Paragraph Designer not available

[SteveHeflin]

I'm trying to customize the template for my Structured App, and the Paragraphs is not showing up when I click on Format, so I can't get to the paragraph designer.  As soon as I open my template, the number of choices under the Format pull down menu shrinks to 4 items.   Can anybody tell me why?

[Arnis Gubins]

It sounds like it's a locked/view-only document. Are you in an environment where you're allowed to do this?

[SteveHeflin]

As far as I know unless I accidently changed it!  I own the computer, the license, and am creating my own Structured Application.

[Arnis Gubins]

<esc> F l k

That's <esc> shfit+F (uppercase "F") l (lowercase "L") k (lowercase "K")

[SteveHeflin]

The <esc> F l k  caused the Format menu selection to dissappear all-together.  Repeating the sequence brought it back, but unfortunately Paragraphs still doesn't appear in the menu.

[Arnis Gubins]

That's a shortcut to toggle a document into/out of the View-only mode.

Does ctrl+m bring up the paragraph designer? Does <esc> o p c open the Paragraph catalog?

What does your Format menu look like - do a screen capture and post here please (use the camera icon to add an image file).

[SteveHeflin · Accepted solution]

ctrl+m  shows the paragraph designer!  that saves my rear - bless you oh wise one

<esc> o p c    does open the Paragraph catalog

Here's my  reduced Format menu:

[SteveHeflin]

I applied an update, could that have broken it?

I'm at  11.0.1.382

[Arnis Gubins]

Did you change Workspaces by any chance? In FM11, the menus are now also tied into a specific Workspace. Some of these don't have all of the options on the menus, e.g. the XML/Structured has those optons missing.

[SteveHeflin]

Definitely not, didn't even know how to do it.  Upon seeing your message I found "Manage Workspaces" and it's completely blank.   Can you guide me to manage to workspace to get the menu items back?  I need the Table & Character Designers too, but I'll be able to lookup the short-cuts to them now that you've tipped me off to that alternative.

[SteveHeflin]

HOLD EVERYTHING!  It finally dawned on me that the pull-down menu in the top right corner are Workspace names!  I didn't know that.  Yes, I use the XML/Structured workspace all the time.  Thanks so much for the enlightenment!

case closed.

[SteveHeflin]

You are onto something with your locked/view-only suggestion.  I just opened the UserGuide template that you helped me find the format definitions in, and the Paragraphs no longer shows up under the Format menu!  What on earth got changed?

[Arnis Gubins]

Alternatively, if you're still in the same FrameMaker session, you've changed your menu views.

View > Menus > Full

[SteveHeflin]

View > Menus > Complete was in effect