Re: Seeing original tag definitions [was: fonts and variables ingenerated files]

[Newton Furia <furia@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Oppss...

> The situation is one step weirder for the Paragraph Designer. The Default
> Font page always shows you the font settings for the definition, not the
> selection. I guess they figure you can get the current font info from the
> Character Designer.

The afirmation above is wrong. The Paragraph Designer always shows the
properties for the current paragraph selected, not for the definition.

If the selected text has a character format, the Paragraph Designer
font properties shows the Default font from the paragraph and the
Character Designer shows the font from the selection, but neither
shows the definition, that are only available when the tag is chosen
from the pop-up list.
So, if you have a paragraph with some overrides, these settings will
be shown, not the definition for that paragraph.



Newton Furia

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>From: Rhea Tolman <rhea@omsys.com>
>Subject: Seeing original tag definitions [was: fonts and variables in
generated files]
>Date: 14 de jun de 2000 de13:34

> This topic has gotten a lot of attention, but there's I want to lean on it
> a little more. If you want to display the original settings of a tag, you
> must reselect that tag from the list of tag names in the Designer *even if
> that tag is already displayed in the Designer*. In fact, you must reselect
> it *especially* if that tag is already displayed. Frame's intention about
> this is as follows: (a) to see the font characteristics of a particular bit
> of text, click in it and display the Character Designer. It shows you all
> the character properties at the insertion point. If you select a range of
> text and do this, the Designer shows you what properties are true for the
> whole selection. Things that change within the selection are set to As Is.
> (b) To see an original tag definition, select--or reselect--it from the
> list in the Designer. You see the original definition and are free to
> change it and Update the definition as you will.
>
> The situation is one step weirder for the Paragraph Designer. The Default
> Font page always shows you the font settings for the definition, not the
> selection. I guess they figure you can get the current font info from the
> Character Designer. The rest of the Paragraph Designer works like the
> Character Designer, though. It shows you the properties of the paragraph
> containing the insertion point (except for font settings). If you reselect
> that same tag from the list in the Designer, you see the original settings.
>
> It's arcane, I know. But once you get used to it, it's useful. I use the
> functionality I just described every day. I guess if I were designing
> FrameMaker, I'd add a field labeled "Showing" on the left side of the
> Designer. There would be a dropdown with two entries: Current and
> Definition. That way, it would be explicit which thing you were seeing.
>
> -Rhea Tolman
> Lead Tech Writer, B-Bop Associates, Burlingame, CA
> 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)?
>
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