OT: Business insurance for independent contractors

[Kelley West]

Try Interstate or Fireman's Fund Insurance. I used to work for them, and
they have a large variety of professional liability insurance packages.


On 4/30/07 7:43 PM, "Pat Christenson"  wrote:

> Are any of the independent contractors here carrying business
> insurance? It's been some time since I last checked on it but when I
> did, I found the cost to be very high and the coverage less than
> adequate. I was told at the time that very few companies would cover
> an independent contractor doing computer-related work (doc
> production) because they don't differentiate between for instance,
> someone setting up a payroll system who could do immense damage to a
> client and someone like me (setting up FrameMaker templates where it
> would be almost impossible to do large damage. When clients require
> insurance, I end up working through an agency but I'd prefer to be an
> IC.
> 
> Anyway, if anyone here is carrying it, I'd be interested to hear
> about your experience. Feel free to contact me offlist.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT

[Michael Zaichenko]

Thank you Richard,
does it mean I can't just select a character and with a simple command get 
its ASCII displayed?
That's what I'm essentially after.
Michael


>From: "Combs, Richard" 
>To: "Michael Zaichenko" ,
>CC: 
>Subject: RE: ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT
>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:31:40 -0600
>
>Michael Zaichenko wrote:
>
> > Thanks Chris,
> > this seems to be a one way road: number into letter. How
> > about the other way around. I need to know what ascii or hex
> > number a certain letter is. I have a far too sophisticated
> > script that loops through characters and assigns them codes
> > and displays you a corresponding number. Is there a "natural"
> > way of getting this information?
>
>I may be misunderstanding the question (I'm not sure what you mean by
>"natural" or what your script is doing). But a character's ANSI or hex
>code doesn't change, so why do you need a way to determine it
>programmatically? It seems to me that your script just needs a reference
>source -- a text file or whatever -- where it can look this up. You may
>need to create this reference. :-)
>
>See Character_Sets.pdf (in the OnlineManuals subdirectory of your
>$FMHOME directory) for all the ANSI and hex code values for the
>FrameMaker character sets. If you have the full Acrobat, you might try
>saving this file as RTF. From there, judicious editing should yield a
>suitable reference text file.
>
>Richard
>
>
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>303-223-5111
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>303-777-0436
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ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT

[Michael Zaichenko]

Thanks Chris,
this seems to be a one way road: number into letter. How about the other way 
around. I need to know what ascii or hex number a certain letter is. I have 
a far too sophisticated script that loops through characters and assigns 
them codes and displays you a corresponding number. Is there a "natural" way 
of getting this information?

Michael


>From: Chris Borokowski 
>To: Michael Zaichenko , 
>framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Re: ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT
>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:22:54 -0700 (PDT)
>
>A quick search reveals this function may help you:
>
>IntValue(variable-name)
>
>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framescript-users/message/4005
>
>--- Michael Zaichenko 
>wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > does anyone know a way or a command to retrieve an
> > ASCII or HEX number of a
> > selected character with a framescript.
> > Thanks in advance
> > Michael
> >
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Acrobat Reader 4 appending PDF files

[Mary Holder]

Hello,

One of my clients is including Acrobat Reader 4 on their CD so that users
who don't have access to higher versions of Reader can view the PDFs
included on the CD. Today I was notified that when a user opens the
readme.pdf file and clicks on a link to another PDF, the new document is
appended to the readme file.

Is there a reason for this? Is there a cure?

I am using FM 7.2 and Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional to create the readme
and other PDFs. 

Thanks in advance.

Mary Holder
The Roving TechWriter
www.therovingtechwriter.com  
(256) 682-3892

ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT

[Rick Quatro]

Michael,

You can use this on the selected character:

If TextSelection.Begin.Object = TextSelection.End.Object
  If TextSelection.Begin.Offset <> TextSelection.End.Offset
Display eUtl.StringToInt{TextSelection.Begin.TextRange1.Text};
  EndIf
EndIf

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com

Re: OT: Business insurance for independent contractors

[Alan Litchfield]

Hi Pat

>
> Anyway, if anyone here is carrying it, I'd be interested to hear
> about your experience. Feel free to contact me offlist.
>

I have both general business insurance with large public liability cover and
where necessary I get professional indemnity insurance. The professional
indemnity insurance is the one that is really expensive. I only bother with it
on specific jobs, otherwise I ensure that processes are in place where the
liability/accountability is held by the client.

When I have professional indemnity insurance the cover is only for the
specific job and is always a hassle to get sorted.

Cheers
Alan

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OT: Business insurance for independent contractors

[Pat Christenson]

Are any of the independent contractors here carrying business  
insurance? It's been some time since I last checked on it but when I  
did, I found the cost to be very high and the coverage less than  
adequate. I was told at the time that very few companies would cover  
an independent contractor doing computer-related work (doc  
production) because they don't differentiate between for instance,  
someone setting up a payroll system who could do immense damage to a  
client and someone like me (setting up FrameMaker templates where it  
would be almost impossible to do large damage. When clients require  
insurance, I end up working through an agency but I'd prefer to be an  
IC.


Anyway, if anyone here is carrying it, I'd be interested to hear  
about your experience. Feel free to contact me offlist.


Thanks.

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OT: Business insurance for independent contractors

[Pat Christenson]

Are any of the independent contractors here carrying business  
insurance? It's been some time since I last checked on it but when I  
did, I found the cost to be very high and the coverage less than  
adequate. I was told at the time that very few companies would cover  
an independent contractor doing computer-related work (doc  
production) because they don't differentiate between for instance,  
someone setting up a payroll system who could do immense damage to a  
client and someone like me (setting up FrameMaker templates where it  
would be almost impossible to do large damage. When clients require  
insurance, I end up working through an agency but I'd prefer to be an  
IC.

Anyway, if anyone here is carrying it, I'd be interested to hear  
about your experience. Feel free to contact me offlist.

Thanks.

Pat Christenson
pxenson at comcast.net

Acrobat Reader 4 appending PDF files

[Mary Holder]

Hello,
 
One of my clients is including Acrobat Reader 4 on their CD so that users
who don't have access to higher versions of Reader can view the PDFs
included on the CD. Today I was notified that when a user opens the
readme.pdf file and clicks on a link to another PDF, the new document is
appended to the readme file.
 
Is there a reason for this? Is there a cure?
 
I am using FM 7.2 and Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional to create the readme
and other PDFs. 
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Mary Holder
The Roving TechWriter
www.therovingtechwriter.com  
(256) 682-3892
 
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Why have List AND Step paragraph tags?

[Eli Har-Even]

Our FrameMaker templates have two sets of numbered lists, one set for steps
(step1, step2, step3) and another for lists (and list1, list2, list3).
Visually, steps and lists look different, but in practice, authors use them
interchangeably. I'm considering simplifying the template by eliminating one
of the sets of tags. Does anyone have a use-case where having two sets of
numbered lists has been useful? Is there any reason for having both sets?


Eli.



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Re: ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT

[Rick Quatro]

Michael,

You can use this on the selected character:

If TextSelection.Begin.Object = TextSelection.End.Object
 If TextSelection.Begin.Offset <> TextSelection.End.Offset
   Display eUtl.StringToInt{TextSelection.Begin.TextRange1.Text};
 EndIf
EndIf

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Why have List AND Step paragraph tags?

[Steve Rickaby]

At 17:20 +0200 30/4/07, Eli Har-Even wrote:

> I'm considering simplifying the template by eliminating one
>of the sets of tags. Does anyone have a use-case where having two sets of
>numbered lists has been useful? Is there any reason for having both sets?

There's always a general case for semantically separating different text 
objects even if their presentation is the same. The trivial case is using a tag 
called 'Emphasis' to italicise words rather than call the tag 'Italic'.

What you have currently is a template that allows you to discriminate between 
[procedural?] steps and plain lists. How useful or otherwise it will be for you 
and your writers to maintain this distinction, only you can determine. If, as 
you say, the tags are used interchangeably, then clearly it is either not very 
useful, or you need to invoke the Style Police and bang some heads.

Consider, for example, that your management has a brainstorm and decides that 
henceforth all the step numbers in your procedures will be in the corporate 
shade of puce across all the user guides for your three hundred and seventeen 
models of firewall, or whatever. You might wish then that you hadn't abandoned 
the 'step' tag ;-)

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ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT

[Combs, Richard]

Michael Zaichenko wrote:

> Thanks Chris,
> this seems to be a one way road: number into letter. How 
> about the other way around. I need to know what ascii or hex 
> number a certain letter is. I have a far too sophisticated 
> script that loops through characters and assigns them codes 
> and displays you a corresponding number. Is there a "natural" 
> way of getting this information?

I may be misunderstanding the question (I'm not sure what you mean by
"natural" or what your script is doing). But a character's ANSI or hex
code doesn't change, so why do you need a way to determine it
programmatically? It seems to me that your script just needs a reference
source -- a text file or whatever -- where it can look this up. You may
need to create this reference. :-)

See Character_Sets.pdf (in the OnlineManuals subdirectory of your
$FMHOME directory) for all the ANSI and hex code values for the
FrameMaker character sets. If you have the full Acrobat, you might try
saving this file as RTF. From there, judicious editing should yield a
suitable reference text file. 

Richard


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RE: Why have List AND Step paragraph tags?

[Michael Lewis]

Eli Har-Even:

> . . . Does anyone have a use-case where having two sets of
> numbered lists has been useful? Is there any reason for having both sets?

No use case, but I can certainly imagine situations where a complex step
requires an embedded list, and where a list item includes a (hopefully
short) procedure.


Michael Lewis
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Sydney, Australia
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RE: ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT

[Michael Zaichenko]

Thank you Richard,
does it mean I can't just select a character and with a simple command get 
its ASCII displayed?

That's what I'm essentially after.
Michael



From: "Combs, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Michael Zaichenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: 
Subject: RE: ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:31:40 -0600

Michael Zaichenko wrote:

> Thanks Chris,
> this seems to be a one way road: number into letter. How
> about the other way around. I need to know what ascii or hex
> number a certain letter is. I have a far too sophisticated
> script that loops through characters and assigns them codes
> and displays you a corresponding number. Is there a "natural"
> way of getting this information?

I may be misunderstanding the question (I'm not sure what you mean by
"natural" or what your script is doing). But a character's ANSI or hex
code doesn't change, so why do you need a way to determine it
programmatically? It seems to me that your script just needs a reference
source -- a text file or whatever -- where it can look this up. You may
need to create this reference. :-)

See Character_Sets.pdf (in the OnlineManuals subdirectory of your
$FMHOME directory) for all the ANSI and hex code values for the
FrameMaker character sets. If you have the full Acrobat, you might try
saving this file as RTF. From there, judicious editing should yield a
suitable reference text file.

Richard


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RE: ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT

[Combs, Richard]

Michael Zaichenko wrote:
 
> Thanks Chris,
> this seems to be a one way road: number into letter. How 
> about the other way around. I need to know what ascii or hex 
> number a certain letter is. I have a far too sophisticated 
> script that loops through characters and assigns them codes 
> and displays you a corresponding number. Is there a "natural" 
> way of getting this information?

I may be misunderstanding the question (I'm not sure what you mean by
"natural" or what your script is doing). But a character's ANSI or hex
code doesn't change, so why do you need a way to determine it
programmatically? It seems to me that your script just needs a reference
source -- a text file or whatever -- where it can look this up. You may
need to create this reference. :-)

See Character_Sets.pdf (in the OnlineManuals subdirectory of your
$FMHOME directory) for all the ANSI and hex code values for the
FrameMaker character sets. If you have the full Acrobat, you might try
saving this file as RTF. From there, judicious editing should yield a
suitable reference text file. 

Richard


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Re: ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT

[Michael Zaichenko]

Thanks Chris,
this seems to be a one way road: number into letter. How about the other way 
around. I need to know what ascii or hex number a certain letter is. I have 
a far too sophisticated script that loops through characters and assigns 
them codes and displays you a corresponding number. Is there a "natural" way 
of getting this information?


Michael



From: Chris Borokowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Michael Zaichenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
framers@lists.frameusers.com

Subject: Re: ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:22:54 -0700 (PDT)

A quick search reveals this function may help you:

IntValue(variable-name)

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framescript-users/message/4005

--- Michael Zaichenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hi all,
> does anyone know a way or a command to retrieve an
> ASCII or HEX number of a
> selected character with a framescript.
> Thanks in advance
> Michael
>
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Frame vs Arbortext

[Bernard Aschwanden]

Steve Rickaby wrote:

If the [fairly imminent?] upcoming version of FrameMaker actually turns out to 
be FrameMaker 8 and not FrameMaker 7.2-and-a-bit, it seems likely that the 
developments will lean heavily in the direction of XML support, and this will 
further erode what differen[ce] currently exists.
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About a month and a half ago at the WritersUA conference during my template 
session one of the Adobe staff mentioned the next release is a full release, 
not a dot release. Not sure if that was a slip or totally intentional, but it 
was nice to hear it. A lot of places are beginning to mention Frame 8 as 
something that Adobe is working on. It's been mentioned on numerous sites 
including Scott's Content Wrangler and others.

Looks like there will still be real options for users in the future when it 
comes to tool selection :)

Bernard



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[mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter@lists.frameusers.com] On 
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Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 4:19 AM

Re: Framers Digest, Vol 18, Issue 29

[Zoe Lawson]

Cross-references reference a file. I don't think you can link to information in 
multiple files. Therefore, you need the booktitle as a paragraph to reference 
in each chapter file.

The cross reference I used is something like the following:

<$paratext> in <$paratext[booktitle]>

 was a character style I created so that you could tell if you were 
going to jump to a different PDF file (made a green link instead of blue).

Yes, it is convoluted. But once it's set up, you never have to think about it 
again. It just works, so I thought it was worth the effort.

HTH
Zoë

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Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 4:42:36 AM
Subject: Re: Framers Digest, Vol 18, Issue 29

>
>

> You've got to be kidding me Well, if this is what I need to do, Okay.
> Why do you create this booktitle paragraph tag in each chapter as opposed to
> just the Front Matter, the beginning of the book? I'll be linking to
> Heading1 sections: "Heading1 of BookTitle".


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Framers Digest, Vol 18, Issue 29

[Zoe Lawson]

Cross-references reference a file. I don't think you can link to information in 
multiple files. Therefore, you need the booktitle as a paragraph to reference 
in each chapter file.

The cross reference I used is something like the following:

<$paratext> in <$paratext[booktitle]>

 was a character style I created so that you could tell if you were 
going to jump to a different PDF file (made a green link instead of blue).

Yes, it is convoluted. But once it's set up, you never have to think about it 
again. It just works, so I thought it was worth the effort.

HTH
Zo?

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From: Angela Akridge 
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 4:42:36 AM
Subject: Re: Framers Digest, Vol 18, Issue 29

>
>

> You've got to be kidding me Well, if this is what I need to do, Okay.
> Why do you create this booktitle paragraph tag in each chapter as opposed to
> just the Front Matter, the beginning of the book? I'll be linking to
> Heading1 sections: "Heading1 of BookTitle".


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RE: Why have list AND step paragraph tags

[Daniel Emory]

--- Eli Har-Even <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Our FrameMaker templates have two sets of numbered
> lists, one set for steps (step1, step2, step3) and
another for lists (and list1, list2, list3).
> Visually, steps and lists look different, but in
> practice, authors use them interchangeably. I'm
considering simplifying the template by eliminating
one
> of the sets of tags. Does anyone have a use-case
> where having two sets of numbered lists has been
useful? Is there any reason for having both sets?
=
Obviiously, if the writers use them interchangeably,
there is no reason to have both. Generally, procedural
steps are more vital than ordinary lists, and thus
require closer editorial and technical attention.
Using different para names for steps and ordinary
lists might make it easier to locate, manage  and more
closely review procedures.

I assume the reason you have 3 different para tags for
both steps and lists is so you can have indented
substeps and sub-items, otherwise I don't know why you
would have 3 different paratags for steps and lists.




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Why have list AND step paragraph tags

[Daniel Emory]

--- Eli Har-Even  wrote:
> Our FrameMaker templates have two sets of numbered
> lists, one set for steps (step1, step2, step3) and
another for lists (and list1, list2, list3).
> Visually, steps and lists look different, but in
> practice, authors use them interchangeably. I'm
considering simplifying the template by eliminating
one
> of the sets of tags. Does anyone have a use-case
> where having two sets of numbered lists has been
useful? Is there any reason for having both sets?
=
Obviiously, if the writers use them interchangeably,
there is no reason to have both. Generally, procedural
steps are more vital than ordinary lists, and thus
require closer editorial and technical attention.
Using different para names for steps and ordinary
lists might make it easier to locate, manage  and more
closely review procedures.

I assume the reason you have 3 different para tags for
both steps and lists is so you can have indented
substeps and sub-items, otherwise I don't know why you
would have 3 different paratags for steps and lists.

Re: Why have List AND Step paragraph tags?

[Steve Rickaby]

At 17:20 +0200 30/4/07, Eli Har-Even wrote:

> I'm considering simplifying the template by eliminating one
>of the sets of tags. Does anyone have a use-case where having two sets of
>numbered lists has been useful? Is there any reason for having both sets?

There's always a general case for semantically separating different text 
objects even if their presentation is the same. The trivial case is using a tag 
called 'Emphasis' to italicise words rather than call the tag 'Italic'.

What you have currently is a template that allows you to discriminate between 
[procedural?] steps and plain lists. How useful or otherwise it will be for you 
and your writers to maintain this distinction, only you can determine. If, as 
you say, the tags are used interchangeably, then clearly it is either not very 
useful, or you need to invoke the Style Police and bang some heads.

Consider, for example, that your management has a brainstorm and decides that 
henceforth all the step numbers in your procedures will be in the corporate 
shade of puce across all the user guides for your three hundred and seventeen 
models of firewall, or whatever. You might wish then that you hadn't abandoned 
the 'step' tag ;-)

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Why have List AND Step paragraph tags?

[Eli Har-Even]

Our FrameMaker templates have two sets of numbered lists, one set for steps
(step1, step2, step3) and another for lists (and list1, list2, list3).
Visually, steps and lists look different, but in practice, authors use them
interchangeably. I'm considering simplifying the template by eliminating one
of the sets of tags. Does anyone have a use-case where having two sets of
numbered lists has been useful? Is there any reason for having both sets?


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RE: Frame vs Arbortext

[Bernard Aschwanden]

Steve Rickaby wrote:

If the [fairly imminent?] upcoming version of FrameMaker actually turns out to 
be FrameMaker 8 and not FrameMaker 7.2-and-a-bit, it seems likely that the 
developments will lean heavily in the direction of XML support, and this will 
further erode what differen[ce] currently exists.
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About a month and a half ago at the WritersUA conference during my template 
session one of the Adobe staff mentioned the next release is a full release, 
not a dot release. Not sure if that was a slip or totally intentional, but it 
was nice to hear it. A lot of places are beginning to mention Frame 8 as 
something that Adobe is working on. It's been mentioned on numerous sites 
including Scott's Content Wrangler and others.

Looks like there will still be real options for users in the future when it 
comes to tool selection :)

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Re: ASCII IN FRAMESCRIPT

[Chris Borokowski]

A quick search reveals this function may help you:

IntValue(variable-name)

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A quick search reveals this function may help you:

IntValue(variable-name)

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Re: Framers Digest, Vol 18, Issue 29

[Angela Akridge]

You've got to be kidding me Well, if this is what I need to do, Okay.
Why do you create this booktitle paragraph tag in each chapter as opposed to
just the Front Matter, the beginning of the book? I'll be linking to
Heading1 sections: "Heading1 of BookTitle".



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The way I worked around this was to create an 'invisible' paragraph. The
way I did it was to make a little text frame behind the chapter title frame.
I would then insert the book title in that text frame, using a paragraph tag
'booktitle'. I used a variable so that I wouldn't have to go back and fix it
manually as often. I think some people also use small text frames with white
text, so it's 'invisible'. This paragraph was in every chapter and appendix.

I would then create a cross-reference that referenced the booktitle
paragraph. (I'm forgetting what the actual reference was right now.)

A little clunky, but once you set up the templates, it just automagically
works and you don't have to think about it again. It worked great.

HTH,

Zoë


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Subject: How To Include BookTitle Variable in Cross-reference Format

I'd like to link to another book using a cross-reference. I've tried to
include a destination's book title variable in the format definition, but
can't seem to get the value to populate. Can you share your cross-book
cross-reference variable definitions with me?

Thank you,

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Framers Digest, Vol 18, Issue 29

[Angela Akridge]

>
>

> You've got to be kidding me Well, if this is what I need to do, Okay.
> Why do you create this booktitle paragraph tag in each chapter as opposed to
> just the Front Matter, the beginning of the book? I'll be linking to
> Heading1 sections: "Heading1 of BookTitle".


Angela

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> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:01:08 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Zoe Lawson 
> Subject: Re: How To Include BookTitle Variable in Cross-reference
> Format
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Message-ID: <430657.1476.qm at web58707.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> The way I worked around this was to create an 'invisible' paragraph. The
> way I did it was to make a little text frame behind the chapter title frame.
> I would then insert the book title in that text frame, using a paragraph tag
> 'booktitle'. I used a variable so that I wouldn't have to go back and fix it
> manually as often. I think some people also use small text frames with white
> text, so it's 'invisible'. This paragraph was in every chapter and appendix.
>
> I would then create a cross-reference that referenced the booktitle
> paragraph. (I'm forgetting what the actual reference was right now.)
>
> A little clunky, but once you set up the templates, it just automagically
> works and you don't have to think about it again. It worked great.
>
> HTH,
>
> Zo?
>
> 
> From: Angela Akridge 
> Subject: How To Include BookTitle Variable in Cross-reference Format
>
> I'd like to link to another book using a cross-reference. I've tried to
> include a destination's book title variable in the format definition, but
> can't seem to get the value to populate. Can you share your cross-book
> cross-reference variable definitions with me?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Angela
>
>
>
>
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