I like the part where it's revealed that memory isn't always accurate when
there's time to fact-check it. How familiar that is for me.
The good side is that doggedly chasing possible solutions often reveals new
insights through serendipity. Giving up early just plain isn't fun, but it
helps to
Ah! Good to know ... I will have to dig out my FM disks and install FM 8
somewhere.
Thanks!
Z
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That's correct. The bizarre, broken UI was introduced in FM9.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 4:21 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:
>
> I would also add that if you don't need the Unicode support for _some_ reason
> (albeit doubtful in this day and age), then I liked the old UI in FM 7.2 as
> being easier
I would also add that if you don't need the Unicode support for _some_ reason
(albeit doubtful in this day and age), then I liked the old UI in FM 7.2 as
being easier on my eyes!
(Although I should ask: did FM 8 use that older UI? I.e., am I misremembering
that it changed in FM 9?)
Z
Hi, Bertrand.
(Sending this to the list to note what I did for my doc.)
I have sent you the original FrameMaker book that I used, but I don't think it
will be a great answer for you! I opened this book on my other system that has
FM, and I see that I used the hypertext "newlink ..." and
He's already using markers. His issue is that there are thousands of them
and he doesn't want to have to manually type everything out everytime he
inserts a link to another location in the document.
If I understood him correctly, what he wants is to be able to select which
predefined target
Hi Bertrand,
not sure if that will work, but did you try to use markers? Insert a marker (of
your own type) at the target location and create a link (hyperlink or
cross-ref) to that marker that displays the marker text. Additional benefit is
that it will also allow you to create an 'index' of
