 7 Enterprise SP1 / I’m on the digest list so please copy me on any responses. I have a file that consistently crashes Frame when I change its conditional text settings. Here’s the sequence. The file uses two conditions, which I’ll call Condition1 and Condition2. 1

SOLVED! Was RE: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-15 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Gutierrez, Anita Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 7:28 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: SOLVED! Was RE: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame Thanks to everyone who jumped

SOLVED! Was RE: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-14 Thread Gutierrez, Anita
Thanks to everyone who jumped in to help. Besides fixing my file, I learned a ton! The problem turned out to be caused by a table whose conditional text settings were “funny” (Gary’s word). Meaning: • The table anchor was unconditional. • Several table rows had a condition applied. • Some

SOLVED! Was RE: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-14 Thread Gutierrez, Anita
Thanks to everyone who jumped in to help. Besides fixing my file, I learned a ton! The problem turned out to be caused by a table whose conditional text settings were ?funny? (Gary?s word). Meaning: ? The table anchor was unconditional. ? Several table rows had a condition applied. ? Some

Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-14 Thread rebecca officer
Framers, Frame 10.0.2.419 / Win 7 Enterprise SP1 / I?m on the digest list so please copy me on any responses. I have a file that consistently crashes Frame when I change its conditional text settings. Here?s the sequence. The file uses two conditions, which I?ll call Condition1 and Condition2.

Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-13 Thread Gutierrez, Anita
Hi Framers, Frame 10.0.2.419 / Win 7 Enterprise SP1 / I'm on the digest list so please copy me on any responses. I have a file that consistently crashes Frame when I change its conditional text settings. Here's the sequence. The file uses two conditions, which I'll call Condition1

Re: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-13 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 2014-Jan-13 1:24 PM, Gutierrez, Anita wrote: Hi Framers, (Anyone know the MIF equivalent of “don’t Show Condition Indicators”? I searched for “cond” and “condition” and didn’t find anything recognizable as such.) Search for indicators in:

Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-13 Thread Gutierrez, Anita
Hi Framers, Frame 10.0.2.419 / Win 7 Enterprise SP1 / I'm on the digest list so please copy me on any responses. I have a file that consistently crashes Frame when I change its conditional text settings. Here's the sequence. The file uses two conditions, which I'll call Condition1

Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-13 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 2014-Jan-13 1:24 PM, Gutierrez, Anita wrote: > Hi Framers, > (Anyone know the MIF equivalent of ?don?t Show Condition Indicators?? > I searched for ?cond? and ?condition? and didn?t find anything > recognizable as such.) > Search for "indicators" in:

FW: Changing conditional text settings crashes Frame

2014-01-13 Thread Zimmerman, Gary
at. When you are in the .mif file you can turn on all the conditions before you save as .fm. Then use the Edit Conditional Text dialog box which (in FM 10, anyway) lists all the places in the file that share a particular condition. Use the GoTo button to go to each of them and

Re: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
, the names will reappear in the book file the next time you do an Update Book operation. Also note that a book file cannot contain conditional text *markers* as you originally asked about. Conditional text markers are non-printing symbols that appear

FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-23 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
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FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
`Comment' CState CShown CStyle CDoubleUnderline CSeparation 2 CColor `Red' # end of Condition Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 21-Oct-13 4:37 PM, Ed Lightle wrote: Hi, everybody. Is there an easy way to delete unused conditional text markers from a FrameMaker book? I’m

RE: How to Delete Conditional Text Markers from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, These markers appear only, if you hide conditional text. The marker is a way for FrameMaker to remember where the hidden conditional text must be placed. If you delete the marker, the conditional text cannot be shown again. I admit I do not know, if the text is still there in the file

RE: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Ed Lightle
To: Ed Lightle; Framers Subject: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book As far as I know, the only way to do it is to save the book file as a MIF, open the MIF in a text editor, delete the condition, and then resave it as a BOOK file. It's not as hard as it sounds. Here

RE: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Ed Lightle
to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book Shmuel, Thanks so much! Saved book as a MIF as you recommended, deleted the condition markers and then saved back as a book. Took about 4 minutes! Thanks so much! Ed Lightle -Original Message- From: Shmuel Wolfson [mailto:shmue

RE: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Fred Ridder
Note that if any of the unused conditions are still defined in any of the chapter files, the names will reappear in the book file the next time you do an Update Book operation. Also note that a book file cannot contain conditional text *markers* as you originally asked about. Conditional text

RE: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Ed Lightle
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book Note that if any of the unused conditions are still defined in any of the chapter files, the names will reappear in the book file the next time you do an Update Book operation. Also note that a book file cannot

FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
> # end of Condition Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 21-Oct-13 4:37 PM, Ed Lightle wrote: > > Hi, everybody. > > Is there an easy way to delete unused conditional text markers from a > FrameMaker book? I?m still using version 7.0. > > Thanks,

How to Delete Conditional Text Markers from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Reng, Dr. Winfried
Hi, These markers appear only, if you hide conditional text. The marker is a way for FrameMaker to remember where the hidden conditional text must be placed. If you delete the marker, the conditional text cannot be shown again. I admit I do not know, if the text is still there in the file

FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Ed Lightle
To: Ed Lightle; Framers Subject: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book As far as I know, the only way to do it is to save the book file as a MIF, open the MIF in a text editor, delete the condition, and then resave it as a BOOK file. It's not as hard as it sounds. Here

FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Ed Lightle
to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book Shmuel, Thanks so much! Saved book as a MIF as you recommended, deleted the condition markers and then saved back as a book. Took about 4 minutes! Thanks so much! Ed Lightle -Original Message- From: Shmuel Wolfson [mailto:shmue

FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Fred Ridder
Note that if any of the unused conditions are still defined in any of the chapter files, the names will reappear in the book file the next time you do an Update Book operation. Also note that a book file cannot contain conditional text *markers* as you originally asked about. Conditional text

FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

2013-10-22 Thread Ed Lightle
at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book Note that if any of the unused conditions are still defined in any of the chapter files, the names will reappear in the book file the next time you do an Update Book operation. Also note that a book file cannot

How to Delete Conditional Text Markers from a Book

2013-10-21 Thread Ed Lightle
Hi, everybody. Is there an easy way to delete unused conditional text markers from a FrameMaker book? I'm still using version 7.0. Thanks, Ed Lightle Sr. Technical Writer Command Alkon 5168 Blazer Parkway | Dublin, Ohio 43017-1339 Tel: +1 (614) 799-6650 Ext. 5225 | www.commandalkon.comhttp

How to Delete Conditional Text Markers from a Book

2013-10-21 Thread Ed Lightle
Hi, everybody. Is there an easy way to delete unused conditional text markers from a FrameMaker book? I'm still using version 7.0. Thanks, Ed Lightle Sr. Technical Writer Command Alkon 5168 Blazer Parkway | Dublin, Ohio 43017-1339 Tel: +1 (614) 799-6650 Ext. 5225 | www.commandalkon.com<h

Cross-reference to a string that retains the conditional text attributes (markings) of the linked-to string

2013-10-08 Thread Barry.Meislin
Greetings, Working in unstructured FM10: 1. I would like to link to a string that includes conditional text and have that link show the conditional text attributes (e.g., color and overline/underline, etc.) in the linked-to string. Note: In my experience, a cross-reference to a string

Re: Cross-reference to a string that retains the conditional text attributes (markings) of the linked-to string

2013-10-08 Thread Scott Turner
Don't over complicate it. Create a cross-ref definition that mimics the conditional text indication and format. On Oct 8, 2013, at 3:16, barry.meis...@nuvoton.com wrote: Greetings, Working in unstructured FM10: 1. I would like to link to a string that includes conditional text

Cross-reference to a string that retains the conditional text attributes (markings) of the linked-to string

2013-10-08 Thread barry.meis...@nuvoton.com
Greetings, Working in unstructured FM10: 1. I would like to link to a string that includes conditional text and have that link show the conditional text attributes (e.g., color and overline/underline, etc.) in the linked-to string. Note: In my experience, a cross-reference to a string

Cross-reference to a string that retains the conditional text attributes (markings) of the linked-to string

2013-10-08 Thread Scott Turner
Don't over complicate it. Create a cross-ref definition that mimics the conditional text indication and format. > On Oct 8, 2013, at 3:16, wrote: > > Greetings, > > Working in unstructured FM10: > > 1. > I would like to link to a string that includes conditional te

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