[Closed] FrameMaker 7.x/8 Feature Requests

A pagination option "double-sided, even number of pages, no more than one blank page".

Right. I have FrameScript.

Honestly, my preference is to remain as close to out-of-the-box as poss. If you ever see me present/speak, that's my approach,

Cheers,

Sean

Well, I use three types of anchored frames, primarily.

1) For Equations.
2) Run-ins aligned right.
3) Below current line.

It would be nice to be able to assign the properties of these to a tag, such that I could globally update them, search for them, etc.

Cheers,

Sean

Anchored frame tags/styles, in the same way tables, cross-references, paragraphs, characters, et al., have tags and styles.

Stable Search/Replace with more options, such that I could do things like search a subset of paragraph tags for any character followed by an adjacent paragraph return.

Cheers,

Sean

The following request is based on the fact that if one presses CTRL-G ("GoTo") while viewing a FrameMaker document file, the Go To Page dialog box (a) displays which line number contains the insertion point, and (b) allows line number input. (And no, I'm not going to request line numbering).

I suggest that FrameMaker's Find / Replace capability include a "Hypersearch" function that displays all of the occurences of a searched-for item.

The output of such a function would be a scrollable menu that lists each occurence of found item on a single line, along with that item's line number. Clicking on a list entry opens (if necessary) and displays that item.

This would allow faster location of a given search item than the curent serial process whereby one moves item-by-item through a chapter or book.

Cheers & thanks,
Riley

Whenever the Find / Replace feature is chosen:

• Automatically place the cursor inside the Find / Replace dialog box's Find text-entry area
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• Automatically highlight the existing contents of the Find text-entry area so that any typed characters immediately replace the existing contents

This behavior should occur regardless of whether the Find / Replace dialog box is already open. This allows one-click, "ESC, E, F", or best yet CTRL-F, positioning of the cursor to the Find text-entry area and allows immediate overwriting of the existing contents.

It also provides a quick way to get to the Find text-entry area with a simple keystroke combination rather than repeated Tab keystrokes, as is currently required.

As requested in earlier posts:

• If the Find / Replace feature is chosen from within a document window, the scope of Find / Replace should default to "Document" rather than "Book." (This behavior would also be nice for the spell checker).
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• If text is selected when the Find Replace feature is chosen, that text should be automatically copied to the Find text-entry area.

Finally, it is nothing short of ludicrous to need to press the Tab key 6 times to transition from the Find text-entry area to the Replace text-entry area. IF the cursor is positioned in the Find text entry area, AND the Tab key is pressed, THEN the cursor should proceed immediately to the Replace text-entry area.

Cheers & thanks,
Riley

Upgrade the quality of the FrameMaker spell checker to late 20th Century standards. (Yes, I do know it's now the early 21st Century. I don't want to ask for too much...)

My request is not to make FrameMaker's spell checker more like Word's, as earlier posts to this thread have already done. (Indeed, I suggest not using Word as a model for anything...) Instead I'm suggesting that the overall quality of FrameMaker's spell checking logic and dictionary needs to be updated to more contemporary levels. For example:

• The suggestions offered by FrameMaker 7 for putatively misspelled words is below -- far below -- the quality of the suggestions provided by the spell checker in my 5-years-old (and $40) Eudora e-mail client.
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• Word stemming and other now-routine spell checking features are evidently yet to be implemented in FrameMaker 7's spell checker

And so on...

Cheers & thanks,
Riley

IF text is selected in a FrameMaker chapter-file window AND Find/Replace is selected THEN the selected text is automatically copied into the Find text-entry area.

At present it is necessary to Copy selected text, then Paste it into the Find text-entry area. Implementation of the requested feature would minimize keystrokes.

Cheers & thanks,
Riley

Adobe talks up FM and XML. I would like them to match the talk with deeds.

Cheers,

Sean