Assigning key strokes to character tags

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January 18, 2016
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Hi guys,

FM 12 on Windows 10.

Currently, Ctrl+I is tied to italic. Can I reroute Ctrl+I to apply a character tag?

In general, how can I customize the key sequences in FM to my own needs?

Thanks!

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Russ Ward

Legend

Egan,

You can do it with scripting. Coincidentally, I have a free script available that does this. It is the "ADVANCED_Create_formatting_shortcuts.jsx" script among these samples:

FrameMaker ExtendScript Samples - West Street Consulting

Note that you need to understand how to run a script, plus you need to customized the script for the keyboard shortcuts that you want to use. I don't have a lot of time to discuss it here at the moment, but if you do check it out and have questions, please feel free to ask.

When you use Ctrl+i, etc., it is a totally logical thing to apply a format rather than an ad-hoc formatting change. I use this script so much I'm afraid it might wear out.

Russ

Egan SoloAuthor

Inspiring

Russ,

Your script is what I have been looking for, so thank you!

One last bit though has me confused.

Ideally, the behavior I'm thinking is something like this:

1. Hit ctrl+I to apply a character tag called Emphasis

2. Type some text.

3. Hit ctrl+D to revert to the default character tag.

Where I'm getting stuck is how to design a shortcut that revert back to the default font?

Thanks!

Egan

M

Mike-Hardy

Participating Frequently

You might be able to do all you require by modifying FrameMaker configuration files. This Adobe-authored document describes how to do so for FrameMaker 7.0::

http://www.daube.ch/docu/fm-documentation/FM/fm07-Customizing_Frame_Products.pdf

The above document has not been updated for any newer versions. The documents below give some extra information about customizing more recent versions of FrameMaker:

http://www.daube.ch/docu/files/etb-customising-fm.pdf

http://www.daube.ch/docu/files/etb-customising-fm12.pdf

See also the many other useful resources on the Working with FrameMaker section of Klaus Daube's website.