FM 8: Index marker syntax

[VLM TechSubs]

Thanks for responding so quickly, Jack. 

 

But, isn't the colon the standard FrameMaker subentry separator? At
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/help.html?content=Chap12-TOC-Indexes_19.html, docs say:


  _____  

To create a subentry:

Separate the entry from the subentry with a colon (:). For example, to create the first subentry in the illustration, enter
Continental drift:fossil evidence

A subentry is always preceded by the entry to which it is subordinate. If you need two subentry levels, place a colon between the
subentry and the sub-subentry. For example, enter Continental drift:fossil evidence:dating of

  _____  

How does what I'm doing differ from this? I have a whole bunch of these, and they are all failing. Could there be a problem with
putting two separate entries of such construction into a single index marker? Was never a problem in 5.5.6 (last version in which I
built a major index). 

I'm feeling VERY bewildered at the moment! :)
Elchanan

 

From: Jack DeLand [mailto:jackdeland at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 5:10 PM
To: 'VLM TechSubs'
Subject: RE: FM 8: Index marker syntax

 

Probably misunderstands your colon.

 

Jack DeLand, CSM | 734 972 3026 (cell) | jack.deland (skype) | www.linkedin.com/in/jackdeland

 

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of VLM TechSubs
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 8:04 PM
To: Framers
Subject: FM 8: Index marker syntax

 

Greetings!

 

I'm going in circles here. I have a marker of type Index with the content "America:Coinage Act of 1965". This appears in the index
as a line under "America", indented to the second level (correct so far), but with only a page number, no text. I copied and pasted
the marker content into the preceding line. I must be missing something, but I cannot figure out what. I have removed and recreated
the  marker from scratch, to no avail. Can someone see an error on my part here?

 

Thanks,

Elchanan

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