How to automatically import index and cross-reference entries from Word 7 to FM 7.2 or 8?

[Lynne A. Price]

Mike,
   FM does not have the ability to put markers on top of the other; they 
are in a flow and have a sequence. When you view text symbols, you see only 
one marker character. This character does not represent a single marker, 
but indicates that one or more markers are present at that location. Text 
symbols appear in the document window in addition to the actual content of 
your document. The marker symbol thus seems to appear between the adjacent 
characters. There is no room to display multiple marker symbols; to make 
room for them, FM would have to adjust the spacing of the content 
characters, possibly affecting line breaks and even page breaks.
   You are correct that if you try to select the marker symbol, the marker 
window displays information about the first marker at that location. Some 
ways to see the others are:

1) Search for markers by selecting "Any Marker" or "Marker of Type" in the 
Find pop-up menu in the Find/Change window. Of course, if you choose 
"Marker of Type" you'll need to specify the marker type you want to see. 
Each time you click Find, the marker window will display another marker.

2) Use the keyboard shortcut Esc h c to highlight the object (e.g., 
character, anchor, marker, variable, cross-reference) following the cursor. 
After viewing the first marker in a sequence, press the right arrow to move 
past that marker, and press the sequence Esc h c to view the next one. 
Repeat as desired.

3) Generate a list of markers with Special > List Of

         --Lynne


At 11:43 PM 6/16/2008, Mike Bradley wrote:
>For every index entry in the Word document, FM creates a separate Index 
>marker.
>That's fine. But when it puts the markers in the FM file, it stacks them 
>one on
>top of the other instead one after the other. As a result, when you view text
>symbols in FM, you see only one marker character. When you select it, you can
>select only the marker that's on top of the stack; finding and editing the
>markers under the top marker is a chore.


Lynne A. Price
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