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Inspiring
February 3, 2023
Question

Setting Tab order in FrameMaker

  • February 3, 2023
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Does anyone know how to change the tab order in FrameMaker? I have a large table to make and I want to change the tab order to go down the table instead of across. I think I did this one before but I can't remember how I did it. CRS or something.

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    frameexpert
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 4, 2023

    You can use arrow keys to navigate in a table. The down arrow key should move you down the table.

    Barb Binder
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 4, 2023

    Hi Eric:

     

    What do you mean by tab order? Are you trying to change how you navigate within the table? Are you adding numbering that needs to go down and not across?

     

    ~Barb 

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
    Inspiring
    February 4, 2023

    That is exactlly what I'm trying to do. I have three long lists that I need to put in a table. The first is numbers, the second is an ON or OFF, and the third is an explaination. So I want to enter the number then hit tab and have my curser drop to the next lower cell and just jump to the next cell across.

    Community Expert
    February 4, 2023

    With tab you jump from one cell to the next.

    And with the up and down arrows you jump to the next or previous row.

    With these keys you can easily jump from cell to cell and enter your values.

    If this is not what you want to do, then please explain more thoroughly what you want to do.

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 3, 2023

    Never heard of that one - what version of FM are you using?

    K.Daube
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 3, 2023

    Maybe the tab order changes with the numbering order : Table designer > Basic > Numbering.

    See https://www.daube.ch/docu/files/compendium.pdf page 141

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 3, 2023

    Just treid that in FM2020, and it didn't change tab nav.