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- From: steves@microware.com (Steve Simpson)
- Subject: Re: Moving things around...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.152114.27222@microware.com>
- Sender: news@microware.com
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- Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
- References: <5901@esf.esf.de>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:21:14 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- In article <5901@esf.esf.de> tholome@esf.de (Eric Tholome) writes:
- >This was experienced with FrameMaker 2.1 on Sun.
- >
- >I've discovered something pretty convenient (and possibly funny) in FrameMaker:
- >if you select several characters, hold Control down and use the arrow keys, you
- >will be able to move the selection in all four directions.
- >
- >I'm sure this can be helpful in drawings, etc. I guess it can mess things up as
- >well if used stupidly...
-
- As you change the zoom on the page, the amount of movement changes, too.
- [See below]. These work for moving characters around in text rects.
- Select a character and move it one way, select another and move it another
- way. Keep doing this until your text is unrecognizable. Then highlight
- all the text and type META R11. Viola, your type is restored. This is nice
- for precise kerning control or drop capitals.
-
- >
- >Is this well known, used and documented? I don't think so...
-
- The object movement is well-documented and I use it extensively. A quick
- look through the index of the Frame doc did not reveal info on the
- character movement, but I remember seeing it somewhere. The doc on object
- movement gives a table for the amount of movement at various zooms.
-
- >
- >P.S. This also works for objects, but it isn't that funny, is it?
-
- This is, in fact, EXTREMELY helpful. Since at 100%, SHIFT Arrow moves
- 6 points and META Arrow move 1 point, I use these for things like
- precise drop shadows and cubes. It is, however, cumbersome for generally
- moving objects around.
-
-
- PS--For more key fun, take a look at the fm_commands.h file in the
- $FMHOME/.fminit2.0.ps directory. It takes a little deciphering,
- but it's interesting.
-
- --
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- "Remember...As far as anyone knows, we're a nice, normal family."
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