Greater Than Or Equal To symbol in Frame 8 on XP pro

[blamb...@comcast.net]

All,

I have been searching for how to insert a greater than or equal to symbol (a 
less than or equal to symbol would be useful, too) into my document. I am using 
Arial font, if that help.

According to the User Guide that came with the application, I should be able to 
do this by pressing ctrl+q, 3. It doesn't work. I have also searched the 
character sets pdf that is loaded with the application. I have searched Google. 
I can't seem to get it to work.

Any tips?

Thanks,

Brian

Tab issue with FrameMaker 8

[blamb...@comcast.net]

When I checked the formats of each paragraph style, I overlooked one on the 
heading that was giving me the problem. The box for the right indent on the 
Basic tab was set to 4.0". I reset it to zero and the tab/leader works properly 
now.

Thanks to all for your help.


 -- Original message --
From: "Klaus Daube" 
> blamborn at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> > >> The tab mark is there, and I checked to make sure that all of the
> > >> definitions in the Paragraph Designer were the same for all (tab
> > >> position and leader type).
> ...
> 
> Something I have noticed with right tabulation:
> FM may trap into rounding errors (at least in the metric world). If you
> have a tab position R 18.0cm and a text frame 18.0cm wide it may happen
> that the tab is not performed. In such cases I just set the tab 
> position to 17.95 cm, which
> is not visible.
> 
> FM works internally with an unknown unit of measure (it may be a MIL = 
> 0.001 inch, but I am not certain)
> 
> FWIW
> Klaus Daube 
> 
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Pulling a "custom" page number into a TOC or Index

[blamb...@comcast.net]

I am building a book in FM 8 (on a XP Pro machine). At the end of the book I 
have a chapter that is a Glossary, and several chapters that will serve as 
Appendices.

I would like the first page of the Glossary to be numbered "Glossary-1". I can 
make this appear on the page by editing the footer on the Master Pages. 
However, when I run the TOC update, it only pulls the "1". It leaves the 
"Glossary-" off.

I have been reading through the User Guide that comes with FM 8 and I am not 
seeing any instructions for doing this.

Any suggestions?


Thanks,

Brian

Tab issue with FrameMaker 8

[blamb...@comcast.net]

Peter,

Thanks for the info.  I went back to double check what was going on.  The tabs 
were not there. I manually inserted them. The tabs/leaders work for Paragraph 
Designs (auto generated by Frame) Heading2TOC through Heading 5TOC.  They do 
not work for Heading1TOC (the top level).  

The tab mark is there, and I checked to make sure that all of the definitions 
in the Paragraph Designer were the same for all (tab position and leader type).

I get nice leaders and page # placement for all except the top level.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Brian
 -- Original message --
From: "Peter Gold" 
> Hi, Brian:
> 
> Turn on View > Text Symbols to verify that there's a tab character to
> the left of the page numbers on the TOC body page, then:
> 
> * If there is NO tab character on the TOC body page, on the reference
> page named TOC, if there is no tab character (looks like a greater
> than symbol) to the left of the <$pagenum> building blocks for each
> line that represents an entry level, you need.to manually type a tab
> character at that spot. Then regenerate the TOC - FM creates the tab
> on the body page before the page number by "picking up" the one you
> type on the reference page.
> 
> * If there IS a tab character to the left of the page number on the
> TOC body page, then the cause usually comes from the TOC reference
> page's text frame width being wider than the body page's text-frame
> width. If you've position the right-aligned tab stop at the right edge
> of the reference-page's text frame (the wider one), the tab character
> in the text frame on the TOC body page can't reach the tab stop.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter Gold
> KnowHow ProServices
> 
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:52 AM,   wrote:
> > I am working with FrameMaker 8 on a Windows XP platform. I have my product 
> interface in preferences set to FrameMaker.
> >
> > I have generated a TOC and am trying to set tabs to place the page number 
> > out 
> near the right edge of the page.  I have defined the tab stops, but when I 
> hit 
> the tab key the insertion point does not move.
> >
> > I have followed the steps laid out in the Help file to the letter and am 
> > not 
> having success.
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brian

Tab issue with FrameMaker 8

[blamb...@comcast.net]

I am working with FrameMaker 8 on a Windows XP platform. I have my product 
interface in preferences set to FrameMaker.

I have generated a TOC and am trying to set tabs to place the page number out 
near the right edge of the page.  I have defined the tab stops, but when I hit 
the tab key the insertion point does not move.  

I have followed the steps laid out in the Help file to the letter and am not 
having success.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

Brian