Glossary Markers FM9 to RH7
I hope I'm posting this in the correct place!
I am learning FM9 Structured and slowly building new templates/EDD for our large existing company user documentation. The plan is to use RH to publish it to html, pdf, etc.
I'm trying to figure out how the glossary markers work in FM9 and how to set them up properly to be imported into RH. No one in the FM discussion groups seems to be able to help me. My main confusion is that I can't figure out how to mark something within FM itself. The way I'm understanding the documentation it goes like this:
- I put my cursor on the term I want to mark (for example: name)
- I open the Marker pod, and select Add New.
- The documentation says that what I type in the Marker Text window becomes what I think of as the term name and the paragraph that the marker is in becomes the definition.
- I click New Marker and voila!
However, no matter what I try, when I create a List of Markers (glossary), all I get is whatever is in the Marker Text window and the page number. There is no Term - Definition.
There's one other thing I don't understand - but maybe this will answer itself if I could get the above to work? My understanding of a glossary is one definition that can be linked to from many places throughout the documentation. For example: I define Name the first time it is used, and then I can put a "name" marker anywhere else and have a pop-up or link to the name definition. If the definition has to be in the text at every point that you insert a marker - then what would be the point?
I feel like I'm going around and around in the documentation and I apparently have some kind of mental block, because it's just not making sense. I would REALLY appreciate it if someone could explain to me either what the process is or what I'm mis-understanding about what the process actually does. I've tried to include the relevant info, but if you need anything else from me -please don't hesitate to ask!
