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:

Basic

Allows you to change basic properties such as alignment, spacing, margins, etc.

Default Font

Allows you to change the default paragraph font, as well as the size and other font related options.

Numbering

Allows you to autonumber paragraphs, or indicate any text you may wish to precede any paragraph of this type.

Tabs

Allows you to edit tab stops, or define new tab stops and their properties.

Advanced

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.

Table Cell

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:.