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Subject:Re: Frame Manuals From:Romay Jean Sitze <rositze -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Sat, 20 May 1995 10:01:49 -0600
On Fri, 19 May 1995, Pat Madea wrote:
> 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.
Since this is not an uncommon problem, would you be willing to share the
answer?
