Need help building a para Warning tag

[Diane Gaskill]

Drew,

There is a similar way to use a table for Notes, Cautions, and Warnings that
uses a 2-celled table. This is probably what Joe Malin referred to in his
message.  BTW, the credit for this method goes to Brad Anderson.  I stole -
I mean "researched" it from a template he gave me way back in 2000.

1.  On the reference page, draw a reference frame about 6 inches wide and
one inch high. Name the frame Warning.

2.  In that frame, construct a 2-celled table with the left cell about 3/4
inch wide and the right cell the remaining width of the table.  Display only
the top and bottom borders of the table.  In the Table Designer dialog box,
name the table waWarning and set it to RIGHT aligned, with 5 or 6 pts above
and below.  Be sure to include the prefix wa in the name as shown here.  If
you want the table to look like a filled rectangle, display all ourside
borders and set the table shading to whatever color  and fill % you want.

3. Construct a 1/2 inch x 1/2 inch reference frame.  Name it zWarning.  In
that frame, place the standard ANSI warning symbol and size it to fit the
frame.

4. Click the paragraph tag in the left cell of the table.  Create a new
paragraph tag called zWarning. It does not matter what font you use, but set
all the spacings to 0 and make the font size and leading as small as
possible.  In the advanced tab, set Frame Below to zWarning.

5.  Click the para tag in the right cell of the table.  Create a new para
tag called waWarning and set it to whatever font you normally use for this.
In the numbering tab enable autonumbering and set the value to "Warning!\t"
Set the para's tab value to 0.6 in. In the Table Cell tab, set the Vertical
Alignment to Middle.

6. Save.

To place the table on a body page:
1. Create an empty paragraph mark where you want the table to be and keep
your cursoe on that paragraph.

2. Select Table > Insert and type wa <enter>. Or type Esc-t-i-wa [Enter].
The 2-celled table, with the symbol and the autonum text drops onto the
page.  You can add text after the work Warning as needed.

3.  Now, you will need to manually adjust the length of the right cell of
the table on the REFERENCE page, so that when you place the table on the
body page, that the word Warning is left aligned with the body text.  Here
is an example.

             Body text Body text Body text    Don't anchor the table
here.->P
   P  _________________________________________________________________
     |   /\                                                            |
     |  /  \  Warning!  (User-entered additional text here.)           |
     | /____\                                                          |
     -------------------------------------------------------------------

If you want,I can send you an FM file with a set of tables for notes,
caution, warning, and a few others all done and ready to use.  Just import
the reference page.

Hope this helps.

Diane
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-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com]On
Behalf Of Daniel Doornbos
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 12:27 PM
To: Knox Drew-KFP368; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Need help building a para Warning tag


Hi Drew,

I do something like what you described in my docs by creating a
four-cell table for the warning message.
The top left cell has an an imported graphic with the anchored frame set
to Run Into Paragraph.
The top and bottom left cells are straddled.
The top right cell holds the heading (level of warning), centered in
bold text.
The bottom right cell holds the content in regular, left-aligned text.
I apply custom rules to the bottom right (text) cell.
The ruling you mentioned is applied in the Table Designer, Ruling tab,
Outside Ruling box.
I have these little tables already made up, so I can paste a warning
into the text flow where I want it, then I add the appropriate text for
the warning.
The tables anchor to the paragraph above.
HTH

Daniel Doornbos
Technical Writer
Promise Technology, Inc.
408 228-1437
danield at promise.com


-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Knox Drew-KFP368
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:41 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Need help building a para Warning tag


How do I build a paragraph tag that has the title "Warning," room for a
para below, a graphic to the left vertically centered, and all of that
bound by a filled rectangle?

I put the word "Warning" into Numbering in the Paragraph Designer but
can't recall how to include a return for the warning text nor how to
include the warning graphic.

I'm also stuck in properly referencing the bounding box. I built a
filled rectangle on the Reference page but that comes in either above or
below the word "Warning" instead of enclosing it.

TIA,

Drew Knox
at Motorola
in way too cold Horsham, PA

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