Synchronise scrolling on all open FM-docs

To compare documents (e.g. translations of the same contents) it is necessary to to advence view in them synchronised.
In many cases it is sufficient to scroll screen page by screen page, but in other cases it wis neccessary to scroll paragraph by paragraph - e.g. to recognise insertions/deletions better.

These scripts can synchronise the scrolling of all open documents, using two different sync methods:

• SyncScrollByPara syncronise paragraph by paragraph
• SyncScrollByScreen synchonise by the screen height

The idea to for these scripts come from a post by Yatani in the Adobe FrameMaker Forum.

Installation

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1. Download the script file

FM version	Date	Version	Installation file(s)	Latest changes
10 and higher	2023-08-28	1.00	FMSyncScrolling.zip	First issue of the scripts

2. UnZip the file to the desktop (you get two jsx files).
3. Copy or move the files into the folder My Documents\Adobe Scripts\
4. After the start of FrameMaker you can add them to the script catalogue by menu File > Scripts ... > Script Catalogue (Script Library) as Favourite: use the Add button and navigate to My Documents\Adobe Scripts\
5. You may now use the scripts as described hereafter.
6. The script UI adapts to the system language (not the FM UI language).

Use the script

1. Open all documents in which you want to synchronise scrolling.
2. In all document place the cursor at an initial position.
3. Run the appropriate synchronisation script: SyncScrollByPara or SyncScrollByScreen
4. You get a small palette:
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5. On each scroll action (click below/above the scroller etc.) the active position in all documents is moved.
6. Especially for a number (> 2) of open documents: do not click/scroll the mouse too fast for multiple scroll actions!

Example use of SyncScrollByPara

This function moves the insertion point. Hence you can immediate work on the target location.
(The command used in this function is "IPToNextParaStart" or "IPToPrevParaStart".)

• All documents are open and the cursor is in the first line in all of them (black circle).
• Click 3 times below the scroller in the Sync palette.
• The resulting post ion of the cursor is indicated by the red circle.

Example use of SyncScrollByScreen

Be aware that this function does not move the insertion point! To work on a target page you first need to click into the document to place the cursor!
(The command used in this function is "GotoNextScreen" or "GotoPreviousScreen".)

• All documents are open and the cursor is in the first line in all of them (see black circle in above screen shots).
• Click 3 times below the scroller in the Sync palette.
• Although the view has advanced 3 screens full, the cursor is not placed at a new location!

Un-install the script

Just remove the scripts from Startup folder of FM.

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