Special character as bullet

[Huntley Eshenroder]

You are on the right track. Create a character format for Dingbats and
apply it to the beginning your bullet paragraph format. After the
bullet, add the Default Paragraph character format to turn the font
back to whatever is specified for the paragraph.

-Huntley



On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Nina Rogers
<Nina.Rogers at drakesoftware.com> wrote:
> I want to create a paragraph style for bullets, but I want to use a
> pointing finger instead of a traditional black dot for the bullet. I'm
> in Framemaker 7 (unstructured), and my beloved Framemaker 7 guide says,
> "Another way to set up bullets involves taking advantage of the
> character formatting that's available. You can, for example create a
> character format that applies Zapf Dingbats or Wingdings font, and then
> use one of the dingbats or wingdings to make a special bullet (such as
> diamonds or pointing hands)."
>
> This is exactly what I want to do! Unfortunately, the paragraph ends
> there and doesn't explain how to do it. :-(
>
> I have the Character_Sets.pdf file open from my Online Manuals
> directory, and it looks like the pointing hand is the dingbats graphic
> for Hex code \x2b. (If, that is, I'm reading this right, which may not
> be the case.) But that's also the hex code for the "plus" sign. I can
> create a bullet that uses that plus sign, but I don't know how to make
> the jump to the pointing hand.
>
> I guess I could create a character style for dingbats and manually type
> the character for the pointing hand ... but then I would need to change
> the font manually (I think) for the rest of the text.
>
> My question: How do I create a paragraph style that will make the hand
> appear as a bullet, but will allow me to type any additional text in my
> usual font (in this case, Times New Roman)?
>
> I'm sure I could figure this out eventually, but it's Friday and my
> brain is fried ... and I really want to get this format in place before
> I leave today.
>
> Thanks so much for your help.
>
> Nina Rogers (still feeling like a Framemaker newbie after all these
> years)
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