FrameMaker 6: Beyond the Basics

Cross-References and Conditional Text

If you use both conditional text and cross-references in your documents, this is a worthwhile section for you.

Suppose that you insert a cross-reference to a certain piece of source information, and suppose you also apply a condition tag to that same piece of information. Then suppose you hide that condition tag. You run into that annoying problem of unresolved cross-references. Why does this happen?

Note

See Chapter 10 for more information on using, tagging, showing, and hiding conditional text.

When text is hidden, FrameMaker treats it as if it were deleted. For example, if hidden text is part of a numbered list, the list renumbers automatically as if the hidden text were deleted. Likewise, if hidden text ...