TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
RE: Frame Maker deletes my changes when updating the index
Subject:RE: Frame Maker deletes my changes when updating the index From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:"Mike Schmidt" <mschmidt -at- weathercentral -dot- tv>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 4 Aug 2006 11:52:55 -0600
Mike Schmidt wrote:
<snip> sometimes I have to. For instance, in alphabetization. It
> creates the letter, say G, and then starts the entries that
> begin with G. If it's spaced just right (or wrong) sometimes
> that G will be the last line on a page, and the entries will
> start on the next page... so I put a manual page break before
> the G. Well, next time I update the index, I have to go
> looking for that again.
That problem's easily avoided. The "G" is a GroupTitlesIX paragraph.
Select it and open Paragraph Designer (Ctrl+M). On the Pagination tab,
select Keep With Next, and click Update All.
HTH!
Richard
------
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
------
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
------
WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help
format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content
delivery. Try it today! http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l