Re: Shading text in Frame

[Peter Gold <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill:

Nice touch! However not only doesn't it get spell checked, since it's not a
real paragraph, it also can't be auto-numbered or used for TOC.

"As my old friend, Rosanne Rosannadanna, used to say, 'it's always
somethin'," as Gilda Radner used to say.

Regards,

Peter Gold
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On 12/19/03 11:26 AM, "Bill Briggs" <web@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 11:46 AM +0100 19/12/03, <arinor@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have am working on the API reference for a forthcoming product
>> redesign. Encouraged by the product manager, I am also redesigning
>> the Frame template that has served to company for the past 6 years.
>> In pursuit of the these lofty goals, I have encountered a slight
>> problem that would be easily solved in Word.
>> 
>> In Word one can shade text by simply Format>Borders and Shading and
>> applying a color shading to a selected text. I am trying to find an
>> equivalent functionality in Framemaker. Funny enough in my 4 years
>> of using Framemaker, I have never had to  apply shading to text. In
>> addition I would like to add this formatting element (shading) to a
>> paragraph tag....
>> 
>> Waiting for a million responses...
> 
> Well, I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned this little trick I
> have for such things. It's not perfect - the text won't break across
> lines, but it does make the shading follow the text if the text moves
> on the page or to a different page. Here's what you do.
> 
> Insert a new medium equation, highlight the question mark, and with
> the symbols pallet showing, click on the "start string" item on the
> right. Now enter your text in the equation box. After having put in
> the text, select the frame in which the text resides and using the
> graphics pallet colour the fill as you wish (black with 10% tint
> looks okay). Now shrinkwrap the equation. There's your highlighted
> text. It doesn't get spellchecked, so watch your spelling. But it's a
> hell of a lot easier than messing with tables - yech.
> 
> - web
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