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FrameMaker users, rejoice!
Technical Writer and Consultant Sheila Loring has some information
about a plug-in that can eliminate those anchored frame blues.
When you import a graphic
into your FrameMaker document without first inserting an anchored
frame, the results can be unattractive. The default anchored frame
properties place the frame below the current line, make it left
aligned, and force the frame inside the column. If you don't like
these settings, you have to change the anchored frame properties
every time you import a graphic. This can be annoying and time-consuming
if your document has many graphics.
ImpGraph cures the anchored
frame blues. Bruce Foster developed this PC plug-in to let you change
the default anchored frame and graphic runaround properties. The
program is a .dll file that you place in the fminit/Plugins directory.
In FrameMaker's Special menu, the plug-in creates a new menu choice
called Import Graphic Preferences. Before you import graphics, modify
the graphic preferences. Your settings will be stored in an .ini
file so that when you create a new document, the previous anchored
frame and runaround preferences still apply.
Preferences include the
following:
Anchoring Position--Below
Current Line, At Top of Column, At Bottom of Column, or At Insertion
Point
Alignment--Left, Center,
Right, Side Closer to Binding, or Side Farther from Binding
Cropped or Floating
Runaround Properties--Run
Around Contour, Run Around Bounding Box, Don't Run Around, or Gap
size
ImpGraph is available
from the FrameUsers
web site on the Power Tools II page. Select the Bruce Foster tab
to find ImpGraph and other plug-ins Foster developed. If you're
thrilled with ImpGraph and want to receive upgrade notices or install
it on several computers, the registration fee is a mere $10. Try
it out. You might be inspired to throw money at the feet of Bruce
Foster
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