How do I add a Tab to a Marker using Glossary

[Ridder, Fred]

I suspect that you're seeing the result of FrameMaker's handling of
tab stops.  I'm guessing that the paragraph tag that is being used for 
the collected glossary items lacks a defined tab stop position.
Without one or more defined tab positions (and the default is to have
none), you can type as many tab characters as you want (manually 
or via an escape code in a dialog box), and FrameMaker won't budge
so much as a single point.  Open the Paragraph Designer from your
glossary file and make sure that the Basic properties sheet shows
a tab defined at an appropriate location.

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com)
Intel
Parsippany, NJ

 

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Brenda Waltermeyer
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 8:53 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: How do I add a Tab to a Marker using Glossary

I have a generated file for my acronyms and abbreviations. I am using FM
on
a PC.
When we used FM on a MAC we would just put in the Marker box (Glossary)
and
type:

    JHU/APL\tThe Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    And then press edit marker

Once we are done with marking all other acronyms, we would generate the
file. 
It would put the tab for us and we would have  list:
    JHU/APL     The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    etc..


On the PC side when we do this we do not get the Tab in our generated
file
It shows up as:
    JHU/APL\tThe Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

No Tab.

How do I put in a tab in the Marker box and get it to generate properly?


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Brenda L. Waltermeyer
Lead Desktop Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
National Security Technology Department
Visual Information, Editorial, and Web Services, STB-4 Section
Room 8-375
Phone: (443) 778-8748

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