How To Prevent From Deleting Markers?
Hi, I'm using Frame/WebWorks to produce manuals and online help. I use so many different market types. I find that it's quiet easy to accidentally delete markers. I use markers to produce the context-sensitive help, index markers, hypertext makers, etc. My headings are getting pretty darn crowded. Do you know of any best practices to prevent against accidentally deleting markers? (I use different colors so that I can distinguish one marker type from another, and this helps alert be to a marker, but this isn't really help with my immediate concern.) Angela
How To Prevent From Deleting Markers?
At 12:17 -0700 30/7/07, Angela Akridge wrote: >I'm using Frame/WebWorks to produce manuals and online help. I use so >many different market types. I find that it's quiet easy to >accidentally delete markers. Indeed it is. >I use markers to produce the context-sensitive help, index markers, >hypertext makers, etc. My headings are getting pretty darn crowded. Do >you know of any best practices to prevent against accidentally >deleting markers? It would be a good enhancement for FrameMaker to have an optional warning for marker deletion, in the same way that it does for hidden conditional text. In the meantime, all I can suggest it: . Always work with markers visible . Never overlay markers, such as an index marker on top of a cross-reference marker I don't know if there are any plug-ins to enhance marker handling: there might be, >(I use different colors so that I can distinguish one marker type from >another, and this helps alert be to a marker, but this isn't really >help with my immediate concern.) Must look pretty, though. -- Steve
How To Prevent From Deleting Markers?
I usually add a hard space between markers so they stand out a bit more, but that doesn't really prevent deleting them; just makes it less likely to select more than one by mistake. ARt On 7/30/07, Angela Akridge wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Frame/WebWorks to produce manuals and online help. I use so > many different market types. I find that it's quiet easy to > accidentally delete markers. > > I use markers to produce the context-sensitive help, index markers, > hypertext makers, etc. My headings are getting pretty darn crowded. Do > you know of any best practices to prevent against accidentally > deleting markers? > > (I use different colors so that I can distinguish one marker type from > another, and this helps alert be to a marker, but this isn't really > help with my immediate concern.) > > Angela > ___ > -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
How To Prevent From Deleting Markers?
> Must look pretty, though. Taste the rainbow. ;-) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob "I see your OOO message and raise you a clue."
How To Prevent From Deleting Markers?
Hi Angela... We offer a plugin called MarkerTools, which (in addition to lots of other things) will let you know when you delete a marker. You can download it and test drive it for free for 30 days .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/markertools.php Cheers! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Angela Akridge wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Frame/WebWorks to produce manuals and online help. I use so > many different market types. I find that it's quiet easy to > accidentally delete markers. > > I use markers to produce the context-sensitive help, index markers, > hypertext makers, etc. My headings are getting pretty darn crowded. Do > you know of any best practices to prevent against accidentally > deleting markers? > > (I use different colors so that I can distinguish one marker type from > another, and this helps alert be to a marker, but this isn't really > help with my immediate concern.) > > Angela > >
How To Prevent From Deleting Markers?
On Monday, July 30, 2007 03:18 PM, Angela Akridge wrote: | Hi, | | I'm using Frame/WebWorks to produce manuals and online help. I use so | many different market types. I find that it's quiet easy to | accidentally delete markers. | | I use markers to produce the context-sensitive help, index markers, | hypertext makers, etc. My headings are getting pretty darn crowded. Do | you know of any best practices to prevent against accidentally | deleting markers? | | (I use different colors so that I can distinguish one marker type from | another, and this helps alert be to a marker, but this isn't really | help with my immediate concern.) | | Angela An option would be to get IXgen from Frank Stearns & Associates www.fsatools.com IXgen has a mode that expands the markers inline in the document which makes it very easy to edit the marker info but also makes it difficult to accidentally delete a marker. - Lester --- Lester C. Smalley Email: lsmalley AT infocon DOT com Information Consultants, Inc. Phone: 302-239-2942 FAX: 302-239-1712 Yorklyn, DE 19736 Web: www.infocon.com ---
