Perfect sense. I think I used White to do that because the chapter/section number was never going to be on top of a colored background and would thus be effectively invisible. :D
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 3:03 PM Magee, Anne (INT) <anne.ma...@teledyne.com> wrote: > I don't really know what it's *meant* to be used for, but I can tell you > what I used the "invisible" thing for. > > Hang on, this may get a little complicated. > > Our chapter title page displays the chapter number as an enormous number > at the top right of the page, then the chapter title in a smaller font > underneath. Because I could not find any way to put a paragraph break > inside the paragraph design, I made this into two separate paragraph tags. > > That was fine until someone decided they wanted the paragraph number to be > shown in PDF bookmarks. > > I don't know where I found this trick (I certainly didn't invent it) but > if I created an invisible colour view then applied the invisible character > tag to the autonumber format of the chapter title paragraph, the chapter > number was invisible in Framemaker and in the body of the PDF files, but > was visible in the bookmarks. > > Hope that made sense. > Anne > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers <framers-bounces+anne.magee= > teledyne....@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Lin Sims > Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 3:19 PM > To: Frame Users <framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: [Framers] Color Views: what are they FOR? > > Over on the Adobe forums, I've been interacting with a someone new to > Frame and was explaining how to set up and use conditions. > > Then Bob Niland and Arnis Gubbins chimed in talking about color views. A > little experimentation has shown me what they DO. What I can't figure out > (and maybe it's just New Year's brain fuzz) is what you use them FOR. OK, > you can make something that is a particular color invisible, but the space > it occupies is still there so, unlike using a condition, the document > doesn't reflow. You're left with gaps. Not something I want in my documents > and I don't see where it would be useful. > > So who has used it, and for what? Why would you choose it over using a > condition instead? > > -- > Lin Sims > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage > at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com