I have a little different technique for figures here. I have set up a Table format with title below, the paragraph format having the word "Figure" in the numbering scheme. It is a one-row one-column table, with no borders into which I place my graphic reference. This allows me to refer to it by name, format it with a paragraph format, and set its width and placement using that paragraph format. It works great because the title is beholden to the table, and it flows with the rest of the flow as I want it to.
Steve Cavanaugh Sr. Technical Writer NAT Seattle Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rene Stephenson Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:11 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumberedparagraph format Hi All, (FM7.2 on WinXP) Our templates and style guide have the graphics and tables left-aligned with captions. However, when the figure is an integrated graphic in a procedure, it looks a bit odd to have the figure and caption all the way over against the left edge of the text frame when the surrounding text is at various levels of indentation-.25 inches for numbered steps and additional .25 inches for substep or bullet levels, potentially .75 inches from the left margin, if the graphic appears after options in an alpha substep, like a short bulleted list under step 3 (b). (I hope that make sense. It would be so much easier to just show you!) A couple of employers (and several years) ago, we had FM templates that used a figure caption paragraph format, and if-when you inserted the anchored frame-you followed some certain procedure (which of course I cannot find and only vaguely remember) you could get the paragraph to align itself relative to the level of indentation of the preceding paragraph. Long story short, that company got sold, and the other writers have long been scattered to the winds. So, now I'm trying to reinvent the wheel. I tried messing around with where I insert the anchored frame and the various combinations of anchored frame positioning and alignment, but I can't seem to get it working. Seems like we had a shortcut keystroke set up, maybe with a .cfg file or something, but you could manually make it happen even without using the shortcut. Does anyone on this list have any ideas? Brainstorming would be helpful! :-) Thanks, Rene Stephenson Rene L. Stephenson eNovative Solutions, Inc. Business Phone: 678-513-0051 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/scavanaugh%40nat-sea ttle.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
