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1. Re: How can I get the F8 and F9 function keys in FM 10.0 to work like they did in FM 7.1?
mattrsullivan Oct 21, 2011 12:39 PM (in response to ChristyGTWE)Not a direct answer to your question, but you can use the Control-8 and Control-9 keys to get the same functionality.
-Matt
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2. Re: How can I get the F8 and F9 function keys in FM 10.0 to work like they did in FM 7.1?
ChristyGTWE Oct 21, 2011 2:02 PM (in response to mattrsullivan)Thanks for your reply, Matt, but neither Control+8 or Control+9 work for me either.
I've looked at the keyboard shortcuts in the online help. There are several that don't work for me, but there are a couple that do. When there is a shortcut that won't work for me, the words, "Not Applicable" appear in the status bar.
These Don't work for me:
Apply a paragraph format: Esc q p, F9, Control+9
Apply a character format: Esc q c, F8, Control+8
Apply default font to formatted characters: Esc o c p (opens the CMS Preferences dialog instead - weird!)
These Do work for me:
Repeat last action: F6
Start paragraph anywhere: Esc j Shift+a
Start paragraph at top of page: Esc j Shift+p
Apply default font to formatted characters: Alt+ocp from FrameMaker 7.1 works for me
(There's others that work for me, but the one's I'd most likely use via keystrokes are listed above.)
regards,
Christy
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3. Re: How can I get the F8 and F9 function keys in FM 10.0 to work like they did in FM 7.1?
ChristyGTWE Oct 21, 2011 2:10 PM (in response to ChristyGTWE)Of course, as soon as I replied to Matt, F8, F9, Control+8, and Control+9 started working for me with noooooo problem.
I think when I was testing other keystrokes using the Esc key, it might have cleared something up. I'll cross my fingers and hope they remain working.
regards,
ChristyG
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4. Re: How can I get the F8 and F9 function keys in FM 10.0 to work like they did in FM 7.1?
Arnis Gubins Oct 21, 2011 2:19 PM (in response to ChristyGTWE)Christy,
The "Not Applicable" in the status bar is the default entry (now). Just start typing the name of the paragraph or characer that you need (or click on the "Not Applicable", if you're mouse-centric to get a list).
Esc q c (for character formats) and Esc q p (for paragraph formats) can also be used.
These shortcuts all point back to the same command, but the new OWL interface sits in-between the keyboard and FM now processing the keystrokes first. It *is* quirky, so at times the shortcuts seem to stop working and then suddenly work again. It's quite frustrating for those used to smooth keyboard operations.
If you want to see all of the keyboard shortcuts that you have available, get Scott Prentice's excellent utility ListShortcuts at: http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/listshortcuts.php
I've used it with FM10 and there are 1106 shortcuts.
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5. Re: How can I get the F8 and F9 function keys in FM 10.0 to work like they did in FM 7.1?
ChristyGTWE Oct 21, 2011 2:28 PM (in response to Arnis Gubins)Thank you for your reply, Arnis! I had never heard of the OWL interface, but the quirks you described seem to be what I'm experiencing.
regards,
ChristyG
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6. Re: How can I get the F8 and F9 function keys in FM 10.0 to work like they did in FM 7.1?
Reed D Dec 20, 2011 1:32 PM (in response to ChristyGTWE)The F8 (character formatting) and F9 (paragraph formatting) shortcut keys operate intermittently in FrameMaker 9 also. I agree: it's frustrating. You'd think Adobe would have fixed this by now. I can get the shortcut keys to work again by restarting FrameMaker.
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7. Re: How can I get the F8 and F9 function keys in FM 10.0 to work like they did in FM 7.1?
Mike Wickham Dec 20, 2011 6:11 PM (in response to Reed D)I think someone recently pointed out that the intermittence relates to
whether or not the text frame has focus (rather than a dialogue box).
Shift+F7 returns focus to the text frame, then the F8 and F9 keys should
work as expected.



