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I am posting this in response to the eMail I received concerning
my problem with FM4 documentation:
> The specific problem I was trying to resolve in Frame was how to
> allow more spacing to occur between words, after commas, colons,
> periods, and semi-colons in some documents I had inherited to
> edit. I knew there had to be a switch somewhere that allowed more or
> limited spacing between words. Searching the indicies of the FM
> Manual and _The Frame Handbook_ proved fruitless as did the online
> help. I ended up calling tech support to get the answer, which
> was very simple. But, the call would have been unnecessary if the
> FM Manual had been better indexed and _The Frame Handbook_
> hadn't duplicated the error.
The answer to the problem has to do with SMART (!?!?! emphasis mine)
Spaces. Smart Spaces are NOT cross-referenced in the FM4 manual and
_The Frame Handbook_, since it largely follows the FM4 layout and
structure, omits it also. The Smart Spaces switch is under Format
Document in a Frame document. Click them on, click them off. Very
easy. Finding them is another matter.
