Bug: FrameMaker 8 changes dash \= in paragraph numbering of FM 7 MIF

[Sarah O'Keefe]

Hi there,

We are noticing a similar problem related to autonumbering even without
the MIF conversion you describe.

For instance:

1. Define a paragraph autonumber that includes an em space (\sm) and
some text. (Note:\sm)
2. Reopen the paragraph designer and change only the autonumber text
(change "Note" to "Tip").
Notice that the \sm turns into something weird and renders as a ?? in
your document.

There appears to be a problem with special characters that are inserted
with a backslash (\).

Regards,

Sarah O'Keefe

Reng, Dr. Winfried wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Our translation agency uses Trados, which cannot
> handle FM 8 files yet. Therefore I converted everything
> to FM 7 MIF files (new option in Save As). When I got
> the files back, I noticed that the dashes which I defined
> in the paragraph numbering to mark the list items are
> exchanged by: 'Äì
> In FM 7 in the paragraph designer I had: \t\=\t
>   (it's a second level list).
> In the FM 8 binary file this was changed to: \t-\t
>   In the file the dash is displayed correctly.
> When I open a MIF 7.0 file this was changed to: \t'Äì\t
>   (paragraph designer)
> In the FM file of this MIF 7.0 file the numbering is
>   displayed as: squareÄìtab
>   (the square is here a character which FM cannot display)
> 
> We use Univers (non-Unicode). And that's probably the
> reason. But still FM should not convert the dash.
> 
> This is no problem with MIF 8.0 files. FM 8 opened
> also FM 7 binary files with this list numbering correctly.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Winfried
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