Space!........ABOVE & BELOW!!

[Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC]

Thanx Peter,
I actually *did* know that; maybe instead of saying "compounding" I should've said "confounding" of spaces — for just the reason you stated — when a "below" setting that is larger than a following tag’s "above" setting.
I often fail to notice this when I'm in a tagging frenzy. It usually gets noticed by the customer during a doc review.  ≡8^@

That’s why I’m trying to make things more idiot–(that would be me)–proof.
Thanx for responding.

Regards,
DJ

-----Original Message-----
From: knowhowpro at gmail.com [mailto:knowhowpro at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gold
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:11 PM
To: Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC
Cc: framers
Subject: Re: Space!........ABOVE & BELOW!!

Hi, Darren:

It's a good idea to avoid surprises caused by the addition of space
below/above consecutive paragraphs.

I'm not sure if you know that FrameMaker is nearly unique* in its
method of inter-paragraph space settings. It's about "size matters."
FrameMaker honors the larger of space below and space above to set the
space between them. Almost all other text-creation tools combine the
spaces. The additive method requires more thought about designing for
many possible combinations of consecutive paragraph formats.

*I believe that Ventura Publisher offers the option to work either
larger one wins, or additive.

Regards,

Peter
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584
CBSS/GBHAC <Darren.Butler.ctr at robins.af.mil> wrote:
> Hello fellow FrameManiacs,
>
>  I'd like to know your philosophy - if you have one -  on using the
> "Above Pfg:" and "Below Pgf:" parameters when designing templates.
>
>  I have recently set all my ParaTags to "Below Pgf: = 0.0" to avoid any
> compounding of spaces. I'm using the "Below " setting only in special
> cases or when I need to override a tag (which I try and keep to a
> minimum).
>
>
>
> Thanx,
>
> DJ
>
>
>
> Darren J Butler
>
> NG Corp
>
> [Space; the Final Frontier.......]
>