Odd cross-ref substitution 7.2

Generally I sing the praises about how much more stable Frame's cross-references are than Word. I just had a really odd occurrence, though, which I need to understand. I removed a heading which was the link destination of several cross-references. When I searched for broken cross-references,

Odd cross-ref substitution 7.2

Hi David, I assume you are working with unstructured FrameMaker. Apparently, when you removed the heading, you did not remove the Cross-Ref marker that was in the heading paragraph. The marker ended up in the hearby heading. Thus, the cross-reference was not unresolved, but still pointed to

Odd cross-ref substitution 7.2

David Kuhn wrote: > I removed a heading which was the link destination of several > cross-references. > > When I searched for broken cross-references, none were found. > > Instead the cross-reference retained it's old label (expected) but > linked to a nearby heading instead. > > This is

Odd cross-ref substitution 7.2

.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 5:26 PM To: David Kuhn; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Odd cross-ref substitution 7.2 David Kuhn wrote: > I removed a heading which was the link destination of several > cross-references. > > When I searched for broken c

Odd cross-ref substitution 7.2

David Kuhn wrote: > In short, is there a way to select a marker and find out what it is > doing? You can select one just like a single character, but it's a bit trickier, and there may be multiple markers "on top of each other." So do it this way: 1) Open the Marker dialog (Special > Marker).

Odd cross-ref substitution 7.2

This discussion got me thinking. It would be fairly easy to write a FrameScript plugin that detects whether or not you are about to kill off a marker when you delete or replace text. A dialog box could give you the option of deleting or keeping the marker. I think I'm going to take a crack

Odd cross-ref substitution 7.2

Hi David, One small tip that may be helpful: when you triple-click a paragraph, you are sure to select the entire paragraph, including any markers that it may contain. If you hold down the shift key and click any additional paragraphs, you will be selecting entire paragraphs as well. Rick

Odd cross-ref substitution 7.2

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:49:19 +0300, "David Kuhn" wrote: >I do have a larger issue, though with the symbols. >Sometimes I find it very difficult to tell what they are doing there. >The upside down T is conditional text. >The right-side up T is a cross-reference marker. Nope! *All* the