Evanth, Henrik wrote: > Hi All, > I have a review problem. I have a user guide with hundreds and hundreds > of topics like this: > > Topic a > Topic b > Topic c > Topic d > etc.... > > Reviewer A should review topics a, c, etc. > Reviewer B should review topics a, b, d, etc. > > Now I want to make it easier for the reviewers and I want to make a list > of which topics to review, as all topics are not of interest to all > reviewers. > I want to auto-generate this list and hopefully this could be possible > using the FM functionality of creating lists or indexes. The idea is > that FM in some way can identify topic header on a ceratin page and list > it under the correct heading/reviewer in the generated list or generated > index. The review list should look something like this: > > Reviewer A: > Topic a, page 2 > Topic c, page 4 > etc. > > Reviewer B: > Topic a, page 2 > Topic b, page 3 > Topic d, page 5 > etc. > > Reviewer A knows exactly which topics to review, etc. > > Anyone tried this with FM? Is it possible? Do I have to look into > scripting to solve this? I am pretty sure that you have to do some > initial work by defining who should define each topic, (using markers?, > conditional text?, variables?), but in the end I really would like this > to be automated.
I'm not sure whether the number of reviewers makes this practical or not, but you could simply create a series of topic heading tags that are identical except for a suffix (or prefix) of A, B, C to indicate Reviewer A, B, or C. Go through your document and tag each topic with one of the new pgf tags. Then generate a temporary TOC for each reviewer, set up to include only their specific tag. Your *real* TOC would be set up to include all the tags. (To make sure you haven't missed any topics, generate a TOC including only your existing tag -- it'll be blank if you've properly retagged all topics, or will hyperlink to any you've missed.) HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006 "The smartest export Canada ever sent to the United States." Get Firefox! http://tinyurl.com/8q9c5
