<This is a long mail> Hello,
I have just migrated to FM 9.0 yesterday and IMHO, am finding the UI a pain to use. Some of the issues that I am having are: 1. When using structured interface, using F8 to select a character style creates a new element of the same type at the point where the style has to be applied. 2. When using F8 to apply the Default Format in FM8, we just used to select F8 and then press the <Enter> key. This is not possible in FM9 as there is an entry "Not Applicable" as the first entry in all the lists. 3. Dialogs persist and do not behave as required. For example, take the "Anchored Frame" dialog. When I want to insert an image in my document, I use an element "Image". This by default inserts an anchored frame and the "Anchored Frame" dialog box is displayed. However, when I click the <New Frame> button in the dialog, the frame is inserted but the dialog box changes to the edit mode and retains the focus. My definition of the "Image" element inserts the "Image Title" element below the image when I press the <Enter> button again. This action is now gone for a toss as I have to close this persistent dialog to get focus back to the document. This has slowed me down considerably as I work mostly with the keyboard. My question is Can these behavior be changed. I do not want dialogs to be persistent. I do not want the "Not Applicable" element as the first in any selectable list. IMHO, the changes made in FM9 are just eye-candy and do not add anything to the whole experience of working with Frame Maker. In fact, I find it a bit of a chore to use it. Regards, Venkatesh Parthasarathy, Senior Technical Writer. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- First Do No Harm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.