For some reason, some of my book files do not seem to have any "knowledge" of the IndexIX paragraph tag, which I need for creating PDF files from a FM book (so it will go in the bookmarks list), and also for when I generate a TOC, because I want to include the index chapter in the TOC.
If I start with a book file that doesn't have the IndexIX tag in either of the bookmark lists (include or don't include tag), I have no idea how to add it. I can't find anything about that in the help files and I spent a lot of time looking.
I found a workaround, which is to copy a book file from some other book that shows the IndexIX tag in the include or don't-include list. I delete all the FM files from the book file, and then I add the files from the current book I'm working on. This book file does reference the IndexIX tag. I rename the book file for the current book title, and I'm set.
However, even that workaround isn't working today. The IndexIX tag is there at first (because it was in the book file that I copied), but after I add some files to the book, it suddenly disappears. I haven't figured out what exactly is causing that. But there must be a normal way to add a paragraph tag to a book file!
OK, here's the part I dread: telling you all which version of FM I have. It's version 8. I don't have any control over that at the moment (my employer makes that decision), and I really need to fix this problem now, so I hope there's someone here who won't tell me you're not supporting version 8 any more. I know that, but I'm hoping someone reading this will have encountered this problem before and knows what to do.
I'm running FM on a Windows 8 system. I don't think compatibility is an issue, though, because I've had this problem with the IndexIX tag for years. After I used the workaround, I just kept updating the same books, which were derived from the previous versions, all of which had IndexIX. But now I'm creating a new book and the problem has resurfaced.
Thank you!