[Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs

[Peter Gold]

Consider posting a request for better distribution packaging, to the FM
wishlist. IIRC, there's also a features petition somewhere.

On Tue, Mar 3, 2020, 12:19 PM Lea Rush <lea at astoria-pacific.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for the prompt. That did fix the problem. The irony is that the
> lack of an up-to-date installation set goes directly against part of my
> job. I maintain our software installation sets, making sure that the
> shippng set and the online set are up to date. My first instinct is that
> any competent company would do the same, especially one as large as Adobe.
> With all those people, there must be someone doing that!
>
> Adjusting my naivety filters for reality...
> Lea
>
>
> Lea Rush
> IT and Documentation Support Specialist
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers <framers-bounces+lea=
> astoria-pacific.com at lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth
> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 6:54 AM
> To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <
> framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Subject: Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs
>
> It's a common trope that just because you downloaded & installed FM today,
> that it includes all the latest fixes - it doesn't - immediate updates are
> required right off the bat.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Framers <framers-bounces+jeff.coatsworth=
> jonasclub.com at lists.frameusers.com> on behalf of Lynne A. Price <
> lprice at txstruct.com>
> Sent: March 3, 2020 9:51 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: [Framers] Framemaker 2019, Conditional Text, and ToCs
>
> Lea,
>     Jeff's advice to make sure you have installed all patches may indeed
> solve your problem. I am running a fully patched version of FM 2019. I have
> just duplicated the situation you described and had no problems with TOC
> entries that contained conditional text.
>      --Lynne
>
> On 3/2/2020 4:42 PM, Lea Rush wrote:
> > Now I find that all conditional text, whether it's characters or the
> paragraph mark itself, is dropped from the ToC.
>
>
> --
> Lynne A. Price
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> Specializing in structured FrameMaker consulting, application development,
> and training
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