Dick, You can do this even more simply with 2 paragraph formats. I've just post a sample FrameMaker document at my website to demonstrate how this is done. The first paragraph controls the look/height of the dark colored bar. The second paragraph controls the reversed text.
http://www.beyondprint.com/2010/05/creating-reversed-headings-in-framemaker/ Best Regards Brad On May 18, 2010, at 5:11 AM, Simon BUCH wrote: > Hello Dick, > > If you're wanting to keep the 'reverse' text inside a line of text, you'll > probably want to make them into drawn graphics on one of the reference pages, > or import them as GIF/PNG graphics, and then paste them into your document, > using anchored frames. > > I am a stickler for simplicity in documents, and I've found that putting > instructions in paragraphs can lead to confusion for some users. For > example: I've seen some documents (where [0] is a button graphic) which have > instructions like: > To get back to the menu, Press [0] [0] [0]. > ... and I've seen some trainees diligently type: 000. > > > Hope that helps > // Simon BUCH > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Spierings [mailto:d.spierings at fluidwell.com] > Sent: 18 May 2010 10:36 > To: Simon BUCH; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Cc: Rick Quatro > Subject: RE: Mogelijke spam (volgens TM Srv01 content scan): RE: reversed > text style > > Hi Simon, > > The idea of installing a new typeface would be the most straight forward and > simple solution if not that I too foresee printing problems. So after reading > Rick's suggestion (which makes good sense: I didn't think of it!) I decided > to rule that option out. > > Back to Art Campbell's suggestion: if you do use a single cell table with > black background, how do you then keep it in line with the remainder of the > text like you can with an anchored frame? (Tables have no "at insertion > point" anchoring position, anchored frames do.) Note that I am talking about > a single word somewhere in the paragraph, not an entire paragraph. > > Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, > > Dick Spierings > > ' +31 (0)413 343786 > " www.fluidwell.com > w d.spierings at fluidwell.com
