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August 21, 2014
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FrameMaker 12 master page footer tab stops

  • August 21, 2014
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I'm using FrameMaker 12 for the first time (have used other versions in the past). On the right master page, I hit Tab twice, and inserted two variables into the footer. On the Body pages, the text is cut off on the right. To fix it, I had to delete the center-aligned tab on the master page, leaving only the right aligned tab. That shouldn't have been necessary. Why did the text aligned to the right-align tab stop get cut off?

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    Correct answer Bob_Niland

    What are:

    1. dimensions & units of the footer frame
    2. exact values (& units of the tab stops
    3. Justification of the footer para
    4. is Columns set to 1 and Room for Side Heads off in the footer para
    5. font in use (including file type OTF, TTF, PFM)

    I have occasionally seen odd right-tab-to-frame edge behavior in earlier FMs. Frame definitely messes up R tab content if it thinks the tab stop is beyond the frame edge (it won't let you set the tab stop that way, but will let you reduce the frame size later).

    Setting the R tab stop to 0.01 less than frame size usually fixes it. My random conjecture is that it might have something to do with round off of what FM shows in dialogs vs. what it actually stores internally.

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    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    August 21, 2014

    What are:

    1. dimensions & units of the footer frame
    2. exact values (& units of the tab stops
    3. Justification of the footer para
    4. is Columns set to 1 and Room for Side Heads off in the footer para
    5. font in use (including file type OTF, TTF, PFM)

    I have occasionally seen odd right-tab-to-frame edge behavior in earlier FMs. Frame definitely messes up R tab content if it thinks the tab stop is beyond the frame edge (it won't let you set the tab stop that way, but will let you reduce the frame size later).

    Setting the R tab stop to 0.01 less than frame size usually fixes it. My random conjecture is that it might have something to do with round off of what FM shows in dialogs vs. what it actually stores internally.