Frame documnet saved as XML losing formatting

[Combs, Richard]

Karen West wrote: 
 
> > How are you formatting the italic text? Are you clicking 
> the I button 
> > or pressing ctrl-I?
> 
> Yes again.
> 
> > If so, I believe that FrameMaker drops that formatting when 
> saving as 
> > xml. If you are using formats from the character catalog it should 
> > save the formatting.
> 
> Thanks Mike, I've just tried it and it works now using the 
> character catalog. Excellent, that's rather stupid though, 
> don't you think?

Well, no. In fact, a recent poll of FrameUsers readers found that 35 out
of 37 thought it was rather stupid to apply ad hoc formatting as you did
instead of using defined character tags: 

> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:08 PM
> To: framers at lists.FrameUsers.com
> Subject: POLL RESULTS: Which method do you use to apply bold 
> and italics?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Wilcox
> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:30 PM
> 
> > This came up as a possible style standards issue here.
> ...
> > A. Click the B and I buttons, or press Ctrl+B and Ctrl+I.
> > B. Select Bold and Emphasis from the Character Catalog.
> 
> Of the 37 responses I got, 35 chose B or a variation thereof.
> 
> Most of those 35 were so adamant that I doubt they will be 
> surprised at the results, but I for one had no idea the vote 
> would be so lop-sided.
> 
> All of the variations mentioned involved creating and using 
> use-specific char tags, such as BookTitle, VariableElement, NewTerm.
 
If you have unstructured, randomly-formatted docs that don't use
paragraph and character tags consistently, then what's the point in
converting them to XML anyway? 

Richard 


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Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
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