Re: Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-20 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
I see that you have got very good replies to your question, but because you mention CSS, I gather that you are familiar with HTML/XHTML/XML. At the same time the question rather implies that you are not familiar with Structured FrameMaker. Structured FrameMaker works in a similar way but much

Re: Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-19 Thread Paul Pehrson
Wow! Thanks to all who replied both on- and off-list. I'm so excited! The reference page solution was perfect. I need to learn more about reference pages, I think. That thought never occurred to me, the solution is beautiful. I'm so excited about it! And I had no idea you could import formats

Re: Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-19 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 21:26 -0700 17/10/06, Joe Malin wrote: For this, I recommend to you two very useful FM add-ons by Silicon Prairie: Character Tools and Paragraph Tools. You can find a useful description of them, and many other add-ins, at this wonderful site: http://leximation.com/toolsearch/?type=Pbaseapp=FM

Re: Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-19 Thread Stuart Rogers
Paul Pehrson wrote: Hello fellow Frame users, This is my first post to the list; I joined yesterday. I've been using Frame for about two years, but I only recently started a job where I'm a lone writer Paul, Welcome to the list. You've already received good answers to your questions. I

Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-19 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
I see that you have got very good replies to your question, but because you mention CSS, I gather that you are familiar with HTML/XHTML/XML. At the same time the question rather implies that you are not familiar with Structured FrameMaker. Structured FrameMaker works in a similar way but much

Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-18 Thread Paul Pehrson
Wow! Thanks to all who replied both on- and off-list. I'm so excited! The reference page solution was perfect. I need to learn more about reference pages, I think. That thought never occurred to me, the solution is beautiful. I'm so excited about it! And I had no idea you could import formats

Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-18 Thread Art Campbell
Applying formats... I maintain a chapter template file (actually two templates, one for fully-numbered content chapters and one for front matter & Prefaces) separate from all books and make tag modifications and additions in those. When I need to make a change, I apply the template file to either

Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-18 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 21:26 -0700 17/10/06, Joe Malin wrote: >For this, I recommend to you two very useful FM add-ons by Silicon >Prairie: Character Tools and Paragraph Tools. You can find a useful >description of them, and many other add-ins, at this wonderful site: >http://leximation.com/toolsearch/?type=P=FM >

Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-18 Thread Stuart Rogers
Paul Pehrson wrote: > Hello fellow Frame users, > > This is my first post to the list; I joined yesterday. I've been using > Frame > for about two years, but I only recently started a job where I'm a lone > writer Paul, Welcome to the list. You've already received good answers to your

Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-17 Thread Paul Pehrson
Hello fellow Frame users, This is my first post to the list; I joined yesterday. I've been using Frame for about two years, but I only recently started a job where I'm a lone writer, in charge of all documentation for my organization. Previously, I've been using Frame, but my supervisor was the

Question on external formats and question on TOC settings

2006-10-17 Thread Joe Malin
Two excellent questions. The first one I have run into before; I just finished working as a lone writer who had to do exactly what you are doing. FM does not have an "external" formats doc. What you can do, though, is apply the formats in a document to all the files in a book. To do this, you