Re: Automating the application of Master Pages
At 23:53 +0200 4/5/07, Michael Müller-Hillebrand wrote: So for a TOC you could define rules for the (unique) TOC paragraph formats to switch to the custom masterpages in single page mode. This is true, and your approach is valid. However, it is perhaps a special case, particularly as the original poster, Alexandra Wilowska, is using unstructured FrameMaker, making this solution inaccessible to her. It would be interesting to see if a consensus of 'best practise' appears over master page maintenance for books. It is a parallel argument to the one about maintaining paragraph and character tags per-document vs. book-wide - another issue I can never really decide on myself. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
More Elegant Indexing Solution
Hi everyone, I have a series of user guides where the first few chapters typically include a tutorial, and the rest of the guide includes reference information (like for each option on each screen, that type of thing). So the first section and the last part may have overlapping topics, where in the first section it's more of a how-to approach, and in the last, it just tells you what it does. What I want to do is reflect this elegantly in the index, perhaps by having one type of reference in italics, and the standard references (to the reference section of the guide) in normal type. Currently I have a bit of a cumbersome approach, where in the actual index entries I just put the word (tutorial) into the ref. So what I want is tha instead of having this type of thing: Distribution Rules creating new distribution rules, 345 creating new distribution rules (tutorial), 47 to have something like Distribution Rules creating new distribution rules, 47, 345 (where the 47 is in italics, not sure if that'll come through when I send this email). Then, in my How to Use this Guide section, I'd just have to say once that the italics indicate references to the tutorial sections. thanks! Kevin Kevin Hunter ExcelSystems Software Development, Inc. BCD International, Inc. www.bcdsoftware.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (250) 655-1766 Fax: (250) 655-1733 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Automating the application of Master Pages
Well, one different opinion here: I like it very much to have a single template for all documents in a book. It is also the way FrameMaker Structure Applications work, so it is a good preparation for your future migration to structured FrameMaker. Rick's comment about the deletion of extra pages is correct. But the automatic assignment of master pages first sets all pages to the default Left/Right and then assigns any custom pages. So for a TOC you could define rules for the (unique) TOC paragraph formats to switch to the custom masterpages in "single page" mode. Any extraneous pages will then be deleted automatically. I hope. Especially since I use custom scripts to do multi-language template maintenance, I always use a single template. - Michael Am 04.05.2007 15:11, Rick Quatro schrieb/wrote: > Hi Alexandra, > > I don't favor the Preface Right / Preface Left approach to master pages. > It is better to have a separate Preface template with the appropriate > default Left/Right master pages. The main reason is that only blank > default master pages at the end of the document are deleted when the > document is saved. Additionally, when new content is added to the > document, the correct master pages are always applied. While it seems > appealing to have a single template, the trade off is more work making > sure that the correct master pages are applied. > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing > 585-659-8267 > www.frameexpert.com > > >> Dear Framers >> >> I've just been looking into the automatic Apply Master Pages >> functionality >> in FM7.0 for the first time. I'm using unstructured FM on WinXP. -- ___ Michael M?ller-Hillebrand: Dokumentations-Technologien Adobe Certified Expert, FrameMaker 7.0 L?sungen und Training mit FrameScript, XML/XSL, WWP, ... http://cap-studio.de/ -- Tel. +49 (9131) 28747
Automating the application of Master Pages
At 23:53 +0200 4/5/07, Michael M?ller-Hillebrand wrote: >So for a TOC you could define rules for the (unique) TOC paragraph formats to >switch to the custom masterpages in "single page" mode. This is true, and your approach is valid. However, it is perhaps a special case, particularly as the original poster, Alexandra Wilowska, is using unstructured FrameMaker, making this solution inaccessible to her. It would be interesting to see if a consensus of 'best practise' appears over master page maintenance for books. It is a parallel argument to the one about maintaining paragraph and character tags per-document vs. book-wide - another issue I can never really decide on myself. -- Steve
More Elegant Indexing Solution
Hi everyone, I have a series of user guides where the first few chapters typically include a tutorial, and the rest of the guide includes reference information (like for each option on each screen, that type of thing). So the first section and the last part may have overlapping topics, where in the first section it's more of a how-to approach, and in the last, it just tells you what it does. What I want to do is reflect this elegantly in the index, perhaps by having one type of reference in italics, and the standard references (to the reference section of the guide) in normal type. Currently I have a bit of a cumbersome approach, where in the actual index entries I just put the word (tutorial) into the ref. So what I want is tha instead of having this type of thing: Distribution Rules creating new distribution rules, 345 creating new distribution rules (tutorial), 47 to have something like Distribution Rules creating new distribution rules, 47, 345 (where the 47 is in italics, not sure if that'll come through when I send this email). Then, in my How to Use this Guide section, I'd just have to say once that the italics indicate references to the tutorial sections. thanks! Kevin Kevin Hunter ExcelSystems Software Development, Inc. BCD International, Inc. www.bcdsoftware.com kevinh at excelsystems.com (250) 655-1766 Fax: (250) 655-1733
