reversed text style

[Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp]

Hi Dick,

There's one draw back though on the rotated cell/text: it's very difficult to edit. I'd advise to use variables for the text so you don't have to edit the 'buttons' directly (unless they're all different of course).


Kind regards, vriendelijke groet,
Wim Hooghwinkel
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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Dick Spierings [mailto:d.spierings at fluidwell.com] 
Verzonden: woensdag 19 mei 2010 9:50
Aan: Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Onderwerp: RE: reversed text style

Hi Wim,

Your table-in-a-frame solution seems easier than the Rubi text solution because you can change (I read that with Rubi you cannot change or delete, only add). 

Using a table is also what Art Campbell tipped me. Now I have got that tip twice. But rotating table and text in opposite directions to auto-adapt to the text length is an excellent addition to this idea! 
You got me turned: using text instead of graphics keeps the option open to restyle, change and for the user ...to search!

Thanks for that tip and see you June 9th on NLDITA 2010!

Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,

Dick Spierings

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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp [mailto:wim at idtp.eu] 
Verzonden: dinsdag 18 mei 2010 20:05
Aan: framers at lists.frameusers.com
CC: Dick Spierings
Onderwerp: RE: reversed text style

Hello Dick,

Two more options I haven't seen passing by:

- Use an anchored frame at insertion point, put a text frame inside and in
that texframe place the one cell table. Adjust the frame to make it fit
nicely (store a dummy version somewhere for reuse). Additionally, if you
rotate the table left and then rotate the text right it will automatically
adapt to the text length. 

- Use the Rubi text function to create special highlighting. See the web
pages of Klaus Daube: http://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker51.html. He made a very
nice description of how to make use of Rubi tex.

But indeed, if you have a fixed set of buttons, using illustrations may be
more easy. Using text based images keeps the option open to make changes if
needed.

Kind regards, vriendelijke groet,
Wim Hooghwinkel

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forward to see you there!

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