New to FrameMaker

[Sam Beard]

Nina,

   There's a simple way, albeit not quite as simple as you're talking
about. You can type CTRL-q-. and that will insert an arrow like you
want. Also, I'm sending you a PDF file that is a listing of the FM
Character Sets, which includes that one as well as many others. For
example, you can insert a hard space by typing ESC-(hyphen)-h, a
plus/minus symbol by typing CTRL-q-1, and many others. I made a cheat
sheet that I keep on the base of one of my monitors and refer to this
for the most common ones we need. 
   Congratulations on the new job and best of luck! Frame isn't too hard
and works MUCH better than Word for many things, once you get used to
it!

Samuel I. Beard, Jr.
Technical Writer
OI Analytical
979 690-1711 Ext. 222
sbeard at oico.com
 

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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+sbeard=oico.com at lists.techwr-l.com] On Behalf
Of Nina Rogers
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:52 PM
To: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: New to FrameMaker

Hi all,

 

I just started a new job and, after being in tech-writing jobs that used
MS Word, I'm finally at a job that uses FrameMaker. So I guess it's
about time I learned it. :-)

 

I've been working through the user guide and have done some tutorials
and am slowly but surely figuring this out. One thing I can't seem to
find, though: How do I make an "arrow" character for steps? (Ex.: Click
New-->File, etc.) In Word, I would just type two hyphens and a "greater
than" symbol and it would automatically turn into a nice arrow. Is there
a function similar to this in FrameMaker? I can't seem to find anything
(yet, at least). I would rather use an arrow than switch to using a
slash or a >.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Nina Rogers 

 

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