You could take this idea further and create a few character styles for markers, each one with a diffeent color. Then run a few search search and replaces replacing marker of type XX and pasting the character format.
-- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Stuart Rogers wrote: > Sent on behalf of Jeff Coatsworth <Jeff at jonassoftware.com> who is having > problems posting to the list. > > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Visually Identifying Marker Tags > Hi Framers, > > I've just been searching the Adobe FM forums and haven't had much luck > finding out if there's any way for FM to better identify marker tags of > varying types (like index, cross-reference, and custom Context Sensitive > Help ones) with a Character format that makes them stand out for easier > identification. > > I'm starting from the premise that you've got the View > Text Symbols > turned on already. But, they just show you the marker "T's" in the same > font and colour as your content text. They also tend to run into > punctuation and paragraph marks, which obscure the marker tag. > > I've only run across one method for making these markers "pop out" > visually: create custom Character formats and then manually apply them > to the marker types you desire using either a Find/Replace or after the > marker has been inserted. > > I'm using FM9 p196 with the new TCS 2 and what I'd like to find out is > if anyone has discovered a better way to accomplish this or if Adobe has > somehow built this into the new version 9 of FM (and I just haven't > found out how to do it). > > Thanks for any assistance, > > Jeff Coatsworth > Documentation Specialist > Gary Jonas Computing Ltd. > 905-886-0544 > 905-886-8511 (fax) > jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as shmuelw1 at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > >