John Milligan wrote:
This is about displaying the book title (of a multi-file book) that
should be captured from the front/title file, in every pagetop header
in the remaining chapter files. Can't get it to work, but I suspect
it can.
1) the "Title" file utilizes two variables (Doc Title and Doc Type)
that provide the product name and the book title. They are uniquely
para-formatted as "Cover" and "Cover2".
2) I swapped the "definition" text in each variable with the actual
info. So the variable definition [Document Title] is now "Fabulous
User Guide"
3) Each succeeding chapter file has two header variables (not based
on one of the "header/footer" variables) that contain the variable
definitions from the "Title" file. Moving from Master Page view to
Body Page view, I see the "definition" placeholder text, but no
pick-up from the actual "re-definition" I applied to the variables in
the "Title" file.
Variable definitions belong to the file that contains the variable.
Changing the definition in one file has no effect on any other files,
unless you use File > Import > Formats from the Title file, and select
Variable Definitions as the formats to bring in.
4) When I update the book, the in-file Variable Definition
placeholder text reappears unaltered, and F-M doesn't swap in the
replacement from the "Title" file.
Nope. Not supposed to. See above.
5) So, I replaced the chapter files' variable with
"<$paratext[Cover]>", thinking that maybe F-M will load all the
pagetop variables with the para-formatted text, the actual text.
Nope. That would only work if you had a pgf tagged as Cover in the same
file as the reference to it.
All you need to do in your body chapters is either import variable def's
from the Title file as described above, or insert a cross reference of
type <$paratext> that points to the Title file and the Cover or Cover2
paragraphs. A cross-reference is good because if the definitions
change, you only need to change your Title file; however, it will become
a hypertext link if you make a PDF with Generate Acrobat Data enabled.
HTH,
--
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
srogers phoenix-geophysics com
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