Hello John, maybe a tip for "variable naming conventions": use a number as a prefix in your variable name. None of the system variables start with a number. Therefore, I name my variables as follows:
1-productname01 1-productname02 2-companyname01 2-companyname02 3-docname01 4-doctype01 5-versionnumber01 ... And indeed, BookVars may help to "manage" your variables. And finally, if you want to update an existing user variable, the safest way is using a "MIF snippet", i.e. a very small MIF file which just contains the name and definition of the variable and nothing else. Example: <MIFFile 7.00> # Generated by FrameMaker 7.0p578 <VariableFormats <VariableFormat <VariableName `1-productname01'> <VariableDef `<uicontrol\>PitStop Professional<Default Para Font>'> > # end of VariableFormat > # end of VariableFormats # End of MIFFile Good luck and best regards -- Yves Barbion Technical Writer Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor ____________________________________ U&I Learning nv (formerly ATeK nv) Molenaarsstraat 111 B-9000 Gent Belgium Tel.: +32 9 265 74 72 Fax: +32 9 265 74 84 www.uni-learning.com ____________________________________
