Re: FrameMaker 5.5 Issue (Finding Strings/Fonts)

[Sheila Carlisle <scarlisle -at- axialinfo -dot- com>]

Bill, the font choice doesn't have any bearing on whether or not the 
text is searchable in FrameMaker.

Unfortunately there is no way in FrameMaker to search for text within 
variables.

The only way to make searchable text from your variables would be to 
convert the variables back to text. If you double-click on one of the 
variables and choose "Convert to Text", you can choose whether you want 
to convert 1) Selected Variable (meaning just this ONE instance of the 
variable), or 2) all the "Variables Named" (meaning you choose the 
specific variable name and ALL instances of the variable will be 
converted to text), or 3) All Variables (this isn't often used.)

But of course the downside of this is that the text will no longer have 
the advantages of being a variable, it will be regular text.

If you haven't yet come across it, the FrameMaker forum on the Adobe 
website's User-to-User forums is a great place to get 
FrameMaker-specific advice and information.

Hope this helps -- Sheila