Keyboard shortcuts in FM8 (was Re: 8.0.1 patch fixes FM Book to PDF issue)

[Alan Houser]

The FrameMaker 8 keyboard shortcut issue is particularly frustrating. 
It's not just F9; it's all of the ctrl/F[0-9] shortcuts (element 
operations, conditional text, variables, character and paragraph 
formats). Using these shortcuts can dramatically improve a writer's 
productivity using FrameMaker, and minimize reliance on the mouse.

In FM8, the shortcuts "time out", at an apparently random interval. 
Often the shortcut time-out is almost immediate. These keyboard 
shortcuts are nearly unusable in FM8.

I would also be interested in hearing whether anybody does _not_ 
experience this problem with FrameMaker 8, or if there is a work-around.

-Alan

Diane Gaskill wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> Yes, it was free. :-)  But they did not fix everything.  I still have
> problems with my F9 key when trying to use keyboard shortcuts.  the tag list
> does not stay in the field as it should.   This is real problem because I
> rely on the shortcuts for all kinds of things.  Not being able to use th F9
> key is a real productivity slowdown.
>
> Does anyone know of a workaround that will make the F9 key behave?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Diane
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