Thanks for that tip, Rick. It works brilliantly, and it's so simple I'm surprised I didn't think of it.
Doug On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 12:13 PM Rick Quatro <r...@rickquatro.com> wrote: > I am not sure how your document is set up, but I have done something like > this: > > paragraph format: "anchor" with autonumber F:<n+> and color White. This is > the paragraph that has the anchored frame. > paragraph format: "caption" with autonumber F:Figure <n>. > > All of my cross-references point to the anchor paragraph. > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing Inc. > r...@frameexpert.com > 585-729-6746 > www.frameexpert.com/store/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro....@lists.frameusers.com> > On > Behalf Of Doug > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 11:55 AM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > <framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Captions > > My shop's standard is to (sigh) put the captions below the objects. My > workaround for this is to put a xref link above the object. This works > well, except the object name/number in the xref link doesn't update > automatically if the caption changes. (This is the reason for one of my > feature requests I've submitted.) > > I was hoping I'd overlooked an easy solution to ensure my caption > names/numbers in the xref links would stay updated automagically. > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 9:07 AM Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Frame goes to where you put the cross-reference marker, so yes, if you > > want the graphic to be visible when you jump to it, you have to put > > the marker above the graphic. Frame only has one type of > > cross-reference marker; there is no way for the program to distinguish > > between "this place in the text", "this caption above a graphic", or > "this > caption below a graphic". > > > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 8:19 AM Doug <dbailey4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Is there an industry standard or best practice to follow when > > > deciding where to place the caption for an image, table, or > > > equation? The obvious choices are either above the object or below it. > > > > > > Also, if you place your captions below, how do you deal with making > > > cross-references to the caption? In my experience the caption > > > displays > > at > > > the top of the screen after the link jump. which puts the object out > > > of sight above the top of the screen in this case. > > > > > > It almost seems as if FrameMaker expects users to put captions above > > > the object. > > > > > > Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's > > > homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > > > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > > > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > Lin Sims > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > > Archives located at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
