glc@frame.UUCP (Greg Cockroft) (10/24/89)
>1. It appears that Frame (like Writenow) still uses Printer Font spacing >on the screen. This results in spacing which looks different on the screen >from what is printed. Is this true? If so, is Frame changing to use different >widths for each? I think you have the above logic reversed. If you use printer metrics on the screen, you have true wysiwyg. The downside is that text is sometimes difficult to read, because the widths are tuned for printer resolution. FrameMaker will break a line of text based on printer metrics, but displays using screen metrics. The difference is made up in the space between words. On dense lines sometimes there just aren't enough screen pixels to go around, and pixels are shaved between characters within a word. >2. Is there a way to apply a Postscript "special effect" to a portion of text >in a Frame document? Say for example one has some PS code which tilts a font >or some such. Is there a way to embed this in a document and see the result >on screen? Absolutely. See page 15 of the demo document. >3. Does Frame support variable kerning? That is can I select a piece of text >(part of a word, part of a sentence, etc.) and ask Frame to "tighten it up", >a little, a lot, or whatever? Yep. See spread in the character format dialog. >4. Can Frame be used in a mode where you create a template and only have >pointers to files which are read in when the document is constructed? In other >words can I keep the text of a document and the formatting separate so that >I can go on making changes to a set of separate files which constitute the >final document? I believe that Ventura Publisher can work this way (Pagemaker >cannot). As an example, imagine a newsletter "template" which describes >the basic layout (editorials, events calendar, etc.) but where these pieces >are kept in files which are edited outside of Frame. I would like Frame to >construct the document by reading these files in and formatting based on the >template each time. Frame would not store the entire formatted document unless >requested to do so. Can do? FrameMaker 2.0 has a feature called Use Formats From, which means you can slam dunk the formatting of one document onto another. You can do this with a document, or a complete book made up of multiple documents. If you have more questions, I can be reached at 408-922-2775. -greg.