Sure. You can import settings from any (open) file to all the other in the book. Select all the files in the book, then select File > Import > Formats. Only select the item that you want to import, in this case variable definitions. Otherwise you can really mess up the doc by importing things that were defined differently in one doc than the other.
-- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Avraham Makeler wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to this group, and pretty new to FrameMaker (but I was a Word 2003 > guru, so that helps a bit...). > > My question is ... I am taking over somebody else's document, who is no > longer around. Amongst other things, I also have to update the document date > and version number. I found the list of variable definitions that controls > this values (in Word you also have variables, but also you have fields ... > whatever), and so in Master pages mode for the title page, I updated those > variables' values. When I returned to Body pages for the title page, I saw > indeed that the values have been correctly updated. However, when I look at > the headers/footers of other chapters (documents), I see that the old values > are still there. For sure, I can then do the same thing in each chapter, but > is not the variables scope supposed to be global, i.e., thoughout the book? > > Tia > > - avi > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as shmue...@gmail.com. > > Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
