Re: cursor location when opening a file

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:40 AM 6/2/00 -0700, Rick Henkel wrote:
>This is probably a stupid question with an obvious answer, but I can't
>figure out what it is.
>
>How does Frame determine where to put the cursor when you open a file? Some
>of our documents always open with the cursor in the main text box on the
>page, which is a flow A autoconnected text frame. Others always open with
>the cursor in a small, non-connected text frame for revision dates.
>
>What do I have to do to the latter to make the cursor always appear in the
>main text frame?
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FrameMaker puts the cursor in the first text frame (autoconnected or not) that
appears on the first page of the file. There is no way I can think of to change
that behavior.

Perhaps you should think about using some other method for placing
the revision date. Is the revision date visible or invisible? If it's 
invisible, and its
purpose is to produce the revision date in the running header or footer,
why not insert a RevDate variable in the running header or footer on the
master pages, and change the revision date by changing the value of the
RevDate variable? If the revision date is visible, why does it have to be 
in a separate,
unconnected text frame?
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