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- From: Mike Dustan <Mike_Dustan@sfu.ca>
- Subject: Re: Boxed text in Framemaker?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.172943.14084@sfu.ca>
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- X-Xxdate: Thu, 7 Jan 93 17:29:40 GMT
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University
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- References: <ZSG0OGF@math.fu-berlin.de>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:29:43 GMT
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- In article <ZSG0OGF@math.fu-berlin.de> Thomas Wolff,
- wolff@inf.fu-berlin.de writes:
- >>In article <ByyE96.DC9@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca> dwbraam@crg4.uwaterloo.ca
- (Doug
- >>Braam) writes:
- >>> Hi everyone,
- >>>
- >>> A friend of mine is wondering if it's possible to create boxed text
- in the
- >>> middle of a sentence using Framemaker. He wants to create something
- like:
- >>>
- >>> "The Return key is a nifty little piece of plastic..."
- >>>
- >>> where there's a box around the word 'Return' to indicate that it's a
- key on
- >>> the keyboard.
- >
- >>Insert an anchored frame in the word Return, choosing Left Side of
- Column or Right
- >>Side of Column for Anchoring Position. It's important to choose a
- correct anchoring
- >>position.
- >
- >>Select the anchored frame, and using the graphics tools, set its fill
- to None and
- >>its pen to black.
- >
- >>Slide the anchored frame over the word Return, and resize it as
- desired. If you
- >>want a fancier box, create whatever you want inside the anchored frame,
- and set the
- >>pen of the anchored frame to None.
-
- The problem pointed out earlier with this approach is that the frame
- doesn't move when the surrounding text is edited. Easy fix: anchor the
- frame to the insertion point, not the sides of the column. Works like a
- charm.
-
- Cheers,
- Mike Dustan, Computing Services, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
- Canada
-