Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Page 8 1st paragraph |
Hi, |
Anonymous | Feb 22, 2010 | ||
Page 30 2nd and 3rd code samples |
Incorrect code - generates error messages and fails: |
rft1 | Jul 10, 2009 | ||
Page 34 first complete paragraph |
"Another approach is to use lower case throughout and replace spces with underscores,..." |
pbear | Mar 13, 2010 | ||
Page 40 paragraph under Inserting Special Characters |
"It is easier, however, to enter such characters by their Uniciode value,..." |
pbear | Mar 13, 2010 | ||
Page 47 paragraph under Find and Change |
"CS2 had just one Find/Chage operation..." |
pbear | Mar 13, 2010 | ||
Page 50 third paragraph under Format Settings |
"(this explains why you have to reset preferences to null at the beginning of each script or function that performa a replacement)." |
pbear | Mar 13, 2010 | ||
Page 57 before the first code block |
"From left to right, the symbols correspond with the following scipted options: " |
pbear | Mar 13, 2010 | ||
Page 57 last paragraph |
"But if you?re working with a fonts that doesn?t have that feature,..." |
pbear | Mar 13, 2010 | ||
Page 60 code block at page bottom |
Incorrect code in sample function "format_table(myTable)": Note from the Author or Editor: |
Steve Caine | May 06, 2009 | ||
Page 60 code block at bottom of page (and onto next page) |
Incorrect code in sample function format_table(myTable): |
Steve Caine | May 26, 2009 | ||
Page 60 first paragraph under General Formatting |
"... set the first base line in each cell to the leading,..." |
pbear | Mar 13, 2010 | ||
Page 63 first paragraph |
"...note that the results are unpredictable when optical margin algnment is enabled." |
pbear | Mar 13, 2010 | ||
Page 68 last sentence under Resizing a Frame |
"... but there are better mothods for moving frames." |
pbear | Mar 13, 2010 | ||
Page 74 paragraph under Acknowledgements |
"... Dave Saunders, and Alan Stearns, ..." |
pbear | Mar 13, 2010 |