Frame crashes on spell-check of one line of text

[Linda G. Gallagher]

Ah, I knew you folks would have a solution. Thanks to Peter, Penelope, and
Fred who suggested the character style set to Language None.

Other solutions like variables (thanks Jessica) or insets might also work,
but this seemed the easiest and did work.

To add to the overall mystery (in case anyone is interested), the same text
worked fine in a new file created on my laptop, but that exact same file
crashed on my desktop system. Both have FM 7.0.

No matter, the char tag worked like a charm.

Thanks!!!

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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Gold [mailto:peter at knowhowpro.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:18 AM
To: lindag at techcomplus.com; Framers
Subject: Re: Frame crashes on spell-check of one line of text


Hi, Linda:

Have you tried to:

* apply a character format of language None

* make it a variable

* add a non-breaking space at the beginning or end

* create it as a text flow on the reference page and import it as a text
inset

* create it in a text frame on the reference page and attach it to a
paragraph as frame below/above

* look up the fraction bar and use it instead of the backslash

HTH
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Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices


At 10:06 AM -0600 5/25/06, Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
>Framers,
>
>I hope someone has an idea on this. I've narrowed down a crashing problem
to
>one line of text in a file. It's a full Windows path with back slashes in
>it. No matter what I've tried, Frame crashes when spell check comes to this
>line.
>
>Here's what I've tried:
>
>- Wash Via MIF (thanks for that easy tool, Jeremy)
>
>- Copy the errant line into Note Pad, then paste back into FM
>
>- Retype the line in Note Pad, then paste into FM
>
>No dice. Even if the line is the only text in a new FM file, FM crashes
when
>I click Start Checking.
>
>Any ideas? I can't remove the line of text from the content. :o