RE: weird to frame and back again

["Hedley Finger (EPA)" <Hedley.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

c.brown (Colin?  I mislaid the original message) wrote:

		> I need to build a template in frame to
		> convince them, but they want it to look exactly like their
weird template,
		> which means all headers have a grey fill that extends
totally across the
		> page behind the text. Did I describe it accurately?
		> 
		> If not you could look at my website (which isn't half
done) at

The PDF file of the Word document he (she?) sent had main headings with a
grey tint behind them extending from margin to margin.

Oh, dear, I feel a request for enhancement coming on.  FrameMaker can put a
graphic above and below a paragraph.  Why not add the capability to put a
graphic to the left or right, or even _behind_ the paragraph?

Some solutions:

@	Created an anchored frame containing your tint and set to go to the
back, and paste it at the start of every heading requiring a background
tint.  This need not be such a pain.  There's a handy little AutoText
utility you can get for Mac, Winduhs, and EUNUX which lets you do this sort
of thing with a keystroke.  See http://www.kagi.com/spsoftware/ or write to
mailto:SPSoftware@kagi.com.

@	Create a one-celled table to hold your heading and set up a suitable
tint for the cell.  

Warning: when FM compiles and index, it scans through the body flow first
and then backtracks through table cells (each is a little flow of its own).
Result: all your chapter headings are neatly listed at the end of the ToC,
after your section and subsection headings.

You can get around this by creating a weensy para tag with the type colour
set to white which echoes the visible heading and which is actually used to
compile the ToC.  I'll let your imagination come up with all the messy
maintenance and synchronization issues THAT approach involves.  While you
are writing and editing you can set the weensy para to a visible colour,
unless your pages have black backgrounds.

@	If the heading is a chapter title and always appears at the same
position on the page, you can put a tint rectangle on a special ChapterTitle
page and apply it when necessary.

Roo guards,
Hedley

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	c. brown [SMTP:frameguru@yahoo.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 21, 1999 2:54 AM
> To:	Hedley Finger (EPA)
> Subject:	RE: weird to frame and back again
> 
> here it is hedley
> 
> "Hedley Finger (EPA)" <Hedley.Finger@ericsson.com.au> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 	What I got when trying to access the Weird sample.pdf document:
> 	
> 	404 Not Found -- Netscape
> 	
> 	Not Found
> 	
> 	The requested URL /sample.pdf was not found on this server.
> 	
> 	--
> 	Regards,
> 	Hedley Finger Technical Writer
> 	
> 	Ericsson Australia Pty Ltd
> 	StarHUB NMOSS Project
> 	Level 34.42 Melbourne Central Tower
> 	360 Elizabeth Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia
> 	Tel. +61 3 9301 6214 Cell. +61 412 461 558 Fax. +61 3 9301 6199
> 	Email. hedley.finger@ericsson.com.au
> 	
> 	Hand Holding Projects Pty Ltd
> 	28 Regent Street Burwood VIC 3125 Australia
> 	Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Cell. +61 412 461 558 Fax. +61 3 9809 1326
> 	Email. hfinger@handholding.com.au
> 	
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