atw: Re: austechwriter Digest V7 #177

Graeme Worth:
You wrote:
>
>
>> But remember that if you want cross references to be effective, you need to 
>> have each
>> of the relevant files open at the time of setting the cross reference... and
>> particularly ensure that the target file is open when you select the point 
>> to cross
>> reference to.
>>
>
> Agreed, Peter, but the way I've always done it (in FM 6, maybe it's changed 
> in later
> versions?) it's not possible to set it up without having both files open. 
> When you set
> up the cross ref you obviously have the file from which the jump will occur 
> open, and
> when you select cross ref from the Special menu, the ensuing dialogue box 
> requires that
> you select the file in which the cross ref marker exists, so by definition 
> this has to
> be open as well. Am I missing some subtle point here? Is there another way of 
> setting a
> cross ref without both files open which results in a dead cross ref?
>

No that's not quite the problem.   One common problem that can arise may be a 
consequence of having
similar text being used in cross reference markers (eg, similarly worded 
headings etc).
FrameMaker gives you an available list of possible target markers, so it's easy 
enough to pick one
from the immediately available list without having been forced to change to the 
other file.

More to the point, perhaps, is the fact that if you haven't opened the target 
file in advance +and kept it open+,
the selection dialogue will only show you markers from your currently open 
file(s).

It's easy enough then if headings are similar etc. to see a list of cross 
reference headers and see the one you think you want
in the Current display -- which allows you to create a cross reference to the 
wrong place.





-PeterM
peterm_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Consider the past and you shall know the future. -  Chinese Proverb
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