Nancy Allison wrote: > I am working on a document that currently has both paragraph tags for > callouts, and character tags. > > I can create callouts either by: > > --Creating a text box in the figure, entering text, and formatting it > with a callout paragraph tag. I prefer this. Makes it easy to widen or > narrow the callout text. > > --Using the Text tool to enter text, and formatting it with a character > tag. If the text needs to be expanded or edited, all repositioning of > text must be done manually. A pain. > > However, I could be missing something. How do you create your callouts, > and why? >
I used to use text boxes with single-cell tables containing para-tagged text, for ease of borders/shading/spacing, fonts, etc. But now that I am writing with translation/localization in mind, I put only consecutive numbers in those table cells and put the explanatory text below the figure in a separate table or caption. The translated text can grow or shrink as much as necessary without messing up the callouts. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "A man's screech should exceed his rasp, or what's a violin for?" --another Rogers Original _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
