A stab in the dark. If you have more than one character format in a cross-reference, FM reads the first and ignores the rest. You'll "see" the full effect until the x-refs are updated, then all the "extra" formatting drops off. If the format associated with the invisible number contain additional character formatting, it could be inheriting this buggy x-ref-type of behavior. Baruch Brodersen
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Fei Min Lorente <FeiMin.Lorente at onsemi.com>wrote: > I'm using structured FrameMaker 7.2 on Windows XP SP2, Acrobat 9 Pro > version 9.3.2, TimeSavers 5.0. > > > > I recently converted a FrameMaker manual from unstructured to structured > FrameMaker and applied the template that I use on all user > documentation. Everything looks normal in FrameMaker, but when I turned > it into a PDF today (by printing the book to Adobe PDF and creating a > postscript file, then running the file through Distiller with the -f > option), the chapter numbers which are supposed to be invisible are > showing up in the PDF. They aren't appearing in FrameMaker. > > > > [Optional reading: > > For inquiring minds, the reason I have invisible numbers is because a > long time ago (before I started working here), someone decided to make > the chapter numbers large and fancy with a special graphic background. > As a result, they are not part of the paragraph style for the chapter > title. To get the autonumbers on the chapter titles, I've got a rather > tiny invisible number before the title text.] > > > > The invisible numbers are not appearing on any of my other manuals when > I turn them into PDF. I've checked View > Color > Definitions and > Invisible is there. I've checked View > Color > Views and Invisible is > there, too. The definition of Invisible is the same as my template > (i.e., all the other manuals). The definition of the paragraph style for > the chapter title is "H:< >< =0><$chapnum>.\t", which is the same as the > template. The character format says it is using the Invisible color. So > I can't think of where else to look or what else to change. Is there > something about the PDF settings? Any ideas? > > > > Fei Min > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Fei Min Lorente > Senior Technical Communicator > Medical Division > ON Semiconductor > feimin.lorente at onsemi.com <mailto:feimin.lorente at onsemi.com> > +1 519 884 9696 ext 2297 | office > +1 519 831 4931 | mobile > +1 519 884 0228 | fax > http://www.onsemi.com <http://www.onsemi.com> > ------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as baruch at technitext.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/baruch%40technitext.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n 8 7 7 7 2 1 6 9 8 8 T w i t t e r : @baruchbrodersen