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FrameMaker 7.2 - missing fonts

Explorer ,
Jan 25, 2010 Jan 25, 2010

I recently switched from a computer with Windows XP to a new computer with Windows 7. I didn't install the exact fonts that I had on the old computer, but will install them as I need them (I saved them on disc).

In certain tables I have bullets created by \b\t in Numbering format. When I open a document containing a table with those, I get an error-message about missing fonts. This is only when I have linked the table from another document. The table in the document I have linked it IN to looks OK (but I get the error-message). But when I double click on the table and choose Open source, the bullets in the table are now replaced with black "standing rectangles". I also get the error-message about missing fonts when I open the document where the original table is. But it prints right!!

If you couldn't understand my rambling above, here's how it is exactly:

A) Documents with tables with \b\t, no links to or from: no error message and bullets looks like bullets.

B) Documents with tables with \b\t, table in linked from another document: error-message and bullets looks like bullets.

C)  Documents with tables with \b\t, original table to B) above: error-message and bullets looks like rectangles.

D) Documents with text that uses \b\t: no error-message and bullets looks like bullets.

E) Documets with text that uses \b\t and the text is linked in from another document: no error-message and the bullet looks like bullets.

F) The original text to E) above: no error-message and bullets looks like rectangles.

All these variations prints right...

I am now wondering this:

1) Wich font is FM using when it creates these bullets?

2) Why does it look right (even though I get the error-message) in the document where the table or text is linked into?

As it doesn't help if I click OK when FM asks me if I want to reformat the document (I get the exact same message the next time I open the file) I am wondering how to fix this. Very irritating!!

Lena

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Guide , Jan 25, 2010 Jan 25, 2010

The missing fonts should be listed in the FrameMaker Console, which should be listed in the Task Bar.

The missing fonts may not be in your main content. There could be references to them in the master pages and in the reference pages. Sometimes such references can be as subtle as turning on the font, then immediately turning it off, with no characters in between.

If you want to be meticulous in rooting them out, you can save the files in the mif format, open them in a text editor (Notepad), search

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Enthusiast ,
Feb 03, 2010 Feb 03, 2010

No, your thought that monitoring reports is the only way to check things is incorrect.

Instead of closing the console, minimize it. Any time you open a file, it should report unresolved cross-refs when the file is opened.

You can also do a Search for Unresolved Cross-Refs, and even generate a list of Unresolved Cross-Refs.

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Explorer ,
Feb 03, 2010 Feb 03, 2010
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OK. Now I know. I will close it, as I don't like it open. Then, when there are unresolved cross-references, it opens. Then I see it. I change/make around 100 books a day, so I can't search every book every time... I will have to live with closing it when FM starts

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