Revision marks (bars)

[Carol J. Elkins]

Dan, thanks for that incredibly helpful tip! I had no idea that this 
functionality existed to insert change bars. Your Alt-o-y-c method 
has the added advantage of not changing the character formatting of 
the selected text. So, for example, if I put change bars on 
italicized text, those italics remain when I remove the change bars. 
That was always a big problem for me using my defined character tag 
because I had to apply the Default Font to remove the tag and it 
reset any other character tags to the Default Font in the process. 
Thanks for the time saver!

Carol

At 11:00 AM 2/24/2011, you wrote:
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>We used to use a character tag for change bars, but found that method
>made it impossible to use FrameMaker's convenient change bar clearing
>feature when we migrated to the next product release
>(Format>Document>Change Bars... select "Clear All Change Bars (No
>Undo)"). That FM feature saves you from having to search for and remove
>your ChangeBar character format from numerous phrases, many of which may
>have other character formats, such as Emphasis, also applied.
>
>Instead use the FrameMaker Style called Change Bar. Select the revised
>text and use the shortcut Alt, o, y, c. (Format>Style>Change Bar). When
>you're ready to start working on your next version, the "Clear All
>Change Bars" checkbox will permanently erase all your old change bars so
>you're ready to start marking your new edits.
>
>         - Dan