RE: Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-03 Thread Patrick Nolan
-Original Message- From: Art Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:52 AM To: Patrick Nolan Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Indexing Multiple Books? Yes and no. Each book file is just a container for the chapters; it doesn't actually change them

Re: Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-03 Thread Art Campbell
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Indexing Multiple Books? Yes and no. Each book file is just a container for the chapters; it doesn't actually change them. ;- ) You want to be sure to mimic the chapter-page numbering style of the source book in the meta-book. Chapter 1 in Admin can still carry the label

Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-03 Thread Patrick Nolan
Message- From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:52 AM To: Patrick Nolan Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Indexing Multiple Books? Yes and no. Each book file is just a container for the chapters; it doesn't actually change them

Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-01 Thread Patrick Nolan
Frame Group, I'm using Frame 7.0.1 on Windows XP Pro. We have the problem with the usability of our documentation in that we have multiple books in our library, but our users (internal and external) have been asking for a way to find information across all books. In other words, they are

Re: Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-01 Thread Art Campbell
I think it's in the manual somewhere, but all you need to do is create a meta-book that contains all the indexable chapters from your doc set member books. Nesting books isn't supported. Only extra step is when you generate the index, you'll probably need to include a prefix to ID the book before

RE: Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-01 Thread Patrick Nolan
, August 01, 2006 11:33 AM To: Patrick Nolan Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Indexing Multiple Books? I think it's in the manual somewhere, but all you need to do is create a meta-book that contains all the indexable chapters from your doc set member books. Nesting books isn't supported

Re: Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-01 Thread Scott Prentice
If you want a little help with building the uber-book .. you can use our ComboBook plugin (it's free) .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/combobook.php Cheers! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Steve Rickaby wrote: At 10:52 -0700 1/8/06,

Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-01 Thread Patrick Nolan
Frame Group, I'm using Frame 7.0.1 on Windows XP Pro. We have the problem with the usability of our documentation in that we have multiple books in our library, but our users (internal and external) have been asking for a way to find information across all books. In other words, they are

Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-01 Thread Art Campbell
I think it's in the manual somewhere, but all you need to do is create a meta-book that contains all the indexable chapters from your doc set member books. Nesting books isn't supported. Only extra step is when you generate the index, you'll probably need to include a prefix to ID the book before

Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-01 Thread Patrick Nolan
: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:33 AM To: Patrick Nolan Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Indexing Multiple Books? I think it's in the manual somewhere, but all you need to do is create a meta-book that contains all the indexable chapters from your doc set member books. Nesting books isn't

Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-01 Thread Art Campbell
to:art.campbell at gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:33 AM > To: Patrick Nolan > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Indexing Multiple Books? > > I think it's in the manual somewhere, but all you need to do is create a > meta-book that contains all the ind

Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-01 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:52 -0700 1/8/06, Patrick Nolan wrote: >Has anyone ever done this? Would I make multiple books inside one big >book and generate an index? We're talking a few thousand pages here. I can second what Art's posted: I've done this too, and it works. Be careful not the change the pagination of

Indexing Multiple Books?

2006-08-01 Thread Scott Prentice
If you want a little help with building the uber-book .. you can use our ComboBook plugin (it's free) .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/combobook.php Cheers! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Steve Rickaby wrote: > At 10:52 -0700 1/8/06,