Hi Joel: 1. If you click in a text line, it goes blank because the text lines are not attached to structure. Rather than using a text line or text frame, you should keep everything connected in the structure. That means adding elements when more content is needed. If you can clarify which of the Frame 8 templates you are using, I'd be happy to help you figure out the structure and which element will produce the caption. Our team made the templates so I am familiar with most of the structures.
2. FrameMaker allows lines to break, unless you use the "hard space" you mention below. I don't know of a control. You can control text spacing and things like that to manually modify the text flow. Good luck, Kay -------------------------------------------- Kay Whatley kay at brightpathsolutions.com (NEW EMAIL) Bright Path Solutions 1.919.244.8559 Website: http://www.brightpathsolutions.com Conferences website: http://conf.travelthepath.com SKYPE = kayper -------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Joel Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:12 PM To: framers at frameusers.com Subject: Structured questions Preface: I am trying to learn Structured Frame, XML and DITA - it's all new to me. 1. I am using one of Frame 8's structured templates, and I inserted a graphic. Now I want to add a caption, and I tried using a text line. the Structure View window goes blank when I click on the text line. Do I need to create an element to reflect this text line? 2. A general, dumb Frame question: How do I ensure that lines aren't breaking, other than <Ctrl> + Spacebar between words? Thanks, JW
