I write for a Medical Device company and repeated Warnings and Cautions are common - so I keep that text in file and import it as needed. It's much simpler to update a single Warning in the Inset file than to try to find every occurrence of that Warning within 20+ files.
It also saves on translation costs. Alison -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 4:34 AM To: meg miranda; [email protected] Subject: Re: Imported text At 11:04 -0700 22/4/13, meg miranda wrote: >I just wanted to see how common it is to use imported text files in Frame >books. > >Do you use this Frame feature? >If so, do you use it to reuse or share text? In contrast to what others have posted, I work on textbooks mainly in Frame and the copyright info tends to change, so I don't use text imports for that. Perhaps the most common use for me is importing the author's software code examples. But now that I think about that, there's not a lot of advantage over copy-paste unless they get updated often. Duplicated common text can also be handled using xrefs. -- Steve [Trim e-mails: use less disk, use less power, use less planet] _______________________________________________ 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/alison.craig%40ultrasonix.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ 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.
