Character format that won't stick

[Fred Ridder]

Is the content you formatted with your CrossRef tag an actual FrameMaker cross-reference (which we'll call an "x-ref" here to distinguish it as an active entity in your document rather than a format definition)? If so, when the x-ref is updated--which happens automatically when you open the FM file--it reverts to the formatting that is specified in the Cross Reference format. This is completely by design.

If that's the case, the solution is simple: just include the CrossRef character format as part of the Cross Reference format definition rather than applying it manually, after the fact. That way, when the x-ref is updated, it will reapply the character format you want, regardless of any formatting applied directly to the result of the x-ref that appears in the document.

-Fred Ridder


From: Thomas.Scalise at CrossMatch.com
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Character format that won't stick
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:06:25 +0000









Esteemed colleagues,
 
I am using Frame 11.0.2.384 on Windows 7.

 
I applied a character format (CrossRef) to text in a document. I late saved the document. When I return to Frame and open the document, the character format has reverted to the previous format. I recall having
 this problem before, a long time ago, and cannot for the life of me remember what to do to make the character format stick. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
 

Tom Scalise
Manager, Technical Documentation
 
Cross Match Technologies, Inc.
3950 RCA Boulevard, Suite 5001
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
U.S.A.

T   +1 561 622 5416
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thomas.scalise at crossmatch.com

 


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