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[Michael Norman michael.norman@xxxxxxxx]

At 1/18/2004 02:44 PM -0500, Robert Holmgren wrote:

Uwe   SIEBER  wrote the DOSLIKE
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Steve SIEBERT maintains NotaBene


Yup. Culpa lata for a  former reporter.



> Major bug in their frameworks view.



What is "frameworks" anyway -- outlines?  I've never
"gotten" the concept.


And here is more than you likely wanted to know about
"frameworks." (From NB's latest overview file.)

Near as I can tell, a "framework" is a template for an
outline.





The Document Framework feature in Nota Bene provides powerful
controls for writing in outline format.  To work in outline format,
you first insert a framework in your document.  This activates
special framework controls that can be used to insert and to move,
promote or demote outline points.  Nota Bene automatically numbers
and letters outline points in accord with the framework you choose. 
You can choose from several predefined outline formats or use a dialog
box to guide you through the process of developing your own
framework. 




Document Frameworks are also used for writing a thesis, book or paper
that has multiple levels of headings and subheadings.  A framework
component consists of the heading and (if applicable) body text under
that heading.   You can set up your framework to vary the
formatting of headings and subheadings (e.g. font size, bold, underline,
alignment) to indicate the level of heading/subheading or you can use a
numbering system or any combination of the two.  Once the framework
has been set up and inserted in the document, Nota Bene will properly
format and/or number the headings.  Framework components (headings
and body text) can easily be moved.  For example, if you decide that
the third section of your paper should be a subsection under the first
section, all you have to do is click one icon (yellow arrow - up) to move
the framework component and click another icon (yellow arrow - right) to
demote the framework component from section to subsection.  





After a framework is inserted in the document, Outline view can be
used by clicking the Outline View icon (a red tree), by clicking View,
Outline or by pressing Shift+F7.  Outline view gives you
considerable flexibility in choosing the portions of the framework to be
displayed.  You can display only first level headings, all headings,
or any number of levels of subheadings.  If your framework includes
body text, you can hide the body text, display the first line of text or
display all of the text.  Within one section of the outline, you can
display more levels of headings and/or text than you display for the rest
of the document.  Outline view is for reference only and cannot be
printed directly.  You can, however, print an outline by creating a
printable Graphic (Alternate) View.




Two sample files with frameworks, Frame1.smp and Frame2.smp are
available in your Nbwin\document\samples directory (if you did not accept
the Nbwin default during your NB installation, please substitute your
current installation directory for Nbwin).   Frame1.smp
contains a basic outline with headings and no body text.  Frame2.smp
contains a customized framework with body text and formatted
headings.  To become familiar with document frameworks, it is
recommended that you open these files and begin using some of the
features from within this document.  Once you are familiar with
using a file with a framework, then you can proceed to use frameworks in
your own work. 




We do not recommend using the command line to set up a framework or
an outline.  While a simple outline format can be set up on the
command line using counters described in the Numbering section and the SS
and US commands as described in the Styles section, using a predefined
framework as described in this section is quicker and more efficient and
has the added benefit of activating framework.
Michael Norman