Single Line is missing—how do I get it back?

Ah. Yes. FrameMaker alerts us to overset text (text that doesn't fit into a frame and doesn't appear anywhere else in the file) with a black line at the bottom of the frame.

Sounds like you have this all sorted out for now. Come back when you have other questions—we are always happy to help. It's usually best to ask one question per thread to make it easy for others to find the answer. (Supporting questions on the same topic are fine in the same thread.)

~Barb

Hi @jbarkerhill:

I moved this to a new thread because that question was solved, and this is going in a different direction.

The first dialog box indicates that you are naming the frame—so it must be there somewhere, perhaps hidden under something else. You can see in my recording that the process works.

The second dialog box is of no consequence—FrameMaker deletes the undo history after certain tasks. It's just letting you know that's about to happen. Personally, I always disable that dialog box because I don't want to have to see it. 

Your solution is great. Creating it from scratch was the other option. 

The double line is problematic, and goes back to my first thought—overlapping frames or perhaps, a frame in a frame? Hard to say without seeing your reference page. Please show borders, select the Single line frame and then grab a screen shot that shows the entire reference page, and the status bar at the bottom.

~Barb

Hi @jbarkerhill:

The list of Frame Above Pgf and Frame Below Pgf options depends on the Reference page set up in your particular document. Since Single Line is a default and part of all new FrameMaker documents, an easy approach would be to create a brand new FrameMaker file. Portrait, landscape, custom it doesn't matter. Then go to the first reference page in that new file and select the frame around the single line. Copy it, return to this document navigate to the reference page with these other frames, and paste that frame into the new document.

The label above is a courtesy but it's not required. You can leave it off, add it with the Text Line tool or copy/paste it from the other file.

Once you have pasted the Single Line frame into this document, you'll be able to access it from these menus.

~Barb