Question
FOSI - Drawing lines and arrows on side margin
This is another can I do this question. I have a procedure that has a
bunch of steps. There are what I call conditions that group some of these
steps together. In some cases where there are multiple conditions there is
an OR relationship between them.
The steps within these conditions can span several pages and it is not
always obvious when 2 or more conditions are related to each other. So far
I have only seen a choice between 2 conditions, but I would think the
possibility exists for having more than two.
The printed sample I have uses an arrow that points to the condition text,
then a bar down the side of the page until the next condition that is then
pointed to. On each page that this bar appears, the word OR is inserted.
The OR floats to different locations, so it sort of looks like this was
created by hand rather than with a stylesheet. Anyway it sort of looks
like this in print:
--> If main wheel tire is blown:
| 1. Brake ...
| 2. Arrestment briefing ..
| NOTE
| some note text here
| 3. another step
OR
|
|-> If nose wheel tires blown:
4. first step of this condition
5. next step of this condition
So I have markup that I can use to determine what conditions are related
to each other, so I have the information to make this work from the
content side. Can I do something like this with a FOSI?
..dan
bunch of steps. There are what I call conditions that group some of these
steps together. In some cases where there are multiple conditions there is
an OR relationship between them.
The steps within these conditions can span several pages and it is not
always obvious when 2 or more conditions are related to each other. So far
I have only seen a choice between 2 conditions, but I would think the
possibility exists for having more than two.
The printed sample I have uses an arrow that points to the condition text,
then a bar down the side of the page until the next condition that is then
pointed to. On each page that this bar appears, the word OR is inserted.
The OR floats to different locations, so it sort of looks like this was
created by hand rather than with a stylesheet. Anyway it sort of looks
like this in print:
--> If main wheel tire is blown:
| 1. Brake ...
| 2. Arrestment briefing ..
| NOTE
| some note text here
| 3. another step
OR
|
|-> If nose wheel tires blown:
4. first step of this condition
5. next step of this condition
So I have markup that I can use to determine what conditions are related
to each other, so I have the information to make this work from the
content side. Can I do something like this with a FOSI?
..dan