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dorothea.per
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February 3, 2011
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how can i have a subscript letter appearing inside my cross reference?

  • February 3, 2011
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Hello again,

well i've got this SF6 text inside a cross but i need number 6 to appear as subscript,

is there away???

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    Correct answer Michael_Müller-Hillebrand

    Dorothea,

    How did you create the subscript "6" in the first place? I guess it was using the button in the formatting toolbar or using the Character Designer dialog?

    If so, this is what we call »hard formatting« or a »formatting override« and is considered bad style. To unleash the full capabilities of FrameMaker you should make your formatting with predefined paragraph styles and character styles only.

    Most format-based templates I have seen have predefined character formats for superscript and subscript characters. Select Format > Character > Catalog to show the Character Catalog. Does it have a format for subscript characters. If not, you need one. If yes, select the "6" and click that format.

    Using this method, the subscript will work with the cross-reference.

    - Michael

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    Michael_Müller-Hillebrand
    Michael_Müller-HillebrandCorrect answer
    Legend
    February 3, 2011

    Dorothea,

    How did you create the subscript "6" in the first place? I guess it was using the button in the formatting toolbar or using the Character Designer dialog?

    If so, this is what we call »hard formatting« or a »formatting override« and is considered bad style. To unleash the full capabilities of FrameMaker you should make your formatting with predefined paragraph styles and character styles only.

    Most format-based templates I have seen have predefined character formats for superscript and subscript characters. Select Format > Character > Catalog to show the Character Catalog. Does it have a format for subscript characters. If not, you need one. If yes, select the "6" and click that format.

    Using this method, the subscript will work with the cross-reference.

    - Michael

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    dorothea.perAuthor
    Known Participant
    February 3, 2011

    not quite sure what you mean,

    sorry

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    dorothea.perAuthor
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    February 3, 2011

    found it!!!

    thanks!!!

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    dorothea.perAuthor
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    February 4, 2011

    well things didn't exactly go as i hoped because even if i achived subscript inside cross reference,

    updating book later turned it again to regular character, did i do something wrong??

    and something else,

    wherever subscript appears at toc, from this point and all text after that does not link at all unless i use the link tool at acrobat...

    is that something that i can fix through FM?

    David_Crowe
    David_Crowe
    Inspiring
    February 3, 2011

    You need to use a character format for the subscript rather than simply Format > Style. And if the cross-reference and its source are in different documents (i.e. you are in a FrameMaker book) the character format must be in the catalogues of both documents.

    (When I tested this just now, the character format didn’t take effect until I re-made the cross-reference. “Update references didn’t do the trick.”)

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