Re: Character format that won't stick

[Samantha Nair]

Hi Thomas,

Your problem sounds similar to one I experienced earlier this year.

I wanted to apply an italic character format to my cross-reference formats
but also found it wouldn't "stick". Eventually, I discovered that the font
family I was given did not include an italic format. To resolve this, I set
my default printer to be Adobe PDF, and have not suffered from this problem
since. This is because the PDF drivers use PostScript fonts which FM can
use if the the font family used does not support it. If you try setting
your default printer to a PDF driver of some sort does that resolve the
problem?

HTH.

Sam.



On 26 August 2014 19:06, Thomas Scalise 
wrote:

>  Esteemed colleagues,
>
>
>
> I am using Frame 11.0.2.384 on Windows 7.
>
>
>
> I applied a character format (CrossRef) to text in a document. I late
> saved the document. When I return to Frame and open the document, the
> character format has reverted to the previous format. I recall having this
> problem before, a long time ago, and cannot for the life of me remember
> what to do to make the character format stick. Thanks in advance for any
> help you can give.
>
>
>
> *Tom Scalise*
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RE: Character format that won't stick

[Fred Ridder]

Is the content you formatted with your CrossRef tag an actual FrameMaker 
cross-reference (which we'll call an "x-ref" here to distinguish it as an 
active entity in your document rather than a format definition)? If so, when 
the x-ref is updated--which happens automatically when you open the FM file--it 
reverts to the formatting that is specified in the Cross Reference format. This 
is completely by design.

If that's the case, the solution is simple: just include the CrossRef character 
format as part of the Cross Reference format definition rather than applying it 
manually, after the fact. That way, when the x-ref is updated, it will reapply 
the character format you want, regardless of any formatting applied directly to 
the result of the x-ref that appears in the document.

-Fred Ridder


From: thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Character format that won't stick
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:06:25 +









Esteemed colleagues,
 
I am using Frame 11.0.2.384 on Windows 7.

 
I applied a character format (CrossRef) to text in a document. I late saved the 
document. When I return to Frame and open the document, the character format 
has reverted to the previous format. I recall having
 this problem before, a long time ago, and cannot for the life of me remember 
what to do to make the character format stick. Thanks in advance for any help 
you can give.
 

Tom Scalise
Manager, Technical Documentation
 
Cross Match Technologies, Inc.
3950 RCA Boulevard, Suite 5001
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
U.S.A.

T   +1 561 622 5416
F   +1 561 622 9938
thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com

 


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