You can change the paragraph formats by importing templates with different formats without using structure (which is how I assume Robert is getting the differences he cites in his outputs).
However, structure allows you to create context that gives different paragraph formatting to the same structural element (like a Heading) depending on whether it is inside another Heading or inside multiple levels of Heading. That way your structure shows the Heading as single element choice, but the formatting is brought in depending on what that element is contained within. In that way your EDD can reference the paragraph tags like Heading1, Heading2, Heading3, etc. depending on the level of the Heading element. For my money, it makes sense for the EDD to reference paragraph and character tags defined in the Structure Application's template rather that creating ad hoc formatting within the EDD. That becomes a lot harder to reengineer in a different context since it is hidden away in the EDD rather than in the document template specified by the Structured Application specified in FrameMaker. Craig -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Unstructured to Structured: Question about retaining, paragraph formats You don't need to use structured FM for that. My paragraph tags map to different formats / tags depending on whether the output is PDF, Web help, Confluence XHTML, or 7-bit ASCII with layout. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
