I just ran across 2 issues with composed in 7.7.03 and wanted to know if I am doing something incorrectly or is it composer.....

1. I tried to create a bullet type list --- I cannot seem to get that feature to work at all -- To add bullets, I had to insert code for a bullet into the html directly --- that worked in developer studio when I ran the HTMl --- looked beautiful -- Deployed it to the dashboard in viewbuilder --- et voila! --- got question marks instead of bullets!!! What's up with that??? • was the code. And how do you actually get the bulleted list to create a bullet list? Obviously I am missing something here. (Solved the problem by creating a bullet jpg and inserting that -- a lot of work for something so simple and basic)

2. Every time I have tried to set justification it is grayed out --- When and where is it active??

Thanks for any guidance on these issues.


Vivian

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Bullets for a text object is not in the product until release 8. You will need to go to release 8 if you want that capability.

I'm not really sure what you're trying to do, but can't you just use an HTML unordered list?

<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
<li>etc...</li>
</ul>

• Item 1


• Item 2


• etc...

Well Wep I was trying to use the tool since it is an option in composer -- so I am a little surprised by David Glick's answer - but there you go....yes, I could code it in HTML but it was not lining up correctly since there were 5 columns of bulleted text under each in a small space --- just was a pain -- but with the graphic it worked out.....

I was more curious why the bullets turned into question marks when deployed through view builder onto the dashboard....there must be some different interpretation of the bullet code when it is run there.

And David...what about justification? Is that only in 8 also --- because it is greyed out in 7.7.03 in composer.

Thanks

Vivian,

Bullets and Numbering are not in the frontend until release 8. Justification is in releases prior to 8. You need to be out of edit mode and select the textbox so that it shows the "handles" on the object and then the toolbar icons activate. This is done this way because you can only have one justification type for the entire textbox.

& b u l l ; (without the spaces) will give you a bullet, in anything.
EXAMPLE:

•

quote:

& b u l l ;

Thanks Susannah -- that is a good tip!

I guess I am still a little puzzled since composer has an option for a bulleted list in 7.7.03 dev studio --- but okay --- will wait for 8 for it to be implemented!

there's a bunch more i like to use:
sticking an escaped & in front of each ...
ARROWS: ← ↑ → ↓
&|larr; &|uarr; &|rarr; &|darr;

LINES: ¯ ‾ - _ – — ¦ ⁄ \ |
&|macr; &|oline; &|#45; &|#95; &|ndash; &|mdash; &|brvbar; &|frasl; &|#92; &|#124;

DOTS: ● • · .
&|#9679; &|bull; &|middot; &|#46;

QUOTES/BRACKETS: ' " ‘’ ‚ „ “ ” ‹ › « » < > [ ] ^ { }
&|#39; &|quot; &|lsquo;&|rsquo; &|sbquo; &|bdquo; &|ldquo; &|rdquo; &|lsaquo; &|rsaquo; &|laquo; &|raquo; &|lt; &|gt; &|#91;&|#93; &|#94;&|#123; &|#125;

PUNCTUATION: ? ! ¡ ¿ ¨ ´ ¸ ª º ( ; ) * , - . : ; |
&|#63; &|#33; &|iexcl; &|iquest; &|uml; &|acute; &|cedil; &|ordf; &|ordm; &|#40 ; &|#41; &|#42; &|#44; &|#45; &|#46; &|#58; &|#59; &|#124;

MONEY: $ ¢ £ ¤ ¥
&|#36; &|cent; &|pound; &|curren; &|yen;

FORMULAE: # % ‰ ° ¹ ² ³ ± + ÷ × = ¼ ½ ¾ ¬ < > [ ] ^ *
&|#35; &|#37; &|permil; &|deg; &|sup1; &|sup2; &|sup3; &|plusmn; &|#43; &|divide; &|times; &|#61; &|frac14; &|frac12; &|frac34; &|not; &|lt; &|gt; &|#91; &|#93; &|#94; &|#42;

EDIT: © ™ ® § µ ¶ · † ‡
&|copy; &|trade; &|reg; &|sect; &|micro; &|para; &|middot; &|dagger; &|Dagger;

CARDS: ♠♣♥♦
&|spades;&|clubs;&|hearts;&|diams;

THE USUAL: & is &|amp; or &|#38; and @ is &|#64;

THE INVISIBLE: horizontal tab is &|#09; linefeed is &|#10; cr is &|#13; space is &|nbsp; or &|#32;

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Wow. Neat tricks - why not give a presentation at Summit on these? !!

just consider it a Christmas present, George
I just edited the post to make it acually usable

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