At 8:32 am -0500 16/12/05, Rick Quatro wrote: >No apologies necessary: that is what the list is for. Well, it's actually for >complaints, gripes, etc., but FrameMaker questions are acceptable once in >awhile.
Many thanks. And much appreciated it is too. >The best method depends on how different the structure is from one EDD to >another. Here are some possible methods. > >1) Import the new Element Definitions and then clean up the structure by hand. >This could be fairly tedious if a lot of clean up is required. You could use >FrameScript scripts to assist you with the clean up, and perhaps automate the >whole process. Well, it won't be me doing this, but I'd like to make the process as painless for my clients as possible. I will be building the EDD, so I can at least attempt to make it the element definition as close to their existing EDDs as possible, >2) Save the document as XML and then use XSLT stylesheets to convert the XML >so that it conforms to the new structure. Import the converted XML back into >FrameMaker using the new EDD. If your structure is XML and you have a lot of >documents, this may be the best approach. FrameMaker 7.2 for Windows (sorry) >allows you to apply XSLT transformations on import or export, adding some >automation to the process. Of course, you still have to write the appropriate >XSLT stylesheets. Client has FrameMaker for Windows, so this may be an option for them. >3) If your EDD uses paragraph and character formats to define formatting, ...it will, in most cases, do so... > you could try removing the structure from (a copy of) the document. Then you > could use a Conversion Table to restructure the document according to the new > EDD. This may be a good approach because it would not require any tools > outside of FrameMaker. Thanks, Rick. I will pass all this on. -- Steve
