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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Normally, a backslash followed by another character is treated as an “escape” mechanism for the subsequent character.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>So, “\Dabc” for example, gives you a double dagger before the characters “abc”, etc. This is completely normal behavior from FrameMaker’s perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you truly want a path to contain “\Dabc”, you need to enter it in the dialog window as “\\Dabc”, so that the double back-slash gets converted to a single one later when that folder is accessed later.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>However, a better question is “do you really want a backslash in a path”? <i>Non</i>-Windows systems may have difficulty with this since it would not be a folder separator for those OS’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>So (without knowing what you are seeking to do here), I would recommend using a single forward-slash “/” instead. If you are using this as a delimiter for a folder name, that is. In Windows systems, this <i>should</i> get treated as a folder delimiter … as far as I know.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Z<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christenson, Pat<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 05, 2014 11:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Using a backslash (\) in Hypertext marker<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I need to create a hypertext marker for Open Document & Fit to Page. The problem occurs when I enter the path for the document in the marker window. The characters \D are replaced by a double dagger and \F are replaced by the florin symbol.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve looked at Adobe’s documentation on hypertext markers and it doesn’t mention this behavior. Does anyone know how I can get the marker window to leave the text exactly as typed?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m using Frame 10 on Windows 7 Professional. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pat Christenson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Resource Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fitzgerald Marketing and Communications<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:PChristenson@ftportfolios.com">PChristenson@ftportfolios.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>