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Is there a way to create a standard hollow bullet?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:26:28 GMT

Hello everyone,

We are using FrameMaker 12 on a Windows 7 (64 bit) platform.

I have found discussions on the Web about this, but so far nothing works for us. As you know, other word processing tools have a hollow bullet as a standard feature. After spending a couple of hours over the past few months researching forums, it appears there is no way to get a true hollow bullet in FrameMaker. Is that correct?

This is what does *not* work for us:

A Courier or Courier New lower case letter "o" (oh). If we could raise it up off the line, it would work. There appears to be no way to lift a character a few pixels off the line.

The symbol you get by pressing Alt+9: ○. When this symbol appears in FrameMaker, it is also needs to be raised up off the line so it doesn't look like the letter "o."

The circular symbol you get when you type a lower case "m" and change the font to Windings 1, because it has shading on the lower right, and also would need to be raised up off the line.

We know how to make any Winding or Webding a bullet. What we want is the standard hollow bullet. Can anyone explain how to do that?

Thank you.

Tim

Format of conditionalized tables?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:46:19 GMT

We are using unstructured FrameMaker 12 on a Windows 7 (64 bit) platform.

We create training guides that can be published to PDF as either "Instructor" or "Participant" guides. The content for the Instructor Guide is conditionalized, so we can hide it when we publish the Participant Guide.

The color we have selected for the conditionalized text is dark gray, so the guide can be printed on a B&W printer and still do a fair job of distinguishing between instructor content and participant content.

When we block a section of text to conditionalize it for the Instructor Guide, and it includes a table, FrameMaker puts gigantic gray borderlines within the cells of the table.

Does anyone know of a way to remove those thick gray borderlines for the conditionalized table, but retain the gray conditionalization for the text? (We want the entire table to "hide" when we publish the Participant Guide, but we do not want the thick gray borderlines in the table for the Instructor Guide.)

Thank you in advance,

Tim

Conditional Text Odd Hide Behavior

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 20:49:08 GMT

We are using FrameMaker 12 (unstructured) on a Windows 7 platform (64 bit).

I have the following anchored frame and paragraphs that together form a block of conditional text:

Small icon graphic in an anchored frame aligned to left margin.

Body Text paragraph (this text runs around the small icon graphic)

Body Text paragraph (this text is below the small icon graphic, aligned to the left margin)

1. List Num 1 paragraph (aligned against left margin)

2. List Num + paragraph (aligned against left margin)

3. List Num + paragraph (aligned against left margin)

I block everything described above, and apply a conditional tag.

When I hide the conditional text, 100% of the conditional text disappears, except:

Tthe "1." that is part of the Autonumber format for the List Num 1 paragraph. (The text of the List Num 1 paragraph disappears as it should.)
The anchor for the small icon graphic's anchored frame.

The "1." and the anchor seem to be stuck to each other when I try to hide the conditional text. (They are separated by two paragraphs of Body Text prior to hiding the conditional text.)

Anyone have any ideas about what is going on?

Thanks in advance,

Tim

How to remove an empty row after a table anchor?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:30:55 GMT

We are using FrameMaker 12 on a Windows 7 (64 bit) platform.

I am working my way down a chapter of training content. I am halfway down the chapter, and—as fate would have it—I need to start a table at the top of a page.

When I insert a table (with a caption/title at the top), FM creates an anchor at the top of the page. The space to the right of the anchor is a blank line. I actually want the table to start at the top of the page without the blank line to the right of the anchor.

This is what I tried, with the results:

I put the cursor after the anchor, and press Delete.

Result: The text *below* the table is brought up above the table.

I put the cursor after the last bit of text on the previous page, and press Delete.

Result: The paragraph on the previous page moves down to the next page on top of the table, leaving a large blank space on the previous page.

I change the Start option (on Table Designer) to Top of Column (or Top of Page).

Result: FM leaves the anchor where it was, moves the table down to the next page, and leaves a totally empty page where the table used to be.

Is there any way to just move the table up so that it is on the same line as the anchor?

(And as a tool design issue, is there EVER a reason why a content developer would want an entire blank line above of a table?)

Thank you in advance,

Tim

Left running header not working

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 20:41:55 GMT

We are using FrameMaker 12 (unstructured) on a Windows 7 platform.

I have created a book whose structure looks like this:

Book

_____Cover

_____TOC

_____Chapter 1

_____Chapter 2

_____Etc. chapter

We are trying to use the standard left and right running headers.

The left header = Running H/F 1 = <$paratext[Title]> = Title in the "Cover" file of the book.

The right header = Running H/F 2 = <$paratext[Heading 1]> = The chapter name in each "Chapter" file in the book.

The right running header populates properly. The left running header is empty.

This is what I have tried to troubleshoot:

Verified that the title of the book in the cover file is set to a "Title" paragraph tag. (It is.)
Saved each file/chapter and updated the book.
Tried to force the even page header manually using Format > Page Layout > Master Page Usage, but it doesn't stick.

The configuration on the Master Page Usage window is the same for even or odd pages:

Use Master Page = Right/Left is selected.
Apply To = Current Page # is selected, and Even and Odd are both selected.

There is probably something simple I do not understand. Can anyone assist?

Thank you in advance,

Tim

Can I import a graphic and set runaround properties with a style?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:11:17 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am using FrameMaker 12 on a Windows 7 SP1 environment.

I am working on a training guide in FM. We are supposed to use .5" x .5" icons in the document as visual indicators to instructors on what is supposed to be happening in the training delivery (there are icons for questions, dialog, demonstrations, lab exercises, tips, etc.).

I would like to put each icon graphic on the Reference Page, and set it to its own paragraph style. Then, on the Body Page, put the mouse pointer where I would like the graphic, click the icon's style, and have FM bring the graphic from the Reference Page and have it automatically aligned against the left margin with the runaround properties already set.

Is there a way to do that?

I am only a moderate FM user, so if there is a way to do this, please provide detailed steps.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

Tim