Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-20 Thread Klaus Daube
At 11:43 -0800 18/1/07, Karyn Hunt wrote: >I want to put a check box in front of a list of items to create a > checklist. How can I do this in FrameMaker? My first thought was to > ubstitute a box for bullets, but is that possible? And if so, how is it > done? Or is there anothe

Re: Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-20 Thread Klaus Daube
At 11:43 -0800 18/1/07, Karyn Hunt wrote: >I want to put a check box in front of a list of items to create a > checklist. How can I do this in FrameMaker? My first thought was to > ubstitute a box for bullets, but is that possible? And if so, how is it > done? Or is there anothe

Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-19 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 11:43 -0800 18/1/07, Karyn Hunt wrote: > I want to put a check box in front of a list of items to create a >checklist. How can I do this in FrameMaker? My first thought was to >substitute a box for bullets, but is that possible? And if so, how is it >done? Or is there another way to accomplis

Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-19 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
- Original Message - From: "Steve Rickaby" > If you find that none of the Zapf Dingbats look like a checkbox, or you don't want 3-d checkboxes, And here's another option: the font Universal News with Commercial Pi has a one-dimensional box, a checkmark, and a box with a checkmark alread

Re: Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-19 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
- Original Message - From: "Steve Rickaby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If you find that none of the Zapf Dingbats look like a checkbox, or you don't want 3-d checkboxes, And here's another option: the font Universal News with Commercial Pi has a one-dimensional box, a checkmark, and a box with

Re: Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-19 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 11:43 -0800 18/1/07, Karyn Hunt wrote: > I want to put a check box in front of a list of items to create a >checklist. How can I do this in FrameMaker? My first thought was to >substitute a box for bullets, but is that possible? And if so, how is it >done? Or is there another way to accomplis

Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Art Campbell
Richard, It's possible to select different parts of the autonumber string and apply a character format to 'em so you can affect format changes within the string. For instance, by painting part of the "checkbox" string, you can invoke Zapf (or whatever) and then change fonts so whatever comes after

Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Combs, Richard
Art Campbell wrote: > Richard, > It's possible to select different parts of the autonumber > string and apply a character format to 'em so you can affect > format changes within the string. Not in FM 6 or 7. Is this one of the big enhancements in 7.2? It didn't make Adobe's "key new features"

Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Art Campbell
Pretty easy Create a new character format with everything set to AsIs except the font, which needs to be ZapfDingbats. Then modify the Bullet para tag slightly: change the Autonumber string to something like this, so that it contains a lower case o: (o\t). Paint the o with the new Zapf charac

Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Combs, Richard
Art Campbell wrote: > Create a new character format with everything set to AsIs > except the font, which needs to be ZapfDingbats. > > Then modify the Bullet para tag slightly: change the > Autonumber string to something like this, so that it contains > a lower case o: (o\t). > Paint the o wi

RE: Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Combs, Richard
Art Campbell wrote: > Richard, > It's possible to select different parts of the autonumber > string and apply a character format to 'em so you can affect > format changes within the string. Not in FM 6 or 7. Is this one of the big enhancements in 7.2? It didn't make Adobe's "key new features

Re: Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Art Campbell
Richard, It's possible to select different parts of the autonumber string and apply a character format to 'em so you can affect format changes within the string. For instance, by painting part of the "checkbox" string, you can invoke Zapf (or whatever) and then change fonts so whatever comes after

RE: Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Combs, Richard
Art Campbell wrote: > Create a new character format with everything set to AsIs > except the font, which needs to be ZapfDingbats. > > Then modify the Bullet para tag slightly: change the > Autonumber string to something like this, so that it contains > a lower case o: (o\t). > Paint the o w

Re: Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Rene Stephenson
Karyn, I'm sure there are other ways to do it, but the way we handle it is: 1. Set up a new character format using the desired font that contains the kind of checkbox you want to use. 2. Set up a new paragraph format using autonumbering with the character format you set up in step 1 and

Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Rene Stephenson
Karyn, I'm sure there are other ways to do it, but the way we handle it is: 1. Set up a new character format using the desired font that contains the kind of checkbox you want to use. 2. Set up a new paragraph format using autonumbering with the character format you set up in step 1 and w

Re: Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Art Campbell
Pretty easy Create a new character format with everything set to AsIs except the font, which needs to be ZapfDingbats. Then modify the Bullet para tag slightly: change the Autonumber string to something like this, so that it contains a lower case o: (o\t). Paint the o with the new Zapf chara

Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Karyn Hunt
Hi All, I want to put a check box in front of a list of items to create a checklist. How can I do this in FrameMaker? My first thought was to substitute a box for bullets, but is that possible? And if so, how is it done? Or is there another way to accomplish this? Karyn __

Substituting a check box for a bullet in FrameMaker

2007-01-18 Thread Karyn Hunt
Hi All, I want to put a check box in front of a list of items to create a checklist. How can I do this in FrameMaker? My first thought was to substitute a box for bullets, but is that possible? And if so, how is it done? Or is there another way to accomplish this? Karyn