As noted in your other post .. these changes need to be made to the structure application's template file, not the document itself. Since XML doesn't store the formatting information, it is lost when you save the file. See this post for more info ..
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3744721#3744721
Cheers,
...scott
Hi,
There are few ways to get the desired behavior.
Approach 1
In the XML, change the color definition of “DITA-Conref” conditional tag to use Black as color.
1. Open the XML file that has conref
2. Select “Special>Conditional Text > Manage Condition”
3. Select “DITA-Conref”
4. Select Edit
5. Set Color to Black
6. Save File
This setting is persisted in XML file. After doing the above steps, conref’s in the file will always be displayed as black, even on subsequent opens.
Approach 2:
1. Open the XML that has conref
2. Check Off “Special > Conditional Text > Show Conditional Indicator”
This setting is not persisted in XML file. So you can SavAsPDF and next time you open the file, conref’s will always be blue.
PS: This will switch off visual indicators for all conditions in your file (in case you are using conditional tags)
Approach 3:
Modify the template to switch conditional indicators. This will result in all conrefs in all XML files being displayed as Black always.
1. Open template file at “C:\Program Files\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker10\structure\xml\DITA_1.2\app\technicalContent\template\topic.template.fm” (assuming you are authoring a topic)
2. Check Off “Special > Conditional Text > Show Conditional Indicator”
3. Save the file
After doing the above steps, if you open the topic xml files, they will always display conref’s as black
PS: This will switch off visual indicators for all conditions in your file (in case you are using conditional tags)
Hope the above information will help.
Regards,
Saurabh
Adobe FrameMaker Team
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