Adding symbols to the pulldown menu in FrameMaker 7 and 8

Question

I am attempting to add a Section symbol to the pulldown menu. This symbol does not seem to be listed in the menus.cfg file, but I found the "\xa4" definition in the Character Sets PDF file that comes with FrameMaker. <br /><br />This is the procedure I'm using, but it is not working and the symbol does not appear in the dropdown list:<br /><br />1) In the cmds.cfg file, under the *** Special Menu ***, I added the following text:<br /><Command CharSection><br />    <Label Section><br />    <Definition \xa4><br /><br />2) In the menus.cfg file, under *** Pull RIght Menus ***, under the list that starts with <Add CharBullet   <MEnu SpecialSymbols>>, I added the following line of text:<br />   <Add CharSection                      <Menu SpecialSymbols>><br /><br />3) I saved and closed both files, restarted FrameMaker, and the Section symbol does not appear in the list. <br /><br />I hope that someone can help with this problem.

Answer 1

Jay,<br /><br />If you don't use the <Label ...> modifier when defining your<br />character, then you won't see it on any menu, any where. ;-)<br /><br />e.g.<br /><br /><Command CharSection <Label Section \xA4> <Definition \xA4>>