I thoroughly endorse the BookVars plugin! It is an excellent tool and
I use it all the time. In fact, I literally updated a few properties
(using BookVars) for a FrameMaker book for creating a new PDF ... a few
minutes before I responded to this e-mail.
Z
Scott Prentice wrote:
You might also want to take a look at our BookVars plugin. This lets you
define groups of variable definitions and import them into books as needed.
http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php
...scott
Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892
John Sgammato wrote:
I am using FrameMaker 7.2, unstructured.
Once you make the change to one file, then you can import the changes
to all the rest of the files from File>Import>Formats>Variable
Definitions and import from the one you changed. You can select
multiple files to import to.
To accelerate the work of changing each variable, when the Variable
window is open you can edit all of them in a row just by going down
the list in the open window and clicking Change for each as you
finish, but don't click Done until you are done with all of them. This
is also a good time to add some number or other identifiers to the
names of the variables. For example, I use B-Product for the bold
version of the product name, and T-Admin for the title of the Admin
Guide. While writing, I just hit Ctrl-0 to open the (almost invisible)
Variables list at the bottom of the Window. Then I click the letter or
number for the variable I need. Preceding each variable with a code
letter or number and then a hyphen ensures it appears first in the
alphabetical list, so Ctrl-0 followed by T gets me the Admin Guide
title. Down arrow gets me to the other titles in my list, and
eventually cycles through all variables.
john
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on
behalf of mathieu jacquet
Sent: Fri 6/22/2007 9:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Search and replace content of a variable
Hi all,
each time I use an existing book for a new product, I have to :
. open each file in the book,
. display the master pages,
. double click my right master page document title variable,
. change its definition ("NewProduct Integration Guide"),
. double click my left master page document title variable,
. change its definition,
. save.
Is there any way to do that faster using the Change and Replace function?
Any help appreciated,
Mathieu.
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