Unchanged FM-Docs think they have been changed

[DV]

Hello group,

we have a couple of FM-Docs around here that show an annoying behaviour:

As soon as I open them, the Disk-Icon in the button bar changes,
as if the whole document has been changed. Thus, there is always a
question whenever I close such a doc, whether I want to save the changes.
But I have not made any changes to it.

I have tried the following to no avail:
* Saving as MIF and back as FM
* Changing it into a different version of FM (FM7>MIF->FM-5-FM->MIF->FM 7 FM
* Overwriting the file with "save as..." and the identical name
* Saving to a different filename and back to the original one.

Does anyone know why this happens and how to do away with it?

Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
FK.

[Christoph Nahr]

Post by DV
As soon as I open them, the Disk-Icon in the button bar changes,
as if the whole document has been changed. Thus, there is always a
question whenever I close such a doc, whether I want to save the changes.
But I have not made any changes to it.

The document contains cross-references. For some reason that I don't
know, FrameMaker considers any such document changed as soon as it's
opened. I don't know of any workaround. If you're sure that the
document is unchanged, just close without saving.

[Thomas Michanek]

This is a standard "feature" of FM. By default, FM updates all cross-refs
and text insets when a document is opened. This will most often result in
changes, so the document is marked as changed. The same thing will happen
if you decide to print a document: all cross-refs are updated first.

To turn off this feature, on a document-by-document basis, select
Edit > Update References, click the Commands button, select Suppress
Automatic Updating, and turn on the options you want. Click Set and
save the document. Repeat for all documents.