Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for autonumberedparagraph format

[Steve Cavanaugh]

I have a little different technique for figures here.  I have set up a
Table format with title below, the paragraph format having the word
"Figure" in the numbering scheme.  It is a one-row one-column table,
with no borders into which I place my graphic reference.  This allows me
to refer to it by name, format it with a paragraph format, and set its
width and placement using that paragraph format.  It works great because
the title is beholden to the table, and it flows with the rest of the
flow as I want it to.   


Steve Cavanaugh
Sr. Technical Writer
NAT Seattle Inc.

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On Behalf Of Rene Stephenson
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:11 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; framers at omsys.com
Subject: Captions: dynamic or relative indentation for
autonumberedparagraph format

Hi All,
   
  (FM7.2 on WinXP) Our templates and style guide have the graphics and
tables left-aligned with captions. However, when the figure is an
integrated graphic in a procedure, it looks a bit odd to have the figure
and caption all the way over against the left edge of the text frame
when the surrounding text is at various levels of indentation-.25 inches
for numbered steps and additional .25 inches for substep or bullet
levels, potentially .75 inches from the left margin, if the graphic
appears after options in an alpha substep, like a short bulleted list
under step 3 (b). (I hope that make sense. It would be so much easier to
just show you!)
   
  A couple of employers (and several years) ago, we had FM templates
that used a figure caption paragraph format, and if-when you inserted
the anchored frame-you followed some certain procedure (which of course
I cannot find and only vaguely remember) you could get the paragraph to
align itself relative to the level of indentation of the preceding
paragraph. Long story short, that company got sold, and the other
writers have long been scattered to the winds. 
   
  So, now I'm trying to reinvent the wheel. I tried messing around with
where I insert the anchored frame and the various combinations of
anchored frame positioning and alignment, but I can't seem to get it
working.  Seems like we had a shortcut keystroke set up, maybe with a
.cfg file or something, but you could manually make it happen even
without using the shortcut. Does anyone on this list have any ideas?
Brainstorming would be helpful!  :-)
   
  Thanks,
  Rene Stephenson
   
   
   


Rene L. Stephenson
eNovative Solutions, Inc.
Business Phone: 678-513-0051
Email: rinnie1 at yahoo.com



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