At 6:08 AM -0700 4/19/06, Jan Tharp wrote: > Hello Framers, > I am knee-deep in a large FrameMaker 7.1 glossary, with nearly >1,000 text insets for the definitions. I believe the original >concept was to use them as a single-source for software screen >documentation. Life was a lovely until we translated the text insets >into another language, requiring me to send the files away and >having them opened on another computer. When the files came back >from the translator, the text insets (by Reference) seem to >manufacture their own link path, and thus are "unresolved." This >effectively breaks the link to the text inset. > I tried saving the file as a MIF and editing the text inset path >with a search/replace, but the file is just too big and locks up >Notepad. > Does anyone have any suggestions for either a) getting the text >inset path to not change or b) globally update the path? > I greatly appreciate your help.
Hi, Jan: You can open a MIF file in Word, edit, save as text. AND, you can open a MIF file as text in FM by pressing and holding Shift (or maybe it's Ctrl) while clicking Open (or double-clicking) the .mif file in the Open File dialog box. Choose Each Line is a Paragraph. Use find/replace to do your work. Save the file As TEXT to a new name, with .mif extension. This Shift/Ctrl technique interrupts FM's automatic conversion of the MIF file into a screen-ready FM file. HTH ________________ Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices
