Trouble selecting multiple graphics

Tue Apr 9 12:06:04 PDT 2013

Hmmm ... not sure what you are experiencing. For me, using a diagonal sweep works fine for selecting multiple graphics objects. Just have to make sure not to accidentally grab the text frame.

Could you have a mouse problem? I have noticed that with wireless mice, when the battery is weak, it sends along false "clicks". This could be interpreted as multiple clicks as you move the mouse, causing it to only select the "last" object it was over when "clicked".

This is, of course, a complete SWAG! :)

Z

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:50 AM
To: Paul Wilbraham
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Trouble selecting multiple graphics

Really? Then why does the online FrameMaker 11 help say (or seem to say) that you can?
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSd817046a44e105e21e63e3d11ab7f741c8-7ffb.html#WSd817046a44e105e21e63e3d11ab7f741c8-7fe9

And what the heck kind of workflow is that... making you click and copy/paste or whatever three, four, five times instead of once?

--Karen
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Paul Wilbraham <paul.wilbraham at m-ais.com<mailto:paul.wilbraham at m-ais.com>> wrote:
Karen
You cannot select more than one graphic frame, anchored or unanchored, at a time.

--Paul Wilbraham
On 09 April 2013 at 18:50 Karen Robbins <karendesign at gmail.com<mailto:karendesign at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Framers,

I'm not able to select multiple graphic frame objects. Diagonal dragging to encompass the objects with an invisible border only selects the last one over which the cursor passes. Using the shift-click-drag method gives the same result. Clicking the individual items' edge, with and without any modifier key I can think of, gives the same result. These graphic frames are not anchored. They often overlap the main text flow frame, but are not fully within it.

Ctrl+A grabs the main flow and any graphic fully within its text frame, but no graphics that partly overlap the frame. On a page with no main flow elements, ctrl+A grabs all text frames but only two of three graphic frames.

I've tried both the smart arrow cursor and the dumb one.

What am I missing?
Frame 11.0.1.382, Windows 7.

Thanks,
Karen

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