This is great - you have saved me a lot of time. Thanks for your help.
David Shaked (Wernick)
AlmondWeb Ltd.
http://www.almondweb.com
Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants
-----Original Message-----
From: Shmuel Wolfson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 16:32
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Framers
Subject: Re: Need some FM tips
See answers below.
Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
David Shaked (Wernick) wrote:
Can I ask the list members for some tips on various FM techniques? I am
using FM 7.2. Most of these questions (except #6) are about techniques
that
are easy to use in Word, and I haven't yet found an FM equivalent.
1. Navigation techniques. Are there quick ways, such as shortcut keys, to
do
the following:
a. Display the book window?
*I always make sure the book is the first thing I open in FM. This way
it's easy to go to the book via the Window menu, or ALT+W+1.*
b. After following a cross reference (Alt+Ctrl+Click), go back to the
cross reference?
c. Go back to the last place that I edited?
d. Go to a specified page number in a book, if it is not within the
currently displayed *.fm file?
2. Is there a way to display the same document in two windows or in a
split
window?
3. What is the best way to create a TOC or index conforming to a
predefined
template? The method that I have used so far is the following:
a. Copy the TOC and index templates to the document directory.
b. Rename the files according to the convention <bookname>TOC.fm and
<bookname>IX.fm.
c. Open the *.book file and choose Add > TOC or Add > Standard Index.
FM
places the TOC and index in the above files and adds them to the book.
Is that the right way?
*The standard way would be to insert a TOC, open the template TOC and
import the relevant formats to the new TOC. But I your way better.*
4. On one computer, I accidentally moved my toolbar (the Quick Access Bar)
to a floating position within the document window. How can I can move it
back to the docked position at the top of the FM window? It refuses to
dock.
5. If I shorten a document, I need to manually delete the blank pages at
the
end of the document. Shouldn't the pages disappear automatically?
*Only if you select Delete Empty Pages in the pagination settings. Then
they disappear when you update the book. But this does not help when you
always want even pages in the file.*
6. Can I create a book of books? My idea is to create a "super-book" that
I
can use for global operations such as find/replace or import-formats
throughout a documentation set. However, I must be careful not to
inadvertently change the page and chapter numbering or corrupt any XRefs
while doing this.
*I assume that this is possible since there a a volume numbering option
under numbering. See FM help for Volume.*
Thanks in advance.
David Shaked (Wernick)
AlmondWeb Ltd.
http://www.almondweb.com
Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants
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