Conditional Text Just Won't Go Away

[Kelly McDaniel]

"...but surely track changes doesn't spontaneously turn itself on... and
then apply to only part of a document?"

I have learned that when diagnosing any given issue, it is best to leave
open all possibilities until they have each been ruled out empirically
or the issue has been resolved.

Once again, as one of my old computers gurus said, "95% of this stuff
can be explained."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jona
Steenbrink
> Sent: 2008-05-21 17:33
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Conditional Text Just Won't Go Away
> 
> Update to conditional text (and thanks for everybody's input)
> 
> 
> Despite track changes not being on, clicking Accept All Changes, does
> get rid of the mark-ups. However, it also got rid of all of the
> conditional text. The problem clearly had to do with track changes in
> some way, but surely track changes doesn't spontaneously turn itself
> on... and then apply to only part of a document?
> 
> It's baffling. (To me, at least).
> 
> Anyway, thanks for everyone's help. I will handle conditional text
> with greater care in the future.
> 
> Jona
> 
> On May 21, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Art Campbell wrote:
> 
> > Have you washed the file by saving out to MIF and opening that file?
> > Is there any chance that you have book-level conditional text
settings
> > turned on that would over-ride the component chapter file's
settings?
> >
> > Art
> >
> > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Jona Steenbrink
> > <jsteenbrink at bluefinrobotics.com> wrote:
> >> 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-----
> >>> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> >>> [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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> >>
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> >> _______________________________________________
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> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com
> > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent
> > and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
> > No disclaimers apply.
> > DoD 358
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