Hi Roger, Thanks for your response. The XML files that I am pulling into FrameMaker have a structure like this:
<sec sec-type="QandA"> <p><bold>Question:</bold> text of question</p> <p><bold>Response:</bold> text of response</p> </sec> However, sometimes the text of a question or a response lasts into a second or third paragraph, such as this: <sec sec-type="QandA"> <p><bold>Question:</bold> text of question</p> <p> continued text of question </p> <p><bold>Answer:</bold> text of answer</p> <p> continued text of answer </p> </sec> and I would like to be able to say that all paragraphs inside a <sec sec-type="QandA"> that do not have a <bold> descendant are indented 1.5pc, for example. Other paragraphs with a <bold> descendant inside a <sec sec-type="QandA"> should not be indented. I can't figure out how to do this. Thanks again, Cindy -----Original Message----- From: Shuttleworth, Roger [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:00 PM To: Cindy Maisannes Subject: RE: writing rules for descendants in EDD Hi Cindy I don't believe you can do this. The syntax handles ancestors and siblings but not descendants. Offhand, I can't think of a way to accomplish this without using different elements for those that contain a <bold> element. But perhaps it would help if you give an example of your desired output. I'm having a hard time imagining why you would want to do this. Regards, Roger Shuttleworth London, Canada
