Fantastic! Thanks for the feedback. -----Original Message----- From: Framers <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Doug Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 3:27 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Framers] Captions
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 <[email protected]> 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. > [email protected] > 585-729-6746 > www.frameexpert.com/store/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers > <[email protected]> > On > Behalf Of Doug > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 11:55 AM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] > > > > > > > > > -- > > Lin Sims > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected] > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected] _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected]
