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[Peter Gold]

Hi, Judy:

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Judy<judy at hypack.com> wrote:
> Peter,
> You win the prize!  I had a text frame covering the entire chart.  I often
> inadvertently copy by continuing to hold the Ctrl key while I attempt to
> move a frame.  I'm sure that must've happened and I didn't notice.

Been there, done that, trained people not to do that. A good way to
learn how to fix mistakes is to make them<G>.

> Thanks for solving the mystery and saving me a ton of time!

You're welcome!

Regards,

Peter
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> Judy
>
> Peter Gold wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible that either you've imported the PDF of the chart into
>> the frame that held the drawn graphic chart, or you've inadvertently
>> copied a frame on top of the frame that contains the chart? I suspect
>> this happened when you dragged the frame on the master page, if, while
>> you held Ctrl to change the text pointer to the graphic pointer in
>> order to select the frame, you dragged the frame with Ctrl still
>> pressed.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Peter
>> __________________
>> Peter Gold
>> KnowHow ProServices
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Art Campbell<art.campbell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Try keying in:
>>>  Esc F l k
>>>
>>> the file lock command toggle, and see if anything changes. You should
>>> see the menus change immediately and be able to work in the file.
>>>
>>> If nothing at all happens, do it a second time to toggle it off.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Judy Bragg<judy at hypack.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm using FM8 to build PDF documents
>>>> Yesterday, I spent quite a while building a flowchart.  Each step is a
>>>> hotspot that takes them to the relavant topic in the manual.  I got it done
>>>> just in time to insert it to the manual, PDF it and send it to tech.
>>>> support.
>>>> Today, I'd like to take that flowchart and modify it for a similar
>>>> program.  My problem is that, for some reason, it acts like a view only
>>>> document.  I can select the text box from the master page and I can select
>>>> the graphic frame in which I drew the flowchart, but I can't select the
>>>> component parts of the flowchart itself.  I've tried both methods of
>>>> toggling the View Only property and the button in the Hypertext dialog
>>>> changes back and forth.  Unfortunately, when (according to the status of the
>>>> button) the document should be editable, I still can't edit my flow chart.
>>>> Does anyone out there have any ideas what else I could try?
>>>> Thanks in advance for your wisdom and help!
>>>> Judy Bragg
>>>> Technical Writer
>>>> Hypack, Inc.
>>>> judy at hypack.com
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
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