Paragraph Designer Sticks in FM9

[Writer]

I don't know if this will resolve your specific issue, but I find that I must reboot my computer at the end of the day every day; otherwise, FM (and other Adobe products) tend to act in weird and unpredictable ways.

Nadine


--- On Wed, 5/6/09, Corcoran, Susan <Susan.Corcoran at Honeywell.com> wrote:

> From: Corcoran, Susan <Susan.Corcoran at Honeywell.com>
> Subject: RE: Paragraph Designer Sticks in FM9
> To: "Jenny Greenleaf" <jgreenleaf at mac.com>, framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Received: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 2:27 PM
> Hi Jen,
> 
> Yes, I've downloaded both FM9 updates.  The second one
> successfully
> fixed the missing Building Blocks, but this paragraph
> designer bug
> persists.
> 
>  
> Susan Corcoran
>  
> Technical Writer III
> Honeywell Scanning & Mobility
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jenny Greenleaf [mailto:jgreenleaf at mac.com] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 1:16 PM
> > To: Corcoran, Susan
> > Subject: Re: Paragraph Designer Sticks in FM9
> > 
> > I see this bug sometimes. I'm not sure what causes
> it. It 
> > seems that there are several places where FM gets
> itself in 
> > the wrong state.
> > 
> > I am also working with a template with variables, and
> when I 
> > select them in the "pod," it doesn't
> always show the proper 
> > information in the Add/Edit property sheet. It seems
> to be 
> > one off (i.e., showing the information for the
> variable 
> > following the one selected.) Clicking around seems to
> solve 
> > the problem eventually.
> > 
> > I downloaded an update, but it wouldn't run on my
> system, and 
> > I haven't gotten around to trying again. Has
> anyone 
> > successfully updated FM9? It seems fairly buggy and
> has 
> > crashed on me several times.
> > 
> > Jenny Greenleaf
> > Greenleaf Agency, LLC
> > 
> > 
> > On May 6, 2009, at 8:29 AM, Corcoran, Susan wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello fellow Framers,
> > >
> > > I've upgraded to FM9 recently and I've
> found an odd quirk.  
> > I wonder 
> > > if anyone else has seen the paragraph designer
> get stuck on 
> > a single 
> > > panel?
> > > I can be working along just fine, and suddenly
> the 
> > paragraph designer 
> > > refuses to switch views between Basic, Default
> Font, 
> > Pagination, etc.  
> > > I can get the dropdown list of tags, but cannot
> change the 
> > tag name.  
> > > I can get rid of the panel or pod, but each time
> I bring up 
> > paragraph 
> > > designer, it's still stuck.  Occasionally I
> can fix this by closing 
> > > and reopening the doc, but more often I have to
> restart 
> > Framemaker.  I 
> > > work with it in both structured and unstructured
> and it has 
> > happened 
> > > with both.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else seen this or know what could
> cause it?
> > > I'm running FM9 through Tech Comm Suite on
> Windows XP.
> > >
> > >
> > > Susan Corcoran
> > >
> > > Technical Writer III
> > > Honeywell Scanning & Mobility
> > >
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