Ken, you might want to educate your Marketing folks about what it takes to change docs when they do something like that. Tell them you need at least two weeks to make the changes and that the docs will not go out on schedule if they wait too long.
Just an FYI, you can change a text string to a variable in FM by selecting "By Pasting" in the Replace field. 1. Copy the text string into the search field. 2. Create the variable and replace one instance of the text string on the body page. 3. Copy and paste the variable into the Replace field 4. Click Replace All, or replace the strings individually. Caveat: The "By Pasting" function does not use the font in the text string being replaced when replacing a text string with a variable. It uses whatever font the variable had that you copied into the Replace field. For example, if the string you copied into the field is in body text, and FM finds the sting in a heading, it will replace the string in the heading with the variable in body text font. All you have to do to fix it, however, is highlight the heading and press F8 (default font). --- A few years ago, I was working for a startup that changed the company name two weeks before a major product release. Yeah, the company name. And of course, it was everywhere in the docs. It was simple for Engineering to change the varaable in the GUI software, but I scrambled madly to retake dozens of screenshots and replace them in the docs. The solution for that, as you probably know, is to crop the banner off the top of the screenshots if the company will let you do that. Fortunately, I had used variables for all names in the manual. A little more work, but usually well worth the time spent. It also makes it a lot easier to reuse the manual or parts of it for single sourcing. HTH Diane Gaskill Hitachi Data Systems ======================= -----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com]on Behalf Of Combs, Richard Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:24 PM To: Ken Poshedly; FrameMaker Users List Subject: RE: global header change? Ken Poshedly wrote: > Argghhhh! > > They changed the product name! And AFTER the book was done, pdf'd and sent > overseas for printing! > > I put a hold on it, but now have to go back and change the headers to > indicate the new model name. > > Other than opening each book file and changing the header text one file at > a time, is there a global method? Well, others have addressed variables and master pages. But I find it hard to believe that the product name is found only in the headers, and nowhere in the body of the manual. You might want to get EZVars from Electropubs (http://www.electropubs.com/ez_ezvars.html), which lets you find a text string, like your product name, and replace it with a variable. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as dgcal...@earthlink.net. 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/dgcaller%40earthlink.net 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.
