FM 8 - Change Bars

[Dave Reynolds]

What I've done is set up the anchored frame in AutoText.  Set to Outside 
Text Frame and Side farther from binding.  In the frame I've put a line 
that is the same colour and width as Frame's change bars, and the same 
distance from the text.  The Aframe is only about 1cm square, but the 
line extends the height of the page, but of course is only visible 
within the frame.  That way I can insert the frame quickly using 
AutoText, and resize the Aframe to make the line visible exactly where I 
want it.

Alan Litchfield wrote, on 30/04/2009 10:24 a.m.:
> Hi Linda,
>
> That only puts a short bar with the paragraph and does not extend the 
> full length of the anchored frame. Which is the really annoying thing.
>
> This is what I have suggested and seems to have got around the problem 
> unless something better emerges:
>> In the past (in flight manuals, for example) we have resorted to
>> putting an anchored frame that is the same height as the image's frame
>> outside the column (on the same side as the change bars of course) and
>> then using the line drawing tool to draw a vertical line in the
>> anchored frame. This allows you to have the line follow the image if
>> it reflows and can be easily deleted when required by deleting the
>> anchored frame - you just have to remember to do that manually.
>
> I was reminded of that approach by Dave (thanks).
>
> It is not the best but does the job.
>
> Cheers
> Alan
>
> On 30/04/2009, at 10:18 AM, Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
>
>> I believe that I've "faked it out" by enter a space in my anchor tag 
>> for the
>> anchored frame. I'm not in FM right now, but I think that will put the
>> change bar along the entire anchored frame.
>>
>>
>
> -- 
> Alan Litchfield MBus(Hons), MNZCS
> AlphaByte
> PO Box 1941, Auckland, NZ. 1140
> http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
>
>
>
>

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