Unable to select, conditionalise, hide/show a variable in a text frame on left of master page

[Reng, Dr. Winfried]

Hi,

I do not know, if this is related to your problem.
I noticed a problem when importing the page layout with
hidden text. I have a footer with text "draft" and the
exact time. This text has a condition "draft". When I
hide this condition and import the page layout into
another file, the hidden text is not imported. If the
condition is shown, the text is imported.

Best regards

Winfried

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of 
> Heidi Bailey
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 2:07 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Unable to select, conditionalise, hide/show a 
> variable in a text frame on left of master page
> 
> Hi,
> Sorry for the long subject title, but this one is a bit hard to
> summarise.
> 
> Windows XP, SP3, FM8p277.
> This was all re-installed in the last few days, thanks to my PC
> self-destructing. The problems existed before the crash and 
> are just as
> annoying now.
> 
> I have a vertical text frame on each master page (horizontal 
> text frame
> rotated through 90Deg), which I use for watermarking. The 
> text frame has
> a single paragraph (with tag Watermark applied). 
> The paragraph contains a single-word variable (called 
> Watermark), which
> says something like "Draft" or "Approval".
> The variable should have condition Watermark applied, which I can then
> hide or show as needed.
> 
> In some of my documents, and now all of my template files, 
> The watermark
> text frame misbehaves, particularly when placed on the LEFT of a page
> (not so much when it's on the right). Experimentation by 
> someone with a
> great deal of patience reveals that the problem arises if the 
> text frame
> is within 2.75 inches of the left margin.
> 
> The misbehaviour is manifested as:
> 
> -Text frame on LEFT of page: When trying to hide conditionalised
> variable text, the variable is completely deleted, or the condition is
> removed and the text not hidden.
> 
> -Text frame on LEFT of page: When trying to select the variable, you
> cannot single-click it to select, nor double-click it to open the
> Variables dialog box. You can select the whole paragraph by
> triple-clicking, but I usually only want to select the 
> variable. You can
> select the variable (according to my patient friend) by placing the
> cursor before the variable, then holding dhow Shift + 
> pressing the right
> arrow key.
> 
> -Text frame on RIGHT of page: Works perfectly normally when 
> it comes to
> selecting. However, the removal of condition and/or variable does
> sometimes happen. 
> 
> I can send anyone willing to look at it a copy of misbehaving 
> file. But
> if you have any idea of what to check, please let me know. Various
> things have been tried (such as turning off sidehead area, 
> changing size
> of text frame and paragraph text, moving text frame to where things
> start to work again...).
> 
> All help gratefully received!
> Cheers,
> 
> Heidi Bailey
> Technical Author
> 
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