First, if I were you and you were going to maintain these books in the future with Frame, I'd also plan on upgrading to 9 and using the Unicode fonts and so on that have changed since 7 so you don't have to do a second conversion further down the road.
And as far as implementation goes, I'd go a slightly different route than Winifried for the first step or two -- I love CleanImport from http://www.electropubs.com/ for imposing a new template. Cleans everything up at the book level and gets you ready to go on. But it doesn't do mapping, which is the larger part of the job. As far as mapping goes, I'd go with a script that did multiple format replacements: para, character, table, cross-ref and so on, and I'd probably call Rick Quatro to do it because he's already invented several of the tools. That'd be the fastest, more reliable, and probably the cheapest because it'd save you the most time. I've used Template Mapper, but it was some time ago and I don't recall if it worked at the book level. 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 Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Steve Johnson <chinaski69 at gmail.com>wrote: > I wouldn't choose FrameScript for that if you're going to write it > from scratch. Another option is to convert to MIF and then write a > Perl script to make the template changes. > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried <wreng at tycoint.com> > wrote: > > Hi Garnier, > > > > If not only the formatting changed but also the format names > > I recommend these tools: > > > > Best value for money is Template Mapper from Cudspan: > > > http://www.cudspan.net/plugins/executioner.php?do=displayPage&field_tab_num=2 > > > > A not so convenient alternative would be > > FindChangeSpecial from Rick Quatro: > > http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/findchangespecial/index.htm > > If you want to use this plugin, you should collect all > > files in a super-book first. > > > > Or you could ask someone to write a FrameScript script > > for you: > > http://www.frameexpert.com/scripts/index.htm > > > http://www.itl.eu/en/services-solutions/product-process-solutions/system-integration-customization/adobe-framemaker.html > > (Of course there are also others who develop scripts.) > > > > Best regards > > > > Winfried > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > >> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > >> Garnier Garnier > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:33 AM > >> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > >> Subject: Migrating contents to a new template > >> > >> Hi Listers, > >> > >> Am using Framemaker 7.0 > >> > >> I was using a specific template for all the books. > >> > >> Now provided with a new set of templates (nothing matches > >> with the earlier template) and expected to move all contents > >> (30 books with multiple chapters and on an average each book > >> contains about 500 pages). Any suggestions as to what would > >> be the ideal method to migrate to the new template? > >> > >> B/R > >> > >> Garnier > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as dr_gonzo at pobox.com. > > > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dr_gonzo%40pobox.com > > > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > > > > -- > ============ > Steve Johnson, dr_gonzo at pobox.com > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
