RE: variables for a product name

[Deborah Snavely <dsnavely@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Regner asked:

Marketing Communications (MarComm) has laid down the edict
that the product name will have the alpha portion (WIDGET) in
full caps, and the numeric portion (2000) is to appear smaller
(smallcaps size).  The product name is entered as a variable in
Frame, but we can't find any way to produce the desired result
using the variable dialog box, nor will the changes "take" any
other way we go about it.  I was hoping that this limitation would
be fixed in version 6.0, but apparently it is not.


Possibilities that I can think of:
1  use two variables with no space between, one upper case and one small
caps
2  use a text inset from a tiny file instead of a variable (you can update
once to fix all instances without even importing variables!)
3  use an x-ref to a file parked at the end of the book file (useful trick
for stashing various book-building FM files such as LORs to graphics and
fonts, keeping text-inset files associated with the project, etc.)
4  create a text example on a reference page and copy and paste
(non-automated but portable)

Deborah Snavely, Senior Technical Writer, Aurigin Systems, Inc.




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