Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-12 Thread eric . dunn
David Bills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/10/2006 04:50:57 AM: The point I'm attempting to make is that large departments, particularly those that weigh specialized technical skills and experience higher than desktop publishing skills, should factor the Frame capabilities of their less skilled

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-12 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
"David Bills" wrote on 06/10/2006 04:50:57 AM: > The point I'm attempting to make is that large departments, particularly > those that weigh specialized technical skills and experience higher than > desktop publishing skills, should factor the Frame capabilities of their > less skilled Frame

Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-10 Thread David Bills
capabilities of their less skilled Frame users into these types of decisions. Dave Bills - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: John Posada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: framers@frameusers.com Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 12:31 PM Subject: Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-10 Thread David Bills
capabilities of their less skilled Frame users into these types of decisions. Dave Bills - Original Message - From: <eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com> To: "John Posada" Cc: Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 12:31 PM Subject: Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Ins

Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread nancy carpenter
This might work better than text insets. I use text insets for definitions of fields on screens and for introductory paragraphs that are used in more than one chapter. Is there a limit to how much text you can insert with a cross reference? My introductions often are two or three paragraphs.

Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread John Posada
No...I've imported documents that were hundreds of pages long into another document. Of course, everything has a limit...maybe a million pages might be a problem? than one chapter. Is there a limit to how much text you can insert with a cross reference? My introductions often are two or

Re: Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread eric . dunn
The text content of a cross-reference is limited by what you can build using the Xref building blocks. It may be possible to have a Xref that produces multiple paragraphs (Using \R in the def?) but I doubt it would be workable. But to combine multiple paragraphs, you need to have information

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread nancy carpenter
This might work better than text insets. I use text insets for definitions of fields on screens and for introductory paragraphs that are used in more than one chapter. Is there a limit to how much text you can insert with a cross reference? My introductions often are two or three paragraphs.

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread John Posada
No...I've imported documents that were hundreds of pages long into another document. Of course, everything has a limit...maybe a million pages might be a problem? > than one chapter. Is there a limit to how much text you can insert > with a cross reference? My introductions often are two or

Variables vs Cross-references vs Text Insets [WAS: Hiding Pages?]

2006-06-09 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
The text content of a cross-reference is limited by what you can build using the Xref building blocks. It may be possible to have a Xref that produces multiple paragraphs (Using \R in the def?) but I doubt it would be workable. But to combine multiple paragraphs, you need to have information