FW: border around a word?

[Maxwell Hoffmann]

Hi Gunnar,

I sent this to you yesterday and forgot to "cc" the list. Here is summary of most common method for an inline anchored frame.

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Maxwell Hoffmann

-----Original Message-----
From: Maxwell Hoffmann 
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 10:54 AM
To: 'Gunnar Carlsson'
Subject: RE: border around a word?

Gunnar,

FrameMaker has no real equivalent for putting "real" borders or highlighter around words or paragraphs. If you want to box a paragraph, put it in a single cell table. The techique below (while crude) will put a box around two words on the character level and allow them to paginate during editing. You are essentially creating a small anchored frame:

== insert cursor where you desire to "box" the words == select and COPY the two words == use drawing tools to create a "textline" ([A] icon) in margin of the page
   
== select the text line as an object (control click) and CUT it to clipboard == use delete key to get rid of the original in-line two words to be boxed == insert cursor where beginning of two words was and PASTE
   (a below insertion point anchored frame is created with the two words in it) == with anchored frame selected, use following keys (one at a time):
   ESC  m  p
   this will "shrinkwrap" the graphic text and make the anchored frame slightly
   larger than the two words
== select the anchored frame and use drawing tools to turn make the 
   border of anchored frame black
== with anchored frame still selected, zoom to 200% and press ALT cursor down
   until the baseline of the "boxed" text aligns with text before and after == you now have "boxed" text that will move with text as you add or delete 
   content in that paragraph

... Obviously if you need to repeat the same boxed words, you can simply copy/paste the anchored frame. You can also select the anchored frame and applied a solid fill pattern, then whatever color or tint you want to achieve what looks like highlighter background.

There are other techniques as well, but this one works pretty well for me in training materials if I want to avoid using graphics or screen captures for buttons and such. I hope this helps you.


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>-----Original Message-----
>From: framers-bounces+mhoffmann=translate.com at lists.frameusers.com 
>[mailto:framers-bounces+mhoffmann=translate.com at lists.frameusers.com] 
>On Behalf Of Gunnar Carlsson
>Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 9:29 AM
>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: border around a word?
>
>Hi,
>
>Does anyone know if there is an easy way to put a border around
>1-2 words in a sentence,  for example to mark a button. Example: 
>"Please press  ABORT  to leave this funcion." Here I would like to have 
>a thin border around  ABORT.  It is very simple to do in Word, but I 
>have not found anything like that in FrameMaker.
>
>Any idea?
>
>Gunnar Carlsson