Adobe framemaker 6.0 Manuale Utente
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ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 6.0
Using MIF Statements
If you use a FrameMaker product to edit a MIF file, you must prevent it from interpreting MIF statements
when you open the file by holding down a modifier key and clicking Open in the Open dialog box.
when you open the file by holding down a modifier key and clicking Open in the Open dialog box.
Save the edited MIF file as a text file by using the Save As command and choosing Text Only from the
Format pop-up menu. Give the saved file the suffix .mif. When you save a document as Text Only, a
FrameMaker product asks you where to place carriage returns. For a MIF file, choose the Only between
Paragraphs option.
Format pop-up menu. Give the saved file the suffix .mif. When you save a document as Text Only, a
FrameMaker product asks you where to place carriage returns. For a MIF file, choose the Only between
Paragraphs option.
In UNIX versions, a FrameMaker product saves a document in text format in the ISO Latin-1 character
encoding. You can change the character encoding to ASCII by changing the value of an X resource. See the
description of character encoding in the online manual Customizing FrameMaker Products. In Macintosh
and Windows versions, press Esc F t c to toggle between FrameMaker’s character encoding and ANSI for
Windows or ASCII for Macintosh.
encoding. You can change the character encoding to ASCII by changing the value of an X resource. See the
description of character encoding in the online manual Customizing FrameMaker Products. In Macintosh
and Windows versions, press Esc F t c to toggle between FrameMaker’s character encoding and ANSI for
Windows or ASCII for Macintosh.
Importing MIF files
You can use the File menu’s Import>File command to import MIF files into an existing document, but you
must make sure that the imported statements are valid at the location where you are importing them. A
MIF file can describe both text and graphics; make sure that you have selected either a place in the text flow
(if you are importing text or graphics) or an anchored frame (if you are importing graphics).
must make sure that the imported statements are valid at the location where you are importing them. A
MIF file can describe both text and graphics; make sure that you have selected either a place in the text flow
(if you are importing text or graphics) or an anchored frame (if you are importing graphics).
For example, to import a MIF file that describes a graphic, first create an anchored frame in a document,
select the frame, and then import the MIF file (see “Bar chart example” on page 235).
select the frame, and then import the MIF file (see “Bar chart example” on page 235).
When you import or include MIF files, make sure that object IDs are unique in the final document and
that references to object IDs are correct (see “Generic object statements” on page 111).
that references to object IDs are correct (see “Generic object statements” on page 111).
Editing MIF files
You normally use a text editor to edit a MIF file. If you use a FrameMaker product to enter text into a MIF
file, be sure to open the MIF file as a text file and turn off Smart Quotes. If you leave Smart Quotes on, you
must use a key sequence to type the quotation marks that enclose a MIF string (`'). To enter a left quotation
mark, type Control-`. To enter a straight quotation mark, type Control-'.
file, be sure to open the MIF file as a text file and turn off Smart Quotes. If you leave Smart Quotes on, you
must use a key sequence to type the quotation marks that enclose a MIF string (`'). To enter a left quotation
mark, type Control-`. To enter a straight quotation mark, type Control-'.
Although MIF statements are usually generated by a program, while you learn MIF or test and debug an
application that generates MIF, you may need to manually generate MIF statements. In either case, you can
minimize the number of MIF statements that your application needs to generate or that you need to type
in.
application that generates MIF, you may need to manually generate MIF statements. In either case, you can
minimize the number of MIF statements that your application needs to generate or that you need to type
in.
In this version
Use this modifier key
UNIX
Shift
Macintosh
Option
Windows
Control or Shift
NeXT
Alt