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Using Framemaker 7.2 -- we maintain a number of manuals which reference a group of common sections, each of which is a separate .fm file.

The ratio is one-to-many: for example, there is an .fm file called "Bob" which contains information common to multiple manuals. The contents of "Bob" is then imported by reference into other .fm files which reside with the rest of each manual.

By way of description, the entirety of the in the target document is selected when clicked anywhere; double-clicking causes the Text Inset Properties dialog to appear. "Updating of Imported Flow" is set to Automatic.

The problem is that each time "Bob" is updated and the changes are populated out to the dependent sections of the manuals, an empty paragraph is inserted at the end of the imported text. By default, this empty paragraph receives a tag which causes it to show up in the TOC of the manual in question.

This behaviour is annoying until the erroneous TOC sneaks through the editing process -- my fault! -- at which point it becomes embarrassing. Is there a way to prevent this behaviour from happening in the first place?