I am Framemaker newbie working on existing Help File documents. I figured out how to updated different modules and steps but having problems adding new module headings as when it is saved to XML the anchoring, not sure if that is the correct term, is off by one. And I can no find where or how to update the anchors. I am using 7.0 with XP Pro. Thanks
Russ - thanks for the reply and apologize for not providing more details. I have a Help File document written in Framemaker. I have had no training on Framemaker but given the task of updating the file. The Help File contains numerous Module Headings that have anchors. When the Help File is used witihin our application - if a user clicks help, it automatically opens to that section of the help file that the user is currently in. I need to add a new module heading, so I tired copying and pasting an existing part of the document and modified but that somehow thru off the anchors when if exports to xml. I hope this make sense as I am just learning the tool myself. Thanks
Not intending to sound harsh, I think you may just need to spend some time learning the tool. We are happy to help with specific questions and problems, but we can't make up for broad inexperience with a few forum posts. Perhaps someone else has a quick and effective answer, but I'm not really sure where to begin with this, especially as it relates to some unknown (to us) XML post-publishing system. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
I may be way off here, but is sounds as if the new anchor requires a new unique ID. When you copy an element in FrameMaker that has an ID attribute, the copied element will loose its ID value, so you have to provide a new value. This happens to ensure document validity as you can't have two identical IDs in one document.
Having said that I may be missing the point and you problem is very different. As Russ says, we need more information.
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