Emmy A. wrote: > I have a FrameMaker question for you.
Then I believe you've posted to the right place... > Our product names consist of two letters, a hyphen, > and some numbers, e.g., AB-1234. I always use a > non-breaking hyphen (inserted by typing the 3-letter > sequence: Esc, -, h) because I don't want the name > to split onto two lines if it's positioned at the end of line. > However, when I try to do a global search for all instances > of the product name, the "Esc - h" sequence doesn't > work in the Find text box. Typing that key sequence > becomes -h and the Esc is ignored, and Find looks for > AB-h1234. Even when I copy an instance of the name > from my text and paste it into the Find text box, it > doesn't work. Find just treats the - as a regular -, > not a non-breaking hyphen. Same problem with replace. > Can't type text with an Esc sequence into the Change > text box. The kludge I use is to search on just the > numeric portion of the name, e.g., 1234, and deal with > the AB- part manually. But this is time-consuming. > Any ideas? If you refer to Appendix A of the FrameMaker User Guide, you will see that you can type a non-breaking hyphen in a dialog box using the 2-character code \+. Works in Find/Replace, when defining cross-reference formats, when entering marker text--anyplace where you can't use Escape codes. Fred Ridder
