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Seanb_us
Inspiring
August 19, 2002
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[Closed] FrameMaker 7.x/8 Feature Requests

  • August 19, 2002
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Time to start entering these. If you are unsure about whether FM has the feature yet, please do some research and figure it out before posting.

Please don't post requests for assistance in here, either.

Cheers,

Sean
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_Mike_Hedblom_
Participating Frequently
September 24, 2003
I would love to see a "PostIt note" like feature that I can "stick" on some text or frame and it will stay with that object. Further, this feature will not affect paginiation and will not (by default) print or be included in PDF. Basically, I want to leave notes for myself that do not have to be "conditionalized" and which do not affect pagination when displayed.

Currently I have to leave notes using a special para tag. I have to condition the paragraph to not be included when printing and generating PDF (and generating HTML). Further, I can't see how my page paginates without hiding the paragraphs.

I realize that I could kludge this with floating frames and anchor frames, but why should it be so hard? I'd like the tool to just do it please.
Arnis Gubins
Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
September 25, 2003
Mike,

It doesn't have to be hard. You just need to set this up once in a
template on your reference pages. Create and anchored frame holding a
text frame. Set the anchored frame to be outside of the text area.
Create a paratag to use for your notes that uses a non-printing colour
that you've defined and set up in your Views.

You can copy and paste this from the Reference page as needed or use
Steve Kubis' Auto-text (http://www262.pair.com/spsoft/) to insert it
from a menu selection
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_Steven_D__Miller_
Participating Frequently
September 24, 2003
Horace. Your comment is totally unnecessary. Of COURSE I don't use "above" and "below" now! But if FM handled it correctly, I would certainly use it. That's why I entered a FEATURE REQUEST.
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_Robert_B__Kelman_
Participant
September 23, 2003
Most of these things can be done using a macro editing tool such as QuicKeys or MacroExpress. The advantage of such tools is that they are generic and can be used in other software, e.g., MS Office, Acrobat, etc. They do not work for heavy duty stuff, e.g., database automation within FM, but can easily handle the items in this thread.

robertusPunctumPacificus
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Seanb_usAuthor
Inspiring
September 23, 2003
The best link is this: . Also, see .

Cheers,

Sean
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_Christy_Gelwick_
Participant
September 23, 2003
Sean,

This is very interesting. For the FrameScript-challenged, could you refer me to some helpful links, please?

thanks,
ChristyG
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Seanb_usAuthor
Inspiring
September 22, 2003
Yeah. You can FrameScript it.

Cheers,

Sean
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_Horace_Smith_
Participating Frequently
September 22, 2003
Tim,

That would be nice.
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_Horace_Smith_
Participating Frequently
September 19, 2003
Steven,

You should have learned by now not to use above and below. Leaves you subject to all kind of printing changes.
tlmurray23
tlmurray23
Inspiring
September 20, 2003
I call it an "if...then" cross-ref. Dealing with cross-refs that point to
the same page is one example. Imagine how cool it would be to have one
cross-ref definition do:
See Installation on page 34.
See Installation, below.
See Installation, later in this chapter.
See Installation, above.
See Installation, earlier in this chapter.
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_Steven_D__Miller_
Participating Frequently
September 19, 2003
The ability for cross-references to "know where they are" such that "below" or "above" can replace "pagenum" when the source and target are on the same page.
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_Jeanne_Rhodes_Moen_
Participant
September 18, 2003
The possibility of endnotes as opposed to footnotes. It isn't used so often, but we occationally have authors which want them.
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