Preserving Cross References in FM8

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5 total messages Started by James_McKay Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:25

#2713

Author: James_McKay
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:25

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Hello,

I am using unstructured FrameMaker 8 and have recently imported RTF files into FrameMaker 8, applied a template against each chapter, and have corrected everything in the chapter except for the figure and table cross references.

My issue is that when I double click on this legacy cross reference, the Cross-Reference window pops up, but the markers that appear are like this:

_Ref49307505

instead of like this:

Figure 1. ABC Computer
Figure 2. DEF Computer

I have found that these markers always remain, even after I have selected Paragraphs from the Source Type drop down menu, selected my Figure Title style, chosen the appropriate figure title and selected the Replace button.

Is there a way to remove these _Ref49307505 codes so that I end up with just a list of figure and table cross references?

Please note, that I have gone and chosen "Save As PDF", and these links work okay - its just that I would like to see what I am looking at in the Cross-Reference window, and not some _Ref.. code.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Regards,

-J

Re: Preserving Cross References in FM8

#2721

Author: Sheila_Carlisle
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:55

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Can you describe how you're importing the RTF files -- there are several ways to get content from Word into FM, and it could be that one method produces different results from another method.

Also, could you be sure to specify which point version of FM you're using (from Help > About, the "pxxx" numbers) in each posting, as it helps us help you.

Re: Preserving Cross References in FM8

#2724

Author: James_McKay
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:47

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Hello Sheila,

It has been a combination of importing both .DOC (MS Word 2003) and RTF documents (MS Word 2003) into FrameMaker 8.

The version of FrameMaker 8 that I am using is:

FrameMaker 8.0p277

Thanks,

James

Re: Preserving Cross References in FM8

#2725

Author: Art Campbell
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:10

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James,
Are you "washing" the imported content by saving the FM file out to MIF and then reopening it?
This removes any junk characters that Word may have inserted... if they remain in the file, they can cause all types of problems.

Art

Re: Preserving Cross References in FM8

#2552

Author: Thomas_Michanek
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:44

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> I have found that these markers always remain, even after I
> have selected Paragraphs from the Source Type drop down menu,
> selected my Figure Title style, chosen the appropriate figure
> title and selected the Replace button.

Are you saying that after this, when you next double-click the
cross-ref, the Cross-Ref dialog still shows the markers as
the Source Type, instead of the paragraph tags?
If so, that's a bizarre behavior...

-- 
/Thomas Michanek

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