Re: [Framers] change the font - for *lots* of para & char styles ?

2016-06-01 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
LOL - I heard that also described the other day as "bus factor" - how replaceable you are if hit by a bus - a high bus factor is bad from the company's perspective ;>) -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+jeff.coatsworth=jonasclub@lists.frameusers.com] On

Re: [Framers] change the font - for *lots* of para & char styles ?

2016-06-01 Thread Robert Lauriston
I got precise spacing in my FrameMaker template by using Above Pgf and Below Pgf. The template I was replacing when I first created it had maybe 60 paragraph tags including a full complement of "first" variations. I reduced that to16 plus five used only in generated files and front matter to

Re: [Framers] change the font - for *lots* of para & char styles ?

2016-06-01 Thread Monique Semp
It's not so much that there are different sets of tags for different doc types, but there are different templates for the frontmatter, index, ToC, and "content" parts of the doc. And that's not a problem because I can change the relevant ones in one template/.fm file and import them into the

Re: [Framers] change the font - for *lots* of para & char styles ?

2016-06-01 Thread Robert Lauriston
You mean there are multiple sets of tags for different document types? The Silicon Prairie tools are good for cleaning up messes. If you're doing that, I suggest reducing the number of tags and document types, also cleaning out all the cruft on the master and reference pages. I can give you a

Re: [Framers] change the font - for *lots* of para & char styles ?

2016-06-01 Thread Monique Semp
Yes, and... it's the "modify the tags as necessary" that's taking lots of time, and seems error-prone (easy to miss a style). So I think I'm looking for a scriptable solution for something that's too difficult to actually define with enough precision to script... And the Silicon Prairie tools

Re: [Framers] change the font - for *lots* of para & char styles ?

2016-06-01 Thread Robert Lauriston
If you're not changing the name of the tags, you can just make a copy of one of the .fm files, modify the tags as necessary, delete the content, and import paragraph and character tags from that file to your .fm files. On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Monique Semp

[Framers] change the font - for *lots* of para & char styles ?

2016-06-01 Thread Monique Semp
Hello, Framers, I’m changing template fonts again for a corporate branding change, and wonder what the easiest way is to change the font face for zillions (well, dozens) of paragraph and char styles? It seems that the Paragraph Tools from Silicon Prairie Software