Re: Shading text in Frame

[Bill Briggs <web@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:46 AM +0100 19/12/03, <arinor@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have am working on the API reference for a forthcoming product 
> redesign. Encouraged by the product manager, I am also redesigning 
> the Frame template that has served to company for the past 6 years. 
> In pursuit of the these lofty goals, I have encountered a slight 
> problem that would be easily solved in Word.
>
> In Word one can shade text by simply Format>Borders and Shading and 
> applying a color shading to a selected text. I am trying to find an 
> equivalent functionality in Framemaker. Funny enough in my 4 years 
> of using Framemaker, I have never had to  apply shading to text. In 
> addition I would like to add this formatting element (shading) to a 
> paragraph tag....
>
> Waiting for a million responses...

 Well, I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned this little trick I 
have for such things. It's not perfect - the text won't break across 
lines, but it does make the shading follow the text if the text moves 
on the page or to a different page. Here's what you do.

 Insert a new medium equation, highlight the question mark, and with 
the symbols pallet showing, click on the "start string" item on the 
right. Now enter your text in the equation box. After having put in 
the text, select the frame in which the text resides and using the 
graphics pallet colour the fill as you wish (black with 10% tint 
looks okay). Now shrinkwrap the equation. There's your highlighted 
text. It doesn't get spellchecked, so watch your spelling. But it's a 
hell of a lot easier than messing with tables - yech.

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