Ah, it does work if the anchored frame is set to At Insertion Point, but it does just the short line if you have it set to Below Current Line. I think that's what I was thinking about. I frequently shrink wrap graphics, so they end up set to At Insertion Point.
Another way that I sort of works, but is still a bit of a kludge (but not something you have to remember to after) is this: 1. Enter a space in the anchor tag. 2. Go the paragraph below the anchored frame, and enter a space there somewhere. 3. Delete that extra space. It will be a bit ambiguous about that next paragraph, so it's certainly imperfect. I found that I do like the track edits feature in FM, which shows the actual text edits (but I don't think it helps if you just replace the graphic that's in an anchored frame). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 User guides, online help, FrameMaker and WebWorks ePublisher templates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Alan Litchfield [mailto:a...@alphabyte.co.nz] Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 4:24 PM To: Linda G. Gallagher Cc: 'Dave Reynolds'; 'Framers' Subject: Re: FM 8 - Change Bars Hi Linda, That only puts a short bar with the paragraph and does not extend the full length of the anchored frame. Which is the really annoying thing. This is what I have suggested and seems to have got around the problem unless something better emerges: > In the past (in flight manuals, for example) we have resorted to > putting an anchored frame that is the same height as the image's frame > outside the column (on the same side as the change bars of course) and > then using the line drawing tool to draw a vertical line in the > anchored frame. This allows you to have the line follow the image if > it reflows and can be easily deleted when required by deleting the > anchored frame - you just have to remember to do that manually. I was reminded of that approach by Dave (thanks). It is not the best but does the job. Cheers Alan On 30/04/2009, at 10:18 AM, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > I believe that I've "faked it out" by enter a space in my anchor tag > for the > anchored frame. I'm not in FM right now, but I think that will put the > change bar along the entire anchored frame. > > -- Alan Litchfield MBus(Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland, NZ. 1140 http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
