Oh... OK.

Well, I've found a tolerable, if unconventional, way to fix this, in case
anyone else needs to know in the future. (I, in the future, will be using
the archive plugin Donna recommended and others seconded, so I don't have
to go through this again. Thanks!)

This is what I do:

1. Find an unresolved cross reference in the Japanese file.
2. Go to the corresponding xref in the English file (which is pretty easy,
since the document format is page-for-page between the two languages).
3. Double click on the xref in the English file, find out what paragraph
tag is has, and count from top or bottom, whichever is closer, which
position the correct paragraph is (I have to do this because I can't read
the Japanese counterparts, which aren't even in Japanese, but in funky
characters).
4. Double click on the xref in the Japanese file, choose the paragraph
tag, and count to the correct paragraph.
5. Ctrl-Alt-click on each the reference in both languages to find what it
references to, and using graphics on the page, make sure I got the right
paragraph.

I should be done in half an hour or so.

Thanks for all the help.
Lisa B.


> I'd suspect the original target was deleted in the translation process.
>
>
> Tom Johnson
> Technical Writer
> Microline Technology Corp.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> +1 231 935 1585
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On
> Behalf Of Lisa M. Bronson (TCP)
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:57 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TCP] broken cross references
>
> This is very odd...
>
> I have one file with six broken cross references. They are all cross
> references to another file, so I can understand that one and know exactly
> how to fix it.
>
> But in the file with ~50 broken xrefs, the first one I looked at
> references a paragraph in the same document, and as far as I can see, it
> is correct in the mif file. So, what am I not seeing?
>
> Unique identifier: 1121658
> Both files seem to be referencing this:  <XRefSrcText `12949: Sect:sub2:
> Servo Screen 1'>
>
> This is in the English mif:
>
>        <Unique 1121658>
>        <PgfTag `Table:CellRepeat'>
>        <ParaLine
>         <String `Press this button to access '>
>         <XRef
>          <XRefName `paratext-(pagenum)'>
>          <XRefSrcText `12949: Sect:sub2: Servo Screen 1'>
>          <XRefSrcIsElem No>
>          <XRefSrcFile `'>
>          <XRefLastUpdate  1166029430 135000>
>
>
> This is from the Japanese mif:
>
>        <Unique 1121658>
>        <PgfTag `Table:CellRepeat'>
>        <Pgf
>         <PgfFont
>          <FTag `'>
>          <FPlatformName `W.MS Mincho.R.400'>
>          <FFamily `MS Mincho'>
>          <FVar `Regular'>
>          <FWeight `Regular'>
>          <FAngle `Regular'>
>          <FEncoding `JISX0208.ShiftJIS'>
>          <FSize  10.0 pt>
>          <FUnderlining FNoUnderlining>
>          <FOverline No>
>          <FStrike No>
>          <FChangeBar No>
>          <FOutline No>
>          <FShadow No>
>          <FPairKern Yes>
>          <FTsume No>
>          <FCase FAsTyped>
>          <FPosition FNormal>
>          <FDX  0.0%>
>          <FDY  0.0%>
>          <FDW  0.0%>
>          <FStretch  100.0%>
>          <FLanguage Japanese>
>          <FLocked No>
>          <FSeparation 0>
>          <FColor `Black'>
>         > # end of PgfFont
>         <PgfLanguage Japanese>
>        > # end of Pgf
>        <ParaLine
>         <Font
>          <FTag `'>
>          <FPlatformName `W.Arial.R.400'>
>          <FFamily `Arial'>
>          <FEncoding `FrameRoman'>
>          <FLocked No>
>          <FSeparation 4>
>          <FColor `Blue'>
>         > # end of Font
>         <XRef
>          <XRefName `paratext-(pagenum)'>
>          <XRefSrcText `12949: Sect:sub2: Servo Screen 1'>
>          <XRefSrcIsElem No>
>          <XRefSrcFile `'>
>          <XRefLastUpdate  1155885267 77000>
>
>
> Any thoughts about what's going on here?
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa B.
>
>
>
>
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