Re: Auto-creating tables

2006-05-20 Thread Doug
Belinda showed me the light. I had been attempting to put a table inside a text frame on a reference pagethis failed to work. She told me to take the extra step of putting said text frame inside a graphic frame. THIS worksthe paragraph style references the graphic frame via the

paragraph tag madness

2006-05-20 Thread walter hudson
Dear Framers: I am working on a job where i keep running into this problem which is driving me nuts. Especially since I know I used to be able to solve it... Simply put: when i make an adjustment to a paragraph tag--change the font size or the margins FM makes a Tag1, with the second change I

RE: Confirmation: : Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-20 Thread Diane Gaskill
Right you are, Peter. That's why the data storage and backup industries are thriving right now. The amount of data stored by businesses today is growing exponentially. Diane -Original Message- From: Peter Gold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 4:34 AM To: Diane

RE: Word Long Docs (WAS re: Career advice-- focus on FM or Word?)

2006-05-20 Thread Diane Gaskill
Grant, all, What Steve said is unfortunately true. We tried it and it simply does not work correctly. Reporting it to MS several times did not result in any fixes. Yes, they knew about it. No, they did not know when it would be fixed. And I add, if ever. Perhaps the information below will

RE: paragraph tag madness

2006-05-20 Thread Diane Gaskill
Walter, Are you saying that when you change the parameters of a tag, that instead of changing the tag you are editing, FM makes a new tag instead? Does this happen when you select Update All in the para designer? Maybe it would help if you listed the steps you are using so we can take a closer

Auto-creating tables

2006-05-20 Thread Doug
Belinda showed me the light. I had been attempting to put a table inside a text frame on a reference pagethis failed to work. She told me to take the extra step of putting said text frame inside a graphic frame. THIS worksthe paragraph style references the graphic frame via the relevant

OT: autonumbering in Word

2006-05-20 Thread Diane Gaskill
Great posts, everyone and thanks for all the fish. I mean help. Sorry John, couldn't help it. We've set up numbering in our template with SEQ (sequence) fields and solved some of the problems. To see how SEQ fields work, just generate a caption or an xref in word, toggle the field codes, and

Confirmation: : Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals

2006-05-20 Thread Diane Gaskill
Right you are, Peter. That's why the data storage and backup industries are thriving right now. The amount of data stored by businesses today is growing exponentially. Diane -Original Message- From: Peter Gold [mailto:pe...@knowhowpro.com] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 4:34 AM To: Diane

paragraph tag madness

2006-05-20 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Walter: At 6:51 PM -0700 5/19/06, walter hudson wrote: >Dear Framers: > >I am working on a job where i keep running into >this problem which is driving me nuts. Especially >since I know I used to be able to solve it... > >Simply put: when i make an adjustment to a >paragraph tag--change the

Word & Long Docs (WAS re: Career advice-- focus on FM or Word?)

2006-05-20 Thread Diane Gaskill
Grant, all, What Steve said is unfortunately true. We tried it and it simply does not work correctly. Reporting it to MS several times did not result in any fixes. Yes, they knew about it. No, they did not know when it would be fixed. And I add, "if ever." Perhaps the information below will

paragraph tag madness

2006-05-20 Thread Diane Gaskill
Walter, Are you saying that when you change the parameters of a tag, that instead of changing the tag you are editing, FM makes a new tag instead? Does this happen when you select Update All in the para designer? Maybe it would help if you listed the steps you are using so we can take a closer