Per an ancient (circa FM5) set of training materials, Control-Alt-Tab Control-Alt-Shift-Tab
are what the keys used to be, but they're so bad I never use them. I just checked, and FWIW, they don't work in FM11, Win7, structured mode. -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 P: 714.960.6840 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com @mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com On Mar 15, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote: > It's actually been nearly two years since I've used FrameMaker on a daily > basis, and that was still FM8 (for a variety of reasons that don't matter > here). But the project I'm working on now is based on a document that was > done in FM9, so here I am trying to meet a deadline and come to terms with a > completely unfamiliar UI at the same time. > > One of the things that is driving me completely nuts is the absence of cursor > key navigation inside tables. The bulk of the document I'm working on is pin > description tables for a SoC chip with 1243 pins, and having to reach for the > mouse (or type Tab 6 times to step sequentially through the cells) to move > the insertion point down one row several thousand times has *ZERO* appeal. I > know that in older versions of FrameMaker there was a simple modification one > could to to cmds.cfg (if I recall correctly) to make the cursor keys (or > cursor keys plus a modifier key) work inside a Frame table just like they > would inside a Word table or a spreadsheet, but I have had no luck putting my > hands on that info. I did read the section on customizing commands in the FM7 > (Windows) version of Customizing FrameMaker and tried a couple modifications > of the FM9 cmds.cfg file, but no joy. > > Can someone enlighten me whether the cursor keys can be made to work inside > tables, and if so how to make that happen? My mouse hand and arm will be > eternally grateful. > > -Fred Ridder > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as matt at mattrsullivan.com. > > 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/matt%40mattrsullivan.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130315/ec7c9e1b/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: twitter.png Type: image/png Size: 1331 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130315/ec7c9e1b/attachment.png> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: linkedin.png Type: image/png Size: 1380 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130315/ec7c9e1b/attachment-0001.png> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: facebook.png Type: image/png Size: 1576 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130315/ec7c9e1b/attachment-0002.png> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: blog.png Type: image/png Size: 1222 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130315/ec7c9e1b/attachment-0003.png>
