Character formatting problem

[Joe Malin]

You're not missing anything. The FM interface is quite confusing for
this task.

I do character tags with the following steps:
1. Open the Character Designer (I use CTRL+D)
2. In the document, click to clear any selections. To verify you've done
it correctly, the
   *Character Tag* text box in the Designer should be blank.
3. Select *Commands > New Format*.
4. Enter a name for the new tag. In your case, it would be "Subscript".
5. Set *Store in Catalog*, but _clear_ *Apply to Selection*.
6. Click *Create*. _Notice that the *Character Tag* text box is still
blank._
7. With the insertion point still outside a selection, select
*Subscript* from the Designer
   dropdown box.
8. Set or clear the options you want. For a plain subscript, set
everything to *As Is*, and set
   the *Spread* and *Stretch* fields to blank. Also clear all the
options at the right of the
   Designer.
9. Set the checkbox next to *Superscript/Subscript*, then select
*Subscript* from the dropdown
   box.
10.Click *Update All*.

Test this. You should see a subscript. 

_Notice that the Character Designer shows you all the other settings
that previously applied to 
your selection_. That is, Character Designer does *not* switch to *As
Is* when you make a
selection. Instead, it shows the _current state_.

That's the confusing part of the UI. FM dialogs work that way. FM didn't
start out as a Windows app, so its UI does not show a Microsoft
influence. You may find it confusing; when I was first starting, I sure
did! In fairness to both Adobe and FM, it is confusing because it is not
what we expect.



	 Joe Malin
Technical Writer
(408)625-1623
jmalin at tuvox.com 
www.tuvox.com
The views expressed in this document are those of the sender, and do not
necessarily reflect those of TuVox, Inc.	

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+jmalin=tuvox.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+jmalin=tuvox.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf
Of Charles Beck
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:48 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Character formatting problem

Fellow Framers,
 
I am trying to create a new character format, called Subscript. This
format should only make the selected text appear in a subscript, same
(relative) size, font, weight, color, etc. with respect to the default
paragraph font. However, Frame (7.0) does not allow me to use the "As
Is" option for the Size attribute. Whenever I try to select it ("As Is")
and Apply/Update All, Frame fills in this field with the text size for
the paragraph I am currently in. That then becomes the default font size
for this character format from that point on. 
 
How do I get it so that this character format does not mess with the
font size, but leaves it alone? I'm stumped on this one... What am I
missing?
 
Chuck

Chuck Beck | Sr. Information Developer | Infor Global Solutions, Inc. |
Office: 614-523-7302 | Charles.Beck at infor.com 

 
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