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Subject: RE: fonts and variables in generated files
From: David Cramer <dacramer@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:50:27 -0500
Sender: owner-framers@xxxxxxxxx
That weren't no bug, lady, it wuz a feature, yadda yadda yadda ;-) Making iterative changes in the character catalog works logically, in an orthogonal sort of way (I've been trying to use that word for a long time! Now I just have to figure out how to use it correctly [-( The trick to using the dialog box is to remember to *select the tag name from the popup before every change*!!!! And you CAN set all settings to As Is (press Shift+F8 in Windows) when creating a tag; or maybe I don't understand your point (a)? So, in FrameWin, suppose I want to create a new character tag called MyTag, which is specified as italics. 1) I press Ctrl+D to open the Character Designer. 2) I press Shift+F8 to set everything to As Is. 3) I type the name MyTag in the Character Tag box. 4) I press Enter, which is the same as clicking Apply, and produces the dialog box prompting me to confirm the new tag, plus letting me store it in the catalog and/or apply it to the current selection. I confirm everything (is that the same as denying nothing?) Whoa! The dialog box immediately shows the character attributes at the current location/selection. If I had selected some text before defining my tag, it will be italicised, but it will also look like everything else was specified, too, which I know is not true. But I persevere, because I understand the logic beneath the FrameMaker approach to displaying attributes! I am patient. Hmmm...then I realize that I'd really like to have MyTag always be Helvetica, as well as italicised. 1) I select the new tag name MyTag from the Character Tag popup list. Tada! My definition of a whole lot of As Is settings and italics is back! Life is good. 2) I select Helvetica from the Family popup. 3) I select Update All. I'm done. Regards, David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM company) Winnipeg MB R3H 0X4 Corporate Office Research & Development Canada ** To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@omsys.com ** ** with "unsubscribe framers" (no quotes) in the body. **