Change defaults for New Document in FM 9?

Combs, Richard richard.combs at Polycom.com
Tue Nov 1 16:09:39 PDT 2011


Stuart Rogers wrote: 
 
> Years ago, in FM 7,  I was able to change the default options (ruler
> units, etc.) that would apply to the blank document that opens from the
> File > New Document command.  I seem to remember that it involved
> opening, revising, and saving a file that was located somewhere in
> Application Data or fminit or the like (a file that had no extension,
> IIRC).
> 
> I need to do the same thing now in FM 9 (TCS 2, Win XP), but cannot
> remember the file name or location.  Can anyone help me out?

I believe you're looking for shellnew.fm, and it should be in the fminit directory. 

HTH!

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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