FM tends to treat empty paragraphs differently than those containing text. Changing the paragraph style to use a space character as an autonumber *might* fool FM into treating the paragraph correctly, but I haven't tested this.
Shane Taylor Technical Writer WebAssign 919.829.8181 x147 On 11/10/10 2:19 PM, Spectrum Writing wrote: > All, > > > > I have a paragraph tag named PageBreak that is designed to do what the name > implies - put in a PageBreak at specific location that I select. The tag has > a 750.00 pt Below Pfg characteristic and I have also applied a bright > Fuschia color so that I can differentiate the pilcrow for the tag from that > of a simple Body tag. When I apply the tag, the pilcrow is displayed in the > Fuschia color, but after that, boom, it's a crapshoot. Sometimes the pilcrow > holds the color and other times, it doesn't and I have to go back manually > reapply the tag. It's very annoying as when proof-reading/editing my > documents, I need to confirm that the tag is indeed a PageBreak tag and not > a Body tag. (If I were just printing the manuals, then it wouldn't be an > issue, but I am single-sourcing these docs. and using ePublisher to produce > online help, so the issue becomes critical for this.) > > > > Has anyone experienced this or something similar at all? Why on earth won't > the pilcrow hold the color? > > > > FWIW, I am using FM9 (all patched and current) on a Win7 64-bit system. > > > > TIA, > > > > TVB > > > > Tammy Van Boening > > Owner/Principal > > Spectrum Writing, LLC > > www.spectrumwritingllc.com > > info at spectrumwritingllc.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as shane at taylortext.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/shane%40taylortext.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >