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Angela Needs Help with FM
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May 8, 2024
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How to select multiple words without selecting the entire paragraph?

  • May 8, 2024
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I am not sure what the exact term is called, but is there a way to select words in FM without selecting the entire paragraph? 

 

I posted an example of what I mean in the screenshot. In MS Word, I can do this by selecting the first word, and then holding down the CTRL key and selecting more. I need this function because I am applying styles to individual words in the character designer and it is time consuming to do it one section at a time. I apologize if this has been posted before. I could not find the exact keyboard shortcut I needed in the FM help info. 

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FrameMaker does not support non-contiguous text selections.

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Braniac
May 9, 2024

There is a good explanation here, from an old thread. Rather than try to select numerous words using the mouse, use the search function. This works like a charm.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/search-text-and-replace-with-character-format/m-p/10299306

Bjørn Smalbro - FrameMaker.dk
Angela Needs Help with FM
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May 10, 2024

This would work for some of my purposes, but unfortunately not all of them. We use this to apply document conventions to user selections/clicks. I could use this suggestion for these options. So things like the following. The button the user clicks needs to be bolded in the documentation:

1. Click Apply.

2. Click Next.

 

Sometimes, though, it is more complicated words or long strings of text such as file names. I have to apply formatting to those that make the font courier new instead of Arial which is our default. 

frameexpert
Braniac
May 10, 2024

You may want to take a look at my TextFormatter script, which was designed with this in mind.

https://frameexpert.com/store/index.html

Jeff_Coatsworth
Braniac
May 9, 2024

Nope, but you're welcome to use the Tracker (https://tracker.adobe.com/) to make a suggestion to the FM folks as an improvement.

Angela Needs Help with FM
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May 10, 2024

My company might move away from FM since we only use it for one document at the moment, but I will still make the suggestion because I think it should definitely be added. Thank you for sending me this. 

Braniac
May 9, 2024

Hi Angela, I do in FrameMaker exactly, what you do in Word. Press CTRL+SHIFT+arrow key. Then you select the current word. When you press the arrow key again, FrameMaker selects also the following word.

Everything is described in the online help in the appendix.

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/using-framemaker/FrameMaker-2022/user-guide/WSd817046a44e105e21e63e3d11ab7f7862b-7f75_ver12.0.html

Best regards, Winfried

Jeff_Coatsworth
Braniac
May 9, 2024

Ah, but @Winfried Reng , that's contingous text. The OP wants to do something like this in the bold parts:

Yes, Yes, without the oops! Jaguar shark! So tell me - does it really exist? I was part of something special. Must go faster. God help us, we're in the hands of engineers. Hey, take a look at the earthlings. Goodbye! Yes, Yes, without the oops! Yeah, but John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don’t eat the tourists.

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Braniac
May 9, 2024

FrameMaker does not support non-contiguous text selections.