[Framers] Hairline Frame Borders (Alan Salo (Ariens Plant 1)

[Rick Quatro]

You can still specify whatever line width you want, including those less
than 1 point; you just can't do so with the goofy slider on the tool bar.
While using an Object Style is the preferred solution for the original
poster, here is an alternative approach:

1) Make sure the Tools palette is displayed (View > Toolbars > Graphics
Toolbar).

2) Set the desired border width and pen properties on an anchored frame by
choose Graphics > Object Properties.

3) With the anchored frame still selected, press the Shift key and choose
Graphics > Pick up Object Properties. This will "load" the selected frame's
properties as the default on the Tool palette.

4) Select another anchored frame and click the "Set Pen Pattern" button and
"Set Line Width" button on the Toolbar. Click the buttons on the left, not
the sliders on the left.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
rick at frameexpert.com
585-366-4017




-----Original Message-----
From: Framers
[mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf
Of Michael Heine
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:48 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Hairline Frame Borders (Alan Salo (Ariens Plant 1)

Alan -
I was stuck with the same problem. Copying from earlier versions hadn't
occurred to me, a good idea. I guess there'll have to be hairlines on them
there reference pages from now on. Why would the >1 pt option be removed?
Strange notion, that.
Mike

Message: 6
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:48:21 +0000
From: "Alan Salo (Ariens Plant 1)"<asalo at ariens.com>
To:"framers at lists.frameusers.com"  <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Subject: [Framers] Hairline Frame Borders
Message-ID:<3fe498aae13948a6a2d2716e58592237 at ariens.com>
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Hello all,

We just updated to FM2017 and are unable to find a feature available in
earlier versions.

Our publication style requires a black hairline (.5 line weight) for
anchored frames surrounding illustrations. Now it appears that "1" is the
lowest width available on the slider bar when adding a new frame.

How do I set my line weights to allow this thinner line as a default? At
this point we've resorted to copying and pasting .5 frames from 2015 files.

Thanks,
Alan
____________________________________
Alan Salo | Manager, Technical Publications


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Michael Heine
Western University
London Canada
uwo.ca/olympic

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