Hi, Carrie and Steve: To extend Steve's suggestion a bit:
If you always want to ignore the "lead in" word or phrase, whatever it may be, in the cross-reference - sometimes "displaying the ", sometimes "defining an ", sometimes "brewing with a ", etc - consider constructing these headings with two paragraph formats. Define a run-in paragraph format for the introductory word or phrase, and an in-column (normal) paragraph format for the following part. In other words, construct the headings of several paragraphs as building blocks, so you can cross-reference to each one individually. Example: Run-in paragraph format "part1intro": The wonderful world of the Run-in paragraph format "part2topicname" xy statistics Run-in paragraph format "itemname" screen In-column paragraph format "bodyafterhead": is better than sliced bread. Just try these features, blah blah The <$paratext> building block of a cross-reference that points to a part2topicname paragraph retrieves "xy statistics", in the above example. With care, you can a number of consecutive run-in paragraphs for this kind of pin-point cross-reference retrieval. OK? HTH Regards, Peter _______________________________ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Feb 19, 2008 11:38 AM, Stuart Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carrie Baker wrote: > > Frame 7.2 > > I am documenting an application with all sorts of reports that can be > > generated and displayed by selecting the appropriate screen in a > > dialog box. > > Each sort of report is described in the documentation with a heading > > 2 that used to say "The xy Statistics screen" and explains what you do > > with it and available options, explains the meaning of the parameters > > they see etc. > > Now I would like to call all of the headings "Displaying Xy > > Statistics", Displaying z statistics etc. > > The FrameMaker problem I am encountering is that originally at the > > beginning of the section someone had written, "the following screens > > are available and had a list of cross references to all of the titles > > which were each called xy screen etc." > > Now I have changed the title the cross reference to these headings > > will say, the following statistics can be displayed, and say for each > > cross reference "Displaying xy statistics etc." > > I like this list of cross reference as when I convert the files to > > help, they are my hyperlinks, as well as the fact that we distribute > > the documentation as PDFs. > > The question is: > > Can I create a cross reference to somewhere, when the text that > > appears in the cross reference is something that I type in, and not > > the text that appears in Heading 2 (i.e. will say xy statistics, even > > though the header it jumps to is called Displaying xy statistics)? > > thanks > > > I'm not entirely confident I understand your question, but I'll have a > go at it... > > You have a lot of headings of the pattern "Displaying xy statistics" and > you want cross references of the pattern "xy statistics". Yes? You > could change the headings to have an autonumber of "Displaying " and in > your cross-ref format, use the <$paratext> building block. Elsewhere if > you want the full heading referenced, use <$paranum><$paratext>. > _______________________________________________ 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.
