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Posted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / John Andrade
FrameMaker Tips Controlling Line Breaks Here are some handy tips to clean up your paragraphs. These also work with text in table cells (i.e. IPC parts tables). Category: Using FrameMaker Relevance: All Documents “Avoid splitting up task reference over two lines.” Incorrect: Obey all the electrical/electronic safety precautions (AMM TASK 24-00-00-910-801). Correct: Obey all the […]
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FrameMaker Tips Editing a Structured Document Edits such as changing the indent level of a list are much easier if you edit the structure instead of the text. Category: Using FrameMaker Relevance: Structure Documents The elements in a structured document are very useful when adding, deleting, or moving blocks of text—you can even copy elements […]
Read MorePosted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / John Andrade
FrameMaker Tips Redirecting Cross-References Changing a cross-reference that appears multiple times in a book can be a nightmare, you have to find and change each one individually. Category: Using FrameMaker Relevance: All Manuals Predicament: “I needed to update all XXXXX vendor cross-references with YYYYY. Since both already existed I couldn’t pirate the existing Tag. Searching […]
Read MorePosted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / John Andrade
FrameMaker Tips Generated Lists and Indexes Category: Using FrameMaker Relevance: All Manuals Generated files can help you gather pieces of information such as all the text that uses the Figure Title paragraph tag or all the imported graphics (a reference) in a document or book. A generated file is a file created by FrameMaker by […]
Read MorePosted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / John Andrade
FrameMaker Tips Keyboard Shortcuts, Part 1 Keyboard shortcuts are a handy way to improve your efficiency. This edition of Tips contains keyboard shortcuts that relate to working with text. Please note that these shortcuts are for FrameMaker 7 and may not work with FrameMaker 10. Category: Using FrameMaker Relevance: All Manuals Conventions for Shortcuts Example […]
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