Disappearing Text in Anchored Frames

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Joe,

 

Pretty bizarre, but I just verified the behavior with my copy of FrameMaker
10. For what it's worth, it doesn't happen in the last beta version of
FrameMaker 11.

 

Note, however, that doing multi-line callouts this way is not really the
best approach. When you press the Enter key, you are actually creating a
separate Text Line object for each subsequent line. This can cause
maintenance headaches later if you want to edit the callouts or change their
formatting characteristics. You are better off using a Text Frame so that
you can apply a paragraph format to the callouts. This will allow you to
easily control all of the formatting for the callouts.

 

There is one thing to be aware of when adding Text Frame callouts to
anchored frames where the callouts will be on top of an imported graphic:
make sure you select the imported image, right-click, and choose Runaround
Properties. In the resulting dialog box, choose Don't Run Around and click
Set. Otherwise, you may find your callouts "overflowing" their Text Frames.
In my opinion, this should be the default setting for imported images, but
for some reason it is not.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very
much.

 

Rick

 

Rick Quatro

Carmen Publishing Inc.

585-283-5045

rick at frameexpert.com

 

 

 

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
Joseph.Carver at vsea.com
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 10:19 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Disappearing Text in Anchored Frames

 

  Greetings Experts, 

Frame 10.0.2.419 

Windows 7 & XP 

Text placed into an anchored frame that has a carriage return loses the
first character when the doc is saved. 

Actions: 
        1) Create anchored frame 
        2) Import a graphic or two 
        3) Label the graphic 
                >> Graphics 
               >> Tools 
               >> Click the "A" 
               >> Position cursor 
               >> Type some text 
               >> Hit Enter key 
                >> Type another line 
                >> Save doc 
                        >> First character vaporizes from "another line" 

Consistently across two versions of Windows, and on a few different
machines, the first character of the second line simply disappears. 
Saving the doc. triggers the action. 
If additional lines are added with a carriage return, they too will lose
that first character when the doc. is saved. 
This does not occur with Frame 8. It is very repeatable. 
  
Are there any workarounds for this, or is it just a known "feature"? 


Thanks in advance for time, replies and interest. 

Best Regards 
Joe Carver 

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