[Closed] FrameMaker 7.x/8 Feature Requests

I have two requests (well.. one second and a request)

1) If the 'find/replace' dialog is invoked, set the default find string to whatever is currently selected in the body text (if there is one).

2) PLEASE LET US SPLIT THE WINDOW... or even better, let us open multiple 'views' into the same file.

Steve

(currently Using Frame-7.1 in Windows)

1) Make dialog resize useful (i.e. actually display more information)
- Cross Reference dialog
- Markers dialog
- Variable dialog
- Update Unresolved Cross-References dialog

2) Add simple show/hide control for all displayed diaglogs (like Photoshop does using Tab key)

3) Add incremental text search without use of dialog/mouse

4) Sort the list of files displayed in Window->More Windows dialog
- By date
- By file name
(you know, like a useful file browser)

5) Add hide/show of the path/ porion of file names displayed in Window->More Windows dialog

6) Add persistence for ALL diaglogs: screen location and size. Record every time the dialog or Frame is closed

7) Support Conditional Text on entire table column (like rows)

8) Open mulitple views into the same file, or split the window

9) Add a method for purging unused formats, XRefs, Colors, etc. from all files in a book

10) Fix some bugs
- Ctrl-Alt on links get lost, stop working (weekly)
- Double-click on file in a Book file fails to change focus to the file (weekly)
- Sometimes double-click on a file in Explorer fails to open the file in Frame (rare)
- Frame dialog resize is mostly useless (see above)

11) Allow multiple selected files to be drag/drop from Explorer into Frame

Niels,

a keystroke for "repeat last" -

It's nice that Frame includes the ability to repeat para. and char. styles, but I'll bet the writer wants more (as I do). What people want is the ability to repeat almost any last command -- with one keyboard shortcut (e.g., Ctrl+Y or F4), like a certain word processing app. that most forum members detest. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater; this functionality is very useful.

Thanks Shawn. I realize that. I've pleaded with Quadralay and they have told me their hands were tied because it was an Adobe issue. I believe Quadralay because I was able to fix it by editing my FrameMaker ini file.

> a keystroke for "repeat last"

There are already at least two I use often: Esc, j, j for "repeat paragraph style" and Esc, c, c for "repeat character style"

Hi Julee,

WebWorks Publisher SE is an Adobe product. The full version of WebWorks Publisher is a Quadralay one.

Cheers.

Actually, Quadralay told me that it was a FrameMaker issue. In fact, I was able to monkey around with my ini files to get it to work but it was a big hassle.

I use WebWorks 7 because 8 and 9 took some important functionality away from me. I'll gladly switch if Q will give me the functionality that I need back (the ability to add META tags to my output by way of markers in FrameMaker).

I asked for feedback from my writing group and got these recommendations in response:

- The ability to create default settings for an activity (for example, configuring default settings for find/replace).
- A way of stopping a Frame process if it's taking too long. Pressing Esc (as recommended in the help) doesn't always work.
- A book-wide word count as well as per file.
- An easily accessible, on-line quick reference with, for example, key-stroke information (the current on-line guide is head and shoulders better than the older ones, I should add).
- A key-stroke command for "repeat last". Similar to Microsoft Word's F4.
- Better handling of imported tables. There always seems to be a bug or two if you want to edit them later. (Yes, I have the plug-in for this but it should be nice not to need it.)

Julee, that's a Quadralay issue not a FrameMaker one. Currently, FM 7.2 can use WebWorks Publisher 8, which is 4 years old or so, and WWeP 9, the latest version.

The ability to use older versions of WebWorks!