History palette is blank in FrameMaker (7.2 on Windows, UNIX, Solaris)

Issue

When you work in a FrameMaker document, the History palette clears all actions or becomes blank.

Detail

You performed an undoable action such as saving, changing the column layout, deleting a page or re-paginating the file.

Solution: Use undoable actions only when you’re certain that you no longer need to refer to the history of actions in your FrameMaker document.

To familiarize yourself with undoable actions, see Chapter 5: Multiple Undo/Redo under the section “Commands that clear the command history” in the FrameMaker 7.2 User Guide Supplement.

Background information

FrameMaker 7.2 includes several non-undoable actions that effectively clear the History palette by removing all actions. This prevents you from trying to undo or redo earlier actions that are no longer possible in the present state of the document, and may potentially damage the file. Non-undoable actions include all saving actions, including Save, Save As, and Auto-Save.

For more information on the History Palette, refer to Chapter 5: Multiple Undo/Redo in the FrameMaker 7.2 User Guide Supplement.