FM 9 and the Pending Marker

[Alison Craig]

I was thinking along the same lines - creating a list that I could jump to sounds very handy.

It just seemed to me rather odd that functionality disappeared from the program.

I always hate it when companies do that.

Alison

Alison Craig, Technical Writer
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lief Erickson [mailto:lief at networkinstruments.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:47 AM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FM 9 and the Pending Marker

I imagine it's a marker you create on your own. I've never seen a "Pending" marker in the 12 years I've used FrameMaker. I'm currently using v9. So, like Bill said, you'd have to create your own (and import/add it to all of your files).

Instead of using markers, I have used conditional text to accomplish what the author has suggested. I created "Draft" tag. That allowed me to show/hide text until it had been approved. Of course, there's no reason both methods couldn't be used together. I like the idea of being able to create a List of Markers and jump to it and  like the idea of being able to hide unapproved draft text. The List of Markers certainly makes it easier to jump to a spot than searching for a conditional text tag.

-Lief

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bill Swallow
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:33 PM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: 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?

No idea, and I don't have FM9 at my present location to check (it's
home). But, even if you need to create it, it doesn't interrupt the
process outlined in the article. Nice find!

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Bill Swallow

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