Index markers not showing in generated index

[Pete Rourke]

Thanks Frank,

I did not use word, but did copy a line of text from a web site, which may
have been contributory. 

I went through my index markers and cleaned out spaces, and removed an
retyped some, which fixed my problem.

Thanks for your response. I used to use FM on a Sun systems ages ago, and
just resumed use recently. 

Thanks again.

Cheers

Pete Rourke
Chandler, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Stearns [mailto:franks at fsatools.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:58 AM
To: Pete Rourke
Cc: 'Stuart Rogers'; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Index markers not showing in generated index

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Pete Rourke wrote:

> Thanks Stuart,
>
> I've tried both with and without spaces.
> What is funny is that
> Index Marker =  Items;<$nopage>Violation:Items
> The Items shows up in the Index, but the Violation:Items does not.
>
> In the Index, there are 15 secondary items that do work under the primary
> Violation, I just can't get the word "Items" as a secondary even if the

Did you by chance source any of this document from Word?

If so (and in general with squirrely marker behavior) it's often 
worth an export to MIF and an examination of the marker statements.

In the past we've found odd, non-printing characters that should not 
be in the marker, and these can cause fits. Word is infamous for 
putting in leading and trailing hex 20 (or was it decimal 20 - can't 
remember) characters - invisible on screen and paper, but confusing 
for FM's marker parser.

Give that a shot.

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