Visually Identifying Marker Tags

[Shmuel Wolfson]

You could take this idea further and create a few character styles for 
markers, each one with a diffeent color. Then run a few search search 
and replaces replacing marker of type XX and pasting the character format.

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Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133


Stuart Rogers wrote:
> Sent on behalf of Jeff Coatsworth <Jeff at jonassoftware.com> who is having 
> problems posting to the list.
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Visually Identifying Marker Tags
> Hi Framers,
>
> I've just been searching the Adobe FM forums and haven't had much luck
> finding out if there's any way for FM to better identify marker tags of
> varying types (like index, cross-reference, and custom Context Sensitive
> Help ones) with a Character format that makes them stand out for easier
> identification.
>
> I'm starting from the premise that you've got the View > Text Symbols
> turned on already. But, they just show you the marker "T's" in the same
> font and colour as your content text. They also tend to run into
> punctuation and paragraph marks, which obscure the marker tag.
>
> I've only run across one method for making these markers "pop out"
> visually: create custom Character formats and then manually apply them
> to the marker types you desire using either a Find/Replace or after the
> marker has been inserted.
>
> I'm using FM9 p196 with the new TCS 2 and what I'd like to find out is
> if anyone has discovered a better way to accomplish this or if Adobe has
> somehow built this into the new version 9 of FM (and I just haven't
> found out how to do it).
>
> Thanks for any assistance,
>
> Jeff Coatsworth
> Documentation Specialist
> Gary Jonas Computing Ltd.
> 905-886-0544
> 905-886-8511 (fax)
> jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.com
>
>
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