Re: Cross References:using text that is not that linked to
Thanks, that was the sort of thing I hoped existed! On 2/19/08, Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Carrie Baker wrote: Can I create a cross reference to somewhere, when the text that appears in the cross reference is something that I type in, and not the text that appears in Heading 2 (i.e. will say xy statistics, even though the header it jumps to is called Displaying xy statistics)? Well, others have suggested workarounds/kludges to let you do it with xrefs. But the simpler solution is to use hyperlinks instead of xrefs. Here's how: 1) Open the Hypertext dialog (Special Hypertext). It's non-modal and can stay open throughout the process. 2) Put your cursor in the Displaying XY Statistics Heading 2 (I recommend always putting the destination markers at the beginning of the destination pgfs, but that's up to you). 3) In the Hypertext dialog, set Command to Specify Named Destination. The word newlink appears in the box below. Add a unique, meaningful name for this destination, such as xy, so that the box contains newlink xy (sans quotes). Then click New Hypertext Marker. FM puts a marker symbol (T) at your cursor position. 4) Now go to where you want the list of screens. Enter the screen name XY Statistics, highlight the text, and apply a character format that gives it your xref/hyperlink appearance (blue underlined, or whatever). 5) With XY Statistics still highlighted (or the cursor somewhere in it), go to the Hypertext dialog and set Command to Jump to Named Destination. The word gotolink appears in the box below. Add the name you gave the destination marker (xy) so that the box contains gotolink xy (sans quotes). Click New Hypertext Marker. That's it. If the Validate check box was selected (the default), FM will inform you if it couldn't find the named destination (usually because you misremembered or mistyped the marker text you entered in step 3). Otherwise, you can test your new hyperlink by holding down the Ctrl and Alt keys while you click the link. Once you've done one, it'll take less time to do the next ten than it took to read this long-winded procedure. :-) HTH! Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- -- Carrie Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Cross References:using text that is not that linked to
Carrie Baker wrote: Frame 7.2 I am documenting an application with all sorts of reports that can be generated and displayed by selecting the appropriate screen in a dialog box. Each sort of report is described in the documentation with a heading 2 that used to say The xy Statistics screen and explains what you do with it and available options, explains the meaning of the parameters they see etc. Now I would like to call all of the headings Displaying Xy Statistics, Displaying z statistics etc. The FrameMaker problem I am encountering is that originally at the beginning of the section someone had written, the following screens are available and had a list of cross references to all of the titles which were each called xy screen etc. Now I have changed the title the cross reference to these headings will say, the following statistics can be displayed, and say for each cross reference Displaying xy statistics etc. I like this list of cross reference as when I convert the files to help, they are my hyperlinks, as well as the fact that we distribute the documentation as PDFs. The question is: Can I create a cross reference to somewhere, when the text that appears in the cross reference is something that I type in, and not the text that appears in Heading 2 (i.e. will say xy statistics, even though the header it jumps to is called Displaying xy statistics)? thanks I'm not entirely confident I understand your question, but I'll have a go at it... You have a lot of headings of the pattern Displaying xy statistics and you want cross references of the pattern xy statistics. Yes? You could change the headings to have an autonumber of Displaying and in your cross-ref format, use the $paratext building block. Elsewhere if you want the full heading referenced, use $paranum$paratext. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com If it makes things work more easily, why isn't it called lubrican? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Cross References:using text that is not that linked to
Carrie Baker wrote: Can I create a cross reference to somewhere, when the text that appears in the cross reference is something that I type in, and not the text that appears in Heading 2 (i.e. will say xy statistics, even though the header it jumps to is called Displaying xy statistics)? Well, others have suggested workarounds/kludges to let you do it with xrefs. But the simpler solution is to use hyperlinks instead of xrefs. Here's how: 1) Open the Hypertext dialog (Special Hypertext). It's non-modal and can stay open throughout the process. 2) Put your cursor in the Displaying XY Statistics Heading 2 (I recommend always putting the destination markers at the beginning of the destination pgfs, but that's up to you). 3) In the Hypertext dialog, set Command to Specify Named Destination. The word newlink appears in the box below. Add a unique, meaningful name for this destination, such as xy, so that the box contains newlink xy (sans quotes). Then click New Hypertext Marker. FM puts a marker symbol (T) at your cursor position. 4) Now go to where you want the list of screens. Enter the screen name XY Statistics, highlight the text, and apply a character format that gives it your xref/hyperlink appearance (blue underlined, or whatever). 5) With XY Statistics still highlighted (or the cursor somewhere in it), go to the Hypertext dialog and set Command to Jump to Named Destination. The word gotolink appears in the box below. Add the name you gave the destination marker (xy) so that the box contains gotolink xy (sans quotes). Click New Hypertext Marker. That's it. If the Validate check box was selected (the default), FM will inform you if it couldn't find the named destination (usually because you misremembered or mistyped the marker text you entered in step 3). Otherwise, you can test your new hyperlink by holding down the Ctrl and Alt keys while you click the link. Once you've done one, it'll take less time to do the next ten than it took to read this long-winded procedure. :-) HTH! Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Cross References:using text that is not that linked to
What clever ideas you both have had. thanks very much On 2/19/08, Peter Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Carrie and Steve: To extend Steve's suggestion a bit: If you always want to ignore the lead in word or phrase, whatever it may be, in the cross-reference - sometimes displaying the , sometimes defining an , sometimes brewing with a , etc - consider constructing these headings with two paragraph formats. Define a run-in paragraph format for the introductory word or phrase, and an in-column (normal) paragraph format for the following part. In other words, construct the headings of several paragraphs as building blocks, so you can cross-reference to each one individually. Example: Run-in paragraph format part1intro: The wonderful world of the Run-in paragraph format part2topicname xy statistics Run-in paragraph format itemname screen In-column paragraph format bodyafterhead: is better than sliced bread. Just try these features, blah blah The $paratext building block of a cross-reference that points to a part2topicname paragraph retrieves xy statistics, in the above example. With care, you can a number of consecutive run-in paragraphs for this kind of pin-point cross-reference retrieval. OK? HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Feb 19, 2008 11:38 AM, Stuart Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Carrie Baker wrote: Frame 7.2 I am documenting an application with all sorts of reports that can be generated and displayed by selecting the appropriate screen in a dialog box. Each sort of report is described in the documentation with a heading 2 that used to say The xy Statistics screen and explains what you do with it and available options, explains the meaning of the parameters they see etc. Now I would like to call all of the headings Displaying Xy Statistics, Displaying z statistics etc. The FrameMaker problem I am encountering is that originally at the beginning of the section someone had written, the following screens are available and had a list of cross references to all of the titles which were each called xy screen etc. Now I have changed the title the cross reference to these headings will say, the following statistics can be displayed, and say for each cross reference Displaying xy statistics etc. I like this list of cross reference as when I convert the files to help, they are my hyperlinks, as well as the fact that we distribute the documentation as PDFs. The question is: Can I create a cross reference to somewhere, when the text that appears in the cross reference is something that I type in, and not the text that appears in Heading 2 (i.e. will say xy statistics, even though the header it jumps to is called Displaying xy statistics)? thanks I'm not entirely confident I understand your question, but I'll have a go at it... You have a lot of headings of the pattern Displaying xy statistics and you want cross references of the pattern xy statistics. Yes? You could change the headings to have an autonumber of Displaying and in your cross-ref format, use the $paratext building block. Elsewhere if you want the full heading referenced, use $paranum$paratext. -- Carrie Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Cross References:using text that is not that linked to
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:01:21 +0200, Carrie Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I create a cross reference to somewhere, when the text that appears in the cross reference is something that I type in, and not the text that appears in Heading 2 (i.e. will say xy statistics, even though the header it jumps to is called Displaying xy statistics)? The simplest way to do that is to use hyperlinks instead of cross-references. First put a hypertext newlink marker in the destination paragraph, with a unique name for the para. Put a hypertext gotolink marker with the same name in the referencing paragraph at the text you want to use as the hotspot. Apply a character format to the hotspot text, including the gotolink marker. Then the hotspot text will act like a cross-reference in your PDF or HTML output. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
