>> For a two books to be combined, both approximately 100 pages, and if I had no familiarity with them, I would estimate the time for completion at 5 pages an hour. >> and if I had no familiarity with them
The SME said he will be doing the job of marking (in a PDF or in a Word export) which blocks are shared. So then I "just" have to put those marked blocks in a shared area or add conditional text constructs. avi On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:39 PM, <quills at airmail.net> wrote: > I will jump in and mention that to avoid a deadline being missed, it's > appropriate to make certain you estimate ENOUGH time to do the job. > > What you are presenting is something that I would not contemplate in a > couple of days. > > For a two books to be combined, both approximately 100 pages, and if I had > no familiarity with them, I would estimate the time for completion at 5 > pages an hour. > > Scott > > > Avraham Makeler wrote: > >> Thanks, Art. >> (a) So you would use the same method for both Set #1 and Set #2? >> >> (b) re: \Shared - You make \Shared contain FM files only? >> >> (c) re: \Graphics - Often many graphics are not shared. So I suppose in >> that >> case you would have a 'Shared Graphics' folder, but also a >> separate \Graphics folder for each book. >> >> (d) >> >> I'd guesstimate a day per book for conversion, but that's a >>>> >>> WAG. Could easily be half that or twice that, depending on how the >> books are set up and how fast you are. >> >> - Well, I have never done it before. >> - So a reasonable estimate for a set with two books is that it could take >> two days? >> >> Thanks! >> >> avraham >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> Avraham, >>> >>> Question 2: >>> I handle this pretty routinely, and I do it by creating a directory >>> for each document set. Under that I have a subdirectory for \Graphics, >>> \Shared, and \Book -- obviously there are several \Book directories >>> with different names, but the graphics and shared content are used by >>> the document set so they're at the top level. >>> >>> Each FM file in \Shared is used in two or more component files. Some >>> are entire stand-alone files -- Copyright info, or the Glossary, and >>> things like that. But most are topics that are imported into a parent >>> file by reference. One place you may trip up is including heading >>> information in the files, because some books will reuse the same core >>> of information but use different head structures -- it may be under >>> and H1 in some books, and an H2 or something else in another. So when >>> possible, I try just to include text, tables and non-hierarchal >>> content. >>> >>> Question 1: >>> There's no automatic way to do this. Copy and paste, and analyze. >>> >>> Question 3: >>> No idea. I'd guesstimate a day per book for conversion, but that's a >>> WAG. Could easily be half that or twice that, depending on how the >>> books are set up and how fast you are. >>> >>> >>> Art Campbell >>> art.campbell at gmail.com >>> "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 >>> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson >>> No disclaimers apply. >>> DoD 358 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Avraham Makeler <amakeler at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> RE: Merging books >>>> >>>> The situation: >>>> >>>> I have a client who has a large number of FM (7.2/8) books. From amongst >>>> these books, there are two particular sets of books, as follows: >>>> >>>> Set #1. Two books having about 50 - 60% identical content (each book is >>>> ~100 pages) >>>> >>>> Set #2. Four books having about 10% identical content (each book is >>>> >>> ~80-100 >>> >>>> pages) >>>> >>>> (No particular connection between the two sets of books; just presenting >>>> >>> the >>> >>>> situation.) >>>> >>>> Now, the client would like to merge each of these two sets of books so >>>> >>> that >>> >>>> each set combines the identical material. E.g., for set #1 above, either >>>> >>> the >>> >>>> two books should be combined and the text partitioned by conditional >>>> text >>>> controls, or maybe the two books should be kept separate but the >>>> >>> identical >>> >>>> part should be maintained in some sort of outside, third, common >>>> >>> component >>> >>>> or "book" (or whatever such a thing would be called), and then when you >>>> >>> have >>> >>>> to publish one of the two books, you would be able to include in "on the >>>> fly" the common, identical component. >>>> >>>> Same for set #2. >>>> >>>> >>>> Questions: >>>> >>>> 1. What mechanisms does FM provide for constructing merged solutions for >>>> each of these two sets of books? >>>> 2. Which mechanism and methodology are recommended for each of the two >>>> >>> sets >>> >>>> of books? >>>> 3. How long should I estimate it would take me to perform merges for >>>> each >>>> >>> of >>> >>>> the two sets of books? >>>> >>>> TIA >>>> >>>> - avi >>>> >>>
