Structured questions

[Joel]

Thanks (belatedly) very much Kay.

On 10/3/07, Sales at Bright Path <sales at travelthepath.com> wrote:
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> Hi Joel:
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> 1. If you click in a text line, it goes blank because the text lines are
> not
> attached to structure.  Rather than using a text line or text frame, you
> should keep everything connected in the structure.  That means adding
> elements when more content is needed.  If you can clarify which of the
> Frame
> 8 templates you are using, I'd be happy to help you figure out the
> structure
> and which element will produce the caption.  Our team made the templates
> so
> I am familiar with most of the structures.
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> 2. FrameMaker allows lines to break, unless you use the "hard space" you
> mention below.  I don't know of a control.  You can control text spacing
> and
> things like that to manually modify the text flow.
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> Good luck,
>
> Kay
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> Kay Whatley
> kay at brightpathsolutions.com (NEW EMAIL)
> Bright Path Solutions
> 1.919.244.8559
> Website: http://www.brightpathsolutions.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:12 PM
> To: framers at frameusers.com
> Subject: Structured questions
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> Preface: I am trying to learn Structured Frame, XML and DITA - it's all
> new
> to me.
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> 1. I am using one of Frame 8's structured templates, and I inserted a
> graphic. Now I want to add a caption, and I tried using a text line. the
> Structure View window goes blank when I click on the text line. Do I need
> to
> create an element to reflect this text line?
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> 2. A general, dumb Frame question: How do I ensure that lines aren't
> breaking, other than <Ctrl> + Spacebar between words?
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> Thanks,
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> JW
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