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Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't sure if my idea would or would
not work, but thought I'd mention it, in case someone else hadn't
already, or you hadn't already tried it. Good to know that it doesn't
quite work. At this point, I haven't had a problem like this, as I
haven't had to have a blank line followed by a line with the Keep With
Next Pgf Tag option.
Samuel I. Beard, Jr.
Technical Writer
OI Analytical
979 690-1711 Ext. 222
sbeard -at- oico -dot- com
-----Original Message-----
From: Lief Erickson [mailto:lief -at- networkinstruments -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:23 AM
To: Sam Beard
Subject: RE: Paragraph Designer - Next Pgf Tag
Good idea, Sam, but it's partially correct and partially wrong. I
already have some text in the autonumber field. So, having text there is
not sufficient and FrameMaker still views the paragraph as "blank." In
fact, even typing a space is not sufficient. If you type a non-breaking
space, however, the Next Pgf Tag is honored.
I did modify some of my tags so that I can type a character and have the
text appear as white. It's not ideal, but it's a workaround.
Thanks for the reply.
-Lief
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Beard [mailto:sbeard -at- oico -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:14 AM
To: Lief Erickson
Subject: RE: Paragraph Designer - Next Pgf Tag
Lief,
In this case, how about making the text in the intentionally blank
paragraph white? Particularly effective, I would think, if you inserted
some text in the Autonumber field of the Numbering tab on the Paragraph
Designer. Just make it read something like Intentionally Blank in white
text, just in case it does show up at some point (like during a
highlight all approach). This might provide the needed text requirement
but still leave the paragraph "blank".
Samuel I. Beard, Jr.
Technical Writer
OI Analytical
979 690-1711 Ext. 222
sbeard -at- oico -dot- com
-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces -at- lists -dot- frameusers -dot- com
[mailto:framers-bounces -at- lists -dot- frameusers -dot- com] On Behalf Of Lief Erickson
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 1:25 PM
To: Stuart Rogers; bob -dot- pavelko -at- aero -dot- bombardier -dot- com;
framers -at- lists -dot- frameusers -dot- com
Subject: RE: Paragraph Designer - Next Pgf Tag
This has been my experience, too. I find it terribly annoying because
I've designed my templates specifically with some paragraphs that are
blank.
Typing text into the paragraph makes the next paragraph feature work.
Leaving the paragraph empty simply repeats the current paragraph tag.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:framers-bounces -at- lists -dot- frameusers -dot- com] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 12:25 PM
To: bob -dot- pavelko -at- aero -dot- bombardier -dot- com
Cc: framers -at- lists -dot- frameusers -dot- com
Subject: Re: Paragraph Designer - Next Pgf Tag
bob -dot- pavelko -at- aero -dot- bombardier -dot- com wrote:
> I have recently upgraded to FM 8.0p273 in the Windows XP environment
and am
> having difficulty with the Next Paragraph Tag feature in the Paragraph
> Designer. Paragraph Tags seem to ignore stepping to the Next Pgf Tag
and
> instead insert the same Paragraph Tag. I have saved 8.0p273 files as
7.0
> mif, then opened and worked with them using FM 7.1p114 in the Windows
2000
> environment and the Paragraph Tags behave as they should.
>
> Is this a bug or am I unaware of something that changed in FM 8?
>
I seem to remember a recent discussion that concluded the Next pgf tag
function only works properly when the previous pgf is not empty. Type
some text, then press Enter, and you get the correct Next pgf.
HTH,
--
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
srogers phoenix-geophysics com
"It is not enough that I succeed.
Others must fail."
-- Oscar Wilde
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