Hi Timothy, You do not have to open the book file in order to work on documents that are contained in that book.
Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 rick at frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com I am currently working with a couple of other people who are new to framemaker. I've been using frame for a bit over two years on a near daily basis. I use the practice of always opening a frame book before editing individual files within that book. My concern is that by working in an individual file without opening the book, that errors such as broken cross-references, re-mapping of text insets, or other errors may occur. Is my concern founded, or is it ok to edit individual book files without ever opening the book? If anyone has a link to a discussion of this topic, that would be particularly helpful.