That's part of the fun and games one can have with Framemaker. Taken further to the extreme one can move entire words to another line, for example. Then one can come to the rescue and provide tech support to the person who is having difficulty editing the document.
Chris > > From: "Bodvar Bjorgvinsson" <bodvar at gmail.com> > Date: 2006/04/04 Tue AM 05:03:37 EST > To: "Peter Gold" <peter at knowhowpro.com> > CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com, "McCoy, Nancy" <NMcCoy at filenet.com> > Subject: Re: Question about a trademark superscript > > HTH? Well this certainly has. I don't think I have ever seen this > documented (that you can microposition selected characters in a > regular text frame). This opens up a lot of options for me. > > I am changing your name to Peter Goldmine. :-) > > Thank you, > > Bodvar > > On 4/3/06, Peter Gold <peter at knowhowpro.com> wrote: > > Hi, Nancy: > > > > Apologies for being slightly "off." To micro-position a selected > > graphic object or text, the key combination is Alt+arrow > > (up/down/left/right), not Shift+arrow. At 100% zoom, this moves the > > selection one pixel in the arrow direction, which is about one point > > in the document. The combination Shift+Alt+arrow moves six pixels. On > > Macintosh, it's Option+arrow, or Option+Shift+arrow. > > > > At 200% zooom, the movement is also one pixel or six pixels, however, > > in the document it's 1/2 a point, or 3 points; at 50% zoom, it's 2 > > points, or 12 points. > > > > Just try it with a selected character. No need to resort to creating > > a text line with the "A" text line tool, and inserting it as an > > inline anchored frame positioned at insertion point, however, that > > works, too, and it avoids MIF. You could copy the anchored frame to > > the clipboard, then find the TM character and replace it by pasting > > across a book, in one operation. > > > > HTH > > ________________ > > Regards, > > > > Peter Gold > > KnowHow ProServices > > > > > > At 11:42 AM -0700 4/3/06, McCoy, Nancy wrote: > > >Thank you both Peter and Stuart. These are small 1-2 page documents so > > >Stuarts' method might very well be the most efficient, time-wise. > > > > > >However, Peter I'm intrigued by your suggestion of inserting the TM > > >either as a single character or a variable with a single character so > > >that in the final stage of editing I can reposition it. Are you > > >decribing using the Text tool to enter the TM text? Does it have to be > > >in an anchored frame? If this isn't accomplished with the text tool , > > >how do you suggest entering a single character? Can I select a character > > >and position as you say? How does a character free itself from the line > > >in which it appears? > > > > > >Nancy > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Peter Gold [mailto:peter at knowhowpro.com] > > >Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:21 PM > > >To: Stuart Rogers; McCoy, Nancy > > >Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > > >Subject: Re: Question about a trademark superscript > > > > > > > > >I believe this one of those situations in which you need to modify > > >the character format's properties in MIF, to set the baseline > > >position high enough to satisfy your requirement. > > > > > >Modifying the superscript setting in Text Options affects all > > >superscripts anywhere they appear in the file or book. If there are > > >no other superscripts in your document set, this could be acceptable. > > > > > >There was a recent thread, either on this list, or on the Adobe > > >FrameMaker User-to-User Forum, that discussed importing a MIF > > >fragment into a FM file. The problem is that it's not a standard way > > >to work, so all users need to be informed of how to use the technique. > > > > > >You may prefer to insert the TM either as a single character or a > > >variable a single character, rather than combined with the terms it's > > >attached to, so that at the final stage of editing, you can find each > > >instance to select it, then manually apply the "micropositioning" > > >technique usually done in graphics - Shift+arrow key to move the > > >selection up by one pixel at 100% zoom. > > > > > >NOTE: If you apply the manual microposition to a character, then save > > >the file as MIF, you'll have the settings needed to include in the > > >MIF fragment for importing, if you choose that method. > > >________________ > > >Regards, > > > > > >Peter Gold > > >KnowHow ProServices > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as cseal at sympatico.ca. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/cseal%40sympatico.ca > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
