Change Bar Problem

[John Pilla]

Thanks! 
The suggestion about going to the last, furthermost right cell, 
cutting the text out, and pasting back in as text - worked. 
It was only a couple of  (some huge) tables in a couple of the files. 

Thanks, to all. 
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~ John ~ 
Sr. Learning Specialist, Educational Services 
MRO Software (An IBM Company) 
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John.Pilla at us.ibm.com 
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Hi John,
The suggestions that I have seen in the frameusers e-mail list are all 
trying to find the cause within FrameMaker.  They are helpful, and you may 
find what you need there.
My personal solution is to bite the bullet early, scrap all formatting, 
and import only ASCII text into FrameMaker whenever possible.  My 
reasoning is that hidden instructions in each application (Word, Ventura 
Publisher, Word Perfect, etc.) use different instructions to direct their 
software engines to produce specified output.  If any of these hidden 
instructions get into the background within FrameMaker, they can be 
extremely difficult to find and remove.  And they sometimes stay hidden 
until final production, such as printing (to paper or to PostScript, or 
just saving to PDF).  At production time, the bizarre results may come so 
long after the initial import of foreign (e.g., Word) files that the cause 
is no longer obvious, and may be even more difficult to pin down.  I have 
experienced this personally.
In Windows, I generally copy from Word into Notepad, then copy from 
Notepad into FrameMaker.
If you don't want to start over again, you can sometimes get resolution by 
saving your FrameMaker files as MIF files, then opening the MIF files in 
FrameMaker and saving them as regular *.fm files again.  The round trip to 
MIF and back can solve some problems.
Best wishes in your endeavors,
Ed DeRosier
Edward.DeRosier at anritsu.com
Anritsu Company
Technical Publications