Font info disappears from x-ref format

[Harro de Jong]

> In the FM documents (FM-9) of a customer a special symbol inside an x-ref
> format loses its font information - only from time to time, but quite frequently.
> The symbol is then displayed as 2 rather than the page-symbol. Refreshing the
> screen with CTRL+l does not help. The only bypass is to save the document,
> close it and open it again. It happens on XP as well as on W7.
> 
> The x-ref format:
> <X:CrossRef><$paranum>,\ <U:SpecialSymbols><U:Black>2<Default ¶
> Font><X:CrossRef>\ <$chapnum>- <$pagenum><Default ¶ Font>
> 
> The character formats are:
> X:CrossRef         Color blue, Pair Kern
> U:SpecialSymbols   Wingdings, 9.0pt, others: as-is
> U:Black            Color black, Pair Kern
> 
> Could the reason be in the accumulation of character formats?

Yes, FrameMaker has never been able to nest character tags. As soon as you apply the second tag, the first is seen as an override. You'll have to combine U:SpecialSymbols and U:Black into one new tag.

Harro de Jong
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