Re: Default Anchored Frame Positioning

[Jay Smith <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Love it Dan!

Put my name on the list.

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Jay Smith

e-mail: jay@jaysmith.com



Dan Emory wrote:
> 
> There is no way to do what you want. Many people have complained about this.
> The obvious solution would be for Adobe to add an Anchored Frame catalog in
> the next FrameMaker release. This would allow you to pre-format named
> anchored frames to your heart's content, and put them in the new catalog.
> Then, anchored frame insertion could by accomplished by picking the
> appropriate format from the catalog. The only catch to this solution is the
> case where the the anchored frame is created by importing a graphic. In that
> case, a new dialog box would open which allows you to pick the anchored
> frame tag you want to use, in which case FrameMaker would ignore the
> horizontal/vertical size in the pre-defined format, and instead would size
> the anchored frame to fit the size of the imported graphic.
> 
> This solution would also help FM+SGML EDD developers, who could specify a
> predefined anchored frame format in the EDD for an anchored frame graphic
> element. Again, FrameMaker would ignore the predefined size if a graphic is
> being imported into the anchored frame.
> 
> If there is a consensus that such a feature would be a good idea, why don't
> all of us who like the idea put our names on an enhancement request and send
> it to Adobe. However, since Adobe no longer has an e-mail address for such
> requests, someone with a support subscription will have to send it.
> 
> At 01:24 PM 12/8/98 -0500, Mark Dykstra wrote:
> >Does anyone know how to set a default position for anchored frames when
> >importing graphics files into a document?
> >
> >When I import a graphic file, Frame automatically inserts it into an
> >anchored frame positioned Below Current Line. I'd like Frame to
> >automatically position the frame At Insertion Point.
> >
> >md.
> >
> >
> >
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