Conditional Text Just Won't Go Away

[Jona Steenbrink]

Sadly, that is not the problem. Track changes are not, and were not, on.

It's a mystery.

On May 21, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Flato, Gillian wrote:

> The problem is your track changes feature is on. Go to View > Track  
> Text
> Edit Bar to open the menu. Accept all of the changes and then turn off
> the feature.
>
>
> -Gillian
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jona
> Steenbrink
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:20 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Conditional Text Just Won't Go Away
>
> Disclaimer: I apologize if this message appears on the list twice. The
> first time I sent it, I did not use the email address that is
> registered with framers.
>
>
> Hi.
>
> FM 	8.0p273
> Windows XP (running on parallels on a Mac)
>
> I am fast approaching the end of my tether working with conditional
> text.
>
> FM won't let me make some segments of text unconditional. In fact,
> when I try to remove the conditional tag, the text turns bright green
> with a strikethrough effect. What's more... when I try again, it's now
> bright red with a strikethrough effect. And, (hullo, what's this?) now
> it's bright red with a strikethrough effect and a change bar.
>
> All three conditions in the document are set to Style: As Is, and
> three different colors (green, olive, and magenta).
>
> I cannot make this text unconditional.  Selecting (or deselecting)
> Special > Conditional Text > Show Conditional Text at the document
> level or the book level affects all of the conditionally tagged
> paragraphs except for these red, struck through, paragraphs.
>
> What's going on? Is it FM telling me that I'm doing something very
> wrong? I've looked at the FM documentation, and it's giving me
> nothing. Does anyone have any idea what might be happening here?
>
> Update: I also cannot copy and paste any of the affected text. If I
> select it, ctrl+c and then ctrl+v somewhere else, it won't paste.
> Although I can Edit > Undo Paste. Go figure. Is it possible that these
> segments of text have, through some action or combination of actions,
> become hopelessly corrupted? Is that even possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jona Steenbrink
>
>
>
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Jona Steenbrink
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Bluefin Robotics
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