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This is part 2 of 2 of the FrameMaker FAQ (Frequently Asked
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* PAGE LAYOUT

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** PAG-1: Is there any easy way to move one or more pages to a different
place in the document? (Two layout models.)

FM supports two basic layout models; let's call them "newspaper" and
"term paper".  In the term paper model, there's basically one story
that flows from one page to the next; the pages themselves can be
thought of as transient, existing only to divide up the flow.  In the
newspaper model, the pages exist independently of the stories, and you
place the stories by reshaping the text columns and linking a column
on page 1 to a column on another page.  The newspaper model is also
used for producing "forms".  Overhead transparencies can be done with
either model.

In the newspaper model, you probably start out by using Page->Add Page
to create the proper number of pages, then placing stories in the
columns, and linking those columns to additional ones on later pages
as necessary.  Pages are not automatically generated when text flows
out of a column (Autoconnect is off). There's no "easy" way to
rearrange pages, but this model doesn't often require it.

In the term paper model, you start with one page, and let a
lengthening story automatically generate additional pages (Autoconnect
is on).  If style dictates that page break is required, you simply tag
the next paragraph as "Start at Top"; this is probably built into the
cataloged tag.  In this model, you don't move "pages" around, you move
bunches of sentences around (using Cut and Paste), and the pages
adjust themselves automatically.

Note that in the term paper model you DON'T want to use "Add Page" and
you DO want to place any graphics in a anchored frame or table, so
they'll move with the text, not stick to the page.

Things can get complicated when you want an exception page in the
middle of a term paper, such as a rotated page for a landscape
formatted graphic.

Additional points:

- There is NO way to cut/copy and then paste a master page as a unit.

- There is NO way to cut/copy and then paste a reference page as a unit.
        You can only add a new (empty) master/reference page, and then
        copy and paste objects from the source page.

- There is NO way to add a new page (Page:Add Page) and simultaneously
  specify a desired master page.
    An added page ALWAYS gets master page "Right" (or "Left" in a
    2-sided document as appropriate).  If you want to add a page
    using a different master page you must first add it and then
    apply the master page using Page:Column Layout.  If the desired
    master page has a different arrangement of text columns you will
    often end up with "orphan" text columns that you must delete.

Contributor: David Cortesi <[e-mail]>

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** PAG-2: How do I force a page break?

Ideally, you would have a unique tag that leads off the text on the
new page (e.g., Head1), and you set this paragraph format to Start:
Top of Page or Top of Column.  However, this is not always
appropriate.  There are a few other solutions:

*** A. Create a Paragraph tag called PageBreak, and set its point size to
4.0pt (smallest possible), Space Above to 0, and Space Below to 999pt.
The huge space below forces the next paragraph to the top of the page.
Contributor: <[e-mail]>

*** B. Create a Paragraph tag called PageBreak, and set its Start to Top
of Page (or Column).  Set the point size to 4.0pt (smallest possible),
Space Above to 0, and Space Below to 0.  Set the leading to the
negative of the point size and the Space Above of the following
paragraph.  This causes the two paragraphs to overlap.
Contributor: Lester C. Smalley

*** C. Select the first paragraph that you want on the new page and do
"ESC j P".
Contributor: L. Daniel York <[e-mail]>

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** PAG-3: How can I change the page size of an existing document?

Use ONE of the following methods:

*** A. Edit the MIF file.

To change master page sizes, save the file as a MIF document, and then
edit the MIF file -- search-and-replace all instances of 8.5" x 11.0"
with the desired measurements.  Look for the attribute "PageSize".
Save the MIF file, and then open it again in FrameMaker -- you will
have to use the Page Layout dialog box to reapply Master Page --> Body
Page formats, although perhaps you could use the Use Formats From
dialog box, specifying the current document as the template and
updating only the Page Layout.

Also, after doing this, remember to reformat any tabs at the right end
of the template's headers/footers.

Contributors: Jonathan B. Horen <[e-mail]>
              Anders Thulinc <[e-mail]>

*** B. Copy formats.

1.  Make a new document of the right size.
2.  Save this document as a new name.
3.  Open your old Template.
4.  Go to the Master Pages of both documents,
    For each master page in the old template:
    - Create or go to that Master Page in the New document,
    - In the New document, Edit: Select All on Page and delete,
    - In the Old document, Edit: Select All on Page and copy,
    - In the New document, Paste.
5.  In the New Document, Select Use Formats from the File menu
    and bring over everything EXCEPT the Page Layouts.

Contributor: Alan S. Koch  <[e-mail]>

*** C. Frame's Method.

A slightly different method is described in Using FrameMaker, Chapter
14: Specifying Page Layout, Changing a document's page size.

Contributor: Ari Cohn <[e-mail]>

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** PAG-4: I used a rotated (landscape) page for a large figure, but the
figure keeps moving to a portrait page!

If you have a document which contains a figure too wide for a portrait
page, you can created a landscape master page for it to reside on.

The problem is that when you add stuff on the pages before the
landscape page, the landscape figure moves onto another (portrait)
page, and the new text goes onto the landscape page.  If you separate
the landscape page from the flow, then the figure numbers get messed
up.

The easiest solution is to create the figure rotated in an anchored
frame.  You can use a large "scratch" page somewhere to create the
figure of such a size that, when rotated, it will fit on your standard
portrait page. Thus you won't need a custom master page.  Turn off
Cropping in the Special Anchored Frame dialog will allow the frame to
extend beyond the margins, which might allow it to be edited on a
portrait page.  You need to rotate the figure back to horizontal
whenever you need to edit it.

Custom master pages in the middle of a document are a problem because
you cannot integrate them into the automatic alternation of left/right
master pages; you cannot create "alternative" left/right master pages.

Contributor: Rob Weinberg <[e-mail]>

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* PRINTING

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** PRT-1: How can I print "DRAFT" on the background of every page?

*** A. Insert PostScript code into your document

On the master page, create a new text rectangle.  Add the following
text:
    (DRAFT) /Times-Roman /B -52 /UL .8
    #include "$FMHOME/.fminit2.0.ps/docs/BigFill.ps

where $FMHOME is the pathname of your $FMHOME directory.  Select the
text rectangle and choose Format Flow.  Select PostScript Code and
choose OK.  Go to the body pages and print.

The arguments are:
    1 = string to print, in parenthesis, e.g. (PRELIMINARY)
    2 = font desired: /font, e.g. /Times-Roman
    3 = mode code where /W = fill width, /H = fill height, /B = fill both,
            expands the characters to fill the text rectangle
    4 = rotate value from -180 to +180
         where positive = counterclockwise, negative = clockwise
    5 = starting corner: /LL /LR /UR /UL  where LL = lower left, etc.
    6 = grayscale value from 0 to 1 where 0 = black, 1 = white

The size of the text is determined by the size of the text rectangle
and the "mode code" argument.

For Mac users: Obtain the file BigFill.ps from somewhere and put it in
the same folder as your document. Then follow the above instructions,
except use: #include "BigFill.ps"

*** B. Update the FMlpr script

The "Printer Name" field on the print box is passed to the FMlpr
script.  A printername of xxx:yyy calls FMlpr.xxx with a printername
of yyy (xxx is translated to lowercase).  This allows supporting
multiple paper trays, fax modems, draft printing etc., merely by
adding scripts into $FMHOME/.fminit2.0.  For example, the following
script will print "DRAFT" in the background of every page.  Note that
the FMlpr.draft file must be made executable (chmod a+x FMlpr.draft).

*** ----8<---- cut here ----8<----
#!/bin/sh # This
script adds postscript code to print the word DRAFT on every page.  #
Name it FMlpr.draft and place it in any of the directories: #
~/.fminit2.0, ./.fminit2.0, or $FMHOME/.fminit2.0.  # Set printer name
to draft:xxx where xxx is the name of your # postscript printer.

. $3/FMlpr.init

echo \
"%!
% Prelude to show a draft string on every page.
(DRAFT)
/DRAFTDICT 10 dict def
DRAFTDICT begin
/DRAFTSTRING exch def
/bd /Helvetica-Bold findfont def
/od bd maxlength 1 add dict def
bd {exch dup /FID ne {exch od 3 1 roll put} {pop pop} ifelse} forall
od /FontName /Outline0 put od /PaintType 2 put od /StrokeWidth 0 put
/Outline0 od definefont pop
/DRAFT { gsave
    [1 3] 0 setdash 0.8 setgray
     initmatrix
    /Outline0 findfont setfont
    DRAFTSTRING dup stringwidth pop 8.875 exch div dup 72 mul dup scale
    52.3 rotate 2.5 exch div -.35 translate
    0 0 moveto show
    grestore } def
/oldshow /showpage load def
/oldcopy /copypage load def
end
/showpage { DRAFTDICT begin DRAFT oldshow end } def
/copypage { DRAFTDICT begin DRAFT oldcopy end } def
% End of draft prelude" > $TMPFILE

tail +2 "$FILE" >> $TMPFILE
echo "$MYNAME: Printing DRAFT to printer $PRINTER"
cp $TMPFILE "$FILE"
rm -f $TMPFILE
FMLPR_LOCATION=FMlpr
. $FMINITDIR/FMlpr.finder
exec $FMLPR_LOCATION $PRINTER "$FILE" $FMINITDIR $HOMEDIR \
$LOCATIONFLAG $FMBINDIR
----8<---- cut here ----8<----

Contributor: Graham Williams <[e-mail]>

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** PRT-2: How can I print with the "-h" switch in FM3.0/3.1?

In FM2.1, you could place "ps -h" in the Printer Name box in the Print
dialog, to get a file printed without a header (Unix or similar
systems).  In FM3.0, the printer script was changed.  To restore this
feature, edit $FMHOME/.fminit2.0.ps/FMlpr, and change occurrences of
            "$PRINTER"
to
            $PRINTER

in the lpr commands.  This allows multiple arguments to be passed to
lpr, instead of passing the entire text to the -d or -P switch.

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** PRT-3: How can I set the default printer name?

Refer to FrameMaker Reference manual, Page D-5, Resources for the
"Print dialog box".  Add the following line to your .Xdefaults file:
    Maker.printerName: {printername}

NOTE: This will affect any document which has not yet been stored with
a printer name.  If a document was Saved with a printer name, the
saved name will be used.

The printer name will be saved with the document when:
    you save after you print the document, and in the Print dialog,
    the PrinterName edit box contained something even marginally different
    from what is specified by your Maker.printerName:
    (either because you changed it, or
     because it had previously been saved that way)
    e.g. "34b" vs. "34b -h"

The printer name will NOT be saved with the document when:
    you save after you print the document, and in the Print dialog,
    the PrinterName edit box was IDENTICAL to
    what is specified by your Maker.printerName:
    (either because you changed it, or
     because it had previously been saved that way)

If you build templates, you must be sure there is NOT a printer name
saved in the templates, or people's defaults will not affect them.

To remove the PrinterName from a document that has one saved with one:
1.  Open the document.
2.  Select File:Print
3.  Change the Printer Name edit box to be IDENTICAL to
    Maker.printerName: in YOUR .Xdefaults
4.  Click OK (print the document.)
5.  Select File:Save

Contributor: Alan S. Koch <[e-mail]>

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** PRT-4: How can I print pages in pamphlet/booklet/signature order?

Pamphlet/booklet/signature order is where two logical pages are
printed on each side of a physical sheet of paper, double-sided, and
the pages are folded and stapled in the middle.  For a 2-sheet, 8 page
booklet, the page order would be: 8 & 1, 2 & 7, 3 & 6, 4 & 5.

*** A. PSUtils
PSUtils is a package of utilities to manipulate PostScript files.
Page selection and rearrangement are supported, including arrangement
into signatures for booklet printing, and page merging for
2up/4up/8up/9up printing.

psbook          rearranges pages into signatures
psselect        selects pages and page ranges
pstops          performs general page rearrangement and selection
psnup           uses pstops to merge multiple pages per sheet
epsffit         fits an EPSF file to a given bounding box

PSutils is available from ftp.dcs.ed.ac.uk (129.215.160.5) in the file
pub/ajcd/psutils.tar.Z. It is written by Angus Duggan.  The package is
also available in the comp.sources.misc archives, or mail a message to
[e-mail] with the single body line of
    prog psutils

Contributors: Angus Duggan <[e-mail]
              Robert Pincus <[e-mail]>
              David Cortesi <[e-mail]>

*** B. DynoPage (Mac)
On the Macintosh, the DynoPage 2.0 software will do this.  It also
prints many other formats, such as 2-up, 6-up, etc.  A free demo disk
is available.  Contact:
    Portfolio Software              Tel: [phone]
    10062 Miller Avenue             Fax: [phone]
    Suite 20                        Applelink: PORTFOLIO
    Cupertino, CA 95014-3466 USA    CompuServe: 75300,520
                                    America Online: Portfolio

*** C. Double Up and Double Up Professional (Windows)
On Windows, the Double Up software will do this.  (A Unix version is
in Beta Test.)  Contact:
    Legend Communications Inc.      Tel: [phone]
    54 Rosedale Avenue              CompuServe: 73220,2006
    Brampton ON L6X 1K1, Canada

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** PRT-5: Is there a way to print certain pages or ranges from a book
or file, besides the one-range-at-a-time printing via FM?

The "psxlate" program can extract a whole bunch of pages and
organizations from DSC compliant PostScript, which Frame is.  The
program is contained in the software package called Psroff (the
non-Adobe TranScript program).  The output of psxlate is standard
out, so it can be redirected to the printer or to a file for later
printing.

The software is available for FTP from ftp.uu.net.

Contributor: [e-mail]

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* FILTERS, IMPORT/EXPORT, POSTSCRIPT

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** FIL-1: Where can I find a filter to convert <XXXXXX> to Frame?

There is a list of filters that is maintained, and posted to this list
when changed.  The filter list and most of the filters can be obtained
by anonymous ftp to the ftp sites listed below.

FTP-name            Directory
--------            ---------
ftp.irisa.fr            /FrameMaker/Filters
procyon.cis.ksu.edu        /pub/FUN/Filters
sunbane.engrg.uwo.ca        /pub/fun/filters

A mail server is available for (most of) the filters:
    To: [e-mail]
To get instructions:
    body contains: help
                   index
To get a file (example):
    body contains: begin
                   send soft/unix/tools/framemaker/prog2mif.tar.Z
                   end

The filters reside in the directory: soft/unix/tools/framemaker There
is also a set of templates in: ...../framemaker/filters/TEMPLATES. The
filters are packed and encoded in various ways (shar, .Z, tar), and
unpacking programs are available from the mail server.  See the INDEX.

If you do not have access to any of these methods, request the list by
sending email to Ed van Leeuwen <[e-mail]> or
Mark Lawrence <[e-mail]>.

Contributors: Ed van Leeuwen <[e-mail]>
              Mark Lawrence <[e-mail]>.
              Hansjuergen Paul <[e-mail]>
              Barbara Burr <[e-mail]>

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** FIL-2: How do I convert a Frame document from Mac to Sun? (etc.)

The document file is the same on every platform that Frame supports,
so there is no conversion.  If you're having trouble, make sure that
you are transferring in "binary" mode, not text mode, not MacBinary
mode.  If moving to the Mac, you will have to open FM and then open
the file; double-clicking won't work.  If the document does not show
in the Open File dialog, press Option while choosing File Open.

If the two platforms are running different versions (1.3/2.x/3.x),
and/or you have to convert to an older version, write the file out in
MIF format before transferring, and transfer in text mode.

Except for the special case in the previous paragraph, you do not
have to convert to MIF to transfer between platforms, unless you can
only do the transfer in text mode.


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** FIL-3: Why do my imported images show up as gray rectangles when I
transfer a file from <platform-A> to <platform-B>?

Note that imported graphics may not display or print on the new
platform; consult FM Reference Manual Appendix on "Using FrameMaker on
Multiple Platforms."  This occurs because the graphics are displayed
using features of the operating system (such as QuickDraw routines on
the Mac and PostScript on the NeXT) that are not available on every
platform.

If you "Copy File Into Document" when importing, and set the "Save
FrameImage with Imported Graphic" attribute (in File:Preferences),
your graphics will be displayed no matter what platform you're on.
Although you cannot always import a given graphic format into a given
platform's FrameMaker, once that graphic is imported with the
FrameImage, its contents are displayable in any platform's FrameMaker.
Again, consult the Reference Manual.  Note that FrameImages are 72DPI
bitmaps, so you can display the image, but you won't necessarily like
what you get if you print it.

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** FIL-4: How can I automatically import a graphic file whose format is
not recognized by FM, if I can how to do the conversion manually?

Modify in $FMHOME/.fminit2.0 the files suffixlist and MifRead.
You can add any filters you want as long as they return a file in a
format directly recognised by frame (mif, rasterfile, xwd...)

Warning: if you translate in xwd or raster, frame will give a .rf
extension to the resulting file (copied in the calling directory),
EVEN if such a file already exists.

The first time, you can't import, by copy, only by reference.

Contributor: Bertrand Decouty

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** FIL-5: How do I incorporate code fragments in a Frame doc?

There is a filter called prog2mif to handle this.  It is available with
the other filters (see question FIL-1).

Contributor: Janick Bergeron <[e-mail]>

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** FIL-6: Are there any SGML converters for FM?

*** A. MIF/SGML Conversion System (Unix)
    "MIF/SGML Conversion System"        John Payne
    Avalanche Development Company       Tel: [phone]
    947 Walnut Street                   Fax: [phone]
    Boulder, CO 80302 USA               Internet: [e-mail]

*** B. OmniMark (on all Frame platforms)
    OmniMark                            North America: 800-565-9465
    Exoterica Corporation               Tel: [phone]
    1545 Carling Avenue                 Fax: [phone]
    Ottawa, ON  K1Z 8P9  CANADA         Internet:  [e-mail]

OmniMark provides SGML support for FrameMaker and FrameBuilder through
its rich development language.  OmniMark's built-in SGML parser
supports all SGML DTDs.

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** FIL-7: I am having problems transferring PostScript in and out of FM.

You can also get help from the folks on comp.lang.postscript and
comp.sources.postscript newsgroups.  The comp.lang.postscript FAQ
is available via e-mail:
    To: rtfm.mit.edu
    body contains: send usenet/news.answers/postscript/faq/part1-4
                   send usenet/news.answers/postscript/faq/part5-6
                   send usenet/news.answers/postscript/faq/part7-10
                   send usenet/news.answers/postscript/faq/part11
                   send usenet/news.answers/postscript/faq/part12
                   send usenet/news.answers/postscript/index

*** A.  Can't take FM PostScript and import into LaTex.

Comment out the following lines in the FM PostScript file, FMDOCUMENT
procedure:
   setpapername
   manualfeed {true} {papersize} ifelse
   {manualpapersize} {false} ifelse
   {desperatepapersize} if

Contributors: Jan van der Steen <jansteen@cwi.n>
              Ingolf Markhof <[e-mail]>
              Amir Samad <[e-mail]>

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* SPELLING, GRAMMAR, BIBLIOGRAPHYS, ENDNOTES, ETC.

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** SGB-1: Are there any grammar checkers for FM?

*** A. Grammatik 5.0 (Windows, Mac)
    WordPerfect Corporation                 Cindy, extension 22588
    Mail Stop Q-300, Information Services   Tel: [phone]
    1555 N. Technology Way                  Fax: [phone]
    Orem, UT 84057-2399 USA                 $99.00

Contributor: Lester Bautista <[e-mail]>

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** SGB-2: Do you know what happens if the spell checker finds "Interleaf"
(a competitor to FrameMaker)?

Yes, we do, but just in case, it gets posted every 3-4 months.

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** SGB-3: How can I do bibliographies in FrameMaker?

*** A. fmbib

"fmbib" takes a Frame document (.mif format) as its input, with
"Bibliography" markers embedded where the references occur. The marker
text is that of a key word indexed into a bibliography database file,
such as Scribe's ".bib" files.  In fact, the program is compatible
with Scribe bibliography files.  The user can also specify on the
command line one of several reference and bibliography styles.  fmbib
will then generate a new FM .mif file which is the actual
bibliography.  The original document is modified to contain
cross-references to this new document.  These references appear as
visible text when the user updates cross-references in the original
document.  The program also aids in creating new bibliography database
files.

The sources have been built and tested under CMU's BSD4.3-compliant
MACH OS, for Sun3, Sun4, Pmax, Vax, and IBM-RT workstations.  It
should be portable to any Unix box.

Available for anonymous FTP:
    Host (USA): ftp.mips.com
    Directory: pub/frame/fmbib.tar.Z
    Host (Europe): peanuts.pst.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (129.187.236.10)
    Directory: pub/etc/fmbib.tar.Z

Contributor: Craig Marcus

*** B. BibFrame

BibFrame makes it possible to deal with references in FrameMaker in a
general way. You do not have to enter your reference list by hand
every time you write a document. Instead, the reference list is
automatically generated from a data base with references. This ensure
that your reference entries are in the right format. You do not have
to bother with how things should be emphasized, abbreviated and so on.

You have a database with references. The format of the references is
the same format that is used by BibTeX. That means that people using
LaTeX and FrameMaker can use the same data base.

Currently it is possible to use the bibliography styles ``plain'',
``alpha'' and ``mapalike''.

It ought to work on most unix machines.  This program require BibTeX
to be present.

Available for anonymous FTP:
    Host: ftp.ida.liu.se (130.236.139.139)
    Directory: pub/bibframe/bibframe-0.4.1.tar.Z

Contributor: Tommy Persson  <[e-mail]>

*** C. EndNote Plus

Mac Endnote 1.6 ($149), Mac EndNote Plus 1.3 ($249)
    Niles & Associates, Inc.        Internet: [e-mail]
    2000 Hearst Ave. Suite 20       CompuServe: 71172,653
    Berkeley, CA 94709 USA          AOL: NilesAssoc
    Tel: [phone]            AppleLink: Niles.Assoc
    Fax: [phone]

From the vendor:

EndNote stores the bibliographic references in a database, so they can
be resorted and reformatted in various different ways. Users copy a
temporary citation into their Frame paper by choosing one or more
references and copying onto the clipboard.  When they paste into the
paper, it's in a temporary citation format like this [Billosky, 1989
#43].

To format, a user must save their files as MIF, and then open and scan
them in the EndNote program.  This searches the files for brackets and
matches them to the EndNote reference database. The user then chooses
a bibliographic style (we supply several, including APA, Chicago,
Nature and Vancouver), and Formats the paper.  EndNote will make
copies of each file, change the temporary citations to author-year or
numeric format, and build a bibliography of the cited references at
the end of the last file.

From Todd R. Johnson <[e-mail]>:

Although EndNote Plus is quite versatile and easy to use, it is
extremely slow at processing MIF files. For example, a 14 page
document with a few figures took several minutes to process. During
this time EndNote takes over your Mac so that you can't even switch to
another application.

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** SGB-4: Can FM produce automatically numbered endnotes?

Not directly.  However, there is a work-around using cross-references.

- Create an autonumbered paragraph type called "Endnote," with a
number format of "E:[<n+>] "

- Putting each note text in a paragraph of this type, at the end of
the document.

- Create a character style called "Endnote" which reduces the point
size and enables the superscript attribute.  This will be used for
reference to the note in the main text.

- Create a cross-reference format called "Endnote" with a format of
        <Endnote>[<$paranumonly>]<Default P Font>

- In the body of the document, add a cross-reference to the Endnote
paragraph that lists the reference.

Unfortunately, if you rearrange the text, the notes will not
automatically be re-arranged in the back of the document.  When you
are ready to produce the document, go to the beginning, use Edit
Search/Find to search for "Cross-Reference of Format: Endnote".  If
you find an Endnote that is out of order, re-arrange the note text in
the back of the document.

Contributor: David Cortesi <[e-mail]>

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* CONFIGURING FM, PLATFORM-SPECIFIC ISSUES

See question FIL-2 for conversion between FM on various platforms.

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** PLT-1: How do I display white text on a black background?  (and other X
Window System specific information)

*** A. White Text on Black Background

For FM 3.0/3.1 on X, set up the following in your .Xdefaults file:
    Maker.colorDocs:    False
    Maker*docBackground:    black
    Maker*winRect.foreground: white

To set the menus, dialogs, borders, etc. to white-on-black, try:
    Maker*background:    black
    Maker*foreground:    white

*** B. Other X Resources

Look in the various files in $FMHOME/.fminit2.0/xresources .

*** C. How come I can't type in any dialogs?

Try setting the following attributes:
    Maker*focusOnMouse:        True
    OpenWindows.FocusLenience:    True

Also, consult the Release Notes, particularly the section about
configuring FM for different window managers.

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** PLT-2: How do I open documents from the command line using an already
running FrameMaker (and thus only a single license)?

In the directory $FMHOME/source/openmaker/clclient the README contains
information on how to build and use the clclient (Command Line Client)
program.  This program allows you to open documents from the command
line using an already running FrameMaker.  This is useful for desktop
tools like Sun's FileManager which associate an application to be run
with a document, allowing FrameMaker to be running just once, and
communicating with this running FrameMaker to open further documents.

Contributor: Graham Williams <[e-mail]>

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** PLT-3: Where can I find keyboard shortcuts for [platform]?

UNIX: Refer to $FMHOME/.fminit2.0/kbmaps/README.kbmap for lots of info
on keyboard mapping, and pointer to the various files used for
mapping.  (NeXT: /LocalAppls/FrameMaker.app/fminit2.0/......)

UNIX: Print out: $FMHOME/.fminit2.0.ps/docs/QuickRef.doc

MAC: There is a Quick Reference sheet for the Macintosh available from
Frame Technologies.  It was circulated recently in MIF format.

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* TEMPLATES AND CLIP ART

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** TMP-1: Where can I get the FUN tape?

The FUN tape contains some sample clip art and various useful programs
and filters.  It is available by anonymous FTP from
    Host: procyon.cis.ksu.edu
    Directory: pub/FUN/FUN_Tape-2.1
    Host: irisa.irisa.fr
    Directory: FrameMaker

Or, send a blank tape (size/format?) to:
    Frame Technology, Attn: FUN Tape, using address at top of FAQ.

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