Framemaker uses

[Deirdre Reagan]

Unless you meant stabilize, as in once the Style is created, Word
doesn't mysteriously delete the indents.  That has happened to me on
more than one occasion!

Deirdre

On 5/16/08, Deirdre Reagan <deirdre.reagan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Richard:
>
> I agree the FrameMaker's numbering system is far superior to Word's system.
>
> However, in Word, you can stabilize the numbering system.  Go to
> Tools>Protect Document and click the box Limit formatting to a
> selection of styles.  Click the Settings link and from there, you can
> choose which styles the document's users can employ and which they
> cannot.
>
> Deirdre
>
> On 5/16/08, Richard Pesant <Richard.Pesant at shimadzu.ca> wrote:
> > Actually, there are 2 major problems with Word's autonumbering feature. The
> > first one is setting it up properly, for which we do have control. The
> > second one is stability, for which we have absolutely no control. From my
> > own experience, I have not yet found a way to get stable numbering in a Word
> > doc. Period. On the other hand, this is one of Frame's great advantage.
> > Stability.
> >
> >
> >
> > Richard Pesant
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: Jon Harvey [mailto:JHarvey at cambridgesoft.com]
> >
> > Sent: Thu, 15 May 2008 19:08:05 -0400
> >
> > To: Deirdre Reagan, Robin B White
> >
> > Cc: Frame Users, Leah Smaller
> >
> > Subject: RE: Framemaker uses
> >
> >
> >
> > I have to agree with Deirdre. I struggled with the same autonumbering
> >
> > issues in Word that everyone else has before I realized how it actually
> >
> > works. Even after you know how to use it, you still have to pay
> >
> > attention to what you are doing so that you don't mess it up. But do I
> >
> > like it better than how FM does the same thing? Of course not. FM is
> >
> > much easier to use.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jon Harvey
> >
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