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Re: Negative space-before or -after in FrameMaker paras?
Subject:Re: Negative space-before or -after in FrameMaker paras? From:Jo Baer <jbaer -at- mailbox1 -dot- tcfbank -dot- com> To:"Guy K. Haas" <ghaas -at- selectica -dot- com> Date:Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:52:18 -0500
I've gotten negative spacing to work. Maybe the spacing for the
preceding or subsequent element is overriding the spacing you're giving
to a specific para.
Jo
"Guy K. Haas" wrote:
>
> Gang--
>
> (Yes, I know there are TWO FrameMaker lists, but the signal-to-noise
> ratio is much better here on TECHWR-L.)
>
> Is there a way to make the pre-paragraph and/or post-paragraph
> spacing negative in FrameMaker? I can ENTER "-8.0 pts" but
> FrameMaker 5.5.6 seems to honor the absolute value, ignoring the
> sign.
>
> --Guy K. Haas
> Senior Technical Writer
> Selectica, Inc.
> E-Mail: ghaas -at- selectica -dot- com
