FM 9 and the Pending Marker

[Fred Ridder]

As of FrameMaker 8, there are 12 standard marker types:

-Author

-Comment

-Conditional Text

-Cross-ref

-Equation

-Glossary

-Header/Footer $1

-Header/Footer $2

-HTML Macro

-Hypertext

-Index

-Subject

 

But at the bottom of the list is a choice called "Edit...", which allows you to define any other types you want to use for any other purpose. There is nothing "magic" about user-defined marker; the type is just an arbitrary attribute that you can use for finding/filtering/listing the markers. 

 

-Fred Ridder
 
> From: Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:54:57 -0700
> Subject: FM 9 and the Pending Marker
> 
> I was noodling around on the web yesterday and came across various posts (with various dates) of an article by Dr. Ugur Akinci on FM's "Pending" Marker option, eg,:
> 
> http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2009/02/22/technical-writing-how-to-use-the-pending-marker-in-framemaker/
> 
> The problem is, "Pending" doesn't seem to be one of the Markers available in FM9. I could always create my own "Pending" Marker but I wondered if I was simply missing something. Does anyone know if this Marker has been removed in the latest versions of Frame?
> 
> Alison
> 
> PS: Strangely enough, neither the FM9 PDF manual nor the Scriptorium Unstructured FM8 PDF manual seem to have a complete list of the Markers available in the product. They talk about specific ones when appropriate to a specific topic, but they don't include a definitive list (unless it's hiding under a title that doesn't contain the words "Marker Type").
> 
> 
> Alison Craig, Technical Writer
> Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
> Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
> E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com<mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com>
> 
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