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Anonymous
November 10, 2009
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conditions vs .rtf filter

  • November 10, 2009
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Working with FM 9.2p250 and a silly request …

1. I open a document where I've been tracking changes with conditions since 2002. Only the last release's changes are visible, 'cause that's what I've specified with Show/Hide Conditional Text.

2. I select "Show All" and click [Apply]. All the conditionalised text becomes visible, as I'd hope.

3. Disdainfully, I select File > Save As… and save the file as .rtf 1.6

4. I open the .rtf in Word 2003, our current corporate standard: no sign of any of the conditionalised text visible at the moment of creating the .rtf

Is this the normal behaviour? I have no problems with it, but would just like to know.

Thanks in advance.

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    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    November 10, 2009

    Niels,

    I'm assuming that you're using the default filters set for FM9. You can swap out the new export filters for the older version in the maker.ini (these are commented out) to see if the Conditional text shows up.

    Alternatively, I would heartily recommend getting mif2go from Omni Systems ( http://www.omsys.com/dcl/mif2gopg.htm ) if you need to create .rtf files on any regular basis.

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    Anonymous
    November 16, 2009

    Thanks, Arnis; I'll try the trick with the .ini file. It's a one-off conversion, so any request for expenditure =8-} is out of the question …

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    Shlomo Perets
    Inspiring
    November 16, 2009

    FM->RTF filters included with the different FM versions (including FM9) convert any hidden conditional text to hidden text in the exported RTF file.

    To inspect this, open the RTF in Microsoft Word, then use the Ctrl-Shift-8 keyboard shortcut to toggle the display of hidden text.

    Other than using the excellent Mif2Go FM->RTF export filter by Omni Systems, you can create a temporary copy of your FM file, delete any hidden conditional text (by deleting the condition itself) and the save as RTF.


    Shlomo Perets

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