Alison,
One common way of setting this up in Frame is to create a (usually)
one row, two cell table. One cell, often with a hanging indent so that
it's visible in the margin, contains a symbol or graphic for
Notes/Cautions/Warnings. The other cell, usually set so that it runs
in margin with the body text, contains whatever unique information you
need to present.
The Icon cell usually contains a special paragraph tag (WarningIcon,
etc.) that calls the standard graphic from a storage area on a
Reference Page.
The Text cell contains a second paragraph tag (WarningText) that may
generate a bold lead-in or other typographic device that's controlled
by the paragraph tag's autonumbering setting. For instance, you can
set it to automatically generate the word Note, Caution, or Warning in
a contrasting font from what you'd type to explain it.
Cheers,
Art
Art Campbell
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On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Alison
Craig<alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com> wrote:
> Forgive me if I sound ignorant - although being new to FM, the term is
> applicable - if I make the Notes/Cautions/Warnings into a graphic, wouldn't
> that imply that all contents of every Note (or Caution or Warning) would have
> to be identical?
>
> Alison
> ________________________________
> From: Gary Bankston [mailto:gbanks6...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:18 PM
> To: Alison Craig
> Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Converting from Word to FM9: Tables in Tables??
>
> Why not turn your table made Note/Caution/Warning into a graphic which will
> easily scale into a table cell. Place it on the Reference page and call it up
> just like a format.
>
> Just a thought,
> gb
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Alison Craig
> <alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com<mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com>> wrote:
> My company is finally making the transition from MS Word 2003 to FM 9 for all
> manuals.
>
> On the advice of a consultant, I've translated my Note/Caution/Warning style
> into a table format as I was told this was the simplest way to duplicate my
> Word format (a simple hanging indent paragraph with a border above and below
> to demarcate the Note/Caution/Warning).
>
> The problem is that I also have to use the Note/Caution/Warning style in
> table cells and it seems that FM9 does not support tables in tables.
>
> I'm not sure if this forum will support attachments, but just in case it
> does, I've included a PDF of one of my simplest Word tables (2 columns only,
> with no shading) that also contains Notes and a Warning.
>
> If anyone can advise me of a (simple?) way to duplicate this within FM9, I'd
> be extremely grateful.
>
> Alison
>
>
>
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