Why won't FrameMaker use the default attribute I set in the EDD?

[Writer]

Heather, you don't say what version of FM you're using, and I'm not totally clear what you are doing, but I'll throw this out there...

You want to change the default alignment of images, right?

Did you actually change the default setting in the EDD? If so, did you then import the new EDD settings into the concept.template.fm file?

Nadine

>Hello everyone,
>
>Here is my scenario:
>
>    1. Create a new concept.
>    2. Insert <fig> within <conbody>. <p><image> is inserted automatically within <fig> (because of EDD). **The same problem occurs if I only insert <image>.
>    3. When I click in the Attributes pod, on align, the bottom says: "align Type: Optional Choice Default: left". However, the actual value in the table is "<no value> and the image appears center aligned.
>
>    4. Save the concept.
>    5. Close the concept.
>    6. Re-open the concept.
>    7. <image> now has align = center.
>Here is an excerpt from my EDD for the concept, within the element <image>.
>Name: align     Choice     Optional 
>Choices:    left, right, center, current
>Default:    left
>
>I have tried an Optional String with a default value as well but in this case the default is also ignored. It does not seem that one can set a Default for a Required Attribute.
>
>This is not a show-stopper because we can manually set the attribute for each image and it is saved in the .xml. However, I would like to understand how this works (or doesn't) and it would also be convenient to have it default to a left alignment whenever an image is added.
>
>Thanks in advance for any response!
>
>Heather