Keyboard shortcut for frame anchoring position?

[Matt Sullivan]

Check out Object Styles in FrameMaker 11. I don't believe there's a k/b shortcut in the current version, but by storing object styles (chapter 14 of the book) you can rapidly apply a slew of properties across a wide range of FM objects.

My video of this is posted at http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/features.html, not surprising titled "Object Styles."

-Matt

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On Mar 20, 2013, at 7:14 AM, "Harding, Dan" <dharding at illinois.edu> wrote:

> FrameMaker 10, Windows 7 64-bit.
> 
> I'm a keyboard-centric kinda guy. I eschew the mouse whenever possible. So I try to learn keyboard shortcuts, and for more lengthy processes, I automate via AutoHotkey. I'm running into issues with these [CENSORED] pods and that certain elements and actions are not accessible via keyboard.
> 
> For placing a certain type of graphic, I uses the following keystrokes:
> 
> Esc f I f (import file)
> <filename> Enter
> Esc m p (shrinkwrap)
> Shift-left arrow (selects graphic)
> 
> Now here's where the bugaboo occurs. I want to change the anchoring position of the selected object from its "At Insertion Point" to "Below current line", but cannot figure out a way to do it without having to use the mouse!
> 
> (The graphic imports as "Below current line", but shrinkwrapping it changes it, so I need to change it back. The reason the shrinkwrap step is necessary is that the graphic imports with space padded around it by default, which the shrinkwrapping removes. I don't want that extra padded space.)
> 
> Esc s a will get focus to that pod, but the Anchoring Position dropdown is never selectable.
> 
> Is there some sort of keyboard shortcut that will either get me to that dropdown list to change its setting, or that will set the anchor to "Below current line"?
> 
> Prior to the advent of pods, this was actually doable.
> 
> Alternatively, is there a way to set FrameMaker so that all imported graphics are automatically shrinkwrapped, or have no padding?
> 
> Grr... Idonwannausamouse!
> 
> Dan Harding
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