Re: [Framers] FrameMaker tab bug workaround

[Peter Gold]

Very cool insight, Shmuel! This sounds like it took persistence and
practice to get it right.

It reminds me about how it's important to be fast enough when it matters.
When I was little, I believed that people in magazine photographs relaxed
their expressions when the pages were closed, and quickly posed again when
the pages were opened. I was never fast enough to catch them at it, though.


On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 5:28 AM, Shmuel Wolfson  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I found a workaround to the FrameMaker bug that when you change a tab stop
> value, it sometimes reverts to the original value before you can click
> Apply in the Paragraph designer.
>
> It takes a fraction of a second to revert back to it's original value. So
> the workaround is to place the Continue button of the Edit Tab Stop dialog
> box over the Apply button of the Paragraph designer, then double-click the
> Continue button in the Edit Tab Stop dialog box. The first click closes the
> Edit Tab Stop dialog box. The second click clicks the Apply button in the
> Paragraph designer. The double-click is faster than the time it takes for
> the value to revert back to original tab value, so the apply takes effect
> with the new tab value.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> --
> Shmuel Wolfson
> Technical Writer
> 058-763-7133
>
>
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[Framers] FrameMaker tab bug workaround

[Shmuel Wolfson]

Hi all,

I found a workaround to the FrameMaker bug that when you change a tab 
stop value, it sometimes reverts to the original value before you can 
click Apply in the Paragraph designer.


It takes a fraction of a second to revert back to it's original value. 
So the workaround is to place the Continue button of the Edit Tab Stop 
dialog box over the Apply button of the Paragraph designer, then 
double-click the Continue button in the Edit Tab Stop dialog box. The 
first click closes the Edit Tab Stop dialog box. The second click clicks 
the Apply button in the Paragraph designer. The double-click is faster 
than the time it takes for the value to revert back to original tab 
value, so the apply takes effect with the new tab value.


I hope this helps.

--
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
058-763-7133


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