Index markers not showing in generated index

[Pete Rourke]

Thanks Fred,

 

The <$nopage> was a feeble attempt to see if that would help. It didn't and
has since been removed.

 

Once I discovered the space between primary:secondary  being a problem, I
sought out my troubled markers and retyped them. I wouldn't be at all so
sure there were no carriage returns in the marker text box.

 

So that problem has been solved with support from this group. 

 

Thanks very much

 

Pete Rourke

Chandler, AZ

 

From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:31 AM
To: pete at rourke.org
Subject: RE: Index markers not showing in generated index

 

It has nothing to do with the problem you're describing, but I have
to point out that conventional styling for book index entries only 
uses initial caps on proper nouns (despite the fact that all the 
example entries in the FrameMaker manual and online help use 
initial caps on main entries and no cap on subentries). This means 
your index marker would look like: 
  items;<$nopage>violation:items
 
Also, I'm not sure I understand why you're suppressing the page
number reference for the Items subentry under Violations. Conventionally,
the <$nopage> switch is used when you want to insert an entry or 
subentry that directs the reader to a different term in the index, 
but to do this you have to include the literal text in the marker.
If your intention is to redirect the reader from the Violation entry
to the Items entry, your index marker would look something like:
  items; <$nopage>Also see items
 
As to your specific problem, are you sure you never pressed Enter
(or Shift-Enter) when typing the entry?  Paragraph marks or line
feed marks in index entry markers are *death* (can actually cause
FrameMaker crashes, at least in older versions).

> From: pete at rourke.org
> To: srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com
> Subject: RE: Index markers not showing in generated index
> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:26:27 -0700
> CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> 
> 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
> Index Marker = Violation:Items (no carriage returns or spaces in the line.
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Pete 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 3:06 PM
> To: pete.rourke at reefpt.com
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Index markers not showing in generated index
> 
> Pete Rourke wrote:
> > I have created an index marker for a primary: secondary, and the marker
> > appears on the page, and shows correctly in the marker box, but when
> update
> > and generate indexes is run the secondary does not show. There are lots
of
> > secondary items in the primary. 
> > 
> > I'm a FM newbie FM8.0p266, and may have missed a fundamental principle
for
> > indexing.
> > 
> > Suggestions?
> 
> 
> A couple of things to check:
> 
> --remove the space between primary:secondary
> 
> --make sure that the marker type is Index (sometimes that can get 
> accidentally changed to another type, and you end up inserting a whole 
> bunch of Subject markers that you thought were Index markers)
> 
> --make sure there are no carriage returns in your marker text
> 
> HTH,
> 
> -- 
> Stuart Rogers
> Technical Communicator
> Phoenix Geophysics Limited
> Toronto, ON, Canada
> +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
> 
> srogers phoenix-geophysics com
> 
> If it makes things work more easily, why isn't it called lubrican?
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