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Text frame and text flow statements
Version 5 intro duces text frames, which are composed of any number of text columns separated by a standard gap.
In MIF files, text frames are described by the same statement used in previous versions for text columns, the
TextRect statement.
In version 5, three new statements have been added under the
TextRect statement to specify multicolumn text
frames:
• <TRNumColumns integer >
• <TRColumnGap dimension >
• <TRColumnBalance boolean >
When reading 5.00 MIF files, previous versions of FrameMaker will remove these statements and assume that the
text frame is actually a single text column.
When reading MIF files from previous versions, FrameMaker in version 5 will convert multiple text columns on a
page into a single, multicolumn text frame. To represent each text column as a separate text frame, include the MIF
statement
<TRNumColumns 1> in the description of each TextRect statement.
Side head layout information has been transferred from the
TextFlow statement to the TextRect statement. The
following statements, which appeared under the
TextFlow statement in previous versions, are replaced by corre-
sponding statements under the
TextRect statement in 5.00:
If FrameMaker in version 5 finds the
TextFlow MIF statements for side heads, FrameMaker will convert these state-
ments to the equivalent statements under the
TextRect statement.
If these types of statements are found under both the
TextRect statement and the TextFlow statement, the state-
ments under the
TextRect statement will be used.
Note that the existence of side heads in a text flow is still specified by the
TFSideheads statement, which is under
the
TextFlow statement.
For more information about the MIF syntax for text frames, see “TextRect statement” on page 121. For more infor-
mation about the MIF syntax for text flows, see “Text flows” on page 122.
Graphic frame statements
In version 5, graphic frames can be anchored inside or outside text frames. Graphic frames can also be aligned along
the inside or outside edge of a text frame (in relation to the binding of a book). Finally, graphic frames can be
anchored outside the entire text frame or one column in the text frame.
As a result, the following changes to 4.00 MIF have been made:
• The FrameType statement now supports the additional keywords Inside, Outside, and RunIntoParagraph.
• The AnchorAlign statement now supports the additional keywords Inside and Outside.
• Version 5 introduces the new AnchorBeside statement to indicate whether the graphic frame is anchored
outside the entire text frame (
TextFrame) or outside one column in the text frame (Column).
• When editing FrameMaker document files from previous versions, FrameMaker assumes that this statement has
the value
<AnchorBeside Column>.
For more information about the MIF syntax for graphic frames, see “Frame statement” on page 110.
MIF 4.00 MIF 5.00
<TFSideheadWidth dimension > <TRSideheadWidth dimension >
<TFSideheadGap
dimension > <TRSideheadGap dimension >
<TFSideheadPlacement
keyword > <TRSideheadPlacement keyword >