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- From: bisc@zellweger.ch (Thomas K. Bischoff)
- Newsgroups: comp.text.frame
- Subject: Re: HELP: Frustration using Tools in FrameMaker 3.1
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.110841.23755@zellweger.ch>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 11:08:41 GMT
- References: <1993Jan4.115854.5637@newsroom.bsc.no>
- Reply-To: bisc@zellweger.CH (Thomas K. Bischoff)
- Organization: Zellweger Uster AG, Switzerland
- Lines: 17
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- In article <1993Jan4.115854.5637@newsroom.bsc.no> robmack@bsc.no (Robert MacKinnon) writes:
- >Environment: FrameMaker v3.1, IBM RISC System/6000, AIX 3.2, Xwindows
- >
- >I would like to know if there is a X resource that can be set for FrameMaker
- >to retain use of a selected tool off of the Tools menu. I am very
- >frustrated that, when I select a drawing tool (line, circle, box, etc.), the
- >tool is immediately dropped after use and the Smart Selection tool is
- >automatically re-selected. I would like to retain selection of the drawing
- >tool until I EXPLICITLY request another tool.
- >--
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- Shift-select the drawing tool. that means hold down the shift key and press
- the select button ( usually the left mouse button) over the desired tool.
- Then the selection will be retained.
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- Thomas K. Bischoff Net: bit@ten.ch,bisc@zellweger.ch
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