RE: below building block in X-Refs
Fred Ridder is correct -- do not use geographic cues in technical documentation, because they are ambiguous (where below?). Per The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications (a standard guide for technical documentation, among others), do not use terms such as above and below. If the graphic or table immediately follows, then use the following; if the graphic or table immediately precedes, then use the previous. Otherwise, indicate the page (I only use the page number if the graphic is on another page; otherwise, I say something like ...as shown in Figure 3.1). Lea Galanter Lead Technical Editor Writer FTI Technology Seattle, WA ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: below building block in X-Refs
As Rick said, not in stock FrameMaker, nor in stock InDesign CS4 the
first release with built-in cross-references. There is a commercial
InDesign cross-references plug-in from dtptools.com that offers this
page, opposite page, next page, and some other options.
I'm not suggesting that you drop FrameMaker for InDesign for this one
feature. But, I thought Rick might get some ideas from the plug-in's
info page that could develop into a FrameMaker plug-in.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Jon Harvey jhar...@cambridgesoft.com wrote:
(FM 9.0, XP Pro)
Everyone,
I'm trying to figure out a way to create an X-Ref format that says See
'Dogs' {or whatever} below if the X-Ref and the target 'Dogs' are both
on the same page. I'd like FM to recognize that they are on the same
page so that, if 'Dogs' moves to the next page, the X-Ref automatically
adjusts to read See 'Dogs' on page xx. Is there any way to do this
without creating two X-Ref style and manually changing from one to the
other?
Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Enterprise Documentation
CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 588-9354
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RE: below building block in X-Refs
Jon Harvey wrote:
I'm trying to figure out a way to create an X-Ref format that says See
'Dogs' {or whatever} below if the X-Ref and the target 'Dogs' are both
on the same page. I'd like FM to recognize that they are on the same
page so that, if 'Dogs' moves to the next page, the X-Ref automatically
adjusts to read See 'Dogs' on page xx. Is there any way to do this
without creating two X-Ref style and manually changing from one to the
other?
Do you really feel that this adds significant value to your docs? At each of
the last four companies I've worked for, the trend was to reduce or eliminate
this kind of geographic cue. But maybe that would have been different if
numbered headings, captions, and table titles hadn't been the house style in
each case...
-Fred Ridder
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