FAQ & troubleshooting

See come common FAQs and troubleshooting tips for text edits in FrameMaker.

I have selected enable Track Text Edits. The document does not open.

If the document you want to edit has errors, FrameMaker might experience problems in opening the document. It is recommended that you open the document first and then enable Track Text Edits.

Change bars have disappeared from paragraphs.

Check if you updated the paragraph styles after applying the change bars. If you need to update paragraph styles after applying change bars, make sure you don’t remove format overrides.

I forgot to turn on change bars before making changes to a document. Is there a way I can identify the changes I have made?
If you have maintained the version of the document before making changes, you can compare that version with the current version of the document and identify the changes you have made.
See Compare two versions of a document.