The other thing is to make sure that apply to selection is not selected in the
dialog Box when you're naming the character tag only create new format should
be selected you get that message when you don't have anything selected to apply
the new character tag to that might be the problem
Sent
I'm good now. I figured it out. I needed to do Commands -> Set Window to As.
This was not the default
Thanks
-Original Message-
From: Framers
[mailto:framers-bounces+john.x.posada=us.hsbc@lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 21,
Hi John,
I sent a screen grab to your personal address that shows an example of what I
mean about where to click. The arrow highlights where I click, and then press
CTRL+D. Hope this helps.
TVB
Tammy Van Boening
Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
www.spectrumwritingllc.com
Make sure that your FM2017 install is fully patched up - many people fall into
the trap of thinking that just because they downloaded it yesterday it must
have the newest build included - that's a fallacy - the download is the
original build at time of release & never changes. Patches must be
In the Character Design, press Shift+F8 to set all of the values to As Is
before choosing the property or properties you want for that format.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
r...@frameexpert.com
585-366-4017
-Original Message-
From: Framers
Hi John,
Open the FM file in which you to create the format, and then click anywhere
outside the document margins. Press CTRL + D to open the Character Designer,
and then under Commands, select Set Window to As Is. Now, change only the
property or properties that you want for the new tag, and
OK...I hate to admit it.
I've always been "hit and miss" when defining a character tag that inherits all
the Paragraph attributes except for what I want to change.
For instance, I want a Character tag for use in a variable that only
bolds the text, but inherits the font family, font size,
I get a message "No insertion point or selected text"
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 9:33 AM, wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Open the FM file in which you to create the format, and then click anywhere
> outside the document margins. Press CTRL + D to open the Character
>