Invocation: From the book you wish to search, bring up fmTools->Search All Files in Book…

Screenshot of the dialog box

All search results are displayed in a list. Double click on an entry to jump to the specific position in the document. Use the up and down buttons to show the previous or next match.

Invocation: From the book you wish to process, bring up fmTools->Open All Files in Book Iconified.

All documents in the book are opened and iconified.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Select->Select Parent Object

This functionality proves to be quite useful, if you want to select the frame of a graphic object or a one cell table that is completely filled by a graphic object.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Select->Select Next Object Below

Graphic objects have a stacking order that determines their visibility. To select an object hidden by another object use this functionality.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Select->Select Next Object Above

Graphic objects have a stacking order that determines their visibility. This function serves as pendant to 'Select Next Object Below'.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Table->Trim Table Title

This function adjusts the left and right margins of the table title's paragraph to fit exactly below the table (see figures).

Table title before applying the 'Trim Table Title' function.
Note the left indent of the table.

Table title after using 'Trim Table Title'.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Copy Graphic Props

Copies graphic properties of a selected objects. Later, selected properties, e.g. size or position, can be applied to a different object.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Paste Graphic Pos

Apply the position properties that have been copied from a previously selected object by using the 'Copy Graphic Props' function. The position is relative to the parent frame.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Paste Graphic Left Pos

Apply the left horizontal position property that has been copied from a previously selected object by using the 'Copy Graphic Props' function. The position is relative to the parent frame.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Paste Graphic Right Pos

Apply the right horizontal position property that has been copied from a previously selected object by using the 'Copy Graphic Props' function. The position is relative to the parent frame.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Paste Graphic Top Pos

Apply the top vertical position property that has been copied from a previously selected object by using the 'Copy Graphic Props' function. The position is relative to the parent frame.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Paste Graphic Bottom Pos

Apply the bottom vertical position property that has been copied from a previously selected object by using the 'Copy Graphic Props' function. The position is relative to the parent frame.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Paste Graphic Size

Apply the width and height property that have been copied from a previously selected object by using the 'Copy Graphic Props' function.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Paste Graphic Width

Apply the width property that have been copied from a previously selected object by using the 'Copy Graphic Props' function.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Paste Graphic Height

Apply the height property that have been copied from a previously selected object by using the 'Copy Graphic Props' function.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Resize Graphic to Copied Width

Make the selected graphic object the same width as the object from which the graphic properties have been copied by using the 'Copy Graphic Props' function. The aspect ratio of the graphic object is kept.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Resize Graphic to Copied Height

Make the selected graphic object the same height as the object from which the graphic properties have been copied by using the 'Copy Graphic Props' function. The aspect ratio of the graphic object is kept.

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object, bring up fmTools->Resize Graphic to Grid Height…

Resize the selected graphic object to a height that is a multiple of the documents grid spacing set in the 'View Options'-dialog. The factor can be entered in a dialog displayed upon coosing this function. The aspect ratio of the graphic object is kept.

Entering a factor in the dialog.

The grid spacing is set in the 'View Options' dialog (View->Options…).

Invocation: From the document where you selected a graphic object and a text frame, bring up fmTools->Make Figure Title Right

This function is quite specific in that it can be used to adjust the size and position of a text frame used as figure title in relation to a graphic object. Both, the graphic object and the text frame must be placed in the same parent frame. The text frame will then be aligned to the right of the parent frame. In addition its size is adjusted to have a width that fills the space between the right border and the graphic object minus a left margin of 0.5 cm (see figures).

First, the text frame must be placed and both,
the text frame and the graphic object must be selected.

After using the 'Make Figure Title Right' function,
the text frame is aligned and resized.

Invocation: From any document, bring up fmTools->Add Frame To Graphic

Adds a black rectangle of 0.5pt line width to surround the graphic object. The rectangle gets selected to make adjustments easier.

Invocation: From any document, bring up fmTools->Undo Operation

Undoes/Redoes the last operation.

Perform the following steps to install fmBookTools or fmGraphicTools for Microsoft Windows:

1. Download the plug-in distribution.
• fmBookTools 1.1 (.zip)
• fmGraphicTools 1.3 (.zip)
2. Unpack the DLL into the \fminit\PlugIns directory that is located in the directory where FrameMaker is installed.
3. Restart FrameMaker.

Perform the following steps to install fmBookTools or fmGraphicTools for SGI IRIX:

1. Download the plug-in distribution.
• fmBookTools 1.1 (.tar.gz)
• fmGraphicTools 1.3 (.tar.gz)
2. Decide where you want the plug-in to be located and unpack the files there (e.g. $HOME/fminit/bin). Remember this location. To unpack the distribution enter for instance:

gunzip < fmBookTools-1.1.tar.gz | tar xf -

3. Add an entry describing the plug-in to the $FMHOME/fminit/UILanguage/APIArea/apiclients file, where UILanguage is a user-interface language directory. For example, if you're using the US English version of a FrameMaker product, you edit the file $FMHOME/fminit/usenglish/APIArea/apiclients. The entry should look like the following:
<APIclient
<Name plug-in-name>
<Directory installation-directory>
<SharedLibrary plug-in-name.dl>
<Description You may add a description here.>
<Products Maker MakerSGML>
>

Replace the installation-directory with the complete directory where the fmBookTools executable resides (e.g. $HOME/fminit/bin). This is the location you decided in step 1. Plug-in-name is the filename of the plug-in without extension, e.g. fmBookTools. To give an example, if you choose to place the fmBookTools plug-in into $HOME/fminit/bin, the entry would look like this:

<APIclient

<Name fmBookTools>
<Directory $HOME/fminit/bin>
<SharedLibrary fmBookTools.dl>
<Description FrameMaker book related tools.>
<Products Maker MakerSGML>
>
4. Restart FrameMaker.