[Framers] FrameMaker 2020

[Doug]

What I'd like to see in a new version of FM is a non-modal information
dialog that displays all of the characteristics of the currently selected
frame.

Currently I have to use separate information windows for anchor frames and
object properties, for example.  They are non-modal, so that's good, but I
don't have the convenience of looking at the same location to view the data
I'm interested in, since they are separate dialogs.

What's worse is that both text frames and graphic frames use modal
windows.  I have to jump through some hoops to view their data, and because
they are modal, I can't use ANY other part of Framemaker unless I close
their Properties dialogs first.

I'm using FM 2017 BTW.

Computers are supposed to make our jobs easier.  A single non-modal
information dialog is one way to do so.

--Doug



On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 6:17 PM Mike Wickham <info at mikewickham.com> wrote:

> New versions of FrameMaker always seem to concentrate on adding features
> for the structured community. I get it. That's the strenght of the
> program. But the new features I'd like to see involve handling of
> graphics and type. For example, it would be nice to be able to make a
> graphic float in the middle of a two-column page, and have both columns
> wrap around it. Or how about taking advantage of the various OpenType
> features that InDesign can handle with ease, but Frame is clueless
> about-- like easy, true small caps, or oldstyle numerals? Or optical
> margins and hanging indents, for a more modern, refined look in printed
> docs? Or a separate offset setting for numerators and denominators?
> Right now, you can set superscript and subscript offsets to work for
> either super/subscripts or numerators/denominators, but not both.
>
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