If you replace the space before the .xml (etc) with a non-breaking space, then the spellchecker ignores it. The non-breaking spaces drop the quality of your layout a little, but for a developer guide I'd guess that wouldn't really be a problem.
Cheers, Rebecca >>> "Van Boening, Tammy" <tammy.vanboening at Fiserv.com> 31/05/07 08:55 >>> Framemaker 7.2, Windows XP with SP2 I am currently writing a Developer's Guide that references heavy use of xml files. Our styles and standards call for referring to any file type as .<type> file; for example, the .xml file, an .xml file, the .pdf file, and so on. Obviously, when I run spell check on any file in this book, Framemaker is flagging these entries as an extra space between the word "the" or "an" and the file type. I don't want to turn off checking for extra spaces in my spelling checker (although I do have smart spaces turned on, I still find that I have extra spaces every now and then which is freaky to me, but . . .) I don't want to make this file type a variable because Special > Variable > Insert is a lot more time consuming than just rapidly typing ".xml file" - (believe me, as many times as this is used in this guide, a variable is not the way to go.) So, what do I have to have set up in my spell checker rules to avoid any instance of ".xml" getting ignored? I tried adding ".xml" to the rules, but it's still getting flagged during spell checking. TIA, TVB Tammy L. Van Boening Senior Technical Writer Fiserv Insurance Solutions Property and Casualty Division 303-729-7733 tammy.vanboening at fiserv.com *********************************************************************** Keep smiling, at least until you get your own way. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rebecca.officer at alliedtelesis.co.nz. 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/rebecca.officer%40alliedtelesis.co.nz Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Allied Telesis Labs Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Allied Telesis Labs.
