Others have solved this problem with a combination of tools -- I'd look at the Clean Import Plug-in to import the new template info, and any of several paragraph-mapping tools/plug-ins that are on the market. Because there are several, you can probably try them out to ask for feedback.
Also, I know Rick Quatro has done some scripts for remapping tags, but I'm not sure how extensive the capabilities are -- Rick is at "Rick Quatro" <frameexpert at truevine.net>. 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 I support www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:30 AM, edwardsdo <edwardsdo at neb.rr.com> wrote: > My employer has implemented a new corporate-level style guide that impacts > the look and feel of our customer-facing documentation. Source files for > these documents are created/maintained using unstructured FrameMaker 8 > running on Windows XP sp 3.?13 writers?are updating the majority of our > current documents (group A)?by applying templates that use the existing > paragraph/character/table format naming conventions and reflect the new > style requirements. A small group of the documents?to be updated (group B) > uses the A4 page size and a set of paragraph/character/table formats that > have completely different naming conventions than those used group A. Group > B includes?50+ documents with a total of 650 source files and just over > 10,000 pages.?We're considering the options?we have for converting the group > B?documents to the new style guide requirements. > > One option is to convert?the?group B?documents to the templates used for the > group A documents, including paragraph/character/table naming conventions > and the letter page size, so that we can move forward with a single, > consistent set of templates for all FM documents. However, this option?means > that we must identify all paragraph/character/table names in the?group > B?documents, rename them with corresponding names from the?group A > templates, and then apply the?group A?templates to each FM file. Definitely > a labor-intensive process unless it can be automated significantly, possibly > with FrameScript. > > The other option is to modify the templates currently used for the?group > B?documents to obtain the needed look and feel, and then reapply those > templates to the?group B?documents. The conversion effort would be reduced > significantly, but we would still have two sets of FM templates to maintain. > > Is there a more efficient way to implement either of the options I have > described? Are there other options for reformatting the?group B?documents? > > Thanks. > > Doug Edwards > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > >
