Thanks Stuart - I've received two offline suggestions along these lines and am looking at it right now! Thanks for all the on- and off-line responses! Laurie
-----Original Message----- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:18 PM To: Laurie Little Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: long target names in xref dialog Laurie Little wrote: > We have a document that is set up with the H1s as the menu path name (so as > to facilitate auto-population of online help). > > Some of these paths are quite long, with the result that the targets listed > in the cross-reference dialog are indistinguishable because many start the > same way, and the dialog box is not resizable. > > We have identified a few workarounds for this, including manually creating > distinct cross-reference markers in the text, or (less desirable for this > project) changing the structure of the H1s. > > Does anyone have any other ideas? > Thanks, > You could use a Resource Editor like http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/ to resize your x-ref_main dialog box to accommodate longer names. Make a backup of fmdlg.dll in Program Files > Adobe > Framemaker > fminit before you mess with it though! HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." — P.J. O’Rourke _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
