Re: Select all of an element, IXgen, & Glossary

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:09 AM 4/2/02 -0800, CB Casper wrote:
>FM+SGML6.0, IXgen, Win2K. Cross posted FreeFramers
>and FrameUsers.
>
>Glossary constructed consistently with GlossTerm
>element for terms themselves, and GlossDef for the,
>definition. GlossTerm doesn't show as either a Para
>Tag or a Char tag, so I can't directly create markers
>from the elements using IXgen.
>
>Tried to convert GlossTerm element to something
>not used in doc, such as Screen Para Tag and then
>use IXgen to create markers, and this didn't work.
>I have no idea why it didn't, it should have, I think.
>Then I would have changed them back.

Why would you try to do it that way? Look, if the GlossTerm element holds 
text, then it's a container element, whose EDD format rules can specify 
either a unique Elment Paragraph Format Tag, or, it the container is 
specified to be a text range, a unique Character Tag can be specified for 
it. Then, after modifying the EDD as described, you import the element 
definitions from the revised EDD into the Glossary file. This action will 
create, in the glossary file, a new paragraph tag or character tag having 
the name specified in the EDD format rules. You then style that tag to meet 
your formatting requirements for the text in GlosTerm (iif the EDD 
specified a character tag, you can set all the parameters in the Character 
Designer to "As Is").

But if, for some reason, you can't or won't modify the EDD as described, or 
if IXGEN still can't handle it by inserting markers containing the GlosTerm 
text, there's another, even simpler way, as described below:

THE OTHER WAY
For the Glossary file, generate a FrameMaker alphabetical List of 
Elements/Paragraphs, in which the only tag moved into the Include 
Elements/Paragraphs list of the Set Up Alphabetical Element and Paragraph 
List dialog is the GlosTerm element. If you wish, you can turn hypertext 
links on.

The resulting generated list will contain an alphabetical listing (with 
page numbers) of  the text in all the GlosTerm elements. You can then go to 
the reference page containing the list specifications for the generated 
list, customize these specifications as you desire, save the revised 
generated file, and then generate the list again.


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