General Overview of Paragraph Formatting
In Framemaker, changes in the style of a document occur at the
paragraph level. Therefore, in order to change spacing, fonts,
numering properties, and tabs you will need to change the paragraph
format.
To open the paragraph format window, click inside the paragraph you
want to change and select Paragraph from the Format
menu. A new window will appear with the type of the paragraph listed
in the upper left hand corner. If you click the mouse under the
Properties label you will see a menu with 6 options:
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- Allows you to change basic properties such as alignment,
spacing, margins, etc.
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- Allows you to change the default paragraph font, as well as the
size and other font related options.
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- Allows you to autonumber paragraphs, or indicate any text you may
wish to precede any paragraph of this type.
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- Allows you to edit tab stops, or define new tab stops and their
properties.
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- These options allow you to control the method which Frame uses to
hypenate words, define the language to use for spell checking, and
include an references above or below any paragraphs of a specific
type.
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- Framemaker treats a regular document as a single cell table.
This window allows you to set the cell margins and alignment.
For more information on the settings in each of these options, see the
corresponding entry in the Paragraph Formatting
branch of the stock answer tree.
Once you have made the necessary changes in the window, you must apply
the changes to either the specified paragraph (Current P's),
all paragraphs of the same type (P's Tagged), any new
paragraphs of that type that you might want to create (P
Catalog), or all paragraphs in a document regardless of their
type. NOTE: You generally only want to use the
All Paragraphs option if you are in As Is mode.
This means that you should use SHIFT-F8 to clear the
information in the format window, and then only click on or change
those attributes which should affect the entire document. Then, make
sure you select ONLY P Catalog, Current
P's and All P's. Do not select P's
Tagged:.