Disappearing anchored frames: strange FrameMaker bug

[Steve Rickaby]

FrameMaker 7.0 in Classic on OS X 10.4.11.

In twenty years I've never seen this. In the book I'm working on one chapter has many anchored frames and a few tables. While adjusting these to optimize the pagination, I've cut and pasted anchored frames only to have them not display. The anchor is there and can be searched for, but the frame is invisible: it's as if it's gone behind another frame or table. Frame contents are PDF files imported by reference.

the only unusual thing about this book is that the source files were brought in from Word via RTF, but MIF-washing does not seem to affect this issue. This is by far the most serious bug I've ever come across in what is otherwise and outstandingly reliable product. My question: has anyone else seen this behaviour, and if so, do you know the cause and a fix?

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Steve Rickaby                           <http://www.wordmongers.com>