You want to use defined formats for everything in FrameMaker and not format as you go. Starting with anything that has cruft in it is likely to give you remnants of formats that lie around on master pages, the various catalogs, etc. My take is that all beginning uses should design a template from the ground up to make sure they understand how all the different Framemaker containers work.
The File > Import Formats menu choice gives you a pretty good idea of what's important. [cid:c37663a5-d84d-4073-81ad-3f7895b539a4] Here's how I would arrange the container hierarchically: Document Properties Page Layouts (i.e. Master Pages) Reference pages Paragraph Tags Character Tags Table Tags Cross Reference Definitions Variable Definitions Conditional Text Formats Object Styles Starting with an absolutely blank template (i.e. all of the above containers empty of anything that defines their character), you can set the document properties as you desire, create a master page, a reference page, a series of paragraph tags, character tags, table tags, cross reference definitions, variable definitions and conditional text formats to populate your template. You can then create another template using the same names to create another view of your content, which can be very different from the first view. Doing this from scratch demonstrates the power having names for instances of each of the container instances. When I create a template for anyone, I create a reference document that ticks through the containers. Headings are used for each container and examples of all the named elements within the container are described. (For example: Master Pages: Left, Right, First; Paragraph Tags: 1Head, 2Head, Body; Char tags:strong, emphasis, code, etc. etc. etc. So think of FrameMaker as a series of containers within containers: Document, Page, Paragraph, CharTag, etc etc. So much for the sky-high overview. Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pastedImage.png Type: image/png Size: 17323 bytes Desc: pastedImage.png URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers-frameusers.com/attachments/20161129/2fff527d/attachment.png> _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
